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Hit and run leaves cyclist seriously injured
Police in Perth are appealing for information about a hit and run which left cyclist Bronwyn Gardner with serious injuries.
A white Toyota Camry hit Ms Gardner on Rockingham Road in Hamilton Hill just before 10:00 pm on Friday.
The vehicle also hit a garden wall, losing its rear bumper before speeding away.
Police want to hear from anyone who has seen a car without its rear bumper.
Ms Gardner is in hospital with a fractured right ankle, dislocated right knee and a fractured pelvis.
Her father Andrew says it could take his daughter years to fully recover from the accident.
"Bronwyn's going to be out of action for two years; her knee needs reconstructing as all the ligaments are gone," he said.
"The outcome of that is unknown because there is so much swelling there, they can't even think of looking there yet.
"She's already had four hours of surgery on her ankle."
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i come to montreal nearly 2x a year lately from nyc. i was here just a month ago for a bachelor party and now i find myself in town again in montreal for 1 night with my girlfriend after a wedding in vermont.
we've been to joe beef, garde manger, apdc, chasse et peche, and l'express. i was actually looking forward to eating in joe beef's garden (and ordering properly) but alas, they arent open on sundays.
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A fun tradition celebrated its golden anniversary when the Five Star women's golf tournament was hosted on a chilly Monday, July 14 on the Purple Hawk layout north of Cambridge.
The Five Star Tourney began in 1965 as the Four Star, pitting women's teams from Elk River, Princeton, Mora and Milaca golf clubs in a tourney that rotated sites each year. Over the years, Cambridge joined, and then North Branch replaced Elk River as the event continued to build fellowship between the various women and golf clubs.
Eight golfers are on each team, with the low six scores counting for the trophy. This year, Cambridge unseated Mora as the Five Star champion by scoring 560 points, followed by North Branch (591), Mora (609), Princeton (635) and Milaca (666).
The tourney medalist was Cambridge's Kelly Brown who came in at 83. Helen Sanborn led the Princeton squad with her 100 round, followed by Andrea Ende's 104. Also golfing for the Princeton GC were Michelle Hagen, Jan Rosen, Arlene Cunningham, Deanna Hall, Candace Kutter and Marianne Ossell.
At the post-round luncheon in the Hawk's Nest, Marion Larson of Braham spoke. She played in the original Four Star Tourney at Elk River while golfing on the Mora squad.
"I am so happy to see this keep going. Fifty years for a tournament is a long time," she said. "And it's so great to see the friendship among all of you!"
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A subtropical urban community. Investigating medium to high density residential typologies. Recommendations from the design charrette
Kennedy, Rosemary J. (2009) A subtropical urban community. Investigating medium to high density residential typologies. Recommendations from the design charrette. Centre for Subtropical Design.
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In June 2009 the Centre for Subtropical Design at the Queensland University of Technology conducted a design charrette to research design concepts for liveable subtropical neighbourhoods characterised by higher-density, mixed-use, family orientated housing. Subsequent analysis of the proposed designs evaluated how well these typologies support economic, environmental and social sustainability. The study was led by Ms Rosemary Kennedy, Director of the Centre for Subtropical Design and QUT School of Design Adjunct Professor Peter Richards, Chair of the Centre for Subtropical Design Board and director of Deicke Richards Architects and Urban Designers.
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Australia's east coast will be a key battlefield in the looming airline capacity war being fought out by
Qantas chief
The move adds about 2 per cent to the Qantas-Jetstar capacity on the east coast, so it is not exactly flooding the market.
But it comes on top of Virgin's extra flights and Tiger's slow recovery, which means capacity in what is already one of the world's busiest domestic aviation markets will become even more strained.
Price wars traditionally break out when competing airlines add capacity and consumers are likely to be the big winners as fares fall.
Qantas and Virgin are playing a dangerous game, given the current economic environment. With fixed costs already high, it does not take much overcapacity to tip earnings into the red.
However, Joyce does not have many other options.
He needs to show that Qantas will not be bullied by its smaller rival and hang on to its 65 per cent market share.
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Thursday'sannouncement was part of Joyce's wider plan to roll out capacity which was flagged earlier this month.
The airline is also planning to add additional capacity on the second major battle ground – routes linking the east coast with Western Australia.
This will include adding extra flights at peak times on key routes. Qantas will reintroduce the Boeing 747 on the Sydney-Perth route and more Airbus A330s on Melbourne-Perth, which means business passengers on longer routes will sleep on flat beds and enjoy better services. The leisure market, which is hurting from the higher Australian dollar's impact on tourism, and regional Australia will be the big losers from the turf war, with the corporate customer currently the No. 1 target.
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Friday, 3 November, 2000, 14:43 GMT
Coping on empty
Should the fuel blockades restart, will the country grind to a halt again? And will the public come out in support of the protesters or the government?
In just under a fortnight, fuel protesters could take to the streets again in an attempt to force the government to cut petrol taxes.
During the blockades that ran the country dry last September, the protesters gave the government 60 days to cut taxes or face further disruption - the deadline expires on 14 November.
And public opinion seems to be turning against the protesters, says media commentator Roy Greenslade.
"I don't think the public understood the issues previously, but now the government has been able to bring those out."
Also working in the government's favour is the high profile of the protest leader, David Handley.
Mr Handley did his cause no favours by likening the protesters to "cornered rats" when he appeared before a select committee on Wednesday, Mr Greenslade says.
The media, too, are coming out against further blockades, he says. The Mirror, for instance, on Thursday published a photo of Mr Handley and said he must be stopped.
So how do key services propose to cope should the blockades go ahead?
Fuel supplies: Task one for the government is to ensure that fuel supplies are never cut in this way again.
About 1,000 soldiers have been trained to drive tankers, and will be drafted in should civilian drivers be prevented from delivering fuel.
The Association of Chief Police Officers has said it is "ready for anything" should the protests turn nasty.
Hospitals and emergency services: During the previous blockade, the health sector was one of many taken by surprise.
"The plans that are in place mean that shouldn't be an issue this time around," a Department of Health spokesman says.
Health services and fire stations have been advised to keep on-site fuel stocks topped up. Should the pumps run dry again, oil companies will deliver direct to these bunkers to relieve pressure on petrol station forecourts.
Key staff members will be allowed to fill up at designated petrol stations, and other employees will be encouraged to get to work by public transport or car-pool.
Railways: Already labouring with severe weather conditions and speed restrictions imposed in the wake of the Hatfield crash, the companies are preparing for further disruptions.
The Association of Train Operating Companies is looking at whether it is feasible - and safe - to reopen pipelines once used to deliver supplies to some companies.
These were closed at least five years ago.
Some rail companies will make fuel supplies available for drivers' cars, others will put on minibuses to ferry staff to work.
Food supplies: The supermarkets plan to keep the deliveries rolling and the shelves stocked.
A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's says fuel reserves at its lorry depots are kept at full capacity.
Safeway is making the most of alternative modes of transport, making deliveries by rail or its fleet of lorries powered by CNG.
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Lacklustre business confidence, rising unemployment and corporate downsizing have produced the biggest glut of office vacancies since 1997, with nearly 12 per cent of the nation's office towers empty.
According to statistics from global real estate group Jones Lang LaSalle, Brisbane was the poorest performer last year in one of the weakest office markets ever recorded. In the final three months of last year, the city's vacancy rate notched up to 15.4 per cent, the worst result on record.
In Brisbane's golden triangle, construction goliath Grocon is building, and leasing, a new $500 million tower in the toughest office market in the country.
Right now the tower is only half-committed, to mining giant
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Chief executive Darren Steinberg said 2013 was difficult for office landlords.
"We delivered pretty strong leasing in probably the weakest office market ever recorded," Mr Steinberg said.
"Brisbane was always going to go quite bad and we are fortunate we have limited exposure up there.
"With 480 Queen I am not too worried though because there is a big demand for buildings with large floor plates. If we are still only half full in 18 months then I will be worried."
JLL's head of research and consulting David Rees said although there were differing factors across Australia, the weak office market was a global story.
"It's too simple to say its just the economy, different cities have specific factors but one of the effects of the global financial crisis is people are a lot more cautious.
"They want to see their businesses growing before they go out and lease space and move in."
Even so, JLL's head of office leasing Tim O'Connor said the vacancy should fall in 2014 because the amount of new space coming on stream will be the lowest since 2002.
"Completions will be low in 2014," Mr O'Connor said. "While our forecasts show demand will be below trend in 2014, the national CBD office market vacancy [should] tighten over 2014."
Campbell Hanan, the chief executive of leading office landlord the
"It was the amount of sublease space, about 2 per cent, that surprised us," he said. "That being said I do get a sense we have turned the corner.
"The early signs are there and the things we look at are economic growth data, company profitability and merger and acquisition activity.
"The sleeper is residential conversions. We are already starting to see office buildings being converted to alternate use. That's a surprise element to the upside."
"We consider 2013 a trough year for key office markets, in that regard the result is in line with expectations," Ms Hourigan said.
"We would expect to see an improvement over the next 12 to 18 months as general economic conditions, business sentiment and white-collar employment improve."
Mr Steinberg said he expected the recovery to begin in 2014. "Business confidence was a touch weaker recently but other lead indicators are positive such as the ANZ job ads," he said, adding Sydney and Melbourne would lead the recovery.
By far the worst cases were Brisbane and Perth, which moved into double-digit territory at 10.8 per cent.
"In the case of Perth and Brisbane it has been the downturn in commodity prices and for Brisbane quite a lot of lay-offs in public sector," Mr Rees said.
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Android device mirroring finally comes to Chromecast
The lack of simple device mirroring had been one of the Chromecast's biggest omissions, but that's finally changing—at least for more notable Android handsets and tablets. Google announced that the updated 1.7 version of the Chromecast app for Android has started to roll out onto Google Play, and that the feature is found within.
As with iOS devices and the Apple TV, Chromecast's mirroring for Android devices simply puts what's on your phone or tablet display on the big screen, letting you quickly show off photos, apps, and other media. It'll work on the Nexus 4/5/7/10, Samsung Galaxy S4/S5 and Note 3/10, HTC One M7, and LG G3/G2/G Pro 2 in the short term, with more devices being added soon.
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See Game of Thrones' amazing visual effects come to life
Whether or not you're a fan of the brutal fantasy series, surely any amongst us can appreciate the high-level computer wizardry on display in this look at the visual effects harnessed for season four of Game of Thrones.
Spoliers seem minimal—although if you're not caught up, maybe bookmark this one for later—and it's a fun view, with plenty of presentational flair put into simply showing how studio Mackevision inserts hundreds of tiny fake villages into elaborately constructed cities. It's wild to see how much work goes into even the most minute of details in a shot. And if you don't notice the effects, then mission accomplished.
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Speedier Wi-Fi coming to National Rail following record fine
National Rail trains are set to pick up much improved Wi-Fi connectivity in the next three or four years—but only after the company was severely punished by the Office of Rail Regulation for not making it happen much sooner. The BBC reports that National Rail was fined some £70 million for not hitting agreed-upon deadlines for implementing the updated service.
Commuters on the busiest lines should get the first taste of the enhanced Wi-Fi, which is expected to be about 10 times faster than it is now (and hopefully a lot more reliable), and ministers say that the fine—likely to be ultimately reduced—will help fund the improvements, which will provide connectivity via trackside ground equipment rather than satellite signals.
[Source: BBC via Pocket-lint]
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First trailer for Heavenly Sword CG movie
Heavenly Sword was one of the first big PlayStation 3 post-launch exclusives, scratching the itch left by the new-gen absence of God of War while delivering an intriguing new universe. However, sales weren't spectacular, and a sequel was reportedly canceled.
So why now, after seven years, is the property being revived for a straight-to-DVD CG animated film? Unfortunately, the first trailer doesn't provide much reassurance—the footage looks haphazard and dated, and without the interactive element, we can't imagine this will be the grand return of Nariko and co. that some might've desired.
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" Genre: Fiction / Romance / Author: Jennifer Ashley / Paperback / Publication Date: 2011 / Publisher: Berkley "
I chose this book because it had garnered some rave reviews from readers so I was expecting a well written, fast paced page turner. Sadly, what I got was an intriguing and very different hero but one conceived by a writer incapable of doing justice to her initial idea.
It's well known throughout Victorian high society that Lord Ian Mackenzie is mad and that he spent much of his youth in an asylum until released by his brother, the Duke of Kilmorgan. It's also well known that he is an expert on porcelain, especially that of the Ming Dynasty. During the sale of a piece from his collection to Sir Lyndon Mathers, Lord Ian discovers that Mathers plans to marry a young heiress for her fortune. When Lord Ian meets Beth Ackerley, the heiress in question, he decides to tell her that the man with whom she is contemplating marriage is not only marrying her for her money but also leads a very debauched lifestyle and keeps a string of mistresses. Not only does he do this but also offers to marry Beth himself.
My Opinion:
The Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie is the first book in a series about a family of Scottish brothers living in Victorian England at the end of the nineteenth century. The author was a new one for me but this book consistenly received four and five star ratings from readers on various book sites so I expected an above average read. How wrong can a person be?
The probable reason for these ratings is that Jennifer Ashley has undoubtedly created a most unusual leading male protagonist in Lord Ian. Though I'm not an expert on the subject, the indications are all there that he suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, though as this is an historical novel, it's never named as such. This book is set in a time before much was known about the brain or how it worked and anyone who didn't conform to what was regarded as the norm was deemed to be mad and generally consigned to a lunatic asylum. I shudder to think how many people with treatable conditions endured years of misery because of our forebears lack of knowledge or compassion.
Lord Ian was sent away to an asylum by his father, the Duke of Kilmorgan, a cruel man who not only beat his wife and children but was responsible for his wife's death, witnessed by Ian. Once he died and Ian's brother, Hart, inherited the title, he was immediately released from the asylum and returned to his family home where he took his place in society and worked alongside his brother. His above average intelligence and near photographic memory made him an invaluable help in the running of the Kilmorgan estates. Ian's passion is porcelain, a subject on which he's an acknowledged expert, which is how he comes into contact with Beth Ackerley. Beth is the widow of an East End vicar and has recently inherited a fortune from her employer, making her the target for Sir Lyndon Mather, a debauched fortune hunter. Ian tips her off about Sir Lyndon's proclivities and offers to marry her instead. This prompts Beth to break off her engagement and rather than marry Lord Ian, she takes herself off to Paris. Lord Ian follows and before long convinces Beth to marry him.
From that point on the book lost all grip on reality and descended into slushy romance with very little to recommend it. There was very little plot and the whole book seemed to be an exercise in introducing the other Mackenzie siblings, all of whom were like no Scots you've ever come across. These are an American's idea of Scots so they all come complete kilts, flaming red hair, wild temperaments and with accents so broad, I wouldn't have been surprised if one of them had actually come out with a 'Hoots mon' occasionally.
Beth Ackerley, has absolutely nothing to recommend her as a heroine. She's supposedly pretty but other than that seems to have nothing to make Lord Ian immediately fall in love with her, which leads me to suppose he is mad after all.
As I said the plot is almost non-existent. There is something of a mystery to be solved and a Scotland Yard detective spends the entire novel following the Mackenzies around in a vain attempt to charge one or all of them with a murder they didn't commit. Ian and his valet, Curry, are supposed to be trying to solve the murder themselves and probably would have done so if our rather odd hero didn't keep stopping to either have erotic thoughts about the heroine or attempt to get her into bed. For someone who spent his formative years in an asylum, it has to be said that Lord Ian seems to be remarkably gifted in the bedroom department, though I did find some of the dialogue rather crude and totally unrealistic. I'm pretty sure no gently reared Victorian lady would respond to the question 'Are you wet' with 'Yes, I am a little damp.' At that stage, I began to wonder whether I was reading an historical romance or a comedy.
The concept of a hero with Asperger's Syndrome was a really good one, although sadly the author didn't have the necessary ability to follow through on this idea with any degree of realism. Lord Ian seemed to dip in and out of his condition at will. As if that wasn't bad enough, Jennifer Ashley also failed to provide any sense of time and place, although I will give her credit for keeping her English relatively un-American. In the hands of a more competent writer, this could have been a truly remarkable book.
If you do feel the need to read this book, used copies are available for £1.75 and it's available in Kindle format for £4.98.
I believe there are four or five more books in the series but on the strength of this one, I doubt very much that I'll be reading any of them.


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"The hipsters have arrived!"
New rental units in Yonkers may be coming, says Colin Gustafson. Here's his story which ran in today's Journal News and on lohud.com
"The hipsters have arrived!" That's how Joseph Cotter humorously heralds his plan to turn the former downtown Yonkers Board of Education headquarters into trendy loft apartments that would be marketed to 20-something professionals.
Cotter's Greenwich-based firm, National Resources, seeks to turn the vacant, 90-year-old Wells Avenue building into a 100-unit rental complex featuring a glass-encased lounge and garden on the roof of the adjoining Department of Motor Vehicles building on Dock Street.
Tentatively called "Uno@i-Park," the $15 million project alongside National Resources' sprawling i.Park Hudson corporate campus would be the owner's first foray into residential development in Yonkers. Cotter said the city's rapidly-developing downtown is ripe for a project appealing to young people seeking affordable living options and easy access to New York City. "Not everybody can live in Williamsburg anymore," Cotter said, referring to the popular and increasingly pricy Brooklyn enclave.
Read the rest of Colin's story HERE


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The Woman on the Beach (1947)
A WWII Coast Guard veteran, Lt. Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan), is plagued by nightmares of his combat days. One day, he meets a woman, Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett), walking on a beach, picking up pieces of wood. Butler is married to a grumpy, blind painter, Ted Butler (Charles Bickford). Despite his affections for his fiancée Eve (Nan Leslie), whose father is a boat builder, Scott falls in love with Peggy and soon breaks off the engagement. Peggy reveals that she blinded her husband years earlier by throwing a glass at him during an ugly spat, ruining his career and her own ambitions to be an upper-class socialite. Scott fears that Ted is suspicious that he is having an affair with Peggy and becomes so paranoid that he begins to believe that Ted is faking his blindness — and sets out to prove it. This was the fifth and final American film by the great French writer-director Jean Renoir.
Starring: Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Walter Sande, Frank Darien


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What's in your supplement?
A DNA analysis of 44 herbal products from the US and Canada showed that only 48% actually contained the herb listed on the label and that 1/3 contained contaminants or fillers (also not listed on the label). Some products contained feverfew, which can be dangerous for pregnant women.
The study, which was done by the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) did not disclose the names of the herbals that they tested.
So, how do you know what's in your supplement?
Until the FDA and US government stop this nonsense of not monitoring "food supplements", you don't!


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I'm originally from the Chicago area, did my undergrad in Milwaukee, and have always wanted to travel to different countries. I like to work cars for fun. It's a great hobby.
I enjoy cooking Italian style food. Family and friends are important to me as well.
If you'd like to know more say "hi". I didn't revel a lot about my self for you to read on purpose. I would rather we chat, talk, engage in conversation to get to know each other instead of us reading through a long page in this section about each other. Also, just because someone looks like a good match "on paper", does not necessarily translate in reality.


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NEW YORK (Jan. 20, 2014) – At the 2014 Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) in New York City, Grundfos and U.S. Boiler Company announced an agreement to pair Grundfos' ALPHATM circulators as options on most U.S. Boiler gas cast-iron heating products. The combined product leverages both companies' individual competencies in the industry and provides a solution for efficient heating in residential and light commercial applications.
"We know that the price of energy is a growing concern for many Americans. Grundfos' collaboration with U.S. Boiler Company will allow us to deliver the total package for saving energy – a best-in-class boiler paired with an ultra-efficient pump," said Barry Nauss, director of HVAC OEM Sales for Grundfos USA.
Made in the United States, the package will feature the ALPHA, a Grundfos pump designed for circulating liquids in light commercial and residential heating systems. The ALPHA features patented AUTOADAPT TM technology, which automatically analyzes the needs of the system and then adjusts operation to changes in demand. By learning the patterns of consumption, the pump can save end users up to 85 percent in energy costs when compared to a conventional circulator.
Dan Cork, vice president of Sales and Marketing for U.S. Boiler Company added, "We are pleased to offer this combination of leading-edge products. The Grundfos ALPHA pump is an advanced solution that many of our contractors have asked for, and it's a great match with our industry-leading, technically advanced boilers. It's always about giving customers the opportunity to use products that offer the most value to the complete system."
Together with U.S. Boiler's product, the boiler-pump package will achieve improved energy efficiency. The combined product will also ease the installation process.
"Grundfos is the global leader in pump solutions for boiler manufacturers," Nauss said. "We are confident that this new collaboration with the U.S. Boiler Company will strengthen our share of the American market and help us achieve our long-term goal to reach $1 billion in annual sales."
The package will be made available from Venco Sales, U.S. Boiler and Grundfos wholesalers in the New York market beginning Jan. 20.
Grundfos is a provider of pumps and water technology, specializing in circulator pumps for heating and air conditioning as well as centrifugal pumps for industrial applications, fire protection, water supply, wastewater and water treatment.
U.S. Boiler Company products provide high efficiency boilers for residential space heating and domestic hot water.


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"What's blocking us right now is a sort of hyper-partisanship in Washington that I was, frankly, hoping to overcome in 2008," President Obama told a room full of Democrat donors wealthy enough to afford the $16,000 price of admission last night in New York City. "I genuinely believe there are Republicans out there who would like to work with us but they're fearful of their base and they're concerned about what Rush Limbaugh might say about them," Obama continued, "As a consequence, we get the kind of gridlock that makes people cynical about government."
Yes, if only Rush Limbaugh didn't exist, then the American people would have no reason to be cynical about the federal government and Obama could happily expand its scope and power as far and wide as he wished. Never mind that Obama chose not to mention the Associated Press report yesterday that Obama's Justice Department secretly seized two months worth of personal, work, and cell phone records from AP reporters who cover the CIA. White House spokesman Jay Carney quickly claimed that "We have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP." But after Carney's repeated false statements about the Obama administration's Benghazi talking points, why should anybody believe him?
Speaking of Benghazi, Obama also held a defiant joint appearance with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Monday where he completely dismissed any concern over his administration's duplicity in describing the Benghazi attacks. "The day after it happened, I acknowledged that this was an act of terrorism," Obama said, "The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow." But The Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler disagrees. He notes that Obama was purposely vague when mentioning terrorism and Benghazi in his Rose Garden speech after the attack, and he specifically declined to call the incident terror when asked directly about it on three separate occasions later that week. "The president's claim that he said "act of terrorism" is taking revisionist history too far, given that he repeatedly refused to commit to that phrase when asked directly by reporters in the weeks after the attack. He appears to have gone out of his way to avoid saying it was a terrorist attack, so he has little standing to make that claim now," Kessler concluded.
And finally, yesterday we also learned that, contra-earlier assurances from the IRS, the decision to target Obama's political opponents with audits was not limited to a Cincinnati field office. Instead, it went all the way to senior officials in Washington. "IRS officials at the agency's Washington headquarters sent queries to conservative groups asking about their donors and other aspects of their operations, while officials in the El Monte and Laguna Niguel offices in California sent similar questionnaires to tea-party-affiliated groups," The Washington Post reports.
Contra Obama, it is not just Republicans who have lost faith in the federal government since he became president. According to Pew, Democrats are also much more skeptical. After Obama was sworn into office in 2009, 61 percent of Democrats had a favorable view of the federal government. Today that number is just 41 percent.
If Obama is looking to blame someone for cynicism about the federal government, he need only look in the mirror.
From The Washington Examiner
Editorial: IRS becomes the 'Casablanca' of Obama's administration
Byron York: A talk with Jason Richwine
Sean Higgins: IRS sent unpublished info on conservative groups to investigative news outfit
Phil Klein: List of red flags that attract IRS scrutiny
Tim Carney: Pro-choice groups pretend Gosnell wasn't just convicted of murdering three babies
Conn Carroll: 7 Senate seats Republicans are targeting in 2014
Justin Binik-Thomas: IRS that targeted Tea Party groups also targeted me
Gene Healy: Nothing to joke about in a partisan IRS
In Other News
The Wall Street Journal, Health-Policy Move Widely Shared: More people than previously thought predicted a major change in U.S. health-care policy that led to a federal insider-trading probe, according to new documents assembled by congressional investigators.
The Washington Post, In Virgina governor's race, fighting on two fronts: The two men running for governor this year are each running two campaigns featuring different issues, calendars and strategies. One campaign, taking place on national TV and in fine hotel ballrooms across the country, is about raising money, positioning political parties for power, and helping consultants angle for jobs in the next election cycle. The other campaign is about voters in Virginia.
Politico, Gang of 8 looks to defend guest worker plan: The Senate Gang of Eight has largely controlled the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration markup, and the group's next step: shielding a painstakingly negotiated agreement for a new guest worker program.
Gallup, Half of U.S. Small Businesses Think Health Law Bad for Them: Forty-eight percent of U.S. small-business owners say the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going to be bad for their business, compared with 9% who say it is going to be good, and 39% who expect no impact.
Lefty Playbook
Think Progress defends Obama's seizure of White House phone records.
Ron Fournier says the IRS and Benghazi scandal is threatening Obama's credibility.
Jonathan Bernstein says the real scandal is GOP efforts to block Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the EPA.
Righty Playbook
George Will sees echoes of Watergate in IRS scandal.
Matt Lewis reports that Sen. Marco Rubio's Reclaim America PAC will air ads in New Hampshire defending Sen. Kelly Ayotte on guns.
James Sherk notes that unions spend plenty on politics.
Charles C. W. Cooke on NARAL's odd reaction to the Gosnell verdict.


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Pasig courts to hear cases vs MNLF members-A A +A
Monday, April 14, 2014
CASES against 280 leaders and members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in relation to the aborted takeover of Zamboanga City in September last year will now be heard by Pasig City courts.
Acting on the recommendation of the Office of the Court of Administrator, the Supreme Court (SC) granted on April 1 the request of Taguig City Judges Lorifel Lacal Pahimna and Leili Cruz Suarez to transfer the trial to other courts due to security reasons.
In a resolution, the SC tasked the executive judge of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) to raffle off the rebellion and violation of international humanitarian law cases to the following courts: branches 158 and 261 in Pasig City, branches 69 and 163 stationed in Taguig City, and branch 162 located at San Juan City.
This is the second time that the SC transferred the hearing of the cases. In October last year, the High Court ordered the Taguig RTC to handle the cases instead of the Zamboanga RTC to ensure safety of witnesses.
MNLF founding chairman Nur Misuari, who has yet to be arrested, said the MNLF was left out in the peace accord being forged at the time by the Aquino administration and another rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), prompting his forces to attack Zamboanga.
The month-long standoff between government forces and the MNLF faction left some 200 people dead and thousands still taking shelter in evacuation centers.
President Benigno Aquino III earlier vowed to crush those who would wield arms again to derail the attainment of lasting peace in Mindanao following the March 27 signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro in Malacañang. (Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)
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Copyright 1998 Maclean Hunter Ltd. (Canada)
September, 1998
SECTION: No. 9, Vol. 71; Pg. 32B; ISSN: 0009-1995
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HEADLINE: Lust in space; cyber dating
BYLINE: Enfield, Julie
A realistic voyage into and out of the world of cyber dating
I'm single, 40, and have been heating a lot about looking for love on the Internet. It sounds like an idea whose time is long past due. According to one cyber buff I spoke to, who also happens to be a resident in psychiatry at the University of Toronto, romantic Web sites and chat rooms have become the singles bars of the '90s.
"Many women," she said, "are reluctant to do the singles scene because they resent being judged by their looks, age and race, while their intelligence and experience are often overlooked or undervalued." For me, the real allure to meeting a soul mate over the Internet is the idea that I'm in a room with half a million eligible hunks - there has to be someone out there, right?
I did a bit of exploring and here's what I learned: if you have Net access, you can connect with people you might never have had the opportunity to meet in person. Yes, there is a slender chance that you'll meet someone special, but like the old joke goes, "you would have to cyber kiss a lot of frogs before you connect with a handsome prince." In fact, after my tour of the cyber dating world, I concluded that online experiences can't replace good old-fashioned life but I had lots of fun looking.
Cyber dates
The first stop on my investigation was cyber dating services. The plan: cruise the online singles scene, and use the Internet as I would a newspapers personal ads. I try a site my friend had suggested.
A welcoming on-screen message invites me to post an ad for free or browse the profiles that are based on participants' age, looks, lifestyle and geographic location. I select the desired age range and enter a search profile, men seeking women, between 35 and 40, in a 150-kilometre radius around my home. Moments later, squads of smiling singles come flashing on my screen.
The one that intrigues me is a man named Walter (or so the profile reads - it could be fictitious). He says he's a passionate 38-year-old businessman (again, supposedly). Mmmmm. I want to learn more and click on "complete profile." Walter, it turns out, thinks the ideal first date is throwing back chilled chardonnay while sitting in his steamy backyard hot tub.
It hardly takes a tarot reading to figure out what's going on here. I realize Walt and I are fated never to meet. I point my cursor to the top of my screen, then exit.
I understand that the only difference between online matchmaking and the more traditional methods is that online, as long as your cyber date is more discreet than Walter, the facade can last longer. As soon as you and the person you're communicating with agree to exchange real identifying information, such as phone numbers, home addresses or private E-mail addresses, or even, God forbid, meet, you're suddenly back on terra firma. There may be thousands of Walters out there, so this is not the way for me to meet a man.
Chat rooms
Chat rooms are probably the most popular places to meet people online and the abundance of them is quite simply overwhelming. If you've never done this before, you're in for a surprise. In this world, thousands of people are caught up in private and public discussions at any given time.
You can join special-interest chat groups. A friend of mine is a James Joyce afficionado and joins a chat group every Wednesday evening to debate Ulysses and Dubliners. Too heavy for me. All I want to do is play.
This is how it works. At a search prompt, type in "chat rooms." Then dive in. If you connect to, say, www.mikesweb.com, you will be welcomed to a kind of cyber singles bar, where you can join discussions on everything from relationships and travel to sex, sex and more sex. What's really happening is a bunch of computer users are sitting in the privacy of their homes or offices responding in real-time to one another's words. You can even create an identity for yourself, but it's crucial to remember. so can everybody else.
"Given that you have absolutely no idea whether your virtual fling is a sincere executive-type sitting alone at his computer gazing wistfully at a Vancouver skyline, or some angry techno-whiz kid whose girlfriend just ditched him, you'd better be careful," warns one chat fan.
The reality check? Don't ever reveal personal information. That includes phone numbers, work numbers, home or E-mail addresses. Tempted to meet for real? I would advise extreme caution.
That said, I thought I'd have some fun. I found a chat line and, trying hard to summon-up the Erica Jong in me for a zipless cyber date, I type in "Spirit," my invented online name. A list of users with names like Steelshaft and Ravager emerge alongside their fast-moving scripts. An orgy of sex acts unfolds before me. And I don't even have to participate. I can just read other people's fantasies as they appear on my computer screen.
I'm getting bored, ready to log off. Then someone solicits me and says, "Spirit, do you want to go private?" This means do I want to exchange messages on another screen where other participants can't watch. I click my assent.
Here's what's on my screen.
M: "Are you female?"
Spirit: "Yes, what's your name?"
S: "As in mouse?"
M: "Are you alone?"
S: "Ah, yeah . . ." (I'm really with my cat)
M: "Wanna play a fun game?"
S: "Like what?"
M: "Like spanking."
I click off and Mouse's world disappears from mine before he has a chance to reply. I don't think I'm going chatting anymore. I watched people chat others into strangely imaginative (and imagined - these people are sitting by themselves at their computers) gyrations of sex, and again I think I prefer the tried-and-true version.
However, if you'd like to try some proven meeting grounds, visit these sites.
Romantic Web sites
* Canada Singles On Line www.singles-on-line.com/
You can create a listing for yourself, and read through listings created by others.
* CyberRomance 101 http://web2.airmail.net/walraven/romance.htm
It's a good site for its collection of articles related to cyber love, essays and forums for romance.
* Third Age www.thirdage.com/join/
Active adults and seniors can explore love and friendship at this site. There are lots of special-interest groups to click on.
Internet dating services
* Date.com www.date.com/
Nonmembers can browse profiles and access a chat room for free. Full membership costs $ 10 a month and includes E-mail, chat room access and the ability to respond to classifieds. It's where I found Walter.
* One & Only www.one-and-only.com/
Enter an ad for free or browse site profiles. The monthly membership fee is $ 15.
* Smart Date www.smartdate.com/
This is a site devoted to keeping women safe when meeting their online loves in person. It also provides many useful tips for safe dating.


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