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This is the second part of our "Consuming Services with Windows Phone" series. Previously we covered using WebClient to pull raw HTML from the web. WebClient isn't the most optimal solution for all things webbie, so let's explore the daddy of WebClient, HttpWebRequest.HttpWebRequest is a lower-level abstraction of the http protocol than WebClient. WebClient actually wraps HttpWebRequest. HttpWebRequest allows for more direct access of HTTP aspects which WebClient does not. Things such as the Accept header, Content Length and Type, direct access to Cookies and the User Agent. WebRequest also returns on a background thread, allowing a program to parse and process results as they are returned without crunching down the main UI. When a program wishes to update the main UI in a callback from a HttpWebRequest, the program must use the Dispatcher to process user interface updates, since the WebRequest callback is on the background thread.If you wish to explore the basics of a HttpWebRequest for scraping a website, walk through the steps below.
Step1: Create a new Windows Phone Portrait ProjectStep2: Modify MainPage.xaml, change the ContentPanel from a Grid to StackPanel, and make it match what's below.
<StackPanel x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
<Button Content="Call HttpWebRequest" Width="250" Click="Button_Click" />
<TextBlock Text="HttpWebRequest Target:" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}" />
<TextBlock Text="http://msdn.microsoft.com" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="20,0,0,0" x:Name="TextBlockTargetUri" />
<TextBlock Text="Elapsed Time:" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}" />
<TextBlock Text="tbd" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="20,0,0,0" x:Name="TextBlockElapsedTime" />
<TextBlock Text="HttpWebRequest Call Results:" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}" />
<TextBlock x:Name="TextBlockResults" Text="results go here" Margin="20,0,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
Next the code. Match up the steps given to the code block below.Step3: Wire up the Button_Click handler. In the handler we setup a HttpWebRequest against our target Uri, then initiate the request with a callback targeted towards our "ReadRequestCallback" handler.Step4: Code up our handler for the WebRequestCallback. First we'll create a new request instance. Then initialize an HttpWebResponse we can use to pull the results down from the web. After that we'll use a StreamReader to read the data. Once the data is down, since HttpWebRequest returns on a non-UI thread, we just use Dispatcher.Update to show the data in the UI. Run the program and you should see results similar to what's above.
public partial class HttpWebRequestPage : PhoneApplicationPage
public HttpWebRequestPage()
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
System.Uri targetUri = new System.Uri(TextBlockTargetUri.Text);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(targetUri);
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ReadWebRequestCallback), request);
private void ReadWebRequestCallback(IAsyncResult callbackResult)
HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)callbackResult.AsyncState;
HttpWebResponse myResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myRequest.EndGetResponse(callbackResult);
using (StreamReader httpwebStreamReader = new StreamReader(myResponse.GetResponseStream()))
string results = httpwebStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
//TextBlockResults.Text = results; //-- on another thread!
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => TextBlockResults.Text = results);
Try this. Comment out the Dispatcher.BeginInvoke line and uncomment the TextBlockResults.Text line. Run the program. Now the background thread the callback is running on is trying to update the UI directly. Directly hitting the UI from a background thread results in an System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Invalid cross-thread access. Something to watch out for, definitely!
All in all, HttpWebRequest provides a greater flexibility than WebClient by being able to address http headers more directly. Since the thread returns on a non-UI thread, there's also a greater opportunity to boost performance and give a better user experience. The pattern isn't as simple as WebClient, but its not too onerous either.
I'll have another post up soon with some service consumption examples against some real world endpoints. See you then.
Consuming Windows Phone Services SeriesPart 1 - Web Client Basics - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2011/04/06/webclient-windows-phone-services-consumption-part-1.aspx Part 2 - HttpWebRequest Fundamentals - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2011/04/07/httpwebrequest-fundamentals-windows-phone-services-consumption-part-2.aspx Part 3 - Parsing REST based XML Data - Part A - Single Result - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2011/05/05/consuming-geocode-yhoo-api-via-rest-windows-phone-services-consumption-part-3.aspx Part 4 - Parsing REST based XML Data - Part B - Multiple Results - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2011/05/10/consuming-geocode-yhoo-api-via-rest-dealing-with-multiple-results-part-4.aspx
good stuff Joe. keep them coming.
Hi Joe, thank you for an excellent article. All the example in HttpWebRequest article on msdn are wrong. Finally I saw a simple and working example on yours.
Hi nice tutorial it worked for me when I am using get request.
When I tried to do http post method it throws an error "The remote server returned an error : Not found"
Can you help me in this regards can you post the code for http post method.
By the way I am working on Windows phone 8 simulator.
@bhanushali - send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com - lets touch base on this....
to: Bhanushali Ashwin N. "The remote server returned an error : Not found"
Make sure that there is a internet connection in your emulator.


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Official statistics for week one of the Pella Police Department's traffic safety initiative are in. Chief Robert Bokinsky reports that the heightening of their focus on seat belt violations resulted in ten seat belt citations, 12 seat belt warnings, and 76 overall traffic contacts. This week, the department will turn its focus to speed enforcement with an emphasis on Vermeer Road, East 8th near the Aquatic Center, Idaho Drive, West Washington, and South Clark Street. Statistics from week two will be provided next week.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities say a motorcyclist struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver in the San Francisco Bay Area was a U.S. Marine who had just returned from Afghanistan last month.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports 23-year-old Andrew Silva of Union City died in the crash Tuesday in Fremont.
An Emeryville man, Alexander Yohn, was arrested after allegedly crashing his Mini Cooper into Silva's motorcycle and then into a utility pole. Police say officers took the 23-year-old into custody in a nearby field.
Witnesses say earlier Yohn had been acting belligerently and appearing intoxicated at a Taco Bell restaurant.
He was booked on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run causing death or injury.
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First to Fight: Starfist Book Oneby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sargeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds. But the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines' Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere- even to death...
Hangfire: Starfist Book Sixby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Six agents have died hideously trying to penetrate the crime families behind a vast empire of pleasure and debauchery--Now it's up to the Marines to break the circle.Most people will visit Havanagas only in their dreams, for few can afford the exclusive resort planet that recreates ancient worlds and caters to every taste. Witches are burned at the stake in medieval towns while riotous hordes fill Rome's Coliseum to watch gladiators battle. Even the basest of human lusts are satiated by deadly sex acts and a thriving slave trade.The crime bosses' control of Havanagas and its people is brutally effective. Now three Marines from Co. L's 3rd Platoon--masquerading as discharged military buddies on holiday--are going in to break the kingpins' bloody stranglehold. From bordellos and rebellious enclaves to the very pit of the Coliseum filled with deadly beasts, Corporal Pasquin and Lance Corporals Claypoole and Dean face certain death with only their wits and skills as weapons. But they're Marines, built to survive. . . .From the Paperback edition.
Pointblank: Starfist Force Recon Book 2by David Sherman Dan Cragg
A BOLD NEW CONTINGENT-FORCE RECON-JOINS THE EXPLOSIVE STARFIST SPACE EPIC OF MARINES AT WAR.A Confederation army is besieged on the planet Ravenette, cut off by and facing destruction at the hands of a dozen Secessionist Coalition worlds arrayed against it. The outnumbered and outgunned forces cling precariously to their foothold, dubbed "Bataan" by the desperate men in their fighting bunkers. Reinforcements are on the way, but will they arrive in time? And even if they do, can they match the well-led, highly motivated enemy determined to destroy them in battle?But the Confederation commander holds a wild card, an elite force armed only with what they carry on their backs and in their heads: a small detachment of Marines who lightly go where others fear to tread, the Fourth Force Recon Company. For anyone else this mission would be suicide, but for these Marines, it's just another day in the maelstrom.From the Paperback edition.
Recoil: Starfist Force Recon Book 3by Dan Cragg Devid Sherman
Swift, silent, and deadly-they strike where no one else dares.Fear is the fastest-growing crop on Haulover, a newly colonized planet where someone-or something-is destroying isolated farmhouses. The unseen enemy strikes without warning, then disappears, leaving no stone standing, no trace of families or farm animals. When the Confederation receives a desperate plea for help, it's time to send in the Marines. Impossible missions are a matter of course for Fourth Force Recon's second platoon squads, and the situation at Haulover-with no witnesses and few clues-is no exception. But this assignment turns out to be even tougher and bloodier than usual because the devastation is a ploy-to lure the nine Marines into a trap, and to force them to bust the Confederation's terrible secret wide open. And as for the Skinks lying in ambush on Haulover, they have no idea what trouble is . . . until they go up against a few good Marines.From the Paperback edition.
Star Wars: Jedi Trial (Clone Wars Novel)by David Sherman Dan Cragg
"Within twenty-four standard hours we will sit firmly astride the communications link that connects the worlds of the Republic. ... Our control will be a dagger thrust directly at Coruscant. This is the move that will win the war for us." With these ominous words, Pors Tonith, ruthless minion of Count Dooku, declares the fate of the Republic sealed. Commanding a Separatist invasion force more than one million strong, the cunning financier-turned-warrior lays siege to the planet Praesitlyn, home of the strategic intergalactic communications center that is key to the Republic's survival in the Clone Wars. Left unchallenged, this decisive strike could indeed pave the way for the toppling of more Republic worlds ... and ultimate victory for the Separatists. Retaliation must be swift and certain. But engaging the enemy throughout the galaxy has already stretched Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's armies to the limit. There is no choice but to move against the surging waves of invading battle-droids on Praesitlyn with only a small contingent of clone soldiers. Commanding them will be Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon-handpicked by the Council for the do-or-die mission. And at his side, skilled young starfighter pilot Anakin Skywalker, a promising young Jedi Padawan eager to be freed of the bonds of apprenticeship-and to be awarded the title of Jedi Knight. Shoulder to shoulder with a rogue Republic army officer and his battle-hardened crew, a hulking Rondian mercenary with an insatiable taste for combat, and a duo of ready-for-anything soldiers, the Jedi generals take to the skies and the punishing desert terrain of occupied Praesitlyn-to bring the battle to the Separatist forces. Already outnumbered and outgunned, when confronted with an enemy ultimatum that could lead to the massacre of innocents, they may also be out of options. Unless Anakin Skywalker can strike a crucial balance between the wisdom born of the Force ... and the instincts of a born warrior.
Starfist: Backshotby David Sherman Dan Cragg
An exciting new special-ops adventure from the battle-tested vets who created the popular Starfist series. Jorge Lavager, charismatic leader of the mysterious Union of Margelan, ferociously guards an agricultural research facility on the planet Atlas. What that facility conceals will prove whether Lavager is an idealist seeking to unify Atlas under a banner of freedom and prosperity-or a tyrant aiming to control all of Human Space. The Marines of Fourth Force Recon's second platoon are dispatched to Atlas to uncover the truth. They will have to sneak past state-of-the-art surveillance equipment barring unlawful entry to the planet and land in a desolate area miles from their target. And if they discover lethal new weapons instead of legitimate research, the thirty-six Marines are to seize the compound-guarded by merciless, armed-to-the-teeth soldiers-and destroy it. But what the recon team finds on Atlas sets off a chain of events that will force some hard decisions on the Marines . . . and end in a deadly surprise.
Starfist: Blood Contactby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Through three centuries of interstellar travel, intelligent alien life-forms had never been encountered ... until now. When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular communications check, the Marines of third platoon are sent to investigate. They prepare for a routine rescue operation, but what they find on Society 437 is a horror beyond description. Only a handful of ragtag pirates who were in the wrong place at the very worst time have survived, and there is little trace of the scientists. What happened to the scientists? Why have the pirates been spared? Gunnery Sergeant Bass and the men of third platoon are about to find out, and the answer carries a terrifying implication for the Marines--and the entire human race.
Starfist: Blood Contactby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Through three centuries of interstellar travel, intelligent alien life- forms had never been encountered . . . until now.When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular communications check, the Marines of third platoon are sent to investigate. They prepare for a routine rescue operation, but what they find on Society 437 is a horror beyond description. Only a handful of ragtag pirates who were in the wrong place at the very worst time have survived, and there is little trace of the scientists.What happened to the scientists? Why have the pirates been spared? Gunnery Sergeant Bass and the men of third platoon are about to find out, and the answer carries a terrifying implication for the Marines--and the entire human race.From the Paperback edition.
Starfist: Double Jeopardyby David Sherman Dan Cragg
The thrilling pace of the Starfist space epic quickens as the explosive series rockets to dazzling new heights, packed with the hell-for-leather action only two battle-hardened and decorated combat vets like David Sherman and Dan Cragg can provide. The Confederation has finally disclosed the existence of Skinks, fierce aliens bent on wiping out humankind, and announced its plan to find and destroy their home world. While the rest of the universe grapples with the news, the Skink-savvy Marines of the Confederation's Thirty-fourth Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have their own take on the situation. Though they're no longer in danger of being exiled to a ghastly netherworld for spilling the beans about the deadly aliens, the men still can't transfer out of the unit where they've been confined since they first laid eyes on the Skinks. The reason is obvious: Who else but the legendary Thirty-fourth FIST has the skills and experience to spearhead the invasion of the Skinks' home world? Morale isn't improved by a report of Skinks on the uncolonized world of Ishtar near a mercenary force engaged in slave-driven mining operations there-which means that FIST must turn around and head right back into the jaws of hell with no downtime. But none of that matters to Lieutenant Charlie Bass and the third platoon of Company L. They're Marines, they're the best, and they've got a job to do. The Marines will find a planet ripped apart by all-out war, with enemies on all sides. The only certainty is that the fighting will rage red-hot and relentless, and Charlie Bass and his men will be right in the thick of the action.
Starfist: Firestormby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Combat vets David Sherman and Dan Cragg know firsthand the courage, sacrifice, and hell of war-and their experiences have made the popular Starfist novels thrill rides of the highest order. Now the explosive action continues on the remote planet Ravenette, where the Marines of the Confederation's 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) find themselves up against a full-fledged rebellion-and a lethally loose cannon of a commanding officer. Desperate to thwart unrelenting aliens and their quest to obliterate humankind, The Confederation has beefed up its defenses. But to the citizens on the outer edges of Human Space around Ravenette-unaware that a deadly enemy even exists-the government's move seems oppressive, and ten planets have responded with a war of secession. In touch-and-go battles with the seceding planets, the 34th FIST has emerged battered but unbowed, refusing to give up . . . even while under the command of a fanatical general. The enemy determined to strike, a new mission must be carried out, though the troops will likely return in body bags. Should Ensign Charlie Bass and his Marines somehow survive the nightmarishly difficult amphibious landing, they can expect to be outmanned, outgunned, and out-armored in a fierce duel against fresh soldiers. But like any Marine worth his salt, Bass knows there's only one way to go when facing impossible odds: on the offense with all guns firing. There's no other choice-because if life was easy, there'd be no need to send in the Marines. From the Hardcover edition.
Starfist: First to Fightby David Sherman Dan Cragg
"Marines, we have just become a low-tech deep recon patrol . . ."Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds. But the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines' Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere--even to death. . . "HARD TO PUT DOWN . . . Any book written by Cragg and Sherman is bound to be addictive, and this is the first in what promises to be a great adventure series. FIRST TO FIGHT is rousing, rugged, and just plain fun."--Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red ArmyFrom the Paperback edition.
Starfist: Flashfireby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Packed with hard-core action written by battle-savvy combat veterans, the explosive Starfist series has become hugely popular across America. Now the saga of the courageous Marines continues in Flashfire,as the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) ventures to the edge of Human Space to fight a number of enemies . . . some on their own side. Tensions erupt between the Confederation and several frontier worlds when civilians are shot dead at an army base on the planet Ravenette. Enraged, the Ravenette government and nine neighboring planets form a coalition, and their first act of secession is to overrun Ravenette's Confederation garrison. With the armed forces of ten worlds seizing the brutal upper hand, the embattled troops need help-now-and they need it bad. Enter the Marines of the 34th FIST. As the nearest ready-to-deploy unit, the team is sent to Ravenette with orders to hold the line until reinforcements arrive. The upcoming operation promises to be no picnic, for while sophisticates may ridicule the backward ways of the uncouth frontier folk, no one scoffs at their fighting ability. Charlie Bass doesn't mince words for his men in Company L's third platoon. Two army divisions-perhaps thirty thousand soldiers-are being overwhelmed, and somebody expects a thousand Marines to save the day. As pompous Confederation generals wreak even more havoc than the enemy, there are those who call the mission suicide . . . but not the Marines. Of course it sounds hopeless, but for Marines like Charlie Bass and the rest of the 34th FIST, accomplishing the impossible comes with the territory. From the Hardcover edition.
Starfist: Kingdom's Furyby David Sherman Dan Cragg
A lethal new special ops unit has joined Starfist. On the newly colonized planet Haulover, someone--or something--is destroying isolated farmhouses. When the Confederation receives a desperate plea for help, it's time to send in the Marines. Original.
Starfist: Kingdom's Swordsby David Sherman Dan Cragg
The Marines were told it was a simple peasant rebellion-but the mission proved to be far deadlier. . . .Gunny Charlie Bass isn't the only Marine mystified by the order sending the entire 34th to put down a few seditious serfs on planet Kingdom. Rumors swirl of a deadly alien invasion. But few believe that such sentient beings exist. Except Gunny Bass and the Marines of the 3rd platoon, who once fought enemy aliens called Skinks-fierce, fanatical fighters with hideous weapons who attack for no other reason but to kill.Then, while slogging through Kingdom's fetid swamps, the Marines are attacked by awesome unseen weapons that could destroy half a platoon with one shot. Clearly they are facing no normal enemy. And if their adversaries are Skinks, one FIST isn't enough. Third platoon's orders are to penetrate deeper into the bloody jungle hell-and find out what happens when a few good men bite the bullet. . . .From the Paperback edition.
Starfist: Lazarus Risingby David Sherman Dan Cragg
The hugely popular Starfist saga featuring Marines at war in outer space is the only military science fiction series written by real combat vets: David Sherman and Dan Cragg. Now comes the explosive hardcover debut of this series-packed with hell-torn action and blazing adventure. In their fiercest combat yet, the hard-charging Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have finally won their battle against a full-scale alien invasion of planet Kingdom. But victory over these savage enemies comes at a terrible price, especially for the Marines of Company L's decimated third platoon. The leader these men would follow into hell itself-Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass-was consumed in a fiery ambush that obliterated everything but his dog tags and a few scraps of DNA. On planet Kingdom, citizens try to return to some semblance of normalcy as the military conducts patrols to search out and destroy any remaining alien Skinks. The old government of squabbling religious leaders has been replaced by a ruthless new regime. All power rests with Dominic de Tomas, a depraved despot who will stoop to any means to achieve his vile ends. His reign of terror bodes ill for the fragile planet still reeling from the chaos of war. In a cave in some forgotten Kingdom backwater, several humans slowly regain consciousness. Their minds have been probed repeatedly . . . by whom and for what reason they cannot say, for they've been stripped of all memories of themselves and their past lives. In time wounds will heal, but who knows if they will ever fully recover. For now, finding food and water takes precedence. And so these half-dead outcasts begin a journey into the unknown-in search of civilization, in search of themselves. And one survivor's journey will take him to places of overwhelming danger, where his identity will be revealed to the shock of all.
Starfist: School of Fireby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Combat, betrayal, and murder at the edge of human space . . . Deployed to assist the oligarchs of Wanderjahr in putting down a rebellion that threatens the planet's political and economic stability, the Marines must fight two wars at the same time . . . one against the resourceful, well-led guerrillas and another with the entrenched police bureaucracy. But who is the real enemy and who can be trusted? On Wanderjahr, nothing is as it seems--not even the animal life--and everyone has his own agenda. Inexorably, the Marines of the 34th FIST are drawn deeper and deeper into the politics of a world where murder, terror, and betrayal are the accepted methods of government . . . and everyone is ripe for an old-fashioned butt-kickin'.
Starfist: Steel Gauntletby David Sherman Dan Cragg
"Marines ain't supposed to sit. We're supposed to kill." After the resource-rich planet Diamunde is seized by the armed forces of industrialist Marston St. Cyr, the Confederation Marines face their most desperate battles yet against the mechanized forces of the bloody usurper. Promised a walkover by military planners, instead the Marines must run a gauntlet of steel, with weaponry three hundred years out of date. For the Confederation's invasion army to seize the planet, the Marine FISTs first have to secure a planethead against St. Cyr's much larger forces which are equipped with superior weapons. Together with their outgunned comrades, the Marines of 34th FIST must do the impossible--or die ...
Starfist: Technokillby David Sherman Dan Cragg
A terrifying secret, an evil coterie of ruthless masterminds, a murderous battle of cunning and deadly skill--it's time to send in the Marines!After the Confederation makes a shocking discovery on an alien world, a nefarious band of opportunists from the highest echelons of power plot to steal the vast riches for themselves. Along with the ability to crush any resistance, these moguls possess spacecraft, unlimited resources, and a deadly arsenal of cutting-edge weapons.The only one without a price tag is the Confederation president. Now she is sending Gunnery Sergeant Bass, the men of third platoon, and a single special agent to expose the shadowy figures behind the corruption. And so, on an obscure planet, home to unimaginable treasure and an unsettling species, the toughest fighters in Human Space confront their fiercest battle. For there will be no losers in this war, only the triumphant, the dead, and the vanished . . .From the Paperback edition.
Starfist: Wings of Hellby David Sherman Dan Cragg
Sherman and Cragg deliver the 11th action-packed military science fiction adventure featuring space-faring Marines battling alien enemies on a futuristic frontier.
Starfist: A World of Hurtby David Sherman Dan Cragg
With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it's like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. Now, in the explosive new Starfist adventure, packed with fierce action and danger, Marines at war in future space find themselves pitted against a faceless, insatiable foe bent on destroying them. And that's just for starters. How bad is the upcoming mission facing the battle-hardened Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST), the military's unofficial alien first-contact force? Bad enough to make the brass take the unprecedented step of issuing 34th FIST replacements for combat losses before the Marines even leave their home base. In response to a series of unexplained deaths on a lonely outpost on the frontiers of human space, 34th FIST has been dispatched to investigate and eradicate the problem. Beyond that, the information available to Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass and his men is meager even by Marine standards. No one knows what awaits them, for the newly colonized world remains largely unexplored. That means 34th FIST can expect creatures they have never seen, or even heard of, much less trained for. It could be Skink acid shooters, could be anything, for the barren station has several secrets--all of them deadly. But the last thing these Marines expect to find is themselves in the middle of an invasion and a mysterious war with none other than 34th FIST as Enemy #1. Whatever happens, they'll deal with it, because they're Marines, determined to be ready and to give worse than they get.
Technokillby David Sherman Dan Cragg
A terrifying secret, an evil coterie of ruthless masterminds, a murderous battle of cunning and deadly skill--it's time to send in the Marines! After the Confederation makes a shocking discovery on an alien world, a nefarious band of opportunists from the highest echelons of power plot to steal the vast riches for themselves. Along with the ability to crush any resistance, these moguls possess spacecraft, unlimited resources, and a deadly arsenal of cutting-edge weapons. The only one without a price ...
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"Let me be represented as one who trusts his senses, who thinks he knows the things he sees and feels, and entertains no doubts of their existence." -- Bishop Berkeley
He's a pretty big guy. You're saying two other celebrity recipients were larger than Pippen? Who, Andre the Giant?
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Primary ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday
August 14, 2009
By Warren Kagarise
NEW — 4:30 p.m. Aug. 14, 2009
Remember: Ballots for the countywide primary election must be postmarked by Tuesday. Ballot envelopes must be signed.
Because King County voters cast ballots by mail, ballots are sent to registered voters 20 days before each election in which they are eligible to vote.
"This is King County's second countywide, all-mail election," King County Elections Director Sherril Huff said in a news release. "We have many new online features available to help voters with the vote-by-mail process, and we also encourage anyone who would like to see their elections office in action to come to our facility in Renton and view ballot processing from our public observation loop."
The elections office Web site includes information about the race and how ballots will be tallied. Voters can create a personalized voter pamphlet, confirm registration information and track the status of their ballots.
Voters can also cast ballots at the King County Elections' Renton office, 919 S.W. Grady Way. The office is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Seattle and Bellevue locations will open Friday.
Drop off ballots at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E., from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ballots can also be cast in Seattle at Union Station, 401 S. Jackson St., from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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"Tep and the Logic" isn't on James Blake's self-titled debut (TMT Review), but maybe it should've been? You can find the track on the vinyl edition of the album, which also features another bonus track, "You Know Your Youth." But hey, you're so cool that you already don't like James Blake, right? (via GvsB)
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Look Out Below, Italian Edition
by Barry Ritholtz - November 9th, 2011, 6:10am
Futures are under pressure in the US, off about 2%.
Italian 10-year bonds hit 7%; The spread between Italian and German bond yields widened to the most since the introduction of the euro. Italy's credit-default swaps jumped to a record.
RaJa's Jeff Saut blames the yield spike on the Europeans ending credit default swaps. No insurance option makes the cost of owning bonds without insurance much higher. (I suspect that is but a small part of the problem).
Watch how US markets trade today: Do we gap down, and see more distribution and selling pressure? Or do buyers come out of the woodwork to accumulate at 2% better prices?
The reaction to the news, and not the news itself, is what matters most.
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
20 Responses to "Look Out Below, Italian Edition"
T_S says:
Interesting via Saut. Note that a 50% haircut on Greece sovereigns did not trigger
a CDS event and therefore no CDS payout, which seems a little silly. Rising yields
make sense under this environment.
Too damn much financial entropy.
[...] And markets don't like it. (Money Game, Big Picture) [...]
Michael Gavin says:
Summary from Barclays Capital inst sales:
1) At this point, it seems Italy is now mathematically beyond point of no return
2) While reforms are necessary, in and of itself not be enough to prevent crisis
3) Reason? Simple math–growth and austerity not enough to offset cost of debt
4) On our ests, yields above 5.5% is inflection point where game is over
5) The danger:high rates reinforce stability concerns, leading to higher rates
6) and deeper conviction of a self sustaining credit event and eventual default
7) We think decisions at eurozone summit is step forward but EFSF not adequate
8) Time has run out–policy reforms not sufficient to break neg mkt dynamics
9) Investors do not have the patience to wait for austerity, growth to work
10) And rate of change in negatives not enuff to offset slow drip of positives
11) Conclusion: We think ECB needs to step up to the plate, print and buy bonds
12) At the moment ECB remains unwilling to be lender last resort on scale needed
13) But frankly will have hand forced by market given massive systemic risk
Hint:Not Good.Sell EUR, Buy Gold
Mike in Nola says:
Nah, it's not Italy; it's the union victory in Ohio.
We all know that unions are the biggest threat to the economy. Just ask Mish.
kingcoal says:
The Euro debt crisis has cost 2 PMs to resign… French election is 6 months away…
stikes everywhere…Euro zone PMIs are falling…not exactly a stable and healthy outlook
And Saut blames the rising yield on lack of CDS?
dougc says:
The logic of "the ECB buying Italian debt " will end the crisis escapes me. If the past is relevant then the debt is not erased, in fact Greek bonds held by ECB will not take the haircut. Interest payments on ECB bonds will have to be made. If a write off is required to solve the problem and private investors are going to take the hit wouldn't that require higher interest rates to assume the risk. Also a 20% insurance is a joke if 50% writedown takes place. The answer to too much debt is not more debt and leverage, it needs to be forfeited and bond holders to accept the losses.
mansoor_h_khan says:
Here is how the banker's game works:
1) Get the government to issue some currency (cash — paper or reserves at the central bank — reserves are government issued cash central bank deposits). Government issued cash is around 5% of the currency (money) supply. The government issued currency is put into circulation by the government simply spending it.
2) The rest (95%) of the currency is issued by the private banks. Each customer loan is a new bank deposit (i.e., new currency) and increases the currency (money) supply of the economy. Note that this newly created money (currency) is put into circulation by the borrower spending it. Most currency (about 95% America's currency supply) has been borrowed into existence and when bank customer pays the loan back that amount of currency is removed from circulation. The banking system cannot go backwards (fewer net loans) as time moves on because fewer net loans means fewer currency in circulation in the economy.
Accumulation of interest charges on outstanding loans means that the currency supply must constantly increase even if it means giving out lower quality loans. Think of it like a plane flying it must fly at some minimum speed or else the plane (the banking system) will crash (i.e., banking system collapse).
3) The bankers make dam sure that the common public does not understand how the monetary system works meaning that the private banks issue 95% of the currency. This is whole another topic how they do this.
4) The system works until real economic capacity of the economy grows and debts can be serviced and interest charges paid. Most of the time the economy oscillates between boom (growth) and bust (recession) because bust is needed to clear debts and start a new lending cycle.
5) Eventually, one of these cycles goes so deep that currency supply (and demand) falls so low that too many debts become un-serviceable. The recession becomes a depression now.
6) The bankers then have to decide how to "reset" the system. One way to reset the system is to let the depression takes its course. But of course this path is very chaotic because people lose jobs and may become violent. Once most debts are cleared lending can start again and the currency supply is replenished. Wars are a good way to get initial money (currency) into an economy after a depression to get demand going again. This is the great depression scenario.
7) Another way to "reset" the system is to get the government to print too much money and spend and destroy the currency and blame it on the government. This justifies issuance of a totally new currency (note that hyperinflation clears debts) and the lending cycle can start again.
8) The banking system (as is) is setup to maximize the power and influence of the global bankers and NOT for the maximum general well being of people. By the way this is a global game. This is the only system around no matter what country you are in. The global banking cartel makes sure that no competing systems are allowed to exist (so they might be copied and global bankers will lose power).
For more details on this stuff please read the following articles in order listed below:
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dead hobo says:
BR wondered:
Watch how US markets trade today: Do we gap down, and see more distribution and selling pressure? Or do buyers come out of the woodwork to accumulate at 2% better prices?
Probably more of the same … volatility trending upward in a punishing and torturous end of year rally.
Earnings apparently still matter and so does news that the economy is improving. So do improvements, such as they are, in Europe. So far, in spite of the sensational headlines and incredible antics of governments and their dangerous, apparently soon to be former, leaders, everything is still trending upwards. Improvements exist, only they are incremental and obscured by the flash of new bad news. So far, the incremental improvements trump the unceasing bad news. Also, to the positive, I have heard of several instances of job hopping due to pent up demand to leave one job for another without being laid off first. This is a great sign of economic improvement, although, it is only incremental.
Sell offs, I suspect, are oriented towards raising liquidity and repositioning, not due to end of world events (at least today). People are finally realizing CDO insurance is not as stable a business as car insurance and may even be (heaven forfend) in some cases only a fee generating scheme with no reserves of meaning or adequate value available for a possible payoff. Listen, if major European banks are hurting because of simply holding European debt, then how in the world will some half baked hedge fund be able to pay off if needed? Will they try to collect from some other doofus who sold them a policy without ever thinking a payoff might be needed?
To the good, this means that, in the future, to issue credit, borrowers will have to demonstrate they are actually credit worthy. Such a concept.
Anyway, equities are still the investment du jour. They are what they are. For better or worse, you know what you are buying and an almost infinite amount of transparency is available for interested parties. Hedge funds still have to make money and this is the only game in town.
nofoulsontheplayground says:
The NDX has tagged and rebounded off the weekly 50-SMA the past 3-weeks. That area is currently at 2290 NDX. I expect that to hold today.
Josh says:
From what I'm reading this morning, the DAX is on the verge of completing a RS in a largish H&S pattern. S&P futures tested the trendline up from October 4th, and more-or-less held it so far this morning, but RUT futures broke the trendline solidly and are not backtesting the break.
From a beerish EW perspective, if this is part of a big 5 wave down structure that started in the Spring, best guess is that this is either B of 2 (in the big 5) or the very first step of 3 of 3 (in the big 5).
And then there is the unexhausted TD weekly and monthly readings suggesting that the bigger direction of the markets is now up.
Nuts. The TD readings have been the most accurate in recent years IMHO, so my best guess is that this will just be corrective (though perhaps the B of 2 in EW that leaves the wave 3 down more time to start in a few weeks).
Moss says:
Without the 'credit event' the use of CDS to hedge is gone. The whole concept of 'net' exposure is meaningless. The increase in margin requirements for the sovereign garbage 'nets' that out.
It is a good idea to review the Exeter Pyramid now that the CDS engineered risk management mirage is toast.
Soon the ECB will be forced to 1. lower rates again 2. print and purchase.
[...] futures makes the latest missive from Andrew Horowitz of the Disciplined Investor all the more timely: How [...]
Concerned Neighbour says:
Barry, it doesn't appear like buyers have been hiding in the woodwork the last month. But for what it's worth, I believe they should be.
dougc says:
If the market doesn't rebound on the rumor of the day proclaiming "The EURO crisis has been solved by ______________________", watch out below.
schnauser says:
might this be the problem: file:///Users/johnhiser/Desktop/LCH.Clearnet%20Group%20-%20MF%20Global%20UK%20Limited_default%20notice%20Ltd.webarchive
counter party risk in the MF Global affair finally rears its ugly head?
LCH Clearnet is a big player in Europe, no? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCH.Clearnet
schnauser says:
sorry, that didn't work. try this: http://www.lchclearnet.com/mf_global_uk_limited_default_notice_ltd.asp
MIRTTB says:
>>The reaction to the news, and not the news itself, is what matters most.
News follows Price.
rktbrkr says:
4 Euro govs have changed over
Ireland (directly related to bank bailouts to boot!)
PIIG so far, somehow they missed Spain but they'll go soon. If Frau Merkel attempts to bail everyone then her pigface goes up on the pike too
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As trading came to an end on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down nearly 390 points, or more than 3 percent. The broader Standard & Poor's index was off about 3.7 percent, with bank stocks hit the hardest.
European shares fared little better, and the euro tumbled. Bond yields in Italy, one of Europe's largest economies, surpassed 7 percent, approaching the level that had sent other euro zone nations to seek bailouts. Spanish and French bond yields also rose, amid fears that the contagion could spread further.
Robert M says:
That the Ministry of Magic allowed the Dept of Invisibility to continue to the float the idea of no risk after what happen is


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cheating is not a sex for love. it's a sex for fun. nowadays, cheaters have a fuck buddy or a fucking friends.
The other day i came home early from work and notice this car in the drive way so i went and park the car were my wife couldn't see it so i went back to the house and walk around were are bedroom window is and i hear this sound coming from it and i tired to look in the window and notice i could see in very good so i went back to front door and push my way in and saw my wife in bed with this other women and i got hard and join in with them
Except maybe her husband who she's cheating on.
Soldier1985 i bet ud be good too!
Susan, let's go get a room !
o am so confuse, not only I think wife cheating on me, but I can feel something is going on aside from her having an affaitr. why?
shes a real MILF, i bet shes around the 35's
Hot vid. Would love to see a video like this of another man screwing my wife in a hotel.
mmmm, need a hot pussy to slide my hard shaved cock into and pound!
wow =)
Mmmm, I love how they f*** and vibrate
dats how u beat that pussy up
very very very slow...no skill and no power.....bustard
thats so fucking hot
Multiple camera angles sure helped with "catching" them. How coincidental that it was perfectly lined up with the action. BULLSHIT!
my wife cheated on me with a younger guy,would love to have watched her shagging him.
I would rip that pussy!!
come to portugal and ull be fucked like that =)
Where can I find me a man like that! Damn nice:P
i love the way he fuck! damn...!
Damn I want to b fukd good
Yall crazy on here
what the boobs lund mein choot dede
As a cuckold, id love for him to get her pregnant
omg this is so horny, now i really want to get fucked like her
hidden camera? how about two hidden cameras? And edited together, too. What a coincidence.
my husband is the boss at a company and he likes to watch me with other men we got some camers in the bedroom and he sets up to have one of his employes to come to the house to pick something up i would answer the door wearing nothing but sexy underwear i than get them into the bedroom and seduce them any way i can and than let them fuck me
hidden camera? how about two hidden cameras? And edited together, too. What a coincidence. And all that great sex and he has to jack himself off to cum? Man, that is so weak.
Most impressive her husband not only knew what hotel room they would be in, but was able to get there before them and set up the cameras.
So now? where?
Sexy_gurl I would love to fuck you like that
I guess they didn't suspect the two cameras in the hotel.
This is julia channel
holy shit come and fuck me!!
susan, you get mad at hubby again, call me... no strings, just sex...
why are white guy's dicks rubbery.....?
who needs to be fucked ? i'm always available
alguna mexicana que se atreva hacer de todo
i want some too
i fucking love this video it made me so wet
That guys a pornstar. I saw on a Brazzers video a while back fucking a pornstar. Forgot his name though. Will try to find the link.
WOW she's hot
Every so often my wife and her boyfriend don't have access to our bedroom. So they gotta grab a hotel room to fuck in.
mm que rico, asi me ponia mi ex-amante mmm quiero verlo de nuevo
thegyal is hott
fuck. i got cum on my shirt.
this is really hot
Damn. Yeh toh hot shit hai.
Made me wet mm I'm horny
Is that Kurt
fuck wish someone will fuck my pussy tht hard
Any cheating house wifes want a big rock hard cock to be fucked like that or even better ill be waiting hehe..
pretty hard fuck
i would fuckin demolish her pussy.
I think I these people.
holy shit he just keeps poundin it and doesnt slow down lol
my wife too fucked with a younger guy and i loved the details of it , that she told me afterwards...i don't blame her he's so much younger than me she's 42 now and he was 26 a young bull
My definition of cheating is intercourse. I don't consider my husband cheating when he goes to a strip club or get a lap dance. I have a lot of male friends and I love hanging out with them. My hubby would sometimes complaint a little but, I would tell him I never complaint when you go to a strip club. I often made out a little with my male friends and they sometimes suck my pussy and I would give them a happy ending. And then it just happened one night. A few of the guys and I got a little drunk at the bar after a birthday party and we decided not to drive and check into the hotel for the night instead. I called hubby that I am staying with a girlfriend because, I had a little too much to drink. We got into the room and started making out as usual. That night I just got really horny and was really turned on. The 3 men seeing this took total advantage of me. They licked my pussy until I begged for them to fuck me, they took turns banging me all through the night. Best sex ever.
i love hearing the guy moan ;) someone come fuck me
Phony. Like all commercial fuck videos, he pulled out and shot on her body. In the real world, men come INSIDE.
damnnnn =P sounds fucking hott i wish i would get my pussy beated up liike tht ;]
that was fuckin hot...wish someone would fuck me like that, im horny : }
yea... its possible to fuck like this if the guy is lean n has good stamina
My boyfriend fucks me like that! ;D
too bad the fukr only went 2 minutes lol
I love to drive I=5 frw with my wife showing her tits and pussy as she sucks my cock it drives the truck drivers crazy when you stay right beside them some times if we are close to a rest stop ill pull in and let them watch or if hs nice my wife will suck his cock and fuck him some times thay want to suck my cock
sucker! i can do it much better!
I film a lot of people and many times it is some guy fucking a married woman. I film and edit, hand over a master and delete all files after. I see some great things. Like the Dr who hired a guy to wear his wife out while he watches and jerks. Or the Indian dr's who fuck every where and want it filmed. I see it all. could make a fortune blackmaleing them. But I would not. Might b
this gets me off everytime
Hubby or BF won't fuck your brains out? come find me in SD for a good time :)
mmmm so horny. i want his big hard cock fucking my tight wet pussy hard and deep, mmmmmmm i need to be fucked, any offer?
Anyhow danilelle, the woman is well shaped and very sexy and I think she has a very good time with that man. For me this is high quality sex in real life.
mascando chicletes?
Man, I love when a gal is that much into a guy, and when a guy is that much INTO a girl ;). Did you see the way she did not let go of his cock after the BJ?? awesome!!
she kinda looks like eva mendas
I got into a heated arguement with my husband so I went to a club to have a few drinks to cool off. A young man came over to talk and we danced to the music. He is an artist and we went to his studio to see some of his paintings. Once we were there and were alone he gave me a massage and started kissing my neck and cheeks. I was still made at hubby so I made out some more with him. I guess when you are married, you are so used to having sex so I just let things progress. Somehow he got my panty off and started to lick my pussy. I was feeling so good and excited that I just let him enter me. He fuck the heck out of me for 3 hours. Afterward I felt so guilty and left quickly to go home. I showered and cleaned up and when to bed beside my husband. To this day, I never told anyone except here.
My ex girlfriend´s lover cummed always into her pussy, especially on fertile days
wow hot girl i wish i can fuck her pussy...


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9/8/1997 - Williams Breaks New Ground for African American Women In Tennis
Venus Williams, a 17-year-old tennis star from Florida, on Sunday became the first African American women to play in the U.S. Open Women's Singles Final in 39 years. Williams follows Althea Gibson, who in 1957 became the first African American woman to play in the prestigious tournament final. Gibson won the U.S. Open two years in a row, in 1957 and 1958.
Although Williams lost her match on Sunday against top-seeded Martina Hingis, she won a great victory for people of color in a sport that is largely considered white and upper-middle class. Many speculate that Williams might become a "Tiger Woods of tennis," by stirring up new interest in the sport and by serving as a role model for young African American women.
9/5/1997 - House Votes to Eliminate U.S. Funding for Intl. Family Planning Organizations
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said that September 4, 1997 was "a sad day for women." On that day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $12.3 million foreign aid bill including the Smith amendment, a measure that eliminates U.S. financial aid to international family planning organizations that practice or advocate abortion. Pelosi, who sponsored a narrowly defeated alternative amendment that would have preserved funding for organizations that pay for abortion services with private funds, says of the Smith measure, "It means more unplanned pregnancies, more abortions, exploding populations and exploding poverty."
In July, the Senate passed a $13.2 billion foreign aid bill that did not include the Smith admendment. Senators have deemed this abortion measure "veto bait." The House and Senate will have to agree on a single bill before the legislation is sent to President Clinton for approval. President Clinton has vowed to veto any legislation that restricts family planning activities.
9/5/1997 - Saudi Arabian Man Kills Newborn Daughter for Being Female
The Arab News daily reported Thursday that a man threw his newborn child to the ground, killing her, when he realized the baby was female. The man, who had six daughters and no sons, claimed he did not intend to kill the baby, but was simply venting his frustration. The newspaper did not state whether the man had been arrested.
9/5/1997 - Operation Rescue Lawsuit Dismissed
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf has dismissed Operation Rescue's lawsuit against democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. Lawyers for the anti-choice organization alleged that Kennedy made false and defamatory statements about Operation Rescue in a 1993 television interview. In the interview, Kennedy was explaining why women need guaranteed access to abortion clinics. "When we have a national organization like Operation Rescue that has as a matter of national policy firebombing and even murder, that's unacceptable."
Wolf ruled that Kennedy was not liable for his statements because those statements were made as part of his Senatorial duties. "His remarks about Operation Rescue were made, at least in part, to inform the public of the reasons for his position on a legislative matter." Operation Rescue plans to appeal the decision.
9/5/1997 - Vaginal Births Found Safe After Cesarean Section
A new study in Pediatrics reports that women who have had a cesarean section can go on to give birth vaginally without increasing their own or their infant's risk of complications. Vaginal births are less debilitating to mothers, both physically and economically, and do not encourage the respiratory problems that have been linked to elective cesarean sections. Thirty-eight percent of cesarean sections performed in the U.S. are repeat cesareans, giving the U.S. one of the highest rates of repeat procedures.
9/5/1997 - U.S. Supreme Court Refuses Stay on Proposition 209
Civil and women's rights activists requesting an emergency stay on the enforcement of Proposition 209 were refused Thursday, when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the request without comment.
The Court has yet to decide whether it will hear an appeal of Proposition 209's constitutionality, and opponents of the law are confident that the decision, expected in October, will be in their favor. Mark Rosenbaum, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, states "This case involves critical questions regarding the ability of cities and states to address historic discrimination and deserves a review by our nation's highest court." Ed Chen, staff attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, hopes that local cities will not jump to enforce Proposition 209, since a Supreme Court reversal of may be forthcoming and the changes would cause "a great deal of disruption to their programs."
9/4/1997 - Senate Moves to Eliminate Medicaid Abortions
The Senate voted Wednesday to eliminate Medicaid funding for abortions performed by managed care organizations. Exceptions would be granted in instances where the unwanted pregnancy was caused by rape or incest or endangers the mother's life. The House will consider this provision, sponsored by Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Missouri, later this week.
According to Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, abortion services are currently covered by two thirds of managed-care plans. The Senate's move will have a particularly devastating affect on poor women, who depend on Medicaid-funded managed care for their basic healthcare. Parenthood Federation of America president Gloria Feldt remarked, "This action stands in stark contrast to the original intent of the federal Medicaid program by further marginalizing poor women and erecting barriers to equal health care for all."
9/4/1997 - Nutri/System Replaces Fen-Phen With Phen-Pro
Nutri/System Weight Loss Centers has discontinued the use of fen-phen in response to reports that the drug causes damage to heart valves and increases blood pressure. Nutri/System has replaced fen-phen with an alternative drug combination called phen-pro, a mixture of phentermine and Prozac, an anti-depressant.
Nutri/System claims that the new drug is effective and safer than fen-phen. Others, like Dr. Lewis J. Rubin, head of pulmonary medicine at the University of Maryland Medical School, claim that phen-pro has not yet been proven safe. "Let's not embrace the next [drug] that comes down the pike until it's proven safe and effective."
9/4/1997 - Calcium, Vitamin D Prevent Bone Fractures, Study Reports
A new study found that calcium and vitamin D supplements reduce the risk of broken bones in elderly persons. Previous studies have established that calcium supplements can slow bone loss and increase bone density, and that vitamin D encourages the body's absorption of calcium. The new study by Dr. Beth Dawson-Hughes et al and published in last Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, is unique in that it shows that calcium can actually prevent fractures from occurring.
In the study, subjects that took calcium supplements were more than 50% less likely to suffer a broken bone after a fall than were subject that did not take calcium supplements. The annual cost of osteoporosis (gradual thinning and weakening of bone tissue) and fractures that are caused by osteoporosis is an estimated $10 billion.
9/3/1997 - Abortion Dispute May Obstruct Administration's Plan
An anticipated abortion dispute in Congress, led by Republican Rep. Chris Smith of N.J., may jeopardize the Clinton administration's plan to repay United Nations debt and restructure U.S. foreign policy organization through the State Department authorization bill. The authorization bill, which was discussed and partially agreed-upon in a House-Senate conference last month and may come up in the House again this week, would bring the U.S. Information Agency and the Arms Control Agency under the State Department and allocate $819 million for repayment of U.S. debt to the United Nations.
The portion of the bill that is in contention is a measure that concerns funding for family planning organizations that practice or advocate abortion. Smith would like to reinstate the former "Mexico City" provision by amending the State Department authorization bill. The Mexico City provision, strictly enforced by the Bush and Reagan administrations and then abolished by Clinton in 1993, bars the use of U.S. funds for international family planning organizations that perform or advocate abortions. If the House-Senate approves the "Mexico City" language suggested by Smith, Clinton will likely veto the bill.
9/3/1997 - Corporations Cater to Women Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Department of Labor has projected that women will own approximately one-half of U.S. businesses by the year 2000. There are approximately eight million women business owners today, and these businesses generate $2.3 trillion in sales. Lucile Reid, who directs a $10 billion loan program for women business owners for Wells Fargo Bank, says of women-owned businesses, "They've grown from being tiny businesses to strong, small businesses with great growth prospects, so you [corporations] better pay attention."
Several major U.S. corporations have responded to women's growing economic power by altering their sales strategies and marketing specifically to women. IBM now has women-led divisions that target women business owners. AT&T has launched commercials which feature women business owners and has trained its sales force to use communication skills and tactics that women are said to prefer. For example, women, more so than men, desire partnerships with their vendors. They seek to establish long-term relationships, demand frequent personal attention, and are often more loyal to their vendors than are men. Some women business owners dispute these generalizations and fear that essentialist stereotypes will impede them in their struggles for equality with men.
9/3/1997 - Chicago Sponsors Gay-Pride Themed Renovations
Chicago's North Halsted Street, home to one of the city's most visible and prosperous gay communities, will receive city funds for renovations and improvements that have a gay-pride theme. Mark Johnson, spokesperson for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, said, "Such a institutional recognition of a largely homosexual community is a national first." The renovations, scheduled to begin in March of 1998, will include rainbow-colored lights, hung in arches on a half-mile stretch of Halsted Street. In addition to the new lighting, sidewalks will be repaired and widened, and trees will be planted. "This particular strip has contributed million of dollars to the economic base of the city, so the city is reinvesting in the community," said Mary Morten, liaison to the gay and lesbian community for Mayor Richard Daley.
9/3/1997 - WOC Honors Diana With Land Mines Campaign
Women Organizing for Change (WOC) is honoring Diana, the Princess of Wales, by lending its efforts to one of her many worthy causes. "There will be many memorials to the Princess of Wales. But perhaps the best tribute to her life would be to make her fight against land mines a success." According to the WOC, the U.S. government has done little to eliminate the use of these destructive devices, which claim many innocent lives each year. If you would like to contribute to WOC's efforts, please contact President Clinton and urge him to join in the fight to eliminate land mines. He can be reached via e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com), phone (202/456-1414), fax (202/456-2883), or mail (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20500).
9/3/1997 - Dallas Diocese Asks Vatican to Nullify Priest's Ordination
Roman Catholic officials in Dallas asked the Vatican to nullify the ordination of Father Rudolph Kos on grounds that Kos lied to them about his background and sexual orientation. Kos, who is an accused pedophile, cost the church $119.6 million in a July 24th civil lawsuit award to 11 plaintiffs. The jury found that the diocese was "grossly negligent" in dealing with the alleged abuse and concealed information about Kos. Former Vatican Embassy lawyer speculates that Vatican will likely reject the request for nullification. "They ignoring warnings for years and didn't do anything. You can't undo that."
9/3/1997 - Dallas Diocese Asks Vatican to Nullify Priest's Ordination
Roman Catholic officials in Dallas asked the Vatican to nullify the ordination of Father Rudolph Kos on grounds that Kos lied to them about his background and sexual orientation. Kos, who is an accused pedophile, cost the church $119.6 million in a July 24th civil lawsuit award to 11 plaintiffs. The jury found that the diocese was "grossly negligent" in dealing with the alleged abuse and concealed information about Kos. Former Vatican Embassy lawyer speculates that Vatican will likely reject the request for nullification. "They ignoring warnings for years and didn't do anything. You can't undo that."
9/3/1997 - Fort Bragg Soldiers Disciplined for Sexual Harassment
Army officials at Fort Bragg, N.C., have disciplined seven of thirteen soldiers accused of sexual misconduct and may punish an eighth. Army investigators determined that the remaining five soldiers will not be punished. The accused harassers worked in the 1st Corps Support Command Consolidated Dining Facility and were charged with making inappropriate sexual comments and fraternization.
Of the seven soldiers disciplined, two were charged under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which allows for demotions, reductions in pay, the assignment of extra duty, or the imposition of mild restrictions. The remaining five soldiers received written reprimands. A new manager has been appointed at the dining facility.
9/2/1997 - Oregon Prisoner Denied an Abortion
The Yamhill County, Oregon board of commissioners passed a new anti-abortion law last Thursday. Under this law, Joni Ledbetter, a prisoner jailed on robbery charges, will be denied an abortion and forced to carry her unwanted pregnancy to term because Yamhill county agents will not release her for the procedure. The law prohibits county agents from facilitating abortions in any way.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon plans to challenge the Yamhill County law in court. Executive Director David Fidanque defended women's constitutional right to an abortion, stating, "No government agency can force a woman to continue a pregnancy she doesn't want to continue."
[Source: Reuters - August 29, 1997
9/2/1997 - Israelis Accused of Prostituting South African Women
Ten South African women, lured to Tel Aviv with the promise of legitimate jobs, allege that they were forced into prostitution. One of the accusers claimed that she was threatened with death. The South African women have since been sent home and an investigation is underway.
9/2/1997 - Hong Kong Sex Discrimination Laws Challenge Popular Newspaper
Hong Kong's Apple Daily printed an advertisement for "several pretty female reporters," in an apparent violation of the country's new anti-discrimination employment laws. The new anti-discrimination laws prohibit employers from citing sex, marital status, or lack of disability as a condition of employment, but allow employers to request workers of a specific age or race. The publisher of the popular Apple Daily newspaper will be the first organization tried under the new discrimination laws.
9/2/1997 - WOC Honors Diana With Land Mines Campaign
Women Organizing for Change (WOC) is honoring Diana, the Princess of Wales, by lending its efforts to one of her many worthy causes. "There will be many memorials to the Princess of Wales. But perhaps the best tribute to her life would be to make her fight against land mines a success." According to the WOC, the U.S. government has done little to eliminate the use of these destructive devices, which claim many innocent lives each year. If you would like to contribute to WOC's efforts, please contact President Clinton and urge him to join in the fight to eliminate land mines. He can be reached via e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com), phone (202/456-1414), fax (202/456-2883), or mail (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20500).
9/2/1997 - Janet Jagan May Become Guyana's First Female Head of State
Janet Jagan, widow of Guyanese President Cheddi Jagan, accepted the People's Progressive Party's presidential nomination on Sunday, August 31st. If elected, Jagan will be the first female head of state in Guyana. A Chicagoan and Jewish-American nurse, Jagan would also be Guyana's first foreign-born elected leader.
Jagan has served in Guyana's highest post of prime minister since her husband's death in March of 1996 and has also served as health minister. Her husband's deputy, Sam Hinds has been president since Cheddi Jagan's passing and will be Janet Jagan's running mate in the coming election.
9/2/1997 - WBNA Attendance Rivals Men's Sports
The Women's National Basketball Association wrapped up a wildly successful inaugural season with a championship game this Saturday. The WNBA drew more spectators than Major League Soccer in August and matched the television audience of men's professional golf. New York's Liberty team drew more fans to Madison Square Gardens than the New York Knicks have since 1987, and both the Phoenix and New York teams averaged more than 13,000 spectators per game. Even the Utah team, which had the lowest average attendance at 7,611, drew nearly twice as many fans as was originally anticipated. The WBNA looks forward to an even more successful season next year.
9/1/1997 - Army Excuses Aberdeen Commander
On July 31, Army officials said the two-star general in charge of Aberdeen should not be held responsible for the widespread sexual scandal that occurred on the base. Four mid-level officers at the Aberdeen Ordnance Center should, however, receive administrative punishment for the sex scandals in their battalions, according to the Army leadership.
Gen. William Hartzog, who heads the Army's Training and Doctrine Command and who determined the disciplinary measures after a seven-month review, excused Maj. Gen. Robert D. Shadley, the Aberdeen commander, because he claims Shadley had no idea of sexual misconduct on the base. Although the Army decided the four officers who were directly responsible for the battalions should receive punishment, an official described the disciplinary action as "nothing earth-shattering" and may not affect the future careers of the men. The Army's decision prompted Rep. Jane Harman (D- Calif.), a member of a House panel studying gender issues in the military, to comment, "There was clearly a lax environment at Aberdeen and my view is that there is responsibility at the top and through the chain of command. I'll be watching to see what the Army's total solution is. It must include some action against senior levels who were asleep at the switch. Wrongdoing must be punished and wrongdoing includes failure to supervise."
9/1/1997 - U.N. Continues to Deny Taliban Afghan Seat
The international community continues to resist the Taliban's efforts to gain recognition as the official government of Afghanistan. The chairman of the United Nations credentials committee has so far refused to meet with Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, the Taliban's designated ambassador to the U.N. Without the chairman's recommendation, it is virtually impossible that the Taliban will be granted a U.N. seat.
The Taliban is a fundamentalist Islamic group which overthrew Afghanistan's Rabbani government on September 27, 1996, and imposed an end to women's human rights there. For this reason, the Netherlands and other European countries have been reluctant to endorse the Taliban's U.N. membership. Although the U.S. has taken no official position on the matter, women's and human rights groups have pressured government officials not to recognize the Taliban.
"The American government and the United Nations must refuse to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government in Afghanistan. How can women be safe anywhere if some governments can carry out gender apartheid with impunity? Do not think such fundamentalist terror can only happen in a far off country!" said Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal at a July 30 noontime picket.
9/1/1997 - Tax Cut Benefits Single Mothers
President Clinton and Congress have agreed to a tax cut that will add a $500 dollar tax credit per child. This credit, according to tax analysts at Deloitte and Touche, will benefit working single mothers. Under the current system, a working mother with two children and an income of $20,000 per year would receive a $771 tax refund . This refund comes from the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit designed to create incentive to work in low-wage jobs. Under the new agreement, the same working mother will receive an additional $500 per child, for a total of $1,771. The tax cut will also benefit middle-income households with children under 17 or in college, and families with substantial capital gains investments.


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