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Great article, Tony! Tony and I both got our MD/PhD's in Pharmacology at KU and overlapped by a couple years. I did not know about his TBI until recently. We got together and compared stories. Tony's recovery has been even more remarkable than mine. He has gone a lot further than I have careerwise and with much less frustration along the way. This is most assuredly due to the fact that he had expert and intense rehabilitation with a focus, not only on getting him home, but on getting him back to work again. Our stories are instructive about the critical role that expert and intensive cognitive rehabilitation can play in maximizing recoveries after brain injury, both acutely and postacutely (29 years post injury in my case). Tony and I were very fortunate to be able to get the rehabilitation we needed. He got it because he was injured while on the job as a physician. I got it because I could afford it with a physician's salary. Neither of our rehabs were paid by insurance. That is what needs to change. This type of rehab should be available to everyone, and insurance should pay for it. This type of rehabilitation is expensive ($16,000 for mine), but I consider it a bargain. Unless I had gotten it, I would have definitely cut down to part-time, which would have cost my family so much more. That is how this needs to be thought of by insurance. If $16,000 gets people back to working and paying premiums again, would it not be more money in their pocket? Would it not be beneficial to the government to have far less people living on disability for the rest of their lives? Would it not be beneficial to the individuals and their families for the person to be able to be productive again? Would it not be beneficial for the soldier who could then return to his post or progess or get a job instead of stalling like so many do now? $16,000 is nothing to pay for giving someone back their life..
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As the mother of a TBI young man, I read your story through tears. You and my son Chris sustained several of the same injuries, although yours were much worse. I am inspired and plan to share your story with my son. Thank you very much for showing me that there is hope after TBI..
Gregory O'Shanick, MD
Tony, Thank you for your courage in discussing your life after TBI and the role that support, identification and productive activity play in your achieving such an amazing recovery. It is only through the willingness of individuals as yourself who have succeeded in neurorehabilitation and in the re-establishment of living well post- TBI that stereotypes and misinformation can be corrected. I sincerely appreciate all that you have done and continue to do for those whose lives have been altered by TBI. Best regards, Greg.


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I've just learnt about a fantastic feature hidden within my iPhone settings called Keyboard Shortcuts.
Many of you will already be aware of Keyboard Shortcuts, however, I thought I would share a quick how-to for those who haven't yet discovered this brilliant time saving feature.
Basically, Keyboard Shortcuts allow you to substitute a a quick shortcut (a few letters maybe) for a larger phrase (like a sentence).
I have one set up for my email address as I was getting fed up with constantly having to type it out when logging into my apps and websites online.
When I type 'mmm' on my iPhone keyboard, it converts it to 'email@example.com'
It's really helped speed up logging into apps and I can't wait to add a few more shortcuts to reduce my time spent filling out repetitive things.
Here's how you can use Keyboard Shortcuts too:
- Open up your iPhone Settings
- Select 'General'
- Select 'Keyboard'
- Scroll down to the bottom and select 'Add new shortcut'
- Create a shortcut, maybe for your email and click save
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In preparation for the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, slated for January 9-16, 2013, cookware and kitchenware company Calphalon will open its first showroom at AmericasMart, taking a space on the eighth floor of Building 2 WestWing, the gourmet housewares sector of the show. This addition underscores the growth of the overall gourmet and housewares category across retail channels, according to AmericasMart.
Cookware and bakeware manufacturer Le Creuset will expand its presence at the market as well, with a new 1,400-square-foot showroom on the eighth floor of Building 2 WestWing.
AmericasMart said it is experiencing robust leasing activity by both new and existing exhibitors across categories as the facility readies for the January Market.


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The refusal of the Portuguese courts to authorise the full version of the latest round of austerity cuts will be watched closely in neighbouring Spain – which is, of course, a bigger and more systemically important economy. The Spanish fear that, economically and politically, Portugal offers a vision of their future. The recession there is deeper and so are the cuts to government spending. But with Spain facing another year of recession and cuts – the Spanish too are wondering how long their public will tolerate austerity. Read more
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What causes clitoris pain?Recently I have been experiencing sharp pain in my clitoris. When I examined it, it looked raw, as though skin was missing. What can cause this? READ MORE
Clitoris pain is quite commin if you are maturbating often or if you are having vigorous sex. Damage or injury to other parts of the vagina, including the vaginal opening and the labia, can also cause what is called "referred pain" in the clitoris, meaning the pain is being caused by another structure but being felt in the clitoris itself. Rashes and some household chemicals can also cause clitoris pain, or the pain could be a sign of an infection. If you are experiencing this pain and also begin to run a high fever (over 101), experience chills, or have an elevated heart rate, seek medical attention immediately.
If the pain persists, I would definitely speak to a doctor about it.
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i've had exactly the same problem and it was due to oral sex with my partner when we got a bit carried away. it's very sore and its really worried me. It happened during oral sex so I know its not an infection. Can anyone help me to see whats wrong please? And how long it will take to return to normal. Thank youREAD MORE
Hello I have the same problem and I know that it's because I had sex and he took 2 in a half hours and still couldn't make me come! This meant that I had to make myself come a lot after because as you know if someone goes down there and gives you more build up and not enough release you have to come more to not be frustrated after! I would strongly recommend not wearing anything as much as you can...! If you need to come because it's driving you insane then use a detachable shower head and use a dam to protect the skin... lol The worst thing you can do is let yourself get so frustrated that you have to come or else! Because that's when the most damage is done. Keep the area as dry as you can, perhaps use a bit of medical cream with a very mild disinfectant. DONT let your boyfriend near it until its COMPLETELY healed! I did that and 2 months later.... you don't want that! I am surviving! But could have healed by now if it wasn't for oral sex! You'll be ok just try the shower thing with the dam so you don't go crazy!READ MOREi had oral sex and after my clitoris hurt really bad...it burned when i peed and itched...how can i heal it.? READ MORE
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mine was caused by an injury to my crotch from riding a bicycle 10 miles a day, 3x week. A gynecologist confirmed the existence of a lump in my crotch the same side as the pain of my clitoris. It was tried to be drained but there was no drainage possible because it wasn't that kind of lump or cyst. That kind cannot be removed, they are permanent. Injecting a steroid into the lump was tried. No relieve/no change at all. Another gynecologist brainlessly came up with the idea for me to take hormones. No help there either.
This is how I got it to go away. I used an electric dog collar in the same way a 't.e.n.s.' unit is used. A tens unit provides electric pulses but you can control the speed and the intensity settings are more for humans. A tens unit also has sticky/peel off&on tabs to use, but you can't use that in your crotch. The electric dog collars have two prongs that are perfect length between the painful clitoris and the lump which is the source. I placed one prong on each. The level I found to simulate a tens unit was at 1 or a little stronger at 1.5. The pulsing I did manually with the remote ... I just had to keep pressing the button. I did that for ten minutes, rested 20, repeated two more times. It was the first good nights sleep I had in almost a year. Every day I did that noticing that the pain crept away from the clitoris and settled into the lump. It remained tender around the lump. Next thing I did was to use a chiropractic technique. I extended my thumb (like I was going to hitchhike). Right thumb for pain in left side of crotch. Reaching 'in' with it, I found a painful ligiment in the wall (there are rings of them in there), so I pressed into the wall and stretched it slowly down toward the ground ... hurt like a humdinger but there sure was relief from pain when I was done. I did that periodically over a several days until I didn't have to do it any more. I then put a seat onto my bicycle that does not have a tongue and I've been fine ever since.
It was unbearable pain. I would describe it as having a lit match jammed up my clitoris. I was not a pleasant person to be around. It went on for almost a year. I lost friends and destroyed valuable relationships. I could not tell whether I had a full or empty bladder, like you feel when you have a bladder infection or a UTI. Several trips to the doctor convinced me I was not having an infection problem. I found NOTHING on the internet to help me. I had to figure this out all on my own. Nobody deserves to live with that kind of pain. It is the worst & horrible thing to have.READ MOREYou should know Answers to your question are meant to provide general health information but should not replace medical advice you receive from a doctor. No answers should be viewed as a diagnosis or recommended treatment for a condition. Content posted by community members does not necessarily reflect the views of Remedy Health Media, which also reserves the right to remove material deemed inappropriate.DISPLAY TEXTLINK URL
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Since "The Fashion Show" Sucks, Play The "Project Runway Game" Instead
I can't possibly force myself to sit through another episode of "The Fashion Show." I cannot take another hour of Kelly Rowland contorting her face into bizarre sneers. If I hear Isaac Mizrahi say "bye bye, darling," one more time, I will snap. Because I value my sanity, or whatever is left of it since the show began, I am not going to watch "The Fashion Show". I confess, I say this every week and then cave, but this week is going to be different. Last week I had the foresight to ask some friends to watch the show with me. After only five minutes, my friend staged an intervention and turned the show off. Good. So how will I spend my Thursday nights now? Instead of wallowing in my grief over the lack of Tim Gunn in my life, at 10:00pm tonight I am going to play"The Project Runway Game." What You Need To Begin:
- Friends: Anywhere from five to 15 friends.
- A pile of stuff that can get messy/trashed: I broke out my childhood dress up trunk, towels, sheets, plastic bags, old blankets, makeup it's safe to share, cheapo combs and the like. Some of the crazier challenges will end up trashing the original material. You will be much happier knowing that your clothes are safe and your friends won't feel they have to hold back their creative vision out of politeness.
- A Runway: By this I mean a hallway with a few chairs
- Wine: Well, that's not exactly necessary. But you never know when you might want to tie-dye those sheets in a pinot noir, now do you?
How To Play:
- Pick Roles: Are you Heidi, Tim, Nina Garcia, Micheal Kors, or a designer? You'll also need models and hair/makeup artists. You can randomly assign roles, pick names out a hat or even arm wrestle. As long as you all have characters, we can continue.
- "Heidi" and "Tim" announce the challenge: "Heidi" and "Tim" sneak off into a corner and create the most off-the-wall challenge their pretty heads can think of. Really, the sky is the limit. The more unexpected and unusual the challenge, the more fun the contestants will have "designing." Crazy challenges lead to crazy outfits. Crazy outfits lead to crazy-bitchy judging. Fabulous all around.
- Contestants have 20 minutes to design the look and the makeup/hair get 15 minutes for beautification: If you have seen the show you know the drill. Feel free to throw out words like "fierce" and phrases like "whatever happened to Andre?" Tim/Kelly/Isaac should wander around and offer "helpful" critique. But really, this part is where your friends creativity and inner drama queen gets to shine. As long as you have "Heidi" watching the clock, you are good.
- Runway Show: It's time to stru your stuff. Your shyer friends can stick to the classic walk and pout, but I strongly encourage the "Zoolander" walk-off style. The only rule that matters: don't break the furniture.
- Judging: This is where all hell breaks loose. Just try not to get too catty and remember that this is a game, not a time to air pent up grievances. "Heidi" should just keep things moving along and decide when it's time for the judges to deliberate.
- The winner is declared and the loser…: Congrats to the winner! You get…a paper towel? The point is that you can have real gifts, gag gifts or just the knowledge that your rubber-glove ball gown was the hands-down winner. The loser can take a shot, do a naked run, or be called "Kelly Rowland" for the next round.
- Repeat: This game only ends when the laughs do. With the right crowd, or enough wine with any crowd, you could go for hours. When all the fun has been had you can get cozy in bed and watch "Project Runway" reruns on YouTube.


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One of the common misconceptions about dividend growth investing is that investors who follow the strategy are only focused on dividends. While a growing dividend over time is the ultimate goal, it is not the only factor to focus on. For example, I always look for companies which can deliver growth in earnings per share over time.
The common characteristic of companies that are able to increase earnings per share include strong brands, some sort of competitive advantages, as well as products or services which have some pricing power. Of course, it doesn't hurt if the company is expected to benefit from a tailwind such as increased exposure to emerging market consumers, increase in number of locations, adding innovative new products to the marketplace, making strategic acquisitions, and increasing margins by focusing on cost containment and productivity.
Another common characteristic of those companies also includes consistent share buybacks as well, in an effort to take out the holdings of weak hands.
Rising earnings per share are very likely to result in dividend growth, which provides the inflation protection to your passive portfolio income. Because dividends are always positive, and do not fluctuate too much, they are an ideal source of income for retired investors.
As a passive investor, my goal is to essentially purchase a stake in a quality business, and sit back while they quietly compound my capital. It is paramount to purchase these companies at attractive valuations, and avoid overpaying for future growth. In general, I am not going to pay over 20 times earnings ever for the best dividend companies such as Coca-Cola for example. I try to have some margin of safety, in the event that future is much different than the past.
For the purposes of this exercise, I have outlined a few compounders which I believe are attractively priced today, and will grow your wealth for several decades.
Coca-Cola (KO), a beverage company, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. This dividend king has rewarded shareholders with a dividend increase for 51 years in a row. Over the past decade, earnings per share have increased by 12.30% per year, while dividends were raised by 9.80% per year.
Currently, the stock is trading at 20.40 times earnings and yields a very sustainable 2.90%. Based on forward earnings of $2.09 per share for 2013, the stock is fairly valued below $41.80 per share. Check my analysis of Coca-Cola for more information.
Philip Morris (PM), through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products. This dividend machine has rewarded shareholders with a dividend increase since being spun-offs from Altria Group (MO) in 2008.


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Thank you. I'll reply in my thread.
Please read the rules now... the forum rules are very clear on some very important things.
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Alright, so I've fixed the menu items for loading and unloading drivers, and I can't connect to the internet or drop my card into monitor mode and use kismet. However, I'm having a slight hiccup.
My AP is set to WPA2, and after loading the drivers, the first time I try to connect, it always fails. After that, I have no problems upon trying to connect a second time.
As a semi-separate issue, setting the auto-connect option via the wlan assistant results in the connection popping on and off every 2 seconds until I bring down the interface.
I tried Googling the issue, and I came up with the following bug report:
h t t p:// w w w. intellinuxwireless. org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1589
The only problem with that was that it was in Debian, and backtrack doesn't have the ifup command so I don't believe I can implement his workaround. I'll continue to do research. In the meantime, suggestions?


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Real ended Barca's 100 per cent start to the season but the Catalans are now eight points clear at the top.
Barca certainly looked the better of the two sides but Los Blancos had the early chances. With injuries to first choice centre-backs Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique, Tito Vilanova had Javier Mascherano and a surprising change in the heart of defence. Left-back Adriano was made to play instead of the usual Alex Song.
However, Barca's fragile defence was tested by Crisitano Ronaldo during the 23rd minute, slotting home low shot past Victor Valdes from a tight angle. Tito Vilanova had more injury problems as right-back Dani Alves left the pitch 5 minutes later, leaving Martin Montoya to deal with Ronaldo.
Real's lead didn't last long as Lionel Messi lashed onto the ball following Pepe's failed clearance to equalise in the 31st minute. It remained all square at the break.
At the hour mark, Messi cruised past several Real defenders but was eventually brought down by Xabi Alonso. The Argentinians curling free kick beat Iker Casillas at the far post putting Barca 2-1 ahead.
Five minutes later, Real opened up Barca's defence with playmaker Mesut Ozil sliding a clever through ball to Ronaldo, the Portuguese netted his second on the night to settle the scores 2-2.
Ronaldo became the only player to have scored in six consecutive El Clasico's while Messi broke Alfredo Di Stefano's record of the highest number of goals in Clasico's.
Both Messi and Ronaldo, termed to be the world's best, will be contesting for the Ballon D'Or at the end of the year.
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Tim McGraw denying allegations of 'secret son'
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Tim McGraw is denying that he has a "secret son." The allegations surfaced this week from Tyler Zarbo, the 23-year-old son of McGraw's ex-fiancee Kristine Donahue.
Zarbo tells The National Enquirer that McGraw was "like a father" to him, and Tim saw him as "the son he never had." He adds that he and McGraw stayed in touch even after the singer's relationship with Kristine ended and that Tim's wife Faith Hill never knew.
But the country star's camp is refuting the claims. McGraw's rep Mary Hilliard tells People that the "Enquirer" story is "full of inaccuracies and misrepresentations about Tim and Faith." She adds that she isn't going to comment on false statements that appear to have been sensationalized for the purpose of selling tabloid magazines.
McGraw and Donahue were a couple in the early 1990s. People says Tim and Kristine had just split up when Tim went on his 1996 "Spontaneous Combustion" tour, during which he and Hill became an item. Tim and Faith have three daughters of their own.
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text: Bob McDonald, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) will be the featured speaker at the Procter & Gamble 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Cincinnati, OH, on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Media and investors may access the live audio webcast at www.pg.com/investors, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. The webcast will also be available for replay. For information on meeting business and the items up for shareholder vote, P&G's Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement is available at www.pg.com/investors or www.annualreport.pg.com. About Procter & Gamble P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world with its brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Fairy®, Gain®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun®, Fusion®, Ace®, Febreze®, Ambi Pur®, SK-II®, and Vicks®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 75 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.


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Why do Republicans hate the UN?
Is it because a Democratic president helped create it? I just don't get it. What is their problem? It's more important nowadays than ever for countries to come together for the good of all. Have they always hated the UN?
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Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 04:55 AM
davidn3600 (6,342 posts)
1. Sovereignty
They see it as other countries trying to tell America what to do. And the reason this angers them is 1) most of them are not democratic. And/or 2) most of them are not Christian.
The libertarians have always hated it because libertarians largely favor isolationism.
Response to davidn3600 (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:10 AM
pampango (24,377 posts)
5. Europe, Canada, Australia, etc. all 'socialist' in conservative eyes so we 'need' sovereignty to
'protect' us from the 'socialists' of the world. Conservatives kept us out of the League of Nations and have fought our membership in the UN every step of the way. They have fought practically every multilateral commitment that the US has tried to engage the world with, preferring to 'go it alone' in diplomatic and military adventures.
The libertarians have always hated it because libertarians largely favor isolationism. - Well said.
Response to davidn3600 (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:30 AM
KharmaTrain (31,706 posts)
14. Nativists...America Firsters...John Birchers...
...this is just the latest incarnation. As you state it's a fear of "feriners" telling us "real Amuricans" what we can and cannot do. This sentiment has always been strong within the rushpublicans. Their roots come from the Whigs and "Know-Nothings" who were the original isolationists and, except for Teddy Roosevelt, has remained consistent...be it opposing the League of Nations, U.N. or any international treaty.
Response to KharmaTrain (Reply #14)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:37 AM
haikugal (6,476 posts)
30. The Kock Brothers...
father founded the John Birchers and they've had a thing for the UN for decades...and we all know who pays for the baggers and their ilk. (I just had to say that)
Response to davidn3600 (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:25 PM
treestar (67,682 posts)
48. True, and as usual, they don't like compromise
They figure that since we are the only superpower and have the biggest military, we should be able to tell other countries what to do. The U.N. suggests other countries having some input and they can't stand even that.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:00 AM
Victor_c3 (2,059 posts)
2. The words "good for all" in your above statement are exactly what they are against
They want to see the US above everyone else, not lowered to a semi-equal playing ground via the UN. Even within the UN we still have more than our share of power with the way the security council works and all that stuff.
With the UN and its rules, it makes it a little harder to get away with doing whatever you want to do to the rest of the world.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:02 AM
LeftInTX (6,053 posts)
3. Right wing nut jobs do.
One thing they're upset about is something that GHW Bush did. It is one of their "conspiracy" theories.
Republicans usually aren't necessarily anti-UN. I was floored when Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX) did not sign that treaty yesterday. Totally floored. Although she's conservative, she is well balanced. She has served with Bob Dole and admires him.
Snip from a fairly lengthy article @ Southern Poverty Law Center:
Antigovernment Conspiracy Theorists Rail Against UNs Agenda 21 Program
In his final days on Fox News, Glenn Beck passionately argued that by agreeing to follow Agenda 21, the U.S. government had colluded with internationalists to undermine its own sovereignty and turn the nation into an environmental refuge where nature would take precedence over people.
Full article is worth the read:
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:07 AM
Cali_Democrat (30,439 posts)
4. Because many of the countries are non-white
They don't like that.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:11 AM
silverweb (15,586 posts)
6. "American exceptionalism."
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The USA is speshul and we dont need no furriners havin any sayso in wut we do.
The rest of them furriners need to listen to us and do wut we tell them, not the uther way round -- speshly them fancypants Yurpeens.
{For the satire impaired, this is intended to mock the anti-UN population.)
Response to silverweb (Reply #6)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:09 AM
PoliticalBiker (328 posts)
27. LOL!! Nice... np
Response to silverweb (Reply #6)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 02:38 AM
ronnie624 (5,697 posts)
40. Lol.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:21 AM
SummerSnow (8,669 posts)
7. I remember when batschit crazy Michelle Bachman.
Wanted to get rid of the UN
I'm sure she had plenty of backing
Response to SummerSnow (Reply #7)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:26 AM
pampango (24,377 posts)
8. Bachman did indeed have plenty of backing. The state GOP platforms in Texas, Iowa and many other
states explicitly called for the US to withdraw from the UN (and IMF, WTO and World Bank) and kick it out of the country.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:32 AM
longship (37,592 posts)
9. This is an old John Birch Society meme.
The Republicans have gone completely off the deep end. In the past thirty years they have courted the most extreme of the most extreme. They hate the UN because they hate all progressive ideas. They have to demonize all of them.
I never thought that the John Birchers would ever become mainstream, but apparently I was wrong.
Response to longship (Reply #9)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:52 AM
Coyotl (15,262 posts)
45. A propaganda front for corporatism from the inception
So, nothing has changed except the old ones died. Look at John Birch history. Started by the Welch fortune, big money corporatism from the beginning with a propaganda model of activism.
It is the same old-fashioned fear machine that works so well to control behavior in primates
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 05:40 AM
beam me up scottie (56,624 posts)
10. Google the U.N. and the Anti-Christ
Response to beam me up scottie (Reply #10)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 06:59 AM
Berlum (7,044 posts)
12. Yup. Big concern "Dazzling intellectualism" at the UN
Being able to think is apparently a hallmark of the anticrust...and freepbaggers hate thinkers.
Response to Berlum (Reply #12)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:25 AM
beam me up scottie (56,624 posts)
13. Evangelical extremists believe that the UN will be led by the Antichrist
and used to exterminate all christians.
The fact that John Birchers continue to influence public policy scares the hell out of me.
Response to beam me up scottie (Reply #13)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:17 AM
Berlum (7,044 posts)
17. The EEs need to take a good long look in the mirror
Response to Berlum (Reply #17)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:41 AM
beam me up scottie (56,624 posts)
Is that from the original or "Shadow of the Vampire"?
Willem Dafoe was superb as Max Shreck and of course John Malkovich never disappoints.
Response to beam me up scottie (Reply #13)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:39 AM
haikugal (6,476 posts)
31. They know it true
because they read the 'Left Behind' books!!!
Response to haikugal (Reply #31)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 02:24 PM
beam me up scottie (56,624 posts)
36. Exactly!
They read the Bible and stuff too!
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 06:00 AM
MrYikes (720 posts)
11. Remember it's all about the fear.
Pushing the fear of the UN is easy and therefore is used often.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:47 AM
CanonRay (8,135 posts)
15. It's the old John Birch Society influence
only now they are in charge of the GOP
Response to CanonRay (Reply #15)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:24 AM
Skidmore (35,249 posts)
19. So happy to see someone else on DU recognizes this also.
Birchers did not die out. Some of them became billionaires (Koch brothers) and bought out the GOP and tried to buy as much of the elected government as they could. Lord knows how many of the unelected officials are owned by them.
Response to Skidmore (Reply #19)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:37 AM
CanonRay (8,135 posts)
21. I believe the Koch brothers father
was one of the founders of the Birchers. Yeah, unfortunately they did not die out.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:54 AM
NNN0LHI (67,190 posts)
16. The thought of black helicopters drives them over the edge
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:17 AM
RevStPatrick (2,208 posts)
18. They hate modernity. They hate compromise.
They hate anything that smacks of intellectualism.
They hate ideas that are not their own.
They hate non-white people.
They hate the idea that they have to share the planet with people they feel are inferior.
And particularly if those inferior people are in a position to tell them what to do, no matter how small or insignificant.
These are small-minded people who believe that might makes right, because might is the best they can muster.
Response to RevStPatrick (Reply #18)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:45 AM
Ikonoklast (23,973 posts)
32. And they want to reserve the right to invade any other country that doesn't play ball
with their rapacious Oligarch masters and give them access to that nation's natural resources without having any other nation or organization interfere in any way.
Jeebus wants us to have that oil.
I often wondered how they would feel if a twenty-year from now China, with a superior modern military force, and with their country in a three-year famine would use that same logic to take California for the food they 'deserve'.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:26 AM
RZM (8,556 posts)
20. Isolationism is an important part of American political culture
It's pretty strong on both the right and the left. I think it's on the upswing with the right now largely because of recent neocon FP debacles.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:49 AM
AgingAmerican (12,958 posts)
23. For a couple of reasons
1. The paranoid yahoos in their midst believe the UN is a shadow government for the New World Order. They think the UN is trying to take over the world.
2. The UN exists as an alternative to war. War = profits. Do the math.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 10:54 AM
Odin2005 (53,521 posts)
24. Isolationism. The reason Ike ran as a Republican is because he feared...
...that the Republicans would run a Isolationist nut like Taft who would withdraw from the UN. This shit goes back to the US rejecting the League of Nations.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:00 AM
jwirr (39,215 posts)
25. They have this "one world government" fear. Unfortunately it was not the UN but poppy bush who
was pushing for this in the form of globalization. They have the wrong target.
Response to jwirr (Reply #25)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 07:31 PM
pampango (24,377 posts)
39. So you share the right's fear of "one world government" but not their choice of a target? Rest easy.
Many on the right who fear "one world government" don't just want the US out of the UN, but out of the WTO, IMF and World Bank among just about any other multilateral institution you can think of. (Check out the GOP platforms in Texas, Iowa and many other states if you don't think the far-right of the GOP doesn't hate those institutions, too.)
Seems they share your fear of "one world government" globalization; you just don't share their fear of the the UN. I agree with you on the latter.
Response to pampango (Reply #39)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 10:49 AM
jwirr (39,215 posts)
42. And you think globalization is helping the US economy in some way? For that matter is it helping any
nation with anything other than austerity?
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:01 AM
ksoze (1,599 posts)
26. It's full of people that do not look like us
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:18 AM
PoliticalBiker (328 posts)
28. They have to hate someone or something....
... or else they wouldn't be able to have a following.
Fear is a powerful motivator so they have to have something to fear.
I think they are a bunch of fraidy-cats. They are afraid of everything... UN, Socialism, a really really smart black president, gays, women, muslims, poor people, taxes, infrastructure spending, colored people, democrats, liberals,...
Did I miss anything?
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:23 AM
unblock (32,574 posts)
29. their idea of united nations is that america is in charge and everyone else does what we say.
they hate the un because they haven't figured out how to make it a puppet of the republican party.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 12:01 PM
librechik (28,364 posts)
33. them un American Furriners run it
and steal our money to feed lazy brown folk.
That is all.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 12:02 PM
dawg (8,661 posts)
34. Because ....
Suck it, world!
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 01:47 PM
jonthebru (1,034 posts)
35. The John Birch Society...
(The Society For Preservation Of Wooden Toilet Seats!) has been against the UN from the beginning.
During the 60's the Birchers had storefront offices in cities and mid-sized towns all over America. They also paid for billboards calling for the impeachment of Earl Warren SCOTUS Chief Justice, charging MLKjr with being a Communist and of course charging all Union action with being Communist. To them, the United Nations was just like they state today, an effort to take over American Sovereignty. Fred Koch, founder of Koch Industries, was one of the founding members.
Dallas was a real hot bed for this activity and the Secret Service was very uncomfortable with JFK"s visit there in November of 1963.
Just recently, a "friend" called all Progressives' "Communists". Little does he know how absolutely wrong he is, but his exposure to the likes of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, who is a certifiable nutter, and the rest of those propagandists brainwash his perceptions.
Millions of people are in his situation and frankly, being adults, there is little hope for their salvation.
One of the lobby groups who fought the handicap treaty yesterday was a home schooling group. What the frick are they even involved with UN treaties for anyway? Its a scary imaginary world they perceive.
Much of this is linked to Dominion Theology.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 02:38 PM
mstinamotorcity2 (1,440 posts)
37. There will be those who
will give you an intelligent answer. They will give you dates and facts for Republicans Hating the U.N. but on some Real Shit, The Republican Party has verbally since 1964 said they wanted a Party that was void of Minorities. They catered and swore allegiance to their HATE!! They don't like anything that is designed to uplift Human dignity. They have had too many years of tearing Human dignity down. So the R.I.P. ( Ridiculously Ignorant Party), must stay true to form. It was no Surprise to me that they would sashay around their Colleague Senator Bob Dole in a Wheelchair, and Vote against a Disabilities Treaty!!! Hating the Handicapped is easy for them, the Handicapped are humans.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 06:19 PM
mykpart (3,879 posts)
38. But they will do business with other countries,
use slave labor from other countries to produce their goods, use banks in other countries to hide their money and avoid paying US taxes, but they don't want to promote peace with other countries? That's one of the scariest things about conservatives. I will never understand this thinking. Thank all of you for your input.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 03:08 AM
moondust (12,195 posts)
41. They can't control it.
Last edited Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:56 AM - Edit history (1)
Not with tricks nor bribes nor bombs nor coercion nor threats nor family connections nor frat boy networking nor destroying their opposition nor anything else in their sadistic toolbag.
They fucking hate that.
Edit to add that another big part of it is the idea that THEIR tax dollars are being used to support a bunch of black and brown and "other" people. They hate providing any kind of foreign aid.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 10:56 AM
randome (34,845 posts)
43. Don't kid yourself into thinking they have a philosophical problem with the U.N.
It was just a convenient scapegoat at one time in the past -one that did not fight back- so they learned to rail against it even more.
It's simply an inertial movement against it now. They really don't care.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 10:57 AM
Coyotl (15,262 posts)
44. This goes back to the 1950's John Bircher fear of the Reds
What few people realize is that the John Birch wing is now the center of the Republican Party, and paranoid politics has become normalized because they are almost all crazy paranoid xenophobes. Some say it is part of the old white guy biological and social inheritance from colonialism:
Others think that there is something wrong with their water
Where did those old white guys get their paranoid thinking caps? This is part of the answer:
In October 1964, the Idaho Statesman newspaper expressed concern about what it called an "ominous" increase in JBS-led "ultra right" radio and television broadcasts, which it said then numbered 7,000 weekly and cost an estimated $10 million annually. "By virtue of saturation tactics used, radical, reactionary propaganda is producing an impact even on large numbers of people who, themselves, are in no sense extremists or sympathetic to extremists views," declared a Statesman editorial. "When day after day they hear distortions of fact and sinister charges against persons or groups, often emanating from organizations with conspicuously respectable sounding names, it is no wonder that the result is: Confusion on some important public issues; stimulation of latent prejudices; creation of suspicion, fear and mistrust in relation not only to their representatives in government, but even in relation to their neighbors."
The Statesman article went on to charge "that there are many local communities in which the tactics of the extremists have made life miserable for good citizens ... through spying, nocturnal phone calls, economic and social pressures, stoning, even bombings, and other tactics alien to the American way of working out political decisions. An unchecked increase in this kind of propaganda is degrading the American political dialogue to such a point as to damage our self-respect at home and our reputation for public responsibility abroad. These radical, reactionary positions are undermining American Democracy."
Birch Society influence on US politics hit its high point in the years around the failed 1964 presidential campaign of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater, .... http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Birch_Society
Response to Coyotl (Reply #44)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:56 AM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
46. Yep, all collective action is bad, basically, and it's ideologically bad.
Because, basically, it interferes with the right of the rich to do as they please with the rest of us. It's the old southern planter mentality still causing us grief.
Response to mykpart (Original post)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:58 AM
liberal_at_heart (12,081 posts)
47. my father has been watching tv evangelists for years
For years they all said the anti-Christ would come from the UN and that the UN would facilitate a New World Order. I doubt he would admit to me but I'm almost sure my father would be against this treaty based on that and my husband is legally blind and my son is autistic.


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Gaga Leads MTV's New Viral-Inspired 'O Awards'
The influential network is rolling out the first ever O Music Awards, which is essentially a hybrid of a normal music awards series, but with a quirky internet twist. There's a "Must Follow Artist on Twitter" category, a "NSFW Music Video" realm, along with a "Most Viral Dance" genre among many others. There's even an award for Best Music Hashtag Meme, where "#bustinjieber" is a heavy favorite in our books. As for voting, it'll all be online — either via web site or social media.
An MTV executive says that "the digital space has forever changed the way we discover, experience and enjoy music, resulting in an unparalleled fusion of fan interaction and creativity around the artists they love," hence, the O Awards.
Much like the regular MTV Music Awards, Lady Gaga sits atop the nominees with three nods, though she's tied with someone you may not be too familiar with. Tyler the Creator of Odd Future also has three nods, thanks to his wildly dark and creative "Yonkers" video.
Stay tuned to the O Music Awards web site for the full nominee list and more info on how to vote!


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It's now 2014 here in Mid-Kansas
Well, it's no longer 2013 here in Mid Kansas, and I'm trying to figure out why I didn't yield to the temptation to go ahead and "turn into a pumpkin" earlier rather than later. Everyone else has posted their "Happy New Year's" greetings on facebook (or wherever), but I haven't. It all seems rather anticlimactic.
So, what's new about that? I've always been apathetic about this celebration thing; especially after an experience when I was perhaps 11 or 12. I was visiting a farm that New Year's Eve with my mother. One of my brothers family lived there with his parents-in-law and his new family, and we had come to help after the birth of a baby (can't rightly recall which child that was).
Midnight was approaching, and I got Mom to allow me to step out the back door and fire off a shot gun—"Only once." Any more was wasteful. At the stroke of 12:00 AM, I stepped out, pointed the shotgun up and away from anything that might be damaged, and I pulled the trigger.
I can tell you that I was not prepared for my reaction. It was more like, "MEH" than it wasn't. I thought, Why in the world would anyone get excited about one more midnight? Why would I celebrate one more passing day any more than any other? Why would I wait until some artificial time to wish someone well in the coming year? Isn't every day; every moment; the start of a whole "new year?" (especially for someone experiencing ADD) Shouldn't each moment of my life be lived in that expectation? Shouldn't I wish everyone a happy future every moment of every new beginning?
And so, I try to live in that attitude.
It isn't easy for me to do, since I am an Adult ADD person. Not every moment of my life is serendipitous. There are depressing times (although I don't suffer from chronic depression), just because things don't always go well and as an ADD I am prone in the moment to exaggerate the importance of a coffee spill or a trip over a kitchen rug. In those times it's not uncommon; rather it is quite common for me to blurt out some epithet at the rug or at myself or at whatever has interrupted my calm of my moment.
In those moments it is precisely because, like Moses, "I am a man of unclean lips" that I often feel unworthy to even pray to God for strength. Still, I suck it up and pray anyway. Sometimes the prayer is an epithet. Sometimes it is a simple confession, "Lord, it hurts!" Sometimes, depending on other health concerns of the day(s), it takes several days before I can return to an "even keel" and regain a semblance of calm, but my experience has always been that during my darkest hours, that's when I feel God's presence the more; when I feel the assurance that things will be better in the New Times coming.
In that spirit, I wish you all a happy new year; for every day of every year, and I invite you to join me in mine.
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"And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: snd as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?" (Luke 24:2-5)
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Does your heart ever "burn within" you when you hear the Gospel story preached? If you are a believer, do you spend time thinking about what Jesus Christ's resurrection means for you personally? Are you confused like Jesus' disciples were at first, or have you really come to understand that Jesus is no longer dead? When we talk to Jesus and seek to know Him better, we need to remember to seek for Him among the living. He is not just a story. He is not a dead and buried historical prophet. He is God--so He is everywhere at once--and He is alive!
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Research and Markets: Power Electronics for Rail Transportation Applications 2012 - Market Expected to Reach $4.5 Billion by 2020
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wmgk5z/power_electronics) has announced the addition of the "Power Electronics for Rail Transportation Applications 2012" report to their offering.
Over the next five years, major supply chain and technology changes will impact the Power Electronics business for the rail industry
A Power Electronics market that will be multiplied by 1.7, reaching $4.5 billion by 2020
Rail traction can be segmented into three main sub-applications: urban vehicles (trams and metros), regional and commuters (mostly Electrical Multiple Units, or EMUs) and high-speed trains (Power cars and EMUs). With a total market size of 4,000 units in 2012 and more than 6,000 expected in 2020, the railway industry is without question an attractive one!
Of course, the rail industry means steady, not rapid growth, for two main reasons: long-term system manufacturing and government-related business. On the upside, the rail industry is safe and encourages innovation.
Moreover, emerging regions such as South America, Africa/Middle East and Southeast Asia are demanding more and more in terms of public transportation.
The Related Inverters market for public transportation is today estimated at $3 billion, and is expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2020. In this new report Yole shows how and why rail is dynamic, with the main reasons being commuter trains and related EMU architecture, which multiply the number of inverters and thus the number of applications for Power Electronics.
As a consequence, the Power Electronics market represents an excellent opportunity for revenue generation in high-end systems, both in terms of semiconductor-based components and passive ones. Indeed, with an estimated price of $13,000 for power modules in urban vehicles and $135,000 in high-speed trains, we estimate a total market size of more than $200 million for power modules and almost $300 million for all passives (capacitors, resistors, inductors, connectors, busbars and transformers) in 2012.
The rail industry's expected technological developments will occur at every level:
- Even if the rail industry has a slow ramp-up, the major players are competitive companies often involved in other utility-sized businesses.
- Therefore, the rail industry both suggests and benefits from major developments, especially in Power Electronics.
- We do not forecast strong evolution from a passive components perspective; however, we definitely believe that a semiconductor revolution will have its place in trains, trams and metros.
We will see evolution from a systems point-of-view:
- Trains are evolving; we expect to see rolling systems with 10kV power electronics components inside
- Train architecture is changing; electrification is key and more inverters are required. This means more power electronics
- At the inverter level, key components can be assembled to create an important value, i.e. Here comes the PowerStack: Yole provides a complete analysis of PowerStack evolution and how it will be a versatile subsystem, good for wind turbines and a perfect fit with the rail industry's key requirements. In particular, sub-system and passive components (plus passive component players) will garner high interest.
- Lastly, at the device level and especially at the material level: SiC is on every main player's production roadmap and will be essential as soon as 1.7kV MOSFETs are available. Trains are an interesting playground for such developments, because even if SiC remains expensive, a system as big as a train will be only slightly impacted by the cost: let's see what happens after 2016.
Who should buy this report?
Train manufacturers and system integrators
- Understand supply-chain evolution and emerging technologies
- Forge the right partnerships with the right companies and gain a strategic advantage
- Understand your new market and plan your business expansion
Power Electronics players: device, module, PowerStack and inverter market players
- Get the full picture; benchmark competitors' and partners' technical solutions
- Understand the value-chain and its evolution
- Make the right decisions and position yourself in a tough market
Key Topics Covered:
Different Types of Modules
Executive Summary
Power Electronics Market: Introduction
Overall Power Electronics
Focus on IGBT
Introduction to the Rail Traction Market
Rail Traction Segmentation
Market Forecasts
Power Modules and Devices
Passive Components and Connectivity
Rail Traction Industry and Specificities
Technology Developments and Roadmap
Supply Chain and Players' Strategy
Power Electronics at Yole
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wmgk5z/power_electronics
Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager.
U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907
Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716
Sector: Rail


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September 24, 2012
AHS flip flop on audit points to PC failure on accountability: Towle
EDMONTON, AB (September 24, 2012): Flip flopping on audits of former health executives and lamenting about the costs of FOIP requests in the health care system all point to a failing grade for an out of touch PC government, Wildrose Seniors Critic Kerry Towle said today. After new AHS chair Stephen Lockwood lamented that the cost of FOIP requests will be "lost to health care forever", he also quickly backpedaled from a commitment by AHS to have an expanded audit into up to 30 top executives in the former Capital Health Region.
Towle said that it is this type of behaviour that led to the Alberta government being ranked near the bottom of the barrel receiving a 'D' among jurisdictions in Canada for its commitment to transparency. "It is completely outrageous for senior government officials to backtrack from a commitment made to Albertans to protect their tax dollars," Towle said. "Albertans deserve accountability and transparency from a health system that is far too often falling short of what Alberta families expect and deserve." Towle went on to mention that what Lockwood failed to mention are the millions of dollars "lost to health care forever" from the PC legacy of waste and mismanagement that has left Alberta with some of the lowest performance outcomes in health care across the country. "We've seen this PC government time and time again continue to mismanage our health care system and waste millions of dollars on bonuses, lavish expense accounts and gold-plated severance packages instead of improving health care," Towle said. "It's time for this government to deal with reality and take responsibility for the millions of dollars lost in our health care system while front line workers across the province continue to hold the health system together" The Wildrose recently unveiled an alternative plan to put Albertans first and protect taxpayers when it comes to health spending by calling for an end to bonuses for senior health executives until the province is back in surplus position and reviews and reforms future severance packages to be more modest and related to job performance.


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Marchesa Fall 2012
As a choir of angels echoed through the Palm Court of the Plaza hotel Wednesday afternoon, Marchesa's Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig sent out a chorus of frothy, gilded frocks of the highest order. Their otherworldliness was inspired by William-Adolphe Bouguereau's dramatic nineteenth-century painting A Soul Brought to Heaven, and the effect of their shimmering embroidered silhouettes ending in sweeping and swishing tulle made it seem as if the models were walking through clouds in an area of heaven reserved only for the truly glamorous.
Wings were sewn into elaborate tapestries that were then cut into a cocoon coat and short cocktail dresses, and many of the more formal looks were covered with white feathers either sprouting from the dress itself or sewn onto the bodices in wing formations.
But for all the divine inspiration at play, the pieces that stood out were the ones that originated from a darker place. Chapman and Craig had also been looking at images of skeletons—albeit ones decorated in gemstones and precious metals, are you surprised?—and deftly took what could be potentially a macabre element and made it light. One romantic, almost Spanish-feeling black-and-gold lace dress was draped over a mesh bodysuit embroidered with a fine golden skeleton. And a short blood-red number had lace stretched in shapes mimicking the muscles of the body and one strip down the spine. Rather than look gruesome, they were quite beautiful. With less than two weeks until the Academy Awards, one couldn't help but imagine how dreamy they'd be on one of Hollywood's young mortals.
For more information and a full profile on Marchesa, go to Voguepedia.com.


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The more often interest is paid or credited, the higher the effective return. This is because interest credited to an account itself earns interest – called 'compounding'. The AER (see above) takes account of the effect of compounding. With some accounts you can choose how often to have interest paid – monthly, quarterly or yearly.


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The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan are meeting for a second day to discuss a border deal, and the resumption of oil exports, after a UN Security Council deadline was unofficially extended, France 24 reported.
The African Union-mediated talks, in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, continued late into the evening Sunday without a breakthrough.
More from GlobalPost: Presidents of Sudan, South Sudan discuss border deal, amid threat of UN sanctions
While delegations from the two sides have been discussing the issue since the beginning of the month, Sunday marked the first time Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir has met his southern counterpart, Salva Kiir, in more than a year.
According to Agence France Presse, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who is hosting the talks, was seen headed into the presidential palace this morning, along with AU chief mediator Thabo Mbeki.
The United Nations Security Council has threatened sanctions if this latest round of negotiations do not produce a border security deal, but no action appeared to be taken after its deadline was not met over the weekend.
More from GlobalPost: Sudan, South Sudan sign oil agreement
The BBC reported that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Sudan to accept an African Union border plan that's already been agreed by South Sudan. However, Sudan has objected to a demilitarized border zone running through a 14-mile long strip of grazing land.
Last month, the Sudans reached an interim deal to restart southern oil exports through Sudan to the Red Sea ports.


text: I was in Fargo a few years ago in a small building that had only one conference room. So when one side had to present their case the other side had to go out back and sit at a picknik table. It wasn't bad. We are sitting in July on the banks of the Red River (obviously not the Texas/Oklahoma one) watching the folks swim on the Minnesota side. At that point, the Red River flows south to north as it is in the Hudson Bay watershed (as are the Tetons). It turned out to be a pleasant afternoon. The point is that the locals (as all of we locals are want when out of towners are around) were more than happy to talk about the locale. They pointed out, (even the bad guys) that the Red River was the only south to north river in the country. I pointed out that the Tennesse River flows north to south from Nashville along Waldens Ridge to Chattanooga, where it flows east to west to below Memphis until it flows NORTH to the Mississippi. So, I said, the Tennesee flows NORTH also. No, they said. A rivers course is determined by the direction of the flow from the headwaters to where it empties. The Tennesee river flows east to west. A couple of years later I ran into a geographer on another issue who told me they were correct. So the Susquehanna flows east to west. Harrisburg may be east of the river, but it is on the north bank. And when I drive from Gettysburg to pick up a game at the Meadowlands, I go north, and somewhere in there I cross the river before I head east. This is not to patronize anyone. Now that we have cleared that up, Bill, what do you think Lee was going to do with those two shot up corp up north, could and tired and all alone? Still 500 miles away from home? regards, jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Richardson" <general.jackson at yahoo.com> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:36 PM Subject: Re: GDG- ISusquehanna River > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > > From: Jeff Burk <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com> > To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:33 PM > Subject: Re: GDG- ISusquehanna River > > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > Jack, you are holding the map sideways, the Sus, flows almost flat out N-S > > > Namaste > > Jeff Burk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > No, now leave Jack alone he is as RIGHT about this as he is with > everything else. Surely ole Jack can't be wrong. :) > > Respectfully, > > William Richardson > Mount Gilead, North Carolina > > > Pro-Excuser: People who can't understand how The Confederate States Of > America, out-manned, and under supplied, could kick their butts for four > long years. Who resort to all kinds of finger pointing and avenues of > denial. > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com > -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives >


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Three-quarters of respondents to a public consultation have supported proposals to protect police funding from cash cuts.
More than 2,000 people took part in the consultation undertaken by Merseyside's elected Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy to find out whether residents would be prepared to contribute extra to the region's policing budget.
Merseyside Police's main grant from Government has been cut by 4.8% this year – a reduction of around£12m.
It is estimated that by 2018 the force will have to make total savings of more than £100m since austerity measures began in 2010.
The commissioner's consultation – the results of an online survey and a series of community road shows - revealed that 75% of people were happy to back the her plans to increase the police precept by 1.95%, with just 25% of the public saying they were not prepared to pay slightly more.
Mrs Kennedy will present her proposed budget to the police and crime panel tomorrow (for consideration. She is also planning to use £5.5m from reserves to balance the budget in 2014/15.
Mrs Kennedy said: "This consultation demonstrates beyond doubt that people on Merseyside are prepared to play their part to protect their neighbourhoods.
"This increase in the police precept is essential if I am to protect frontline police services. Without raising additional money from the public, further cuts to police officer numbers and services would be inevitable.
"The reality is that if these cuts continue, Merseyside Police will simply not be able to continue to deliver the services it currently provides to keep our communities safe."
The increase amounts to 4p a week, or £2 a year, for a Band A household or £3 for a Band D property. The majority of homes on Merseyside fall into the Band A category.