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Dr. Robert N. Fabricant, medical director of the Pacific Eye Institute, will screen patients on Feb. 26. Those with cataracts meeting the financial needs levels will be given follow-up appointments for further exams and surgery.
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|Christians and The Hunger Games
|Written by Douglas Wilson
|Friday, 23 March 2012 11:28
There are ethical dilemmas, and then there are the phony baloney ones. The famous National Lampoon magazine cover did not pose a genuine ethical dilemma—buy this magazine or we shoot the dog.
Many years ago I was working on a television show with the local PBS station at WSU, and Nancy and I were invited over to dinner by the producer and his wife. They were very gracious, and we enjoyed our time with them. But one of the events of the evening that turned out to be a dud was when our host brought out a game which was called, I think, Scruples. Something like that. At any rate, the point of the game was that you drew a card that dealt you some kind of ethical thumb-sucker from a stack of ethical conundra, to make up a funny-sounding plural. If you are stuck in a lifeboat, and you will most certainly die if you don't do something, do you eat the fat guy or the skinny guy first? That kind of thing. You were then supposed to say something like whoa, and think about it for a while, twisting in the wind. I can really see how a living room full of wealthy relativists in an upscale neighborhood in the eighties could really be flummoxed by the game, but we were no fun at all. There are certain things you just don't do because the Ten Commandments were not suggestions, and the game is over.
This said, The Hunger Games specializes in a similar kind of elaborate set-up for situation ethics. In this review, I will not be going after the book for stylistic faults. It does not open itself up for that kind of thing the way Twilight did. The writing in this book was competent enough, and the pacing delivers what it promises. The premise had a lot of potential—gladiatorial games meet reality television in a dystopic future.
The country is Panem, set in a future and really messed up North America. The place is run by the Capitol, and there are twelve districts run by the harsh and cruel guys in the Capitol. There had been a war of rebellion sometime back, and the Capitol had won it, and now exacted a harsh and inflexible penalty on all the previously rebellious districts. Those districts have been utterly cowed.
The book is written in the first person, and the protagonist is a young girl named Katniss Everdeen. Her father was killed some years before in a mining accident, her relationship with her mother is strained because of how her mother had collapsed after her father's death, and the only person she really loves is her younger sister, Primrose. But then Prim, as she is called, is chosen by the lottery for the Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take her place, which is good and sacrificial and noble, and that is the point of the whole set up. We'll come back to it.
Every year, each district is forced by lottery to send one boy and one girl (between the ages of twelve and eighteen) as tributes to the Hunger Games, where they are all put into a closed off area, a vast outdoor arena, and forced to fight it out to the death. The arena is full of cameras everywhere, and everybody in Panem is forced to watch the games. As I said earlier, the premise is one full of dramatic potential.
Katniss is tough and edgy enough to be a survivor in the Hunger Games (which means she will have to kill other people's brothers and sisters), and soft enough to be likeable. The reader can begin to identify with her . . . if the reader takes his eye off the ball. I don't like books that make me choose between the fat guy and the skinny guy.
Suppose the Capitol bad guys had decided to set up a different required sin in their games. Suppose it were the Rape Games instead. Suppose that the person who made it through the games without being raped was the feted winner. Anybody here think that this series would be the bestselling phenomenon that this one is?
In short, when you have the privilege of setting up all the circumstances artificially, in order to give your protagonist no real choice about whether to sin or not, it is a pretty safe bet that a whole lot of people in a relativistic country, including the Christians in it unfortunately, won't notice.
As the book progresses, the ethical problems are effectively disguised. The first way is by having a number of the wealthier districts send tributes who are semi-pro. In other words, they are not reluctant participants, but are eager for the glory that attends winning the games. When that kind of guy comes after you, everything is self-defense. Then there is the fact that there are a bunch of them out there killing each other, and Katniss doesn't have to do it. And the third device, and the one that keeps you turning the pages, that the author does not reveal whether or not Katniss will be willing to kill when it gets down the bitter end, and her opponents are innocents like she is. In other words, you have a likeable protagonist who is fully expecting to do something that is perfectly appalling by the end of the book.
There is a twelve-year-old girl named Rue that Katniss teams up with, and there is an expectation that later in the games the alliance will be dissolved . . . and you know what will happen then. Rue is the same age as Prim. There is a boy from her own district named Peeta who has been in love with Katniss forever, and who gave her family a loaf of bread a number of years before. Is he going to kill her or vice versa? I hear that spoilers are supposed to be bad, so I won't tell you what happens.
The Capitol is hateful, and cruel, and distasteful, and obnoxious, and decadent, and icky . . . but not evil, as measured against any external standard. The Capitol is to be disliked because the Capitol is making people do things they would rather not be doing. But nowhere is there a simple refusal. There is a desire to have it all go away, but everybody participates with an appropriate amount of sullenness.
The story is told with enough detachment and distance that you feel like the participants really do have to cooperate. Resistance is futile . . .
But think for a moment. Someone tells you to murder a twelve-year-old girl, or they will kill you. What do you do? Suppose they give the twelve-year-old girl a head start? Suppose they give her a gun and tell her that if she murders you first, and she will be okay?
This is what situation ethics specializes in. Suppose a woman is in a concentration camp, and she can save her husband's life, or her child's life, through sexual bribes given to the guards. What should she do? Suppose you could save one hundred thousand lives by torturing someone to death on national television. What should you do? The response should be something like, "Let me think about it, no." As Thomas Watson put it, better to be wronged than to do wrong. It is not a sin to be murdered. It is not a sin to have your loved ones murdered. It is not a sin to defend your loved ones through every lawful means. But that is the key, that phrase. Every lawful means only makes sense when there is a law, and that only makes sense when there is a Lawgiver. Without that, everything is just dogs scrapping over a piece of meat. And once that is the framework, there is no real way to evaluate anything. The history of the Church is filled with families being martyred together. Survival is not the highest good.
Back in the Cold War, a joke was told about an admiral who was inspecting a destroyer, and was making the rounds while they were out at sea. He came upon a lookout, a lowly sailor, standing there with his binoculars. "Lad," he said, "what would you do if a Russian destroyer appeared on the horizon there?" "Sir," the man said, "I'd nuke 'em." "Oh," said the admiral. "What would you do if ten of them appeared?" "I'd nuke them too, sir." "I see," said the admiral. "What would you do if the whole Russian fleet appeared there?" "I'd nuke them all, sir," came the reply. "And," the admiral said, pressing his point home, "where are you getting all these nukes?"
"The same place you're getting the Russians, sir."
When you are imagining some kind of scenario, it is easy to construct one exactly to the needs of your plot, and the sub-creating author can create a world in which it is not true that "God will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able to bear." Your tributes are in the arena with a command to kill or be killed, and in this place it is not true that with every temptation there is a way of escape. For faithful believers, the way of escape might be martyrdom. Daniel's three friends worked through it that way. They said that their God was able to save them, but whether He saved them or not, they weren't going to bow down to the statue.
If you hate spoilers, you can stop reading here. Katniss does survive, and she does so without doing anything perfectly appalling. But this only happens because of luck, not because she learned anything about how the world is actually governed. There is a functional omniscience that the Capitol has in the arena—everything is filmed—and she has real distaste for that functional omniscience, but without any sense that there is any other kind of omniscience. And she does kill one of the bad guy tributes right at the end, but as this is arranged in the book, it is a mercy killing.
Out of five stars I would give this book three. In terms of holding your interest, Suzanne Collins gets four. In terms of keeping a sense of ethical tension in a world without ethics, she would get a five. That's something that is hard to do. But in terms of helping Christian young people set their minds and hearts on that which is noble and right, we can't even give it one star. We would have to assign, in this last category, one burnt out asteroid.
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Following are highlights from the July 15 Los Altos Hills City Council meeting.
The next meeting is slated 6 p.m. August 15 at town hall, 26375 W. Fremont Road.
Town amends sewer agreement
Although the city of Los Altos installed sewer meters after signing a 2007 sewer agreement with the town of Los Altos Hills, malfunctioning meters have brought the two cities back to the table to determine a better way to measure sewer discharge flow.
According to Richard Chiu, Los Altos Hills engineering and public works director, the town plans to meet with officials from Los Altos this month to propose an amendment to the current agreement. Chiu said Los Altos Hills officials will recommend that the city change its method of measurement to a uniform rate of 300 gallons of flow per day for each unit – a figure consistent with a previous town study and numbers used for sewer discharge in Los Altos.
Council approves sewer-tax collection
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I think that coming here and playing for us would improve his game because there would be better players around him and he could go to his natural position (IMO) at small forward. He wouldn't be too much of a liability because George could guard the better perimeter player on the other team and of course, Bargnani would jump from position to position throughout the game. I just love his versatility.
That's crazy.
Fields and Bargnani have 2 years left each at a combined $16M/season. Granger has 1 year left at $13M.
I don't think so.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Yeah. Bargs and Hibbert. Softest frontcourt in nba history
"Josh Smith Re-building the city of Detroit one brick at a time"Originally Posted by Piston Prince
No Bargnani would play SF, his natural position.
one of the worst trade ideas i have read on this forum in some tiem
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
Defensively? Uh no, Hibbert is not soft.
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Make an egg carton crab
Got some toilet rolls and egg cartons handy? You can make a whole crafty ocean scene with those. Start your ocean craft project with this egg carton crab. Degree of difficulty? Low.
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What you need:
- 3 x egg carton cups
- orange paint
- 2 x googly craft eyes
- 4 x red pipe cleaners
- a hole punch
- scissors
- craft glue
Watch the video below to find out how to make an egg carton crab:
Start by trimming your egg cups. One will be the body and the others will make the crab's nippers.
Once you've trimmed them, paint them orange.
Now cut a V shape into each nipper.
Take your main body, punch four holes in each side using your hole punch.
Thread one pipe cleaner through each set of holes, from one side of his body to the other.
Pierce a small hole in each nipper and attach the claw/nippers, one to each front leg.
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GILROY — A 20-year-old San Martin woman was killed Saturday morning when her car struck a large sign post and rolled over onto its roof, police said.
No one else was in the car, and no pedestrians were injured. The woman's identity was not immediately released.
The crash was reported about 2:53 a.m. in the 8300 block of Monterey Street, according to a news release from Gilroy police. Rescuers arriving on the scene found the woman trapped inside the vehicle.
She was taken to a hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
Police were still investigating the cause of the crash and whether alcohol or drugs may have been a factor.
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Hello. I was recently in a conversation with a National Socialist internet acquaintance of mine who was kicked out of his house by his psychotic mother, but even after going to every home of anyone he ever knew for any appreciable length of time, none of them wanted to house him. None of his extended family members across the world wanted to help him, either.
So my question is: has there been any empirical studies supporting the idea that people are "generous"? When dealing with human action, Austrians always assert that you can figure things out by pure theory. But that's nonsense. Theory cannot tell you whether or not people will be generous. You have to look in the real world to get a sense of how humans act.
So, have there been any such studies on the subject?
To add to Nock's explanation of increasing state power corresponding with decreasing social power, consider that with the increase of state power (and state welfare programs) more people tend to view their tax payment as charity, in a sense of "why should I donate time or money when I already paid taxes to provide for food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, subsidized housing, etc?" Add to this the fact that many needy people are "hidden" from them. By this I mean that people go to the local Labor Office to get their welfare check, or food stamps, or whatever, instead of on the sidewalk begging. Hell, some places even have legislation against that kind of activity. So the "poverty problem" is sort of "out of sight, out of mind" for many people.
The only one worth following is the one who leads... not the one who pulls; for it is not the direction that condemns the puller, it is the rope that he holds.
"Generosity" can be talked about in no such way.
"As in a kaleidoscope, the constellation of forces operating in the system as a whole is ever changing." - Ludwig Lachmann
"When A Man Dies A World Goes Out of Existence" - GLS Shackle
Relevant material:
The Costs of Public Income Redistribution and Private Charity: http://mises.org/journals/jls/21_2/21_2_1.pdf
No, his political views are not known.
Clayton:@Meistro: I think you're assuming that the central problem of charity is stimulating the charitable impulse itself. I don't think that is the biggest problem, either way... the real problem is information-transfer... getting the information about people who have problems to the people who care about those problems and are willing to help. And the modern concept of stranger-charity deeply undermines this process by anonymizing the whole process... both recipients and donors are anonymous in the vast majority of charitable wealth transfer. In reality, every specific case of charity is an act of helping a specific individual. The worthiness of that individual for charitable assistance is best assessed by every individual who chooses to help, however he or she chooses to help. This can be everything from watching someone's children (free childcare) to donating a sum of cash to spending time chatting with them. In the mad rush to blindly apply industrial methods to charity, we have lost sight of the original essence of the thing which is intimate. When you think about it, modern charity has hanging about it the air of forced intimacy.
My point. Since people tend to associate with other people like them, poor people won't have wealthy people to draw on without welfare.
What solution is there to this?
Welfare before the Welfare State
gotlucky:Welfare before the Welfare State
I agree that mutual aid is a good solution to the healthcare problem, but there's still the problem of clothes, gas, food, and rent.
What of it? Do you know what college students and graduates do for housing? They either live with their parents or share a living space with others. This is because housing can be expensive, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper to split the rent with others than to rent a place all to yourself. You ever hear of carpooling?
There are plenty of ways people can cut back on costs, but if you want to rent an apartment all to yourself and have a different outfit for everyday of the year like they do on TV, prepare to go into debt.
I call bullshit! I am an American, I deserve 365 outfits a year and my very own living space. thats why we have troops fighting teh enumeez over "c's" anyway, you dont want their sacrifice to be in vain do you?
gotlucky:What of it? Do you know what college students and graduates do for housing? They either live with their parents or share a living space with others. This is because housing can be expensive, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper to split the rent with others than to rent a place all to yourself. You ever hear of carpooling?
So they will have to split rent with others their entire lives? Will this even be enough? Rent apartments are very small.
You must live a very sheltered life.
Said the bourgeois armchair intellectual.
Clearly you have no experience looking for apartments or renting houses with friends in their 20's and early 30's. Different cities have different costs of living. You have also clearly never shopped at thrift stores or looked for awesome sales anywhere.
As for people sharing rent their entire lives, maybe you could live with family...it's not like you have to live with strangers your whole life. My god you are sheltered.
Thanks for the positive feedback, Blargg... it's encouraging. :-)
Clayton -
"You have also clearly never shopped at thrift stores or looked for awesome sales anywhere."
I f***ing love Goodwill.


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What is this medicine?CICLOPIROX (sye kloe PEER ox) is an antifungal medicine. It is used to treat certain kinds of fungal or yeast infections of the skin.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for use on the skin only. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Wash your hands before and after use. If treating infections on the hand, only wash hands before use. Apply a thin layer to the affected area and rub in gently. Do not use an airtight bandage to cover the affected area unless your doctor or health care professional tells you to. Do not get this medicine in your eyes. If you do, rinse out with plenty of cool tap water. Use at regular intervals. Do not use your medicine more often than directed. Finish the full course prescribed by your doctor or health care professional even if you think you are better. Do not stop using except on your doctor's advice.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 10 years of age or older for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or take extra doses without advice.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected. Do not use any other skin products without telling your doctor or health care professional.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not improve within 2 to 4 weeks, or of they get worse.
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An absorbent powder such as talcum powder or an antifungal powder may be applied to the skin to keep it dry. Apply the powder to the affected skin in between applications of this medicine.
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Campbell, Calif. -- Product lifecycle management software provider Centric Software said Tuesday that it has become the PLM system provider to Build-A-Bear Workshop.
Build-A-Bear Workshop purchased the Product Specification, Product Sourcing, Calendar Management, Line Planning, Quality Management and Material Management modules of the Centric 8 PLM system. Build-A-Bear Workshop also will implement Centric's mobile apps and the Enterprise Connectivity module to integrate Centric 8 data with the company's enterprise resource planning system.
The Centric PLM software will replace a spreadsheet-driven system, according to Shari Stout, Build-A-Bear Workshop's director of quality assurance and sourcing, and will decrease time to market and improve margins.
"The Centric PLM software will improve visibility of products through the development lifecycle — especially the clothing and accessories that customers use to dress their stuffed animals," said Stout. "Centric 8 will eliminate processing delays, and improve progress tracking and communication with our franchisees and worldwide supply chain."


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Erik Kanzler has significantly gained importance as producer and DJ over the past few years.
In 1999 he made is first experiences as a DJ, a producer and a party-organizer and worked hard on his carrier in each of these aspects. But it was not until 2010 that Digital Records published unexpectedly his very first release Starcake. It was followed by two more releases. In Spring 2011 he released the About Be EP under his alter ego Kanzler and Wischnewski on the label Keymono Music which was at the same time his first Vinyl release. Soon after that release after release followed on labels such as Karateklub Records who published his Flatrunner EP, Ostfunk Records from Berlin and Etiketa Records from Croatia.
His alter ego, which is actually a merger, Kanzler and Wischnewski was founded in 2010. In his music he combines layers of dry and well-structured sounds together with house grooves and dubby bass, jazz trumpets and oriental sounds and adds a touch of minimalistic to take the crowd beyond the main-floor experience.
People from the press described his sound as Fresh and an Exploration Of The Abstract and Minimal New Chicago Sound.
Eric Kanzlers live act are extravagant and not for the average audience. A look hat the upcoming booking dates shows that with his gigs he reaches much further than Berlin and he is said to be the most interesting newcomer act around.
13 June 2012 Bonzai Progressive FEATURED RELEASES Bonzai Basiks, Eric Kanzler, Klangwelt 3000


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PEBBLE BEACH >> With an influx of vintage cars rolling onto the Monterey Peninsula this week for Classic Car Week, Peninsula residents can expect an increase in traffic and less parking.
Events begin in earnest on Tuesday with the Concours on the Avenue in Carmel and the Automobilia Monterey in Seaside. The week crescendos with Sunday's Concours d'Elegance in Pebble Beach, with several events and auctions in between.
Carmel will be closing off Monte Verde Street and Junipero Avenue between 6th and 7th Avenues in preparation of Tuesday's event, Carmel police said. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m., according to the event's website.
The Automobilia Monterey is a memorabilia show that will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at Embassy Suites.
For Thursday's Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance, Carmel will close Torres and Junipero Streets between 6th and 7th Avenues from 7 a.m. to noon to set up for the event. Monte Verde Street between 6th and Ocean Avenue will remain closed during the entirety of the event held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., police said.
Because of the 125 antique vehicles that will be on display on Ocean Avenue, parking areas will be limited on nearby streets. The cars will be on display from noon to 2 p.m. and there will be no parking from Monte Verde and Junipero Streets between 6th and 7th Avenues, police said.
Ana Ceballos can be reached at 648-1188.
Classic Car Week
Today's events
Automobilia Monterey: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside. Admission: $15. Classic Car style, this event features items on sale from the quirky to artistic. The 12th annual expo is the largest event of its kind in the United States. It is a benefit for the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center. http://www.automobiliamonterey.com/ Memorablia
Concours on the Avenue: Ocean Avenue, Carmel, 10 a.m, to 5 p.m. Some of the most beautiful, rare and expensive cars in the world roll into Carmel early Tuesday for this event, a free showcase which covers several blocks, features cars of almost every style and class. http://www.carmelconcours.com/


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Markets often focus on anticipated crude oil production from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as a key driver of supply/demand tightness. Such attention is particularly understandable now, given the return of Libyan production, reports of record-high Saudi production, mixed news from Iraq (strong production growth recently and projections of more to come, tempered by political uncertainty), and now further sanctions against Iran by the United States and other countries. However, crude and liquid fuels production (crude oil, lease condensates, natural gas plant liquids, biofuels, other liquids, and refinery processing gains) in countries outside of the OPEC accounts for most of the world's production (59 percent in 2011), making prospects for non-OPEC production critical to the outlook for world oil markets.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts non-OPEC crude and liquid fuels production to grow by 0.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2012, followed by growth of 0.8 million bbl/d in 2013. Taking account of projected growth in the supply of crude and liquid fuels from both OPEC and non-OPEC suppliers, EIA anticipates the recent tightening of world oil markets will moderate somewhat in 2012, as the projected growth in supply outpaces the anticipated growth in demand. Total crude and liquid fuels production in 2012 is expected to grow by about 1.4 million bbl/d and projected demand will increase by about 1.3 million bbl/d. This easing is expected to be relatively short-lived, however, as projected consumption growth of about 1.5 million bbl/d in 2013 significantly outpaces non-OPEC supply growth in that year.
The significant forecast growth in non-OPEC crude and liquid fuels production over the next two years represents an uptick from the slower rate of growth projected in previous forecasts during 2011. The modest production increase of just 90,000 bbl/d estimated for 2011 now appears to have been a temporary dip in non-OPEC crude and liquid fuels production growth.
Because non-OPEC countries account for so much production, non-OPEC crude and liquid fuels production growth is a major source of uncertainty surrounding the outlook for oil prices, as discussed in the EIA STEO. In recent years, initial forecasts of non-OPEC production have often missed the mark by a considerable margin. These revisions have reflected inherently unpredictable events such as supply disruptions, shut-ins, and technical difficulties (such as those experienced in Syria, Yemen, and Azerbaijan), as well as the effects of better-than-expected recovery rates (as in the case of Kazakhstan) and higher-than-expected decline rates (such as in the North Sea).
Non-OPEC production growth for 2012 and 2013 should be very much dominated by the Western Hemisphere (see Figure 1), where production also grew in 2011. U.S., Canadian, and Brazilian supplies continue to expand, more than offsetting continued, albeit relatively modest, declines in Mexico. Each of the three former countries is expected to show growth of between close to 325,000 bbl/d and 340,000 bbl/d over the two-year forecast period. Other non-OPEC countries expected to show production growth include China and Kazakhstan, each of which EIA expects to show production growth between 220,000 bbl/d and 250,000 bbl/d over the next two years.
EIA estimates that U.S. crude oil and liquid fuels production averaged 9.95 million bbl/d in 2011, an increase of 260,000 bbl/d over 2010. Total crude oil and liquid fuels production in 2012 is expected to rise by an additional 210,000 bbl/d, driven by a projected 270,000 bbl/d increase in the lower-48 onshore crude oil production (which is partially offset by production declines in other areas). Expected production increases in 2012 and 2013 are supported mainly by expanding shale oil production. The STEO projects that U.S. crude oil and liquid fuels production will total 10.2 million bbl/d in 2012 and 10.3 million bbl/d in 2013.
In contrast, Russia, which had accounted for the bulk of non-OPEC growth between 2000 and 2007, looks set to contract in 2012-2013. EIA expects Russia's crude oil and liquid fuels production to fall by about 190,000 bbl/d in 2012 and an additional 12,000 bbl/d in 2013. These declines follow production of 10.3 million bbl/d in 2011, a post-Soviet record-high that positioned Russia as the world's top producer. Russia's government introduced tax decreases on some petroleum exports, which seems to have affected total exports in the last quarter of 2011. Additionally, production in the eastern part of the country offset the Western Siberia declines to some extent. EIA expects, however, that absent meaningful tax structure reform, investment will remain scarce, contributing to the projected drop in Russia's production in 2012 and 2013.
North Sea and Mexico crude oil and liquid fuels production is also expected to fall. EIA forecasts declines in the North Sea, with annual average production dropping by 80,000 bbl/d in 2013. Recent discoveries of new oil fields in the North Sea are not expected to start producing in time to significantly contribute to production prior to the second half of 2013. In Mexico, crude oil and liquid fuels production has recently stabilized, largely due to a slower rate of decline from Cantarell - once the country's largest field - and increased output from other significant offshore field complexes such as Ku-Maloob-Zaap. Nonetheless, EIA expects the slow decline in Mexican crude oil and liquid fuels production to accelerate slightly in 2012 and 2013, as the sector's growth areas fail to compensate for declines in more mature fields. The STEO projects Mexico's production will fall by about 55,000 bbl/d in 2012, and then a further 65,000 bbl/d in 2013.


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Snow Statues: Babylon Bags the Big One
February 9, 2007—
Delta Sigma Phi's frosty rendition of the hanging gardens of Babylon took first place in the highly competitive fraternity division of Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival snow statue contest, sponsored by Blue Key Honor Fraternity.
The huge diorama, "Euphrates Frozen in Time Shows Babylon in Its Prime," is located in front of the their house, 1421 Woodland Road, by Wadsworth Hall. It reflects this year's theme, "Ancient Worlds Come to Play in Snowy Drifts of Modern Day."
The elaborate sculptures included griffins with wings molded of clear ice, a fountain, the river Euphrates, a four-tiered backdrop replete with arches, and yards and yards of ice chains.
Nabbing second place was Phi Kappa Tau for "Ancient Chinese Culture in an Icy Sculpture." A dragon snakes through the scene, which features a pair of fierce-looking foo dogs, mini-dragons with icy wings and Chinese music broadcasting from the fraternity house, at 1209 West Quincy St. in Hancock.
Tau Kappa Epsilon earned a bronze for its Viking-inspired entry, "When Nordic Hordes Attack with Icy Swords," located near Michigan Tech's Administration Building. Raiders are seen attacking a castle, complete with a dramatic Viking warships and solid ice shields and ores.
During the final push complete their snowy wonder works, students braved temperatures in the single digits and flag-straightening winds in some of the toughest conditions in recent memory.
Winners in the other categories competing in the month-long statue competition were Alpha Sigma Tau, first, Delta Zeta, second, and Alpha Gamma Delta, in women's groups; Air Force ROTC, first, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, second, and Army ROTC, third, in student organizations; and FYE, first, Mama's Boys, second, and Healthy Living House, third, in residence halls
Winners in the one-nighter statue competitions were St. Albert the Great, first, Circle K, second and Alpha Phi Omega, third, in the on-campus category; third floor, East McNair, first, Incognito, second, and Shangrila/Treehouse, third, in the university housing group; and Portage Health, first, Concordia Lutheran, second, and Grace Fellowship/Amazing Grace, in the off-campus category.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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A STOURPORT woman hopes to "pay back" the cost of care her late sister received at a hospice by selling pressed flower designs.
Steph Cutler's sister Jackie spent two weeks at St Richard's Hospice in Worcester before she died aged 51 in 2009.
Mrs Cutler said: "Jackie lived in Turkey during the summer doing seasonal work. She called me up and said she was home in July which was unusual.
"She'd had a stroke and had been to hospital in Turkey where she was given five weeks to live. The stroke had uncovered two brain tumours.
"She stayed at St Richard's Hospice before she died and I've decided to pay back the hospice for her care."
Mrs Cutler set up her business, Floragraphics, in 2010, where she grows flowers in her garden and presses them to make designs.
She then has the designs printed on cards, canvases and coasters by a company in Redditch.
Mrs Cutler added: "It's just a personal thing to support St Richard's. My profits will go back into the business and then I will donate as much as I can."
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So sorry its taken so long to announce the winner of my scrappy give-away!
Between an emergency audit at my (very part-time) work, food poisoning, and my little guy's birthday party today... there has been no time! I hate not being on the ball!
But I promise, comment #38: Sarah, in Laie, Hawaii - you'll be getting a fun little package in the mail soon!
I'm shooting an email off to you now to get your mailing info - Congrats Sarah!!!!


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ANAHEIM -- Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver left Monday night's 5-2 win over the Blue Jays after just two innings with lower back tightness.
After the game, Weaver said he felt "80 times better" than he did when he came out and he expects to make his next start. The ace said he first felt pain when Adam Lind sent a comebacker to the mound for the second out in the second inning. He stayed in and got Dioner Navarro to fly out.
"Kind of tweaked back the other way and kind of felt a little something," Weaver said. "Wasn't anything sharp or anything and didn't really feel anything in that next at-bat against Navarro, but I went back into the dugout and tried to stretch it out and it just tightened up pretty bad."
Weaver came out to warm up before the top of the third but was removed before the inning started. The right-hander retired all six Blue Jays he faced in the series opener, which was 0-0 at the time of the injury.
"For Weave to come out of the game, you know that he's hurting," manager Mike Scioscia said. "He wanted to continue to try and pitch but no way we would have taken a chance right now with where we are and how well he's thrown."
Two seasons ago, Weaver went on the disabled list with a lower back strain but said Monday's injury was not as bad. That year, Weaver left a game against the Yankees in the first inning and missed nearly a month.
"I'm pretty confident that I can come back, but I don't think it's going to linger around too long," Weaver said.
With the recent demotions of Cory Rasmus and Michael Roth, Scioscia was without a long reliever in his bullpen and opted to go with starter Matt Shoemaker to replace Weaver. Shoemaker threw 3 2/3 innings of two-run ball.
Shoemaker started Thursday against the Astros and threw 102 pitches in six innings.
Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PEOPLE with a taste for adventure are being asked to get in touch with Prospect Hospice to learn about the charity's overseas challenge this October, for a trek across the Sahara desert.
The challenge, which promises an unforgettable week crossing the Sahara in aid of the Wroughton-based charity, already has 12 people signed up for a fundraising experience that will take trekkers across an arid stretch of one of the world's most beguiling landscapes.
The challenge starts in historic Marrakech, from where travellers set off for a journey with Berber tribesmen.
Among those already signed up for the event are four dads who are already in training for the rigours of their north African venture.
Three of the four – Andy Spurgeon, Sam Allen and Garry Wilkinson – met through their young sons playing for Royal Wootton Bassett Rugby Club, while the fourth, Mike Clarke, is a neighbour of Andy's, and an experienced traveller and charity fundraiser.
Andy said: "I live in Wroughton, so Prospect Hospice is on my doorstep, and I think we should be supporting the charities in our own community. I'd read that only around a quarter of the hospice's funds came from the NHS, and it's incredible that they can do as much as they do."
The four dads have a dedicated Facebook page called Trek Bassett. Registration is still open for the challenge at www.prospect-hospice.net/sahara.


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We find ourselves opening the gates of time once again, this time our Lowrider time machine is headed for the years of 1991-1992. This was a turbulent time in the world and on the Boulevard. The Soviet Union was dissolved, Apartheid ended, Operation Desert Storm began, Magic Johnson announced to the world that he had the HIV virus, and the Boulevards of Los Angeles were on fire as the L.A. Riots erupted after a jury acquitted the police officers on trial for the beating of Rodney King. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg released their classic "Nuthin' But a G Thang" video, which featured a procession of Lowriding Impalas in 1992, while Mini-Trucks and G-Body cars continued to dominate the Boulevard. We hope you'll take a moment and soak in these pages, which will undoubtedly open a floodgate of memories for some, and hopefully be a history lesson for others.
We realize that we can't do justice to 35 years of memories in this section alone, so we've compiled the best of the best to appear from different time periods over the course of each of the 12 issues for this calendar year, in an effort to share with you some of our favorites. Each issue will focus on a different era, and give you a glimpse of what life in the culture was like back then. It is our sincere hope that these images will restore, renew, and revive the creator in all of you, and bring some history to the forefront of our amazing culture. Here's to shining the headlights on another 35 years! Remember, this collection will be featured in all 12 issues of this year, so make sure to collect them all!


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Well, we're not a world-wide, mega million dollar, corporate machine and that's for sure! We're just two simple people. Dirk and Carol Fowler. In fact, that's how we got our name. Two Fowlers = f2. Clever, huh? We live and work in sunny Lubbock, Texas. We kind of like it here. It's quiet.
Once Carol met Hermann Zapf. She was pretty excited about that because she likes type… A LOT, and turns out so does Mr. Zapf. Carol likes to make type look pretty on brochures and other foldy things with lots of words on them. Her clients like them and make lots of money because of her. Not too many people care as much about letters as she does. That's a good thing.
Dirk makes a whole bunch of posters using an antique letterpress. Some folks say he's like an old man stuck inside a young man's body. What they don't know is, he's really not that young anymore. In 1979, Dirk had a drawing published in Jack and Jill magazine and his Grandma called everyone in the county. He's had a bunch of stuff in a bunch of magazines and books since then, but that one is still his favorite.
We are a full service, modern graphic design studio with a twist. Sure, we can design your corporate identity mark (and we've done plenty) or your product catalog, but we specialize in small edition, hand made design for creative individuals and companies. The way we see it, there are no "small" clients. At f2, our motto is "Everyone deserves good design", and that's not just something we say, it's something we live. Give us a shout and let us show you how we think.
The deal is, the posters are all hand printed in very small editions. Most are letterpress printed, but a few are screen prints. The posters are limited editions and once they are gone, they are gone for good. Due to the printing method, you may see the occasional small smudge or smear. We don't consider these to be flaws. We like to think of them as "extra art". The "extra art" lets you know that these are indeed, unique, one-of-a-kind items, not to be confused with mass produced digital print outs.
Letterpress printing was good enough for Johnny Gutenberg back in 1455 and it's good enough for f2 today. We hope you like our stuff! Look around and come back often. The presses always have fresh ink on them.


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Two men could not handle, what is clearly the worst of situations, any better than Galarraga and Joyce did. What gentlemen. I wouldn't have been able to restrain myself as much as Galarraga did, and it takes a big man to admit he made the biggest mistake of his life. Joyce will never be remembered as anything except the guy who robbed another guy (unfortunately I think Galarraga will be the forgotten man, even though he was indeed perfect) of a perfect game. That's it. Put it on his headstone now.
Selig had an absolute easy home run ball teed up for him. He missed it by a mile. His decision is worse than Joyce's call. He actually had time to consider his options, and he struck out. Big time. It was the 27th out. 27 up, 27 down. End of story. Bud Selig is, far and away, the worst commissioner in major professional sports. How that guy has managed to keep his job is beyond me.


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Claire Buffie was crowned Miss New York and will compete in the Miss America pageant. Her platform, "Straight for Equality: Let's Talk," makes her the first contestant to compete using an LGBT rights statement.
She won't win. Miss New York never does. Not anymore.
The Miss America competition began in 1933. The first Miss New York to be crowned Miss America was Bess Myerson in 1945. She refused to change her name and sponsors pulled out because Myerson is Jewish. Miss America didn't make that mistake again.
Thirty years later, Miss New York Tawny Godin became Miss America in 1975. During her reign, she admitted she smoked pot. The pageant couldn't wait till that year was over. Honesty is definitely not a Miss America virtue and they didn't make that mistake again.
Then in 1983, Vanessa Williams became the third and final Miss New York to become Miss America. Toward the end of her reign, nude pics emerged and the most talented winner in the pageant's history also became its only titleholder to be forced out. Swimsuit competition aside, we know Miss America is definitely not about sex.
A year or two later, Miss New York was a student from my college. She said that the judges asked everyone else an insipid question whose answer could have been the well-rehearsed, "World peace." Then they asked her, "What is your position on abortion?" Her answer might as well have been, "What the fuck?" She said she knew she was out of the competition before a word came out of her mouth.
And Miss New York will not win again. Ever.
Rarely, to make the competition not look rigged, a Miss New York makes it into the top 10. Once, a few years ago, even the top three. But really, isn't Miss Mississippi so much safer?
So Buffie is really taking no chances when she makes LGBT rights her platform. In fact, she's smart to set herself apart and use those New York-o-phobes at the pageant to her own advantage.
Myerson went on to a career as a game show panelist in the '50s and '60s and became New York's Commissioner of Consumer Affairs. Godin married Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider and had something of a TV and film career herself. And Williams is most recently a Desperate Housewife. The three are among the most successful winners in the pageant's history.
We love our bold allies and Buffie is the first contestant to ever take a stand for gay equality. We wish her luck.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- My colleague Adam Feuerstein deserves kudos for his ability to deliver both high quality and an astonishing quantity of biotech stock picks. Although I'm not as prolific, I have written 40 columns for TheStreet this year, including 12 clear-cut "buy" or "sell" recommendations and a handful of "stay on the sidelines" calls that urged shareholders to sell existing positions. Let's take a look at how my ideas have fared. The Longs: B+ I've done pretty well on the long side this year, with my reluctant acknowledgement of the bull case for Peregrine Pharmaceuticals ( PPHM) as the only major blemish. My first column on Peregrine concluded: "I'm very skeptical of the results." After talking to several bulls at a conference the next week, I foolishly ignored my initial instincts and wrote, in a follow-up: "I'm still a bit hesitant, but risk-tolerant investors might reasonably consider modest long exposure." Dumb move. A few weeks later, Peregrine turned out to be a disaster of the highest order when management revealed "major discrepancies" in the company's Phase II trial for bavituximab in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Even though I never expressed conviction, I should have known better than to offer even tepid support. The rest of the longs look pretty good. Onyx Pharmaceuticals ( ONXX) has been a success (+104% since my recommendation in mid-March), even though the stock has struggled a bit over the past month. Kyprolis -- the brand name for Onyx' carfilzomib, which received FDA approval in mid-July for the treatment of late-stage multiple myeloma -- has easily exceeded Wall Street's expectations so far. I expect Kyprolis sales will continue to grow rapidly, despite the recent positive data from Celgene's ( CELG) pomalidomide in a similar treatment setting. Although pomalidomide will likely receive FDA approval by mid-February 2013, the multiple myeloma market doesn't strike me as "winner take all" dynamic and Onyx still feels like a good stock to own. Nonetheless, investors should watch closely for shifts in physician enthusiasm about Kyprolis at the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting next month. Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT) has been a huge victory. My first article, written in mid-August, highlighted some red flags to keep an eye on, but recommended buying the stock. Even though shares have declined from the post-phase II data peak in early October, my Sarepta recommendation still produced a +189% return in three months. Not bad. I'm convinced eteplirsen works and will be approved for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD; a progressive disease that leaves patients wheelchair bound by their teens and dead shortly thereafter). I'm less sure about the timing. Management will have an "end-of-Phase II" meeting with the FDA within the next few months, and mega-bulls expect the company to file for and receive accelerated approval shortly thereafter, based on the existing data. I think that's possible -- there will be enormous pressure to approve the drug from patient advocacy groups -- but it's far from a sure thing. Either way, Sarepta's market capitalization remains a modest $747 million and the company has global rights to a drug that could easily be a commercial blockbuster and a platform that could yield additional drug candidates at reduced risk. There's still plenty of upside.
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On Sunday I got into my car Ping II (AKA Pingzinga) and set out for this year's
New England Geneabloggers Bash at Sara Campbell's place on Cape Cod. I took
the old prehighway route down on Rte 18 to Rte 105 to Rte 6 and then the MidCape
Highway. While it was overcast here in Abington the further south I drove the
brighter the skies became. I've driven the northern stretch of 105 before but
the stretch I drove Sunday was a revelation with some nice scenery, a lot
more farms than I expected, and some very large lakes. I also passed about
four or five cemeteries that I will try to visit in the coming weeks.
I reached Sara's cottage about midday, and by that time the weather was
sunny and milder than I expected for Cape Cod at this time of year. There
were fewer people there this year; many of those who attended last year were
unable to be there this year because of trips abroad or prior commitments. But
while the gathering was smaller it was just as much fun as last year. There was good
food and good conversation as we talked about things that sometimes make our
non-genealogist friends' and families' glaze over when we try to describe just what
it is we find so interesting about family histories. We even had Heather Wilkinson
Rojo checking in with us from Spain via Skype. I spent the afternoon swapping
stories with Sara Campbell. Erica Voolich, Diane MacLean Boumenot, Barbara
Proko, Bevlynn Gallant, and Jill Bowden.
On the drive home I took the highway most of the way home until I hit the Rte 44
exit and got off there for a pit stop. From there I took the back roads home which
got me to Hanson, Ma. where I stopped long enough to take a picture of a beautiful
sunset before continuing on home.
A perfect ending to a great day!
A blog about genealogy and thoughts about the various roots and branches of my family tree as well as the times in which my ancestors lived.Included are the West, White,and McFarland families.WARNING:DO NOT TAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY RECORDS AS GOSPEL. ALWAYS CONFIRM YOUR OWN RESEARCH!
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Mikolas sent to Triple-A as Padres trim roster
PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres cut their roster to 48 on Monday when they optioned right-handed pitcher Miles Mikolas to Triple-A Tucson.
Mikolas had a 3.00 ERA in six innings over five appearances. He allowed five hits, three walks and four strikeouts.
Mikolas had a 3.62 ERA in 25 appearances last season, his first in the Major Leagues.
The Padres are getting closer to determining their seven-man bullpen, though closer Huston Street, Luke Gregerson, Joe Thatcher, Brad Brach and Dale Thayer are essentially guaranteed of spots.
The Padres opened camp last month with 67 players. They don't need to finalize their 25-man roster until before Opening Day on April 1 in New York against the Mets at Citi Field.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The man poised to take over the Health Services Union in New South Wales has vowed to keep it apart from the Labor Party and living within its means in the wake of the union's leadership disgrace.
Gerard Hayes, who worked under and was once close to the union's former general secretary Michael Williamson, is likely to be confirmed as Mr Williamson's replacement this week.
Mr Williamson is facing criminal charges over his time at the head of the union, which was placed into administration in June.
As the former divisional secretary, Mr Hayes was among those to benefit from big pay rises under Mr Williamson – with Mr Hayes' pay rising from $160,000 to $180,000.
But he has distanced himself from the union's recent controversies, saying: ''I never had the ability to sign a cheque, or determine peoples' pay rates.''
After the union representing 30,000 NSW health workers was placed into administration, fresh elections were called.
And with almost half the votes counted by the Australian Electoral Commission, Mr Hayes has garnered 43 per cent so far.
While Mr Hayes is opposed to the union's re-affiliation with the ALP, he has vowed to have its suspension from the ACTU lifted.
His nearest challenger in the count, Katrina Hart, who has close ties to former Victorian union official Kathy Jackson, is lagging far behind him with 32 per cent of the vote.
The final result will be declared by the AEC on Friday, but Mr Hayes is all but certain to win the position as the new general secretary in New South Wales.
The former paramedic who became an organiser with the union in 2000 has recently promised to never become involved with the Labor Party, last week giving The Australian a signed note saying that ''I Gerard Hayes will never seek preselection or enter politics''.
Mr Hayes is the brother of federal Labor MP Chris Hayes.
Last year, after months of controversy sparked by allegations of the misuse of union funds by former national secretary Craig Thomson, now a federal MP, the union disaffiliated from the Labor Party.
Mr Hayes told Fairfax Media on Tuesday afternoon that there would be no reaffiliation with the Labor Party under his leadership.
''We are not going to be doing that. The focus is going to be 100 per cent on our membership, not on the Labor Party,'' Mr Hayes said.
''If people want to play silly games, what [members] are still there will disappear.''
He also promised he would attempt to get the union's suspension from the ACTU lifted. In April, the ACTU executive voted to suspend the union from the body until it could ''resolve serious issues of governance and financial management''.
A spokesman for the ACTU was not able to comment on the matter on Tuesday afternoon. He indicated a move to welcome the union back into the ACTU was extremely unlikely at next month's executive meeting.
Mr Hayes said from now on union meetings would be held ''not in high-class establishments but bowling clubs and RSLs, because that's where our members socially congregate''.
He said the union would now ''liquidate assets'' and move its head office out of the Sydney CBD to modest accommodation, likely in Paramatta.
''Our base is in that area, and we can free up money from expensive office space we have now,'' he said.
Mr Hayes said he would attempt to repair the damage done to the union's reputation by its previous office holders.
''We are going to go from a situation that has just been gut-wrenching for our members to being a fighting union that is actually going to be hand in hand with the members. We are doing what we should be doing, which is having a fight with the O'Farrell government, which wants to attack our members' wages and conditions.''
Another senior union official who had been backed by Mr Williamson, Bob Hull, had taken about 18 per cent of the counted votes.


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