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Ex-CIA chief revitalizes
'truth serum' debate
By Kevin Johnson and Richard Willing,
WASHINGTON Former CIA
and FBI director William Webster said Thursday that the United States should consider
administering "truth drugs" to uncooperative al-Qaeda and Taliban captives at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere to try to obtain more details about terrorist
Speaking to a small group of reporters here,
Webster said the use of drugs such as Sodium Pentothal or other "invasive" tactics
short of torture might make U.S. agents more effective in penetrating al-Qaeda's
worldwide network.
"We ought to look at what options
are out there," said Webster, who has been an adviser on law enforcement issues
to Republican and Democratic administrations.
proposal reflects the frustration felt by U.S. security officials, who say that
interrogations of hundreds of prisoners detained during the war on terrorism have
yielded relatively little. It also raised a parallel issue that has begun to trouble
civil rights advocates and some American officials: whether the USA, by sharing
information with the security forces of friendly nations, could be condoning the
physical and psychological brutality those nations use to interrogate terror suspects.
is a two-way street," says Jordan Paust, international law professor at the University
of Houston. "We have to consider whether something we do or condone would be acceptable
if it were done to one of our people."
is "truth serum"?
It is a
barbiturate called thiopental sodium, better known as Sodium Pentothal, a trademark
of Abbott Laboratories. It is a yellow crystal that can be dissolved in water
or alcohol and administered orally or intravenously.
does it do?
Sodium Pentothal
is used as a sedative and as an anesthetic during surgery. It depresses the central
nervous system, slows the heart rate and lowers the blood pressure. Patients on
whom the drug is used as an anesthetic usually are unconscious less than a minute
after it enters their veins. The drug causes only a few minutes of sedation. Because
of its effectiveness as a sedative, it is the first of three drugs used by U.S.
prison systems during executions.
milder doses, the drug becomes what some call a "truth serum." Those taking the
drug become very communicative and share their thoughts without hesitation. Despite
its nickname, Sodium Pentothal will not make a person tell the truth against his
will. The recipient likely will lose his inhibition, and therefore he might be
more likely to tell the truth.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary and the American Medical Association
The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies
typically frown on physically coercing or drugging prisoners. They prefer to use
psychology and investigative savvy to extract information. Authorities typically
are focused on making sure they obtain information without violating a suspect's
constitutional rights because they don't want to jeopardize having such evidence
ruled inadmissible in court. But in trying to prevent future acts of terrorism,
authorities often are focused more on obtaining quality information than they
are on preparing cases for court.
In recent weeks U.S.
officials, namely Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, have emphasized that the
USA will not resort to such tactics to get more information out of hundreds of
al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees being held in Cuba, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
there are signs that U.S. officials hope to benefit from interrogations by other
governments that might not adhere to such guidelines. One of the most cooperative
al-Qaeda leaders captured since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Ibn al-Shaykh
al-Libi, has been held by Egyptian authorities. A Defense Department source said
this week that the Egyptians might be using interrogation methods on al-Libi that
would not be available to U.S. questioners.
jails," former CIA counterterrorism chief Vincent Cannistraro said, are "full
of guys who are missing toenails and fingernails."
late last year to reports that the FBI was considering more aggressive methods
of interrogation of terrorist suspects that might involve drugs, bureau officials
said that "while large and difficult investigations often bring moments of frustration
for investigators, none would advocate what is being suggested."
officials declined to comment Thursday about the agency's tactics, except to indicate
that the agency does not "engage in or condone torture."
Webster suggested that using "truth serum," a mild, short-term anesthetic, might
not be physical abuse. Former FBI criminal profiler Clint Van Zandt said he has
questions about such an idea but said it might be worth exploring. "When it came
to interrogation ... we took pride in winning psychological chess games" with
suspects, Van Zandt said. "But sometimes the good guys finish last. In cases of
life or death, I would like to see another tool in our toolbox."
authorities involved in terrorism cases increasingly found themselves drawn into
a legal and ethical gray area as they rely on information developed by foreign
police whose tactics would be unacceptable or even illegal here.
officials got help from the Jordanian police investigating Ahmed Ressam, who was
convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport during the
1999-2000 celebrations of the new millennium. A Ressam associate who later was
tried in Jordan claimed he was beaten by police there. The rule in such cases,
Cannistraro and other CIA veterans said, is a variant on "don't ask, don't tell":
U.S. investigators will accept information from anyone, but they cannot encourage
In recent months U.S. agents have confronted
other ethical and legal issues as they have supplied allies with information that
has led to arrests and detentions of suspects in other countries. Robert Baer,
a former CIA officer who operated in Europe and the Middle East, said he knows
of "dozens" of cases since Sept. 11 in which foreign terrorism suspects were held
abroad based on information passed along by the FBI, CIA or other U.S. authorities.
International USA said that passing on such tips violated the United Nations'
anti-torture treaty, which the U.S. Senate ratified in 1993, if the tips sent
prisoners to nations that use "moderate physical abuse" during interrogations.
administering Sodium Pentothal constitutes torture is an open question. The drug,
which works by easing inhibitions and making subjects more talkative, can be injected
or dissolved in water. Abbott Laboratories, its maker, said it is used mostly
as a hospital anesthetic and is not marketed as a "truth serum."
1995 and in 1999, the U.N. investigated allegations that truth drugs had been
used in France and the Philippines without reaching a conclusion. The body did
say, however, that using truth drugs would constitute torture because it is physical
abuse aimed at extracting information.
In the only U.S.
Supreme Court decision to deal with truth drugs, a 1963 case, the court said that
a Florida man who confessed to a murder had a right to a hearing to determine
the validity of his claim that truth drugs were used on him. It is unclear whether
the use of such drugs in that case was ever established.


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An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday.
"An unusual number of severe allergies to the vaccine have been detected in Canada," World Health Organisation spokesman Thomas Abraham told AFP.
"The Canadian authorities are conducting the appropriate investigations on the vaccines" and "recalled a batch of vaccine from GSK."
"We need to understand what happened in Canada," he added.
GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Gwenan White told AFP that the affected doses of its Aprepanrix vaccine had caused reactions to the heart and lungs.
White added that some 172,000 doses are involved, although she declined to reveal how many of those had already been used.
GlaxoSmithKline have asked Canadian medical authorities to stop administering vaccines from the affected batch, White said, adding the company's investigations were ongoing.
WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said that the WHO had not changed its recommendations regarding swine flu vaccines.
Last week, the WHO said checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines.
The fatalities made up a minute fraction of at least 65 million doses of swine flu vaccines which have been administered, said the WHO, citing data from 16 countries.
For every 10,000 doses of vaccines administered, only one report of adverse effect had been logged.
Of every 100 reports of adverse effects, five are serious cases such as death, the WHO said.
More than 6,750 people have died worldwide since the virus appeared in April, according to WHO data.
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Seven years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, rapper Young Jeezy appeared with a fresh perspective on "trap rap," adding depth and definition to the sub-genre, which had already been publicized by fellow Atlanta native T.I. His presence in the hip hop industry was instantly embraced as car trunks below the Mason-Dixon line boomed his very first DJ Drama-assisted tape 'Tha Streets Iz Watchin.' It wasn't long before the rest of the nation caught on to the new heat banging out of the South, ironically coming from someone who called himself the Snowman. The rap star has always been relentless with his street-authentic storytelling, and seven years since he first appeared on the scene, his lyrics still remain raw.
Currently, his third installment of the 'Thug Motivation' series, 'TM103,' has been met with a number of setbacks within the past two years. People had begun to doubt that Jeezy could still deliver thumping tracks that spoke to the despair of those without hope. Others doubted that his label home, Def Jam, even believed that he was still capable of earning accolades with his newest offering. With the release of this fourth LP, slated for a Dec. 20 release, he's prepared to prove how, simultaneously, things have changed yet remained the same. The BoomBox spoke with Jeezy about his goal to be the black Ralph Lauren, maturing in his career and how Beyonce helped him rediscover Jill Scott.
At the Atlanta listening session for the album, you started the playback with this quote: "I don't believe in excuses. I don't believe in making excuses." Just in saying that, a certain level of confidence is necessary. How did you get to that point amid the pressure to drop 'TM103'?
I've always had that in me, since I jumped off the porch, and one thing I was taught was that you will do what you say you're gonna do. What's understood ain't gotta be said. I can't ask anyone to understand the thing that was going on in regards to the album, whether it was political or whatever, but my job and my whole goal was to get it done and give the people an amazing album and that was it. Anything between was on me, and I just felt like, "Whatever." If muhf—ers was mad and felt a way, I'll take that and endure that because I said I would do the album and get it done. So I felt whatever excuses I could've made wouldn't even have made sense. I felt like if you set out to do something and you do it and get it right, then it's done. Everything else, I just gotta take.
Your beginnings with 'Trap or Die,' then the whole Snowman campaign, 'TM101′ and even your membership in Boyz in the Hood, all of that was years ago. How would you say you've matured on 'TM103'?
I just think that I'm a lot more comfortable making records than I was in the beginning. In the beginning I just had tunnel vision because that's all I knew and all I saw everyday, all day, so with that being said, throughout the years, I'd been around the world a few times and met different people. I'd been in different settings and it was like, "You know what? I want everybody to feel me." I definitely want the streets and the hood to feel me but I feel like I owe the world more than that. I feel like I'm a special person when it comes to communicating the struggle and the pain and the stress of my people. I can explain that to my people all day but it would be better if I could explain it to the world, 'cause now the world is my trap. It ain't about just East Point or Decatur or the SWATS or Bankhead or Georgia. It's the whole world and I feel like, I can't short us or myself but just being one-track [minded], I gotta give everybody our struggle.
Watch Young Jeezy's 'F.A.M.E.' Feat. T.I.
Who would you say you've taken cues from during your growth process?
Of course you know I listen to a lot of Tupac. A lot of the things he was saying while he was going through his struggle and when I listened to it when I was younger. I never got that a lot of the things he was saying was true, until I started going through them myself. So I could relate to a lot of that. Old UGK, 8 Ball & MJG music because that's what they were going through at the time. And with my music, there are a lot of younger cats growing up on me, that will grow up and be in their situations and say, "Damn, Jeezy wasn't lying. This s— is really real. N—-s really think and feel certain ways. I'm glad I got something to listen to to get me through that." Sometimes you don't have the people around you to give you that advice because nobody really knows. Once you get to a certain point in life, you leave a lot of muhf—ers behind that can't give you advice 'cause they ain't even there yet mentally.
You mentioned younger cats growing up on your music. At some point, they may want to start rapping, what's the biggest mistake you see young, up and coming artists make?
I think the biggest mistake is trying to be something you're not because everything's always gonna surface. A lot of these cats screw up. They listen to gangsta music and think that they can go out and do all this crazy s—. Even if you look at my little brother, Boosie, he's in a situation and it's real… And Boosie's a real guy so you gotta look at Boosie and say, "Are you really willing to do that? Are you really willing to be a T.I. and go 'sit down' and miss out on your family for two, three years at a time? Are you really ready to be in a box like Boosie?" 'Cause that s— is real. And I commend cats like Boosie for being stand-up guys and going in there, but you coming out and talking all this gangsta s—, are you really ready to go through that?
You honestly seem like you've grown a lot even outside of your rap career, which as you stated, clearly comes from being exposed to different people and different situations. At the listening session, you prefaced the Ne-Yo-assisted 'Leave You Alone' with a story about you and this businesswoman. You said she liked you but was afraid of your street-certified past, like, "This dude is crazy!"
You know what? In a sense I really am, but I've been dealing with so much through the years. You can't be the same way forever and if you're a true leader, you can't lead your people by being ignorant. You have to learn how to grow and become better to help anyone else become better themselves because you know, are you gonna keep telling a muhf—er to stand over a stove? [chuckles] Or you gonna tell 'em that they can be better individuals? At this point, the game is so different I don't want to use the power of my voice to stress bulls— all the time.
What are some new business ventures you're pursuing?
I'm really into my clothing line right now. We're the number one urban brand in America. I'm trying to be the black Ralph Lauren. Trust me on that [laughs]. So it's like I've really been in that CTE world definitely. Shouts out to Gangsta Gibbs — Freddie Gibbs — out of Gary, Ind. He's a big deal but that's pretty much it at this point. I've been focused on the album getting everything done and I also have some acting coming up so I'm just getting ready for that.
Andre 3000's verse for 'I Do' leaked a while back. Why did you decide to hold onto it as opposed to scrapping it for another verse with a different artist?
I always wanted to do a record with Dre, and I felt like Dre's verse was crazy on the
record. It did have me a little upset because I wanted it to be an event for everybody. At the same time, it was out of my control and I just felt like, I knew I had the Jay-Z verse and I knew it was a good song, but I knew it needed to be the right timing. So I just held it, hoping that the hackers wouldn't get it and I was glad they didn't get the hook. You know, I was kind of glad people weren't like, "Aaah. The Dre verse is old." By the way, a Dre verse can never get old [laughs]. I don't give a fuck if he spit that shit in '91. I felt like aligning myself with legends like that would only make me legendary. I'm the first person in the world to have a record with Jay-Z and Andre 3000. How 'bout that [laughs]?
I could easily see that track being someone's wedding song.
I could see a lot of people making it their wedding song. I felt like it's my wedding song because I actually absolutely, positively feel like I'm married to the game. I'm married to the streets, but even when I hear it on the radio, I'm like, "Damn, OK. The ladies like it. But do they really know what I'm talking about?" [laughs] I'm talking 'bout the streets and how much I love the streets and how much I ain't never gonna leave them.
Lody has done quite a bit of in-house production since you've met earlier this year. We hear he's all over TM103 as well. He truly seems like one of those talents that just needed the right machine behind him.
My man Carbon 15 had Lil' Lody come through to the studio to play me two beats that he had made for me but I saw more than the beats in Lody. I saw someone who just really needed some guidance 'cause he was young and he was wild and he just really wanted to win. One thing about Lody, he just brings that energy because he's a kid that just watched everybody grow up in the game and he just want his shot. He drove up from Memphis and he came for one night and I never let him go back home after that.
Me and him, we just went in and started making records. We knocked out most of the album and the mixtape in maybe a month and a couple days. Then we went on the road and knocked out 'The Real Is Back 2′. Lody's just a good kid man and he's very talented. He's quick, and people don't understand he's making that s— on a laptop in three minutes. You can tell Lody, "I want a beat like this," and he'll go in there with his headphones on and come back with a beat in three minutes. I almost have to tell him sometimes to go back in there and think about it again, but then when he plays it for me, I'm like, "Aight, f— it. Cool. Let's do it [laughs]."
Whose idea was it to include Jill Scott on the album?
I reached out to Jill and sent her the record. She said it was cool. Then I kinda told her where I wanted to go and she said, "You know what, Jeezy? Give me a week or two and I'ma send you something back." She sent me 'Trap Back,' and I listened to it. I loved it. I hit her back and said, "This is it." But we had some problems with the dude who did the track so I went and took the vocals to J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and had them re-do the tracks and revamp the whole song. I put my verses on it, and sent it back to her. She loved it.
I haven't let my mother hear the song yet, but I'm quite sure when she hears it, she'll come to tears because a lot of that s— she remembers but she probably don't think I remember 'cause I was so young. But my mother is my strength at times, 'cause things were so hard on her and it made me go harder. I felt like I was trapped and had no way out and I just had to find my way through the maze and I felt like, I did it for us. I couldn't see my mother struggle anymore so I had to do everything in my power to take it there. That record means a lot to me.
I told Jill I was a big fan. I knew about Jill Scott, but… one day I was chilling in Vegas with Beyonce and all them, and we were just chilling by the pool. She was playing all these songs and I was like, "Who the fuck is that?" and she was like, "You don't know 'bout Jill Scott?" I'm like, "Yeah…" But [Beyonce] was playing all these records I'd never heard. I just became a bigger fan and I felt I just had to do something with her. I actually did a record with Maxwell too. Didn't make the album but it's a dope record so I'ma definitely use it later. But the record with Jill Scott was so crazy because it felt like I was back in my teenage years and I was looking at myself like, "Damn. Look how far you came and you was trappin…" I'm hoping that can be anyone else's inspiration because a lot of times muhf—ers think they stuck and can't get out.
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April 23, 2005
MIDDLEBURY, VT - The third-ranked Amherst College women's lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, falling at second-ranked Middlebury College, 18-6. The host Panthers piled 12 first-half goals en route to their ninth straight victory, while Amherst dropped to 8-1 (6-1 NESCAC).
Sophomore Dana Kuper (Denver, CO) gave the Jeffs an early 1-0 edge, but it would be their only lead of the day as Middlebury rallied with three scores over a 1:55 span to take a 3-1 advantage with 19:30 left in the first half. Kuper netted a free-position tally to pull back within one, but a four-goal Panther rally stretched the lead to 7-2 and Middlebury would never look back. After a score by Amherst sophomore Alyssa Briody (Hopewell, NJ), the Panthers posted a third outburst, closing the half on a 5-0 run to take a 12-3 edge into the break.
Kuper and Briody each found the net in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Jeffs couldn't find their offensive groove and added just one more goal down the stretch. Kuper finished with a season-high four goals and one assist, while Briody added two scores. Amherst senior co-captain goalie Liv D'Ambrosio (Farmington, CT) grabbed 15 saves in just over 58 minutes, and rookie Kathleen Boucher (Washington, DC) nabbed a pair of saves in the final 1:45.
Elizabeth Renehan and Kim Walker scored four goals apiece to lead the Middlebury offense, while Schulyer Winstead added three goals and three assists. Johanna Rosenfield collected nine saves in goal as the Panthers improved to 10-1 (7-0 NESCAC).
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April 24, 2008 — Lexington, Ky., tops the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's 2008 list of "spring allergy capitals."
Greensboro, N.C., takes second place, followed by Johnson City, Tenn., Augusta, Ga., and Jackson, Miss. in fifth place.
The annual list is based on four factors: allergy prevalence, seasonal pollen, allergy medication use per patient, and the number of board-certified allergy specialists per patient. Rankings can change quite a bit from year to year. For instance, Lexington leads this year's rankings but was in the No. 52 spot on the 2007 list.
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I haven't missed being on Facebook since I deleted it years ago. FB is such a site for mindless people with nothing to do. Wouldn't it be great if everyone or even a large chunk of FBers cancel FB?
CameraLabTester: Instagram staff: 9 people
Status: $1 Billion
Eastman Kodak employees: 17,000
Status: Bankrupt
Somewhere in between is sanity.
Awesome comparison in a sad economy.
pedrojoper: Why is this on dpreview? Are they gonna cover every smartphone and tablet announced or just the ones from a particular brand? If they're sponsored by that brand they should make that clear, if not it makes no sense!
I really like this site, watch it almost daily since 2006 and it's the first time I write something negative about it. I think the iPad 3 is a great tablet but shouldn't be featured on this site!
Dpreview is a great website! Great stuff, you don't have to agree to everything on it. Be open minded, makes life easier.
pompous: Cool..., now I can waste more of my money on an over priced under spec'd slave labour device and all the accessories to make use of it properly. I'll make sure I bag my spot in the queue. Be first to get it, then a month later Apple comes out with a slightly improved version, or one that doesn't have overheating issues, or bugs, or what ever that usually has wrong with Apple products when they first push them out to the eager awaiting minions.
Pompous your a troll with a grudge!
Baseman: Follow the leader leader leader, follow the leader.
Only reason Apple is doing so good is cause of it's marketing and ability to make you the consumer 'think' it's better than everything else. Funny there's still no memory card slot. Hmmmm.....better than the rest, I think not! It's only Apple's followers who will fight tooth and nail to proclaim it's the best. Still waiting for that memory card expansion. Oh wait, you'll never see it cause Apple can make you pay a lot more to get only a little. I like the ability to swap memory cards. Fill one, switch it for another. Need to transfer data across any platform, no problem with a memory card. But ooops, sorry Apple people, I'm talking another language to you. Just remember, Apple only wants your money by making you think you can't live without their product. Time to WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!
ZZZZZ! Right, that's funny and so true ricklacey!
SD cards are for dinosaurs, wireless technology is great, no wires and cards.
Baseman: My cell phone still beats this thing for pixels per inch. This has only 264ppi, my cell has 329ppi! Beat that Apple!
Your comparing your rinky dink small screen to the iPad's?
That like comparing apples to oranges. What a misguided comparison. Enjoy your tiny screen.
Fred Mueller: its the number of carried cameras that dilute the income stream of the "professionals" - it's people/amatures with IPhones who are present at newsworthy events and they, by virtue of just being there, dilute the need for the pro journalist.....
stills images are by a fair margin what the mind remembers - they are objects - video is narrative, and meaningful, but seldom memorable in the same way a still image is....
images are like logos - video is like add copy - think of how you remember video, if you remember it at all - as a sequence of stills - a good still is the distillation of events..... the imprimatur of history
Well said Fred. Walter Cronkite said in one interview that video cams will change the news world. Walter is right. We all can remember vivid footages of 9/11. But still images of a fireman's exhausted looking face and the dis-orientated look of people walking in a cloud of ashes still linger in my mind.
Kitamura: Can't wait to get out there and start shooting. My biggest limitation is time. With a full-time job, wife, kids and dog the time just flies past. I'm sure most non-professional photographers will agree.
Same thing as a graphic artist, I don't do what i want but what the client wants. Hopefully I can add my style to it at least. Same with photography, client first. "Kitamura", maybe you can't shoot landscape but how 'bout your kids. With patience you can do real artistic photos. Landscape stuff when you can or later
itchhh: You really need to ask yourself, do you "really" NEED their software? Microsoft Office gets away with what they do because they ARE the standard, Adobe is NOT the standard in graphics software. Unlike Microsoft Office, Adobe cannot snuff out the competition.
Disagree with you. Adobe is the standard in the graphic industry, I don't know how MW is included. MW is the standard for the office industry NOT graphics.
psandham: This just validates why I left Adobe around the CS3 version - I've never looked back...
As a graphic artist at work I had use PS for many years but the last 2. Due to rising cost and costly upgrades my company cancelled about 90% of PS licenses and only a select few work with PS now. I do still use Indesign at work, have too of course. I really wish another lower cost competitor comes out with a PS/ Indesign program for us home graphic artists and photographers to use.
qwertyasdf: Sorry...no beautiful pictures here
also "Put your camera in Aperture Priority Mode and set it to the largest aperture"
I think the whole point of this article and others is to show people esp. amateurs and even pros there is more that one way to shoot subjects and scenes. Even with pros (wedding photography comes to mind) the same old stale portraits and set-up. Except for the occasional dog photographer they are all the same also. Get daring, get creative try a tight crop or obscure part of the subject.
As for pros taking this kind of bashing, I think a self-confident pro will just let the comments with a chuckle.
Wow! First time I bought a lens before a DPR review (late one at that too, but I trust DPR more than other websites). The 1.8F is awesome and I can now use my 62mm NIkon Close up lens (filter with 2 glasses) from 20 years ago. Extremely sharp and this is a low cost lens too. Nothing against the photographer(s) but the images don't do justice for the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 G.
patoth66: It looks nice, but it could have been a 50/1.4 version! I dont get Nikons huge price difference! Either its a budget or a pro lens, no semi pro lenses! I would have preferred a 50/1,4 semi pro lens with built in image stabilization for low light shooting at low iso speeds!
The 50mm F1.4 is out but it is also twice the cost of the F1.8.
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President/CEO of The Skancke Company appointed to commission
Washington, D.C. – Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has appointed Tom R. Skancke of Las Vegas and Reno to serve on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. Skancke, who is the founder of The Skancke Company, has worked on over $1 billion in transportation funding and construction projects throughout the West.
"Tom is a well-respected leader in transportation construction and financing and will give Nevada a strong voice on the Commission. Tom's experience will ensure that the problems and needs of rapidly urbanizing states, like Nevada, will be heard as the Commission performs its important work."
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, created in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; A Legacy for Users, will study the needs of the surface transportation system, the resources of the trust fund, long-term alternatives to replace or augment the Highway Trust Fund as a revenue source, and whether current revenues and projected revenues are enough to meet future transportation demands . The Commission will submit its report to Congress on these and related topics by July 1, 2007.
The Commission has 12 members. As Senate Democratic Leader, Reid was able to make two appointments. Commissioners will serve until its report to Congress is submitted. Skancke will begin his job as soon as all the remaining Commission appointments have been made by the President and other Congressional leaders.


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Lamar Odom Gets Standing Ovation From Lakers Fans Upon Returning to L.A. (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
Lamar Odom probably didn't see this homecoming! Upon returning to the Staples Center as a Dallas Maverick to take on his old team the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA star was welcomed with a standing ovation from the fans.
Also, check out the standing ovation from Monday night's game below.
The entire stadium looked to be standing up including die-hard Lakers fan Jack Nicholson, Don Cheadle and George Lopez, despite Lamar's new uniform. It was a close game, but the Lakers did take home the win, beating the Mavs 73-70.
Lamar and his wife Khloe Kardashian seem to be settling into their new home well with the NBA pro tweeting earlier this month:
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ok....I am doing pptp as well but not sure about how you have done
this. Please post your config file(sanitized), so we can see what you
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Subject: [m0n0wall] 1.2 build and PPTP failure
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Sorry to post this again but thought I'd start a new thread as I'm
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PPTP stopped working for me when I upgraded to 1.2 from 1.11 I did
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In the cannon of great Western literature, extended, profound treatises have been written on the topic of leadership; Cicero's On the Good Life or Machiavelli's Prince come to mind. This talk by Derek Sivers is not one of them. Yet in 3 short minutes Sivers is able to lay some important groundwork for understanding leadership and give insights valuable to understanding the earliest steps of beginning a movement.
Initially, Sivers' remarks seem obvious: 1) Leadership begins with a brave soul unafraid to take action, 2) followers join and give credibility to the leader, 3) eventually the movement will hit a tipping point and grow until reaching critical mass. However, if we are honest with ourselves, I think we'll admit that our human nature clouds our view when we are in positions of leadership.
Consider a time when you were the leader of something. Now think about the first time that a new, energized, passionate person with a vision joined your movement. Didn't this person seem like a threat? If you're the shirtless guy dancing, getting comfortable with the attention and beginning to reap the rewards of being a unique visionary then another who didn't do the hard and shameless work of attracting the crowd stands beside you to catch your wave, don't you want that person to go away?
Our competitive human nature makes it difficult for us to open up our ideas and movements to others, we protect them as children, constantly wary of outside threats. At the very least, we are tempted to make the new member know his or her place as a subservient to you or I – the leaders. However, learn from this video and you'll learn the secret to step 2 of beginning a movement: embrace new persons as equals and understand their role as the individual to show everyone else how to "follow."
Sounds easier said than done, right? Perhaps, but it's not hard to embrace your first followers and make them equals when you remember Sivers' most important point: "leadership is over-glorified." The first follower plays a crucial role and you, as the leader, need to help that first follower fulfill his or her role. If you've got an idea burning in your belly or you're in the early stages of beginning a movement, keep that idea or movement at the fore of your mind – it's all about your idea or movement. It's not about you, not about you "being a leader," not about your success, it's about your idea, your movement. Said more precisely, a good leader is a servant to his followers, servant leadership being modeled by the greatest leader of all time Jesus Christ.
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> 2. Is there a way for me to fit a surface to the family of curves I
> have? Being able to stack the curves is good enough, but I guess my
> boss will have this further suggestion.
I spent *way* too much time on this, but it was interesting learning.
Here's an example which may be of some help.
(* Generate some interesting test functions *)
f[1][x_] := Sin[x];
f[2][x_] := Sin[2 x];
f[3][x_] := Cos[x];
f[4][x_] := Cos[x + Pi/3];
f[5][x_] := Cos[x + Pi/2];
(* Specify the problem domain *)
functions = 5;
xmin = -Pi;
xmax = Pi;
(* Sample and interpolate the information *)
data = Table[f[n][x], {n, functions}, {x, xmin, xmax}];
func = ListInterpolation[data, {{1, functions}, {xmin, xmax}}];
(* Make a pretty plot *)
Plot3D[func[n, x], {n, 1, functions}, {x, xmin, xmax},
AxesLabel -> {"n", "x", "f[x]"},
Mesh -> False, PlotPoints -> 50];
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Watch Kris Humphries Crash Kim Kardashian's Wedding Shower (VIDEO)
Kim Kardashian crashed hubby-to-be Kris Humphries' bachelor party in Vegas last weekend, and it looks like she was just returning the favor.Two can play that game!
E! News has teaser footage of Kim K's wedding shower where Kris showed up! Humphries helped Kim open all her gifts – even the super naughty ones.
The black and white-themed party was thrown by Kris Jenner in LA where the whole Kardashian/Jenner family, along with pal Brittny Gastineau and a surprise celebrity guest showed up.
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It's been a long time since April when the Kansas City Chiefs selected tackle Eric Fisher with the first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. A lot has happened since then. Rookie minicamp, OTA's, full team minicamp, some time off, and then two weeks of training camp. It took a little longer than some anticipated to get Fisher signed (the first day of camp to be exact) but, nonetheless, he never missed a practice aside from when the rookies and QBs reported early. Now the "Big Fish" is gearing up for his first NFL action under the lights in the Superdome Friday night against the New Orleans Saints.
"It's going to be huge for me," said Fisher. "I finally get to experience the NFL for real. I'm excited to get down there."
Anytime a player is the first overall pick he's instantly expected to be a starter and for Fisher, he will be the team's starting right tackle this season. Branden Albert will continue to anchor the LT spot, giving the Chiefs two strong bookend tackles to protect new QB Alex Smith and block for the speedy Jamaal Charles. Fisher replaces "the talker" Eric Winston, who only spent one season in Kansas City. As the first top pick in Chiefs history, fans are excited to see him block on the right side of the line and Fisher is happy to see new faces to block against come Friday.
"To go against somebody else and not have to go against these guys like the last ten practices, I'm really excited to do that."
He certainly has had his hands full going up against guys like Justin Houston and Tamba Hali. It can't be a bad thing to compete against some of the game's great pass rushers as you prepare for your first season in the NFL. Fisher definitely won't see players like those two each and every week, so going up against them in practice will make him become that much better.
Along with Fisher, it will be Andy Reid's first actual game as head coach of his new team. GM John Dorsey will be able to evaluate his new team for the first time during a live game. And of course we can't forget the new guy throwing the football, Alex Smith who will lineup under center for the first time as a member of the Chiefs. So a lot of new faces will be wearing red on the KC sidelines in New Orleans as they reach another stepping stone towards the 2013 season.
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Always winter, but never Christmas: that's the state of Narnia under the rule of the evil white witch. Four children want to help, but only Aslan has the power to free them all.
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Kentucky Adverse Possession Laws
We generally think of real estate as being ours unless someone buys it from us. However, under a legal concept known as "adverse possession," a person can trespass for so long that he or she gains a right of ownership. This can be scary prospect for anyone who has a large parcel of land, or a smaller piece they don't visit often. So how do adverse possession laws work in the Bluegrass State? Here's an introduction to adverse possession laws in Kentucky.
Adverse Possession Laws in General
Though somewhat obscure, the idea of "adverse possession" is a fairly old legal doctrine, designed to encourage landowners to use their land or keep an eye on it if and when they weren't using it. If a trespasser openly inhabits and improves the property for a determined amount of time (while meeting some other specific conditions) he or she may be allowed to gain legal title to property. Under Kentucky law, an individual must occupy property for at least 15 years before the possibility of ownership.
Adverse Possession in Kentucky
The table below highlights the specifics of Kentucky's adverse possession statutes.
Code Section
Kentucky Revised Statutes 413.010, et seq: Actions Relating to Real Property
Time Period Required for Occupation
15 yrs. and Color of Title: 7 yrs.
Time for Landowner to Challenge/Effect of Landowner's Disability
After disability lifted: 3 yrs.
Payment of Taxes
Title from Tax Assessor
The minimum time of occupation isn't the only requirement for adverse possession -- a trespasser must also prove four additional elements to have a legitimate claim:
- There must be a "hostile" claim: the trespasser must either
- make an honest mistake (like relying on an incorrect deed);
- merely occupy the land (with or without knowledge that it is private property); or
- be aware of his or her trespassing;
- There must be actual possession: the trespasser must be physically present on the land, treating it as his or her own;
- There must be open and notorious possession: the act of trespassing cannot be secret; and
- There must be exclusive and continuous possession: the trespasser cannot share possession with others, and must be in possession of the land for an uninterrupted period of time.
Kentucky Adverse Possession Laws: Related Resources
State real estate statutes, and especially concepts like adverse possession, can be confusing. You can contact a Kentucky real estate attorney near you if you would like legal advice regarding a real estate case or adverse possession matter. You can also visit FindLaw's section on Adverse Possession for additional articles and information on this topic.


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Electric cars have long held the public's fascination - that is, until fascination turns to shock and people see the price.
You only need look at the soon-to-be released Chevy Volt for all-electric prices topping over $US60,000. The Tesla Roadster tops out at around $US80,000.
Known as the proverbial 'elephant in the showroom', high prices have reluctantly held back the growth of the electric vehicle market. But Nissan are looking to change that perception with the all-electric Leaf, an electric reinvention of an old pricing game. It's one strategy that Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn expects will be allow the company to go head to head with the cost of regular petrol powered cars, according to a LA Times Report.
Nissan are aiming to market the Leaf at roughly the same cost of your average petrol loving vehicle. The report didn't mention how Nissan will manage to bring lithium battery costs down.
Nissan's 'Leaf' is the manufacturer's first major attempt at an all-electric car, a diversion from the usual hybrids currently being pushed by Toyota and Honda.
According to the LA Times report, the Leaf will feature a top speed of 140 km/hour and a cruising range of at least 160 km - enough for the daily commute to work and back, figures Nissan.
Nissan Leaf all-electric stats: how they stack up
Battery charge times are expected to be significantly longer than the Tesla or MIT electric car, both of which employ rapid recharge battery technology. Nissan is aiming for 30 minutes on a best time basis, or 4-8 hours depending on the voltage supply (120 vs. 240). The Nissan quick charge will depend on the necessary infrastructure to make it work.
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And though the Leaf doesn't boast Tesla's exceptional torque, range or exotic battery tech (such as the MIT vehicle we reported on recently), it does place much of its tech emphasis on what Nissan are calling 'Connected Mobility'. The mobility system is part of the company's 'Advanced intelligent transportation (IT) system, which will drivers the ability to change air conditioning and other dash commands using their mobile phone.
In addition to this, the car will be connected to a global information grid,that can provide "additional support, information, and entertainment for drivers 24 hours a day", according to Nissan.
The report states that the Leaf is due to hit global markets in 2012. Hopefully that includes our illustrious Southern shores too.
Australia is already poised to make the most of a rapid recharge grid: the decision to implement the 'Better Place' electric charging model was made early last year in Victoria. The scheme is already in place in Denmark and Israel.
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The first plan involves the providers themselves continuing to retain the data, which would only be queried as needed by the government, something Obama admitted could have additional repercussions. "Relying solely on the records of multiple providers ... could require companies to alter their procedures in ways that raise new privacy concerns."
If the data was indeed left with the providers, it would be useful to also allow them a little more freedom to speak about the data collection programs conducted against that data. Obama's speech did hint at one possible reform in that direction: Placing terms of expiry on the gag orders that go with the use of National Security Letters. As long as the time limits are sane (180 days, not five years), that could be useful.
The second plan, however, involves consolidating the data in the hands of a third party. That might well be the worst option of all if the custodian turns out to be a corporate data clearinghouse. Such companies have poor track records for security and might well allow that data to be leaked to an even broader, more indiscriminate audience.
A closer look at big data
As an adjunct to his talk about the data collection programs, Obama mentioned he was tasking Counselor John Podesta "to lead a comprehensive review of big data and privacy" by reaching out to "privacy experts, technologists, and business leaders." This would "look at how the challenges inherent in big data are being confronted by both the public and private sectors, whether we can forge international norms on how to manage this data, and how we can continue to promote the free flow of information in ways that are consistent with both privacy and security."
If this all sounds vague, that's most likely a way to avoid unduly alienating the tech industry by making immediate demands about, say, providing consumers with strong protection for the reams of data harvested from them through the growing number of services that do so. Granted, such protections can't be rolled out properly at the snap of a finger. But they're growing all the more needed, so one can only hope Podesta's review doesn't simply result in voluntary compliances that have no teeth.
What's most clear about Obama's claims is that reform of any significant kind is never going to happen all at once. A few valuable items are offered here -- such as a bit more flexibility about gag orders -- and they should be used wisely by tech companies that before have chafed under such restrictions. But in the end, when it comes to surveillance reform, tech and government are still on opposite sides of a divide that has only narrowed ever so slightly.
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Following the concours, the HVA photo-documented the diminutive Crosley and sporting AC at Taliesin West. Each will be included in the National Historic Vehicle Register. (photo courtesy of Alex Pelzer)
Cross-Country Treks Give These Machines Incredible Provenance
ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT is best remembered for certain signature buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater (the Kaufman residence) in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, but few people know of his strong interest in automobiles. Wright purchased and drove cars he felt represented thoughtful design, elegance and performance. These included cars from Jaguar, Packard, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz.
At various times, Wright also owned a 1937 AC 16/80 Competition Sports; five 1949 Crosleys; two Cord L-29s (Phaeton and Cabriolet); a 1953 Bentley R-Type convertible and, famously, a modified 1940 Lincoln Continental. As with many of the objects in his professional and personal life, Wright's cars were painted in his favorite Cherokee Red (a hue he called "the color of creation"), including the AC and the Crosleys.
Of all his cars, the AC 16/80 and the Hot Shots matter, specifically because Wright incorporated them in his teaching, and his students used them on cross-country trips throughout the 1950s.
Wright kept his cars at numerous locations, including his two residences, Taliesin East, in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1937, Wright established a school of architecture at Taliesin West, where the students, called "Fellows," lived and studied.
Each fall, Wright moved from Taliesin East, where he spent his summers, to Taliesin West, which served as his winter quarters. This twice-yearly trek was facilitated by the Fellows, who drove Wright's cars between the two locations. Wright encouraged them to take their time and visit parts of the country they had never seen. After each trip, the Fellows were required to report what they encountered during their journey, how it affected their understanding of the country and the architecture they saw on the way.
Arnold Roy was one of the Fellows who came to Scottsdale in 1952, and he has stayed with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ever since. Today, at 91, he is a Senior Fellow of the Foundation. Articulate, spry and full of humor, he continues to live at Taliesin West. Roy made the trip across the country many times. On one trip, he was assigned to drive a Crosley, and he found it to be a miserable experience. With a wheelbase of only 80 inches, weighing 1,200 pounds and having just 26.5 horsepower, the car struggled to get over 50 mph, barely keeping up with the cars driven by other Fellows. The Eisenglass side curtains that served as windows leaked and flapped continually in the wind. Wright typically rode in one of his more prestigious cars, like the Cord L-29 Phaeton. With a 125-horsepower straight-eight engine and a 137-inch wheelbase, it was a far more elegant and comfortable way to traverse the country.
Last January, the Arizona Concours d'Elegance featured three of Frank Lloyd Wright's cars, including the 1937 AC 16/80 Sports and a 1949 Crosley Super Sports. The Historic Vehicle Association then began the documentation process to place them on the National Historic Vehicle Register. Once documentation has been completed, it will be recorded in the Library of Congress.
During the photography of the cars at Taliesin, Wright Fellow Arnold Roy was reunited with the Crosley for the first time since the 1950s and had an opportunity to drive it around the grounds. He found that it was a great light car for running local errands but still considered it a poor choice for traversing the country.
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#GrabYourWallet has become a social media-fueled movement.
In four years the company could own a 17% market share and have $51 billion in annual revenue, says Morgan Stanley.
Foot Locker was the subject of a number of analyst upgrades following its latest quarter showing strong gains.
Catch up on Jim Cramer's thinking over the last week about how imperfect stock markets are and doing your own research.


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Raising the reputation of financial advisers substantially could take more than five years, the Financial Services Council (FSC) has predicted following another dismal survey of planners by the corporate regulator.
In a survey published last week, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found only 23 per cent of "stakeholders", including investors, consumers, brokers and government agencies, believed that financial advisers acted with integrity.
Nearly a third of respondents suggested advisers were dishonest.
"No one should kid themselves that we have a long way to go in building trust. We have just gone through the reforms but we have not seen the benefits come through yet," said Mr Brogden.
Mr Brogden said he hoped to see an improvement in the standing of planners in two years' time but warned it could take far longer for big improvements to occur.
In need of 'substantial improvement'
"The process of reform has been talking about everything that is wrong with the industry. For substantial improvements, we are talking five-plus years," said Mr Brogden.
The bulk of the advice reforms were introduced three months ago. Some of the key measures include the banning of commissions on superannuation and investment products and requirement for financial advisers to act in the best interest of clients and to provide annual fee statements.
Critics of the advice sector said the poor ratings for financial planners should make advisers reconsider their insistence that the incoming Abbott government change the rules so that trail commissions, which are part of historical arrangements, are safeguarded in cases where a financial planner switches to a different licensee.
The current rules prevent advisers from switching firms because to do so would mean forfeiting the commission paid by all existing clients.
Perceptions about the ability of the financial services industry to manage conflicts of interest was even worse, with only 20 per cent of respondents to the ASIC survey giving the sector a tick on that score.
The funds management community fared little better, with only 26 per cent of respondents saying asset managers operated with integrity.
Industry executives blamed the low score partly on performance fees. During the financial crisis there were many instances when managers were paid performance fees because they met the criteria for the payments, even though they may have recorded a loss.
"If fund managers outperform, they get a higher fee, but if they underperform they don't cut their fee," noted one executive.
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Feinstein explicitly called for one in her remarks, specifically demanding Russia's accession.
An accession agreement with Europe represented a chance for this struggling, isolated nation to become part of the modern world.
The disputes have been major stumbling blocks for Croatia's accession into both NATO and the European Union.
"He was told to eff-off on more than one accession by the surfers here," Mr Robinson said in a phone call today.
After EU accession, the donor landscape for watchdogs and activist groups fundamentally changed for countries in Eastern Europe.
The three differences relate to power, tenure, and manner of accession.
Cimon, strengthened with the accession of the allies, went as general into Thrace.
Herodotus (3, 89) places this arrangement into satrapies immediately after the accession.
The first formal split occurred after the accession of the Abbasides.
Indeed he zealously promoted it before his accession to the throne.
"act of coming to a position," especially of a throne, 1640s, from Latin accessionem (nominative accessio) "a going to, joining, increase," noun of action from past participle stem of accedere (see accede).


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The veteran BBC commentator Stuart Hall, who was charged on Wednesday with three counts of indecent assault which date back to the 1970s and 1980s, has issued a statement defending himself against the allegations and criticising "leaks to the media".
Solicitor Louise Straw said the BBC Radio 5 Live football reporter was unable to comment at this stage, but read a statement saying: "Stuart Hall is innocent of these charges. It is a matter of concern that in the week following the publication of the Leveson report, there appears to have been systematic leaks to the media which have given a misleading impression of what this case is about. Stuart Hall was not afforded the opportunity to attend voluntarily at the police station. In due course, the decision that he should be arrested will be the subject of some scrutiny.
"Stuart Hall is innocent. There will be a trial and his defence will then be in the public domain."
John Dilworth, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's north-west complex casework unit, said on Wednesday: "Following investigations into allegations of sexual assault by Stuart Hall, I have reviewed all the evidence that they have gathered and have authorised Lancashire police to charge him with three counts of indecent assault.
"The charges are that between 1 September 1974 and 31 December 1974 he indecently assaulted a woman who was then aged 16 or 17 years, that between 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1983 he indecently assaulted a girl then aged 8 or 9 years, and that between 1 July 1984 and 27 September 1984 he indecently assaulted a girl then aged 13 years. He has been bailed to appear at Preston magistrates court on 7 January 2013.
"This decision is made in accordance with the code for crown prosecutors and I have concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to prosecute this case."
Hall, who is best known as presenter of TV gameshow It's a Knockout in the 1970s and 1980s, is one of the BBC's longest-serving commentators. He still appears on Radio 5 Live's Sport's Report on Saturday afternoons, and received an OBE in the last New Year honours list.


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The right wing shows itself to be nothing but a hate group. The violence, the hate, the lies, the distortions and the delusions of the right have cost this country highly yet they still shill their hate at every opportunity
Study Demonstrates How Right-Wing Media Act as a Hate Speech Echo Chamber -
The findings reveal that the hosts promoted an insular discourse that focused on, for example, anti-immigration, anti-Islam, and pro-Tea Party positions and that this discourse found repetition and amplification through social media.
Right-wing sedition and acts of violence
Pundits and politicians on the far right have routinely and repeatedly claimed that Barack Obama is a Nazi, a Marxist, a Socialist, that the President of the United States wants to establish death panels, that Democrats are planning to declare martial law, that a program of gun confiscation is imminent, et cetera, et cetera,
Hate Speech Posts Archive
Hate is when you make racist or hate speech comments about someone. For example, if someone says I hate Bill O'Reilly and I hope he dies in a car crash, that is hate. But when you publish statements where he lied, then using his own words from his own transcript, the audio tape, or the video tape, then prove it was a lie by showing the truth, that is not hate.
Right-wing hate speech unearthed
Following the Tennessee church shooting and the Arkansas assassination, I've found a list of numerous recent examples of right-wing commentators and politicians inciting violence against opponents. This list is borrowed from an article I found on AlterNet, but the quotes themselves belong to the loudmouths who initially issued them.
A history of conservative hate speech
Are the examples of conservative vitriol noted in Political Vitriol in the Giffords Shooting, Debating Loughner's Influences, and Shooter Hits Palin's Target some sort of unusual or unplanned happenstance? No.
Preliminary report finds extensive use of hate speech on conservative talk radio
I could go on and on about the lies, the violence, the distortions from the right but that would mean there would be no reason to add more.


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Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate near zero Friday and outlined a new lending program intended to help bolster the economy.
As widely expected, the Bank of Japan's policy board voted unanimously to leave its overnight call rate target at a low 0.1 percent. The bank has not touched the rate since December 2008.
It upgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy, saying it is "starting to recover moderately" thanks to global economic growth. Exports and factory output are up, which is leading to bigger capital investments by companies, it said. Government stimulus measures are also driving consumer demand at home.
Gross domestic product data released Thursday showed that Japan's economy grew at an annual pace of 4.9 percent in the January-March quarter.
The central bank, however, reiterated that it would keep monetary policy "extremely accommodative" to help fight persistent deflation. Consumer prices fell for the 13th straight month in March.
"The bank recognizes that Japan's economy faces the critical challenge of overcoming deflation and returning to a sustainable growth path with price stability," the policy board said in its statement.
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Devine Stories
About Angels in Our Lives
Divine Intervention Stories
Rescue Me Story
Just a few years ago, my life was on the mountain top, everything seemed to be going so well for me. In fact, I specifically remember one Sunday morning as I was walking alone up to the youth center at church to teach the teen guys' Sunday School class, I was praising God because everything in my life seemed so great! I was thanking God for blessing me with a great family, a home on acreage, a great church, a great job with great benefits, I was the chairman of the deacons board, chairman of the shepherding board, a Sunday School teacher, leader of men's ministries, etc. Life was great!
This is my divine intervention story and how God did rescue me.
Not too long after that, tragedy struck and my great life began to crumble around me. My worst nightmare...my marriage began to fall apart. Trying to save my marriage, I quit my steady job and started a home business so I could spend more time at home with my family. Things only got worse. Before long I resigned from leadership and teaching positions at church, my marriage tragically ended in divorce, I lost my home as a result and my family was splitting up. I now found myself in the deepest, darkest valley of my life. Everything that once seemed wonderful in my life, was now gone.
I've always considered myself to be a strong person and strong in my faith, but at this time in my life, I felt so weak. For the first time in my life, I began to question God, "What are you doing??"..."Why did you allow this to happen?"..."What did I do to deserve this?"..."God, are you here?" I needed to be rescued.
I struggled for some time in sharing this story, not knowing how to put it into words. But the one thing I do know how to share is the grace, love, mercy and strength, that God over abundantly gave to me during this dark hour of my life. I'd like to be able to tell you that I was strong and tough during this time. But the truth is, I've never felt weaker. Maybe you are going through a tough situation, maybe you've already been there. I hope that the lessons I learned during my walk through the valley will be an encouragement to you.
One thing is for sure, something you can always count on is whether you are on the mountain top or in the deepest part of the valley or anywhere in between, God is there with you. He promises to never forsake you and He proved that to me! One of the first lessons that I learned and am still learning, is my need to totally depend on Him. I have always been in control and able to solve my own problems. At this point, my life was in turmoil and completely out of my control and my only option was to put my life completely in God's divine hands. This was and is a huge challenge and struggle for me. I knew it was the right thing because of my faith, but doing it was another thing. I prayed and cried and begged God to rescue me.
Everyday, it was a struggle to even get out of bed, much less function. Again, I'd like to tell you that I picked up the pieces of my life, pulled them together and climbed back on the mountain top myself. But, as I look back, I clearly see, it wasn't me, it was clearly the hand of our merciful divine God! You see, God had given me a great gift called friends and from the beginning of the tragedy in my life, my best friend called me every week, for two and a half years, encouraging me and praying with me and always helping me to remember that our strength comes from God and helping me to focus on my kids. My pastor, also my friend, was always there and available, standing firm with me in my time of need. My church family, always praying and constantly lifting me and my family into the presence of God, always encouraging me...He was rescuing me through my friends, through my family (even though my kids were suffering more that I was), through my pastor, through my church, through His Word and prayer. I don't know how people make it through tragedy without friends and their church. Sadly, maybe they don't. I praise God for His mercy and grace, and all of my friends and church family that did rescue me. These are gifts that I will cherish forever!
I can't end the story though, without letting you know that I am now on my way back up the mountain. In fact, God has brought a new friend into my life and we will be married in four weeks from the date I am writing this testimony. What an awesome God we serve!
I want you to know that whatever you go through, don't go through it alone. Learn to trust and lean on God, cry out to Him, and He will rescue you!
"I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord."
Psalm 40:1-3
This divine intervention story rescue me,
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BRIDGEPORT, WV (S-M) - Astronomers using telescopes at Lick and Keck Observatories have found a fifth planet around the star 55 Cancri, setting a record for the most known planets around a star other than the Sun.
"It is amazing to see our ability to detect extrasolar planets growing," said Alan Stern, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. "We are finding solar systems with a richness of planets and a variety of planetary types comparable to our own."
The new planet is the fourth from its star and orbits in the "habitable zone," a distance from the star where temperatures are warm enough for water to remain a liquid, thus raising the possibility that life could form there. However, the planet is quite unlike our own, and is likely a gas giant with a mass of about 45 times that of Earth. Still, if the planet has any moons then they could be possible homes for life.
Debra Fischer, an astronomer at San Francisco State University, said "The gas-giant planets in our solar system all have large moons. If there is a moon orbiting this new, massive planet, it might have pools of liquid water on a rocky surface."
Fischer and a team of collaborators discovered this planet after careful observation of 2,000 nearby stars with the Shane telescope at Lick Observatory located on Mt. Hamilton, east of San Jose, Calif., and the W.M. Keck Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The planet was not seen directly, but was instead detected by the Doppler technique. As the planet orbits 55 Cancri, it causes the star to wobble slightly, and these wobbles show up in slight frequency shifts in the star's light.
"Discovering these five planets took us 18 years of continuous observations at Lick Observatory, starting before any extrasolar planets were known anywhere in the universe," said Geoff Marcy, of the University of California at Berkeley. "But finding five extrasolar planets orbiting a star is only one small step. Earth-like planets are the next destination." - GW
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