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NO. 31011/2/2003-Estt. (A-IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
New Delhi, dated the l8th June., 2010
Subject. : CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Relaxation for travel by air to visit J&K
The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation of CCS(LTC) Rules. 1988, it has been decided by the Government to permit Government employees to travel by air to J&K as per the following scheme:-
(i) All officers/employees of Government of India will be allowed to avail LTC to visit J&K against conversion of one block of their Home Town LTC.
(ii) Officers/employees of Government of India entitled to travel by air can avail this LTC in their entitled class.
(iii) All other employees of Government of India can travel by air in economy class from Delhi and Amritsar to any place in J&K by any airlines subject to their entitlement being limited to LTC-80 fares of Air India. Journey from their place of posting up to Delhi/Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement.
(iv) Restriction of air travel only by Air India on LTC to other places shall continue to remain in force.
(v) This scheme shall be effective from the date of issuance.
2. These orders shall be in operation for a period of two years from the date of issue of this O.M.
3. In their application to the staff serving in the indian audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue on consultation with comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Smt.Rajbala singh
Under secretary to the govt .of India
Tele; 23092313
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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A Rocking Time – Posing at The Mint, an iconic Los Angeles live music venue, models Cora Keegan and Cole Mohr bring some rock attitude to the fall 2013 campaign from denim label Lee Australia. The duo was photographed by Mike Piscitelli, wearing Lee's signature black denim as well as embroidered, over-dyed, broken washed out, blue-blacks, foils, jacquards and ornate print styles.
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Done this some time ago but only posting it now.
Have yet to watch the movie...but heard it was the same as the TV episodes.
AFA SG was airing it but the cheapskates had us pay for the movie tickets again after having to pay for the stage passes.
being meguca is suffering...
Have yet to watch the movie...but heard it was the same as the TV episodes.
AFA SG was airing it but the cheapskates had us pay for the movie tickets again after having to pay for the stage passes.
being meguca is suffering...
So have you seen the Movies yet?
I love this art! Can I feature it on my Tumblr theyaoiyurialliance.tumblr.com? I will credit you and there will be a link to this page.
very nice
aww OMG T_T
Ilove the perspective here THat anime was crazy o.o seen it last week,got almost depresed.but the music...omg <3
is this Ichigo? i didnt know there's a movie about it, do you know the name of it?
Great scenery
this was a beautiful show! as is this picture! you did a great job, my friend! ^^
Nice art!
love the composition so much. a lot of movement. splendid!
Love the pretty roses <3
Madoka! I love that anime.
oh my O_O
AMAZING ART! Is, is... is great! I loved the colors, effects, scenary... congratulations ^^
I heard the movies are like the blu ray versions of the anime, alot of the mistakes in the animation for the soul gem size comparisons were fixed and so were many other inconsistencies.. Still really cool to see, in my opinion, if I could go see it.
this is beautiful. I heard the movies were just a retelling of the show as well, which...kinda sucks if ya ask me, but it still could be fun to watch.
Better late than never with his amazing quality.A job well done.
Beautiful! It's so amazing!
Absolutely stunning!
I love this! So beautiful!
become meguca
There's a movie???
"A" what?!
"A" what?!
Just beautiful and lovely!
Beautiful shading ^_^
This is very good
What anime? I must see it now!!
The anime is Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It's a complete shattering of the Magical Girl stereotype and is an absolutely amazing series.
awesome job
This is so pretty! The angle, the composition, the atmosphere of the color, and above all, the emotion, all can be found beautifully portrayed on your artwork.
Good job!
Good job!
awww, this is amazing!
love the angle and the coloring especially!
love the angle and the coloring especially!


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Amnesty International: Ladder
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Creative Director: Dezso Nagy
Art Directors: Lukasz Brzozowski, Krisztian Vollmuth
Copywriters: Gabor Ferency, Peter Zsembery
Graphic Artists: Dora Katona, Gyuri Windholz
Photographer: Andras Hajdu
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what about the crimes women commit against men, financially, emotionally, physically. We just have to sit there and take it...
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The food looks good enough to me. I think the situations are too sham.
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The copy is great, but not liking the ladder sitting at the dinner table. Makes a mockery of the nice headline.


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I am curious how this frame would fair in the back country. hmm
Isotruss Carbon Frame.
I am curious how this frame would fair in the back country. hmm
Isotruss Carbon Frame.
I would hope very well for 8500, but who knows. I am sure that would depend on how you ride it.
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it's very difficult to beat a round tube for all of the properties that make a bicycle strong, light and stiff.
Mud + Carbon Isotruss frame = Mucho weight and a cleaning nightmare. Although I could be wrong.
maybe they could wrap it in something to make it more like a tube
Thanks for posting that link. I wonder what held them back, cost?
each one of those truss element connections is a weak point. So fixing that is a weight and cost penalty. As I said in a previous post, it's really hard to beat a tube for strength and stiffness.


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Burt v. Titlow
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- Opinion (Samuel A. Alito, Jr.)
- Concurrence (Sonia Sotomayor)
- Concurrence (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
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BURT, WARDEN v. TITLOW
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit
No. 12–414. Argued October 8, 2013—Decided November 5, 2013
Respondent Titlow and Billie Rogers were arrested for the murder of Billie's husband. After explaining to respondent that the State's evidence could support a conviction for first-degree murder, respondent's attorney negotiated a manslaughter plea in exchange for an agreement to testify against Billie. Three days before Billie's trial, respondent retained a new attorney, Frederick Toca, who demanded an even lower sentence in exchange for the guilty plea and testimony. The prosecutor rejected the proposal, and respondent withdrew the original plea. Without that testimony, Billie was acquitted. Respondent was subsequently convicted of second-degree murder. On direct appeal, respondent argued that Toca provided ineffective assistance by advising withdrawal of the plea without taking time to learn the strength of the State's evidence. The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected the claim, concluding that Toca's actions were reasonable in light of his client's protestations of innocence. On federal habeas review, the District Court applied the deferential standard of review set forth in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), concluded that the Michigan Court of Appeals' ruling was reasonable on the law and facts, and denied relief. The Sixth Circuit reversed. It found the factual predicate for the state court's decision—that the plea withdrawal was based on respondent's assertion of innocence—an unreasonable interpretation of the factual record, given Toca's explanation at the withdrawal hearing that the decision to withdraw was made because the State's original plea offer was higher than the sentencing range provided by the Michigan guidelines. It also found no evidence in the record that Toca adequately advised respondent of the consequences of withdrawal.
Held: The Sixth Circuit failed to apply the "doubly deferential" standard of review recognized by the Court's case law when it refused to credit the state court's reasonable factual finding and assumed that counsel was ineffective where the record was silent. Pp. 4–11.
(a) AEDPA recognizes the federalism principle that state courts are adequate forums for the vindication of federal statutory and constitutional rights. It erects a formidable barrier to federal habeas relief for prisoners whose claims have been adjudicated in state court, requiring them to "show that the state court's ruling . . . was so lacking in justification that there was an error . . . beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement." Harrington v. Richter, 562 U. S. ___, ___. Pp. 4–6.
(b) Here, the record readily supports the Michigan Court of Appeals' factual finding that Toca advised withdrawal of the guilty plea only after respondent's proclamation of innocence. The facts that respondent passed a polygraph test denying being in the room when Billie's husband was killed, discussed the case with a jailer who advised against pleading guilty if respondent was indeed innocent, and hired Toca just three days before Billie's trial at which respondent had agreed to self-incriminate, strongly suggest that respondent had second thoughts about confessing in open court and proclaimed innocence to Toca. The only evidence cited by the Sixth Circuit for its contrary conclusion was that Toca's sole explanation at the withdrawal hearing focused on the fact that the State's plea offer was substantially higher than that provided by the Michigan guidelines. The Michigan Court of Appeals was well aware of Toca's representations to the trial court and correctly found nothing inconsistent about a defendant's asserting innocence on the one hand and refusing to plead guilty to manslaughter accompanied by higher-than-normal punishment on the other. Accepting as true the Michigan Court of Appeals' factual determination that respondent proclaimed innocence to Toca, the Sixth Circuit's Strickland analysis cannot be sustained. More troubling is that court's conclusion that Toca was ineffective because the record contained no evidence that he gave constitutionally adequate advice on whether to withdraw the plea. The Sixth Circuit turned on its head the principle that counsel should be "strongly presumed to have rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment," Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 , with the burden to show otherwise resting squarely on the defendant, id., at 687. The single fact that Toca failed to retrieve respondent's file from former counsel before withdrawing the guilty plea cannot overcome Strickland's strong presumption of effectiveness. In any event, respondent admitted in open court that former counsel had explained the State's evidence and that it would support a first-degree murder conviction. Toca was justified in relying on this admission to conclude that respondent understood the strength of the prosecution's case. Toca's conduct in this litigation was far from exemplary, but a lawyer's ethical violations do not make the lawyer per se ineffective, and Toca's questionable conduct was irrelevant to the narrow issue before the Sixth Circuit. Pp. 6–11.
680 F. 3d 577, reversed.
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Attack Seen Major Test of Bush's Leadership
Hallow, Ralph Z., The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow
President Bush is facing a major test of his leadership in the wake of Tuesday's devastating terror attacks, his supporters say.
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"One can make many theoretical arguments about retaliation encouraging more terrorism," Mr. Gramm said, arguing that "if the wages of sin are death, it tends to thin the ranks" of terrorists and their future recruitment.
The Texas senator noted that Mr. Reagan's 1986 military retaliation against Libya, for example, "was pretty effective."
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Seniors from across the state gathered at the Florida Capitol today.
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It didn't take long for Gordie Clark to recognize how much patience would be required of the NHL team that would draft Chris Kreider.
When Clark, the Rangers' vice president of player personnel, began scouting him years ago, Kreider was still playing high school and prep school hockey. Though Kreider was a dominant player, the meager level of competition he was facing was hardly an accurate predictor of a prospect's progress.
Clark, in fact, saw him as something of a wild stallion. "There was a lack of knowledge on how to play a team game," Clark said. "He was so fast and so strong he was able to go and do things on his own. There was a lot of projection that had to be done."
In the end, the Rangers selected Kreider in the first round of the 2009 NHL draft—in part, according to Clark, because they knew that he had committed to enrolling at Boston College, where he could refine his skills at one of the nation's top Division I hockey programs. Their decision delivered its first tangible benefit this month. Kreider, who signed with the Rangers before their first-round series against the Ottawa Senators began, has appeared in two postseason games already.
But it also makes the Rangers an interesting case study in a longtime debate: What's the best way for an NHL team to replenish its farm system and build its roster?
In scouring North America for promising young talent, executives and scouts have long had to take into consideration the path a player took to prepare himself for the NHL. Was it better for the player to come up through Canada's rigorous major junior leagues, where teams ride buses for hours to as many as 72 regular-season games—a reasonable facsimile of the life of a pro? Or should he spend at least a year in college, where he might play just 35 games in a season but would have more time to develop as a person and as an athlete? The question has regained traction recently as the number of former U.S. college players who appeared in at least one NHL game during the 2011-12 regular season swelled to 300—the most in league history and a 39% increase over the last decade, according to College Hockey Inc., an organization that encourages elite teenage players to pursue collegiate careers.
"From a pure athletic standpoint, you're going to become bigger, stronger, and more mature physically and emotionally on a college campus," said Paul Kelly, the former head of College Hockey Inc. and the former executive director of the NHL Players Association. "In the eyes of a lot of NHL GMs and executives, college players who come to them with that type of grooming and preparation become more effective professional players."
Despite that surge in NCAA alumni who now play in the NHL, major junior hockey remains the league's primary feeder system. Little more than half of all NHL players came up through the Canadian Hockey League, the umbrella body for the country's three major junior leagues: the Ontario Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League.
"The best players in the world are coming out of this league," said Steve Spott, the manager and coach of the OHL's Kitchener Rangers. "It's been a proven development area that these kids come in and they play an NHL-style game."
Maybe, but the New York Rangers have had a bit of trouble finding them recently. From 2006 through 2011, they drafted 21 major junior players. Only one of those draftees, defenseman Michael Del Zotto, is on the team. New York had 12 former major junior players on their roster at one time or another this season, but the organization either drafted those players before 2006 (like Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky) or acquired them after another team had drafted them (like John Mitchell and Jeff Woywitka).
The Rangers' success rate in finding prospects actually has improved lately when they've mined Division I programs, though they don't dip into that talent pool as often as other NHL teams do. Of the six collegians they drafted from 2006 to 2011, four have played for them in these playoffs. While the average NHL franchise had 10 former college players on its roster this season, New York had just six (Kreider not among them), the second-fewest in the league. But those half-dozen include a few of their most effective players: forwards Brian Boyle, Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin and defenseman Ryan McDonagh.
Clark said that he and the Rangers don't favor major junior players over college players or vice versa. "Everybody has their own philosophy," he said, "but as far as ours, it's the best player available, no matter where he's from." New York selected Stepan, for example, with its second-round pick in 2008. He then spent two years at the University of Wisconsin, where the team's Monday practices sometimes stretched to 2½ hours in length and the Badgers played two games a week, before debuting with the Rangers at the beginning of the 2010-11 season.
"You get a lot more time to work on your skill set and build strength," said Stepan, who has scored 38 goals in 164 games over his first two NHL seasons. "The time between games gave you more time to prepare for games. That helps quite a bit."
Kreider could have waited until the start of next season to join the Rangers, which would have allowed him to complete a semester of course work at Boston College that included "Gods and Heroes in Chinese Literature" and "Communication and Culture in the Workplace."
But the Rangers, he said, "were pretty adamant about getting down here and getting started as soon as possible," and he stepped into the lineup once the NHL suspended Hagelin for three games for elbowing Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson. Over two games, though, Kreider has seen less than 15 minutes of ice time.
His new teammate Brad Richards, who played three years of major junior hockey and is in his 11th NHL season, isn't surprised that the rookie's immediate impact has been minimal.
"College hockey and this time of year in the NHL is a quite a difference," Richards said. "This is a grind right now. It's a whole different animal."
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan looks forward to a new beginning in its bilateral relationship with the United States. First, we congratulate Barack Obama and the country that had the character to elect him, and we welcome his decision to name a special envoy to Southwest Asia. Appointing the seasoned diplomat Richard Holbrooke says much about the president's worldview and his understanding of the complexities of peace and stability and the threats of extremism and terrorism. Simply put, we must move beyond rhetoric and tackle the hard problems.
Pakistan has repeatedly been identified as the most critical external problem facing the new administration. The situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India is indeed critical, but its severity actually presents an opportunity for aggressive and innovative action. Since the end of the Musharraf dictatorship, Pakistan has worked to confront the challenges of a young democracy facing an active insurgency, within the context of an international economic crisis. Ambassador Holbrooke will soon discover that Pakistan is far more than a rhetorical partner in the fight against extremism. Unlike in the 1980s, we are surrogates for no one. With all due respect, we need no lectures on our commitment. This is our war. It is our children and wives who are dying.


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In a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday, Democrats at the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, told radio talk show host Peter Schiff that corporate profits should be banned.
"We should have corporate losses," one woman at the convention told Schiff.
"You actually want to force corporations to lose money?" he asked the woman.
"Yeah, I think so," she said.
Schiff went to the convention posing as an anti-business liberal to see how far some Democrats were willing to go.
The video, which can be seen here, starts with Schiff introducing himself to Van Jones, who declined to speak with him.
Time and again, convention attendees agreed that a law should be passed banning profits or placing a cap on what corporations can make.
"I don't think one person should be able to make, like, 100 million dollars in one year, and just keep all that money," he said to one woman who nodded as he spoke.
"I tend to agree with you," the woman said.
One woman told Schiff she would support "anything" Obama wants to do.
"I would support anything my president wants to do," she told Schiff.
"Anything?" he asked.
"Anything," she responded.
"You happen to be one of the smartest people I've met since I've been down here," one woman told Schiff.
While revealing, an article at The Blaze questioned Schiff's tactic "from a journalistic perspective," and warned "against taking his results as representative of the entire convention..."
The idea of government dictating what businesses can make, however, is not new.
In January, we reported that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and other Democrats co-sponsored a bill to institute a "Reasonable Profits Board" that would tell oil companies how much profit they can make.
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Here's an overview of what works (and what doesn't) vis-a-vis disposal bans, recycling policies, and pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) service fees.
The Highway Trust Fund's not going broke after all, thanks to a grudging, 11th-hour save by Congress. But pensions are being raided to make it happen.
American Public Works Association's 2014 Top 10 Leaders share their favorite on-the-job technologies: L. Tracy Mercer, Clearwater, Fla.
Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) trimmed costs when installing 50 miles of steel pipeline by implementing a time-saving, joint-sealing method.
Value engineering three major components – treatment, pipeline, and pumping – wrings inefficiencies from water project and holds the line on future rate increases.
Fifty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy saw a threat to the nation's future economic growth and security and grabbed the reins of leadership.
Four years ago, King County, Wash., implemented a project-assessment system that's reducing unpleasant cost and timeline surprises on multimillion-dollar public works projects.
Does spending more on consulting services indicate public works departments have better budgets or thinner work forces? The answer lies somewhere in the middle.
As lawmakers scramble to come up with a solution that will prevent the Highway Trust Fund from going broke next month, officials, experts, and pundits have been weighing in on social media. Here's a look at the latest comments.
A proposal to raise $164 billion over 10 years won't pass in time to keep the Highway Trust Fund from going broke by the end of August. And the White House doesn't support it.
Most people wouldn't consider building a trail particularly risky. But like any project there are inherent challenges that, if not addressed, will slow construction and increase costs.
Crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo can help get projects funded.
The Highway Materials Group commends Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Robert Corker (R-TN) on their proposal to ensure future funding of the surface transportation system by increasing the federal motor fuels tax by 12 cents.
The Obama administration's proposed successor to MAP-21, the two-year surface transportation package that expires at the end of September, gives roads and bridges 38% more funding. So why do critics call it a "fantasy package"?
The House of Representatives' fiscal year 2015 (FY15) funding bill gives the U.S. DOT $17.1 billion, and community planning and development $6.2 billion.
Water and sewer construction and rehabilitation projects expected to cost $20 million are eligible for funding through a new federal program. In communities with less than 25,000 people, $5 million projects are eligible.
The Senate Appropriations Committee's plan would fully fund the federal surface transportation funding package that expires on Sept. 30. But it wouldn't solve the looming Highway Trust Fund shortfall.
A joint buying initiative gaining momentum in suburban Chicago has saved participating communities more than $1.23 million since it was launched three years ago. Thirty communities have joined forces to procure a wide range of public works and construction services.
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This is a write-up of a talk I gave at Housemans bookshop for An Anarchist FAQ volume 2 publication event. It is based on my notes and is what I intended to cover. So it may not be exactly what was said on the night. And as one member of the audience rightly noted, it is very much focused around white, male Europeans. This is simply because there is still much work needed to get the ideas and histories of non-European countries into English (sadly, this also applies to much of European anarchism as well!). Still, we need to correctly understand anarchist history in order to develop it to meet the challenges of today. Hopefully this talk contributes to both processes, correctly understanding the history of anarchism and building anarchism today as a theory and movement. Whether I succeeded or not rests with the reader!
Translators: Nathalie Colibert (First Part) and Ian Harvey (Conclusion)
Lucy Parsons (c. 1853-1942) is worthy of a great biography. She took an active part in the American anarchist and labour movements from the 1870s to her death and should be better known to today's radicals. Anyone described by the Chicago Police Department as "more dangerous than a thousand rioters" is worthy of remembrance. So the reprinting of Carolyn Ashbaugh's Lucy Parsons: American Revolutionary should be welcome news – except that the book is so terrible.
The left is fond of military analogies so I want to open this piece with the observation that poor generals plan for the last war rather than the next one. Those militaries that planned for World War Two by perfecting the trench systems that dominated World War One had their powerful & expensive fortifications quickly overwhelmed in the opening weeks of the war through blitzkrieg. And in turn by 1943 Blizkrieg was defeated though defence in depth at Kursk.
This is a write-up of my talk at the 2012 London Anarchist bookfair on Anarchist Economics. I was part of a panel which was inspired by the recent AK Press book The Accumulation of Freedom (to which I provided a chapter on Proudhon). It does not cover everything and the other panellists made points I should have included – as such economics not being separate from society in a free society (nor, for that matter, would the analysis of how goods are produced – although that is, I think, implicit in my talk). Suffice to say, on the day I did not quite manage to cover everything I wanted and so this write up reflects my hopes rather than exactly the reality!
Anti-choice bigots are going into a frenzy to try and prevent the Irish government legislating for abortion provision in the republic as required by the X and C judgements. But they are ignoring the reality that 1000 plus women are already obtaining abortions in the republic every year and are simply making that decision for themselves. The bigots 'keep Ireland abortion free' crusade was fake even before the opening of Marie Stopes in Belfast, the false slogan is presumably designed to fool the US donors whose donations the bigots salaries and offices depend on. But it is having tragic consequences for women in Ireland as those unable to access abortion pills are left without access to abortion.
August saw a gathering of a couple of thousand anarchists from all over the globe in St Imier, Switzerland. This small town was the site of the founding of the Anarchist International in 1872, the gathering was organised to commemorate this event and involved dozens of political, organisational & cultural events. As part of this gathering Anarkismo, the international network that the WSM is the Irish section of, held both a European conference and a global gathering. [In Italian]
Saturday's (July 5th) Youth Defense march in Belfast saw a WSM member arrested for protesting the presence of Michael Quinn, the fascist who told the Sunday World that he would "he would have "no problem" with an Anders Breivik style-massacre" in Ireland. When Quinn was pointed out to stewards on the so called 'Rally for Life' they protected him and allowed him to continue on the march. On Sunday Youth Defence deleted posts of the picture of Quinn on the demonstration from their Facebook page and banned people who posted the picture or demanded to know why they had allowed Quinn to march.
A video being circulated on the internet shows Youth Defense anti-choice posters being sprayed with paint. Over the last month more and more billboards from the anti-women anti-choice organisation Youth Defense have been appearing all over Dublin. It appears they have spent hundreds of thousands of euro in their latest campaign targeting women who have had abortions. In the last days we have seen or been sent photos of their posters that have been altered all over the city and just now we received notification of the video below which shows several of these sites being covered with paint or torn down.
Four anarchists including two Greek anarchists examine the real effects of the Euro crisis on the Greek population, resistance to the attempts to impose all the costs of the crisis on ordinary Greeks and the meaning of the second round of elections in particular the role of SYRIZA.


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Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
Question from rikterboy97
Why isn't the game working?
My Ace Combat 5 isn.t running right.
1. There is no music in free mission
2.Free mission doesnt work ;free flight does
3. It does not load properly or at all.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
If anything else occurs i will notify.
7 years ago
Ok then im pretty sure its the disc then.
7 years ago
You say the free mission mode it don,t have a music,but you also said that you can't play the free mission mode,what happened ?
6 years ago
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Unfortunately, these are very strong indications that your game disc is damaged or that the optical drive in your PS2 is failing.
Thoroughly testing with another DVD game disc that uses most of the DVD may provide a clue as to whether the issue is the AC5 game disc or the PS2 optical drive.
There is little that can be done with a damaged game disc except to replace it.
It may be possible to repair or replace a failing PS2 optical drive, but at this point in the life of the PS2 it may be more practical and cost effective to simply replace the entire PS2.
The possibility also exists that the PS2 optical drive is full of dust and/or that the lens is dirty. I recommend against the "cleaning disc" type of products because they may be ineffective and might even cause additional damage. The only sure way to clean a dirty drive is to have someone qualified disassemble it and clean it. Typical PS2 owners are not qualified to do this kind of work, but that rarely stops them when they are desperate.
The problems of damaged game discs and failing PS2 optical drives are not specific to AC5, so you may be able to learn more by expanding your search.
7 years ago
Never mind, I found out what the problem was two weeks later. There was curropted data for some reason. Anyway, thanks for the help. I wonder how it got there though.
6 years ago
I had beaten the game, and one day the data was "corrupt" and it wont save on any memory card. do u know what this means and/or how how can i fix this?
5 years ago
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When Ralph Cunningham, founder of the first law firm in Marathon, arrived in the Middle Keys in 1953, there wasnt an attorney practicing between Homestead and Key West. And, according to Cunningham, thats the way some of the locals wanted it.
I headed down to the sundry store where locals would gather on rocking chairs to swap stories and gossip, Cunningham said. I went with the intention of introducing myself to some of the regulars and got a decidedly mixed reception. The first man I spoke to said, Son, we dont need any damn attorneys in this town.
That would daunt most people, but not Cunningham. Fresh out of law school, he saw real opportunity in the sleepy fishing village of 700 people and decided to stick it out. His gamble paid off handsomely, as the firm he founded became the most successful in the Middle Keys.
He set up shop the same week that the Keynoter started, in February 1953.
I was sworn in on Feb. 13, 1953, and the first issue of the paper came out that Thursday, he said. I was featured in the second edition. They were right across the street from my office, and back in those days there wasnt much traffic, so we could go back and forth across the street and talk.
How slow was the traffic?
Traffic was so slow that locals would actually set up a tennis court right on U.S. 1 on Sundays around 1:30 p.m. and play on the road, he said. They took a couple of tires and put pipes in it to support the net. It really surprised the few tourists who came through.
But the town was starting to grow. Duck Key and Key Colony Beach were being built, and Stanley Switlik had just purchased the Sombrero Beach area. All of that construction indicated to Cunningham that there was a great deal of potential and potential legal work here.
In fact, his first client turned out to be the same Stanley Switlik.
He came to me and said that he was going to be doing a great deal of construction and would be needing a lawyer, Cunningham said. It just took off from there.
Cunningham had many wonderful memories of those early years in Marathon. For instance, he recalled that in front of where Kennedy Studios now sits, there was store called Ye Ole Feshin Hole. Inside that building was a room where they showed movies on Friday and Saturday nights. On Sundays, they converted the space into a place where Catholics could celebrate the Mass.
It was pretty rough. All they had were 8-by-12s on concrete blocks, he said. People who went there regularly had the sense to bring pillows. I learned that after the first movie I went to.
He also recalled Handleys Restaurant, which had gambling upstairs. Cunningham said that Handley was careful to only allow out-of-towners in to gamble. If you were from Marathon, Cunningham remembered, he wouldnt let you in.
Marathon really began to come into its own in the late 1950s. By then, many of the small motels that still dot the island had been constructed and the main areas of development were well under way. In addition, the county had begun to spray for mosquitoes.
Our original mosquito control consisted of people burning tar paper in barrels, Cunningham said. Those fires generated a lot of smoke and did help to keep mosquitoes away. Later, they started spraying with DDT, and it was ghastly stuff. People here used to say they didnt know whether it would kill the mosquitoes or kill them. We all closed our windows when the trucks came by.
Air conditioning was also fairly rare and, because the cost of electricity was so high, few people had it. At that time, power was generated locally and it wasnt until the electric cooperative constructed the power lines to the Keys that it became affordable.
He also fondly remembers the shrimp boats that used to work out of Marathon.
That was the heyday of the shrimping industry, and you used to be able to go down to the docks and buy a bucket of shrimp for 50 cents, Cunningham recollected. I used to love to go down and see how theyd hang their nets out all day after they came in.
Cunningham had decidedly mixed feelings about how Marathon has developed.
Its gotten very difficult for middle-class families to buy houses and settle here, he said. Theres no easy answer to this problem, but back when we all settled here, very few people were wealthy. We bought CBS houses for eight or nine hundred dollars then.
It was the fishermen who had all the money then. They were the millionaires. How times have changed.


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To cater to the growing demand for diesel cars among Indian customers, Honda may come up with a smaller diesel engine for the recently launched city. "We do feel the necessity of having a smaller diesel engine and are seriously studying the possibility. The development from scratch takes around three years. India is so popular for diesel cars because of high price difference—as much as 30%—between petrol and diesel. India is (the) only…(major) country in the world with such price differentials. In countries such as China, (those in) Europe, and Japan, this difference is only 10-12%," Masahiro Takedagawa, president and CEO, HSCI said.
Unlike the other manufacturers such as Toyota or GM, Honda has very few diesel powered cars leaving the diesel advantage to others. Except the popular i-DTEC engine which Honda uses for its Accord and CR-V, Honda has no diesel models in its line-up. But as the market share of diesel cars continues to raise in markets like Honda is in need to come up with diesel to continue its leadership. Remember we reported you earlier on Honda testing the CR-V diesel in India http://www.vicky.in/blog/honda-cr-v-diesel/
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Readers Debate Gas Price Gouging
In regard to your Nov. 10 editorial "Craigslist Crime Wave" about those selling gasoline and generators to the highest bidder during a tragedy. It seems there is always a place for the Golden Rule, albeit slightly altered to fit the circumstances: "He who has the gold, rules." Makes all those volunteer efforts and kind-hearted donators look like saps, doesn't it?
Jerry Constantino
West End, N.C.
I'm amazed at the complete political misunderstanding of the efforts of John Shepperson, who was jailed, to provide aid and comfort to the beleaguered victims of Hurricane Katrina. Whether his price for generators was too high or if it merely reflected his costs, it should not be a criminal offense. It simply reflected an economic reality.
There was a need for his product. If the price was too high, then that was a matter for the customers and potential competition to decide and rectify. The same is true for the gas shortages after Hurricane Sandy.
Perhaps two major failures in a row for FEMA should cause the misguided geniuses in government to be the ones to go to jail for nonperformance of duties.
Edward M. Levy
I'm afraid you are hopelessly out of touch with humanity if you don't understand why price gouging is wrong. It is especially despicable when someone takes advantage of those victimized by catastrophic events, like Hurricane Sandy.
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Salmon Creek Greenway swamped by Columbia's overflow.
Salmon Creek Greenway swamped by Columbia's overflow.
Already-high water levels on the Columbia River are expected to climb higher today, pushing past the 16-foot flood stage in Vancouver.
As a result, this week there is a possibility of flooding in low-lying areas near the river's bank, according to the National Weather Service.
About 3:45 p.m. Monday, the weather service issued a flood watch for the Columbia, saying it would affect some areas in Clark and Multnomah counties.
"The river level in the Columbia River system will rise slowly over the next few days as increased snowmelt water from east of the Cascades reaches the lower Columbia River system," the bulletin said. "Wet weather anticipated midweek may result in additional river rises late in the week."
Forecasts predict the river at Vancouver will surpass 16 feet and hover near or above that mark the rest of the week. If predicted showers materialize, high river flows could flood access roads and some low-lying properties. Rain figures into the forecast through at least Friday.
The water levels will fluctuate about six inches during the high to low tide cycle. The river spent much of Monday about 15.7 feet above sea level, according to the weather service. Other local streams feeding into the Columbia are also high.
The Columbia River is experiencing its highest water runoff levels since 1997 because of high precipitation levels this year and late-melting snow. The preserved snowpacks making their way into the Columbia River Basin are 180 percent as deep as normal. In a normal year, the water would have released into the river at a more gradual pace, but this year's harsh winter and cool spring are releasing it in a rush.
The levels forecasted for this week have been reached only a few times in the past 20 years, according to the weather service.
Storage dams such as the John Day Dam, east of The Dalles, Ore., and the Grand Coulee and Dworshak dams in Idaho, are capturing the majority of the excess water. For instance, John Day is accepting 100,000 cubic feet per second, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.
The beach near Vancouver Lake is covered in water, as is a large portion of the Salmon Creek Trail. The majority of the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail was built above the 200-year flood mark, making it unlikely the water will rise to a level that impacts that trail.
Flooding has been observed near Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail between the Interstate 5 Bridge and Beaches Restaurant & Bar. On Monday evening, the trail was flooded for about a 60-foot-long section near Columbia Shores Condominiums. Signs erected by Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation reminded passersby of a persistent concern about flooding. Residents of the condominiums are asking people not to try to complete the trail by trespassing into their hillside gardens and trampling the plants.
Larry Altose of the Washington Department of Ecology said by phone that flooding poses environmental threats when swift-moving waters carry off containers holding hazardous materials left unsecured outside homes and businesses, and when the water makes contact with sewage and septic systems. Of particular concern is the water sweeping hazardous materials from low-lying farm properties.
"They need to be not just closed but in a place where they're safe from being dislodged by floodwaters," Altose said of containers of paints, primers and gasoline.
He said images of emergency workers responding to floods always show respondents in waders and other protective clothing.
"If sewers or septic tanks become flooded, floodwater can become contaminated by sewage," Altose said. "The water should not be contacted directly."
Additionally, officials have expressed concerns heading into the holiday weekend people will take to water for play without recognizing new currents created by the water's rise. The water is very cold and dangerous, and officials say people should avoid it.
Here is a quick look at some parks and trails that are affected by rising streams:
o At Washougal's Captain William Clark Regional Park at Cottonwood Beach, flooding has covered the area where shelters are used. Parks official Brian Potter said a birthday party reservation had to be canceled.
o Although Vancouver Lake Park has water well above the beach area, folks have continued using it for boating. The Frenchman's Bar Trail is safe to use as it runs 2.5 miles from the lake up to Frenchman's Bar Park. There, fishing enthusiasts have moved to higher ground and kept casting.
o Salmon Creek Trail is not officially closed but is 20 to 25 percent underwater, so folks are advised to find drier sections or trails, Potter said.
o In the greater Battle Ground area, the East Fork Lewis River isn't affected by water rising in the Columbia, Potter said. As a result, Lewisville Park and Daybreak Regional Park & Boat Launch are in good shape. But the La Center Bottoms Stewardship Site trail, which is known for fabulous wildlife viewing, has some flooding problems.
On Monday afternoon, Potter said he wasn't aware of flooding problems in the county's many other parks and trails.


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Some of you are probably excited with the chance for snow Friday into Saturday, and the possibility of even more winter weather next week. Others are not, and that includes transportation workers.
Pitt County DOT workers say the snow is putting a strain on their equipment, materials, and budget. Jeff Cabanass with the DOT says, "We've got enough to handle normal, average amount of snowfall, but when you go above average it puts more pressure on equipment and materials."
While salt supplies are dwindling, crews were still our pre-treating roads with a salt-brine solution.
Cabanass says snow removal costs shouldn't impact the DOT budget in Pitt County this year, but could have an effect the following year.


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Google Tablet with Chromium OS?
Apple's iPad has evidently inspired the free Chromium OS and Google into developing a hardware implementation in tablet form.
Preliminary designs for what a tablet PC in slate format and the corresponding user interface would look like have popped up on the Chromium project developer page.
The keyboard would be available in a software version, with various interaction modes. Input can also be via context-sensitive overlays. Zooming and navigating with tabs along the screen edges are some additional ideas.
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