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Swan Mountain Outfitters is a premier mule deer hunting guide service. Of all the species we hunt, we are passionate about hunting mountain mule deer. There is nothing prettier (or tastier) then a mountain Muley and the mule deer in our area are among the best in the state of Montana on public land. We can either provide a guided mule deer hunt exclusively, or in combination with elk, whitetail and bear.
Montana mule deer are not the same all over, and the mountain mule deer in our area are not like the mule deer you will find in the deserts in other western states, or in the plains in the eastern part of Montana or elsewhere. Mountain mule deer eat different browse that result in large antler base mass, as well as deep chocolate coloration of the antlers. The mule deer grow quite large, and it is not uncommon for a deer to exceed 325 pounds in weight fully dressed out. Our guided mule deer hunts are done off of horseback. Horseback mule deer hunts are the ultimate western hunting experience. Given the size and range of the mule deer in our area, hunting them on horseback is a must. We offer Bob Marshall Wilderness mule deer hunts as well as hunts off of horseback for mulies in the Swan Range. Hunters need to realize that mountain mule deer occupy the highest peaks and toughest terrain of all the animals in the area. If you truly want a trophy mountain mule deer, you must be prepared to work for it.
Mule deer hunting in the backcountry using spike camping has been quite successful for us and allows hunters to learn a different set of hunting tactics vs. elk hunting. But don't forget to bring your high country boots. Our mule deer love the high country!
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The 1991 Sega Mega Drive cult classic ToeJam & Earl and its 1993 sequel ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron may be coming to Playstation 3.
According to sources at Siliconera, both titles will be part of Sega's upcoming Vintage Collection.
We've pressed Sega for confrimation, but they gave us the standard "No comment at this time" response.
The first ToeJam & Earl was a Roguelike about a couple of rapping aliens searching for pieces of their crash-landed ship. It also contained rocket skates, lemonade and hot tubs.
Christian Donlan waxed flowery about it in his ToeJam & Earl retrospective where he wrote, "We often complain about the limited, repetitive ideas spewed out by even the best big-budget releases, so it's wonderful to have this accidental alien invasion to remind you that, while it's always nice to see graphics, physics, and AI getting better, wouldn't it be lovely if gaming's thematic gene pool expanded at the same rate?"
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron was a major departure for the series opting for a 2D platformer rather than the first game's overhead view.
Our Dan Whitehead gave the virtual console port a 6/10 in his roundup where he wrote, "for all its bold ideas, the basic platforming mechanic is pretty shonky. If you're the sort of player who can forgive rough edges in pursuit of mild innovation then give it a try. "


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Healthy Eating Tips: Tipping the Scales in Your Favor
Tips for Weight Loss and Maintenance
Have you decided to start eating healthier and become more physically active? Have you realized that healthy choices have a positive impact on not only yourself, but also those around you?
If your goal is to lose weight or maintain your current healthy weight, here are some tips to help you achieve that goal. Remember, to maintain weight, you must balance calories with the energy you burn through physical activity. If you eat more than you expend, you gain weight. If you eat less (reduce calories) than you expend, you lose weight!
Make healthy choices a habit. This leads to a healthy lifestyle! Make a commitment to eat well, move more, and get support from family and friends. Even better, start eating healthier and being active together!
Remember to be realistic about your goals. If you try to reduce the calories, fat, saturated fat, and sugar in your diet AND promise to make a drastic change in your physical activity level, you may be setting yourself up for failure. Instead of trying to make many changes at once, set smaller, more realistic goals for yourself and add a new challenge each week.
Conduct an inventory of your meal/snack and physical activity patterns. Keep a food and activity journal. Write down not only what you ate, but where, when, and what you were feeling at the time. You will see what triggers your hunger and what satisfies your appetite. What foods do you routinely shop for? What snacks do you keep in the pantry?


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Report: Michael Brea Killed Mom Over Her Sins
Posted Wednesday November 24, 2010 1:00 PM GMT
There are some new details in the developing story of Michael Brea, who is being accused of killing his mother with a samurai sword in Brooklyn, NY on Tuesday (November 24).
Apparently, the "Ugly Betty" actor was shouting, "Sinner! Sinner! You never accepted Jesus" at his mother as he stabbed her multiple times.
The New York Post is reporting that Brea told the psychiatrists who observed him after the ordeal at Bellevue Hospital that he saw the devil in her.
The actor is currently in custody and is charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, with arraignment scheduled for today, November 24th.
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Peace Now, an Israeli group that opposes settlements, released a report on Saturday saying that at least 44 new settlement sites had been established in the West Bank since Mr Sharon was elected prime minister in February 2001.
The outpost settlements are most vulnerable to attack by Palestinian militants because they are often located outside perimeter fences. Their residents are considered the most ideological and radical of the settlers.
"They imitate the Wild West. They have horses. They have cattle. They have guns. They are playing cowboy and treating others, in this case the Palestinians, as though they are the Indians," said Amiram Goldblum of Peace Now.
He said that although removing the outposts might address some Labour Party complaints about Mr Ben-Eliezer, it would do little to address the larger problem of the settlements.
"It is not even a drop in the bucket. More like a drop in the well," he said.
In other developments, three passengers on a train were injured early yesterday when a bomb planted on the tracks near the Israeli city of Lod exploded. The blast damaged one rail carriage of the train which officials said was carrying about 500 passengers.
The Israeli army continued to sift through the wreckage of the former Palestinian security headquarters in Hebron looking unsuccessfully for the bodies of 15 Palestinian militants who it had said were holed up inside. The four-storey building, which had dominated the Hebron skyline, was blown up by the army on Friday night.
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Israelis, Palestinians face new round of bloodshed
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@ krt: "Block private networks" is not checked in WAN interface config,
but anyway, only OPT2/3/4 are involved here isn't it ?
Christopher M. Iarocci a écrit :
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> though. Do you have rules in BOTH directions? You only stated you have
> a rule coming into your network but showed us no rules going out. OPT
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When excuses for poor fitness are more creative than a workout or scaling stairs is the day's physical training session, it's time to reinvigorate workout regimens. Seeking a fresh, intense fitness routine for personal and unit PT, Gunnery Sgt. Katrina Michael has found an insane solution.
Prompted by seeing a commercial for fitness guru Shaun T's Insanity Workout, Michael, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay's C-20 Operations chief, said she decided to give it a try. She purchased the package, labored through the insanity, and was so impressed by it that she brought it to her shop.
"Marines benefit from this workout because it enables them to build cardiovascular endurance, strength, and aids in healthy weight loss," said Michael, of Virginia Beach, Va. "'Insanity' is also great for unit PT as it doesn't require any equipment other than a DVD player and something to play the workout on."
Following the 60-day program, users perform the 30 to 40 minute workouts on a six-day-a-week schedule. The workouts can be done individually or with a group, and allow users to tailor their output based on their fitness level.
Nonetheless, Michael was quick to add, "You're not going to get out of it what you don't put into it."
Using the Insanity Workout as PT provided Michael the challenging variety she was looking for, and a refreshing change of pace for C-20 Ops. While Michael and her co-workers frequently PT, they wanted more than the standard, one-size-fits-all approach.
"We needed a different workout to test us," said Master Sgt. Richie Quinata, air operations chief, MCAS, of Merico, Guam. "We got bored with doing the same PT every day."
In non-stop, circuit training style, the workouts run through a wide range of exercises including plyometrics, cardiovascular conditioning and core strengthening. Weights and workout equipment are not needed.
Staff Sgt. Jerrand Carr, assistant operations chief, C-20 Ops, said the tough workouts have helped him with flexibility, conditioning, and being prepared for the annual Combat Fitness Test. A co-worker echoed the Jacksonville, Fla., native's sentiments.
"The workout is different from the norm, which makes it fun," said Cpl. Christopher Thompson, an aviation operations specialist with C-20 Ops.
"It's not just like going out and running three miles. The exercises are challenging, but each workout builds up to the next," said Thompson, of New Haven, Conn.
As the Insanity Workouts progress, the exercises become more advanced and the difficulty level increases. Even the warm-ups bring each of the trainees to a sweaty state.
Following the warm-up portion of a recent C-20 Ops workout, the trainer on the video allowed trainees a quick break, saying, "Grab some water and then we're going into the workout."
Hunched over and dripping with sweat, an exasperated David Catimon, technical support representative, Automated Training and Readiness for Marine Aviation (M-SHARP), MCAS, exclaimed, "Man, I thought that was the workout!"
The exhausting series of exercises continued for 30 minutes, but the trainees agreed the pain and challenge were worth it in the end.
"I'm tired," said Catimon, a retired Marine master sergeant from Pasadena, Calif. "Believe me, it's a workout. If you know your body and you pace yourself, it's a great program to use."
Though busy schedules, unbalanced diets, and insufficient time devoted to sleep may place a damper on workout routines, Michael said the program is simple and quick enough to stay dedicated for its entire eight-week duration. The workout's intensity and involved nature force serious trainees to lead a healthy lifestyle, which is challenging but helps them maximize on its benefits.
"The best way to prepare for the workout is to hydrate, get adequate rest, partake in a healthy diet, and most importantly, to do the fitness test prior to starting the program," Michael said.
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Bits and Pieces, December 13, 1990
Bits and Pieces, December 13, 1990
John Barrymore once played the role of a father who disapproved of the man his daughter planned to marry. In one scene, the daughter had to ask Barrymore what he thought of her fiancé, who had just exited. Barrymore was supposed to answer, "I think he's a dirty dog."
One night, when the bridegroom-to-be walked off stage, he accidentally tipped over a pitcher of water. Barrymore watched in fascination as a puddle formed. A moment later, his daughter asked, "What do you think of Tom, father?"
"I think he's a dirty dog," Barrymore answered. Then he ad-libbed, "And what's more, he isn't even housebroken!"


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On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 03:00 +0000, Greg Stark wrote: > We already have autovacuum, which runs VACUUM and ANALYZE to a set > > schedule. We could have kept that outside core, but didn't. > > > > It's not too big a stretch to imagine we could redesign autovacuum > as a > > GP scheduler, with autovacuum as just one/two regular scheduled > jobs. > > Except autovacuum *isn't* a regularly scheduled job and doesn't run > vacuum and analyze on a set schedule. It runs them on a highly dynamic > schedule based on observations of activity in the database. It also > has privileged access to the database, reading from all databases and > receiving signals when various events occur. You cannot implement > autovacuum's current behaviour in cron no matter how clever you make > cron. So putting a scheduler inside the database allows it to do things it couldn't otherwise do. Sounds like a great argument for *inclusion*. AV runs every (configurable) 60 secs. What it does when it runs is its own business. It has a pool of slaves ready to do real transactional work and an infrastructure to preferentially cancel work if it interferes with users. It's clearly a great place to hang other code that (somebody) would like to run on a regular basis: * regular maintenance tasks * performance tuning * summary table creation/maintenance * adding partitions * health checks * etc We can keep adding processes every time we want a new function in the db, or we can add a generic facility. I've already added two special processes, so I'd rather not add too many more. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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Peter L. Lindseth
- Administrative Law
- Comparative Public Law
- European Integration
- Historical Institutionalism
- Legal History
- Multilevel Governance
- Principal-Agent Theory
Peter Lindseth's expertise lies at the intersection of comparative administrative law, European integration, and legal history. His work develops new insights into the fields of historical institutionalism, principal-agent theory, and governance beyond the state with implications well beyond the case of European integration in which he specializes.
Professor Lindseth is also a regular Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London and has previously visited at Yale, Princeton, Tilburg (as Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Visiting Professor), as well as the Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II and the Université d'Aix-Marseille III. He has similarly served as a Senior Emile Noël Fellow at New York University School of Law, a Daimler Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, a Stipendiat at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, and a Chatauebriand Fellow at the French Conseil d'Etat.
Despite the demands of scholarship and teaching, Professor Lindseth is active in administrative and professional activities. He was the founding chair of the European Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and remains a member of the section's executive committee. In addition, he is the director of International Programs at the Law School, in charge of both the U.S. Legal Studies LL.M. and the S.J.D. programs along with the Law School's array of exchange and visiting scholar relationships. Professor Lindseth is also co-director of the new Professional Certificate Program in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance. He came to UConn from Columbia Law School, where he was associate director of the European Legal Studies Center, a teaching fellow (associate-in-law) and managing editor of The Columbia Journal of European Law. He holds a B.A. and J.D. from Cornell and a Ph.D. in European history from Columbia.
Peter L. Lindseth, "Between the 'Real' and the 'Right': Explorations Along the Institutional-Constitutional Frontier," in Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law: Bridging Idealism and Realism (Maurice Adams, Ernst Hirsch Ballin and Anne Meuwese, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Peter L. Lindseth, "The Perils of 'As If' European Constitutionalism," 22 European Law Journal 696 (2016)
Peter L. Lindseth, "Equilibrium, Demoi-cracy, and Delegation in the Crisis of European Integration," 15 German Law Journal 529 (2014)
Peter L. Lindseth, "The Critical Promise of the New History of European Law," 21 Contemporary European History 455 (2012)
Susan Rose-Ackerman & Peter L. Lindseth, eds., Comparative Administrative Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)
Peter L. Lindseth, Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Peter L. Lindseth, "The Paradox of Parliamentary Supremacy: Delegation, Democracy, and Dictatorship in Germany and France, 1920s-1950s," 113 Yale Law Journal 1341 (2004)
Peter L. Lindseth, "Democratic Legitimacy and the Administrative Character of Supranationalism: the Example of the European Community," 99 Columbia Law Review 628 (1999)


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Let us introduce ourselves! We are Dave and Sandy Card, proud and blessed owners and operators of Paradise Ridge Equestrian Centre.
We were able to purchase our dream property on October 14, 2011 after we sold our last hobby farm. Sandy owned horses and ponies as a youth and sold her last pony before moving out west with her mother and sister. She
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hometown of Bancroft, ON in June of 1987 and always hoped and dreamed of owning a horse again. In the summer of 2000 she was able to finally buy another horse and that's where it all got started again! We now own two horses that are for personal use and hopefully some showing is in our future.
Sandy is an avid rider in a variety of disciplines with the majority of them being in the English seat, which is her passion! She also LOVES to attend as many clinics as possible and participates in as many lessons as she can. Sandy thrives on continuing to expand her knowledge of the equine she loves so much!
Dave was never brought up with horses but they've kind of grown on him! He keeps fairly busy running our General Contracting company and he's not a "rider" himself but he does enjoy being around them. Often times you find him willingly helping to bring horses in and out, muck stalls, hold horses for the vet and farrier, trailer horses, helping students to collect their horses or ponies from the field, etc., etc. He plays a huge role and is a valuable partner in the operation of the farm.
We have been married for almost 20 years and have 4 adult children together, two daughter in-law and 5 beautiful grandchildren.
It is our intent to run Paradise Ridge Equestrian Centre as a first class boarding facility where everyone will feel welcomed and right at home and where they'll feel confident knowing that their equine is receiving knowledgeable and loving care.
Phoenix and I attempting our first small X-Country course.
Tjebbe and I at his first horse show in May of 2011.
Phoenix and I at our 3rd. performance with the Outriders, our
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Tim and Ashley's big day at the farm!
Jacob! Just too darn cute not to have this on here somewhere!
Our Family!
Some of our grandchildren. This is Owen and Jacob.
A handsome group of boys!! Craig, Jamie, Tim and Dave.
Christine and her daddy!
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text: Posted November 13, 2012 As a disclaimer, I'm not familiar with this site nor if there is any agenda behind it, but I find this story extremely interesting. As the President said, this law will not be enforced on American citizens, so it exists as a precautionary measure I guess. Therefore, I see nothing wrong with states passing counter precautionary measures that they have no plans on enacting as well. I hope NC does the same... http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/11/texas-ndaa-nullification-bill-includes-criminal-charges-for-federal-agents/ At the close of 2011, Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for the year 2012. In it are what some constitutional experts consider to be some of the greatest constitutional violations in American history. At issue are sections 1021 and 1022 which, in essence, create a new power for the federal government to "indefinitely detain" – without due process – any person. Indefinitely. That's little different than kidnapping. In response, there's been a bit of a firestorm from people across the political spectrum. Local communities in Colorado sent out the first warning shots, passing resolutions and ordinances rejecting such power earlier this year. Then, at the close of the 2012 state legislative session, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed House Bill 1160, making that state the first to paw a law not only rejecting the federal act, but fully banning any state agency from cooperating with the feds on it. Currently, more than 15 local communities have done the same. Michigan is also considering a bill that is similar to Virginia's. And today, Texas State Representative Lyle Larson introduced House Bill 149 (HB149), the Texas Liberty Preservation Act. This might be the strongest anti-NDAA bill introduced yet. It states, in part: Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-81) violate portions of federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Texas Constitution and, as such, are invalid and illegal in this state. It also, like Virginia's law, requires full noncompliance with the federal act: It is the policy of this state to refuse to provide material support for or to participate in any way with the implementation within this state of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-81). Any act to enforce or attempt to enforce those laws is in violation of this subchapter. But, the Texas legislation takes it a step further, codifying into State law criminal penalties for violation of the act by even federal agents: A person who is an official, agent, or employee of the United States or an employee of a corporation providing services to the United States commits an offense if the person enforces or attempts to enforce a statute, a rule or regulation, an order, or any law of the United States in violation of this subchapter. An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by confinement for a term not to exceed one year, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both the confinement and the fine. This coming legislative session, Texas won't be alone in its efforts. Sources close to the Tenth Amendment Center tell us to expect at least 10 other states considering the same. And potentially dozens of counties and cities can be expected to move along these lines as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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This month, Professor Kathie Jenni will lead our book club selection. Kathie has chosen Eating Animals as her book selection. You'll have the unique opportunity to read a book that current U of R students are reading for a course taught by Kathie. Happy reading!
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Why I selected Jonathan Safran Foer's "Eating Animals" for my class and for the Book-club:
I'm teaching "Humans & Other Animals" this fall, a course in animal ethics that attracts students minoring in Human-Animal Studies and others who care about animals and want to work with them. One of the topics we're exploring is the ethics of using animals for food, and the ethics of producing meat and other animal products in the way that has become standard: through intensive "factory farming."
I've found that a personal narrative of ethical exploration is often more powerful and inviting than a philosophical argument; often, beginners to philosophy perceive the latter as "preachy" or pushy. (No one enjoys being told that something we are doing is wrong!)
My thirty students in the class—students with various diets and perspectives on animals—found Foer's book enormously appealing and informative, for just the reasons I'd hoped. He tracks his efforts to settle for himself what he thinks about eating animals—a search inspired by the impending birth of his first child; and he invites us along for the ride (an emotional and intellectual ride). The book is full of excellent information (helpfully documented), ethical questions, and passages that give the reader first-hand the words of factory farmers, small ranchers championing a more humane approach, and animal rights advocates. By the end of the book, we know what Foer came to believe, and each of us is in a better position to decide what we ourselves believe.
Not only that, but Foer is a fun, vivid, and sometimes hilarious writer.


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Jakarta (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla said Thursday that food aid in the quake zone should be delivered once a month, not on a daily basis, to ease logistical difficulties with the relief effort.
"We said it should not be distributed daily, but should be given for one month," Kalla said in Yogyakarta, the main city in the quake zone, after a meeting with the heads of the provincial disaster management centres.
"That way, the government will only have to work once a month," he was quoted by Antara as saying, adding that villagers would be asked to stand in front of their house -- or its ruins -- to receive a month's supply of rice.
Each family of four would receive 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of rice per month, he said.
Kalla arrived in the quake zone earlier Thursday to oversee relief efforts. He toured the area by helicopter, visited hospitals, and was to spend at least one night at the scene of Saturday's natural catastrophe.
The vice president, who oversaw relief efforts in devastated Aceh province after the 2004 tsunami, said the government would distribute tents for individual families, rather than build shelter camps.
The food aid would then be distributed to these family tents, not at the village halls, he added.
Kalla said all efforts should be made to complete the emergency relief phase in the quake zone within a month, so that long-term rehabilitation work could begin.
"It should not exceed one month. If necessary, it should be completed in two weeks, so that we can enter the rehabilitation phase which will need more energy," Kalla said.
Saturday's 6.3-magnitude earthquake caused widespread destruction and killed at least 6,200 people.
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Indonesia quake toll soars as hospitals strained
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The number of casualties from the Indonesian quake soared Thursday as the United Nations said hospitals were overcrowded and still lacked basic supplies to treat the mass of injured.
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Investment banker and government adviser Mark Johnson labelled Treasury a "monopoly" and not subject to the same competition as business, as he urged greater contestability in formulating finance sector policy.
Mr Johnson said the Productivity Commission was under-utilised by governments. He called, in the long term, for the establishment of a new institution to co-ordinate savings, investment and tax policy to improve the efficiency and global competitiveness of the finance sector to benefit the wider economy.
"The Treasury has a monopoly and is not exposed to the competition the rest of us are exposed to," Mr Johnson said on Wednesday.
"Monopolies do not always necessarily see priorities that the rest of the community see.
"So we need to find some mechanism that tweaks Treasury into greater responsiveness to these issues."
Frustration over proposed reforms
The comments reflect frustration in the financial services sector about Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office holding up reforms proposed by a government-commissioned taskforce, chaired by Mr Johnson and given the task of helping Australia become a financial centre.
It comes at a sensitive time for Treasury, whose poor budget forecasts have come under intense political pressure from shadow treasurer
He plans to inject greater private sector experience into the government's chief economic advisory agency if the Coalition wins the election.
Mr Hockey has not guaranteed that Treasury secretary
Mr Johnson, a former Macquarie Group deputy chairman and a senior adviser at Gresham, was careful not to criticise Treasury.
He was speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Funding Australia's Future Forum, in Sydney, an event in partnership with The Australian Financial Review.
It included presentations by Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor
Asked what he thought of Mr Johnson's idea for the creation of a new institution to drive through finance sector policy reforms, Professor Davis said he thought it was the responsibility of Treasury.
A "grand strategy" needed
Mr Johnson has called for a "grand strategy" to co-ordinate tax, savings and investment as a way to improve our financial system. "Important debates are intricately tied up with tax," Mr Johnson said in a keynote address. He suggested the creation of a Savings, Investment and Tax Council to better co-ordinate linkages in policy reforms.
"The obvious point is that the tax system has great impact on savings and investment," he said. "The imputation system is deeply ingrained but it has some major consequences that need to be examined and rebalanced."
The proposed council would be chaired by the Treasurer, meet annually and have three subsidiary councils working on each of the three areas.
Mr Johnson led a government taskforce, the Australian Financial Centre Forum, in 2010, to examine ways in which Australia's financial system could be improved to make it more competitive globally.
Taskforce recommendations
The taskforce made 19 recommendations, including policies to modify tax rules to ensure that Australian fund managers have incentives to take on offshore investment mandates, remove state taxes on insurance and to develop a corporate bond market.
"The bond market is a bridge between savings right through to investment, critical to both corporate behaviour and investment behaviour," Mr Johnson said.
The government has made changes designed to make it easier for retail investors to invest in corporate bonds, although there has been very limited success to date.
Mr Johnson praised the changes and said it was now "up to the market" to play its role.
Mr Johnson, who was involved in putting pressure on former prime minister Malcolm Fraser to keep good on his promise to conduct an inquiry into Australia's financial system in 1977, said any future inquiries need to focus on tax.
"Any inquiry that doesn't recognise the great linkage with the tax system will not be fulfilling its purpose," he said,
Mr Johnson also said that while Australia had financial institutions such as Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and Reserve Bank, some important institutions had been sidelined or rendered dysfunctional. He cited the Productivity Commission and Council of Australian Governments as examples, saying they would "hardly get a passing grade".
"The Productivity Commission is influential in turning Australia into an outward looking economy and it suffers in that it can only accept references from government."
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MANK typographic logo project
MANK is a Hungarian national property management company, dealing with art-colonys, and manages many fine-art related projects. This company made a competition to redesign it's identity. The old sign was a typographic logo, with the Hungarian flag colours. The use of letters and the red-white-green colors were my starting point.
I custom made the MANK serif letters, pushed them into each other. Many "pillar" lines of the letters disappeard or merged, but all of the serifs stayed. The logo built form 4 letters, 4 letters making one ligature and the result is still readable. The remaining three thick, well separated line, fits the three colors of the Hungarian national flag.
The "Art Nouveau-ish" background surface is built from the logo itself, turning the second row upside down and finding the best place to contact the rows and lines.
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FY14 Budget
The State of Illinois has approved the FY14 Budget, which includes flat (zero percent increase) funding in the state appropriation for SIUE. However, the SIU Board of Trustees will not act on the FY14 Budget until its September 12, 2013 BOT meeting. The FY14 budget was recommended by the University Planning & Budget Council. Additional budget information will be presented at the Chancellor's Annual Address on September 18 and the All Faculty Meeting on October 10.
Updates will be posted on the SIUE Planning & Budget website at http://www.siue.edu/budget/
Salary Increases
I am recommending to the SIU Board of Trustees an average 2% salary increase plan for unrepresented faculty and staff for FY14, which the Board will consider for approval at their September 12, 2013, meeting. If approved, FY14 will be the 11th consecutive year of salary increases for SIUE employees.
Salary increase payments for unrepresented employees would be effective as of July 1, 2013, and would appear in paychecks during the fall semester. Qualified represented employees would receive salary increase payments in accordance with their respective collective bargaining agreements.


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2001 Liquid Force Superfly 43
The big brother of the 38, this board povides a floatier feel for the surf carve. Still super fast and responsive, consider this the board for those double overhead days, or for those who don't like to sink a smaller board. The 43 has more surface, more speed, and more power. For the bigger rider looking for the performance of a smaller board, the Superfly 43 is the answer.
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Reviewer: Alex Pelkey
03/28/2001 12:00am
if you want a board that can do it all, and has insane graphics, this board is the one. i am not your average rider and this board can handle me. i am 6'5" and weigh 185. This board tracks fast, spins well, and is forgivining on landings. i havnt done any inverts with it yet, but i will be trying this summer.
Reviewer: Richard Woehl
03/20/2001 12:00am
The Superfly 43 is a sweet board that is very reponsive. I'm able to get much more air than with my old CWB board. The landings are forgiving and soft. I would recommend this board to anyone in my size range (6ft, 175lbs).
Reviewer: huge wake
07/14/2003 12:00am
love my board and it is great for me!
Reviewer: Paul Kummer
07/28/2002 12:00am
I haven't found anything i don't like about the board. Allthough i don't have much experience with other boards but it does all i want it to so its fine with me.
Reviewer: Nathan Schmitz
06/19/2002 12:00am
Awsome Board. Best one I've had ever.
Reviewer: Spennie D
03/16/2002 12:00am
If you are learning to bust inverts and are looking for a good board that will make the more advanced tricks easier, than this sweet lookin board should be on your list..... especially if you are a boarder around my size (6 ft. 178lbs) This board is pretty forgiving, but it's tracking could be better.......good pop of the wake!
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Kentucky Arts Partnership Grant
What is it?
The Kentucky Arts Partnership grant provides unrestricted operating support to arts organizations to ensure that year-round participation in the arts is available to the people of Kentucky. The amount funded is derived from a formula based on the organization's operating revenues, the panelists' assessment of the application and the funds available for the program.
Whos eligible?
Kentucky nonprofit organizations that have had IRS tax-exempt status for at least one year prior to the application deadline and whose primary purpose is to provide year-round arts services and programs directly for the benefit of the public. Internal programs of academic institutions and state or other agencies supported primarily with state or federal funds are not eligible.
Whats the deadline to apply?
Jan. 17, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
How do I apply?
- Carefully review the
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- Select supporting materials for submission.
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- Mail us a printout of your application signature page with any required documents and supporting materials.
If I receive a grant, what are my responsibilities?
- Sign a grant agreement form (GAF).
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Kenny Rogers Reveals Skin Cancer Diagnosis
Hoping to help others get checked, Kenny Rogers revealed he had a skin cancer scare recently.
The country music legend posted a photo to Instagram showing him with a bandage above his right eye.
The caption to the snap read "Had a bit of skin cancer removed today -- I recommend everyone go get checked, especially since May is National Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month. Don't worry though, I'm gonna look great in Knoxville this weekend!"
Rogers isn't the only big name who had a bout of skin cancer. Hugh Jackman had skin cancer removed from his nose last year.
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On November 6, 2013 the State Board of Education approved
both the the
integrated learning progressions as proposed by the Science
Expert Panel (SEP) as California's preferred
model AND a discipline specific model that will be developed
by the same SEP based on Appendix
K. Districts will have the option to choose what best
meets the needs of their students.
Both middle grade learning progressions are available on the
CDE website along with supplemental explanitory documents.
The decision a district will have to make regarding which
middle school learning progression will best meet the needs
of their students will not be a simple one. CSTA recommends
that districts hold off on making this decision until such
time as more information about the curriculum
framework, instructional materials, and assessment are
On November 6, 2013 the State Board of Education
approved a modified recommendation from CDE regarding the
adoption of the middle school progressions proposal. Rather
than approve an "integrated only" option for schools,
the Board approved both the integrated model as proposed
by the Science Expert Panel (SEP) as California's preferred
model AND a discipline specific model that will be developed
by the same SEP. Districts will have the option to choose
what best meets the needs of their students. The
webcast archive of the November 6, 2013 State Board of Education
meeting is now available online. To listen to the presentation
and public comment on Item #6 - the NGSS agenda item - use
the navigation provided to jump to that section.
On June 28, 2013, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
Torlakson released his much awaited recommendation for new
science standards for California schools. The proposed standards,
entitled Next
Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools,
Kindergarten through Grade 12, are based on the Next
Generation Science Standards (NGSS) released by Achieve
on April 9, 2013. California made only a few minor changes
to the clarifying statements in the performance expectations
that make up the NGSS and arranged the performance expectations
for grades 6-8 into specific grades. The decision to allocate
the performance expectations to specific grades, rather than
adopt them in a grade ban, was a simple one. California is
a K-8 adoption state and as such requires specific standards
for those grades.
As a part of their presentation
to the State Board of Education on July 10, 2013, CDE
and other guest speakers went through a detailed explanation
of the care which was taken by the Science
Expert Panel (SEP) to arrive at the final recommendation
that is being proposed. However, due to the short time between
the time the recommendation was posted and the board meeting,
the State Board elected to defer making a decision to a future
meeting. Their next meeting will be on September 4-5, 2013.
The reason for choosing to defer a vote was in large part
to allow teachers more time to evaluate the proposed standards.
In order to aid teachers in their evaluation, the California
Department of Education has produced a document for grades
6, 7, and 8 which articulates the criteria used by the SEP
when arranging the standards, the reasoning behind the arrangement
including storylines, and explanations of the articulations
from elementary and into high school and for each discipline
in grades 6, 7, and 8. The
document is available on the CDE NGSS website.
The proposed arrangement of the middle school standards has
started many conversations around the state, CSTA particpated
in three meetings to discuss the proposed arrangement:
On August 7, CSTA member and middle school teacher
Emily Williams held a gathering at the South Pasadena
Middle School Library. About 100 educators attended. This
meeting provided information to middle grade science teachers
about the arrangement of the performance expectations for
grades 6, 7, and 8, and an opportunity for collaborative discussion.
This meeting was attended by science education leaders including
Kathy DiRanna (CSTA member and the State-wide Director for
WestEd's K-12 Alliance, Kathy worked with the Science Expert
Panel which helped place the NGSS standards at each grade),
Nikki Chambers (CSTA member and teacher participant in the
Science Expert Panel), Anthony Quan (CSTA member and LACOE
STEM Consultant), and Jill Grace (CSTA Middle School Director
and 7th grade science teacher).
Thursday, August 22, 2013 NGSS Town Hall
Host: Dean Gilbert (CSTA past president and
SEP member) of the Orange County Department of Education
Meeting Features: A Skype presentation with
Dr. Helen Quinn, lead author of the Framework for K-12 Science
Education (and
keynote presenter at the 2012 CSTA conference).
Where: Orange County Department of Education,
Costa Mesa, CA
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 NGSS Middle School
Standards Discussion
Hosts: CSTA and the Sacramento County Office
of Education
Meeting Features: An informational discussion
meeting on the middle school arrangement proposed. In attendance
were Rick Pomeroy of UC Davis School of Education (CSTA past
president and SEP member), Glen Lusebrink (CSTA and SEP member)
a teacher in the Woodland Joint Unified School District, Robert
Sherriff (CSTA and SEP member), a middle school teacher in
the San Juan USD, Jody Sherriff (CSTA member), with the K-12
Alliance, Lisa Hegdahl, 8th grade science teacher at McCaffrey
Middle School (CSTA president-elect), and Phil Romig, Science
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When a golfer is out there on the course, any new bet he makes is probably made with his own money, without the help of a backer.
backer says he relishes the idea of the issue going to court.
How does Ready for Hillary respond to the allegation from backer et al?
Ironically, Hezbollah and its backer Iran have not always had an antagonistic relationship with al-Qaeda.
In the cover story, Ferguson says he was a McCain backer who decided to be a "good loser."
Ford drew a breath of relief and shook hands with his backer.
"That's what the Public are up against in this game," sneered the backer of Lucretia.
"I'll take two to one The Dutchman gets it," said a backer of that horse.
He was fond of Szczepanik and Szczepanik's backer, Mr. Kleinburg.
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Canine Coronavirus is a single stranded RNA type of virus with a fatty protective coating. Because the virus is covered in a fatty membrane, it is relatively easily inactivated with detergent and solvent-type disinfectants. It is spread by virus shedding in the feces of infected dogs.
What are the symptoms?
The primary symptom associated with canine Coronavirus is diarrhea. As with most infectious diseases, young puppies are more affected than adults. Unlike Parvovirus, vomiting is not common. The diarrhea tends to be less profuse than that associated with Parvovirus infections. Although canine Coronavirus is generally thought of as a milder cause of diarrhea than Parvovirus, there is absolutely no way to differentiate the two without laboratory testing. Both Parvovirus and Coronavirus cause the same appearing diarrhea with an identical odor. The diarrhea associated with Coronavirus usually lasts several days with low mortality. To complicate the diagnosis, many puppies with a severe intestinal upset (enteritis) are affected by both Coronavirus and Parvovirus simultaneously. Mortality rates in puppies simultaneously infected may approach 90 percent.
What are the risks?
As previously stated, canine Coronavirus has been widespread among the canine population for many years. Many dogs, especially adults, are either naturally immune and not susceptible, or develop a very mild, oftentimes unnoticeable, case of the disease. Puppies less than twelve weeks of age are at the greatest risk and some especially weaker ones will die if exposed and infected. Most puppies, however, will recover after several days of mild to severe diarrhea.
What is the management?
As with canine Parvovirus, there is no specific treatment for canine Coronavirus. It is very important to keep the patient, especially puppies, from developing dehydration. Water must be force fed or specially prepared fluids can be administered under the skin (subcutaneously) and/or intravenously to prevent dehydration.
Vaccines are available to protect puppies and adults of all ages against canine Coronavirus. In areas where canine Coronavirus is prevalent, dogs and puppies should remain current on Coronavirus vaccinations beginning at or about six weeks of age. Sanitation with commercial disinfectants is highly effective and should be practiced in breeding, grooming, kennel housing, and hospital situations.
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Ghost of a Tale - How to Build a Crab
In the recent days four updates were added to the Indiegogo campaign for Ghost of a Tale, which just requires a little of 10 KEuro more to reach its goal of 45 KEuro in the next 7 days. The updates are about the steps that are required to create a crab from scratch.
For those of you interested in the more technical aspects of the game's development I thought I would present the method I used to create the crab model. As a side note, I'll have to spread that presentation over several updates, as Indiegogo only allows for one picture per update.
Before starting to work on the model, I always surround myself with visual references (photographs, paintings) and make mental notes of aspects I will emphasize in order to end up with a model that'll be interesting enough.
It all starts with a simple cube (within Maya), followed by other cubes to roughly represent all the body parts and get a feel for the overall volume of the limbs. As you can see, it's all very blocky and I do not worry about details at this stage. It's best to check that everything looks as expected now (in terms of overall morphology), as it will become more difficult to change things further down the line.
Then I start to work on the body parts in Zbrush (bottom picture), simply refining the broad shapes. Again, not caring too much about details yet; just roughing in the main volumes. Note that at this stage I already know I'll have to open the arms of the creature so I can get a better look while sculpting. But starting with the arms folded ensured that the crab would eventually be able to get into that pose later on.
And the result is this:
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SUMMERSIDE – The former Dynasty Spa site is taking on a new life as work continues on the new resort/convention centre and restaurant.
Sean Liu, a Chinese businessman living in Toronto, purchased the 50 acres of land located at 298 MacKenzie Drive and future site of the Prince Alex Resort and Convention Centre in 2005 and has been working to develop the area.
Work has ceased at the site until May while stakeholders in the project travel to China to meet with Liu.
Nicolle Morrison, co-broker/owner of Century 21 Northumberland Realty, will be one of those heading to China in April. The trip is being made to discuss the construction of the resort.
"It's just on a minor hold until May," Morrison said. "There's a trip planned for China on April 10 and all of the people involved are going. There are products there that he (Liu) wants used. He's trying to explain to them what he wants and they don't understand. So, he's going to physically show them. Then it's going to start up and be back up and running by May 1 when we get back. It's just on a temporary hold until then."
Morrison said people viewing the construction site from the boardwalk see the beginnings of a restaurant/convenience store in front of the resort building.
"The round cement part is a restaurant which is on the second level," she said. "On the first level is going to be a convenience store and (an area) for tours that will be happening because of people coming there and going on daily tours. It will be where they meet.
The two foundations to each side of the (resort) building that were put in, one is for an expanded restaurant and the other one is the convention centre side."
Morrison said the resort will have 71 rooms.
"It was 96 rooms before" but Liu has doubled up some of the rooms tro create suites.
Morrison said the work would be going on now if the trip to China could have been arranged sooner.
"If we could have gone to China before, work would be going right now but we couldn't get everybody on track for the same time until April," she said.
Morrison said Liu has purchased another 28 acres and now owns 110 acres at the site. "It will get developed and it will be an amazing spot," she said.


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The idea of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant signing with the Washington Wizards in 2016 is an idea that has been gathering steam for the past week or so. What began as a pipe dream among Wizards fans has slowly become a realistic, if still unlikely, scenario thanks to the recent rise of Washington as a strong free-agent destination. With players like Paul Pierce recognizing the Wizards as a talented young team with a chance to seriously compete, the franchise is rapidly moving away from the Gilbert Arenas-Javaris Crittenton days and is finally on the verge of becoming a legitimate NBA power again. But whether this is enough to woo Durant away from the Thunder remains to be seen.
Come 2016, the Wizards will have as good a chance as any team to win the Durant sweepstakes. Nene's massive salary will come off the books in 2016, and recent shrewd moves such as the Pierce signing have given the Wizards the financial flexibility and future cap space to make signing Durant financially feasible. In addition, the Wizards will have a team option on coach Randy Wittman's contract going into the 2016 season. Wittman has done a solid job as coach, but if they are seeking an upgrade or want to offer Durant some input as to who he wants as coach, they have that option. The Wizards have already added Durant's high school coach, Dave Adkins, as a player development assistant, demonstrating that they are more than willing to make coaching changes to accommodate Durant.
More importantly, the Wizards could very well be title-ready by that time. If the dynamic young back court of John Wall and Bradley Beal continue on the upward trajectory they've been on and the team can continue to make cheap upgrades, the Wizards will be one of the best teams in the East in 2016, even without Durant. Adding the best scorer of the league would put them over the top. By the time he reaches free agency the Wizards may very well be ready to give him the best chance to win a title of all his potential suitors.
Of course, Washington's biggest draw will be the chance for Durant to return home. As a DC native, Durant would have the opportunity to triumphantly return to his hometown team and win a title, ending a long championship drought and becoming a local legend. Sound familiar? LeBron's decision to return to Cleveland demonstrates the allure of returning home, and Durant has to be influenced by the widespread positive reaction to his return home.
Of course, returning home could have it's drawbacks. Durant could be seen as simply following in LeBron's footsteps and trying to mimic his success rather than carving his own path. If LeBron can win a championship in Cleveland before 2016, the narrative of Durant leading his hometown team to the title will lose some of it's luster. In addition to that, Durant would then likely have to face LeBron's Cavs in the Eastern Conference playoffs year after year. While this would create a compelling rivalry, it would make it that much harder to even make the Finals, let alone win a title.
Still, the biggest obstacle to Durant joining the Wizards would simply be the difficulty of leaving the Thunder. Durant's classy, heartfelt MVP acceptance speech demonstrated the love and respect Durant has for his teammates, especially Russell Westbrook. Severing that bond would be emotionally difficult for Durant and would make the words of his speech seem a bit hollow. And if Durant manages to win a title in OKC, the narrative would be different than LeBron's victories. Rather than be perceived as chasing titles or forming a 'superteam', Durant would be seen as remaining loyal to his team and to Westbrook and finally winning through perseverance, continuing to build on a foundation laid in 2008. Many of the all-time greats, such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Tim Duncan, won their titles with one team. If Durant can do the same, he'll have an achievement that LeBron can never match. As loved as Durant would be if he went to Washington, even that may not eclipse the love he would receive from Thunder fans if he stays the course and finally brings them a title.
Regardless of the outcome, the fact that it's even viewed as a legitimate possibility that Durant comes to DC in 2016 speaks volumes of how far the Washington Wizards franchise has come in recent years and is a prospect that should have Wizards fans excited. Whether the team's reversal of fortunes is enough to draw Durant away from the Thunder remains to be seen, but it's clear that this is a team trending in the right direction.
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Quebecers will be able to hop a charter flight to Haiti as of January, when Transat becomes the first major Canadian tour operator to offer vacation packages in the Pearl of the Antilles.
Packages combine a stay in the capital, Port-au-Prince and the Arcadins coast, the site of magnificent beaches, according to a press release issued by Transat Thursday.
Vacationers can also make accompanied excursions to museums, historic sites, natural areas, sporting events and other places.
Annick Guérard, CEO of Transat Tours Canada, said that these packages were aimed at travelers who appreciate "holidays that combine relaxation and discovery."
Transat will also offer brief four-day trips aimed at attracting people wishing to visit friends and relatives in Haiti.
Transat has had a once-weekly flight to Port-au-Prince for the last 20 years.
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, Haiti's Minister of Tourism , has assured that the country has "all the potential to win back the heart of international travelers, especially Canadians."
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Butler, tugging our heartstrings from the Heartland, embodies the college spirit, at least the one we remember just fifteen years ago, before the game was Bogarted by the one-and-done prodigies who use the classroom as a chalkboard funnel toward their first sneaker deal.
If there's any redemption in the teen idol leaping to the NBA, it's the room he leaves for teams like Butler, whose seniors actually take their own tests and find there's something to this whole college degree thing. Phenoms like John Wall, Carmelo, and Kemba aside, the gap between a freshman and a senior is wider than a few chest hairs. Basketball, despite ESPN's attempt to frame the game as an embellished slam-dunk contest, is still a team endeavor. Butler has proved that for two years.


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[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] A combination that seems to work no matter what the circumstances produced again Wednesday night to earn a Concacaf Champions' League victory for the Houston Dynamo. Teammates for club and country, and on this night, substitutes - yes, you read that right - Stuart Holden and Brian Ching combined midway through the second half for the only goal Houston needed to beat Salvadoran club Isidro Metapan, 1-0, at Robertston Stadium in the first group match for both teams.
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After hosting expansion Seattle in a crucial MLS Western Conference match Sunday, Houston travels to Panama to play
Arabe Unido on Wednesday. The Panamanians blew Group A wide open by slamming Mexican club Pachuca, 4-1, as Orlando Rodriguez and Victor Medieta each netted twice.
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Aug. 19 in Houston
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Goal: Ching 1
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Houston -- Onstad, Hainault, Boswell, Chabala, Waibel, Mullan, Cameron, Davis (Holden, 46), Ashe, Akinbiyi (Ching, 61), Oduro (Cruz, 75).
Metapan -- Alfaro, Aquino, Alvarado, Escobar, Prado (Umana, 76), Iraheta, Figueroa, Mejia, Aguilar (Jimenez, 65), Canales, Mendoza (Ulloa, 53).
Referee: Mauricio
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Featherweights Nonito Donaire and Vic Darchinyan discuss their long awaited rematch, taking place on Saturday night at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Donaire looks to rebound after a loss to Guillermo Rigrondeaux earlier this year, while Darchinyan wants to avenge a TKO loss to Donaire. Also, former heavyweight champion George Foreman gives some words about the event. Video by Ed Keenan.
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Can't wait for this fight, it's been a long time coming and it's finally here.Comment by LouIE G on 11-09-2013
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Early in my time in China, I learned a useful lesson for daily life. In the summer of 2006, I saw a contingent of light-green-shirted People's Liberation Army soldiers marching in formation down a sidewalk on Fuxing Lu in Shanghai, near the U.S. and Iranian consulates. They looked so crisp under the leafy plane trees of the city's old colonial district that I pulled out a camera to take a picture of them—and, after pushing the button, had to spend the next 60 seconds running at full tilt away from the group's leader, who pursued me yelling in English "Stop! No photo! Must stop!" Fortunately he gave up after scaring me off.
The practical lesson was to not point a camera toward uniformed groups of soldiers or police. The broader hint I took was to be more careful when asking about or discussing military matters than when asking about most other aspects of modern China's development. I did keep asking people in China—carefully—about the potential military and strategic implications of their country's growing strength. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union and consequent disappearance of the U.S. military's one superpower rival, Western defense strategists have speculated about China's emergence as the next great military threat. (In 2005, this magazine published Robert Kaplan's cover story "How We Would Fight China," about such a possibility. Many of the international-affairs experts I interviewed in China were familiar with that story. I often had to explain that "would" did not mean "will" in the article's headline.)
The cynical view of warnings about a mounting Chinese threat is that they are largely Pentagon budget-building ploys: if the U.S. military is "only" going to fight insurgents and terrorists in the future, it doesn't really need the next generation of expensive fighter planes or attack submarines. Powerful evidence for this view—apart from familiarity with Pentagon budget debates over the years—is that many of the neoconservative thinkers who since 9/11 have concentrated on threats from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran were before that time writing worriedly about China. The most powerful counterargument is that China's rise is so consequential and unprecedented in scale that it would be naive not to expect military ramifications. My instincts lie with the skeptical camp: as I've often written through the past three years, China has many more problems than most Americans can imagine, and its power is much less impressive up close. But on my return to America, I asked a variety of military, governmental, business, and academic officials about how the situation looks from their perspective. In most ways, their judgment was reassuringly soothing; unfortunately, it left me with a new problem to worry about.
Without meaning to sound flip, I think the strictly military aspects of U.S.-China relations appear to be something Americans can rest easy about for a long time to come. Hypercautious warnings to the contrary keep cropping up, especially in the annual reports on China's strategic power produced since 2000 by the Pentagon each spring and by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission each fall. Yet when examined in detail, even these show the limits of the Chinese threat. To summarize:
• In overall spending, the United States puts between five and 10 times as much money into the military per year as China does, depending on different estimates of China's budget. Spending does not equal effectiveness, but it suggests the difference in scale.
• In sophistication of equipment, Chinese forces are only now beginning to be brought up to speed. For instance, just one-quarter of its naval surface fleet is considered "modern" in electronics, engines, and weaponry.
• In certain categories of weaponry, the Chinese don't even compete. For instance, the U.S. Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft-carrier battle groups. The Chinese navy is only now moving toward construction of its very first carrier.
• In the unglamorous but crucial components of military effectiveness—logistics, training, readiness, evolving doctrine—the difference between Chinese and American standards is not a gap but a chasm. After a natural disaster anywhere in the world, the American military's vast airlift and sealift capacity often brings rescue supplies. The Chinese military took days to reach survivors after the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May of 2008, because it has so few helicopters and emergency vehicles.
• For better and worse, in modern times, American forces are continually in combat somewhere in the world. This has its drawbacks, but it means that U.S. leaders, tactics, and doctrine are constantly refined by the realities of warfare. In contrast, vanishingly few members of the People's Liberation Army have any combat experience whatsoever. The PLA's last major engagement was during its border war with Vietnam in February and March of 1979, when somewhere between 7,000 of its soldiers (Chinese estimate) and 25,000 (foreign estimates) were killed within four weeks.
Beyond all this is a difference of military culture rarely included in American discussions of the Chinese threat—and surprising to those unfamiliar with the way China's Communist government chose to fund its army. The post-Vietnam American military has been fanatically devoted to creating a "warrior" culture of military professionalism. The great struggle of the modern PLA has been containing the crony-capitalist culture that comes from its unashamed history of involvement in business. Especially under Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese military owned and operated factories, hotels and office buildings, shipping and trucking companies, and other businesses both legitimate and shady. In the late 1990s President Jiang Zemin led a major effort to peel the PLA's military functions away from its business dealings, but by all accounts, corruption remains a major challenge in the Chinese military, rather than the episodic problem it is for most Western forces. One example: at a small airport in the center of the country, an airport manager told me about his regular schedule of hong bao deliveries—"red envelopes," or discreet cash payoffs—to local air-force officers, to ensure airline passage through the sector of airspace they controlled. (Most U.S. airspace is controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration; nearly all of China's, by the military.) A larger example is the widespread assumption that military officials control the vast Chinese traffic in pirated movie DVDs.
The Chinese military's main and unconcealed ambition is to someday be strong enough to take Taiwan by force if it had to. But the details of the balance of power between mainland and Taiwanese forces, across the Straits of Taiwan, have been minutely scrutinized by all parties for decades, and shifts will not happen by surprise. The annual reports from the Pentagon and the Security Review Commission lay out other possible scenarios for conflict, but in my experience it is rare to hear U.S. military or diplomatic officials talk about war with China as a plausible threat. "My view is that the political leadership is principally focused on creating new jobs inside the country," I was told by retired Admiral Mike McConnell, a former head of the National Security Agency and the director of national intelligence under George W. Bush. Another former U.S. official put it this way: "We tend to think of everything about China as being multiplied by 1.3 billion. The Chinese leadership has to think of everything as being divided by 1.3 billion"—jobs, houses, land. Russell Leigh Moses, who has lived in China for years and lectures at programs to train Chinese officials, notes that the Chinese military, like its counterparts everywhere, is "determined not to be neglected." But "so many problems occupy the military itself—including learning how to play the political game—that there is no consensus to take on the U.S."
Yes, circumstances could change, and someday there could be a consensus to "take on the U.S." But the more you hear about the details, the harder it is to worry seriously about that now. So why should we worry? After conducting this round of interviews, I now lose sleep over something I'd generally ignored: the possibility of a "cyberwar" that could involve attacks from China—but, alarmingly, could also be launched by any number of other states and organizations.
The cyber threat is the idea that organizations or individuals may be spying on, tampering with, or preparing to inflict damage on America's electronic networks. Google's recent announcement of widespread spying "originating from China" brought attention to a problem many experts say is sure to grow. China has hundreds of millions of Internet users, mostly young. In any culture, this would mean a large hacker population; in China, where tight control and near chaos often coexist, it means an Internet with plenty of potential outlaws and with carefully directed government efforts, too. In a report for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission late last year, Northrop Grumman prepared a time line of electronic intrusions and disruptions coming from sites inside China since 1999. In most cases it was impossible to tell whether the activity was amateur or government-planned, the report said. But whatever their source, the disruptions were a problem. And in some instances, the "depth of resources" and the "extremely focused targeting of defense engineering data, US military operational information, and China-related policy information" suggested an effort that would be "difficult at best without some type of state-sponsorship."
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