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The Americans response to Saddam's mass destruction chemical weapons would have been sexual! Documents achieved under freedom of information laws in the United States have confirmed that the country's military took into consideration the development of a "gay bomb."
In 1994, the US Air Force research department even requested $7.5m for the development of a weapon that would release an unusual chemical warfare: enemy troops would have turned homosexual and fallen in love with each other.
Nerve attacking gases make sense, but this is imagination brought to extreme in the case of projects such as MKULTRA, which in the end was blocked by Pentagon officials. The proposal hinted to "one distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."
"The Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another," said Edward Hammond who appealed to the Freedom of Information Act to get a copy of the proposal and offered it to CBS television. "The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soldiers would become gay."
Gay associations in the US - where openly gay, bisexual and lesbian people are banned from the army - expressed their indignation. "Throughout history we have had many brave men and women who are gay and lesbian serving the military with distinction. So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And it's absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual orientation is immutable and cannot be changed.", said Geoff Kors of Equality California.
Indeed, scientific research has confirmed that homosexuality is rather anatomical (in the brain structure), induced genetically or by hormonal accidents during pregnancy.


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Prescription Painkillers Emerge As the Leading Cause of Accidental Death
For years, car accidents have been the leading cause of accidental death. But that all changed four years ago when, for the first time, vehicle-related deaths were topped by poisoning due to prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin.
Americans Doing Their Obese Best to Keep the World Population 17 Million Tons Overweight
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Perhaps, not surprisingly, the US accounts for a disproportionate number of this extra poundage.
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Who among us hasn't eaten something off the floor as long as it sat there for three seconds or less? Well, it turns out there may be some truth to the "three second rule," but it has more to do with the type of food than how long it lingers on the ground.
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In a sure sign of our plastic surgery-obsessed times, the Quaker Oats man — who's known as "Larry" for some reason — has been revamped to make him appear slightly slimmer and more youthful. But don't worry — the oats themselves remain the same and are just as thick and gluey as you remember.


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Where is the "ri_jdbc.log" located on the IBM Rational Common Reporting server?
Running a report or "RQMAll" task may fail and report the message check ri_jdbc.log for details; however, the message does not indicate the location of ri_jdbc.log.
ri_jdbc.log may present under either or both of the following directories:
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He is set to go under the surgeon's knife today as doctors attempt to assess the severity of the injury.
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"He will now undergo exploratory surgery in the next 48 hours to assess the full extent of the damage caused by the dislocation, but we know he will be out of action now for a minimum of 10 weeks."
There are also injury concerns hanging over double Lion Gethin Jenkins and 2009 tourist Andy Powell.
Powell played in the defeat to the Springboks despite carrying a groin injury while Jenkins was a late withdrawal. Both players are now ruled out of Wales' encounter with Fiji on Friday and face a race against time to prove their fitness before the All Blacks come to town.
"Andy will be re-assessed at the start of next week, but he won't figure on Friday night," continued Davies.
"Gethin has had an initial scan which failed to show the extent of his calf problem. He will not feature this Friday night and will undergo another scan this week which should give us a clearer idea of his situation."


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WEST CARTHAGE For seven boys in the greater Carthage area, summer is a blast.
They are learning how to design, build and fly rockets all week at Edge on Sciences Summer Rocket Camp at Donald F. Getman Memorial Park.
John Aviste founded Edge on Science earlier this year to get more children interested in STEM science, technology, engineering and math courses.
If you dont get them hooked on technology at this age, they are less likely to become interested when they are in high school, he said.
On Wednesday, they were learning the disadvantages of a larger rocket body. Although some of the boys wanted to make the biggest rocket in the room, Mr. Aviste told them those rockets would not go as high because the extra weight would cause drag. They busied themselves sanding down the body of the rocket and, with the help of Mr. Avistes daughter, Rosemary P., cut it to their ideal size with X-Acto knives. As the day went on, the children also had to find a way for a pinky-finger-sized camera to be attached to the rocket.
Before the launch today, students will have to find out the wind speed, air pressure and elevation over sea level, just like at a real space shuttle launch.
Its real, Mr. Aviste said.
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Aiden A. Gold, 10, wanted to paint flames on the bottom and spike balls toward the rocket nose. Im really more of an engineer, he said. This is my thing.
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Putting the rocket together made sense because he loves building with Legos, he said, but getting the engine set up was the most difficult part so far.
For Mr. Aviste, the struggles the boys go through this week could help create innovations in national security and the economy. A civil engineer by trade, he has been hired by schools over the past 15 years to teach students about solar energy, rocketry and simple machinery.
Were starting to see a shortage of people who are technologically able, he said. Its a competition, the way I see it. Just think about how quickly technology advances.
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PERHAPS the most disturbing of last week's election results, aside from Dan Quayle ascending to the vice presidency, was the defeat of three-term Sen. Lowell Weicker (R-Conn.). The defeat of Weicker, an iconoclast who came to national prominence in 1973 as a member of the Senate Watergate Committee, represents a loss to the GOP and to the nation.
Despite the Senator's graceful claim that his defeat represented a repudiation of his views, Weicker's loss was due less to the abilities and ideology of his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Joseph Lieberman, than to the his being abandoned and ostracized by the conservative wing of Connecticut's Republican Party, which has never been thrilled by his outspokenly liberal views. In fact, William F. Buckley Jr. and other prominent conservatives in the state bankrolled Lieberman's campaign and made it explicit that they were doing so in order to pave the way for a politician with appropriate conservative credentials to defeat Lieberman in 1992.
DURING his 18 years in the Senate, Weicker established himself as a maverick who challenged his party's leadership and its increasingly conservative slant. Weicker fought the Reagan Administration over its budget priorities and took on the GOP right wing on such issues as civil rights, abortion, school prayer and busing.
From 1983-86, while the Republicans controlled the Senate, Weicker spearheaded a wide-ranging spending bill through the Labor and Health Appropriations Subcommittee that provided more federal funding for education, healthcare programs and aid to persons with disabilities than the Reagan Administration sought. As chairman of the Small Business Committee, he kept the Reagan Administration from abolishing the Small Business Administration. And while Congress and the White House ignored the AIDS crisis, Weicker successfully led the first battle for Federal funding for research.
When Weicker proclaimed his belief that the federal government should take an active role in promoting and financing higher education at a 1987 congressional hearing, an embattled Secretary of Education William J. Bennett asked in feigned amazement, "You are a Republican?" "Longer than you," Weicker replied.
NEEDLESS to say, Weicker's refusal to toe a straight party line combined with his outspoken manner, hardly endeared him to his colleagues in the Republican Party and he was often bypassed for positions of party leadership, though he clearly had seniority. But Weicker's blustery, abrasive, and confrontational style was resented by colleagues on the other side of the aisle as well, and he was never embraced by the Democrats either, because they considered him to be unpredictable.
He also had political troubles at home. Weicker was never one to do the dirty work of cultivating constituents and local politicians for donations and support, and Lieberman successfully exploited this weakness by portraying Weicker as a "slumbering giant" who ignored local interests.
Weicker was perhaps the last prominent member of the liberal wing of the Republican Party--historically represented by Jacob Javitz, Nelson Rockefeller, Charles Mathias and other formerly prominent politicians--which has been assigned to political obscurity during the conservative-dominant Reagan years. His independence, unpredictability, and abrasiveness were an asset to the largely monolithic Republican party, which needs more of the internal dissent he provided.
Weicker, like his much-maligned conservative counterparts in the Democratic party, showed that the country's two major political parties are broad-based enough to encompass a wide range of views. Contrary to some opinions, America's political parties are not mere interest groups serving the interests of a particular region or social class. With Weicker gone, one has to wonder if this is still the case in the Republican Party, which seems more than ever concerned with preserving homogeneity and presenting a united front to the voters than with engaging in the great internal ideological debates that characterize the Democratic party.
Maverick, loner, outcast, a "voice in the woods": all these words describe a courageous, gallant senator who stuck to his principles when they were anathema to his party and to much of the nation. Weicker's forced departure proves that the Republican party, even in its triumph, is unwilling to accept opposing views, and this only limits further the number of Americans they can claim to represent.
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Ball Park Music
|Ball Park Music
|Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|Indie rock
|Years active
|Stop Start Music / Inertia
|Associated acts
|My Own Pet Radio, Little Planes Land
|Sam Cromack
Jennifer Boyce
Paul Furness
Dean Hanson
Daniel Hanson
|Past members
|Brock Smith
Ball Park Music is a five-piece indie rock/pop band based in Brisbane,[1] Australia, made up of frontman Sam Cromack (guitar/vocals), Jennifer Boyce (bass/backing vocals), Paul Furness (keys/trombone), and twins Dean Hanson (guitar/backing vocals) and Daniel Hanson (drums/backing vocals).[2]
- 1 Origins
- 2 Career
- 3 Other projects
- 4 Band members
- 5 Discography
- 6 Concert tours
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Ball Park Music was originally the name given to Sam Cromack's solo work. The band all met while they were studying music together at university.
Early years (2008 - 2009)[edit]
Ball Park Music independently released their debut EP Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Ourselves To Sleep in April 2009.[3] The EP was quickly championed by triple j presenter Stephanie Hughes who gave an early version of "All I Want Is You" and "Black Skies" their first national airplay.[4] Richard Kingsmill said "Rufus Wainwright called. He wants his song back. So he should. This is a pretty good one."[4] about their song "Black Skies" and gave it four out of five stars.
Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake, "iFly" and early success (2009 - 2010)[edit]
In 2010, Ball Park Music released their second EP Conquer The Town, Easy As Cake. The EP spawned their first triple j hit in "iFly" which immediately was added to high rotation and gained a five star rating from Richard Kingsmill[4] Another song "Western Whirl" was nominated for both Best Alternative and The Courier Mail People's Choice Awards at the 2010 Q Song Awards.[5][6]
In October 2010 the band embarked on their first Australian tour in October with Hungry Kids of Hungary and Big Scary[7] and released a brand new single "Sad Rude Future Dude"[8] which was placed on rotation by triple j.
In November 2010, they were named as a triple j New Crop artist - "one of the 20 best new bands in Australia" - and was also offered a slot at the triple j Ausmusic Month Party in Brisbane where they collaborated with Custard's David McCormack on a cover of Custard's hit song "Apartment". Following this, the band was announced as the Queensland winner of a triple j Unearthed competition and won the chance to play at Big Day Out 2011 on the Gold Coast. Additionally, the band played several festivals in summer of 2010/11 including Falls Festival, South Bound, Sunset Sounds and Good Vibrations.
Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs (2011)[edit]
In January 2011, released their debut album "Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs". They released single "Rich People Are Stupid" as an iTunes exclusive and the song was immediately added to high rotation on triple j.[9] They toured in April with Eagle and the Worm and We Say Bamboulee for The Super Commuter Tour. Immediately following that, they embarked on another east coast jaunt with Sydney's Guineafowl.
On 24 June 2011, Ball Park Music signed to Sydney label Stop Start Music[10] to release their debut album Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs. It was released in Australia and New Zealand through Stop Start/EMI on 9 September and debuted on the Australian ARIA Album Chart the following week at No. 36.
Another single called "It's Nice To Be Alive" was issued and was once again supported by triple j.[11] The video for the song achieved a Channel [V] Ripe Clip of the Week, beating out competition from The Kooks's "Junk Of The Heart" and Kanye West/Jay-Z's "Otis".[12] Ball Park Music embarked on a four-date headline tour with Adelaide rock outfit City Riots on the How I Met Ball Park Music Tour which was followed by another headline tour to launch their debut album in October with Northeast Party House and The Jungle Giants. Immediately following that, they embarked as main support for Boy & Bear on their "Moonfire Tour".
In November, Ball Park Music were named the Unearthed Artist of the Year at triple j's J Awards. They were also nominated for the 2011 J Award but were beaten by Gotye and his album "Making Mirrors".
In December it was announced that Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs was voted No. 10 in the Triple J listeners album poll and No. 2 according to The AU Review.[13] The third single, "Literally Baby", was serviced to radio and TV, and it quickly achieved rotation on Nova Brisbane and Channel [V].[14] To finish off the year, the band played Peats Ridge Festival, Pyramid Rock and No Years on New Year's Eve in Brisbane.
Museum (2012)[edit]
Ball Park Music began 2012 by announcing The 180° Tour; "their most ambitious tour yet".[15] They were initially to play 14 dates with supports Nantes and Cub Scouts but added more shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne due to popular demand.[16] The band was also added to the 2012 Groovin' the Moo line-up[17] as well as Splendour In The Grass.[18]
On 23 March 2012, Ball Park Music were invited to do Triple J's Like a Version, where they performed their single "All I Want Is You" followed by a cover of the Flaming Lips song "Do You Realize??".[19] This was also filmed for triple j tv at the time.[20]
On 20 July 2012, it was announced that the band would release new music in the form of a single called "Surrender" leading into their set at Splendour in the Grass.[21] In a radio interview on Triple J with Zan Rowe, Cromack revealed that band were working on a new album, and they'd be releasing something "soon enough".[22]
In August, Ball Park Music announced their second album, Museum and a headline tour with Loon Lake in support.[23] In a press release, Sam Cromack said he was "inspired by the swift turn around in which the likes of The Beatles would deliver new records every six to 12 months" and issued the band a challenge to release another album in 12 months.[23]
Museum was released in Australia on 5 October[24] and it was named triple j's Feature Album the following week.[25] The station selected to play nine of the album's 12 songs.
Other projects[edit]
Sam Cromack now records his solo work under the moniker My Own Pet Radio and has released two solo albums, Suburban Lemon Shops and the Bruxer in My Bed (2009) and Unidentified Flying Collection of Songs (2010).
Jennifer Boyce records solo work under the moniker Little Planes Land.
Band members[edit]
- Sam Cromack – lead vocals, lead guitar (2008–present)
- Jennifer Boyce – bass guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)
- Paul Furness – keyboards, Trombone (2008–present)
- Dean Hanson – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)
- Daniel Hanson – drums, backing vocals (2008–present)
- Former members
- Brock Smith – guitar (2008-2011)
- Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs (9 September 2011) No. 36 AUS
- Museum (5 October 2012) No. 9 AUS
- Puddinghead (4 April 2014) No. 2 AUS
- Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep (2008)
- Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake (2010)
- "Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)" (2009)
- "iFly" (2010)
- "Sad Rude Future Dude" (2010)
- "Rich People Are Stupid" (2011)
- "It's Nice to Be Alive" (2011)
- "All I Want Is You" (2011)
- "Literally Baby" (2011)
- "Surrender" (2012)
- "Coming Down" (2012)
- "Fence Sitter" (2013)
- "Bad Taste Blues (Part II)" (2013)
- "She Only Loves Me When I'm There" (2014) No. 70 AUS
Concert tours[edit]
Joint tours
Opening act
- ^ "New kids in the Ball Park strike right note", Tweed Daily News, 4 February 2010
- ^ FasterLouder, 27 January 2010, Ball Park Music at FasterLouder
- ^ "The Buzz today!", The Cairns Post, 11 November 2009
- ^ a b c Ball Park Music on Triple J Unearthed
- ^ "Ball Park Music part of touring whirlwind", Caloundra Weekly, 27 October 2010
- ^ Q Music 22 July 2010, The 2010 Q Song Award Nominations
- ^ Select Music News
- ^ Ball Park Music release new single and debut live show around the country
- ^ Press Release with description of high rotation singles from 2011 Album
- ^ Your Daily SPA 24 June 2011 Ball Park Music sign to Stop Start
- ^ Triple J's JPlays - It's Nice To Be Alive
- ^ The In Sound From Way Out | Title = Ball Park Music Beat A Giant
- ^ Triple J Album Polls Triple J Album Polls
- ^ Nova FM Literally Baby
- ^ Tonedeaf Jan 2011 Ball Park Music's 180 Degree Tour
- ^ Tonedeaf Jan 2011 3rd show due to popular demand!
- ^ Musicfeed.com.au Feb 2011 | title = Groovin The Moo 2012 Line-up – Chiddy Bang Cancel, Ball Park Music Join
- ^ Musicfeed.com.au Feb 2012 Splendour in the Grass 2012 Line-up
- ^ Triple J | Title: LIke A Version: Ball Park Music
- ^ Triple J Like A Version | Title = Do You Realize
- ^ Mucho Bravado July 2012 Surrender To The Power Of Ball Park Music
- ^ triple j June 2012 Sam Cromack of Ball Park Music Takes 5 with his guide to the 90's...
- ^ a b The In Sound From Way Out | Title: Ball Park Music announce new album 'Museum'
- ^ Paul Cashmere (24 August 2012). "Ball Park Music To Release Second Album Museum". Noise 11. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ Museum: triple j Feature Albums | Title: Museum: triple j music reviews
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In her thirties, Leann Conklin is still looking for her life's calling. She has tried several careers, but found nothing that, well, sticks. This is in steep contrast to her famous and successful mother, daytime soap diva Ava Gerard.
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In 1970s rural West Texas, 12-year-old Lindy Logan has big dreams. She wants to become the next Karen Carpenter. She strives to acclimate to a new 7th grade class. And she fantasizes about killing her little sister, Jo. But all of these desires lead to her biggest dream of all – acquiring her momma's unconditional love. Because Momma was once second runner-up in the Miss Texas pageant and twice named Most Beautiful of Turnip High School, Lindy is certain the path to becoming Momma's favorite child is for Lindy to become famous herself. The only obstacle is 8-year-old Jo, a dead-ringer for the gorgeous Liz Taylor, seeking her own conduit to fame. If Jo gains fame first, Momma will focus all her love on her youngest, and Lindy's greatest fear will be realized – that she is a nobody. In Raggedy Ann Heart, the Logan sisters deal with budding hormones, imaginary friends, and even Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, all the while competing with each other for the ultimate prize – Momma's love.
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EE rivals' 4G services get one step closer to launch
Ofcom has finalised the rules of the upcoming spectrum auction process that will allow O2, Vodafone, Three and other operators to introduce their own mobile 4G services.
Ofcom has finalised the rules of the upcoming spectrum auction process that will allow O2, Vodafone, Three and other operators to introduce their own mobile 4G services.
EE's rivals will be able to launch their own LTE services in much of the UK during the first half of next year, rather than later. Making this possible was far more complex than simply bashing heads together.
The UK authorities have given the operators permission to share towers and masts, as well as the telecoms kit attached, paving the way for 98 percent coverage for 2G, 3G and 4G services within three years.
O2, Vodafone and other industry parties have lodged complaints with Ofcom over Everything Everwhere's application to refarm spectrum for 4G use before the end of the year
The operator has called Ofcom's change of heart on sub-1GHz spectrum 'irrational', arguing its rivals with a slice of that spectrum will have a 'natural competitive' advantage in 4G services
Mobile operator Vodafone has accused Ofcom of "taking leave of its senses" in its decision to allow Everything Everywhere to forge ahead with a 4G rollout before 2013, according to reports.The telecoms regulator said on 13 March that it was "minded" to allow Everything Everywhere to refarm its 2G spectrum to provide 4G services using the 1800MHz frequency, prompting the response from Vodafone in The Sunday Times.
The UK's Competition Commission has backed Ofcom's plans for cutting mobile termination charges, and has agreed with BT that the cuts should go even deeper and arrive sooner
Orange and Vodafone are raising their pay-as-you-go voice and text prices, claiming they have been forced to do so by new Ofcom rules designed to make it cheaper to call mobile phones
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has given permission for UK mobile operators to buy and sell 2G and 3G spectrum between themselves
Everything Everywhere, Telefonica UK and Vodafone UK have teamed up on a new joint venture to make it simpler for people to pay for goods and services using their phones, but Three is out in the cold for now
O2 has accused Ofcom of setting rules for the upcoming 4G spectrum auction that constitute state aid for rivals Everything Everywhere and 3.The "spectrum floor" rules were proposed in an attempt to create competition in the 4G market, by making sure Everything Everywhere, O2, Vodafone and Three would all hold enough 4G spectrum to be able to wholesale some connectivity to smaller 'virtual' operators, such as Tesco Mobile or Virgin Mobile.
The regulator's report, which focused on dongle and datacard-based 3G and HSPA connectivity, also showed that seven percent of UK households now use mobile broadband as their only internet connection
The company's landline and broadband services inspired more complaints to the telecoms regulator than those of any other major provider, Ofcom has said
The regulator wants to ensure there will be at least four major operators that can wholesale fast mobile broadband connectivity once the upcoming 4G spectrum auction has been completed
The operator is promising better coverage in London, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester thanks to its new-found ability to refarm 2G spectrum for 3G services
It's 3 versus Vodafone in the spectrum auction policy face-off...
The reuse of 2G spectrum for 3G services, finally allowed by Ofcom as of Thursday, should mean better broadband availability in rural areas and inside buildings
The telecoms regulator has said the government might want to consider extending cellular coverage to the entire UK population with the aim of boosting digital inclusion
From next year, mobile users can take their number to a new network in one working day, half the time allowed now
The telecoms regulator, which failed in its last attempt to shorten the time it takes to transfer a mobile-phone number from one operator to another, has revived the issue
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Arab MK Ahmad Tibi to Israel Hayom: I will not be intimidated, and will speak anywhere "with my head held up high" • Bar-Ilan apologizes for the incident • Tibi lambasts those who support "killing children solely because they are Arabs."
A 17-year-old girl ran up to and attempted to spit on Arab MK Ahmad Tibi at a Bar-Ilan University event on Sunday.
Bar-Ilan's student union hosted MKs Ahmad Tibi (Ra'am-Ta'al) and Aryeh Eldad (Strong Israel) on Sunday for a political panel. The MKs were asked a series of questions by a largely student audience.
During the debate Tibi was asked what he thought about the assassination of Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari, a question he ignored and instead spoke about Jewish Defense League founder Rabbi Meir Kahane, whom he called a "terrorist."
Tibi's statements were interrupted by the audience multiple times, with members shouting "go to Gaza," and "child killer." When one audience member yelled out that the Arab MK's hands were "covered in blood," Tibi, visibly agitated, responded, "If my hands are covered in blood, it is the blood of the children I delivered [as an obstetrician]. I am proud to say I brought life into this world, and yet some of you express pride in killing Arab children," he said. Tibi voiced his hatred for those who support "killing children solely because they are Arabs."
At the end of the debate, as the MKs were leaving the room, a 17-year-old girl ran up and tried to spit on Tibi. The girl was immediately restrained by security at the area and Tibi was escorted out by his guards.
Tibi told Israel Hayom on Sunday he will "not be intimidated" and will not rule out appearing anywhere, even if members of the audience "are Kahanists and racist. I speak for myself and the Arab public with my head up high, despite all attempts to silence us."
Bar-Ilan University released a statement saying that the girl was not a Bar-Ilan student, and that they "condemn the disgusting act and apologize to MK Tibi." According to the university, police officers were called to the scene to question the girl, who had been detained by university security guards.
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South West is victim of NHS lottery
Posted: June 16, 2012|
Cash for Westcountry patients has been siphoned off to bolster healthcare in London, according to shocking new evidence suggesting a 'postcode lottery'.
An in-depth study has revealed that, for the last six years, the Government has consistently ignored its own targets for funding, creating a nation of haves and have-nots.
During this time, while organisations buying healthcare for Cornish patients were drained of cash, the reverse was true in London, where Government targets were generously exceeded.
Andrew George, the St Ives Liberal Democrat MP and member of the Health Select Committee, provided some of the statistics used by the campaign group Health Initiative Cornwall (HIC) to compile the study. He said he was deeply concerned about the "years of perpetual under-funding".
"It is scandalous," he said.
"This under-funding seems to have been recorded over the years and yet nothing has been done to put it right."
The study involved combing through allocations to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), the 151 organisations in England who purchase healthcare on behalf of local populations.
Each year the Department of Health (DoH) gives a funding target for every area, but HIC has found the actual amount of cash handed over has veered widely off course for all but a handful of PCTs.
In Cornwall, the target was rigorously met between 2003 and 2006 – proof, says HIC, that it is not an arbitrary number.
However, since 2006 the money actually handed over to Cornwall has dipped hugely below target – in 2010-11 the difference was a shocking £56 million.
In total since 2006, Cornwall has been £176 million below target – a time which has seen its main acute hospital go cap in hand to the DoH for a bailout after running up debts exceeding £50 million.
In Devon last year, a slightly better picture occurred and in 2011-2012 its PCT received 0.3 per cent ahead of target.
While a sustained pattern of under-funding has emerged in the Cornwall, the exact opposite has been true in the capital – the location of 12 out of the 13 most "over-funded" PCTs.
In total this year, those 13 PCTs have received funding above their target amounting to £767 million.
In Wandsworth, the amount the PCT received over and above its target was £77 million – the same amount Cornwall, Plymouth and North and South Gloucester combined received under their target.
Joe McKenna, chairman of HIC, said it was a disgrace.
"This is proof of haves and have-nots when it comes to healthcare," he said.
"When it comes to places like Cornwall, the DoH has taken money away from patients so that people in London can have more. It is a disgrace."
From April, PCTs will be replaced by GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and in the meanwhile, the DoH has awarded an across-the-board 2.7 per cent increase to PCTs. But Mr McKenna said this rewarded the over-funded PCTs.
"The effect of this is to broaden the gap between the over-funded and the under-funded. If you get more, then 2.7 per cent is a bigger proportion."
Dr Colin Philip, interim chairman of the Kernow CCG, which has delegated responsibility for Cornwall PCT's £666m annual operating budget, confirmed the 2.7 per cent increase, but added: "Things are undoubtedly going to get tighter financially as we have an increasingly ageing population and more expensive drugs and treatments available to us.
"We believe we can free up money through our efficiency savings and working innovatively to increase what is available to be spent locally on patient care and ensure we can continue to deliver high-quality services with the funding we have."
Martin Wilkinson, deputy director of finance for NHS Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, said: "In 2012/13, our funding increased by the same amount as all other PCTs. We will continue to make sure people in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay get the best possible care."
The DoH was asked to explain the variance in target and allocation and the reasons for the apparent London bias.
However, a spokesman issued a statement saying the Government had increased NHS spending in real terms.
He said the increase was "above the rate of inflation" and would ensure patients "receive high-quality healthcare services".


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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency's primary responsibility is to prepare official estimates of agriculture for the nation, and for each state. There are 45 field offices that serve all 50 states. The Idaho Field Office is located in Boise, ID.
Field offices collect, verify, and analyze data which are used to prepare statistical estimates. Farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses are the grassroots source of information, collected through voluntary surveys conducted by each state office throughout the year. Survey data are collected and summarized at the state level to provide statistical indications. These indications are analyzed by statisticians in each state office who then make recommendations to the national headquarters in Washington, D.C.. Statisticians in headquarters review the state recommendations and issue the state and national estimates to the public on scheduled dates throughout the year. About 300 national and 9,000 state reports are issued annually. Idaho Field Office publications are available by subscription. Cooperative agreements with State governments also permit preparation and publication of county-level estimates of crops and livestock for many states. In addition, many field offices conduct surveys for other government agencies and private organizations.
Idaho 's Agriculture:
Agriculture with a farm gate value of production of approximately $4.0 billion is the number one industry in the Gem State . Most people associate Idaho with our "Famous Potatoes" slogan that adorns our license plates. While this provides much notoriety and recognition for Idaho 's number one crop, Idaho with its scenic beauty and agricultural diversity has much more to offer than the "best" potato in the world.
Traveling the state you will find Idaho 's agriculture is as diverse as its landscape. In the North are the vast dry land grain, dry pea, lentil, and hay fields. The Southwest's traditional crops are mixed with fruit orchards, vegetables, and specialized commodities such as mint, hops, and seed crops. Swinging east along the Snake River , the landscape is dotted with large irrigated fields of alfalfa hay, dry beans, potatoes, small grains, and sugarbeets. The Southeast and East are a mixture of dry land and irrigated grain, hay, and potato fields. We can see cattle and sheep grazing on the vast rangelands throughout the State, and Idaho 's dairy and commercial cattle feeding industries have made tremendous gains during the past decade.
Idaho's agriculture is not only diverse, but it is also a leader in several commodities nationally. Idaho is the number one potato state with more than 29 percent of the U.S. crop produced within our borders. Idaho also leads the Nation in specialty products such as food sized trout, Austrian winter peas, several varieties of dry beans, and is ranked second in the production of sugarbeets, and all dry peas. In total, Idaho is among the top ten for 18 crops, trout, milk production, American cheese, honey, and sheep and lambs. Also, our important cattle feeding industry is ranked 11th in the country.
Yes, we are proud of our "famous potatoes," but we are equally proud of the many other crops and livestock products grown in the beautiful and agriculturally diverse Gem State.


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Esmonde, I. (2009). Mathematics learning in groups: Analyzing equity in two cooperative activity structures. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 18(2), 247–284.
This article discusses the design and conditions of high school mathematics activities that aim to distribute opportunities to learn to all students. Of particular interest to ISE educators is the analysis of how some ostensibly equitable group activities may shut down equal participation. Also of interest is the theoretical discussion of the relationship between opportunities to productively participate in mathematical activities and the development of positive mathematical learning identities.
Gutwill, J. P., & Allen, S. (2012). Deepening students' scientific inquiry skills during a science museum field trip. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 21(1), 130–181. doi:10.1080/10508406.2011.555938
This article describes how two inquiry games promoted student science skills in a museum setting while minimizing demands on teachers, fostering collaboration, and incorporating chaperones. Students who played these games engaged in more scientific inquiry behaviors than did students in control groups.
Malone, K. R., & Barabino, G. (2009). Narrations of race in STEM research settings: Identity formation and its discontents. Science Education, 93(3), 485–510.
This study investigates specific challenges that students of color have in developing a personal identity related to science. The researchers examined how experiences in graduate school programs shaped the emergent identities of African-American women students in science and engineering. The study sheds light on the barriers cultural minority students might face in their pursuit of science in school and in careers, and suggests that educators might help to prepare students for these experiences.
Sandoval, W. (2014). Conjecture mapping: An approach to systematic educational design research. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 23, 18–36. doi:10.1080/10508406.2013.778204
Design-based research (DBR) is a method for testing educational theories while simultaneously studying the process of creating and refining educational interventions. In this article, Sandoval proposes "conjecture mapping" as a technique to guide DBR processes. Conjecture mapping responds to critiques that DBR lacks clear standards and methodological rigor.
Hudicourt-Barnes, J. (2003). The use of argumentation in Haitian Creole science classrooms. Harvard Educational Review, 73(1), 73–93.
This article uses critical ethnography and analysis of student talk to refute claims that Haitian children are less than fully engaged in science classrooms. Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes provides examples from a bilingual science classroom to explain cultural differences in language and in students' understanding of scientific argumentation. Hudicourt-Barnes posits that the Creole talk style of bay odyans is naturally scientific because it uses logic in argumentation. Ultimately, Hudicourt-Barnes proposes, cultural ways of thinking and speaking are good bases for science talk, particularly for argumentation.
Cobb, P., Zhao, Q., & Dean, C. (2009). Conducting design experiments to support teachers' learning: A reflection from the field. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 18(2), 165–199.
This article reports the results of a design research experiment in professional development for teachers of middle school mathematics. The authors report on how they developed their programs to account for three underlying conceptual challenges to their efforts: (1) the institutional contexts that teachers worked in, (2) the ways in which the learning developed in and through the community of practice, and (3) the relationship between teachers' learning in the program and teachers' teaching in their classrooms. Especially because of the different institutional cultures found in ISE versus school settings, this article could be highly informative for designing ISE-based professional development programs for teachers.
Rosebery, A. S., Ogonowski, M., DiSchino, M., & Warren, B. (2010). "The coat traps all your body heat": Heterogeneity as fundamental to learning. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19(3), 322–357.
This study makes the case for the ways in which children's everyday experiences are foundational to learning science. The authors argue for the importance of instruction that capitalizes on the diverse experiences and ways of thinking that children bring to the classroom. The article has implications for the design of learning activities in informal settings, where, in the absence of testing pressures, educators might be more free to engage children in "science talk" to support deeper meaning-making.
Jones, M. G., Taylor, A. R., & Broadwell, B. (2009). Concepts of scale held by students with visual impairment. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(5), 506–519.
Size and scale are important concepts across disciplines, particularly with recent advances at the very large and very small ends of the continuum, which are also hard to teach and understand. Since not much is known about how people develop a sense of linear size and scale, particularly for children with visual impairments, the authors compared their accuracy to that of normal students, as well as examined their experiences learning about size in- and out-of-school. The authors speculate that educators may find students with visual impairments to have unique accessibility to concepts of the very large and small scales of science.
Varelas, M., Pappas, C. C., Tucker-Raymond, E., Kane, J., Hankes, J., Ortiz, I., & Keblawe-Shamah, N. (2010). Drama activities as ideational resources for primary-grade children in urban science classrooms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 47(3), 302-325.
ISE professionals can use this article as a source of ideas to guide thinking about what makes a successful dramatic experience for learners. Alternative, physical ways to engage science learners are often the most challenging to envision, effectively execute, and articulate how learning is fostered. The researchers and teachers in this study incorporated drama into science lessons to bring in fun, creativity, thinking, and imagination as part of classroom learning, and showed how the young students collectively represented the scientific world more accurately.


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Worcester MA Restaurants
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Posted 21 January 2004 - 07:36 AM
Shrewsbury Street in Worcester (off of rte 9, just past the Medical Center) has some old time red-gravy Italian restaurants and diners, a popular Indian restaurant, and a steak and chop place, 111 Chop House. The Chop House has a sister restaurant that specializes in seafood and is really good. Click Here. Worcester has well established Lebanese and Syrian communities and there used to be some excellent options for Middle Eastern food, including a great market, Ed Hyder's.
I used to shop there all the time. It's mentioned here , along with some other suggestions for specialty stores.
Finally, the Wednesday Food section of the Telegram & Gazette probably has restaurant reviews, as would the Worcester Advocate, a weekly paper.
Enjoy your new home. I think the towns around Worcester County are just beautiful.
Posted 21 January 2004 - 07:57 AM
Sole Proprietor is reeeaaally popular, and granted they have excellent turnover and I have never had a bad meal there (or, for that matter, a really good one). They have an absudly extensive menu. Sushi included. I find that they aren't very good at anything in particular, but they do make an awesome garnish that you can request as a side dish (I don't think it's on the menu). It's the Spicy Szechuan slaw. Sounds gimmicky and gross, but it's great. I used to love their little fish market before they closed it down, because you could buy some of their better appetizers frozen and take them home to prepare, but they've taken my favorites off the menu since then, too.
111 Chop House I like. Same owner. Steaks, chops, salads, cute on the outside too.
Struck Cafe on Chandler Street. I haven't been in years but I used to adore the place. I think that they also run a small catering company?
My cousins who live in the area love Romaine's in Northborough
I like Living Earth, the health food store: they have a cute little cafe called the Garden Cafe. All vegetarian, and good for lunch when you'r e downtown and it's a toss-up between franchises.
Caffe Dolce on Shrewsbury Street used to have lovely coffee and desserts. It's right across from 111 Chop House, practically.
Elsa's Bushel and Peck used to make great sandwiches. I think there are a couple of locations, one of them on Chandler St.
Sahara on Highland St (Rt. 9) for Middle Eastern is nice. It's also good for when the Sole Proprietor next door is packed.
Shiraz is a little Armenian place on Park.
There's also the cafe at the Worcester Art Museum.
Hope this helps.
Posted 21 January 2004 - 09:39 AM
wine list and a very eclectic menu. They offer a vegetarian menu as well
as steak and fish. The service is outstanding too. Their number is (508-
347-5800). I can't seem to link it but their website with menu is
Posted 22 January 2004 - 07:48 PM
My fave restaurant there is Coney Island Hot Dogs. For serious. The best. As well, the numerous diners on Shrewbury Street are great for what they are. Used to be you could get some decent Italian food on Shrewsbury (the Wonder Bar, anyone?), but I'm not sure about it any more.
I'd save your pennies, eat low-end there and drive to Boston for your fine dining. Only an hour away. Or drive to Northampton and eat at my pal Dane's place Circa. Pretty great food.
Your opinion may vary, though. Where did you move from? Nice country out there, ain't it?
Posted 23 January 2004 - 06:24 AM
Wonder Bar -- yes! great cheap student food, along with Libby's, Emilia's, Angela's, THe Boynton and Chopsticks. There also used to be a great cheapo Italian place on Grafton Street, not too far from the rotary, but I can't remember the name. It was in a barn-like building and there was a penny candy store attached.
When my first husband was a medical student at UMass, my parents used to drive out to Worcester once a month and take us out to dinner. We'd check out lots of different places. But that was a *long* time ago and I'm sure many of them aren't around anymore. When we left the area, there was just starting to be a increase in the number of Southeast Asian restaurants, along with some better established Thai places.
essvee, we've been to Circa a few times and enjoyed it. Hope they're doing well -- it hasn't looked busy the last few times we've passed by. Last weekend we noticed their seasonal liquor sign -- they're BYO now until April 1 -- and made a mental note to go there again soon.
Posted 23 January 2004 - 06:55 AM
restaurants to stay out of include "bravo cafe" on highland st.
the lake ripple, on the shores of the lake in grafton will be re-opening soon, with new owners so you'll have to wait to see...
do not eat in "danielle's or the tavern behind it. the place has to be one of the filthiest i've ever been in. glenn's deli is very clean though, different owner in same building. right on 122. has decent deli variety and reasonable prices.
razzberries is ok for breakfast and nina's varies. grafton inn is ok.
try j.p fisherman's in westboro and there's a small italian place on rte.9 next to stop and shop, ziti's i think that makes a good and different pizza.
any other grafton ? want a subscription to the grafton news? first 6 mos. free to new residents.
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Posted 12 August 2004 - 06:32 PM
Tokyo Rose, which is right off one of the main avenues about 4-6 blocks from Clark, has good sushi and fine benihana. They had a number of items on the menu that you don't find at usual American Japanese restaurants. On Sunday they had a great all you can eat brunch that was perfect for hangovers, not that your daughter will have that problem.
There is a local book store, Tatnucks, which had a great restaurant in it. Good American food that was reasonable. Not to mention it is in one of my favorite book stores (and that is saying a lot.)
On the same Ave. as Tokyo Rose there was a wonderful Latino market. They had a great selection of unusual fruits. Right near there was a Korean restaurant that was amazing. My freshman roommate was Korean (I was in Wright Hall) and she loved the place.
Most importantly, great late night pizza. If you walk out the Main gate and make a left there is a pizza joint a couple of stores down. They made a carmelized onion pizza that got me through my two years there. I loved that pizza. It was the perfect blend of carmelized onions, sauce and cheese that strung out when you ate it. Ohhhhh, it's been a long time.
Does Daka still run the dinning hall?
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Posted 13 August 2004 - 12:42 PM
Shrewsbury Street also has other dining choices, from your basic "red gravy" casual, inexpensive Italian diners, to Indian food. Worcester is a city with a lot of ethnic diversity -- the Syrian and Lebanese communities date back to the early 1900's -- so there's lots of middle eastern and southeast asian choices as well. I'm not sure about BYO places, but if you're heading east towards Worcester on the MassPike, there's a great wine selection at Yankee Spirits in Sturbridge.
And speaking of diners, there are several great examples built by the Worcester Lunch Car Co. still serving food in the area.
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No this is for me and my wife...
Posted 15 August 2004 - 02:24 PM
No this is for me and my wife...
Our friends in France serve champagne to their 13 year old daughter on special occasions--and don't get arrested! So much for our drinking laws...
I think the difference between Northampton and Worcester is that N'hampton is a cute little college town with the surrounding upscale commuity to support a healthy restaurant scene, and Worcester is a big gritty town with a depressed economy slowly making a comeback. Your best food options in Worcester are probably ethnic. If you like deli, go to Weintraub's on Kelly Square. It's the real thing, looks like they last redecorated in 1940.
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Posted 17 September 2004 - 08:19 PM
el basha - belmont st and park ave locations, lebanese food
la scala - shrewsbury st. italian home style
want to travel a little? 45 minutes to "the harvest" in pomfret, CT
what are you looking for? price? ethnic? chain? pm me i'm right in the area
Posted 21 September 2004 - 10:43 AM
It's upscale cuisine-wise and their wine list is wonderful and reasonably priced.
It's my favorite restaurant in this area!
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Posted 14 November 2004 - 07:05 PM
Sole Proprietor - fantastic tuna... Really enjoyed it. I wish they had a more extensive red wine list but I understand why they don't.
111 Chop House - very good. We enjoyed it also.
Sonoma - We enjoyed the food but were taken back by the decor and atmosphere. Seemed very out-of-date to us. Also, more expensive but not better than the others.
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Posted 08 March 2007 - 11:56 AM
Mr. Duck and I will be in Framingham in a couple of weeks to attend a Bar Mitzvah, and will be looking for a place to go for a light dinner. (The chances of us being hungry by dinnertime are slim but I wanted to keep my options open.)
I haven't been back to Worcester for about 15 years (former Clarkie), so time and soberness permitting, I'd like to check out the art museum, show him the campus, and have dinner.
The suggestions upthread look promising, but I just wanted to see if there is anything new and exciting. I'm pleasantly surprised that The Sole Proprietor is still around. It was my favorite place — I remember all-you-can-eat steamers on Monday nights. We like all types of food, and are looking for someplace casual and your average entree being no more than $25. I'd appreciate all your suggestions. Thanks!
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360º Forged Offices
360º Forged is a company that designs and sells some of the most beautiful and elegant wheels available for today's vehicles. They are disinterested in becoming the largest wheel producer, but instead upon great service and quality products to their customers. 360° wants customers for life and values each customer interaction.
The company also must value their employees based upon the sight of their offices. The aesthetics of the office are just beautiful and pleasant to the eyes. Each employee has a large work area with plenty of screen real estate. Some people might dislike the amount of lighting, but it really adds to the appeal of the space because of its product-matching elegance. The waiting area is also very comfortable looking with leather couches and a large flatscreen.
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Making the Right Choice In Business and Wealth
People who go to the regular office and toil everyday and dream of becoming the president or chief executive office of the company may seem to be feasible but this would of course need the luxury of time and extra effort on their part to be able to attain such a distinctive position in most organizations today.
Thinking like an Entrepreneur
On the other hand, getting into entrepreneurial pacts is another way to approach of achieving wealth. Business opportunities are abundant today, a lot of which have been either successful and not. There are a number of businesses to which a person can get into like:
- Franchising
- Service Rendering
- Product Manufacturing
- Trading
- Consultancy and Professional Services
The enumerated possibilities above are only some of the highlights that a person can openly consider. For all its worth, no promises as to the evident success of a person can be assured. It would all take patience and proper guidance for people to excel. This would include taking up advanced studies, research and surveys, deep-end analysis for both the external and internal factors affecting a business and of course the proper allocation of funds that are readily available.
Maximizing Time and Bearing Sacrifices Temporarily
There are people who even go to the extent of holding two jobs at once. While such a scenario may prove to be grueling and punishing, people aimed at wanting to be successful in terms of being prepared and wanting to earn that extra buck would care less. One key towards success in personal development and business opportunities is to have a single mission and vision on what they would want to achieve towards the path of monetary rewards called wealth.
Considering External and Internal Factors for Evaluation
Make no mistake about it. Wealth is not an easy goal to attain. It can be typified towards a gamble on the part of a professional since in business, anything is possible. It can be favorable and at the same time disastrous. The factors affecting business as mentioned earlier, should also consider the external factors such as the political, cultural, environmental and legal aspects of the area where the business setting would be placed.
Internal factors such as manning and implementation of policies and procedures and proper budget allocations and auditing would contribute fairly in enable a business to function like a well-oiled machine. One can never be sure of such events hence the need to be able to properly make initial assessment proceedings prior to a business launch.
Knowing the Marketing Efforts to be Invested
The marketing and development phases of being able to establish a brand identity in the case of entrepreneurial practices is one of the hardest parts to accomplish. Even organizations would need the benefit of time to do so, and branding has been proven to be something that has been effective on all marketing efforts in any venture.
Let us face reality. Being rich is a common goal for most people. It all lies on determining as to how to go about it and what line to specialize in. It is not the typical touch and go type of a setup where people can care less of where a business proceeding may end up. Thinking in the manner that consumers would find themselves in would be a good place to start.
Referring to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
People would often refer to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs for basis. Although such would be a good idea, it would be best to check out the existing players and competitors beforehand. Food, clothing and shelter would be among the tops of the list, but then again, partaking in such would depend on the number of players present in the current category of business. The more players found in a certain category would mean the harder aim for grabbing a piece of the market and establishing a fair market share. This alone should be a point under consideration above all.
It is without a doubt that how to become rich is something that anyone would want to happen. All it takes is finding their individual points of interest and executing it properly. The key towards success knows all aspects surrounding the choice to be made. The absence of such interest would render the whole effort useless considering that there is a lack of knowledge that is needed in order to generate new concepts and ideas for the good of a successful business and money-making venture.
Such concepts and ideas are expected to be unique. It is through them where a business would gain distinction and be different from others thereby carving a niche of their own and building identity in a different approach


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Sergey Sorokin vs. Emanuel Augustus
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2007-08-31 : Sergey Sorokin 140 lbs beat Emanuel Augustus 139 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Location: Yubileyny, Yugorsk, Russia
- Referee: Viktor Panin
- Judge: Sergey Bausov 119-109
- Judge: Roman Petrov 118-110
- Judge: Nabijon Ismanov 119-109
- In a fight which the aggressive Augustus appeared to control with his workrate, the judges overwhelmingly favoured the harder, yet infrequent, punches from Sorokin.
- Augustus had suffered cuts over both eyes by round 6.
- Both fighters' noses were bloodied by the end of the fight.


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If you're a woman who has stumbled upon this posting, you may want to hit the BACK button and leave right now, otherwise I'm going to receive a flurry of irate emails based on your belief that I speak falsehoods. Which is not NOT false. Also, if you're a woman looking up "How to get laid", you are most certainly and definitely an odious troll, because the only effort it takes for a woman to get laid is to walk up to any guy in the bar and ask if he'd like to go home with her and he will immediately start acting like an excited retarded child who needs to be hugged to keep from hurting himself.
There, you've been warned.
Here are the facts: Men's single, isolated, exclusive, absolute, without a doubt, unrivaled reason for going out to a bar is to get laid. And NOTHING ELSE.
Women also go to bars to get laid, but they lie to themselves and say that they are going out to have a good time with their girlfriends or that they want to meet a nice boy to date. Bullshit. You're going out because you're a whore, but social scrutiny and personal judgements from the people close to you do not allow you to act in the same way a man does, so you have to pretend you are doing something other than the obvious.
Here are some more facts. Optimistic facts, if you're a man:
75% of women prefer to have sex after drinking
60% regularly drink alcohol to help them build courage to have sex
45% of women were drunk during their first sexual experience
Hmmm…let's pretend we're helping Matlock solve a case and lay the evidence out in front of us so we can all unravel this mind-boggling mystery. I'm going to go with my hunch and say that, based on the stats above, going to a bar, and not the grocery store or gym, will give you the best chance of bedding a woman by the end of the night. Alcohol is the key to unlocking her legs from their prim and proper grip.
Below is your "Getting Laid" stratagem. Even guys whose lives consist of shoveling mac and cheese into their mouths while leaning over their sink can score with these fine pointers. Print it out, take a picture, commit it to memory, eat the evidence, and then execute these genius tactics I am providing for you, free of charge. Good luck, and don't forget to credit me with your cock-blowing success.
1. Listen – There's a reason this is listed at #1. It's a woman's most needed quality in a man. Even if you don't give a shit what she's saying, listen. Don't just nod your head like a nob either. Make a comment that shows you're interested. Girls love to be heard.
2. Spend Money – Rarely will women screw a cheapskate. Start plunking your loose change into your piggy bank. Drinks ain't cheap. And neither are girls.
3. Comment on her attire, not her boobs – If you haven't learned this one yet, it's why you're not getting laid. Women like to be sexy, but they want a gradual approach and appreciate being courted before being ogled.
4. Remember her name – Forgetting her name tells her that you were looking at her boobs when she introduced herself. See above problem.
5. Lie about what you do for a living (if it's not good already) – If you think cheapness turns a woman off, tell her how you sell washing machines in the appliance department at Sears and watch how fast she scooches to the other side of the room.
6. Make eye contact – Yes, I know this one is hard for most men, but you must hold the eyes steady. Women want a strong, confident man, and looking at your shoes and mumbling something about your pet iguana does not project strong, confident man.
7. Come prepared with some topics to talk about – Seeing as a guy's primary spoken language is Stammering Idiot, you should do some online research about interesting and current topics going on in the world today.
8. Don't waste your time if it's a no-go – This means have your radar on. I can't believe how many people are oblivious to the responses of those they are talking with. If she's being courteous but not engaging, tell her it was nice to meet her and move on.
9. Test your approach – Pretend you're a reporter for Playboy and you need to find out what her turn-ons are. Does she like sweet and nice or do lewd comments make her hot? Once you discover what she likes, turn on the charm…or misbehavior, whichever applies.
10. Fill her with booze –
Women out to get laid need some help. I know you can't see it, but she is screaming out, "Please get me drunk so I can gather the courage to have sex with you." Help her out, just not to the point where your entire night is spent holding her hair back while she unloads her stomach into the toilet.
11. Fill yourself with booze – You look like you could use a little backbone yourself, lad. Grab a Long Island and give your courage a shove forward. Just don't drink so much that your are spitting in her face and slurring old high school football stories.
12. Come to her rescue – Where have all the heroes gone? (Sigh) Anytime you see a guy in 5th gear douchebag mode and you can see her rolling her eyes, head over and ask if you can talk to her for a moment. Pull her aside and then tell her secretly that you are just saving her from the tool blabbing her ear off. She will appreciate it so much she might pull her panties off right there and hand them to you.
13. Work out an after party – If you have a hot tub at your house, you can stop reading this article right now. That should be your only strategy. EVER. Chicks love a hot tub. They are able to hide their shyness and inhibitions under water, but never their horniness. Hot tub water is like a wizard's giant cauldron of horny potion and since it's your party, you're the wizard.
14. Be unique and memorable – Please don't use the same hackneyed lines and pick-ups ("Could you please tell your boobs to stop looking at my eyes?"). Be a gentleman until it's time to be a savage.
15. Find a cougar – You could do a lot worse than head out with this game plan in mind. Older women are very vulnerable and needy and looking hard to have their self-esteem boosted. In case you're a moron, the #1 rule with a cougar is to declare how young she looks and always guess her age 10 years younger than you actually think she is. She will reward her little bunny by picking you up in her jowells and carrying you off to her den.
16. Become friends with the bartender (but don't abuse this power) – Actually, becoming friends with any and all of the staff makes you look like an insider and lets a girl know that if you have actual friends you must not be that creepy. Just make sure you aren't shouting out the bartender's name and demanding drinks like you are the Sultan of Egypt. Big no-no in bartender world.
17. Get a game going and invite girls to join you. Play some liar's dice or 1-4-24 or some other drinking game. Games invoke the greatest of feelings and laughter and can instantly bond you to a girl with very little effort.
18. Move around – Unless you are with friends, make sure you ciruculate often. Whatever you do, don't be Creepy Corner Man eyeballing girls like a priest eyeing little boys at a playground. Keep moving.
19. Be elusive, not needy – Even if you strike up a good conversation with a girl, moving around is still a good idea. Tell her you'll be back and then circulate. Go to the bathroom, order a drink. Talk to some of the boys. This tells her you have other interests than simply stalking her. Girls find elusiveness very attractive.
20. Learn to Dance –
In the minds of women, bad dancers are bad fuckers. If you're a bad dancer, only go out on the floor if it is packed and you can kind of just bounce off of people while holding your drink. If the dance floor is empty, fake a seizure if you have to. It will be less humiliating.
21. Dress stylish, but not like a douche – Your look should be casual nice, which means you took more time than it takes to grab something out of the dirty clothes hamper but less time than it takes to shop for Affliction and Ed Hardy t-shirts and to get your hair highlighted at the salon.
22. Be in shape – That doesn't mean you need to be a muscle-bound chode. Fit and toned will do. There is no such thing as chubby, only lazy. If you aren't in shape, start running fat ass.
23. Have some balls – If you want your balls to be happy later, you'd better come out swinging them now. Like I said, if you need a little help, grab a drink or two, but either way you're going to have to take some action. Striking out is fine. Sitting in the dugout biting your nails = no boom boom.
24. Love your mom – As long as you don't do it in a wussy, mamma's boy way, showing lover and devotion to your mother shows a soft, sensitive side that gets the juices flowing down below.
25. Be funny – This is only a suggestion to those of you who are actually funny. Use it to your advantage. Women really do love a funny guy (as long as that's not all he's got). If you're not funny, be the suave guy or nice guy or bad boy, but don't try to be funny when you're not. It's just sad and embarrassing.
26. Learn how to be confident – Unlike the funny thing, this can actually be learned. As Don Quixote said: "To be a knight, one must act like a knight." Act like you know what you're doing and no one will know the difference. If it helps, pretend you're James Bond or Jason Bourne or whoever gets you jazzed to be the guy who gets things done.
27. Be persistent – Sales 101. You must take rejection in stride, without any hurt feelings. If you spoke with 20 women throughout the night, your chances are 100% better of getting laid than if you sat in the corner and spoke to zero women. How bad do you want it?
28. Have good breath – If you fuck this one up, that just makes me angry. Perhaps you can't be funny or even that good-looking, but for Christ's sake, pop a Menthos in your mouth and give yourself a chance.
29. Talk about music – When a good song comes on that you know, talk about it to a girl. Girls love music and they love to dance. Talk about the bands you like (and for the love of God, say you like the bands she likes, even if you don't). Maybe you can even suggest that you two go to a concert soon.
30. Come up with an interesting story –
Perhaps you are specifically seeking a one night stand and you know that you will never be returning to this watering hole again. Be daring and come up with an intriguing story that will get her all squirmy and flushed. Something along the lines that you work with the secret service and you're flying out to DC tomorrow because you just got assigned to protect the President.
31. Look for girls who are looking around – These girls might as well be wearing a hat that says, "I am horny and looking for some confident man to come up and make me feel good about myself so that I can take him home and ride him until the sun crests the horizon." Although that would be a really big hat. The point is, if they are engaged with their friends, you may never get them away. If they are distracted, they are craving some excitement.
32. Get in good with the friends – When men think of cock-blockers, they automatically think of their friends or another guy, but the biggest cock-blockers on the planet are a girl's friends who will protect her like the government protects plutonium. Make sure you engage them and they will immediately soften.
33. Ask her to go to another bar – Once you've created a good rapport, this little tactic will tell you if she's interested or not. If she says yes, you're in. If she's says that she wants to just hang out with her friends, time to move on.
34. Shots = instant aphrodisiac.
35. Drink a man's drink – Nothing says "I'm a little queer boy" than drinking a Sunkissed Peach Martini. Here's a quick list of acceptable man drinks: anything with bourbon on the rocks, gin and tonic, vodka and soda, beer, gin martini with olives (no twist). That's it. Don't get creative here. Be a man.
36. Talk about her – Most people love to talk about themselves, but no other more than a drunk girl. Limit the things you tell her about yourself. Remain mysterious. Ask her questions and allow her to ramble. The moment you start telling her how you broke the state track record in the 100 M, you will see her eyes glaze over in boredom.
37. Don't be pushy – Pushy, demanding people are obnoxious and the result is complete and utter turn-off.
38. Smell good, not douchy – Don't wear cologne, no matter how good you think Axe Body Spray smells. A good-smelling deodorant and nice breath will work just fine.
39. Go with a friend or group of friends – This helps you avoid creepy-guy syndrome, and if there is a group of girls, it helps to have a group of guys so socialize with. The first thing a girl thinks when they see a guy alone in the bar is: That poor loser has no friends.
40. Compliment her hair – Girls spend a lot of hours and money to get their hair to look the way it does. You noticing that effort will move you up a couple of notches on the chances-to-get-laid post.
41. Give her a light touch – Careful here! Your radar must be in perfect working order, but IF you sense things are going well, a light touch on her arm or shoulder can skyrocket the chemistry you two are sharing and cause her to melt.
42. Ignore her – I'm not kidding. This is a powerful technique. Once you strike up a conversation, turn and talk to her friends or your friends for awhile. It will drive her crazy, but more importantly, it makes you look important, like she's not your top priority. She will fight to be that top priority. Just don't abuse this tactic or you will go from intriguing to asshole before you know what hit you.
43. Be suave – Pretend like you've been here before, like you drive a Aston Martini and are wearing a gun with a shoulder holster. Try it. It works.
44. Come to the bar with an attractive female friend – Women can be insanely jealous, and seeing you with her will make her think, "If he's with her, there must be something special about him." Once you are able to inform her that the two of you are just friends, watch her eyes light up in unexpected joy and horniness.
45. Be clever, not corny – Pick and choose your moments to toss in a clever comment. Corny comments make you a dork, clever comments keep them coming back for more.
46. Take the lead – Grab her gently by the wrist and take her to the bar and buy her a drink (or dance floor, if you dare). All the real men seem to have disappeared in the modern world. A take-charge guy will be a refreshing change for her.
47. Stop apologizing for who you are – Passiveness = Pussy, and no girl wants to have sex with a pussy. That's your job.
48. Weed out the "good girls" – There's no time for girls who want to have fun when their idea of fun consists of baking, crafting and book club. Find the party girls who are ready to drink and who like to be playfully spanked on occasion.
49. Get her number and send a flirty text – After you get her number, excuse yourself and walk over to the bar and get a drink. While you're there, text her something simple like, "What are you doing?" or "Do you want a drink?" I personally think this is lame, but 9 times out of 10 she will think it's cute and charming.
50. Don't use the word "sex" or "sexy" – Seems counter-intuitive doesn't it? But studies show that the moment you mention sex or tell her that she is sexy, the woman in question will shut down like a computer with a virus. She wants sex to be implied without you coming out and stating the obvious. I know, women are loco, but they own the pussy, so they make the rules. Deal with it!
Cheers, until next time.
The RB


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In my artquilt "Stiltwalker" I made a Japanese lantern for the lady. It was the inspiration for this quilt. A big lantern with lots of fireflies. How I love to see these creatures in my garden!
Made of silk and handdyed cotton for the lantern. The fireflies are machine embroided and dyed with golden Paintstick.
I forgot to mention the size. 105 x 110cm.
Mooi Anneke! I love the red fabric.
Another great work ! you translated the light wonderfully !
Just beautiful! I love the look of heavily quilting. We use the expression "quilted to within an inch of it's life". I wonder if the artist could have got the same effect useing beads for the fireflies, would they sparkle as much? I've never seen a firefly so I can't tell. Silvie.Aust.
I love this! I want to have made this! The texture in the background in fabulous and the glow coming from the lantern is beautiful. Stunning!
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Official Synopsis and Stills for "Curse" (117)
Here's the synopsis and stills (full gallery on KSiteTV) for March 22 episode titled "Curse". *HIGHLIGHT TO REVEAL SYNOPSIS*
CASSIE VISITS HER GRANDMOTHER AND LEARNS SOME STARTLING NEWS, FAYE GETS A STALKER AND CHARLES MAKES HIS MOVE — Blackwell (guest star Joe Lando) warns Cassie (Britt Robertson) and Adam (Thomas Dekker) that their love may be destiny, but it's also a curse. He suggests they go visit her grandmother, Jane (guest star Ashley Crow) to find out if there is a spell to reverse it. Jane warns Cassie that someone in the Circle will die if the curse is awakened. Meanwhile, Eva (guest star Alexis Fast) starts stalking Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) and Charles (Gale Harold) makes his next move against Blackwell. Natasha Henstridge, Shelley Hennig, Jessica Parker Kennedy and Chris Zylka also star. John Fawcett directed the episode written by Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson (#117).


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Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter, Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar. Toy Story follows a group of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on the relationship between Woody, a pullstring cowboy doll (voiced by Tom Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (voiced by Tim Allen). The film was written by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, and Joss Whedon, and featured music by Randy Newman. Its executive producers were Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull.
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Juventus FC v AC Milan - TIM Cup
Luca Marrone of Juventus FC in action during the TIM cup match... News PhotoA.C. Milan,Club Soccer,Coppa Italia,Full Length,Italy,Juventus F.C.,Juventus Stadium,Luca Marrone,Match - Sport,Soccer,Soccer League,Sport,Turin,VerticalPhotographer Valerio PennicinoCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Valerio PennicinoTURIN, ITALY - JANUARY 09: Luca Marrone of Juventus FC in action during the TIM cup match between Juventus FC and AC Milan at Juventus Arena on January 9, 2013 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)