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Washington - President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that elderly Americans could suffer first from a debt default, raising pressure on lawmakers as prospects for a deal to lift the debt ceiling appeared far from reach.The president and congressional leaders met at the White House for the third time in as many days, working to break a logjam over taxes and spending cuts before August 02 when the US Treasury says it will run out of money to pay all of the country's bills.Obama, who has said he would meet every day this week, will convene more debt talks on Wednesday at 16:00.Republicans have balked at raising the debt limit without a deficit-cutting deal, but their leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, proposed a backup plan that would give Obama the option of raising the ceiling while avoiding spending cuts.McConnell's complicated manoeuvre would also allow Republicans to duck a politically painful debt limit vote.As politicians sparred, US business leaders pressed Washington to act swiftly to raise the $14.3 trillion US debt ceiling or risk derailing a sputtering economic recovery and endangering the global financial system.Obama told CBS television in an interview that checks to recipients of the Social Security retirement program may not go out in early August if he and congressional leaders do not hammer out an agreement."I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue," Obama said, according to excerpts of the interview released before its broadcast.Veiled threats "There may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Obama said. He said veterans checks and disability benefits could also be affected without a deal.Obama's warning that senior citizens - an active voting group - could suffer first if a deal was not reached could give lawmakers a nudge ahead of 2012 elections.Reacting to Obama's comments, House Speaker John Boehner questioned whether Social Security checks would be cut off, asserting that the US Treasury can prioritise payments."I think it's way too early to be making some type of veiled threats like that," Boehner said on Fox News.Seniors punished Democrats last year for including Medicare cuts in their healthcare package and then turned on Republicans in a special New York election this year over a Republican plan to overhaul the government healthcare program for the elderly.It also evoked memories of the debt limit crisis of 1996 when Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin warned he would not be able to send out Social Security pension checks the next month if the ceiling were not raised. The Republican-controlled House immediately voted to allow the government to issue more debt to make those payments.Little progressFailure to seal a deal by August 02 could spook investors globally, causing U.S. interest rates to surge and stock prices to plummet, putting the United States at risk of another recession, Treasury officials and economists have warned.As he laid out his debt-limit backup plan, McConnell said a "real solution" to the US debt problem was unlikely while Obama was in office.Obama, in the CBS interview, chalked that up to "partisan politics", and White House spokesman Jay Carney said it was important to stay focused on a "unique opportunity to come to agreement on significant, balanced deficit reduction".Carney also welcomed what the White House saw as a recognition by McConnell "that defaulting on America's past due bills is not an option".A Democratic official close to the negotiations said Obama made a similar point about the McConnell plan during Tuesday's nearly two-hour meeting with congressional leaders.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that after two tense meetings that focused on process, Obama sought to tone down the rancour and refocus the discussion on the substance of the deficit-reduction proposals.Possible successor McConnell's idea would allow only one-third of Congress - presumably Democrats - to raise the debt ceiling. Under the proposal, Congress would reject Obama's debt-limit request, and Obama would veto the rejection. If Congress failed to muster the two-thirds vote needed to override a veto, the debt limit would effectively be lifted by the amount Obama requested.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who has warned of catastrophic consequences if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, held firm on Tuesday to vows that the United States would not default. "Failure is not an option," he said.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, mentioned as a possible successor to Geithner, also weighed in on the debate, saying a default would damage the US credibility around the world.
They only have themselves to blame. War has cost 'Americans' trillions over the past 2 decades. Fighting people in countries where they do not belong and propping up regimes such as Israel. I recently spoke to a Republican and asked them about the financial crisis, the healthcare reform bill and war. her response was: we are a capitalist country, we must look after ourselves but as a nation we must protect the world". She meant: poor black people in my country can die while I happily pay to rape and pillage other countries around the world. Sick
You should have thought about that before spending those trillions dollars hunting down Osama Bin Laden. You made the bed now sleep on it.
Go and rob oil countries to pay your debts - imperialists always resort to crime
The war in Afghanistan alone has cost us tax payers in excess of 5,4trillion dollars, America = 1 Big bankrupt Supe Power ask the russians what comes next ! My predictions = The next supe Power = Israel. Israel with its history of war mongering will take the world into World War 3 very quickly and guess who will come out the winner ?????
@ The Hunchback: What are you talking about? Israel(Jews) have been the most persecuted people in History. Israel as it is today only came into existence in 1948 along with all it's Arab neighbors. And look at them now, wow, what a country of prosperity. Look at the 'War Mongering' Muslim neighbors, having more wealth than most countries in the world yet most of its people live in poverty. When WW III it will be an Islam nation that starts it ... most probably Iran! So get out from under the hatred spewing Islam propaganda and into the 21st century.
I suggest you take 'Realist' out of your name. I suppose that 'prosperity' you speak of has nothing to do with the United States giving BILLIONS in foreign aid annually to Israel.
@Temp: Oh, excuse me. Look at Israel today, they have everything and that is a REALITY. They have infrastructure, democracy, freedom, everything a 1st world country has. They invented some of the best technology we use today (cell phones) and have the most Nobel prise winners of ALL nations.. REALITY! Where they got the money is not the issue. How they applied themselves and the money is exactly my point. Imagine if Israel had oil! The Arabs/Islamists who is so hell-bent on destroying Israel, has billions if not trillions, and yet have achieved not a 10th of what Israel has. Anyone attacking Israel gets their a$$es handed to them (Egypt/Syria/Jordania/Iran/Hamas, and the list goes on...)
Unfortunately for you 'Temp' that IS the reality.
@ realist, Arabs are actually responsible for quite a bit of the technology we use today. Cameras and televisions are the the ideas of arabs, and many medical innovations came from the arab world. Distillation is also an idea from the arab world and not to mention soap! where would we be without soap! I can do without a cellphone but to bath without soap would be simply disgusting. so yes the arab contribution is significant.
@static: Yes, indeed you are right, there are some inventions that came from Arab countries. Comparing the invention of soap to the invention of a cell phone is quite ridiculous. The point I was trying to make was point out that Israel and it's neighbors all started as 'self governed countries' in the late 1940's and draw a comparison between them all. Israel has clearly done fare better than it's neighbors.
Get real, Israel has grown in wealth under the same pricipals the Nazi's grew in wealth.... By stealing land ... Maybe there's a few Malema's in the Zionist movement?
Preventing another holocust , such asshol#s .
All you Israel haters, your eyes will one day be opened. The whole existence of the Jewish nation today is a miracle, not even to mention Israel itself.
@I_Say: Stealing land you say? So you are also one of the brain-dead ... Did you miss the part of the 6 day war?? WAR? Who attacked whom? and who LOST? Come now, how stupid are you?
Just one point @static - you could do without your cellphone could you? Really? Are you a goat herder in some small rural village with a PC and internet connection? Seriously dude... if you want to do any business and make any money, you pretty much have to have a cellphone!
Israeli is a succefull state because it has enslaved America, The American people are truly the slaves of Israel they have kept Israel alive! was it not for them there would be no Israel today!
@huntchback your predictions are flawed. You have no idea how much money it takes, what size of military it takes, or how much political and economical influence is required to make it as a superpower on the world stage. Israel doesn't and will never have such capabilities. The only country approaching this kind of potential is China
Oh and Israel has absolutely no hold on the US. They have nothing that the US could possibly want, except for the survival of the Jewish people.
Notice how the threats come out against the elderly. The first things the US will drop in fallow times will be pension funds and the money which goes to veterans (White people).
The millions which go to support José and Tyrone's habits and their various broods will of course go untouched, and the United States will be ground to dust before the billions in foreign aid to Israel is affected.
How transparent these parasites are. They have done well to blind much of the world to their methods.
There are no such things as miracles, Phantom. People do things. with greater or lesser effect. Simple.
@daaivark: If what you say is true about miracles, then the fact that Israel WON the 6 day war when attacked by 3 different countries must mean that either, the Israel military is extremely good or the Egypt-, Jordanian- and Syrian military's are extremely pathetic.
To add insult to injury when Israel AGAIN won the Yom Kippur war (1973) against 2 countries (Egypt and Syria). My money is on a 'miracle'.
The US government and the American people at large will have to take some painful measures to remedy this situation, much like a family overburdened with debt. Cut government spending, raise taxes and interest rates to get more money into the fiscus to reduce debt levels. And all these wars. Send the troops home and help them get the economy going again. Stop exporting American jobs to countries like India, Mexico and Brazil.
Raising the debt ceiling is just a temporary measure that will lead to even bigger problems later on. It doesn't solve the problem
Hey guys & girls, maybe now is the time to check out the www.pickpocketeffectofcapitalism.com.
Time to except reality!
Debt is what has made the world go round since the introduction of the FIAT system!!!This system needs debt or it goes bankrupt.
It is a system that cannot sustain itself.
The next ressesion is around the corner, and man, will this one be great.
So what should we do?
Buy as much gold as you can with all your dollars, as the dollar is going to disappear like the Zim dollar.
Then when the Amero hits the counters, sell all gold and buy Amero.
Let's just say you will make a killing.


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Mitt Romney's speech in front of a 98% empty football stadium was the result of a last minute security change, according to two highly placed officials with the event's organizer, the Detroit Economic Club.
The stadium was only chosen after a smaller venue sold out. Beth Chappell, president and CEO of the group, told TPM that the new plan was to hold the event in the stadium's atrium, which wouldn't have had a panoramic view of the venue's empty 65,000 seats, but that the security team — which included Secret Service, Detroit police, and Ford Field security — did not approve.
"The security team had concerns when they did walkthrough so we had to move meeting to the field," she said. "I am just sick that this has become an issue where there is none. We were thrilled with turnout."
And just in case you doubt their word on this, not that anyone would you understand, they ladle on the earnestness double thick;
"I'm just being really honest with you, 1200 is a good crowd. Twelve hundred is one of the largest crowds they've had," the board member said. "It wasn't sparse — it was the way that they set it up."
So 1200 is the largest crowd they had? Whose side is that guy on?

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Bills Digest no. 44 2011–12
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This Digest was prepared for debate. It reflects the legislation as introduced and does not canvass subsequent amendments. This Digest does not have any official legal status. Other sources should be consulted to determine the subsequent official status of the Bill.
Moira Coombs
Law and Bills Digest Section
9 September 2011
Financial implications
Key provisions
Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on the Bill's home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When Bills have been passed and have received Royal Assent, they become Acts, which can be found at the ComLaw website at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.
The purpose of the Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011 (the Fees Bill) is to define the term chargeable matters in the context of the registration of business names and to impose a fee for chargeable matters related to the registration or renewal of a business name as part of the national business names registration system.
At present the cost of registering a business name differs between the states and territories. See Table 1.2 state and territory business registration fees contained in the report of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee.[1] A business may also be required to register a business name in two or more states depending upon the number of states that the business operates in.
The Business Names Registration Bill and its cognate Bills will implement a national system for the registration of business names in Australia. Business names will be registered on a national basis and it will no longer be necessary to register business names in each state and territory. For further background, the reader is referred to the Bills Digests for the cognate Bills.[2]
The Council for Australian Governments (COAG) in July 2008 approved the establishment of a national registration system and agreed to the necessary referral of power to the Commonwealth to enable it to implement the system.[3] The Intergovernmental Agreement for Business Names (the Agreement) was signed by First Ministers in July 2009.
The objects of the Agreement are stated in the recitals to the Agreement:
In Part 6, the Agreement provides that the Commonwealth will levy fees on private individuals and non-government corporate entities for registering a business name. Paragraph 6.2 states:
Consistent with the objective of full cost recovery, the Commonwealth will seek to ensure that any new fee for national business name registrations will not be higher than the lowest business name registration fee currently paid by any State or Territory, taking account of the consumer price index increases. ASIC will consult with the states and territories prior to recommending the level of registration fees or any change in the level of registration fees, to the Government.[5]
The Senate Selection of Bills Committee resolved at its meeting of 24 August 2011 to recommend that the Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011 not be referred to a Committee.[6]
The Committee drew attention to the Bill which proposes to charge fees to register business names in the new national registration system. Fees for chargeable matters are to be prescribed in the regulations.
The Committee has consistently drawn attention to legislation that provides for the rate of a fee or levy to be set by regulation. Where the rate of a fee is to be set by subordinate legislation, the Committee expects that there will be some limits imposed on the exercise of this power.[7]
The Committee noted the comments in the Explanatory Memorandum concerning the imposition of fees for chargeable matters and that a fee or sum of fees must not exceed $50 000. The Committee noted that the Explanatory Memorandum also states that the fees need to be 'viewed in light of the Intergovernmental Agreement for Business Names entered into between the Commonwealth and the states and territories.'[8]
After noting the comments in the Explanatory Memorandum, the Committee stated that it:
leaves the appropriateness of the delegation of legislative power to set the level of fees or the method for calculating the amount of fees to the Senate as a whole.[9]
Exposure drafts of the proposed legislation were submitted to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on 6 July 2011 for inquiry and report by 15 August 2011. Exposure drafts of the following Bills were submitted:
The Committee in its report, drew attention to a number of issues which in their view should be further considered by the Government. They noted that the Fees Bill appears 'to be inconsistent with the intent and administration of the primary bill'.[10] They also noted that the caps contained in proposed section 5 of $10 000 (for a single fee) and $50 000 (the sum of fees) for chargeable matters appear to be very high amounts, given the lower registration fees currently charged by states and territories.[11]
The Committee report highlighted also the copying of sections 5 and 6 of the Corporations (Fees) Act 2001 as proposed sections 4 and 5 of the Fees Bill, which the Committee considered 'may be problematic because it appears to blur the distinction between ASIC's database management role for business names and ASIC's regulatory role in monitoring companies'.[12] However the Treasury, in a letter to the Committee pointed out that the Corporations (Fees) Act 2001 was a model for fees imposition and had been used in other contexts as well.[13] The Treasury did acknowledge:
However, as to the large caps assigned to the bill...'it is not contemplated that any fees under the Business Names register would ever reach this sum'.[14]
The Committee report made the following comments in relation to the detail concerning fees being contained in the regulations and not in the Fees Bill:
Flexibility is needed for fee structures, hence their usual inclusion in regulations. However, there has been a tendency to include too much in regulations and not enough detail in primary Acts. The Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills has stated its view that excessive use of regulation-making power diminishes the ability of Parliament to scrutinise legislation and increases reliance on the disallowance process in the Senate. Of relevance to this issue, the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills has written:
Where the rate of a charge is to be set by subordinate legislation, the Committee expects that there will be some limits imposed on the exercise of this power. For example, the Committee expects the enabling Act to prescribe either a maximum figure above which the relevant regulations cannot fix the charge, or, alternatively, a formula by which such an amount can be calculated. The vice to be avoided is delegating an unfettered power to impose fees.[15]
The Explanatory Memorandum states the following in relation to the financial impact of the Business Names Registration package:
The 2010-11 Budget allocated $125.2m over four years to implement the Registration System. These funds were distributed between the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). This amount is being fully offset in unspent funding.
The National Partnership Agreement to deliver a Seamless National Economy committed the Commonwealth and the States and Territories to delivering on agreed implementation milestones and deadlines, which are tied to reward payments under the National Partnership Agreement.
Compliance cost impact: No net increase in compliance costs. The replacement of the existing State and Territory business names regimes with a single new Commonwealth business regime will result in a net reduction in compliance costs for businesses and those transacting with businesses.[16]
The Senate Economic Legislation Committee's report notes that the Fees Bill and the proposed Business Names Registration (Fees) Regulations 2011 will 'provide substantial financial savings for businesses by providing a one off fee for nationwide business registration, as opposed to the current system under which businesses may be required to pay up to eight different registration fees depending on the number of states and territories they wish to trade in'.[17]
Subclause 3(1) defines a chargeable matter. Under the proposed Business Names Registration Act 2011 or the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011, a chargeable matter will be defined as:
Subclause 3(2) states that terms defined in the proposed Business Names Registration Act 2011 will have the same meaning as terms used in the proposed Business Names Registration (Fees) Act 2011.
Fees imposed are taxes
Clause 4 imposes a fee for chargeable matters. Subclause 4(1) provides that the regulations may prescribe the fees for chargeable matters. Subclause 4(2) states that the fees prescribed by the regulations are imposed as taxes. A chargeable matter may have two or more fees prescribed for it (subclause 4(3)).
Clause 5 deals with matters relating to fees. Subclause 5(1) provides that regulations may prescribe a fee for a chargeable matter by specifying an amount that does not exceed $10 000 or a method for calculating the amount. If there are several fees for a chargeable matter, the limit applies to each fee that is imposed individually. Subclause 5(2) states that a fee for a chargeable matter should not bear any relationship to the cost of providing any service, that is part of or related to the chargeable matter. A fee or sum of the fees for a chargeable matter must not exceed $50 000 (subclause 5(3)).
Clause 6 provides that the regulations may prescribe different fees if the chargeable matter is dealt with by electronic means. This section does not limit the operation of proposed sections 4 and 5.
Proposed section 7 inserts the regulation making power enabling the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of proposed sections 4, 5 and 6. Draft regulations have been released setting out the proposed fees. For example, schedule 1, item 1 sets a $30 fee for one year's registration.
Members, Senators and Parliamentary staff can obtain further information from the Parliamentary Library on (02) 6277 2784.
[1]. Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the exposure draft of the Business Names Registration Bill 2011 and related bills, report, August 2011, viewed 6 September 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/business_names_registration_2011/index.htm
[2]. D Spooner and S Scully, Business Names Registration Bill 2011, Bills Digest, no. 43, 2011-12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2011; M Coombs, Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, Bills Digest, no. 45, 2011-12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2011.
[3]. Ibid., pp. 3-4.
[4]. Council of Australian Governments, Intergovernmental Agreement for Business Names Agreement, 2 July 2009, viewed 7 September 2011, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/docs/IGA_business_names.pdf
[5]. Ibid., Paragraph 6.2.
[6]. Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report no. 11 of 2011, 25 August 2011, viewed 5 September 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/selectionbills_ctte/reports/2011/rep1111.pdf
[7]. Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest no. 9 of 2011, 24 August 2011, viewed 5 September 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/scrutiny/alerts/2011/d09.pdf
[8]. Ibid., p. 7.
[9]. Ibid., p. 8.
[10]. Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the exposure draft of the Business Names Registration Bill 2011 and related bills, report, August 2011, paragraph. 4.44, p. 55, viewed 6 September 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/business_names_registration_2011/index.htm
[11]. Ibid., paragraph 4.44, p. 55.
[12]. Ibid., paragraph 4.45, p. 55.
[13]. Ibid., paragraph 4.46, p. 55.
[14]. Ibid., paragraph 4.47, p. 56.
[15]. Ibid., paragraph 4.50, p. 56.
[16]. Explanatory Memorandum, Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011, p. 4, viewed 6 September 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r4631_ems_d992fc44-e034-4689-9337-0470aaa9064c/upload_pdf/359155.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
[17]. Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the exposure draft of the Business Names Registration Bill 2011 and related bills, report, August 2011, paragraph. 1.39, p. 55, viewed 6 September 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/business_names_registration_2011/index.htm
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< http://kernelmapper.osdn.com/ >
I don't know if you guys have seen it before, but I was impressed. I like the visual models. It makes understanding something like the Linux kernel actually fun. I'm setting off reading an OS book as soon as I wake up. It would be interesting to discuss some common OS features and relate them to Linux. The book I'm reading takes a look at all the major OS's.


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- This list is incomplete. You may help improve it just by editing!
Here is a list quotes for Kim Jae Hoon.
In BattleEdit
Garou: Mark of the WolvesEdit
Win QuotesEdit
- "Women must be humble. It's a virtue in any age." (vs. B. Jenet)
- "To know one in battle... is a fighter's privilege!" (vs. Butt)
- "You evil villain! My father is avenged!" (vs. Freeman)
- "Those sharp blades will cut you. Watch out, pal!" (vs. Gato)
- "Wow, shadow Tae Kwon Do! What an awesome workout!" (vs. Himself)
- "Able to counter all moves, the power of Tae Kwon Do!" (vs. Hokutomaru)
- "What a cute Spot, huh? I just love small animals!" (vs. Hotaru)
- "I work for Justice! Hit the shower, pal!" (vs. Kevin)
- "It's okay! You will never lose to evil!" (vs. Rock)
- "Such powerful moves! ... Dad never told me about them!" (vs. Terry)
- "I always saw you on TV! Keep on fighting, Tizoc!" (vs. Tizoc)
- "I can't forgive evil! Achaaaaaaa!" (vs. Grant/Kain (either one of them player controlled))
Vs. Kim Dong HwanEdit
- Jae Hoon: "If you try, you're great! Understand? The semifinals!"
- Dong Hwan: "No big deal for a battle-god like me. I'm just awesome!"
- Jae Hoon: "Cut it out. You bragger! I'll teach you the joy of true effort."
- Jae Hoon: "Understand now? You big loafer!"
- Dong Hwan: "Gasp! Ugh! But training sucks!"
- Jae Hoon: "Sacrilege! What would Dad think if he heard that?"
- Dong Hwan: "Huh? Pop? All right? Starting from tomorrow, I'll work out. Really!"
- Jae Hoon: "Yeah. You'll quit in a few days."
Vs. GrantEdit
- Jae Hoon: "What is this place?..."
- ?: "Tae kwon do?... All that kicking's fine... But it's just a sport that's no more than child's play."
- Jae Hoon: "I may be green, but those who insult tae kwon do... ...I can in no way forgive. As my father's my witness!"
- Grant: "I am Grant... The Martyr of Might... Now show me your awesome power... ...show me all you have."
- Grant: "To think it'd come to this!"
- Jae Hoon: "Thanks, pops. I knew it! Tae kwon do's the ultimate!"
- Grant: "Hmph. Earnest, to the last. Later, kid. Goodbye, Kain!"
Vs. Kain R. HeinleinEdit
Pre-Final Battle
- ?: "To think Grant lost... His power's the real thing. Or maybe?..."
- Jae Hoon: "You must be Kain, right? Just what're you plotting?"
- Kain: "I have one goal. Picture, for me, a city... ...Ruled by force. A truly free society!"
- Jae Hoon: "Say what, psycho?"
- Kain: "'Life' is simply winning everyday battles, isn't it? Those who simply ride it out have no right to live!"
- Jae Hoon: "Whaddya babbling about?"
- Kain: "You don't want to face the undeniable reality? ...Very well... You'll see... When I beat it into you!"
- Kain: "To lose to you... Is it possible?..."
- Jae Hoon: "You were wrong. That's why I won."
- Kain: "Hmph. A direct viewpoint. Direct to a fault... However you, blinded by youth, may believe you are right... But is your belief correct?"
- Jae Hoon: "What do you mean?"
- (Kain's Palace starts crumbling)
- Kain: "...Don't forget... Justice... ...is easily twisted..."
- (Kain's Palace explodes, leaving his fate unknown)
- Jae Hoon: "Gee, that was really close!"
- Dong Hwan: "That blonde freak... 'Undeniable reality' indeed!"
- Jae Hoon: "...'Undeniable reality'?"
- Dong Hwan: "It's always freaks like him! Idleness makes them crazy. Hey, you listening, Jae?"
- Jae Hoon: "Kain's raving rantings... My father's idea of justice. I've lost faith in my own judgment..."
- Dong Hwan: "Hey, Jae!"
- Jae Hoon: "...Huh. Sorry. What?"
- Dong Hwan: "Hey, get off Cloud 9, Jae!"
- Jae Hoon: "Chill out, Dong Hwan! I'm listening to you!"
- Dong Hwan: "You're really hopeless! I'm out of here, Jae Hoon!"
- Jae Hoon: "I'm sorry, Dong Hwan. I said I was listening! There's only one reality. Now I understand...Father!"


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AN Irish airline has apologised for forcing a Greek woman living in Ireland to complete a language test in her native tongue to demonstrate that her passport and nationality were genuine.
Aer Lingus said in response to Associated Press questions it has suspended the year-old language tests with immediate effect.
The Dublin airline says the UK Border Agency provided the tests to quiz any passengers suspected by check-in staff of travelling on forged Greek passports. Those unable to show fluency in Greek would be refused permission to board.
The policy became public after a telecommunications executive in Ireland, Greek-born Chryssa Dislis, complained of degrading treatment when checking in for a January 6 flight from Barcelona, Spain, to her home city of Cork.
Originally published as Irish airline apology for nationality test


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PWA World Tour Updates
The 2007 season brings exciting new changes and challenges to the competitive scene, such as the new specialist wave event, The Cape Verde PWA World Cup in February. Plus, following on from last years AGM at Sylt, there will be a few changes to the way things are done at PWA events.
Wave events will now have a 48-man fleet in the men's division. This will save considerable time at contests giving a better chance of getting good results and successful events, especially if suitable conditions are only brief during the holding periods allowed.
Under the new format, the top 16 seeds will be seeded through to the second round, creating a round of qualifying heats in the first round that will give upcoming sailors more opportunity to pass through heats and gain competition experience.
Based on the overwhelming wishes of the racing fleet, it has also been decided that Slalom 42 will now be run on a "no rules" basis, meaning that technically anything goes on the slalom course. The removal of the current direct refereeing system, will eliminate any difficulty or inconsistency in refereeing calls, and will create a self policing situation whereby any sailor infringing another will be more likely to cause themselves hindrance than anyone else.
We have already mentioned Cape Verde, which will kick the 2007 tour off, but the PWA is also proud to announce the confirmations of Alacati, after a successful inaugural event in 2006, Pozo, Fuerteventura and Sylt. There are plenty more venues awaiting confirmation of dates or status, so watch this space!


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SAN DIEGO ---- The West overcame a five-run deficit, rallying for four runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to defeat the East 7-6 Sunday night in the 10th annual Perfect Game All-American Classic before 7,638 at Petco Park.
But the real winner could be the University of San Diego.
Two of the Toreros' top recruits for the 2014 season pitched for the West. And both showed well.
Madison High left-hander Ian Clarkin, who made an early commitment to USD, pitched the second inning.
He struck out the first batter he faced, then walked a batter and surrendered back-to-back doubles to Jan Hernandez and Travis Demeritte, who has committed to South Carolina.
Hernandez's ball was a bolt over the center fielder's head. Demeritte's ball was a flare that eluded a diving right fielder, driving in a run.
Clarkin struck out three in the inning. His fastball was clocked as high as 93 mph.
Cathedral Catholic left-hander Stephen Gonsalves, another USD recruit, took the mound in the sixth inning for the West.
With a fastball that was also clocked at 93 mph, he retired the first hitter on a tapper to first, but Brian Naveretto tripled into the right-field corner.
Gonsalves got the next hitter on a ground ball to third as Naveretto held. Naveretto then tried to score on a ball that eluded catcher Jeremy Martinez. But Hernandez hustled to the backstop and threw to Gonsalves covering the plate in time to nab a sliding Naveretto.
Martinez has committed to USC.
Gonsalves earned the victory after a two-run West rally in the seventh inning gave his team the lead for good.
Kacy Clemens, the son of former major league star Roger Clemens, struck out two batters in the ninth inning to earn the save.
Gonsalves also had a stolen base as a pinch-runner in the seventh inning and scored the tying run on Ryan Tellez's two-RBI triple.
Tellez has also committed to USC.
"Over the summer, playing in showcases and games, Ian and I have become good friends," Gonsalves said. "No one knows what's going to happen in the future.
"We'd both like to play pro ball at some point, but we both chose a great college.
"It would be great to play together in college.
"No matter what happens, we have great options."
Rancho Bernardo's Gosuke Katoh, who has committed to UCLA for the 2014 season, struck out in his first at-bat and drew a walk leading off the top of the ninth. He was at third with no outs in the ninth before East pitcher Brett Morales, who has committed to Florida State, struck out the next three hitters.
Ryan Boldt of the West, who has committed to Nebraska, was named the game's MVP after going 2-for-3.


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Washington AC/DC - (Mess press): It was High Noon at the OK Corral today as President Bush asked Congress not to subject "hon rabble pubic servants an' phishin' buddies" to take a lie detector test during their depositions about eight federal prosecutors who were subjected to presidential warantless wiretaps "in case they were conspirin' 'gainst me".
Looking shagged out and toxic the commander in chief vowed that neither White House fiction factory director Karl Rove nor Bush's former lawyer Harrier Miers should be subjected to the indignity of having to tell the truth under oath.
Meanwhile Congress is baying for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' blood.
This follows reports of damning evidence that the former Texan pimp planned the prosecutors' snooping and subsequent dismissal after persistent blackmail attempts by Michael Jackson to name Dubya as his Daddy unless the justices who knew about his cosy arrangement with the White House were totally discredited.
Despite the rhetoric and show of defiance the House Panel
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Later today there will be an announcement whether Congress has also ordered compulsory DNA and fingerprint testing of all concerned.
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Finance Minister Roni Bar-On, however, warned against any attempts to increase the 2009 budget because of the crisis.
Israel's political leadership yesterday sought to quell fears that the global financial crisis would wreak havoc on the country's economy, as Tel Aviv stocks plunged. However, Finance Minister Roni Bar-On also warned against any attempts to increase the 2009 budget because of the crisis.
After the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange opened to heavy losses yesterday morning, Finance Minister Roni Bar-On said the country's financial leadership was not panicking in the face of the global crisis.
"We are cooperating with the Bank of Israel and the banks, and at this time there is no sign of real fear. We mustn't deviate from our budgetary targets," Bar-On said during a meeting of Kadima ministers. Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also aimed to calm nerves over the financial crisis.
"The situation in global markets was on the agenda last week and we have been continuously discussing it with the finance minister and the governor of the Bank of Israel in order to monitor the situation," he said at the meeting. "This has been done with utmost responsibility and the necessary awareness."
For the first time yesterday, the cabinet discussed the financial crisis and its effects on Israel at its regular Sunday meeting - though the discussion was short and superficial. Bar-On summarized the situation in Israel and around the world, and said the approval of next year's budget in August was a good move.
While noting it was unclear how the crisis would affect Israel, he stated that for now, there is no real reason to worry. His warning about next year's budget was more than a hint about the coalition negotiations Tzipi Livni is currently conducting to form a new government.
At a meeting on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Bar-On and Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer had decided that Bar-On would stay home and not attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings next week, and that Fischer would represent Israel there instead.
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http://www.simplyjava.com contains the technical blog of Nishant Saini (Daffodil Software Limited). He has written two very nice articles recently which are worth reading.
The article Modularization throws light on the advantages of modular design and presents some guidelines to be followed to increase modularity of day to day work by prohibiting copy-pasting the code and increase code reuse from inheritance, composition and calling methods.
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Over half of young men now use facial moisturizer, reports Mintel
Dec 04, 2013, 10:49 ET from Mintel
CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Men might not like to admit that they have a skin care regime, but according to new research from Mintel, you might find your man stealing some of your valuable mirror time. Indeed, in a new report looking at the male grooming sector, some 58% of men aged 18-24 and 63% of those 25-34 report that they use a facial moisturizing product.
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This is in stark contrast to the 32% of those aged 55-64 and 29% of men over 65 from other age demographics claiming to do the same thing.
"That younger men are more participative in the facial skincare category bodes well for the future growth of the men's skincare segment as younger men will likely continue using products as they age," says Gabriela Elani, home and personal care analyst at Mintel. "The fact that sales of men's personal care products have risen so sharply over the past five years highlights the growth in product categories that have traditionally been segmented by gender, such as antiperspirant/deodorant (APDO), shaving, and shower products."
The men's personal care market will reach $3.9 billion this year, enjoying growth of 15% since 2008. Despite the increased use of facial skincare among young men, toiletry products, such as APDO, shower gel, and haircare products enjoy the highest market penetration, as male consumers use these products on a daily basis to maintain their personal hygiene.
The men's APDO segment has increased by 13% during 2008-13 and is now worth 1.4 billion. Mintel projects that this segment will continue to grow steadily year to year into 2018. The continued growth is not surprising as some 95% of men report that they use an APDO product, making it the most commonly used product among all male respondents.
When it comes to personal care products, men are nothing if they're not loyal. More than half of all men (52%) say they tend to stick to the same brands of toiletries and grooming products. In addition, 34% of men like to smell their personal care products before buying them and 20% favor 2-in-1 products to save time.
"It will be a challenge for companies and brands to expand the current market, as men don't have a strong interest in trying out new product forms. In order to accelerate category growth, companies should focus on improving the functionality of male-specific haircare and facial skincare products in order to persuade men to switch over from general market products. Improved functionality could also influence nonusers to try out products in these categories," concludes Gabriela Elani.
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Download the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied the workshop
from "Tips for Successful Writing Groups"
Chris M. Golde
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Association for the Study of Higher Education
The Importance of Having a Watch
Time is a precious resource for graduate students, so it is important that the group be an efficient and constructive use of everyone's time.
- Be on time.
- Write regularly. Writing bi-weekly, or monthly can be a good prod to making progress.
- Produce work when it is your turn. Hand it out in a timely manner, for most thoughtful feedback.
- Be strict about time keeping within the group. If you only have an hour, agree how the time will be spent, and be firm about moving on to the next topic.
- Agree on the amount of time each person will spend reading and preparing feedback in advance. Establishing these norms can also help the "on" person focus their requests and the amount of text they provide.
Great Expectations: Building Trust
A good group has a high level of trust between members. This has to grow and develop; it is earned. There is a difference between a group of colleagues and a good writing group. You can trust it and count on a good writing group, which allows room for other kinds of shared experiences.
- Laugh together.
- Read each others work in advance. Set aside time to do this thoroughly and thoughtfully, and review it before the meeting.
- Be honest and thoughtful in your feedback.
- Hold each other accountable for the commitments you make. Don't accept excuses for not reading work, or for skipping meetings.
- Don't apologize for your work. Don't be embarrassed by it.
- A group is a safe place to try out new ideas and present work very much "in progress." Use it to take intellectual risks.
- Set time to update each other on milestones, triumphs, frustrations, personal lives, etc.
- Celebrate together.
Specific Techniques
- Creatively develop and employ the strategies that most effectively motivate you and your group. In one of my groups we mandated that the last person to arrive must bring cookies the following week. This cut tardiness dramatically. We once wrote a timeline for one person's proposal writing, and we all signed it!
- Ask for and give focused feedback. I often attach a cover note to the draft I am handing out explaining what is new, what I am trying to do, and what I would like in the way of specific feedback. I might say: "Please focus on the explanation of and integration of the conceptual framework," or "I really need some positive feedback, so tell me what you particularly like," or "Please be picky about grammar and wording this time." The more clearly you know what you want and can articulate it to others, the more likely you are to get the help you need.
- On some occasions, we have had the "on" person listen and take notes, without responding to the feedback and discussion. This may continue for 30-45 minutes. While it is awkward and frustrating at first to listen to people discuss you as if you weren't there, it can be illuminating to hear the group try to understand and explain your work to each other (rather like discussing a reading in class). This can lead to a nuanced understanding of how you are expressing your ideas which might never emerge if you had been able to respond and explain immediately.
- Have someone else take notes, or tape record the session. This frees the "on" person from having to record the discussion in detail, and allows them to focus on the discussion and their participation.
- Alternate bringing snacks to the meeting. This makes the meeting more enjoyable.
- One group took a weekend retreat together. This was a time for team building, and longer discussions of work in progress.
Warning Signs: Possible Pitfalls
There can be negative aspects to group work. Occasionally conflicts of personality or expectations arise, and must be addressed. Some other pitfalls to be alert for include these.
- Intellectual property rights are increasingly debated on college campuses. If you are studying topics similar to that of other members in your group, it is important to air these issues. How do you acknowledge and cite each other? Who retains the "rights" to ideas developed within the group?
- Conflict may arise, for example, one member may demand more than they give back. Conflict resolution techniques may need to be employed.
- The time of renewal for a group, when considering adding new members, can be a difficult period. Discussions of who to include must be conducted with candor and confidentiality. The integration of new members requires patience.
Writers' Groups Need Commitment, Planning and Focus to Succeed
By: Rosner, D.M., Writer, 00439517, Nov2000, Vol. 113, Issue 11
Database: Academic Search Premier
Ofter, writers are their own worst critics. As a member of a writers' group for more than 10 years, I've found that participation in a good critique group not only helps me keep perspective and polish my writing, but also brings me inspiration during those inevitable dry spells. Experience has also taught me, however, that there are a number of pitfalls any new writers' group should avoid. The following suggestions will help you get off to a good start.
Forming your group
All you really need to start your writers' group are other writers and a place to meet with them. Here are some ideas:
- Ask any writers you know if they would like to form a group. If you don't know any other writers, try visiting a local college campus, (evening writing classes draw writers of all ages and abilities) or writers' conferences. You'll find listings in most writers' magazines.
- Try to keep the group small. Having more than five or six members limits the ability of the group to critique one another's work. If you have a larger group, you may need to limit critiques to a few members' works per meeting.
- At the initial meeting, decide how often, when, where and how long you will meet. For instance, our group meets at 7 p.m. every other Monday at members' homes or at coffee bars, for approximately two hours.
- Decide what type of writing you want to be the focus of your group. My group is for fiction writers; others are for poetry. Some cover a wide range of genres.
- Discuss how much material each author can submit for critique at each meeting. Ten pages per person per meeting is generally a good place to start.
- Set up a system for critiques. Do the members prefer to read the work at home beforehand and bring their comments to the meeting or to have authors read their work aloud at the meeting and invite comments? Reading aloud helps catch errors or sound out dialogue.
- Set your ground rules, including how to choose a leader or mediator. Clearly establish the group's expectations of new members either through bylaws or informally.
- Decide if members should report what they have accomplished since the previous meeting, and, if so, select someone to keep a record of this information.
A word about critiques
The purpose of a critique is to provide honest comments on members' work. If your members are new to the art of constructive criticism, you may want to create guidelines for critiquing. These could be helpful in reminding participants to share positive opinions, point out areas that need work and provide reasons for each criticism.
Here are some tips for critiquing:
- Don't forget that many writers–new writers in particular–have fragile egos. However, there is such a thing as being too nice. If some thing about a member's piece isn't working for you, it's important to share that with the writer in a direct but tactful way.
- Give a balanced critique, taking care to point out the parts that work, as well as those that don't.
- Explain the reasons for your comments or suggestions.
- Don't argue with another member's opinion of your work. If you don't agree with the changes suggested, just don't use them. If you don't understand why the suggestion was made, politely ask the person giving the critique to clarify the comment.
Common pitfalls
Occasionally, we've asked a member to leave the group. We've learned from our mistakes over the years and have established bylaws and a screening process for new members. The following guidelines will help prevent problems.
- Be very clear about exactly what you expect from your members. Something as simple as expecting them to come to every meeting can cause misunderstanding and resentment.
- Be sure all your members share the same level of dedication. Your group can be serious or informal, but it's best not to try to mix the two.
- Every member should be expected to put an equal level of effort into critiquing one another's work.
- If you have a problem with a member's level of participation or method of critiquing, the leader or mediator should talk to him or her as diplomatically as possible about the problem. This may not always work and the member may choose to drop out of the group. But sometimes, what seems to be .a major problem is nothing more than a minor misunderstanding blown out of proportion.
Keeping your group alive
This year my writers' group celebrated its 10th anniversary. We've stayed together so long because, luckily, our members are serious writers who are dedicated to one another. Some members have come and gone. Many left only because they've moved out of state, and we all still keep in touch.
If you want your group to last, it's important to find other writers who share your level of dedication. Whenever new members join, explain your group's guidelines to them. Don't feel that your group has to be limited to its scheduled meetings. Our group holds a variety of special events, such as:
- Novel Day, during which we meet for a full day of work on our individual projects. Writing in a room full of other working writers is very inspiring. (We hold three or more such days each year)
- Annual Halloween party, for which we write a story to be read at the party (and come dressed as one of our characters).
- Annual retreat, held over a long weekend, usually at a bed and breakfast.
Writers' groups can be helpful, inspiring and a lot of fun. For more ideas, visit our group's Web site at http://www.6ftferrets.com.
By D.M. Rosner
D.M. Rosner's short story "The Black Cat of Antietam" appears in Dead Promises, an anthology of Civil War ghost stories. Her essays, articles and short stories have been published in Connecticut, where she has also worked as a radio journalist. Check out her web site at http://www.dmrosner.com/
Faculty Writing Groups
Selected Resources
- The Writing Center Guide to Writing Groups
- MSU Writing Center – Faculty Writing Groups
- Writing Groups at Suite101.com
- Cal State Fullerton – Faculty Development Website – Writing Groups
- "Balancing Teaching & Research," by Professor John Whalen-Bridge, Dept. of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore in CDTL (Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning) Brief, August 2004, Vol. 7, no. 7. http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/brief/V7n7/sec4.htm
- Hetzel, June. "How Critique Groups Propel Professional Writing," in Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Spring 2004, Vol. 70, No. 3
- Lee, Alison, and David Boud, "Writing Groups, Change and Academic Identity: Research Development as Local Practice," in Studies in Higher Education, May 2003, Vol. 28, No. 2
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If you've somehow managed to avoid playing Final Fantasy on the th various devices it's already been ported to (Playstation, PSP, iPhone...uh, Wonderswan), know that you can now experience the grandaddy of JRPG goodness on your Playstation 3 by picking up Final Fantasy Origins, now part of the Playstation Store's collection of PSone Classics.
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25 Years of Madden:
EA Sports have been in the game for 25 years with this venerable American Football Series; celebrating this anniversary is Madden NFL 25.
Madden NFL 25 Ignites with New Tech:
Running on EA's Ignite Engine, with many improvements over previous Madden games, expect to see upgraded graphics, better real-time physics, increased response during running, and a reactive environment such as a field that wears down in high traffic areas.
Madden NFL 25 also has refined itself in physics simulation and presents an all-new Force Impact System with redesigned power moves like Hit Stick, Truck, Dive Tackle and more!
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Though announced as a launch title for next gen systems, hail mary per-emptively in one of video-gaming's most famous Football franchises.
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Madden series is 2d in nature. It was one of the most popular series that emerged from the 16 bit megadrive era. The gameplay is still the same as the original 16 bit games with updated graphics. In this installment, you get 1080p and ultra realistic animations. If you are a fan of classic gaming, don't brush off this series just because it is sports or too Western. It is just as classic fun as a 2d platformer or fighting game. For the low price, it is a retro gamer's dream come true.
Game works on any region Xbox One console, and is fairly fun to play.
For a knowledge about the NFL and the American Football rookie, the game couldn´t be better. And, of course, the price helps.
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Two principal officers of Osun State House of Assembly, Messrs Ipoola Binuyo, and Akin Taiwo, have said there is no bill before the legislature recommending castration for rapists.
Mr. Goke Butikakuro, the Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salaam, said in a telephone on Sunday, "I have spoken with Mr. Ipoola Binuyo, who is the Chief Whip of the House; and the Assistant Chief Whip, Mr. Akin Taiwo. They said there's no such bill on rape before the House or the recommendation of castration as penalty for rape."
While Ipoola represents Ife-North Constituency, Taiwo represents Ayedaade Constituency.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs. Adetoun Adegboyega, has denied advocating castration for rapists.
Speaking with our correspondent in a telephone interview on Sunday evening, Adegboyega said she "only jokingly" said do men want to be castrated before they would stop raping children and women?'
She said, "It was all a joke which some people have decided to sensationalise. I was just answering a question on rape at the ministerial news conference held at Government Secretariat, Abere, on Friday, when I jokingly asked if rapists want their 'third leg' to be caught off before they stop their inhuman act?"
Adegboyega said the bill on rape before the Osun House of Assembly had reached the second reading, adding that the state government would use all legal means to protect children, women and the vulnerable from being sexually abused.
Right activists, Amitolu Shittu, Wahid Lawal, Abiodun Agboola, Rufus Oyatoro, in separate telephone interviews with our correspondent on Sunday spoke against rape.
But they also said Osun could not afford to castrate rapists without adequate legislative backing.
Lawal said, "Osun is too sophisticated to engage in extra judicial actions against even the offenders. I want to believe that there is a misconception on the rape issue."
Agboola said, "No, that cannot happen in Osun. The government and people of Osun are too enlightened to allow that to happen. We cannot go back to the dark ages."
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Syria neared the border of sanity months ago and did not hit the brakes.Huh. Apparently Syrian troops opened fire at a refugee camp on the other side of the border to Turkey.
Doesn't seem like a good move.
His new album is very interesting, especially from someone who gets that much (local) media attention. I really like the risks he takes, the big bombastic arrangements, the French, the length of the songs. Not something I'll listen to often but it's good to have musicians in the spotlight that push boundaries.


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Sometimes you may be in your car listening to some sports radio station or you may be sitting at home watching Baseball tonight and you hear someone bring up a name of a player from 10 to 20 years ago and you think to yourself, "Oh Yeah, I remember him" and some memories of that player stroll back into your thoughts for a few minutes. You then think to yourself, "I wonder whatever happened to him?" and then after a few moments you go back to your day and the moment is over. Well, from time to time, I'm going to take you back to those moments and bring you up to date to where these players went after their glory days passed by.
I had those very same thoughts that I described above just the other day. I was listening to a sports radio station where they were discussing the 1994 strike season and one of the callers brought up something about Mo Vaughn, who was playing first base for the Boston Red Sox during that time. Once I heard the name mentioned, Mo Vaughn, I had several memories run through my mind. All the home runs he crushed in Fenway park, the stance he had where he crowded the plate and intimidated pitchers, the battles he had with Red Sox management. Some of the memories were good ones and others not so much. Mo was a three time American League all-star selection and won the American League MVP award in 1995. He quite possibly could have won the AL MVP award in 1994 as well if it hadn't been for the strike ending the season as he was having a banner season that year.
One thing I always will remember about Mo was how much of a big ole teddy bear he was when it came to kids and how giving he was when it came to donating time or money to the community. Mo had a huge heart off the field as well as on it and he contributed tons of time and money to charity. During his time in Boston he co-founded the Mo Vaughn youth development program which included an after school program for kids ages 13-16 to go for help with school work or just to go for a safe place to stay off the streets and out of trouble. I remember Mo mentioning about how the kids that didn't make A's or B's needed just as much attention as the kids that did. Mo cared for the kids that were at-risk and worked hard to see that they didn't fall into a life of crime or drugs.
Mo became the face of the Red Sox organiztion from 1991 through 1998. He was Grand Marshal of the 1994 Boston Christmas Parade. He had a couple of well known skirmishes while with the Red Sox as well. In August 1991, during batting practice in Anaheim for a game against the Angels, Mo and teammate Mike Greenwell got into an argument that turned physical. Greenwell came away with a black eye and did interviews the next day with dark sunglasses on. It was Greenwell that threw the first punch during the altercation, but Mo seemed to come out on the better end of the deal. In September 1993, Mo earned some much deserved respect during a game against the Chicago White Sox. Chicago's George Bell took heed to two inside pitches by Boston rookie Aaron Sele and charged the mound to confront him. Bell never made it to the mound as Big Mo came out of nowhere and proceeded to tackle Bell and knock him straight off of his feet.
Mo's career ended with the Red Sox in 1998 after several jabs in the media about the Red Sox management. He signed a hefty contract to play with the Angels in 1999 and after his first very successful season with the Angels his career spiraled down quickly. He was never really taken in amongst his teammates there. I'm not sure if it was because of the huge contract he signed or if it stemmed from the all out brawl one game that broke out and Mo refused to leave the dugout area. Mo missed the entire 2001 season due to injury and was traded to the New York Mets for the 2002 season. Mo's weight ballooned while in New York and a knee injury in 2003 permanently ended his baseball career.
He was linked to steroids in a report by Senator George J. Mitchell in 2007. Although it was never proven that he took them. Several checks from Mo Vaughn were discovered in the possession of a well known steroid peddler. This fact has cast a dark shadow over some of Mo's best statistical years. He was eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot in 2009, but he didn't garner enough votes and his name fell off the ballot. What can't be denied is Mo Vaughn supplied us all with some great memories and some questionable ones as well. He got along with teammates and he fought with them. He struggled with management and injuries in his career, but he had a huge heart and poured it out into community service and charity work. He now is president of a trucking company. We all say thanks for the memories you gave us Big Mo.
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Mahboub Baccouch is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. In 2005, he received his M.S. degree in mathematics from Virginia Tech., Virginia, USA. His Ph.D. studies (2008, Virginia Tech) were mainly focused on numerical analysis, scientific computing, and partial differential equations. Baccouch's current research interests are various areas of applied mathematics, particularly the design and implementation of higher-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for partial differential equations.
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by Adam Benjamin | July 15, 2013 5:25 pm
We're in the middle of summer now, which means that all eyes in the tech world are turning toward Apple (AAPL[1]).
The company traditionally unveils and releases its new iPhone products in the fall of each year, and after disappointing numbers[2] for the iPhone 5, the company has a lot riding on the next version of the device.
This will be the first new iPhone to come loaded with iOS7, the first operating system from new senior designer Jony Ive. However, speculation has abounded about whether we'll see a whole new phone (an iPhone 6), or just a new iteration (an iPhone 5S).
As it turns out, the answer might be both.
Consumers and companies shifting more toward lower-margin, cheaper smartphones are a threat[3] to Apple and its expensive, high-margin devices. And with Google's (GOOG[4]) Android constantly eating up market share, speculation is that Apple has been working on a new, cheaper iPhone that's expected to play particularly well in emerging markets.
Apple is fervently denying rumors of the budget iPhone, but that hasn't stopped the rumors from spreading. According to International Business Times, the iPhone 5S will actually be the budget version of the iPhone, and the new device will simply be called the new iPhone[5]. Both devices would be launched at the same time, allowing Apple to capitalize on upgrades as well as new users.
So what's going to be in these new iPhones? Tech Radar has a good roundup of rumored features[6], including near-field communication, eye tracking and 1080p HD screens. CNET also has a wish list of iPhone features[7] that asks for a customizable home screen and an upgrade for voice-recognition software Siri.
We'll have to wait to see how these rumors will play with news that Apple is stocking up on developers[8] for its rumored iWatch. The iWatch seems to be on track for a much later debut, so the two probably won't interfere. But it should be an interesting development to keep an eye on either way.
Adam Benjamin is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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In this week's web-only show, Kevin Devaney Jr. discusses boys and girls basketball in the Hudson Valley/Connecticut region.
Highlights from News 12's MSG Varsity report on Tuesday 1/10/12
Highlights from HS SportsDesk (1/11/12)
1/10/11: Boys basketball highlights of St. Joe's win over Trinity Catholic.
Highlights from HS SportsDesk (1/11/12)
1/10/12: Senior forward Timajh Parker talks about the win over Trinity Catholic.


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City Council chambers overflowed with largely critical citizens at the APD meeting last night.
Three APD substations were vandalized last night.
The DOJ will announce its findings about APD and patterns of excessive/lethal force tomorrow at 10:00 am.
There is a new Rail Runner stop.
Bob Geldof's hard-partying daughter, Peaches Geldof, died suddenly and inexplicably.
Do you know about "boyfriend twins"?
.... How about "nipple shields for men"?
What do you know about the old TV show ALF?
Malaysian Flight 370 is in really deep water.
Time for a Chupacabra roundup.
40 percent of Americans couldn't raise 2,000 dollars if their lives depended on it.
Since the Snowden leaks, the NSA has seen a huge increase in Freedom of Information Act requests.
Dopers in South Africa are smoking a combo of weed, rat poison, opium and an anti-retroviral drug (AKA HIV meds).
Oh, God. No. Don't read this.
Reported cases of HIV infection are on the increase on the Navajo Reservation.
Colorado pot legalization involves some new taxes that may not have the support of pro-marijuana groups.
KOAT reports a rash of bike thefts downtown.
Are some of our contemporary English words identical to words from a 15,000 year old "proto-Eurasiatic" Ice Age language?
Kidnapped in Cleveland, hostages for ten years and an instant-classic TV interview.
The United States finally came out and accused China of cyber-espionage.
The pink dolphins of Hong Kong are dying.
I bet Bill Richardson could get Led Zeppelin back together.
The ABBA museum in Stockholm is now open!
This article explains the origins the conservative Islamist movement in Bangladesh.
There's only enough room in this world for one manufacturer of "visors with simulated hair," AKA hairy-hats.
On this day in 1980, Yugoslavian dictator Josip Tito was buried.
Albuquerque's weekly SWAT standoff.
Northern New Mexico's used tire problem.
Rio Arriba County police blotter.
Plants grown with Black Sabbath playing really loud have "the best flowers...."
The cult of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
FAA layoffs resulting from the sequestration are screwing up flight times.
Half the prisoners at Guantanamo are staging a hunger strike.
Brian Wilson taken into custody for not going surfing.
ABBA museum opening soon in Stockholm.
Roswell horse slaughterhouse set to open in three weeks.
Think of the magical powers.
More bizarre rape trial defenses.
Will Obamacare kill the middle class?
Build your own solar-powered death ray.
ABBA reunion perhaps?
115 Cardinals are locked in a room and they're not coming out until they elect a new pope.


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I need an intervention...
Im addicted to one brand and type of polish (sally hansen insta-dri)... its the only quick dry that goes on with minimal layers and actually drys fast enough for me.
Every time its on sale I buy at least three or four, and always the top coat... and I keep a list on me, of colors I own already... If there's a new color or a set of limited editions, I buy them immediately... I check every store Im in.
I do have other brands, mostly the ones I get with my ipsy subscription, but I only use those when I have enough time to do my nails properly...
My friends laugh at me, I have a basket full of polish and they think it's hilarious that it's full, and of mostly the same style bottle! I could paint my nails daily for months and not use the same polish twice
I know there are other polish addicts here... that can relate!
I can't help. I have a problem too.
Quoting Anonymous: I am currently addicted to Cadbury Eggs. I usually am this time of year though. :)
these are the ones my husband buys in bulk every time he's at the store this time of year... I wonder how they would freeze?
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Ibrahim Adamou stands near the Catholic church in Carnot, a town 125 miles from the Cameroonian border, in the Central African Republic, Monday. Ibrahim Adamou wasn't sure whether any of his five siblings had survived the attack by Christian militiamen who opened fire on his family as the group of herders journeyed on foot. His parents already had been killed in front of him.
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Originally Posted by wiretripped
Really? From what I understood it leaned more toward the persistent MMO-type world kind of game with a basic and optional single player campaign. Maybe I didn't read it properly
The trailer did look brilliant, but the hint of MMO in there threw me off and was enough to keep me from backing. It just felt like they were focusing more on MP than on SP.
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Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global
network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have welcomed
the arrests of two men suspected of being involved in one of South
Korea's biggest spam incidents.
The men, one aged 20 and the other 26 years old, are alleged to
have broken the law by sending out 1.6 billion spam emails between
September and December 2006. South Korean authorities in Seoul
claim that the duo, both computer programmers, obtained personal
and financial information from 12,000 victims which they then sold
to other firms.
"South Korea was revealed in Sophos's recent security report as the third-worst nation in the
world for relaying spam, and the authorities should be
congratulated for cracking down on spammers based in the country,"
said Graham
Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Spammers are
battering inboxes in their attempt to make fast money, sell fake
goods, and - in the worst cases - steal identities."
In May 2006, South Korean authorities arrested a
man suspected of running a network of zombie computers alleged to
have sent 18 million spam messages a day.
"South Korea is admired around the world for its impressive
internet infrastructure, but with the widespread adoption of
broadband net connections comes the danger of spam, spyware and
malware," continued Cluley. "The courts in South Korea need to send
a strong message to abusers of the internet that their criminal
antics will not be tolerated."
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text: Hi guys, question for the pros. I saw a thread where an oak burl was used for a body. It had issues with a "dead zone" as it was described. Could it be related to the grain pattern in the burl? Can the grain become a "tone killer" in spots as its all over and not like a typical straight grained body wood? Just curious as to thoughts on this. If I were ever going to build a bass, a burl would not be my first choice, as I've cut birds eye and flamed maple before and it's not exactly fun to work with!! Thanks in advance. WG.


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Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Web Component
Reported April 14, 2000 by rain.forrest.puppy and CORE SDI
The affected item, dvwssr.dll, is a server-side component used to support the Link View feature in Visual Interdev 1.0. The component contains a buffer overflow condition, which if overrun with random data could crash the server may even allow arbitrary code to run on the server under the context of the all-powerful System account.
According to Gerardo Richarte of CORE-SDI, The code where
the buffer overflow resides is as follows:
In addition to the overflow condition, Microsoft"s bulletin indicates a potential permissions problem: "By default, the affected component, Dvwssr.dll, resides in a folder whose permissions only allow web authors to execute it. Under these conditions, only a person with web author privileges could exploit the vulnerability - but a web author already has the ability to upload and execute code of his choice, so this case represents little additional threat. However, if the permissions on the folder were set inappropriately, or the .dll were copied to a folder with lower permissions, it could be possible for other users to execute the component and exploit the vulnerability."
A simple PERL script can cause the crash:
A simple PERL script can cause the crash:
Microsoft has issued a security bulleting (MS00-025) that recommends that users delete all copies of the dvwssr.dll file on their Web systems. Doing so will break the Link View functionality of Visual InterDev, however since that package is so old, Microsoft feels that only a few users still use the older development platform and therefore, only a few users will be affected by deleting the file. Be sure to read Support Online article Q259799
To delete the file, use the "Find | Files or Folders" utility on the Start Menu to search all directories on your Web server file systems for "dvwssr.dll." The utility will locate all copies of the affected DLL. Once the search is complete, right-click on each instance of the file in the dialog and select Delete to remove the file from your system. Be sure to empty the Recycle Bin after you have deleted the files. This way no one can inadvertantly restore those files back onto the system.
Discovered and reported by rain.forrest.puppy and CORE-SDI
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Genre: Music, Concert, Rock
Summary: Foreigner celebrates the 30th anniversary of its album ``4'' with a concert featuring ``Waiting for a Girl Like You,'' ``Urgent'' and ``Juke Box Hero.'' From the Arcada Theatre in Illinois.
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Oct 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended lower on Friday as investors took some money off the table before the U.S. jobs data which could influence the timing of the next Federal Reserve rate hike.
The S&P/ASX 200 index nudged 15.6 points or 0.29 percent lower, ending at 5,467.4.
The index rose 0.58 percent this week, extending gains for a third week.
Losses were spread across industrials, telecommunications and a few other sectors but price moves were tentative ahead of the U.S. jobs data.
Telstra slipped 1.0 percent, Santos was off 2.5 percent and Qantas eased 0.3 percent.
On the upside, Westpac extended recent gains, up 0.8 percent.
Gains in crude prices supported the energy index, which rose 0.71 percent. Oil Search Ltd, the most valued oil and gas stock in terms of P/E when compared to peers, ended the session up 1.1 percent.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index extended losses for a fourth session, inching 0.41 percent or 29.48 points lower to finish the session at 7,167.8, after declining issues outpaced advancers by a 1.6:1 margin.
The index fell 2.63 percent this week, snapping two weeks of gains.
Technology shares were the biggest drag on the index, with online advertising company Trade Me Group Ltd falling 4.4 percent for its biggest percentage loss in eight months. (Reporting by Aparajita Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)


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provide a significant boost for California racing," said Tony Allevato, TVG
executive vice president. "Along with airing the races on the most widely
distributed horse racing television network in the country, we have secured
major programming blocs on a number of Fox Sports affiliates, including FSN
Prime, FSN West and Fox Sports San Diego. As a result, Santa Anita racing will
enjoy wider everyday household distribution than at any time in its history,
and will be available in more than 45 million homes."
The Santa Anita meet runs from December
26-April 21, and features 41 graded stakes, highlighted by the Grade I,
$750,000 Santa Anita Handicap (March 2), and the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita
Derby (April 6).
"Offering a rich history and tradition, the
Santa Anita winter meet helps kickoff the racing season in grand style," said
Allevato. "TVG is thrilled to bring our fans all the action, as we begin the
most extensive television coverage of California racing available," said
In addition, to celebrate its new Santa
Anita coverage, TVG will launch the "California Dreamin' Betting Contest," a
promotion that will award six weekly cash prizes and a grand prize trip to
California that includes attendance at one of the state's four biggest racing
The "California Dreamin' Betting Contest"
will run Saturdays from December 29-February 2, 2013, and involve wagering on
races from Santa Anita, Aqueduct and Tampa Bay Downs. The contest will offer
$20,000 in total prize money and a grand prize trip for two to California and
the opportunity to attend either the Santa Anita Derby, the Hollywood Gold Cup,
opening day at Del Mar or the TVG Pacific Classic. Go to TVG.com for details.
"The 'California Dreamin' Betting
Contest' is a fun way to promote not only TVG's exciting coverage of Santa
Anita, but our presentation of a full winter racing schedule from around the
country," said Don Scott, TVG vice president of marketing.
TVG account holders can wager on all races
from Santa Anita, Aqueduct and Tampa Bay Downs by visiting TVG.com.
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Digital Signage
"Digital signage" is the term for those flashy displays that seem to bombard us from every angle these days. They are definitely much more effective at inserting themselves into consumers brains than your standard billboards.
Please take a look at this interesting info graphic on annoying digital advertising displays, that I swear I'm not posting just because they offered me fifty bucks.
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If you have resentments towards others, no matter how wrongly they behaved, work on forgiveness. There are many techniques around forgiveness: the ancient Hawaiian practice of ho'oponopono, EFT, etc. Forgiveness is important because anger only poisons you. This overall shift is what I believe got me out of Lyme Disease: a huge spiritual transformational shift in how I saw the experience of my life, Lyme, and my ability to get myself out. The treatments got me out too, but without the inner work, I know I would not be where I am today.
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forgiveness, and other ways to clear through those emotions.
thoughts and intentions surrounding me.