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|Stephen M. Campbell, John C. Wozny
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|General Electric Company
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This invention relates to polymerization retarders and inhibitors in general and to stabilizing agents for prevention of premature polymerization of vinyl monomers in general and ar-brominated styrene monomer in particular.
Vinyl aromatic monomers tend to polymerize spontaneously upon standing. During the manufacture, shipping, and storage of these compounds, inhibitors are normally added to prevent, or at least retard, polymerization until such time that these compounds are intentionally converted to polymers.
Many stabilizing agents for the prevention of premature polymerization of monomers in general have been reported in the literature. For example, Czechoslovakian Patent Document No. 163,428 (Konecny et al.) recites several compositions which are known to stabilize one or more vinyl aromatic monomers: sulfur, copper, silver, gold, activated carbon, triphenylarsine, ammonia, diazoaminobenzene, some diolefins, phenylacetylene, sym-trinitrobenzene, p-benzoquinone, acetaldehyde, aniline condensates, N,N'-dibutyl-o-phenylenediamine, N-butylp-aminophenol, 2,4,6-triphenylphenoxyl, pyrogallol, pyrocatechol, hydroquinone, alkyl-substituted pyrocatechols, dialkylhydroquinone, 2,4,6-dichloronitrophenol, halogen-ortho-nitrophenols, alkoxyhydroquinone, mono-, di-, and polysufides of phenols and pyrocatechols, aromatic nitrocompounds, amines, thiols, oximes or hydrazones of quinone, phenothiazine, dialkylhydroxylamines, and nitro compounds. However, as also noted by Konecny et al., only a few of the known stabilizers are commercially employed, with benzoquinone, hydroquinone, and tert-butylpyrocatechol mentioned by name. The other stabilizers have various shortcomings including undesirable levels of toxicity, explosiveness, or insufficient stabilizing activity. Also, many of the above listed compounds are noted to be stabilizers in conjunction with only a limited group of monomers.
While dialkylhydroxylamine compounds such as diethylhydroxylamine (DEHA)-containing compositions have been described among a wide range of types of chemicals useful for stabilizing vinyl aromatic compounds, such as styrene, its use with brominated styrenes has not been addressed.
Only a few compositions have been described as useful for stabilizing ar-brominated styrenes such as dibromostyrene. In British Patent Document 1,230,979, dibromostyrene (DBS) is described as being stabilized by picric acid or by a mixture of picric acid with a quinone or phenol, such as hydroquinone, benzoquinone and t-butyl catechol. Unfortunately, picric acid has the undesirable characteristics of coloring monomers bright yellow and, when concentrated, being shock sensitive, i.e. highly explosive.
Also, U.S. Pat. No. 4,276,189 (Jackisch) describes a process for retarding polymerization of dibromostyrene by addition of a metal oxide, such as magnesium, calcium, or zinc oxide, with or without an additional stabilizing agent such as 4-tert-butylcatechol and most benzoquinones.
The use of iodine as an inhibitor for brominated styrenes is novel. Reference to iodine has been found concerning the elucidation of the mechanism of decomposition for benzoyl peroxide in various solvents. Iodine was added to minimize the undesired side reaction of radical attack on peroxide which is known to result in induced decomposition of benzoyl peroxide. Also, addition of aqueous potassium iodide solution to an unknown liquid has been used as a qualitative test for the detection of peroxides. Iodide is oxidized to iodine.
See e.g. G. S. Hammond, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 72, 3737 (1950), G. S. Hammond and L. M. Soffer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 72, 4711, (1950), A. Perret and R. Perrot, Helv. Chim. Acta., 28, 558 (1945) and A. J. Gordon and R. A. Ford, "The Chemists' Companion", page 437, Wiley Interscience, (1972).
According to the present invention, a novel process for stabilizing vinyl monomer against polymerization is described in which a vinyl monomer such as mono-, di-, or tri-bromostyrene or mixtures thereof are contacted or admixed with a stabilizing or polymerization inhibiting amount of an iodine composition, such as elemental iodine, to produce a stabilized monomer. Surprisingly, amounts of elemental iodine as low as 500 ppm will stabilize ar-brominated styrene monomer for a period of 88 hours at temperatures at or below 50� C.
The inventive process produces stabilized vinyl monomer compositions such as a stabilized ar-brominated styrene monomer composition which resists premature polymerization and may be stored, handled, transported, and subsequently polymerized with a greater deal of control, safety and economy relative to unstabilized monomer. In particular, dibromostyrene monomer may be maintained for a longer period of time without undesirable polymerization.
FIG. 1 is a graphical representation of Table 3 comparing percent volume decrease of monomer (which indicates relative degree of polymerization) versus time for stabilized styrene and dibromostyrene monomer.
FIG. 2 illustrates the effect of iodine on the stability against premature polymerization of dibromostyrene, and shows that it is a linear function of the iodine concentration in the monomer.
The present invention is useful in the stabilization of vinyl monomers, including vinyl aromatic monomers, such as ar-brominated styrene monomers, against premature polymerization. It is desirable to prevent or retard the rate of polymerization in order to ship or store monomer until required for use. Brominated styrenes such as dibromostyrene have been proposed as a flame retardant monomer for use in making flame retardant polymers, such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene graft polymers (ABS).
Use of iodine compositions as stabilizers is particularly advantageous for ar-brominated styrene monomers. In spite of the large number of inhibitors that have been discovered for vinyl aromatic compounds, few would be expected to find applicability with dibromostyrene.
Brominated styrenes have shown a markedly greater tendency to polymerize than styrene monomer alone. Table 1 shows polymerization constants (Kp) and termination constants (Kt) for styrene and mono-substituted halostyrene monomers in dimethylacetamide at about 30 degees C. as published by Imoto et al., Makromol. Chem., (1965), 86, 217.
TABLE 1______________________________________ Kp Kt � 106Monomer 1/mole sec 1/mole sec______________________________________Styrene 106 108Styrene p-F 112 127Styrene p-Cl 150 77Styrene p-Br 186 46______________________________________
As shown in Table 1, the rates of polymerization (Kp) for styrene and substituted styrene monomers indicates that halogenated styrenes are significantly more reactive than unsubstituted styrene and therefore more difficult to stabilize against premature polymerization. Also, since the termination rate (Kt) for an active bromostyrene radical is lower than that for styrene or its p-F or p-Cl analogs, the brominated styrenes are especially difficult to stabilize. With a lower termination rate (Kt) a greater amount of polymer is formed for each active free radical than for monomers having high Kt values. Cubbon and Smith in their article entitled, "The Properties of Nuclear Brominated Styrenes I--The Synthesis and Polymerization of Dibromostyrene and Tribromostyrene," Polymer, Vol. 10, no. 7 (1969) pp 479-487, (which article is hereby incorporated by reference) have shown in their FIG. 1 that the polymerization rate of dibromostyrene is more than ten times greater than styrene.
It is also noted that dibromostyrene formed by conventional processes may be a mixture of mono-, di-, and tri-bromostyrenes. Tribromostyrene has an even greater tendency to polymerize than the highly reactive dibromostyrenes. Cubbon and Smith, supra, further state the order of rates of thermal polymerization to be: 2,4,5-tribromostyrene>2,4- and 3,4 dibromostyrene>>styrene.
Many known stabilizers for styrene are ineffective or poor polymerization inhibitors for substituted styrenes. Also, many free radical stabilizers are effective at high temperatures, but do not follow a first order stability relationship to room temperature. Therefore, the stabilizing capacity of inhibitors should be determined at or near the actual conditions contemplated.
Suitable iodine compositions for use as stabilizers or polymerization inhibitors in the present invention to include elemental iodine, inherhalogen compounds containing iodine, iodine compounds, such as organic iodides, and iodine salts such as sodium iodide. Advantageously, solid crystals of elemental iodine may be employed. Another advantage of the present invention is that addition of iodine may be used as a visual or colormetric indication of stabilizing activity. Addition of elemental iodine to dibromostyrene produces a reddish solution whose color intensity decreases and turns yellowish as the iodine reacts within the solution. Therefore an observer may obtain a visual indication of the stability of the solution against premature polymerization by a color comparison of a test sample to a sample of known stability.
Beneficially, iodine compositions according to the present invention may be utilized with other stabilizing or polymerization inhibiting agents including the stabilizers listed by Konecny and especially including hindered phenols like t-butylcatechol and quinones.
Following are examples given to illustrate the process and compositions of the invention. Evidence of polymerization was followed by the dilatometric method. All examples were conducted at 50� C. and at atmospheric pressure. The experimental methodology was as follows:
Monomer samples were prepared for testing by introducing a precisely known weight of a test inhibitor into a clean 9 inch Kimble 2075C cream test bottle. (A cream test bottle consists of a large flat bottomed bulb which tapers into a long narrow neck; the neck is calibrated in arbitrary units from 0 to 50.) A known weight of monomer was then added in portions with intermittent mixing to yield the indicated concentration of the test substance in the monomer. Each bottle was stoppered and mixing was completed by inverting the bottle 25 times. (The volumes were precalculated to yield a level of about 25 on the scale.) The stopper was removed and the bottle was loosely covered with aluminum foil to eliminate evaporation. The above procedure, and use of a long narrow necked bottle, acts to minimize air exposure. Minimum air exposure is desirable as an experimental condition because it simulates reasonable expected static storage conditions for bulk handling of this monomer. The bottles were immersed into a constant temperature bath at 50.00�+/-0.02� C. and allowed to equilibrate. After equilibration, the volume was readjusted to exactly 25.0 on the bottle scale. The volume change was recorded versus time to monitor any conversion to polymer. A 5 unit change on the bottle scale was determined to be equal to a 1% change in total volume at midscale. A stabilizing amount is defined as sufficient added inhibitor to stop or retard polymerization for a time exceeding that observed for a monomer without added inhibitor. Excessive polymerization is defined as polymerization producing a one percent or greater decrease in total volume.
The styrene used in the examples was commercially available and used as received from Cosden Chemical Company. The dibromostyrene was obtained as an experimental monomer mixture of monobromostyrene, dibromostyrene, and tribromostyrene from Great Lakes Chemicals under the name of "Dibromostyrene" and from Ethyl Corporation under the name of "Satex RB-25". No difference between the two monomers was observed with respect to stabilizer response. N,N-diethylhydroxylamine was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company at 97% purity under the product designation of D 9720-7. The iodine composition was commercially available solid crystalline elemental iodine.
Test results are shown in Tables 2 and 3 for ease of comparison. Referring now to Table 2, Examples 1, 2, 3 and 9 are comparative Examples and Examples 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 are of the present invention.
TABLE 2__________________________________________________________________________DBS MONOMER STABILITY Time in Hours to Reach The Indicated Volume DecreaseEx. TBC IODINE @ 50�No. Sample ppm ppm 0.2% 0.5% 1.0%__________________________________________________________________________1 Styrene 15 0 57 120 1452 DBS 0 0 1.5 3 73 DBS 250 0 10 21 274 DBS 0 500 62 76 885 DBS 250 100 31 41 546 DBS 250 250 80 92 1047 DBS 250 500 147 154 1658 DBS with 250 ppm DEHA 250 100 44 64 879 DBS (*) 250 0 >.2 0.2 0.410 DBS (*) 250 500 6 -- <18__________________________________________________________________________ (*) Polymerization intentionally begun with initiator.
Examples 1 and 3 in Table 2 show that dibromostyrene stabilized with 250 ppm t-butyl catechol (t-BC) is less than one fifth as stable as the commercial styrene sample containing only 15 ppm t-butyl catechol as measured by a 1% volume decrease. While t-BC added to dibromostyrene will provide some degree of stabilization, it is not comparable to the level of stabilization afforded to styrene by t-BC.
Example 4 in Table 2 shows that dibromostyrene stabilized with 500 ppm of iodine is three times as stable as dibromostyrene with 250 ppm t-BC when compared at the 1% polymer level. At the 0.2% polymer level the example 4 dibromostyrene monomer exhibited six times the stability of example 3. This greater stabilization by iodine to very low polymer formation is important because even small amounts of polymer in the monomer render the dibromostyrene less suitable for use in subsequent processes. Also, at the 0.2% polymer level the stabilization time for dibromostyrene containing 500 ppm Iodine (Example 4) exceeds the stabilization time for the commercial styrene (Example 1) sample.
Comparison among Examples 5, 6, and 7 of the invention shows that the stability of dibromostyrene is a function of the iodine concentration. FIG. 2 illustrates that stability is proportional to the iodine concentration. Examples 5, 6, and 7 show that there is also a synergistic interaction between iodine and t-BC in the stabilization of dibromostyrene. Comparison of example 7 with example 3 and 4 shows an unexpected stabilizing effect of the combination of iodine and t-BC. The stabilization time of Example 7 exceeds the sum of the stabilizing times of Examples 3 and 4 by 150% to 200%.
Comparison of Example 5 with Example 8 shows that the addition of DEHA to the iodine inhibitor with t-BC further stabilizes the dibromostyrene against premature polymerization.
Examples 9 and 10 demonstrate the ability to initiate polymerization when desired by addition of a polymerization initiator. DBS containing 500 ppm elemental iodine and 250 ppm t-BC began rapidly polymerizing in less than 18.5 hours when initiated in bulk with a low radical flux polymerization initiator such as 0.5% by weight of a commercially available initiator sold under the trade name "VAZO 52" by E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. at 50� C. DBS containing only the t-BC exhibited rapid polymerization onset after 0.4 hours under the same conditions. In both cases polymerization continued to form a glassy solid homopolymer.
Referring now to Table 3, the percent volume decrease at 50� C. for Examples 1, 3, 4, and 7 from Table 2 is expressed in more detail with periodic determinations over time. This data ia graphically presented in FIG. 1.
As shown by the data in Example 2 of Table 2, dibromostyrene monomer, without any stabilizing agent, quickly polymerizes until a one percent drop in volume occurs after only seven hours. Thus, without inhibitor the original monomer quickly converts to polymer necessitating costly removal steps and rendering that portion of the monomer unsuitable for its intended purpose. The stability against premature polymerization of unstabilized dibromostyrene (DBS) may vary from one to several hours at 50� C. when tested with minimum exposure to oxygen from the air.
TABLE 3______________________________________% VOLUME DECREASE AT 50� C.Example 4 7 1 3 DBS DBSMonomer Styrene DBS 500 500 ppm Iodine +Inhibitor 10 ppm t-BC 250 t-BC Iodine 250 ppm t-BC______________________________________ 0 hr. 0 0 0 0 18 hr. .1 .38 0 0 21 hr. .1 .5 0 0 26 hr. .1 .8 0 0 42 hr. .18 1.9 0 0 50 hr. .2 2.4 .02 0 66 hr. .28 3.24 .3 0 74 hr. .3 3.6 .5 0 97 hr. .4 4.6 1.18 .06138 hr. .52 .14146 hr. .56 .18162 hr. .6 .6165 hr. .6 3.7 1.0170 hr. .62 1.4185 hr. .7 2.2210 hr. .8 3.34______________________________________
Examples 4 and 7 in Table 3 show that the induction period before undesirable or excessive polymerization (1% volume decrease) for 500 ppm elemental iodine in dibromostyrene with or without 250 ppm t-BC was 165 and 88 hours respectively. FIG. 1 graphically represents the data of Table 3 by comparing the percent volume decrease against time for Examples 1, 3, 4, and 7. Interestingly, addition of iodine greatly reduces initial premature polymerization relative to the use of t-BC alone. It is believed without wishing to be bound by that belief that iodine inhibits quantitatively until depleted, after which a rapid polymerization may occur. This is in contrast to the use of other stabilizing agents such as t-BC and diethylhydroxylamine in which use polymerization proceeds slowly until depletion of the stabilizer.
The stabilized solution of brominated styrenes according to the present invention is initially red and slowly fades to dark yellow as the iodine stabilizer is consumed, and then to the pale yellow of the monomer whereupon polymerization occurs.
The high reactivity of dibromostyrene toward polymerization tends to limit the storage stability and handling latitude of this monomer. Surprisingly, stabilization of the dibromostyrene with an iodine composition such as elemental iodine shows that dibromostyrene may be stabilized with a long induction period showing virtually no polymerization. Either iodine alone or the combination of iodine with t-BC is clearly superior to the use of t-BC alone and addition of other stabilizers such as DEHA may also be usefully employed. Also, an iodine composition inhibitor has the added advantage that it can be readily overcome by free radical initiators when the iodine is used at levels which provide adequate storage stability in dibromostyrene. Sufficient storage stability can be achieved in a vinyl monomer such as DBS at iodine concentrations below the level where polymerizability is adversely affected. Other iodine compositions are believed to be suitable, especially iodine salts.
The above examples show that useful novel iodine containing stabilized vinyl monomer compositions may be formed according to the present invention. In particular, stabilized vinyl aromatic monomers such as dibromostyrene or mixtures of ar-brominated styrenes may be formed.
The above examples serve only to illustrate the invention and its advantages and should not be interpreted as limiting since further modifications of the disclosed invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. All such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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|Monsanto Chemicals
|Polymerization inhibitor
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|Rohm & Haas
|Removal of inhibitors from ethylenically unsaturated monomers
|Oct 30, 1963
|Apr 26, 1966
|Pennsalt Chemicals Corp
|Polymerization inhibitor
|Sep 18, 1962
|Sep 20, 1966
|American Cyanamid Co
|Distillation of crude ar-halomethylstyrenes in presence of an alkylene oxide
|Sep 15, 1964
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|Inhibiting polymerization
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|Pennsalt Chemicals Corp
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|Union Carbide Corporation
|Method for stabilizing acetylene
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|Jun 30, 1981
|Ethyl Corporation
|Stabilization of dibromostyrene
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|Feb 4, 2002
|Jul 13, 2004
|Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
|Stabilization of monomers by compositions based on alkylhydroxylamines
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|585/2, 585/24, 585/833, 252/182.29, 203/9, 252/385, 252/397, 585/952
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jun 8, 1989
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Bourbon has signed a letter of intent to sell its freight operator activity to a company which is 100% controlled by Jean-Louis Bottaro and his family. Bottaro founded and managed Setaf from 1968 to 2008.
In this sale the cement carrier Endeavor remains the property of Bourbon, who continues to operate it within the framework of a service contract with the buyer.
"The development of our Freight Operator activity requires investments that Bourbon would not be able to make for several years, due to the decisions announced in the Bourbon 2015 Leadership Strategy. This is why the sale to a professional in the Bulk field is the best solution for the development of this activity", said Jacques de Chateauvieux, CEO of Bourbon. "With this sale, Bourbon becomes a pure player in marine services to the offshore oil and gas industry, focused on the implementation of its strategic plan."
The sale should be completed before the end of the year and should generate a capital gain of about $14m. Given this plan to sell and with the application of IFRS, financial data related to the Bulk Division will be reclassified in "income from activities held for sale," as from January 1st 2010.
There's hardly anything that can't be shipped in a container. However, for ethical reasons, Hapag-Lloyd refuses to transport certain goods.
Anyone who regularly transports goods for third parties,
The U.S. Navy has awarded a five-year, $22 million contract to Appledore Marine Engineering, a specialist focusing exclusively on the inspection and design of marine infrastructure,
Safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment said its Offshore Safety Agreements are providing relief for offshore operators seeking to ensure compliance
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has delivered UMW Naga 8, a KFELS B Class jackup rig, to Malaysia's UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Berhad (UMW-OG).
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Two U.S. Marines Wounded After Stopping Islamist Terror Attacker on French Train in Belgium (VIDEO) (Update: Gunman ID'd as Ayoub el Khazzani)
HEROES: US Marines always at the ready …
Two U.S. Marines were reportedly wounded after they stopped an Islamist terror attacker aboard a French train traveling through Belgium. The terror suspect was wielding a box cutter and an AK-47. The suspect opened fire aboard the train injuring several individuals. CNN International reports, the struggle was brief, bloody and chaotic as three Americans , a civilian, an Air Force member and a National Guard member, jumped into action and quickly tackled the suspect preventing a most certain massacre aboard the train.
They have yet t officially call this an act of terrorism; however, if it walks like a duck … The suspected gunman, a Moroccan national, was on the radar screen of European counterterrorism agencies for his radical jihadist views, the European counterterrorism official said.
The train was speeding through Belgium when the man emerged from the train bathroom, shirtless with a rifle — possibly an AK 47 — slung over his shoulder, the Americans said.
The three men — a member of the Air Force, an inactive National Guard member and a civilian — responded quickly, possibly preventing a deadly attack on the high-speed Thalys train.
The suspect had a box cutter or some other bladed weapon, authorities said.
"My friend Alek (Skarlatos) yells, 'Get him,' so my friend Spencer (Stone) immediately gets up to charge the guy, followed by Alek, then myself," Anthony Sadler said in an interview with CNN.
"The three of us beat up the guy," Anthony said. "In the process Spencer gets slashed multiple times by the box cutter, and Alek takes the AK away.
Dramatic footage shows aftermath of French train attack
UPDATE I: The Telegraph – Hero off-duty soldiers and British IT worker describe beating French train terrorist unconscious.
Chris Norman, the British man on board the train who helped tie up the attacker, has praised Spencer Stone's bravery in helping an injured passenger who he said had been shot, even though he was badly injured himself.
He told reporters: "Once we had actually finally been able to get the guy under control, then Spencer, who is Alek's friend, went to help the guy who had been shot, because there was a person who had actually taken a bullet wound and he was losing a lot of blood.
"So Spencer, he had a couple of cuts in the back of his neck, and his thumb was nearly cut off, actually probably saved the life of the other guy as well.
"So, it was really amazing. I think Spencer is the real hero of this.
"He was the guy who got up – Spencer first, Alek, Anthony, and then I came in at the end of it."
UPDATE II: Correction, Three Americans are heroes in preventing terror attack on train.
In any case, the actions of U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone, of Sacramento, Oregon National Guard Spc. Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler, a Sacramento State University student described as a longtime friend of Stone's, meant there was no worst case scenario.
And so Aug. 21, 2015 will not join the list of dates of horrific carnage that have come to be associated with modern terrorism. It will not be recalled as the deadliest attack since Sept. 11, 2001, or simply 9/11, which it could well have been. It won't be remembered as deadlier than 11-M, the March 11, 2004, terror attacks on commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, that left 191 dead. It won't eclipse the carnage of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris earlier this year, which began on Jan. 7 and ended Jan. 9, and left 17 victims and three attackers dead.
UPDATE III: Gunman Identified as Ayoub el Khazzani.
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Donald Trump Instagram VIDEO Rips Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton … "Politicians are Having Fun on Your Dime While the World is Buring"
Yesterday Donald Trump released a 15 second Instagram video that was both hard hitting and remarkable in many ways. First, in the age of new social media, this video that cost literally nothing to make and produce and reached many views as other campaigns spend thousands on highly produced TV ads. Second, Trump blistered both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as having fun and a grand old time juxtaposed to images of ISIS's Jihadi John cutting innocent individuals heads off and the Consulate burning in Benghazi where four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Stevens.
The message, "politicians are having fun on your dime as the world burns". This is so powerful and effective because that is exactly what many Americans believe, but have no platform to say it. Enter Donald Trump and his brash, over the top, take no prisons style. But the GOP establishment is worried about his tone. Most Americans say, screw the tone, we want results and we want politicians working for We the People, not taking advantage of the perks of their political office. Why does it seem that Barack Obama has played more golf since he has been president than Tiger Woods, Babba Watson and Jordan Spieth? Believe it or not it has been 219 times after he has continuously claimed he will not rest until every willing and and able American can find a job, not one single veteran falls into homelessness and until we build an economy that is ready for America's future. How's that working out for America? And of course with Hillary Clinton, what difference does anything make.
Mullah Omar, Dead or Alive? The Afghan Government Says Dead
Mullah Omar, is he dead or alive? Preferably, the latter. Omar was the leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan who was wanted by the United States for sheltering al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden for years prior to the 9/11 attacks. The Afghan government has confirmed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead since 2013; however, the Afghan president's and prime minister's offices offered no specifics as to how or when Omar died. However, final confirmation is needed.
The Afghan government confirmed Wednesday it was looking into reports that longtime Taliban leader Mullah Omar had died.
"We have also seen reports in the media on the death of Mullah Omar, we are assessing those reports," President Ashraf Ghani's deputy spokesperson Zafar Hashemi told journalists during a press conference.
Rumors have swirled for years that the one-eyed leader of the militant group that ruled Afghanistan until being toppled by U.S.-backed forces 2001 had passed away. The State Department was offering a $10-million reward for information leading to him.
Earlier Wednesday, an Afghan intelligence official told NBC News the government had come to the conclusion Omar had died.
The source who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity said that the issue of Mullah Omar's death was raised at a meeting with security ministers and members of the country's high peace council, which is negotiating with the militants.
Radio Free Europe – Afghan Officials Says Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Dead.
Zafar Hashemi, a spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, told reporters in Kabul on July 29: "We have received reports about Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death. At this point, we can't confirm or deny it. We are assessing the reports."
There was no immediate reaction to the reports by Afghanistan's Taliban.
The Taliban's official spokesmen have repeatedly denied previous reports of Mullah Omar's death.
But Fidai Mahaz, a splinter group of the Taliban that does not support peace talks with the Afghan government, announced last week earlier that Mullah Omar was dead and had been replaced by Taliban deputy leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansur.
The reports of Mullah Omar's death by authorities in Kabul comes at a critical time, with a second round of peace talks between Taliban representatives and Afghan government negotiators scheduled in Pakistan on July 31.
Posted July 29, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Classless … Barack Obama Jokes with Jon Stewart on Daily Show About Iran Nuclear Deal
The Comedian in Chief is at it again … How sad is it that Barack Obama is only comfortable going on a comedy show to discuss life and death matters like arming Iran with nukes? It is pathetic that a president is allowed to go on a non-serious show with such important topics and lie through his teeth about this lousy deal with Iran. To make matters worse, its not like Stewart is going to confront him on his lies, instead Stewart just makes a joke about it because after all, its a comedy show. How is allowing a radical Islamic, state sponsor of terror country like Iran a laughing matter.
President Barack Obama used a playful environment Tuesday to hit his critics on the Iran nuclear deal.
He said that critics of the deal apparently think, "if you had brought Dick Cheney to the negotiations, everything would be fine," according to the White House press pool report.
Check out the 6:05 mark of the VIDEO where Jon Stewart may have gotten in the zinger of the night in a not so subtle way as Obama takes a breathe and thinks to himself, its good that he is on my side. Obama says of Iran, "But with respect to Iran, look this is an adversary. They are anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, they sponsor terrorist organizations like Hezbollah. Jon Stewart mockingly replies, "Sounds like a good partner for peace" and then basically laughs in the president's face. Honestly, that is the Iran nuclear deal in a nutshell. It is no laughing matter that Obama has provided a legal pathway to a nuclear bomb to Iran and yet one just shakes their head as this terrible, terrible and dangerous deal.
Jon Stewart Talks with Obama for One Last Time
Posted July 22, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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22 Year Old One America News Host Tomi Lahren Tells Obama to "Be A Leader" Following the Death of 4 Marines & One Sailor in Chatanooga, TN
What, you don't know who Tomi Lahren is? You will after you watch the below VIDEO. The 22 year old has finally said what most Americans have thought and feel. She rips into Obama and the political hacks in Washington, DC and their failed startegy.Talk about being 'On Pont' … "'I've had it with this failed strategy – this half-way, half-baked, tip-toe, be-friendly-to-Jihadis mentality pushed by this administration. Be a leader!"
"This won't take long, but it's important," she said at the outset of her monologue. "Four United States Marines are now dead. Climate change didn't kill them. Lack of free community college did not kill them. The income gap, wage inequality — nope, not those things either. Gay marriage? Nope. Oh, white racism? Not that either. So what did? President Obama, if you won't say it, I will: radical Islam."
Check out On Point with Tomi Lahren's You Tube channel.
Chatanooga, Tennessee Terror Attack Death Toll Rises to 5 … 24 Year Old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith Has Passed Away From Injuries
Sadly, a 5th military individual has passed away as a result of the Chatanooga, Tennessee terror attack …
24 year old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith passed away early this morning from injuries he suffered as a result of Thursday's terror attack on the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Smith has been shot several times with wounds to his right arm, back and abdomen. Smith suffered extensive damage to his colon and liver in the shooting. Petty officer Smith underwent several surgeries and died around 2:17 a.m. Saturday. Smith was from Paulding, Ohio and tragically leaves behind a wife and three young daughters under the age of six (pic of Smith and two of his little girls).
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The Navy said Saturday the sailor shot in Thursday's attack at a military support center in Chattanooga, Tenn. has died.
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, 24, was one of three people injured when a gunman opened fire at the center, killing four Marines. The shooting is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
Fox News spoke to Smith's step-grandmother Darlene Proxmire who confirmed he died early Saturday.
Smith was shot three times when a gunman opened fire at the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Thursday morning. He was struck in the right arm, back and stomach, family members told a Kansas newspaper, the Salina Journal, according to the Chattanoogan.
He underwent several surgeries and died around 2:17 a.m. Saturday. His wife and other family members were with him at the hospital when he died.
The sailor's death comes in addition to the four U.S. Marines killed at the scene. They have been identified as Lance Cpl. Squire K. Wells, of Cobb, Georgia; Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, of Hampden, Massachusetts; Sgt. Carson Holmquist, of Polk, Wisconsin, and Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, of Burke, North Carolina.
A devastated step-grandmother, Darlene Proxmire, talks about Randall Smith.
Sailor from Paulding one of Chattanooga shooting victims:
His step-grandmother, Darlene Proxmire, told NewsChannel 15 Smith was a great baseball player and even got a scholarship to play in college. She said he hurt his shoulder and joined the Navy shortly after. Proxmire said she first heard about the shooting when a friend left her a voicemail.
"I immediately turned it on CNN and wow it was awful," Proxmire said.
Smith's mother is in Chattanooga with him.
"It's hard to understand how somebody can hurt somebody that's serving for you. For your freedom, for your safety," Paula Proxmire said.
Proxmire said she never worried about Smith joining the military.
"Because he was never shipped over there where, you know, the fighting and all that was at," Proxmire said. "He loved the Navy. He loved it in there."
It was on U.S. soil when the unthinkable happened.
"It's terrible," Proxmire said. "You think oh that's not going to happen to your family, but by gum it can. It can happen anywhere."
EXIT QUESTION: How many people must die before we take terrorism seriously in the United States?
Posted July 18, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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One of Victims of Chattanooga Terror Shooting ID'd as 40 Year Old Marine Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan … 'He was our hero'
One of the four US Marines that was killed yesterday at a Chattanooga, TN military facility was identified as an Iraqi veteran and Purple Heart recipient Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan. The 40 year old Marine had joined the Marine corps in 1997 and was from Springfield, MA.
Our hearts and prayers go out the to family and friends of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan … Semper Fi!
Rest in Peace Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan
One of the four U.S. Marines killed by a Muslim extremist in an attack on a Tennessee military facility was identified as an Iraqi veteran and Purple Heart recipient from Springfield, Mass.
Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, 40, a Marine since 1997, was one of those killed Thursday by Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, a Kuwaiti-born Chattanooga resident who was killed near the scene.
Sullivan served in India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines and fought in the 2005 Battle of Abu Ghraib, where he earned a Combat Action medal and Purple Heart.
The Facebook page of a Springfield bar and restaurant owned by one of Sullivan's two siblings posted a message paying tribute to Sullivan.
"He was our hero and he will never be forgotten," it read. "Please keep his family & friends in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you Tommy for protecting us."
Posted July 17, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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4 Marines Killed in Attacks on Chattanooga, TN Military Facilities (Update: Shooter ID'd as 24 Year Old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez)
The AP is reporting that four U.S. Marines have been killed as a gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday. The shooter also was killed. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the shooting suspect was identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. The FBI has taken charge of the investigation. The shooting attacks were carried out at the Army Recruiting Center on Lee highway in Chattanooga and the Naval and Marine Reserve Center at the Chattanooga Riverpark, locations that are only seven miles apart.
A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, killing four Marines and wounding two other service members and a police officer, officials told CBS News.
The shooter also was killed. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the shooting suspect was identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. According to a U.S. law enforcement source, Abdulazeez was born in Kuwait and came to the United States in 1996. It's unclear if and when he became an American citizen.
A U.S. official told CBS News that Abdulazeez was not on law enforcement radar concerning possible terror links or aspirations. The FBI was not aware of him as being any kind of threat.
UPDATE I: FBI Statement on Shootings at Military Facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The FBI's Knoxville Field Office, along with the Chattanooga Police Department and other law enforcement partners, are working jointly to investigate today's shootings at a military recruitment center and a reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee in which four individuals were killed and three injured. The shooter, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, is also deceased. While it would be premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time, we will conduct a thorough investigation of this tragedy and provide updates as they are available.
Really, is it really premature to speculate as to what the motives of an individual like Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who shows all the signs of radicalized Islam and a lone wolf terrorist? Seriously? ISIS has previously called for attacks on America and specifically on uniformed police and military. Can we please stop the PC nonsense and just call this for what it is, TERRORISM.
ABC News: Chattanooga Shooting: Four Marines Dead in Shooting at Military Offices.
Witnesses said that they heard dozens of shots as the suspected gunman, identified as 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, opened fire on two military installations sending people running for cover, according to the Associated press.
Abdulazeez, of Hixson, Tenn., was killed in a firefight with responding police officers after the rampage, a U.S. official said. The FBI said Friday night that the manner of his death was still being determined.
A motive for the shooting was still under investigation, but officials were investigating whether he was inspired by ISIS or other terrorist groups.
"My main message right now is obviously the deepest sympathies of the American people to the four Marines that have been killed," President Obama said to reporters in the Oval Office. "It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals … to be killed in this fashion."
Posted July 17, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu's Condemns Iran Nuclear Deal … "This is a Bad Mistake of Historic Proportions"
Barack Obama has all but destroyed US relations with one of our greatest allies, Israel …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded yesterday to the Iran nuke deal brokered by the Obama administration calling it one of the darkest days in world history. Netanyahu stated that the Iran nuke deal "is a bad mistake of historic proportions" and that it "will allow it to continue to pursue its agenda of aggression and terror in the region and in the world." So who knows better what Iran's intentions truly are, Barack Obama or Benjamin Netanyahu? The Israel prime minister went on to say that "Israel was not bound by this deal with Iran because Iran continues to seek our destruction" and that Israel "will always defend ourselves."
Israel and Saudi Arabia wasted no time blasting the nuclear accord with Iran, while many of the world's leaders — and some of Iran's immediate neighbors — expressed relief that a deal had been reached.
A fierce critic of the talks from the beginning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately condemned the deal as details emerged Tuesday morning, telling reporters in Jerusalem that the agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programs in exchange for an eventual end to sanctions on Tehran was a "stunning historic mistake" under which Iran will get "a cash bonanza of hundreds of billions of dollars which will allow it to continue to pursue its agenda of aggression and terror in the region and in the world."
"Israel was not bound by this deal with Iran because Iran continues to seek our destruction," he said. "We will always defend ourselves."
How any American president could make a deal like this with state sponsored terrorism should be grounds for impeachment. Sorry Mr. President, no deal is better than a bad deal. This president has just inflcited Obamacare, nuke style, upon the Middle East and the world. Heaven help us.
Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu, If it weren't for Israel, Iran would've had nukes long ago.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed that the nuclear agreement struck between the major world powers and Iran "is not the last word."
Speaking before the Knesset to honor the memory of Likud ideological forebear Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the premier said that it was Israel's vocal opposition to the Iran nuclear program that delayed Tehran's attainment of the bomb.
"We brought the Iranian issue to the attention of world public opinion," Netanyahu said. "If it wasn't for us, there would not have been a discussion about it."
"If it weren't for Israel's efforts, Iran would've gained possession of a nuclear weapon a long time ago," the prime minister said.
This deal was not about US national security or certainly not Israel security or stabilization in the Middle East, it was about the narcissist in Chief, Barack Obama, legacy. Of course I have no idea what he expects or wants his legacy to be, the destruction of the Middle East and terrorism raining down on the world?
Posted July 15, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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FEDS Warn of Possible 'Lone Wolf' Terrorists Threats Ahead of 4th of July
So what makes this 4th of July so special …
The authorities are saying that there has been no specific, credible threat; however, they are warning of possible lone wolf terrorist acts this 4th o July weekend. As reported at CNN, as Americans get ready for the holiday weekend, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center have issued a bulletin to law enforcement across the country warning of the possibility of an imminent strike against the United States. Intelligence agencies are watching as online chatter rises. But how is this different than past years? Could it possible be that ISIS, the so-called JV terrorist group as once stated by Barack Obama is now very active and successful in using social media to recruit "lone wolfs" to commit terror acts?
This 4th of July weekend, have fun, enjoy your time but be vigilant.
Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, American counterterrorism officials have increased security at national landmarks and large public events ahead of major holidays or significant anniversaries, and issued bulletins calling for increased vigilance by the public.
But this Fourth of July weekend has spawned particularly strong warnings about a potential attack as the federal authorities and national security experts say the United States is more susceptible now because of tactics chosen for recent terrorist strikes by the Islamic State.
Officials cite an increased effort by the Islamic State to galvanize its sympathizers in the United States and elsewhere since Memorial Day and during this Ramadan season to carry out acts of violence on their own — so-called lone-wolf attacks. Those potential plots by individuals are harder for the authorities to detect and disrupt, senior American officials say, and have led the F.B.I. to put more Americans under investigation for suspected ties to terrorist groups than at any point since Sept. 11.
At the same time, senior American officials acknowledge that, as with many past holidays and anniversaries, they know of no specific terror plot against targets in the United States. And while militants have said in previous years that they would like to pull off an attack on a major national holiday, there has not been a successful terrorist strike on American soil on a previous July 4 or similarly high-profile day.
One thing is for certain, if these radical Islamist terrorists ever attacked America on Independence Day, it would be their ultimate demise.
Posted July 3, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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The much-awaited trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel—The Great Gatsby—is finally here. There's no sight of Gemma Ward, who has a small role in the film, but there's plenty of Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway to be seen. Although the setting is New York in 1922, Luhrmann has set the trailer to contemporary music: Jack White's cover of U2′s "Love is Blindness" and Kanye West's and Jay-Z's "No Church in the Wild." The latter is appropriate, perhaps, considering that Luhrmann apparently blasted Jay-Z while they were filming. Enjoy the trailer after the cut—the film won't be in theaters until December 25.
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Grand Hotel StockholmNorrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Review Summary
- Great location, steps from museums and historic sites
- Grand, glamorous ambiance
- Michelin-starred restaurant
- Stately rooms with modern electronics
- Many rooms have balconies and harbor views
- Top-notch fitness center and spa
- Free Wi-Fi
- 24-hour room service
- Restaurant is expensive
- Single Rooms are tiny
- Flat-screen TVs are on the small side
Bottom Line
The historic Grand Hotel is one of Stockholm's grand dames, complete with gilded accents and a high-profile clientele. Built in 1874, the hotel boasts spectacular harbor views, and a great location near multiple museums and tourist attractions. Stately rooms have flat-screen TVs with premium channels, and some come with extras like separate deep soaking tubs and balconies. But be sure to upgrade to at least a Classic or Superior Room (215 or 270 square feet, respectively): Single Rooms are teensy tiny by American standards, measuring around 160 square feet.
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The hotel is in the heart of Stockholm -- and right on the water
Grand Hotel Stockholm is located in Norrmalm, the main borough of Stockholm's city center, Innerstaden, and situated right on the water.
Norrmalm boasts Sweden's largest shopping area, complete with underground mall. Located next to Ostermalm, where Sweden's "rich and famous" live, Norrmalm is also a large business center. Most importantly for leisure visitors, it is nearby multiple tourist attractions, like the National Museum of Art and Skansen, a reconstructed historic town and the oldest open-air museum in the world. A boat that shuttles passengers from island to island stops right in front of the hotel.
- 20-minute drive to Stockholm-Bromma Airport
- 35-minute drive to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- 1-hour-20-minute drive to Stockholm-Skavsta Airport
- 1-hour-25-minute drive to Vasteras Airport
- 2-minute walk to the National Museum of Art
- 8-minute walk to Hallwyl Museum
- 10-minute walk to Gamla Stan, home of the Royal Palace
- 10-minute walk to Sergels Torg, Norrmalm's public square and home of the underground mall
- 12-minute walk to Riddarholmen Church, one of the oldest buildings in Stockholm and the burial site of Swedish nobles
- 15-minute walk to Kaknas Television Tower, the tallest manmade structure in Scandinavia, complete with an observation deck overlooking the city
- 4-minute drive to the Nordic Museum and Vasa Warship, or 15 minutes via public transportation
- 7-minute drive to Skansen, or 17 minutes via public transportation
- 8-minute drive to Rosendal Tragard botanical gardens, or 26 minutes via public transportation
- 15-minute drive to Thiel Gallery, or 30 minutes via public transportation
- 15-minute drive to Millesgarden, Carl Milles' villa and sculpture garden, or 50 minutes via public transportation
- 23-minute drive to Drottningholm Palace and Theater, or 50 minutes via public transportation
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AddressSodra Blasieholmshamnen 8, Stockholm 103 27, Sweden
Room Types
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Great red wine glasses, perfect for wine tasting events (actually, it's the same glass used by Wine Spectator for their grand tasting events) The stem is short making the glass more stable, I stopped using the high end Glasses at dinners after starting to use these glasses. The price is great also!
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I've a 2k bottle cellar, and have finally found a wine glass that works for both white and red. Another great feature is the size...just right. So many glasses today are so big you can't store them easily.
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Overall great everyday wine glasses. The shape is an excellent all around sort of glass. Not in the same league as the other Riedel lines, but that's not why you buy these. These are for having a bunch around for get togethers when you don't care if somebody breaks one. And for having a glass of wine and not having to worry about hand washing them. Super durable nice glasses at a great price.
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I have bought these wine glasses in the past and loved them, but the glasses in this shipment were twice as thick/heavy and not as well made. Very disappointed, so returning.
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Nice wine glasses, although not the light thin glass of other Riedel wine glasses. These are thicker more heavy duty, not really why I buy Riedel.
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These are very nice wine glasses. A shorter stem and slightly smaller bowl then the Vinum Bordeaux glass (my favorite), but way less money, too. No lead in the crystal and dishwasher safe are both huge bonuses, too. Great value, just wish they were a bit closer to the Vinum Bordeaux style.


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- 1 can each black-eyed peas and red kidney beans
- 1.50 c. bottled marinara sauce
- 1 can no-salt-added diced tomatoes in juice
- 0.50 c. each frozen cut green beans and chopped green bell pepper
- 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp. red-wine vinegar
- 1.50 tsp. chili powder
- 4 split seeded kaiser or hamburger rolls
- Bean Mixture: Bring all ingredients to a boil in a 10- or 12-in. nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, partially cover skillet and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes until green pepper is tender.
- Spoon onto roll bottoms; replace tops.
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She's passed the breast weight > rest of body weight threshold. Looks like a greyhound with two huge tumors.
Did they remove her nipples when she got the implants? Don't see any here.
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Stuck in the same position for a long time
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You raised your forecast before bankruptcy..
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If you want to learn from a job, it is a good place to work.
Top management did not have a good long term plan or a technology view.
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Have a good plan to lead the company,
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Was great to work for a company who was an industry leader in many areas of communications technology. Lots of opportunity to work with differrent technologies in many different markets.
Was great until a string of ineffective business leaders took charge. Too many changes in direction, poor business decisions and slow responses to markets led to the company's downfall.
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While it will be a huge task, people in different countries must form some sort of power base that can challenge corporate power and also influence the signing of a world climate agreement. For our part in North America, it's unfortunate that the NGO environmental sector is so seriously split that it can't be called a movement.
This is a wake up call for Canadians to realize that our water supply is not infinite, that there are people right here in Canada who lack access to it, and that what little we do have is going towards digging holes in the ground or exporting meat to France. It's a wake up call for Canadians to ask ourselves are we willing to give up one of the basic necessities of life to make a quick buck?
So long as all of that good work in the U.S. can be undone by backward Canadian decision-making, we'll never make true progress. That's exactly why it is so critical for Americans, Canadians, First Nations and Tribes to come together to stop fossil fuel exports from the west coast of North America -- particularly through the waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, collectively known as the Salish Sea.
Frankly I think it's at least partially our fault as an environmental movement that this framing has stuck. We haven't focused enough on specific solutions over the years. We have opposed bad ideas like pipelines with vague notions of carbon taxes or non-specific alternative energy projects. We have rarely proposed or even broadly supported specific alternative projects.
The expensive, one-day summit -- corporations are picking up a lot of the cost -- will be a self-serving exercise for both the UN and the corporations. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will issue meaningless platitudes. The invited government representatives will denounce global warming in general ways. And as usual, the culprits -- the air-choking corporations -- will not be named.
Last week, Canadian beekeepers filed a class action lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court (Windsor) against two massive chemical companies, Bayer AG and Syngenta AG, for over $400 million in losses allegedly caused by neonicotinoid pesticides to Ontario bees. This is the first Canadian class action lawsuit filed for harm to bees caused by these widely used pesticides.
We are, above all else, biological beings, with an absolute need for clean air from the moment of birth to the last death rattle. We are about 60 per cent water by weight, so we need clean water to be healthy. We eat plants and animals for our nourishment, so whatever they're exposed to ends up in our bodies. We need clean soil to give us clean food. These are basic, biological facts and should be the prism through which any decision is made at individual, corporate or government levels. Protection of air, water, soil and the web of life should be the highest social, political and economic priority.
It's one thing to seek to learn from a disaster and it's another thing to incite emotional responses to promote hasty, unwise public policy actions. Despite the fact that virtually nothing was known about the cause of the Mount Polley leak, only two days after the spill, the David Suzuki Foundation had set up an automatic petition portal on their website calling on the province to institute a moratorium on new mine approvals, a suggestion that would imperil a substantial part of B.C.'s economy.
In terms of statistics, 12 per cent grew antibiotic resistance and became marginalized from others. Twenty-eight per cent of the population chose a wealthy style, happily living in their gated biofilms. Half of all the bacteria decided to take a middle-class lifestyle, choosing an easy nutrient source and never engaging in any extreme activity.
Poison Ivy grows freely in Canada -- with the exception of Newfoundland. Because of the presence of urushiol, there are no known predators. Our only defenses have been through the act of prevention. The first is best described by the rhyme, "Leaves of three leave it be," which essentially advises people to simply know the look of the plant and then avoid touching it.
Stephen Harper recently announced that dealing with climate change will not come at the expense of crippling the economy, and said that he encourages other countries to do the same. He claimed he was just being honest and that no leader really wants to take action on climate change, but based on recent actions by China, United Kingdom and the United States, this doesn't seem to be the truth.
Astute readers of the Harry Potter series and keen political observers may see parallels to the current Harper Government™ as it seems to operate in a parallel universe clinging to its fantasies, denying obvious facts, and not helping Canadians adapt to the profound changes climate disruption will inevitably bring. Minister Aglukkaq is entitled to her fantasies; however she is not entitled to the facts.
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The real problem is that the public doesn't actually get climate science information from scientists. We get it from government departments and international governmental panels. We get it from a sensationalist media and from politicians. While the IPCC tells us there will be 17 inches of sea rise by 2100, Al Gore scares voters by claiming it will be 20 feet.


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In May, I wrote about how beltway lobbyists, led by Patton Boggs were cashing in big time on the war in Sri Lanka. The lobbying firm, I noted, was being paid $35,000 per month by that country's government to, at least in part, sanitize its role in the violence. "It's hard to know who bears more responsibility for the bloodshed in Sri Lanka, the government or the Tamil Tigers, but it's clear that huge numbers of civilians are being killed in the crossfire," I wrote.
This prompted an angry reply from the embassy of Sri Lanka, which basically said that reports of government atrocities were exaggerated by doctors who were either under the influence of or biased towards the Tigers. It will be interesting to see how the embassy and Patton Boggs spin the release of a new U.S. report:
The State Department's top war crimes official called on Sri Lanka on Thursday to conduct a "genuine" investigation into allegations of war crimes by Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels during the bloody final months of the country's 25-year-long civil war. The appeal by Stephen Rapp, the U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes issues, came hours after his office presented Congress with a detailed account of alleged atrocities during the conflict that suggests both sides may have violated international law and committed crimes against humanity.
The report listed numerous allegations against the Tigers, including that they "forcibly recruited children as young as 11 to fight, killing relatives who objected, and "regularly fired on civilians attempting to flee the war zone." But it also cited numerous allegations against government forces, such as "government shelling of civilian populations, hospitals, churches and schools in rebel-controlled territory, often in areas designated by authorities as no-fire zones. The U.S. Embassy reported several cases in which large numbers of civilians were reportedly killed in shelling," including nine in the bombardment of a hospital.
Who will the government and the country's lobbyists blame now that the doctors can no longer serve as scapegoats? According to the Washington Post, Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry has already released a statement "saying that the allegations contained in the report 'appear to be unsubstantiated and devoid of corroborative evidence.' It said that Sri Lankan security forces had been 'engaged in a humanitarian mission' aimed at freeing captive civilians from the 'clutches' of the separatist group."
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I recently spent a semester teaching writing at an elite liberal-arts college. At strategic points around the campus, in shades of yellow and green, banners displayed the following pair of texts. The first was attributed to the college's founder, which dates it to the 1920s. The second was extracted from the latest version of the institution's mission statement:
The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.
Let us take a moment to compare these texts. The first thing to observe about the older one is that it is a sentence. It expresses an idea by placing concepts in relation to one another within the kind of structure that we call a syntax. It is, moreover, highly wrought: a parallel structure underscored by repetition, five adverbs balanced two against three.
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