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11-Year Old Rape Victim Denied Abortion Due To Paraguayan Laws
On Thursday (Aug. 13), an 11-year-old girl from Asunción, Paraguay gave birth to a baby girl after allegedly being raped by her stepfather.
Paraguay, a mostly Catholic country, has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world: banning abortions unless the pregnancy endangers the mother's life. Just last year alone, 684 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 gave birth. Most minors have been victims of sexual abuse, according to government figures.
In April, her mother took her to the hospital after she complained of abdominal pain. The girl's stepfather, Gilberto Benitez Zárate, 42, was arrested and charged with rape and abuse of a child. He has denied the charges brought against him and demanded a DNA test to prove his innocence. In May, the mother was also arrested and charged with child neglect and complicity. Although she was released on bond in June, she still faces charges. She told CNN that she reached out to authorities for help back in November 2013: "I was the one who reported all of this, asking for justice to be done and hoping that something would be done, but prosecutors dismissed the case. Otherwise, this would have never gotten to this point."
However, Paraguayan Health Minister Antonio Barrios told CNN that neighbors were the ones who had actually reported the abuse, while the mother denied accusations against her husband.
While the mother wanted her daughter to have an abortion, Paraguayan authorities refused. According to Health minister Antonio Barrios, even in this situation, an abortion would be a violation of Paraguayan law. "We're totally against interrupting the pregnancy," Barrios said in May. "The girl is getting assistance permanently in a shelter and the pregnancy is progressing normally without a problem."
Human rights groups, like Amnesty International, have supported the mother's side. On Thursday, (Aug. 13) Erika Guevara, Amnesty's Americas director, said that the fact that the girl did not die "does not excuse the human rights violations she suffered at the hands of the Paraguayan authorities, who decided to gamble with her health, life and integrity despite overwhelming evidence that this pregnancy was extremely risky and despite the fact that she was a rape victim and a child."
Paraguayan government gave no comment regarding Thursday's birth at Asunción Red Cross Director Mario Villalba. The hospital reports that the baby and mother "are in good health condition" and are being closely monitored.
Don Lemon And CNN Troll The World Again, Black Twitter Responds
In case you were wondering if CNN anchor Don Lemon had any credibility left, we can all answer with a resounding no.
Just last week, when that Black woman called him an Uncle Tom on live television, I was wondering if she'd taken it too far. But after seeing this week's antics, I'm starting to think she needed to let him know.
These days, it seems that the network has realized that Lemon is a controversial figure, with his coverage and commentary often causing spirited debate and denouncement everywhere from social media platforms to the barbershop. But instead of attempting to make him more objective or more palatable to the CNN viewer, they've used his infamous personality to incite more ire, particularly amongst the Black community.
Yesterday, Lemon was discussing the Confederate Flag continuing to wave in South Carolina and President Obama's use of the word nigger.
Two separate topics that both just so happen to be hinged on the larger and more complex issue of racism. Instead of speaking about the topics separately, as they deserved, Lemon combined the two asking the audience first if the Confederate Flag offended them. Then, shortly afterward he held up a sign with the word "Nigger" unblurred in white letters over a black background and asked if the audience was offended by this word.
You can watch it in the video below.
Don, what the hell?!
First, it's a shame that people are getting so caught up on President's Obama's use of the word that they've completely failed to grasp the point he was attempting to make. That the country needs to have a serious and in depth discussion about racism not just the word. And, in doing the complete opposite of what he just said CNN had yet another tired discussion about whether the word was offensive or not and how shocked and appalled we all were to hear President Obama use it.
As someone pointed out, poignantly, President Obama is not the first president to use the N word. He's the first to use it publicly, which in and of itself speaks to the steeped and storied history of racism, even in the highest office in America.
When Lemon stood there holding that sign and that flag, looking ridiculous, it was clear that all of it was to get people talking. And that's exactly what it did. Check out the ways in which people dragged both Lemon and CNN for their poor decision.
It's clear that CNN has become more interested in the controversy Don Lemon garners than in his integrity as a news man.
— Amanda Seales (@amandaseales) June 23, 2015
Tags:black twitter, cnn, confederate flag, don lemon, n-word, President Obama
Janice Dickinson Breaks Down Discussing Cosby Rape Allegations
Many like to regard Janice Dickinson and her claims against Bill Cosby to be exaggerated or improbable or unlikely because she's been so open about her past with drugs and sexual encounters with various celebrities. People have called her an attention-seeker, whore or flat out liar.
That's rape culture for you. The burden rests with the alleged victim and not the victimizer. We like our rape victims to be perfect. So Janice coming forward, even after she already did so nearly a decade earlier in her 2002 biography, before all the others, seems suspicious to many because she presumably likes attention.
Whatever your thoughts on Janice, her recent interview with CNN's Fredericka Whitfield is interesting.
If you don't believe Janice, I don't post this with the intent to change your mind but it is interesting and even educational about the ways in which women can be affected by rape and sexual assault, why they hesitate to speak out and even how the assault can still affect someone decades after it's happened.
What has kept you from telling this story?
I remember being humiliated, disgusted. I had revulsion toward Cosby. Cosby was a very powerful man and still is. I stuffed it, I compartmentalized it because I was embarrassed.
The details
Mr. Gardner, Stu Gardner left the dinner table. I was alone with him. And I had menstrual cramps. And he said, 'Oh, I've got something for that.' And he gave me a pill.
Did you ask what it was? Why did you trust him?
Because of his demeanor and the promise of a career. I trusted him. I wanted a television career. I had had a successful career for commercials and I wanted to take it to the next level.
When I started to black out, I had a polaroid camera on me and that's when I started to take photographs. Last thing I remember I had blacked out and Cosby mounting me, like the monster that he was. I just remember passing out. But I remember more specifically waking up and that he…there was a lot of pain in… downstairs. There was semen all over me and my pajama bottoms were off and the top was opened. And at that point–fight or flight– I just packed up and got the hell out of there.
What she needs to hear from Bill Cosby right now.
I would like Cosby to come out and at least acknowledge that he is a monster, that he is a pig and he raped me.
And then she thanks Fredericka and CNN before breaking down.
"I'm sorry. I don't know how to process this. I don't know how to process these emotions. I don't. I don't. I'm going to meditate. I'm going to go to church. I do not know. This has affected me in my house. It's affected me. And it's probably affecting these women."
You can watch the full interview in the video below.
Ex Employee Sues CNN For $5 Million, Says Blacks Were Overlooked For Promotions
CNN has had better Mondays. CNN has been named in a $5 million wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuit by a longtime employee who was let go in January. The same day parent Turner Broadcasting said the cable news net will lose nearly 10 percent of its workforce.
Stanley Wilson was a field producer and writer of news and documentaries. He covered a range of important stories from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina. He also contributed to programs like Black In America and Homicide In Hollenbeck.
But in his lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Wilson claims that Peter Janos, who had been his immediate or general supervisor for his entire 17 years at CNN, "never liked Plaintiff and never wanted him at the [Los Angeles] bureau because of Plaintiff's protected characteristics, including his race, color and ancestry, among other things."
And even though he had been with the network for nearly two decade, Wilson was promoted just once in 2003, despite applying for a dozen available positions. According to the suit, "In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Plaintiff verbally complained to the CNN Senior Vice-President of Human Resources (HR) that African-American men outside of Atlanta, D.C., and New York were not being promoted. Plaintiff complained that Janos was an important actor in the wholesale discrimination against African-American men in the hiring and promotion of staff producers and television photographers in Los Angeles. Plaintiff also complained of concerns that his age and compensation package were increasingly being viewed as a liability."
The suit also claims that when Wilson's wife was undergoing fertility treatments, Janos considered him "high risk, requiring extensive medical care," reports Deadline.
When Wilson's wife gave birth to twins in September 2013, Wilson took a five-week paternity leave. Soon before his leave began, Wilson found out that "Janos had promoted a much younger, less-experienced Caucasian individual to the position of producer, replacing a Los Angeles-based senior producer who Janos had promoted," according to the suit. According to Wilson, the new guy got the plum assignments, while the Wilson said he "was frequently relegated to in-house packaging and fill-in work on the Assignment Desk."
In early January, Wilson was assigned to cover a story but there was a question of attribution regarding three sentences, says the lawsuit. The story was pulled, which offered " the pretext Janos needed to terminate Plaintiff's employment." Wilson was placed on leave on January 9th and told that "CNN was conducting an audit of the entirety of Plaintiff's work." He was fully terminated January 28.
Janos was named as a defendant in the suit along with Turner Broadcasting and Turner Services. Janos was upped to VP and Bureau Chief in 2013.
Tags:cnn, diversity in media
Report: Man Accidentally Records Audio Of Michael Brown Shooting During Video Chat
CNN reports that a man, who wishes to remain anonymous, recently came forward with an audio recording that allegedly contains the moment that Mike Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9.
The man who inadvertently recorded the gunshots says he was video chatting with a friend and happened to be recording the conversation at the same time Brown was killed.
Forensic audio expert, Paul Ginsberg, analyzed the recording and said he detected at least 10 gun shots– a fact that has been supported by several witnesses–a cluster of six followed by four.
Ginsberg said, "I was very concerned about that pause…because it's not just the number of gunshots, it's how they're fired. And that has a huge relevance on how this case might finally end up."
CNN can't independently confirm that the gunshots are associated with Michael Brown's death, so the FBI is investigating.
The man who recorded the audio has procured attorney Lola Blumenthal.
Blumenthal learned of the man's audio recording late last week from a mutual friend and said she had to get his consent to release it before she could reach out to the FBI.
The pause in the shooting could represent a variety of things.
Attorney Chris Chestnut, who represented the family of Jonathan Ferrell, another unarmed man who was killed by a White police officer, said the pause surprised him.
"It's the pause that gives most concern in a police shooting, especially with an unarmed victim, because at this point Mr. Brown is defenseless–he has no weapon."
Others, like attorney and co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" Van Jones argued that the officer could argue that Brown kept advancing after the first six shots and so he fired again."
Either way, if this audio is actually linked to the Michael Brown killing, I hope it provides some clarification as to what actually happened that day.
Meanwhile, why hasn't officer Wilson been arrested?
You can a listen to the audio below.
Tags:#dontshoot, cnn, don't shoot, michael brown, mike brown, police shooting
Rachel Jeantel Blames Herself For The Trayvon Martin Verdict
Rachel Jeantel sat down with CNN recently to discuss the case that made her a household name. In addition to speaking about her transformation since the end of the trial she also shared why she blames herself partially for the Zimmerman verdict and what words she'd like to say to him [Zimmerman] today.
CNN: Were you blaming yourself when George Zimmerman went free.
RJ: A little bit.
CNN: Did you think you should have said something different, or acted differently.
RJ: Yeah, act different.
CNN: You think the jurors didn't take you seriously?
RJ: They judged how they talk how they look, how they dress.
CNN: And they were judging you?
RJ: Yes.
CNN also interviewed Rod Vereen, the man who took Jeantel under his wing after the trial and made sure she got the services she needed. Vereen said that Jeantel was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder so they found her counseling. And at the time of the trial she was barely able to read and write above a third grade level and so he enrolled her in tutoring. And as we reported, Jeantel recently graduated high school.
Jeantel told CNN that was one of the good things to come out of the trial, it forced her to complete this goal. "I kept my word to Trayvon that I would do this."
And then they asked her what she would say to Zimmerman if she had a chance to speak to him.
"You know he did wrong and he got to man up to it. To me, you're not a man. George Zimmerman's not a man. That's still a little boy with a grown body."
You can watch the complete Rachel Jeantel interview in the video below.
Tags:cnn, George Zimmerman, rachel jeantel, Trayvon Martin
"We Know Where They Are" Official Delivers Hopeful News About Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
According to CNN, a leading Nigerian military official knows where the over 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls are located. But he says the nation's military will not use force or negotiation to retrieve them.
Nigeria's chief of defense, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, told a Nigerian News Agency, "We want our girls back. I can tell you that our military can and will do it, but where they are held, can we go there with force? Nobody should say Nigerian military does not know what it is doing; we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back."
He continued with more hopeful news. "The good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you. We cannot come and tell you the military secret, just leave us alone, we are working to get the girls back."
U.S. Pentagon officials were not able to confirm the report.
Of the estimated 276 girls who were abducted on April 14, dozens escaped but still more than 200 girls are being held captive by the Islamic militant terrorist organization Boko Haram.
Nigerians and others have accused the country of not acting swiftly or efficiently enough to return the girls to their families.
If this report is true, it sounds like hopeful news. An while we don't expect to be privy to military secrets, I certainly hope the government has a plan to retrieve them now that they claim to know where they are being held. We'll be sure to keep you posted on the story in the coming weeks.
"What Are You Doing To Help?" Don Lemon Checks Guest Who Tries To Insult #BringBackOurGirls Hashtag
It's been a long time since we've been able to stand behind something Don Lemon has said. We've had our fair share of headlines of him talking crazy. But today, we must admit that we're giving Lemon kudos.
Today, on a CNN panel, guests Will Cain, Mel Robbins, Don Lemon and host Ashleigh Banefield were speaking about Monica Lewinsky when he got to the topic of cheap outrage. And cheap outrage led to cheap activism. He didn't mention any names but he spoke about how he was unimpressed with the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag, celebrities are latching on to. He said that it really doesn't do anything to help the cause of actually rescuing the nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped in Nigeria.
He didn't name drop but it's interesting that this comment comes from Cain on the day Michelle Obama, holding a picture of #BringBackOurGirls hashtag was featured on several news outlets, including the front page of one paper.
But Don wasn't going to let him get away with this one. He checked the hell out of Will Cain, and in my opinion, rightly so. Either way, read a transcript of the exchange below and then check out the video because it's ten times better.
Will: "We do cheap hashtag activism when it comes to the girls with Boko Haram…I'm telling you that putting a tweet up with a hashtag on Twitter, you haven't done your duty."
Don: "That's disgusting to say that about over 200 girls. What do you expect the First Lady to do?"
Will: "I wasn't necessarily targeting the First Lady exclusively."
Don: "Who are you targeting because it's the First Lady's picture on the front page of the paper."
Mel: Let me try to save you Will. I think what you're saying is the dialogue is cheap about a lot of things, particularly when it's driven by the media. But what we need to understand about the situation with the girls is that there was tremendous confusion for the first two and a half weeks about whether or not the story was even real. And given the fact that they were stolen from an area with no cell phone reception with no technology. The families used social media and that hashtag, which you just called cheap, to get the world to pay attention.
Don: What do you expect the US government to do when they were not invited in initially?
Will: Make it's policy outside of Twitter.
Don: What have you done? What did you do for those girls? If you're so outraged by it. Besides sit here on television and criticize every people's efforts, if you're so concerned about it, what have you done?
Will: I'm pointing out something that's important Don. The society has greater obligations…
Don: If you're going to point it out, then do something to help.
Ashleigh: You guys are actually on the same side.
Don: No, I just think what he said was a dog whistle to say 'Ooo I'm putting..' You're talking about the First Lady. Don't get on television…"
Mel: He is not! You're the one who raised the First Lady.
Will: "I think I need an interpreter so I can know my own words next time I'm on," Cain said.
Don: "I'm not stupid," Lemon replied. "I've been on television with you before and I know your game."
Ashleigh: "We are a family, and a family we will remain. It's like "Duck Dynasty."
Don: "I'm not a part of that family. Don't include me in that over there, I'm sorry . . . That's a family I'm not interested in."
Alright then Don! Let 'em know. What do you think about this exchange? Is Don Lemon starting to show a little ack right?
Tweet This! CNN To Debut News Shows Just For Twitter
CNN is taking digital to the next level with the launch of CNN Digital Studios. And first out the box will be a video news bits show made possible through a partnership with Twitter called "Your 15 Second Morning." Not only might it generate more CNN viewers but it will also allow the company to tap into the massive digital advertising revenue. It also sets CNN up to compete with mobile-first news startups like NowThis News and Circa.
"Beyond that show, which executives hope will become a daily habit among younger news consumers, CNN has lined up some top talent for a slew of original franchise series of the news/entertainment variety," reports The Wall Street Journal.
Among the shows: "Related with Dave Franco," which will focus on celebrity siblings (Franco is brother of actor James Franco); interview series "Brutally Honest with Kelly Wallace"; the health-themed "Live to 100 with Sanjay Gupta"; and "Crossfire Reloaded," an extension of the network's recently revived debate show.
Another possible CNN web series may feature an ex-NFL player looking at productivity in people's lives. And another is rumored to star a hot young urban chef who is a protege of Anthony Bourdain. (Bourdain has a show that airs on CNN.)
The HLN, a CNN Worldwide network, deal with Twitter is a strategic alliance. The two entities will collaborate on several projects, including a program to visualize Twitter data live on air. They are already working on a Tweet DVR. It is a save-for-later feature will capture live Tweets from television premieres and play them alongside digital video and TV replays of the same program.
Then's there's #TweetTheVote in which people will be polled about elections and it will include special analysis of 'outside the beltway' tweets, and a Twitter powered get-out-the-vote effort on TV.
"Twitter is at the center of the social circle of what's trending, topical and talked about," said @AlbieHechtHLN in a press statement. "As HLN becomes the TV hub of social media newsgathering, collaborating with Twitter will provide us the tools to further be a part of, and report on, the conversation." Albie Hecht is executive vice president and general manager of HLN.
HLN recently announced a roster of new shows, including "The Daily Share," a one-hour news and information show which will be a digest of what people are watching, searching, playing, sharing, shopping and creating in their social media lives; "2 Spouses, 3 Houses," featuring YouTube star Jessica Edwards looking at a couples' social media 'likes, hearts and pins'; and "The Social Life," with Twitter star, travel junkie, sports fan and foodie, Ali Nejad taking on missions—from building homes for the homeless to joining a pro soccer team for a day; among other offerings.
Will you follow CNN and HLN on Twitter?
Are You Ready For The Don Lemon Show?
From BlackVoices
CNN is experimenting with a new weekly night show hosted by Don Lemon.
The Wrap reported Wednesday that "The Don Lemon Show" will air "tentatively" at 10 PM on Monday nights for approximately five weeks. It's the latest experiment by CNN as chief Jeff Zucker attempts to shakeup the lineup and rebuild the network.
Lemon, who currently anchors CNN's "Newsroom" during weekend primetime, will replace Anderson Cooper's "AC 360 Later," which was axed in early February. Zuckerhas been experimenting with several new programs during the 10 PM hour such as a panel show including Donny Deutsch and re-airing host Jake Tapper's "The Lead"– both of which did not last.
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TOUCHET -- The Walla Walla County Rural Library board will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Touchet Library, 161 Hansen Road.
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considering less than 1,400m have been drilled on the project to date, id say these results are heading in the right direction.. obviously better than their initial program, and if you read what their jv partner on the project had to say, it sounds like they now know where to look: deeper
specifically:(from Strongbow's release this morning) :David Gale, Vice President of Exploration for Strongbow concluded, "The Tower Creek valley remains the most compelling target on the Shovelnose gold property. The mineralized and silica flooded felsic tuffs encountered in SN12-04 occur in the centre of a 1,400 m long geophysical and geochemical anomaly with elevated gold, arsenic, mercury, antimony and molybdenum. The silver/gold ratios observed in drill hole SN12-04 increase with depth and, coupled with the consistently elevated arsenic, antimony and mercury diagnostic epithermal pathfinder suite identified in all four Tower Zone drill holes, suggests the presence of a high level, low sulphidation epithermal gold system. This target requires further drilling to evaluate the Tower Creek valley area at depth."


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Petroleum: Possibilities in the Pipeline. (Focus)
Schmidt, Charles W., Environmental Health Perspectives
One of the Bush administration's defining goals on energy policy is to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources of oil. Despite being the world's second largest producer after Saudi Arabia, the United States now imports 56% of its oil from overseas, with a quarter coming from politically and economically volatile countries in the Middle East, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy. As the U.S. economy grows, imports could reach 70% by 2020--a level administration officials worry could have serious implications for national and economic security. In a speech given on 17 May 2001, the day a task force headed by U.S. vice president Dick Cheney released its long-awaited and controversial national energy policy, Bush said, "Overdependence on any one source of energy, especially a foreign source, leaves us open to price shocks and blackmail."
An Elusive Goal
That petroleum is a nonrenewable resource is an undeniable fact. Even so, advances in technology have continually enabled geologists to find new oil and natural gas deposits, and extract them economically from hard-to-reach places. So estimates of the amounts of recoverable petroleum are rising.
Today, these figures are half again as large as they were in 1970, when some experts predicted the United States would be out of crude oil by the year 2000 or shortly thereafter. That prediction can be tossed into the recycling bin. According to 2001 figures from the EIA, 1.016 trillion barrels of recoverable oil are still underground, enough to fuel the world economy well into the next century, if not beyond.
But can the United States actually reduce its foreign dependence by increasing its own domestic output? Not completely, experts say. The United States has only 3% of the worlds recoverable crude oil but consumes nearly 25% of its annual oil production. Roughly two-thirds of the worlds proven crude oil reserves (volumes that are known to exist based on detailed geologic investigations) lie in countries that belong to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iran, and Venezuela.
About the best that could be hoped for, says William Fisher, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, is that increased domestic yield could hold foreign imports at bay, or perhaps reduce them "a little bit" as the economy grows. Bill Hederman, vice president of the Energy Group at the Fairfax, Virginia-based ICF Consulting, which provides natural, economic, and physical resource management assistance, suggests that the United States could become independent of "dangerous" foreign suppliers (whom he declined to identify), but only if "all the available tools on supply and demand options are applied." Such tools would include reduced usage, alternative sources, and increased domestic production.
Efforts to narrow the gap between imports and domestic supplies are further challenged by the reality that domestic oil output has been declining for years, from a high of 3.5 billion barrels in 1970 to just 1.9 billion barrels in 2000, according to the EIA. "The U.S. oil industry is very old," says Paul Holtberg, a senior operations researcher with The RAND Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. "There's no question that the resource here has been drilled more heavily than anywhere else in the world." The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System that connects the 89,000-square-mile North Slope to the port town of Valdez is running at less than half its capacity. The East Texas Oil Field, which is the second largest field after Prudhoe Bay in the North Slope, has been online since 1930 and has already given up nearly 98% of its recoverable reserves. Shallow offshore regions of the Gulf of Mexico, dotted with roughly 10,000 wells after half a century of production have, says Holtberg, "been drilled practically to death. …


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Completed in 1768, the Church of Jekaterina is the most style pure and ample baroque church in Estonia. The design of facades characteristically for baroque disjunct and relief, the six broaches are finished with slender needle-shaped tips that add lightness and festiveness to the building. Since church is built a century before the majority of orthodox churches, it differs from them from architectural point of view but at the same time it has influenced the development of orthodox church architecture in whole Balticum.
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Soldiers' Mental Health Needs Are Not Being Met: Only 23%-40% Who Need Help Get It
Norton, Patrice G. W., Clinical Psychiatry News
The first study of the mental health of U.S. troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan found about one in six reported experiencing a mental health problem and one in eight reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Of those whose responses were positive for a mental disorder, only 23%-40% reported receiving professional help--mostly because of concerns about being stigmatized.
Subjects whose responses were positive for a mental disorder were twice as likely as were those whose responses were negative to report concerns about possible stigmatization and other barriers to seeking mental health services, the study found. (See chart on page 4.)
"This finding has immediate public health implications," reported Dr. Charles W. Hoge of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md. (N. Engl. J. Med. 351[1]:13-22, 2004).
Dr. Hoge suggested that the perception of stigmatization and other barriers could be reduced through education, and by providing more mental health services in primary care clinics and confidential counseling through employee assistance programs.
Screening for major depression, which is done in military primary care settings, also should be expanded to include screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
An accompanying editorial noted that military personnel are skeptical that the use of mental health services can remain confidential (N. Engl. J. Med. 351[1]: 75-78, 2004).
Troops were able to acknowledge PTSD-related problems in an anonymous survey, but "they apparently were afraid to seek assistance for fear that a scarlet P could doom their careers," wrote Dr. Matthew J. Friedman, executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
A total of 6,201 members of four U.S. combat infantry units--three Army units and one Marine Corps unit--were given an anonymous survey either before their deployment to Iraq or 3-4 months after their return from combat duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. The outcomes included major depression, generalized anxiety, and PTSD, which were evaluated on the basis of standardized, self-administered screening instruments.
The percentage of subjects whose responses met the screening criteria for major depression, generalized anxiety, or PTSD was significantly higher after duty in Iraq (15.6%-17.1%) than after duty in Afghanistan (11.2%) or before deployment to Iraq (9.3%).
The largest difference was in the rate of PTSD, which was between 12.2% and 12.6% after duty in Iraq vs. 6.2% after duty in Afghanistan, and 5.0% before deployment to Iraq.
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I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Stig-Helmer has never played the game before, but his Norwegian friend Ole promises to help him.
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Kusatchi (くさっち) is an adult character that debuted on the Tamagotchi Generation 2, and the Version 2. She recently appeared as a child character on the Tamagotchi iD L 15th Anniversary Version.
Kusatchi shares her facial appearance with Hashitamatchi. She has a stem which can be seen inside a brown flower pot and two green leaves on the side. On the Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. app, Kusatchi can also be pink, or brown with a pink beak and yellow leaves.
Because Kusatchi is a plant, she can make her own chlorophyll to feed herself, when nobody else is around to feed her. Kusatchi also hangs out with the other unhealthy Tamagotchi, listens to heavy metal music, and is also said to be very vain.
The Nintendo Power guide to the Tamagotchi Gameboy game stated: "This strange plant-like creature needs lots of sun (for photosynthesis) but just a little food. It likes to stay up all night and sleep during the day."
Name Origin
Kusatchi's name comes from kusa, the Japanese word for grass.
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Kusatchi can be achieved from either neglecting Tongaritchi or Hashitamatchi with average care. Kusatchi sleeps at 10 PM and wakes up at 9 AM.
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Kusatchi is a gender-neutral average-health adult that appears in odd-numbered generations. It sleeps from 10 PM to 8 AM and its base weight is 30 LB. Its favourite food is melon and its least favourite food is meat.
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Kusatchi appears as a female toddler that can be obtained randomly from Marutchi or Memeputchi. She can evolve into Morutchi or Mikazukitchi. Due to appearing in an earlier growth stage, Kusatchi sleeps three hours earlier than in her first two appearances. She sleeps from 7 PM to 7 AM.
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Kusatchi Modoki
Kusatchi Modoki (くさっちもどき) is a variation of Kusatchi exclusive to 64 de Hakken! Tamagotchi Minna de Tamagotchi World. It can be achieved through winning a game with Kusatchi. It resembles Kusatchi, except its head is green with a a beak similar to Kuchipatchi's, sharp teeth, narrow eyes, and curled arm-like stems instead of two leaves. The word "Modoki" means "imitation".
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Fireworks to blame for death of Milton horse
CBS Atlanta.com, By Greg Dingrando, July 15, 2013
Fireworks are being blamed for the death of a horse in Milton, and one owner is pushing for a new law to make sure it doesn't happen again.
He's calling it Liberty's Law, named after his current horse he said has suffered years of abuse from neighbors, including the use of fireworks.
Horse owner Tim Enloe said Liberty used to roam the pasture night and day, but now she spends nearly all of her time in the garage right next to the house.
"She's going to be scared for the rest of her life on the very property she took her first breath at because of abuses by some local kids," said Enloe.
Abuse he said he has video of everything from kids yelling at her to fireworks found in the pasture where she should be grazing.
And that's just his horse.
Just a few weeks ago, on the Fourth of July, a horse in the same community was spooked so badly inside its barn that it ran into a wall and broke its own neck.
It's something Enloe said Liberty's Law possibly could have prevented.
"If Liberty's Law had been presented and enforced, who's to say that the horse who died recently might still be alive," said Enloe.
Liberty's Law aims to punish those committing abuse and educate the community on how to act around horses.
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A shot of my rig/
What is that beastly contraption to the far left?
oh damn that is one sweet and epic rig set up.
I have to ask: what'd you think of the Beatles remasters and what's your take on the whole mono vs stereo debate?
i havent listened to the mono collection and i have had it for years, at least it made it into my cave. the stereo mixes are strange, with extreme panning or unusual balances - i bet the mono sounds better.
It definitely sounds better with the earlier albums, but that's to be expected. Around Sgt. Pepper I thought stereo sounds better 'cause it's easier to hear the bass and drums. No wonder people failed to appreciate Ringo's genius; he was drowned out in the mix!
Yeah, I have some stereo mixes personally and some of these tracks are weird like Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite or Sgt. Pepper's.
That is one nice office chair you have there. I use a teacher's chair, so I'm a wee envious (the good kind, though). Thanks for showing.
Api console .. auratone , teletronix la2a, UAd hardware, neve preamp
If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing
The nerd in me is curious as to what OS y'all run? OS X, Windows, Linux?
Sweet! <3
Beautiful. I could spend days in there, especially with that Beatles box set.
Ahaha, orderly chaos at its finest! Reminds me of my own room.
Is it bad that the first i saw was the two rolls of tape on your desk?....>.<
I noticed "The Beatles" first... XD
Neat stuff there Will!
Neat stuff there Will!
The Beatles box set was literally the first thing I noticed. Then I began to envy your studio.
How do you get Rainbow Dash?
There is a distinct lack of pony swag in your workspace, this situation must be rectified.
When I'm in LA next month, I'm coming over to your house.
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The 55th annual Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is October 20-21. This 48-hour event runs from 0000 (local time) on Saturday, October 20 (right at midnight Friday) through midnight (local time) on Sunday, October 21.
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Each year, more than 500,000 Scouts in more than 100 countries take to the airwaves for Jamboree on the Air during the third full weekend in October -- and this year on October 20-21, it will be no different.
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Each year, more than 500,000 Scouts in more than 100 countries take to the airwaves on the third full weekend in October -- and this year will be no different. The Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) is an annual Scouting and Amateur Radio event sponsored by the W
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Edging all day while my bladder filled, I started off with 2 cups of coffee and glass after glass of water. When it started to hurt, and I really had to struggle to hold it, I had another 2 cups of coffee and another 20-oz glass of water, and headed for the bathroom. I set up the camera and started masturbating, stroking my cock with waterproof silicone lube, anticipating -- knowing -- that I'd soon be spurting piss no matter how hard I tried to hold it in. As I pleasured myself, the pain went away, and I began to edge again. Once the little dribbles started, and the little spurts, I began to record. It's all about control. Keeping it, and losing it. I was right on the edge of orgasm, struggling not to cum, all the while fighting my bursting bladder. It's so hard not to cum too soon. Once, I almost went over the edge and came too soon, but I grabbed my cock tight, clenched my PC muscles, and only leaked a little semen. You can tell, if you pay attention, at about 4:20. I recovered, but slowly, inexorably, exactly as I planned it, I began to lose the battle with my bladder. The spurts came more frequently, got bigger and bigger, as I neared the end of my battle. All the while, the viscous mixture of piss and precum dripped and drooled down my cock and fist and balls. Finally, I was there, losing control, the piss spurting uncontrollably as I stroked my rock hard slippery cock, and I lost control of my orgasm, too, as the spurts of piss gave way, blissfully, to spurt after spurt of cum. Yessss. Edit: I forgot about the big bang near the end...yes, I shot out the light with my cumshot! And, ladies, won't you tell me if you liked it? I know there are plenty of guys out there who like it dirty and messy. How about you? Any dirty girls out there?
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oh this is making me break out my toy. I cant take it anymore.
very hot
Supposedly we can't piss and cum at the same time, but you actually did! Great video, and the written description is hot!
truly an erotic man
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I absolutely friggin love it!!! You wanted to know if there were any girls out there into this kind of thing... and well, Yes!!! Hell yes!!! It is magnificent, Your cock spurting like that. The piss.... mixed with the Cum... my oh my- Very Yummy indeed!!! Fantastic
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I like your idea for a quality way to kill time. What a hot fucking feeling to have your prostate trying hopelessly to direct traffic and ultimately overwhelmed by the combined forces of voluntary and involuntary muscles forcing the mixture of precum, piss and cum past it. Sweet fucking surrender resulting in one hell of a satisfied cock. Awesome clip!
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It's really hot!
But is that pee...or cum ?
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I swear you are so fucking hot keep up the good work
Very hot...I am proud of your level of restraint, I can tell you've been working hard. Send me private message, I'd love to hear more about it.
one of the hottest vids i've ever seen. made me cum before you did! love to feel those spurts inside me
Besides the blooper ; ) Cool video. I too get really turned on when I'm holding my pee -- I think its the preasure from my bladder onto my uterus. I dont know, just guessing Im no doctor.
Would love to have you do that in my mouth. Looks delicious!
I already came to you once this afternoon, and now I'm back! This made my pussy the wettest it has EVER been. And it's throbbing now, begging to be touched again......
Makes my pussy so wet. I'm going to try to watch a few more before I can't hold it anymore myself.
so yummy, i want tht cock in my mouth and in my pussy. So Hot!!
Hot! I wish I had a guy to watch or do this to.
Baby, I am as dirty as they come, but I'm afraid that I couldn't ever manage your endurance! Love, love, love it dirty!
More, please. xo
Nice! You're cumming precum and piss and jizz all at once. I'm going to try it!
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That was amazing to watch ! Would love those spurts all over me. YUM
Wow that is a huge amount of pre cum flowing.Fuck you have good cock control.
EXTRA! GREAT! loved it, thanks!
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Pre-kindergarten students take part in education day at the North American International Auto Show on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in Detroit / Brian Kaufman/Detroit Free Press
The North American International Auto Show plans to welcome students later this month for its annual Education Day.
Events for Education Day take place Jan. 22 at Detroits Cobo Center, where news media, industry and other show previews begin Monday.
Education Day, which is in its ninth year, focuses in part on automotive-related technologies. Students will be able to see hundreds of vehicles on display and explore industry-related subjects. Theyll also be able to access online lesson plans related to the show.
■ Related: Complete coverage of 2014 Detroit Auto Show
The U.S. Army, in partnership with colleges, universities, nonprofits and businesses, will host workshops for high school students and educators during Education Day. The workshops aim to expand interest in auto development, design, production and promotion.
The auto show opens to the public Jan. 18-26.


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Sheriff raids biker gang house: Authorities serve warrants on Outlaws, two arrested
The Knox County Sheriff's Office dropped a different kind of ball on the heads of a notorious motorcycle gang on New Year's Eve, sending at least two of them to jail for allegedly threatening an undercover officer and stealing his vest last month.
A SWAT team armed with concussion grenades and assault rifles raided the clubhouse of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club's Knoxville chapter off Western Avenue, swiftly handcuffing more than a dozen leather-clad bikers and at least two women as they were celebrating with booze, sandwiches and vegetable plates, authorities said.
"These guys are a menace to society," said Knox County Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones. "Everything they stand for is illegal."
Jones said the Outlaws are involved "in every illegal activity known to man," including prostitution, weapons violations and drug trafficking.
The raid was the culmination of a 14-month long probe in which an undercover Sheriff's Office deputy successfully penetrated the motorcycle club, eventually becoming a "full-fledged member" after he was recruited into the gang by its regional president, Mark "Ivan" Lester, Jones said.
The deputy, who wasn't named Thursday, reported that he had seen "numerous incidents among the bikers involving drugs including cocaine, OxyContin, hydrocodone, and marijuana, and weapons such as semiautomatic pistols, and Uzi automatic weapons, and grenades," according to a written statement handed out after the raid.
The search warrant that was executed at the clubhouse Thursday was triggered by an incident in December involving Lester and the Knoxville chapter's president, Kenneth Foster, Jones said.
Lester and Foster allegedly threatened the undercover officer with a semiautomatic pistol and demanded his vest, Jones said. The officer, "fearing for his life," turned over the vest to the two men.
An outlaw biker's vest is both a status symbol and a way to identify fellow gang members, authorities said. Police didn't disclose what prompted the encounter.
On Thursday night, several dozen heavily armed SWAT team members and other deputies converged on the house at 205 Clifton Road where the group made its headquarters, Jones said. Police knew the club was planning a New Year's Eve party and it was expected that most club members would be there.
The officers used concussion grenades to "stun and disorient" the house's occupants before bursting in, Jones said.
Knoxville Police Department Chief Sterling P. Owen IV said that police had control of the house in "under a minute."
"Nobody got hurt, on either side," he said.
Both Lester and Foster were captured at the clubhouse, Jones said, and both were both charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping.
Their bonds were set at $3 million each, the Sheriff's Office said.
Lester is regional head of the Outlaws club in both Tennessee and Kentucky. In addition to his duties as local president, Foster "is responsible for the books and records of both the local Knoxville chapter and the Tennessee and Kentucky region," according to the Sheriff's Office.
Authorities didn't say if the undercover officer's vest was recovered. The search warrants allowed them to search for drugs, records, photographs, and "evidence or items which would be used to conceal illegal activities."
After the raid, officers dressed in paramilitary gear guarded the handcuffed members of the motorcycle club in the front yard of the Clifton Road house.
Most of the men appeared to be in their 40s or 50s and wore jeans and leather jackets. At least two women were also present, one of them clad in a black jacket with "Property of the Outlaws" stenciled on the back.
It wasn't immediately clear how many of them would face criminal charges. Jones said at least two of them would likely be arrested for drug possession.
The interior of the house, nestled in a residential neighborhood near the intersection of Western Avenue and Interstate 640, contained several TVs as well as a fully stocked bar.
The walls were covered with Outlaws paraphernalia, including T-shirts, leather gear and photographs of club members.
An infrared camera that monitored the house's exterior was hooked into a TV in the main room, but apparently "they weren't watching it too closely tonight," Jones said.
More search warrants pertaining to the investigation were expected to be executed overnight, he said.
Although the operation took place within the city limits, Owen said the Sheriff's Office executed the raid while KPD officers played a supporting role.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the Outlaws gang is active across the nation and "is known to engage in murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to traffic in narcotics, robbery, extortion, money laundering, and witness intimidation."
Bill Brewer contributed to this report. J.J. Stambaugh may be reached at 865-342-6307.
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Frightening, to say the least.
This is a discussion on Twitter, Facebook rants land some in jail within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Here is a link to the story, in the UK and coming to the US as soon as the PC political apponitees can right the ...
Here is a link to the story, in the UK and coming to the US as soon as the PC political apponitees can right the laws:
In UK, Twitter, Facebook rants land some in jail - New York News | NYC Breaking News
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- John Adams
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J. O'Rourke
Frightening, to say the least.
Very interesting article. I think we can all agree that those examples they cited are offensive, some very offensive but it's the typical "slippery slope".
Who decides what is offensive, that's very subjective. Some people find almost everything offensive, others read it and actually agree. Unless there's a credible direct threat to someone it shouldn't be censored.
I don't know if this will ever become law because we have the First Amendment but a lot of things are happening that I never thought could happen here.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
We are already self censoring in the media. Remember how no paper would print the Mohammed cartoons? Or Youtube taking down the "offensive" Mohamed trailer? PC has already run amok.
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God." - Benjamin Franklin
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." - C.S. Lewis
Obviously there is no First Amendment in the Magna Carta.
Retired USAF E-8. Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
The USA has the First Amendment. End of story.
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"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon the world" Albert Camus
Oh, I love this line:
It and related laws were intended to deal with hate mail or menacing phone calls to individuals, but they are being used to prosecute in cases where there seems to be no individual victim — and often no direct threat.
Can everybody sing...
Feelings... nothing more than Feelings
And, Rock.... we got a 2nd amendment, too.... kinda... sorta... no "end of story" there, either...
It could be worse!
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Page\Park unveils revamped Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Page\Park Architects has taken the wraps off this £17.6 million project to overhaul the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh
The restoration of the 120-year-old Robert Rowand Anderson-designed building included the creation of a new exhibition space dedicated to dedicated to Scottish and international photography.
The project also opened up previously inaccessible areas in the building, restored some original features and increased public space by 60 per cent.
The ground floor was re-modelled to aid circulation and a new education suite, seminar room, studio space, cafe and shop were created.
Alex Salmond, first minister of Scotland, said: 'All aspects of Scottish life and achievement are encapsulated in the many artworks which will now be displayed to their utmost as part of this ambitious £17.6m restoration project.
'The improvements to the magnificent building will allow visitors to experience much of what architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson envisaged in his original design as it continues to showcase Scotland's greatest asset – its people.'
The new free-to-enter gallery is expected to run on 42 per cent less following the restoration.
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Mordashov/Nord is signaling to the market that they do not believe that HRG is worth what its peers are worth by offering so little. Therefore Nord is, by ricochet, not worth more than its corresponding value according to the same valuation principles.
As stevehrg outlined, there are no compeling reasons to sell. The obtuseness of Nord/Mordashov is unbelievable.
Ultimately, as others have mentioned below, when HRG generates even more free cash, Mordashov/Nord will itch to make a cash grab to support its floundering business. By then, HRG will escalate even more in value and its stock be undervalued evermore, inching itself away from any type of offer that Nord could make with its own cash ressources and/or diluted paper.
With rampant corruption nowadays and lax regulatory oversight, it would not suprise me if they cooked the books to try and fool us out of our money. Let's see if the trend in 'intercompany' fees for services escalates, if material purchased for HRG ends up servicing Nord's needs etc... this could be disguised as operational cost increases. It would be interesting to have a detailled explanation as to why the cost of production went up so much these last quarters or so.
Congratulations are in order to the mine staff, the little guys who are working hard at the mines to improve production and identify/increase ressources.
Nord is gradually painting themselves in a corner. I hope that we reach the 104 million or so shares required to forever block these guys. Let them walk on their own paint. Isn't there some way that we could form a holding to definitely remove these shares from the market, effectively making the company quasi private?
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Ephasizing spontaneity and intuition, this class will inspire students desiring more experimentation in their work. Using acrylics and charcoal to transform and interpret work, students will explore several methods of abstraction. We will use the time-honored still life as taking-off point for discovering varied ways of creating work from an abstract point of view. Artists of all levels will enjoy discovering and experimenting with the many possibilities that non-representational painting can offer.


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Texas Tech University will host academic enrichment summer camps this summer for children entering grades 4-11. The programs are offered through Tech's Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL), according to a Tech news release.
The students live in Tech residence halls and eat in dining halls.
The available programs are:
Wind Engineering Camp: Run on the Wind
"... Students will see how we forecast and measure the wind, learn the basics of turbine design, and build and test a wind turbine. Students will gain knowledge about how wind science is interdisciplinary and what careers are possible with a degree in wind science, as well as what academic skills are necessary to succeed as a wind scientist."
-- Date: June 9-14
-- Grades: 7-11
-- Tuition: $635
Shake Hands with Your Future
"The program is designed to help students develop interests and focus their academic path. Classes available this year include architecture, animal science and food technology, environmental engineering, clinical lab science, LEGO robotics, art, law, theater arts, forensics, lab science and circuits."
-- Session I: June 9-13Grades 8-11 -- Session II: July 7-11Grades 4-7
-- Tuition: $545
-- Students request two classes and receive 10 hours of instruction in the morning and 9 hours of instruction in the afternoon.
Science: It's a Girl Thing
"Girls attend hands-on science classes in university classrooms and laboratories. Program goals include providing girls with strong role models, sparking an interest in science, dispelling myths and misconceptions about science and careers in science, and introducing under-represented girls to a collegiate experience."
-- Session I: June 24-27Grades 5 & 6 -- Session II: July 22-25Grades 7-11 -- Tuition: $345
Shake Hands with Your Future and Science: It's a Girl Thing require teacher nominations.
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I also miss the use of religion in the culture wars as well. It was an extra dynamic that added to the mix.
I never cared much about religion as a cultural thing, I always used it as a political tool. I would always switch to the state religion of my most powerful neighbour to get in their good books and then spread that religion around my empire as much as I could. You know, like the way religion used to work in the real world.
It's a pity that it wasn't included, city states aren't as interesting politically.
Another major thing I miss is the old happiness system. Happiness working on the city level made more sense than it does working on a civilization-wide basis, and it forced you to deal with the cities as separate entities with different needs. Unhappiness in one city used to cripple production there and forced you to deal with the problem, but in Civ 5 one city can be full of unhappy people and the problem can be ignored so long as happiness is high enough in all the other cities.
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