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Statement by IUCN Director General on the Bonn Declaration on World Heritage
IUCN wishes to express its full support to the Bonn Declaration on World Heritage, agreed today by the World Heritage Committee at its annual meeting taking place in Germany. IUCN also welcomes the Global Coalition for the Protection of Cultural Heritage 'Unite4Heritage' launched today by UNESCO. …
29 Jun 2015 | IUCN statement
Climate change and dams threaten natural World Heritage, warns IUCN
Climate change and large dam projects are putting natural World Heritage sites at risk, says IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on nature to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting this Sunday in Bonn, Germany. … | French | Spanish | Dutch
25 Jun 2015 | International news release
Conservation successes overshadowed by more species declines – IUCN Red List update
Successful conservation action has boosted the populations of the Iberian Lynx and the Guadalupe Fur Seal, while the African Golden Cat, the New Zealand Sea Lion and the Lion are facing increasing threats to their survival, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Ninety-nine percent of tropical Asian slipper orchids – some of the most highly prized ornamental plants – are threatened with extinction. … | French | Spanish | German | Dutch
23 Jun 2015 | International news release
Our window of opportunity
Statement by IUCN Director General Inger Andersen for World Environment Day. … | Chinese
05 Jun 2015 | IUCN statement
Pollinating birds and mammals declining, reveals first global assessment of trends in the status of pollinators
According to a new study by IUCN and partners, the conservation status of pollinating bird and mammal species is deteriorating, with more species moving towards extinction than away from it. …
13 Mar 2015 | International news release
Women's rights make a difference for the environment and sustainability
Statement by IUCN Director General, Inger Andersen, on International Women's Day. …
08 Mar 2015 | IUCN statement
Human development and biodiversity conservation can go hand in hand, study finds
A development scenario involving reduced meat consumption and crop waste, as well as less energy-intensive lifestyles can help us reach global development goals while also protecting biodiversity, according to a new study. …
12 Jan 2015 | International news release
Underestimating the ocean: new evidence from IUCN highlights the carbon-regulating capacity of the ocean
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2014 – Protecting key carbon-absorbing areas of the ocean and conserving fish and krill stocks are critical for tackling climate change. This is one of the findings of a report released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in which top marine scientists describe how atmospheric carbon is captured, stored and moves in the ocean. … | Dutch
09 Dec 2014 | International news release
Countries' economic power does not predict conservation performance
Gland, Switzerland, 1 December 2014 – Some countries are doing better than others at conserving their share of global vertebrate biodiversity, and the factors of success are not related to economic wealth. …
01 Dec 2014 | International news release
IUCN summit delivers major commitments to save Earth's most precious natural areas
Sydney, Australia – The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, the once-in-a-decade global forum on protected areas, closes today with the release of The Promise of Sydney. The Promise sets out an ambitious agenda to safeguard the planet's natural assets, ranging from halting rainforest loss in the Asia-Pacific and tripling ocean protection off Africa's coasts to a business commitment to plant 1.3 billion trees along the historic Silk Road. … | French | Spanish | Dutch
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DH & I have decided to give DD the flu shot this year, it will be her the first time to receive. When I researched it in the BBC, it said the following:
"The CDC recommends an annual flu shot for children from 6 months to 18 years of age. The first time a child receives the vaccine, he'll get two shots about a month apart, to build immunity. The first one is usually administered in October."
but from what I heard from friends, the ped only gave their children one shot not 2..., I called my ped's office, couldn't talk to the ped but the receptionist said they give only one shot.
so my questions are; if you've given your LO the flu shot, was it 1 shot or 2? Also, if your LO suffered from any significant side effects from the shot; fever, irritability,...?
Note: please understand this is not a debate thread regarding whether to vaccinate or not, thank you

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I have really mixed feelings about this picture. It isn't bad but it turned out very different from my original concept. At least I won a challenge to finish it before last bits of snow from my garden will melt.
I think the composition works, even if her lower body looks rather undefined. The colors scheme is gorgeous and the values are good!
so beautiful :3
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3rd? O.o That's not on purpose. I promise ^^'''
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Wow, she beautiful. Good Job man!
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absolutely majestic! I love the way her hair dims as it gets father away, and the way it is sprawled all around her.
And the expression. It says so much!
And the expression. It says so much!
This is dangerously cute.
wow it is amazing ><
This is really pretty!!
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Lovely and Breath taking!
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Amazing job! I really like her eyes <3 Just so beautiful!
I love the flowers on her skin
I remember the one with her sitting
Its really nice to see her in a different positron. Me gusta
Its really nice to see her in a different positron. Me gusta
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Such beautiful work!! I love her pose and all the details with the flowers and everything. So pretty!
Wow O.o
green and pink! those eyes ...
Simply awesome.
wow thts realy pretty
This is so amazingly beautiful! I just love it so much!
pretty but makes me sad for some strange unidentifiable reason
the colors i will always love the colors on your works and the combination
omg i love this great job
Wah! Beautiful work! Bravo ;-D!
Lovely face, I love her expression!
Lovely face, I love her expression!
wooo, ten obrazek wyszedł Ci niesamowicie!
so beautiful *.*
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The Barbie Bling Out Fashion Puzzle is a 100-piece picture puzzle showing Barbie and her friends on the red carpet. Once the puzzle has been put together, the fun continues as kids use glitter glue, stickers, and gems to decorate the puzzle. The puzzle comes with a tube of glitter glue, 188 sticker gems, and one sticker sheet. A Barbie Bling Out Fashion Puzzle of Barbie and her friends at the mall is also available and sold separately.
This is more than just a puzzle; it's also a design project starring Barbie. This is a fun way to engage kids in creative play as they design how they want Barbie's dress to look. Once the puzzle is decorated, you won't be able to take it apart and put it together again as with other puzzles, but the Barbie Bling Out Fashion Puzzle will look nice framed and displayed in a child's room.
The Barbie Bling Out Fashion Puzzle is for Barbie fans 8 and up.
It took us between 15 and 20 minutes to assemble and decorate the puzzle.
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Dessa, Modern Radio, CLAPS featured in this week's City Pages
It's Wednesday morning, which can only mean one thing at Gimme Noise headquarters -- it's time to put down our blogular machines and stop clackety clacking for a moment so we can direct your attention to our print edition. Yes, the print edition, that old fashioned tangible paper copy of our blog, which is distributed to newsstands across the Twin Cities today. We've got a big issue this week, with three full-length music articles and a CD review, starting with an interview with Doomtree crew member-turned-solo songstress Dessa -- who, we should add, has already hit number 11 on the iTunes rap charts with her new solo release.
Dessa ventures toward experimental pop with A Badly Broken Code
By Andrea Swensson
In anticipation of her album release party Friday night at the Fine Line (with Jeremy Messersmith, Cecil Otter, and Aby Wolf), I sat down with Dessa to talk about branching out on her own, teaching herself to sing, and balancing confidence with candidness in her music and writing.
Modern Radio celebrates 10 years as Twin Cities mainstay
By Steve McPherson
The local record label turns 10 this weekend, and will be celebrating with a pair of shows at the Turf Club on Friday (with FT (The Shadow Government), Daughters of the Sun, the Chambermaids, and Double Bird) and the Cedar on Saturday (with the Plastic Constellations, Skoal Kodiak, STNNNG, and Vampire Hands). In this week's paper, Steve speaks with Modern Radio co-owners Tom Loftus and Peter Mielech about their origins as a label and their popular message board.
CLAPS are an anolog electro band in a digital world
By Jonathan Garrett
A new local electronic band explores the oft-overlooked minimal synth movement on their debut release, New Science. The band plays an EP-release show with Gospel Gossip and Mercurial Rage this Saturday at the Kitty Cat Klub.
Atlantis Quartet: Animal Progress (CD Review)
By Rick Mason
We examine a new release by modern jazz quartet Atlantis Quartet, who are playing the Clown Lounge next Tuesday evening.
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bounds over the ropes with a swift 'they'll give 'em all to al qaeda dontcha know', and gives the lightweight Cameron a low blow to the goolies with a quick 'pack it in muscle-flexing ya spaz!'
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Russian Concert Favourites by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Glazunov, Borodin, Glinka / Anatole Fistoulari, conductor (rec. 1956-58)
1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada; Mikhail Glinka: Valse-Fantaisie, for orchestra in B minor, G. ii213; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Suite no 1 in D; Swan Lake; Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 2...
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Russian-born, naturalized British conductor Anatole Fistoulari was one of the most recorded and widely admired masters of the baton in the decades following World War...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (11/10/1958); Kingsway Hall, London (11/10/1958); Abbey Road Studios, London (1956-03-01&1956-07-27&1957-); Kingsway Hall, London (1956-03-01&1956-07-...continue...
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, etc / Simon, et al
1 Super Audio CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Tzigane; La valse; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Performers: Chase, Stephanie; de Vries, Han
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Cala's London Sound Series has gained an international following particularly among audiophiles and musicians. Two of the bestsellers in the series featured an "orchestra" of...continue...
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra
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Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
These original 1950's recordings of the lighter "pops concert" pieces that von Karajan recorded in between "serious" repertoire items. Much of this material was later...continue...
Great Conductors of the 20th Century / Herbert von Karajan
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Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
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Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
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Conductors: Lambert, Constant
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
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I am trying to setup my TFS2010 Build and I want to access the files that are downloaded via the "Version control path to custom assemblies".
From what I can tell those files are downloaded to:
C:\User\<Build User>\AppData\Local\BuildAgent\<Built Agent Number>
I can directly access that folder via the above path, but it would be nice if there was an environment variable (or something I can use in the build) to access that folder indirectly.
Or... Is there a better way to get at these files? (I am putting a version file in there to be downloaded every time the build is run).


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Spring storylines blossoming
By: Todd Mordhorst Journal Sports Editor
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Just like the grass (weeds) springing up all over my yard this spring, there are countless stories blossoming all over the foothills sports scene as the days get longer. There are juggernauts like the Placer High track team, the Bear River softball squad and the Placer tennis team rolling along in their quests for more championships. The Placer baseball team will begin its defense of the Pioneer Valley League title on Friday. The Colfax soccer team is also jumping into the tough PVL slate this week and the Falcons haven't tasted defeat yet this year. The Hillmen golfers are quietly cruising through the PVL and will see some of the top competition in the area Monday at the Thunder Invitational. Del Oro tennis is trying to keep up with a loaded Granite Bay team in the Sierra Foothill League and the Golden Eagle baseball squad is also intriguing after an impressive non-league run. Look out for the Forest Lake Christian girls soccer squad, which always plays a brutal non-league schedule, but usually feasts on the Central Valley Christian League fare. The Foresthill baseball squad got a late start to the season, but coach Ed Whitsett has a veteran group that could make noise in the CVCL. There are also lots of individuals with lofty goals this spring, including Placer senior Ryan Studebaker, who has his sights set on a section record in the breaststroke. The Journal will be there to cover all the big games and key matches this spring. But we can also use your help. If you have an idea for a story or would like to read more about an outstanding team or individual, let us know. E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know what you want to see in your sports section. I appreciate any and all feedback. And get out and enjoy the hundreds of talented athletes doing their things this spring. … The Placer High football team will be mixing up its non-league schedule next season in a big way. Vallejo, Bethel (of Vallejo) and Woodland are on the schedule, meaning the Hillmen will be facing a total of five new teams in the regular season. Center and Foothill will join the new Pioneer Valley League as El Dorado, Whitney and Mesa Verde exit. Placer will open the season Aug. 27 at home against Vallejo, which finished 2-8 last season, but has some strong talent coming back. Bethel, the former school of Placer senior Dalton Dyer, should provide a tough test when the Hillmen visit in their second game of the season. Placer coach Montoya said both Vallejo teams should give Placer a test with their speed. The Hillmen saw plenty of it in last year's section title game against Isaiah Burse and company at Modesto Christian. The Rams have been on the Placer schedule for the past two seasons and will visit Auburn on Sept. 17 before the Hillmen go to Woodland on Sept. 24.


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Wednesday Dec 19 2012
Taking care of business: Lady Hillmen right back to winning waysBy: Matthew Kimel, Journal sports editor
After suffering their second loss of the season, the Lady Hillmen responded collectively.
Lauren Collins scored a team-high 14 points and 12 of the 15 Placer girls that suited up scored in a 66-22 rout against the Pioneer Patriots of Woodland Wednesday night at Earl Crabbe Gym.
"It's good to get a win where everybody can play, especially when you have 16, 17 players and they all don't always get a chance to play," Placer coach Tony Camillucci said. "Everybody got significant minutes tonight, and with three games in a row coming up, it's good to get some rest."
The Lady Hillmen (11-2), who lost to Bear River in the Coach "G" Memorial Tournament finale Saturday, jumped out to a 22-2 lead after five minutes, 30 seconds of action against Pioneer (2-7).
By the middle of the second quarter, Camillucci had already made enough substitutions to rotate his entire lineup into the contest. And by halftime, 12 different Placer girls had put points on the board.
"I feel bad when kids don't play," the coach said. "It's the nature of the game. It's good to get a game where everybody can get in and score. Our bench has been great all year, even the kids that haven't been playing much, so positive, so energetic on the bench. It's nice to give them a reward with playing time."
Placer's scoring was rounded out by Maya Thomas (10 points) Baylee Vanderdoes (8), Kirstin Schauble (6), Fiona Ochs (6), Raquel Quirarte (4), Maddie Graham (4), Ari Jensen (4), Kerry McCullough (4), Rachael Wiebelhaus (2), Kellyn McDonald (2) and Olivia Holmes (2).
"That's just team work," said Collins, who had 10 points well before the first quarter was over, of the contributions of all of her teammates. "It's all of us working hard in practice."
Pioneer was held to just two points in both the second and fourth quarter, while tallying seven and 11 in the first and third quarters, respectively.
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My DH and I recently moved. Our old church was a younger parish-- very family-friendly and there were tons of small children and babies, including those of the priest and his wife. The services were normally punctuated by babbling and occasional shrieks and toddlers could toddle without being glared at. There was a cry room and a large area to run around if they got too restless, with the service broadcasted.
Our new church is predominantly older immigrants and so I feel like LO's normal child behavior is less tolerated. I do my very best with him--DH works weekends--I whisper about what is happening during the service, we kiss icons and our crosses, I point out the incense and the bells and the fans and colors, and we cross ourselves and bow, and I bring books and...whew! I take him out when he starts tantruming, which is exceedingly rare.
But he is 2, and he's active, so he wants to wander within the pew (I never let him wander too far) and he talks in a normal voice because he hasn't mastered the concept of an indoor voice. In my old parish, nobody blinked an eye.
Now I feel like I'm side-eyed all the time. One lady told me "they have these tablets now that the kids can play games on". Another said "some parents bring their children right before Communion". Maybe I'm just being too sensitive, but I feel distinctly unwelcome despite the priest's assurances that small children are encouraged to attend. I feel like the words and the actions are telling me opposite things. Like he's encouraged to attend, but only if he can sit quietly in a pew the whole time. We're outside in the parking lot a lot of the the time, as soon as I feel like I'm being looked at.
I feel like my only two options are to stay at home or to look for another church. It's the only Orthodox one, though, and I'm not too keen on my LO growing up in a church that's not ours.
Thoughts? Tips? I just don't have the strength to endure this week after week. I wonder if I should try sitting up front so he can see what's going on but I don't know how that would be received...
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With fissures threatening the coalition that got RTD's FasTracks tax measure passed seven years ago, Chris Romer said that as Denver mayor he would help restore a spirit of regional cooperation to complete the transit project.
"This is one of the most important investments in our community," Romer recently told the Regional Transportation District board of directors. "I will be a relentless advocate to help you do this."
FasTracks is one of a number of regional issues Romer is highlighting during his campaign against Michael Hancock. Others include development opportunities on Colfax Avenue; a possible move of the National Western Stock Show to a site near Denver International Airport; and promoting cooperation between Denver's Mountain Parks system and Jefferson County.
From his work in municipal finance and during four years in the legislature, Romer, 51, has long been active with regional transportation issues.
Romer said he is open to asking voters in 2012 to approve additional taxes to complete FasTracks. He said he has reached out to at least 20 members of the Metro Mayors Caucus, and is already thinking of ways to use a public- private partnership — in advance of a tax vote — to help finance and fully build the $751 million Interstate 225 light-rail line in Aurora.
"We should start to tell a story that is not just a 'Hey, we need to raise your taxes' story," Romer said.
Asked about Romer's proposal for I-225 rail, Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer said, "The most important thing the mayor of Denver can do is support a team approach to the metro area."
Tauer said he is remaining neutral in the contest, but of the qualities he's looking for in a new Denver mayor, he added: "It's not always about being the first quote in the story. It's about making sure the story is right and that the story moves us forward."
On a number of occasions, Romer has cited his work on the $488 million Union Station redevelopment project as evidence of his commitment to regional success.
He recalled how he and chief Denver Union Station Project Authority financial adviser Alexander Brown helped the authority craft a finance plan that rejected selling bonds for the project and instead relied on two loans from the U.S. Department of Transportation that totaled about $300 million.
"When you manage one of these teams which has got 30 different personalities, lots of egos, lots of process, my middle-child skills" emerge for "bringing lots of people together, navigating the facts and getting across the finish line," Romer said.
Some who have been active in Union Station redevelopment say they do not recall Romer being all that pivotal to the process. A number of these people are backing Hancock and chose not to be quoted.
Brown, who supports Romer for mayor, said it was advisers from Goldman Sachs and another firm that originated the idea of uniquely blending the two federal loans to help finance Union Station improvements.
Brown said the task for his firm included devising cash-flow structures that helped satisfy loan repayment requirements.
"Chris was part of the strategic thinking" that went into the Union Station team's negotiations with federal officials and he helped work through some of the "what-ifs" that accompanied those talks, said Brown, who paid Romer nearly $50,000 for his advice on the project.
As a state senator, Romer worked with Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy to help get the FASTER transportation bill passed in 2009.
FASTER was a controversial, multi-faceted measure that raised vehicle license fees to pay for Colorado road and bridge repairs. The law also created a new state entity to promote tolling and other alternative financing mechanisms for transportation.
"Chris approached me and together we were able to engage the Metro Mayors Caucus, DRCOG (Denver Regional Council of Governments) and CCI (Colorado Counties Inc.)" in support of the bill, said Murphy, who emphasized his neutrality in the Denver mayoral race.
After the bill passed, Romer said, "My team stood up with some political courage and got a really difficult thing done."
Romer has pushed for using FASTER funds to help pay for reintroduction of streetcars on East Colfax.
"Lakewood, Denver and Aurora need to together establish their vision for Colfax," he said.
"It's a cool street," he added. "I used to ride my Stingray on it" and take the No. 15 bus to his summer job.
As for the potential move of the National Western, Romer called it an extremely complex transaction. If it happens, he said, he would like stock show facilities to end up on city land near DIA.
On the mayoral campaign trail, Romer's opponents have criticized his plan to get savings from partnering Denver's Mountain Parks system with Jefferson County Open Space.
It turns out that kind of cooperation has been going on for years.
Denver's mountain system of parks has at least 10,000 acres, and much of it lies adjacent to, or otherwise in close proximity with, Jefferson County's 51,000 acres of open space.
"We've had lots of discussion and dialogue on how we can do more together," said Jefferson County Open Space director Tom Hoby.
Having top leadership in Denver with the "political will" to advance that relationship should allow the collaboration to go even further, Hoby said.
Romer cites the success of Glendale, Lakewood and other communities with big-box retailing as something Denver should emulate, but for all his commitment to regionalism, on this issue he seems less cooperative and more combative.
"When we lost our Target on Sheridan and Evans, I didn't see (Lakewood Mayor) Bob Murphy send us an 'I'm so sorry' card for his new Target at Belmar, did he?" Romer asked.
"We've got to do better in figuring out our retail sales-tax base," he said, adding that possibly Denver can entice big retailers by working cooperatively to provide garage parking for the ventures.
Glendale Mayor Larry Harte said Romer contacted him about a year ago to introduce himself.
"I had never met him. We went out for coffee and talked a lot about regional cooperation," said Harte, who said he has had more interaction with Hancock and is not endorsing either candidate.
Romer is "a regional thinker," Harte said, adding that he was left with the impression that Romer's goal would be to "increase the pie" for the whole area so all jurisdictions prosper.
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I picked this game up when it first launched to the public and just loved it. Even with the content it had then, the game kept me and a few friends entertained for a good few hours. If I recall correctly, it came with a SDK even back then, so the game should have tons of community created content already.
A few words about the game itself. It's an addictive top-down alien shooter with co-op campains (best with friends, trust me). It has class-based leveling and loads of weapon and item combinations. Valve made a few campaigns for it but I'm sure there should be more made by players (unless the game is dead by now) and that adds a bit replay value.
All in all, I have fond memories of this game and the only probable reason I ever put it down was because most of my friends moved to different games. The game has a lot of potential for entertainment seekers and challenge junkies, but a lot of it falls on the community's shoulders.
Love the co-op in the game
Probably one of the best alien oriented games I've played. I'd suggest getting friends to play this game with you though considering the lack of people on servers and the AI on the bots are horrendous. All in all this game is very entertaining and very difficult.
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I think, in this case, the detective would have had a hard time walking the thin blue line, and he got away with driving under the influence. In my opinion, the officer that initially pulled him over should be suspended, at least, for not following protocol for that kind of traffic stop.
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tate1975 Oct 3, 2012 7:58 AM
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Same problem.
iphone 5 32 gig.
Fully charged when i went to work. Did not touch it for a few hours. Then when i did, it was hot and battery was down to 53%.
I closed all the icons then shut it down. Seems to have fixed the problem for now. But for how long?
Thinking of returning it.
Not happy about the skype and maps issues neither.
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I made a phone call that was a total of 25 minutes. No apps were open. When I hung up, my phone was hot...no I didn't restore, or blah blah blah...I'm just stating how I used my phone and what I noticed. If it keeps happening, I will of course troubleshoot, or maybe even go to the Genius Bar...
Bow Oct 3, 2012 10:38 AM
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My iPhone 5 gets hot even when I'm not using it. I carry it in a pocket and from time to time it will get very warm. I have cellular data off and most notification and location services off, etc. I do have Apple Care on it and I'm hoping a software update soon will fix it. I also have problems with the wifi cutting out. Some times I need to turn the wife off and on repeatedly to keep it working.
I'd do a restore but whenever I have to restore from a backup it takes iTunes overnight to restore all the data back to the iPhone.
Karl Detken Oct 3, 2012 1:14 PM
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My iPhone 5 also gets hot when on the phone.
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No games
Also reception seems to be worse than my 4.
Jenn8 Oct 3, 2012 2:44 PM
in response to dm254
I also have an iphone 5. I have noticed that when I send emails my phone gets extremely hot to touch and it drains the battery extremely fast. I sent a couple of emails today, without attachments, and my phone got so warm I could feel the warmth through the otter box it is in. I have notified apple of this and they have told me a few things to help with this. They told me to call back if there were anymore issues. They also told me that they have not heard of any other phones having this issue.
harriettekd Oct 3, 2012 4:28 PM
in response to Jenn8
any chance you could tell us what the things they told you that might help were, or are they a secret?!
Jenn8 Oct 4, 2012 7:50 AM
in response to harriettekd
They told me one of the reasons it could be doing it is because everytime I send anything it sends it to apple. They told me to shut off my diagnostics & usage. It is found under settings, general, about, diagnostics & usage then put it on don't send. It will stop sending everything to apple. Another thing was deleting my email of my phone and resetting the phone by pressing the home button and the power button leave it off for 10 secs then turn phone back on. When phone is back on add your email again. Those are what apple figures should fix the phone. He told me to monitor it for awhile and gave me his direct number in case it happens again. I haven't had any issues since I did this but I am not sure that it has helped. I will have to keep an eye on it and see what happens.
harriettekd Oct 4, 2012 8:50 AM
in response to Jenn8
hmm i would never have thought of diagnositcs or email as being issues - they're pretty much standard aren't they? i might try that anyway though! thanks
now i'm off to restore my phone for the 3rd time this week!
AndroidUser Oct 4, 2012 2:53 PM
in response to dm254
I noticed that My iPhone 5 gets really hot when there is poor data service. Looks like iPhone 5 can not handle situation when there is no or little data. iPhone 4s I had never did this.
It gets so hot and looses charge rather quickly.
Franbug Oct 5, 2012 10:45 AM
in response to dm254
I just received my iphone 5 and within 5 minutes of being on the phone, it gets so hot I have to put it down bc it almost feels as if it's going to burn my hand!
It seems it only gets hot when I use the phone; it reminds me of an old nextel I used have... but I had that phone for over 5 years when it started doing that! I've had this phone for five minutes!
Apple Geniuses... PLEASE HELP! I can barely use the phone!
bobserr Oct 6, 2012 10:02 AM
in response to Franbug
I believe the problem is related to cellular data and possibly LTE speck ally.
I was just put of the country and therefore had my cellular data off and only used wifi. My battery lasted FOREVER and my phone never got hot.
Or, maybe it's related to a signal reconnect concept - if the phone has a weak signal to its wifi or wireless network the. I think there is a bug in the software where it spends all of its resources trying to reconnect.
I remember this happening to me once with my iPhone 4 while on a plane. I forgot to put my phone in airplanes mode and when I landed and took my phone out of my pocket the phone was REALLY hot And the battery was dead.
Hopefully Apple will have a software fix, but in the meantime if you are on wifi try disabling your cellular data and see if the phone runs better.
bobserr Oct 6, 2012 10:07 AM
in response to bobserr
Another possibility, maybe similar to this issue?
Looks like back then it was related to mail. So maybe mail is in an infinite loop an it gets worse when connections are spotty?
rjthorsen Oct 8, 2012 9:16 AM
in response to dm254
Same Problem: iPhone5 running hot and loosing charge very quickly (~1 hour lost >25% charge lost while on standby, with no use).
Solution: Reset phone to factory settings and set up as a new phone (do not restore from backup).
I took the iPhone to a Genius who said charging issues are usually (though not always) due to software problems, he ran some diagnostics and also asked if the new phone had been restored from a backup (yes it was; from and iPhone4S to an iPhone5), he surmised that the 4S backup could have been corrupted. He recommended a reset to factory defaults, and to not restore anything from the corrupted backup and then manually add back the apps that I needed (I had Mail, Contacts and my Calendars on iCloud, etc., so those were saved!) The Genius reset the phone at the store and the heat problem was immediately resolved. Adding back the apps was a time consuming pain but it did gave me an opportunity to weed out 200+ apps that I'd used only once or twice.
AndroidUser Oct 8, 2012 10:57 AM
in response to rjthorsen
Completely untrue. All you need to do to heat it up again is run "SppedTest" in poor data area. You will see
that it heats up. I think something in the new network stack going haywire, i.e. software indepedant of apps.
Bader F1 Oct 8, 2012 11:34 AM
in response to dm254
I also have the same problem with my I phone 5, battery drain quickly and the back side of my phone also becomes warm and sometimes hot without gaming or navigation, I think that the customers deserve to know if this problem well be solved since that a lot of customers is complaining from it.


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1,220,580 - None Dare Call It Genocide
...These findings come from a poll released today by ORB, the British polling agency that has been tracking public opinion in Iraq since 2005. In conjunction with their Iraqi fieldwork agency a representative sample of 1,499 adults aged 18+ answered the following question: How many members of your household, if any, have died as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age)?Answer: 1,220,580
Tables pdf
See also Poll: Civilian toll in Iraq may top 1M
See also None Dare Call It Genocide
Planning for Defeat -- How should we withdraw from Iraq ?
Planning for Defeat -- How should we withdraw from Iraq ?
by George Packer
by George Packer
So Iraq is over. But Iraq has not yet begun...
...The U.S. has probably not yet fully woken up to the appalling fact that, after a long period in which the first motto of its military was "no more Vietnams," it faces another Vietnam. There are many important differences, but the basic result is similar: The mightiest military in the world fails to achieve its strategic goals and is, in the end, politically defeated by an economically and technologically inferior adversary. Even if there are no scenes of helicopters evacuating Americans from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, there will surely be some totemic photographic image of national humiliation as the U.S. struggles to extract its troops. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo have done terrible damage to the U.S. reputation for being humane; this defeat will convince more people around the world that it is not even that powerful. And Bin Laden, still alive, will claim another victory over the death-fearing weaklings of the West.Iraq hasn't even begun (more within)
Imperial Overreach: The Iraq War Is Lost
The Iraq war is lost. Of course, neither the president nor the war's intellectual architects are prepared to admit this. Nonetheless, the specter of defeat shapes their thinking in telling ways. The case for the war is no longer defined by the benefits of winning -- a stable Iraq, democracy on the march in the Middle East, the collapse of the evil Iranian and Syrian regimes -- but by the consequences of defeat. As President Bush put it, "The consequences of failure in Iraq would be death and destruction in the Middle East and here in America." Tellingly, the Iraq war's intellectual boosters, while insisting the surge is working, are moving to assign the blame for defeat. And they have already picked their target: the American people...The Iraq War Is Lost by Peter Galbraith July 18, 2007
See also Imperial Overreach: Washington's Dubious Strategy to Overthrow Saddam Hussein by David Isenberg November 17, 1999 (PDF)
Amnesty International - Cruel and Inhuman: Conditions of isolation for detainees at Guantánamo Bay
Detainees are confined for 22 hours a day to individual, enclosed, steel cells where they are almost completely cut off from human contact. The cells have no windows to the outside or access to natural light or fresh air. No activities are provided, and detainees are subjected to 24 hour lighting and constant observation by guards through the narrow windows in the cell doors. They exercise alone in a high-walled yard where little sunlight filters through; detainees are often only offered exercise at night and may not see daylight for days at a time... It appears that around 80 per cent of the approximately 385 men currently held at Guantánamo are in isolation – a reversal of earlier moves to ease conditions and allow more socialising among detainees.Cruel and Inhuman: Conditions of isolation for detainees at Guantánamo Bay
Red Cross chief raises Guantánamo issue in D.C.
Guantánamo follies
Top Secret Polo Step - Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006
"It's quite frustrating the way this works, but the way we do things nowadays is combatant commanders brief their products in PowerPoint up in Washington to OSD and Secretary of Defense... In lieu of an order, or a frag [fragmentary] order, or plan, you get a set of PowerPoint slides... [T]hat is frustrating, because nobody wants to plan against PowerPoint slides." Lt. Gen. McKiernanTop Secret Polo Step: CentCom PowerPoint Slides Briefed to White House and Rumsfeld in 2002, Obtained by National Security Archive through Freedom of Information Act.
"Desert Crossing" 1999 Assumed 400,000 Troops and Still a Mess
See also A Prewar Slide Show Cast Iraq in Rosy Hues
From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq
..."Shifting to StratCom indicates that they are talking about a really punishing air-force and naval air attack [on Iran]," says Lang. ..."If they write a plan like that and the president issues an execute order, the forces will execute it. He's got the power to do that as commander-in-chief. We set that up during the Cold War. It may, after the fact, be considered illegal, or an impeachable offense, but if he orders them to do it, they will do it." ...by the end of February the United States will have enough forces in place to mount an assault on Iran. That, in the words of former national-security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, would be "an act of political folly" so severe that "the era of American preponderance could come to a premature end."From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq
Stepped up US preparations for war against Iran
The United States and Iran: the logic of war
How the press can prevent another Iraq
What to Ask Before the Next War
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His fog, his amphetamines and his pearls
Lofi shot off the monitor at the recent EMP exhibit, the entire footage of an Eat The Document outtake recently edited by Martin Scorcese for No Direction Home.
I don't entirely get the Chaplinesque--To paraphrase crunchland, Hey, Skeezix--it's a talkie...
Lofi shot off the monitor at the recent EMP exhibit, the entire footage of an Eat The Document outtake recently edited by Martin Scorcese for No Direction Home.
I don't entirely get the Chaplinesque--To paraphrase crunchland, Hey, Skeezix--it's a talkie...
Game Over
...Iraq may have started as a war of choice for the Bush administration, but it has become a war of great and unintended consequences. Immense risks lurk down every strategic road. Given the fractured state of the American body politic, it is almost certainly too late to rally the country behind an all-out war effort -- think tax increases; a war Cabinet; a full mobilization of the National Guard and the Reserves; a civilian reconstruction corps; a larger Army and Marine Corps; longer combat tours for troops; mandatory combat-zone deployments for U.S. diplomats and aid officials; a return to national service; and possibly even a limited draft. Yet absent a plan that puts the nation on either an all-out wartime footing or the firm path to retreat, the United States is largely condemned to some tweaked-around-the-edges variation of the administration's current approach on Iraq of "muddle through and hand over." And America, the experts agree, is already losing that war.Endgame
Torture 'R US[A]
New terror that stalks Iraq's republic of fear
U.N. Finds Baghdad Toll Far Higher Than Cited
Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam'
The Facts on the Ground: Mini-Gulags, Hired Guns, Lobbyists, and a Reality Built on Fear
U.S. troops in Iraq are Tehran's 'hostages'
Anti-Americanism Is A Glue
U.N. Finds Baghdad Toll Far Higher Than Cited
Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam'
The Facts on the Ground: Mini-Gulags, Hired Guns, Lobbyists, and a Reality Built on Fear
U.S. troops in Iraq are Tehran's 'hostages'
Anti-Americanism Is A Glue
Gabriel Kolko - Lessons From Iraq and Lebanon & Another Century of War ?
...The United States, whose costliest political and military adventures since 1950 have ended in failure, now must face the fact that the technology for confronting its power is rapidly becoming widespread and cheap. It is within the reach of not merely states but of relatively small groups of people. Destructive power is now virtually 'democratized.' If the challenges of producing a realistic concept of the world that confronts the mounting dangers and limits of military technology seriously are not resolved soon, recognizing that a decisive equality of military power is today in the process of being re-imposed, there is nothing more than wars and mankind's eventual destruction to look forward to.The Great Equalizer - Lessons From Iraq and Lebanon
By Gabriel Kolko, author of Century of War: Politics, Conflicts, and Society Since 1914,
The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World
and Another Century of War?
Iran's regional position is key to its strength
Iran's influence in Iraq has superseded that of the US, and it is increasingly rivalling the US as the main actor at the crossroads between the Middle East and Asia... As a result, the US-driven agenda for confronting Iran is severely compromised by the confident ease with which Iran sits in its region... The report also looks into the ideology of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and unpicks Iran's complicated power structure. It claims that despite his popularity, Ahmadinejad neither holds an insurmountable position within Iran nor commands universal support for his outspoken foreign policy positions... On hostility with the US, the report argues that while the US may have the upper hand in 'hard' power projection, Iran has proved far more effective through its use of 'soft' power. The report also holds a cautious view of the Iran-Israel relationship. It outlines four future scenarios for the relationship between the two states, one of which is the creation of a 'cold-war' style nuclear stand-off should Iran achieve nuclear capability.Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises
(full report in pdf)
See also Iran now the key power in Iraq, says UK think-tank
See also Iran 'boosted by war on terror'
Mindless In Iraq - What Next ?
The debate is over: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war. Indeed, the only thing standing between Iraq and a descent into total Bosnia-like devastation is 135,000 U.S. troops -- and even they are merely slowing the fall... The consequences of an all-out civil war in Iraq could be dire. Considering the experiences of recent such conflicts, hundreds of thousands of people may die. Refugees and displaced people could number in the millions. And with Iraqi insurgents, militias and organized crime rings wreaking havoc on Iraq's oil infrastructure, a full-scale civil war could send global oil prices soaring even higher... Welcome to the new "new Middle East" -- a region where civil wars could follow one after another, like so many Cold War dominoes. And unlike communism, these dominoes may actually fall.What Next?
See also Mindless in Iraq
And note that, as of tomorrow, Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006, the war in Iraq will have lasted one full week longer than US involvement in World War II.
Iraq Civil War News: Iraqi Civilian Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day
Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says
Baghdad starts to collapse as its people flee a life of death
Iraq : Costs, quotes and other things
Baghdad starts to collapse as its people flee a life of death
Iraq : Costs, quotes and other things
Dishonor, Blood and Treasure - By The Numbers
Two years after the Abu Ghraib scandal, new research shows that abuse of detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at Guantánamo Bay has been widespread, and that the United States has taken only limited steps to investigate and punish implicated personnel. A briefing paper issued today, 'By the Numbers,' presents findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project... the first comprehensive accounting of credible allegations of torture and abuse in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo. The project has collected hundreds of allegations of detainee abuse and torture occurring since late 2001 – allegations implicating more than 600 U.S. military and civilian personnel and involving more than 460 detainees.U.S.: More Than 600 Implicated in Detainee Abuse
See also Projected Iraq War Costs Soar, See also The Trillion Dolllar War.
The Fourth Year of An Endless War Begins
From on the ground in Iraq, with death squads on the prowl in a nation paralysed by fear, with each mile, the divisions deepen. Some suggest Iraq is about to look a lot like Lebanon. Others think we should be so lucky, that what looms is much worse than mere civil war: an archipegalo of complete and total anarchy, the war of all against all.
As the saying goes, even a blind squirrel may find an acorn now and then, especially one planetary in size--like here: predictions of a better Middle East have evaporated.
As the saying goes, even a blind squirrel may find an acorn now and then, especially one planetary in size--like here: predictions of a better Middle East have evaporated.
Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War - Martin van Creveld
For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president's men. If convicted, they'll have plenty of time to mull over their sins.Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War
Martin van Creveld, a professor of military history at the Hebrew University, is author of "Transformation of War" (Free Press, 1991). He is the only non-American author on the U.S. Army's required reading list for officers.
An interview with Martin Van Creveld. See also Nowhere To Run
Sow the wind, reap the hurricane -- Blowback Revisited
President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, once asked of the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan: "What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Muslims or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?" Today, the Bush administration is implicitly arguing a similar point: that the establishment of a democratic Iraqi state is a project of overriding importance for the United States and the world, which in due course will eclipse memories of the insurgency. But such a viewpoint minimizes the fact that the war in Iraq is already breeding a new generation of terrorists. The lesson of the decade of terror that followed the Afghan war was that underestimating the importance of blowback has severe consequences. Repeating the mistake in regard to Iraq could lead to even deadlier outcomes...
Blowback Revisited
Rest assured, torture is a gift which will keep on giving back to us--for years.
Blowback Revisited
Rest assured, torture is a gift which will keep on giving back to us--for years.
Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
...After the raid, an Iraqi informer walked among detainees, pointing them out to U.S. troops. Despite being disguised with a bag over his head, the informer was recognized by his fellow villagers by his yellow sandals and his amputated thumb. His name was Sabah. ...The next day, his father and brother, carrying AK-47s, entered his room before dawn and took him behind the house. With trembling hands, the father fired twice... Sabah's brother then fired three times, once at his brother's head, killing him. Sitting with the father later, Shadid found himself unable to ask the question he knew that as a journalist he had to ask: Had he killed his son? "In a moment so tragic, so wretched, there still had to be decency. I didn't want to hear him say yes. I didn't want to humiliate him any further. In the end, I didn't have to." "'I have the heart of a father, and he's my son,' he told me, his eyes cast to the ground. 'Even the prophet Abraham didn't have to kill his son.' He stopped, steadying his voice. 'There was no other choice.'"
What went wrong That's from the Salon review of Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by Anthony Shadid [+]
What went wrong That's from the Salon review of Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by Anthony Shadid [+]
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