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For the first time ever and for a limited time only, the enhanced versions of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi will be available individually on DVD. Plus, these 2-Disc DVD's will feature a bonus disc that includes, for the first time ever on DVD, the original films as seen in theaters in 1977, 1980 and 1983.
The 2006 limited-edition two-disc release of George Lucas's epic space fantasy Star Wars is not only the first time the movie has been officially available by itself on DVD. It marks the first-ever DVD release of Star Wars as it originally played in theaters in 1977. What does that mean exactly? Well, for starters, the initial title crawl proclaims that this is just Star Wars, not Episode IV, A New Hope. Second, the film is without the various "improvements" and enhancements Lucas added for the theatrical rerelease in 1997 as well as the DVD premiere in 2004. So no more critters and droids scurrying around the port of Mos Eisley when Luke and Obi-Wan Kenobi first arrive, no meetings between Han Solo and Jabba the Hut and between Luke and Biggs (extraneous scenes that were cut in 1977), no enhanced explosions during the final reel, and--most importantly to some fans--no more of Greedo shooting first in the bar. Instead Han is free to be the scoundrel and not even let Greedo squeeze off a shot.
What do you lose by watching the 1977 version? Dolby Digital 5.1 EX sound, for one thing (only 2.0 Surround here). Digital cleanup for another--Tatooine looks like it's been coated with an additional layer of sand cloud. But for home-theater owners, the biggest frustration will be from the non-anamorphic picture. On a widescreen TV, an anamorphically enhanced (16x9) picture at a 2.35:1 aspect ratio will fill the screen with the exception of small black bars on the top and bottom. The original edition of Star Wars, however, is not anamorphically enhanced (sometimes referred to as "4:3 letterbox"), so on a widescreen TV it will have large black bars on the top, the bottom, and the sides unless you stretch the picture (and distort it in the process, especially considering the substandard picture quality). If you're watching on a standard square-shaped (4:3) TV, though, you won't notice a difference.
Yes, it's true that serious home-theater lovers who want spectacular sound and anamorphically enhanced picture can always watch the 2004 version of the movie also included in this set. But chances are good that they already picked up the trilogy edition of all three films, so their decision to buy the 2006 two-disc edition depends on how much they want the original film. The official LucasFilm stance is that this is an individual release of the 2004 version of Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope, and the 1977 version of the film is merely a "bonus feature." Common speculation is that the only reason the original versions are seeing the official light of day at all is to undercut the booming black market for the laserdisc version. Star Wars fans will have to decide for themselves if that's worth the purchase. --David Horiuchi
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I agree. I think an ideal box set of the original trilogy would have included both the enhanced as well as the untouched 70s versions of each movie. Oh well... perhaps the next time Lucas releases yet another box set version of the trilogy he'll include both, and (like a lemming) I will buy that... Read More
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I'm fine with these releases. From the screenshots and .avi samples I've seen posted on the internet, I think they look great. My only issue with these releases is that they're forcing the buyer to purchase the shoddy 2004 version, increasing the overall disc price. They should've just released... Read More
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The scene with Jabba was filmed, with a human actor, for the 1977 release of Star Wars but it was never used and it never appeared in the theatrical release (I was 10 and saw it many times). Some folks are saying that it was in the original release (with the human actor) but it never was.
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Some home blood pressure monitors aren't accurate
More and more experts now recommend that people with high blood pressure regularly check their blood pressure at home. Doing this gives people an idea where their blood pressure stands in between office visits, and can motivate them to care more about their health. It also helps doctors make quick medication adjustments to keep blood pressure in the healthy zone. But according to a new study, up to 15% of home blood pressure monitors as accurate as they should be. Readings can be off by as much as 20 points. If you check your blood pressure at home, bring your monitor and cuff to your doctor's office and compare the reading you get with the doctor's known, accurate instrument.
Acupuncture for knee arthritis fails one test but may still be worth a try
A report published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers weak-to-no proof that acupuncture helps ease the pain of knee arthritis. In a group of older men and women with arthritis-related knee pain, Australian researchers compared traditional needle acupuncture against laser acupuncture, sham laser acupuncture, and no treatment. People who had needle or laser acupuncture reported slightly less pain and slightly better physical function compared with the group that had no treatment at all. Sham acupuncture worked as well as real acupuncture, suggesting the placebo effect may be at work.
Some doctors oversell artery-opening angioplasty
A heart attack in progress is a medical emergency. The leading way to stop it is with artery-opening angioplasty. But many angioplasties are done for reasons other than heart attack. Some are performed to ease chest pain that appears with physical activity or stress. This is the chest pain known as stable angina. Sometimes the prospective patient has no symptoms at all — just test results that indicate one or more clogged arteries. Cardiologists continuously debate when it's appropriate to do non-emergency angioplasty. Two studies in JAMA Internal Medicine add some provocative new information: that incomplete or even misleading advice from doctors contributes to unnecessary angioplasties. And that's a problem because angioplasty can harm as well as help.
Running for health: Even a little bit is good, but a little more is probably better
Marathoners are the thoroughbreds of high-performance runners, but even the draft horses of the running world — slow and steady joggers — improve their health. A study out this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that even five to 10 minutes a day of low-intensity running is enough to extend life by several years, compared with not running at all. It shows that the minimal healthy "dose" of exercise is smaller than many people might assume. But if your favorite activity is a brisk walk in the park or a quick game of tennis, the research has implications for you, too. If you don't currently exercise and make the decision to start — whether it's walking, jogging, cycling, or an elliptical machine — you are going to improve your health.
Advice you may not hear from your doctor: Don't go out in the sun without protection
With all the warnings against soaking up too much sun, getting ready to go outside can feel like you need a checklist like astronauts use when suiting up for a 6-hour spacewalk in the full blast of the sun's radiation. Putting on sunscreen and following other sun-smart strategies is for a good cause: preventing melanoma—the most dangerous kind of skin cancer. Curiously, doctors tend not to talk about sunscreen use with their patients. One study showed that, in 18 billion outpatient visits, primary care doctors mentioned sunscreen to just 0.07% of their patients, or roughly 1 in 1,400. But even though your doctor may not mention it, you know better: Put on a broad spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 before you go out. Reapply every two to three hours, or more if you are in the water or sweating. Wear a wide-brimmed hat or sun-protective clothing.
Erectile dysfunction drugs and skin cancer — should you worry?
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this week found that men who used the erection-enhancing drug sildenafil (Viagra) were 84% more likely to develop melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, over a period of 10 years. That finding makes for an attention-grabbing headline. But it doesn't tell the real story—that the study found an association (not cause and effect), that this hasn't been seen in other studies of men, and that, even if it holds true, the absolute increase is small, from 4.3 cases of melanoma for every 1,000 men who didn't take Viagra to 8.6 of every 1,000 men who took it. The take-home message is that it's important to worry about melanoma—which is largely caused by getting too much sun—but not yet about Viagra and melanoma.
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For women with osteoporosis who are embarking on a "holiday" from taking a bone-building drug, the message from a study released today is "Bon voyage—see you in two years or so." After menopause, loss of bone (osteoporosis) can lead to crippling fractures of the hip and spine. Drugs called bisphosphonates—alendronate (Fosamax) was the first on the market in the mid-1990s—slow bone loss. But after taking these drugs for a number of years, the balance can begin to tip from help to harm. A new report from the Fracture Intervention Trial Long-term Extension (FLEX) shows that measuring bone density after one year added no information that would have helped doctors identify who was at risk and perhaps should start taking a bisphosphonate again. Waiting two years is a good option for most women.
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If you are a baby boomer, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you be tested for infection with the hepatitis C virus. The virus can live in the liver for decades, often causing silent damage that leads to liver failure or liver cancer. But wide-scale testing has proved to be a hard sell. One reason is that treatments to eliminate HCV infection have required weekly injections of one drug and oral doses of others. Treatment could take up to a year. Typical side effects of the injected drug required to clear the virus, called peginterferon, include depression, anxiety, irritability, anemia, and fatigue. Two drug studies published today in The New England Journal of Medicine mark the latest advance in making treatment for HCV easier and more effective. Researchers report that combining several oral antivirals—drugs taken in pill form, not as injections—clear the virus from the liver in more than 95% of people in just 12 weeks. One big obstacle is cost—oral therapy tops $80,000.
Most headache-related brain scans aren't needed
Severe headaches are a misery, whether they cause a dull ache or a steady, stabbing, or blinding pain. Such pain rarely comes from something catastrophic, like a tumor or a bleeding in the brain. Yet an estimated 12% of people with headaches get brain scans. A new study shows that these unnecessary scans add several billion dollars a year to health care costs for very little benefit. Excessive brain scanning costs more than just dollars. Repeated CT scans deliver enough radiation to increase the odds of developing cancer. Scans also tend to lead to more scanning if the test turns up something strange. Many people who see a doctor because of severe and recurrent migraine headaches don't need brain scans. They need the right therapy to stop their pain.
After hip fracture, exercise at home boosts day-to-day function
Even after intensive rehabilitation therapy, many people who break a hip still can't do things they used to do with ease, like dressing, rising from a chair, or climbing stairs, after . A report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association shows that simple exercises done at home can make a big difference in recovering from a broken hip. A set of "functional exercises" that mimic the kinds of things people normally do in their daily lives improved function and mobility among people who had broken a hip. It's important :just do it." At-home rehab is of no use if you don't stick with it. These kinds of exercises can also help ward off post-fracture complications like blood clots, pneumonia, wound infections, and more. Extended bed rest after a major injury or surgery can feed a downward spiral of physical deconditioning and additional health problems.


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- 14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria
Occam's razor suggest incompetence is a much more likely explanation.
"The American support for radical Muslims against the left seems foolish for two reasons decades later."
Was just a news-junky teenager back then, but already knew then that it was foolish. Admittedly my analysis may have been a bit shallow, it came down to Najibullah wearing a suit, as a outward sign that he wasn't beholden to tribalism.
After the Soviets left he would have cut a deal with anyone to keep the Taliban out of Kabul, but no the US stuck to their best fundamentalist buddies in the funny outfits, and let them string up Najibullah on a lamppost.
- Pope Francis' call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US "Religious Right"
Brian, RT is not an objective news source (more like a smarter FOX News with a very different agenda). RT is an outlet of the Russian government. The coverage of the Ukraine crisis clearly shows this. RT reports need to be carefully scrutinized.
- Whether Jewish Refugees in '30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals
Colin Powell warned Bush before the Iraq war: "If you break it you own it."
Unfortunately, the US is not owning up to this mess.
- Why Partitioning Iraq is a Terrible Idea
There has been a referendum on Quebec's independence before and there will be again.
A true Qubec-style Kurdistan would only last until the first referendum.
- Daesh/ ISIL takes 250 Captive, including 60 Christians in Syria
Not officially, but there is at least one well confirmed story about an undercover weapons delivery from Turkey.
- Top 5 Ways Obama's 'All of the Above' Politics led to Sanders & Trump
Can't see how any intelligent observer of US politics can possibly remain sane without developing a healthy dose of cynicism.
- Obama: No more US troops to fight Daesh/ ISIL, but more Training
It is asinine that the US tries to train some fictitious moderate Syrian rebels, rather than to back the one successful non-sectarian force that can actually make a difference i.e. the Kurds.
- Is Greece's "No" on Debt Referendum another Youth Revolution?
"Greece's youth may accomplished much of what Occupy Wall Street was about. "
Nope, they won't, because the banks have already been bailed out long ago. The debt is now inter-governmental.
That horse left the barn a long time ago, in the wake of the 2008 crisis.
The banks have been made whole and hardly hold any more Greece debt.
The problem is that in this first bailout the debt has been rolled over from banks to the states, and now the governments of these countries that are holding the debt face an angry electorate that won't accept a haircut. The Finish PM for instance never gets tiered to point out that their share equals 10% of their GDP.
To move past this would require some innovation along the line of the "bad banks" that sprung up after 2008 to hold all the trash collateral, aka a "bad sovereign fund" that will keep the debt on the books yet, guarantees a long enough debt moratorium for Greece to recover.
Unfortunately nothing of the sort seems to be in the cards.
" The potentates in charge of European finance ..."
... happen to be other democratically elected governments.
Iceland had its own currency.
Much easier to handle a default in this case. Greece would have to print a new currency to refinance its banks, once they are cut loose by the ECB (slated to happen on the 20th when Greece will in all likelihood officially be deemed in default).
- Lone Wolves and Soft Targets: Or how our Press, Politicians are being Played by ISIL
- Henning Dekant 06/27/2015 at 10:28 pm
The only connection seems to be that these perps want to soil Ramadan with their crimes, imagining themselves extra pious for it.
- Why Conservatives fear Pope's Climate Letter: A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market
Nestle is registered in Switzerland and makes most of its money in 1st world countries. These kind of companies are very vulnerable to well executed PR campaigns that expose some of their wrong-doing.
It should also be noted that European companies are far less prone to undermining social programs. Remember when conservative heads exploded because VW was supportive of unionization at its Chattanooga plant?
Switzerland is a highly developed welfare state with a democratic tradition much older than the US.
Nestle can be held accountable.
In defense of Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, he also states that there should be specific programs to help the poor to access water, his point is that water should have a realistic price.
In Eastern Germany water was essentially free. On the other hand refrigerators were scarce and prone to failure. So it wasn't uncommon for a worker to leave a bottle of beer in the sink and have water flow over it all day, so that it would be nice and cold when he returned from work.
- Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most
- Henning Dekant 06/19/2015 at 1:47 am
"Once you start using your values to judge others you will find yours challenged more often than not."
Only if you don't believe in the universality of human rights.
- Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand
Sisi's visit to Germany was overshadowed by protest, whereas Erdogan campaigned for his AKP unencumbered in Germany.
Maybe the criticism directed at Erdogan should be better understood as disappointment. One expects more from a democratically elected president than a third rate military dictator.
The fact that he ships weapons to rebels in Syria shouldn't be overlooked either:
- Why ISIL's Attacks on Shiites of Saudi Arabia Threaten World Economy
Daesh is not aligning with Iran, wherever did you get this idea?
"They beat up Sunnis in Iraq to get them to oppose the government there, and they kill Shiites."
There fixed that for you.
- Did the US DIA see ISIL as a strategic Ally against al-Assad in 2012?
Wrong movie. The US needlessly started the war in Iraq, but not the one in Syria.
- Daesh/ ISIL blows up Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, seeking Sectarian Civil War
The chickens are coming home to roost. There is no doubt in my mind that Saudi Arabia will eventually succumb to the religious bigotry that it actively exported all over the world.
- Washington asks, "Who lost Ramadi?" But Washington never had Ramadi
"... that is the point of professor cole's statement"
If that was his point I am sure he'd make it himself and much more succinctly.
- Iraq: 25,000 Shiite Militiamen gather for Battle of Ramadi
Seems to me the only way that Iraq may survive as a nation would be as a loose federation.
- Why does the Iraqi Army Keep Running Away from ISIL?
Syria is a failed state and Kurds defending their territory against Daesh/IS is highly desirable. Turkey and Iran have strong armies, the Kurds won't be foolish enough to engage in conventional warfare with them, and heavy weapons are only good for the latter.
No trust needs to be invested to justify this support for the Kurds.
Brian, I was thinking of Khlifawi/Bakr who apparently went through Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib.
"The Republicans would have a field day if Obama backed off and let Iran take the lead."
The Saudis would also be very unhappy, which could easily spin completely out of control.
A very convenient view now that the US inadvertently created the Daesh/IS barbarity.
Not only do the Iraqis not even receive a US apology, no they also get US voyeurism of their plight.
Frankly, this is a pretty despicable attitude.
"What motivation is greater than your home being invaded, women raped or sold into slavery, and you are summarily executed if you are defeated?"
For all these reasons these soldiers, to the extent that they are from the Shia South, will fight if Daesh/IS actually advances on their home turf.
It should be obvious that this "Iraqi" army only abandons the Sunni dominated territory.
To cling to the notion of Iraq as an integrated nation is at this point either willful ignorance or wishful thinking.
An ISIL controlled state with oil revenue would quickly become a major security concern. My understanding is that the strategic goal is to prevent this from happening.
Sorry to be so blunt, but this sounds just like convenient US ethnocentrism. At this point this is no longer about the US, but rather long standing conflicts that have been arrested as long as Saddam ruled with an iron fist. Now the power vacuum, super-charged by the Arab spring uprising in Syria, turned into a free wheeling civil war of many actors.
At this point the crumbling American empire doesn't factor prominently.
It's also well documented how the Daesh/IS leadership was forged from former Iraqi intelligence and Al Qaeda cadres in the US run Abu Graihb prison compound. This is indeed a threat entirely created by massive blow-back from Bush's ineptly conducted, criminal war.
How this capital WE applies to the Iraqi army somewhat escapes me.
They really don't want Daesh/IS there either, and this monstrous group only exists courtesy of the US under the wise leadership of Bush.
The US broke it, and now owns it.
- Iran's Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: 'Hollywood-style Policing'
Reminds me of how the plight of African Americans was instrumentalized by the Eastern Bloc leaders in their propaganda.
- Young Arabs' Faith in Democracy Shaken by return to Authoritarianism
Democracy requires independent functioning institutions. Building that kind of culture is a generational effort, it happens at best over the span of an entire lifetime.
The Arab youths that gave up on democracy after the counter-revolutions succeeded did not understand democracy to begin with.
- Anger Translation: Why Obama was Ranting against GOP Climate Policy at Press Dinner
Natural Gas power plants can quickly adjust to the load on the grid, making them a key element in keeping the grid stable as ever more highly fluctuating renewables are hooked up.
Until there is a good buffering storage solution available (e.g. Tesla's battery for home use) NG will be required in the power mix.
- US admits it has no Idea who it is Assassinating by Drone
All of this technical lingo says in so many words, that these WW2 terror weapons, share very little similarities with drones.
Their express purpose was creating terror in the civilian populations. Whereas the line of sight, and command of control nature of drones allows for much more precise engagements.
Obviously the US is executing this very poorly and tolerates abysmally high numbers of civilian casualties but this doesn't equate this to Hitler's indiscriminate bombing campaign.
Correction with regards to the jet type: As can be taken from the wikipedia entry you linked to, the German word "Staustrahltriebwerk" translates to pulsejet, and while that shares some similarities with a RAM jet, the S in the SCRAM acronym specifically stand for "supersconic", and the V1 was never designed for that speed.
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It was the V2 that you couldn't hear coming because it was the first supersonic weapon. The V1 had a primitive scram jet engine that made it faster than most plans at the time, but it did not break through the sound barrier. The former was simply a terror weapon, how much more terrorizing can it get than being pulverized by something you can't even hear coming?
The V1 was designed to be a mass produced weapon system and kept as simple as possible to that end, but Germany's industrial capacities were already depleted when the system was ready for deployment. The original idea was to be able to launch a swarm of V1s so that they could overcome the air defenses and to get the control system sufficiently accurate that strategic areas could be hit with sufficient precision.
Near the end of the war Hitler wasn't interested in implementing this, but used the V1s in a scattershot fashion as yet another revenge weapon.
This also allowed the Allies to learn from these attacks, and war documents that were unclassified in the nineties showed that they pulled together a weapon system based on radar, a simple analog computer and the most advanced anti-aircraft artillery at the time to automatically track and shoot down the V1.
(My grandfather was an aviation engineer in the V1 Penemünde division as a technical lead, and by the end of the war 2nd in command).
- As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?
"who believes that the U.S. stands for humanity's best ideals, inscribed in the world's oldest constitution"
You'd have to live under a rock to continue to cling to this notion. I content that a honest attempt to live up to these ideals would be a nice change of pace.
- Yemen: Russia, Red Cross Demand halt to Bombing to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe
@Nobody, my short take on your questions:
"Is the old government of Saudi Arabia only protecting it's Kingdom?"
"Does the United States military and government (the 1% of Americans) really know what they're doing?"
"When does the Madness stop?"
Not any time soon.
"When does cooperation and heart take over?"
Only once greed, extremism and sectarian hatred has exhausted itself.
"When does the UN grow up?"
As soon as the adults are in charge.
- What's Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist
It is very fashionable nowadays to throw the word "terrorism" around. But the term actually has a well defined meaning:
"The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims."
It does indeed not matter that the pilot was from the Rhineland, what matters is that there is absolutely no indication whatsoever of a political objective. As far as we know this was a mass-murder suicide by a mentally sick individual. No last letters, no statements indicate that anything politcal motivated his crime.
"Don't you think Breivik was a right-wing Christian ideologue as well ?"
Maybe, I didn't delve into his motives, all I know is that he's was a right wing terrorist who didn't like brown people (and that's pretty much how German media reported on it, which I used as my primary news source closer to the crime).
If there was some religion narrative in addition to that, then it is as related to the Christian faith as ISIS/Daesh is to Islam.
As an agnostic I am not particularly versed or interested in religion, but I know enough not to mistake a hater's self-labeling for the real thing.
Norwegian Anders Breivik was a white supremacist terrorist.
If this guy would have had any discernible ideological leanings he would have been called a terrorist in the German media.
BYW the German media I follow never considered the idiotic "was he a muslim" question.
A lot of people died a senseless death, please let's not cheapen this with vacuous comments from the right or left to make a quick political point (for a pointless example from the right I refer you to Art Fine's comment above).
"... trying to be politically correct ..."
Hogwash. They invested in the guy, he passed his physical, end of story.
- Tom Friedman & funding ISIL: Israel/Iran Derangement Syndrome
"... the countries into which they have wandered."
The hubris is astounding, some Jewish Diasporas date back to the Roman empire.
Good thing the Irish government doesn't make similar demands, their Island would sink to the sea floor under all the added weight.
You've beaten me to it.
Friedman has been a hopeless case for quite a while:
link to reason.com
- Mideast Reacts with Horror: "Israel has elected Extremism and Racism"
When Rabin was shot the region was again put on its road to hell, there have been many forks in the road to get to a better place, Israel just squandered another one.
- Could a Netanyahu loss in Israeli Elections change Everything?
- Henning Dekant 03/15/2015 at 10:58 pm
You really shouldn't call him that, he isn't really all that fat, and then the term should be obese, really he is only slightly heavy set at most.
- Henning Dekant 03/15/2015 at 10:53 pm
If Rabin's fate taught us anything, he'd likely be shot anyhow. Whatever else you may think of him, it takes guts to even go there.
- Henning Dekant 03/15/2015 at 10:49 pm
"I do not believe any politician on either side is capable of bridging the gaps."
The only way this gap can be bridged is with tons of money. The international community has a massive interest in ending this seemingly eternal conflict. A fund with unlimited monetary firepower (something along the IWF special drawing rights) should be set up to develop the Palestinian economy, assuming they are willing to sign on to an agreement that Israel can live with. Also an international troop contingent needs to be set-up to provide them with cost-neutral defense capabilities and border security, in exchange for their agreement to forgo their own army.
In short I am arguing to buy them off, but not on the cheap.
- Henning Dekant 03/15/2015 at 10:36 pm
Indeed. Seeing Herzog in the midst of this crowd made me think the same.
- Henning Dekant 03/15/2015 at 10:33 pm
No it's not too late. For obvious reasons Germany is very hesitant to step up pressure on Israel. Quite likely that Herzog would get all the supports he needs from the EU.
- Iran's Khamenei: GOP Letter Disgusting, shows Decline of American System
Zook, what do you think "the world" should do exactly? I think the pre-mature Nobel peace price for Obama was a pretty massive hint, don't you think?
- Henning Dekant 03/14/2015 at 10:56 am
@Q, "Participatory democracy is not a decline."
Would be nice if the US was still a fully functioning participatory democracy, yet it comes to ever more resemble an oligarchy.
Democracy v1.0 is in urgent need of an update.
Don't see any good guys in this mess. (Remind me again who shot Rabin?)
As to that quote, our blog host debunked that long ago, but some falsehoods never die.
Alternatively, a Harvard Law degree isn't what it used to be either. Broader patterns of decline?
- Ghosts of Saladin, Saddam & Khomeini: Tikrit Campaign's Historical Meaning
Duplicate link,
link to middleeastmonitor.com
They are overstretched, only at best have grudging support of the locals and are starting to turn on themselves.
They are dead men walking.
- Henning Dekant 03/11/2015 at 3:33 pm
Sistani is the only one who has shown some leadership on this issue, let's hope he steps it up a notch.
- Henning Dekant 03/11/2015 at 3:29 pm
It should be enough, but what are the odds that this reconciliation will happen?
You are appealing to shared humanistic values, which seem to be in short supply, and outcompeted by sectarian and tribal loyalties.
- The "Hindenburg Trap": Dump Oil, Coal & Gas Stocks if you Want to Retire
BP should have gone out of business in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Yet the US government essentially colluded with them to shield them from the full financial impact. As long as governments can be co-opted like this oil will remain a killer business (literally).
- Syria: As al-Qaeda defeats 'moderate' US allies, will US ally with al-Qaeda?
Again, why not YPG? They are secular and they have proven to be efficient combatants.
Supporting the Kurdish YPG seems the logical choice - let's just stop pretending Erdogan has the Western interests at heart.
Surprised that this option isn't even mentioned.
- al-Qaeda's Feud with Denmark
... unless they had a leader at the time who had a bad attack of Stephen Harperitis.
May I present to you the former NATO secretary and Danish PM at the time Anders Fogh[y Head] Rasmussen.
He'd fit right in with a cowboy hat.
"What happened since then?"
Not much, Denmark is still a highly developed welfare state for Danish citizens. As to Iraq, they had a conservative government at the time that chose to believe Colin Powell.
- The Daily Show was never 'real' news – but came (depressingly) close
Let's hope Comedy Central is smart enough to keep the format alive with another anchor, or maybe anchors as a Fox and Friends spoof. There are many talented comedians to pick from Stewart's staff.
- 'Lone Wolf,' 'Self-Radicalized': Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists
"No one systematically executes people over a parking space."
Not in any sane society, but this is America after all.
For what it's worth, the individuals in Canada who went on Islamist inspired killing sprees have been pretty much described as "self-radicalized lone wolf white terrorist".
It's just a new variation on the theme that we now see Anti-Theists, with some seriously religious zeal, packing the same kind of heat.
- Is ISIL's 'Shock and Awe' more Awe-ful because One Victim?
"... treat groups like ISIS as criminal street gangs."
That's exactly the kind of mindset that is required to find appropriate responses. Well put.
Missing the point. This is not about how to "formally declare war" as a guerrilla force. The question if DAESH is a proper nation fighting a proper war has absolutely no bearing on the culpability with regards to how they treat prisoners.
This is not a bar brawl. Commitment does not equate depravity. The US was fully committed to victory in WW2 as well as to respecting the Geneva convention.
The cheap machismo that seems to motivate your stance is echoed by the more stupid utterances from DC. Nicely illustrates how far the US has already sunken. You could do DAESH no better favour than to embrace them in their cult of death, so as to being pulled down to their level.
Little good ever comes from the moral equivalence game, and I was surprised that Prof. Cole went there. In terms of utter moral failure that of my nation will hopefully never be topped (I am German), yet every nation with a free civil society should have the capability for moral introspection, and fortunately the US despite all its flaws never squashed these kinds of discussions.
That alone illustrates how misguided it is to draw any equivalence to ISIS/DAESH who effortlessly combine modern totalitarianism with the sensibilities of medieval inquisition.
"Shock and Awe" is the wrong analogy. Abu Ghraib is much more apt.
It is about killing and torturing prisoners. The willful abuse of prisoners who neither can flee nor fight back is in a category of its own when it comes to depravity.
In fact Abu Ghraib was so bad that even the Bush administration had to follow through with some oversight. In this sense DAESH actually manged to top them in the race to the pits of hell.
- The Other Sinjar Massacre: As Iraq's ISIL driven Back, Reprisals against Sunni Collaborators
Without proper governance, policing and justice system we can expect to see much more of this cycle of revenge.
IS/DAESH manages to pull the entire region down to a level of unprecedented depravity.
- Obama, Modi and India's Solar Future
"... and so should be allowed to put extra water in makes no since if that policy would drown you."
Typo alert.
- Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
"... the message is aimed directly at any other Muslims who might already be primed for radicalization."
Seems to me this target perfectly serves both purposes.
- Iran's Rouhani & Direct Democracy: Wants Referendum to Sidestep Hardliners
Iran is in need of a clerical version of Gorbachev, one who rises through the ranks of the right wing clergy, and has them fouled with regards to his true stance until made Supreme Leader.
If that was to happen the system may be amenable to reform, otherwise I expect it will eventually face another revolution.
- Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court
The first driver was a woman and these brave Saudi women do her proud.
- Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?
"She even allowed the nonsensical 'german road toll for foreigners!' to become a law. "
Not true. Such a law would be incompatible with EU law. There is currently only one toll enforced and that is for heavy trucks, and it is of course non-discriminatory.
The CSU slogans you are referring to have been widely ridiculed in Germany. Merkel really didn't have to add anything when a hyper-nationalist politician firmly plants his foot into his mouth like that.
What is driving the ugly resurgence of nationalistic and anti-foreign sentiments is the increased influx of refugees. I don't see these flames fanned by any mainstream parties, only the new and questionable AfD is acting ambivalent.
- Iraqi Kurdistan: Can a Bastion of Tolerance and Democracy survive in the Middle East?
Hope the sentiment and clear eyed analysis expressed in this article will at some point penetrate the beltway walls of ignorance.
- Oil Price Fall: Saudi Arabia targets US Shale Oil, Iran, Iraq, Russia
- Henning Dekant 11/29/2014 at 6:29 pm
"By 2016, solar and wind will be grid parity everywhere in the US with coal and natural gas for heating and cooling buildings."
While the progress is tremendous and most welcome you are leaving out a very important aspect. The quality of power that is referred to as "dispatachbility" in the industry. I.e. the ability to balance demand when it is needed. Neither wind, solar or coal has this but NG powered turbines do. They can very quickly ramp up and down production, and are currently key in keeping the grid stable.
The DOE has recognized this gap, hence the focus on battery technology to complement wind and solar.
Energy storage technology is going to be the crucial cornerstone in weaning us of fossil fuel.
- Top 5 Ways Daesh/ ISIL is Losing, as it lashes out like a Cornered Rat
- Henning Dekant 11/17/2014 at 5:49 pm with 1 replies
"... elected leaders are far from popular."
This is incorrect for at least one major Western country:
link to uk.reuters.com
- The Critical spirit of Islam against the mass insanity of ISIS
- Henning Dekant 11/03/2014 at 5:55 pm
"While a decade or so ago the colors and styles of veils were prescribed by "jama'ats," women now use veils to express their moral agency and personal taste and aspirations within a context of religious submission. "
This is what passes as progress? My sarcasm fails me.
- Is ISIL's Ideology really Grounded in Saudi Textbooks?
If you think the scientific method and critical thinking are a Western fashion then I guess it is safe to say that the educational system failed you too.
- Does Fox "News" cultivate Closed Minded "Right Wing Authoritarians"?
Does Fox "News" cultivate Closed Minded "Right Wing Authoritarians"?
Yet another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
- Iraq: Are Senior ISIL Commanders already Defecting in Mosul & Tikrit?
Infiltration should be fairly easy for intelligence services since IS apparently lets any yahoo join who can recite some lines from the Qur'an and is willing to swear fealty.
- Could ISIL be Put on Trial? Challenge for International Law
Prosecution would send a clear signal that the world embraces due process and human rights, and that in due course this will always trump the make believe universality of an extremist ideology.
- The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East? Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria
Back to differ. Assad is just another dictator fighting to retain power, while the Kurds fight to gain national sovereignty.
Only IS made it clear that they intent the genocide of the Yezidi people (as well as the murder of all Shia they encounter).
As a German I take it serious if some political actors announce a planned genocide, and have the means to accomplish this. All too often they tend to follow through.
If you take this as a Western obsession I'll happily subscribe to it.
UN troops to take down IS would require a fighting mandate, don't see how this could get through the security council. Although it would be great if this could be accomplished.
When fighting IS it is definitely a step in the right direction.
The way the Iraq Kurds organized their sub-state they are a far cry from just another bunch of warlords.
Well condensed and probably inevitable.
More like the beginning of national sovereignty for Kurdistan. Seems about time.
- The Last Days of Kobani Loom as ISIL Closes in on Syrian Kurds with Murder on its Mind
Utterly shameful. Iran unfortunately calls it and has every reason to rub it in. What a deplorable collective failure.
- Why Obama underestimated ISIL in Syria and Iraq
Let's hope this was just political spin rather than ignorance.
- Hidden Camera Reveals Chilling Life Under ISIS Control
At least American Open Carry activist will find some positive aspects in this video.
- Terrorism craves an audience and we are playing into Islamic State's hands by watching
I haven't watched any of their videos and I never will.
Let's not play into their hands and let's not call them by their chosen name. I like Laurent Fabius take on it. Leave it to the French to come up with a good insult:
- Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them
Regardless whether a person is tortured over weeks or dies with a quick snap of the neck, they are DEAD and feel nothing
This simply absurd. By the same logic the Holocaust didn't matter either, It is the pain that matters, and the termination of a life half lived.
Simple Mind, your nick seems to be wisely chosen, if you only now come to the realization that Saudi Arabia's barbarism and promotion of Wahhabism is the source of all this evil.
"Remember that the guillotine was considered a 'humane' way to kill a human, so why is a knife any worse?"
Spyguy, I hope you will never have to find out why beheading with a short blunt knife is far worse.
- Iraq Intervention? More like Ceaseless Escalation
Human nature is what it is. The best way to overcome tribalism is mixing of the tribes.
This is the positive aspect of EU integration. No borders and freedom to move and work anywhere within the EU countries. Hence Germany is attracting a lot of talent from Southern Europe.
This can, of course, also be cast as a negative brain drain, but as multilingualism becomes the norm the South may very well attract more quality businesses, especially of the High Tech variety where quality of life can be an asset to lure talent. Due to the Ukraine crisis Spain is already experiencing more growth at this time.
Since Germany's economy is open to all EU citizens I really don't see any problem with its current strength. And as to the submarines for Israel, I don't recall torpedoes fired into Gaza - very hard to use them as suppression tools in urban warfare. There's two main reason why they don't have German tanks: (a) because the have American ones (b) because tanks can be used against Palestinians. Of course if (a) wasn't the case Germany would be hard pressed to supply these weapons as well.
For obvious reasons it is a cornerstone of German politics that Israel has the right to exist.
"An authority that is disinterested and has the credibility and political will to do the job well."
The lack of such an authority is exactly the problem. When a minority without means to support itself gets trapped on mountaintops there is no external actor that can act as quickly and decisively as the US military.
For good or bad, the US imperial overreach has created global logistic capabilities that are unmatched by any other nation on earth.
".... secret selfies of Angela's knickers…" would probably have been the most tangible outcome of this wasteful exercise.
Overall the US presence in Germany has a rather minor economic impact, after all this the largest economy and industrial heartland of the EU. The benefit I am alluding to is political in nature and includes the fact that this gets many impressible young US soldiers exposed to Germany. While living and working in the states I often encountered men who were favorably inclined to Germany due to having been stationed there earlier in life.
It also firmly anchors Germany militarily and reduces the need for native forces which in turns means that our neighbors no longer have any reason to regard Germany as a military threat - this notion fortunately has been well shed and relegated to the last century. The latter is a key aspect that allows for European unification. Outsourcing military security to NATO and the US has been a key enabler for this.
Don't think you have a mandate to speak for the majority of the world.
Pretty sure, for instance, that many Polish people would like to see some US troops stationed there.
As a German I also think it is perfectly desirable to have some US presence in my country. But I can wholeheartedly agree to the last statement. It is most desirable to have "a relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation."
The US certainly has room for improvement on this aspect.
So, the US utterly destroy a country and as a consequence we are now stuck with the genocidal ISIS 'caliphate'. And supposedly the lesson learned is to completely disengage.
US Progressives didn't start this war, but their unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage done by their country does not impress me.
This article is strangely detached and academic. Yes, ISIS is a reaction to the previous escalation, but this means the US is directly responsible for these genocidal maniacs.
So what does the author propose the US is supposed to do about this?
Simply leaving Iraq to its own devices after you broke it, is utterly cynical.
- Iraq: Christians Say Terror Drove Them From Mosul
It seems to be a common denominator of religious extremists of all stripes that their cruelty is usually matched by their ignorance of what their religion is actually about.
Really don't think ISIS needs much help in the discrediting dept.
They already put their genocidal atrocities pridefully on Youtube.
- Inside Mosul: ISIS fears Popular Uprising; Baathists cry Foul
The counterpunsh link nicely demonstrates that uninformed tin foil head speculations are not just a prerogative of the American right.
- Harvard confirms antique book is bound in human skin
Profoundly creepy.
But then again not worse then this recent news from Madrid.
- Donald Sterling's Illiberal Zionism Part of Racism Controversy with Magic Johnson
Many years ago a friend of mine joked that the most discriminated person imaginable must be a gay, black Jew. Unfortunately, it wasn't really a joke but reality.
- US Military Report: War effort in Afghanistan was bedeviled by Corruption, made it Worse
"We have done multiple studies of our operations in Afghanistan," Thomas wrote in an email. "We have an obligation to ensure those lessons, both good and bad, are correctly learned for the future, and we take that charge very seriously".
Well then, what could possibly go wrong.
- Rush Limbaugh: Pope Francis using UN to impose Marxism on world
Leave it to the pope to turn these gasbags into caricatures of themselves.
- Muslim-haters Pam Geller & J. Farah Attack Spielberg, Liberal Jews as Appeasers
Soon the will start calling liberal Jews Antisemitic, and won't see an irony in it.
- A New Crimean War? (Update: Stuff's Getting Real)
Dr. Cole, the media is abuzz with news that Merkel called Putin as out of touch with reality. The quote is "he lives in another world".
Problem is, if you translate this word by word into German: "Er lebt in einer anderen Welt" means something rather different.
If a German uses this phrase it means "he sees the world entirely different".
Very reminiscent of the mistranslated Ahmadinejad quote.
And jut like in the latter case this kind of bad translation can do some real damage.
- Did Religious Extremism drive 2 Million Egyptian youth to Unbelief?
Kant showed that this moral 'doctrine' can be solely motivated by reason, i.e. it makes for functioning societies.
If you want to go further than that you can explore how social mores and altruism convey evolutionary benefits to social animals.
The divine is indeed entirely unnecessary.
- Top 10 Ways the US is the Most Corrupt Country in the World
I wouldn't be surprised if future historians will regard the privatized penitentiary system as a similar abject institutionalized injustice comparable to the institution of slavery. Especially since it largely affects the same minority and often inmates are required to perform prison work.
- John F. Kennedy's Thanksgiving Ideals, 1962-- How different they are from Ours
Thank you Professor for this article. Written with all the passion of a true American patriot.
- White Terrorist is "Gunman," "Alleged Shooter," no Mention of Wingnut 'New World Order' Beef
You are stating the obvious, that glaringly never gets said.
- "Disposition Matrix": America's Drone Wars and Civilian Casualties (Moyers)
Sad how this boy echos my mother's sentiment who grew up as a child in WW2 Germany with the constant thread of air raids.
Half a century later and civilians are still killed out of the blue sky.
- No Woman, No Drive (Saudi Satire Video)
The first long distance drive was performed by a woman:
link to en.wikipedia.org
A woman race driver was the first to take a car around the world:
link to en.wikipedia.org
- The World after the Kerry-Lavrov accord on Syria
Very funny.
- Bradley Manning in a World of Cheneys, Hadithas, and NSA Domestic Surveillance
A travesty of justice.
- Lest we Forget that Manning was Tortured before being Found not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy (America's Bouazizi)
Thank you, Prof. Cole, for connecting these threads and stories that are so often presented as disparate and disconnected.
- Has NSA Spying Killed US "Cloud" services, Email in Europe, Brazil?
This Canadian based company may be good starting point: link to hushmail.com
Yes, I wondered this too. While the linked article seems to be factual at first glance, the trumpet.com is a most bizarre "news" site.
- Gil Scott-Heron Explains 'The Revolution will not be Televised'
The intelligence and liveliness of this old man near the end of his life is inspiring and his words are prophetic.
As more and more Americans are stripped off their rights they will need to learn to take inspiration from the civil rights movement of old to get them back.
- As Rebels close in on Damascus, Obama warns he'll Intervene if Chemicals are Used
- Henning Dekant 12/05/2012 at 11:00 pm
Chemical weapons in modern warfare are terror weapons. They "worked" in that regard when Saddam Hussein was using them. They are less designed to kill combatants but civilians that are believed to be associated with them i.e. Sunnis in this case.
Truly horrific to what lows Assad is willing to go, especially contemplating that he once practiced medicine.
- Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists
- Henning Dekant 11/18/2012 at 9:52 pm
Megacephalus, your statement about "the shear arrogance of being self-proclaimed 'God's Chosen'" is abjectly odious.
Religions of any sort tend to claim to be the chosen ones. To specifically condem Judasim for this is indeed anti-Semitic.
It is company like yours that makes it easy for Likkudniks of any color to brush of human right based criticism as nothing but Antisemitism.
- Top Ten Reasons Fracking won't Last Long
Base load is a canard and can be addressed with large and flexible enough grids (a major handicap in the US when compared to Europe).
The more problematic challenge is peak demand and fluctuations. That is what will keep natural gas in business unless more storage technologies are available.
Pumped hydro is ideal in this regard but at least in Europe most geological suitable sites have already been developed (not sure about the US).
There are some bold visions for storage technologies but some of these ideas will require a Manhattan Project like effort. E.g. such as the Hydraulic Hydro Energy Storage idea.
- Visiting Liberty Square (Occupy Wall Street)
Want to join the chorus of thanks for this report!
What a sad comment on the state of corporate media. One man with a camera and the ability to ask thoughtful questions puts all their reporting to shame.
- Saudi Women's Vote: Does it Go Far Enough?
Prof. Cole,
recently I came across <a href=http://tinyurl.com/3jqzjfn this article in the Independent. It talks about how the historic structures of Mecca and Median are destroyed to make space for a 'Vegas' like cityscape.
If true this seems to be an atrocious destruction of Islam's cultural heritage. What astounded me is that the article claims that Wahhabism actually encourages this kind of vandalism. If true this would make the Saudi Royals abysmally lousy guardians of Islam's most sacred sites.
I'd be very interested to hear your take on this.
- Gates & NATO: Misery Loves Company
Russia only has been an unreliable supplier because the Ukraine did not pay the price they demanded.
They are quite reliable if you pay the market price on time. Hence Nord Stream.
Admittedly you don't want to be at the mercy of just one supplier but the dependency is mutual. After all Russia requires good customers to cash in on the riches of their natural resources.
Misplaced my earlier comment it is a reply that goes here.
GDP is a notoriously bad measure for how well off a country is (-> referenced link).
Nevertheless it'll be interesting how US and Germany's per capita GDP compare when also talking out the financial services (I'd argue they are highly bloated and dysfunctional in the US at this time).
GDP reference:
- Jahanpour: Iran, Turkey and Israel: New Global Realities
- Henning Dekant 07/26/2010 at 5:56 pm
Impressive work. One minor quibble though:
I would hope that the integration of the European Union would have reached a level by 2050 that breaking out individual countries such as my own (Germany) doesn't really make sense.
Already I think the euro zone should be considered as one fully consolidated economy. After all within this zone we have essentially no borders, full economic mobility and freedom as well as the same currency.
No offense meant, but it feels to me that US observers often seem to be a ignorant of this development and the level of economic integration that has already been achieved.
- Englehardt On Bombing People from the Air
- Henning Dekant 04/14/2010 at 4:52 pm
With all due respect I find this is too cavalier an attitude. While I all for not fighting wars it nevertheless helps to mitigate some of the atrocities if certain humanitarian rules are followed. This was even true for WWII when Germany and the allies restrained from using chemical warfare and observed the Geneva convention for prisoners of war.
There is no doubt that the first ever mass air raid that destroyed Guernica during the Spanish civil war constituted a war crime. Unfortunately instead if codifying the use of air force against civilians as war crime the US and UK pushed back on it when the the fourth Geneva convention of 1949 was negotiated since they feared an admission of guilt for their systematic "area bombing" of German and Japanese civilians.
War has been a terrible constant throughout human history. There is little expectation that this is going to change. Any effort to dull its teeth through implementation of rules of conduct, field manuals, disarmament agreements and international treaties etc. are worthwhile exercises that deserve the fullest political support.
I understand that this is a blog and don't expect the rigorousness of an academic paper. Nevertheless for a historian of your standing this statement is just too glib and simplistic:
The only way not to commit atrocities and war crimes is not to fight wars.
Wars will be fought. If you accept that premise then we should be motivated to mitigate the damage as much as possible.
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COLUMBUS — Even a drought can't keep the Great Pumpkin down.
While other vegetables and fruits were hit hard during the scorching summer heat that draped the country in severe drought, pumpkins, for the most part, prevailed.
Growers in the area had a successful harvest this year.
"As long as they were given sufficient irrigation, there wasn't a problem," said Kelly Feehan, Platte County extension educator.
She said the hot, dry weather actually was helpful as pumpkins can suffer from diseases and rot to the rind due to too much moisture.
"A big issue with pumpkins a lot of time is disease. Because of the heat we didn't have to deal with that, so that was a good thing," Feehan said.
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"This was the first year we had so many mice chew on pumpkins and ruin them. You'd pick one pumpkin up and six (mice) would run out from underneath. It wasn't good if you are squeamish about those kind of things," Cheloha said.
The rodents and insects like the cucumber beetle, attacked some of the pumpkins, especially the exotic varieties, grown in her field. Nevertheless, she said this year produced a good yield. The last few days were spent harvesting the pumpkins and storing them in a barn before the first freeze of the season settles in.
Keith and Alda Karel of Columbus also were selling at the Farmers Market. They had a couple of trailers full of pumpkins and also a selection of gourds, squash and other vegetables for sale.
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This topical Taoist manifesto, a sequel to Hoff's bestselling The Tao of Pooh , was a 21-week PW bestseller.
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Ten years later, a sequel to the runaway bestseller The Tao of Pooh. If you like marshmallow laced with arsenic, it was worth the wait. In the original, as you may recall, Hoff had an Idea: that Winnie-the-Pooh could be used to explain Taoism, the ancient Chinese way of balance. Now, as luck would have it, Pooh's buddy Piglet turns out to be the perfect embodiment of Te, the Taoist term for virtue, which is attained through sensitivity, modesty, and smallness. Piglet, you see, is a ``Very Small Animal'' (for all his talk about smallness, Hoff, like A.A. Milne, who must be groaning in his grave, likes capital letters Very Much), and the diminutive porker's adventures are the perfect means to preach, Very Lightly, about being positive and ecological and upright. The trick is to ``observe, deduce, apply''; once done, the millennial ``Day of Piglet'' will arrive and human beings will once again achieve ``the state of paradise that existed before the Great Separation occurred.'' Watch out, though: All is not summer in the 100-Acre Wood. Beneath the goofy grin one finds bared teeth, as Hoff snaps away peevishly at Confucianism (``authoritarian, No- Nonsense attitude toward life''), Christianity, feminism (``behind their antimasculine words, it's Overmasculinity as Usual''), Republicans, critics, computers--whatever raises his Taoist hackles. All in a Good Cause, of course. No doubt, The Ching of Eeyore comes next. Then what? Well, by then the Day of Piglet will have come, and the whole world will be a Trillion-Acre Wood...so empty your pockets while you can, and watch Piglet bring home the bacon. (Illustrated with 51 line drawings from the original Pooh books. However did they dare?) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.See all Product Description
I really enjoyed The Tao of Pooh, and was looking forward to this follow-up. But it was one of the few books I've read lately that, by the end, I considered a waste of time. Read morePublished 9 months ago by KDub
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I thoughrouly enjoyed and learned from the Toa of Pooh. The Te of Piglet seemed like little more than Mr Hoff's attempt to rub the success of the first book in the face of his... Read morePublished on July 14 2004 by Katsurina
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--RHP Joe Wieland will join the Padres in Los Angeles on Friday and face the Dodgers on Saturday night in his big-league debut. Wieland, who turned 22 in January, and LHP Robbie Erlin were the two pitchers the Padres acquired from Texas last July 31 in the deal that sent setup reliever Mike Adams to the Rangers. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Wieland advanced from Class A to Class AA last season, going 13-4 with a 1.97 ERA over 155 2/3 innings. He finished the year with the Padres' Texas League championship team in San Antonio, where he went 3-1 with a 2.77 ERA in four starts.
--RHP Huston Street picked up his first save as a Padre on Wednesday after being introduced to his entry song -- Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold." Street was keeping the identity of the song a secret, although it turns out that he picked the song just three or four days into camp after hearing it on strength and conditioning coach Jim Malone's sound system in the weight room. "You have to have some suspense," said Street, who said it was a "cool moment" when the bullpen door swung open and he followed the path of Trevor Hoffman and Heath Bell. "Trevor made the walk-in song famous with 'Hells Bells,'" Street said. "I felt a responsibility to do it right."
--RF Chris Denorfia gave the Padres a 2-1 win over Arizona on Wednesday with a two-run homer off RHP David Hernandez in the eighth. Denorfia has a career .358 average against the Diamondbacks (24-for-67).
--CF Cameron Maybin is off to only a .208 start, but he has reached base in all six of the Padres' games. He has five hits, three walks and was hit by a pitch ahead of RF Chris Denorfia's homer Wednesday.
--RHP Tim Stauffer played catch from 60 feet Tuesday and Wednesday. "It feels like the inflammation in my elbow is down quite a bit," Stauffer said. However, Padres manager Bud Black said it would be at least three weeks before Stauffer is ready to return to the rotation.
--OF Mark Kotsay went 0-for-4 Wednesday in the first game of a rehab assignment with Class A Lake Elsinore. He began the season on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right calf. It possible he could be activated next week.
3 -- Consecutive games in which the Padres drew eight or more walks before they had just three Wednesday. They had 10 walks Saturday, eight Sunday and eight Tuesday.
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- Alternative Character Interpretation: Its very easy to see Barry as being not just a very imaginative teenager who daydreams a lot but as a schizophrenic who has hallucinations.
- Boisterous Weakling: Stone, at least against Chuck Norris.
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: When Chuck Norris kicks the teacher's ass.
- Crowning Moment of Funny: A bunch of them, but one in particular; during one of Barry's daydreams, based on Norris' movie The Hitman, Barry pulls out a small rocket launcher from inside his trenchcoat. Norris has a look on his face like, "WTF?" Barry, for his part, has a shit-eating grin on his.
- Family-Unfriendly Aesop: According to Chuck Norris, dreams come true if you want them bad enough. They don't come true if you earn them, deserve them or really need them to come true. In this case, Barry dreams of fighting alongside Chuck Norris, and because he wanted it so bad, Chuck Norris just happened to drop by at the karate tournament he was competing in and agreed to help him out.
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- Values Dissonance: The fistfight between Barry and Randy in the school gym definitely would result in their explusion and arrest nowadays in the post-Columbine school environment.
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An initial comparative map of copy number variations in the goat (Capra hircus) genome
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2 Biocomputing Group, Computational Biology Network, Dept. of Biology, University of Bologna, Via San Giacomo 9/2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
3 Dept. S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo., Sezione di Produzioni Animali, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze - Parco d'Orleans, 90128 Palermo, Italy
BMC Genomics 2010, 11:639 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-639Published: 17 November 2010
The goat (Capra hircus) represents one of the most important farm animal species. It is reared in all continents with an estimated world population of about 800 million of animals. Despite its importance, studies on the goat genome are still in their infancy compared to those in other farm animal species. Comparative mapping between cattle and goat showed only a few rearrangements in agreement with the similarity of chromosome banding. We carried out a cross species cattle-goat array comparative genome hybridization (aCGH) experiment in order to identify copy number variations (CNVs) in the goat genome analysing animals of different breeds (Saanen, Camosciata delle Alpi, Girgentana, and Murciano-Granadina) using a tiling oligonucleotide array with ~385,000 probes designed on the bovine genome.
We identified a total of 161 CNVs (an average of 17.9 CNVs per goat), with the largest number in the Saanen breed and the lowest in the Camosciata delle Alpi goat. By aggregating overlapping CNVs identified in different animals we determined CNV regions (CNVRs): on the whole, we identified 127 CNVRs covering about 11.47 Mb of the virtual goat genome referred to the bovine genome (0.435% of the latter genome). These 127 CNVRs included 86 loss and 41 gain and ranged from about 24 kb to about 1.07 Mb with a mean and median equal to 90,292 bp and 49,530 bp, respectively. To evaluate whether the identified goat CNVRs overlap with those reported in the cattle genome, we compared our results with those obtained in four independent cattle experiments. Overlapping between goat and cattle CNVRs was highly significant (P < 0.0001) suggesting that several chromosome regions might contain recurrent interspecies CNVRs. Genes with environmental functions were over-represented in goat CNVRs as reported in other mammals.
We describe a first map of goat CNVRs. This provides information on a comparative basis with the cattle genome by identifying putative recurrent interspecies CNVs between these two ruminant species. Several goat CNVs affect genes with important biological functions. Further studies are needed to evaluate the functional relevance of these CNVs and their effects on behavior, production, and disease resistance traits in goats.


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Interiors are warm yet simple, with Balinese-style beds and furniture.
Bathroom are luxurious, with rain showers with delicious Ren amenities.
The Fazenda Nova is set in rural tranquillity just 15 minutes from the beautiful town of Tavira and 25 minutes from Faro airport.
Travel journalist Mary Lussiana has lived on the Algarve since 2001, from where, in between trips to other corners of the world, she is a regular contributor to English newspapers and magazines on the region's new hotels, best restaurants, hidden beaches, top spas and more.
A small and very charming hotel, run by a British couple in a 19th-century Portuguese house, set amid gardens of olives, almonds and pomegranates on the east coast.
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Walkers and those seeking the authentic Portugal, away from the crowds.
In rural tranquillity, Fazenda Nova is 15 minutes from the beautiful town of Tavira and 25 minutes from Faro airport.
Beautifully renovated, this 19th-century house is filled with light and inviting in atmosphere, with finishing touches, outside and in, in local eucalyptus wood and driftwood from the nearby beaches. There is a well-stocked library upstairs and the bar/restaurant area doubles as a hearthside gathering point.
Such a small operation allows for personalised attention, with the family living on site and local knowledge from the Portuguese manager.
There are 10 rooms and suites in the main house and dotted around the garden, all with private terraces or gardens. Interiors are warm yet simple, with Balinese-style beds and furniture, underfloor heating, micro-cement walls in the bathroom and luxurious rain showers with delicious Ren amenities.
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With a philosophy of local eating, the Portuguese chef draws on garden produce and regional markets to deliver her interpretation of Algarvian cuisine in the cosy restaurant: try the Seafood Cataplana. There's also a good choice of Portuguese wines.
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Low winter rates make a visit particularly worthwhile when the cold sets in at home. Double rooms from £155, including breakfast. Free Wi-Fi throughout.
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