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The citizens of Marseille, France had enough, and they want Batman to protect their city. With an increase in gang violence and politicians not doing anything about it, they are really frustrated and fed up. So, they have taken the issue to the next level and started a mock competition looking for the Caped Crusader to help them fight crimes.
Even though it is meant to be a joke, but the fact that thousands of people signed up for competition and 'liked' the Facebook page related to the matter just shows how desperate people are. The petition states that adding more police force is just like putting a band-aid on a non-healing wound.
Metro UK reports:
'It's always the same – when it suits them, politicians are suddenly concerned. Then half of them go back to Paris, the other half forget,' Jean-Baptiste Jaussaud, spokesman for the Batman group, told French media.
'They promise us more police, even suggest sending in the army… Next they'll be talking about calling in Batman!'
Hopefully, the city mayor will get the message and will do something about the crime. Either that or criminals will eventually take over the city and I'm sure no one wants that.
[via Metro UK]
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[@kevbo] "Intelligent debate" is not possible with one who comes to the dais with the axiom that any group of human beings can be presumptively included in that group (i.e., criminal) deserving of enhanced police scrutiny and police action simply because of their race or ethnicity.
This stop-and-frisk law operated under the same mindset that existed in Nazi Germany. Because most German Jews LOOKED like their murderous oppressors, they were forced to wear a yellow star to identify themselves as part of a group… a group determined solely by religion.
Blacks and Latinos are born with their "yellow star". In New York 2013, they were suffering on the starting end of the same spectrum of abuse and enhanced police attention that, we know, can lead to a Final Solution. And THE FACT is: the actual, real numbers prove that, despite your mislabeling these young men as forming a "criminal class", those of them who were stopped-and-frisked were MUCH LESS LIKELY to be arrested or detained than were their White counterparts. In other words, THEY WERE MORE LAW ABIDING than their non-targeted White counterparts.
Stare decisis played no significant part in this Judge's reaching her conclusions about this law's un-Constitutionality.
I have no intent or inclination to engage in "intelligent debate" with one who axiomatically assigns Black and/or Latino men living in New York to a "criminal class" simply because of who they are.
Was I "vague" in my visceral, historically-informed reaction to your stated "opinions"? Then let me be absolutely clear: To such an "intelligent debate", absent my conscience and the law, rather than robes and a gavel, I would indeed bring a Ka-bar and .45 Longslide. Clear enough?
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It is a sad state of affairs when name calling, innuendo, and vague threats replace intelligent debate.
Why you take offense to my reference to 'groups' of human beings defies my imagination. This whole issue revolves around groups of human beings. A group of lawyers at the ACLU initiated this 'class action' lawsuit on behalf of a second group of human beings against a third group of human beings. Now, while I agree with your implied sentiment that grouping human beings is a bad idea in the first place, I should not be denigrated when I refer to those group.
You state "My considered… descriptions of you precisely describe ONE person, you…I assumed NOTHING when making my statements.", yet in your first response at you called me a dangerous, ignorant, immoral, frightened, uninformed, impotent, fool and characterized my opinion as spewing bile. In your second post at me, you continue in your eloquence by calling me a liar and a bigot. All that from my 15 word statement, and without making any assumptions. Either you are the most perceptive person on the planet, or I am a complete stranger to my family, friends, and aquaintances.
Lastly, the only real point your sorry excuse for an argument has given me to refute: the US court system is based on the rule of law by precedent. This judge delivered her 'opinion' based on her 'interpretation' of judgements which preceded her ruling. Those are the cases I refer to.
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[@JMJ] This comment was a joke about your comment made on the wrong article. Apparently yours was removed while I was making this one. Sorry.
[@kevbo] Your comments "spewed" in that they are not only false and uninformed — that is easily remediated, but in that they refer to whole GROUPS of human beings. My considered, thought-twice-about descriptions of you are not "spewing". They precisely describe ONE person, you, based on what he publicly said and not on his membership in any particular racial, ethnic, religious, etc., group.
I assumed NOTHING in making my statements. I simply read your words. And, Yes: because they lack depth or even an iota of intellectual challenge, I could "instantly" reach my conclusions based on demonstrated FACTS; i.e., your bigoted comments. You may add that to your list.
Here's another: You are intentionally misstating facts. A person who makes an unintentional misstatement is in error; a person who intentionally makes a misstatement is a liar. To whit:
You claim to have spent "many hours of reading and following the "CASES…" That is a lie. There was only ONE case. Add "liar" to your list of my SPECIFIC descriptions of ONLY you based on what you SAID and not on who you ARE.
You finally are right in one thing: I and you ARE separated by the veil of the Internet. Take great comfort in the fact that we are.
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[@JMJ] I stated my opinion. An opinion that is based on many hours of reading and following the cases involved in this decision.
You accuse me of pre-judging a person, yet instantly make the assumption that I am ignorant and misinformed because I disagree with you.
You accuse me on the internet of hiding behind the internet's veil.
The only spewing I see under this post are the words 'fool', 'ignorant', 'immoral', 'dangerous', 'bile', 'frightened', 'uninformed', 'impotent', and 'gestapo-like'.
All of which were written by you.
[@kevbo] " A class? Your "thinking" is precisely the type that this Federal Judge rebuked. Your offering an opinion without having availed yourself of the facts proves that, "It is better to remain silent and let people think you a fool rather than opening your mouth and dispelling all doubt."
Prejudging a person simply because he or she is member of a particular racial, ethnic or religious group is absurd and immoral. When governmental authorities and others with power do it, then it also becomes dangerous. It was found as a fact by a court of competent jurisdiction, that, when people with badges and guns act with such ignorance, then the prejudged members of such groups are victimized. Fortunately, it is highly probable that you haven't the power to act on your prejudices beyond spewing ignorant bile from behind the veil of the Internet.
Read the Judge's ruling and her recitation of the FACTS. Though I doubt it, you may be able to take them in and make a reasoned, fact-based comment rather than the frightened, uninformed, impotent mutterings we've suffered so far.
- kevbo
You know a community is in trouble when a criminal class becomes a protected class.
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[@Darcy] Whoa! How very, very wrong you are! The facts are, that, despite the racist targeting of Black and Latino young men, the actual numbers of Black or Latino criminals detected by this outrageous, gestapo-like tactic were vanishing small compared to the numbers of White criminals. I REPEAT: More White criminals were caught with the so-called "stop and frisk" campaign than were Black or Hispanics despite the fact that the latter group was stopped-and-frisked NINE TIMES more often!
@coyote – I heartily agree with EVERYTHING you said, except your second sentence, "The first step to ending racism is to remove all thought of race or culture."
Please consider this view: We do not need to be color-blind or culture-blind in order to have the just system you describe and our Constitution "guarantees". Rather, I think, we need individually and personally to embrace all races and cultures as equally deserving of respect and fairness. Personally, I love the outrageous mix of races, peoples and cultures (and the f-o-o-d-s that come with them) where I live. That cannot be legislated. It has to inculcated from birth.
I was once in a courtroom where an Irish woman, who had witnessed a street crime while on vacation in New York and had been brought back from Ireland to testify, was being examined by a prosecutor. He was absolutely at a loss as to how to get this woman to include "black" in her description of the accused. She described, height, weight, build, etc., but had to be led by the prosecutor, like a horse to the tainted water of race consciousness, before the accused's race became relevant to her.
[@Coyote] I told you to stay off the sauce. :)
- Coyote
[@Darcy] The very fact they rely on race in the first place makes it racist. The first step to ending racism is to remove all thought of race or culture. A person is responsible for themselves and themselves only. When prosecuting it should be on the merits of the case and their actions that led to the arrest. And am I the only one that remebers justice is to be blind, we should enforce this and have all courts take place in double blind interviews. The personal ideas and preferences of judges have been many a poor black man.
A New York judge just recently ended an effective anti-crime program because it "targeted Blacks and Hispanics." The crime statistics that it reduced were those against Blacks and Hispanics as well. Makes me wonder if the police policy was racist or the court decision to end it is racist
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After falling in Olympic play, Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic is A-OKKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie 20 hrs ago
Luckily for all involved, the 2016 Olympics passed without any major injuries in the Men's Basketball realm. There will be a bit of fatigue – San Antonio Spurs fans were no doubt fretting over every bead of sweat Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and especially Pau Gasol dropped mid-August – but once again returning NBA players managed to escape the Olympic turn without a significant malady.
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The streak of good luck seemed to run out early on the Olympiad's final day on Sunday, though, when Team Spain's Nikola Mirotic went crashing to the floor following an entanglement during his team's (infamous) bronze medal win over Australia. The Chicago Bulls forward stayed behind in the play while crutching his right knee in pain on the floor for several minutes after a collision, leading some to fear that he had torn ligaments in that knee in the penultimate game of the 2016 tournament after working unscathed through seven prior contests.
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The Lakers and the NBA are taking another chance on Yi JianlianKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie 21 hrs ago
After a few frustrating free agent chase-downs with Kobe Bryant around, and a 2016 offseason without Bryant on board, the Los Angeles Lakers have mostly committed to the idea of a full-on rebuilding project. New, "rookie" head coach Luke Walton is the team's biggest free agent signing, there won't be any agent-favoring vet acquisitions like Carlos Boozer and Roy Hibbert to help fill out the roster, and the team seems fully bent on working with the young prospects it has alongside the 2017 NBA draft pick it will hopefully get to keep next spring.
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On Monday, the Lakers made what was long suspected official. They signed Yi:
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Klay Thompson is already sick of questions about the 2016-17 WarriorsKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie 1 day ago
One of the benefits of growing up as a basketball fan in the era of the well-publicized "superteam" would seemingly be, if our antennas are pointed in the right direction, the ability to discuss reasonable expectations for the superteams prior to their ever playing a game.
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(I realize that, for those of us that have actually had to use antennas on the top of our TVs, the idea of a "superteam" isn't anything new. And that Magic, Bird, Dr. J and to a lesser extent MJ and Hakeem and Kobe and Shaq played with their fair share of Hall of Famers. Still, the attention shown toward the most recent batches pales in comparison to, say, "ooh, the Celtics are going to start Kevin McHale over Cedric Maxwell this year." )
Since the 2003-04 Lakers' attempts to win with Karl Malone and Gary Payton failed, and in the years since we watched LeBron James' first 185 games with the Miami Heat hardly go according to plan, we've been afforded the ability to concurrently learn from and derive more and more talking points from the creation of these sorts of planned out super squads.
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In grabbing the gold, Team USA Men's Basketball steadied its shipKelly Dwyer at Fourth-Place Medal 2 days ago
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You couldn't be blamed for feeling a little frustrated at Team USA on Sunday, even after it dominated Serbia by 30 points on its way toward a third consecutive gold medal in men's basketball.
Where was this sort of showing in pool play? Where was that defense, that movement offensively, those snap decisions made so expertly when it came time to decide when to lunge for the steal or to mind the backdoor cuts that have haunted the team throughout its Olympiad run?
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And that's exactly what this squad came through with. They beat the silver medalists by 30 points on Sunday.
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Team USA Men's Basketball tops Spain, moves on to gold medal gameKelly Dwyer at Fourth-Place Medal 4 days ago
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The smooth, almost effortless chemistry is still lacking, but you can't argue with the results: Team USA will play for the gold medal on Sunday.
The outfit earned that opportunity with its 82-76 victory over Team Spain on Friday. Klay Thompson led the Americans with 22 points, but it was DeAndre Jordan's nine points, 16 rebounds, four blocks, two assists and a steal alongside his sprightly impact on both ends that helped push his team over the top.
Spain did well to keep the game close for the first three quarters and the team's defensive streak carried over from the win over France, but in spite of the lack of continuity on the offensive end for Team USA the favorites still pulled out the contest, turning this into a double-figure lead early in the fourth quarter.
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Until Team USA's mostly-dominant turn against Argentina on Wednesday, things were looking rather cagey for the American cagers. The group went undefeated through five games in pool play, but its final three contests were won by a total of just 16 points, with near-misses against Australia, Serbia and France (playing without Tony Parker) causing much consternation amongst observers.
Deserved consternation, it should be noted, because while the tough win over Australia was to be expected and outfits from Serbia and France are to be respected, Team USA hardly looked like a seamless squad working with a product greater than the sum of its total parts.
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DeAndre Jordan on a potential gold medal: 'I think they're above NBA rings'
DeAndre Jordan, should he win one, would consider his Olympic gold medal more "special" than any NBA championship ring. Should the Los Angeles Clipper win one of those someday, as well.
This is not adjacent to Carmelo Anthony, but this is also not a case of a red, white and blue-clad jingoist gone troppo in the midst of The Best Summer Vacation Ever; throwing down lobs and teaming up with a series of All-Stars on his way to the highest honor for any athlete.
Jordan discussed as much with Marc Stein of ESPN:
"I think they're above NBA rings," Jordan told ESPN of the gold medal USA Basketball is chasing here in Rio entering Wednesday night's quarterfinal game against Argentina.
"I may get in trouble for saying that, but I believe that. I feel like this is more special. You're not just playing teams in the U.S. You're playing teams from all over the world. And this is even more special because there's an NBA champion crowned every year, but this is every four years.
"You've got to really think about that, man, because it's extremely special."
LeBron James 'did not retire from Team USA,' possibly eyes 2020
Any competitor that walks away from his or her sport, be it a retiree following a decades-long career or a weary power forward that begged out of an All-Star Game due to knee tendinitis, still gets a bit of a pang when they're watching from afar what they just asked out of.
LeBron James, currently, is in the middle of those two examples, but he's still feeling the same pangs. After taking part in the Men's Basketball portion of the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, the 31-year old James decided to step aside in order to let a younger generation attempt to defend Team USA's gold medal. Also contributing to the summer off was the knowledge that he'd have to rest his veteran body in anticipation of defending his and Cleveland's 2016 NBA championship.
James, however, wants everyone to know that he's not exactly done with international competition. As transcribed by Chris Fedor at Cleveland.com:
As a show, we'd certainly welcome it. From what we've seen from the guy, participation in 2024 shouldn't seem too farfetched a notion either.
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LeBron James would like to own and run an NBA team somedayKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie 6 days ago
LeBron James recently admitted that he's chasing the figurative "ghost" of Michael Jordan, meaning MJ's six NBA championship and Jordan's acknowledged presence as the greatest to ever play the sport of basketball. We hope this particular chase-down block, a LeBron James staple, doesn't end with LBJ wearing ultra-baggy and pre-torn faded jeans on an NBA sideline in a decade.
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"But I have a feel like I have a good eye for not only talent, because we all see a lot of talent, but the things that make the talent, the chemistry, what type of guy he is, his work ethic, his passion, the basketball IQ side of things, because talent only goes so far."
The issue here is that even all of that might not be enough.
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Anyone hoping for another classic Spain/France brawl as the two teams barreled into their quarterfinal matchup in the Men's Basketball bracket had to be sorely let down. Team Spain dominated from the get-go on Wednesday, downing France by a 92-67 score to advance to the semifinals.
The team was led by Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic, who managed 23 points, six rebounds, two steals and two assists alongside zero turnovers in the win. Center Willy Hernangomez added 16 points and five rebounds, while Pau Gasol contributed three blocks. Each member of Team Spain scored in the one-sided affair.
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New Orleans police said they were working hard Wednesday to keep Halloween safe for residents one year after a string of shootings rocked the city.
Sixteen people were shot on Halloween 2011 in five shootings across New Orleans. The worst of the incidents happened on Bourbon Street, where eight victims were shot after a fight broke out, New Oleans Police Department Supt. Ronal Serpas said.
"It's really become the playground for adults at Halloween," Serpas said.
New Orleans police plan to have 170 officers in the Quarter to patrol what Serpas described as a growing trend of larger crowds.
"There's no question that every year we see more and more people go to Halloween in the Quarter. It's becoming another one of the signature events that we need to prepare and police for," he said.
Serpas admitted that simply having officers around did not stop the shootings last year.
"The police were within feet of people at these events, and when people are very angry at somebody they know, and they find them and decide to take a violent action against them, sometimes the police being there doesn't matter, but we are going to make sure we have a large presence downtown," he said.
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Solar Cycle #24: On Track to be the Weakest in 100 Yearsby David Dickinson
Our nearest star has exhibited some schizophrenic behavior thus far for 2013.
By all rights, we should be in the throes of a solar maximum, an 11-year peak where the Sun is at its most active and dappled with sunspots.
Thus far though, Solar Cycle #24 has been off to a sputtering start, and researchers that attended the meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division earlier this month are divided as to why."Not only is this the smallest cycle we've seen in the space age, it's the smallest cycle in 100 years," NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center research scientist David Hathaway said during a recent press teleconference conducted by the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Cycle #23 gave way to a profound minimum that saw a spotless Sol on 260 out of 365 days (71%!) in 2009. Then, #Cycle 24 got off to a late start, about a full year overdue — we should have seen a solar maximum in 2012, and now that's on track for the late 2013 to early 2014 time frame. For solar observers, both amateur, professional and automated, it seems as if the Sun exhibits a "split-personality" this year, displaying its active Cycle #24-self one week, only to sink back into a blank despondency the next.
This new cycle has also been asymmetrical as well. One hallmark heralding the start of a new cycle is the appearance of sunspots at higher solar latitudes on the disk of the Sun. These move progressively toward the Sun's equatorial regions as the cycle progresses, and can be mapped out in what's known as a Spörer's Law.
But the northern hemisphere of the Sun has been much more active since 2006, with the southern hemisphere experiencing a lag in activity. "Usually this asymmetry lasts a year or so, and then the hemispheres synchronize," said Giuliana de Toma of the High Altitude Observatory.
So far, several theories have been put forth as to why our tempestuous star seems to be straying from its usual self. Along with the standard 11-year cycle, it's thought that there may be a longer, 100 year trend of activity and subsidence known as the Gleissberg Cycle.
The Sun is a giant ball of gas, rotating faster (25 days) at the equator than at the poles, which rotate once every 34.5 days. This dissonance sets up a massive amount of torsion, causing the magnetic field lines to stretch and snap, releasing massive amounts of energy. The Sun also changes polarity with every sunspot cycle, another indication that a new cycle is underway.
But predictions have run the gamut for Cycle #24. Recently, solar scientists have projected a twin peaked solar maximum for later this year, and thus far, Sol seems to be following this modified trend. Initial predictions by scientists at the start of Cycle #24 was for the sunspot number to have reached 90 by August 2013; but here it is the end of July, and we're sitting at 68, and it seems that we'll round out the northern hemisphere Summer at a sunspot number of 70 or so.
Some researchers predict that the following sunspot Cycle #25 may even be absent all together.
"If this trend continues, there will be almost no spots in Cycle 25," Noted Matthew Penn of the National Solar Observatory, hinting that we may be on the edge of another Maunder Minimum.
The Maunder Minimum was a period from 1645 to 1715 where almost no sunspots were seen. This span of time corresponded to a medieval period known as the Little Ice Age. During this era, the Thames River in London froze, making Christmas "Frost Fairs" possible on the ice covered river. Several villages in the Swiss Alps were also consumed by encroaching glaciers, and the Viking colony established in Greenland perished. The name for the period comes from Edward Maunder, who first noted the minimum in papers published in the 1890s. The term came into modern vogue after John Eddy published a paper on the subject in the journal of Science in 1976. Keep in mind, the data from the period covered by the Maunder Minimum is far from complete— Galileo had only started sketching sunspots via projection only a few decades prior to the start of the Maunder Minimum. But tellingly, there was a span of time in the early 18th century when many researchers supposed that sunspots were a myth! They were really THAT infrequent…
Just what role a pause in the solar cycle might play in the climate change debate remains to be seen. Perhaps, humanity is getting a brief (and lucky) reprieve, a chance to get serious about controlling our own destiny and doing something about anthropogenic climate-forcing. On a more ominous note, however, an extended cooling phase may give us reason to stall on preparing for the inevitable while giving ammunition to deniers, who like to cite natural trends exclusively.
Whatever occurs, we now have an unprecedented fleet of solar monitoring spacecraft on hand to watch the solar drama unfold. STEREO A & B afford us a 360 degree view of the Sun. SOHO has now monitored the Sun for the equivalent of more than one solar cycle, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has joined it in its scrutiny. NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) just launched earlier this year, and has already begun returning views of the solar atmosphere in unprecedented detail. Even spacecraft such as MESSENGER orbiting Mercury can give us vital data from other vantage points in the solar system.
Cycle #24 may be a lackluster performer, but I'll bet the Sun has a few surprises in store. You can always get a freak cloud burst, even in the middle of a drought. Plus, we're headed towards northern hemisphere Fall, a time when aurora activity traditionally picks up.
Be sure to keep a (safely filtered) eye on ol' Sol— it may be the case over these next few years that "no news is big news!"
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How many amateur astronomers does it take to screw in a lightbulb …
Sorry, just joking, not turning on the light …
But Joking aside, what's up with this cycle. Afaik, it was drumrolled to be a significant maximum, and now a soft drumroll prediction for cycle 25 … Based on what were these predictions? someone left the light on?
The Mayan predictions of course.
Quick – pass a global warming tax before it's too late. We all know that extra taxes on people will fix the climate!
No, I disagree. A global warming tax would only serve to benefit the filthy rich and a select few privileged people, by digging out a huge underground bunker (or several interconnected smaller bunkers) were they all could live comfortably, regardless of all the hellish climates and flooding on earth's outer surface and it's insignificant suffering population.
The bias of the author shows when he calls those who don't agree with the majority 'deniers'. Shouldn't he then call those who subscribe to the majority opinion 'warmists'?
The sunspots don't burn my eyes quite as much as some of the grammar in this article. Interesting.
Thanks… sorry if I get on the florid side occasionally, anthropomorphizing stars and what not. Prose writing is my first love.
Can you explain the lake that surrounds the geophysical North Pole, icebergs the size of Pennsylvania, or the newly formed "Northwest passage" big enough for a ship to pass through? Perhaps you could say that Santa is desiring lake front property.
Oh, I didn't know that you're a Republican. Sorry.
Brenda…your slip is showing…
Can u explain the glaciers that engulfed whole villages the last time the sun went to sleep?
The proof is in the ebb and flow of the Sun.
GREENLAND used to be Green.
I see you shoved out the whole political thingy while I was merely stating that todays scientists aren't objective…again thanks for proving my point.
I love it when emotions run amok among the 'objective open minded ones'….
Some will argue that your gage is malfunctioning, but mostly I think that what they are denying is that human induced CO2 emissions have been proven to be the main cause of climate change, and instead point to the sun. It is much larger than the earth with all kinds of emissions visible and invisible that are clearly changing in the same time frame as climate change.
Cycle is screw-up because of ohbama, he's screwed-up America. Now he's messing with that Sun.


text: Lettuce Freeze strikes Yuma lettuce By Mike Hornick May 17, 2011 | 4:54 pm EDT Comments Print Courtesy D'Arrigo Bros. Co. Ice gathers in a Yuma, Ariz., area iceberg lettuce field Feb. 3. Lettuce growers in the Yuma, Ariz., area have suffered a freeze that turned out to be several degrees cooler than some forecasts predicted. âIt was 25 degrees in the south Yuma Valley,â said John DâArrigo, president of Salinas, Calif.-based DâArrigo Bros. Co. âSomerton was 29 degrees at 8:30 a.m. (Feb. 3). Thatâs bone cold. Lettuce canât handle it.â The Yuma deal had already seen threatening weather, beginning with a New Years Day weekend freeze. Peeling and an airborne sclerotinia fungus dropped some growersâ yields by 10% to 20%. While the extent of the new damage is unclear, the supply shortage is likely to continue if not worsen. DâArrigo predicts at least another six weeks of problems. âWeâre in for a wild ride,â he said. âItâs going to be difficult to make your top grade. A lot will have to go into secondary labels. The industry will have to be careful about quality control as crop moves around the country. You canât have these temperatures without showing heavy blistering and freeze burns and potentially a decay-and-rot situation in transit. âIâve never in my lifetime seen this amount of ice and cold in Yuma. Maybe the oldtimers have seen it.â


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2015 "Are you serious?" awards
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More military force is not the answer
President Obama's request to authorize use of military force against the so-called Islamic State opens unhappy comparisons with earlier misguided U.S. military ventures.
Dead child walking: A cry from the heart
"The mothers and sons I saw pay the highest price, in blood, fear, anger and worry."
U.S. foreign policy, what is going on?
The U.S. foots 75 percent of NATO's bill, increasingly hard to do given the enormous costs of the Afghan and Iraq wars, the pivot to Asia, and the war in Syria.
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President Obama strained in Monday's United Nations speech to explain the rationale behind U.S. foreign policy.
Free Chelsea Manning and all political prisoners
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Perspectives on Pfc. Bradley Manning from an anti-war veteran
This new generation of young war resisters has said 'no' to being a part of the U.S. military machine. They're risking a lot to speak the truth from their 'inside' perspective.
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Guantanamo will only be closed if there continues to be a broad-based movement that pressures the government to close the prison; but this closure should be only a first step in a longterm strategy.
Global capitalism: The gift that keeps on taking
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Gaza-Israel: cease-fire now
Events in recent days between Israel and the Hamas-led government in Gaza show the danger of Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu's refusal to work seriously toward the resolution of Palestinian grievances.


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Graduate teaching courses are becoming more popular again in many countries, though ageing continues to affect the profession, and making the career more attractive for longer remains a challenge. For insight, we asked a retired teacher to explain why, despite the challenges, he stayed in the job.
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Tax fraud: Time to get tough
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Agricultural production grows strongly
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The COP21 agreement missed the mark on shipping. The risks of delaying accountability from the shipping sector for 3% of global emissions are urgent: noxious chemicals and pollutants are released in concentrated quantities when ships are at port, revving their engines to move in and out. With estimates indicating that emissions from shipping are on the rise - up to 14% by 2050 - the International Maritime Organization has reponded by urgently calling upon shipbuilders ensure that all new ships are 30% more efficient by 2025. Read the article from the OECD Insights blog here.
The Nordic welfare model has long boasted impressive social benefits, leading Sweden, Denmark, and Finland to rank highest for living, redistribution, and social inclusion. Will the ranking of Nordic countries fare as well as their migrant populations increase? A post from the OECD Insights blog explains how the Nordic labour market structure might be inhibiting migrant integration. Read more of the OECD Migration Insights blog post here.
A recent report from the OECD, The Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns and the Risk of Policy Capture, evaluates the funding party and campaign funding policies of member countries. See the report here.
On Friday, 22 April, Heads of State gathered in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement in a first step toward implementation of the terms agreet at COP21 in November 2015. Watch the Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Agreement here.
The OECD announces March on Gender, a month of discussions and events focused on gender equality and policy in light of International Women's Day on its WikiGender blog. WikiGender was launched by the OECD and is available to an online community of contributers such as gender equality experts and practitioners, policymakers, students, and the general public. Find out more about March on Gender here.
The Independent Evaluation Group found that focusing on women's roles in the post-conflict recovery, beginning by launching country-specific gender analyses, paves the way for more effective conflict resolution. Read more here.
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text: 000 FXUS63 KGRB 280333 AFDGRB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1033 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016 Updated aviation portion for 06Z TAF issuance .SHORT TERM...Tonight and Sunday Issued at 322 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2016 Water vapor imagery shows a vigorous mid level shortwave across the upper Mississippi Valley coincident with an area of showers. There will be a continued chance for showers, with a much lesser thunderstorm threat, through the evening hours as this feature passes through to the north. Despite the upstream thunderstorms, the timing of this feature passing through the area, after peak heating, is such that the thunderstorm risk should diminish by the time it reaches the area. Once the shortwave tracks east, weak high pressure will settle in across the area later tonight. The light winds and abundant low level moisture afforded by the recent rainfall will lead to an increased threat for fog after midnight. Given the latest MOS guidance categories, will raise patchy fog to areas of fog for the area late tonight and into early Sunday morning. Despite the threat for fog, dense fog advisories are not anticipated as dense fog should be patchy and transient. If dense fog proves more persistent and widespread this will be re-evaluated with subsequent shifts. A warm and somewhat humid day is expected on Sunday as the weak high shifts slightly east. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms across north-central Wisconsin during the afternoon hours as a mid level shortwave tracks through northwest Wisconsin. .LONG TERM...Sunday Night Through Saturday Issued at 322 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2016 Weak zonal flow over northern conus early to quickly transition toward more amplification by midweek. Devil in details as model guidance offers varying solutions as to evolution of shortwave impulses traversing the US/Canadian border downstream of amplifying ridge over intermountain west. Forecast confidence low thus preferred to make only minor adjustments to previous forecast for early next week as frontal boundary over Dakotas moves east toward Wisconsin by 00Z Tuesday. Maintained only low pops across the north early Sunday evening as modest WAA kicks in across the Northern Mississippi Valley. Appears best chance for shower and thunderstorm activity will be with primary surface frontal boundary forecast to enter forecast area Monday night into early Tuesday. Much uncertainty remains as to where convection will focus along the boundary. Best guess is bulk of activity will occur after 06Z through about 18Z Tuesday with more widespread activity generally southwest of the forecast area where deeper moisture and instabilityto exist. Overall forcing and instability over Wisconsin not impressive thus expect activity to remain scattered, of modest intensity and to remain below severe limits. Leaned toward somewhat more progressive ECMWF with any lingering precipitation clearing the forecast area by early Tuesday evening. High pressure to build into the area by Wednesday with a generally dry and pleasant period for the remainder of the work week. && .AVIATION...for 06Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1032 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2016 Instrument flight rules conditions expected across the area tonight. Ceilings may fall below minimums in some locations until around 13z or 14z. Drier air will produce some clearing by midday Sunday with VFR conditions expected in the afternoon. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM.....PK LONG TERM......EB AVIATION.......RDM


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Visiting Japanese angler, Yasuaki, started his tour with a short session on the Derwent River estuary. This turned out to be a lively plump little 'cocky salmon' taken on a whitebait imitation. Then a couple of days at Currawong Lakes produced some good fish in tough conditions. This 3lb brown amongst them. Yasuaki said this was … Continue reading Late season success
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Peter & Jill's week that was
Peter and wife Jill had a full week with Red Tag mid-Autumn that combined rivers and Currawong Lakes Peter sets the bar early with this top wild brown from Currawong Lakes. These fish are just beautiful The rainbows aren't bad either! Jill netted a nice stream brownie on the Macquarie River … only for Peter to pick up this … Continue reading Peter & Jill's week that was
Rod off to a perfect start
After the usual gear and casting introduction stages, we hit the wild trout water and this was Rod's first ever fish on the fly – a 2.5lb wild brown, sighted, stalked, cast to with a dry and landed! Not a bad way to get into fly fishing. On release even the trout seems to reflect … Continue reading Rod off to a perfect start
Regular Tagger in the action
This was John's 2nd trip in 15/16 and he gets straight into it — 1st rising fish of the day on the second pool fished and bingo! … nice little wild brown to hand and great fun on the #2wt. Next day at Currawong Lakes — christening the new #4wt Explorer rod from Hurleys, through our … Continue reading Regular Tagger in the action
UK visitor christens new #2wt gear
Steve, a fly fisher from the UK, arranged with Gavin Hurley & Red Tag to get a new #2wt with his 20th season voucher. Here he has the first one on. a very nice wild brown, this one on a #14 small bead head nymph. A very well conditioned fish … … and pleased to be back in … Continue reading UK visitor christens new #2wt gear
High water offers great opportunities
This top rainbow was the result of some very patient work by Ron from New South Wales. Ron had had a tough weather tour, but recent rains around the Currawong Lakes area had lead to good rises in the lake's water levels. So much so that the trout were searching the newly flooded spots for fresh … Continue reading High water offers great opportunities
Father and son on top form
Bruce and son Joel had a successful introduction to fly fishing day. A tag team act to land this one. Dad hooked this very nice rainbow on the Blue Damsel and Joel landed it! After some frustrating misses. losses and a breakoff Joel was very happy with this one. As they were at Somercotes overnight, … Continue reading Father and son on top form
UK couple combine Fly & Flight
Janice & Paul were keen to get the most out of their short trip to Tassie in mid January. Janice is a very keen twitcher and Paul the fly man. Here Paul is very happy returning a 3lb wild brown taken on the Blue Damsel. He had never seen trout leaping bodily clear of the … Continue reading UK couple combine Fly & Flight


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Rats! Halloween decorating can be a real witch. But what's quicker and easier than a Halloween rat staircase ... just slap some dollar store silhouettes on the stairs and call it a day. I'm taking a cue from my Halloween mantel (see it here). I love the simplicity of black and white. I unearthed my DIY arachnophobia … [Read more...]
Oh Rats! Halloween Staircase
Welcome My Pretties to My Halloween House
Come in my pretties. Helga is getting ready to party and she's breaking out her cauldron and mixing up a poisonous brew of eye of newt. October 31 - time for my girls annual Halloween party. Tricks and a few treats to get the night started before filling up their plastic pumpkins with sugar overload. Not having a party? It's … [Read more...]
You've Been Booed!
Every Halloween, my girls fill up bags with candy, print out an outline of a ghost and "Boo" their friends. They ring the bell and hide in the bushes while laughing uncontrollably waiting for someone to answer. Usually, the kids run outside searching for the culprit and a chase ensues. Why let the kids have all the fun? I … [Read more...]
Fun Free Halloween Printables
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. I would never deceive you my pretties. I'd rather share some fun free Halloween printables because I think you're the cat's meow. Instead of driving yourself batty searching for fun Halloween ideas, just print these out. Jump on your broom my little witches and … [Read more...]
Make It: 3D Paper Pumpkin
You know I'm a sucker for fall ... I've got my vintage fall decorations decking my house, my ugly plastic pumpkins turned music sheet planters on my steps and my old toolbox centerpiece smack dab in the middle of my table. My girls love 3D movies ... arrows and rocks flying towards us in the theatre. Distracting when … [Read more...]
10 Spooktacular Halloween Mantels
They're creepy and they're spooky ... they're all together ooky, check out my Top 10 Halloween Mantel Ideas - if you dare! I'm batty for this Halloween mantel with an old toolbox - The Painted Home. Giant spider adds a creep factor to this Halloween mantel - The Wicker House What's not to love about old frames, … [Read more...]
10 Wildly Clever Pumpkin Crafts!
I can almost smell the pumpkin pie baking and the leaves burning. As you know, I love fall decorating and creating a fun Halloween house for my girls. So do these creative gals ... Carlene from Organized Clutter is one of the most creative people I know! Check out her cake pan pumpkins! Gotta love a … [Read more...]


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Florida Technical College Florida Tech This School has not admission requirements; unethical; hostile work environment Deland, Florida
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However, the Deland campus has absolutely no screening requirements for admitting students. No entrance exam, no application fee, no transcript requirements -- just a copy of a high school diploma or GED. No test to determine technology skills even though they are given tablets for their books. Anyone can go to school here ... even if they speak little english, cannot read well enough to apply for a job, or spell or write well enough to complete a job application, or use a computer to do an online application or even know how to attach a resume for an employer. They are coached through their classea and if they don't like their grade, they can appeal it and get it changed. If teachers gets tough, then the VP of the Orlando Corporate Team steps in to yell at them and tell them that the dropout rate (Which is really high) is their fault.
The verbal abuse of staff is ridiculous. Screamed at, cussed at, jobs threatened constantly, pressure that never lets up, condescending manners ... the morale of the employees at this school is terrible and the turnover is tremendous. Teachers leaving, Directors leaving, Financial Aid employees leaving, people fired, career services staff a skeleton crew ... and it still goes on.
This school has lied about their practices and how they do things. They have skirted the lines of ethics and decent treatment of thier employess over and over again and they still get away with it. I only hope one day someone will have the courage, like I don't, to finally stand up to them, report it to the proper authorities and get a proper investigation going.
I'm sure Dave Ruggeri will jump on this website to once again justify what in his opinion are false statements. The reality is, Dave, you have no clue what goes on at each school on a daily level. The complete disregard for your employees, the unethical manner in which people are recruited, the constant and never-ending issues with financial aid, faculty, staff .... you have this idea in your head of what is reality when in fact what truly occurs I don't think you ever hear about.
It's a sad, sad thing and the people I feel most sorry for are the students. The market is flooded with medical assistants and without proper certification, even coders are having a hard time finding a job. I hope all these new degrees work out for the school, but your adminstration has given up and just doesn't seem to care one way or the other what happens.
I still work there. I am exhausted, worn out from all of the problems, and just want to get as far away from there as I can. Just as soon as something comes along, I will leave. I just wish the best to those left behind. I am not going to identify myself because I don't want to deal with the abuse that would rain down on me for simply telling the truth.
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Everton Message Board
...a little teaser...
...congrats on another top away win... the table Sat night had Liverpool 1,Everton 2.....would you take that if it was offered......Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Sep 4, 2007 06:34 Flag
normally agree with you seaniceman, but were you happy in 85-86 when that exact scenario happened, i know i wasn't.
A Yahoo! User Sep 4, 2007 04:06 Flag
Evertons sucess shouldnt be based n where the RS finish, who cares...
as long as we give are all and COMPETE, thats what we want...
yeah we want to finish above them......and i still think we will..but if we did finish 2nd to them, so what it meant they deserved it....the table dosent lie....
...just like it didnt last season on 10 points and 10goals and 200M more..................hahahhahahahahaha
A Yahoo! User Sep 3, 2007 22:49 Flag
Both teams would bite your hand off for that
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A Yahoo! User Sep 3, 2007 23:10 Flag
....why, we´re better than Liverpool........


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on October 26, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Halloween "tween" farce "Fun Size" is a singularly soul-crushing experience, like searching for a last-minute costume at the dollar store and finding only Paula Deen, John Carter and Vladimir Putin. (For what's it worth, I'd sigh, and choose Paula.)
Seemingly pitched toward the pre-driver's permit crowd, it's a mean-spirited, ugly work that will appeal to only the least-discriminating viewers. Its commercials pitch "Fun Size" as a wacky, "Adventures in Babysitting"-meets-"Project X"-style romp, but this is instead a cinematic endurance test, a rank ordeal that makes one feel uncomfortably sticky all over, like wearing a sport coat made of Sugar Daddies.
I find it hard to believe we'll see a worse studio release in 2012, especially one directed at young folk, many of whom adore its star, Victoria Justice. I'm offended as a parent � but more so as a filmgoer.
It is Halloween in Cleveland, and young Wren (Justice, the popular star of Nickelodeon's "Victorious") and her sour best friend April (a severely unlikable Jane Levy) get invited by cool, sensitive hunk Aaron Riley (actor's name unnecessary) to the cool-kid Halloween party.
It's a score, since, cough, Wren is so dorky, cough � Yes, we're meant to buy the lovely Justice as a "nerd." It's that kind of movie.
But mom (saddled with the film's laziest side story, talk show host Chelsea Handler still draws some laughs) has plans, and Wren is forced to spend the evening taking her brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) trick-or-treating.
Young Albert, we're told, has not said a word since the death of his father. We see him mocked for being overweight, locked in a room by a raging adult and mistreated by almost every character on screen, save convenience store clerk Fuzzy (Thomas Middleditch).
That's not funny. It's sad, and mean, and made me wish for an on-screen appearance by Fictional Child Protective Services.
During the wild night, Wren loses Albert, and with the help of the obviously smitten Roosevelt (Thomas Mann) must find the Spider-Man costumed little boy, before mom finds out.
Hijinks ensue, and audience spirits plummet. Perhaps only its star, Justice, fares well. She is, quite simply, adorable, and this will be a blip on her resume.
Oddly, its director, Josh Schwartz, has real talent. The man behind TV's "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl," Schwartz is no dummy. Here, Schwartz's direction is wrong-headed on every level, making "Fun" a comedy with few laughs, woeful plot turns, and way-too-adult innuendo, although I imagine some viewers will be semi-satisfied.
Admittedly, several of its stars � Justice, Handler, Middleditch � are likable enough that even here, amid the trash, they're not altogether unwatchable. But I don't think it's unseemly to say the actors, and the kids who have paid to see them, deserve something better.
And they can find that by instead seeing "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," a film that nails the feelings of wistful optimism, seemingly insurmountable melancholia and suburban ennui that make adolescence so wonderfully, horribly complex. It's the finest coming-of-age film in some time.
"Fun Size" is aiming much, much lower, obviously, but it's not wrong to compare the two. Released within weeks of each other, both are pitched toward teens, tell stories about our innate urge to fit in, and share a PG-13 rating.
So two ticket-window options: "Perks" or "Fun." One of these is a moving ode to the exhilarating rush of new friendships, overcoming past horrors and becoming emboldened by the sounds of the Smiths, Sonic Youth and David Bowie. Its ?cast even includes Hermione Granger.
The other features a giant chicken humping a car, adults repeatedly calling a little boy "fat," jocks so jocky that the Jocks Union should sue, and Johnny Knoxville as a mixed martial artist with a yeast infection. Yep.
Please, kids � choose wisely
Fun Size
1 star (Out of four)
Starring: Victoria Justice,? Jane Levy, Chelsea Handler, Jackson Nicoll
Director: Josh Schwartz
Running time: 90 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for crude and suggestive material, partying and language.
The Lowdown: En route to a Halloween party, a teen loses and must find her little brother before her mom finds out..From left, Victoria Justice, Chelsea Handler and Thomas Mann star in "Fun Size."


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Russia's takeover of Crimea has created the most contentious period in East-West relations since the fall of the Berlin Wall. With a struggling domestic economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has focused on trying to reignite national pride and a return to what he likely perceives as the "glory days" when Soviet military might assured the nation a spot on the world stage.
The Waddell & Reed investment team continues to monitor events and evaluate potential impact on the global financial markets. As the situation continues to unfold, Waddell & Reed asked Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers for his perspective on the issue and his outlook for Russia. Below we've captured his key thoughts in this Waddell & Reed Exclusive.
The first thing to understand is that Crimea is going to be a part of Russia going forward. Russia has national interests there with the Russian Black Sea Fleet based at Sevastopol in southwestern Crimea, which is a warm water port, and there is a substantial Russian population in the region. That means Crimea is not going to be brought back to the Ukraine, in my opinion. Instead, we need to turn now to how relations between Russia and the West will evolve with a focus on areas of mutual importance.
The issue for Russia for a long time has been the question of respect. Putin's comments to the Russian parliament in conjunction with signing the Crimean unification treaty involved a lot of breast beating, criticizing the West on a number of issues and trying to convince people that Russia is on the world stage as a major player. Russia currently sees itself as the Rodney Dangerfield of nations – since the fall of the Soviet Union they can't get any respect. A lot of Russians want to re-establish the respect they used to command during the Cold War.
However, my personal opinion is that Putin is going about it all wrong. The situation could turn out very badly for Russia in the long-term. Russia has a one-dimensional economy that is subject to the volatility of energy markets. As long as that is the case, Russia is never going to be a player on the global economic stage. And if they can't be a player on the economic stage, they are not going to be a player in the geopolitical sphere, other than to act as the spoiler on occasion, as recent events have illustrated.
Putin doesn't really need to save face within Russia on the specific issue of Crimea. He's gotten what he wanted and did it pretty easily from the Russian perspective. A lot of what happens next in Russia is going to hinge on sanctions imposed by the West. Putin is facing a fairly unified front from the United States and the European Union. Parts of Europe depend on Russia for energy and goods, so European support of these sanctions may prove to be especially important. In terms of energy, there is no way to replace the Russian production that Europe needs over the short-run. So at least parts of those relationships may continue.
However, keep in mind the Europe has very clear memories of a more powerful Russia. As a result, independent countries that formerly were eastern European nations will be firmly on the side of the U.S. in terms of sanctions. Germany, a key European economy, has historically been somewhat sympathetic to Russian concerns, but half of Germany also has very clear memories of life under Soviet influence. The Germans may not be as sympathetic as the Russians have seen in the past.
With Crimea now a part of Russia, the challenge facing the U.S. and its allies is to get Putin to understand that Russia has significant internal issues, particularly with its economy, and that recent events will make this situation worse. Russian officials have already said that their economy shows "clear signs of crisis." By some estimates, Russia may see nearly as much capital flight in the first quarter of 2014 as it saw in all of 2013. Meanwhile, the ruble has continued to fall to new lows against the dollar and interest rates have climbed in a bid to keep money in the country.
Russia needs a lot of capital inflow from other nations. Can you find intersections that lead to cooperation between Europe, the United States and Russia? I think you can, but there needs to be some "quiet diplomacy," not the kind of diplomacy that we see playing out publicly in the media. If you think you don't get any respect and everybody is still beating up on you in public, then you are not going to change your world view.
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It seems everyone is constantly trying to fight the battle of the bulge - but as a nation, we might not be doing enough.
A new poll shines a spotlight on some American cities with the biggest obesity problems... and the news in Tallahassee is not good.
The study looked at America's height and weight to calculate our collective Body Mass Index by area.
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