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Paris - France has total confidence in the Algerian government to resolve a standoff at a desert gas facility where dozens of Western and Algerian hostages are being held, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday.
Le Drian said he would travel to Berlin in the next few hours to talk to his German counterpart about France's military campaign against Islamist rebels in Mali. The hostage-takers in Algeria have demanded an end to France's Mali campaign.
Le Drian told reporters there were now 1 400 French troops on the ground in Mali. A battle between French soldiers and rebel fighters was ongoing in the town of Diabaly and likely to continue into Friday. - Reuters
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Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am absolutely in *love* with this powder and got my sister hooked as well. I didn't like how the SA applied it but I bought it anyway in hopes that maybe I could make it work. Since I've discovered this little gem I've ditched all of my highlighters (MSF, liquid illuminators, NARS multiples, Dior Shimmer powder, ect) in place for this powder. All of the highlighters mentioned above has to be applied lightly as it can easily be over-done and look too shimmery/frosty/unnatural. However, with this powder I can dust it all over my face and it will still look natural while giving me this angelic glow. No visible shimmer, just really healthy and glowy skin. It doesn't do too much for oil control, but I just can't get over the finish it gives me. It also sets my makeup perfectly. My skin is PPP whereas my sister is tan, and I noticed that when applied too much it can lighten your complexion a few shades. It does so in a natural way, but I'm just saying- a little goes a long way! I've never had a problem with it being too shimmery or obvious (even when applied heavily) although there is some definite shimmer when you look at it in the container. We both use Translucent. Absolutely the most natural highlighter/powder I have ever used- definite HG material and a definite repurchase for sure.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
this product works great. It does make your skin look angelic and a little goes a long way. But, I have to think that the people at La Mer are doing a little bit of "creative packaging".
A regular sized loose powder has roughly 27 g of product. My prescriptives regular sized powder has 29g and a cover girl one has 27g of product. The La Mer powder has 25g. Sure, the container is huge, but the powder container is almost an inch above the actual container and it is not filled to the brim. Without close inspection, and comparitives to other brands, it LOOKS like you are getting twice, if not 2 and a half times the product of regular containers. However, with the "creative packaging" concept aside, the powder does go a long way and is very, very nice. I wonder why they could of used less materials and put the powder in a regular sized container? I would love to ask the people at La Mer, but in reality I know the answer to that question already.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
After reading the raves on MUA, I was excited to try the La Mer loose powder and see what all the hype was about. The loose powder comes in a huge container that cost $65. I'm not sure how long it will take me to finish this....I'd rather get a smaller container and spend less.
I applied the powder at the end to set my makeup and the finish is beautiful. Your skin doesn't look powdered, it just gives you a soft airbrushed glow. Even on days when I don't put on a full face, a little bit of this powder with Origin's Zing and my skin looks fantastic.
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This is an amazing powder and gives such a beautiful finish. No dryness or cakiness, just perfect looking skin. It works well with my combo skin and I keeps the dreaded oily looking shininess away. By the end of the day, my skin has a glow to it, but not shiny. I've never had another powder control oil so well. It has amazing staying power and is well worth its pricey price tag. The container is huge and will last for a very long time.
I'm also loving the La Mer foundation and wear it in Creme, but the MA chose Natural for the powder color. It works like a dream.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is the best loose powder for me. I do not have any breakouts or blemishes wearing this. Even though it's pricey, the huge tub can last you up to 9-12 months even with daily use! I love it. It makes my skin look flawless. Many have commented that my skin looks great n even thought I had Botox, which I did not! A definite must have for every woman.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This powder literally makes my skin look angelic. Not just mine, but whoever I use it on. I must say though that sharing it is difficult. The tub is huge, but at least I know it's sturdy. I have had mine for years. It looks so good on it's own, this crazy soft focus finish.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
UPDATE: Still loving this after almost daily use. I sometimes use it alone over Devita SPF 30 and still get compliments over my glow
My skin leans towards the drier side, so powders are usually not my friend. This is the finest milled, silkiest powder I have ever used. It gives a subtle radiance.
My make up doesn't show dry spots nor does it crack. Since purchasing this almost a year ago, I have not been tempted to try any other powders - its that good
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I love la mer products because I think they preform exceptionally. However, the translucent powder made me break out. I never broke out from the neutral colored shades so I will try that one out before I completely dismiss this product. I absolutely loved the compact version and was dying to try this one out because its so much cheaper! Of course, I say "cheaper" loosely... it is stilll $65. Anyway, people will very sensitive skin such as mine should be careful about the translucent!
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Aw, how to describe this powder? First of all, it IS good. My skin is dry, so I'm always wary of powder and worried it will make me look "cracked". This powder does not do that at all. It's a really nice product for dry skinned women. The color is lovely, a real nice neutral (all the shades). And it's very finely milled, a quality product. The amount in the tub, also, is pretty generous. So why the 3 star? Because it's not worth $65 or whatever they are charging now. I have a L'Oreal loose powder that I bought for $10. It performs JUST as well. So if you have the $$$ and you are dying to try it, you probably won't regret it because it's a good product. If you are, however, only concerned with performance and not easily seduced by pretty packaging/name brand, you can skip this one. While it is a good loose powder, there's nothing magical about it.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've wanted this powder for a couple of years now, and I finally bit the bullet and bought it. I .. am.. in... love.
I tried this in translucent and in neutral, and neutral is much better in my opinion. A lot of people say that translucent is too glittery, however, I find that that's not really true. The sparkles BARELY show up on the skin, and it just gives you a very smooth looking complexion. The reason why I chose neutral over the translucent is because I feel that the neutral controls my oil a lot better, for some reason. Perhaps it's just coincidence? I haven't experienced any oiliness ever since I started using this product. I am VERY prone to clogged pores and breakouts, and It keeps my skin smooth, silky, matte, and blemish free. I even feel asleep with this powder on my face a couple of times (late night studying) and I never experienced breakouts. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!
This powder seems to last all day on my combination (I guess normal now) skin.
I had been in a chemistry lab for 3 hours with safety goggles tightly over my eyes, which left a red mark around my face. It smeared off the foundation I had in the areas where the goggles were touching my face. When I stepped into my car, I dusted a little bit of la mer powder in those areas, and my makeup looked fresh again! My skin glowed and looked so healthy!! the redness around my eyes were almost 90% gone from the bit of coverage that it gives.
It doesn't cake up my makeup, and the powder particles are undetectable on the skin. I say that this was $65 well spent in my opinion. :D
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National Ranching Heritage Center
The National Ranching Heritage Center, a museum of ranching history, is located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The NRHC features almost fifty authentic ranch buildings dating from the late 18th to the mid-20th century. These structures include a railroad depot, homesteads, barn, schoolhouse, windmills and other historic structures. One views the exhibits through a self-guided walking tour. It is free to the public.
Until 1999, the NRHC was a part of the Museum of Texas Tech University, to which is adjacently located. It was begun by the first director of the museum, the historian and archaeologist William Curry Holden. From 1977-1980, Jim Humphreys, who managed the Pitchfork Ranch in Dickens and King counties from 1965–1986, was the board chairman of the center. He is considered one of the major modern figures in Texas ranching and agriculture.[1]
The NRHC has also received donations from Montie Ritchie, the manager of the JA Ranch southeast of Amarillo from 1935 until his retirement in 1993.[2]
In 2013, David M. "Matt" Brockman was named NRHC executive director. Formerly, he has been the administrative manager of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, commonly known as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.[3]
Newer exhibit[edit]
The home of the wealthy African-American rancher, Daniel Webster Wallace (1860–1939), known as "80 John" Wallace, was built ca. 1900 in Loraine in Mitchell County. It is now open at the NRHC.[4]
The Barton House, an example of Queen Anne Style architecture, was relocated to the Heritage Center from Hale County. It is named for Joseph J. Barton.
U Lazy S Carriage House, owned by John B. Slaughter, was moved from Post to the NRHC.
Hedwig's Hill Dogtrot House (1855) is essentially two log cabins under a common roof relocated from Mason County
The 6666 barn stood near the home of rancher Samuel Burk Burnett in Guthrie until it was removed to the NRHC.
The Jowell House (1872-1873) from Palo Pinto County is a fortress style residence, with an outside ladder to the second floor.
Because children frequently died young in the American West, the heritage center relocated this Jowell Cemetery (1876-1889) from Palo Pinto County.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at the Ropes Depot
This half-dugout (1888) in Dickens County was removed from the Matador Ranch to the NRHC.
Waggoner Ranch commissary (1870s), relocated to the NRHC from Wichita County
Box and strip house (1903, 1907), with dual entrances but uninsulated, was relocated to the NRHC from Martin County.
Pioneer mail station (1875) relocated from Knox County
Starmill windmill at NRHC
The Harrell House, named for sisters Fay and Myrtle Harrell of Scurry County, was built in phases between 1885 and 1917.
Restored Pitchfork Ranch cookhouse from Dickens County at NRHC
The Los Corralitos (meaning "Little Corrals") Building was relocated to the Heritage Center from Zapata County in South Texas
Replica of Tooter Cannon Saddle Shop at Heritage Center
Quanah Parker exhibit
See also[edit]
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=BVYLrXGCJYIC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Southwestern+Exposition+and+Livestock+Show+%2B+James+Humphreys&source=web&ots=W9QHOu4MdX&sig=-J36g-eryERCn8ecSQJp8ZcWopk&hl=en
- ^ Montie Ritchie
- ^ Texas Tech University press release, June 14, 2013
- ^ http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/HistoricalPark.htm
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External links[edit]
- The National Ranching Heritage Center official site
- Information on the National Ranching Association
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Article: The effect of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on allergic sensitization and allergic rhinitis in adults[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: There is only little and furthermore conflicting knowledge about the relationship between passive smoking and allergy in adults. In this work, we assess the association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at home or at work, and allergic sensitization and allergic rhinitis in 4093 German adults. Our study population comes from the German National Health Survey 1998 of which we analyzed 4093 adults (17-79 years) being non-smokers and having complete information on passive smoking and allergy. The association between ETS exposure and allergic sensitization and allergic rhinitis was assessed using logistic regression models. The effect of ETS exposure on allergic sensitization was biggest at the workplace [adjusted OR = 1.17 (0.97, 1.41)]; the same could be observed with respect to allergic rhinitis [adjusted OR = 1.20 (0.96, 1.51)]. There was no effect of ETS exposure at home on both allergic sensitization [adjusted OR = 0.99 (0.76, 1.29)] and allergic rhinitis [adjusted OR = 1.05 (0.76, 1.43)] in our analysis. The findings from our study show a statistically non-significant tendency that exposure to ETS at the workplace increases allergic sensitization and allergic rhinitis in adults. This tendency could not be observed with respect to ETS exposure at home. Exposure to ETS at the workplace should be minimized in order to reduce the risk of allergic sensitization, and allergic rhinitis.Indoor Air 09/2005; 15(4):222-7. DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00360.x · 4.90 Impact Factor
Article: Traffic at residential address, respiratory health, and atopy in adults: The National German Health Survey 1998[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Motor vehicle traffic contributes to more than 50% of PM10 in Europe and might have far reaching impacts on human health. We investigated the relationship between residential street type as a surrogate for traffic intensity and the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, atopic diseases, and allergic sensitization in adults. Data from 6896 subjects of the German Health Survey 1998 with complete information on residential street type were used. Multiple logistic regression analyses were applied to model associations between street type categories, and respiratory and atopic outcomes were assessed by screening questionnaire of The European Respiratory Health Survey and specific IgE measurements. Living at extremely or considerably busy roads (23.9% of total study population) compared to roads with no or rare traffic (64.5%) was statistically significantly associated with chronic bronchitis (aOR 1.36 (95% CI) (1.01-1.83)) while nocturnal coughing attacks (past 12 months) (1.24 (0.98-1.57)), wheeze during the past 12 months (1.21 (0.93-57)), and hay fever (1.16 (0.94-1.42)) were marginally increased after adjustment for several potential confounders and for multiple testing. No increased risks were found for asthma (0.97 (0.67-1.42)) and allergic sensitization (1.05 (0.91-1.20)). We conclude that exposure to traffic-related air pollutants increases the risk of nonallergic respiratory symptoms and to a lesser degree the risk of hay fever and allergic sensitization but not the risk of asthma in adults.Environmental Research 07/2005; 98(2):240-9. DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2004.08.004 · 4.37 Impact Factor
Article: Indoor and outdoor air concentrations of BTEX and NO2: Correlation of repeated measurements[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Studies on health effects of air pollutants ideally define exposure through the collection of air samples in the participants' homes. Concentrations derived from these samples are then considered as an estimate for the average concentration of air pollutants in the homes. Conclusions drawn from such studies therefore depend very much on the validity of the measured air pollution concentrations. In this paper we analysed repeated BTEX and NO(2) measurements with a time period of several months lying between the two conducted home visits. We investigated the variability of their concentrations over time by determining correlation coefficients and calculating within- and between-home variances. Our population consisted of 631 homes of participants from two cohort studies within the framework of the German study on Indoor Factors and Genetics in Asthma. Air pollutants were measured using passive samplers both indoors and outdoors. The measured BTEX concentrations were poorly correlated, with Pearson's correlation coefficient r ranging from -0.19 to 0.27. Additionally, a considerable seasonal effect could be observed. A higher correlation was found for the NO(2) concentrations with r ranging between 0.24 and 0.55. For the BTEX, the between-home variance was bigger than the within-home variance, for NO(2) both variances were of about the same order. Our results indicate that in a setting of moderate climate like in Germany, the variability of BTEX and NO(2) concentrations over time is high and a single measurement is a poor surrogate for the long-term concentrations of these air pollutants.Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11/2004; 6(10):807-12. DOI:10.1039/b405537c · 2.18 Impact Factor
Article: Repeated measurements of allergens and endotoxin in settled house dust over a time period of 6 years[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Studies investigating the effect of exposure to indoor allergens and endotoxin on human respiratory health usually take dust samples only at one single point of time and consider them to be representative for the indoor biocontaminant burden during a time period of several years. This singly measured biocontaminant concentration is related to adverse respiratory outcomes such as asthma, wheeze or others. We analysed two repeated measurements of mite and cat allergens in mattress and living room floor dust as well as endotoxin concentrations in living room floor dust. The repeated samples were taken over a time period of about 6 years. We investigated the repeatability over time of their concentrations by determining correlation coefficients and computing within- and between-home variance components. Our analysis was based on the population of a study on Indoor Factors and Genetics in Asthma (INGA) being carried out in 1995/96 and followed up in 2000/01. Complete data were available from 152 participants. The measured allergen concentrations were low and a considerable percentage of the values was below the limit of detection. The crude Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between the two measurements taken in 1995/96 and 2000/01 ranged from 0.32 to 0.61 for the dust mites allergens, from 0.21 to 0.44 for cat allergen and from 0.35 to 0.51 for endotoxin. Correlations were higher if measurements were performed on the same floor or the same mattress at both sampling time-points. The within-home variance for all measured biocontaminant concentrations was of about the same order as the between-home variance. For studies like ours with low allergen and endotoxin concentrations, the repeatability of these concentrations over a time period as long as 6 years is low and a single measurement does not accurately reflect the true long-term exposure in the homes.Clinical & Experimental Allergy 01/2004; 33(12):1659-66. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2003.01807.x · 4.77 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Recently, a study of 330 adults reported increased systolic blood pressure and higher hypertension rates in men with rhinitis. We replicated this study using data from a population-based sample of 896 subjects participating in the European Respiratory Health Survey and in a study on "Monitoring of Trends and Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases" in Erfurt, Germany. Rhinitis was assessed by questionnaire, blood pressure was measured using a standardized method, and subjects were asked about current use of any high blood pressure medication. After adjustment for age, body mass index, and smoking, neither average systolic (p = 0.17) nor diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.60) was statistically significantly different between men with and without rhinitis. The adjusted prevalence rate of hypertension was also not different between males with and without rhinitis (p = 0.25). In addition, no statistically significant associations between rhinitis and blood pressure were seen in women. We could not confirm the conclusion of the previous study that men with rhinitis need special attention for blood pressure control.American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 12/2003; 168(10):1243-5. DOI:10.1164/rccm.200304-525OC · 13.00 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Environmental exposure to endotoxin might have a crucial role in immune maturation and development of asthma. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the effect of endotoxin concentration in settled house dust on asthma is modified by the presence of variation in the TLR4 gene. We performed a cross-sectional study within the German follow-up of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Multivariate logistic regression analysis and nonparametric effect estimates (S-Plus) were applied to examine the association between endotoxin exposure and diagnosed asthma, related clinical symptoms, and bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) stratified for noncarriers and carriers of G299/I399 polymorphism in the TLR4 gene. In the noncarrier group (n = 279), the prevalence of asthma was significantly increased with elevated endotoxin levels in house dust with adjusted odds ratio 6.24 (95% CI, 1.33-29.17) in the second tertile, and 4.54 (95% CI, 0.94-21.96) in the third tertile compared with the lowest endotoxin tertile. The carriers of the polymorphisms (n = 55) showed a nonsignificant trend to have a lower risk of asthma (crude odds ratio, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.06-8.06 for the second tertile and 1.33; 95% CI, 0.17-10.58 for the third tertile). We found a similar association for wheeze and endotoxin exposure that was also attenuated in subjects with G299/I399 polymorphisms. The G299/I399 polymorphisms were associated with a modified response to endotoxin, but the functional relationship still needs clarification.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 09/2003; 112(2):323-30. DOI:10.1067/mai.2003.1648 · 11.48 Impact Factor
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1. Re: A few problems?elbarbudo Oct 19, 2010 11:41 AM (in response to lhebbes)
I completly agree with you.
How did I discover mcaf.ee service ? BY SPAM!
I got a lot of spam with such urls :
all going to fake pharmacies.
My very first idea was that this was a fake McAfee site..
Unfortunatly this is not the case.
This give me a very negative feeling about McAfee who claims to be a leader in the security market.
And it is really counter productive.
2. Re: A few problems?SafeBoot Oct 19, 2010 11:58 AM (in response to elbarbudo)
yeah - lots of discussions inhouse about links to spammy sites at the moment. The problem is, the sites don't host malware (or we've not yet scanned them for malware) so it's hard to justify blocking them.
It would be a form of censorship so to speak. I mean, if we're going to block sites which are places you just don't want to go to, then perhaps we should block links to pornography, what about sites pertaining to certain religions, certain ethnic groups etc?
Of course the first sites I'd want to block are those involving our competitors.
But, seriously - what do you think we should do here? Are you SURE http://rxrefilltop.ru/ is a bad site? Maybe they are just good marketers? What grounds do we have to prevent them creating short links?
NOTE: The rxefilltop.ru links were created today, 46 different ones, There have been 60 unique pageviews at time of writing.
3. Re: A few problems?elbarbudo Oct 20, 2010 5:14 AM (in response to SafeBoot)
All these fake pharmacies are gently poisoning you...
But, from a computer security point of view, they are mainly SPAM providers....
So I think that they should be black-listed for that.
4. Re: A few problems?SafeBoot Oct 20, 2010 7:05 PM (in response to elbarbudo)
this is the point of contention though - they don't cause any harm to your machine - so why would we block you from visiting them?
5. Re: A few problems?lhebbes Oct 21, 2010 5:54 AM (in response to SafeBoot)
Perhaps you need an additional symbol to denote those sites involved in SPAM, but that don't contain malware.


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The Schenectady County Legislature has accepted a settlement by one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies in relation to a county Medicaid fraud lawsuit brought in 2006.
In the settlement, which was accepted unanimously at the Legislature's monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 13, Bristol-Myers Squib will pay the county $57,014. The company is one of 77 pharmaceutical firms the county sued two years ago for inflating the average wholesale price of prescription drugs, allegedly overcharging the county by more than $15 million.
Chairwoman of the Schenectady County Legislature Susan E. Savage, D-Niskayuna, said she felt confident that the settlement with Bristol-Myers will lead to settlements with the other 76 companies accused of Medicaid fraud.
I am hopeful that this will be the first of many settlements that will come to Schenectady County in coming months, which will reimburse our taxpayers for this unfair pricing, said Savage.
The county paid Bristol-Myers $949,000 between 1995 and 2005 as part of the Medicaid program. Savage said the settlement represents a 6 percent cost savings to county taxpayers.
"Schenectady County is committed to fighting Medicaid fraud wherever it exists in order to save taxpayers money," Savage said in a statement. "This is an important first step in that fight."
Legislator Brian Gordon, D-Niskayuna, voiced concern that Medicaid fraud may be rampant.
"It's important that our state and federal government also pick up on these abuses and go at companies who are committing these frauds," he said.
Minority Leader Robert Farley, R-Scotia, shared the concerns of county Democrats on this bipartisan issue.
"This settlement will save taxpayer dollars," said Farley. "And hopefully, it will free up aid for those that need it."
County Attorney Chris Gardner said that if the county could settle for $20,000 to $30,000 from the other 76 companies, they could expect to recover nearly $2 million.
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The United States remains so freakishly favored in our levels of freedom, opportunity and comfort for our citizens that any attempt to achieve global "equality" will necessarily produce efforts to lower the American standard of living and "spread the wealth around" (in the chilling phrase Obama used with Joe the Plumber). In the midst of all the trillions in new spending initiatives, the media hardly noticed President Obama's commitment of unprecedented billions for the International Monetary Fund to aid developing nations. If "the wretched of the earth" face their misfortunes due to the West's record of colonialism and imperialism, and not because of their own leaders' record of malfeasance and corruption, then the never-ending drive for fairness requires punitive policies against those societies that benefited in the past.
The President's Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel famously commented that the Obamatrons remain determined that they "will never waste a crisis" – suggesting that they intend to use the current economic difficulties to reshape both American society and the global economy. Just as the privileged are supposed to give up some of their wealth and privileges within the United States, so the nation itself is supposed to pull back from its preeminent position in the family of nations. Far from echoing the old American cheer, "We're Number One!" the President and his pals might offer a new chant that says, "We're Just One of a Number."
While his policies at home to "soak the rich" and "share the wealth" will face strong resistance (and even counterattacks) from individualistic Americans, his corresponding efforts to address global inequality by cutting his own nation down to size might do permanent (and tragic) damage to the position of the United States in the family of nations. Instead of demonstrating more harmony and cooperation, a world without American leadership will become more chaotic, unpredictable, unjust and dangerous.


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Why Oklahoma State football is a Big 12 heavyweight
OSU's season opener is just 11 days away, and the questions facing OSU are the same. Linebacker, safety, offensive line. Quarterback, I suppose.
But a position that is not on the list shows the evolution of the Cowboy program. OSU is stacked on the defensive line. Mike Gundy said it in the spring and there's no reason to think it's otherwise. D-line might be the best position for the Cowboys in 2014.
When defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer talked the other day about his line, he started naming guys and seemingly went on forever.
"I think we're getting good play up front," Spencer said. "Those older guys, like (James) Castleman, Ofa (Hautau), Jimmy (Bean), Sam (Wren) and Trace (Clark), give us some good ends and some good defensive tackles. Those guys will be giving us some good depth."
Historically, the Cowboys had ballplayers all over the back seven, but the upper-tier defensive linemen were reserved for the Big 12 heavyweights. Of course, that's still true, since OSU has become a Big 12 heavyweight.
Of course, OSU always could use more depth at defensive tackle. Virtually every team can say the same. Castleman and Hautau will be backed up by inexperienced players. But to have established, effective players at tackle, coming off a year in which Calvin Barnett was a senior, is a sign of program strength.
"James is my most experienced player," said OSU d-line coach Joe Bob Clements. "He's been around the longest and had the most snaps, so he is having to step up his role and leadership this year. It's not just a matter of him playing well. He's also got to be a leader for that entire front and our defense. I'm pleased with what he has done so far."
OSU brought in Wren and Hautau as junior-college transfers a year ago, and Clements said their progress is "tremendous. A lot of times with the junior college players, they're just trying to hang on that first year. You get a little bit of productivity out of them, but after they've been with the program for a year, you really see the level of play skyrocket a little bit. I think that's the case with both of those guys."


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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment /CrowningMomentOfFunny: The Silent Monk randomly deciding to pee on Lu Yan. [[spoiler:Turns out it was foreshadowing.]] It's just the [[StealthPun dick move]] one would [[spoiler: expect from the Monkey King]].
* ClicheStorm: Big time.
* CreatorsPet: Much like [[Film/{{Transformers}} Sam Witwicky of the Transformers films]], fans saw Jason as a distraction from [[JustHereForGodzilla the true main attractions.]] Most of the time he's getting hurt with no clue what he's doing or what to do and The Monk and Lu Yan look at him with annoyance at times with him even getting TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Jackie Chan during the first half of the movie. When he grows up and trains under them and start really learning what martial arts is about during his training, he's able to defeat the Mooks but knows he doesn't stand a chance against The Jade Emperor and his Dragon. He was inserted as "the staff carrier".
* CriticalDissonance: This received much better reception from critics than from audiences.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The staff, an ''inanimate object'', gets one during the bridge scene.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
-->'''The Silent Monk:''' What about the two tigers on one mountain?\\
'''Lu:''' We can kill each other when it's over.
** May also count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome or CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, depending on your opinion.
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or all three.]]
* EvilIsSexy: Ni Chang.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Any film with either Jackie Chan or Jet Li in it has a huge fandom in Asia. So put them both in a movie and....it might do just as well as either, despite having both. This only if the fandoms have a large amount of overlap.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Jackie Chan vs Jet Li!!!
* {{Squick}}: Jackie Chan drinking from the remains of his bottle of wine? fine, but not after an incredibly dusty fight which has probably put all sorts into it!
* TheScrappy: Jason.
** [[SoOkayItsAverage So Okay, He's Average]]: Not a lot of people seem to hate Jason and thought the film was okay, although there are some to feel there could have been a balance between him and Jackie and Jet.
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Just wanted to bump this thread and ask Will about his PPC campaign results..any positives??
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Just wanted to bump this thread and ask Will about his PPC campaign results..any positives??
Hi Will, how is the site doing now ?
One problem I can see straight away is the quality of the applications listed on the site could be affecting the sales.
A little check into the integrity of each progam you can find that they all have been regarded as a "rogue anti-spyware" type applications, targeted by various anti-spyware programs, blocklists/ hosts files/ web filtering do dahs.
If people reach your page then do a little search on each one they will find a lot of negative information.
Anyway you can see the general reputation for these three sites here and what people often say about them.
Well you get the idea. Theres a lot more.
Seems to me this would be a hard market.. It's probably the noobs who will be most attracted into buying this stuff and they are the ones who should never be allowed to use these kinds of applications. :D
Here's another registry app that isn't listed as rogue [yet], might be something worth looking into as a replacement:
Another one:


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As of 3/11/15 Trails are CLOSED. Due to the warm temperatures over night and water starting to pond our trails will have to close down until colder weather comes back. There is still a fair base and we maybe able to come back for some spring conditions. Thanks to all of our volunteers for the extra effort this year. Remember, there will still be work to be done even if the season is over. We must all pitch in together to clean up the trails to make them better than when we started this season. If you run across any garbage please take a minute and help clean it up. Thanks to everyone!
Good Wednesday afternoon. We made it through the mini warm up fairly well. Our area received 1-3" of snow and enough ice and rain to take that back away. The trails should be in good shape once the groomers get back over everything. We are asking for you to give the trails a little break this afternoon and tonight until things set back up. The groomers will be out during the day and night to get everything back in shape. Hard to believe that once the trials opened this year they have never closed down. It should be a good end of the week and weekend to ride. Just watch out for changes in the trails and for access roads being opened up by Windmill/Farmers/Sugar Bushes as everyone it getting anxious to get out and check on things from the long winter. Have Fun and be safe.
What an intense Western New York winter!
Like a lot of clubs this year we have had some groomer mechanical issues. The building of new tracks for the JD went great until it was noticed the vendor drill one of the belt off a bit and it had to be taken back apart (300+ bolts later). This machine will be back up and going by first of the week. The other JD had starter issues, but parts will be in today (Friday). All you red fans don't think the red groomer has been immune to breakage; there have been a few cylinder issues on that one too. A huge shout out to all the people that have spent time wrenching and grooming to keep things in shape. There were 6+ people helping build the tracks!
Even with the above issues all our trails have been groomed this week and are in great shape to start the weekend.
The Snack Shack will be open this Saturday (2/28/15) from 11 to 3. This might be the last weekend if it starts to warm up for Maple Season to start. We will be shifting gears to get ready for that. A note to go along with that, watch out for access and woods roads being opened up by landowners as they start their season to.
Be safe, Have fun, and please stay on the trails!
It is with a sense of sadness that we have to announce that our Winter Snow Drags will be CANCELED. The club would like to thank everyone that contributed to our races for the last 10+ years; you have provided much needed help for our trails and a great atmosphere for local racing in our area. At this time it looks like we will be putting our Port-a-Tree Timing system and track support stuff up for sale. We would welcome helping another club or group to keep local racing going. We had a great run and will have many memories to look back on and do some bar stool racing. Without our sponsors over the years we could have never kept it going this long. To all of them a HUGE Thank You: Crabb Oil, Pioneer Motorsport, Previty's Auto Wrecking, Upstate Automotive Group, Schwabb Aggregates, Kevin Klispie Motorsports, Performance Transmissions, Jan-Cen, Hebler Sales and Service, Willey Well Drilling,All Around Performance and any others I missed. If anyone has any questions or might know someone interested in the light system give us a call or drop a e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
Thank you to everyone that help to support our Chicken BBQ last weekend! It was great to see the big turnout. We are still waiting on mother nature to send some more snow our way, trails have been open, but in early season conditions. The team has been working on the race in Feb., but the weather forecast for the next 10 days needs to improve. We think the insurance issue has been taken care of,, sign in and pit cost will be the same as last year. No ISR membership would be required. We will keep an eye on the weather and make the call soon. With the change to insurance and battle with the weather our computer/light system could be up for sale to allow the next group of people to carry on with races in the area. We would like to see a couple races still be run in the area and would be willing to help a group get started or off on the right foot.
Now that the season of riding has begun (ya!), we turn our thoughts to the Snow Drags in Feb. As a club we have some concerns with the new requirements from ISR on insurance for this coming year. We would like your comments on how this might impact your participation at the event. As we understand, the cost for insurance is price two ways: 1st being a yearly fee of $150/Racer and $100/crew member, 2nd $25/day for either racer or crew member in the pits. All of this money would have to be sent in for the insurance. This would be on top of what the standard fee for insurance the club has to have, (which they say will be a little cheaper). The club feels we could not add an additional charge to enter the pits, so we would have to try and make ends meet with the spectator and food sales to cover the rest of the cost of putting on the race. In the past we have had AWSOME partners that have provided sponsorship to help with our fixed cost, but this may be asking too much. We are not looking to make a fortune, but for all the work the club puts into these races, we should be able to put some money back into the trails. Please send us your comments by email or face book so we can gage your thought. We have a meeting coming up 1/15/15 so send us in your comments!
Also all Racers and Crew entering the pits MUST have an ISR number that will require you to reg online before the race.
Drifthoppers Email firstname.lastname@example.com
ISR link http://www.isrracing.org/
Thanks for all your support
Fire them up!..The season has started. The trails are open, but please use caution for this first weekend. The snow is windblown in some areas and corn stubble needs to get knocked down. There will be some areas that have little cover . Groomers are out to blaze a trail and help knock down the bigger "clumps". Please stay on the marked trails and help get the base started.....Have fun and be safe!


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"No," she said. "No, no, no, no, no!"
He didn't answer. Oswin had never been talkative to begin with, and he certainly refrained from speaking when his wife was on one of her tirades.
Serra paced their bedroom, the lines at the corner of her mouth digging into her skin, the furrows in her forehead more pronounced than usual. Her knuckles were white as they clutched at her skirts. "No!" she said again as he opened his mouth.
Wisely, he waited.
She sank onto the edge of their bed, tired and looking a little ill. "No," she murmured, almost to herself, her distress showing clearly in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Serra," he said as gently as he could, lowering himself to sit next to her, draping his arm over her hunched shoulders.
She shrugged him off, sniffing, but held onto his hand. "Can't we have, just…even a moment—just a moment—of peace? Can't we be allowed to just live?"
There was a moment of hesitation before he shook his head. "There's nothing else we can do. Lord Hector says—"
"Fiddlesticks on Lord Hector!" she said loudly, tears squeezing out of her eyes. "I've lost too much already, too many people! Parents who said they'd come back but never did, friends who said they'd write but disappeared, my closest and most beloved friend—"
"Lady…" he began, but paused and started over. "Florina…was Lord Hector's wife."
"Well then," she said, her eyes watering. "Well then, he should understand!"
He said her name then, sharply, as if he were issuing out a reprimand, and she turned to look at him, her hand covering her mouth, almost as if she couldn't believe he would speak to her in such a way.
"He does understand," he said, his voice gruff but gentler. "There is no choice. There is nothing else to be done, but…"
"But war," she finished, and took a folded handkerchief from the bedside table to blow her nose loudly into. "L-Like I don't have enough to worry about, what with my best friend dead more than ten years, and…and wondering every time I hear about an orphanage if it's L-Lucius, and then never hearing from Lady Lyn o-or anybody else, either…"
"I have to go." His words were just a murmur, but she heard them, and hiccupped as she pressed the back of his hand to her tear-stained face.
"I know," she moaned, most terribly, as if it were the end of the world approaching.
"I'm sorry," he said, an attempt to comfort her, but she ignored him, just held onto his hand as if it'd be the last time she'd ever be able to.
The war's approach was inevitable, and she had known as much, herself, but that didn't make the news any easier to digest. It hadn't been all that long ago when she had charged out on the battlefield with a different sort of army, and only sheer courage and wit, only sheer foolishness had kept them alive.
And a lot of good that had done, she thought, remembering rumors of several people dying only months after facing the dragon, dying of their injuries. Oh, but there was nothing you could have done, Florina had tried to console her, but Serra knew that there was always something. Her bragging was not unfounded—she was a skilled healer and everybody knew it.
She liked to tell herself that Sain ran off to Ilia to be with Florina's eldest sister. It had been his plan, the one he had told to anyone who would listen. She found she preferred it to Farina's hastily scribbled scrawl on rain-soaked parchment that said he died of his burns only a month after returning to Caelin, so technically her letter was "undeliverable". Florina had burst into tears at the news, but Serra… Serra had been left dumbstruck. Couldn't she have done something—anything—to prevent such a thing from happening? She couldn't help but think she had forgotten to do something, something important. But years of research and wondering had given her no further insight. She had done everything in her power to save him, but it hadn't been enough.
When her tears stopped, she sighed a little and leaned against Oswin, letting his weight hold her up for just a moment. "I can't let you go," she said slowly, meaningfully, and he opened his mouth as if to say, "You have to," or maybe even, "I'm sorry," again, but she stopped him with a glance, the way she had on their wedding night, and she shook her head.
"Not alone," she told him firmly, resolutely.
And then she stood, looking quite her old self, though her hair was pinned back and her face lined from age and stress. She had the old fire in her eyes, a determination that they both remembered well. He was not going into battle again, not without her.
"After all," she said from across the room, rummaging through one of her chests and pulling out a well-worn staff, "my skills are legendary. Whatever would you and Lord Hector do without me?"
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Nalini Singh
Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter #2)
Paranormal romance
February 2, 2010
Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find herself changed—an angel with wings the colors of midnight and dawn—but her fragile body needs time to heal before she can take flight. Her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, is used to being in control—even when it comes to the woman he considers his own. But Elena has never done well with authority…
They've barely begun to understand each other when Raphael receives an invitation to a ball from the archangel Lijuan. To refuse would be a sign of fatal weakness, so Raphael must ready Elena for the flight to Beijing—and to the nightmare that awaits them there. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan holds a power that lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena…
*based on copy provided by author.
Let it be known far and wide – I be loving me some Singh. Don't you just love it when you can say an author's name and there's that connection with other readers that this author's work is so universally liked and loved, that you just need their last name to identify with. Going to get the new Singh, etc. When a Singh release hits the shelves, I'm there.
Let it also be known that this is probably the first Singh that I had a couple of serious issues with. That being said, it's amazing how the book rebounds and manages to change the perspective of that situation. I'll explain as we go on.
Angels' Blood was one of my favorite paranormal romances of 2009. It felt fresh, exciting and had a great premise for angels. I'm relieved to say there's no Christian mythology here, and I say relieved because I feel that angle is a little overused at this point. Singh has taken the idea of angels and morphed them truly into their own culture, equipped with dangerous politics and maneuverings. That theme more than anything prevails in Archangel's Kiss, that and Elena's new status as an angel herself. The book opens a year from the end of book one, and she's been in a coma. Readers haven't lost anything time-wise as a result, and we get to see Elena's awakening to her new life. In a sense, it's like getting used to her as a character all over again. In book one, Elena felt invincible despite her obvious lack of strength, compared to Raphael. She depends on Raphael a lot more in the first several chapters and she's still getting used to feeling so strongly for such a dangerous male.
I had conflicting feelings on these chapters. Given her newly made state, it's completely understandable that Elena is weaker. She needs to get her strength back, figure out how to handle a heavy set of wings on her shoulders and she is still gauging how Raphael feels about her, not to mention how dangerous he is to her physical well being let alone emotional. At the same time, I missed the other Elena, the one that didn't need anyone that way, who kicked butt at the drop of a pin and took on any obstacle with immediate self-assurance. And all while being completely believable.
I didn't feel this initial Elena in Archangel's Kiss was as believable. There was a point where she kind of reflects on Raphael in this star-struck way that made me a little scared the kick-ass Elena was gone, replaced by a standard, weaker heroine that stands in the hero's shadow. Maybe I wasn't prepared for her being this…sentimental. There's another explanation – what happened to her and her family when she was a young girl, when a psychotic vampire attacked her family. Something about her transition into an angel has affected her memories of that time and they come on with increasing frequency and clarity. It's times like these that I began to see a believable and touching connection between Raphael and Elena.
Because at times Raphael repelled me. As the book goes on, he becomes more relatable. At first, though, he's about as relatable as a hook is to an earthworm. Raphael was that hook – relentless, stoic, cold (but so were most angels encountered in the books), and the rest of the world is of course quite low in comparison. Oh, he might have been sexy and caring to Elena a few times in those initial chapters, but it was also common to see him go almost angelic "Quiet" (a kind of madness) on her as well to get across once again how dangerous and alien these angels really are, at the drop of a hat. But he really comes into his own, despite me finding him about as appealing as an atomic bomb the first third of the book. Strange to feel that way after I found him so irresistibly compelling in the first book. Perhaps Singh simply continued that arch with his character. I did after all like that he was so morally ambiguous in book one. It was actually refreshing to see this in a hero. Maybe I'd expected him to be more loving right off the bat in book two without realizing it.
The plot, that of the dangers presented by the archangel Lijuan, wasn't nearly the plot I thought it was going to be. It wasn't, to me, that much of a main focus. And it's a very cool premise. I find I'm enjoying that Singh is mixing angels, vampires and now zombies with this edition. Lijaun's creepy practices were hinted at in book one and I was very intrigued by what motivated an archangel to create zombies, or reborn as they're referred to in the book. When the book focused on this aspect, I loved it. I do wish it had taken up a little more of the book, but there was also the fact that Raphael and Elena's relationship begins to develop more as the book progresses to. So again I'm a little conflicted. I came to really appreciate them as a couple as a result of the beautiful attention that Singh gave them and built upon, but I also wanted more of Lijuan's bat shit crazies. Love vs. batshit crazies. Tough call in this case, actually.
The one other aspect of the book that became a little too noticeable to me was The Hotness factor. It reigned supreme and I had to force myself to ignore it eventually. Until that time, though, I couldn't help but notice how much the hotness is touted in just about every single character that is mentioned via a name. No matter how minor, it seemed, if it was a character that Elena came in contact with, they were hot, gorgeous, extremely so and also extremely deadly, lethal and buddy, they knew it and flaunted it. I think this is just meant to be part of the world Singh's creating, but as I whined about it via Twitter one day, a fellow blogger, AnimeJune, pointed it out perfectly: If all are equally as special…what exactly makes them unique then? Individuality makes characters special. It got to a point that I couldn't take even Raphael's lethal, frowny, smoldery posturing seriously. Another minor character would come along, be described as Super Something and all I could think was, Well of course you are…"
As a result, the only supporting character that especially stood out to me was Illium, one of Raphael's Seven, a group of angels and vampires that are his closes t guards and aids. Illium has a really special something about him, and I don't mean simply his sexiness. It was his mannerisms, the things he would say, his actions and how he carried them out. He stood out in a Sea of Hotness. It's clear something special has been planned for him. I hope so, at least. He simply feels like more when most other supporting characters felt cardboard.
Despite dislikes this time, I actually felt the book pulled itself right on through them. While reading, I find I don't like it if I find myself doubting. Doubting characters I previously loved, doubting the world, doubting anything. But then Singh wove her signature magic and it finally felt as if it was all pulling together for me. While I had to ignore some of the things that had begun to feel annoying, I really loved how Singh brought it all together in the end. And this feeling came long before the end. It was a slow, precarious beginning for me, but in essence, Singh composed yet another brilliant bait and switch for me. Don't we want to have this conflict while reading? Don't we want to feel as if the hero and heroine's path to love is challenged, so as to make their ultimate love more valuable and less easily achieved? Once I realized that this is what Singh had given, I started enjoying the book a lot more.
I could still do without the overkill in the world's overall Hot Characters or Bust prerequisite, but the truth is that I really liked how the book came together. I came to appreciate Raphael more, now not only as that morally ambiguous epicenter, but as a male who is clearly growing through the unique brand of understanding, patience and love that Elena gives him. She in turn handles her transition with fortitude and grace, finding her footing once more to become the strong heroine I fell in love with in book one. In other words, anything but the occupant of some male's shadow.
Archangel's Kiss follows pretty well and strengthens, for the most part, a very good young series. I, of course, look forward to book three.
Rating: Four Scoops
Visit author's site here.
Series order:
- Angel's Pawn (short story ebook)
- Angel's Blood
- Angels' Judgment (Must Love Hell Hounds anthology)
- Archangel's Kiss


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