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Excessive alcohol consumption is costing the country about 200 billion baht a year, Deputy Public Health Minister Punsiri Kullanartsiri says. The figure is based on damage costs and expenses arising from alcohol-related diseases and accidents which lead to deaths, injuries and disabilities.
Ms Punsiri said yesterday during the launch of an anti-alcohol campaign to mark National Alcohol-Free Day today that drinking was having a major impact on the economy, society and the quality of life of Thai people.
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I know how you all love giveaways, and this one is extra special. I post about all these events I go to but aside from drooling enviously, so freakin' what? Don't you guys want to join me sometime?
Oh yes, dearies. I've been invited to dine at an underground restaurant, Sotto Terra, featuring George Duran and Phil Lempert, on August 25th… and one of you lucky readers will be able to attend with me – and bring a guest as well!!!
The dinner is on August 25th from 6pm – 9pm, in Manhattan (full details will be given to the winner only), so you must be available to attend this dinner on that night. And yes, I will be at the same dinner! You don't have to sit with me if you don't want to though
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The interdicted principal accountant in the Prime Minister's office, Geoffrey Kazinda, is sick to stand trial, Luzira Maximum Prison doctor has told court.
Dr. Alex Kakoraki accompanied by the Prisons Spokesperson, Frank Mbaine, on Tuesday told the Anti- Corruption Court judge David Wangutusi that Kazinda is still indisposed.
According to Kakoraki , Kazinda was today (Tuesday) taken to Mulago hospital where a team of doctors including psychiatrics from Butabika hospital will examine him.
Justice Wangutusi adjourned the case to January 29.
Court on Monday summoned Dr. Kakoraki to explain Kazinda sickness, following his failure to appear before court.
Kazinda was interdicted over charges of alleged diversion and embezzlement of billions of shillings.
Kazinda whose trial was scheduled to start Monday was not in court because he was reportedly stressed, suffering from high blood pressure, sluggishness and withdrawal symptoms.
At the start of his probe in November, Kazinda was taken to CIID in an ambulance with drips, and subsequently appeared in court with drip injections infused in his blood vessels.
A prison warder Okello Bonny on Monday presented a medical report to court indicating that Kazinda was too sick to stand trial.
However, the judge was unconvinced with the explanation and ordered that that Kakoraki appear in court in person to explain what exactly Kazinda is suffering from.
The Permanent secretary Pius Bigirimana and the Principal accountant in the Prime Minister's office Kenneth Mugumya had been lined up as key prosecution witnesses.
The medical report dated January 7, 2013 and signed by Dr. Kakoraki from Luzira Murchison Bay hospital indicates that Kazinda is stressed, sluggish and has high blood pressure.
"People are always stressed throughout. Let the doctor come and explain to us what the problem is and when he is likely to get better," Wangutusi said.
On December10, 2012 when Kazinda was brought to court to be charged he appeared ill with drip and was supported by prison warders because he could not support himself.
Kazinda, who is in detention in Luzira prison, is charged with abuse office, forgery and making document without authority.
Prosecution led by Principal state attorney Jane Frances Abodo and state attorney Paul Lakidi alleged Kazinda, while employed as the principal account in the Prime Munister's office , abused his office when he kept, in a private residence, computer generated letters and cash withdrawal authorization forms bearing forged signature of Pius Bigirimana, the permanent secretary in the Prime Minister's office.
It is also alleged that Kazinda, between January 2012 and July2012 with intent to deceive forged the signature of Bigirimana, claiming it was signed by him.
Prosecution further alleged that Kazinda with intent to deceive made computer- generated letters, serial number 243607 on account of Bigirimana, dated February10, 2011 addressed to the director of banking, Bank of Uganda, purporting that it was signed by Bigirimana.
In a separate charge which is yet to start on January28, Kazinda and his co- accused Martin Owor commissioner for relief disaster preparedness in prime minister's office, Beatrice Kezabu assistant resettlement officer and Hussein Katumwa station manager of Total Ntinda I Service Station were charged with embezzlement, false accounting and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Prosecution said Kazinda, Owor, and Kezabu being employed in the Prime Minister's office abused their offices when they allegedly misappropriated sh316, 893,456 meant for procurement of fuel and lubricant for motor vehicles. The vehicles were meant to deliver relief food from central relief stores to disaster victims in various part of the country.
The suspects allegedly conspired to steal money for fuel. Prosecution said the three accused persons conspired with Katumwa, a fuel manager of total Ntinda1 Service Station to steal. They denied the charges.


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The outdoor advertising industry in Kampala City is in a mess and must be sorted out now according to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). That explains why the Authority pulled down "illegal" billboards in some parts of the central business district a few weeks ago. Come March 18, KCCA will announce a final decision on how to proceed with the process of streamlining the outdoor advertising business in the city. But even before then, the proprietors of the business under their umbrella body - the National Outdoor Advertising Contractors' Association (NOACA) - are bitterly counting their losses, amounting to billions of shillings.
The swoop on the billboards took them by surprise and was illegal according to NOACO. This is because in September 2012, they secured a court injunction blocking KCCA from removing their structures until the two parties agreed on an out of court settlement. To date, the out of court negotiations have not yielded much fruit due to lack of cooperation from KCCA, according to NOACA, and the city authority acted in breach of the court injunction to pull down their structures.
However, Jennifer Musisi, the KCCA boss, reportedly said in a meeting with NOACA on Feb. 18 that she was not aware of the court injunction and that in her opinion, she thought it had expired. Outdoor advertising includes billboards, posters, airport ads, bus signs, mall posters transit shelters, stadium signs, bench advertising among others. But what is common in Kampala are the humongous billboards, which are obviously more profitable and are contracted by corporate companies, government agencies and ministries and NGOs to pass on different messages to the public. Players told The Independent that on average, advertisers pay between Shs 100, 000 - Shs 1 million to hire space on those structures per month.
Currently, KCCA gets about Shs 1 billion in revenue from the known registered companies. It is unclear whether the figure will increase or reduce after streamlining the sector. According to NOACA figures, the 18 active members of the association have invested between Shs 2.5 - Shs 3 billion each on the various structures across the country, but 60% of their investment is in the Central Business District (CBD). The City Authority says there are over 5, 000 advertising structures squeezed within the CBD, which contributes a great deal to the confusion in the city. The plan is to reduce them by 70%. Prime areas like junctions will have four large billboards, as provided for in the 2008 Outdoor Advertising Guidelines. Currently, these junctions have more than this number, according to KCCA.
The Authority says the streamlining process action is part of the measures put in place to de-congest, beautify and re-organize the city. Contractors (outdoor companies) say they have running contracts with advertisers and thus, removing the structures now has huge legal and financial implications. They want more time - at least five years - to sort out their issues with the advertisers.
The association says clients spend slightly over 10% of their advertising budget on outdoor advertising - that is Shs 40 billion according to the Ipsos report of 2012/13 - and of which only 6.5% (Shs 2.6 billion) is spent in Kampala. This partly makes the venture less profitable.
The return on investment here is realized in between 3-5 years, given the fact that erecting a single sizeable structure would cost up to Shs 60 million, according to Umar Kakonge Ssali, the managing director at Contact Graphics, and the acting chairman of NOACA. They want KCCA to consider these factors while calculating the advertising fees.
KCCA officials were in agreement that indeed the concerns of revenue loss from advertisers and the advertising companies were legitimate but said they were open to discussions.
"We have been telling them to remove their structures since last year," said Peter Kaujju, the Authority's spokesman.
NOACA said in a press notice that KCCA believes that outdoor adverts are an eye-sore and should be removed in the city in the name of beautification, something NOACA have always objected to. Also, some of the structures are sub-standard - it is common to see collapsed billboards, which endangers public safety. Clearly, the NOACA also needs to put its house in order, according to KCCA.
The City Authority insists that over the last few years, there has been an upsurge of illegal placement of advertising tools, which pose a hazard to the public. They vehemently deny that any illegal structures have been erected during their term in office. They say the majority of these advertising tools were over time been erected in road reserves without seeking for approval as stipulated in the Roads Act. The Authority says the tools have become a hindrance to road construction works and pedestrian traffic, a reason why they have over the last two years asked the various advertising companies to pull down their illegal tools but to no avail.
NOACA figures indicate that their activities employ over 1, 000 people and the spiral effect is more on top of paying direct taxes to KCCA, UNRA and URA.
Industry players argue that outdoor advertising is somehow cheaper than the other modes of advertising like print, television and radio among others, a reason why it has to be organized in a way that enables all stakeholders to benefit.
For instance, in Uganda advertisers pay up to about Shs 1 million for the largest structure per month compared to over Shs 5 million or more charged by newspapers for a page in one print run. TV advertising is equally expensive compared to outdoor.
"In fact many would prefer outdoor to print or TV," said Isaac Oteng, the technical director at Super Signs Uganda. He adds that the problem is largely with KCCA and not the advertising companies and it is up to the Authority to "put its house in order" before making the players to suffer for it.
"If they are saying that these structures are illegal, where did the licenses come from? We have also seen structures that have come up under the KCCA regime which they say are illegal," he says. "Let them clean their house first and then the rest will follow."
KCCA's unpaid billions
However, the companies have not done their cause any favour because they have accumulated arrears amounting to billions of shillings, which has however been attributed to the fact that some advertisers take long to pay up.
Otenga argued that "transformation of cities is always a process and it takes time." In fact, officials at Contact Graphics, one of the contracted companies in the industry, said they have just cleared their arrears with KCCA amounting to Shs 60 million and that many companies under NOACA are willing to do the same.
Though the Authority halted the demolition exercise until the meeting of March 18 makes a final decision on the way forward, some advertising companies are not sure about their future. Already, there is a lot of suspicion as some members believe that KCCA wants to edge them out so that they can give the business to those who are politically connected.
However, KCCA officials deny these accusations and say there is no ulterior motive apart from the fact that some structures were removed due to failure by contractors to meet their debt obligations to KCCA amounting to Shs 1. 5 billion. Others were illegally placed in road reserves and in unauthorized locations. This constitutes an illegality according to KCCA. The Authority says the advertising tools can also be illegal under various circumstances as provided in the Public Health Act, Physical Planning Act, Road Act and KCCA Act.
Also, some billboards were designed in sizes higher than the one provided for in the Outdoor policy guidelines of 2008, which the Authority is using to regulate the sector at the moment. The guidelines recommend a maximum size of six by three meters, but many structures go well beyond this.
Though KCCA argues that the contractors have the duty to know the laws under which they operate, the outdoor companies say "they have not been well-sensitized" by KCCA on these laws and thus the implementation of the same was unfair.
The Independent has established that Musisi, the ED, has stepped up her efforts to discuss the matter with different stakeholders. In her first meeting with NOACA members in her office on Feb. 18, Musisi dismissed as untrue reports that the Authority was not willing to involve contractors in the process of streamlining the industry. She urged NOACA members to make honest statements about KCCA about the matter if they are to reach a 'win-win' position.
She said that KCCA wants to restore public confidence in the administration of city affairs, which was compromised by the previous system under the Kampala City Council. Companies are now required to apply or reapply for the available sites by contacting KCCA's outdoor advertising desk during working hours of the week.
Currently, the application for each structure goes for Shs 2 million, renewable on annual basis. Musisi argued that the space in Kampala is too small and that there are so many players competing for that available space, which is why some players took advantage to erect structures illegally. She said that they are compiling new guidelines that will help the city authority to regulate the industry in future. There is a fear that some of the players could be edged out of the city.
The association chairman, Katongole says they are not against the process by KCCA, but it should be done cautiously and transparently. In the Feb. 18 meeting, NOACA members reportedly agreed to cooperate with KCCA in streamlining the sector but asked KCCA for more time - preferably five years - before the new changes are introduced. They said they are all willing to meet their debt obligations if they are given more time. NOACA also said KCCA should involve them in the process of coming up with the new regulations to guide the sector.
Peter Babu, the country manager for Sketchers, a design and promoters company with interests in the outdoor advertising sector, said Uganda's outdoor advertising sector needs support to grow if it is to compete with the rest of the region. "Kenya and Tanzania are ahead of us in all aspects like design, regulation, revenue generation etc," he said.
He suggested that KCCA should handle the matter in a way that would not negatively impact the stakeholders, adding that the performance of the economy would play a major role in growing the sector since many of the users are companies involved in fast-moving consumer goods.
"If the economy does well, advertisers, who are key players here, will up their advertising budgets, hence more taxes, more revenues and more jobs would be realized," he said, "but it is a process."
Like other sectors, players said vandalism, high input costs, corruption or lack of transparency in the sector in terms of regulation and issuing licenses remain major challenges. In a bid to smoothly handle the process and to respond to the queries of all stakeholders, KCCA has set up a desk under the Public and Corporate Affairs Division at City Hall to attend to all matters concerning outdoor advertising.


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FORT WALTON BEACH — Karen Kile always has been a problem-solver.
She ensured her son's girlfriend's brother came home from Japan in time to say goodbye to his dying father.
When Kile discovered that her own father, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, wasn't receiving his full benefits, she secured them for him and her mother.
Her advocacy and tenacity has ensured that countless veterans have received the benefits due them.
"I don't know if it was something I was supposed to do in life or if it was something I just stepped up to do," said Kile, who is 55.
The Gulf War veteran who lives in Florosa began her work as an advocate after she returned from Desert Storm. She became angry over the initial dismissal of Gulf War Illness, a chronic disorder with variety of symptoms reported by returning soldiers.
"Don't tell me the best of the best went over there and then came back sick," Kile said.
She says her immune system has been compromised. She has chronic fatigue, deteriorating muscles and bones, chronic migraines and a short memory.
She's had cataract surgery, but already has started training a seeing-eye dog for when she goes completely blind.
She soon realized that simply writing a letter to her congressman wouldn't start any change in the way officials thought of Gulf War soldiers or the benefits due to them.
"We voted for them," Kile said. "We have the right to ask them some questions."
Instead, she spoke before the Senate and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. She met with congressmen and congresswomen about veterans' services.
"We went over and fought a war with faith in our country that when we came back (our country) would take care of us," Kile said.
She and seven other disabled veterans also marched from Melbourne to Washington, D.C., in 1997. They wanted to show small town America the products of Desert Storm.
"It's hard to look in my face and see what it's taken from me," Kile said.
As news of her advocacy spread among the military community, veterans began to approach Kile with their problems receiving benefits.
"They knew I would help and they knew I wouldn't take no for an answer," she said.
The long waits for appointments at VA Clinics delay many veterans needing care and disability checks. The requirements for a home address and checking account also keep many homeless veterans from receiving their benefits, Kile said.
There's a lack of understanding for what returning soldiers have gone through, especially if they've killed someone during war.
"No mater who tells you it's OK because it was war, it's not," Kile said. "You have to live with it for the rest of your life."
The system has started improving, but it's far from perfect, she said. The biggest hurdle has been accepting what is given until a better solution comes along.
Despite her worsening health, Kile wants to continue helping as many veterans as she can.
"I don't think hope and compassion are something you grow out of," she said.
Her youngest son has just graduated from basic training and will be deployed, Kile said. She's both proud and fearful, and it makes her want to work even harder to improve veterans' services and benefits.
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All students living on campus are required to participate in a meal plan, which allows them to eat at either the Wildcat Den or the Marketplace. All freshmen are required to have a Constant Meal Plan which allows for unlimited meal swipes. After their freshmen year, students can remain on a Constant Meal Plan or choose the Silver 14 or Basic 10 Meal Plan.
Where do I buy or change a Meal Plan?
Meal plans can be changed prior to the beginning of the semester with the Housing Office (227-2620). After the semester begins, changes to meal plans may be made for the first two weeks of the semester at the Wildcat Express Office, located on the first floor of the University Center.
How do I get excused from being required to have a meal plan when living on campus?
When living in the residence halls at NMU you are required to have one of the Residence Hall Meal Plans. However, dining services recognizes that there are certain circumstances that may make a meal plan on campus an issue. We have a process to receive a "Room Only" contract (i.e. no meal plan). The following are examples of cases for application of a "Room Only" contract.
If you would like to apply for a "Room Only" contract please download the application in PDF format. The instructions are on the first two pages and the application follows. A decision will be made upon submission of the application.
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Is SK OK?
Two contradictory chat logs occurring within minutes of each other have left Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago exposed and Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool without a team. What started with YoungBuck joining the SK Gaming roster a few weeks ago has escalated into a mudslinging fiasco that leaves fans questioning the team's integrity and their ability to compete in this season's finals.
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Things were looking bright for YoungBuck when he first joined SK Gaming. They welcomed him to the family and expressed hopes that his addition would mark the start of "a new era for SK Gaming".
YoungBuck himself expressed his gratitude in the official statement
I'm honored to become part of a great team with a rich history of achievements in E-sports.I look forward to playing at the highest level once again and I'm very confident that together we can achieve the greatness that SK is known for.
Despite this, yesterday YoungBuck's status update on Facebook confirmed that Ocelote had kicked him from the SK Gaming team. He also revealed that he believes he was removed from the team because "Kevin got bored of playing AD" and wanted to move back to top lane.
A fan's response to YoungBuck's update has generated a lot of heat
I dont see SK gaming, kev1n or Ocelote winning ever again. "Being bored" shouldnt make you erase all the proggress you've made in such a little time … I feel like he has chosen the path to become a proffesional streamer not a competing proffesional player.
The faith in SK Gaming's League of Legends team has become slim, with former team member, Adrian "Candy Panda" Wübbelmann, agreeing that ocelote is more of an entertainer then a proplayer and SivHD suggesting ocelote leave SK, take the entertainer route, and try to remain in tournaments on the side. Both defend ocelote as a man "trying to support his family" and a "really cool guy", but further accusations have revealed integrity issues. A discussion between Kevin "kev1n" Rubiszewski and ocelote reveals that just a little over one week after YoungBuck was welcomed to the team they decided remove him. On top of this, YoungBuck's chat log shows that while kev1n and ocelote were speaking of removing him from the roster YoungBuck was simultaneously being reassured that ocelote was going to try to keep him on the team.
Youngbuck himself has tried to do away with rumors started by ocelote
Ocelote has mentioned that I never really was with SK and was just in a testing fase, however that is very untrue
All the drama has left SK Gaming's League of legends team with three team members; Carlos "ocelote" Rodriguez, Patrick "Nyph" Funke, and Kevin "kev1n" Rubiszewski. With the Season 2 Finals coming up so soon, will SK Gaming be able to pull it together in time?
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parkourman01 2 years, 10 months ago
Ocelote just throws his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way or people say anything about him. I personally don't look at SK as a threat in any tournament they are in.
NujLuj 2 years, 11 months ago
SK is making it no where i dont wanna sound negative but i think Oce is the one with the problem no one from The Original SK is in that team besides Oce and Nyph and even that i think Nyph wasnt there from the start Oce has been kicking everyone out that just says alot about him. I remember back when Snoopeh and Wickd where in SK but nope they left to Oce is doing something wrong and well if he thinks its a good idea Best of Luck to him
BlindiRL 2 years, 11 months ago
I am a big sk fan. I just don't see them getting anywhere anytime soon.
Lorenor141 2 years, 11 months ago
Keep talking, bitches. Oce is a leader and he does what he thinks is best for the buisness and team. For example, Elementz did good on the support-role for CLG.NA, but to make the team stronger, Hotshot kicked him out and got Doublelift in. Even if Ocelot doesnt like to do it, he is forced to
z4NZ 2 years, 11 months ago
SK won't get anywhere as long as Oce is leading the team, sadly. Streaming every scrim, kicking everyone that doesnt agree with him.. It's just....silly
Dysisa 2 years, 11 months ago
I think SK has been very much doomed for some time now. While still a much better player than the average joe, Ocelote is nowhere near good enough to play as a professional. And sadly, he's the team captain of SK, so he's just going to keep messing things up for the team and blame everybody else afterwards.


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In the gas dynamic trap experiment with 17 keV and 4.5 MW deuterium neutral beam injection the spatial profile of fast ion density has been studied by different methods: MSE spectroscopy, active charge-exchange diagnostic and measurement of DD fusion product fluxes. The characteristic radius of fast ion density profile was found to be about 7 cm at 1/e level mapped onto the GDT midplane, that is close to gyroradius of 10 keV deuteron and less than the estimated region occupied by the captured ions(~15 cm). The analysis of energy balance shows that discrepancy between measured and simulated values (~1.5 times) cannot be explained by enhanced fast ions loses. Simplified theory of fast ion density spatial profiles formation shows that energetically profitable configuration has narrow radial profile. Physical mechanisms of density profile formation are also described.
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The symbol for iridium.
Symbol Ir
A rare, whitish-yellow element that is the most corrosion-resistant metal known. It is very dense, hard, and brittle, and is is used to make hard alloys of platinum for jewelry, pen points, and electrical contacts. Atomic number 77; atomic weight 192.2; melting point 2,410°C; boiling point 4,130°C; specific gravity 22.42 (at 17°C); valence 3, 4. See Periodic Table.
Our Living Language : In 1978 geologist Walter Alvarez discovered a high concentration of iridium in a layer of clay that had formed between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras, a period about 65 million years ago during which dinosaurs and many other organisms became extinct. This finding was significant as iridium is rare at Earth's surface (an unusually high concentration is called an iridium anomaly). Most surface iridium is thought to come from dust created when meteors disintegrate in the atmosphere or collide with Earth. Alvarez's father, the physicist Luis Alvarez, suggested that the iridium might have come from the impact of a meteor about 10 km (6.2 mi) across. Such an impact would have caused an enormous explosion, sending huge clouds of dust into the atmosphere. The dust, blocking out the Sun and causing extensive acid rain, would have triggered a worldwide ecological disaster. Many scientists think that such a disaster caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and at least 70 percent of all other species alive at the time, including most of Earth's land plants. Geologists have since found iridium deposits in rocks of a similar age in more than 100 places worldwide. Scientists in the early 1990s identified a large impact crater in the Yucatán peninsula of central Mexico that is the same age as the iridium deposit found by Alvarez. It is 200 km (125 mi) wide and may have been caused by the same impact.
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People are leaving Minneapolis for Florida, Detroit for the suburbs, and Washington for New York.
But Internet companies and their high-paid web developers are only part of the story.
And what its rise means for urban transportation systems moving forward.
"Every safe, legal, and reliable way that's out there, we want to bring to you in the palm of your hand."
Researchers say a dozen of them are bad enough to cause explosions.
The fluffy-white hunters are everywhere this year, from New York to Baltimore all the way down to Florida.
A new map showing the carbon footprint for nearly every zip code indicates that suburbs are powerful greenhouse-gas emitters.
This outdated tradition may cause new mayors more headaches than its worth.
More proof that 'on-time' performance metrics don't actually tell us very much.
New York in 1776, Charleston in 1780, Baltimore in 1801.
At last, historians have charted the great "squirrel experiments" of the 1800s, which saved the humble creature from urban extinction.
Parts of California and New York are much richer than Washington, but they often belong to larger counties that include areas with poorer residents.
Familiarity and social ties influence our decision to intervene on behalf of others.
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Median incomes have been growing the fastest, however, in a very different part of the country.
Memorials and tributes to the South African icon, from Soweto to Brooklyn.
He'll be calling in to Washington, D.C.'s crude "The Sports Junkies" show.
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In a nonreactive bowl, combine jícama and fruit. Toss with lime juice, cilantro, and salt. Refrigerate about 1 hour to allow flavors to meld. Toss with chili powder before serving.
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Ashland County Sheriff's Office looking for missing mom and boyfriend
ASHLAND, Ohio - The Ashland County Sheriff's Office confirms deputies are searching for two missing people -- and the FBI is now involved in the case.
Ashland resident, 33-year-old Lynn Jackenheimer and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Nathan Summerfield were reported missing over the weekend.
According to the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, Jackenheimer took a vacation to Nags Head, North Carolina, with Summerfield and two children, but Jackenheimer never returned.
Captain Carl Richert told NewsChannel5 that Summerfield drove away Sunday after dropping off the children, a 3-year-old and a 13-year-old, at the homes of family friends in Ashland.
The kids, according to officials, are OK.
Richert said the search for the couple is extensive. Police are looking for them anywhere from Ashland, Ohio, to Nags Head, N.C.
Patrol officers have pictures of Jackenheimer and Summerfield and are searching the streets. Officers are also looking for a silver Honda Civic Summerfield was driving.
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Former Bush official says Syria chemical weapons allegations could be 'Israeli false flag operation'
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In what was a quite astounding statement, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of Staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell under George W. Bush, said that the chemical weapons allegedly used in Syria could in fact be "an Israeli false flag operation."
During his interview with Cenk Uygur on Current TV (now owned by Al Jazeera), Wilkerson said his unnamed sources in the intelligence community told him that the evidence supporting the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government was "really flaky."
"This could have been an Israeli false flag operation," Wilkerson said.
When Uygur asked why Israel would do such a thing and what the motivation would be, Wilkerson said, "I think we've got basically a geo-strategically, geo-political — if you will — inept regime in Tel Aviv right now."
"I think we saw really startling evidence of that in the fact that President Obama had to tell Bibi Netanyahu, 'Pick up the phone, you idiot and call Ankara [Turkey] and get yourself out of this strategic isolation you're in right now,'" Wilkerson said, referring to the situation in March of this year.
"Otherwise Bibi probably never would have done it," Wilkerson added.
Wilkerson went on to explain what he sees as a very dangerous situation for Israel brewing in the region in the clip (see below).
"Look at Israel's situation right now, it's as dangerous as it's been since 1948," Wilkerson said. "You've got Lebanon growing increasingly unstable with [Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan] Nasrallah and Hezbollah having more and more political power."
"You've got Syria involved in a brutal civil war. You've got Iraq in Iran's back pocket with [Iraq Prime Minister] Nouri al-Maliki, the Sunnis realizing that and restating the civil war. You've got Saudi Arabia funding the Sunnis in Iraq," Wilkerson said.
"You've got Jordan, whose king has publicly said he wished he weren't the king. You've got Egypt in an untenable position, no longer the security that Israel needed on that flank," Wilkerson continued. "So Israel is in a very, very dangerous situation right now."
"The president has got to be very circumspect about what he does in exacerbating that situation. Netanyahu is clueless as to this," Wilkerson said. "I hope President Obama gave him a lecture in geostrategic realities."
Hearing statements like these come from such a major official in the Bush administration is quite noteworthy, especially since in 2006 he admitted that he "participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council," referring to Powell's speech before the UN in 2003 laying out a case for the Iraq war.
Perhaps Wilkerson is now much less willing to jump on the bandwagon and beat the drums of war when the information justifying it is questionable at best.
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Former wastewater plant employees on trial for water test tampering
October 30, 2012
HAMMOND, Ind. — Former employees of the Gary, Ind. Sanitary District wastewater plant are on trial this week facing allegations they tampered with wastewater-monitoring samples, Gary News reported.
The indictment accuses United Water Services Inc., and former contract operator Dwain Bowie and staff member Gregory Ciaccio of adding extra chlorine before wastewater samples were taken.
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Roger Olson Criticizes Piper and Calvinists: "The God of Calvinism scares me; I'm not sure how to distinguish him from the devil."
From Mr. Olson's keyboard at Baylor University:
Where was God several weeks ago when the interstate bridge collapsed in Minneapolis?
I crossed that bridge numerous times during my 15-year life in Minnesota's Twin Cities. Watching the disaster unfold on television brought back memories. I could envision what's off to the sides of the bridge -- downtown Minneapolis in one direction and the University of Minnesota in the other.
What a strange calamity. A modern, seemingly well-engineered bridge in a major metropolitan area collapsed in a moment without any forewarning of danger.
Something similar could happen to any of us anytime. Similar things do happen to us or people just like us -- innocent bystanders passing through life are suddenly blindsided by some weird tragedy.
So where is God when seemingly pointless calamity strikes? Some religious folks say, "It was God's will." Let's just focus on Christians here.
A well-known Christian author and speaker pastors a church within a mile of the collapsed bridge. To him and his followers, God foreordained, planned and indirectly (if not directly) caused the event.
Read the remainder of Mr. Olson's article HERE.
And after reading Mr. Olson's article, consider the words of Isaiah 45:7 (ESV):
"I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things."
HT: Scott Lamb via Justin Taylor
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A quick divergence from my usual dinosaurs, and I shall talk about big cats today. This is because to my greatest delight, I had discovered today a wonderful book. It is called The Felidæ of Rancho La Brea (Merriam and Stock 1932, Carnegie Institution of Washington publication, no. 422). As the title suggests it goes into details of felids from the Rancho La Brea, in particular Smilodon californicus (probably synonymous with S. fatalis), but also the American Cave Lion, Panthera atrox. The book is full of detailed descriptions, numerous measurements and beautiful figures. However, what really got me excited was, in their description and comparative anatomy of P. atrox, Merriam and Stock (1932) provide identification criteria for the Lion and Tiger, a translation of the one devised by the French palaeontologist Marcelin Boule in 1906. I have forever been looking for a set of rules for identifying lions and tigers and ultimately had to come up with a set of my own with a lot of help from cat experts. So that is why I was so excited to find this unexpected treat in this book. What's even better is that a glance through Boule's criteria (Merriam and Stock 1932) showed that I'd derived at about 80% of it already. Not bad, not bad at all.
So here are the criteria of Boule (1906) as translated and presented by Merriam and Stock (1932). I shall only list the cranial characters. Alongside are my identification criteria as shown in a series of diagrams I'd prepared for the Departmental collections, for potential use in undergraduate practicals - I used subadults for this, as the unfused sutures come up more visibly in photos.
1. The frontal process of the superior maxillary reaches the level of the fronto-nasal suture, or extends back of this suture.
2. The summit of this process is more or less acute.
3. The nasal bones are flat or slightly convex, especially toward their frontal extremities.
4. The external opening of the nasal fossae is relatively wider; it widens regularly beginning at the lower part.
5. The interorbital space formed by the frontals is wider, flatter and even commonly excavated; the Lion has a forehead which is wide and flat, transversely as well as longitudinally.
6. The temporal part of the frontals is relatively less developed; the fronto-parietal sutures are placed further forward.
7. The posterior palatine foramen is closer to the orbital border.
8. The inferior border of the mandible has a rather convex form; below the carnassial, this border presents a sort of tuberosity which is more or less pronounced (ramal process of English authors). This shape is such that a mandible of a Lion lying on a table on this inferior border can not touch the table at the symphysis and the angular process at the same time.
9. The coronoid process does not project behind the condyle.
1. The frontal process of the superior maxillary does not reach the fronto-nasal suture.
2. The summit of this process is truncated.
3. the nasal bones are very convex throughout their length.
4. The external opening of the nasal fossae is relatively narrower; it widens regularly, only up to a certain height, beginning at the lower part.
5. The interorbital space is narrower and always convex: the Tiger has a forehead which is narrower and more arched.
6. The temporal part of the frontals is relatively more developed; the fronto-parietal sutures are placed further back.
7. The posterior palatine foramen is further removed from the orbital border.
8. The inferior border of the mandible has a rather straight and even concave form; there is no tuberosity below the carnassial. The mandible placed on a table rests on the symphysis and on the angular process at the same time.
9. The coronoid process projects behind the condyle.
(Merriam and Stock 1932, pp. 181-182)
With regards to my diagrams featuring my identification criteria, most of Boule's (1906) criteria are actually featured here, albeit in simpler language. The most immediately notable difference between a Lion and a Tiger skull is shown best in the lateral view photo. The Lion skull (top) is generally flatter and the face is upturned. On the other hand, the Tiger skull (bottom) has a rounded look to it with the face tilted sharply downwards. When the skull + mandible is placed squarely on a flat surface, the Lion skull will rock forwards and backwards, primarily due to the rounded ventral margin of the mandible, the tuberosity below the carnassial (m1) as described by Boule (1906). The Tiger skull on the other hand will just sit there firmly.
The most noticeable difference between the two taxa in dorsal view is the relative positions of the maxillo-frontal and naso-frontal sutures. In the Lion, the apex of the nasals are either in line with the apices of the frontal processes of the maxillae or more anterior to these, while the same nasal projection extends farther posteriorly in the Tiger. The shape of the frontal process of the maxilla also differ in the two species as described by Boule (1906). After the gross differences identifiable from lateral view, which is basically the same as first impressions, the relative positions of these sutures is the most reliable and concrete distinguishing character.
In frontal view (below), the Lion has a relatively wider external opening for the nares, flatter dorsal surface of the nasals, less steeply inclined lateral surfaces of the maxilla, and broader forehead. The Tiger on the other hand has a narrower external nasal opening constricted ventrally, strongly convex dorsal surface of the nasals such that it forms a prominent bridge along the lateral margin of the nasals with a concave valley along the midline, steeply inclined lateral surfacese of the maxillae and relatively narrower forehead. Overall, a Lion is broader and flatter along the bridge of the nose, while the Tiger is narrower and sharper along the bridge of the nose.
In any case, I am quite happy that my identification is corroborated by earlier work.
Monday, July 7, 2008
The difference between Lion and Tiger skulls
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Business Names: What's in a name?
In my last post, I mentioned Corporate Registrations and Fictitious Business Name filings as sources Experian leverages for discovering linkage relationships. Today, I'd like to expand a bit on the different types of names that may be associated to a business. That's right, there's more to the topic than meets the eye.
Let's start with the Legal Name of the business. The legal name represents the business's true ownership. It refers to the legal entity or person that owns a business and there are several variations as discussed below.
For corporations, the legal name of a business is the one registered with the Secretary of State in the state of incorporation. (The state of incorporation may differ from the state in which the business is physically located or operating.) Other business structures, such as Limited Liability Companies (LLC), are also registered at the state level.
For a partnership, the name in the partnership agreement or the last names of the partners will be the legal name of the business. Some forms of partnerships are filed with the Secretaries of State.
For an individual owner, the owner's full name is the legal name of the business. Sole proprietors are not usually required to register their name with the state government.
Fictitious business names are required when the business owner wants to publicly use a name for their business that differs from the legal name. It allows the owner to accept checks or credit cards, and to open bank accounts with the fictitious name. Fictitious business names are also referred to as doing business as (DBA) names, trade names, or assumed names. The DBA name is most often used on the business's storefront and in their advertising.
Requirements for registering fictitious business names vary by state. These rules may differ depending on whether an individual or a legal entity is the owner of the business. Finally, the place of registration may be at either the state or county level within the state where the business is located.
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