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According to most environmentalists, President Bush's message on the environment was weak. While Bush addressed the issue of global warming, the message he gave most clearly to Americans was to stay the course and these pesky ecological issues will go away.
In a statement released yesterday, The Sierra Club said: "Despite the warning from the President's economic advisor that the State of the Union would 'knock your socks off in terms of our commitment to energy independence,' so far we have heard no new evidence that this administration understands what it will really take to break our oil addiction or curb global warming. In fact, the President's proposals are more likely to make the problems worse."
In his plan, President Bush touts ethanol as the major catalyst towards an emissions-reduction solution, but he doesn't mention its possible detrimental effects. The President doesn't see any issue with drilling in Alaska either. And he doesn't seem to be rushed in imposing any sort of harsh standards on the automotive industries. The official White House plan states that the reduction in gasoline will be helped along by an assumed increase of fuel standards for light trucks and passenger cars by a four per cent each year, starting in 2010. Sounds pretty wishy-washy.
This from the Sierra Club: "
[T]he President assumes that fuel economy will increase but fails to order an increase when a 40 mile per gallon standard is the single biggest step we could take to curb global warming and end oil dependence."
Yet, in reporting on the latest automotive models, some media outlets have chosen to call the 2010 fuel-efficiency standards "stringent."
Armed with this what-me-worry message, some Americans (as well as Canadians and Europeans) are just keeping on keeping on. This means driving hummers and other tank-like vehicles to invade the strip malls, taking private jets so to have a place to smoke at 30,000 feet, and buying instantly disposable goods to keep on top of fashion trends.
-- Caroline Dobuzinskis
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MSNBC is running (and rerunning and rerunning) a comment on the ticker on the bottom of its screen that says something to the effect of: the working class will be disappointed to learn that Nancy Pelosi's outfit cost more than an average American family's first home.
I'd like to see some proof of that. The comment is attributed to Andrew Noyes writing on Chris Matthew's group blog, Hardblogger. Yet, a search of all the posts on Hardblogger tonight turn up nothing.
Update: Just saw it again. It's probably run a dozen times by now. I'll keep searching. That's (1) a pretty ridiculous thing for MSNBC to be reporting over and over, and (2) badly in need of sourcing.
Mother JonesJan. 23, 2007 11:46 PM
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Imagine that you're John McCain. You're running for president for the second time, and this time you're widely considered the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Knowing that, you've got to expect that whomever is directing the television coverage of tonight's speech is going to point the camera your way. You're going to be on primetime TV, no doubt. With that in mind, you're going to want to stay awake. If you're McCain, who will be over 70 by 2008, you'll want to make doubly sure to demonstrate your alertness and vigor. You definitely won't want to slump in your seat, out cold, when Bush starts talking about Iraq. And yet that's exactly what McCain did tonight, napping on camera for ten agonizing seconds. Lack of self-control? An expression of contempt? Embarrassing in any case.
Mother JonesJan. 23, 2007 11:25 PM
Reports that Bush would moderate his policies to take into account the new Democratic majority in Congress turned out to be ill-founded. Stubborn as always, Bush stuck to his guns: Health insurance delivered through the private marketplace, with help for the poor in the form of tax deductions. More medical savings accounts. Tort reform to get rid of "junk lawsuits." In energy, talk about clean coal. Promises to reduce auto emissions but no standards.
What follows is a thumbnail of some of the reaction to Bush's speech along with lobby figures prepared by the Center for Responsive Politics.
• Health:
"A tax deduction for someone in the 15 percent tax bracket only provides $1,125 in tax relief," said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. "This means that moderate-income people will still be left with a price tag of thousands of dollars for premiums, to say nothing of the significant additional costs for deductibles and co-payments. This will leave affordable health coverage out of reach for tens of millions of Americans."
"On the other hand," Pollack continued, "the proposal provides disproportionately higher tax benefits for people who need help the least. People in the highest tax brackets will receive tax breaks that are more than twice as high as the purported relief for moderate-income workers. Instead of this ill-advised proposal, the President should expand health coverage for the nine million children who are uninsured when Congress reauthorizes the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) later this year."
"The President's tax proposal is more about shifting responsibility, rather than sharing the responsibility of our health care system," says Andrew Stern, president of SEIU. "We should be making sure that everyone has good coverage, not punishing those who already do."
The lobbies and their donations:
• Pharmaceuticals/Health Products: $17,865,648, 68 percent to Republicans
• Health Professionals: $49,717,325, 63 percent to Republicans
• Accident and Health Insurance: $7,320,915, 68 percent to Republicans
• Oil:
Bush insists on drilling in the Alaska Wildlife Refuge, which is at best just a drop in the bucket for our energy supply. Our dependence on foreign oil continues. As Bush speaks, the Iraq government readies a new oil law that will place the once nationalized industry into the hands of the international oil companies.
Gas Guzzlers: The president talks about improved mileage rates, but won't change the law to require them. "The President assumes that fuel economy will increase but fails to order an increase when a 40 mile per gallon standard is the single biggest step we could take to curb global warming and end oil dependence," says Frances G. Beinecke, president of the Natural Defense Council. "We would be less dubious of the president's intentions if he had promised to raise the standards instead of assuming that they will rise four percent a year."
Ethanol: "A lot of it depends on the efficiency with which ethanol is produced," says Mike Casey, an environmental consultant who in the past worked for the Environmental Working Group. "It's better than imported oil, [but] it's not the long term. We can't base our entire energy policy on it. Here's what George Bush needs to do tonight: he needs to announce an aggressive initiative to move this country to the alternative sources of energy tomorrow based on technology available today."
Again, the lobbies and their donations:
• Oil & Gas: $17,576,986, 83 percent to Republicans
• Mining: $4,022,031, 83 percent to Republicans
• Electric Utilities: $14,970,532, 66 percent to Republicans
• Misc. Energy: $3,142,220, 76 percent to Republicans
• Environment: $889,748, 83 percent to Democrats
• The Budget:
Critics give Bush a plus for just mentioning bringing the budget deficit in line, but the president promises a balanced budget in 2012, but as Bob Greenstein of Center for Budget and Policy Priorities pointed out in a press call today, the real problem comes in the following decade. Another game of smoke and mirrors by the administration: the budget situation will actually get worse because Bush wants to make his tax cuts to the rich permanent. Bush says the tax cuts resulted in a robust economy, but Greenstein says the growth is unexceptional.
Again, the lobbies:
• Business Associations: $1,976,248, 84 percent to Republicans
• Labor: $62,599,397, 86 percent to Democrats
-- James Ridgeway
Clara JefferyJan. 23, 2007 11:02 PM
Ok, so what was up with Bush pimping the woman who founded Baby Einstein? What was her great moment or heroism or contribution to the country? Maybe Baby Einstein is an OK product or maybe, like some charge, it is a harmful scam, but I just don't see how it rates the SOTU gallery of heroes treatment. Consider:
"Citing a lack of evidence that screen media is beneficial for babies and growing concern that it may be harmful, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby, two of the leading producers of videos for infants and toddlers, for false and deceptive advertising. The complaint charges that these companies are violating Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by marketing their videos as educational for babies. CCFC is asking the FTC to prohibit Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby from making claims about the educational and developmental benefits of their videos and require that advertisements, packaging and websites for all baby videos prominently display the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) recommendation of no screen time for children under two. "
Rest of press release after the jump. More on the complaints against Baby Einstein here.
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Jonathan SteinJan. 23, 2007 10:58 PM
How is 7-foot-2 Dikembe Mutumbo only a few inches taller than Laura Bush when sitting down?
Oh my God, they just stood up. He's a giant! And the woman on his right is tiny! Again, how can he be only three inches taller than the first lady when seated? Is Laura Bush on a booster seat?
Clara JefferyJan. 23, 2007 10:47 PM
Thus far, my takeaway from this speech is that somebody finally sat the man down and educated him on some real basics, the difference between Sunni and Shiites, etc. Of course, he's marshalling all that energy to justify some kind of action against Iran.
To the notion that Bush is going to create a "special council on the war on terror," Dave just asked: "Isn't that called Congress?"
Mother JonesJan. 23, 2007 10:44 PM
Bush said tonight that when it comes to our health care, private insurance is the way to go. As you take that in, consider this: Americans spend $5,000 more per capita on health care, fully 50% more than any other country.
What's Bush's solution? According to the Washington Post, Bush wants to redirect federal money away from hospitals that serve the poor and uninsured, and away from Medicare and Medicaid. Redirect it where, you ask? To private insurance companies, of course.
Now consider this: Private insurers take a dollar for every five dollars in the health care industry. It's a super-duper rip-off. How? Well, have a look at the "medical loss ratios" of major insurersthat is, how much insurers pay in doctors bills, hospital bills, tests and drugs, divided by their revenue in insurance premiums.
Get it? You pay Aetna $100 a month? They spend $76.90 percent on your health and $23.10 on corporate overhead, administration, and their own healthy profit margin. That list was compiled by Jonathan G. Bethely of American Medical News, but it's quite easy to find in insurers' SEC 10 filings, though insurers prefer to call it "benefit cost ratio" and "benefit expense ratio." (Whatever they call it, it's no perfect measure, argues James Robinson, a UC Berkeley professor of public health. But it's what we have to work with.)
And it's not all. How many staff at doctors' offices and hospitals devote their time to billing, negotiating, and haggling with insurance companies? In order to get private insurance companies to pay up, doctors' offices spend 14 percent on "billing and insurance-related functions" and hospitals spend another 7 to 11 percent, according to the journal Health Affairs.
Add that up and you see that one in three dollars in the healthcare industry is spent on neither health nor care. That's how efficient the market is! The state proposals to force people to buy private insurance and Bush's proposal tonight to divert money from government caregivers to private insurance just send more money down the drain. The answer is single-payer health care. But in the meantime we have patchwork plans like Arnold's, though at least his would cut what insurance companies skim down to 15 percent.
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Clara JefferyJan. 23, 2007 10:36 PM
Oh, who cares. It's like being the last kid to say "not me" when somebody farts.
And now he's on to the "shoreless ambitions of the enemy." Shoreless? Shortless?
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I have a segment of a snake that broke off in my cleanout in the basement. It only went down about 4-5 feet before it hit clay, gripped, twisted and snapped. I now have to remove a portion of concrete around the drain, excavate the dirt in a 3'x3' area and get to the trap/elbow which I suspect is broken. My question is, the top of the cleanout drain is 6 inches from the edge of the block wall. How close to the edge of the wall can I safely remove concrete? Do I have to worry about footings, foundation, etc... This is my first post here in this forum. I've attached a photo but not sure if that will appear.
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Don't bust anything yet- there's some tricks to getting the cable out.
What have you tried?
Brut force, I did rig something onto the cable and tried using a hydraulic floor jack (for a car) to pull it out but no avail.
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Something like this- it's easier to say "stand back and watch and learn" than to explain-
Sometimes pushing/jamming and twisting in reverse works, and a jug of dish soap down the pipe helps.
I've even seen the cable removed using a second cable.
I resorted to a come-along once. :(
Worse case is to find a small- old timer shop- a guy that knows drain cleaning and pay him to pop it free. It'll save your floor. I've worked on them for hours and only walked away from one.
Thanks E, getting the snake out is a priority but I still have the issue of clay at the base of the cleanout. A plumbing chain came out and told me they thought the pipe was busted right near the bottom of the trap and they'd need to escavate. $4000. 2 guys 8 hours. I did the math thats $250 an hour per man. Seemed steep. The basement toilet has been burping when the upstairs is flushed and we r seeing some back up in the basement floor drain. Wouldnt I still have to dig to fix the problem? This all completely new to me. My thought was I could do the grunt work and then have the plumber do what hes good at like doing the repair. What do you think? I feel like Im flying without radar :-).
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I didn't realize there is a trap there- must be a house trap.
did they camera the line or is the pipe under water?
You're right though, the franchises are more expensive.
I still recommend a smaller shop. Have him look it over, work a labor trade with him. No reason you can't pull the concrete for him.
Around my town, most of the clay is outside the foundation line so think accordingly.
But you should be able to dig next to or under the wall with little or no concern.
No they didnt camera it and there is water in the pipe. The guy suspected that because the house was built in the fifties it likely had a trap. Thanks for the heads up on the clay, makes sense. I am going to have a smaller plumber company come look too, a friend of a friend. Thanks so much E for your help and insight.
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There are a couple other plumbers that drop in regularly. They may add to my comments - good guys too
As long as you're in service, take it slow and easy on your decision :thumbsup:
What type of cutter did you have on the end of the snake ? depending on how far you went and what happened to the cable is weather you get it back, we get stuck cable calls all the time sometimes we get them back other we need to dig, 4 k sounds a little steep. must have been roto rooter, get back to me on that cutter, will try and help.
It was the round root cutter blade. I rented the snake from the tool rental place. The first entry with the snake didnt go far at all and when I pulled it up there was some clay on the end of the blade. Went in a second time and tried to go further. It snapped. I dont think we fed more than 5-6 feet (maybe less) and the bottom of the drain appears to be 3.5 ft down.
Ok if the cable exited the pipe and kinked and twisted back on its self its not coming back especially after pulling on it just makes the kink tighter, get a set of vice grips clamp it as close to the clean out as possible try truning it back and forth be care full not to put to many turns on the cable it can snap back and hurt you,do this with a light back pressure, will water run thru that pipe if you stick a hose in it, if it flow try and get running water through it while you are doing this. you'll need to be patient its taken me a couple of hours to work cables free. worst case rent a chipping hammer and start chipping not the end of the world here just a pain. good luck
4k is steep. Open up your phone book. Look for a guy who does septic installation. Ask him how much. Where i live there cheaper for re-piping a yard then a plumber. Good luck on the cable.
Thanks Javiles good tip and I will try. I don't think I can run water in the drain without it backing up. When you say say chipping hammer you mean start busting concrete?
Thanks 747, would have have never thought of that.
I really appreciate the advice and insight, I'm a computer guy by day and do a little DIY. You guys are lifesavers here. :)
Hey Javiles, you're a rock star. I took the vice grips and did what you said. It took about 5 minutes but the snake dislodged and came out. Thank you, thank you! Now I still have the drain issue but problem one solved. You are awesome!
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Izy, I read your post to JB while he was eating his dinner a few moments ago. You made that man giggle LOL However, he didn't decline the offer mind you! LOLOLOL
And I'm on here talking about rice. Your talking about geting a room. Geez I need to keep up here. LOL
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I have been a physical therapist for 35 years and a quilter for one year. I know what you mean about back pain. It's not fun quilting when you're in pain.
A good chair is very important, as is the correct height of the chair. I use an office chair so that I can adjust the height of the seat of the chair.
Your back must be fully supported against the chair back. Sitting with your back unsupported by the chair back, means that your muscles have to hold your body up. This leads to over worked muscles, spasm and pain.
You should have your chair close enough to your sewing machine that you can sew with your elbows by your side and your whole back against your chair back.
Your sewing surface should be at elbow height. To achieve this, I raised my chair seat up, but this left my feet dangling. ( I'm only 5" 3" tall) So I placed a box that was 5" tall on the floor under my table and placed my foot pedal on it. One could also get their husband to make them a wooden stool that is about 20" X 15" and what ever height you need to sit correctly.
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How significant are U.S. moves? Just how significant are the Obama administration's new stimulus plans? Not very, Scotia Capital economists say. The U.S. government unveiled one new plan over the long weekend, a $50-billion (U.S.) boost to infrastructure and air navigation, and another proposal is expected today that will allow businesses to fully write off new plant and equipment investment through next year.
The infrastructure boost is impressive, economists Derek Holt and Gorica Djeric said in a research note today, though they question its significance: "The target of fixing 150,000 miles of roads is about 5 per cent of all paved roads in the U.S. according to the Federal Highway Administration. Laying or rebuilding 4,000 miles of railroad track equals under 2 per cent of all track in the U.S. according to the Association of American Railroads. Clearly these are big numbers but modest in relation to the size of the system involved."
The writeoff plan is more significant, they noted, carrying an estimated cost of about $200-billion. Still, the total impact of the programs is "modest," the economists wrote.
"An extra $250-billion in incentives compares to about a $14.5-trillion economy in nominal GDP terms, or about 1.7 per cent if fully incurred within one year. We're not certain of the distribution of such spending over time, but the annual effects would be well under 1 per cent of the U.S. economy as a first pass. The second pass raises more doubts.
"First, the take-up rates on such incentives are unclear. Businesses already face incentives to re-tool, particularly larger ones with access to capital markets funding, while nonfinancial corporate balance sheets are generally solid and borrowing costs are low. The issue remains one of continuing to shake off excess investment from the past cycle. Technological obsolescence makes much of the older capital stock obsolete, but we're not certain how much additional investment firms are prepared to make especially given expectations for modest growth going forward. "
U.S. outlook drives central banks The slowing economic recovery in the United States is making policy more challenging for major central banks. Both the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Japan today cited the U.S. slowdown as they held interest rates steady, with officials in Tokyo saying they could take emergency measures. While analysts noted that China's outlook is more important for both Japan and Australia, troubles in the world's biggest economy would still obviously spread globally.
This, too, is a dilemma for Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney as he and his rate-setting colleagues prepare to meet tomorrow. Many economists believe Mr. Carney will announce the latest in a series of interest rate hikes, of one-quarter of a percentage point, before taking some time out to see how developments in the U.S. play out. Not all believe that, however. Here are the views of four banks:
"On the eve of the Bank of Canada's latest rate announcement, two major central banks flagged concerns over the U.S. outlook and left their key rates unchanged. Do their views matter to the [Bank of Canada] Somewhat, but there are important differences too. The Bank of Japan is mired in a renewed deflationary trap that doesn't exist in Canada, while the RBA's cash target rate of 4.5 per cent portrays much tighter policy conditions than the still emergency 0.75 per cent level that exists in Canada. ... The main point is to lift rates further off the emergency floor for non-emergency conditions as low rates encounter the growing risk of over-stimulating household imbalances." Derek Holt and Gorica Djeric, Scotia Capital
"While a weak external backdrop has been a cornerstone of the Bank of Canada's outlook for quite some time, the severity of the slowdown has surpassed the bank's expectation. Similarly, the performance of Canada's domestic economy has also been a touch softer than what the bank had forecast in July. Not surprisingly, the universal deceleration in economic growth and inflation has undermined the confidence that both the market and economists once had in expecting additional hikes. While this uncertainty is certainly warranted, an assessment of the relative rate of decline at home and abroad suggests that there remains a sufficient amount of domestic momentum to warrant a 25 basis point increase in the overnight rate [Wednesday]" David Tulk, TD Securities
"It's a close call for Bank of Canada policy on Sept. 8. After two consecutive rate hikes, lower-than-BoC-projected growth and inflation on the ground now, along with escalating U.S. risks, are weighing on the 'pause side' of the policy scale. Weighing on the 'hike side' is the fact that longer-term interest rates have fallen sharply since the last policy announcement, household credit continues to expand rapidly, and GDP growth is, nevertheless, still slightly above its potential pace. We see the scale nearly perfectly balanced. However, given that a pause would represent a policy shift, the scale would have to be pointing much more decidedly on the pause side to elicit inaction, particularly with a fresh set of economic and inflation projections available for the next announcement on Oct. 19." Michael Gregory, BMO Nesbitt BurnsReport Typo/Error


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Sheary Clough Suiter asks:
I have a question I didn't see addressed in this article about naming one's art business. I have thought I'd like to use my real name for my web site, instead of backdoordesigns.com But my concern has to do not with someone else having my same name, but with the difficulty of the spelling. I'm afraid people won't remember how to spell the names and thus not find me. Feedback or recommendations?
As someone whose name is almost never spelled correctly (Alison, Allison, Allyson, Stansfield, Stanfill, . . . ) I get where you're coming from!
I think you should make your name the brand–regardless of the name. And I think people with hard-to-spell or hard-to-remember names have it easier than people who have very common names. So, I say go with your name! You could do another version for your URL by adding "art," "fine art" or "studio" to the end of your first or last name, but always keep your name prominent on the pages of the site.
You might even consider buying extra URLs with the common misspellings of your name and have them all point to your main site. I don't put misspellings of my name in my keywords, but I do track them in Google Alerts–just in case.
All I can say is to trust that what you have to do is the right thing
and that it will work out. Search engines today are pretty smart and
get all kinds of misspellings.
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As previously reported by NewsBusters editor Matt Sheffield and others, FNC's Special Report with Brit Hume on Thursday evening noted how YouTube users had ganged up to flag as "inappropriate" a humorous 90-second video by director David Zucker that mocks the Democrats for their approach to international bad guys like Osama bin Laden and Kim Jong-Il.
Zucker's video begins with a shot of an actress playing Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. The announcer gravely intoned: "In the year 2000, in an effort to stop the North Koreans from building nuclear weapons, President Clinton's Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il a basketball signed by Michael Jordan." After "Albright" hands "Kim" a basketball, the two share a champagne toast. An on-screen graphic informs: "We're Not Making This Up."
Another scene showed the fake Kim gleefully slam dunking the basketball, as the announcer got to the point: "In a post 9/11 world, making nice to our enemies will not make them nice to us. On the contrary, to them it is a sign of weakness....The security of the United States is not a game. Can we afford a party that treats it like one?"
To show how pathetic the Democrats have become, Zucker's video shows "Albright" mowing the lawn outside a North Korean nuclear plant, shaking a pair of pom-poms as Kim plays basketball, and singing Kumbayah with a couple of Middle-Eastern looking men while a bunch of guys with suicide bomb vests sneak out of a backdoor.
As Hume explained on Thursday's "Grapevine" segment of his Special Report, "Hollywood filmmaker David Zucker has produced a satirical political ad that depicts former Clinton administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright giving a basketball to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and cheering for him in a game, mowing the grass outside a North Korean nuclear facility, painting a cave for Osama bin Laden — there you, there you see the grass — and changing a tire for a terrorist. Republicans decided not to use it, but someone posted it on the video-sharing site YouTube."
"But soon YouTube flagged it, meaning that viewers first saw an advisory telling them the video was inappropriate for some users, a warning usually reserved for profane or sexually explicit material. YouTube is catching heat for this and has since removed the advisory. A spokeswoman couldn't say why the video was originally flagged." FNC's The Big Story also explored the YouTube censorship issue, with host John Gibson interviewing David Zucker.
The cave-painting and lawn-mowing is just a joke, but what about that basketball? In real life, NBC's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell accompanied Albright on her trip to North Korea. Here's how she ended her report on the October 24, 2000 edition of MSNBC's The News with Brian Williams (remember that?):
"As Albright and Kim say goodbye at a farewell dinner, she tells him to call anytime; he asks her for her e-mail address. And her gift to this reclusive leader? An autographed Michael Jordan basketball. Clearly, say U.S. officials, Kim, an avid basketball fan is a lot less isolated than his people. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Pyongyang, North Korea."
The final pictures of Mitchell's news story showed Albright, Kim and their aides sharing a champagne toast, everyone smiling broadly.
In the Zucker spoof, "Albright" wore a bright blue suit; in real life, the Secretary wore a black suit with a gold pin. But the smiles and the champagne were a match.
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Agree or not, Apple fears Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One
- Dailybhaskar.com
- Apr 28, 2013, 12:09 PM IST
Whether Apple and Apple fans agree or not, the Cupertino giant fears the awesome camera and camera features of the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Apple has just released a TV ad showing the iPhone 5 camera features.
Recently HTC has released its Android metallic body phone HTC One, which sports a revolutionary ultrapixel camera that offers very good low-light photography. The newly launched Samsung Galaxy S4 features a 13-megapixel camera which is great for day light shooting, giving pictures an even exposure. Also this camera comes with features like drama shot and dual camera use and sound and shoot.
The iPhone 5 on the contrary has an 8 megapixel camera. With this new TV ad Apple tries to say that one can capture more images and catch them easily and even edit them with the iPhone 5 camera.
In a comparison of camera's of the three devices, Cnet found that Galaxy S4 gave more accurate colours with an even exposure. HTC One over-exposed the shot and the iPhone under-exposed the shot. The overall verdict titled towards the Galaxy S4. Digitaltrends also called the Galaxy S4 camera app as "one of the most extensive" they have ever used on a phone.
What is interesting is that the three phones are placed at almost similar price points, iPhone 5 being the costliest. The Galaxy S4 in India comes at Rs 41500, HTC One is at Rs 42900 and the iPhone 5 is at Rs 43500. To the disappointment of Apple, the recently launched Sony Xperia Z which is available below Rs 40000 price tag sports a 13-megapixel Exmor RS sensor for better pictures. Nokia is already rumoured to be launching a 41-megapixel camera phone this year.
The iPhone 5 sports a scratch-resistant sapphire glass lens 8-megapixel iSight camera (which also left purple haze at the corners of pictures when used under a particular lighting conditions). Read more here.
Apple surely is in a tough competition and need to come to the market with better products and need to make it faster. Its' competitors have better devices and features to offer.
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Ernie Ball Inc Announces OEM Partnership with Schecter Guitar Research
Schecter Guitars and Basses To Ship Worldwide, Strung With Legendary Ernie Ball Strings
Coachella, CA - February 2011 -- Ernie Ball Inc., the world's premier string and accessory manufacturer, and Schecter Guitar Research today announced an OEM partnership in which Schecter instruments shipped worldwide will feature custom gauge Ernie Ball strings, the same strings used by some of rock's most legendary artists for nearly fifty years.
"We are extremely excited to announce our partnership with Schecter," said Brian Ball of Ernie Ball. "With Schecter, both companies share a quality first focus, and are proactive in artist and event marketing initiatives."
Ernie Ball strives to create working relationships with the world's finest instrument makers, often creating new products based on their specific needs. In 2010, Ernie Ball Inc. began manufacturing super-long scale strings based on the popularity of new Schecter products. Not only will new Schecter instruments come ready to play with quality strings, but the resulting partnership between the two brands will also continue to give consumers more choices at retail outlets that carry Ernie Ball products.
"Ernie Ball shares the same commitment to quality and creativity as Schecter and the players who use our products," said Marc LaCorte, vice president for Schecter. "It is only fitting that the instruments now come out of the box ready to rock with Ernie Ball strings."
About Ernie Ball
In 1962, veteran player and teacher Ernie Ball created Slinkys®, the iconic light gauge electric guitar strings widely revered by hundreds of guitar greats including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, The Edge and John Mayer. In addition to hand crafting high-end Music Man® guitars and basses, Ernie Ball Inc. offers state-of-the-art instrument accessories that are carried in more than 6,000 stores in the U.S. and 110 countries worldwide. The family-run company maintains its founder's dedication to preserving the musician's playing experience and delivering superior sound quality through the development of new products, such as the revolutionary Element Shield Packaging which hermetically seals guitar strings keeping each set as fresh as the day they were made. The company also fosters artist development through musician-focused programs such as the Golden Pick promotion featuring Slash and Eric Clapton, and the world's largest and longest running Battle of the Bands, where unsigned bands compete each year for the chance to win a $15,000 Guitar Center shopping spree and more. Visit them online at www.ernieball.com.
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As Schecter Guitar Research moves into its 35th year of business, it has solidified its elite status as one of the world's premier guitar companies, offering electric guitars and basses, acoustic guitars, and USA Custom Shop instruments to musicians around the world in more than 150 countries. Its continually evolving and expanding line of guitars and basses appeals to a broad spectrum of players and diverse musical styles. Its core business practice offers high-quality instruments with professional components at an affordable price. One of the company's strongest assets is its growing roster of high-profile artists, including Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, The Cure, Papa Roach, Seether, Prince, Stone Temple Pilots, Nevermore and Black Label Society.


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East-to-West EU Migration Not Slowing
New figures suggest migration from ex-communist EU states to Ireland and the UK is not slowing down yet, while Romanians and Bulgarians are beginning to test their new EU travel freedoms.
Ninety thousand Poles alone registered to work in Ireland in 2006 compared to 65,000 in 2005 according to the Irish national insurance office, with over 250,000 new workers settling on the island since 2004.
Net migration to the UK hit 400,000 in 2005 - almost double the level in 2004 and 215,000 more than officially stated by the British government a fresh study by UK consultancy Capital Economics says.
UK daily The Times writes that the report also said the arrival of more than 600,000 migrants from the east since 2004 would continue to encourage others to travel to seek work.
Capital Economics predicts people will begin to move back east from 2009 onward after making their money in the west, while Poles are also becoming more aware of the hardships faced by some job seekers.
Polish construction workers in Ireland risk labouring 60 hours per week for just €300 pay, being tricked out of their wages and denied trade union rights, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita warns in an article Thursday (4 January).
The post-2004 UK and Irish immigration boom has contributed to the old EU15 countries' wariness toward Romania and Bulgarian workers, with just Sweden and Finland opening borders fully from 2007.
The Capital Economics survey forecast that 50,000 to 60,000 people from the EU's newest members will come to Britain in 2007 despite strict rules on work permits for highly-skilled proffesions only.
Meanwhile, Romanian authorities said 9,000 people crossed the border into Hungary in the first 24 hours after the country's EU accession but that the vast majority went back after drinking a cup of coffee.
The day-trippers wanted to "test" if they could really enter another EU state without a visa a statement from the Romanian interior ministry said, Polish newswire PAP writes.


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James O. Born is a former U.S. Drug agent and State Law Enforcement agent. Each of his novels is based on some aspect of his career. His third novel, ESCAPE CLAUSE, won the inaugural Florida Book Award for Best Novel.
In 2009 Born published the first in a series of science fiction novels under the name James O'Neal. The novels are police stories set in the near future.
Currently, Born is coauthoring novels with TV commentator Lou Dobbs and his newest novel, SCENT OF MURDER, about a specialized K-9 unit, is now available.
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No earthly power creates the Church and no earthly power owns the Church. The Church was created by the Lord Jesus, and it is his, not ours. Continue Reading »
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|Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas, the state's largest two year college, is accepting applications for a part-time (extra help) Chemistry Tutor. The Learning Assistance Center at Pulaski Technical College has an opening in the Tutoring Centers on the main campus in North Little Rock for tutors in the disciplines of chemistry and physics. The positions are part time with flexible hours; however, some evening hours may be required. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate(s) will be required to tutor PTC students in the areas of fundamentals of chemistry, general chemistry, or physics, to diagnose student deficiencies, to conduct group study sessions, and to model successful study skills. The ability to work well with individuals and groups and to present material using verbal, visual, and written methodologies is crucial to the position.
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So far I've experimented with several options to try to get the CUE system on my 2013 XTS to accept my full music library. I need a drive capable of supporting at least 128GB of storage, which limits the available options. I have tried this with a 1TB Western Digital My Passport drive and an iPod Classic 160GB.
I went through all the folders of the drive to make certain the only files on it are .mp3, .jpg and .m3u. I have this data organized as (same as used for my Sonos system):
[Artist folder]
[Album folder]
[mp3 files; folder.jpg containing the album artwork]
[Album 2 folder]
[Artist 2 folder]
I have one .m3u playlist which is located in the root directory level. There are 1116 jpg files, 13,220 mp3 files and 1 m3u file.
First I tried the Western Digital My Passport drive straight out of the box formatted NTFS 1TB. At first it seemed to work and was indexed the files on the drive. Problems encountered: most album artwork would not display; playlists unrecognized; unable to add/change content on the drive without CUE becoming confused.
Second, based on a suggestion by another member of this forum, was to try an iPod Classic 160. At first seemed like it was the solution. All album artwork appears; playlists recognized. Problem however was playing stopped abruptly and would only clear up if a reset on the iPod was performed. Answer from CUE team: don't use the iPod Classic because Apple no longer supports it. Lockups are due to CUE system too many queries to the iPod because iPod is too slow to respond.
Third. Took the My Passport, repartitioned the drive to a single 160GB partition formatted NTFS. No lockups on playback; more album artwork appeared that when this was tried the first time; no playlists recognized. Still has problem with recognizing adds/changes to the drive as if it still remembers the way it looked previously.
So I am about to give up. I sent a message to codeman71 but have not heard back.
My questions to this group are:
1. Is there a procedure to get CUE to forget about what it indexed before and treat the drive as a totally new drive?
2. Is there a limitation on the size of USB drive CUE can handle?
3. Is there a limitation of the number of folders/files it will index before it drops them on the floor?
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I have been waiting for this collection for a good while, or at least ever since the promotional images started floating online!
I wouldn't say I'm a fan but I have heard of Gareth Pugh before this (stumbled upon while researching for projects during college years) and admired his structured avant garde pieces with a geometric flare so I was honestly pretty stoked about the collaboration.
From what I know (about the collection) the prices are a little on the crazy side, like that one collection that MAC puts out every year that you might not even care to consider because it's not worth it. Though I would say I'm too hung up on the collaboration idea and needed at least one thing from this collection but I ended up with 2.
Here's one of Gareth Pugh's trademark runway pieces...
...and also of his more wearable ones (really like that dress!)
But anyway on to the makeup products.
From reviews online nothing really stood out to me aside from the nail polish in Ascension (see Temptalia's swatch/review). It was that one thing I would pick up just cause. However when I chanced across the collection at TANGS Orchard it was already sold out, how sad.
I ended up picking up another polish, Inert, which in truth isn't too special or unique but I did like the creamy grey look from within the bottle.
The Gareth Pugh polishes cost about S$43, which is even more then Chanel and that's kind of crazy but I am just going to sit in the bliss of the haul and try not to think about that. heh.
Color-wise Inert is a light neutral-toned (maybe a little tipped on the cool side?) grey and for a MAC polish it swatches pretty well. My last encounter with a MAC polish was during Give Me Liberty of London so it has been an improvement since then or at least this time around.
I don't have very many true greys (not grey-blues) in my collection so I know this is unique in my stash though in the polish realm it's probably very dupable by polishes a fraction of it's price.
If you happen to know of a dupe or think something is dupable, do let me know! One can never have too many grey polishes!
I'll also do a general swatchfest with the greys in my stash and I'm thinking I'll only need 1 hand to swatch them all. That's how little greys I have!
The next item is one that many have casted aside in this collection and I really don't blame them because I see the rationale in that but again, I couldn't help it!
Before I get to the product, this beauty powder is certainly not travel friendly because the casing is really quite heavy! I'm not a material expert so I don't know what was used but it doesn't seem all plastic. On a frivolous note, I also like how all the compacts (eyeshadow, blush, beauty powder) snap to a shut with magnets.
The powder itself is embossed with a geometric design that looks like it could withstand some usage. Shade-wise it looks befitting to be labeled a highlighter with the pale yellow-toned shade. It also contains very subtle bits of shimmer within, so subtle that you don't have to worry about the disco ball effect but to shimmer lovers this could be too plain.
The powder picks up easily and is soft to the touch though I can't use terms like creamy or luxurious to describe it. Texture-wise it's good but sitting on basic.
When swatched heavily it does leave a white cast so while it's termed a beauty powder, I wouldn't suggest dusting it all over unless you are very fair or do it very light-handedly.
Once blended out it becomes a very subtle glimmer. In photos it disappears to nothing though you could see a faint highlight where the swatch was.
The creepy close-up shows the subtle shimmer within the blended out swatch above.
Initially I thought it was similar or close to NARS Nico but the minute I took Nico out I saw the difference - Nico is pink-toned while Elude is more yellow-toned and a shade lighter.
In the swatch Elude seems to disappear into my skin and I want to reason because it is yellow-toned and in tune with my skintone, as compared to Nico that is pink, but I also agree that Elude is not the most prominent highlighter.
I still like Elude for the subtle pearly finish. I say pearly because the shimmer factor doesn't show up and the word sheen fits Nico's effect more then what Elude does, which is more of brightening when the shimmer flecks in it catches the light. It seems to lighten the spot in a gentle way that doesn't make the shimmer or sheen too apparent.
For S$115 one would wish for it to show up a little more on the skin but I guess I'll stick to being one of those consumers suckered in by their marketing tactics. I had read the not-so-favorable reviews of the highlighter before getting it and my intention was along the lines of collecting it over it's usage. I mean, I feel my ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder could do a more preferred highlighting job and it's only what, USD1?!
So with this I have settled my own Christmas present to myself, heh.
Are you going to gift yourself anything special for Christmas?
Or at least justify one of your upcoming purchases as that so you feel a little better about it :p


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Hickory Hornets
Coach (season, record): Mike Pascarella (10th season at Hickory, 18th season overall, 114-56-9 at Hickory, 147-158-13 overall)
2010 overall record: 15-5-0
2010 region record (place): 8-2-0 (co-champion)
2010 playoff results: Lost 3-2 to Warren in the District 10 Class AA semifinals.
Top players lost: Ross James, Nate Myers, Brennan Oppman, Tyler Montgomery, Boris Cano, Heath Hanson
Top returning players: Kevin Hodgkins, Brandon Ward, Phillip Tantuo, Mark Caracci, Ryan Myerowich
Assistant coaches: Pete Donnarummo, Gary Hodkins, Sean Zippie
Outlook: Hickory lost several talented players to graduation and will search for replacements in camp, including a goalkeeper. The Hornets lost all-region defender Tyler Montgomery as well as Ross James, Nate Myers, Brennan Oppman, Boris Cano and Heath Hanson. The good news for Hickory is the return of a veteran senior class. Kevin Hodgkins, Brandon Ward, Phillip Tantuo and Mark Carraci are returning all-region offensive players, while Ryan Myerowich made the second team on defense. Hodgkins was voted the Region 2 Player of the Year and is a game-changer for the Hornets. Hickory has reached the D-10 semifinals the past three years and the first goal will be getting back there. Coach Mike Pascarella is looking for the Hornets to improve throughout the year and reach the D-10 championship match.
6 at Sharpsville 4
8 Mercer 7:30
10 General McLane 2
12 at Kennedy Catholic 4
15 at Meadville 4
20 at West Middlesex 4
22 Wilmington 7:30
24 at North East 11 a.m.
26 at Sharon* 4
28 at Commodore Perry* 4
1 Slippery Rock* 1
4 at Conneaut Valley* 4
10 Grove City* 7:30
12 Sharon* 7:30
18 Commodore Perry* 7:30
20 Conneaut Valley* 6
24 at Slippery Rock* 4
26 at Grove City* 7:30
Coach (season, record): B.J. Rudge (8th season as girls coach, 11th season overall, 91-39-6 as girls coach, 117-66-9 overall)
2010 overall record: 15-3-1
2010 region record (place): 4-1-1 (second)
2010 playoff results: Lost 2-0 to Harbor Creek in the District 10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Top player lost: Stephanie Segarra
Top returning players: Allison Richards, Lauren Costello, Jennifer Free, Hannah Davis, Alexis McBride, Alyssa McClure, Michelle DeGerolamo and Morgan McBride
Assistant coaches: Andrew Levitt, Pat DeGerolamo, Heather Loughry and Dale Spadafora
Outlook: Hickory had its season cut short by a talented Harbor Creek team in the District 10 quarterfinals last fall. With only one senior gone to graduation – Stephanie Segarra – the Hornettes are looking to return to the postseason and make a move at the D-10 title. Segarra was elected to the all-region first team on defense and she will need to be replaced quickly in camp. Returning for Hickory is all-district forward Allison Richards, an all-region selection and the Region 2 Player of the Year. She is joined by Alyssa McClure, Jenn Free, Michelle DeGerolamo, Lauren Costello, Hannah Davis and Morgan McBride who were all-region picks in 2010.
7 at Strong Vincent 6:30
10 General McLane 10 a.m.
13 Kennedy Catholic 7:30
17 Neshannock 1:30
19 West Middlesex 7
21 Grove City* 7:30
24 Villa Maria 12:30
27 at Sharon* 4
29 at Wilmington 7:30
3 Sharpsville* 7:30
5 Slippery Rock* 7:30
11 at Grove City* 7:30
13 Sharon* 7:30
15 North Hills 11 a.m.
17 at Mercer 7:30
19 at Sharpsville* 6
25 at Slippery Rock* 4
27 at Fort LeBoeuf 4
Thursday: Iroquois
— Tom Reisenweber


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Protectionism is increasingly standing in the way of investors, warns CPP Investment Board chief executive officer David Denison, who also suggests Ottawa clarify Canada's takeover rules.
The comments by Mr. Denison, who oversees the management of $152-billion that will be used to pay retirement benefits to 18 million Canadians, were made in the text remarks to a business audience in Sydney, Australia, Thursday. He said that many governments are blocking deals "at a time when the world arguably most needs to accelerate trade, capital flows and economic activity to stimulate growth."
European antitrust officials blocked a proposed merger between the Deutsche Boerse and the NYSE Wednesday, and Mr. Denison cited Canada's decision to reject BHP Billiton's bid for Potash Corp. and Australia's rejection of a merger between Australia and Singapore's stock exchanges, as recent examples of the growing influence of protectionism. He urged policy makers "to create transparent processes and decision criteria so that there is more predictability of outcomes for investors and corporations.
"I can certainly say that the presence of opaque policy criteria and decision-making processes absolutely influences where we at CPPIB – and we believe other investors and companies as well – direct their efforts," he added.
Those comments suggest that Ottawa's decision not to clarify the Investment Canada Act could cause foreign investors to back away from deals here.
The Globe and Mail recently reported that the Harper government appears to have dropped plans to clarify the rules for foreign takeovers, a source of frustration for Bay Street advisors and potential investors who are unsure how Ottawa would react if an acquirer were to bid for a major Canadian company.
When the government blocked BHP Billiton's bid in late 2010, the industry minister at the time, Tony Clement, vowed to spell out some principles about takeovers of Canadian companies. He also said he would ask the House of Commons industry committee to review the Investment Canada Act, which governs such deals, and suggest improvements. But neither of those things has happened and the new Industry Minister, Christian Paradis, has said little on the topic.
Mr. Denison also outlined another worry of his these days: that new regulations are pushing many investors, from European pension plans to Canadian insurers, to invest for the short term rather than the long term.
When it comes to pension plans, "the strict solvency rules being proposed within the European Union and contemplated elsewhere, if enacted, will likely materially hinder their ability to make long-term investments," Mr. Denison said. At the same time, mark-to-market accounting rules and other new regulations are having the same impact on insurers.
This, Mr. Denison believes, is a danger to the financial system as a whole.
"Long-term investors can play an important role in helping to stabilize markets in times of stress – they can act as liquidity providers and counter-cyclical investors in such times to counter-balance the actions of other investors," he said. "They can be the providers of capital for important long-term projects such as infrastructure or the development of new energy capabilities for example."
Mr. Denison urged policy makers to think about the implications of their decisions. "We encourage them to make choices that will maintain more open investment regimes and foster long-term investing," he said.Report Typo/Error
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This time of year, we see pumpkins everywhere, and many people like to turn them into jack-o'-lanterns by carving a funny or scary face. Carving a pumpkin can be a lot of fun.
Have you ever made a jack-o'-lantern? If you have, then you know that the first step is to find just the right pumpkin. This can be hard, because pumpkins are all very different. They can be big or small, skinny or round, and even come in different colors. But all pumpkins have two things in common: a tough outside, and a slimy inside filled with seeds.
In some ways, we're just like pumpkins!
Just like a pumpkin, we have an outside and an inside. The outside is our body, the part that we can see when we look in the mirror. The other part of us, which we can't see, is our spirit and soul. These parts, which make us who we are, cannot be seen with our eyes. But God, who made us, can see past what we can see and look at every part of us. The Bible says, "O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me" (Psalm 139:1).
What does God see when He looks inside us?
A pumpkin is filled with yucky, slimy, pumpkin goo. When God looks at us, He sees that we are filled with the bad things we have done. These bad things are called sin. The Bible says, "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Our sin separates us from God, and keeps us out of Heaven.
How can we be made clean?
Just like we can scoop out the yucky inside of a pumpkin to make a jack-o'-lantern, God can take away all of the sin inside us and make us clean. How can He do this? God loves us so much that He sent His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to take the punishment for our sins.
Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins, and then rose back to life three days later. This proves that He is the Son of God and has the power to make us clean! "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
What's the next step?
Romans 10:9 teaches us that "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." This means that all you need to do is:
1) Admit to God that you are a sinner.
2) Believe that Jesus died for you and rose again.
3) Ask God to save you, and trust that He will!
When you put your trust in Jesus Christ, God takes away your sin and makes you a new person (2 Corinthians 5:17). He also puts His light in you so you can shine brightly for Jesus!
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your
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If any player on the Patriots roster could be considered a Pro Bowl snub, who would it be?
Jason: I think you could make a very good argument that TE Rob Gronkowski was a snub. Zach Miller was selected as the backup TE, but Gronkowski scored twice as many TDs and had a higher average yards per catch. Miller had 18 more catches and 139 more yards, but in my book, the 10-5 TD edge should have given the edge to Gronk. On the plus side, his youth and continued development with one of the league's elite QBs makes it likely that he'll be taking the trip to Hawaii sooner or later.
Stephen: Without a doubt, if one Patriots player should have made the Pro Bowl it should have been Rob Gronkowski. Despite slipping to the second round of the draft due to injury concerns, he emerged as the team's best red-zone threat, catching 10 touchdowns. He really turned it on in the second half of the season and was one of the team's top options down the stretch. He also was a very good run blocker, something that is hard to find in a tight end in this era.
Rick: My Pro Bowl snub would be BenJarvus Green-Ellis. When Fred Taylor and Kevin Faulk got hurt early in the year, no one thought New England would have any resemblance of a running game. Then, The Law Firm stepped into his office. He had over 1,000 yards this season and was one of the best in terms of rushing touchdowns in the NFL this year.
Derek: I first heard that the Patriots had six players named to the Pro Bowl before I knew their identities. I tried to guess them and came up with Brady, Wilfork, Mayo, McCourty, Mankins, and… Gronkowski. The rookie tight end was a touchdown machine and seemed to get better and better as the weeks went by. Other Patriots on the bubble were Wes Welker (eventually named an alternate) and the Law Firm. However, looking at their respective positions, it's hard to make a case that they deserve to be in the Pro Bowl over the other selections.


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Day Fifteen
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The scenery this morning was fantastic. We stopped at most turnouts and have pictures of mountains, rivers, plains, elk, bison, stream vents, waterfalls, mud volcanoes, and geysers and we even saw Old Faithful do her thing. Although, the comments from the rednecks behind us were a little annoying, although I did find it humourous when he was going to throw a stick of TNT into the geyser because he was tired of waiting. Not sure if he had a stick of TNT in his trailer, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did.
We also walked into Castle Gesyer just as it was ready to erupt and it only goes off every 13 hours. After that we wandered over to see the Dragon's Mouth spring, but that was kiboshed when a couple of wild buffalo decided they wanted to walk on the path, and whom am I to tell them no. :-/
The one thing I can still smell 6 hours later is the sulfur and it makes the taste of everything a little off.


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Exelixis's Thyroid Cancer Treatment Gains U.S. Approval
Exelixis Inc. (EXEL) won U.S. regulatory approval for cabozantinib to treat thyroid cancer patients, giving the company its first marketed product.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the drug, to be known as Cometriq, for medullary thyroid cancer, the agency said today in a statement. The drug extended progression free survival for patients in a Phase 3 study to 11.2 months compared with four months with a placebo, South San Francisco, California-based Exelixis said in June.
Exelixis also is studying cabozantinib as a treatment for prostate cancer and today's approval is the first in a series of diseases the drug may work against, Michael Morrissey, the company's chief executive officer, said at a conference.
"I think the true value of cabo can be viewed in terms of it as a franchise, having franchise potential across multiple indications outside of the initial potential indication around thyroid cancer," Morrissey said according to a transcript of the Nov. 15 conference. "Certainly the vast majority of our Phase 2 work over the last few years has been focused in other tumor indications."
The treatment will carry a boxed warning alerting patients about the possibility of experiencing severe and fatal bleeding and holes in the colon, the FDA said today.
Other Cancers
In addition to prostate cancer, Exelixis is testing cabozantinib in breast, ovarian and renal cancers, as well as solid tumors, non-small cell lung cancer and multiple myeloma. The treatment is the FDA's 31st new drug approval this year, surpassing a seven-year high of 30 approvals in 2011.
This is the second drug in two years the agency has approved to treat medullary thyroid cancer, said Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA's Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The first was AstraZeneca Plc (AZN)'s Caprelsa in April 2011.
Cabozantinib is designed to block tumors from growing and spreading by inhibiting two pathways, called MET and VEGF. The thyroid is a hormone-creating gland that regulates blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate and weight.
Exelixis declined less than 1 percent to $5.24 at the close in New York before the FDA's announcement. The company has gained 27 percent in the past 12 months.
The market for cabozantinib in this indication is limited, said Ted Tenthoff, a New York-based analyst for Piper Jaffray, in a Nov. 26 note to clients. About 4 percent of thyroid cancers are medullary thyroid cancer, making it one of the rarer types, the FDA said in the statement.
About 56,500 new cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute. About 1,780 people die annually from the disease.
A year ago Exelixis plunged the most in 11 years after the company and the FDA failed to agree on special rules for studying cabozantinib in prostate cancer patients. Instead, the company began a late-stage trial under a normal regulatory framework. Pivotal data from that study is expected in the first half of 2014, Tenthoff said.
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The condom is a soft rubber device made of latex which is most commonly used during sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Even though condoms have been used for over 500 years, only in the 20th century they became one of the most popular methods of contraception.
Condoms are available in different shapes, colors, flavors. To better inform the public or to sell condoms better companies have created numerous ads, and here are the top 17 funniest condom commercials.
Hansaplast Condoms Mom said Yes
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Trojan Evolve
Manix Endurance
Trojan condom
Tulipan condom
Condom shop
Trojan condom
In need of a condom
Horny Tulipan
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2 injured in crash involving 3 semitrailers ID'd
Sheriff: 2 semitrailers crash, causing 25K-pound steel roll to fall off trailer
TOWN OF HERMAN, Wis. - Two people were injured in a crash involving three semitrailers in Dodge County Wednesday morning, according to a release.
Crews responded to reports of a crash at the intersection of Highway 33 and Highway P in the town of Herman around 11:10 a.m., officials said.
A semitrailer driven by Michael R. Heeg, 34, of Heeg, was southbound on Highway P when it entered an intersection and hit another semitrailer that was westbound on Highway 33, investigators said. The crash caused a large roll of steel to come off the westbound trailer being driven by Eugene R. Miszewski, 62, of Milwaukee.
The third semitrailer, being driven Alexander Gross, 25, of rural Theresa, was eastbound when it hit the large roll of steel, officials said.
The roll of steel is estimated to weigh more than 25,000 pounds, according to the release.
Heeg was transported with minor injuries. Miszewski was initially believed to have no injuries but was later treated for a possible injury, officials said. Gross is listed in critical, but stable condition at Froedert Hospital.Highway 33 at Highway P, Dodge County
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One of the things I love most about working in fashion is the thought- provoking, positive and thoroughly modern views on the role of women in society that are regularly expressed by prominent figures in the industry. Valentino, the Italian fashion designer, this week spoke out about what can only be described as a global shame: the decline in sartorial standards among today's film stars.
As the multimillionaire yacht-loving designer put it, with consummate sensitivity, Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts "look like bag ladies, like homeless people". They have been photographed, he pointed out, "running around", "looking unkempt", and even "wearing jogging bottoms".
Sadly, these shocking allegations are grounded in truth. These days, celebrities - even young female ones - are allowed to roam the streets chaperoned only by their chihuahuas. The lifestyle of the modern off-duty celebrity (a brace apiece of Hiltons and Olsens, Spears, Aniston, Zellweger), largely involves steering a huge SUV around Los Angeles and getting parking tickets at the gym. The uniform for this activity is a Juicy Couture tracksuit, Havaiana flipflops, accessorised with a Starbucks takeout skinny latte, a vastly expensive handbag and ridiculous sunglasses.
Now, true, I can't say I have personally ever seen a homeless person in Juicy Couture, let alone with a lapdog and a Jeep, but let's not quibble. Clearly, standards are slipping, and the golden era we need to emulate, as Valentino says, is Rome in the 60s, when "women had less to do and looked after their appearance. They changed their outfits two or three times a day or had a complicated hairstyle".
You see, Cammy, you need to drop this crazy notion that a 33-year-old woman can make her own mind up about what to wear. For a start, stop spending your leisure hours hanging out on beaches with gorgeous young pop stars, when you know full well that surfing makes your ponytail go all bumpy. Instead - for all our sakes - learn to do a chignon, swap the flipflops for kitten heels, and go pose by a stone fountain with your knees together.