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Last week, reports suggested that HOU wanted a back-up C or a power forward for Asik. And names like Varejao began surfacing. Today, reports say that HOU is interested in a 'swing-man' like Jeff Green.
Do any of you numbers experts think the Rockets could afford to take on Gerald Wallace instead of Jeff Green? Bass and Wallace for Asik? Sounds better than Jeff Green and draft pick(s), right?

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August 1, 2015
Qatar an 'Open Jail' for Nepalese Laborers Working in Slave-Like Conditions
Posted on Sep 26, 2013
At least 44 Nepalese laborers died this summer and countless others are working under slave-like conditions in Qatar as the oil-rich nation undertakes a massive construction surge to prepare for the 2022 World Cup international soccer tournament, The Guardian reports.
Workers are enduring appalling conditions, from being forced to live a dozen to a room, cheated out of their pay, denied water at work sites in desert conditions, and having passports and other crucial documents confiscated to preclude their escape. Of the deaths, most were young men dying of heart failure or workplace accidents. The conditions are so bad that at least 30 Nepalese workers sought refuge in the Nepal Embassy in Doha, the capital.
All to prepare for a sports competition.
The Guardian reports that the abuses are at the hands of managers for subcontractors far below the control of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, which oversees the preparations. Officials there told The Guardian they were "deeply concerned with the allegations that have been made against certain contractors/sub-contractors ... and considers this issue to be of the utmost seriousness." Government officials were investigating.
It's unclear how much effect that might have in a nation where Human Rights Watch says "forced labor and human trafficking are serious problems" and where "the government has failed to address shortcomings in the legal and regulatory framework" despite being well aware of the pervasive maltreatment of migrant workers—who make up the vast majority of Qatari residents.
Nepalese are the predominant laboring group, The Guardian reports, and thousands of them live and work in conditions that meet the International Labor Organization's definition of slavery.
The situation is so appalling that the Nepalese ambassador to Qatar, Maya Kumari Sharma, called the Mideast nation an "open jail." Yet the desire to make a living, and the pervasiveness of shady Qatari labor contractors in Nepal and other South Asian countries, keeps the flow of workers moving.
—Posted by Scott Martelle.
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(UPI) -- Officials at a Chinese airport said a woman attempted to smuggle tadpoles onto a plane by hiding them in her mouth.
The airport said the woman, a foreigner, was found to have a bottle of liquid in her luggage at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's security checkpoint and she was told she would have to immediately drink or discard the liquid, the Guangdong Southern Media Network reported Wednesday.
The woman poured the liquid into her mouth and security workers became suspicious when she refused to swallow.
The workers instructed the woman to spit out the liquid and they discovered she had been concealing tadpoles in the water.
The woman said the tadpoles had been a gift from a Chinese friend and she didn't want to lose them. However, she was required to discard them before continuing on to her flight, officials said.
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NC Mutual partners with Atlanta-based bank
DURHAM – The chief executive of Durham-based N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. said a new partnership with Atlanta-based Capitol City Bank & Trust will help the insurance company expand its reach.
Durham-based N.C. Mutual formed a partnership with Capitol City Bank that will allow the bank to market and sell insurance products to the bank's deposit base, said James H. Speed Jr., N.C. Mutual's president and CEO.
Capitol City Bank customers will have access to products that N.C. Mutual distributes for other companies as well, Speed said.
In 2011, N.C. Mutual launched an independent agency of agents that can sell the company's policies, as well as products of other companies.
"It will allow them to actually sell insurance-related products to their deposit base, and it would also allow them to market other services that N.C. Mutual has in terms of group life insurance, and in terms of the medical, and other products available to municipalities and other corporations," Speed said of the partnership with the bank.
Speed said the bank will provide its own staff for the initiative. Capitol City Bank will earn a fee for selling the insurance products, he added, and N.C. Mutual will also earn commissions from their sales.
N.C. Mutual has made an investment in the Atlanta-based bank through the purchase of bank stock.
Speed said N.C. Mutual officials are looking to form partnerships with other minority banking institutions across the country.
Sentinel Data Centers to hire 15 to 20 for Durham data center
DURHAM – Sentinel Data Centers announced Thursday that it plans to hire 15 to 20 people in the next three months to fill positions as the first phase of its Durham data center comes online.
The facility in Durham will eventually contain 420,000 square feet, including about 200,000 square feet of computer room space, according to a news release.
An initial phase is scheduled for delivery to Sentinel's initial users in June. The total investment in the project will be about $200 million.
The company said in the news release that Brian Baker, formerly the vice president of sales at Hosted Solutions, has been named Sentinel's vice president of Southeast business development.
Matthew Baker, a former U.S. Navy officer, has been named site director for the Durham data center.
"The caliber of our team is a core differentiator of Sentinel," said Sentinel Co-President Todd Aaron in the release. "Assembling smart, highly qualified, mission-critical operations teams provides our users the peace of mind to focus their resources on their own core competencies."
Sentinel's operating team will manage the physical components of the center, including power and cooling systems, while individual client companies will maintain complete control over their information technology infrastructure, either locating their IT staff on-site at Sentinel facilities or overlaying a third-party service provider to do so.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington City Council members say that economic development is key for the future of the city and now they want to make sure they're doing all they can to get the most bang for the taxpayers buck.
Tuesday night Wilmington City Council voted 4 to 3 to overhaul the way they divide up money for the city's economic development agencies.
Per the terms of the resolution the city will now divide its civic development partnerships into three categories: economic development, cultural and recreational, or boards and commissions.
Organizations that receive money from the city will be evaluated regularly to see how successful they are compared to other organizations in their category.
"When we're in partnership with these things it's a public private partnership and we feel that some groups may be doing a better job than other groups," said Mayor Bill Saffo. "It gives us an opportunity to evaluate those groups more thoroughly so that we as a council can make better decisions in giving that money out."
"It does improve the city's image as a city that wants to have additional economic development, and wants to build our job base, and wants to be progressive," said Councilwoman Laura Padgett.
The resolution also stipulates that the city will now publically advertise invitations to apply for grant money.


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This section addresses, in whole or in part, the following Georgia GPS standard(s):
This section addresses, in whole or in part, the following Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy:
This section addresses, in whole or in part, the following National Science Education Standards:
Compared with some of the other planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune), the Earth is fairly small.
The Earth appears to be spherical, when viewed from outer space, but the Earth is not a perfect sphere. Because of its rotation, its shape is slightly distorted. The shape of the Earth is best described as an oblate spheroid. This means that it is like a sphere, but it bulges at the middle, along the equator.
The diameter of the Earth, from pole to pole, is approximately 12,714 km.
The diameter around the equator is slightly larger, at approximately 12,756 km.
This is not a big difference, but the Earth is not a perfect sphere.
The circumference of the Earth was measured by Eratosthenes, a Greek mathemetician, geographer and astronomer who lived 276 - 195 BC. He knew that at noon on the summer solstice in Syene (in southern Egypt), the sun shone directly down a deep vertical well, illuminating the bottom. Eratosthenes recognized that the sun must be directly overhead at Syene on the summer solstice. In Alexandria, Egypt, north of Syene, he saw that the sun was not overhead directly at that time because a vertical post cast a shadow to the side. Eratosthenes measured the angle of the shadow (7.2°), and knowing the distance from Alexandria to Syene (5000 stadia), he calculated the circumference of the Earth. He knew from geometry (if the Earth were a sphere) that the angle he measured was equal to the angle between Alexandria and Syene, as measured from the Earth's center. Because the arc of the angle he measured was 1/50 of a circle, he multiplied 5000 stadia by 50. His result, 250,000 stadia (or about 46,250 km), is surprisingly close to modern measurements of the circumference of the Earth (about 40,024 km). His calculation was based on two assumptions - that the Earth is a sphere and that the sun's rays are essentially parallel.
You can do this calculation for yourself, or have your students do it.
12,756 km = diameter of Earth, so divide by 2 to get the radius, r. r=6378 km.
Now use the formula for the circumference of a circle. Circumference = 2πr.
Pi (or π) = 3.1415927...
Plug in your radius and solve for the circumference of the Earth.
Distance from the sun:
The Earth is 149,598,000 km or 92,956,000 mi from Sun. (This number is commonly rounded to 93 million miles.)
93 million miles (93,000,000 mi) can be expressed in scientific notation as 9.3 x 107 mi (which you would read as 9.3 times 10 to the 7th power, miles).
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is defined as 1 Astronomical Unit (1.00 AU).
The distances of each of the planets from the sun can be expressed in Astronomical Units, or their distance relative to the distance of the Earth from the Sun.
As we can see in the image of the surface of the Earth from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), generated from land and sea-floor elevations, the edges of the continents (continental shelves) are covered by shallow water (light blue). Other water covers parts of the continents in the form of lakes and rivers (or glacial ice).Keep in mind that sea level changes through time as global temperatures change, and the glaciers and polar ice caps fluctuate.
Map of Earth's Surface Features from NOAA. Click to enlarge.
This map shows what it would look like if all of the water was draine dout of the oceans.
Ocean basins cover 60% of Earth's surface
Average depth = 3800 m below SL; 12,500 ft below SL
Elevations are largely a reflection of the densities of the rock that makes up the continents or the ocean floor.
The continents are dominated by granite.
The ocean floor is dominated by basalt.
Basalt is more dense than granite, so the oceanic crust "sags" lower as it "floats" on the underlying part of the Earth that flows, called the asthenosphere (a part of the Earth's mantle).
Land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces.
Constructive forces include crustal deformation, volcanic eruption, and deposition of sediment, whereas destructive forces include weathering and erosion. Crustal deformation and volcanic eruption are the result of plate tectonics. Weathering breaks rocks down into sand and clay and other sediment particles. Erosion is the transport of those particles from one place to another. Erosion can carve out valleys and canyons. Deposition of sedimentary particles can form deltas, dunes, glacial landforms, and many other features.
Plate tectonics controls the large-scale features of the Earth's surface, including locations of continents and oceans, locations of mountain ranges and deep sea trenches, and many other features.
Map showing the locations of the Earth's tectonic plates. Courtesy U. S. Geological Survey.
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Move comes less than a year after Apple plumped for high-speed Toshiba SSDs.
Apple's new MacBook Air will come with new, lightning fast solid state drives. That's the word from fan site Macotokara, which has been speaking with a source at, "…an Asian electronics component company," about the plans.
The new SSD will run at a mind-blowing 400MBps and will be smaller than the current version, supplied by Samsung. Toshiba built the first run of SSDs for 2010's pared down line of MacBook Airs.
What's more, the hard drive will be soldered onto the base circuit of the new MacBook Air, making it even harder for users to upgrade or change it if they want to. Thunderbolt connectivity and Intel's newest processors are expected to join the new hard drive under the hood of the updated machine.
When will the new Air be on shelves? It seems Apple is happy to keep users waiting, with multiple sources claiming it won't be released until Mac OS X Lion is also available. Expect that at the end of July or beginning of August.
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It is normal for women going through the time of life known as Menopause will experience at least a couple of common symptoms. These can include hot flashes, excessive sweating and mild irritability to the more uncomfortable like weight gain, insomnia and anxiety. To treat the milder of these, the company Solgar manufactures a product called PM PhytoGen Complex. This is a natural product and one of Solgar's extensive range of health supplements. The company appears to be very well established and they have an informative website which provides company information, general health articles and menopause information plus a list of where the product can be bought. Unfortunately though, details regarding PM PhytoGen Complex are fairly limited and often retailers. sites will carry better information.
PM PhytoGen Complex can be bought at various costs depending on the retail source, but the average price for the consumer is $25.00 per bottle.
PM PhytoGen Complex – Ingredients
Puerana Mirifica (Thai Kudza), Folic acid, Vitamin B12, Biotin
PM PhytoGen Complex – Product Description
Because menopause is brought on by a drop in estrogen production, PM PhytoGen Complex provides the body with substances that 'mimic' the action of the estrogen hormone. In this case, these essential phytoestrogens are in the form of Puerana Mirifica, a natural ingredient that restores hormonal balance thereby reducing hot flashes, sweating, irritability and mild sleeplessness. This particular brand uses a process developed by Solgar called Smartabsorb, allowing the formula to be efficiently absorbed into the system and start taking effect quickly.
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- Puerana Mirifica is a strong Phytoestrogen
- PM PhytoGen Complex can be purchased in retail stores
- The Solgar website contains health and wellness information
- The key ingredient is explained well
- The PM PhytoGen Complex is completely natural
- The product is affordable
PM PhytoGen Complex – Disadvantages
- Solgar offers no clear money back guarantee
- There are no scientific studies cited
- Solgar website information is limited
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It is true that the use of Phytoestrogens during menopause can substantially reduce certain symptoms of menopause. Because the key ingredient in PM PhytoGen Complex is such a substance, it follows that the product may help relieve some of the more common conditions of menopause. In addition to this, natural phytoestrogens are thought to be safer than doctor-prescribed Hormone Replacement treatments.


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By Senior Airman Rhina Portillochacon, USAFSpecial to American Forces Press Service
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., March 21, 2006 Vice President Richard B. Cheney visited the U.S. military's transportation hub here today to thank U.S. servicemembers for their support in the global war on terror and assure them that the country won't abandon Iraq before the mission is completed.
Cheney met with Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, who commands U.S. Transportation Command, before visiting the base's Hangar 1, where about 2,300 people awaited his speech.
"These are eventful times in the United States and for the people who wear our nation's uniform," the vice president told the group. "And this Air Force base in the heart of America is at the very center of many critical assignments."
Calling Scott Air Force Base "one of the finest in the United States," the vice president said he wanted to let the people who serve there know their efforts are appreciated. "I admire your commitment to discipline, to duty and to service above self," he said. "It's a privilege to be in your company, and I bring the respect and good wishes of our commander in chief, George W. Bush."
Cheney praised the medical evacuation and airlift support the base's units provided to victims of Hurricane Katrina last summer. "You were swift and skillful in a time of need for fellow citizens, and I know the people of the Gulf Coast will never forget what you did for them."
But most of the vice president's words focused on the base's ongoing support to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. TRANSCOM, which is headquartered at Scott, has delivered more than 2.9 million passengers and more than 7.5 million tons of cargo in support of the war on terror.
"When America was attacked on a terrible September morning four-and-a-half years ago, President Bush said that the struggle ahead would be lengthy and difficulty and would require our fullest effort and unfailing resolve," he said. "And in this fight, some of the hardest duties have come to our people in uniform."
Cheney told the group about his pre-Christmas visit to Afghanistan and his discussions with troops there. "I thanked them for their service, for all that they've done to bring freedom, stability and peace to a troubled part in the world," he said.
He cited the challenges of the mission -- tough fighting in some parts and difficult terrain and conditions -- but said, "Our people are getting the job done, together with coalition partners and an increasingly strong and professional Afghan military.
"It is impossible to overstate all that our coalition has achieved in Afghanistan," Cheney said. "And when our forces return home from that part of the world, they can be proud of their service for the rest of their lives."
Cheney said he took that same message to U.S. servicemembers serving in Iraq. He cited the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom and it's importance in the global war on terror. "There is no doubt that the situation in Iraq is still tense. The terrorists know that as freedom takes hold, the ideologies of hatred and resentment will lose their appeal, and the advance of democracy will inspire reformers across the broader Middle East," he said.
"The war on terror is a battle for the future of civilization," Cheney said. "It's a battle we're going to win."
He dismissed arguments being made in some circles that the war in Iraq is not winnable or had already been lost, and that U.S. troops should withdrawal. "They are wrong," Cheney insisted.
"Our strategy in Iraq is clear. Our tactics will remain flexible, and we'll keep at the work until we finish the job," Cheney told the cheering crowd. "Progress has not come easily, but it has been steady, and we can be confident going forward. The only way to lose this war is if we quit, and that is not an option."
In the past, America didn't hit back hard enough when terrorists attacked, the vice president said. "They came to believe that if they killed enough Americans they could change our policy. And they are now trying to intimidate us into a policy of withdrawal and retreat," he said. "But this nation has made a decision: We will engage these enemies -- facing them far from home, so we do not have to face them on the streets of our own cities."
Decisions about troop levels will be driven by conditions on the ground and by the judgment of military commanders on the scene, not by artificial decisions set by politicians, Cheney assured the group. "As the Iraqi forces gain strength and experience and as the political process advances, we'll be able to decrease troop levels without losing the capacity to defeat the terrorists," he said.
While praising the contribution servicemembers are making toward this goal, Cheney also directed thanks to military family members. "The military life carries both reward and sacrifices, and these are shared by the spouses and children," he said. "I want you to know that America is grateful to all of our military families."
The vice president had a special recognition for those who have lost a loved one during the global war on terror. "Our nation grieves for the brave men and women whose lives have ended in freedom's cause. No one can take away the sorrow that comes to the families of the fallen," Cheney said. "These Americans served in a noble and a necessary cause, and their sacrifice has made our nation and the world more secure. We will honor their memory forever."
Following his speech, Cheney re-enlisted nine servicemembers and administered the Oath of Office to a new recruit. Reenlisting today were: Master Sgt. Eric Ervin; Tech. Sgts. Dwayne Leadbetter and Keith Moser; Staff Sgts. Morgan Dixon, Angela Grannis, Kholifa Kabia, and Rebecca Place; and Senior Airmen Randall Lederman and Joseph Terrell. Kyle McQuiston enlisted in the Air Force.
"It was an experience of a lifetime, a chance that most people never get, and it was an honor to have my fiancée and her mother there to witness it," said Terrell, a 375th Medical Operations mental health technician. "It made me proud to wear the uniform."
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continued On Friday, June 8, 2012, at about 10:32 am, DEC Dispatch in Ray Brook received a call from Essex County 911 reporting a person who had injured his legs jumping in The Flume on the West Branch Ausable River. Four DEC Forest Rangers, Wilmington Fire and Rescue and Lake Placid Fire and Rescue all responded to the scene. Timothy McCaffrey, 28, of Port Henry, was packaged and airlifted via Life Flight to Fletcher Allen Hospital.
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Town of Keene, Dix Mountain Wilderness Area
On Sunday, June 10, 2012, at about 2:44 pm a DEC Forest Ranger on patrol came upon a motorcycle accident on Route 73 in the town of Keene.
Gregory Pruer, 37, of Wantaugh, NY and his passenger were seriously injured in the accident. The Forest Ranger secured the scene and called DEC Ray Brook Dispatch for additional emergency response resources.
Keene Valley Fire and Rescue and the State Police responded to the scene. Mr. Pruer was packaged and transported to Marcy Field where State Police Aviation flew him to Fletcher Allen Hospital. The passenger on the motorcycle was packaged and transported to Elizabethtown Community Hospital.
Forest Rangers have police officer status and are first responders.
Town of Schroon, Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area
On Friday, June 15, 2012, at about 7:11 pm, DEC Dispatch in Ray Brook received a call from a DEC Assistant Forest Ranger reporting an injured person. Robert Johnson, 23, of Bloomington, MN, was working as a member of the Student Conservation Association Adirondack Program's Trail Crew when he fell and was unable to bear any weight on his leg. Two DEC Forest Rangers responded and assisted Mr. Johnson out to the trailhead, where he was able to drive himself to Glens Falls Hospital for evaluation.
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Another name for toilet paper
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A term used when you run out of toilet paper or, halfway through a shit realize that there is none there.
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Anything that is good in a homeless man's imagination
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Another word for Toilet Paper. Also known as "Asswipe" (pronounced As-weep-eh)
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Embodiments of the present invention include dense, but accessible and well-interconnected component arrangements within multi-component systems, such as high-end multi-processor computer systems, and methods for constructing such arrangements. In a described embodiment, integrated-circuit-containing processing components, referred to as a 'flat components,' are arranged into local blocks of intercommunicating flat components. The local flat-component blocks are arranged into interconnected, primitive multi-local-block repeating units, and the primitive local-block repeating units are layered together in a three-dimensional, regularly repeating structure that can be assembled to approximately fill any specified three-dimensional volume. The arrangement provides for relatively short, direct pathways from the surface of the specified volume to any particular local block and flat component within the three-dimensional arrangement.
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a waste of money.
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I pack these clothes pin hangars with me when ever I travel.
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great to have
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Love these. This is the second set I have ordered. Very useful for many things!
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Not a value even if you are giving them away. Each has fallen apart when I have tried to use each. Can't put them back together as the spring is too weak.
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If you expect these to be anything like the ones your mother used, they aren't! They are so cheaply made that the first one lost the spring as I eased it off the card. The hook on the second snapped off. I'm discarding the other 4. These are very flimsy and would not hold the lightest item to dry. The only reason I'm not returning them is that it would add to the cost of the mistake of buying them in the first place.
Just was I was looking for!
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I've been looking for these in a number of stores but couldn't find them until now! I like to use them to hang little hand-washables, or my shower cap on the towel rack, etc. Just the right size for what I need. So glad I found them in your catalog!
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Great idea, but not strong enough. Won't hold wet clothes, and 1 has come apart already!
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Perfect for washed items in a small space
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I use these when I am traveling abroad and don't want to have a heavy item in my suitcase. These clips are good for hanging up lightweight hand washables.
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Great for washcloths and hand towels in bathroom, because they dry faster. Eliminates clutter on bathroom rods. Wish they were a little heavier made, but they will work.


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Addictive Western 'Justified' returns with creepy mom villainess
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switching his jersey number from 23 to 6. This follows a change, in the last couple of years, of Kobe Bryant from number 8 to number 24. As a lifelong Chicago Bulls fan, I first want to say, obsessed over the greatest much? (I get it, Kobe, one higher than MJ! I suppose if your career can't hold a candle to Jordan*, you might as well beat him in jersey number.) What I really want to ask, though, is if either of these two were ever a kid.
Despite all of the propaganda, kids can be miserable, mean little bastards. Of course they can be wonderful and sweet and smart too. Often the same kids can be both. But one thing that doesn't change is that kids are capable of extreme cruelty with one another, and two central ways they go about this is in the arenas of appearance and class. Basketball jerseys function in both realms. Jerseys are expensive. You can find some cheaper ones, but the "real," coveted ones can be ridiculously expensive. (And kids know the difference.)
James and Bryant wear the league's two most popular jerseys. There are thousands and thousands of these things out there. Now, it's come to my attention that this isn't popular knowledge, but it's the case: people make fun of you if you have an out of date jersey. If you have a player's jersey and he gets traded or signed elsewhere, and you keep wearing the old one, people will make fun of you. It's exactly the sort of thing a kid might use to ridicule another kid. So when Bryant switched from 8 to 24, he pretty much screwed over hundreds of thousands of kids with his jersey. The richer ones could afford to buy the new edition. The poorer kids couldn't. And now the new best player in the league is doing it too. I just wonder, were these guys never kids? Do they not think about this stuff?
I do wonder if the socioeconomic class of the two of them comes into effect. Bryant was an affluent kid, famously the offspring of former pro Jellybean Bryant, and lived in a tony suburb of Philadelphia along with Italy. James I'm a little less sure of, but from what I understand I believe he lived a comfortable middle class childhood. Regardless, I wish they'd take a little time and think about the ramifications a bit more before they do something fickle.
*Since now, to my incredulity, some people think there is some sort of a debate: Jordan won 6 titles as unquestionably the best player and first option, won 6 Finals MVPs, 5 regular season MVPs, 10 All NBA First teams, 9 All Defensive First Teams, a Defensive Player of the Year award, and made 14 All-Star Teams. He has the record for highest scoring average in league history in both the regular season and the postseason. He scored more a game than Kobe, shot for a better percentage, rebounded more, got more assists, more steals, and turned the ball over less. All of those career totals, meanwhile, reflect Jordan playing into his 40s at a significantly reduced level, hurting all of his percentages, whereas Bryant's statistics stand now when he is in his prime, before a similar regression. There's no debate.
Update: Young Will from the League points out that James actually had a hard childhood.


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I saw a question get posted on twitter that kind of intrigues me a little. The question was pretty straight forward. "How many virtual machines should I be able to run on a host?" That is really a fair question in itself but what I find intriguing is that this is the first question he asks. Is this really the first thing administrators think to ask when designing their environment? After all there is no set formula on how many virtual machines you can run on a host. You can be a little more exact when working with VDI because for the most part all the virtual machines would be set up pretty much the same way and the numbers can be a little more predictable. That would not be the case when working with server virtualization. You are going to have servers all with different configurations and amount of resources provisioned to the virtual machines. This variation is what will change your slot count and the amount of virtual machines you can run on the host.
With the release of vSphere 4.1 there have been some great enhancements that have been added with this release. In one of my earlier post I took a look at the vSphere 4.1 release of ESXi. This post I am going to take a look at vSphere 4.1 availability options and enhancements. So what has changed with this release? A maximum of 320 virtual machines per cluster has been firmly set. In vSphere 4.0 there were different VM/Host limitations for DRS as well as different rules for VMware HA. VMware has also raised the number of virtual machines that can be run in a single cluster from 1280 in 4.0 to 3000 in the vSphere 4.1 release. How do these improvements affect your upgrade planning?
I just finished writing all the content for my next book entitled VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment of Virtualization Servers (2nd Edition) which continues the discussion on Dynamic Resource Load Balancing (DRLB). DRLB is the balancing of virtualized workloads across all hosts within a cluster of virtualization hosts without human intervention. This is the ultimate goal of automation with respect to virtualization and therefore the cloud. In effect, with DRLB the virtualization administrators job has been simplified to configuration and trouble shooting leaving the virtual environment to load balance work loads on its own.


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dueto the fact i brought a kindle and i can't blog on it, i am having to move evie.i.be to somewhere new! so go ahead visit
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dueto the fact i brought a kindle and i can't blog on it, i am having to move evie.i.be to somewhere new! so go ahead visit
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I haven't been around for a very long time, over 45 days as over-blog.com kindly announced! So stay tuned and wait around a little while and I will be back!
So firstly I apologise for not blogging in over a month! But a number of things have happened! Anyway I'm hoping to be updating every sunday, So stick around then :)
And oh Happy Halloween for a few days ago ;)
Realised I hadn't posted in a while, I am so sorry! But here is me being as normal as i can possibly be! I brought this dress for my Mums 45th and I feel like fairy! So anyway enjoy ;)
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Made a lush mushroom parcel for tea yesterday mmm
Realised I hadn't shared my first results to every one! I got 2 A's and 3 B's and 1 of my A's was 1 mark off A*! Pretty impressed with myself
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So recently Creepers have been the thing I've been looking for. So I came across www.DaisyStreet.co.uk and the creepers are absolutely lovely! Sadly I have no money on my card (Dammit) because I had to spend it on phone credit to text an arse called Liam, about his many problems, and Pre-order the Olly Murs book so I might have a chance of having a signed one! But hopefully soon I will have some money and be able to buy them!
But the weather hasn't been too good all week which is a shame! And I'm still waiting on a phone charger to post pictures Of seals from my holiday! It was so funny at how they all waddled around!
Also I reckon I'm the next Jamie Oliver! Made a lush Mac cheese yesterday! mmmm Cheese ;). but I guess being a vegetarian has brought out my cooking side as most of my family eat meat! But I don't mind I have a massive love for Mushrooms. (I know I am very sad)
But anyway returning to the subject of creepers! and oh... did I mention they are all in the sale?
Now these have to be my fav ones! I absolutely lov the colour of these! They remind me of the seaside :) And they look so nice. It is brogue style creeper and it has been had to fnd some in this style! So I am so glad that daisystreet.com has them! and Oh they are in the sale aswell! I like the way they also look very femmine aswell :) Perfect with skinny jeans and a biker jacket!
Now the blue shoes are also in a coral! How perfect are they? If I am honest I can't decide what colour I prefer! The colour is bang on trend! I could imagine teaming these up with a floral dress or some threading demin shorts.
Now my Mum told me she wasn't very keen on these, but I absolutely love them! I think I love he way they remind me of bowling shoes and the woven bit look so cool! Also I think bowling shoes were in vogue a while ago... so why not take the risk ;)
I have a pair of yellow brogues which are quite similar to these... so I think that is why they caught my eye! They are blimin' well stunning! They also have the woven underneath on them which I think bring I really cool edge to it! Look great with a floaty skirt and some tights and a total bargain!
You can top off the creeper look with a pair of jeans and a baggy cardigan! I can promise you they will be a massive hit this AW12! So which pair is your favourite?
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Hello Hello! It is Tia tuesday! And to top it off we have a very sexy photo. Enjoy.
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Got on my yellow brogues and shirt and went for a journey! Gotta say these are my favourite items of clothing I own!
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Got bored while eating a Nobbly Bobbly! hahaha! Also what a sexy sunburn I have!
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So I brought this New dress In debenhams for £8! Bargain right? The pattern is very Mary Katranzou and the skirt bit is one of the biggest trends at the moment. SO I reckon I got a pretty good deal!
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If Darwin was still alive we would have kept them in the field.
The ice cream part is actually doing amazingly well, everyone loves the "half gallons" still.
So for that price a good business man or woman can make a killing off of this sale. Close down some restaurants and redo the ones that are still open, and get back to the basics.
Same can be said with the Patriots. It's time for house cleanings everywhere around Boston.
NAZI Police are coming to Masslive!
Oh wait they were already here...
This is what happens when you get a horrible company to revamp the school like they did 10 years ago.
More important this is what happens when you build on a swamp...
And lastly this is what happens when the someone is too busy getting a better job than to do her current one.
Don't let the roof fall on your way out!
Oh wait... too late....
My family lives in Ludlow and because of the de(con)struction they did the driveway ramps are higher than the 100 year old broke sidewalks so every night all the water freezes. Someone slips have fun suing the town.
How about my town replaces the broken sidewalk? You slip on my sidewalk it's the town's fault for having 80+ year old sidewalks that are broken.
Maybe you can share one of your three jobs with the jobless and everything would even out.
My grandpa worked at a company for 35 years, was promised a lot and every year they cover less health care needs and cut back on is pension.
The same NEEDS to be done to these super powerful unions.
At the very least if you want your pension you have to submit to drug testing once every six months. Right there 80% of the cops would lose theirs and we would save a lot of money!
Can I become a writer and get paid for stating the obvious?
Does anyone care the Pats had a "perfect" season a few years back? No, they lost the Super Bowl!
I think the odds it becomes a character school are the same odds that there won't be another murder in Springfield this year.
The Post Offices really should only open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, all with hours something like 7am to 7pm. No one can get to a Post Office on a weekday and on Saturday they close early when people want to sleep in.
However mail should still move around everyday, just buy smaller planes if there is less mail.
God didn't make sin, humans did.
"It is understandable for the administration to underplay the significance of the WikiLeaks State Department cables."
In what dreamland is this guy living in?! Downplay?! They acted like if the info was released that it would be the downfall of the country, that the terrorist will take over the world and that we will all die.
Nothing happened. I don't think they could have played it up anymore than they did!
That's so horrible!
If you are a legal immigrant that live in the state than fine, give them the cheaper deal. If you are illegal we shouldn't give you anything besides a one way ticket out of the country!
Hopefully the insanely conservative US Supreme Court will veto this.
Obama has been a loser for two years even when he controlled everything. He is a pathetic president and I sadly voted for him. Thankfully I will not make that mistake twice.
While we check for legal status can we make sure they are alive to. I had to tell the voting people several times that a family member was dead. I think it took them two years (and thus two elections) to fix it!
Why vote when they can stay home and get food stamps, mass health, and welfare?


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Apparatus for the collection of fluids, particularly body fluids in a disposable container with a removable lid to which suction is applied. In order to avoid contamination of the suctional system from the fluids being collected, a removable filter chamber, with a hydrophobic filter element, is interposed in a suctional tube that extends downwardly from the lid to the cut-off level of the fluid in the container. When the fluid collected in the container rises to the cut-off level, it is sucked against the filter and the outlet is sealed.
1. A closure for a collection container comprising
an inlet for fluidic material to be collected in the container; means for applying suction to said closure;
a suctional inlet means suspended from said closure and extending downwardly to the cut-off level of the fluidic material to be collected; and
a filter chamber containing a semi-permeable filter element interposed in said inlet between the opening thereof and said closure;
said suctional inlet means being positionable by an adjustable corrugated extension at different cut-off levels.
2. A closure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said suctional inlet and said filter chamber containing said semipermeable filter are removable from said closure.
3. A closure in accordance with claim 2 wherein said filter chamber has a diameter greater than that of said inlet.
4. A closure in accordance with claim 3 wherein said filter chamber has a compartment below said filter element which becomes filled with fluid when the fluid collected in said container reaches said cut-off level.
5. A closure in accordance with claim 4 wherein said fluid collection compartment has apolished knife edge which is engaged by said filter element to provide a seal relative to the said suction applying means.
6. A closure in accordance with claim 3 wherein said inlet of said filter chamber comprises a suctional tube.
7. A closure in accordance with claim 5 wherein said filter chamber has a compartment above said filter element containing ribs which extend radially from the outlet opening therof.
8. A closure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said filter element is hydrophobic.
9. A closure in accordance with claim 1 wherein said filter element is air-pervious-liquid impervious.
This invention relates to the collection of fluids, and, more particularly, to the collection of body fluids using suction collection equipment.
In many medical and other procedures it is necessary to collect fluids that form, for example, in the body of a patient, often as a result of operating procedures or in connection with diseases which produce undesired fluids in various body cavities, such as the lungs. More frequently, the fluid is in the form of blood which is suctioned and aspirated during cleaning procedures. In these cases there is a danger from contact with the collected fluids.
Thus, when material is aspirated from the respiratory tract there is a serious risk of having health care workers acquire herpes virus from patients with occult infections. Similarly, the personnel of operating rooms have a serious risk of acquiring hepatitis B from contact with blood of HB Ag-positive patients. In addition, many surgical procedures are associated with infections where implants or high-flow suction is used. In coronary bypass procedures suction lines are used to return aspirated blood from a wound to an oxygenator. Thereafter the blood is returned to the patient. When the line is not aspirating blood, it is aspirating room air which mixes with the blood in the machine and increases the risk of patient infection.
Moreover, the suctional process creates a froth or a foam of the fluid being collected. This gives rise to mists and aerosols which can spread through the collection system and produce infections unless special precautions are taken.
Numerous attempts have been made to devise disposable containers for use with suctional equipment with special valving to reduce the danger from the undesired spread of infection-laden aerosols and mists throughout the collection system. Representative collection techniques are illustrated in the following patents:
______________________________________U.S. Pat. No. Issued Inventor______________________________________3,685,517 8/22/72 G. S. Reynolds, et al.3,699,315 10/24/74 L. K. Holbrook3,811,485 5/21/74 L. K. Holbrook3,863,663 2/4/75 W. J. Bornhorst3,965,902 6/29/76 R. J. Reilly et al.4,245,637 1/20/81 R. L. Nichols______________________________________
While providing improved and safer performance, the usual valving arrangements are complex, costly and insufficiently reliable. They often result in termination of the suction before the cannister is appropriately filled. In some cases the avoidance of system contamination requires that the closure valve be operated when the collection container is less than half, and sometimes only one-third, full. This is often the result of early operation of the valve because of the froth generated during the collection process. In such a case, if an attempt is made to restart the equipment after an initial valve closure, there is a serious danger of system contamination. In other cases even when the buildup of froth is not serious, the aerosol particles that are created during suction are able to pass through the valving into the collection line.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to facilitate the collection of fluids. A related object is to facilitate the collection of body fluids. Another related object is to facilitate the collection of body fluids using suctional equipment.
Still another object of the invention is to simplify the control over suction used in the collection of fluids. A related object is to achieve suitable control over suction without using any valving arrangement.
Yet another object of the invention is to enhance the efficience with which collection can be made of body fluids. A related object is to achieve efficient collection of body fluids while reducing the danger of contamination to the collection system.
In accomplishing the foregoing and related objects, the invention provides a filter chamber interposed in a suctional inlet suspended from the removable closure of a collection container. The closure includes an inlet port for fluids being collected and an outlet port near the center of the container. The filter chamber contains a semi-permeable filter element which desirably is hydrophobic. When the level of collected fluid reaches the opening of the suctional inlet, the fluid is drawn into the chamber against the semi-permeable element to block the suctional effect and terminate the filling operation.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the suctional inlet and the filter chamber are removable from the closure, This permits a series of the collection containers to be connected in series, with only the last container having the control filter.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the suctional inlet is positionable at different cut-off levels. The filter chamber, advantageously, is bounded by fins which extend radially from a circular outlet to support the filter element. The filter chamber desirably has a fluid collection compartment with a polished knife edge which is engaged by the filter element to enhance the seal with respect to the outlet.
Other aspects of the invention will become apparent after considering several illustrative embodiments taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a collection system for fluid for use in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the closure for the collection container of FIG. 1 showing a cut-off level control chamber in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view of the cut-off level control chamber of FIG. 2;
FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view illustrating the operation of the control chamber of FIG. 3A;
FIG. 4A is a perspective view of the upper portion of the control chamber and the associated filter element; and
FIG. 4B is a side view of the control chamber with a positionable inlet.
With reference to the drawings, an illustrative collection system 10 in accordance with the invention is shown in FIG. 1.
The collection system 10 includes a disposable container or cannister 20 which is closed at its top by a removable closure or lid 30. The latter includes an inlet port 31 for fluid being collected. Illustratively, in FIG. 1, the fluid is blood which is drawn from the arm of a patient by a line 50. Suction for drawing the blood over the line 50 is provided by a vacuum arrangement 40 which makes use of a vacuum pump (not shown) connected to a line 41 that extends to the suction inlet 32 in the top of the closure 30.
When the pump of the vacuum system is operated, blood is sucked into the line 51 forming a liquid 53 in the base of the container 20. In addition the suction provides a froth 54 which gives rise to an aerosol that can enter the suction system and result in contamination which is substantially eliminated by the controller arrangement 60 shown in FIG. 2. In a typical application, the pump is 1/20th of a horsepower, providing between 0 inches and 20 inches of mercury (up to 50.8 centimeters).
The closure 30 of the system 10 in FIG. 1 also includes a pouring spout 36 which is covered by a cap 36c. In a typical application, the fluid collected in the vessel 20 is poured from it by removal of the cap 36c and using the pouring spout 36, following which the fitting 40 and 50 are removed and the container 20 and the closure 30 are discarded as a unit.
The controller arrangement 60 that protects the suctional system in the closure lid 30 is shown in section in FIG. 2. The arrangement 60 includes an inlet 61, a oblate spheroidal filter chamber 62 and a filter outlet 63, which is removably connectable to the extension 33 of the suctional inlet 32.
The cut-off controller 60, shown in section in FIG. 3A is in the form of a oblate spheriod with a cup 62b and a cover 62a with a filter element 64. At the mouth of the openng 63p are diagonal fins 62f. The fins 62f lie along the radial line that extends to the center of the cylindrical cover 62a.
The operation of the controller 60 is illustrated in FIG. 3B. When the level of fluidic material in the container 20 reaches the inlet tube 61t of the base cup 62b, the suctional effect illustrated by the arrow S draws the fluid 53 into the cup 62b as indicated by the arrows B against the filter 64. Since the filter 64 is semi-permeable, allowing only air to pass, the fluid in the cup 62b against the filter 64 produces a blockage and terminates the flow into the outlet 63.
The rib construction for the fins 62f is illustrated in the partial perspective view of FIG. 4A. Also illustrated in FIG. 4A is the filter element 64 shown separated from the closure 62a in the direction of the arrows R. To promote the cut-off action of the controller 60, the filter element 64 is seated against the lip 62p to form an air tight seal. This seal is promoted by the presence of a peripheral knife edge 62k the cup 62b as shown in FIG. 3B.
In addition, in order to accurately control the level at which the desired cut-off takes place, the controller 60 can be provided with a flexible inlet extension 66 as shown in FIG. 4B. The extension 66 is positionable on the inlet 61 as a press fit, for example. Its body portion includes corrugations 66c which allow the extension 66 to be adjusted and permit the tip 66t to assume various filler levels, for example 1100 units, and, as illustrated in phantom 700 units for the tip 66t'.
It will be appreciated that where precise control over the cut-off level is desired, the inlet 61 and the extension 66 can be provided with a capilliary opening which quickly draws fluid into the lower portion of the chamber 62b and provides the desired cut-off of flow.
The filter element 64 is of any appropriate semi-permeable type, for example, hydrophobic filter type FA, catalog No. FALP04700, with a pore size of 1.0 μM, manufactured by the Millipore Corporation of Bedford, Mass. 01730. Such a filter is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,063,698. In any case, the filter element 64 is joined to form a hermetic seal with the cover 62a, for example by ultrasonic welding.
While various aspects of the invention have been set forth by the drawings and specification, it is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description is for illustration only and that various changes in parts, as well as the substitution of equivalent constitutents for those shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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Jerry Dude Meredith, age 61, of Bowling Green, KY formerly of Edmonson County, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013. He was an insurance salesman and also had worked for Gary Force Honda and Fleetwood Homes. He was a member of Brownsville Missionary Baptist Church.
The Grayson County native was born May 6, 1951, the son of the late Herman Dude Meredith and Texie Carroll Colley of Chalybeate, KY.
Besides his mother, he is survived by two sons: Joie Meredith of Brownsville, KY and Jarrod Meredith of Tennessee; two brothers: Moran Meredith (Brenda) of Bee Spring, KY and Cary Dale Meredith of Chalybeate, KY; five grandchildren: Craig Meredith, Tasha Meredith, Dalton Meredith, Natalie Meredith and Colton Meredith.He was preceded in death by a son, Randy Meredith and a sister, Lindel Ashley.
Burial will be in Hubsfield Church Cemetery, Bee Spring, KY.
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Bob Herbert is the latest of the liberal pundits to be flummoxed by Barack Obama's refusal to admit the surge has turned our fortunes around in Iraq and that it was a good thing it did. So what to do? Attack John McCain, of course. Herbert writes:
Senator McCain crossed a line that he shouldn't have this week when he said that Mr. Obama "would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign." It was a lousy comment, tantamount to calling Mr. Obama a traitor, and Senator McCain should apologize for it.
Lousy? But why? He doesn't say why it was wrong, just that it is mean to say it. But it is not wrong, of course. As McCain explained in his radio address today:
Back here in the country that we are competing to lead, a lot folks were having trouble trying to square Senator Obama's multiple positions on the surge in Iraq. First, he opposed the surge and confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge. But now that it's clear that the surge has succeeded, and brought victory in Iraq within sight, Senator Obama can't quite bring himself to admit his own failure in judgment. Instead, he commits the even greater error of insisting that even in hindsight, he would still oppose the surge. Even in retrospect, he would choose the path of retreat and failure for America over the path of success and victory. That's not exactly my idea of the judgment we seek in a commander-in-chief.
It is the bolded portion which provides the most support for McCain'se proposition. In other words Obama would prefer to have the non-surge Iraq, an American defeat and humiliation and chaos in Iraq. But no, his defenders say, he just thinks the surge wasn't needed and everything would be just fine now without it. (To be consistent we could have to posit it would be exactly the same as Iraq with no U.S. troops since Obama voted in May 2007 to cut off all funding for troops in Iraq.) There are two problems with that one.
First, it's fantasy-land stuff. No U.S. military leader, outside observer, Iraqi official or military leader or allied leader thinks that is true. (Not even Katie Couric does.)This is the magic theory of national security. If Obama wants to defend himself on the grounds he's a naif that's fine I suppose, but even he says the surge reduced violence.
Second, this is not the reason Obama gave for saying even now he wouldn't embrace the surge. He said he'd liked to have used the money elsewhere and he wants to implement a surge in Afghanistan. (I know– you can't make this stuff up.) But in all that he didn't say anything about Iraq being just fine without the surge. Once again, it is clear he doesn't much care about the outcome there and didn't much care all along if we lost in Iraq.
So back to McCain's accusation. It seems fairly clear that the "losing a war" part of McCain's argument is rather airtight. That has been the netroot argument all along — Iraq is not our fight, it is irrelevant to fighting Al Qaeda and so we can leave. (They like to say "leave" or "withdraw," but "withdraw" when your side is in peril is known as "retreat." And what follows is "defeat.")
Well then, maybe McCain overstepped on the "for political gain" part of the the construct. Maybe Obama thought his position was really brave and daring and he wasn't playing to the gallery. Yeah, right. This has been the rallying cry for his campaign, the ticket to the nomination and the item he used to beat Hillary Clinton into submission. So at the very least, he followed a path which maximized his political advantage at every turn. (Again he might claim he was woefully uninformed and despite independent experts, testimony of General PetraeUs and Ambassador Crocker, and reports from Director of National Intelligence Michael Hayden, he was totally in the dark as to the progress of the surge, until lo and behold, time had passed and the nomination was sewn up.) And now that all the evidence is in he still sticks with the netroot party line and refuses to embrace the surge. (After witnessing the fit which the Left threw over his reversal on FISA it is understandable that this was one fight which he didn't want to take on.)
In short, there is ample support for McCain's argument. The fact that Obama's supporters can only respond with an ad hominem attack on McCain should remove any doubt But if they want to go back to the naive/uninformed explanation for Obama's inexplicable refusal to recognize and welcome the results of the surge that probably would be okay with McCain too.


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Another Courtland Rogers Mug Shot Surfaces — Is He Back in Jail?
Remember when Jenelle Evans's estranged hubby, Courtland Rogers, got locked up in the Brunswick County clink on March 6? Those were not good times. This troublemaker was served with six charges for his arrest (four counts of assault on a female and two counts of battery on an unborn child) in Pender County on March 5, and his mug shot quickly made its way around the internet.
However, another mug shot of Courty's handsome face has just surfaced! So, did he get himself into even more trouble? Fear not, y'all. Courtland's most recent mugshot was taken on March 5 (the actual day of his arrest in Pendery County), while his previous mugshot was taken on March 6 (the day he was booked in Brunswick County Jail).
Courtland certainly looks bummed in his March 5 mug shot (check it out here on Starcasm), and for good reason. According to Jenelle's attorney, Dustin Sullivan, each of Courtland's six charges could land him up to 150 days in the slammer!
This dude is currently out of jail and in the midst of reuniting with Jenelle Evans, but there's no word yet as to whether she'll drop the charges against her man. Check back in with Wetpaint Entertainment for the latest developments in this never ending saga!
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