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Behind Boehner's new tone
Boehner sounds like a man ready to make a deal, but he has an excruciating negotiating task in finding something that somehow passes muster with an invigorated second-term Democratic president, a reinforced Senate Democratic majority and a conservative House majority.
Boehner said he was prepared to raise new revenue for the government — but not increase tax rates — as long as the White House would agree to entitlement reform. Republicans were "ready to be led," Boehner said, attempting to shift the burden for what comes next squarely onto Obama's shoulders. …
Boehner thinks he has more room to maneuver with his own colleagues, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who aides excruciatingly note is on the same page as the No. 1. He has laid out his principles in public. In the summer of 2011, Boehner was negotiating with a president up for reelection, a House filled with red-hot firebrands and a leadership team dragged down by internal staff warfare. This time, his party has suffered an electoral beat down and Obama has run his last campaign.


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The Lure of Clowning for Fun and Profit (Mostly Fun)
By SHARON L. BASS
Published: November 13, 1988
ON his death bed, Anna Biltcliffe's father, who had performed in minstrel shows, looked at his daughter and said, ''Kid, whatever you do, keep them smiling.''
Mrs. Biltcliffe, a 62-year-old Uncasville resident, has taken his words to heart. Three years ago she became a clown. ''Clowns only spread joy,'' she said. ''It's much easier to make someone laugh than to sit alone and cry in the corner.''
Plagued with asthma, arthritis, diabetes, a hiatal hernia and high blood pressure, Mrs. Biltcliffe said she forgets her aches and pains when she becomes Candy the Clown. As Candy, she performs magic tricks, slapstick and does balloon sculpture at private parties, libraries and hospitals.
''In every person there is a child,'' she said, ''and in every child there is a fantasy. When you're a clown, you can stay young forever.''
When she is not Candy, she said she is ''old granny.'' ''I have gray hair and a bun on top of my head and I'm fat, fat, fat,'' she said. ''I don't like being old granny, crabby all the time.
''I like being Candy with long, fluttering eyelashes. I can flirt and I can make mistakes.''
Mrs. Biltcliffe's husband, Harold, is also a clown. And like roughly 200 other people in Connecticut who are clowns, they do it for the fun of it, to escape from their inhibitions. Money, most clowns agree, has nothing to do with it. In fact, for the vast majority, clowning is a part-time business and many of their performances are free.
Clowns say they are essentially shy people. Some describe themselves as hard-core loners. However, once they take on a few layers of makeup, stick a red ball at the tip of their noses and trade their properly fitting shoes in for ones three times bigger, a magical transformation occurs - suddenly they are silly and extroverted, undaunted at the prospect of entertaining dozens or even hundreds of people.
And while their performances may not always be slick and polished, they say they do not care. They are having too much fun.
''Nobody knows who you are,'' said Arnold Firine, the 53-year-old alter ego of Giggles the Clown. ''You could do things you wouldn't normally do. I'm basically a very quiet person. But as Giggles I could be around 1,000 people and perform. Without the makeup, I could never do it. It's a good way to break out of yourself.''
Mr. Firine, who lives in New Haven, is the northeast regional vice president of Clowns of America, International, an organization of clowns that promotes the craft through lectures, seminars and workshops. Its members include individual clowns as well as clown alleys, which are small local clown troupes that perform together and offer classes.
A clown for the past 25 years, Mr. Firine, who is a warehouse manager by day, said clowning has changed over the years. Ten to 15 years ago, about 90 percent of all clowns in Connecticut were men. Today, he said, about 60 to 70 percent of the state's clowns are women. In addition to more female clowns, there are more clowns in general, and he said the number was growing. Years ago, he said, ''there were very few.'' A fact, he said, he found out about firsthand.
''I looked for one to entertain at my daughter's first birthday party and couldn't find one,'' he said. ''So I bought a second-hand tuxedo and put on some makeup and did it myself.'' That was the birth of Giggles. The Roots of the Form
Although people usually associate clowns with circuses, clowns are more often seen at hospitals, nursing homes, schools, libraries, churches, corporate functions and private birthday parties. They entertain the young, the old and the in-between. Some belong to clown alleys, while others work independently or for a party or balloon shop or entertainment company.
People hire clowns because ''they make them forget momentarily about their problems,'' Mrs. Biltcliffe said. And the joy of clowning has been appreciated since ancient days, she said. ''During early Greek and Roman times,'' she said, ''clowns would come on between acts of torture to take the tension off the audience.''
Mrs. Biltcliffe is the president of the Whacky Whalers Clown Alley. Like the others, it is affiliated with Clowns of America, and she said that was part of the serious side of clowning. Those who belong to Clowns of America have a code of ethics that requires that they never smoke, drink, take drugs or use profanity while in costume, and must never appear as a clown and a real person in the same place. That means that clowns arrive in costume, stay in costume, and leave in costume.
People who join alleys usually take weekly classes for six weeks for a nominal fee. Upon completion, they receive a certificate. One does not need to be officially trained, however, to be a clown. During these classes, up-and-coming clowns learn the history of clowning, how to apply makeup, costume design, juggling, magic tricks, body movement and skit writing. What a Clown Costs
Clowns charge anywhere from $35 to nearly $100 a half-hour for a private party or corporate function. However, much of their time is donated, especially to pediatric floors in hospitals and to nursing homes.

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Naughty Dog have announced the release date of their upcoming title, The Last of Us.
They revealed in a trailer during last nights VGA's that The Last of Us will be released on the PlayStation 3 in the US on May 7th, 2013. It can be assumed that the European release will follow on May 10th, 2013 but that is still to be confirmed.
For those who are not sure of The Last of Us, here is a trailer showing main characters Joel and Ellie's attempting to survive. Let us know if you will be getting the game via the comment section below.
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New Hotline To Help Floridians Facing Foreclosure
There are 10 numbers every Floridian facing foreclosure should know. The Florida Bar and Florida Legal Services have set up a hotline for people in danger of losing their homes.
In just the eight short days since the Florida foreclosure hotline went live, Program Coordinator Tracy Brim has heard it all.
"A lot of it is loss of jobs or cut back in hours, several are just the economy," said Brim. "Prices have gotten so high they can't afford it."
Florida has the second highest foreclosure rate in the nation. One out of every 200 properties has received some sort of Foreclosure notice. Florida Legal Services wants to make sure people who can't afford their mortgage payments or an attorney, get good legal advice Information from the hotline calls is matched with lawyers.
"It's our hope that their attorney can negotiate with the lender, and establish a meaningful workout where the home owner can save the home and not lose the home into foreclosure," said Dionne Meyers, Florida Legal Services Spokesperson.
The legal advice is free, but with 77,000 foreclosures and more on the way, the lawyers have their work cut out for them.
The hotline number is 1-866-607-2187. Calls are taken during regular business hours and messages are returned within 24 hours.
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Queen crowbars cannabis legalisation into speech
THE Queen has announced the legalisation of cannabis, against the government's wishes.
The monarch used her speech at the opening of parliament to overrule the government's firm stance on marijuana.
She said: "It is such nonsense that puff is still illegal. I fail to see how it is any more harmful than fags, less so perhaps if smoked in a vapouriser.
"Personally I prefer a vape anyway because it's smoother and better for one's health, but that's personal opinion – I don't want to get all political here.
"Anyway weed is legal now. And that's that."
Later in the speech, a bill banning wild animals in circuses was amended by the Queen to add "except tigers and those funny little monkeys".
The Queen also improvised a short section outlawing the use of fennel: "You always get it at state dinners and it's rank."


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Q: Is there an easy way to determine what a stock's total return has been during a specific period? Can you use an example of 10 shares of Caterpillar (CAT) bought on Jan. 1, 1985?
A: Measuring total return on a stock can be as simple or complicated as you'd like. Total return measures how much you've gained from owning an investment, including its dividends.
Measuring a stock's total return is much like measuring the performance of your portfolio. There are easy ways to do it, as explained here, or it can be more involved.
When you're measuring the total return on a stock, it's nearly the same exercise as measuring a portfolio's return, with some important differences, which I'll explain.
But first, this is a good opportunity to tell you about a new feature at USATODAY.com that may serve many investors looking for a quick look at a stock's total return for one year. When you enter the symbol of any stock into a Get a Quote box at USATODAY.com, you'll find something few financial websites offer: year-to-date price change. At the top of each stock quote page, you'll find YTD% Chg., which is the year-to-date percent change in the price of the stock. If you add the stock's dividend yield, found in the first set of stats under the charts on the stock quote page, you'll get a ballpark idea of what the stock's total return would be during the year if the stock were to close exactly where it is now.
That's a quick and dirty stab at total return. What you're asking takes more effort. In this example, I'll stress a method that's not precise, but also not that difficult. Your example is a bit more complicated since you want to go back to the 1980s.
We need three pieces of data to get your total return estimate. Youl need: 1)The price you paid for the stock 2) The current price of the stock and 3) The sum of all the dividends you've received during the period.
Let's go one by one. In most cases, you should have the price you paid either from brokerage statements or by checking the brokerage firm's website. If not, you can get a decent estimate by looking up the stock's closing price on the day you bought the stock.
You asked about Jan. 1, 1985. But that's not only a holiday, it's a weekend. So, grab the quote from Dec. 31, 1984. You can get most historical quotes from USATODAY.com's Historical quotes features. Here's the quote for CAT: $31. But that's not the number we need. We need to know the split-adjusted price, which USATODAY.com calculates for you. That price was $3.88.
Next, you need the current stock price. That's pretty easy, and you can get that from the quote pages at USATODAY.com. The stock price when I wrote this column was $39.35.
Finally, here's the trickiest part. You need the sum of all the split-adjusted dividends paid by the company during that time period. You can usually get that directly from the company's website. Caterpillar provides them going back to 1996. Caterpillar makes the data available here. If you import the dividend data into Microsoft Excel, you can total the split-adjusted dividends and see Caterpillar paid $10.77 a share in dividends during that period.
But, your question is tougher since you want to go back to 1985. To do this, use moneycentral.msn.com, which records split-adjusted dividends going back for decades in its historical charting feature.
Enter CAT into the blank in the upper left-hand corner and click the "Get Quote" button. Next, click on the "Historical" option under Charts on the left side of the page.
If you've never used the site before, you may need to click on the MSN Investment Toolbox link, which installs a small and harmless browser Add-On that enables this advanced feature. Use the Period pull-down option to enter the dates under Custom. The chart will then display all the dividends on the chart, noted by a square brown icon with the letter D. If you place your mouse point over the icon, you see the dividend. I'll summarize the numbers below, using annual numbers for simplicity.
1985: 0.064
So if you add the dividends from MSN Money Central to the dividends from Caterpillar, you get $12.082 per share during the period.
Still with me? The final step is the math. If you want a precise total return, you can follow the directions in the earlier Ask Matts on performance tracking and use the dividend payments as cash flows.
But you've been through enough already, haven't you? Here's what you do. Add the total dividends, $12.082, to CAT's current price, to get $51.43. Subtract your purchase price of $3.88 from $51.43 and then divide by $3.88. The answer is your total return during the period: 1,325.5%.
Matt Krantz is a financial markets reporter at USA TODAY and author of Investing Online for Dummies. He answers a different reader question every weekday in his Ask Matt column at money.usatoday.com. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at firstname.lastname@example.com. Click here to see previous Ask Matt columns.
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The Bien Urbain festival in Besanço, France began on September 5th and has since been bustling with an assortment of activities, which includes a number of artists painting walls. We have some photos of work from OX, 108, Akay, Erosie, Lucy McLauchlan, Tricyclique Dol and more. The various event for Bien Urbain continue through October 5th, 2013.
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Posted by george platt on 5/24/2012, 3:43 pm
Peoples breath is taken away as they walk by and see the names on the wall of the ones who lost their life in Vietnam. These men and women gave their most precious thing they had to keep their country free. Each time someone walks by and looks at someones name on the wall, for a moment that person is remembered. A thank you is given in honor to those who give up their life. These men and women gave their all, so we may sleep in peace at night. Yes, let us pray that we will always be grateful to these folks for all they gave up for us.
But there are also others who need to be remembered. Their names arent on the wall, but they also gave and still this day is giving their all. They are the ones who didnt fight, who still have Vietnam with them. The ones who drove the trucks, jeeps and doing others things to do their part to keep America free, the ones who also worked on these same trucks and jeeps to keep them running to be ready when the time came to use them.
There are the ones who worked behind a desk taking care of all the paperwork to make sure things got where they were suppose to be; to make sure each company ran smooth like it should. What about the cooks who fed the Americas and their friends. Then there were those who worked on the boats delivering ammo, food and other things to different parts of Vietnam. Still there were others giving their best to give all for their country.
Let us not forget the military police, who tried to keep people in line and make sure none of the wrong people got into the American compound; one of their jobs was guarding the walls looking for the enemy trying to get onto the American compound. We cant forget the doctors and medics trying to help people get home alive. The ones who flew the planes who dropped the bombs to give cover to the folks in firefights and the helicopters which carried the soldiers out of these same firefights. Each person had a very important job to do even if at the time they didnt think it was that important.
I am sure there are many I am forgetting to think about but were still a part of a war that wasnt a war, only a police action. These are the ones who also give up so much to help keep America free. Now, these folks doesnt, have their names on the wall. I wonder if anybody remembers them and all they did for America while they were over there. Some are now homeless or barely able to get a job washing dishes. There are the ones who brought the war home with them, who still fight the war within nightmares they have every night. The ones who drink or take drugs to try to forget what they have been through or what they might have seen during this non called war. How they would never talk about what they had been through in Vietnam and by not talking about it lost their families, their jobs and most of all believing who they were then not who they are now. Although, they did not fight, each one left a part of who they were in that far-off country and still carry with them the memories that still haunt them today.
Do you wonder, if maybe they have been forgotten; just swept under the rug? That no one did or ever will care about them. How they got no fanfare, no special place in Americas heart. Do you think they still have flashbacks of all the bad names people called them when they got back home? Names like baby killer and murder. Think about how they were spit on and how maybe only a few held out a hand and said thank you. Do wonder how alone these folks must have felt, like they didnt belong to the country they had worked so hard to keep free.
Maybe even if you havent read these names on the wall or knew all the names of the ones who have come home, maybe you can still go ahead and say thank you any way you can. Let them know that you have realized what they did for you, for their country, not for what was in it for them, but to keep free the people would ever know or see.
Yes, it does matter that people respect them for what they did and maybe a silent thank you to them every now and then, even though their names arent on the wall. I thank each men and women for a job well done. Let the healing continue.
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Low-Fat White Sauce
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- 6 tablespoons all purpose flour
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- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Whisk flour in heavy medium saucepan to remove any lumps.
- Gradually add 1 cup milk, whisking until smooth. Add remaining 2 cups milk and nutmeg; whisk over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Whisk in Parmesan, egg and butter. Season with salt and pepper. Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over low heat until heated through before using; do not boil.
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Date of Stay: August, 2015
Would be a 10 if it had a pool.
Date of Stay: October, 2010
Nice clean park close to all Amish activities. Wi-Fi worked well and it was nice to have some free firewood. I would stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
Nice park, we camp here 3 to 4 times and year. Real friendly staff that goes out of there way to make sure your stay is good. We be back again.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
One of the nicest parks we have every stayed in. Very clean and friendly. Indoor pool and hot tub is very nice.
Date of Stay: August, 2009
Very clean and well managed campground. Will be back again. This would be a great place to take the kids in the late fall and also winter because of the really nice indoor pool and indoor private showers. We really enjoyed buying fresh vegetables and fresh hot pies from the Amish driving through the campgrounds with their wagons.
Date of Stay: December, 2008
We have stayed here for several years for New Years. Each year we come we find the owners to be very friendly and the campground to be very clean. We used Passport America and will keep coming back for years to come. This campground is close to everything and yet far enough to be quiet at night.
Date of Stay: October, 2008
Very well run state park campground. We also enjoyed using one of the new full hook up campsites. Staff and campground manager are very friendly and really do a great job. Very clean and well taken care of.
Date of Stay: August, 2008
Very nice park and was very clean. We had our reservations for about six months. On the way to Florida our transmission went out and we were delayed by one whole week. The staff went out of there way to get us a site for our whole 12 days of vacation with out having to move at all. We will be coming back here for many years. It is very nice to have full hookups in a state park and the price was great also.


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This was a stocking stuffer for my boyfriend, and it wasn't as great as I thought it would be for the price. The description noted a fresh citrus scent; which was one of the key selling points for me. He loves a clean citrus scent; but unfortunately, I didn't find that to be true at all. The formula was nice, and lathered well. But over all, we were both left relatively unimpressed.3


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The Obvious
by Berni Dymet
2 Sam. 24:15, 25 So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from that morning until the appointed time; and seventy-thousand of the people died.... So the Lord answered his supplication for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
Now I'm no genius, but every now and then, the obvious hits me between the eyes. I've written a book recently, called Unlocking the Power of Prayer. And as I was doing the research - I began to take a look at prayer in the Bible. Like - what does God's Word say about prayer?
I looked at the first instance of prayer - Genesis Chapter 20; the second, Genesis 24; the third, Genesis 25. And each time - you know what I found. Those prayers of common, ordinary, everyday people like you and me - each time, they had powerful results.
And the more I looked the more I found…exactly the same thing. In fact, the pattern was so obvious, so striking, I came to this conclusion:
Prayer that yields powerful results is normal in God's sight.
It made me wonder - why do so many people who believe in God have this kind of timid, guilt ridden attitude to prayer? Why?
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Sounds like you're having an interesting journey! We'er gearing up to head to the Gathering. Colorado! Later. - Rick
Munnar at last! And, the elusive Eugene. .
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arriving in Munnar, I saw another typical Indian town, lined with shops, signs everywhere, and went straight up the side road to the section of town where they fix all things mechanical. There is a sort of loose districting of these towns, there will be a bazaar selling household goods, and a carpentry/furniture building/selling area, an area for banks, and of course, my favorite, the "gearhead" area.
Asking at many shacks the same question, "Eugene, mechanic, where?" I got an answer from a fellow at a two-wheeler repair shop
I followed the road, and of course "old munnar" is about the same as "new" munnar, so I found a bus repair garage, asking the same thing. The man pointed off in a direction, telling me to go right at some point, so I headed back the way I came.
Eventually I stopped at the gate of a factory, some sort of metalworks, and the security guard knew Eugene. "Go back, take first right, then down the hill. . " I did this, and managed to see an old church of stone, and the gates to a tea plantation, but of course no Eugene. . Turns out the "right" that the man referred to was actually more of a u-turn into a small street barely large enough to fit an automobile. Then I had to turn right again, and, scanning the small houses, I saw one with a tin-roofed addition on the side, and a honda in parts under it.
A young girl with very good english came out, I asked about Eugene, and she brought out a chair, and bade me wait, while a small boy ran off and around the neighborhood. After a time, a man with long hair and a beard and a greasy shirt, with the wrinkled hands of a mechanic appeared in the drive. This was the famous Eugene, of whom three separate "enfield riders" (we are, of course a bit of a tribe here) in three separate locations told me of. The Man, the Myth, the Legend, standing before me
On a side note, Eugene laughed when I told him this, because Omar had been through there with that bike, and it needed a complete gearbox rebuild, which took three days. .
We shared chai, and Eugene gave me the time of 1 pm the next day to come back for the repairs. It was growing late, and I needed to look for accomodation. I came to many places, and most of them wanted too much money, and wouldn't come down in price, so finally, driving back through New Munnar section, I saw "hotel krishna," and decided to check rates. The sign said 100 for a single, but when the man came down, he said that all the singles were taken, and there were only doubles with attached for 250. . I inquired about who might have a single, and he pointed down a dingy and dark alley, which I followed to the river. .
Seeing nothing that looked like a reception area, I backtracked a bit, and went up the stairs, finally finding Hotel Ashka (sp?) and he did have a single. 85 rupees. Perfect. I saw the room, and it was simple, enough room for a narrow bed and small table. Also with shared bath, indian style. Not too clean, but I have gone native now, and my standards are not very high.
I actually had quite a good sleep, rising early to go into the bazaar to look around and have a dosa. No dosa at the dhaba (called a "hotel, really a restaurant, so don't be confused if you come here) but he did do me a nice Puri Baji, a sort of masala breakfast.
Near the "hotel" and underneath the lodge was an automotive parts place. I asked about an Enfield air filter, and they had it! Amazing. I had asked everywhere in south India, and did never find one. Of course, they did not have a throttle cable, which I do not need at the moment, but want for a spare. .
The time came to go see Eugene, and arriving at his house, he hopped on the back so we could go and get the chain and sprocket set I so desperately needed. Back to the same shop, Munnar Automotive, strangely enough again, and almost a thousand rupees later, I had all the parts I needed. A dear price, but if my chain broke or sproket stripped in the wilds of rajastan, this could be a slight problem. Six teeth from the back sprocket were broken already, and others were very worn. A result of the previous owner running the chain much too loose and under too much load, and also not cleaning it properly.
Eugene worked well into the night, and at about 10:30 with much chai and cigarettes between us, he finally had her all back together. Watching him work to take off the magneto, the drive gears and timing chain, and the rest, I was glad I had him do it, and not tried to do it myself
We talked much while he worked, and he is a good man, also a good christian. Kerala seems full of christians. At the age of 40, he looked slim and healthy, his hair and beard making him look something like a Keralan Greg Allman, or some such other 70's rock star.
The rest of the work I wanted him to do, steering column adjustment, carb clean, gear box clean, would have to wait for the morning. Off I went back to my hotel, that annoying though not-yet-dangerous sound of worn sprockets gone, Rocinante restored to good health.
The next morning I arrived at 10:30, and Eugene was waiting, shop cleaned and tools in hand. I also took out my reasonably comprehensive tool kit and did the minor adjustments to the front brake, greasing fittings, and for the morning and part of the afternoon we worked together, until Rocinante was pronounced with a clean bill of health by the "doctor. . "
Eugene and I then talked, drinking chai, and he told me about the big tea plantations deforesting all the mountainsides, taking and burning all the trees he used to play among as a small boy. He led me up the hill, showed me a few remaining trees, and also the housing for the tea workers, dirty, used up, more like slave quarters than anything
On the way back down, we met his sister, who was out washing the daily pots and pans, and the nephew climbed a tree to get us some fruit. The taste was slightly bitter, the fruit from the outside looked a little like a green pomegranate, but had an apple like texture and taste. There were many seeds inside, and none knew the English name for it. It has ayruvedic properties as well, apparently, as Eugene said it helps to aid digestion. Perhaps it has worked, as I have been quite regular as of late.
The time came to talk price for the labor. . Eugene gave me a price of 150 rupees. He knew I am not a rich man here in India, and I think he adjusted accordingly. I gave him 200. After fond farewells, and a handshake that turned into a hug, I drove off into the night, having found another friend and kindred soul in the wilds of Kerala.
The next day was the day before elections, and I had been told that the street demonstrations sometimes turn violent, so after waking to the sound of army helicopters circling the town and going down through men in light green uniforms to get my coffee, I headed out toward the coast.
Somewhere past Kochi on the coast I found a lodge with attached restaurant and even a men's bar inside. Luxurious, and slightly expensive, but it was nice to have a cold beer and watch some american movies on the HBO.


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LOS ANGELES, June, 16, 1998 -- A new molecular marker can be used to better predict tumor progression in men with prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of male cancer deaths in the United States. Researchers at the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center report the new findings from a study of 96 men with localized disease in the June 17 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The team found that patients with tumors expressing abnormally low levels of a protein important in regulating cell division faced a significantly higher risk of disease recurrence and death than patients with tumors expressing high levels of the protein.
"Physicians may be able to use this tumor marker to identify prostate cancer patients most likely to harbor dangerous, life-threatening tumors," says Richard J. Cote, M.D., who led the study team. Cote is an associate professor of pathology and urology at the USC/Norris Cancer Center.
"In addition, the marker can help doctors make better decisions about treatment, ensuring that men most likely to develop metastatic disease undergo aggressive therapies. It will also help identify men who can avoid the most intensive and expensive treatments," he says. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year 184,500 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and that some 42,000 men will die of the disease. With one of the highest incidences of all cancers, it is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men. Gauging how aggressive prostate tumors are -- and thus how aggressive treatment should be -- has created a quandary for physicians and men diagnosed with early prostate cancer.
In the last decade, the widespread use of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test has allowed the detection of many more cases of early prostate cancer than previously possible. Yet, scientists believe that many of the localized tumors identified by the PSA screen are so slow-growing that men are more likely to die from other causes than from prostate cancer.
"The dilemma is to identify those cancers most likely to progress and kill the patient," Cote says. "We just haven't had the tools to do that in prostate cancer."
In the study, Cote and colleagues analyzed the prostate tumors of 96 men, aged 46 to 79, who underwent radical prostatectomy (with removal of pelvic lymph nodes) between 1982 and 1989. All tumors had invaded nearby tissue but had not spread to the lymph nodes. These patients fall into a clinical gray area. Although these types of tumors can be treated with surgery or radiation, as many as 50 percent of patients will develop recurrent disease within five years. Participants were followed for an average of 9.6 years after surgery.
Using monoclonal antibodies, the team assayed the tumor samples for the presence of the p27(Kip1) protein. p27 helps control the timing and rate of cell division and, when functional, can stall tumor growth. As part of the body's natural defense against cancer, the p27 protein is found in virtually all normal cells. In previous studies, low levels of p27 protein in tumor cells have been shown to predict disease progression in breast and colon cancer.
Researchers divided the 96 tumors into three groups, based on the percent of tumor cells in each sample expressing p27 protein. Fifty-three tumors had high levels of the protein, with more than 50 percent of tumor cells expressing p27; 31 tumors showed moderate levels (between 11 and 50 percent of tumor cells produced p27); and 12 samples showed low (less than 10 percent of cells) or undetectable levels of the protein.
Decreased p27 expression was strongly associated with an increased rate of tumor recurrence. Men with the lowest p27 expression had a more than three-fold increased risk of recurrence, and more than eight-fold increased risk of dying, when compared to patients with the highest p27 expression. Of the men in the high p27 group, 67 percent remained disease free after 9 years, compared to 47 percent in the moderate group and 17 percent in the low group. In addition, 92 percent of men in the high p27 expression group were still alive after 9 years, while only 79 percent of the moderate group and 49 percent of the low group survived at 9 years.
"Evaluation of p27 in prostate cancer may not only be of great medical importance, but may also have tremendous economic benefits as well," says study co-author Gary Lieskovsky, M.D., professor of urology at the USC/Norris Cancer Center. "It could help us determine those patients who need aggressive therapy versus those patients who may be best treated more conservatively."
Notably, scientists think that tumors lose expression of p27 through an increase in enzymes that degrade the p27 protein, and not because of a malfunction in the p27 gene, as is the case with some other common tumor markers like the p53 tumor suppressor gene. This points to the importance of looking at protein expression -- and not simply genetic analysis -- when evaluating cancer cells, Cote says. Cote's team is now investigating whether levels of p27 expression could play a role in tumor resistance to hormone treatment and chemotherapy.
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Ex-ECB VP Papademos made Greek interim PM
The coalition will be sworn in on Friday, an official in the president's office said.
Athens: Former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos will head Greece's new crisis coalition, the president's office said on Thursday, charged with saving the country from default, bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone.
The coalition will be sworn in on Friday, an official in the president's office said.
Papademos, a respected figure in European capitals and on financial markets, will lead a national unity government that must sign up to a 130 billion bailout deal with the euro zone before calling an early election.
He cuts a grey and uncharismatic figure in the colorful and chaotic world of Greek politics, but also has a reputation for being calm at a time when the nation is clamoring for some kind of stability.
"He's a clear policy thinker. He was never involved in politics. He knows what needs to be done," said Thanos Papasavvas, head of currency management at Investec Asset Management in London.
In a sign of the daunting problems he will face, the statistics service ELSTAT reported that unemployment jumped to a record high of 18.4 percent in August -- at the height of the tourism season when the rate traditionally falls -- from 16.5 percent in July.
The appointment of Papademos followed four days of sometimes chaotic talks led by outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou and conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras.
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May 9, 2012 at 4:40 pm #1289724
As many of you know, I've been selling our Standard Bivys for quite awhile. They've been selling quite well, and over 70% of those go to members here on this great site, so I first wanted to say thank you for that!
Since the beginning of the year, I have had probably about 8-9 people ask me about possibly making these with a cuben floor. I was hesitant at first, having never sewed cuben before. I had heard stories of how hard it was to sew, and so for the longest time, we decided not to venture into the world of cuben. A few weeks ago, I decided I would try it. I ordered a few yards and put together some stuff sacks, and it really wasn't too bad. Just takes patience.
Joe Bernier contacted me a couple weeks back asking about the possibility of making a cuben floored bivy. I decided to go for it this time.
As of this morning, the finished result is in. Joe's was a standard length/standard girth, side zipper model. It came in weighing 4.4oz on the dot. Not too shabby. A standard chest zipper model weighs only 4.2oz. I was hoping to break the 4oz barrier, and make it into the high 3's, but by trimming it down to get it that low, it would sacrifice the roominess that has made these bivys popular.
The top on these is black Momentum 50, with a nanoseeum(.7oz) netting hood.
These are now posted up on the website, and are available for purchase:
http://ulgear.blogspot.com/p/cuben-bivy.htmlMay 9, 2012 at 6:42 pm #1876041
Chad "Stick" PoindexterBPL Member
@stickLocale: Southeast USA
Very nice! I wish I had seen this a few days ago as I sure would have ordered one… And while I sure do love my cuben…even those silnylon bivys are nice…I will definitely keep these in mind and have bookmarked your site!
Tell me though, how does the M50 do with very much spray/splash?May 9, 2012 at 7:08 pm #1876051
Samuel KauSpectator
@skauLocale: Southern California
A question on sizing:
I use a regular length neoair xlite with a 20 degree quilt. Would regular sizing be fine? I had a titanium goat bivy before but felt it waay to constricting so I am more conscious about giving myself more room for my next bivy.May 9, 2012 at 8:23 pm #1876087
I'm really a big fan of the M50. I've found it to be just as water repellant as M90, and possibly even better. I used to own an M90 bivy, but after I saw how good the DWR was on the M50, I moved to it for the weight savings.
It depends on how much you weigh, but as long as you are under ~200lbs, a regular width would work just fine with that combo. Maybe an inch or two extra on girth to make sure, but the weight gains on that would be negligible, maybe .05oz at most. These are roomy bivys compared to some others out there (especially the footbox), so you would have lots of room.May 10, 2012 at 2:43 am #1876151
Susan PapugaSpectator
@veganalohaLocale: USA
I sent you an e-mail about a bivy.
susanMay 25, 2012 at 3:10 pm #1881200
Joseph ClarkMember
@applevalleyjoeLocale: Mohave Desert
John, i just ordered one of your M90 bivvies the other day and am looking forward to its arrival. I was under the impression that Cuben was pretty fragile…why not use it as the top half of the bivvy instead and something more durable on the bottom? Thanks.May 27, 2012 at 2:59 pm #1881543
Hi Joseph,
The reason why the cuben can't go on top is because it isn't breathable. This would cause condensation to get trapped inside, getting everything wet.
This .74oz cuben is surprisingly tough. With reasonable care in site selection, its no problem to take care of.May 27, 2012 at 3:39 pm #1881548
Backpack JackBPL Member
@jumpbackjackLocale: Armpit of California
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ive disabled aivra's pop-ups and notifications through a couple software restriction policies, and they do their job. but now instead of seeing aviras crap, i get a box sayin the policy did its job.. slightly better than my original problem (considering some ads by avira are practically full screen, and this is just a little box). i was wondering if theres a way to turn off the policy's notifications altogether. these are the only customized policies ive made, i dont see room for more, and i just got done with a fresh install of ultimate- i dont have any reason to see any policy notifications anymore.
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sorry, this did not answer my question. i followed those steps already to get where i am. my issue now is: instead of getting avira's pop ups and notifications, i get a group policy pop up, saying it blocked the pop up! i need to disallow group policy notifications somehow. ive never seen it done and i cant seem to find it on google, but there HAS to be a way.
so for the record:
1) already disabled aviras pop ups via gpedit
2) cant get gp to quit popping up when it blocks a pop up
@warlock thanks for the shot! i even checked in the tips and warnings but they had no answer. actually, i think thats the page i used to figure this all out. im hoping the kinda change im looking for would be similar enough for me to figure out in xp as 7 cuz ive got both at the studio.
maybe disabling alerts? but id rather know when somethins up... as in, id rather be able to disable specific alerts if possible. i dont care how technical. i work on pc's all the time and im very familiar with working in the registry if it boils down to that.
Try the fix here and let us know the result.
aww im sorry guys. ive gone through that too... its not a balloon, its a message box that's popping up. ive actually gone through those settings and tried to find it before.... helped out a lot when it came to customizing things to my liking, but it has nothing as far as the message box. honestly, if theres a way to disable any message box notifications I could live with that
I use my computer for recording and mixing audio. not much else but free cell and socializing on the internet every once and a while. so if anything was going wrong that id need to be notified about, im sure id notice the program messin up. ive used it for years so im very familiar with it. if I can just have these specific messages disabled, thatd be much better though. id rather have all my notifications, of course... just in case... but its no biggie if they all have to go. im always workin on computers too, so if anythings acting up, I usually catch it pretty quick.... my dad thinks its a registry edit
AH HA! I found it!
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Error Message Instrument : EnableDefaultReply = 0
where 0 is the change.... 0 is not the default. anyone who doent know the reg should understand that 0 in the registry means its disabled (for the ungeeky fellows who visit here, in my predicament).
actually considering its under the local machine, im guessing the local policy has an option I must have missed. thanks guys! I wouldn't have run into this if u didn't get my mind goin :P MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Glad you got the nagging pop up stopped. Merrry Christmas from us at HTG also.
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I paid $2,701.60 on August 22, 2013 to Discount Gold Brokers with the promise that I would receive my silver in 4 to 6 weeks. It is now December 2, 2013 and after numerous phone calls to Mr. Berman (sic) he said he would not and could not refund my money. He even went so far as to raise his voice to me when I asked valid questios. All he explained to me was that his supplier could not deliver the product to him. Taking a chance I bought some silver from another broker and had it in my lap in five days, proving to me that this guy and his company leave a lot to be desired. I am 100% disabled veteran and live on a fixed income. This man is disgraceful to take advantage of people's hard earnedd money and he will ultimely pay for it. Since he charged me money to ship my delivered product through the mail he has committed a federal crime and I have notified the Postmaster General and they have started an investigation for federal mail fraud. All I want is my money back or my product.
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I dug further and discovered that we have recently issued an enforcement action against Discount Gold Brokers, Inc., on April 15 of last year. The "Desist & Refrain" order prohibits further sale of commodities to California customers. Please feel free to advertise the order against the company as you see fit. You may reproduce the actual order or provide the link to our website where it is posted: dbo.ca.gov/ENF/pdf/2013/DiscountGoldBrokers_dr.pdf.
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Please use the following information to your advantage. It seems this company is just taking advantage of everybody taking their money and not delivering anything, I've noticed after reading many of the reports that they'll do business with you and deliver something to you if it's a small amount of purchase.
Then what you feel trusting you're willing to part with larger amounts of money and that's when it happens and you get smacked upside the head financially. I think it's time we put this company out of business
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It is a common assumption by those who try to explain the problems of our current US monetary system (Fiat dollars), controlled by the private bankers at the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB), to say that our money is created out of "thin air" and is "backed by nothing".
I believe that these terms are too vague and cause a lot of confusion about the argument that the US dollar is not sound money. Fiat Money is simply a paper currency made legal tender by law and not backed by gold or silver. What's so bad about that?
The US Dollar is "backed by nothing". I do not believe that this is a true or accurate assessment of fiat money. If the USD was truly backed by nothing, I doubt it would have continued to be accepted as the "world currency" even after it was divorced from any redemption in gold or silver. It continued to be accepted as such because the fiat dollar is actually backed by something even greater than gold; it is backed by the labor, wealth and property of "The American People"!
What does this mean? This may be great for the FRB bankers and their world banking counterparts. It may be great for governments receiving our dollars as "aid". But it has been and will continue to be at the expense of the property and freedom of every American. Why not accept the US dollar as the world currency when it gives the rest of the world a chance to "Own Us!!"
The US Dollar is created out of "thin air"! This is only partially true. If you mean that the FRB and our government central planners can create new money anytime they want, then the answer is yes. But, since the dollar is actually a claim against the assets of the American people, then no, it is not "thin air". Every new dollar creates new debt against our very livelihood.
I have changed my talking points about the elitist central planners; the FRB bankers and the corrupt government official in the pocket of big business and the military industrial complex to this:
"Ever since gold was removed as the backing of our currency, your personal labor and property have taken gold's place as collateral for our national debt. Every time the Federal Reserve Bank creates new money, it is a claim against your labor and property. It's not a coincident that the IRS was created at the same time as the FRB. It is their agency to collect your payments against your indebtedness.
Without a sound monetary system, we become the chattel for our national debt (9 trillion dollars and counting). This represents about $30,000 for every man, women and child in our country. That's $120,000 worth of debt placed directly on the shoulders of a family of 4. We have become property guaranteeing payment to the world bankers and other nations accepting our currency." (End)
When a person, business or a country's debt goes beyond its ability to pay, it will sooner or later face bankruptcy. We are already seeing a huge rise in home foreclosures across the country caused by run-away inflation by new dollar creation by the FRB. The bankers are collecting on the debt by taking the very homes of our fellow Americans (as predicted by Jefferson those many years ago). This will be one of the greatest transfers of wealth from the middle class to the central bankers and government central planners in history.
I think that one of the most critical issues of the 2008 Presidential campaign is the fall in value of the US dollar in the world currency markets. If this trend is not reversed, the United States will become a "second rate debtor nation" to the rest of the major world powers, who by the way already hold a large portion of our financial obligations. This most likely will lead to the end of our sovereign nation replaced by some United Nations type government. What we would never lose in war, we will lose in bankruptcy.
Of all the Presidential candidates, only Dr. Ron Paul will even discuss the issue of sound money. In every debate other candidates actually try to make fun of Dr. Paul about this issue (the debates he isn't excluded from!). After Iowa and NH, I'm not so sure the American people have suffered enough to see the truth but they will come to see the truth one way or another.Tweet
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Classic 1 Bedroom Apartment Brooklyn (Parlor)
Size850 ft²
Floor No.2
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Parking available
- Washer/dryer
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Located in a diverse cultural area, including a multitude of ethnic restaurants, jazz clubs, food markets, shopping galore.
Areas of interest include Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens,Prospect Park, Renowned Brooklyn Museum. Close to trendy Park Slope, Artsy Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights promenade, and the historic Fort Greene and Clinton Hill areas.
On street parking is available with easy access. Parlor apartment includes incredible details, Terrazzo mosaic tile entryway, 12ft. ceilings with double crown molding, 2 exquisite fireplaces, Gourmet Kitchen with granite counters, cherry cabinets, dishwasher, microwave, gas range and slate covered back splash. Large living space, ideal for entertaining. Space includes T.V. Stereo, DVD., DSL, washer & dryer.
House rulesNo Smoking
no pets
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We loved staying at this beautiful apartment in Brooklyn. It's everything you see on the pictures. We were a group of five and found it very comfortable. We used the kitchen a lot, it was a great place to hang out after a busy day. David and Jacqui were lovely hosts, very helpful and friendly. Their friend even helped us order pizza. Overall great experience!
The two hosts are absolute professionals, this personally and very charming! They have thought of everything, were always helpful and had lots of good advice at hand. The apartment is very well equipped and of high quality, have even included us for a BBQ grill and utensils for a large family everything was available! And the charm to have once lived in a real, lovingly restored brownstone, is a unique New York experience! The neighborhood is beautiful and very quiet. The subway, there were only two blocks away and even the supermarket was right there. Total absolute and recommended in every way!
Die beiden sind absolute Gastgeber-Profis, dabei persönlich und sehr charmant! Sie haben einfach an alles gedacht, waren stets hilfsbereit und hatten viele gute Tipps parat. Die Wohnung ist sehr gut und hochwertig ausgestattet, sogar für ein BBQ hätte uns inklusive Grill und Geschirr für eine Großfamilie alles zur Verfügung gestanden! Und der Charme, einmal in einem echten, liebevoll restaurierten Brownstone-Haus gewohnt zu haben, ist ein einmaliges New York-Erlebnis! Die Nachbarschaft ist wunderschön und sehr ruhig. Zur Subway waren es nur zwei Blocks und auch der Supermarkt lag direkt dort. Insgesamt absolut und in jeder Hinsicht zu empfehlen!
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Hemos pasado unos días maravillosos en NY, el apartamento es realmente encantador y nuestros anfitriones fueron amabilísimos con nosotras.
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This post is part of a series on students taking action against poverty and hunger. Today, we meet the classmates of the sOccket team: VertiGrow. In hopes of fighting hunger around the world, VertiGrow is figuring out how to grow vertical gardens in cramped urban centres. They have been working on a prototype in Paris and Kenya.
If you know of any students who are changing the world with their imagination and innovation, email the WFP Youth Outreach Team.
From the VertiGrow team
We met in a non-traditional course at Harvard named ES-147—Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences—more widely known as the "Idea Translation Lab" or "ITL." Even though the class is filed under Engineering Sciences, it is one of the most interdisciplinary and collaborative courses at Harvard and is designed to help students work together to translate ideas into impact. Our teaching staff ranged from business students to biochemistry doctoral candidates, reflecting the range of student backgrounds in the class. Our global health team was no exception to the rule: we were biology, economics, African Studies and History of Science majors, all drawn together because of our common passion for global health. All the teams grew under the tutelage of Professor David Edwards, the creator and head of ITL, who has fostered a countless number of successful student endeavors (everything from Lebone, winner of a World Bank Grant, to Le Whif, the new culinary phenomenon).
The path to our project, VertiGrow, was a greatly inspired one. We wanted to think creatively about how to effect change—no matter how great or small—in addressing a major global health issue. We began with geography: all of the team members held a strong interest in Africa, especially urban centers plagued by the malicious cycle of malnutrition and disease. Our final inspiration came from the front page of the New York Times: an article about a farmer from Wisconsin—Will Allen—who has brought agriculture to urban centers with the creation of gardens housed in towering, inner-city buildings.
We pieced the two ideas together: what if people living in slums in Africa could grow their own food? We began to envision a simple technology that could allow individual families in African urban centers to grow their own food with minimal use of space. The ability to grow food would bring empowerment and improved nutritional intake. We envisioned the eventual building of communities of production and empowerment. We took the idea and ran with it.
We made contacts with NGOs working on the ground, within the Kibera slum of Kenya, and learned about the desire and ability of families to grow food despite a lack of resources and available land. This confirmed our inspiration, and we began an ongoing conversation with the population we hoped to serve throughout our design process. Throughout the semester of the ITL course, we alternated between research and design, and sought much academic and professional feedback from policy researchers, design professionals, and NGO workers.
By the end of the course, we had formed a formal partnership with Carolina for Kibera, an NGO serving the Kibera slum of Kenya, to conduct a pilot study this summer, and submitted our plan of action to the Harvard Initiative for Global Health, crossing our fingers for their support. We were extremely fortunate to be awarded the Global Health Innovation Award—a total of $22,000 for use towards prototyping, piloting and project expansion—becoming 2009 Undergraduate Global Health Fellows in the process.
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Original post made by Uncle Willie, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Nov 26, 2013
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If you like your health insurance you can keep it. Period.
If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Period.
-- Barack Hussein Obama
You lie!
-- Rep. Joe Wilson (R), South Carolina, during Obama's State of the Union Speech.
Point 1…
My, oh my – how far the Democrat party has fallen in 50 years.
Point 2…
Congressman Wilson was censured by the House of Representatives for not maintaining the "proper decorum". Rather than being censured, he should have been given an award for patriotism and valor for calling out a President for telling bald-face lies.
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President Obama should take President Kennedy's pronouncement to heart and quit bloviating, especially when he is knowingly not telling the truth.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 26, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Yawn... Whatever. All politicians change their truth and story as things unfold. Nothing new, nothing worth talking about. Kennedy also lied, he just didn't have the media replaying, analyzing, and twisting every thing that came out of his mouth like they do now. Kennedy was a great president but he was far from perfect. Obama is also not perfect, all just human.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 26, 2013 at 9:53 pm
"We have indisputable evidence that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction." Geo. W. Bush
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 27, 2013 at 8:40 am
Richard Nixon: "I am not a crook."
Ronald Reagan: "I, Ronald Reagan, being of sound mind ...."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 27, 2013 at 9:47 am
How about watch my lips…. At least we don't want to restrict women's access to health care, or end medicare, or privatize social security, shut down the government, not pay countries bills. Stay away from them!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 27, 2013 at 10:30 am
'Also', I agree that women should be able to terminate their offspring at any time, especially minorities (see Margaret Sanger). Yes, dems have graced us with the most progressive, eugenic policies, destined to make our country more moral and compassionate.
kicksy, you can't equate millions of people losing their healthcare plans in obama's takeover plan to anything said or done by Republican presidents. While your attempts at deflecting are lame and lazy, at least you didn't pull out the race card, so you deserve some credit for not taking the usual approach used by leftist lemmings.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 27, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Yep, what's a couple of million dead in Iraq compared to people getting better health care policies in the United States? Good thinking, Right. Could it be that a little bit of race hatred blinds Right to the obvious fallacy of his claim? Probably that, and a little more.
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Mason, Michael (2003) Examining recent civil society initiatives of the World Trade Organisation: what role for environmental non-governmental organisations? British Academy Review, 7 . pp. 50-52. ISSN 2047-1866
Dr Michael Mason, Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, was awarded a British Academy grant to examine emerging opportunities within the World Trade Organisation for communication on trade-related environmental concerns with non-governmental organisation. Below, he describes some of the findings from his research.
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Monster Hunter Tri – a Great Game Nearly Missed
As gaming has evolved over the past 30 years or so, it's moved from being a hobby for programmers, to a time passer for children, into a multi- billion pound industry with massive companies backing development, and professionals found in every facet of the market. Be they full time game reviewers, artists, developers, programmers, testers and more.
In this way it mirrors other industries like movie and music, where originally it was just one dude with a camera snapping fast moving pictures of a horse, and another speaking into the large horn of his mechanical phonograph. Now though all these industries have grown up, including the people who work in them and like these other giant mediums, gaming has managed to gain a similarly respected image. While this is fantastic for us gamers in some senses, it does lead to one thing that could be considered a shame; stereotyping.
I say this because I'm not a big MMO gamer, or a big RPG player. I can't be bothered with the time that is required performing mundane tasks, levelling up, gathering materials, buying health potions; in short, I'm not the kind of person that enjoys a grind session. It was with this attitude that I began my play with monster Hunter Tri, a game and franchise that has had fantastic reviews since it's inception, but it's become famous for the amount of things you must do outside of hunting big monsters; and for the sheer scale of preparation each hunt requires.
After a couple of hours of gameplay, I completely understood what the skeptics were on about. You have a farm which can produce materials, and ships that you can send to fish for you; these industries must be maintained and upgraded with "resources" gathered from hunting monsters while not on quests. You have to gather herbs tomake potions but only after you've combined them with blue mushrooms. These however arn't very powerful without combining them with honey to make them "mega." Later on you need Might seeds and armorskin potions, dash extracts and chilled meat. You have to cook your food to keep your stamina up, make cold drinks to have on a hot day, traps and tranquiliser bombs; the list goes on.
After about three hours of killing smaller creatures, and hunting for materials, gathering, fishing and more I really didn't understand what the fuss was about. Sure it was a pretty well constucted RPG – without levelling I might add – with a versatile weapon and armour construction system; but I just didn't think it was for me.At this point, I almost never picked up my Wiimote controlled sword and shield again.
That was until I had my first taste of online action. Turns out my brother had also rented this game and we met up online – after muddling our way through the myriad of online menus and connection screens – and did a few basic quests together. Still nothing particularly mind blowing, until we hit upon our first confrontation with a "big" monster. I quote that word, because by this game's standards, a Great Jaggi is the smallest of the boss monsters, but it was big to us at the time. For 30 minutes we battle this beast, dieing a couple of times in the process but it was during this battle that it all started to click into place.
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He was the husband of the late Reba H. (Knudsen) Simmons. Born May 24, 1932 in York, he was the son of the late John A. and Florence (Byerts) Simmons.
Bill served in the U.S. Army during Korea. He was a trash collector for Fetrow Trash of Dover for many years and retired after ten years at Markline of Ephrata. Bill enjoyed being with his family and friends, loved watching NASCAR racing on TV and was an animal lover.
Bill is survived by his three daughters: Gail L., wife of Charles H. Walker, of Lancaster; Sandra D., wife of E. John Stough, of Manchester; and Donna L., widow of Nolan (Nick) Reves, of York; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Donald, husband of Bobbie Simmons; and Gary, husband of Jean Simmons; a sister: Gloria, widow of Charles Covert; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by an infant son: William E. Simmons Jr.; grandson: Charles H. Walker IV; brothers: John and Clarence Simmons; and sisters: Catherine McClintock, Pauline Chronister and Betsy McVaugh.
William's funeral was held Oct. 13 at Emig Funeral Home, Dover. Burial followed in Rohler's Mountain View Cemetery with Veteran honors presented by York County Veterans Honor Guard. Officiating was the Rev. Bonnie Whittier, pastor of Christ United Church of Christ in Jefferson.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & Community Care, 425 Good Drive, Lancaster, PA 17604.