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Robert Gates: military cuts will end UK's global role
Britain can no longer be a full military partner of the United States, says former US defence secretary
THE spending cuts imposed on British armed forces will mean the UK can no longer be a full military partner of the United States, a former US defence secretary has warned.
Robert Gates, who served under Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush, said the cuts would limit the UK's ability to be a major player on the world stage.
He singled out cuts to the Navy as particularly damaging, noting that for the first time since World War One Britain did not have an operational aircraft carrier.
While the Ministry of Defence insists Britain still has the fourth largest defence budget in the world, it plans to cut 20,000 personnel from the Army, 6,000 from the Navy and 5,000 from the RAF by 2020.
"With the fairly substantial reductions in defence spending in Great Britain, what we're finding is that it won't have full spectrum capabilities and the ability to be a full partner as they have been in the past," Gates told BBC Radio 4's /Today/ programme.
His comments come a month after General Sir Nicholas Houghton, the Chief of the Defence Staff, warned that Britain could be left with the "spectre" of a hollowed-out force.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond conceded last week that Army recruitment represented a "big challenge", but said there was not a crisis.
Many voices have warned of the scale of the government's defence cuts, says Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent for BBC News. But it will be harder to ignore that of Gates, a man who served two US presidents of very different political persuasions, and oversaw the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Given the unpopularity of the wars during his tenure, some may now be breathing a sigh of relief. But that's not true for senior politicians and military brass inside the MoD. They value being so close to the most powerful military nation on earth," says Beale.
Gates's intervention is unlikely to reverse the cuts, he adds, but it will wound Britain's pride.
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Well THAT is very good news. No more poking Britain's nose in International events where it shouldn't be. Bravo!!!
It wont be long till we realise that we have shoot ourselves in the foot, they are trying ti get a defence force on the cheap it cant work
...don't you mean "no more poodling along after America, lending some form of sham legitimacy to American (Greater Israeli) "defensive" aggression - particularly in the Middle East"?
...also, Cameron still fails to recognise the connect between military capability and British influence on the "World Stage" - he is far too quick and eager to commit us to further futile, ill thought through military adventures with precious little regard for actual resources available with which to indulge his fantasies.
Perhaps our waning military capability might persuade America to "go it alone" in years to come - no bad thing IMHO.
Thank goodness,the US has made the world a far more dangerous place with it's incompetent foreign policy.


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The technique can be described as follows: The sample is continuously irradiated with a beam of neutrons. The constituent elements of the sample absorb some of these neutrons and emit prompt gamma rays which are measured with a high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometer. The energies of these gamma rays identify the neutron-capturing elements, while the intensities of the peaks at these energies reveal their concentrations. The amount of analyte element is given by the ratio of count rate of the characteristic peak in the sample to the rate in a known mass of the appropriate elemental standard irradiated under the same conditions. Typically, the sample will not acquire significant long-lived radioactivity, and the sample may be removed from the facility and used for other purposes.
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A 75-year old man with a serious drink problem and who appears regularly at Naas District Court told Judge Desmond Zaidan that beer was what kept him looking so young.
Although he also claimed he had intended going off it the day before he appeared at his court appearance on September 7.
James Pender, whose is listed as having no fixed abode, was charged with threatening, abusive or insulting behavior and intoxication in a public place on September 6 last at Market Square, Kildare town.
Zaidan noted that the defendant looked "slightly better than he did the last time I saw him."
He was told that Pender had been in prison in Portlaoise and had been on temporary release. From there he had gone to the Sister Consilio rehab in Athy.
"I done me best. I was there seven days and I wasn't allowed out. But when I got out, I went to see the probation," he said. "I was going to quit yesterday morning."
"He's like an old warhorse. The waft of alcohol crosses his nostrils and off he goes to battle," his solicitor Conal Boyce told the court.
Noting that Pender looked much younger than his 75 years, Zaidan asked him, "What's the secret to a long life James?"
"I don't know," the defendant, who trembled as he stood before the court, said. "Maybe it's the beer!"
Gardai (police) told the court that there were a number of calls about the defendant urinating on the street between 4-5 p.m. on the day in question. He was extremely intoxicated at the time of his arrest.
"Sure I didn't know what I was doing. You don't be there. You do be off on the moon," he told the judge.
Some discussion took place as to what to do with Pender. While the judge wished to do something to help him, Pender had committed a crime while on temporary release and therefore was required to return to prison to serve the remainder of his original sentence.
"I haven't got the strength for prison," he told the court. "I just don't have it."
"I do believe he's not responsible for his own behavior," Boyce noted, although it was a view not shared by Inspector Patsy Glennon.
The defendant was returned to Portlaoise prison.
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A gang of young thugs destroyed a 87-year-old Limerick city woman's family home on the southside after she moved into a nursing home.
The pensioner, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, was planning to hand the home in Quinn's Cottages, Prospect, where she was born and raised, down to family.
But now the property is wrecked following the arson attack.
Councilor Joe Leddin, who sits on the housing committee, has said elderly residents in Quinn's Cottages, which is about to celebrate its centenary, are "living in fear" of these gangs of youths. He described them as "mindless young thugs."
There are 48 houses in Quinn's Cottages, which was built by Limerick City Council almost 100 years ago.
Until recently it was a quiet area. But gangs have begun to prey on the most vulnerable in society, including hurling water bombs and eggs at windows -- and even smashing them in -- it has been claimed.
"We have elderly people living here all their lives. There is a lady of 90 years of age, who has had her windows battered every night of the week. It is disgraceful," Leddin said.
"We are talking about mindless young thugs answerable to no one simply marauding around this city, hell bent on causing destruction, pain and misery."
He wants to see the Gardai given more power to stamp out this "serious criminality and anti-social behavior."
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A consultant gynecologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is facing 38 allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a woman from a cancerous tumour.
Sharon McEneaney, from Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, died after waiting nine months to have cancer diagnosed, a medical inquiry has heard.
The young creche worker visited the Drogheda hospital in October 2007, complaining of severe pains on the left side of her abdomen.
However, nine months later the 29-year-old had still not received a diagnosis. She died from a malignant tumor in 2009.
The Medical Council has been hearing details during a fitness to practice inquiry into Dr. Etop Akpan. The Nigerian doctor has been charged with 38 counts of professional misconduct following McEneaney's.
Evidence was heard that the woman was "left in the dark" over her condition and only received a biopsy after her family sought help from local TD (member of Parliament) Dr. Rory O'Hanlon.
Despite pressure being put on the hospital by O'Hanlon and the woman's general practitioner, it was not until July 2008 that she received treatment.
The inquiry also heard that a registrar who worked with Akpan said he never told her to order a biopsy.
Dr. Rukhsana Majeed denied she had been instructed to follow up on the case of McEneaney.


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This resource is intended to serve both as a mechanism for publishing - in digital form - the scholarly output of each school's academic community, and as an open and shared ALADIN resource that supports research and continued scholarship.
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EHS & Sustainability Software from IHS
IHS provides comprehensive information management solutions for environmental, health, safety and sustainability (EHS&S) by providing flexible combinations of information content, industry expertise and best-in-class software.
Our industry leading portfolio of EHS&S software products includes:
- IHS Essential Suite®
Essential Suite enables organizations to successfully address a full spectrum of corporate EHS management initiatives – including carbon emissions and energy management, worker safety issues, incident/crisis management, corporate responsibility reporting and more. It lets users monitor and manage EHS activities at every level of their organization and meet compliance requirements under multiple regional, country-based or international mandates.
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Essential Air calculates and reports air emissions and then compares them to permit limits for all of your emissions sources, wherever they're located, so you can save time, cut costs, and improve reporting consistency.
- IHS Essential Audit™
Essential Audit streamlines auditing work processes so you can proactively manage your EHS risks and drive operational excellence.
- IHS Essential Chemical Inventory™
Essential Chemical Inventory makes it easy to track chemical inventory information for use in satisfying inventory related regulatory requirements. By creating a central data repository, Essential Chemical Inventory lets you share material information with the other Essential Suite modules — to reduce the time and costs of ensuring regulatory compliance enterprise-wide.
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Essential Compliance Manager manages your EHS&S compliance programs more effectively to create competitive advantages for your entire enterprise. It will help you understand today's compliance status, why decisions were made in the past and what effect new regulations have on the cost of operations in the future.
- IHS Essential Emergency™
Essential Emergency is built by crisis managers for crisis managers, drawing on decades of development experience and proven field use. It is the latest in a line of systems that have been used to successfully manage and mitigate all kinds of real-world incidents — from industrial accidents to natural disasters to terrorist attacks.
- IHS Essential FEMS®
Essential FEMS — Fugitive Emissions Management System — simplifies and automates all of the information processes required for complying with LDAR requirements in Hazardous Organics NESHAPS (HON), Benzene NESHAPS, New Source Performance Standards, NESHAPS Subpart FF, RCRA Subpart BB and many state specific requirements.
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Essential Incident makes it easy to quickly collect and manage a broad spectrum of incident information from any individual across the enterprise. The software provides intuitive risk ranking capabilities designed for EHS professionals to analyze and prioritize risks.
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Essential Industrial Hygiene helps protect employees from occupational exposures and evaluate the effectiveness of industrial hygiene programs in less time and at lower cost.
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Essential MSDS Manager helps companies comply with OSHA's Hazard Communication standard by making only the most up-to-date versions of MSDSs available to employees. Since the documents are stored and accessed electronically, duplication and distribution costs are dramatically reduced.
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Essential Performance Manager helps measure and communicate how EHS and Sustainability programs are performing so you can manage your business more effectively.
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Essential Task Manager is designed to help managers meet operational objectives, maintain regulatory compliance and fulfill other goals by ensuring that all required actions are assigned and executed – on time and according to proper procedures.
- IHS Essential Waste™
Essential Waste helps companies comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) minimizing waste and tracking requirements by unifying, integrating and streamlining waste-related information throughout operations.
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Essential Water helps companies achieve, maintain and easily prove compliance with the US National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
These products are key components of IHS solutions for environmental performance, operational risk, and health and safety. To learn more about how EHS&S solutions from IHS can help you achieve your strategic goals for Enterprise Sustainability Management (ESM), email us or request information.
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The EHS & Sustainability Customer Network (ECN) allows you to connect with a growing community of EHS&S, product stewardship and sustainability professionals. Experienced IHS software users are meeting online and in person at regional and international user conferences to share their knowledge, techniques, resources and experience to maximize their investments. With the ECN, gain access to our support teams, view your support ticket, connect with other users, and read our latest product news. Access the ECN website.
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IHS Acquired E S S
These EHS&S software products are now available from IHS Inc. as the result of its 2009 acquisition of Environmental Support Solutions (ESS). ESS provided software and related services that enable organizations to address EHS and crisis management challenges more efficiently, at lower cost, while improving the quality and accuracy of internal and external reporting.
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For those who are looking for a stylish urban bike with a tough look, one of the best choices will be the new Planet TR 4, which is included in the 2012 range of Focus Bikes. It owes its outstanding aesthetics to its neat black finish, simple logos, and neon blue Schwalbe Kojak tires.
Aside from its strength and light weight, the alloy frame of the Planet TR 4 also features a clever design that allows for optimal rigidity and acceleration. With Tektro Draco brakes, this urban bike offers an excellent stopping power.
Uniquely designed with carefully selected components, the 2012 Focus Planet TR 4 Urban Bike definitely performs like a pro, thanks to its mountain bike style geometry, perfectly matched with an option of eight-speed Shimano Alfine hub or derailleur gears.
For those who are looking for a stylish urban bike with a tough look, one of the best choices will be the new Planet TR 4, which is included in the 2012 range of Focus Bikes. It owes its outstanding aesthetics to its neat black finish, simple logos, and neon blue Schwalbe Kojak tires.
For those who are looking for a new entry-level cyclocross bike, the new Mares AX 3.0 released by Focus Bikes for 2012 is a great choice. Featuring Continental Cyclo Cross speed tires, which are perfectly paired with Rodi Stylus Race wheels, this bike offers the optimal grip other cyclocross bikes cannot.
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Built from a unique alloy frame and fork, the Mares AX 3.0 offers tremendous stiffness, impact strength, and scratch resistance. Coated by a shatterproof polish, the frame keeps its fresh look.
Both hobby riders and racers will definitely like the state-of-the-art features of the 2012 Focus Mares AX 3.0 Cyclocross Bike. Include in these amazing features of this entry-level cyclocross bike are the Concept EX saddle, handlebar, stem, and seat post.
A high-quality specced road bike called Variado 3.0 TRP has been introduced by Focus Bikes for 2012. Precisely engineered, this high-tech road bike offers state-of-the-art Shimano 105 and FSA components and excellent geometry, offering a unique feel.
Combined by the Variado 3.0 TRP is low weight, reliable stiffness, and nice aesthetics, thanks to its 3D computer simulation. The great features of this road bike include an alloy double-butted frame, carbon fork, Concept EX stem, seatpost, and saddle, as well as Continental tires.
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Built by a team of professional racers and devoted engineers, the 2012 Focus Variado 3.0 TRP Road Bike is highly reliable. Combining their racing passion and of design expertise, these racers and engineers were able to make the Variado 3.0 an unparalleled road machine.
Included in the extensive list of mountain bikes from Focus Bikes for 2012 is the Whistler. Like the other 2012 Focus mountain bikes, the Whistler is made from the high-quality Focus MTB Sport alloy frame. Its Suntour XCT V 4 MLO suspension fork comes with 100mm travel.
The Whistler has a lot of features to take pride in. These first-rate features include the tried and tested Shimano Alivio drivetrain components, the reliable Tektro Draco disc brakes, the comfortable Concept saddle, and the smooth-rolling Continental Traffic tires.
Built from an aluminum alloy frame, the 2012 Focus Whistler Mountain Bike is both lightweight and sturdy. This is ideal for riders who are looking for a fun-to-ride package that is loaded with topnotch components but is still not expensive.
For cross country riders, Focus Bikes has unveiled a new full-suspension mountain bike called Super Bud 4.0. It is packed with mountain bike-specific parts, such as its FOCUS best online casino Super Bud alloy frame, Rock Shox XC 30 TK RL 100mm fork, SRAM X.9 drivetrain, and SRAM X.7 trigger shifter.
Included in the key features of the Super Bud 4.0 are its Magura MT2 hydraulic disc brakes, front and rear. The Magura MT2 is perfect for the Super Bud 4.0 because it brings a lot of stopping power, which guarantees a speedy ride on the trail.
With the topnotch quality of its brake system, the 2012 Focus Super Bud 4.0 Full Suspension Cross Country Mountain Bike is very affordable. Other nice features are the Continental Race King tires, Concept saddle, and Concept EX seatpost, handlebars, and stem.
With its effort to make mountain biking available for everyone, Focus Bikes has created several high-quality bikes that cater to various types of riders. For 2012, one of the new bikes from Focus Bikes is the hardtail cross-country mountain bike called Raven Rookie.
No matter what the weather's like, the Raven Rookie guarantees topnotch performance. Great quality is offered by its mountain bike-specific features, which include its Focus MTB Sport alloy frame, Suntour M2025 fork, Tektro alloy brakes, and Focus MTB saddle.
For riders who want to jump into mountain biking, the 2012 Focus Raven Rookie Hardtail Cross Country Mountain Bike is the most inexpensive way to do so. Available in three wheel sizes, 20in, 24in, and 26in, the Raven Rookie works great for tall and short riders.
One of the first-class hardtail cross-country mountain bikes from Focus Bikes in 2012 is the Fat Boy. Like the previous Fat Boy models, this new mountain bike offers reliable quality with excellent performance on the trail while guaranteeing long life span.
The main features of this hardtail cross-country mountain bike include its Tektro Draco front and rear brakes. Moreover, its durable MTB Sport Pro double butted alloy frame comes with Suntour XCT V 4 MLO fork and Shimano XT rear derailleur.
In terms of aesthetics, the 2012 Focus Fat Boy Hardtail Cross Country Mountain Bike looks pleasantly simple. Color options include grey and green. With Concept saddle and Continental tires, the Fat Boy allows cross-country riders to enjoy smooth-rolling rides while maintaining maximum comfort.


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The California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues has partnered with MOGL, the leading restaurant rewards platform, to pilot a program that will help feed hungry families in local communities while strengthening credit unions' credit and debit card programs.
Members will have the opportunity to earn 10 percent cash back by using their credit or debit cards when they eat out at participating restaurants in MOGL. And as a bonus, for transactions of more than $20, a meal will be donated to a local community food bank via Feeding America.
The program uses merchant-funded rewards, allowing credit unions to provide additional benefits to their members at no additional cost, and can work in conjunction with a credit union's existing card reward program. The cash back on spending, combined with the social good of the Meal for a Meal program, encourages members to reach for their credit union cards more often, resulting in increased loyalty and card usage.
"Partnering with a company such as MOGL will allow our member credit unions to continue to practice their philosophy of 'People Helping People'—helping to eradicate hunger through the donation to food banks and supporting their communities," said Tony Kitt, Leagues senior vice president of strategic innovation and planning.
"MOGL has always prided itself on offering a platform that supports local businesses and gives back to local communities," said Jeff Federman, co-founder of MOGL. "There is no better financial institution to amplify that spirit than a credit union. We're excited to have the opportunity to work hand in hand with such a dynamic network across California and Nevada."
MOGL is the largest restaurant rewards platform in California, with close to 2000 restaurants enrolled. MOGL members have received more than $4 million in cash back, and its Meal for a Meal program has donated nearly 500,000 meals to Feeding America and its national network of food banks.
About the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues: With headquarters in Ontario, CA, the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues are the trade associations representing the interests of more than 400 credit unions in California and Nevada, and their 10 million members. For more information, go to www.ccul.org.
About MOGL: Based in San Diego, CA., MOGL is the fastest-growing restaurant rewards program on the west coast, hooking its members up with cash for dining out at their favorite restaurants, while donating meals to people in need. The company seamlessly offers cash-back to consumers every time they use their own registered debit or credit card at thousands of MOGL restaurants throughout California. No coupons, punch cards, check-ins or hassles; members simply eat out and cash in! MOGL celebrates a simple philosophy: reward customers for their loyalty and they'll reward you back. Through its Meal for a Meal program with Feeding America, MOGL supports local communities by donating a meal to someone in need when MOGL members dine out. To date, close to500,000 meals have been donated. MOGL is the proud recipient of the Best Food APP of 2012 by Food & Beverage Magazine, as well as named one of the Best Mobile Startups of 2012 by LAPTOP Magazine. To learn more, visit MOGL.com or download the MOGL app for iPhone or Android. Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.


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Different Ways for You to Make Money Online When it comes to making money online, you should know that it doesn't require you to spend a lot of money. Taking these make money online tips will be all you need in order to get going. One of the things you can do is write contents for websites. If you have particular interest about writing, you will find that there are many websites out there where you can get a career in it. When you are looking to make some money online, writing different articles can be one of the best things you can find. Not having the need to invest any amount of money when it comes to this is one of the best things about it. There is practically endless number of sites you can check out to find a good place to start which means you will never run out of opportunities.. it's also worth it to check some survey sites out. There are many surveys out there where companies actually pay people to do. Saving time to check this out would be worth it. Being easy to find is one of the best things about this because you no longer have to look far.
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Why You Need SEO Resellers
No on who has been to the business world doesn't know what SEO means. A business will first of all have to consider the SEO before any other thing when it comes to marketing. You may have a number of questions all concerning the SEO in businesses. Internet has been a fast growing factor in the world of today. You will find out that there are more people going shopping online than those willing to visit the actual shop. This shows that it is very important for a business to have a better website for the purpose of marketing. You can be sure that your business will prosper in terms of online marketing if you work closely with an SEO reseller.
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Source: http://www.bellenews.com/2016/08/22/business-news/outsourcing-the-key-to-business-success-when-you-have-chronic-illness/
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Setting a small business up needs acquiring enough publicity or occurrence to attract a stream of customers. You cannot keep the business if you fail to entice a good flow of consumers. As of late, the web has become an incredibly reliable tool for giving firms the coverage they need. Just about any business today has their online counterpart. To improve a website's presence online, you need to use an array of SEO strategies specifically while label SEO. From applying white label SEO services you may get many advantages. It is important to comprehend carefully what white label SEO is about to realize how superior of an investment it is.
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SEO reseller services are rendered in the most basic sense by agencies or individuals that have the capacity to host search engine optimization services that are provided by search engine marketing firms. If you are familiar with footwear resellers, the SEO reseller services work in a rather similar way but instead of the shoes, the products are SEO services and they are aiming to improve the current SEO strategy that the companies have through existing SEO tools from other SEO companies. When it comes to everything about these SEO reseller services, it is the task of their professionals to act as intermediaries or mediators between the SEO services and the clients that have sought them. It is also interesting to note that the SEO reseller services have other objects rather than just remarketing the existing SEO services that the companies have, since they also have to deal with the SEO itself to make sure that the customers are realizing the services and they are happy about the particular methods in improving their online presence.
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Jack Brooks, 42-year congressional veteran, dies at 89; VP Biden calls him "a great man" and "Texan through and through"
Beaumont's Jack Brooks chaired the House Government Operations Committee for 12 years and the Judiciary Committee for six. His aggressive oversight saved taxpayers billions of dollars, and his legislation creating inspectors general for federal agencies continues to protect the public interest.
But in 1994, the year of the Republican Revolution led by Newt Gingrich, the 42 years he'd spent in Congress was far more liability than asset. A conservative newcomer named Steve Stockman ousted him, only to lose his first bid for reelection in 1996.
Brooks was in the motorcade when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. When fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the new president aboard Air Force One at Love Field, he was there, the somber man peering at the scene over Jacqueline Kennedy's shoulder.
On Tuesday night, Brooks died at age 89. Stockman made a comeback this year and will be sworn in next month for a second term.
Vice President Joe Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee when Brooks chaired the House counterpart, called him a "great man."
"He was a Texan through and through – tough, bold, and bigger than life," Biden said in a statement issued by his office. "He lived by principles that were carved into his heart, and he was never afraid to fight for what he believed in. In the sixties, he was one of the few southerners to boldly support civil rights. And throughout his career, Jack was always determined to do right by the people who sent him to Congress, whether that meant investigating Iran Contra, or fighting to root out government waste."
An excellent obituary from the AP's Michael Gracyk is is here, and another from the New York Times is here.
He helped write the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, drafted the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon and played a central role in the House investigation of Iran-Contra, when Ronald Reagan was accused of trading arms for hostages and using the proceeds to finance the right-leaning Contra rebels in Nicaragua. (He also tried to impeach Reagan.)
He barred Republicans from luncheons of the Texas congressional caucus and "ostentatiously puffed his cigars in nonsmoking areas" of the Capitol.
The Times recalls that:
…He pulled no punches. After John Poindexter, Mr. Reagan's national security adviser, and Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams testified to the judiciary committee about the Iran-Contra affair, Mr. Brooks called each "a lying son of a bitch."
An aide to President Johnson called the representative "one of the few men L.B.J. was ever afraid of," while President Richard M. Nixon dubbed him "the executioner." Mr. Brooks nurtured a coalition of minorities, labor unions, pro-choice activists and loyal Democrats to win 20 straight Congressional elections.
Brooks' official congressional biography is here.
Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa called him "a great American, a great Texan, and a great Democrat" and noted in particular his work on civil rights legislation that wasn't always popular in the South and in Texas. "Brooks exhibited political courage and paved the way for the world we live in today," he said.


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Desert residents say they welcome the wet weather that brought rain to the Coachella Valley Thursday morning. But that rain also brought a host of problems, mainly on local roadways.
A cold Pacific storm brought winter weather to Riverside County Thursday, prompting forecasters to urge motorists to be wary of Slippery roads and limited visibility.
A rollover crash on was reported along State Highway 62 near Indian avenue west of Desert Hot Springs. A FedEx truck was northbound toward Twentynine Palms when the driver lost control and flipped the vehicle in the slow lane.
Big Bear reported a fresh layer of snow early Thursday morning.
Due to snow and gusty winds, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the mountains -- including Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Vista Grande -- from 4 a.m Thursday morning to 4 p.m.
The Weather Service said there was a slight chance of thunderstorms capable of producing brief periods of heavy rain and small hail.
Rainfall totals from the storm were expected to be between a half-inch and a quarter-inch in valley areas, and up to two inches in the mountains. A quarter-inch or less was expected in the Coachella Valley.
"Most of the snow will occur late (Wednesday) through Thursday evening, as the cold front moves through the area," according to an NWS advisory.
The agency said snow levels were initially around 6,500 to 7,500 feet Wednesday evening and would gradually fall to between 4,000 and 4,500 feet late today. Total snowfall from the storm was expected to be around two to six inches.
Sustained west-to-southwest winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts up to 30 mph, also were expected in the mountains early today.
"Travelers through the mountains should be prepared for hazardous winter weather conditions," forecasters said. "Motorists are urged to check the latest road reports before departing. Always carry chains and take extra food and clothing if you must travel into the mountains."
Some lingering light snow showers could continue into late Friday morning and there was potential for additional light snow Friday night and Sunday due to some disturbances that may move through the area, according to the Weather Service.


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"Vincent Hates Hojo" by littleart425
Categories: Final Fantasy 7
Characters: Other, Reader, Various, You, Cloud, Hojo, Lucrecia, Reno, Rude, Rufus, Scarlet, Sephiroth, Vincent, Zack
Description: This is for all you anti-Hojo people. I for one, hate him with a burning passion. So, write satirical, funny, parodies of Hojo! Have at it! However, there cannot be lemons, limes, or gay romance, none of that. Along with swearing. (Crap is allowed). Make fun of Hojo! Vincent will LOVE it. XD
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Anyone out there have any Office Server experience? This is probably a
basic one, but there appears to be a licensing issue.
When I check the MTI$START log file within the Office Server Manager
account (sm mm msf msl r) I get the following error:
Fetcher starting as process "A1 Fetcher_1" at 9-NOV-2008 21:35:54.57
%LICENSE-F-NOLICENSE, no license is active for this software product
Fetcher has failed
OFFICE job terminated at 9-NOV-2008 21:36:02.79
Any help gratefully appreciated. Mark.


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Now is a good time to clean up the garden. Garden clean-up done well is good exercise, aids in sanitation of the area, and is an excellent and effective plant disease control practice. Many disease causing fungi and bacteria can survive the winter on diseased roots, stems, leaves, or fruits and cause problems next year.
Remove all the plants (except cover crops or winter vegetables) from the vegetable garden. Dig up the roots and take them away as well. Roots left to decompose in the soil can release microbes next year.
The annual LaRue County 4-H candy sale begins Nov. 14. Starting today 4-H members may pick up candy at the Extension Office, located at 807 Old Elizabethtown Road, across from Magnolia Bank. Parents must sign a permission form in order for members to participate.
Members will be selling a variety of candy bars including caramel, crisp, peanut butter and milk chocolate with almonds for $1 each.
For each 40 candy bars sold, the member's name will go in a drawing for $50 cash.
Youth wrestling begins Nov. 10
LaRue County Youth Wrestling will start 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 in the high school wrestling room. Wrestlers must have USAW card before practice. Contact Melissa Metcalf at firstname.lastname@example.com or 270-537-4900 to register.
Cheerleaders compete at National Qualifier
The LCHS cheerleaders will compete at the North Alabama National Qualifier Nov. 12.
All-season passes available
The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Commission, part of the Governor's Office of Minority Empowerment, is seeking nominations for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Citizenship Award, along with essays and artwork for the esteemed King Award.
The theme for the essays and artwork is "Exploring the 'King' in You." The contest is open to kindergarten to 12th-grade students who may submit an essay or two-dimensional artwork that reflects a student's most inspired King moment or speech.
Several drivers were honored at Saturday's awards celebration at Bluegrass Speedway. The top 10 in each division received plaques.
Track promoters David and Anita Ferrell received the STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League Promoter of the Year Award. The Ferrells announced they will not return as promoters next season. They've spent 12 seasons at the track.
Final Top 10 Track Points
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1. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 177
2. Lee Devasier (Crestwood)- 154
3. Jeff Watson (Campbellsville)- 152
Nicholas Paden, a LaRue County High School senior, is a finalist in the Wendy's High School Heisman Award. In Kentucky, 940 student athletes applied. Only 20 were named state finalists.
Paden has been a starter for the LCHS wrestling team since eighth grade, is a four-time regional champ and two-time state placer (third and sixth). He has been ranked nationally and is being recruited by Princeton, Duke University and University of Chicago.
Two LaRue County High School cross country runners earned at-large individual berths Saturday at the Class AA Region 2 championship meet at Ephram White Park in Bowling Green.
Freshman Kristina Durbin and sophomore Adam Sandidge will compete at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
Durbin, who was 10th in 22:06.05, punched her second State ticket after finishing 41st in Lexington last year.
LaRue County was held to a season-low 46 yards Friday night as the Hawks ended their season with a 7-0 loss to the visiting Wayne County Cardinals in the first round of the Class 2-A playoffs.
The Hawks (6-5), featuring a pair of 2,000-yard career rushers in seniors Drew Newberry and Cody Thompson, were limited to 37 rushing yards on 30 carries.
"The Singing Princess," a stage adaption of the popular children's book of the same name, will be produced in the Russ Mobley of the Alumni Building at 114 University Drive, Campbellsville, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
The production is free and open to the public.
Starr Garrett, artistic director of the play, said they are encouraging parents to read the book with their children and then take them to the production.
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National editor's pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour:
Police identify mall shooter, but his motives are a mystery
Police on Wednesday identified the gunman who killed two people and himself in an Oregon mall as 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts, who used an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle stolen from someone he knew. Police don't know why he went on a shooting rampage Tuesday afternoon, but they say he didn't know his victims and was shooting randomly, trying to kill as many people as possible. He wore a hockey-style mask and an ammo vest but not, as reported earlier, body armor, and he carried several loaded magazines, police said. The rifle jammed during the attack, but he was able to get it working again and ultimately shot himself. Two people were killed, a 54-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, and a girl said to be 15 was wounded and in serious condition. "This could have been much, much worse," Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said.
North Koreans dance in streets after rocket launch
North Koreans danced in the streets of Pyongyang after the government's first successful rocket launch put a satellite into orbit Wednesday. The launch took analysts by surprise, as North Korea had recently said there were technical problems and widened the launch window. The three-stage rocket is similar to a model capable of striking California with a nuclear warhead, and some believe the country's next move will be to conduct a third nuclear test. North Korea joins a short list of countries that have successfully launched a satellite from their own soil, and it caused jubilation in a place where most people don't have enough to eat. "It's really good news," North Korean citizen Jon Il Gwang said as he danced in the streets of Pyongyang. "It clearly testifies that our country has the capability to enter into space." North Korea's hilariously triumphant newscast announcing the launch on state TV, below, is worth seeing.
Syria reportedly fires Scuds as U.S. recognizes rebels
The Syrian government has begun firing Scud missiles at rebels in northern Syria, according to U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity. The use of the long-range, Soviet-era missiles is viewed as a serious escalation of the nearly 2-year-old conflict, and a sign of President Bashar Assad's growing desperation to wipe out the rebels threatening to overthrow him. A half-dozen or more missiles were fired from the Damascus area to rebel-held areas in the north over the last few days, officials said. In Morocco, meanwhile, the U.S. and more than 100 other countries recognized the new Syrian opposition coalition that was formed last month in Qatar. "With every day that passes, the regime's hold on power weakens. Territory slips from its grasp. The opposition becomes more unified and organized," said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for the Middle East William Burns, who attended in the place of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton because she was ill. A statement issued by the "Friends of the Syrian People" conference said Assad had lost all legitimacy, and it warned that any use of chemical weapons "would draw a serious response" from the international community.
Ravi Shankar was remembered Wednesday as a musical pioneer who popularized Indian music in the West but was turned off by hippie drug culture and appalled by Jimi Hendrix's burning of a guitar. The virtuoso sitar player, dubbed "the godfather of world music" by Beatle George Harrison, died Tuesday at 92 in San Diego. "My Dad's music touched millions of people," said a statement from his daughter, musician Norah Jones. "He will be greatly missed by me and music lovers everywhere." Shankar became world-famous through a friendship with Harrison, who reached out to him for lessons on how to play the sitar, a long-necked string instrument that resembles a giant lute.
Really? Paul McCartney fronting Nirvana reunion
This may sound like an April fool's joke, but word is that squeaky-clean rock elder Paul McCartney is standing in tonight for grunge god Kurt Cobain in a reunion of the two other members of Nirvana. At Wednesday's 12/12/12 concert for victims of superstorm Sandy in New York, Sir Paul, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic will reportedly play a new song they've been secretly working on. The former Beatle suggested they "just make something up," according to a report in the Guardian. "Smells Like I Want To Hold Your Hand"?
The Wire, a summary of top national and world news stories from the Associated Press and other wire services, moves weekdays. Contact Karl Kahler at 408-920-5023; follow him at twitter.com/karl_kahler.


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Does Democracy Avert Famine?
By MICHAEL MASSING
Published: March 1, 2003
Few scholars have left more of a mark on the field of development economics than Amartya Sen.
The winner of the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, Mr. Sen has changed the way economists think about such issues as collective decision-making, welfare economics and measuring poverty. He has pioneered the use of economic tools to highlight gender inequality, and he helped the United Nations devise its Human Development Index -- today the most widely used measure of how well nations meet basic social needs.
More than anything, though, Mr. Sen is known for his work on famine. Just as Adam Smith is associated with the phrase ''invisible hand'' and Joseph Schumpeter with ''creative destruction,'' Mr. Sen is famous for his assertion that famines do not occur in democracies. ''No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,'' he wrote in ''Democracy as Freedom'' (Anchor, 1999). This, he explained, is because democratic governments ''have to win elections and face public criticism, and have strong incentive to undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' This proposition, advanced in a host of books and articles, has shaped the thinking of a generation of policy makers, scholars and relief workers who deal with famine.
Now, however, in India, the main focus of Mr. Sen's research, there are growing reports of starvation. In drought-ravaged states like Rajasthan in the west and Orissa in the east, many families have been reduced to eating bark and grass to stay alive. Already thousands may have died. This is occurring against a backdrop of endemic hunger and malnutrition. About 350 million of India's one billion people go to bed hungry every night, and half of all Indian children are malnourished. Meanwhile, the country is awash in grain, with the government sitting on a surplus of more than 50 million tons. Such want amid such plenty has generated public protests, critical editorials and an appeal to India's Supreme Court to force the government to use its surpluses to feed the hungry.
All of which has raised new questions about Mr. Sen's famous thesis. In an article critical of him in The Observer of London last summer, Vandana Shiva, an ecological activist in India, wrote that while it is true that famine disappeared in India in 1947, with independence and elections, it is ''making a comeback.'' The problem, she added in an interview, ''has not yet reached the scale seen in the Horn of Africa,'' but if nothing is done, ''in three or four years India could be in the same straits.''
To Mr. Sen, though, it is not the thesis that needs revision but the popular understanding of it. Yes, famines do not occur in democracies, he said in a phone interview, but ''it would be a misapprehension to believe that democracy solves the problem of hunger.'' Mr. Sen, who is the master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, said his writings on famine frequently noted the problems India has had in feeding its people, and he was baffled by the amount of attention his comments about famine and democracy had received. The Nobel committee, in awarding its prize, did not even mention this aspect of his work, he said, adding, however, that many newspapers had seized on it and misrepresented it.
Mr. Sen's views about famine and hunger have recently been put to the test by Dan Banik, an Indian-born political scientist at the University of Oslo. Mr. Banik has spent much of the last several years in India, studying the parched, desperate Kalahandi region of Orissa. In that area alone, Mr. Banik said by phone from India, he found 300 starvation deaths in six months. And they are hardly unique. ''I have collected newspaper reports on starvation for six years in Indian newspapers,'' he said, ''and there's not a state where it hasn't happened. Starvation is widespread in India.''
He quickly added, however, that the toll was nowhere near the hundreds of thousands that constitute a famine. In fact, Mr. Sen's theory about famines not occurring in democracies ''applies rather well to India,'' he said. ''There has not been a large-scale loss of life since 1947.'' At the same time, he said, ''there have been many incidents of large-scale food crises that, while not resulting in actual famines, have led to many, many deaths.''
While the Indian bureaucracy responds well to highly visible crises like famine threats, Mr. Banik observed, starvation ''occurs in isolated areas and so isn't very visible.'' India has done an even poorer job of addressing the problem of chronic malnutrition, he said. ''It's so shocking,'' Mr. Banik added. ''There's so much food in the country, yet people are starving.''
India's huge food stocks reflect the power of the farm lobby. It has pressed the government to buy grain at ever higher prices, making bread and other staples more and more expensive. To help the hungry, the government has a national network of ration shops, but they have been undermined by widespread corruption and distribution bottlenecks. What's more, the government, under pressure from the World Bank and other institutions, has reduced its once-generous food subsidies.


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