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by Bruce Bowman
We've launched a brand new Adobe TV website today which has been built with some of our newest technologies, including our Adobe Open Source Media Framework (aka Strobe), and ColdFusion 9.
The site has a brand-new look & feel, and many new features including:
- User-customizable homepage
- Vastly improved navigation & search
- Save your favorite episodes to "My Library"
- Share videos on social networking sites such as Facebook, Digg, and StumbleUpon
- Subscribe to the RSS feeds of your favorite shows
- Pop-out video player to view videos at any size
- Commenting & Rating
- Tags
Check it out at http://tv.adobe.com and be sure to watch some of the excellent Fireworks content that we've created for you.
The navigation is MUCH better and overall it's a great improvement.
There is one issue I see though – it's impossible to drag the time line to skip ahead or go back. Any attempt to do so returns me to the beginning of the episode. You'll also note that the time displayed remains at 00:00 throughout the episode.
I hate to brak this to you, but nobody f-ing cares!
Stop trying to do everything and start making great software. Right now Adobe is failing really hard. The consensus is that Adobe is now marketing driven. Many designers are waiting for an alternative.
Today, you still make money, tomorrow you will not. Why? Someone is going to release software that is good, has REAL features instead of buggy custom UI and integration with Flex/Flash/Bridge and other crap that is not helping us get our work done.
Then you will be sorry, but then it will be too late. Adobe, the Quark of te 2010s.
And you know what, you deserve it too.
Look's good guys!

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This article was published 31/7/2014 (1089 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Wherever you are going, whatever you are doing, no matter how excited you are about your destination this long August weekend, buckle your seatbelt and take your time to be safe on roads and highways. Take special care as you depart.
A Manitoba Public Insurance statement notes nearly 40 per cent of all holiday long-weekend road deaths and injuries occur Friday.
The MPI statement said its claims data collected between 2008 to 2012 show an average of one person is killed and more than 30 others are injured the Friday leading into a three-day holiday weekend.
Sunday and Monday have the smallest proportion of victims per day.
"The statistics confirm many motorists are taking risks on Friday. Road safety should be a priority this civic holiday long weekend. There will be higher than normal traffic volume on the roadways. Safety must be a priority," MaryAnn Kempe, MPI's vice-president of business development, communications and chief product officer, said in a press release.


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It may not be a Ferris Wheel, but Toronto's Port Lands could still feature a tourist attraction one day, said the man heading up revitalization efforts for the prime real estate that lies dormant east of downtown. Waterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell said planning will still follow city council direction, but the tripartite agency and the City are taking a fresh look at what is possible on the 1,000 acres that has until now been envisioned vaguely as a mix of residential and commercial. That fresh look could mean more office space; it could mean institutional, industrial or entertainment uses. "The handcuffs are off," Mr. Campbell told reporters during a technical briefing on plans to accelerate redevelopment. "We'll be looking at solutions that are more do-able, and we'll be looking at the overall Port Lands with an eye to making it happen faster." Waterfront Toronto is holding a public meeting on Dec. 12 at the Toronto Reference Library. The goal is to present a new plan to city council in June. The Post's Natalie Alcoba goes over some of the highlights.
Accelerating to an unknown speed
Officials concur: the goal is to revitalize the Port Lands faster, but we don't know how fast. John Campbell said the original timeline would have seen construction start in eight to 10 years, with work complete in 25 to 30 years. "Now we can look at it differently, and see what things can we put down there that can inspire earlier development," he said.
The $634-million problem
A major stumbling block to progress on the Port Lands is flood-proofing that is necessary for development to occur on much of the land. The approved plan would have seen the mouth of the Don River shifted and three new channels created to prevent future inundation. But that approach comes with a $634-million price tag, and no way to fund it. Officials are reviewing the four options that were studied in an environmental assessment, plus considering whether flood-proofing can be done in stages. Deputy city manager John Livey, who is in charge of planning and public works, admitted that will be tricky, but it has been phased in on other areas.
A blank slate
At this point, officials say they are open to all ideas. Mr. Livey said the area could be the perfect spot to create more office space, which is something Councillor Doug Ford brought up earlier this week. Earlier this year, Mr. Ford championed a flashy vision for the Port Lands that included a large mall and Ferris Wheel, which was later abandoned under public pressure. Asked about large-scale retail, Mr. Campbell did not rule it out. "All joking aside, the Ferris Wheel suggestion was about creating some kind of tourist destination and that's fair game to look at that as a possible use for the precinct down there, to become an entertainment precinct, that's quite possible," said Mr. Campbell.
Waterfront proceeds for waterfront redevelopment
Councillor Paula Fletcher, whose ward encompasses the Port Lands, said whatever comes of the area must first go through rigorous consultation. Ms. Fletcher said she has "reason to believe" that there are still aspirations to change the city's approach of using the proceeds of waterfront redevelopment to further develop the area. Her constituents fear the money may go to another project, instead. "No other city builds its waterfront by selling lands and stripping dollars for other things," said Ms. Fletcher, and she's looking forward to the Dec. 12 meeting to hear Waterfront Toronto officials put the issue to rest.
About that Ferris Wheel
Toronto may still get one, although on another part of the waterfront. Ontario Place, which is planning for a complete makeover, has been considering several proposals to install a giant Ferris Wheel on its grounds. Last year, Ontario Place announced it was issuing a "request for information," in which it invited companies and firms from around the world to present their ideas on how to revive the somewhat stale tourist attraction. It received 37 submissions, several of which included a giant wheel on the water. It was also among the 1,500 suggestions made by ordinary residents during public consultations. Ontario Place is said to be reviewing the options, and has not discounted any.
National Post
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Experience earth-sheltered living at Down to Earth Farm Retreat, where the buildings are invisible from above and the roof is a native garden.Situated close to Lakes Entrance, this property has been developed as a move towards sustainable living. The buildings are set within the earth.The climate of these architect designed, environmentally conscious buildings is regulated by the thermal mass of the earth. Glass faces emerge from the earth and the elevation provides sweeping 360 degree views through the mouth of the Nicholson River where it enters the Gippsland Lakes, the Mitchell River Silt Jetties and Paynesville and Raymond Island in the background.This a private 130 acre retreat is located between Bairnsdale and Bruthen and is very close to many of East Gippsland's most popular attractions. Walk the property, relax, see native animals in their natural environment and enjoy the sunsets.
The Burrow accommodation $200 per night for couples. $30 additional if three or four guests stay.
Lakeview accommodation $230 per night
The Burrow faces north to the Great Dividing Range. It is entirely earth sheltered with a glass face to take in the north sun and the view.
The native bush featuring Ironbark, Red Box and Stringybark trees falls steeply away and is home to wallabies, wombats, echidnas and sugar gliders. Bird life is abundant and the Kookaburras a delight.
The Burrow is peaceful, private and features two bedrooms, living area, kitchenette dining, spacious bathroom, large private patio and barbecue.
The bespoke furniture manufactured on-site using recycled timber from the Essendon Tram Depot is a feature.This is luxury accommodation designed for two couples or small families.
A porta-cot is available on request.
Lakeview is exactly as the name suggests. The views cannot be captured with words. This is a secret and a surprise.
Visitors could do nothing at all but enjoy the view and be totally satisfied. Look down from the private deck at the property as it falls steeply away. Look to the vegetable garden, orchard and to the mouth of the Nicholson river entering the Gippsland Lakes.
See the merino sheep in the paddocks and in the morning and evenings, kangaroos and wallabies.
Across the lake is Paynesville, Eagle Point and Raymond Island and at night see the lights, as well as the navigations lights on the lakes and the oil rig at sea.
Lakeview features one bedroom with floor to ceiling windows to take in the view and the night sky. Kitchen, living and dining area, spacious bathroom, private deck, barbecue and spotting scope to zoom in on the view.
The bespoke furniture manufactured on-site using recycled timber from the Essendon Tram Depot is a feature. The self-contained Lakeview unit has been designed for couples however a porta-cot is available upon request.


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In the attached letter my former employer Zuken claims, that my Freerouting software may violate the rights of their Active-45 software.
This is unjustified.
Since I lost interest in my Freerouting software several years ago and am now a pensioner,
and because future versions of Java will block unsigned web applications anyway,
I finally gave up and deleted my Freerouting web application, only to be left in peace from Zuken and their lawyers .
I think that is it, what Zuken may have been speculating for.
But what really worries me is, that now also the source code of FreeRouting may be affected,
which I opened several months ago under the GNU Public License.
In the following I give a short description of the situation Zuken is complaining about.
The Zuken Active-45 is a piece of software, which another Zuken staff member and I have ported from the Theda autorouter into
the Hot-Stage interactive manual push and shove router of Zuken.
The Theda autorouter was written by me in a predecessor company of Zuken.
The interactive push and shove router of Zuken was only able to handle orthogonal traces at that time.
That porting turned into a nightmare, but it succeeded at last after a very long time.
Originally it was planned to port the complete 45-degree capabilities of the Theda autorouter into the Zuken autorouter.
But that was unthinkable considering the difficulties we had with porting just the simple interactive router capabilities.
That happened shortly before Zuken dismissed me about 13 years ago.
The interactive push and shove routing in the Freerouting software is just a simple byproduct of its autorouter.
Because it works also for free angle traces, it is much more complicated than the 45-degree routing algorithms we ported at Zuken.
Writing a completely numerical stable free angle geometry package as I did in Freerouting is quite a challenging task.
Of course the interactive Freerouting router can also snap to 45 degree and for this purpose I reimplemented in Java for performance reasons
some octagonal algorithms, which I had developed for the Theda autorouter a long time ago.
All in all the code parts of pure 45-degree push and shove routing algorithms must be far less than 1% of the complete Freerouting code.
Besides that Zuken´s Hot-Stage was written completely in plain C, as far as I remember.
I wonder how there can occur copyright infringement at all between source code written in a language with no object orientated capabilities like C, and source code written in a pure object orientated language like Java.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Olympic beach volleyball champion Jonas Reckermann retired from the sport due to a back injury on Thursday, five months after his biggest sporting success at the London Olympics.
Reckermann, the 2009 world champion, partnered Julius Brink to become the first European men's pair to win Olympic gold in their sport. Reckermann also won two European titles in his career.
"This is a difficult decision to take but you cannot buy health and so at the end of the day this is a priority," he said in a statement.
"I would have liked to continue competing with Julius and defending our title on the Copacabana beach (at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics) would have been great," said the 33-year-old.
Medical tests in December, however, revealed his chronic back injury would create irreversible damage if he continued training and playing at top level.
Brink will now team up with former training partner Sebastian Fuchs.
Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Clare Fallon


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Medical Definition of law of Laplace
: a law in physics that in medicine is applied in the physiology of blood flow: under equilibrium conditions the pressure tangent to the circumference of a vessel storing or transmitting fluid equals the product of the pressure across the wall and the radius of the vessel for a sphere and half this for a tube—called also Laplace's law
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Laplace \lȧ-plȧs\,
Pierre–Simon (1749–1827), French astronomer and mathematician. Laplace has often been called the Newton of France. He successfully applied the Newtonian theory of gravitation to the solar system by accounting for all of the observed deviations of the planets from their theoretical orbits. By 1786 he was able to prove that the eccentricities and inclinations of planetary orbits to each other will always remain small, constant, and self-correcting. He also investigated tides, specific heats, capillary action, electricity, and the equilibrium of a rotating fluid mass. By demonstrating that the attractive force of a mass upon a particle (regardless of direction) could be obtained directly by differentiating a single function, he established the mathematical basis for the scientific study of heat, magnetism, and electricity.
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The 34-year-old Norwegian underwent a minor procedure after reporting discomfort in his knee while on international duty.
He is expected to be able to train fully in a few weeks and is expected to be fit for the start of the new season.
Norway team doctor Thor Einar Anderson said: "We found what we expected. The knee was a bit swollen and the joint irritated, but we treated it."
He added: "Hopefully his knee will be better when he resumes his training.
"We hope that this is not something that will return again and again, but it's too soon to say."


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Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Review by gameanamic
"One of the Best PC Games Out There; With Nearly No Hype"
The Half Life 2 series, what a wonderful series. They have made us happy, sad, and definitely mad after pushing the dates to up to years later. Though, they have failed to disappoint us in game-play. Still, wouldn't you think that it would get repetitive after five games? Well that's partially true.... If you're a fan of Half Life 2, you will recognize similar game play immediately. That's not a bad thing, but still, they need a more variety of puzzles and such. Graphics-wise, this game is amazing, just a wow. Nothing less than what you would expect from Valve. The sound is great, nothing that superb, there are some pretty good music scenes when you are about to fight a lot, or a really hard enemy. Overall, it won't disappoint you.
Graphics - 10/10:
This game is jaw dropping, even in front of the eyes of 'Next-Gen' users. It is almost too detailed; there are no cut scenes so you can choose what you look at, and you will find yourself looking at the flowers on the ground instead of the big gaping portal that will destroy the resistance unless it's stopped, armed with shock storms that you are met with frequently, and just an amazing visual. Like I said, you'll be look at the flowers, rocks, and other little things, just wondering how they did this. You will be thrown into gloomy darkness, creepy space-bog-like areas, forests, mountains, villages, and everything else you can think of, some not as interesting as others, but are just amazingly beautiful. Even when you squash those giant-space-maggot-things, it's just beautifully disgusting. All the characters are very detailed, each have their own personalty. When you look at them you can see detailed wrinkles and cuts on their faces. Their eyes flicker if you were to throw something past them. It's truly amazing.
Story - 9/10:
Half Life 2: Episode 2 has the best storyline out of all of the Half Life games, in my opinion. There are so many surprises it's mind boggling. They even make the death of a certain character seem very sad. This Sci-Fi Shooter is so in-depth it can be played out in a movie. They make transitions in the story so natural, that it seems like these events are actually happening. But why not a perfect score you may ask. Well there is a fairly small period in the game, that made absolutely no sense. You will think you did something wrong and will back-track for about 10 minutes.
Voice Acting - 10/10:
This is truly a highlight in this game. This may not seem important, but it makes such a big difference. Without this, none of the characters would have their own personality. Half Life 2 has the best voice acting in any game, ever. They may not have epic voices like in God of War, but it is just stunningly realistic. None of it is forced; Valve pushed this to the limits until it was absolutely perfect. The main characters in the game were all based off real people, the voice actors. So their personality is the character's also... To a certain extent.
Controls - 10/10:
This isn't a huge factor in the game. There are no real complicated controls here; simply w, s, a d, + Mouse + a few other buttons. You're moving, shooting, or thinking about how to solve this next puzzle. It's really nothing special. I gave this a 10/10 because they are perfectly simple, there is no learning curb unless you are brand new to PC gaming, and it becomes second nature.
Gameplay - 9/10:
Obviously, this is the most important part of the game. This is nearly flawless. It combines intense action, with brain teasing puzzles. It's brain teasing if you're new to Half Life 2... After playing these games for a long time, you know Valves style of puzzle-making. Nearly impossible to others can be solved by a simple glance. Perhaps I am just good at puzzles, I do not know, but all I can say is Valve needs to have more of a variety of it. Though you do have to give credit to them, no other company would attempt a puzzle where you have to lodge a grenade under a scrap of medal and use it as a catapult so you can get on a ledge to turn on the power. The action is pretty much the same that you've seen. Shoot, dodge, get undercover. But that doesn't make it any less fun. You will never get tired of these Sci-Fi battles, because they continue to introduce new challenges where you will have to think which way to go, who to target, and where there is protection. Though, what I do not like, is that the game is very linear. You cannot explore too much, there is always a direction that you have to go. I want an open world where you can see it in all its beauty. Another problem with the gameplay is that it is way too short. It's a 6 hour game max. I want at least a 12 hour game. It's even shorter than episode 1. Unlike the story, you may be asking why I gave it such a high score. Well the answer is simple. The good easily outruns the bad.
It's not a matter of if you get this game, it's a matter of when. I suggest you get it as soon as possible, and be prepared to be shaken up. Half Life 2: Episode 2 sets a new bar for PC gaming, even for the previous Half Life games.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 12/03/07
Game Release: Half-Life 2: Episode Two (US, 10/10/07)
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...and if it's not the exhaust flap, then I'm betting on battery.
Say you have a known low battery...drive it a bit to the store. Start it up...taking the last little bit of reserve the car has...and maybe your battery is low because the alt is delivering weaker voltage.
Do a cluster test (#9) for voltage both off and on. Check bat connections, grounds...
Going to get a battery in the morning, nothing worked. Boots are all well connected, still brand new. ICV was clicking normally as it should, MAF re-cleaned...
I get it WORST when I'm on the freeway and it comes to dead stop in heavy traffic and I'm going 1-4mph, and then it'll start shaking and eventually get so bad the car sounds like its housing a jet engine, but it'll never stall or give me RPM problems, and it seems to go away once I drive off and maintain 60mph+ for a while.
As for the exhaust problem...would getting a new exhaust fix this problem? I was looking at getting one anyway.
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Former Macquarie banker Greg Woolley intends to deploy his personal fortune in a $46.5 million takeover bid for a listed property minnow that controls a stake in the US assets of the disgraced Record Realty group.
Mr Woolley, who was part of the consortium that launched a failed $11 billion management buyout assault on
It is expected the board will rebuff the approach as too low.
Yet despite widespread dissatisfaction at the takeover price, many investors are understood to be open to negotiations with Mr Woolley.
The founder of Allco Equity Partners, which morphed into
Mr Woolley already owns a 29 per cent slice of the vehicle but it is feared he will creep towards a controlling position by gradually snapping up stock.
RCU holds a 35 per cent minority stake in the former Record Realty US offices as well as a property portfolio that includes One Centennial, an office park in New Jersey.
While most of the investors would prefer to sell the real estate within two or three years, it is thought Mr Woolley is intent on a longer investment horizon.
These diverging views mean minority stakeholders may be boxed in once the former Macquarie banker gains an extra 11 per cent.
As one source pointed out, once Mr Woolley crosses that threshold, " distributions are likely to stop".
Last month three rival shareholders – Intelligent Investor, Regal Funds Management and Acorn Capital – appealed to the takeovers panel about a $20 million equity raise for the trust, which was spearheaded by Mr Woolley's private investment vehicle, Frost Holdings.
The panel partially upheld the complaint by allowing other shareholders to Hoover up a stock shortfall – a move that limited Mr Woolley's dominance of the trust.
Yet the options appear to be running out for RCU's investors.
While some are confident Mr Woolley can be made to increase his bid, few anticipate he will lose his grip.
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Perhaps you could introduce him to the Ingrains and other dilettanti.
Variant spellings of dillettanti and dilettanti have been retained.
Evening approaches, and with it come crowds of Cuban dilettanti and others who have been invited.
He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the dilettanti, and a notable collector.
So at least thought two dilettanti officers who must have missed the Theatre Favart in Spain.
In assuming, however, the name of "dilettanti" they evidently attached to it no light and superficial notion.
All the dilettanti were immersed in the great national question of its shape and features.
Singularly enough, he is called by the socialists of the Ghetto the poet of the dilettanti.
The club is still in existence, under the name of the dilettanti Club.
The latter a child, eight years of age is the star of this dilettanti orchestra.
1733, borrowing of Italian dilettante "lover of music or painting," from dilettare "to delight," from Latin delectare (see delight (n.)). Originally without negative connotation, "devoted amateur," the pejorative sense emerged late 18c. by contrast with professional.
Someone who is interested in the fine arts as a spectator, not as a serious practitioner. Dilettante is most often used to mean a dabbler, someone with a broad but shallow attachment to any field.


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Will This Day Never End!? One Man (Me!) Just Can't Wait For His Robert Pattinson
Remember Me.
No, seriously, Remember Me. Because I may just not make it through this day. Not just any day, but Robert Pattinson movie day. Remember Me.
My "Bucket List" is 50 items long—49 of them dedicated to things I want to do with, for or because of RPattz. Today, I clear one line off that list, if my stupid ride will ever show up!
It's Remember Me premiere day, and I'm freaking out. FREE-KEEN out! RPattz opening days are sacred to me, like Christmas morning to a child or bribery to a politician.
Don't believe me? I pulled a sheet from my TEAM EDWARD diary to track my day, so far, my day waiting for Robert.
How's your RPattz premiere day going? If you're not going, what is wrong with you?


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It is early summer in Baghdad and the heat is already stifling. Two Australian businessmen, still stiff from the long drive across desert plains from Jordan, walk along a crowded street.
They and the armed henchmen escorting them find relief inside an air-conditioned office belonging to a well dressed man with fair hair and striking blue eyes – unusual for an Arab in these parts.
But in the court of Saddam Hussein, Arshad Yassin is far from your average man: the Iraqi dictator's brother-in-law is the feared former head of Hussein's private security unit, his personal pilot and, by virtue of his influential position, a notorious plunderer of Iraq's historic treasures.
For the Australians, Yassin is the conduit for the deal of a lifetime, even though what is being discussed on that hot May day in 1998 is against international law. Given the high stakes and the involvement of Saddam's inner circle, those present know that what they are discussing has to be confidential.
And so it has remained for 15 years, due to an extraordinary exercise in concealment by the organisation responsible for sending the Australians to Iraq: the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Today, Fairfax Media and the ABC's Four Corners reveal confidential RBA documents that show its banknote printing arm Note Printing Australia launched Project Delta in May 1998 to secure $80 million Saddam had set aside for new currency.
The only problem was that United Nations trade sanctions on Iraq, which banned promoting business deals with Saddam's regime, meant the project's proposal was illegal.
The RBA's brush with Saddam was the first of many instances where its polymer banknote firms, NPA and Securency, got involved with dubious people and allegedly illegal activity.
Those companies and several of their former executives are now being called to account, charged with Australia's first foreign bribery offences. But what about the businessmen and RBA officials who sat on the companies' boards and were responsible for their good corporate conduct?
Why, when they repeatedly failed to act on evidence of alleged corruption across several years, has the corporate regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, not sought to explore their role in the scandal?
Former deputy RBA governor Graeme Thompson and former Reserve Bank board member Dick Warburton were NPA directors at the time of the Iraq venture. While neither man would answer questions about their knowledge of the Iraq trip or other matters related to NPA's alleged corruption, there is no doubt both knew the RBA was responsible for enforcing UN Security Council sanction 661 banning all business interactions with Saddam's regime.
Thompson is now a director of AMP Superannuation and Warburton is chairman of the Westfield Retail Trust. A fellow NPA director at time of the Iraq trip, Mark Bethwaite, is on the board of the Sydney Catchment Authority and was treasurer of the federal Liberal Party between 2006 and 2008.
DFAT steps in
The Iraq currency deal might have gone ahead if not for the intervention of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Later in 1998 the department warned NPA that what had occurred "may have already breached Australia's obligations in international law".
Making matters worse, wrote DFAT's assistant secretary of the Middle East and Africa branch, John Hines, was that at least one of the RBA's men had travelled to Iraq using an official Australian government passport, a fact that "only adds to the potential for embarrassment to the government".
Project Delta's existence has never been publicly acknowledged by anyone from the RBA and the federal police was not aware of the Iraq documents until Fairfax Media provided them.
Legal expert David Chaikin believes the Iraqi dealings were a prima facie breach of Australia's obligations under international law.
"They were acting dishonestly in trying to circumvent the UN sanctions and Australian law,'" says Dr Chaikin, from the University of Sydney's business school.
For more than a decade, Thompson and some of his fellow directors, including the RBA assistant governor who replaced Thompson as chairman of the two note-printing companies, Bob Rankin, authorised tens of millions of dollars to be transferred overseas by NPA and Securency to overseas agents who promised to win the firm contracts.
The agents operated in countries where bribery is common and included an arms dealer, a foreign spy chief and a white-collar criminal.
Not once did the directors nor any of the RBA's leadership team raise any concerns with police about the use of agents, not even when a whistle-blower provided them with specific evidence of bribery in 2007 and 2008. The RBA only called in police after Fairfax Media reported on corruption concerns in May 2009.
Despite criminal charges against NPA and Securency and a host of former executives in 2011, the companies' directors have not been scrutinised. Australian law requires directors to act with diligence to ensure their firms avoid illegality, but ASIC has, for reasons it won't explain, rejected an AFP referral to examine possible corporate offences.
The whistle-blowers
In addition to the revelation of the RBA's dealings with Saddam Hussein's family, two whistle-blowers, who are also key police witnesses in the bribery case, have spoken publicly for the first time about the scandal.
Former NPA company secretary
Hood says in 2007 chairman Thompson ordered him to send $400,000 to a Malaysian arms dealer, despite concerns the arms dealer was corrupt. Hood and Shelton say they are staggered by ASIC's lack of interest in NPA and Securency board members.
"It seems that there are a group of people that are untouchable. Why, I don't know," Hood says.
The small group of men who worked in senior management or sales for the RBA's currency firms lived in a world of power and privilege.
Their job was to fly to often exotic destinations to meet politicians, central bankers and senior bureaucrats and convince them to buy Australia's unique plastic banknotes.
With official Australian government passports, doors were always open. The RBA executives knew that what happened behind closed doors had to remain secret.
The two NPA men who went to Baghdad in 1998 were certainly aware of the clandestine nature of their business.
In a confidential report faxed on May 22, 1998, to Bethwaite, one of the NPA men, who cannot be named for legal reasons, outlined the role Saddam's brother in law, Yassin, would play and how his involvement had to be kept secret.
"Mr Arshed [sic] Yassin: married to Saddam Hussein's sister and first cousin of SH [Saddam Hussein]. Extremely influential, he is willing to open all the doors for us. He confirmed that SH has seen polymer notes samples and is keen to adopt our product. [Arshad Yassin's] assistance is critical, as all decisions on this project will be taken by SH," the report states.
The fax describes NPA using a "frontman" to conceal its dealings with Saddam Hussein's inner circle.
Iraq needed new banknotes. Its money was old and easily counterfeited. But UN sanctions made it impossible for any currency printer to deal with Iraq without an export permit from its home government.
Saddam was keen on the Australian technology and had "instructed the central bank to freeze all negotiations with other suppliers and to provide him with a full proposal for the polymer banknotes," according to the faxed report.
'Confidentiality is paramount'
Bethwaite, who says he cannot recall reading the Iraq fax and asked that all questions be put to the RBA, was warned that rival currency firms were aware of NPA's dealings in Iraq and "are actively trying to undermine our efforts.
"For this reason confidentiality on this project is paramount," he wrote.
Saddam's men were told by the Australians that although NPA could not deliver any product until the trade embargo was lifted, "nothing was stopping us to sign a contract and to have products (banknotes, machines, etc) manufactured as long as we had a guarantee of payment established".
Iraq had the money to pay for new banknotes. Yassin advised the "SH office has already allocated $US65 million ($69.7 million) for the total project".
A payment option proposed by the Iraqis involved a private bank paying on Iraq's behalf, with the Central Bank of Jordan acting as guarantor.
"This option only possible with the green light of SH," the fax concludes.
For 11 years, the Iraq fax remained buried in a file at NPA's Craigeburn headquarters in Melbourne's north.
It was found in 2009 by veteran NPA employee Danny Reid, who after more than 20 years working on the technical side of the business found himself in 2005 among the jet-setting chosen few charged with selling plastic banknotes around the world.
Reid, head of NPA's sales and marketing since 2005, declined to be interviewed. Fairfax Media has obtained a statement by him that was lodged with police this year. It has never before been made public and is damning.
Reid claims NPA directors and RBA officials were aware of "high risk strategies and poor business practices" since early 1998. These practices included paying agents after they had been sacked for bribery concerns.
"The ongoing authorised payments to agents that had already had their contracts terminated, even after the [internal] . . . investigation, cannot be ignored. If NPA directors had such a high level of concern in regard to the high probability of corruption and criminal activity, how could they possibly authorise further payments [to overseas agents]" he wrote.
When Reid found the Project Delta documents on Iraq in June 2009, he telephoned then assistant RBA governor and NPA chairman, Rankin, and read their contents.
In response to questions from Fairfax Media in 2009 about the Iraq trip, Rankin released a brief statement declaring no deal had been done and no sanctions had been breached. He did not mention the involvement of Saddam's brother-in-law nor the DFAT advice that sanctions might have already been broken.
Internal reviews lead to revelations
Ironically, it was the 2006 Cole inquiry into wheat exporter AWB's corrupt dealings with Iraq that prompted NPA's directors to examine its own use of overseas agents to win contracts.
A series of internal reviews in 2007 and 2008 found evidence of corrupt behaviour by NPA agents overseas. Neither the NPA board nor the RBA leadership alerted federal police for further investigation.
Hood, as NPA company secretary, was central to these internal probes. He documented explosive allegations of the company's overseas agents paying bribes to win deals in Malaysia and Nepal.
Despite passing on his concerns to the board, Hood witnessed Thompson and other directors authorise further payments to allegedly dodgy foreign agents.
"I was pretty stunned by the decision to let the funds go," Hood says. "I thought this is clearly not in the best interests of the company."
In June 2007, Hood personally briefed RBA deputy governor Ric Battellino about his corruption concerns. Battellino asked Hood to put his concerns in writing. Still, no one at the RBA called the Federal Police or ASIC.
Instead, corporate law firm Freehills, which has no police powers, was asked to investigate. Freehills found no breaches of Australian law.
In the wake of Hood's concerns, NPA decided to sack all its overseas agents and, in late 2007, Thompson stood down as NPA chairman. He remained in charge of the board of sister-firm Securency.
Hood's fellow whistle-blower, James Shelton, arrived at Securency in 2007 as a fresh-faced sales executive.
Although he and Hood worked just a few hundreds of metres apart in companies devoted to the same task – selling the reserve bank's polymer currency material across the globe – they only met years later when they became police witnesses.
Shelton says in his first week at Securency, he suspected the company was paying bribes. He was further alarmed when he learned that while NPA had dismissed its agents, Securency, still chaired by Thompson, had decided to keep its far bigger network of fixers, including those sacked by its sister firm.
"If it's not good for one, it's not good for the other," he says.
Pushed out
In 2008, Hood was pushed out of NPA. After doing so much to report corruption, he was told by new NPA chairman Bob Rankin that his position was redundant.
Around this same time, Shelton had seen enough and also wanted out. But he felt he could not go to the board because another employee with similar concerns had been sacked after reporting matters to a senior Securency manager whose job it was to liaise with directors.
Instead, Shelton contacted the federal police while still working for Securency (his contract expired at the end of 2008).
While the police showed some initial interest in acting on his concerns, they soon stalled. In response, Shelton decided to contact The Age. With his government and intelligence background, going to the press was not a natural instinct for Shelton.
But it paid off. The federal police launched a full-blown probe after the Reserve Bank firms' use of foreign agents was reported on the newspaper's front page.
Australia's banknote bribery scandal has damaged many. Two overseas agents have been charged with paying bribes on behalf of the RBA firms, with more arrests expected. One has taken his own life.
Former senior staff from Securency and NPA have been charged in connection with the agents' alleged bribery. Hood and Shelton were ostracised, left disillusioned and temporarily unemployed.
But where others have paid a price, the men who sat around the board tables of both RBA firms have not been asked by anyone how this happened under their watch.
The Australian Financial Review


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This will be Wilmington's second location, in addition to one at 1156 Military Cutoff Road in Mayfaire.
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A. Many national restaurant and retail brands turn to the internet in an effort to seek potential future employees, and what the reader saw was a general hiring call.
We reached out to The Cheesecake Factory's media relations team. "At this time The Cheesecake Factory does not have plans to open in Wilmington, N.C.," said Jenny Burke with Murphy O'Brien Public Relations.
That doesn't mean the popular brand wouldn't ever consider the Wilmington market. Alethea Rowe, Senior Director of Public Relations & Brand Management for The Cheesecake Factory, said "The Restaurant Development team is always on the look-out for A-1 sites to further grow our Cheesecake Factory brand presence, and all sites that fit our criteria for success will be seriously considered," in a statement emailed to the StarNews.
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The United States should be part of a global move toward interconnected, seamless transportation that, in addition to creating jobs locally, reduces the threat of global climate change, enhances trade and improves the health and livability of our rapidly urbanizing world while making sure we don't leave less populated areas behind.
This was the theme of the International Transport Forum recently held (May 2-4) in Leipzig, Germany. The Forum brought together over 750 transport experts, suppliers, government officials and journalists from developed countries to meet with their counterparts from the rapidly developing countries for a series of discussions about the need to craft a vision for an interconnected future. The dire consequences of not changing how we move people and goods underpinned the conference.


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Resolving a long-standing mystery in human evolution, new research from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute indicates that early hominids developed finger dexterity and tool use ability before the development of bipedal locomotion.
Combining monkey and human behavior, brain imaging, and fossil evidence, a research team led by neurobiologist Dr. Atsushi Iriki and including Dr. Gen Suwa, an anthropologist from the University of Tokyo Museum, have overturned the common assumption that manual dexterity evolved after the development of bipedal locomotion freed hominid hands to use fingers for tool manipulation.
In a study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the researchers employed functional magnetic resonance imaging in humans and electrical recording from monkeys to locate the brain areas responsible for touch awareness in individual fingers and toes, called somatotopic maps.
With these maps, the researchers confirmed previous studies showing that single digits in the hand and foot have discrete neural locations in both humans and monkeys.
However, the researchers found new evidence that monkey toes are combined into a single map, while human toes are also fused into a single map, but with the prominent exception of the big toe, which has its own map not seen in monkeys.
These findings suggest that early hominids evolved dexterous fingers when they were still quadrupeds. Manual dexterity was not further expanded in monkeys, but humans gained fine finger control and a big toe to aid bipedal locomotion.
"In early quadruped hominids, finger control and tool use were feasible, while an independent adaptation involving the use of the big toe for functions like balance and walking occurred with bipedality," the authors explained.
The brain study was supported by analysis of the well-preserved hand and feet bones of a 4.4 million year-old skeleton of the quadruped hominid Ardipithecus ramidus, a species with hand dexterity that preceded the human-monkey lineage split.
The findings suggest that the parallel evolution of two-legged locomotion and manual dexterity in hands and fingers in the human lineage were a consequence of adaptive pressures on ancestral quadrupeds for balance control by foot digits while retaining the critical capability for fine finger specialization.
"Evolution is not usually thought of as being accessible to study in the laboratory", stated Dr. Iriki, "but our new method of using comparative brain physiology to decipher ancestral traces of adaptation may allow us to re-examine Darwin's theories".
T. Hashimoto et al. Hand Before Foot? cortical somatotopy suggests manual dexterity is primitive and evolved independently of bipedalism Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2013 DOI:10.1098/rstb.2012.0417
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38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love: The Lonely Secret of Mary Ann Zielonko
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The ever-blurry line between fantasy and reality is choice theatrical real estate that Sean Christopher Lewis adamantly respects in his new play, The Aperture. Coming to the New York International Fringe Festival from the Cleveland Public Theatre, this inaugural winner of the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award takes a harsh and intriguing, if sometimes overambitious, look at art, war, and why our perceptions often confuse the two.
Alex (Heather Anderson Boll) never publicly stated that her acclaimed photo of a young, heavily armed Ugandan boy named Okello John (Isaiah Isaac) wasn't staged - it was taken in Baltimore, Maryland - but was perfectly willing to let people think it was. "That doesn't make it any less real," she insists about the photo which, after all, more or less represents what John's life was like before he escaped Africa several years earlier. But Alex finds that her insistence that truth can exist outside of truthfulness isn't one that everyone shares. John, in fact, slowly becomes a prisoner of Alex's vision of him, and begins to behave as exactly the kind of caged animal that prisoners tend to become.
Lewis smartly weaves the action between the present, the recent past, and John's African existence, creating a living, ever-shifting photomosaic of a relationship fraught with social, sexual, and psychological anxieties. (One of the ways Alex and John consummate their relationship is by referring to their automatic rifle as a "baby.") Director Craig J. George has staged everything with a tightly controlled fluidity that never lets the black and white of Alex's photos or her personal worldview to render Lewis's play in dramatic gray scale. Not that that would be possible in any event: Boll is quietly fiery as Alex, making her intelligent and austere, but terrifying in the way she develops her justifications for he she speaks to both John and us; and if Isaac never quite matches Boll's intensity, he nonetheless powerfully charts the rapid-fire erosion of John's spirit that Alex unknowingly encourages.
Things degrade only when Lewis works too hard to impart his messages. A couple of "Keystone Kops" sequences, complete with nickelodeon-fast strobe lighting and broad-grimaced acting, never reconcile themselves stylistically with the rest of the show. And even for illustrating Alex's hypocrisy on a national scale, does David Letterman really need to be a character? These digressions just don't do enough to support the rest of the play which, in its structure and its specifics, needs no additional help to achieve the ideal Alex describes: "Good photos aren't about you or the photographer, they're about everyone else." Reflections on America's obsession with bleeding-heart realities, even at their most fake, are images strong enough images to be viewed unadorned through The Aperture's dangerously polished lens.
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38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love: The Lonely Secret of Mary Ann Zielonko
The story of Kitty Genovese, who in 1964 was murdered at her Kew Gardens apartment complex while her three dozen neighbors turned indifferent eyes and ears, is held up yet today as a crowning example of urban apathy. But Genovese's story had another side, which LuLu LoLo's play, 38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love, is trying to bring to light. Unfortunately, any lasting significance that may be found in this production still seems to be lost in the dark.
LoLo's show, which has been directed by Jody Oberfelder, recounts the murder from the perspectives of the New York Times editor, Abe Rosenthal, who insisted on covering the witnesses rather than Genovese; of the murderer himself, Winston Moseley; and finally Mary Ann Zielonko, Genovese's girlfriend who, given the morality of the time, had to stay in the shadows as much as in the closet.
But though LoLo's monologues are based on actual testimony and interviews, including Zielonko's first-ever interview to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Genovese's death, none of the people shed much new light on the incident. They basically just cover all the traditional outrages from slightly different vantage points, which is not in itself compelling. Zielonko, for instance, relates far more about early 1960s gay culture than she does about Genovese herself, which is interesting, but belongs more in another show. (Genovese was murdered not because she was gay, but because she was there.)
LoLo's differentiation between her characters is subtle at best; she may occasionally change a costume piece, but her smoky-detached voice, straight-out delivery style, and (I'm sorry to say) occasional difficulty with her lines remain constant from one scene to the next. Four dance interludes, choreographed by Oberfelder and performed by Brynne Billingsley, Jake Szczypek, Shila Tirabassi, and Oberfelder herself, grant some sense of movement to an otherwise stiff and staid piece. But these meditations on crime scene chalk drawings, the dangers of conformity, and Genovese and Zielonko's sex life illuminate little that hasn't been said before, and better, elsewhere. The ultimate effect is that a show designed as a tribute to the overlooked Genovese instead makes her look as unremarkable as almost everyone else in the world.
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Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:46 PM
angrychair (4,369 posts)
I've been taking a brake since the election but decided to comment again in light of a lot of the comments I have read recently regarding gun control and Sandy Hook and the Aurora CO trail and some of the leaks coming out of Biden's panel on gun control.
First and foremost, what the hell is wrong with people comparing 'hammers' to guns. What a bunch of crap. No one has ever, EVER, busted through a locked front door of an elementary school and killed 20 BABIES and 6 teachers with a damn 2x4. No one has ever, EVER, walked into a movie theater and killed 13 people and injured almost 2 dozen with a damn mallet. Two crazy teenagers have never, EVER, walked into a high school and killed 11 of their fellow students with a damn crowbar. Anyone that floats that meme has serious issues in my opinion. Go back and stare at the pictures of those 20 babies murdered by this psycho with a GUN (the distinction is pointless so don't make one), shooting all of them MORE THAN ONCE and some were shot 11 TIMES.
Reasonable gun control, to include a true assault weapons ban with no grandfather clause, close the gun show loop hole for background checks, limit clip sizes and make cop killing armor-piercing rounds illegal) you don't need a Bushmaster with a drum clip full of 100 armor-piercing rounds to go target shooting or hunting.
I've had my say.
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Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:50 PM
Kingofalldems (24,757 posts)
1. K and R for the 'guns are just tools'
Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:57 PM
pscot (20,520 posts)
2. Republicans are just tools
of the gun industry.
Response to pscot (Reply #2)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:45 PM
longship (37,629 posts)
16. No. Gun advocates are just tools.
I live in a rural area where many hunt. I know several people who hunt for meat, people who have no livelihood and who live... off the land. So a deer provides many, many meals. A wild turkey provides a family Christmas dinner.
So I am not against guns, or hunting, although I have neither guns nor do I hunt. But I understand that there is a need here in the wilds of Michigan, a state which has had such a serious economic downturn.
But I cannot buy into the guns for protection racket. Therein lies madness, and homocide. It makes me cry that anybody would see it any other way.
People here hunt for food. Apparently those who advocate hunting for sport would include supposed home invaders. There are no white tail deer invading houses here. And only an occasional raccoon or squirrel. Crime is very low here. Violent crime is basically nonexistent.
People here have guns because they use them to survive, not to protect themselves from supposed alien invasions, or any such thing.
I have no position on the second amendment. But the people around here are decent folks who make do with what they have and what nature provides.
Last year I helped a friend harvest enough apples to make over 500 gallons of apple cider, which we turned into wine. It's a nice brew with which the whole community helped and who benefits.
Rural areas of the world do this type of thing all the time. We prop up each other.
That's what makes a big difference. It's not the guns. It is ethics.
Response to longship (Reply #16)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 05:47 AM
tama (9,137 posts)
31. Guns for protection -madness
That's the issue. And it's not different from "MIC and Imperialist Army and Robocops" for protection -madness.
There are some DUers who are very vocally demanding 100 percent ban of "guns" while giving full support for MIC, US military imperialism and Robocop police state to "protect and serve" banks. At least when the POTUS is from the D party, not from R or Tea party.
Response to pscot (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:59 AM
Deep13 (39,128 posts)
27. They're just tools generally. nt
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:04 PM
rrneck (17,671 posts)
3. Decent rant.
I'll give it a 7.5. I'd give an 8 but you blew the dismount.
Response to rrneck (Reply #3)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:39 PM
Agschmid (27,715 posts)
14. Should you need this, there is an APP for that.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:08 PM
Iris (14,827 posts)
4. The week after this happened, there was a meme going around
about someone in another country attacking 20 children in a school with a knife. All of the children survived that particular attack.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:14 PM
duhneece (2,635 posts)
5. AND more mental health resources and research
If we want to reduce gun deaths, we need many changes, many improvements in many areas.
Response to duhneece (Reply #5)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:53 PM
pasto76 (1,589 posts)
10. yep. a FB friend brought that up. Another FB friend debunked it
guns make killing too easy. Im an iraq veteran. I know my weapons. I know how to kill with them. I know firsthand the ins and outs of different firearms. The way too easy access to assault rifles that maniacs have in this country needs to stop.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:18 PM
TheCowsCameHome (34,543 posts)
6. Good post......
.....I wish you were a legislator.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:23 PM
samsingh (14,658 posts)
7. recommend
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:25 PM
quinnox (20,600 posts)
8. in China, eerily on the same date, a madman went to an elementary school and stabbed a bunch of
kids, and they all survived.
Response to quinnox (Reply #8)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:38 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
9. Also noted that it's hard to kill one's self with a knife, so he will have to suffer in prison.
Far more difficult than checking out the "easy" way.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:56 PM
nevergiveup (3,961 posts)
11. Thank you!
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:59 PM
geckosfeet (9,644 posts)
12. You don't have to worry about the armor piercing rounds. They are already banned.
One less thing for you to worry about.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:36 PM
cantbeserious (13,039 posts)
13. Agreed - Well Said
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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:10 AM
Hekate (44,134 posts)
21. Please explain what "similar acts of violence" took place in the late 1700's?
The Revolutionary War was a war. An actual war.
I have never read of anyone using a flintlock to shoot up a school or a public event.
You are romanticizing a past that never was and fantasizing a personal present and future that will never be.
If our government ever becomes fully fascist, how exactly will your toys defend you against drone attacks, pain rays, "Free Speech Zones" behind chain link fences (oh wait, that was the Bush administration), sonic cannons, pepper spray, tasers, water cannons -- and the might of the US Army?
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:46 PM
taxpayer2000 (17 posts)
17. Michael Moore contradiction ...
"But, friends, I would like to propose that while all of the above will certainly reduce gun deaths (ask Mayor Bloomberg -- it is virtually impossible to buy a handgun in New York City and the result is the number of murders per year has gone from 2,200 to under 400), it won't really bring about an end to these mass slayings and it will not address the core problem we have. Connecticut had one of the strongest gun laws in the country. That did nothing to prevent the murders of 20 small children on December 14th.
In fact, let's be clear about Newtown: the killer had no criminal record so he would never have shown up on a background check. All of the guns he used were legally purchased. None fit the legal description of an "assault" weapon. The killer seemed to have mental problems and his mother had him seek help, but that was worthless. As for security measures, the Sandy Hook school was locked down and buttoned up BEFORE the killer showed up that morning. Drills had been held for just such an incident. A lot of good that did.
And here's the dirty little fact none of us liberals want to discuss: The killer only ceased his slaughter when he saw that cops were swarming onto the school grounds -- i.e, the men with the guns. When he saw the guns a-coming, he stopped the bloodshed and killed himself. Guns on police officers prevented another 20 or 40 or 100 deaths from happening. Guns sometimes work. (Then again, there was an armed deputy sheriff at Columbine High School the day of that massacre and he couldn't/didn't stop it.)"
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:47 PM
obxhead (8,434 posts)
18. Well said.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:57 PM
ranger1 (6 posts)
Hey keep you hands off my GUNS!!! You don't like it leave! This is a free country an me and my GUNS are going to keep it free!!!!!!
Response to ranger1 (Reply #19)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:39 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
24. Have you tried Viagra? nt
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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:45 AM
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Response to angrychair (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:01 AM
Hekate (44,134 posts)
20. KnR. Tell us how you really feel, now.
The gun threads are getting on my last nerve.
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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:14 AM
uppityperson (109,609 posts)
22. FWIW, a conservative gun-focused forum linked to a Du thread and voila.
Lots of people signing up to troll. There have been some decent ones, but mostly MIRT has been busy.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:38 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
23. But King George might be back annnnnnnnnny minute. nt
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:52 AM
bluerum (6,109 posts)
I said my word more times.
My word is your word backwards. I like my word better.
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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 01:00 AM
Deep13 (39,128 posts)
28. You have to have a grandfather clause...
...because you cannot punish conduct that was lawful when performed. And you cannot make lawfully owned property retroactively illegal with paying the owner fair market value.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 01:05 AM
zombieklr (6 posts)
29. No
I'm not giving up my rifles. Ever.
I've had my say.
Response to angrychair (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 01:16 AM
ZombieHorde (29,047 posts)
30. I just want to say that I mentioned hammers in a gun thread, but I wasn't
equating the two.


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- Boys Like Girls, a pop/rock group, was founded in 2005.
- Martin Johnson, lead singer for the group, graduated from Andover High School in 2004.
- Other members of the group are Paul DiGiovanni and John Keefe, as well as Bryan Donohue who left the band.
- Their first album was Boys Like Girls released in 2006.
- Their second album Love Drunk was released in 2009.
- In 2009 Martin Johnson sang the national anthem for a Patriot's game.
- Boys Like Girls wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia
- Andover's Johnson to Ring in Pats Home Opener. (photo of group-all four) Andover Townsman 9/10/2009, p.15.
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Another day, another drunk moment coming from a truly classy Charlie Sheen.
A newly-surfaced video of the former "Two and a Half Men" star proves that he's still as big of a mess as ever, showing him stumbling about a Taco Bell drive-thru, greeting fans and showing off his Charlie Brown tattoo.
He then goes on to pull down his shirt and show off a few of his tattoos until someone named Gary comes to save the day.
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What's to do around here?
Let me introduce myself. I live
here year round. I eat out often.
I am quite the cook myself (references available on request).
I prefer restaurants that do simple things well or that
create meals with flair and flavor. I give few points
for quantity. Finally, I recognize the limitations under
which restaurateurs operate here in the small towns north
of PV.
That said, let us move on to my
recommendations on places to try. Houseguests agree, quibbling only about the rankings of
my choices for Best and Next Best.
I pick Mark's Bar and Grill in
Bucerias. This garden spot can compete with Vallarta's best in any category---cuisine,
setting, thoughtful bilingual service, good wines. To my mind, it is also far superior to
either of the restaurants at the Four Seasons. I invariably order the medallions of tuna
and, for the table, a bottle of Los Vascos Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon. And even here
in the Land of Flan, the coconut flan is superb. Recent guests from large U.S. cities
thought the prices low for such quality; locals tend to judge the pricing more harshly.
Enter Karen's Place. My choice for next best, others rated it higher, based
on an interesting menu offered up by the young chef from California, better prices,
personable wait staff, and its location on the beach in Bucerias. Being open for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner is also a plus. For a light evening meal, this is your place.
Try the "gourmet tortilla wrap" ---it's lovely and nutritious. Some like the
informality of Karen's; I would suggest it is a bit too informal for a special evening
meal. You be the judge.
On to the BEST OF THE REST and the
categories in which they win:
-BEST VIEW: Hidden Paradise in La Cruz. Go when the moon is full for the simply
stupendous sight of its rising and then settling over the Bay. Don't be fooled if the
place appears closed; they'll open when they see you coming (they have to conserve solar
generated lighting, they say). The garlic shrimp are delicious, the open air setting is
secluded and romantic, and the host is engaging. This is a unique experience if you don't
miss their sign (immediately before the entrance to the La Puntilla development) and your
car survives the bumpy ride in.
-BEST LUNCH SPOT: Etc in Nuevo Vallarta. On the beach and muy tropical, the setting is so perfect, you
almost don't care about food quality. But not to worry. The fajitas and the burgers,
especially the shrimp burger, are very good. Stroll down the beach after lunch and take in
the mansions of the rich and famous (word has it that Julio Iglesias is one of the
-BEST BREAKFAST SPOT: Villa Amor in Sayulita. This pretty little place on the water is
worth the trip. You can even order eggs Benedict and champagne. Take your fledgling surfer
guests here and fortify them for the Sayulita waves, which are gentle and long enough for
a good learning experience. If you don't feel like driving for a cup of coffee, there is
always the old faithful in Bucerias, El Famar. A must drink is the pineapple liquado made
with orange juice instead of milk.
-BEST EXTRAVAGANZA: Wahoo's in San Francisco, a.k.a. San Pancho. Friday night at
Wahoo's in the Costa Azul Resort is Mexican buffet and mariachi night. First timers in
Mexico get a kick out of the show, which includes a folkdancing couple in full regalia, a
pińata for the kids, and a mariachi group that is long on enthusiasm if short on talent.
Buffet table food is varied and the usual buffet quality, i.e., good enough. The very
reasonable set price also includes all drinks so this is a bargain.
A tie between Dugarel's and Pacha's. Both are friendly, inexpensive spots serving quality,
if uninspired, seafood and grilled meat. Pacha's is arguably prettier and its grilled meat
menu more extensive. Dugarel's is more of a conversation piece, the conversation often
focusing on whether you and the entire place will slide into the sea during dinner (the
angle of the building is precarious enough to be a photo op).
A few words on Punta de Mita's
waterfront restaurant row. In my opinion, one is as good as the next and you might get
better food out of your own picnic cooler. The hawkers will be just as much of a
nuisance at any one of them, too. Really, something should be done about the constant
stream of vendors. Never mind that I succumbed and bought a lovely set of wooden salad
tongs for only 60 pesos.
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McKinleyville, Calif.
Median home price: $240,000
Originally known as Minor or Minorville, Calif., this community of some 15,200 people on the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles north of San Francisco changed its name to McKinleyville following 25th president William McKinley's 1901 assassination. These days, the town is home mostly to a mix of retirees and locals who primarily work in businesses geared toward other McKinleyville residents. The community also hosts the area's airport and gets some tourism business that spills over from the larger communities of Arcata and Eureka. (Arcata also hosts the 7,400-undergraduate-student Humboldt State University.) "We're a coastal town with pretty redwoods right behind the coast," Cindy Harrington of the McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce says. Zillow lists some 70 properties for sale in the McKinleyville area, where a median-priced home costs $240,700. Local home values have risen 6.4% over the past year. Taft, Calif.
Median home price: $67,400
This city of 9,300 people is named after William Howard Taft, who led our country from 1909 to 1913 but is mostly known today for being America's fattest president ever (he weighed some 340 pounds). While that might not seem like an auspicious person to name your town after, "Taft" sounds a lot better than the community's previous name: Moron, Calif. City fathers are said to have renamed the community after a fire around the time of Taft's presidency burned down much of the original community, about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Originally an oil town, Taft is perhaps best known today as the home of a 2,300-inmate federal prison. Parts of the 1991 hit movie Thelma & Louise were also filmed in the community. If all of that has you thinking of moving to Taft, Zillow lists around 100 properties for sale there. The city's residences cost a median $67,400, with prices rising 7.3% during 2012.


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Guwahati, May 15: Guwahati Cricket Coaching Centre (GCCC) today rode an all-round performance by D. Riyan Parag to humble River Rine Club by nine wickets in a match of the first Maharshi Bora Trophy invitation cricket tournament, organised by Gauhati Town Club, at Judges Field here.
Put in to bat, River Rine batsmen were bundled out for only 75 runs in 23.5 overs and GCCC reached 79 for one in 12.3 overs.
Pradip Hemran (27, 3x4) and Subham Das (14, 2x4) were the main scorers for River Rine as Riyan Parag of GCCC hauled four wickets for 19 runs and Sohail Hussain chipped in with two for seven.
Parag also topscored for GCCC with 22 runs, laced with three boundaries, and Ranjan Sarkar contributed 14 (3x4). Rohan Kumar of River Rine picked up the only wicket conceding 11 runs.
GTC Cricket Academy will play Santipur Athletic Club tomorrow.
Chess upset: Former Assam champion Rajib Dhar created ripples in the 52nd National Challengers Chess Championship at Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh today by defeating fifth seed Grandmaster M.R. Venkatesh in the eighth round of the 13-round event. With this victory Rajib took his tally to 5.5 points. Other Assam players in the meet Trailokya Nanda is on five points, Madhab Sarma on four points and Pradip Bhuyun and Gaurav Roy are on three points.


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Tag Archives: Shea Stadium
Cifi Field Parking Lot: Shea BasesJanuary 22, 2012
Here is some video I took of the Shea Stadium bases in the Citi Field parking lot.
Tagged New York Mets History, Shea Stadium, Shea Stadium Bases
Did Shea Stadium Have A Porn Room?October 20, 2011
Dan Patrick poses this question to former Mets pitcher Al Leiter. Watch the video below to hear Leiter fumble through his answer. Hat tip to my buddy Ryan for the link.
Tagged Al Leiter, Shea Stadium, The Dan Patrick Show
Painting Combo Of Shea Stadium and Citi FieldJanuary 5, 2011
Check out this video as the artist combines Shea Stadium and Citi Field into one painting. Looks like this was on Mets Weekly at some point during the season. I must have missed this episode. Video courtesy of artisepic YouTube … Continue reading
Tagged Citi Field, Shea Stadium
Shea Stadium and Citi Field Fly OversJanuary 4, 2011
This video is a few years old but I had actually never seen it before. This guy uses his remote controlled airplane to fly over Shea Stadium as it's being torn down and Citi Field as it's being built. Pretty … Continue reading
Tagged Citi Field, Shea Stadium
Info on The Last Play at SheaOctober 20, 2010
I saw this over at Hot Foot Blog this morning. This will be in select theaters for one night only on October 21, 2010. For more info, visit TheLastPlayAtShea.com
Tagged Billy Joel, Shea Stadium, The Last Play At Shea
Inside Shea Stadium Demolition SiteOctober 13, 2010
I'm sure some of you have seen it before but I had not before today. Check out this amazing video from inside of Shea Stadium during the demolition process. Video courtesy of pxynt1 YouTube Channel.
Tagged Shea Stadium
Photos: Shea Stadium BasesAugust 5, 2009
Yesterday I attended my 8th game this season at Citi Field. Unfortunately the Mets blew a lead late and the St. Louis Cardinals ended up winning the game 12-7. Before the game, I was able to make my way through … Continue reading
Tagged Citi Field, New York Mets History, Shea Stadium
One Last Tribute to Shea StadiumFebruary 16, 2009
I came across this great video on the History of Shea Stadium by Journal News Mets beat writer John Delcos. It's amazing how many events and memories Shea has had over the years. Original Source on YouTube can be found … Continue reading
Tagged CitiField, Shea Stadium
Home Run Apple Is Back!February 6, 2009
Below is video courtesy of SNY via MetsBlog.com of the new Homerun Apple being installed at CitiField. Over the past year there has been a lot of debate amongst Mets fans as to whether or not the Homerun Apple should … Continue reading
Tagged CitiField, Homerun Apple, Shea Stadium
Moments From 2008 Baseball SeasonDecember 30, 2008
Emergence of the Tampa Bay Rays, Closing of Yankee Stadium, Mets Collapse and More!
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Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with multiple myeloma.
|Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
|Drug: busulfan Drug: melphalan Drug: thiotepa Procedure: bone marrow transplantation Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Trial of Thiotepa, Busulfan, and Melphalan Followed by Autologous or Syngeneic Marrow or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
|Study Start Date:
|November 1997
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2001
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2001 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the toxicity and efficacy at the maximum tolerated dose of busulfan, melphalan, and thiotepa in patients with multiple myeloma.
OUTLINE: This is a single arm, open label study. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are collected and cryopreserved, or bone marrow is harvested and stored, until infusion on day 0. Patients receive oral busulfan every 6 hours on days -8, -7, and -6. Melphalan is administered by continuous IV infusion over 30 minutes on days -5 and -4. Thiotepa is administered by continuous IV infusion over 2 hours on days -3 and -2. Patients undergo PBSC or bone marrow infusion 36-48 hours following the completion of chemotherapy (day 0). Patients are followed for 100 days posttransplant and every 3 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 30 patients will be accrued.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically diagnosed stage II/III multiple myeloma (or have greater than normal beta-2-microglobulin) meeting the Salmon and Durie criteria Stage I multiple myeloma must have had prior chemotherapy before undergoing transplantation
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 70 and under Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 50 mg/min Cardiovascular: Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 41% Other: Not pregnant HIV negative
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003146
|United States, Washington
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
|Study Chair:
|William I. Bensinger, MD
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00003146 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
CDR0000065929 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ )
|Study First Received:
|November 1, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2011
Keywords provided by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center:
stage I multiple myeloma
stage II multiple myeloma
stage III multiple myeloma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Hemostatic Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Blood Protein Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 27, 2017