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By Skip Wood, USA TODAY
Moments before the NFL christened its new season Thursday, several dozen players from the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings walked a few yards from their sidelines and held their index fingers aloft in what they later called a show of solidarity with their union.
The scene, shown on NBC's broadcast for a few seconds and repeated at some games Sunday, was a public acknowledgement of an increasingly tense, behind-the-scenes labor standoff between the NFL and its players union that could shut down the USA's most popular professional sport this time next year.
Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement appear stalled, and unless an agreement is reached with the union by March, league owners appear ready to impose a player lockout that could imperil at least the start of the 2011 season.
NFL players — whose average salary is $1.9 million, up from $483,000 when free agency began in 1993 — are balking at a proposed salary decrease.
The owners of the 32 teams think the current collective bargaining agreement, which began in 2006, was tilted too heavily in favor of the players, who receive about 60% of the revenue from an $8 billion industry.
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That led the owners to opt out of the agreement in 2008. With the agreement expiring, the 2010 season is being played without the league's salary cap, or limit on what teams cans spend on player salaries (the cap was $123 million a team last season). It has set the stage for what could be a protracted labor fight and the league's first work stoppage since 1987.
Owners say a struggling economy has hurt their sources of revenue, citing a decrease in season-ticket sales in some markets. But players counter that the NFL's television contracts — one of the league's biggest sources of income — are as big as ever and getting bigger.
For example, a deal with DirecTV that runs from 2011 to 2014 guarantees the owners $1 billion a year, or about $31 million for each team. On top of that, teams get a slice of a $20 billion pie stemming from the NFL's multiyear broadcast deals with CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN that began with the 2006 season and run until 2014.
Even so, the average value of an NFL team dropped this year from $1.04 billion to $1.02 billion, according to Forbes, the first dip in 12 years.
"We're seeing some uncertainty in the NFL for the first time in many years," Forbes editor Kurt Badenhausen says. "You have a bad economy that's (hurting) revenues for some teams, (and) you have a very uncertain labor situation."
Four years ago, there was an 11th-hour agreement that halted a potential work stoppage. However, the late Gene Upshaw was head of the NFL Players Association then, and he had a much closer relationship with then-commissioner Paul Tagliabue than new union head DeMaurice Smith, a former assistant U.S. attorney and prosecutor, does with commissioner Roger Goodell.
Adding to the dispute is the league's proposal to extend the regular season from 16 to 18 games, cutting two games from what's now a four-game preseason schedule. Many players are wary of the effects a longer regular season could have on their health, long- and short-term.
Goodell conducted a tour of several training camps this summer, saying he was doing what he could to "listen to players' concerns."
During last month's camps, USA TODAY talked with players and executives from all 32 teams and found many players unimpressed. Several players said the commissioner has done a poor job of addressing their concerns.
'It's very disappointing'
Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, one of the team's union player representatives (and also a member of the NFLPA's executive council, which includes 11 players), was hot and weary immediately after a recent practice but appeared to become even more so when asked about Goodell's visit to the team's camp.
"It's very disappointing," Fujita says. "I don't know what I expected … but I expected a lot more than he gave us. For instance, one guy, his wife's pregnant, he said, 'If there's a lockout next season, are we going to have health care? Will my wife and my baby be covered?' And (Goodell) said, 'I'm not sure, you'll have to ask your union.'
"Guys are concerned. They want to know. And as the commissioner and kind of the mouthpiece for the owners, you would think he could provide at least some of those answers instead of almost being like an empty suit."
Fujita also had dinner with the commissioner that night for nearly an hour, and he peppered him with questions about how roadblocks in negotiations might be overcome.
"We talk all the time about (the league) opening up (its) books, and I said, 'Hey, if it gets a deal done, what's the harm? That would tell us whether profits are up or down or even flat.'
"He really couldn't provide an answer other than, 'You know, that's just how it is.' "
Actually, the league does "open its books," but a complicated clause in the collective bargaining agreement requires an independent accountant agreed upon by the league and the union, largely to determine levels of the salary cap without examining outside income that is not part of the revenue-sharing plan and varies from team to team, such as income from stadium suites.
New York Jets fullback Tony Richardson, also a player representative, has heard about players' frustrations with Goodell's visits.
"I think he's well-informed on the issues," Richardson says. "I just think right now he is not negotiating; he is not in a position to show his cards."
But showing his cards was never the purpose of Goodell's tour, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says.
"The meetings were not intended to be CBA negotiating sessions," Aiello says. "Each side has its negotiating team, and our commitment with the union is to negotiate at the bargaining table. … (Goodell) told the players … there is a formal negotiating process, and he was not there to circumvent that. He was there to hear their questions and their perspective and to provide answers and offer his perspective when it was appropriate."
One thing the union has been stressing in recent months is that the league now takes about $1 billion off the top for operating expenses.
"So if it's $8 billion that we're supposed to split, you already have a billion off the top," Baltimore Ravens wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh says. "They want to act like that money doesn't exist. They're owners, they should be in it to make money, but the NFL isn't the NFL without players."
And those 1,696 players are working to earn what they can during what is an average 3½-year career, according to the union. Players are paid 17 times throughout the season; there typically is an additional stipend for offseason workouts that is included in each player's contract.
Now that they might be asked to play 18 regular-season games, a proposal that will be featured in the labor negotiations, players are balking at the prospect of doing so with no pay increases.
"Obviously, that's something that the owners really want," says quarterback Drew Brees, the Saints' player representative. "It's not just about adding two games and two game checks. … Your body is already worn out. What is going to be the increase in injury rate? Obviously, that will affect the longevity of guys' careers."
No deal in sight
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who bought the franchise in 1994, says he has little doubt there will be a new agreement.
"It's just a matter of when," he says. "We have a great entertainment product, as evidenced by our ratings on television. It's a responsibility on both sides not to mess that up. Our fans, they love this product, and the last thing they want to hear is about well-to-do owners and well-to-do players quarreling about money."
According to the NFL, average television viewership last season was 16.6 million for regular-season games, compared with 8.1 million for prime-time viewing among the four major networks. Average attendance was 65,000, with a high of 89,800 by the Dallas Cowboys and a low of 44,300 by the Oakland Raiders.
But filling stadiums is becoming difficult because of the economy, and at least 11 teams are facing the possibility of TV blackouts of games in their home markets this season. League rules require that a game be blacked out in the local market if the stadium is not sold out 72 hours before kickoff.
So some fans who can't afford to attend their teams' games won't be able to watch them on TV, either.
Says Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour: "When you think about the fans, many of them working 9 to 5 and struggling to make ends meet, I just hope we can do what's in the best interest of the game."
Smith, the NFLPA head, has hinted that the league wants a lockout and that there has been collusion among owners to go slow when negotiating potential new player contracts.
"I don't know at this point — I don't know that anybody knows," says Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who last week signed a four-year extension with a guarantee of $48.5 million.
Preparing for potential lockout
Meanwhile, many players are preparing for a lockout by saving more and spending less. Others not so much, as San Diego Chargers linebacker Kevin Burnett acknowledges.
"Of course a lockout would change my lifestyle," he says, "(but) am I going to starve? Not at all."
Even so, Saints safety Darren Sharper says he's "saving 75% of my salary." Sharper recently signed a one-year deal worth at least $1.5 million.
Fujita is all but certain a lockout will happen.
"We've had 15 negotiation sessions, and not much good news has come out of any," he says.
The next session has not been scheduled.
Sports marketing executive Bob Basche, chairman of the Millsport consulting agency, thinks a deal will be reached by late summer but wonders what might happen if it isn't.
"I can't believe the NFL and the players would kill probably the most successful spectator sport that we have in the country," he says.
"But if it happened, it would be really debilitating for sponsors."
He points out potential sponsors thinking about a campaign in and out of the stadiums would think twice because of the uncertainty.
The NBA, which delayed the start of the 1998-99 season, and the NHL, which canceled the 2004-05 season, had a hard time bringing fans back after extended labor strife, but Basche sees the NFL as unique — to a point.
NFL fans "would come back quicker than those other sports," Basche says. "If it's a killer for the season, it'll really be a disaster for the league and the players, because the fans will react negatively. And sponsors would have to look elsewhere."
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Mischief or malicious mischief is the specific name for different criminal offenses in a number of different jurisdictions. While the wrongful acts will often involve what is popularly described as vandalism there can be a legal differentiation between the two. The etymology of the word comes from Old French meschief, which means "misfortune", from meschever, "to end badly".
Malicious mischief is an offence against the common law of Scotland. It does not require actual damage to property for the offence to be committed, financial damage consequential to the act is sufficient, unlike vandalism which requires actual damage to property to form the offence, the latter being defined by section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.
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In United States criminal law, mischief is an offense against property that does not involve conversion. It typically involves any damage, defacement, alteration, or destruction of property. Common forms include vandalism, graffiti, or some other destruction or defacement of property other than arson. Governed by state law, criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he/she has such right, intentionally damages property of another person, intentionally participates in the destruction of property of another person, or participates in the reckless damage or destruction of property of another person.[1] Criminal mischief is usually a misdemeanor.
The country's Criminal Code makes mischief a hybrid offence, punishable by up to and including life imprisonment if the mischief causes actual danger to human life.
- ^ "reckless legal definition of reckless. reckless synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary". Legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
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Melbourne was voted one of the most livable cities in the world—and once you visit, you'll quickly agree it's a well-deserved accolade.
Inside this exciting and vibrant city, whether you're a sports fan, history buff, shopaholic or night owl, there's always something to do and plenty to enjoy. And another perk is it's easy to get around the entire city, thanks in large part to it being home to the world's longest tram network.
But, first things first, head to Australia's sporting mecca, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This East Melbourne sports stadium hosts' cricket games, as well as soccer games, rugby matches and even concerts. And it isn't just the oldest and largest sporting venue in Australia; the National Sports Museum is also located here. Two sporting attractions in one location? It's a dream come true for any sports fanatic.
Another must-visit tourist attraction is Queen Victoria Market. You'll also hear it called Queen Vic and Vic Market. This two-block Melbourne shopping market has it all—fresh produce, gourmet foods, apparel, handcrafts and more. It's revered by locals, and envied by everyone else as it's the largest open-air market located south of the Equator.
While you might be hesitant to hop in a car after you've already driven or flown into Melbourne, a scenic drive on Great Ocean Road is well worth spending half of a day in a car. But you won't be inside the car the whole drive. There are numerous stops and lookout points dotted along this 243 km road nestled against the Victorian Coast. The views are stunning, and your pictures will turn out great for you to reminisce about later with your friends.
And we can't talk about the goodness that's Melbourne unless we talk about its scrumptious waterfront seafood restaurants. St. Kilda is a great area to eat some freshly netted seafood. You can also try Cerberus Beach House or Waterfront Southgate, as both receive great reviews for their seafood and beachfront views.
For all you nightlife folk, Melbourne is energetic during the day, and even more so at night. Check out one of the city's many rooftop bars to enjoy a nightcap with your skyline views, or just head to the central business district (CBD)—we hear you can basically bar crawl your way around the area.
As you plan your visit to Melbourne, be sure to find a Melbourne hotel that puts you in close proximity to all of the city's must-see attractions. But, location isn't the only thing that matters. You also want a Melbourne hotel that's reasonably priced. And we can help with that. Use IHG Reward's Club Your Rate. It lets you book a hotel directly, and it's the only way to get our lowest prices and earn points to receive exclusive rewards with your future IHG hotel stays.
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I've been driving my 7 series on the road like I used to drive my M3. But frankly, I'm finding it while not exactly tiring, it requires more concentration than I'm used to. Do you get that feeling?
With my M3, and also the E60 5 series I had prior, I used to dart in and out of traffic, have no concerns scooting up the inside lane, and jockeying for the shortest lane at the lights. However, with the 7's extra width, long wheelbase (I'm concerned against cutting a corner too tight), it's taking more concentration than I like. Instead I'm thinking to get the best enjoyment out of it, rather than driving it like a nimble sporty car, which it can do if needed with speed and control, to do so is counter productive. I'm better served to take it easy, stick to the middle or outside lanes, and when gaps in front allow, just use the thrust of the twin turbo V8. I'll get to my destination at the same time, but much more rested and comfortable.
One thing though, the 7 seems to be more composed no matter how I drive. The wife and kids used to cry bloody murder every time I got aggressive with the M3 or other cars. But not with the 7 series. The way it coddles and isolates you from the outside world is uncanny.
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Wipro Ltd. –
Historically, Chief Security Officers and security managers have had a difficult time justifying security investments or identifying a specific return on investment. Business sponsors only become truly interested in security-related issues after something has gone wrong. When system breaches, malware attacks, system downtime, or-something that's been in the news a lot lately-customer identity theft occur, you can bet that everyone wants to know what money was spent, by whom, on which security practices, processes and tools. On the other hand, investing wisely in security means nobody notices, since systems do not go down, no customer data is stolen or lost, and business continues as usual.
Of course, there are situations where diligence and prudent security investments get noticed. Let's call them the Acute and Chronic scenarios. Wipro's Product Strategy & Architecture (PSA) Practice recently conducted a study on the patch management practices and associated costs of 90 large enterprises in North America and Western Europe. The study found that organizations that proactively address Chronic challenges on a systematic, ongoing basis can significantly reduce the impact and cost of Acute events. The entire text of the study can be found here.
Acute scenarios arise when specific, disruptive incidents occur. These are rare and often unique events. For example, when very public, automated malware attacks such as Nimda, RedAlert, SQL Slammer, and Blaster (to name a few) happen, some organizations are incapacitated. Other firms escape unaffected, and most organizations experience something in between. In all cases, within IT organizations, Acute events result in flurries of frantic activity, followed by what are often long, arduous clean up and restoration tasks, and eventually post mortems. The balance sheet for these situations is hard to work out, but informally the costs break down as follows:
- How much did it cost to effectively respond?
- How much did it cost to restore systems to their prior state?
- How much did it cost the business?
The Cost of Response
Assessing the immediate IT cost of effective incident response is fairly straightforward. Counting the labor costs incurred is a matter of counting the number of people-hours spent on the job, from at least two different perspectives: the dedicated, specialized IT people whose job it is to respond, and the spur-of-the-moment, informal help that other IT (systems admin, developers, help desk, etc.) and non-IT (business users) people provide.
The Cost of Restoration
Another measurement is the cost to IT of restoring affected systems to their prior functional state. Figuring out how much time it took IT people to fix (clear malware and restore data and applications) and reboot systems, and how many systems they had to attend to can be done in post mortem meetings. Of course, this does not take into account lost user data or systems which must be replaced as a result of difficulties encountered in the restoration process.
The Cost to the Business
This is the most hotly contested set of costs associated with security. Trying to answer the question "what is the cost of an hour of downtime?" is akin to asking "how long is a piece of string?" The truth is that it all depends on the specifics: What time of day? What kind of system? Who is affected? How severe was the incident? Does this interrupt service to the customer? What we have seen at Wipro is that many companies have key performance indicators attached to the particulars of system downtime in their business. The best ones do not get caught up trying to compare themselves with other businesses, but instead focus on measuring themselves relative to their own business goals, and the resources allocated to avoiding downtime in the first place.
By contrast, Chronic scenarios arise regularly. They are not rare, or unique, making them easily measured, and investments in improvement just as easy to justify. The prime example of a Chronic scenario in enterprise security is the process of Security Patch Management. Though each patching situation is a response to a different set of threats or vulnerabilities, it is possible to break the entire process down into similar units of measurement. Wipro has measured how organizations conduct patching events from two related perspectives. One approach measures the elapsed time that it takes an organization to successfully complete what we call a "patching event". The second approach measures the cost of patching events in terms of IT effort.
Patching Events
Patching events occur when organizations deploy updates to executables, data, or system configurations that reduce or eliminate known vulnerabilities or bugs. The activities that make up a patching event are shown in Figure X.
Each firm has different practices for deciding when to initiate patching events, but they typically have the following characteristics:
- Patches are generally applied to systems after a period of testing, often requiring a restart of systems or services.
- Typically, more than one software patch is applied, and more than one vulnerability is closed during a single patching event.
- Successful completion of a patching event occurs when an organization deploys the patches to a predetermined percentage of systems.
Using patching events as the base unit of measurement allows firms to put boundaries around the patching process in a way that is not possible when looking at single patches or vulnerabilities. As one CSO puts it: "We all know how long it took us to complete last week's patching event. Which specific patches were included? I'd have to look that up."
Effort represents the total number of hours IT professionals work when they respond to a security threat and successfully complete an effective patching event. The amount of effort required to complete a patching event is a vital component of estimating annual IT operations costs. A common way to view the patching event effort is per system.
Wipro's research shows that the average per system effort to complete a patching event for a Microsoft Windows PC is just less than 20 minutes. This doesn't seem like much, until you think about this time projected over thousands of systems.
Elapsed time
The elapsed time to complete a patching event is also important, since it provides insight into the overall time that an organization is at risk of exploit. Wipro calls this "deployment days of risk" since firms that take longer to complete patching events leave their systems at risk for a longer period of time. Firms can dramatically reduce this risk, but only once they have begun to measure it consistently.
Measuring the Measurable
Firms that can get a grip on key measures of chronic scenarios such as patching event costs and elapsed time can use those measures to implement continuous improvement programs throughout their firm, correlating those measures with investments in security tools and new processes. These programs can in turn drive down response times and costs for chronic as well as acute security scenarios, creating a virtuous cycle of investment and return. Wipro's research shows that, everyone wins by implementing these proactive patch management principles and practices. The CSO can cost justify the allocation of resources to security efforts, and the enterprise can lower overall risk.
Theo Forbath is the Chief Strategist & Practice Leader and Patrick Kalaher is a Senior Technical Architect consultant with Wipro's PSA unit. They can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.


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" Brand: Bic / Skin type: for dry skin and for all types / Type: Razors "
I'm not brand loyal when it comes to razors, I alternate between Bic, Gillette and Wilkinson Sword, picking up whichever ones happen to be on offer or seem to be the best value. I do always use the disposable razors, and I do have two other requirements as well; triple blade razors and pivoting heads.
I'm currently using the Bic Soleil disposable razors. I picked these up on offer in Boots, the offer was a 2 pack offer - it was either a 'buy one, get one half price' offer, or a '2 for £x' offer. I can't remember the exact offer now as I've had them for a few weeks.
The Bic Soleil range of razors come in what I first thought was different colourways, so I bought a yellow/green packet and a pink/purple packet. It was only when I got home that I realised that each colourway is actually a slightly different type of disposable razor. The yellow/green colourway is called Soleil Pivot, and are the ones that I'm reviewing now. The pink/purple colourway is called Soleil Scent.
There's 4 disposable razors in the packet of Soleil Pivot, and each razor is a different colour; yellow, yellowy green, pale green and dark green. They do have the triple blades, and they do have the pivoting heads - hence the name Soleil Pivot I guess! Now the other packet that I bought, the pink/purple colourway, the Soleil Scent don't having pivoting heads - they have fixed heads.
The Soleil Pivot razors are actually slightly scented, the rubber portion of the handle is scented with a citrus fragrance. The fragrance on the handle does fade the more you use the razor. The Soleil Pivot razors have a twin lubricating strip, coloured green and yellow, and this is fragranced with the same scent as the handle and contains aloe vera. Again the fragrance in the strip fades the more you use the razor. The razors come with the little plastic guards to cover the blades between uses.
These are easy and comfortable to hold due to the thick chunky handle, and the rubber grip, which ensures that the razor doesn't slip or slide out of your wet soapy hands. They glide really easily over my legs, and it's especially easily to do the contoured areas around my ankles. They also glide really easy under my arms. The pivoting heads ensure that they move and catch all parts that I need them to reach very easily. I find that I can shave my legs and underarms very quickly and easily with these, I'm done in no time at all. I find that I get a really close shave using these razors, I'm left with no stubbly bits or missed hairs, and I don't get any razor rash at all. Even though these are quick to use they also seem to be safe as well as I've had no nicks or cuts from the razors, no matter how quickly I zip them over my legs.
I also find that these razors don't need replacing at often as some other disposable razors that I've used, I get many more shaves out of these than I normally do out of disposable razors. The blades don't seem to blunt as quickly. I've used them with both shaving foam/gel and just regular shower gel, and they work just as well using both.
I'll definitely buy the Soleil Pivot razors again, only the Soleil Pivot ones though, as I wasn't impressed with the other ones I bought - the Soleil Scent.


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By Giuseppe Muro
Arsène Wenger believes Tottenham duo Gareth Bale and Rafael van der Vaart have helped take Harry Redknapp's side to a new level this season.
Dutchman Van der Vaart has been a revelation since joining from Real Madrid on transfer deadline day in August while the left-sided Welshman is enjoying an eye-catching campaign and was recently named PFA Player of the Year.
The pair played an integral role in Tottenham's run to the Champions League Quarter-Finals and both scored in the 3-2 turnaround at Emirates Stadium in September.
"He [Van der Vaart] has given them something in the final third," Wenger told Arsenal.com ahead of Wednesday's North London derby at White Hart Lane.
"Gareth Bale has played the whole season and has done extremely well. You can understand that Bale is in the frame and fighting for it [the PFA Player of the Year award]."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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From Bobcats to Olympic hopefuls to a bad case of Perimeteritis, we're all over the map today. But with the Canada West conference season opening tonight, let's start on campus at Brandon University.
In seven short seasons, Russ Paddock has taken the Bobcats from expansion team to national contender, with silver and bronze medals to the program's credit. Paddock has passed the torch to longtime assistant Grant Wilson to serve as head coach this season while Paddock concentrates on his athletic director duties including overseeing the Bobcats' move into the new Healthy Living Centre.
For Wilson, they are big shoes to fill, but "it's a good thing I have big feet," he says.
While he filled in for Paddock during the faculty strike last season, Wilson will officially make his debut as head coach tonight when the Bobcats clash with the Cougars in Regina, a night he has been anxiously awaiting.
"I'm pretty excited about it," Wilson said. "It seems to be a long pre-season and everybody is looking forward to getting started on Friday. In terms of nerves, it's like any other game, really. I think it's a good thing to feel nervous and excited and anxious and I certainly feel all of that … It's been a great opportunity to work with Russ in the program and to have this opportunity land in my lap is a bonus and I am just going to try to make the best of it."
With Wilson's long track record as Paddock's right-hand man, the Bobcats appear to be in good hands.
Brandon's Cassie Hawrysh is halfway to making Canada's World Cup skeleton team, the first major step in qualifying for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
The 28-year-old Neelin High School graduate raced to a second-place finish at the first of two national team qualifying races last weekend and takes to the track in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday for the second event. A top three finish for her will clinch a spot on the World Cup team for this season, which would complete a remarkable run of skeleton success for Hawrysh, who is currently ranked 30th in the world.
On the men's side, it's a critical weekend for reigning Olympic gold medallist Jon Montgomery of Russell, who placed fifth in last week's first team trial race. Tomorrow, Montgomery needs to at least match or improve on that finish in order to earn one of the coveted six spots on Canada's World Cup and Intercontinental Cup teams, just in order to remain in the running to qualify for the 2014 Olympics.
The Winter Games may be more than a year away, but the Olympic dream will end Saturday for some of Canada's top athletes.
So much for earning home-field advantage.
In theory, the Vincent Massey Vikings (4-2-1) and the Neelin Spartans (6-1-0) both should have enjoyed the benefits of playing in Brandon in last night's quarter-finals in the Winnipeg High School Football League.
However, despite impressive seasons — the Vikings finished 4-2-1 in the Kas Vidruk Division and the Spartans were 6-1-0 in the Andy Currie Division — both teams were forced to play their "home" playoff games in Winnipeg. While the Spartans at least played in a neutral site at Canad Inns Stadium, the fourth-place Vikings were forced to face the fifth-place Kildonan East Reivers at the East Side Eagles field where the Reivers play all of their home games.
League commissioner Paul Normandeau told the Winnipeg Sun this week that he didn't consider home-field advantage when making the playoff schedule. The question is, why not? At the very least, that game should have been played at the Stadium.
The league also cites travel costs as the main reason why Winnipeg teams never have to play in Brandon in the playoffs, leaving the Vikings and Spartans on the hook for those very same travel expenses.
It's clearly another case of Perimeteritis, with rural teams getting the shaft once again. But, as Crocus Plains head coach Kevin Boyd points out, those are the rules that the three Brandon teams all agreed to when they joined the Winnipeg league three years ago.
"It sucks, it really does, but we knew it going in," Boyd said.
Former Brandonite Daren Millard has come a long way since his early days at CKLQ radio and CKX television, but he hasn't forgotten his roots.
The 42-year-old Rogers Sportsnet broadcaster and Hockey Central host purchased a pair of Brandon Wheat Kings season tickets — one adult and one youth — and donated them to Hockey Brandon this season, allowing players and parents to take in games for free. Millard, a Crocus Plains high school graduate, said his earliest sports memories are of attending Wheat King games as a youngster and he now enjoys taking his own daughter to sporting events in Toronto.
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I just got done staying at the Fontainbleu and went out to live one of the nights we were there. So I think I understand what your looking for.
In Munich I dont't believe there are any large clubs of (live) caliber. In my opinion the best club I went to in Munich was P7. The people are somewhat snooty and it aint easy getting in the door but once we did I was more impressed it than others I've been to in Munich.
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Arsène Wenger has hailed his side's courage and mental fortitude after they drew 1-1 with Manchester City on Saturday.
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Europe fears a currency war.
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WAR ON AFRICA; Central African Republic (CAR), Will France Invade To Save Puppet President Francois Bozize?
I believe the answer is yes, but covertly…
Obama has already sent US troops to the Central African Republic (CAR), supposedly to fight the ghost of Joseph Kony… so with the combination of French and US Special Forces, France already moving surveillance drones (UAV's) into Africa, and the UN's plan to begin using drones (UAV's) for their African "missions", like the upcoming War On Mali, it sounds very much like we already have a covert war in progress…
2013.1.9 Will France Invade The Central African Republic Yet Again? (PressTV, youtube.com):
At mediation efforts in Gabon, the Central African Republic's embattled president, Francois Bozizé, has said he refuses to step down. In the past, France has intervened military to save Bozizé, and many wonder if they will do so yet again.
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Joseph Kony and more AFRICOM wars over oil (Definitive Article by William Engdahl)
March 20, 2012 by Jack Blood
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Highly Researched – William sent this over today – not sure anyone else has it…
19 March 2012
According to their website, the American NGO, Invisible Children, claims now to have had over 80 million viewers to their YouTube video, "Kony2012," since its release on YouTube a few weeks ago. For anyone with the patience to sit through the entire YouTube of Kony2012, it is questionable how truthful the figure of 80 million viewers is. Eighty million is unprecedented in YouTube history by all accounts.
The video features such prominent Hollywood personalities as Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Lady GaGa, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and other notables. It's a slick, sentimental story directed by Jason Russell, a 33-year-old now-hospitalized American filmmaker who apparently just underwent a bizarre mental disconnect on the streets of San Diego.[Endnote] The YouTube video depicts a young Ugandan, Jacob Acaye, whom Russell claims he befriended some ten years earlier after Acaye escaped conscription into Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as an 11-year-old killer. The film portrays Kony as the world's worst beast and terrorist, in effect, Africa's Osama bin Laden. [Endnote]
The Invisible Children NGO is itself opaque. It reportedly rakes in millions from sales of such things as buttons, Invisible Children T-shirts, bracelets and posters priced from $30-$250, but it ranks low on transparency regarding other donors. The group, which employs around 100 people, is expected to raise millions of dollars from their "Kony2012" video, but so far it refuses to say how much has been donated or how it will spend the money. The founders of the group, who advocate direct US military intervention in response to the LRA, had been previously criticized for posing with guns alongside members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2008, an organization widely accused of rape and looting. The group issued a statement in response: "We thought it would be funny to bring back to our friends and family a joke photo. You know, 'Haha – they have bazookas in their hands but they're actually fighting for peace'." [Endnote] HaHa…
According to the London Guardian, Invisible Children's "accounts show it is a cash-rich operation, which more than tripled its income in 2011" to nearly $9 million, mainly from personal donations. Of this, nearly 25% was spent on travel and film-making. Most of the money raised has been spent in the US, not for Africa's "invisible children" or even visible ones. According to information obtained by the Guardian, "the accounts show $1.7million went to US employee salaries, $850,000 in film production costs, $244,000 in 'professional services' – thought to be Washington lobbyists – and $1.07 million in travel expenses. Nearly $400,000 was spent on office rent in San Diego" Charity Navigator, a US charity evaluator, gave the organization only two stars for "accountability and transparency." [Endnote] The USAID, a State Department agency which coordinates its foreign interventions with the Pentagon and CIA, openly states on its website that it has funded Invisible Children Inc. in the past. [Endnote]
The bizarre thing about "Kony2012" is that Joseph Kony either fled Uganda or was killed fleeing more than six years ago. It is claimed he fled to the wilds of Congo or Central Africa, hence he makes a perfect echo of the elusive Osama bin Laden, justifying US military action across the rich terrain of central Africa from Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Uganda and beyond.[Endnote] Like Joseph Kony, Osama bin Laden was reliably reported to have died in Afghanistan years before his staged murder by Navy Seals a year ago. But his legend was kept alive to justify spreading the US War on Terror; so now, with the legend of Joseph Kony propagated by Invisible Children Inc. in San Diego. The issue is not whether Kony had committed atrocities; that is beyond dispute. The issue is whether "Kony2012" is being falsely promoted to justify US military intervention where it is unwanted by all parties.
One American human rights worker in Uganda in a recent interview declared, "Invisible Children's campaign is…an excuse that the US government has gladly adopted in order to help justify the expansion of their military presence in central Africa. Invisible Children are 'useful idiots', being used by those in the US government who seek to militarize Africa, to send more and more weapons and military aid, and to bolster the power of states who are US allies. The hunt for Joseph Kony is the perfect excuse for this strategy – how often does the US government find millions of young Americans pleading that they intervene militarily in a place rich in oil and other resources?" [Endnote]
The "Kony2012" video is being credited with giving the US Congress the spur to demand US military forces be sent to not just Uganda, but to the entire region of central Africa where the elusive Kony and his child army warriors are allegedly terrorizing the land. Democrat Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Republican Ed Royce have just introduced a resolution in Congress calling on the Pentagon's AFRICOM (Africa Command) to proceed with "expanding the number of regional forces in Africa to protect civilians and placing restrictions on individuals or governments found to be supporting Kony." [Endnote] Last year before the "viral" YouTube airing of "Kony2012", McGovern and Royce also sponsored "The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act." The media attention to the YouTube makes their case easier for military intervention. After all, it's "humanitarian"; it's about children, isn't it?
Even the politically correct Washington Post was moved to write critically, "The very viral campaign to capture Kony by the nonprofit Invisible Children has largely been a U.S. phenomenon. Ugandans say the LRA has not been active for years." [Endnote]
Already President Obama has sent 100 US elite special forces troops to Central Africa to serve as "advisers" in efforts to hunt down Kony. If it all has echoes of Vietnam in the early 1960's it is not accidental. This is now the prelude to a huge Pentagon militarization of the entire region of central Africa, following the NATO destruction of order in Libya, and the chaos in Egypt and other Islamic states targeted by the US State Department's "Arab Spring," better termed these days as, "Arab Nightmare."
"Kony2012" was produced by an apparently well-financed NGO headed by Russell called Invisible Children Inc. in San Diego. The video reeks of US State Department propaganda with its slick camera effects and repeated scenes of Russell's small boy to make it appear credible. Rosebell Kagumire, an award-winning Ugandan journalist responded to the clamor over Invisible Children's "Kony2012" video, accusing Invisible Children Inc. of "using old footage to cause hysteria." [Endnote] Kagumire adds,
Is it about the dollars or a false belief that unless Americans know about it, no solution comes our way? … the Juba Peace Talks 2006-2008, which restored stability and paved way for the end to abductions in northern Uganda, was not an American invention. It was local civil society and peace actors like the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiatives (ARLPI) who pushed for a negotiated solution. In fact the moment America got involved, we witnessed "Operation Lightening Thunder"- a military operation with disastrous effects as the LRA eluded air strikes, and scattered into DR Congo and the Central African Republic where they continue to commit atrocities in retaliation.[Endnote]
The entire brouhaha over Joseph Kony appears to be a flank in a major AFRICOM and US State Department campaign especially to undermine Chinese influence in central Africa — now that they have successfully driven the Chinese oil companies out of Libya, and carved out a new "republic" of South Sudan containing much of the oil that fuels China's economy. That splitting of South Sudan and its oil, for those who did not follow it closely, was a consequence of sending in US and NATO special forces to "stop genocide" in Darfur. George Clooney was also the poster boy for the Darfur action.
There is good reason for the apparent sudden interest of the Pentagon and politicized US NGOs to focus on action in central Africa. So long as the world largely ignored it, Washington policy was to let institutions such as the IMF bleed the countries like Congo and allow western mining companies to extract valuable mineral wealth for pennies on the dollar. A few years ago all that began to change when China turned its attention to Africa, and especially its Great Rift Belt.
Great Rift Belt
The region in question, according to the filmmakers of "Kony2012", includes not only Uganda where in recent years a giant oil field was discovered, but also some of the planet's richest mineral lands — including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and the US-sponsored Republic of South Sudan. The area lies in the extraordinary geographical conjuncture called the Great Rift Belt or Valley stretching from Syria in the north, down through Sudan and Eritrea and the Red Sea, and deep into southern Africa across the eastern Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and into Mozambique.
This East African Rift System, as geologists term it, is "one of the geologic wonders of the world," and also prospectively, one of the richest treasures of subsurface minerals, including clearly vast untapped reserves of oil and gas.[Endnote]
The red line on this map shows the eastern and western faults of the Great Rift Valley, which runs 4,500 miles from southern Africa, under the Red Sea, and into Syria in southwestern Asia. it is so huge a geological feature that it is prominently visible to lunar and space-shuttle astronauts.
Ever since British oil company, Tullow Oil, discovered an estimated 2 billion barrels of oil in Uganda in 2009 the geopolitical importance of the entire central African region suddenly underwent change. CNOOC Ltd., China's biggest offshore oil explorer, is in a joint venture with Tullow Oil to develop three oil blocks in Uganda's Lake Albert basin. [Endnote]
According to geologists, "the East African Rift is suspected to be one of the last great oil and natural gas deposits on earth." In a recent article, Time noted, "Seismic tests over the past 50 years have shown that countries up the coast of East Africa have natural gas in abundance. Early data compiled by industry consultants also suggest the presence of massive offshore oil deposits." [Endnote]
This region of central and east Africa is considered one of the hottest unexplored regions in the world for potential hydrocarbons—oil and gas. In 2010 Texas oil company Anadarko Petroleum discovered a giant reservoir of natural gas off the coast of Mozambique. Estimates are that Somalia holds perhaps 10 billion barrels of untapped oil.[Endnote] The chronic political unrest and AFRICOM-backed tensions there—convenient for western oil majors seeking to maintain absurdly high oil prices by controlling supply—prevent the development of the oil. While West and North Africa have undergone tens of thousands of oil well drillings over the last decades, East and Central Africa, including Darfur and South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic are all but terra incognita in terms of drilling.
This all runs smack up against the popular talk of "Peak Oil." Far from exhausting the Earth's resources of oil and gas, oil companies everywhere, from the eastern Mediterranean to offshore Brazil to the Gulf of Mexico and now the Great Rift Belt of eastern and central Africa, are discovering huge new potentials almost daily. We are, as oil economist Peter Odell once noted, not running out of oil, "We're running into oil."
Oil is one of the most highly politicized businesses on the planet, and secrecy in the industry among the four giant Anglo-American companies makes the CIA and MI6 look like amateurs. Since the publication in 1956 by Shell Oil geologist King Hubbert of his unproven thesis[Endnote] that oil fields deplete like Gaussian Bell Curves, Big Oil has fostered the myth of looming oil scarcity. It serves an obvious aim of maintaining their grip on the prime energy source for the world economy. Oil and its control is a geopolitical foundation of the post-1945 American Century.
China alters African geopolitical calculus
So long as Africa was the "forgotten Continent" in terms of independent oil and gas explorations, Washington policy was to ignore it. As former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently put it, "Liberated from the obligation to secure the allegiance of independent Africa in the context of its global anti-Soviet struggle, the US had found that Africa was otherwise not of any importance in terms of its global strategic interests." [Endnote]
But as Mbeki pointed out, by 2007 that all began to change as China began making economic and diplomatic inroads all over Africa: "There was increasing international competition for access to Africa's oil and other natural resources, including by China. China was becoming a 'formidable competitor for both influence and lucrative contracts on the Continent.'" [Endnote]
But Washington's vision of so-called 'globalization' of the world economic system allows for no one who does not read from their sheet of music. Hillary Clinton put it clearly enough: "If you've got people who are choosing a different path, then you have to use all the tools of your suasion to try to convince them that the path that you wish to follow is also the one that is in their interest as well."[Endnote] George W. Bush put it more succinctly: "You're either with us or you're against us…."
Since China hosted more than 40 African heads of state in 2006 in Beijing, and followed that with highest-level state visits across Africa — with Chinese oil companies and industry signing multi-billion deals with the "forgotten" Africa — Washington suddenly took notice. In 2008 President Bush authorized creation for the first time of a single Pentagon command, AFRICOM, for the African continent. As Daniel Volman, director of the African security Research Project in Washington stated, "a number of developments—especially the continent's increasing importance as a source of energy supplies and other raw materials—have radically altered the picture. They have led to the growing economic and military involvement of China, India, and other emerging industrial powers in Africa and to the re-emergence of Russia as an economic and military power on the continent. In response the United States has dramatically increased its military presence in Africa and created a new military command—the Africa Command or AFRICOM—to protect what it has defined as its "strategic national interests" in Africa. This has ignited what has come to be known as the "new scramble for Africa" and is transforming the security architecture of Africa."[Endnote]
By 2012 China had become the second largest foreign investor in Uganda after Britain. It is the major investor in the oil resources of South Sudan. In July 2007, the China oil company CNOOC signed an agreement with the Somali government to search for oil in the Mudug region where some estimate that reserves could amount to five to ten billion barrels of oil.[Endnote] The Chinese investments in this part of Africa also include the joint venture which CNOOC signed with Tullow Oil in 2011 for the Ugandan fields. [Endnote]
What is clear is that "Kony2012" is not documentary fact but manipulative propaganda, which is being used to advance an AFRICOM military presence in the richest mineral region in the world before China and perhaps India and Russia preempt it. It hearkens back to the colonial resource wars of the 19th century, with the only difference being the presence of the Internet and YouTube to propagandize it at warp speed.
*F. William Engdahl is author of Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order. He may be contacted from his website, www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net
Kony 2012, a Scam Funded by Oil; Chase Bank (Rockefeller)
March 20, 2012 by Jack Blood
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You have probably seen or heard about the Kony 2012 campaign. The professionally produced advertising campaign from Invisible Children has gone viral to demand that a Ugandan rebel leader, Joseph Kony, turn himself in for war crimes.
The video makes a compelling, emotional appeal based on a simplified, yet reasonably accurate history of child soldiers in Kony's "The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Invisible Children would like the US to be more involved in bringing Joseph Kony to justice.
Let's look at the context. As with most politics, it's a bit complex. It gets exciting near the end, I promise.
The British established a colony in Uganda, and entrusted the Acholi tribe with the military power to keep the peace.
In 1986, Ugandan President Tito Okello, a member of the Acholi tribe was overthrown in a violent revolution by Yoweri Museveni, a corrupt Marxist dictator who quickly outlawed political opposition. Religion is also a factor: the Acholis are Catholic, and Museveni is a born-again Christian.
Without any ability to form an opposing political party, many Acholis initially supported Joseph Kony's rebellion. But Kony's popularity failed when he began to brutally enforce his own strict version of Catholicism on his tribe to create a new government based on his interpretation of the 10 Commandments. When his popularity dissipated, Kony turned to forced recruitments. It's estimated that Kony's forces have kidnapped between 60 to 100,000 children since 1986, often killing their parents in the process.
Uganda (a Catholic and born-again Christian country) has sided with South Sudan (also Christian) in their struggle for freedom against Northern Sudan (predominantly Muslim). In retaliation, Northern Sudan began funding Joseph Kony in the mid-1990′s.
Now, the war in Sudan has reached an unstable truce. After the International Criminal Court issued an indictment against Joseph Kony, Northern Sudan cut off his funding. Joseph Kony has disappeared, and is probably no longer in Uganda. Many believe he is hiding in the African bush, probably in Congo. The fact is – Kony is no longer leading an army or kidnapping child soldiers.
So, here's the big question: Why does Invisible Children want the United States and the United Kingdom focused on a retired rebel leader, Joseph Kony, when there are still many other active child armies in other countries?
Joseph Kony has been kidnapping children since 1986 (over 26 years) why should we care now? What has changed?
In 2005, oil was discovered in Uganda. Tullow Oil has been planning to pump 200,000 barrels of oil per day, but the Marxist President Yoweri Museveni's administration is now very unstable and reeling from bribery scandals. The political instability and existence of the Lord's Resistance Army, has slowed the plans to produce oil.
In 2008, the United States military assisted financially and logistically during the unsuccessful Operation Lightning Thunder to stop Kony.
In May 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act that made it American policy to kill or capture Joseph Kony and to crush his rebellion.
In October 2011, Obama authorized the deployment of approximately 100 combat-equipped U.S. troops to central Africa. Their goal is to help regional forces remove Kony and senior LRA leaders from the battlefield.
JP Morgan, Chase Bank, and Exxon Mobil
Chase Bank contributed $1 million to Invisible Children to help them produce the KONY 2012 campaign, among other programs. AND JP Morgan Chase is also a major investment banker of Tullow Oil.. That's right, the oil company that needs US military help to pump oil out of Uganda.
Exxon Mobil is now a major partner in the oil drilling operation in Uganda. JP Morgan and Chase Bank are intimately tied to Exxon Mobil through the Rockefeller family with corporate board members sharing positions in both companies.
Invisible Children Fails to Meet Standards for Charities
The Better Business Bureau has strongly criticized Invisible Children for its lack of transparency.
"I don't understand their reluctance to provide basic information," says H. Art Taylor, President and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. "The whole point of the effort is to shine the light of truth on a terrible atrocity, and yet they seem to be reluctant to turn that light on themselves. It's really unfortunate."
Only 37% of the money raised by Invisible Children goes to the communities that desperately need the money in Uganda.
Invisible Children may be a legitimate charity interested in helping the people of Uganda, but they are being used by oil companies and banks to encourage American military intervention in Uganda.
Before you donate to a cause, or even forward a video, learn about the real issues. The underlying cause of Joseph Kony's rise to power is the Marxist President Yoweri Museveni's ban on legitimate political opposition, and the support by foreign governments like Sudan. Arresting Joseph Kony may help encourage peace, but the real answer is political and economic reform inside Uganda.
Sending US military troops is not the answer to every political problem in the world.
Kony screening provokes anger in Uganda
March 15, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under World
Joseph Kony is a household name, thanks to a 30-minute YouTube video raising awareness about his brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Tens of millions have seen the video after US charity, Invisible Children, released the clip online last week.
On Tuesday, a charity organisation showed the film to the people who suffered at the hands of the LRA – Ugandans in the north of the country.
Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from the town of Lira after the screening.
For more reactions from Ugandans, visit our exclusive page: aljazeera.com/UgandaSpeaks
Exclusive Interview with Joseph Kony, LRA leader – KONY 2012?
March 9, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under World
Ladies and Gents – Your newest boogeyman, Emanuel Goldstien…
This report is an edited version of an interview shot in a secret location in the Congolese jungle in 2006. It remains the first and only exclusive interview that Joseph Kony has ever given.
Kony is the most wanted man in Africa and the leader of the 'Lords Resistance Army'. In his 25-year rebellion Joseph Kony has led a brutal insurgency in Northern Uganda and is accused of murdering 10,000 people and abducting 25,000, many of them children. He is wanted by the international criminal court on 33 charges including include murder, enslavement, sexual enslavement and rape.
It took nearly a year of negotiations for Kony to agree to this interview in which he claims the LRA have never been involved in any abductions, rapes or mutilations. That's just Museveni's propaganda." Kony denies suggestions God told him to fight but admits to being guided by "very many spirits."
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+1 for not shooting yourself.
I would say don't be too critical of yourself. While you did get close to an AD, you didn't actually fire the gun. You see what you did wrong, what you did right, and are adjusting to eliminate the chance of it happening again. stuff happens, for some odd reason that day you brain just didn't push hard enough to move your finger to that usual spot.
over all i would just say watch it, but you said you are. so be happy you didn't shoot yourself, or someone standing under your holster.
maybe practice with an unloaded gun till you get the hang of it


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The new archbishop of Canterbury had barely got his knees on to the hassock this weekend before he was inveighing against Iain Duncan Smith. In a twist on an old phrase, he was asking "who will rid me of this turbulent welfare secretary?" There was, however, a shortage of armed knights ready to ride from Canterbury to Westminster to sort the matter out.
Justin Welby – and he speaks from long experience of poverty in the international oil industry – says that the 1% cap on benefit payments will hit the children of poor families the hardest. It is, and here I may attempt a little textual extrapolation from the scriptures about camels and needles, easier for a rich man to save £2,000 a week in income tax under the new dispensation and so afford a lapis lazuli-lined bathroom in central Kensington, than it is for a poor man to have a spare room in which to keep his gubbins.
Mr Duncan Smith, like all his predecessors, is finding his job a tar baby in that every single time he tries to lay a hand on the system in the hopes of reforming it, he gets more stuck. So at work and pensions questions on Monday he was careful not to attack the archbishop. He was asked by Edward Leigh, a rightwing Tory, whether it was "necessarily Christian to turn people to dependency". Mr Leigh clearly doesn't believe that stuff about giving all you have to the poor and getting treasure in heaven; he'd want to know what the cumulative interest rate in the Elysian fields is, and whether it arrives as a lump sum or an annuity.
Mr Duncan Smith said discreetly that he had "no issue whatsoever" with the Church of England or the bishops – it was right for them to put pressure on the government. But all more benefits did was lock people out of work. Philip Davies of Shipley, who is even more rightwing, said that IDS should ignore the "leftwing bishops", who didn't even speak for most of their congregations. IDS replied that everyone was welcome to give him advice and he was welcome to ignore it.
All this gentility was in contrast to his rage against Labour over the bedroom tax, which now has three names. That's its Labour propaganda name. There is also its official name, "the under-occupancy penalty" and there is the government soubriquet, the "spare room subsidy". They all mean the same – if you live in social housing, and have an extra room, you lose benefit. The idea is that overcrowded families will get larger properties, which sounds sensible, but has created scores of anomalies.
IDS, once the quiet man, is furious about Labour attacks. He accused them of "bleating" and "moaning".
He kept telling them to "get their facts right!" adding, "the monkeys can jump up and down but the noise they make is not necessarily relevant!" Tar monkeys! Every day Labour finds a new horror. On Monday it was potential foster parents who would have no room to install their children. IDS replied, "as we roll forward", foster parents would be able to keep their rooms. That's the answer! Everyone lies on the floor and rolls forward! Room for everybody, and a happy archbishop too.


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The nation's largest media, entertainment and tech companies, including Disney, CBS, Apple, Facebook and Google, are pulling together in asking the Supreme Court to overturn the the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). A total of 278 companies and organizations filed the amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, which will hear oral arguments in U.S. v. Windsor on March 27. The Obama Administration also filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn the law. In the brief, the companies argue that the current law hurts because it forces companies to "treat one employee differently from another" in providing benefits such as health insurance, "impairs employer/employee relations," and increases compliance and litigation costs and risks. "Our organizations are engaged in national and international competition, for talent, customers, and business. That competition demands teamwork, and teamwork thrives when the organization minimizes distracting differences, and focuses on a common mission. DOMA's core mandate, that we single out some of our married colleagues and treat them as a lesser class, upsets this imperative," the brief said.
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László Komáromi has entered the Master and Servant 2D.
Challenge Page
Latest Update: Final Image: This is the final image
This is my final image.
Here is some words on my picture: Conflict.
I thought the tiger is a Master who takes something amiss (fantasy can
reach limits of his "feeling" ) and turn away from the Servant.
She became embarrassed. She is trying to reach him but she is shy so her
posture (movement) is contrary to her feelings.
Her whishes symbolized by light stream giving some more power her distress
and helpless.
As I see it.
I have asked a few people to look at the pic and I got different oppinions.
The most interesting was one of my friend's, who said It looks like the two
faces of a woman. Strong and sensitive, enormous and gentle.
I think it depends on the viewer.
That's all guys.
Good luck for everybody. See you on an other forum and other challange.


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2) Where are all the "state's rights folks" who have come here to repeatedly defend whatever one state or another
has done on something or other. They used to come here and still do to want the US government out of the issue,
to argue about incorporation of 2A, and argue against national reciprocity. OK state's righters, it is NY-- and according
to your theories they can do what they want.According to your theories AZ can do what it wants. According to your theories
IL can do what it wants.
3) They can't. They all must follow Heller. Well Heller says there can be regulation. So at least according to one of the
most conservative justices on one of the most conservative USSCs we have ever had, they have done nothing
unconstitutional. NY has applied regulations its legislature sees fit to enact but has not made it impossible to own
guns, nor have they made it impossible to get a license.
4) It is fine to argue that they are misguided, that they are wrong, that the law won't help anything, that others shouldn't follow
NY's miserable example, but when some get off on the constitutional issues, the allegations of tyranny, and other overheated rhetoric they harm us, they don't help us.


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Obama's Virginia Strategy: Kill Coal, Shrink Navy, Hire Bureaucrats
There are 72 comments on the Breitbart.com story from Oct 23, 2012, titled Obama's Virginia Strategy: Kill Coal, Shrink Navy, Hire Bureaucrats. In it, Breitbart.com reports that:
President Obama's gaffe in Monday's debate when he told voters in the Norfolk area, home to the largest naval base in the country, that his second term plan is to further diminish the role of our Navy, isn't his only political weakness in the key swing state of Virginia.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Breitbart.com.
#45 Nov 12, 2012
I believe Romney had being president on his bucket list....he's wanting to fill his egotistic desires...not help his country.
#47 Nov 22, 2012
The contractors are paid with Government money that would make those jobs created by the government. The Government just did not hire them directly but it still paid for them and thus created them.
#48 Nov 22, 2012
you Hit the Nail on the Head.Excatly he wanted his last name connnected to the prisidency.plaine an simple.if he had won.he would have been a suck for the Rich.Thanks For knowing Minnie22"}
#49 Nov 22, 2012
Who gives a rats ass, maybe Bobby May LMAO
#50 Nov 23, 2012
No buddy killed the coal industry, it just got smart about recovery technology putting a lot of people out of work.
#51 Nov 24, 2012
"No body killed!"
#52 Nov 24, 2012
Bad news but at least the government workers will bring home a paycheck to the kitchen table
#55 Dec 12, 2012
That out of control defense budget is what employed those who "Got Bin Ladin"
United States
#56 Dec 26, 2012
no the navy did not Obama
#57 Dec 28, 2012
Obama squatter rights apply
Saint Petersburg, FL
#58 Dec 28, 2012
Every time Obama speaks on TV. The stockmarket loses points. If you don't believe that... Just see for yourself.
"oderint dum metuant"
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#60 Dec 29, 2012
It's funny, People talk about defense spending but don't think any further than that.
People see a aircraft carrier or a bomber aircraft and just see a price tag.
They don't see how many companies and people ans industries rely on these contracts for income and and employment.
An aircraft carrier takes years to build employs thousands to build and has many companies and just has many employees to build and design and manufacture the equipment that goes onboard.
Never mind the fact that build a ship is a perishable skill.
While I agree defense spending needs to be cut I disagree with cutting things the military needs.
Where the defense needs to be cut is the add-ons the politicians require to get their approval on a defense spending bill.
We are engaged in cutting things we need and keeping crap we don't want and didn't ask for.
Welfare and unemployment and social security shouldn't be cut but should be examined and streamlined and redundancies eliminated.
Why does the federal state and local governments have 100's of people doing the same job?
Why do federal and state government have buildings properies and areas they own but don't have any use for?
Get rid of it, sell it.
If a politician wants to add "special perks" to a defense bill they should have to justify it to the American people.
#63 Jan 3, 2013
Talk about the typical STUPID American. You dummies voted for the poverty president. Now live with it.
You idiots knew he was Anti-American and still voted for him. Dummies!
Now your going to cry while he destroys America.
YOU just gave him an open door.
What American President BOWS to a Saudy king?
I hope you people are in LOVE with welfare. You belong with the rest of the illegal aliens sucking the life out of America.
Obama is and will always be a muslim. He is Anti-American and has been taught all his life to hate White people and Americans.
Starting with being born in Nigeria to a muslim father. Then comes the rev wright, who HATES anything White. Obama listened to his trashing of Whites for over 20 years.
Every illegal alien will be coming to live here for free, at YOUR expense of course. Obama has already moved his relatives in from Nigeria to live here for free.
Hint, Obama is NOT an American citizen. No one takes 2 years to come up with a birth certificate, just Obama. SUCKERS
"By the grace of god, I roam..."
Since: Feb 08
#64 Jan 3, 2013
I think you missed a couple of items on the Ignorant Anti-Obama Screed Checklist, dear. Go back and try again. You'll never be a real frothing-mad screaming right wing dipshit at this rate!
#66 Jan 4, 2013
Still cannot believe this s...t, hahahahaha
Sendai, Japan
#71 Jan 14, 2013
I am deeply sorry again and again.
I think that
once Steel-Inustry comes back to the U.S.,
then Coal-Induistry of the U.S. will also come back to the U.S.
Am I right?
Go, go, U.S.Steel!
Go, go, Nucor!
I love the U.S.A.!
I love all Americans!
I love Illinois!
I love Virginia!
[Alton Daily News.com ]January 14, 2013
Illinois Coal Production On Rise
Illinois coal producers say their businesses are hot.
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Association Illinois coal miners enjoyed their best production year in the nearly two-decades last year.
The state's 47-million-tons of coal produced was an increase of 24-percent over 2011.
Illinois' coal production bucks the national trend, which saw a near four-percent decline in 2012.
#72 Jan 14, 2013
hey fucknut he did not kill bin Ladin the marines did
#73 Jan 15, 2013
Actually it was the Navy seals, who are close brethren of the Marines.
#74 Jan 15, 2013
Ya lol sorry but the point was it was not obama
#76 Jan 16, 2013
I agree with you there.
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[GOLD CUP: Group A] Mexico's troubles continued as it fell to Panama, 2-1, in their opening game at the Gold Cup.
The Canaleros had never beaten
Mexico in nine previous meetings and entered the game having been shut out in all of their three June World Cup qualifiers, but they were deserving winners with goals from Gabriel Torres at the beginning of both halves.
Panama could have been up by two or three goals in the first half, and the pro-Mexico crowd of 56,822 started to jeer the Tri
when it equalized shortly before the end of the first half on Marco Fabian's goal.
On the left wing, Alberto
Quintero tormented the shaky Mexico line, getting taken down for the penalty Torres converted in the seventh minute and sending in the cross Torres tapped in at the near post.
best chance after that for Mexico came when Fabian hit the post.
The loss dropped Mexico's 2013 record to two wins, three losses and eight ties in 13 games. It was only the Tri's third
defeat in the group stage at the Gold Cup after losses to South Africa in 2005 and Honduras in 2007.
After the game, fans pelted Mexico coach Jose Manuel
de la Torre with objects when he left the field. The usually evasive Chepo was honest in his assessment of his team's performance.
"This is not the soccer we are accustomed
to seeing in our national team," Chepo said.
For almost a month, he has dogged with questions about his future, and again he was asked if he would resign.
"No," he said. "You asked a yes or no question, and I'm answering directly and clearly."
In Sunday's opener at the Rose Bowl, Martinique beat Canada, 1-0, on
long-range volley by 38-year-old Fabrice Reuperne in the dying seconds of stoppage time to open the 2013 Gold Cup in sensational style.
Matinino were deserving winners of a match they dominated, finishing with a 27-8 edge in shots.
Reuperne, who spent 10 years in France and Greece before returning home to Martinique, is
holdover from 2002 Gold Cup quarterfinal team.
Group A Results:
July 7 in
Pasadena, Calif.
Martinique 1 Canada 0. Goal: Reuperne 93+.
Panama 2 Mexico 1. Goals: G.Torres pen.
7, 48; Fabian 45+2.
Group A Schedule:
July 11 in Seattle
Panama vs. Martinique, 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30
p.m. ET)
Mexico vs. Canada, 8 p.m. PT (11 p.m. ET)
July 14 in Denver
Martinique vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. MT (4 p.m. ET)
Panama vs. Canada,
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Sanofi Oncology and Regeneron are collaborating on an oncology development program, combining the investigational agent ZALTRAP™ (aflibercept) with common chemotherapy regimens in the treatment of patients with advanced cancers. In addition to VENICE, the program includes one Phase 3 trial and one Phase 2 trial:
- VELOUR study (Phase 3): second-line treatment in combination with the FOLFIRI regimen (irinotecan-5-fluorouracil-leucovorin) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) previously treated with an oxaliplatin-based regimen. Positive results demonstrating significantly improved survival with ZALTRAP were presented June 25 during the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer; the associated abstract (#0-0024) was published in the June 2011 supplement to Annals of Oncology.
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