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About the Author: Claire Sneed serves as a Conflict Prevention Officer in the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
In October 2008, the U.S. Mission in Colombo hosted staff from USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS). They came to Sri Lanka to help develop the scope of work for the Embassy's two-year civilian stabilization program. This effort builds upon a ten-month engagement with the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka to bring stability and security to the East as it transitions to civilian rule. As a result of both the Embassy's efforts and broad interagency coordination, Sri Lanka's project was among nine selected to receive FY09 monies available through Section 1207, which provides Department of Defense funds for civilian-agency led stabilization and reconstruction in areas of critical strategic importance to the United States.
History of S/CRS support
The program for eastern stabilization emerged through a robust process initiated in September of 2007 when the U.S. Embassy requested support from Washington to address new opportunities in eastern Sri Lanka. These opportunities emerged in July 2007 when the Government of Sri Lanka effectively reclaimed control of areas that had been held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
In response to this new opportunity, S/CRS facilitated a process that involved a series of interagency discussions, a scoping mission to the Eastern province, a briefing on results of the scoping mission to the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), and a subsequent meeting with Ambassador Robert O. Blake in Washington, D.C. In order to create a shared understanding of the issues, S/CRS organized a full-day, interagency conflict assessment exercise involving seventeen U.S. government agencies and offices that identified the key factors driving and mitigating the conflict in the Eastern Province. The Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework (ICAF) is a methodological tool for assessing conflict dynamics in countries affected by or at risk of conflict. The tool is available through the Department of State Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) website.
In January 2008, an assessment team, including USAID conflict and regional specialists, S/CRS facilitators and a Department of Justice police reform expert, traveled to the region to solidify the conflict assessment findings and provide recommendations for an integrated Eastern Province stabilization strategy. On the basis of this assessment, the Embassy submitted a proposal for a stabilization program aimed at improving the economic and social integration of areas vulnerable to conflict, reintegration of former combatants, and increased training for a civilian Tamil police force in the East. In July, the 1207 selection committee awarded $8 million to Sri Lanka for the two-year multi agency program, with USAID and the Department of Justice as the primary implementers.
Mission Results
In light of this ongoing stabilization project and the current situation in Sri Lanka, there were several goals for this recent mission. First, it was imperative to reassess conflict dynamics in the Eastern Province and recommend potential revisions to the proposed project. If changes were needed, it was important to create a detailed scope of work that would guide the eventual program implementer. Finally, it was imperative to recognize that there must be consensus among the broader country team and Washington proponents for the proposed way forward.
After assessing the situation on the ground, the team found that the dynamics and priorities in the East have evolved since January. While there were visible signs of improved security in some areas of the East, many citizens and civil society voiced a perception that security had worsened since the April elections. Despite the fact that these elections symbolized a commitment to democracy and could lead to the devolution of government authority to the local level, the newly elected authorities enjoyed relatively little public support. At the same time, the Government has invested in large-scale public infrastructure and development projects in the East, but these projects had yet to command the confidence of the people nor create material benefits for them. Likewise, while most of the populations displaced by conflict have been returned to their homes, or to sites located nearby their original homes, little had been done to help them resettle and secure their access to livelihoods, particularly for fishing families now relocated to inland areas. Finally, while initial efforts have been made to demilitarize political parties, there was no systematic approach to addressing the needs of thousands of former combatants or their communities.
As a result of these changes, the team decided that the original 1207 project merited a new strategy that focused on improving local security and decreasing incidences of violence. The USAID elements, implemented through a flexible, quick-response small grants mechanism, would focus on a community security and reintegration approach tailored to the needs and issues of each community. This approach would engage citizens, police and local government in security related problem-solving. It would also provide skills training, employment and counseling needs for demobilized former combatants. The Department of Justice, through the International Criminal Investigation and Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) would support training for newly recruited Tamil-speaking civilian police in the East, and facilitate community-based policing in collaboration with USAID. The Department of Defense (SOCPAC) has agreed to continue its separate funding for social infrastructure improvements (schools and health facilities), which would complement community-defined needs, provide employment, aid confidence-building and the reintegration process. Final rounds of meetings with the country team, bilateral and multilateral partners, and other USAID implementing partners reinforced possible areas of complementarities and ways in which the 1207 resources could be leveraged to achieve the mission's stabilization goals. Ultimately, the collaborative process has yielded a broad-based constituency in Sri Lanka and in Washington that aims to increase stabilization and promote peaceful change through a common and complementary strategy.
Lessons Learned
There are several key lessons that can be extracted from this engagement with the U.S. Mission in Sri Lanka. The first lesson is that while time is often scarce, there is an important place for facilitating discussions amongst interagency partners, particularly relating to assessment and strategic planning. Second, such facilitated discussion can often yield new resources and better leveraging of those resources. Third, representatives of the U.S. Government do not always speak the same language, see, or interpret what they see, in the same way. Facilitation can enable a common vision to emerge across agencies and interests. In the case of Sri Lanka, where interagency country team collaboration and coordination is integral to daily operations, the facilitated conversation has helped to raise visibility in Washington and has helped to leverage new interest and resources. In addition, by broadening the conversation, a facilitated process can aid the expansion of the U.S. Government's leverage with a wide variety of domestic and international proponents.
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Russia wants to build an "all-format, long-term and mutually beneficial relations with Latin America as a whole and ... Nicaragua in particular," Medvedev said.
If they can't get China to agree on a Panama Canal deal, then they will put one there...watch..or perhaps its just a levered threat.
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Chul-hong in South Korea writes:
Actually, it is difficult for undeveloped region to pursue simultaneously democracy and the market-economy.
In my thought, this is compared to the proverb, "Which is first, egg or chicken?"-"democracy or economy?"
As we know, Seoul and Singapore, as a whole, had begun with the 'Economy First' policy, that resulted ultimately in achievement of 'democracy'. A mighty leader of each nation, namely Park Jung-Hee and Lee Kuan-Yew, led the remarkable economic growth the past days.
By contrast, New Delhi adopted Democracy almost 100 years ago and has adapted itself to the market-economy since about 1990's.
Hence, choosing at first democracy or the market-economy hinges on the hands of people on principle. Practically, it depends on the leader's intention.
So, there are limits in promoting changes by external assistance. That is to say, internal people's desire to upgrade their situation is a more considerable factor than direct aids.
In conclusion, all U.S. has to do is to offer the solid soil for stabilization. Let the remnant be left to the people.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Chul-hong in South Korea -- A Koan for Chul-hong,
How does one realize their true nature when making an omlette?
In any event, one may be capable of cracking the shell of expectation.


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The Alachua County School Board is set to pick a name for its new elementary school on Jan. 17, and one of the candidates is Pegeen Hanrahan Elementary School.
Hanrahan, the former two-term mayor of Gainesville, was among the submissions for the namesake of the forthcoming school off Northwest 39th Avenue, alongside Tim Tebow, George Washington, Go Google It, That and John F. Kennedy.
The leader in the clubhouse is Meadowbrook Elementary, which is the top choice of Superintendent Dan Boyd.


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Medical Insurance
The College offers medical insurance through Aetna Insurance for those employees working at least 20 hours per week. Payroll deductions are available on a pre-tax basis. Coverage is effective the 1st of the month following the month of hire.
Plan 1 is a 90/10% co-insurance plan, in which the College pays 75% of single coverage and 65% of family coverage for full time employees.
Plan 2 is an 80/20/% co-insurance plan, in which the College pays 80% of single coverage and 70% of family coverage for full time employees.
Both plans have the flexibility of using in-network and out-network benefits. Office co-pays are $15 for primary care and $30 for specialists on either Plan.
Plan 1 has deductibles of $250 single and $500 family. Prescriptions are $10 generic; $30 preferred brand formulary; $50 non-preferred generic or brand formulary.
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The college provides single dental insurance through MetLife to eligible employees. Payroll deductions are available on a pre-tax basis for family coverage. Coverage is effective the 1st of the month following the month of hire. Employees have the flexibility to use In-Network or Out-of-Network benefits. A $50 deductible applies to certain procedures. The insurance company pays a higher coinsurance percentage when In-Network providers are used. There is a $1,000 maximum lifetime benefit for orthodontia services.
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The college provides fully paid life insurance to eligible employees. Life insurance is equal to one times annual base salary up to a maximum of $150,000. Coverage is effective the 1st of the month following the month of hire.
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The college provides short-term disability to eligible employees after successfully completing six months of continuous service. Short-term disability may be granted for absences of more than 5 work days because of an illness or non-work-related injury. Coverage is available for a maximum of 26 weeks.
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Ursuline College provides eligible employees a defined contribution Group Retirement Annuity (GRA) program through TIAA-CREF. The College contributes an amount equal to 4.6% of an employee's salary to the GRA account. The employee may select investment options from those offered by TIAA-CREF through the GRA program.
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135 Miles in the Nation's Icebox
In temperatures dramatically below zero, northern Minnesota hosts annual Arrowhead 135 this week
The finishers are a distinctive bunch—easily recognized by their icicle-laden eyelashes, mustaches and exposed skin. A cutoff-time mandated 60 hours of human-powered exertion in temperatures typically ranging from 30 to 50 degrees below zero characterize the Arrowhead 135, which traverses 135 wintery miles across northern Minnesota, from International Falls near the Canadian border to Tower. For comparison's sake, note that the Antarctic Ice Marathon, run a few hundred miles from the South Pole, has an average temperature range of 14 to minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's no surprise that locals have taken to referring to the Arrowhead area as the "Icebox of the Nation," even, as the race website attests, renaming International Falls: "Frostbite Falls." Race Director David Pramann and five-time Arrowhead finisher noted that racers must prepare for "a tremendous variety of unpredictable conditions."
Even so, those harsh conditions haven't kept the intrepid from taking on, … no, flocking to this adventurous event. The inaugural race in 2005 featured 10 entrants. By 2013, there were 135 athletes from 21 states and 6 countries filling the race quota, competing in one of three categories: ski, run or bike. Runners from around the world—from Brazil, France, Australia and Canada—toed the line as this year's race, which began January 28th at 7 a.m. The dark morning air was a pleasant 24 degrees Fahrenheit, though racers faced a large winter storm that was well underway; it would dump 12 inches of snow on the trail by the race finish.
Just over 14 hours later (14:20), with temperatures settled solidly into the single digits, a new record was set by bike competitor Todd McFadden, a Minnesota native. The first skier, Mark Scotch of Wisconsin crossed the finish line after nearly 39 hours. Forty two runners set out to tackle the distance, and only seven were still on the course by the final checkpoint, 35 miles from the finish. Parker Rios of Wisconsin claimed the victory in 45 hours 40 minutes. The second-place runner, John Storkamp of Minnesota, completed the race in 51 hours 33 minutes. Eric Johnson of Utah took third in 54:37. Only four other runners finished the race, the final finisher crossed the line a mere 16 minutes before the cut off. No female competitors made it past the 70-mile checkpoint. Though the finish rate (49 out of 135) may not sound impressive, Pranaam called this year "the best and most competitive Arrowhead yet."
The race traverses the Arrowhead State Trail, a multi-purpose trail used primarily for snowmobiling in the winter. The majority of the trail is wide and well groomed, although the race takes place during what the race directors somewhat masochistically say is "hopefully the coldest time of year."
"You can freeze your tail off if not careful and then we would feel very, very bad and the race likely would not happen next year and we would have to notify your next of kin," says the race's website.


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How Bill Murray can help you win a year's worth of movie tickets
The Columbus Dispatch - January 27, 2014 04:43 PM
UPDATE: Tickets for this year's Groundhog Day marathon are sold out. Good luck next year!
The Gateway Film Center holds its fifth annual Groundhog Day marathon this weekend, when moviegoers can watch the 1993 comedy about a dozen times. Consecutively.
The marathon starts at 12:01 a.m. this Sunday, Feb. 2.
Make it through 24 hours of Groundhog Day screenings without leaving the theater, and you have a chance to win a "year's worth of movie tickets" — two tickets a month, for a year.
OK, you can leave the theater for bathroom breaks, says Gateway Film Center marketing director Meghan Vesper. And plenty of food will be available for purchase, especially now that the Jules Verne-inspired Torpedo Room restaurant has opened at the theater.
Those who undertake the challenge receive lanyards that Gateway staff members mark at the end of each screening, proving that the theatergoers were physically in the theater for the entirety of each showing of the movie. In between screenings, staff members announce concession specials and dole out prizes.
"Our staff gets very excited about this event," Vesper said.
The atmosphere is similar to other movie marathons, she said: Participants goof around throughout the day and bring things to occupy their time in the theater, though laptops and tablets aren't allowed, and cellphones must be powered off during screenings.
Tickets, which are very close to selling out, are available at GatewayFilmCenter.com for $15. The ticket price will rise to $20 on the day of the event.
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The Department of Mathematics at Whittier prides itself in offering a rigorous, yet student-centered program of the highest caliber. Our major goal is to develop logical reasoning and problem-solving skills among our students, to make them independent learners, to demonstrate the power and beauty of mathematics, and to show them the relationship of mathematics to other disciplines.
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Most of the students in the College take at least one course in the department to satisfy COM1 (Quantitative Reasoning) requirement of their Liberal Education Program. Students from many other disciplines such as business administration and the sciences take additional mathematics courses. The department also participates in the teaching of college-wide courses such as Freshman Writing and Science & Society courses as much as possible.
Department members generally rotate the teaching of various courses. This allows the students in the department to be exposed to different teaching techniques. Due to the small number of math majors, most upper-division courses are taught in alternate years.
Faculty of the department strongly encourage its math majors to take advantage of opportunities offered during the school year and summer, such as:
Graduates with a mathematics degree choose a variety of careers in teaching, banking, high-tech industries, or work as programmers, system analysts, actuaries, or engineers. About 15 percent of our graduates attend graduate school, medical school, or law school.


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Protospace is proud to host the Neon Vipers for a tour of the Space and a discussion about the interaction of learning and making. Best of luck for this year's competitions!
TIG Welding Training with Travis
Wait List/Sign Up instructions are posted in the Discussion group
Member Orientation and Safety Training presented by Mike M.
Contact Mike M on the Discuss list.
Note that this course is also being presented by Byron On October 19.
This date is subject to change.
Instructions for adding your name to the list for Welding training were posted to the discussion list.
Travis is organizing these courses.
The deadline for director nominations and special resolutions to amend our articles of association is September 27, 2014 at midnight. Anything not submitted to directors@ by then will not be accepted.
Orientation and Safety Training, Presented by Byron
This course is open to probationary (un-vetted) members as well as "junior" members (under 18) accompanied by an adult.
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Note: This course is also being presented by Mike M on October 7.
Build an ENTS* Rocket ship with blinking lights!
A great first project for anyone who's never soldered before or for kids to do with a parent.
We will each assemble a rocket-shaped PCB, a pin clasp (so you can proudly wear it), a battery holder (with battery), two LEDs and a power switch. With lots of people around, you'll easily find help in learning how to solder components.
You'll end up with something that looks like this (but the lights blink and its way cooler).
*Thanks to our counterparts at the Edmonton New Technology Society for giving us a bunch of their boards!
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YYC Net Lab ( http://yycnetlab.org ) has partnered with Protospace to offer discounted Cisco Certified Network Associate training through Cisco's Network Academy program to Protospace members. Examinations such as this one are scheduled on an as-needed basis as students progress through the curriculum. If you are interested in CCNA or any other network related training, YYC Net Lab would love to hear from you.
So, we are a go for November 7, starting at 7:00pm (ish).
Don't worry if you need to show up late or leave early, I suspect we'll have lots of opportunities for people to come and go.
For more information, follow the thread on Protospace-discuss or contact Lindsay Orr.
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The Laser Cutter/Engraver is one of the most popular tools at Protospace, and we want to encourage as many members as possible to take advantage of using it.
We are announcing the proposed date for the next course as Saturday, November 15, at 10:00 am. Membership in Protospace and course registration required. To sign up, reply to the thread on the Protospace-admin list., including your name and contact email.
Date may be subject to change. Trainer(s) to be determined.
Contact Danny during a Tuesday Meet n' Geek to attend. Minimum donation of $25 required to attend, Donations go towards maintenance and consumables for the CNC machine tools at Protospace.
Hello again everypony
The next laser training course will be offered Dec 13th at 10am. The course will run approximately 2 hours and will cover all aspects of using the laser cutter for your projects. There is no cost associated with training and it is open to probationary members as well as vetted members. (probationary members will not get a user account on the laser until after they have been vetted).
To sign up go to the following link and fill out the form. http://goo.gl/forms/0hLmFI47Pd
Course attendance will be capped at 12.
At the AGM, Members chose to hold summer meetings on Tuesday nights, to allow everyone to enjoy summer weekends doing summer stuff.
Due to multiple scheduling conflicts, this meeting was moved from July 14 to July 21.
Agenda and additional information is discussing in the protospace-administration forum.
I'm going to put on laser training on Saturday, Jan 17, at 10 am, if I get sufficient interest.
To take the class you must have taken the basic safety training and be a member in good standing (i.e. paid-up) at the Space.
Let's shoot for 10 people in the course, but if there is interest we might be able to do more.
Note that this training is specific to the use of the Laser hardware and LaserCut 6.0 (the software that runs the hardware). It does not cover the CAD programs typically used to do the drawings. For the most part most programs that can give you a DXF file will do.
We will do classroom work, demonstrations, and we can do some small individual projects, time permitting, if you want some hands-on. Please bring a ready-to-go DXF file on a memory stick for this if you want to do a cut or an engrave. Also, if you have specific material you want to have a go at, bring a chunk along.
Questions welcome in-thread if you think it will benefit others. Sign-ups in thread too.
Cost for the course is $5.00 to the space for the next laser related crisis (you know it's coming).


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Button ready to be leading man
Jenson Button is ready to take over as McLaren's leading man, saying he is looking forward to building the team around him.
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With McLaren opting to sign Sergio Perez from Sauber following Lewis Hamilton's decision to join Mercedes, it leaves Button as the senior partner at the Woking-based squad next season.
Button, who has been in F1 for more than 10 years, has been part of the set-up for the past three years, but he will no doubt be asked to take charge in 2013 as Perez has been on the grid for only two seasons.
When asked if he is ready to lead McLaren, the 2009 World Champion replied: "Definitely. It's not the first time I've done that. When I got to BAR and Jacques [Villeneuve] left it was exactly the same situation.
"I was there to lead the team and it's something I really look forward to and it's something where the best comes out of me in that situation.
"I can really build that team around me and direct the team in a direction I like with the car."
As is the case with most drivers, Button feels he knows best when it comes to what suits him in terms of the type of car he feels comfortable in.
"We all drive differently and have different styles," he said. "For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in.
"If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.
"I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don't think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position.
"The problem for me is if I can't get the car there I do struggle more than some."
Button and Hamilton spent three seasons together at McLaren and the former feels they have picked up plenty of positive things from each other during that period.
"Lewis is extremely fast and he definitely has that speed that not a lot of people have - outright pace over one-lap - but as we know, Formula 1 is not about a single lap," he said.
"It's a race and that's where you score points.
"Of course, he's been a tough team-mate in terms of speed, but also a good team-mate to work with and really develop the car.
"I think he's learnt a lot this year in terms of understanding that it's not just about one lap in terms of looking after the tyres.
"So I think the partnership has been good in terms of us learning off each other.
"Even if he says he hasn't, we've both definitely learnt from each other and it's helped us to improve as drivers."
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Explosive New Arab Music Video: 'Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv'
Many wars are cemented in our memories by the songs that were about or popularized during the days of battle. The Civil War had the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "Yankee Doodle," World War I had "Over There," and for World War II it was The Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," and also "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree." Over time, the more popular wartime songs became protest songs. Strong protest songs were ubiquitous during the Vietnam war, expressing the anti-war sentiments, which became especially pervasive during the Vietnam War. Just one example from that era is the Byrds' "Turn, Turn, Turn," a riff on Kohelet 3:1-8.
And now we have the Hamas-Israel offensive of 2012. It, too, has inspired a fighting song. This one is both a throwback to the jingoistic style of the earlier wars, but with a pulsing rap beat. Oh, and it practically drips blood.
The first original song to come out of the 2012 Hamas-Israel offensive has a hard rap beat, grainy graphics and a title that delivers the message, without any subtlety: "Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv."
Thanks to the location and translation services of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), we have access to the lyrics written by the two "West Bank" authors.
The lyrics pulse with typical Middle Eastern themes of dominance and fear of humiliation.
The refrain, "Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv" is repeated early and often, but the hopes expressed are more expansive. In addition to extolling the virtues of grinding Israel into the ground and disdaining the concept of a ceasefire, the musicians take several x-rated swipes at Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
The song also ridicules the Gulf States – the oil-rich Arab countries, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman – for their stately but meaningless conferences and their reliance upon NATO.
Some of the boasting in the lyrics are fantasies, such as Hamas having downed an Israeli warplane, but the urban legend has already taken off on a life of its own.
Here are excerpts from the lyrics:
We don't want to truce or solution,
All we want is to STRIKE TEL AVIV.
Here is the breaking news,
We shot down the plane,
And the pilot is missing.
We have downed their airplane,
And filled up their air raid shelters.
My entire people cry out loud,
Oh Gulf States, shut up,
All you are good at is convening conferences,
Those lowlifes are not the same blood as me.
The Gulf States and all their billions,
Are tough only with NATO's support.
Oh Fajr rocket, explode in the Knesset and army base.
Allah huAkbar, Allah huAkbar, Terrorize Tel Aviv,
Blow up, Blow up, Tel Aviv.
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The two "West Bank" authors of no parentage are smiling their way to the bank, while the ignorant followers of Hamas are being pulverised. He who is in a haste to embrace war, does not know that war is death and destruction.
Hope someone will forward this video to Obama, Carter and the UN. Maybe then they will know that Hamas does not want peace with Israel.
they know! they know!
just like they knew about benghazi
I'm sure the Hamas Palestinian supporters will explain this away as being understandable.
I like it actually it's amusing my friends and me for 2 days already XD black israeli humour can get along with hamas threats. And the IDF commanders for sure.
For what purpose do you let everybody see that there are (people) that are against Israel, we al know those bastards are amongtst usdon't give them a even smol place in your newspaper.
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Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, behind water. In addition to enjoying the flavor, many humans regularly drink tea to improve their health. After all, studies have shown tea provides many health benefits such as lowering cholesterol and preventing cancer.
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My mother and I have really enjoyed your blog and the memoir prompts. It's amazing what you can dig out of your old brain with just a few simple questions. Thank You so much for doing them. I am looking forward to what you have in mind for this new year.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Bronchitis, Chronic
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline ]
- Emphysema, as shown on chest CT scan [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline ]
- Airway wall thickness on chest CT scan [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline ]
- COPD status (COPD participants versus control group participants) [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
NHW COPD Participants
Non-Hispanic white participants with COPD
NHW Control Group
Non-Hispanic white participants with normal spirometry (do not have COPD)
AA COPD Participants
African-American participants with COPD
AA Control Group
African-American participants with normal spirometry (do not have COPD)
Detailed Description:
COPD is a disease in which the lung airways are damaged and partly obstructed, making it difficult to breathe. Millions of people in the United States have COPD, and it is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Symptoms include coughing, excess mucus production, shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness. Emphysema and long-term bronchitis are the two most common manifestations of the disease. The most common risk factor for developing COPD is cigarette smoking; however, only 15% to 20% of smokers develop COPD in their lifetimes. It is not known why some smokers develop COPD and some do not, but certain genetic factors, combined with exposure to cigarette smoke, may increase the likelihood of developing COPD. This study will analyze DNA from current and former cigarette smokers to identify genetic factors and markers that may indicate a predisposition to developing COPD.
This study will enroll African-American and white cigarette smokers and former cigarette smokers both with and without COPD. Participants will attend one study visit during which they will complete questionnaires about lung symptoms, breathing difficulties, medical and family history, and quality of life. They will also undergo blood collection, a physical exam, lung function testing, and a walking test to measure endurance. Participants will undergo a high resolution computed tomography (CT) chest scan and a medical record review. Study researchers will contact participants up to four times a year for 5 years to collect follow-up medical information. A five year follow-up visit including a similar study protocol as the baseline visit will be performed on all available subjects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Particpants with COPD will include outpatient clinic patients, patients in registries, previous study participants, and COPD Foundation volunteers.
Participants without COPD will include spouses and friends of study participants with COPD and patients at primary care practices.
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 10 pack-years of cigarette smoking
- Spirometry that meets one of four Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stages or normal (FEV1 greater than 80% of predicted level and forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity [FEV1/FVC] greater than 0.7)
- Self-designation of non-Hispanic white or African-American
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other lung diseases (except for asthma in participants with COPD)
- Pregnant
- Cancer (other than skin cancer) in the 5 years prior to study entry
- Received antibiotics for a COPD exacerbation in the 1 month prior to study entry
- First- or second-degree relative of a previously enrolled study participant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00608764
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|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249
|United States, California
|University of California at San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
|Torrance, California, United States, 90502
|United States, Colorado
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|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206
|United States, Georgia
|Morehouse School of Medicine
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30310
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
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|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
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|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Fallon Clinic
|Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01608
|United States, Michigan
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|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105
|University of Michigan
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
|United States, Minnesota
|Minneapolis VA Medical Center
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55417
|HealthPartners Research Foundation
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440
|University of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|United States, New York
|Columbia University Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke University
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Temple University
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Houston VA Medical Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
|Principal Investigator:
|James D. Crapo, MD
|National Jewish Health
|Principal Investigator:
|Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Edwin K. Silverman, Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00608764 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 28, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 11, 2016
Keywords provided by Brigham and Women's Hospital:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Bronchitis
Association Studies
Computed Tomography
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Chronic Disease
Pulmonary Emphysema
Bronchitis, Chronic
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Bronchial Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
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Another Birthday….. sheeshPosted Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at 10:10 PM
Austin is my first Grandchild. I can not believe he is 7 years old. The time flies, though it seems to drag at times. Then, one day another birthday comes along, and you wonder where the time went. How did he become this tall young man who is about to be finished with First Grade, and is looking forward to summer? This little man was the first baby I ever watched come into this world, and from that moment on, took my breath away. How did this come to pass? He's at that age, that when he sees me, he runs full blast and leaps into the air into my arms. Hopefully I see him coming, and make whatever adjustments that need to be made. It doesn't matter to him what I'm carrying, camera, groceries,whatever, he's going to launch into my arms. I love it.
Today after school/work, I jumped on the trampoline with him....
and he loves that too. He is of an age that it's still cool to play with grandma.... I love that with all my heart.
Happy Birthday Austin!
My Dad loves all children!
Katie loves tormenting/tickling Bryce
My son and his son. Nose to nose
he got a new Bike!
These are the times to remember
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I am dreading the day when KaeLynn is too big to sit on my lap anymore. Being a Grandma is so rewarding.
-- Posted by KH Gal on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 7:41 AM
I had just finished reading this when my grandson, who is three PLUS, got here. He rushed across the room and launched into my chair for the ceremonial hug and kiss before his folks went off to work. A few minutes later, we were at odds over an attitude thing he inherited from somebody (on my son-in-law's side of the family, I'm sure :-). We had a lenghty discussion about it and he has been a golden boy for a couple of hours now.
And to think a few years back I told a friend that I didn't know if I was into this Grandpa thing! LOL.
Thanks, Jessie for another great article.
-- Posted by wh67 on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 9:53 AM
Thanks Mike, you bet I will treasure all these moments
Bonnie, I dread it too, but my oldest son is 29, and I'm not afraid to give him big bear hugs, and tell him "mommy loves her little man" Joey comes home this Friday for a few days (Mother's Day yay!) and I will beat him up for a while, for old times sake...(funning of course) (it's ritual)
And my daughter rolls her eyes at me sometimes, when I like to baby her grown up self.... whatever
Warren, there is nothing like a Grandchild to remind us that we aren't that lofty huh?
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 10:00 AM
I find it especially humbling when the little guy let's me get about half way through some important life lesson I want to give him and he interupts with some totally off the wall comment that is perfectly logical and amazingly true. It does bring one's head out of the clouds. But ya gotta luv it!
-- Posted by wh67 on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 11:02 AM
Don't forget, every year they have one, you have one! :)
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 6:46 PM
Yep, it's good as long as I keep having them, so I can keep seeing them have theirs!
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Skip to comments.Suspicious Pressure Cooker Leads To Bomb Scare
Posted on 04/18/2013 8:50:24 AM PDT by Kartographer
Pittsburgh police and the Allegheny County bomb squad were called to the Cardello Building on the North Shore area of Pittsburgh after a suspicious package was discovered.
Police say a wife of one of the workers at the building ordered a pressure cooker, and had it shipped to her husbands office at the building.
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Only assault pressure cookers will be restricted.
I noticed immediately when the mediots started using the same language they use when talking about guns.
One of the talking heads on FOX asked "Who really needs these pressure cookers anyway?"
After all, life as they know it on the east coast in the big city doesn't require a pressure cooker.
One thing bout Pittsburgh - people vote Democrat, but there are a lot of patriotic people here who care about their fellow Americans. I think we are going to have scares all over the country, thanks to the Obama Regime's ineptitude.
The NRA will be blamed.
Did the husband forget to ask that a background check be run on his wife before buying it for her?
We also had a LOT of suspicious package scares and anthrax scares, all non-threats of course, because of 9/11 etc. In a way I consider this a good sign, that people know abut Boston and want to help. I also blame Obama for the lousy handling of this so far.
An experiment: buy two pressure cookers. See what happens.
I've got a 22 quart pressure cooker that I don't use (It was great grannies and is old enough to concern me) and a 16 quart cooker that I use to weaponize salsa in the fall.
Janet Napolitano will soon be announcing a ban on all church suppers. Turns out that high capacity pressure cookers are associated with these events.
I think that's the NPCA (National Pressure Cooker Association). "Out of my hot, oven-mitt-wearing hands!"
Every Prepper should have at least one.
If I bought 2 more pressure cookers, I'd have to get a wife to help operate them and plumb in the gas for another stove, since the ones I have already take up 4 hobs.
Nope. Safer to starve than buy 2 more pressure cookers.
You have to think through the implications and after effects.
I ain't getting married again. I wouldn't mind having another stove though...
and look at all those scarey buttons too
Just don't make booze in it.
The real problem is the detonating device. Cell phones next?? You must register. No more throw aways....Just wait..
They just cancelled our chili cookoff. They should be more concerned about air quality at the event.
I've also got a big ole cast iron cauldron I wanna cook something in. I just need to put together some kind of tripod to hang it over a fire.
I've got trivets for using pots in the fireplace. In the field, just cut 3 sticks and hang it.
I bet some of that methane reaches explosive levels...
That was yesterday. Now because of the Ricin thing, Harry Reid wants people to get a background check before they can buy rice.
"It's not a ban on rice," says Reid, "It's just to keep rice out of the hands of criminals." He promised that it would not lead to rice registration or confiscation.
The American Rice Growers Association immediately responded by saying something so profane that it is not legal for publication in 45 US states.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg immediately purchased 400,000 metric tons of rice for his own personal use, and is now demanding that rice be outlawed in New York City, which the New York City Council agreed to put into law even before they knew what they were agreeing to, as usual.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is now banning the sale of rice in Chicago, unless each seed is microstamped with a unique identification number, using a technology that will never be developed.
Senator Dianne Feinstein then went on a racist rant about how "rice-eating radical Republican Tea Party Asians" are responsible for much of the rice related terrorism in the United States, and how large volume cooking woks and chopsticks should also be banned.
Most MSM shows have called for a "national dialogue about rice cookers."
Anybody know where I can get a new seal for a WWII-era National Victory pressure cooker? I've got one, NIB complete with all the paperwork I got at an estate sale, but it needs a new seal....
There are all types of pressure vessels that could be used as well. When I was a paint room foreman, I was surrounded by pressure pots from 1 pint size up to big old 25 gallon monsters.
We had one of the big ones develop a crack in the lid once and had to evacuate the paint room, shut off the compressor and wait till the pressure equalized to replace it.
I suspect that you will soon have a visit from DHS
Up here in the 'burgh (at least in the countryside around it), pressure cookers in homes are about as common as guns. We do a lot of canning.
Tac Jr. is a nuke on one of our fast-attack subs. I suspect they've already got a file on me.......
Years ago when I had a second cousin going into military intel the FBI showed up to question me.
They asked questions about her but I got the distinct impression that they were checking me out.
Also ban potato ricers which can turn otherwise peaceful potatoes into poisonous ricin. Or at least our Congressidiots might believe so.
My mom use to use one back in the 70s and 80s to can stuff. She was always really nervous using it because she knew what steam pressure could do. Dad always warned her if that little valve on top stopped whistling to head for the hills because it was going to put that thing into orbit. When the whistle would stop momentarily, the adults in the house would all turn and look nervously.......than after a moment it would start letting off steam again and everyone returned to "as you were" status.
QVC is now a terrorist organization.
Weight resumes rocking, dominoes go back to being shuffled.
The memories and smells of childhood.
We lived through it.
You don't know what's been in that cauldron, so I concur with cleaning it WELL. Cast iron has pores in it, so you will want to boil it extremely hard with lye for a good long time, then boil with 2-3 changes of water. And if there is ANY chance that something really nasty (pesticides, etc.) has been in it, just use it for a display piece.
That pressure cooker was straw-purchased.
NPCA - soon to be a highly-funded lobby group, sending representatives to argue with David Gregory every Sunday.
Probably only the "fully automatic" ricers, not the hand held, semi automatic ricers, which many people need to rice their potatoes when they are hunting and target mashing.
One time my mom was cooking navy beans in ours. She got busy and forgot to put the valve on the top. The beans were making their exit out the tiny opening and covered the entire ceiling over the stove. Never were able to totally remove them. What a mess. Have to laugh about it now.
Was back in the mid 1940's. The house is still there and probably the remnants of those beans.
You don't know what's been in that cauldron, so I concur with cleaning it WELL. Cast iron has pores in it, so you will want to boil it extremely hard with lye for a good long time, then boil with 2-3 changes of water. And if there is ANY chance that something really nasty (pesticides, etc.) has been in it, just use it for a display piece.
Next thing some inventive genius will design and make an adapter for the nail gun so they can shoot bullets!!!
When I was in 7th grade they took us on a tour of the state police training facility which had a museum of all the confiscated homemade weapons. Wow was that dangerous information. Showing a 12 year old how to make a rat trap 12 gauge shotgun and a zip gun. Never made any of them, but it would be easy.
A pressure cooker in my kitchen would be pretty suspicious - I'm still struggling with pans with lids!
I think we may need a national pressure cooker registry! When pressure cookers are outlawed, only outlaws will have pressure cookers!
I'm going to have to take my 3 for a boat ride.
Take it down to your local home extension office and they'll check it out for free. You can find them in the county government pages of the phone book or look online. A 4-H kid can also direct you to them.
Who's the manufacturer? If it's Presto, they have a site with every replacement part you'll need. I'm sure other brands have sites, too.
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Ariel Meadow Stallings (creator of Offbeat Mama and Offbeat Bride) on liberal bullying: "...what's the biggest challenge we deal with every day? The challenge that has my editors second-guessing every post and quaking in fear, just waiting for the awfulness to begin? It's attacks from our fellow progressives... Increasingly, I've started recognizing this kind of behavior for what it is: privilege-checking as a form of internet sport. It's a kind of trolling, with all the politics I agree with, but motivations and execution that turns my stomach. It's well-intended (SO well-intended), but when the motivations seem to be less about opening dialogue about the issues, and more about performance, righteousness, and intolerance for those who don't agree with you… well, I'm not on-board." [more inside]
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on July 14, 2012. Secretary Clinton met with recently elected President Morsi and other senior officials. She underscored the importance of the U.S.-Egypt relationship and expressed her support for Egypt as it moves forward with its transition to democratic, civilian rule. In addition to engaging with President Morsi, Secretary Clinton met with other senior officials on the question of what the United States can do to support a complete transition. In remarks during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, Secretary Clinton said:
"This is, of course, a time marked by many historic firsts, and it is very clear that Egyptians are in the midst of complex negotiations about the transition, from the composition of your parliament to the writing of a new constitution to the powers of the president. Only Egyptians can answer these questions, but I have come to Cairo to reaffirm the strong support of the United States for the Egyptian people and for your democratic transition."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
Secretary Clinton is on travel to France, Afghanistan, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt, and Israel. You can follow her trip on www.state.gov.
Max in Washington writes:
I wanted to share some of my thoughts on Syria and how Russia and China could be more easily swayed to ally with the USA. In my experience threatening or demanding something from Russia (Putin) won't work, because he is stubborn and also because he wants to be taken seriously and feel important in the world. In my opinion the best way to in a way ''schmooze'' Russia and also China into doing something positive and productive in regards to Syria is to appeal to their long history as very capable and civilized cultures and that the USA is puzzled how such a proud and intelligent people can only sit by and look on when thousands of people are getting slaughtered. You have to compliment them and at the same time make them feel guilty. Instead of reacting outraged, annoyed and combative with Russia and their stance and stubbornness on Syria, pretend to be puzzled, confused and saddened by their conduct and support of the Assad regime. People in that part of the world are somewhat melodramatic and so you need to play into this tendency and this culture, instead of trying to convince and negotiate with the Russians in a direct and reasonable more western way. I am not saying that one or the other is better, reason and emotion both have their place, but in Russia and China emotion works better than reason in negotiations. The Russian people are more emotion based instead of reason based and if you appeal to this side of theirs Putin will quickly loose the backing within his populace for supporting Assad. It is somewhat theatrical and might not seem like the most direct and mature way to achieve success to stabilize and protect the Syrian people, but this in my opinion is the way to go.
If you see Vladimir Putin like a young boy who wants recognition and who wants to impress and does not really want to harm anybody but just wants to be respected and wants to be perceived as powerful and strong you have a good idea how you can negotiate better with him. You have to deal with him like you would deal with a teenager, instead of dealing with him like he is an adult. I know he is a teenager with a big nuclear arsenal hahahahahaha and that makes things a little more difficult, but if you can elegantly apply peer pressure on him instead of appealing to his reason and than being disappointed in him if he does not react to that, I think you will go further. Also it might help if you admit to some of your challenges and shortcomings, because that will make him more comfortable to open up about his own challenges without having to feel exposed or weak. With teenagers you have to take risks and give them some responsibilities and ask them to be responsible and mature, but you also have to reward them. Maybe after Putin allied with you, you can give him a very special American State Department Award to recognize his cooperation, something that looks golden, is shiny, beautiful and very rare hahahaha
Wishing you all the best and I hope that the Syrian conflict can be resolved quickly so that not more people have to suffer and that there is more stability in this very volatile region of the earth again.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Made in Egypt, sounds like a good idea for
improving the Worlds economic progress.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
The first time I heard the phrase "Muslim Brotherhood" in reference to a group, I thought it was in reference to a Middle Eastern rock band singing controversial lyrics.
Come to find out some wonder about their political agenda, and like any good rock and roll band, it's going to take a position on issues and gain some noteriety.
I mean look at the Stones..."The Rolling Stones"...back in the day some folks thought them a subversive influence upon the youth of America, and so they were, and are, and much loved for it today.
So you say "democracy is hard" and so it is, as there's a difference between wanting it, and having it. And a lot of hard work separates the two.
A political party is not a homogenous entity. There is a spectrum of views in any political party running from moderate to extreme among its individual members, and probably Mr. Morsi understands the challenge of finding that happy medium that will serve the majority of his people's hopes amd aspirations when it comes to ratifying a new constitution and forming the lasting checks and balances between government ministries, the courts, and the executive and legistlative; that I'd say to the doubters that the Egyptian people have about 7500 or more years of nation building and 2300 years ago an Egyptian named Ptah Hotep came up with "the good sayings" , which may be one of the first recorded political and philosophical code of conduct on living and governing well.
Some of which have direct democratic corrolary, in model respects.
So I think if anyone can build a moderate, tolerant Islamic society that respects the rights of others to their beliefs and dignity as they do their own, then history should give the Egyptian people confidence in themselves to achieve it peacefully.
Folks around the Mideast have been singing "can't get no satisfaction" for about as long as the Rolling Stones have been in existance and longer, but now that they're getting some...we see dancing in Egypt's streets.
I just gotta say that overall, despite the bumps and uncertainties in the road, there's a levelheadedness about Egypt's leadership that stands as stark contrast to Syria's military junta under Assad, and I can only wonder what the Muslim Brotherhood thinks about what Assad is doing to his people.
In any case, I think work needs to be done in letting the Egyptian people know we arn't trying to shape their future for them, but rather doing a little heavy lifting of debt and providing a little economic assistance to help folks shape it for themselves.
Folks may accuse the US of trying to "influence" the course of events, and a lot of influence was brought to bear bilaterally from the beginning to pressure the former regime to keep things peacefull when they were cracking heads in the streets and I think it will be remembered as the proper kind of influence to exert. Apparently there's a misunderstanding among those protesting the Sec. of State's visit.
Democracies get by with a little help from their friends.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
To Missile attack range extention talk of South-Korea.
South Korea to extend the range of the missile, the consultation, are underway in the United States, watching the news .....
.Korea's national strength have grown dramatically, though weak, but the story has grown into a democracy, is not intended to persuade the State Department.
Korea's economic development, economic growth in China and Russia will made during stagnating period, the current situation rather than in the 1970s, more difficult to believe that a dangerous situation. South Korea exported more to China than the United States is attempting to, and China's economic recession, economic growth in Korea has grown to reduce the size. In addition, China to manufacture its own aircraft carrier, almost, and one of Asia's growing military power to think.Formerly, the calculation of degree of difficulty with a number of soldiers, a time when the threat of Asia in China, feel that, armed with sophisticated weapons. In addition, Russia also reshaping the economic structure, while strengthened on the basis of national power, military strength, while we think we will be able to descend slowly to the south.
But, in my opinion, China and Russia's political leaders more interested in economic issues than the war with the ones who never, we can choose all the unhappy war, I think is very low. Of course, grew up on the basis of national strength, areas of conflict, claiming ownership of the island, the local battle of the suspect is very likely to occur. Battle to stop, but if, deeply involved, the war must be prepared for the possibility to expand to think. To be honest, personal opinion, while it is set to the conflict zone, where underground resources that exist in the fishery resources and to jointly develop a policy that is considered suitable. Diplomatic approach, obviously, around the question of the ability of political leaders, with a political offensive by the opposition of their political influence and deposed the potential to lead to a reduction in, because you think that war is likely to choose ...
Again, back to the point,
South Korea's transition to a military power, but power attack, think-needed basis. Around the country, as long as the growth of the military and economic power,Increased the range of missiles, a powerful force that occurs, rather than containment, a small battle in the conflict zone, for containment devices are made to think. In the worst-case scenario, China or Russia, to give up certain areas of the country, when Korea acquired, absolutely, China or Russia is going to be the most powerful countries in Northeast Asia, I think. - My personal opinion, but to build a naval base on Jeju Island, the secret missile base believe that we must build. Conventional power, but power strike in retaliation for the wrong choice, at least with a response time of 5-10 minutes away, the missiles and torpedoes with the same, you must build a base, at least five years experience in combat, while avoiding local, disputes occur they'll have the ability to negotiate, I think. Some, talk about the influence of the U.S., but the time to talk about it too late, I think. Already, I think the war began. Is selected, how and when you think the problem is remaining, ......
Palgye in South Korea writes:
cookstove, with projects that provide food to promote, such as WB, How about you?
Simply to buy food, rather than
2-3 times a year, the cultivation of the land area available to rent, to cultivate grain, and grain costs, the region that are experiencing hunger or disaster occurs in the region to supply, WB, and the pursuit of Sec the development of democracy and the promotion of human rights - the rights of women to think how to strengthen, personally ..... the world economy does poorly, expect to get more people starve. From now on, start to think.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
What I'm saying is that they should help get
the businesses in Egypt running and worry
about the government later. This would help
the people of Egypt now. And this would
enhance the well-being of the Egyptian people.
People think better when they're working. :)
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Did they shake hands, yet?
M. Fran in Missouri writes:
I supported you in your campaign for pres., & when you were named Sec. of State, but I no longer support you in your obvious continued neglect of your own country. Until the president uses another "Exec. Order" to take more of our rights away, we still have free speech in the U.S.! Shame, shame on you....


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I Love My iPad! Now To Fill It With A Little Digital "G"
Published on August 22, 2011
Section G/Videos, Green Report / Media, GreenChef Foodie Talk
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Like any well behaved Flesh Monkie I follow my masters orders and when Master Steve Jobs told me to go out and buy his latest gadget, I didn't ask why I just did it. I promptly strapped on my latex (nature) pants, pulled on hangman's black latex hoody, and slid my feet into my favorite 6 inch faux leather KIZZ Boots. Okay, I am sorry that last part isn't true. I don't have faux leather KIZZ Boots. Now you know what to get me for xmas, just saying. Alright back to my story. After getting dressed I ran out the door, jumped onto my electric bike and headed to the nearest (only) Apple store to get my very own iPad. I am happy to report, it's been true love ever since.
Yes, I have an iPad and I love it. But the ipad in itself isn't really something to fall in love with. Yes, it's slick, well made, cool to the touch, nice to look at and comes with some great basic apps. But to really fall in love with the iPad, you need to get busy adding some serious "G" digital stuff. What is "G" digital stuff? I am glad you asked. "G" digital stuff is defined as anything you can load on to your iPad which inspires you be "G'er". You know…. eat greener, dwell in a cave, stop buying printed things, eating more greens, never leave your home, consume more G Living post, and of course digging up your yard and planting a espresso powered veggie garden. Your basic "G" lifestyle stuff.
To get you started on your own love affair with your new ipad (I know you have one, admit it), here are a few digital "G" finds you might want to tryout
For today lets start with Recipe eBooks and Apps.
The Photo Cookbook is an app taking the cookbook to a whole new level. This is my favorite food app so far, but sorry to say it has a limited Veggie recipe selection right now. Lets hope that changes as they new recipes. The Photo Cookbook is like a private cooking course in your own kitchen with an experienced cook, who clarifies the preparation. Beautiful photography, which is displayed in high resolution especially on your iPad, illustrates every step.