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As Labor seized on the move as a broken election promise, Mr Abbott said the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) had been previously published after the new year, as opposed to the more regular practice of a November or December release.
"The important thing is to get the right policies in place as quickly as we can so that when MYEFO does come out it does so in ways which reassure the Australian people [that the] economy is under stronger management than it might have been over the last few years," Mr Abbott said in Canberra on Monday.
The Australian Financial Review revealed on Monday that the incoming government might delay the update until late January after being told the forecasts and predictions contained in last month's Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook are already obsolete.
The Coalition, which is reportedly looking to boost infrastructure spending over the next 12 to 18 months to spur economic growth when the resources investment boom cools, is eager to avoid damaging fragile consumer and business confidence with a fresh round of bleak economic forecasts.
"There is a very serious deterioration in our budgetary situation," Mr Abbott said.
"The deterioration is not markedly different from the situation that was revealed in the PEFO and just prior to the start of the campaign.
"Nevertheless, I want to stress that we will bring the budget back into surplus as quickly as we responsibly can, consistent with the election commitments that we've given."
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"This is a clear and cynical ploy on behalf of the new government to avoid scrutiny," Mr Bowen said.
"What we're seeing here is now a clear pattern of behaviour from this new government, saying one thing before the election and doing another thing after the election."
Mr Bowen accused the Coalition of hypocrisy over its plans to ramp-up infrastructure investment to spur growth.
"I pointed out as treasurer during the election campaign we were facing a transition in the economy," he said.
"What I have a problem with is a completely inconsistent approach from this new incoming government compared to what they said before the election."
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Towering cliffs painted in desert hues and honeycombed rock formations sculpted over millions of years form the landscape of this remote region. In 1965, 17 California bighorn sheep were reintroduced into Leslie Gulch. The herd has expanded to over 200 animals. Mule deer and Rocky Mountain elk are also found in the area. Bird watchers can spot chuckar, numerous songbirds, raptors, California quail, northern flickers, and white-throated swifts. Coyotes, bobcats, bats, and many reptiles, including rattlesnakes, also live in Leslie Gulch. The talus slopes and unique soils of Leslie Gulch support a number of rare plant species. Two annual species are found only in the Leslie Gulch drainage (Packard's blazing star and Etter's groundsel). Grimy ivesia, sterile milkvetch, and Owyhee clover are rare perennials found at a few isolated sites in the canyon. Directions: Follow Highway 95 South, 59 miles from Ontario to the Leslie Gulch turnoff, then turn west on a dirt road and travel for about 25 miles.
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Having made his mark as an angry man comedian in the early 1990s with a stand-up act that lambasted every aspect of popular culture, actor Denis Leary put his abrasive persona to good use when he made the transition to the screen. He first gained widespread notice with his fast-talking rants that were featured in between commercials on MTV. After achieving a minor hit in the music world with the sardonic 1993 single "Asshole," Leary starred in the funny, but under-performing comedy "The Ref" (1994) before appearing in the cringe-worthy comedy "Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995). He delivered sturdy performances in uncharacteristically dramatic fare like "Love Walked In" (1997), "Monument Ave" (1998), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999) and "Jesus' Son" (1999). Despite a series of uneven roles, Leary finally found his groove as the star, co-creator and executive producer of "Rescue Me" (FX, 2004-2011), a gritty and acerbically funny look at a group of fireman coping with their dysfunctional lives post-9/11. Irreverent, shocking and sometimes controversial, "Rescue Me" proved to be the perfect vehicle for Leary's sardonic wit, playing a recovering alcoholic who struggles to keep together what's left of his family while constantly battling his inner demons. Hailed by critics and blasted by some of the more overzealous watchdog groups, the show allowed Leary to put the full force of his talents on display while opening doors to more mainstream projects.


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I signed the petition "Review the 501(c)(3) status of The Church of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons)". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.
The struggle continues…
On Wednesday 5 November, there was a protest march which ran through West Hollywood, CA. On Thursday 6 November there was another protest march on the Mormon Temple in Los Angeles. Today, 7 November there will be a protest rally in front of City Hall in Palm Springs, CA. On Sunday 9 November there will be a protest march on the State's Capitol in Sacramento at 1 PM. Other protest marches are occurring in San Francisco and throughout the state. This is reminiscent of the tumultuous times of 1968.
On the evening of 4 April 1968, while he was standing on a balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. That it turn prompted mass civil disobedience by African Americans throughout America. The assassination of Dr. King was not simply the assassination of one person, it was an attempted assassination of hope. Hope that America could fulfill her mission and be an inclusive society with liberty and justice for ALL.
The decision by 52% of the electorate of California to deny equality for ALL this past week, was also an attempted assassination of hope. Hope that our State was somehow, better than that. That we would not vote for discrimination. That we would stand with minorities in our society and protect their rights. That did not happen. As in 1968, the forces of bigotry, hatred and smug supremacy prevailed. Then, this prompted an out pouring onto the nation's streets of those who were oppressed by an unjust majority. That is happening now again. Dr. King once observed that: "A riot is the voice of the unheard." Unlike then, violence has thus far thankfully been averted.
Many in society in 1968 hoped that African Americans would simply calm down and that society would return to "business as usual" once the blacks were put back in their place. I'm sure that many of those who voted "yes" on Prop 8, as well as the Architects and chief patrons of Prop 8, hope that once the "fags" calm down, it will also be "business as usual". Well, it wasn't the case in 1968 and it is not the case now.
So, where do we go now? Now, is a time for those who voted NO on Prop. 8 to do several things.
Here's a starter list:
1) Find out what business gave money to "yes" on Prop 8 and cease doing business with them. Ask your friends and families to boycott those businesses. This includes not only corporations but, Realtors, contractors, lawn services, any business, no matter how small. Send them an economic NO when you use one of their competitors, send them a copy of the receipt and let them know this is business you would have given to them if not for their bigotry.
2) If you are a Catholic who's parish actively supported "yes" on Prop 8, here are some things you can do. Do not put your contribution into the collection basket at Mass. The collection is assessed (taxed) by the bishop. In my Diocese, the tax amounts to 17%. That means that 17 cents of every dollar you put into the basket goes to the bishop. Instead, make out a check to your parish and drop it by the church office as a "special gift." If the bishop starts taxing "special gifts" then, offer the parish to pay for part of the utilities bill, etc. with your check made payable directly to the appropriate company. Thus by passing church hands altogether. In this way, you help your parish and send the bishops a message. Oh, don't forget to write your bishop a letter and let him know that a) you are doing this, b) why and c) that this will continue until a public apology is issued for having supported "yes" on Prop 8.
3) Press your bishop continually and publicly about equal employment protection and domestic partnership health benefits for gay/lesbian church employees.
4) Do not donate to Diocesan Appeal campaigns but, only to funds with restricted application. For example, a hospital, an orphanage, a school, etc.
Any other suggestions? Let me know and I'll be happy to pass them along. As one reader said, this is not over. It won't be over until we have liberty and justice for ALL.
Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8: You Play – You PAY BOYCOTT !!!
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California's ban on gay marriage.
It could be a heavy price to pay. Tourism brings in $6 billion a year to Utah, with world-class skiing, a spectacular red rock country and the film festival founded by Robert Redford, among other popular tourist draws.
"At a fundamental level, the Utah Mormons crossed the line on this one," said gay rights activist John Aravosis, an influential blogger in Washington, D.C.
"They just took marriage away from 20,000 couples and made their children bastards," he said. "You don't do that and get away with it."
Salt Lake City is the world headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which counts about 62 percent of Utah residents as members.
The church encouraged its members to work to pass California's Proposition 8 by volunteering their time and money for the campaign. Thousands of Mormons worked as grassroots volunteers and gave tens of millions of dollars to the campaign.
The ballot measure passed Tuesday. It amends the California Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual act, overriding a state Supreme Court ruling that briefly gave same-sex couples the right to wed.
The backlash against the church — and by extension Utah — has been immediate. Protests erupted outside Mormon temples, Facebook groups formed telling people to boycott Utah, and Web sites such as mormonsstoleourrights.com began popping up, calling for an end to the church's tax-exempt status.
Church spokeswoman Kim Farah said in a statement about the temple protests Friday that it is "disturbing" that the church is being singled out for exercising its right to speak up in a free election.
"While those who disagree with our position on Proposition 8 have the right to make their feelings known, it is wrong to target the Church and its sacred places of worship for being part of the democratic process," Farah said.
The church had said in a statement after Tuesday's vote that "no one on any side of the question should be vilified, intimidated, harassed or subject to erroneous information."
Aravosis is the editor of the popular americablog.com, which has about 900,000 unique monthly visitors.
He is calling for skiers to choose any state but Utah and for Hollywood actors and directors to pull out of the Sundance Film Festival. Other bloggers and readers have responded to his call.
"There's a movement afoot and large donors are involved who are very interested in organizing a campaign, because I do not believe in frivolous boycotts," said Aravosis, who has helped organize boycotts against "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger's television show, Microsoft and Ford over gay rights issues.
"The main focus is going to be going after the Utah brand," he said. "At this point, honestly, we're going to destroy the Utah brand. It is a hate state."
Gay rights groups did not immediately weigh in on calls for a boycott. Jim Key, spokesman for the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, said he had heard little about such an effort.
"It's not something that we have called for, but we do think it is important to send a message to the Mormon church," Key said. He noted an effort run by the center to overturn Proposition 8 that sends a postcard to the Mormon church president with each contribution made.
A Sundance spokeswoman didn't return messages. Leigh von der Esch, managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism, said that she's aware there's been discussion of a boycott, but that her office hadn't received any calls about it Thursday. State offices are closed Friday.
"We're respectful of both sides of the equation and realize it's an emotional issue, but we are here promoting what we think is the best state in the country," she said.
What kind of economic, religious or political impact, if any, a boycott might have is unclear. The Mormon church has members all over the world and no plans to change its stance on gay marriage.
Aravosis is not calling for a boycott of California, though that state's voters actually approved the ban.
"At this point, the Californians are the victims and the Mormons are the persecutors," he said. "We had won this until they swept in. … We need to send a message to Utah that they need to stop trying to inflict their way of life on every other state."
Bob Malone, CEO and president of the Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, said it is unfair to try to punish certain industries or parts of the state over an issue it had nothing to do with.
"It's really not a Park City thing, and I don't see it as a state thing. That was more of a religious issue," he said. "To sweep people in who really have nothing to do with that issue and have no influence over religious issues — it's sad that people kind of think that and say, 'We're going to bury you.' It's sad to hear people talk like that."


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At the top of this single one-sided sheet is a sketch of a young boy eating a slice of cake with "'s wonderul!" radiating from the cake. A promo for baking a chocolate cake with no sugar or butter but with Carnation Evaporated Milk is followed by recipes for Carnation Chocolate Malted Milk Cake and Malted Milk Icing. This is produced by the Home Service Department, Carnation Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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We present the main results and conclusions of a public opinion survey concerning the attitudes of the Israeli public towards various aspects of science and technology (S&T) in Israeli society. The survey was done in January and is based on telephone interviews with a random sample of about 490 adults (18+) representing the entire Israeli population.
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Despite the prominence of S&T in the mind of the Israel public, it appears that there is a considerable degree of adherence to supernatural beliefs, along with ignorance about scientific knowledge, as exemplified by the common rejection of the theory of evolution. This apparent paradox reemphasizes the importance of the educational system through which scientific knowledge and values can be spread and adopted
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I would love to find someone with similar interest. Someone that would be up for a anime marathon or some gaming together.
Maybe someone that would enjoy attending some anime/comic conventions and even cosplaying.
Going out and hitting up the clubs has never been my thing. I'd like to find someone that would rather grab some good food and find something a little bit more chill to do.
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Previously, unmarried people in England and Wales adopted individually - giving their partner fewer parental rights.
New rights for foster parents and those tracing children they gave up are also part of the Adoption and Children Act.
Support groups say the changes, which were passed in 2002, could encourage more people to come forward to adopt.
'Permanent families'
Felicity Collier, chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), said the changes brought the law into the 21st century.
"It recognises the reality, which is that adoption is no longer about adopting babies relinquished by unmarried mothers, but much more about finding permanent families who are committed to children who are in public care."
She said many children had suffered difficulties, including neglect and abuse, in early life and the widest range of potential families was needed.
Some unmarried couples were previously put off adopting by the rules stopping both from having a legal responsibility, Ms Collier said.
"Every child has a right to a permanent legal relationship with both the people who are looking after them."
'Another opportunity'
Under the act, foster parents can now apply for "special guardianship" orders, enabling them to take continuous responsibility for children until their 18th birthday.
And parents who gave up their children for adoption now have the right to try to trace them through an intermediary service - as long as the child wants to be put in touch.
National Adoption Agency chief executive Pam Hodgkins said adoptive children were often reluctant to trace their birth parents as they feared "being rejected a second time".
She said the change was "giving the impetus another way, it's giving another opportunity for people to say what they would like - and for the other person to respond".
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Agencies will contact people who have been adopted to ask if they want to be put in touch with their birth parents, Ms Collier said.
No information on them would be given without their permission.
But she said the new law could help many people: "There's a generation of unmarried mothers who actually have lived wanting to know desperately whether the child they gave up for adoption is alive or dead."
Lorna Read, who recently traced her blood daughter, said it was right that children had the right to decide whether to be put in touch - and that advice was available to parents.
"Nobody knows who they're going to meet," she said. "They don't know who their child or who their parent is going to be and I mean they could be faced with a horrible shock."


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Battlefield 4 will launch with ten maps and no less than seven distinct multiplayer modes to play on them, EA and DICE have confirmed.
In a post on the official Battlefield blog, DICE explained how all modes will be playable on every map. "By carefully zoning the playable combat areas, adapting flag layouts, and catering for a variety of gameplay styles, each map will accomodate any game mode you wish to play," read the post.
The seven game modes are:
Conquest - the traditional Battlefield multiplayer experience with multiple vehicle types and full freedom to explore the map. Conquest supports 24 players on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 64 players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Domination - the infantry-based variant on Conquest, supporting 20 players on all platforms.
Obliteration - new to Battlefield, this is described as a "mad dash" on foot and in vehicles to deliver explosives to hotspots on the map. It supports 24 players on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 32 players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Defuse - Also new to Battlefield, this is an intense close quarters mode pitting two teams of five against each other.
Team Deathmatch - the classic multiplayer mode, supporting 20 players on all platforms.
Squad Deathmatch - four squads of four fight it out with limited vehicle options for a place on the leaderboard.
Rush - the classic Battlefield mode, with one side defending their M-COM stations from the attacking team. Rush supports 24 players on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 32 players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC
Both Conquest and Domination will be playable in the beta trial, which begins on October 1st. In addition, Conquest, Obliteration, Rush and Squad Deathmatch will all support Commander Mode, allowing highly skilled players to adopt a top-down view of the action and direct their team mates in a strategic way.
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Can you clean too much ?
I have enough guns to keep a professional shop busy for a solid week in cleaning . I dont shoot them all but I do like to take them out every few months and clean them even if they had not been shot , mainly just a good oiling . Will too much or too often cleaning and or oiling harm the finish in any way ? I also give the holsters weather they are leather or synthetic a good coat of oil , will the oil harm the holsters ? or should I use somthing different ?
Also taking a bit of interest making some hand made pistol grips for a few of mine , where is a good source for small quantities of fine or exotic wood ?
I'm working on some handmade grips right now for my pistol, and don't know anything about "exotic" woods but there are some beautiful woods that aren't considered exotic and are very nice. A friend of mine hooked me up with a few gorgeous pieces of poplar.
I googled exotic wood and many companies sell it in small amounts. Oiling your guns to much can do some harm- you do not want to oil soak the wood and the oil will creep from the metal to the wood - some oils will harden or congeal in spots that could cause you grief later- to much oil in the chamber can put undo pressure on the bolt face as the brass can not grip the chamber walls.
I know of an old Colt SA that went from 90% to 60% due to excessive cleaning. That was a lot of lost value before he learned his lesson.
Use an oil designed for the holsters on holsters.
An occasional wipe down of the firearms should suffice once the weapon has been cleaned after firing.
Will the holster oil keep the fire arms from rusting ? I have spent most of my money on guns with no real place to put them and the amount i have is just stupid . Guns that I carry are the worst ones , they may go a few weeks in the truck holstered and starting to rust a bit , hence why I oil the holsters too . Most of them are don hume but I do have some old timers that are starting to flake and peel some
Conventional wisdom says:
1 - Do not store firearms in leather holsters
a - leather absorbs moisture which may lead to corrosion
b - chemicals used to tan leather may lead to corrosion
as Roscoguy stated try woodcraft or a rockler store if you have them in your area,, they both have some exotic species.. What kinds are you looking for ??
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Failing With Toastmasters
John Richardson of Success Begins Today made an excellent observation about how the "You Have the Right to Be Wrong" concept applies to Toastmasters.
I was at a Toastmasters meeting on Monday, and since we had five guests that evening, we all did a round of introductions. One of our members introduced himself by saying that he comes to the club meetings to be bad. He's a professional speaker and uses Toastmasters to test material and delivery.
I find Toastmasters to be a great environment for making mistakes and taking risks. I've done purely humorous speeches, gave a speech in film noir style, opened a speech with juggling, had the audience pretend to be superheroes, and incorporated wacky props like Barbie dolls and a ghost made from Kleenex and cotton balls. The supportive atmosphere of Toastmasters allows me to experiment well beyond the edges of what I've had the opportunity to do in front of other audiences. And I find that Toastmaster audiences appreciate a bit of wackiness and creativity, since they've already seen "the standard speech" a zillion times before.
This experimentation has greatly broadened my range as a speaker. I'd never given a humorous speech or used props or tried unusual delivery methods before joining Toastmasters. But now I'm convinced it's actually less risky to to take risks. As a speaker I find I have a better chance of success if I stray a bit off the "safe" path. If I give a speech just like anyone else would, even if my content and delivery are excellent, the reception will usually be lukewarm. I'm not providing enough value to the audience. But if I do something a bit odd or unusual, it keeps the audience awake and attentive.
What Toastmasters has shown me is just how important it is to keep the audience entertained while you attempt to educate them.
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At this press conference, the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) will release a Consensus Statement outlining challenges and opportunities for TasP and PrEP implementation. The statement was developed by an international Advisory Committee that analyzed and synthesized TasP and PrEP data presented and discussed at an IAPAC-hosted "Controlling the HIV Epidemic with Antiretrovirals" evidence summit held June 11-12, 2012, in London.
The press conference will feature two prominent researchers in the fields of TasP and PreP who will review the Consensus Statement's key recommendations.
WHO: Kenneth Mayer, MD
Visiting Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston,
Medical Research Director, Fenway Institute, Boston, and
Chair, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee
Julio Montaner, MD
Director, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver,
Past-President, International AIDS Society (IAS), and
Member, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee
José M. Zuniga, PhD, MPH
President, IAPAC, Washington, DC, and
Member, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee
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BUFFALO -- Kent State's men's basketball team ran out of rallies Saturday night at Alumni Arena.
After overcoming double-digit second-half deficits to win their past two games, the Golden Flashes fell behind the Bulls after a slow start to the second half and never recovered, suffering a 71-60 setback that evens their Mid-American Conference record at 2-2 (11-6 overall).
Buffalo (9-5, 3-1 MAC) gained a measure of revenge after suffering three losses to Kent State a year ago. Ironically, senior forward Javon McCrea, who torched the Flashes in all three games last season (28.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game), wasn't a major factor. He finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Instead, it was 6-foot-8 junior forward Will Regan who did the damage this time, producing 25 points, 10 rebounds and a pair of blocks.
"We did a pretty good job on McCrea, but Regan killed us and we didn't do a good enough job overall on the defensive end," said KSU coach Rob Senderoff. "They made a ton of toughness plays in the second half. They did the things needed to win, and we didn't."
Junior Devareaux Manley led Kent State with 17 points, hitting 3-of-8 3-pointers, but the team's brightest stars struggled against the Bulls.
Junior point guard Kris Brewer finished with 11 points and three assists, but had three turnovers and didn't reach double-figure points until hitting a pair of meaningless 3-pointers late in the game. Fellow starting junior guard Derek Jackson shot just 3-of-9 from the field for seven points, while senior forward Darren Goodson managed just two points and five assists before fouling out for the second straight game.
The Flashes hit just 6-of-22 3-pointers (27.3 percent) and shot only 6-of-13 from the free-throw line. Meanwhile, the Bulls hit 21-of-23 charity tosses.
Kent State led 29-27 at the break following a late Manley 3-pointer thanks in large part to a defense that forced nine Bulls turnovers.
"We played well in the first half, but we need to be more consistent," said Senderoff. "You can't play the way we did in the second half and expect to win on the road in this league."
Buffalo flipped all of those numbers around while dominating the second 20 minutes, and Regan enjoyed the biggest turnaround. After totaling just six points and one rebound in the opening half, Regan produced 19 points, nine boards and two blocks in the second half.
Regan led a 3-point barrage in the early minutes of the second half as the Bulls built a double-digit lead and never looked back. As a team, Buffalo connected on 6-of-11 shots from beyond the arc after the break.
Three free throws by Shannon Evans capped a 16-4 run that gave the Bulls a 52-40 lead with 10:27 left, and the Flashes were never closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Kent State will host Western Michigan (9-6, 2-1) on Thursday at 7 p.m.


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This salad is an excellent way to get more healthy greens into your diet using two of the colder months most abundant vegetable and fruit—kale and apples. Thinly slice the kale and toss it with sweet apples and a light poppy dressing for a healthy side to roast chicken or pork.
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Treatments for Stroke
Treatment depends on the type and severity of your stroke. The goals of treatment are to restore blood flow, minimize damage, and prevent another stroke. Time is the most important element of treatment in decreasing the amount of brain damage of any stroke. If you suspect a stroke call for emergency medical services immediately. Emergency services can begin some treatment before reaching the hospital.
For ischemic stroke, clot-busting medication can open blood vessel and restore blood flow to the brain. The increased blood flow can decrease or prevent damage to the affected areas of the brain. The earlier the medication is delivered the better the outcomes.
- If medical care is given within 4½ hours of start of symptoms, clot-busting medications may be delivered through IV.
- If medical care is given within approximately 6 hours of start of symptoms, intra-arterial (IA) clot-busting medications may be used. IAs are delivered directly to the clot through a catheter.
These therapies are not used for hemorrhagic strokes. Treatment for hemorrhagic stroke include efforts to slow or stop the bleeding.
Once you are stabilized and evaluated, management will shift to rehabilitation. The days and weeks after your first stroke may be an entirely new world to you. It will include hard work to recover or retrain function you lost, such as speech, walking, or the use of an arm or leg. Recovery can take days, weeks, or months. Rehabilitation can last years.
To achieve these goals, you will have a health care team that is made up of doctors, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and other health professionals. It is important to maintain contact with your medical team, adhere to recommended treatment and rehabilitation, and go to any recommended appointments.
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Most private English-medium schools in Calcutta reserve a quarter of their seats for underprivileged students in keeping with the right to education act but find few takers because of lack of information and parents fear about the campus ambience.
The act makes it mandatory for all schools, except minority institutions, to set aside 25 per cent seats for students from weaker sections. The students being admitted to the seats are entitled to free education.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had on Tuesday ruled that the state could impose admissions on private unaided schools, except minority institutions, if the purpose is to provide free and compulsory education to children from six to 14.
Most private schools Metro spoke to said they had kept 25 per cent of their seats aside for the students from weaker sections since the act came into effect in 2013 but few underprivileged parents had approached them so far.
We have not received any application so far (for admission under the quota), said Seema Sapru, the principal of The Heritage School. One or two children did approach but when we asked them to produce the below-the-poverty line certificate or birth certificate, they did not come back.
A source in the education department blamed the situation on the institutions.
Most schools make no effort to make underprivileged students aware of the fact that a certain number of seats are available for them. It is almost as if the schools do not want people to know that such seats are there, said a source.
Officials in the department said it was the schools duty to reach out to students from weaker sections and make the seats available for them.
We had held a couple of meetings with the heads of all private schools since the act came into effect and told them what steps they would have to take to implement the provisions, including the one related to the reservation of 25 per cent seats, said Amiya Ranjan Sanyal, a deputy director in the school education department.
The schools defence is that they do what they can and it is up to the government to publicise the reservation. Some schools said they had put up notices on campuses as well as on their websites, yet they had not received a single application.
Sharmila Bose, the principal of Sushila Birla Girls School, said the government should launch awareness drives. Schools as well as parents of underprivileged families are worried over how well the children would integrate with the others. The government needs to undertake awareness drives to reassure the parents that the children wont be victimised, said Bose.
Many underprivileged parents said they were wary of approaching reputable English-medium schools because they think their children will suffer if the subjects are taught in English. They also fear that their children would not be able to mix with those from affluent families.
All children should have equal opportunities... teachers have to be equipped to teach such a heterogeneous group, said Devi Kar, the director of Modern High School for Girls.


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...In 67 B.C. Roman soldiers invaded the Black Sea region under General Pompey's command, and those loyal to the reigning King Mithridates secretly lined the Romans' path with enticing chunks of mad honeycomb. The unwitting army ate these with gusto, as the story goes. Driven into an intoxicated stupor by the hallucinogenic honey, many of the flailing soldiers became easy prey, and were slain.
This rich history, along with Turkey's 18th Century trading tradition, seems to account for mad honey's persistence in the present day — and the fact that it is purposefully harvested there. And yet, finding it still amounts to something of a treasure hunt.
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Kevin and Jill Arens of Elk River announce the engagement of their son, Derek Jordan Arens to Amanda Erin Kuchenbecker, daughter of Larry and Diane Kuchenbecker of Owatonna, Minn.
Derek, of Arden Hills, Minn., is a 2005 graduate of Elk River High School and a 2010 graduate of Bethel University and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities' Dual Degree Program. Derek received an Engineering Science Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethel University and a Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota. He is currently employed as a Transportation Engineer at Bolton and Menk, Inc. in Burnsville.
Amanda, of Edina, Minn., is a 2004 graduate of Owatonna High School and a 2008 graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family Life Education. She is currently employed as a Lead Teacher and Preschool Spanish Teacher at St. Peter's Lutheran School and Early Learning Center in Edina.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects India to lead global talks on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme ETS.L, the organisation's head said, sympathising with the country's objections to the proposal.
Two Indian airlines failed to meet a March 31 deadline to comply with the ETS, which requires carriers flying to or from Europe to offset their carbon emissions, but has prompted an outcry from some in the industry.
"Introducing a divisive regional ETS risks a trade war that nobody can afford," Tony Tyler, director general of the IATA told a news conference in New Delhi.
"India does not appear to be philosophically against the EU ETS. The objection India has is that it is an attempt to wield the EU's territorial rights. A lot of countries are also of that view. That position is very reasonable."
The two Indian airlines joined eight Chinese carriers to deliver on threats not to comply with the ETS. More than 1,200 airlines, including U.S. carriers, have met the requirements.
Opponents of the law accuse the European Union of imposing an extra-territorial tax and say it sets a dangerous precedent.
"The problem with the EU ETS is that it is regional and not a global scheme that everybody agrees to," said Tyler. "We expect that the objectionable elements of the scheme will be withdrawn."
Tyler added that he believed India had no objection to working towards a non-regional solution to managing the aviation industry's 2 percent contribution to global man-made CO2 emissions.
More than 20 nations opposed to the ETS have grouped together in a "coalition of the unwilling". They last met in Moscow in February, when they agreed possible retaliatory measures and said they would meet again in Saudi Arabia, although a date has not been confirmed. (Writing by Henry Foy; Editing by Ron Popeski)


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Halloween costume ideas
Updated 3:08 am, Monday, October 29, 2012
-- Dye your mustache pink, pick up a pal and give him/her a piggyback ride around town.
-- Or don't dye it, and say you're Ed Lee.
-- To be Paul Ryan: Spanx and Count Dracula hairline. To be Joe Biden: Forget the hair-implant jokes, it's all in the teeth.
-- If you're Lance Armstrong, you're out of tricks, so don't expect any treats.
-- Make yourself invisible and come as first presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer.
-- Or partially invisible: Hide your nose and be the heroic Kabang, whose snout was lost when she pushed aside two girls about to be hit by a motorcycle in the Philippines.
-- Cinderella is passe, but if you're into rags to riches, why not be that plain-looking British woman who got glammed up after winning the singing competition with a number from "Les Miz"? Her name? The competition? The song? Don't TV talent contests make lasting contributions to culture?
-- You can be a literary figure, like memoirist Arnold Schwarzenegger; an economic guru, like reveler Dominique Strauss-Kahn; or former politician, like John Edwards. The accessory - something extra on the side - is the same.
-- If you're into real candy, eschew Melky Duds.
-- Dress as the rapper Psy. Can't master "Gangnam style"? Substitute your favorite Korean rock dance.
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Urban Stormwater
What is Urban Stormwater?
When it rains or snows, where does all the water go? Does it soak into the ground? Does it sit in puddles until it evaporates? The water actually does both of these things. Some of the water will also flow over the land surface, heading downhill to the nearest stream or ditch. We call this stormwater runoff.
In cities and towns, the water can't soak through the pavement and rooftops like it
can into the soil. As a result, cities have much more stormwater runoff than forests
and fields do. The water flows off impervious surfaces such as driveways, rooftops,
sidewalks, and parking lots, and then collects in gutters or basins which run directly
into storm
drains. These drains carry the water (as well as oil and other toxic chemicals caused by cars and households) directly to your local stream or lake.
Water quality in an area generally starts to become impaired when impervious land cover rises above 10 percent. The more impervious cover, the greater the risk that your watershed is contaminated.
Don't we live in a desert? Why should I care about stormwater?
The Intermountain West has in recent years experienced some of the fastest urban growth in the United States. With an increasing population comes an increased demand for water resources, particularly in watering lawns and gardens. Water use in the West has grown so much that the Colorado River, a major water source, is completely used up before it even reaches the sea.
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This rapid growth of development and water consumption are hard on the native desert ecosystems of our area. These ecosystems are extremely delicate and take hundreds of years to develop. As such, they suffer when humans impact them through construction. Impervious surfaces such as roads and parking lots complicate the problem by introducing pollutants into the ecosystem. During dry periods between rain events, pollutants build up on these surfaces. The first storm after a long dry period then creates a "first flush," sending that high concentration of pollution into the watershed.
Water in the West is a precious resource because we don't have that much of it. Climate change predictions for our area forecast fewer and more intense storms in the coming years. That means water is becoming scarcer and we can't afford to pollute it or waste it. Through new management practices, we can reduce the impacts of impervious surface runoff and pollution. We can also reduce the amount of rain water we waste by capturing it and using it on site.


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Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie review by Greg Carlson
Jim Jarmusch, who has made a habit out of depriving his hardcore fans of regular movie treats (his last film was the brilliant "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" in 1999), groups together eleven short subjects to make a feature out of "Coffee and Cigarettes," an interesting and occasionally inspired omnibus populated by Jarmusch's usual parade of incomparably hip talents. The basic set-up: people conversing in diners, cafes, bars, dives, and other smoking-allowed environs over the caffeine and nicotine-laced items of the title, provides Jarmusch with the perfect opportunity to show off his jazz-like penchant for verbal riffs, complete with harmonies, melodies, solos and recapitulations.
Black and white are the only two colors Jarmusch has ever really needed, and as usual, the rich cinematography (provided by Tom DeCillo, Ellen Kuras, Freddie Elmes, and Robby Muller) is uniformly radiant.
The film's original segment, which was shown once upon a time on "SNL," stretches back to 1986, and features a paradox of personalities in its coupling of somnambulant comic Steven Wright and hyperactive Roberto Benigni, who struggle with a language barrier that makes their conversational comprehension as shaky as their java-jolted nerves. One of the movie's better segments, it prepares viewers unfamiliar with Jarmsuch's droll, ironic style for what is to come.
It could be immediately argued that each of the segments would work better on its own, but Jarmusch often repeats thoughts, ideas, and even lines of dialogue in ways that unify the whole assemblage. Meg White and Jack White of the White Stripes discuss in some detail the physics theories of Nikola Tesla, and later, Jarmusch will return to the rather beautiful notion that the entire world is a "transmitter of acoustic resonance." When he does, with Bill Rice and Taylor Mead in the final section, the payoff of their dialogue is heartfelt and bittersweet.
The strongest exchanges comment with subtlety on the odd nature of fame. Iggy Pop and Tom Waits circle around like dogs, trying desperately not to look hurt when each is deeply insulted by the other. Bill Murray sits down with the Wu Tang Clan's GZA and RZA, who cannot believe that "Groundhog Day, Ghostbustin' Bill Murray!" is waiting tables. Cate Blanchett plays a dual role, capturing the essence of a movie star and her not-famous cousin, who clearly envies and loathes the privilege that accompanies notoriety and wealth. Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan deliver a clinic on comic timing in their sketch, a commentary on the self-involvement and narcissism that can make celebrities so repugnant when they are off-screen; it is by far the best constructed of the film's chapters.
Not everything works as well as it should, and some sections struggle to keep up with others. Renee French and E.J. Rodriguez leave you wanting something much more satisfying (despite being the ne plus ultra of Jarmusch's dizzying demonstration of awkward silences and pregnant pauses). Alex Descas and Isaach de Bankole don't manage to pull off the right tone for their play on the insecurity and paranoia that can occur between friends. Steve Buscemi, Joie Lee and Cinque Lee have a juicy script that puts Jarmusch's occasional Elvis fixation at the heart of a tense debate on race, but the piece can't find the right balance between comic playfulness and social-minded critique. Despite their minor shortcomings, however, the vignettes of "Coffee and Cigarettes" are likely to please longtime Jarmusch devotees as well as newcomers looking for something out of the ordinary.
This review was originally published in the High Plains Readaer the week of 7/26/04.


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March milk production climbed 3.2 percent compared to year-ago levels, according to the USDA's March "Milk Production" report, released yesterday afternoon.
Milk production in the top 20 dairy states totaled 12.8 billion pounds during March.
The USDA also revised February milk production — decreasing it 0.5 percent, or 56 million pounds, from its preliminary estimate released during March. February revised milk production — at 11.4 billion pounds — is still 2.3 percent above February 2001 milk output.
First quarter milk production, also included in the report, totaled 42.3 billion pounds — 2.4 percent above first quarter milk production during 2001. Milk cow numbers during the first three months of this year averaged 9.11 million head — a decrease of 38,000 head compared to the same time period a year ago.
Strong milk per cow drove the milk production gain during March. Monthly milk production per cow averaged 1,650 pounds or 55 pounds per cow per day. The monthly average also is 51 pounds more milk per cow than March 2001.
All but four of the top 20 dairy states saw gains in milk output during March. Among the top 20 states, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio and Idaho led the nation in milk production gains during March — climbing 16.8 percent, 10.8 percent, 8.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Florida and Minnesota took the greatest hit in milk production during March — down 3.7 percent and 3.6 percent, respectively. Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the other two states that lost milk production, saw only a 0.9 percent and 0.1 percent drop in milk output during March. Total milk production for the top 20 dairy states is shown in the table below.
Cow numbers also appear to be recovering slightly. The 20-state cow herd totaled 7.75 million head during March — 1,000 head more than February and 2,000 head more than March 2001.
March milk production climbed 3.2 percent compared to year-ago levels, according to the USDA's March "Milk Production" report, released yesterday afternoon.


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Yulia Tymoshenko's refusal to acknowledge Viktor Yanukovich as the legitimate winner of Ukraine's presidential election is starting to embarrass her friends in the European Union. The White House, Nato and the EU have all congratulated Yanukovich on his victory. The longer Tymoshenko maintains her defiant stance, the more it will cost her in terms of prestige and contacts in Europe.
Only last December I saw the red carpet rolled out for Tymoshenko at a congress in Bonn of the centre-right European People's Party, the biggest party in the European Parliament. Everyone was there – German chancellor Angela Merkel, EU president Herman Van Rompuy, French premier François Fillon, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, etc. Tymoshenko was one of the star attractions from the "new" eastern Europe. Read more


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She's got that glow!
Mom-to-be Scarlett Johansson radiated the red carpet at the premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Thursday (March 13). Looking stunning in a low-cut, sheer embroidered ivory bodice with a similar black knee-length skirt, the expectant actress, 29, debuted her barely there baby bump at the Hollywood event.
Last week, the Her actress announced that she is expecting her first child with fiancé, French journalist Romain Dauriac.
Reports say that she is around 4 to 5 months along into her first pregnancy.
During a recent press conference, Johansson was bombarded with several questions about impending motherhood. When asked if she will take less sexy roles after welcoming her first child, she replied,
"I've been in the industry for 20 years, so the way the roles that have become available to me change as I grow older [laughs]," she said. "I'm sure that will continue as I grow older and transition through life. You hope to have a career that has longevity and reflects the experiences that you had I guess," she added. "It's what we all hope for, men and women alike."
The pregnant actress was then asked about filming of The Avengers: Age of Ultron and if her "announcement" will affect her role.
"Everything for Avengers 2 — we're full steam ahead. We start shooting in three weeks and I'm stunt training and we're good to go," she told Huffington Post. "You know, I think it's something that is [laughing] hard to talk about, exactly. You know, trying to skirt around your question exactly [laughs] — and, you know, doing a poor job of it. But, you know, like I said, everything is exactly on schedule."View Slideshow »»


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Host Jeff Bridges tagged along Cookie Monster for a Christmas carol while Vanessa Bayer's Miley addressed her 'very serious five-minute drug problem'.
Jeff Bridges closed the 2010 "Saturday Night Live" edition with a high note. The "Tron Legacy" actor appeared in some impressive sketches which include a duet with Cookie Monster, a Nick Nolte impression, and a Dog the Bounty Hunter imprint.
In celebration of Christmas, Bridges sang a holiday tune "Silver Bells" with the help of Cookie Monster who auditioned for a part on the variety show last month. The blue monster wished for an iPad from Santa but then corrected, "cookieeeees". At the end of the song, Bridges pulled out two broken pieces of cookies from his back pocket for the "Sesame Street" character.
Bridges appeared as Nolte in "The Miley Cyrus Show" which has now become a regular sketch on "SNL". Vanessa Bayer plays Miley, admitting that she was "really high" in a video tape where she was seen smoking from a bong. Then she invited Nolte to find out how he recovered from the scandal and whether he's "a hundred years old".
Bridges also assisted Fred Armisen in his spoof of Larry King's farewell episode recently. But he was not involved in the Digital Short which boasted celebrity cameos from Jessica Alba, Akon, John McEnroe, and Blake Lively in addition to "SNL" regulars Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone.
"SNL" will return January 8 with Jim Carrey as host and The Black Keys as musical guest.
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Seattle Wall, 1998
by Kent Hall
This book is available to buy on Amazon
About the Book
Below Pike's Place Market is an enormous poster wall. In August 1998, I took 17 snapshots that form a rough panorama. It's a palimpsest of Seattle culture and a snapshot of my own fascinations with pop, collage, space, and chronology.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
38 Pages
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781457971204
- Publish Date Sep 03, 2013
- Language English
- Tags pike's place, seattle, posters, graffiti
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About the Creator
Kent Hall
San Francisco, CA
I'm a writer and photographer, who also happens to work at Blurb. I'm a big fan of Polaroid and I obsessively create artwork in little black (or sometimes red) notebooks.
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Lucien Samaha great record of something constantly morphing and recomposing itself. It will never be the same as when you captured it.
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February 2, 2005
A result of a joint venture between Molded Materials, Inc. and GE Plastics, retort trays made from a PPX grade of a NORYL polycarbonate PTE blend offer low temperature toughness and high heat resistance plus durability, cleanability and non-stick features. The trays can include RFID devices and offer one-piece construction, making them suitable for use as a single-handling container for warehousing, shipping and temporary storage.
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In the behavioural sciences, e.g. Psychology, Biology, Neurosciences, an experimental paradigm is an experimental setup (i.e. a way to conduct a certain type of experiment) that is defined by certain fine-tuned standards and often has a theoretical background. A paradigm in this technical sense, however, is not a way of thinking as it is in the epistemological meaning.
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PDFs are a great file format to send to someone because almost everyone is able to view the document, but that also means the ability to make changes are heavily restricted. Sometimes that is what the author wanted, but as the recipient it can be annoying if there is a small change you want to make. For example, think about someone who sends you a 200-page document that only has a few pages that are relevant to you. It would be nice if you could save only the pages you need.
With PDFill PDF Tools you can do all kinds of common operations such as merging multiple PDFs, adding a watermark, and more:
- Merge – Merge two or more PDF files into a single PDF file.
- Split or Reorder – Extract and reorder pages from a PDF file into a new file.
- Rotate and Crop – Rotate a PDF page by 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
- Reformat – Combine multiple pages into one page and add note lines for a handout.
- Header and Footer – Add headers and footers to present information, such as date, time, page numbers, or the title of the document, in the top or bottom margins of a document.
- Convert Images to PDF – Convert images (BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and WMF) into a PDF file.
- Convert PDF into Images – Save PDF pages into images (PNG, JPG, BMP and TIFF).
The only thing that I want to point out about this app is that it will download GhostScript and Java if you don't already have them on your machine. The download and installation of these tools will be done automatically as part of the setup process so you may not even notice it happening.
PDFill PDF Tools Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)


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Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.Starring: George Hamilton, Richard Benjamin, Sherman Hemsley
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Great product and easy to assemble. The box was pretty beat up when I received it though the merchandise on had a couple of small scratches. Not enough to complaint, although the box was missing the front fairing. I emailed ACK that day and they took care of the issue. I was sent a new fairing without any issues. A big thumbs up for great customers service!
Great product, one of the bits was a bit bent from shipping (presumably, but it just took a little bit more elbow grease to put together) but the price was great, and the delivery was prompt.


text: An urban oasis hidden inside a family-owned five-generation nursery, Kentucky Native Café is an addition to the well-loved Michler's Florist Greenhouse & Garden Design. Serving food when weather permits, Michler's menu features mostly vegetarian fare – with fresh breads, local fruits and vegetables, herbs grown in their greenhouse and local craft beer on tap. A great escape from the bustle, this is a unique place to sit outside and enjoy the beauty of carefully cultivated greenhouses and landscaping.


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News Wrap: Militants make deadly attack on Pakistan university
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GWEN IFILL: Good evening. I'm Gwen Ifill.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And I'm Judy Woodruff.
GWEN IFILL: On the "NewsHour" tonight: We go to the community of Flint, Michigan, where a water crisis has the governor on the defensive and residents outraged.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Also ahead this Wednesday: the virus now found in 20 countries and causing brain damage in infants.
GWEN IFILL: Then, we catch up with two reporters on the campaign trail to go beyond the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And the second conversation in our series on Understanding Autism, telling the many stories of the disorder.
CAREN ZUCKER, Co-Author, "In a Different Key: The Story of Autism": Some guy stood up and said, "Hey, he's got autism. What's your problem? What's your reason for acting like a jerk?"
And what happened is a community formed around him.
GWEN IFILL: All that and more on tonight's "PBS NewsHour."
JUDY WOODRUFF: Wall Street spent another day on the downside, and the only question was, how low would they go? The Dow Jones industrial average was off 550 points before a late rally. It ended with a loss of 249 points to close at 15766. The Nasdaq fell five and the S&P 500 dropped 22. All this was driven by another sharp drop in oil prices to just over $26.50 a barrel.
GWEN IFILL: Numbers of a very different sort are also in, and they show 2015 was Earth's hottest year on record. Scientists at NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that today.
As this NASA animation shows, the data show a steady accumulation of heat in recent decades. And the researchers say it should make doubters of climate change think twice.
COMPTON TUCKER, NASA: Fifteen of the past 16 years have been the warmest years on record. And when you see a run like this, this is not something which people can easily dismiss and say it isn't true; 15 out of 16 is a pretty good batting average.
GWEN IFILL: NOAA had already announced that 2015 was the second warmest year in the United States since record-keeping started 121 years ago.
JUDY WOODRUFF: In Pakistan, Islamist militants killed at least 18 students and two teachers at a university today and wounded 23 others. The attackers stormed the school in the northwestern city of Charsadda, before being cornered and killed by soldiers.
Ambulance sirens wailed outside Bacha Khan University even as the battle raged inside. Four militants had sneaked in under cover of early morning fog and started shooting.
MAN (through interpreter): We heard firing from the back of the campus. We thought maybe some people were fighting. Then the firing increased. Then he said, get into the rooms. Don't go out.
MAN (through interpreter): There was so much panic and fear that a friend of mine jumped from the university building. The building is very high, yet he jumped from it in because he was so scared. We saw the militants chanting, "Allah is greatest."
JUDY WOODRUFF: Police and military forces descended on the campus and counterattacked.
Washington Post reporter Tim Craig tracked the operation from Islamabad.
TIM CRAIG, Washington Post: It was quite foggy, so they actually used helicopters to sort of see the ground of the campus, because it was really foggy. So, helicopters were used. They rappelled commandos onto the school grounds to sort of fight the terrorists.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Friends and family waited for news of loved ones as a prolonged gun battle followed. Police say they had to proceed with caution.
SAEED KHAN WAZIR, Police Chief (through interpreter): This was a short lived operation, approximately two hours in duration, in which time we finished the militants. Two of them were on the hostel roof top, but there was some confusion that they might be students, as they were young-looking. Otherwise, we could easily have targeted them in the beginning.
JUDY WOODRUFF: A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility, but the main Taliban group called it un-Islamic. The attack echoed the 2014 massacre at a grade school in nearby Peshawar that killed more than 150 people, mostly children and teachers.
TIM CRAIG: Since then, the army has really sort of stepped up its response to this menace and this threat. And terrorism attacks went way down this year, depending on what study you are looking at, 50 percent down, 70 percent down.
But clearly, as a resident of Pakistan at the moment, I can say it's a much safer place. With that said, as everyone around the world knows, it only takes one time for a terrorist to be able to enter a location to carry out a horrific attack.
JUDY WOODRUFF: After today's attack, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed again to wipe out the menace of terrorism in his country.
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, a Taliban car bomber killed seven people on a minibus in Kabul. The vehicle carried journalists for Tolo News, a private TV channel that's reported on Taliban abuses.
GWEN IFILL: Iran's supreme leader has thanked the country's Revolutionary Guards for detaining 10 U.S. soldiers — sailors, that is, last week. The Americans were held for 15 hours after straying into Iranian waters. On his Web site today, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the guard's action, and said: "What they did in the Persian Gulf was right."
Khamenei also said Iranian protesters who stormed the Saudi Arabian Embassy this month had harmed Iran and Islam. The Saudis severed diplomatic ties after the attack.
JUDY WOODRUFF: There's confirmation today that Islamic State militants have destroyed Iraq's oldest Christian monastery. Satellite photos obtained by the Associated Press show St. Elijah's Monastery in Mosul was leveled in September of 2014. It had stood for 1,400 years.
REV. PAUL THABIT HABIB, Iraqi Priest (through interpreter): It became a spiritual place for the Christians to visit and to have religious ceremonies there. The monastery attracted all the people from Mosul, Christians and Muslims. All the poets, historians and travelers wrote about this monastery. It became a very important place for the history of the church in Iraq.
JUDY WOODRUFF: In the past 18 months, the Islamic State has damaged or destroyed hundreds of ancient cultural sites in Syria and Iraq.
GWEN IFILL: Back in this country, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to toughen screenings for Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering the U.S. The two sides jousted over whether it would prevent Islamic State militants from entering the country or simply punish the innocent.
SEN. RICHARD DURBIN (D), Illinois: I don't understand why the Republicans in the Senate and the Republican presidential candidates have declared war on these poor refugees. I don't understand why they ignore the fact that these people are going through closer scrutiny, more investigations, more questions, and more delays than any visitors to the United States from any other country.
SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R), Texas: What this legislation is about, though, is about national security, people who are refugees, whether they're adequately vetted by the appropriate authorities before they come to the United States and live in our communities. This is not about banning refugees.
GWEN IFILL: The bill cleared the Republican-led House last fall with a veto-proof majority.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Nearly all of Detroit's 100 public schools were closed today, as teachers staged their latest and largest sick-out. They're trying to draw attention to a lack of funding, low pay, crumbling buildings and large class sizes. The sick-out kept thousands of students home and coincided with President Obama's visit to the city to tout the auto industry's recovery.
GWEN IFILL: And an automobile with special status is going on the auction block in Philadelphia. Pope Francis used the black Fiat during his visit to the U.S. last September. The auction is set for January 29. Proceeds will go to the Roman Catholic archdiocese and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And coming up on the "NewsHour": the latest on Flint, Michigan's toxic water crisis; warnings against a spreading virus that causes child deformities; a call to de-emphasize test scores in college applications; and much more.