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It is generally agreed that, in spite of all our good-intentioned efforts to do something about it, there are nearly 80 million Americans who are several pounds overweight as of this moment. That represents a lot of megatons of food which could probably have best been distributed elsewhere. What is less well known, however, presumably because nobody writes jokes about them, is that some 13% of all Americans don't weigh enough. In Diet and Live, Joseph I. Goodman, MD, an internist from Cleveland, tries for a wide audience by directing his remarks to both groups of sinners—those who sin by omission and those who prefer to follow the more pleasurable commission way. A Guide to Corrective Eating is what he calls it, a somewhat unpalatable subtitle.
The book is neatly balanced: five chapters on underweight, five chapters on overweight, and one each on children and teenagers, diabetes, and cholesterol. Calorie-counted
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Anyone viewing international events with even a shred of objectivity knows that the U.S. government is just a pretext away from bombing Iran. American history, after all, is teeming with convenient provocations that created an opening for military intervention. Here's one instructive example:
"We should remember what happened in the village of Racak back in January," President Bill Clinton told the press on March 19, 1999. "Innocent men, women, and children taken from their homes to a gully, forced to kneel in the dirt, sprayed with gunfire-not because of anything they had done, but because of who they were."
U.S. diplomat William Walker concurred during his mission to verify Serbian (Yugoslav) war crimes. "From what I saw," Walker said, "I do not hesitate to describe the crime as a massacre, a crime against humanity. Nor do I hesitate to accuse the government security forces of responsibility."
Clinton and Walker were talking about an alleged massacre of 45 Kosovo Albanians on January 15, 1999. As the Washington Post explained: "Racak transformed the West's Balkan policy as singular events seldom do."
With tales of ethnic cleansing having swirled around the Balkans for nearly a decade, the region was ripe for U.S. exploitation. The "bad guys" were given one chance to avoid attack: The Rambouillet Accord, which appeared to be nothing more than a provocation.
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"The document stipulated that NATO troops would have unimpeded access throughout all of Yugoslavia, not just Kosovo," says journalist Seth Ackerman. "NATO would administer Kosovo's new political system, take control of all local broadcast media and prepare for a referendum on Kosovo's independence after three years. This provision contradicted the U.S. negotiators' earlier promise that Kosovo would remain part of Yugoslavia."
"We deliberately set the bar higher than the Serbs could accept," explained U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Greg Elich is the author of Strange Liberators: Militarism, Mayhem, and the Pursuit of Profit. "Interestingly," he says, "the accord also specified that 'the economy of Kosovo shall function in accordance with free market principles,' a provision that hinted at the real motivations for Western intervention. U.S. diplomats introduced these harsh proposals on the final day of talks at Rambouillet, aiming to reverse the course of events. Up until then, throughout more than two weeks of talks, the Yugoslav delegation had agreed to the entire peace package, suggesting only that UN troops enforce the agreement rather than NATO. It was war the U.S. wanted, not peace."
Demonized Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic predictably (and understandably) balked and a 78-day, U.S.-led NATO air assault was initiated in the name of humanitarianism. "The humanitarian justifications are ludicrous," says Robert Hayden, director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. "The casualties among Serb civilians in the first three weeks of this war (were) higher than all of the casualties on both sides in Kosovo in the three months that led up to this war, and yet those three months were supposed to be a humanitarian catastrophe."
"Up until the NATO bombings began in March 1999, the conflict in Kosovo had taken 2000 lives altogether from both sides, according to Kosovo Albanian sources," reports author Michael Parenti. "Yugoslavian sources put the figure at 800. Such casualties reveal a civil war, not genocide." In the midst of the illegal bombardment, America's leaders never missed an opportunity to spin. "We severely crippled the (Yugoslav) military forces in Kosovo by destroying more than 50 percent of the artillery and one-third of the armored vehicles," Declared Defense (sic) Secretary William Cohen. One year later, a U.S. Air Force report revealed a different story:
Original Claim: 120 tanks destroyed
Actual Number: 14
Original Claim: 220 armored personnel carriers destroyed
Actual Number: 20
Original Claim: 450 artillery pieces destroyed
Actual Number: 20
Original Claim: 744 confirmed strikes by NATO pilots
Actual Number: 58
The report also found that the Yugoslav military fooled U.S. technology with simple tactics like constructing fake artillery pieces out of black logs and old truck wheels. One vital bridge avoided destruction from above when, 300 yards upriver, a phony bridge was erected out of polyethylene sheeting. NATO pilots bombed the fake bridge several times.
Confronted with this evidence, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon went deeper into spin mode: "We obviously hit enough tanks and other targets to win."
Postscript: One year after a bombing campaign that the New York Times called "a victory for the principles of democracy and human rights," a team of Finnish pathologists was sent to Kosovo to investigate the Racak massacre. As Stephen Gowans writes, the pathologists found "none of the bodies were mutilated, there was no evidence of torture, and only one was shot at close range. Thirty-seven of the corpses had gunpowder residue on their hands, suggesting that they had been using firearms, and only one of the corpses was a woman, and only one was under 15 years of age."
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I don't understand?!
I'm usually redirected to this site when going through google news, I'm so bored & looking for something real and interesting and when I end up in such a boring site, I only feel like shouting, all your anti-war articles are boring.
What is the logic behind your anti-war articles? Why and why shouldn't we go to war? So what if some Iranians die? So what if even all of them die? Who cares? I know you do, but why? Why do you care if an Iranian dies? Why do you care if we nuke that country so hard that every entity in that land dies?
I will never understand weird humans like you who always cry peace peace, no-war and boring things like that.
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You are doing an excellent job of informing the world of atrocities done by so called democratic countries and their leaders.these so called leaders are deniers of democracy,killers,liars and suppressors of truth and subvertors of democracies.Examples:Bush kidnapped a democratically elected leader of Haiti(Aristide).Bush almost succeeded in kidnapping the Venzuela's elected leader Hugo Chavez.US under Bush wants to topple Iranian leadership which is elected by overwhelming majority of its people.These so called democratic countries refuse to deal(really wanna starve the leadership and entire palestinian population)with Hamas leadership which is an other elected government.Are these so called democratic(US,EU etc)countries are really democratic when they do not want to accept the will of their respective countries and try to muzzle the elected governments.Keep up the awesome work you are doing.
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Microsoft to Buy Back $40 Billion of Stock It Didn't Spend on Yahoo
Microsoft today said it would spend $40 billion on a larger-than-expected stock buyback program–one of the largest such efforts in history and more than double what one analyst predicted several months ago.
It doesn't escape us here at Deal Journal that buyback is nearly as much as the software giant proposed to spend this year in acquiring Web advertising and search company Yahoo. It also is roughly the same amount in market capitalization that Microsoft saw wiped away in the first eight trading days after announcing its initial bid for Yahoo in late January.
Just after Labor Day, Chris Liddell, Microsoft's finance chief, didn't say a big buyback would put an end to the possibility of a Yahoo deal, but he did say the chance of a resurrected Yahoo bid is "so close to negligible that it's not a constraint to my buyback activities." Thus is this all the final coda to a failed M&A dance that highlighted the problems with Microsoft's online strategy and its competitive plan in the face of challenges from Google. Microsoft stock traded at $32.20 on Jan. 30, the day before the bid. It hasn't recovered that ground, closing Friday at $25.26.
As notable in the announcement was Microsoft's plan to tap the debt markets for the first time. The honor of first tapping the debt markets originally was planned to help pay for Yahoo. But having access to the debt markets will also make other acquisitions easier, so the software giant once again is broadcasting that it doesn't need Yahoo to move ahead. The $6 billion to be raised from the sale of debt could be used to help complete the buyback or for "general corporate purposes," as the phrase goes, perhaps for other acquisitions.


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I am writing this on behalf of my girlfriend. Who had a small problem we would like to get your views about (the answer is probably pretty simple, specially if you take into account the very last consideration I am going to make, but we still feel curious about other people's personal experiences).
- She is 28, and quite small and light (155cm, and 50 kg)
- She used to be in a running team as a teenager, moved to swimming and other sports for some years and has been back to running for two full years now.
- She has run six half marathons in these two years and a lot of 5k-10k races. She can run 5k in 24minutes, 10k just under 50 min and the half marathon just under 1hour 48 minutes (last sunday)
Last sunday, we were running a half marathon and I was setting the pace for her. The first goal was to improve her PB (1h 50min) but we were pretty confident that she had improved way further than that.
- We woke up early and had a good breakfast 2 hours before the start of the race, as we usually do.
- The weather was very good for running, not cold but overcast, so as the minutes passed it was really confortable, we even got some sun but not too much heat. There was very little wind.
- We started "slow", that is 1h50min pace. She felt confortable.
- She drank a little water at km 5 and 10, ate a little gummy bear at km 8
- At km 10 we picked up the pace a little (5-10 seconds/km faster). She still felt well. At km 13 she ate the second soft candy. At 15 she drank a little again. All of this is standard practice for her at half marathon.
- At km 15 we had planned to pick up the pace a little more but inmediatly after we did she had trouble adjusting, her breath became a little laboured.
- We decided to keep the pace we had been running before and her breath went back to normal.
- A couple of km later (km 17.5) she started feeling pain in both her quadriceps, not cramping but general muscle soreness (similar to what you get on the day after you overdo your run).
- We slowed down a little (15/20 second/km) and finished with what was still a very good mark (and her PB), but she did feel some pain in the last part of the race.
- Final consideration, there have been quite a lot of people at her workplace with the flu lately and in the afternoon after the race her temperature was slightly high. Since then she has been coughing and sneezing frequently, so it is a pretty safe bet that her body was not at its best two days ago, but I still would like to know your views on this in case I am missing something important.
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5k: 19:53 (December 31st 2014)
10k : 42:30 (March 9th 2014)
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Completed my first marathon! Feeling like getting some more!
You've taken careful notes and made adjustments along the way, but you've probably answered your own question. The body has only so much energy to spread around between athletics and immune response, so a whole truckload of gummy bears would probably not have helped her to push any harder.
Any time I hear that somebody is looking to set a PR, I can safely assume that two things are around the corner: overtraining and weakening of the immune system. Either could produce the results you describe, and both together almost surely will. The elevated temperature, labored breathing, and lack of the big boost in performance you were anticipating, are to be expected.
So rest up, don't be too hard on yourselves for being human, and live to fight another day. Maybe next time out will deliver the numbers you are looking for, but patience is key. Good luck!
A great post from James as always!
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Definition of demonstrate in English:
- Clark's legal team demonstrated that vital medical evidence had been suppressed by the prosecution.
- In this paper it is demonstrated that transient expression can easily be performed in ripe fleshy fruits.
- The applicant had demonstrated that health and safety guidelines had been complied with and approval of the mast was recommended.
- The promoter had even installed a machine and demonstrated how these plates and cups were moulded.
- On the opening day of the exhibition, Pipop will demonstrate his painting skills by creating a painting in public.
- Techniques to minimise stress at work were demonstrated at the campaign.
- A group has been on a rally to London to demonstrate its feelings and has also spelt out its views to Institute chiefs in a bid to keep tuition fees as low as possible.
- Suddenly Duffy's charges began to demonstrate a bit of pluck.
- She demonstrates her impressive long distance catching here.
- Couldn't the point be made equally effectively by demonstrating in some more public space where private homes and families wouldn't be disrupted?
- Thousands were demonstrating today - I think near the Ministry of Oil (though someone said it was somewhere else).
- Thousands were demonstrating today all over the country.
Mid 16th century (in the sense 'point out'): from Latin demonstrat- 'pointed out', from the verb demonstrare.
muster from Late Middle English:
The word muster has a military swagger to it, conjuring up a picture of troops gathering for inspection or in preparation for battle. In Australia and New Zealand, though, the things most often mustered are cattle, sheep, and other livestock that are scattered and need to be rounded up. The phrase to pass muster, 'to be accepted as adequate or satisfactory', was originally to pass the musters and referred to soldiers undergoing inspection without getting into trouble with senior officers. The word itself goes back to Latin monstrare 'to show', the source also of demonstrate (mid 16th century) and remonstrate (late 16th century).
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Meanwhile build quality is patchy, with the face plate already pealing at the corner, but most damning is the software and how poorly it caters to the sort of frequent readers likely to pick up an ereader. Page turns are slow, navigating ebooks is slow, and despite a recent firmware update, you can't adjust margins, line spacing or fonts. To be fair, Nate says he'll be sticking with the Pandigital Novel to give it a fair shot, but when you consider Kohl's are charging $260 - the same as a Kindle or nook - we're don't think many others will be as accommodating.


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By mduigou on Oct 06, 2011
Despite having a bad cold I made it through my JavaOne presentation on the parallel library extensions that are being developed for Java 8. As I said following one coughing bout "DayQuil--unofficial sponsor of this session". Hopefully it was intelligible and coherent for those who had to listen to my coughing and sniffling throughout. Here's the slides for the presentation 25066 : Bulk Hauling -- Parallel Data for Java. Session audio may be available on the Parleys.com Java Channel in a few days.


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text: ============================================================================= {First Unnumbered Page of 4} *AFR 200-2 1-5 AIR FORCE REGULATION THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE No. 200-2 WASHINGTON, 12 AUGUST 1954 INTELLIGENCE Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (Short Title: FLYOBRPT) Paragraph Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ZI Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Release of Facts . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. Purpose and Scope: This Regulation establishes procedures for information and evidence materiel pertaining to unidentified flying objects and sets forth the responsibility of Air Force activities in this regard. It applies to all Air Force Activities. 2. Definitions: a. Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB) relates to any airborne object which by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual features, does not conform to any presently known aircraft or missile type, or which cannot be positively identified as a familiar object. b. Familiar Objects - Include balloons, astronomical bodies, birds, and so forth. 3. Objectives: Air Force interest in unidentified flying objects is twofold: First as a possible threat to the security of the United States and its forces, and secondly, to determine technical aspects involved. a. Air Defense. To date the flying objects reported have imposed no threat to the security of the United States and its Possessions. However, the possibility that new air vehicles, hostile aircraft or missiles may first be regarded as flying objects by the initial observer is real. This requires that sightings be reported as rapidly and as completely as information permits. b. Technical Analysis thus far has failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for a number of sightings reported. The Air Force will continue to collect and analyze reports until all sightings can be satisfactorily explained., bearing in mind that: (1) To measure scientific advances, the Air Force must be informed on experimentation and development of new air vehicles. (2) The possibility exists that an air vehicle of revolutionary configuration may be developed. (3) The reporting of all pertinent factors will have a direct bearing on the success of the technical analysis. 4. Responsibility: a. Reporting. Commanders of all Air Force activities will report all information and evidence that may come to their attention, including that received from adjacent commands of the other services and from civilians. b. Investigation. Air Defense Command will conduct all field investigations within the ZI, to determine the identity of any UFOB. c. Analysis. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will analyze and evaluate: All information and evidence reported within the ZI after the Air Defense Command has exhausted all efforts to identify the UFOB; and all information and evidence collected in overseas areas. d. Cooperation. All activities will cooperate with Air Defense Command representatives to insure the economical and prompt success of an investigation, including the furnishing of air and ground transportation, when feasible. 5. Guidance. The thoroughness and quality of a report or investigation into incidents of unidentified flying objects are limited only by the resourcefulness and imagination of the person responsible for preparing the report. Guidance set forth below is based on experience and has been found helpful in evaluating incidents. a. Theodolite measurements of changes of azimuth and elevation and angular size. b. Interception, identification, or air search __________ *This Regulation supersedes AFR 200-2, 26 August 1953, Including Change 200-2A, 2 November 1953. ============================================================================= {Page 2} AFR 200-2 5-7 action. these actions may be taken if appropriate and within the scope of existing air defense regulations. c. Contact with local aircraft control and Warning (AC&W) units, ground observer corps (GOC) posts and filter centers, pilots and crews of aircraft aloft at the time and place of sighting whenever feasible, and any other persons or organizations which may have factual data bearing on the UFOB or may be able to offer corroborating evidence, electronic or otherwise. d. Consultation with military and civilian weather forecasters to obtain data on: Tracks of weather balloons released in the area, since these often are responsible for sightings; and any unusual meteorological activity which may have a bearing on the UFOB. e. Consultation with astronomers in the area to determine whether any astronomical body or phenomenon would account for or have bearing on the observation. f. Contact with military and civilian tower operators, air operations offices, and so forth, to determine whether the sighting could be the result of misidentification of known aircraft. g. Contact with persons who might have knowledge of experimental aircraft of unusual configuration, rocket and guided missile firings, and so forth in the area. 6. ZI Collection. The Air Defense Command has a direct interest in the facts pertaining to UFOB's reported within the ZI and has, in the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS), the capability to investigate these reports. The 4602d AISS is composed of specialists trained for field collection and investigation of matters of air intelligence interest which occur within the zone of the ZI. This squadron is highly mobile and deployed throughout the ZI as follows: Flights are attached to air defense divisions, detachments are attached to each of the defense forces, and the squadron headquarters is located at Peterson Field, Colorado, adjacent to Headquarters, Air Defense Command. Air Force activities, therefore, should establish and maintain liaison with the nearest element of this squadron. This can be accomplished by contacting the appropriate echelon of the Air Defense Command as outlined above. a. All Air Force activities are authorized to conduct such preliminary investigation as may be required for reporting purposes; however, investigations should not be carried beyond this point, unless such action is requested by the 4602d AISS. b. On occasions - after initial reports submitted - additional data is required which can be developed more economically by the nearest Air Force activity, such as narrative statements, sketches, marked maps, charts, and so forth. Under such circumstances, appropriate commanders will be contacted by the 4602d AISS. c. Direct communication between echelons of the 4602d AISS and Air Force activities is authorized. 7. Reporting. Information relating to unidentified flying objects will be reported promptly. The method (electrical or written) and priority of the dispatch will be selected in accordance with the apparent intelligence value of the information. In most instances, reports will be made by electrical means: Information over 24 hours old will be given a "deferred" precedence. reports over 3 days old will be made by written report prepared on AF Form 112, Air Intelligence Information report, and AF Form 112a, Supplement to AF Form 112. a. Addressees: (1) Electrical Reports. All electrical reports will be multiple addressed to: (a) Commander, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (b) Nearest Air Division (Defense) (For ZI only.) 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The word "negative" 2 ============================================================================= {Page 3} AFR 200-2 7-8 in reply to any numbered item of the report format will indicate that all logical leads were developed without success. The phrase "not applicable" (N/A) will indicate that the question does not apply tot he sighting being investigated. d. Report Format Reports will include the following numbered items: (1) Description of the object(s): (a) Shape (b) Size compared to known object (use one of the following terms: Head of a pin, pea, dime, nickel, quarter, half dollar, silver dollar, baseball, grapefruit, or basketball) held in the hand at about arms length. (c) Color. (d) Number. (e) Formation, if more than one. (f) Any discernible features or details. (g) Tail, trail, or exhaust, including size of same compared to size of object(s). (h) Sound. If heard, describe sound. (i) Other pertinent or unusual features. (2) Description of course of object(s): (a) What first called the attention of the observer(s) to the object(s)? (b) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the objects when first observed. (c) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the objects upon disappearance. (d) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object(s). (e) Manner of disappearance of objects(s) (f) Length of time in sight (3) Manner of observation: (a) Use one or a combination of the following items: Ground-visual, ground-electronic, air-electronic. (If electronic, specify type of radar.) (b) Statement as to optical aids (telescopes, binoculars, and so forth) used and description thereof. (c) If the sighting is made while airborne, give type of aircraft, identification number, altitude, heading, speed and home station. (4) Time and date of sighting: (a) Zulu time-date group of sighting. (b) Light conditions (use one of he following terms): Night, day, dawn, dusk. (5) Locations of observer(s). Exact latitude and longitude of each observer or Georef position, or position with reference to a known landmark. (6) Identifying information of all observer(s): (a) Civilian - Name, age, mailing address, occupation. (b) Military - Name, grade, organization, duty, and estimate of reliability. (7) Weather and winds-aloft conditions at time and place of sightings: (a) Observer(s) account of weather conditions. (b) Report from nearest AWS or U.S. Weather Bureau Office of wind direction and velocity in degrees and knots at surface, 6,000', 10,000', 16,000', 20,000', 30,000', 50,000', and 80,000', if available. (c) ceiling. (d) Visibility. (e) Amount of cloud cover. (f) Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located. (8) Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological, astronomical, or otherwise, which might account for the sighting. (9) Interception and identification action taken. (Such action may be taken whenever feasible, complying with existing air defense directives.) (10) Location of any air traffic in the general area at the time of the sighting. (11) Position title and comments of the preparing officer, including his preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting(s). (12) Security. Reports should be unclassified unless inclusion of data required by c and d below mandates a higher classification. 8. Evidence. The existence of physical evidence (photographs or materiel) will be promptly reported. a. Photographic: (1) Visual: the negative and two prints will be forwarded, all original film, including wherever possible both prints and negatives, will be titled or otherwise properly identified as to place, time, and date of the incident 3 ============================================================================= {Page 4} AFR 200-2 8-9 (see "Intelligence Collection Instructions" (ICI), June 1954) (2) Radar Two copies of each print will be forwarded. Prints of radarscope photography will be titled in accordance with AFR 95-7 and forwarded in accordance with AFR 95-6. b. Materiel Suspected or actual items of materiel which come into the possession of any Air Force Echelon will be safeguarded in such manner as to prevent any defacing or alteration which might reduce its value for intelligence examination and analysis. 9. Release of Facts: Headquarters USAF will release summaries of evaluated data which will inform the public on this subject. In response to local inquiries, it is permissible to in form news media representatives on UFOB's when the object is positively identified as a familiar object (see paragraph 2b), except that the following type of data warrants protection and should not be revealed: Names of principles, intercept and investigation procedures, and classified radar data. For those objects which are not explainable, only the fact that ATIC will analyze the data is worthy of release, due to many unknowns involved. By Order of the Secretary of the Air Force: Official: N.F. Twining Chief of Staff, United States Air Force K.E. THIEBAUD Colonel, USAF Air Adjutant General DISTRIBUTION: S; X ONI, Department of the Navy 200 G-2, Department of the Army 10 4 ============================================================================= ==========================================================================================================================================================


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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
The Jungle Chapter 2 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 2
- Jurgis feels that work will come easily to him because he's young, strong, and optimistic.
- He hears horror stories about what laboring at the stockyards does to you, but he doesn't believe it can happen to him.
- Chicago is the first city Jurgis has ever seen: he was raised in a forest in Lithuania. This forest has long been a game preserve for the Lithuanian nobility. Jurgis's family is one of the few peasant families with the right to live in this forest.
- Jurgis met Ona a year and a half ago, at a horse fair. Even though he's not particularly romantic, he still finds himself falling in love with her at first sight.
- So Jurgis goes to meet Ona's father to ask if he can buy her in marriage.
- Ona's father refuses: Ona is still a child (by our calculations, she must be around thirteen or fourteen at this point), and he has plenty of money to support her.
- Jurgis goes home defeated.
- But he keeps thinking about her, so he tries again after the harvest is in.
- Apparently, Ona's father has died in the meantime, and his estate is going to his creditors.
- Ona's family is in big financial trouble. There are nine of them, counting Ona: her stepmother, Teta Elzbieta, Teta Elzbieta's six children, Teta Elzbieta's brother, Jonas, and Ona herself.
- Ona is a well-educated girl (she can read while Jurgis can't), but she has literally no experience of the world.
- Jonas suggests that they all go to America to get rich, and Jurgis agrees. Jurgis's father also decides to join them.
- Jurgis spends a year working as a contract laborer in Russia to earn the money they need for travel expenses.
- At the last minute, Ona's cousin, Marija Berczynskas, joins them. She is escaping an abusive work situation, and needs to get out of Lithuania.
- So there are twelve people setting off for the States in this party: Jurgis, Ona, Marija, Jonas, Teta Elzbieta, Antanas (the father), and Teta Elzbieta's six children.
- Jonas has heard that the place to get rich is the Chicago stockyards, so they all go to Chicago.
- They arrive there after being cheated by officials twice, once in trying to get out of Lithuania, and once in New York when they arrive.
- When they finally get to Chicago, they don't know where to go.
- They wander around the city, utterly lost and unable to ask for directions.
- Finally, a policeman sees them wandering aimlessly, picks them up, and finds an interpreter.
- So they learn a new word: stockyards. They start going to their new home.
- As they reach the Chicago meatpacking district, they notice that the air is changing: not only is it filled with smoke and strange noises, but it also has a weird, unknown odor. They have no idea what this odor might be.
- Jonas suddenly starts pointing and shouting: he sees a sign, "J. Szedvilas. Delicatessen" (2.15).
- This same Jokubas Szedvilas was Jonas's friend who had come to America and gotten rich.
- Jokubas Szedvilas is really excited to see people from his old part of Lithuania, and agrees to help them get situated.
- Jokubas Szedvilas sends them to an apartment run by Mrs. Aniele Jukniene, a widow. She rents a four room apartment in a tenement house kept for Eastern European immigrants.
- These four room apartments often house thirteen or fourteen people to a room, fifty or sixty people to an apartment.
- (OK, folks, take a second to imagine living with fifty or sixty other people in four rooms. We start having trouble breathing as we imagine the sheer claustrophobia of these kinds of living conditions. Eep!)
- Even though Jurgis and his new family have seen a lot of awful places on their travels over to the States, this apartment where they are expected to live is still the worst thing they have ever seen.
- The most terrible thing of all is that they are lucky to get space with Mrs. Jukniene, because her apartment is not the worst. She has a separate room for the women and children.
- Jurgis promises that he and maybe Jonas will get a job, and then they will find their own place.
- Jurgis and Ona go for a walk through the streets, which are muddy and filled with flies and the smell of rot.
- The reason the air is filled with this awful smell is because these streets have been built on landfill: the city digs up all the earth to make bricks and then fills in the holes with garbage, which they then cover over. (And people live on top of these mounds of waste! Blerg!)
- Jurgis and Ona are impressed by this inventive use of the land.
- Jurgis can still look at this landfill being created for people to live on and think that it's proof of human invention and can-do spirit.
- He still believes that America is the land of opportunity.
- He promises Ona he will get a job the next day.
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 2


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ban.s wrote:drsunildugar wrote:Thank you destiniation_london.
it is Eid holiday today at HCI. I do not know what time they update OCI status. My anxiety is at peak now as we have ticket for India on 15 Aug and there are only 3 working days in between. Should I try for urgent tourist visa for my son (OCI applicant) on Monday? any advice...
You are in a quite tricky situation. I believe the status will change and you'll be able to get OCI stamped by Wed 14th Aug.
However, things may get delayed for any unforeseen reason. I would suggest, keep all the visa paperwork ready and be prepared to submit on monday. You can submit the visa application until 2.30pm(?) and OCI collection until 12:00......so check the status on Monday monday up until 11am ish and take a decision.
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drsunildugar wrote:Thanks Ban. You are right it has become a very tricky situation for us now.
I live in Stanmore, London.
Do you think I will be able to get visa for my son by Wednesday (14th Aug) if I apply on Monday (12 Aug)?. We have tickets for India on 15th.
karthik71080 wrote:My OCI was despatched from delhi on 2nd of Aug but still not receiv/ed in Bmingham.... does any one OCI reached Birmingham after this date
desilemons wrote:yerras wrote:OCI London timeline
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Did you get your passport back with OCI card? If not, can you update us when you get it please?
Sardarsingh wrote:Finally my passport is stamped and is on its way tomorrow.
destiniation_london wrote:Sardarsingh wrote:Finally my passport is stamped and is on its way tomorrow.
how did you know your passport has been stamped ... do you know this by tracking on Royal mail .... I've sent my passport 10 days back to London and has stil not received it. .. have already sent email three times but no reply..
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Date of Stay August 31, 2012
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We have stayed at a number of properties along the Gulf Coast but this was by far the best one. We chose it from the the listing description and pictures which were exactly what was there when we arrived, it's much better than the pictures show. Everything about Casa Paradiso is good/high quality, comfortable, extremely clean and well maintained. Ken and Dori were very helpful, from our first contact when we booked (at short notice) and throughout our stay. They were there to meet us when we arrived, ensured that we had everything we needed, gave us a guided tour of everything, were at the end of the phone for any queries and provided plenty of info about what was around locally, including suggestions of places to visit and eat, all of which they had tried themselves. We would definately recommend this to family and friends who are looking for a relaxing and restful holiday with all the comforts of home, the area is very peaceful and quiet yet easily accessible to everything. Whilst staying at Casa Paradiso we enjoyed meals at "Rusty Bellies", "Lagerheadz" where you must try the fried ice cream, and "Little Dills", a highlight of the holiday was a meal with Ken and Dori at "The Thai Cafe" where we ate fish caught by Ken and our son, as I am a very fussy eater Ken arranged for them to cook me a plain meal - thank you Ken. We visited the docks, beaches and aquarium locally but didn't have time to see everything as there is so much you can do. We would recommend the Jet ski tour and speedboat trip to see Dolphins at Clearwater both can be booked at the marina. We were busy going out and about but we spent most of the time just relaxing and enjoying the lovely salt water pool and fishing off the dock or watching the amazing sunsets and dolphins that swam past the dock. We had spent a few days in Orlando before we arrived so we were really looking forward to having a rest which is what we got but due to Casa Paradiso and the weather this was much more. Siting on the patio in the morning after a good nights sleep just looking out to sea, the sun shining, what more could you want ! We would also like to thank Ken and Dori for making our stay so enjoyable, taking our son on a fishing trip, which he really enjoyed and for just being so friendly, welcoming, nothing was ever to much trouble and they really do want you to feel at home and have a good holiday. We can't wait to go back.
Recommended for: Age 55+, Pet-friendly, Adventure Seekers, Girls Getaway, Sightseeing, Families with Teenagers, Families with Young Children, People with Disabilities, Romantic Getaway
Koen and Jantien Beenen said...
Aug 1, 2012
Perfect family home with beautiful view
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay July 12, 2012
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Already from our first email contact with Ken we had a good feeling about this home. Since we live in the Netherlands, Europe, to us this was very important. The questions we had were answered timely and Ken was very helpful. Since we had to travel a long way it was also very helpful that we had flexibility regarding the arrival time. When we arrived in the evening it was dark and rainy, but the next morning we woke up in paradise with lots of sunshine and a beautiful view. The information and photos on the site reflect the actual situation very well and the house was perfectly clean and well-maintained. The beds were also very comfortable, so we truly had a relaxing holiday. During our stay we visited Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Island, both beautiful state parks, we rented a boat (again Ken was very helpful with this) and we went to Disneyworld, but our children (12, 9 and 6 years old) already were perfectly happy with the pool. The salt water was indeed very soft to your skin. The environment and view are really amazing and it was very relaxing to just sit and watch the ocean. We were also lucky to see dolphins passing by. They were so close to the house that we could hear them breathing and we could almost touch them. We had a perfect holiday and wish to thank Ken and Dori for their hospitality and help. We would surely recommend this home and should we have the possibility to visit the USA again we would sure love to come back here!
Recommended for: Age 55+, Adventure Seekers, Sightseeing, Families with Young Children, Romantic Getaway
Kevin McNeill said...
Oct 2, 2012
Loved it!
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay September 19, 2012
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This house is great! I brought my family and we had a great time. On the first day we saw dolphins. Lots of birds. There was lots to do in the area, or just relax by the pool. I plan on vacationing here again.
Recommended for: Age 55+, Girls Getaway, Families with Teenagers, Families with Young Children, Romantic Getaway
Teresa Sharrer said...
Nov 2, 2012
Beautiful home, sunsets, and area!
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay October 13, 2012
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We enjoyed a wonderful week at Casa Paradiso! The house, the yard, the pool, and the area were all beautiful and perfectly maintained! The pictures on the site represented the home exactly. The sunsets were amazing! Ken and Dori were terrific hosts as they made sure we had whatever we needed - included information about the area and events that were taking place. We went parasailing in Clearwater which is just a 25 min drive. Busch Gardens in Tampa is about an hour drive and a great place to take kids of all ages. We really enjoyed the biking trail just a short ride from the house. We didn't have enough time to see and do all the local places we wanted but that will just give us another reason to come back again! We highly recommend this home and its owners!
Ray said...
Oct 18, 2012
Tarpon springs
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay October 13, 2012
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We had an excellent time. The home was as advertised, clean, modern, with a perfect view. We especially enjoyed fishing from the boat dock with our grandsons, going charter fishing with Capt. Park of AAA Charters, and enjoying t
Douglas W. Charnas said...
Nov 19, 2012
Tarpon Springs Paradise
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay October 20, 2012
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The Internet pictures just do not do Casa Paradiso justice. The home and rooms are beautiful. There is plenty of room to entertain and visit with friends. The view from the living room, out past the pool, and out to the gulf are breathtaking. The grill and patio bring the fun outside. The home, on a quiet cul-de-sac, is professionally landscaped to perfection. The home is in a lovely area and neighborhood, one of the best in the area. One never wants to leave this magical place. We would not hesitate to visit again or suggest this home to friends or family. You will find Dori and Ken extremely friendly and helpful, before, during, and after your visit. You will find you want to visit again and again, just like we want to.
Cleora Craw said...
Nov 19, 2012
Amazing Sunsets at Casa Paradiso
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay November 10, 2012
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Excellent location with the most spectacular sunsets. We wanted a home to celebrate an early Thanksgiving with our kids, grand children and great granddaughters and we found the perfect home. We were able to cook for them and spend many hours just catching up on the family news. Ken and Dori were very welcoming and everything was perfect. They have everything in the home waiting for you to arrive and begin your stay. Bikes, pool, fully furnished home and even a bottle of wine to welcome you to your vacation home. Grounds are so well maintained with beautiful trees and flower beds. Watching the birds, sunsets, small boats and relaxing added the perfect backdrop for our mini reunion. Tarpon Springs is a wondful location for a vacation for everyone and Casa Paradiso the perfect place to stay. Home was very clean and the description on the site is exactly what you will find when you arrive. We visit Tarpon Springs often to be with our family and having a home to share with them so I could cook for them again made a great trip even better. Thanks ken and Dori for providing such a beautiful home.
Mark and Lynn Hackl said...
Jan 3, 2013
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay December 22, 2012
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Casa Paradiso, is definitely appropriately named! What an incredible view! The sunsets are amazing! You couldn't ask for a better location! Ken and Dori are awesome hosts! They are VERY helpful with EVERYTHING! Mark and I have rented lots of homes/condos over the years and they were the best! Easy to reach and thoughtful in answering any questions. Besides that, they have thought of EVERYTHING you might need/want~down to every detail! Other rentals have only a few items to help you "get by" but their home has more than you could ever need. Besides linens, kitchen pots, pans, glassware, etc, they also provide bikes, floats, etc. The list goes on and on. The house was VERY clean and everything was in perfect working order. You can't go wrong with this home and it's wonderful hosts! The location is great as well. Lots of fun restaurants, shops and activities in the area. I would recommend this property to anyone that is looking for a fabulous view, great house and awesome owners! Thank you so much Ken and Dori! We hope to visit you again soon! Mark and Lynn
Anne Phinney said...
Jan 20, 2013
Paradise Indeed!
1118 S Florida Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL (421839)
Date of Stay December 31, 2012
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Thank you Ken and Dori for an impeccably maintained property to base our family Gulf Coast vacation week! Location, location, location!!! Fishing off the dock, sting ray and crab watching. Birds galore! Several days of our week we relaxed by the pool in the most beautiful of settings. We also visited Busch Gardens, The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, the local sponge docks, Sunset and Fred Howard beach, Honeymoon Island and thoroughly enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime experience swimming with the manitees in Crystal River through River Ventures (highly recommended). We would very much like to visit this slice of paradise again!


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The time limit for TEAS V is 209 minutes. It is a four part, 170 multiple choice, computer-based, supervised assessment that consists of sub-tests in the following areas:
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Speyer Legacy Chess: SuperNationals V - 3 Days, 3 Teams, 3 Trophies
Every four years the United States Chess Federation merges the elementary school, middle school, and high school nationals into one event, the SuperNationals. The Speyer Legacy School was proud to send 23 of our scholars to Nashville, TN to represent the school. The SuperNationals V officially broke the attendance record for the largest rated chess competition in history with 5,335 participants! The previous record was set at SuperNationals III with 5,320.
Speyer fielded three teams in Nashville: K-1, K-3, and K-5.
Day One: 2 rounds / flying start
On the first day of the event our scholars picked up their school team t-shirts and bags and were given a motivational speech by Sunil Weeramantry. One of our scholars was bumped off her flight but managed to get to the board in round one only five minutes late. She kept calm under pressure and won her match. It was a flying start!
Day Two: 3 rounds / working hard / playing hard
The second day of the SuperNationals is the longest day. Three of our scholars started their first rounds at 9 am and completed their final rounds at around 10:30 pm. The scholars took a short break in the afternoon to celebrate several birthdays and enjoy some cake. In the evening, while the scholars were playing chess, the parents were treated to wine and cheese refreshments courtesy of the Peterson / Harada family. It was an enjoyable evening.
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The final day of the event was exhilarating. Our K-1 team was flirting with 1st place and our K-3 and K-5 teams were holding tight to their spots.
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American Airlines plans to provide Wi-Fi internet services to its domestic flights.
It will provide high-speed internet connection to over 300 of its planes used for domestic flights, by 2011.
The Wi-Fi service will not be a freebie, though. Laptop users flying American Airlines will have to pay $9.95 on flights shorter than three hours, and $12.95 on longer flights, for the service.
On the other hand, American Airlines' passengers who use smartphones and PDAs will have to shell out $7.95 irrespective of the duration of the flight.
In order to avoid interruptions in communication with air traffic control, the Wi-fi connection will be available for passengers after a heigh of 10,000 feet has been reached.
Doug Backelin, manager of inflight communications and technology, of American Airlines has been quoted as saying that the company has successfully completed tests with Wi-Fi provider Aircell LLC.
Backelin said that American Airlines will provide its fleet of 150 MD-80 aircraft with a wireless ground-based Internet service, Gogo, in 2009.
It will equip its Boeing Co 737-800 fleet of planes by 2011.
In 2008, American Airlines started offering Internet services on its 15 Boeing 767-200 planes on some sectors.
American Airlines will not allow pornography and voice calls on the internet. The voice call services provided by Skype and googlechat will be disabled by Gogo.
Other airlines, such as Delta, Virgin America, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue are also planning to offer the Wi-fi internet connection on its planes.
Delta Airlines aims to make the Wi-fi service available to its planes by 2009 end, and to Northwest planes, which it has acquired recently, by the end of 2010.
All Virgin America planes will equip all its 28 planes with Wi-Fi, by end-June 2009.
Meanwhile, American Airlines is also renovating its Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge at London Heathrow Airport, which will be done in phases so that some parts of the facilities are available till such time the project is completed, likely in 2010.
When the Admirals Club lounge is renovated, it will be large enough for seating 230 visitors, in a more spacious and open-looking area.
The renovated Admirals Club will have shower suites, a children's room with TV, computers, Wi-Fi, a cyber cafe, and a remodeled business center.
Reports say that the American Airlines Flagship Lounge, at the the London Heathrow Airport, will be expanded to 8,000 square feet of lounge space, and will seat 134 customers.
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CAMPBELL -- Chris and Tina Durham have announced the engagement of their daughter, Christina LeeAnn, to Paul "Justin" Hann, son of Paul E. and Brenda Hann of Dexter.
A 2001 graduate of Risco High School, the future bride is the granddaughter of Harold and Verneta Fleming and Leslie and Wilma Durham of Parma. She is the great-ganddaughter of Verna Cameron of Parma. Durham earned a National Registered Emergency Medical Technician license from Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff and is employed by Three Rivers Healthcare in Poplar Bluff.
The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Esther Hann of Morehouse and the late Bernard Hann and W.C. and Bitha Hanback. A 1999 graduate of Dexter High School, he graduated from the Nashville (Tenn.) Auto Diesel College. He is a maintenance technician for Charter Communications in Sikeston.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the 5:30 p.m. ceremony June 14 at the home of the bride's parents in Campbell.


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Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers held about 754,000 jobs in 2002. Of these, barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists held 651,000 jobs; manicurists and pedicurists, 51,000; skin care specialists, 25,000; and shampooers, 25,000.
Most of these workers are employed in beauty salons or barber shops, but they are also found in nail salons, department stores, nursing and other residential care homes, and drug and cosmetics stores. Nearly every town has a barbershop or beauty salon, but employment in this occupation is concentrated in the most populous cities and States.
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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Thursday
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By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
HSBC economist Stephen King (@KingEconomist) joins the chorus of naysayers arguing that the aggressive monetary policy of the Fed, the Bank of England and, now, the Bank of Japan isn't working as hoped to restore economic growth and risks sowing the seeds for the next financial upheaval. [FT]
Peterson Institute's Anders Aslund says the International Monetary Fund's call for world governments to avoid too much austerity too soon is undermining the IMF and setting back the cause of economic reform. [Bloomberg]
The Obama administration's step-by-step escalation of military moves in response to North Korean saber-rattling came straight out of a "playbook" approved earlier this year for just such a scenario, but now the administration is dialing back its aggressive response to North Korean bluster out of fear it might spark a wider conflict. [WSJ]
With Secretary of State John Kerry planning a return visit to Israel, 100 prominent American Jews have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to "work closely" with Kerry and to demonstrate "Israel's readiness to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace" with Palestinians. [Ha'aretz]
Allison Kaplan Sommer on why surveys find Israelis much happier than others: People are happier when they spend time with friends; Israel is so small, there's a lot of that. Israelis may run low on pleasure, but they're never low on meaning. No matter how bad things get, the neighbors look worse off. And the weather is better in Israel. [Ha'aretz]
Thomas Donnelly looks at a speech Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gave to the National Defense University that was billed as a look at how the Pentagon would adjust to new fiscal realities and concludes its message was that "the Obama Doctrine is really to do less with less. The 'fundamental change' in store is the retreat of the American military from its forward stations, particularly in the Middle East." [Weekly Standard]
Economist Ed Glaeser, Princeton '88, weighs in on the controversy sparked by a Princeton alumna who advised Ivy League students to find a husband before they graduate: "In my own life, which has always been based on a rigorous application of optimization methods, the equations dictated that I meet my future wife in line at a Princeton dining hall at age 17, but that we should not date for another 15 years and not wed until after our 15th reunion." [Bloomberg]
Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) notes that the value of all the bitcoins in the world now exceeds $1 billion, an impressive achievement for a purely virtual currency backed by no central bank or other authority. It's only a matter of time before the bubble bursts, he says. [Medium]
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David Wessel digs into Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg's new book, "Lean In," and finds there is substantial economic benefit to further breaking down the barriers that impede women's advancement in the workplace. [Capital | Chart: Where the Women Are | Video]
A new study by the American Action Forum quantifies the economic cost of America's immigration system and finds it is an expensive and burdensome regulatory labyrinth.
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Sheryl Sandberg says the economy will benefit if more women rise to the top rungs. Is she right? David Wessel discusses.
North Korea's aggressive recent rhetoric hasn't been coupled with military movements that would indicate the country is preparing for a fight, former U.S. State Department official Kurt Campbell tells Jerry and David in an interview.
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Minor milestones we've spotted:
Some 45% of companies surveyed by Dow Jones said they lost business to an unethical competitor in 2013. [Dow Jones Risk & Compliance]
Families with an employed mother and children younger than 15 paid an average of $143 a week for child care in 2011, up from $84 in 1985, adjusted for inflation. [Census]
Only 15% of Americans who graduated from college in 2008 majored in science, technology, math or engineering. In China, it was 42%, South Korea, 35%; Germany, 28%; Canada, 21%. [NSF]
9% of dental hygienists are women; 5% of the mechanical engineers. [WSJ]
In a poll of Palestinians, 78% consider the Palestinian Authority corrupt, and 64% consider the Hamas government in Gaza corrupt. [Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research]
China could overtake the U.S. as the world's largest oil importer by 2014, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said. [WSJ]
The direct medical cost of treating dementia ($109 billion a year) exceeds that for treating heart disease ($102 billion) and cancer ($72 billion), RAND Corp. estimates. [WSJ]
Average wait for confirmation of circuit court and district court nominees in Obama's first term was 227 days vs. 176 in Bush's first term and 98 days in Clinton's first term. [Bloomberg]
Since the end of the Cold War, defense spending in the Netherlands—a NATO ally–has declined by approximately half as a percentage of domestic gross product. [AEI]
Samoa Air has decided to be the world's first airline to charge passengers according to their weight. [Economist]
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