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There are leagues for professional soccer all over the world in dozens of different countries, but any one league has to be limited to only one country under FIFA rules. The exception to this is in North America, where the same Major League Soccer is from both the United States and Canada. This differs significantly from other sports. It's also confusing to think of how there can be a soccer champion team when all of the leagues are separated by country. Under FIFA, which controls professional soccer leagues all around the world, there are six different regional confederations, each of whom have a tournament to determine the regional champion. FIFA also stages a Club World Cup in order to determine the champion out of the six confederations.
Soccer for Beginners
- Defender
- Besides the goal keeper, there are ten field players. The formation of soccer follows as 4-4-2. The first is four defenders, who are the players in front of the goalkeeper. However, there are no four members on the team who are designated as the defenders. Rather, the coach of the team will select four of the team members to serve as defenders for that particular game. There don't always have to be exactly four defenders on the field at one time, but following the tradition of the 4-4-2 guideline, that is usually the number of defenders there are.
- Midfield
- The next four players on the field from the 4-4-2 guideline are the midfielders. The midfielders have both offensive and defensive responsibilities. They have to keep the ball going forward while also trying to keep it from the defenders and the goalkeeper. The rules for soccer are a little less rigid than the rules for sports with similar positions like American football, as defenders in soccer can also go on the offensive and forward positions can also defend. However, midfielders and defenders are not expected to be the players to score goals in the opponents' box. Rather, that position is left to the forward players.
- Forward Players
- The last players in the 4-4-2 setup are the two forward players, who are expected to always be on the offensive and score the goals. However, they can also play a defensive role if needed. It's generally up to the midfielders to make sure the ball gets to the two forward players.

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How Long Should Your Workouts Be?by Dana Angelo White in Fitness, February 27, 2013
Finding the time to work out can be beyond challenging. Once you do carve out time to hit the gym (or other workout location of choice) – how much time should you spend sweating it out?
How Much?
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, folks should be getting 150 minutes of physical activity each week, including both cardio and strength-training sessions. Cardiovascular exercise should be at a moderate intensity (no lollygagging), something like brisk walking or easy biking counts. If you really ramp up the intensity, the 150-minute recommendation shrinks to 75 minutes but you'd better be working it (examples include running, swimming laps or playing basketball). Two weekly sessions of resistance training (such as lifting weights or yoga) should work all major muscle groups.
Don't have a large chunk of time to spare everyday? No need to throw in the towel – you can break it up into smaller increments. Even as little as 10 minutes at a time counts.
It really all comes down to intensity. If you're a runner, hitting the pavement for 75 minutes a week comes out to 15 minutes per day, over 5 days. Walking 25 minutes each day for 6 days a week will also meet the requirements. As you continue to exercise, you'll gain strength and endurance – making it easier to work harder. Visit the CDC Website for specific guidelines on increased activity.


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I would give us a tail like a monkey.
The reason.....
It would be because it is like an extra set of hands it could hold are drink while we do other things or for just hanging around(pun intended).
As I said in the OP I would give us regenerative powers like a lizard. If you have ever met an amputee you understand why.
Definitely limb regeneration for obvious reasons. This thing can regrow parts of its brain too: www.sciencedaily.com...
Natural immortality - like elves in lotr. Immortality is a double edged sword, it would suck to be around when the sun explodes, but natural immortality gives you a way out when you've had your time.
I'd give us the ability to disable our sensory neurones for a period. I know I'm cold, body, stop shivering, I get it!
Dolphin sonar - they can see inside animals and attack their vital organs without having ever encountered the enemy before, they can stun smaller fish with concentrated sonar blasts.
My changes don't actually change our physical appearance. I would have said wings, but then, we'd end up extinct - why would we bother with medicine, science or sex when we can be outside flying?


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Panoramic Soccer Stadium Lit up at Night, Allianz Arena, Munich, Bavaria, Germany Photographic Print on Canvas
NOTE: All Whiteboards with dimensions smaller than 3' x 4' will ship Small Parcel. All boards 3' x 4' or larger will ship Truck Freight.This write-on mat is great for illustrating player positioning or drawing up plays for your soccer team in the classroom, locker room or at the game. The dry-erase surface is easy to write on and wipes clean in one stroke. The magnetic back allows the mat to be displayed on lockers, porcelain steel white boards, and most metal surfaces. Mats are quickly rolled up to go anywhere.
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It seems that since the Lobby Leaderboard no longer displays correct Monthly and Weekly stats (offline or taken down or bugged) that the Connection Type search mechanism has a bug in it as well. The system is placing you in lobbies that have really bad connections and I'm seeing players I don't normally see under "Best", but generally see under "Normal".
Again, it "seems" that way, but it really looks like the Connection Type code is broken.
It was nice to see Monthly and Weekly stats roll over as well, but if the server space is needed elsewhere fine - but that connection bug is annoying.
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Clarins UV PLUS Protective Day Screen SPF 40
229 reviews
76% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$$$
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$$$
INGREDIENTSActive: Titanium Dioxide 8.1%; Inactive Ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Water, Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Corn Starch Modified, Alcohol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Sodium Chloride, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, PEG/PPG-20/15 Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Maltodextrin Crosspolymer, Disodium EDTA, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Thermus Thermophillus Ferment, Lapsana Communis Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Rhodiola Rosea Root Extract, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Butyl Phenyl Methylpropional, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I sampled a bit of this based on a recommendation from a coworker and ended up getting a bottle. I'm not going to pretend that it isn't expensive, because it is, but I think it is worth the money. I was using MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect SPF 50 (which I do love, don't get me wrong) but since I never wear foundation and don't have a problem with the laydown and longwear integrity of my concealer and powder, I found that I do not need the primer aspect of the Face Protect and sought out to find a sunscreen that is just...well, sunscreen only. I love the texture of Clarins UV Plus. It is incredibly lightweight and milky in consistency since it doesn't have a lot of added "fillers." I have combination skin, and although this doesn't control the dispersion of oil through my t-zone the way the Face Protect did, it doesn't exacerbate the situation either. After I apply my Olay Sensitive Therapy moisturizer, I layer the UV Plus on top and it dries down to a nice semi-matte finish that doesn't interfere with the look or feel of makeup. It doesn't burn the hell out of my eyes either, which is a major plus. My only concern is that the UVA protection isn't as broad as I'd like and I wish it had a higher SPF, plus I know I'll go through the tube quickly, since I am pretty generous in my application of sunscreen. Otherwise it is a great product. I have yet to see how it photographs, but I do love that it doesn't feel or look like sunscreen. The texture is fantastic...I wish the product came in a bigger bottle so I can apply it all over! I do plan on testing this against La Roche Posay Anthelios Fluide Extreme SPF 50+ to see which one I like better and will update again.
Edit: As great as this product is, I've found that LRP Anthelios is better and cheaper (I paid $38 for 2 bottles!). I won't be repurchasing Clarins UV Plus unless LRP is ever discontinued.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Black
I got this based on the reviews here based on this product. I have been using it for a week now and am ready to review.
I have been using it everyday for a week. With it being high spf, I thought it would be white and 'holographic' looking, but it's actually not. It's very sheer and quite matte, and leaves a very soft white veil, not a overyly white cast, and I don't mind it at all (especially because my skin tone is medium-dark Asian, so this was a particular concern for me). It's soft and almost powdery and i am quite happy with the finish. I can even layer it during the day (after blotting with a single tissue) and reapply and it feels light and soft.
I find that i only wear this and a bit of concealer where needed and i feel good to go. It makes a nice base for my concealer.
After the first couple of days, i thought this was causing me to break out with one or two small red surface bumps/ spots, which would then disappear in the morning. This may have been the case, but it seems to have subsided now and I don't seem to be getting those red bumps anymore. Will update if they return!
As some have mentioned on here, I'm not sure this provides sufficient UVA protection...? I don't know if I am adequately UVA protected with this product... Also price is very expensive.
It is pleasantly scented, it doesn't linger and it doesn't bother me. Overall nice product with good benefits and I would probably purchase again
I no longer use this as I don't feel it has adequate UVA protection. Also quite drying, not hydrating enough. Did not experience further problems with breakouts but will not purchase again.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
WOW. stole this from my husband. I have to admit, I'm not a big Clarins fan. To me, the whole line always scream dowdy older french woman and I never am drawn to their products. My husband, however, adores the energizing oil on me and is always trolling the clarins counter, looking at all their wares while I walk over to *sexier* brands to look over their products. Anyways, he needed to use a facial sunscreen and didn't like the oily/tacky feel of many he'd tried, so the SA from Clarins sold him this one. I know I should wear sunscreen every day. But I don't. I'll buy them, try them out, and invariably end up with break-outs, extra shine, mask-like complexion, so I stop. I have many tubes of unused sunblock (including mineral powders) lying about my office, my car... Recently I started to use CE ferrulic from skinceuticals and knew it was important to really protect my skin from UV's so I grabbed the Clarins bottle and started to use it. Lo and behold! The stuff sinks in immediately, smells good (very short-lived powdery scent), disappears. No shine, no tacky, no sunscreen smell! Why didn't I get this before. I have to say I was a little consternated by the very technical review below stating that this sunblock is not very broad spectrum. At this point I feel that some protection is better than none, and I have found something I am willing to use daily and consistently. I will definitely be repurchasing. For my husband, too!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I really like this. My skin will only tolerate TiO2 as far as sunscreens go and I was happy to find this in a Clarins product, since they've always been good to my skin. I agree with the below reviewer that it can be drying in the winter, (so keep your thirsty skin moisturized at night and wear this over day moisturizer). I love the finish and feel of it, soft and matte. It has never broken me out or made me too shiny. It is expensive ($40 for 1 oz. in the U.S.) but when I think of all the money I've spent on stuff that doesn't work, it doesn't seem so bad. Highly recommend!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
very good product. i break out from all chemical sunscreens and this is nothing like those. very light and weightless feeling. not greasy at all. can be a little drying in the winter. but blocks the sun very effectively. used it for over a year and liked it but now i'm trying other physical sunscreens to see if there's one that's less dry. right now i'm using DDF organic spf 15, which is great so far. less expensive than clarins and less white tinted.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
Have used this product for almost 2 years (app. 4 bottles a year), since it was lunched in Europe. It has a fantastic consistency, beautiful finish and gives skin a nice luminous finish!
BUT it does not cover the whole UVA range :( (only up til 370nm) this is the consequence of the micronised TiO2 (produced at Kobo Chemicals where Clarins purchases the silicone based TiO2 Microbeads from). Actually Clarins does little than package this fluid and adds White Tea Extracts to it.
Nevertheless it should contain better UVA protection. Adding ZnO to it would keep it a 100% mineral sunscreen with broader UVA protection (end higher as well, today it has only PPD10). Good alternative would be Avobenzone (BMDM) too. /It would still be possible to market it in the US./
My final conclusion is that there are better products when it comes to giving your skin full UVA protection (All L`Oreal owned brands sunscreens marketed outside of the US containing MexorylXL+XS) or the old fashioned ZnO + TiO2 based sunscreens that leave a white residue on the skin. This white residue means that the filter is able to reflect UV rays back up to ca 700nm (visible light 520nm+ hence the visibility of the product!)
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Very small bottle, like that there is a little ball so when you shake it will be mixed well. I like that it dries quickly-matte and has high full range SPF. I don't like that sometimes, not sure if it is my moisterizer-philosophy Hope in a jar, but when I pat on my SPF, it will pill up on my face causing white residue...maybe I need to let the moisterizer dry longer? Anyway, it is a great, travel friendly product.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
This is the first suncreen that didn't break out my face and has a superhigh spf. Also it makes a great base under my makeup in the summertime, gives my foundation a nicer finish. Pricey and a very tiny bottle but you don't need much to cover your entire face and neck and I don't use this year round so I may be able to make this last for a year.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Well suited for combination skin.Gives a matt finish..It has not broken me out my acne prone skin .100 % mineral sunscreen which is ideal for sensitive skin.Very Expensive but the bottle last longer since only a small amount has to be applied.I m satisfied with the protection it offers.Excellent product from Clarins.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I LOVE this stuff. I am obsessed with taking care of my skin so for a long time I would wear sunscreen and just deal with disgusting oil and breakouts during the summer. Then I got a free sample of this and I've been using it ever since. It goes on so light that I barely even feel it. It has never made me breakout, and it does its job. Also, it blocks both UVA and UVB.
The price is kind of high for a small bottle but it really lasts a long time. This is the best sunscreen I've come across.
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Samson by Fire-n-ashWatch
©2013-2016 Fire-n-ash
Finally finished after sitting in my incomplete pile for 4 months. I'm glad I finished this one.
Oils on canvas
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gorgeous work, I love the show harness
gorgeous one
I love it also
I love it!
OMG!!! Amazing!
Stunning! :-D
This is captivating! Gorgeous horse.
Very pretty
Ooh, like this one Lovely horse and lovely work.
That's amazing
Great work Ash I'm glad you finished it too
Splendid! Especially nice work on that soft, almost worried/mournful expression in the eye.
Holy! How do you not love a Clydesdale?!
this turned out amazing!!!
this is so gorgeous!
It came out great ^^ i wanna kiss his nose
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This is an lesson about comets. Learners will create a physical timeline of comet appearances in art and literature throughout history. Participants use a set of photos depicting comets in art images and science missions and place the images in... (View More) chronological order, while learning about the perceptions of comets during that time period. (View Less)
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Lyndon B. Johnson in Portland, 1964
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Lyndon B. Johnson came to campaign in Portland, September 28, 1964, for re-election as President. The visit included parades, processions, a rally, and speeches.
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- Title: Lyndon B. Johnson in Portland, 1964
- Creation Date: 1964-09-28
- Subject Date: 1964-09-28
- Town: Portland
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- Dimensions (cm): 9 x 9
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-11-01-2005 #1RamsFan16 Guest
Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
Just wondering with you guys. Do you guys kind of in the back of your mind think that Bob Ligashesky is the biggest offseason pickup? I mean look what he has done with our special teams this year. Punt Block for a TD and a Kick Return for a TD. Let alone our coverage is getting better. What do you guys think?
-11-02-2005 #2
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
I'd say no.
Bobby April has demonstrated in Buffalo that he's a damn good ST coach, but he couldn't succeed here because he wasn't given the horses to man his units.
BL is doing a good job, but he's also benefitted from having better personnel to work with on coverage units.
-11-02-2005 #3
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
I think liggy has done a good job, but i give a lot of the credit to martz and the front office for finally paying attention to special teams personnel in the off season. It is certainly true that our special teams have improved, notwithstanding the debacle of biblical magnitude against the whiners that really cost us the game in week one along with some terrible punting vs. seattle that also cost us. Keep in mind that improved with our special teams is still a relative term, given how horrible we were in the past. The improvement is great, i would like to see a punt return greater than 5 yards once in a while.
At this exact moment i would say that the #1 addition to this team in the off season using the criteria of how much better we are today at a specific position that we were a year ago is one mr. Baby Alyx. Despite his rookie issues and noted pass catching skills, Baby Alyx is a massive upgrade over the prior guys we have rotated at that spot. Second place is chris claiborne.
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-11-02-2005 #4RamJackson39 Guest
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
I have to go with Claiborne and Barron.
When Claiborne is on the field. He is a force.
Barron is a massive upgrade over everyone that the rams inserted into that RT position.
-11-02-2005 #5coy bacon Guest
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
I think we have to give Bob L. a lot of credit. The ST improvement is great. When I heard he was picked for the job, I balked and moaned and figured we were "Marmied" again. But he has proven me wrong. And I'm glad. Its so nice to think of our ST as at least average instead of a gaping wound.
-11-02-2005 #6
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?Originally Posted by general counsel
Shouldn't Martz and the F.O. paid attention about 3 years ago?
If they had done something about it when Bobby April was here we would have the best ST coach in the league.
-11-02-2005 #7
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
Still too early to tell for sure. I would want to wait till the playoffs.
-11-02-2005 #8
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
A blocked punt? A blocked FG? 2 STs TDs in half a season? Dumped a drafted P mid-stream? Replaced both KR and PR as soon as practical? Somebody deserves credit.
-11-02-2005 #9
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?
I agree 100% that we should have addressed these issues sooner. however, the thread was about improvements this off season and on that basis and under the theory of better late than never, i still give martz and the front office credit. I agree 100% that had we made the personnel commitment sooner, things would have been different with bobby april, which has been my point all along coaching wise, applying it both to the defense and the special teams. The quality of the players is the most important element to on field performance, not coaching. i am not saying coaching is irrelevant, only that talent is more important. thus, bobby april is coach of the year in buffalo and fired here.
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-11-02-2005 #10STLRAMSFAN Guest
Re: Bob Ligashesky biggest offseason addition?Originally Posted by RealRam
Good job so far but not ready to say fixed.
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It has been a short while since our last Blacklight release (March '09), however, I am pleased to say that we are back up and running, and have a brand new release for you.
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This release addresses 5 main items:
Blacklight, with this release is no longer supporting Silverlight 2 – that was sooooo last month. However, nothing has been implemented in this release that takes advantage of new SL3 features, so, the code will still run fine for SL2.
The range slider control is a 'double headed' slider control that allows the user to select a range of values. I have used similar controls in a number of projects, but came up with a nice generic implementation here.
A text box which allows you to place a watermark inside that will display when there is no text, and the control doesn't have focus.
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It's time for another workout challenge, and this one is all about the abs. Perfect for those new to strength training, it's short and sweet — all it takes is a few minutes each day for the next two weeks and you're sure to notice stronger and more defined abs. Instead of doing basic crunches, this challenge involves five crunch variations to target different areas of your midsection.
Here are instructions for the five different variations followed by a 14-day plan to get you all the way to 100. It's not advised to skip right to day 14 (if you want to be able to laugh the next day without rolling over in pain), so follow the plan and adjust it as needed according to your schedule and ability level. Here's printable version [1] to help keep you on track.
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V Crunch
- Lie on your back, and lift your legs and arms up so they are extended toward the ceiling. Lift your upper back off the floor, reaching your hands toward your feet.
- Lower your legs toward the floor while reaching your arms overhead, keeping your shoulders off the mat and lower back pressed into the mat.
- Repeat the crunch motion to complete one rep.
Runner's Crunch
- Start on your back with your elbows resting on the floor at a 90-degree angle.
- With your core engaged, roll up to almost sitting while bringing your right knee up to meet your left elbow. It should feel a little like running.
- With control, straighten your leg as your slowly peel your back down, vertebra by vertebra, until your shoulders touch the mat last.
- Alternate with your other leg to complete one rep.
Reverse Crunch
- Lying on your back, lift your legs in the air with your knees bent. Place your hands on the floor beside you.
- Without momentum, use your lower abs to slowly curl the hips off the floor and into your chest. Slowly lower them back to the starting position.
- This counts as one rep.
Diamond Sit-Up
- Lie on your back and open your legs into a diamond shape (aka butterfly legs), with the soles of your feet pressed together and knees out wide. Extend the arms overhead.
- Inhale to curl the torso up, and tap the floor in front of your feet to stretch your glutes a bit.
- Slowly lower back to the starting position.
- This counts as one rep.
Technically considered a sit-up, this effective move works the abs through a larger range of motion and adds some functional fitness training to the challenge.
Bicycle Crunch
- Lie flat on the floor with your lower back pressed to the ground.
- With your hands behind your head, bring your knees toward your chest and lift your upper back until your shoulder blades off the mat. Be sure not to pull on your neck.
- Straighten your right leg out to about a 45-degree angle to the ground while turning your upper body to the left, bringing your right elbow toward the left knee. Make sure your rib cage is moving and not just your elbows.
- Switch sides, and do the same motion on the other side to complete one rep.
End by doing Sphinx pose [3] to stretch out the abs.


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New Delhi, Aug 21 : The national capital experienced another sunny and hot day Thursday, as the maximum temperature settled four notches above the season's average at 38 degrees Celsius. No respite is expected Friday.
"The sky will remain partly cloudy tomorrow (Friday) and the day temperature will remain high," said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 38 and 27 degrees Celsius.
Thursday morning was sunny and the minimum temperature settled two notches above the season's average at 28 degrees Celsius.
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Wednesday was a sultry day with the maximum temperature recorded five notches above average at 38.4 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature settled two notches above average at 28.0 degrees Celsius.


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3 Stocks Pulling The Technology Sector Downward
Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 24 points (0.1%) at 16,720 as of Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,382 issues advancing vs. 1,595 declining with 161 unchanged. The Technology sector currently sits down 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Dealertrack Technologies ( TRAK), down 12.5%, Telecom Italia SpA ( TI), down 6.4%, Splunk ( SPLK), down 6.0%, Telecom Italia SpA ( TI.A), down 5.8% and Qihoo 360 Technology ( QIHU), down 4.0%. Top gainers within the sector include Rackspace Hosting ( RAX), up 8.2%, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone ( NTT), up 2.0%, Microsoft ( MSFT), up 1.5%, America Movil SAB de CV ( AMOV), up 1.0% and Accenture ( ACN), up 0.7%. TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today: 3. Baidu ( BIDU) is one of the companies pushing the Technology sector lower today. As of noon trading, Baidu is down $3.98 (-2.5%) to $155.90 on light volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of Baidu exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $155.41-$159.61 after having opened the day at $159.39 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $159.88. Baidu, Inc. provides Internet search services. Baidu has a market cap of $53.5 billion and is part of the internet industry. Shares are down 10.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Baidu a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Baidu as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full Baidu Ratings Report now. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
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There's also Chris Killen, British author ("The Bird Room", ISBN 978-1847672605). Also born in 1981, but in Warwickshire and not a footballer.Interview —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 19:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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New Zealand Football caps and goals statistics are not accurate in the sense that they are all appearances for the All Whites including unofficial internationals against club sides and select XIs. 2 other sources I know of for finding the information are Ultimate NZ Soccer which is accurate but lags behind a little, and RSSSF. An example: Campbell Banks, listed by NZFootball as having 6 caps and 2 goals can bee seen at RSSSF to have played 6 matches in 2006, but only 3 were full internationals - 1 against Malaysia and 2 against Chile. The other 3 games were against Charlton, Blackburn and Sevilla which do not count as full internationals for infobox statistics purposes. This is also borne out by Jeremy Ruane's site which lists full line-ups overall stats and goals. Vicelich is listed by NZ football as having his debut against Denmark U-23, also not a full international. Infobox should show officially recognised A-Internationals only. --ClubOranjeT 08:46, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
- An update... The new player profiles on the new NZ Football site at www.nzfootball.co.nz appear to show A-International appearances and goals now...although I have not checked them all as yet.--ClubOranjeT 16:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
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Editor's note — Agenda 21 is a topic of conversation at Tea Party meetings and coffee shops. This is Part IV of a four-part analysis series examining the issues associated with Agenda 21. Part I ran May 18, Part II ran Monday and Part III ran Wednesday.
"In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all." (Strobe Talbot, President Clinton's deputy secretary of state, Time Magazine, July 20, 1992)
Gaining acceptance of Agenda 21, and with it global governance, has meant promoting it in TV programs, movies, books, advertising, magazine articles, conferences, in "green" products, at U.N. and NGO events, in school and college curriculums, and referencing it in just about every federal document.
This is all part of programming the population, especially the young, to accept the idea of living in a "global collective."
In California, planting the Agenda 21 meme has been particularly intense given the state's reputation as a bulwark in the "green" movement. In 2008, the California Legislature went so far as to pass a bill that would have required global warming be taught as part of the public school curriculum. While Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill, advocates continue to try and work it into the school curriculum in other ways.
For example, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District developed a standards-based climate change curriculum for fourth and fifth grade levels. The Lawrence Hall of Science developed an earth science course for high-school students that includes climate change. The EPA developed a Toolkit for educators to teach middle school students about climate change and its impact on the environment and wildlife. And some teachers have taken it upon themselves to show the film "An Inconvenient Truth" starring former Vice President Al Gore.
In many ways Gore is the perfect symbol of the intersection of politics and money-making in America. Since the film came out in 2006, Gore has become a major spokesman for the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory as he has jetted around the world in a private plane lecturing others on their carbon footprints while owning a home in Nashville that consumes more energy in a month than most Americans use in a year.
The film he touts also claims that sea levels will rise by up to 20 feet in some areas due to melting glaciers. However, that didn't stop Gore, in 2010, from purchasing a $9 million getaway home in Montecito — an exclusive seaside community.
Business ventures that Gore is associated with also raise the suspicion that AGW is nothing more than a way for well-connected individuals to become carbon billionaires. For example, a venture capital firm he is a partner in loaned money to another company to develop energy-saving technologies for utilities. That loan paid off big time when the Energy Department later awarded more than $560 million in smart grid grants to utilities that had contracts with the firm.
Green greed is good
Gore, of course, is not the only one using AGW for personal benefit. It has come out that $3.9 billion in federal grants and financing went to firms with connections to five different staffers and advisors in the Obama administration. Many of these "green" energy companies went bankrupt after taking out loans while at the same time paying out huge bonuses to their executives.
According to news reports in the Washington Post and at ABC News, Beacon Power Corp., for example, received $43 million in energy loans. In March 2010, the company paid cash bonuses of $259,285 to three executives. A year and a half later they filed for bankruptcy. EnerDel received $118.5 million in energy loans. Their parent company paid $725,000 in bonuses to three executives in 2011. In January of this year it declared bankruptcy. Solyndra, the California-based company, received more than a half billion dollars in government loans. At least 17 executives received two sets of payments ranging from $37,000 to $60,000 per payment just months before the company fired 1,100 workers and declared bankruptcy. SpectraWatt received a $500,000 grant from the Energy Department. Between March and April of 2011, payouts of $745,000 were made to five company executives while at the same time the company laid off its workforce and prepared to declare bankruptcy.
By no means are these the only "green companies" that have siphoned off billions of taxpayer dollars into failed ventures. Ventures that have benefited a few well-connected individuals while the cost was shifted to the public. Indeed they appear to be examples of what Agenda 21 calls for in the way of private-public partnerships where if a venture is successful, the company keeps the profits, and if it fails, the public absorbs the loss.
Environmental groups and university researchers have also leveraged AGW because it has become something of a cash cow in terms of fundraising and research grants. Nothing is trendier these days than saying that you produce a "green" product, are doing global warming research, or are fighting global warming.
The result has been "research" that would make for good satire if it weren't being taken seriously by people in a position to impose taxes and regulations on the public.
For example, AGW has been described as causing, among other things: global cooling, global warming, dermatitis, drought, floods, anxiety, gender inequality, birds not singing, too much snow, not enough snow, coral reefs shrinking, coral reefs growing, fewer trees, more trees, boredom, maple syrup shortage, ozone rise, ozone loss, earth lopsided, earth melting, earth exploding, more avalanches, fewer avalanches, cholera, sex changes, world bankruptcy, income increases for lawyers, bubonic plague, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage and invasion of Scotland by spiders.
A vision of the radical left
Supporters and opponents of Agenda 21 come from all parts of the political spectrum so it is not necessarily a partisan issue. Some people argue that it is needed for survival of the ecosystem while others see it as a conspiracy to bring about a dictatorial world government.
Congressman Tom McClintock said Agenda 21 has been brought to his attention many times but he doesn't believe it's a conspiracy. Instead he sees it as part of a great debate over what kind of society we want.
"It dates back to early English history when the Crown tried to restrict the use of the land by commoners," he stated. "The reaction was the Magna Carta. It appears the elite want to reverse that and reinstitute feudalism."
According to him, supporters of Agenda 21 want to return the earth to some earlier pristine condition through restrictive zoning, restrictions on dams and reservoirs, restrictions on the use of land, destruction of roads, and so on.
"It's really a lunatic vision that resonates with those on the radical left," he said. "Most people don't want to live in dense urban cores, don't want people telling them what kind of light bulbs to buy, or how high to set their thermostat.
"It's an age-old conflict between freedom and authoritarianism. The question being asked is whether the government is here to protect our rights or to force on people what those in government think is best for us.
"There is a large group of people who just want to be left alone to conduct their lives as they see fit. There is a smaller minority that wants to run everyone else's life. These people are attracted to government because that's where power is concentrated. We're reaching a boiling point where the silent majority is starting to engage and push back.
"The vision of the American founders was of a voluntary society," he said. "But that vision has been seriously eroded over the last century. This is an age-old question. Are men free souls or are they the property of the state?"
Conspiracy or fact?
Whether one agrees with McClintock or not, clearly something is afoot.
Legislation establishing goals for carbon emissions is not the product of anyone's imagination. Neither is cap-and-trade legislation nor efforts by the EPA to enforce regulations based on AGW theory despite a lack of legislative authority or sound science.
The fact that America is being de-industrialized is also not debatable. Although the number of manufacturing jobs in America remains the same — around 17 million during the period 1969 to 2002 — the share of manufacturing jobs has continued to decline from 28 percent to only 9 percent in 2011.
At the same time, the American middle class has being progressively hollowed out. According to a report by the National Employment Law Project, while 60 percent of the jobs lost during the economic downturn were in midwage occupations, 73 percent of the jobs added since have been in lower-wage occupations such as cashier, stocking clerk or food preparation worker.
As a result, wage disparity and poverty have grown in America. A 2010 Pew study showed that the typical middle-class family lost 23 percent of its wealth since the recession began, versus just 12 percent among the upper class. And 45 million people are now on food stamps, a 70 percent increase from 2007.
The collapse in the housing market has also made the prospect of living in a single-family home less likely for many Americans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans who owned their own homes has seen its biggest decline since the Great Depression. The rate of home ownership fell to 65.1 percent in April 2010, 1.1 percentage points lower than it was in 2000. The decline was the biggest drop since the 1930s, when home ownership plunged 4.2 percent.
Our current president has also shown himself to be unusually dismissive of any constitutional limits on his authority, although he is just the latest in a long line of presidents to do so.
To date he has ordered the killing of U.S. citizens abroad without their being charged or tried in a court of law. He has continued indefinite detentions at Gitmo, but also brought the policy ashore by signing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which authorizes the military to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone without the benefit of due process. He has violated the Posse Comitatus Act banning domestic deployment of the military. He has expanded the surveillance state. And in March he signed an Executive Order that gives him the power to institute indefinite martial law in the United States because of a real or potential threat. The order allows him, or anyone else serving as president, to conscript all the resources in the country including forcing Americans into the military or into work details.
Obama has also shown himself to be inclined towards supporting global initiatives at the expense of this country and its citizens. He accepted the chairmanship of the U.N. Security Council even though it was unconstitutional for him to do so. He has publicly stated his support for the U.N. to take on the job of monitoring and controlling guns owned by Americans. And his most recent Executive Order internationalizes the laws that this country will operate under with its trading partners.
Individually, each of these actions would be troubling enough. But taken together, they form a pattern of actions that steer America away from a representational government and towards a corporate styled government that primarily benefits the wealthiest 1 percent of its citizens.
So if Agenda 21 is a conspiracy, it's one that is now out in the open.
Contact Dawn Hodson at 530-344-5071 or [email protected] Follow @DHodsonMtDemo on Twitter.
Editor's note: Agree with our analysis? Disagree? Want to form an opinion of your own? Read more about Agenda 21 at www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21.


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Berlin Film Festival Jury Questioned Over Diversity
The Berlin International Film Festival became embroiled Thursday in the debate about diversity in the movie industry, with jury president Meryl Streep dismissing questions about the all-white panel by telling reporters that "we're all Africans, really."
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