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Police are appealing for information after more than 100 piglets were stolen from a farm near Mildenhall last Wednesday.
It is believed 102 piglets were stolen from the Cavenham farm some time after the farm's lorry drivers left off at 2.30pm.
Farmer Ben Spurgeon said the piglets had been moved to a holding barn and were waiting to be transported to another farm. He said he and other staff on the farm were not initially aware of the robbery.
"We thought we were short some piglets on the lorry when it left," he said.
"We estmimated we'd lost between 100 and 125 piglets.
"Our lorry drivers finished about half past two. The thieves must have watched us leave."
Suspicions were aroused when neighbours reported seeing two trailers driving down towards the farm.
Two witnesses in The Street, Cavenham, on Wednesday afternoon reported hearing the noise of squealing piglets from the farm.
They saw two men taking piglets from a pen and putting them into a green trailer being pulled by a 4x4 vehicle.
Mr Spurgeon said two young girls alerted him to the piglets' disappearance.
"Two girls saw the trailer. The thieves let one of the piglets go and the girls found it and brought it back to me."
Mr Spurgeon said the piglets were part of a consignment of around 1,600 which was being transported.
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Reports that the body of pop star Michael Jackson has gone missing have spurred one celebrity watcher to make a startling counter-claim: there never was a body to begin with.
"The 80s phenom known as Michael Jackson was a chimera," claims pop culture blogger Roma Radizzon. "He was nothing more than a holographic figment of the collective imagination, a carefully crafted and marketed illusion readily accepted by the delusional masses suffering under the hallucinogenic effects of excessive hairspray and styling mousse."
"The sad and sober truth is that Michael Jackson was just another Max Headroom," says Radizzon. "Another phony phenomenon. The 80s were about as fake as it gets. Even the President was really just an Alzheimer's patient with screen presence."
Radizzon further supports his contention by pointing to how the change of hair fashions coincided with the fading of the Moonwalk Man. "Big hair was out, grunge was in. People stopped using hair care products, and what happened to Michael Jackson? Vanished from the public eye."
What, then, does Radizzon have to say about Michael Jackson's attempted comebacks in subsequent years?
"Obviously the work of an impostor," dismisses Radizzon. "I mean, come on. The guy we saw in the 90s and the zeroes looked nothing like the Michael Jackson of the 80s, let alone like the kid from the 1970s Jackson Five."
Speaking of that kid, whatever happened to him?
"He got out of showbiz as soon as he hit puberty," Radizzon says. "My sources indicate that he changed his name--which his family shamelessly exploited, knowing he wouldn't go public to set the record straight--and is currently selling real estate in a small town in Nevada."
Neither the Jackson family nor the real estate agent in Nevada could be reached for comment.

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ARLINGTON -- All spring, people pointed to the back end of the Indians' rotation as the club's most obvious concern. But the struggles of the front end have the Tribe off to an 0-2 start. No. 2 starter Fausto Carmona picked up where staff ace Cliff Lee left off, allowing six runs in five innings of work, and the Indians went on to an 8-5 loss at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Carmona's troubles put the Indians in an early hole, and the late homers served up by Rafael Betancourt and Rafael Perez, combined with the offense's inability to come through in the clutch, only exacerbated the issue.
"It's all part of some early season growing pains we're going to go through," manager Eric Wedge said in describing the offense, though he could have just as easily been talking about the pitching. Carmona appeared this spring to have improved the command woes that hampered him in an 8-7 season last year. But like Lee on Monday, Carmona let himself get out of whack in two very costly innings. In the second inning, Carmona (0-1, 10.80) left a fastball up to Nelson Cruz, and it was pounded out to left for a leadoff homer. That kick-started a four-run inning for the Rangers. With two on, Elvis Andrus reached on an infield single when he beat Ryan Garko to the bag at first, and a run came across. Another came in on Ian Kinsler's RBI double to left -- on what Carmona felt was a well-located slider down and away -- and Michael Young capped the inning with an RBI groundout. "I missed a couple pitches up," Carmona said. "And I was behind in the count sometimes." As quickly as the outing seemed to get away from Carmona, he reeled himself back in. Young's groundout began a stretch in which Carmona retired eight of nine batters. But in the fifth, he went wayward again. Young lined a double to open the bottom of the fifth, and Josh Hamilton ripped a triple to bring him home. After Carmona pegged Hank Blalock to put runners on the corners, a mental mistake by Carmona allowed another run to score. Carmona fielded a Cruz bouncer and, rather than look the runner back at third, threw immediately to Jhonny Peralta at second. "I was confused with that," Carmona said. "I went for the double play and didn't look at third base. I thought [Hamilton] would score easy." After getting Blalock with the forceout, Peralta compounded the problem by trying to throw Hamilton out at home rather than going for the sure double play at first. Ah, but such mental foibles were par for the course on this sloppy night. And the three errors committed by the Rangers would give the Indians plenty of opportunities to sneak back into a ballgame in which they trailed the Rangers, 5-1, when Carmona exited after the fifth. The Indians' only run up to that point had come when Ryan Garko was hit by a Vicente Padilla pitch with the bases loaded in the fourth. Considering their only run in the opener came on a wild pitch, this wasn't exactly an awe-inspiring offensive display. Still, the Tribe did get a needed extra-base boost in the form of Ben Francisco's two-run homer that knocked Padilla out of the game in the sixth. "That probably took some of the pressure off," Francisco said. "We had been scuffling." The Indians, though, continued to scuffle with runners in scoring position. They went a crippling 1-for-16 in that department on this night. And even when Victor Martinez seemingly came through in the clutch in the fifth when he sent a lined shot to right with a runner on second, Cruz, who had taken a bad route on the play, somehow came up with the ball by throwing his glove up over his head. "I don't know how [Cruz] did that," Wedge said. Even if the offense had been a little more lucky and a little more opportunistic, the effort would have been undermined not just by Carmona but also the bullpen. Betancourt came on in the sixth and was torched by the 20-year-old rookie Andrus' first career homer. And in the seventh, the ordinarily reliable Perez served up a mammoth, 432-foot shot to Cruz that rocketed off the facade of the ballpark's club-level restaurant in left. "They're a good-hitting ballclub," Wedge said of the Rangers. "They put some good swings on the ball, and the big ball hurt us." Nothing hurt the Indians more than Carmona's clunker in his '09 debut. They have a lot riding on the right-hander, and he obviously has a lot of time to improve. But following Lee's loss in the opener, this was hardly progress. "Fausto showed signs of locating his pitches," Wedge said. "But he also slipped out of it from time to time. Against this ballclub in this park, they'll make you pay for that."
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The Senate on Friday confirmed on a voice vote former Eli Lilly CEO Randall Tobias to head the newly created Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, which will manage the nation's five-year, $15 billion international AIDS initiative. Tobias was nominated by President Bush on July 2 to head the new office. As coordinator, Tobias will work under the secretary of state and will be able to distribute funds directly to nongovernmental organizations and transfer funds between government agencies. The position carries the rank of ambassador.
Global Health Council president Nils Daulaire called Tobias's appointment a "critical juncture in the world's efforts to address the global AIDS pandemic. Working together with the AIDS community and those committed to improving health around the world, Randall Tobias now holds the key role in achieving the monumental task outlined by President Bush in his State of the Union address. Only together can we develop and implement effective programs to deliver on the president's promise." Tobias's confirmation also was lauded by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Tobias's nomination had been opposed by some AIDS activists, who worried that his ties to the pharmaceutical industry could serve as a conflict of interest and that he might use his influence to purchase more expensive anti-HIV drugs to help boost the profits at U.S. drug companies. Tobias owns stock in several drug companies and serves on the board of directors for Eli Lilly. In confirmation hearings with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tobias said he would step down from his board position and sell his stock in every drug company except Eli Lilly, which does not make any anti-HIV medications. He also said his experience in the pharmaceutical industry would help him to negotiate cheaper prices on anti-HIV drugs for developing countries.


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Paper, snow, A GHOST! These are the things you'll be thinking about when you realize that, if you've got the same situation going on as us and our good pal Cameron over at Android Police, your Honeycomb device(s) no longer has Words With Friends installed. Shoot! What happened? Did a phantom come and swipe it up? Nay! It appears instead that Zynga's had some sort of support error happen and, believe it or not, they've got no idea! Normally what we'd do in this sort of situation is call the authorities and inform them that their game is broken directly, but the whole Android world needs to know that they're not going nutso!
Now, this is a sort of strange situation, as normally when a pandemic such as this occurs, it's when an app is updated. In this case, it appears that whatever Zynga has done on the backend has affected every single device running Honeycomb. When seeing that our Words With Friends in some cases opened to a black screen and in some cases had its icon disappeared entirely, we emailed Zynga, then did a quick search of these internets to see if anyone else had the same situation. What do you know, Cameron certainly did, and the email response to C was the same to me:
Thank you for contacting Zynga With Friends Customer Support!
Currently, Words With Friends and Chess With Friends are only supported on Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) and Android devices. We are working to support other devices and hope to provide access to our players using these other devices in the near future.
You can follow us on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/WordsWithFriends and http://www.facebook.com/ChessWithFriends
Thank you for the inquiry!
Kind regards, Gavin Zynga With Friends Customer Support
This makes us rather suspicious of the similar said nature of the reply, of course, so a posting we did go. Furthermore, if you take a look at our massive list of devices in the Android Market, you'll see every single Honeycomb device popping up as incompatible with the game:
Now what's to be done? Wait, young padawan, just wait. With several Android sites on the case including your beloved Android Community, results are surely swiftly on their way. Meanwhile you'll have to bite the bullet and play on your slightly smaller screens!


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BERLIN — Peter Rosso, a former state representative, is the newest town council member, chosen Tuesday night to fill the vacancy created when Kevin Murphy resigned to prepare for a new job as superior court judge.
Rosso, who was the state representative for Berlin from 1977 to 1983, was sworn in and Tuesday night after an unanimous vote on a motion by Mayor Rachel Rochette. Rosso, a Democrat, maintains the 4-3 party split on the seven-person council.


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At only 12 years of age, Alessio is the youngest member of the wild Fanatic Pozo Team and is very much looking forward to train together with his new team colleagues Jonas Ceballos (Fanatic / Simmer), Eleazar Alonso Sanchez (Fanatic / NeilPryde) and Nayra Alonso (Fanatic / Severne) at his home spot.
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Analysis / The Politics of Cuts Is in the Timing
The most important element in the Netanyahu plan is its timing: The finance minister had to bring his plan to the public yesterday so that he could make it clear to the cabinet on Sunday that there is nothing to discuss - the money is going to cut taxes, so they have to cut spending if they want more money for defense and the local authorities.
The most important element in the Netanyahu plan is its timing: The finance minister had to bring his plan to the public yesterday so that he could make it clear to the cabinet on Sunday that there is nothing to discuss - the money is going to cut taxes, so they have to cut spending if they want more money for defense and the local authorities.
The ministers did not like the trick. Danny Naveh hurried to declare that "a cut in health funding is more of a threat to human lives than a cut in the defense budget." Where did the Naveh who wants to keep all the settlements and all the territories go? How does he expect a weak Israel Defense Forces to do all that? Netanyahu responded sarcastically: "They can cut the research budgets" - which finance salary increases for doctors and building expansions - "or they can put the patients in the corridors." Naveh will decide to put the patients in the corridors.
Education Minister Limor Livnat also did not wait. She said that children "who go home now at 1 P.M. will go home at 11:30 A.M." It will be terrible for our children to learn so little. It is no less terrible that the education minister threatens cuts in classroom hours when the education budget has billions of wasted money in unnecessary districts, an abundance of clerks, 800 unnecessary classroom inspectors and more.
There has been a debate about the plan inside the treasury for months. Accountant General Yaron Zelekha and state revenue director Meir Kaputa said that income tax should be cut to directly increase private consumption, which would spur growth. Budgets director Uri Yogev and Eitan Rub, the customs and VAT director, preferred cutting indirect taxes. They won.
The economic truth is that all our taxes are too high, so it is always good to lower them. But lowering indirect taxes looks smarter right now from a social standpoint, because it will do more for lower income groups, and lowering VAT and customs and sales taxes on food and electrical appliances benefits the poor relatively more than the wealthy. Lowering income tax, on the other hand, would do no good at all for people who earn less than NIS 4,000 a month, as they do not pay income tax anyway.
This was a golden opportunity for the finance minister to improve his image by appearing to defend the weak - and Netanyahu did not miss it.
Amir Peretz and Ophir Pines-Paz listened, and their hearts ached. After all, they are responsible for the poor, how did Netanyahu steal their thunder?
The most important economic aspect of the plan is Netanyahu's insistence that he will not increase overall spending. If the ministers want more for security or local government, they will have to cut elsewhere. Netanyahu is correct to insist on this principle, because a basic conditions for sustained, viable growth is a reduction in the size of the government, leaving more for the private sector.
The only question is whether he will withstand the enormous pressure he will feel from the ministers on Sunday. Will he manage to cut the billions that must be cut from the budget, without losing his tax cuts?
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I played WoW for a few years back when it first came out. I was an extremely casual player. Had a bunch of characters, never once got one to 60. My biggest achievement (if you can call it that) was successfully tanking Crimson Monastery in bear form as a druid.
I gotta say I miss some of the strength/weaknesses of the classes better than what I see in GW2. It seems like everyone can do about anything (i'm exaggerating a bit) and it's actually keeping me from deciding what class/race to even play. Also, having nearly zero consequence for dying takes some of the thrill out of it.
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Oh man. And I thought you were really on your way up to five. You just ruined it.
It's funny because he doesn't actually think any of Queen's albums are good.
how many more are there...
Queen Rocks
Greatest Hits III
The Platinum Collection
On Fire- Live at the Bowl
The Cosmic Rocks
I, for one, am very excited
LOL. as am i!
Dude...why do you only post these after I have reviews on the front page
And just so you know...'you' will probably 'never' 'ever' need to 'use' these 'quote' things around 'anything' at all...especially 'dates' and 'random phrases'This Message Edited On 10.21.08
you don't use quotes for anything but quotes....
Unless its "sarcastic"...every time I see them I think of Dr. Evil tbh...
Brent has a stalker. Every time he goes to the toilet, he hears Queen mysteriously playing in the background.
Better hearing that than "Fat Bottomed Girls"!!!
Or dying on the toilet and having Paul Rodgers take your place.
Actually I keep hearing We Are The Champions every time I drop the deuce...hmm...
Also, the puns in this review are lolbad...This Message Edited On 10.21.08
I always thought this album was lolbad.
gblackman should be sent to the...punitentiary!
i can't even understand some of this
That summary is made of win.
Album Rating: 2.5
It's funny because he doesn't actually think any of Queen's albums are good.
Album Rating: 1.5
I always thought this album was lolbad.
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The West Fargo dance team will be hosting its fourth annual pancake feed Sunday, October 4. The event, located at the West Fargo VFW on Sheyenne Street, will run from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children ages 4-12. Kids 3 and younger eat free. Proceeds from the event support the West Fargo Packatahnas team. To show their appreciation, the dancers will be waiting tables.
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Denmark's Lars Bak made a decisive break 2km from the finishing line to win stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, with Joaquim Rodríguez of Spain retaining the leader's pink jersey.
Bak, who rides for Lotto Belisol, launched his late charge on the 155km route between Seravezza and Sestri Levante – a break which caught his fellow competitors off guard.
The chasing pack were unable to claw back the deficit on the Dane, who crossed the line 11 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger Sandy Casar (FDJ BigMat).Andrey Amador completed the podium for Movistar.
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One Direction Tease 'Midnight Memories' Video With More GIFs + Clips
One Direction crash a kebab joint in this 15-second teaser for their much anticipated 'Midnight Memories' video. They start a food fight. That's fun, save for the person who is stuck with the miserable job of having to clean it up.


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Britons have flocked to Spain's sunny costas for decades, but a new report suggests that negative coverage of the country's "boom and bust" property sector is putting potential investors off buying a home there.
According to Savills International and HomeAway.co.uk, buyers are instead turning to France, which has not seen "the "dramatic house price decline of neighbouring Spain" and is widely perceived as a "stable and easily accessible market".
While the proportion of purchases in Spain has "reduced considerably" over the past few years, the report said, sales in France have remained steady. In 2009-2011, more than twice the number of houses were bought by Britons in France than in Spain.
The report added that demand during the recessionary period had largely been for properties in established, high-end locations, with southern France, Paris, Switzerland, the Algarve and Tuscany proving "resilient to the downturn". Despite a general decline in interest in purchasing property in Spain, the islands of Majorca and Ibiza also remained popular.
House prices in Spain have fallen drastically since the beginning of the economic crisis, with the average property losing 15.4 per cent of its value since the first quarter of 2008. The reputation of the country's property sector has been further tarnished by the experiences of thousands of foreign buyers, who – due to a combination of backwards planning laws, town hall corruption and unscrupulous developers – have seen their savings, and sometimes even their homes, destroyed.
The report found that most second home owners purchased their property for "lifestyle reasons", rather than financial gain, with one-fifth hoping to eventually retire there. Many, however, did rent their second home out for extra income while they were away.
Of those who let their homes, almost one-third of people interviewed for the report said that they were able to completely cover their costs from the income, while one in 20 said their holiday home yielded over £30,000 annually.


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As soon as David Stern said he should have been ejected Birdman's fate was sealed. He needs to learn how to fake his dirty plays like his teammate Dwyane Wade.
The league also rescinded Tyler Hansbrough technical foul.
Chris Andersen has been suspended for Game 6, NBA announces. His flagrant foul has been upgraded to a flagrant 2.
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That was my most favorite guest performance EVER!!!!!!! They were so stinkin' cute LOVED those kiddos!!!
That was my most favorite guest performance EVER!!!!!!! They were so stinkin' cute LOVED those kiddos!!!
How can watching these kids not put a smile on your face?
Loved the kids, but the entire show has been blah to me, LOL! This is what it gets down to when there are only 5 or so left.
It can't, because they're kids, and what an opporunity for them It beats many of the guest acts they've had, though I think this season has been better than most.
It'll pick up now. 2nd Installment of Dance Center and then the final three: Kurt, Bristol, and Brandy. I am nervous for them.
Those kids were freakin fabulous! I think I saw a baby Derek in there.
I wonder if they move that fast when Mom tells them to clean their rooms.
This isnt the Sound of freaking Music were watching.......sdl
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John Legend and the Roots are back again. Probably DC after that.
Mark's touchy-feely gets a little creepy.
DC time now.
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Funniest line so far was Len saying during the first DanceCenter segment that Bristol has beautiful footwork. It's true that when Mark leads her around the floor in traditional steps, she is quite good at doing what he does backwards. But the minute he lets go of her and they dance side-by-side, she completely loses her place and skips steps.
I love Maks. AND Tom. "So that lasted about 12 seconds!"
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This West Coast singer/songwriter/actress put out an inspirational song, and managed to start a movement. "Flawz" is all about embracing our flaws, instead of trying to cover them up. Caitlin has certainly experienced the pressure to be "perfect" over the course of her career in Hollywood, especially when it came to a Levi's ad campaign where her image was reportedly airbrushed.
"My thighs do not look like that!" she informed Billboard.com. "At the time [the ad was shot] I was on Accutane and had horrendous acne, and in the picture it looks like I have no pores, which is great but I don't really look like that."
Caitlin has appeared on numerous TV shows and even in some films, but it was her natural musical talent that really got noticed. Producers like Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds helped her fine tune her craft, and she released her debut album, Flawz back in 2009.
For the title track's video, Caitlin intermingled fan-submitted items as well as a few offerings from her famous friends like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Caitlin even started a Web site called LoveYourFlawz.com along with her friend Brie Larson to carry on the song's message.
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All hands on deck for Braves in marathon win
If the game had gone to the 12th, the Braves were ready to use Randall Delgado -- Thursday's starter -- and turn to either Livan Hernandez or Cristhian Martinez in the series finale.
Of course, Jones' homer made that all moot.
Chad Durbin got the victory with a perfect 11th inning. He needed only eight pitches to retire the Phillies, but Gonzalez said that he wouldn't have sent him back out for the 12th.
"He did a nice job," Gonzalez said. "But that was going to be it for him."
Except for Durbin, Hernandez and Jonny Venters, it wasn't a day to remember for Braves pitchers.
Craig Kimbrel, who had converted his first eight save opportunities, let a one-run lead slip away in the ninth, forcing extra innings.
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Mourinho ban reduced on appeal
UEFA has confirmed it has modified the five-match European ban imposed on Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho so the fourth match, as well as the fifth, is now suspended.
• Jose gets five-match ban
• Real to launch appeal
• Mourinho rants at UEFA, Barca
Mourinho was handed the initial punishment in May in relation to the ill-tempered Champions League semi-final first leg against Barcelona at the Bernabeu, when the Portuguese was sent to the stands during the game and made what UEFA termed ''an inappropriate statement'' in the post-match press conference.
Mourinho, who served the first match of the ban in the second leg against Barca, was also fined 50,000 euros by UEFA's control and disciplinary body.
Madrid lodged an appeal against the decision, which was heard - and partially upheld - by UEFA's appeals body today.
Mourinho was ordered to the stands during the 2-0 semi-final first leg defeat to Pep Guardiola`s side in April after showing his displeasure at the red card shown to Madrid midfielder Pepe.
In the post-match press conference Mourinho then courted controversy when he implied Barca receive favourable treatment from referees and claimed the Catalan club had yet to win a ''clean'' Champions League title under Guardiola.
Madrid lost the semi-final 3-1 on aggregate and Barca went on to beat Manchester United in the final.
Last season was Mourinho's first in charge of Madrid, with whom he won the Copa del Rey with victory over Barca in the final and finished second to Guardiola's side in the Primera Division.
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2014 wide receiver Mike Gesicki of Manahawkin (N.J.) Southern Regional just finished off a very successful season. Now the big receiver, who has already picked up two offers, can focus a bit more of his attention to his recruiting process.
"Recruiting has been great," said Gesicki, who has offers from Rutgers and Boston College. "I've been in contact with a few coaches from different schools and it's beginning to pick up."
Coaches from Maryland and Wisconsin have recently stopped by the school to check on Gesicki, plus the junior has also spoken to coaches from Arizona State and Georgia Tech.
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Gesicki believes that Maryland may be the next school to pull the trigger with an offer.
"I think that they have a nice upcoming program," he said. "I talked to the coaches and they are great people. They're making the move to the Big Ten, which is great."
While Gesicki would like to hit the road and take a few visits, he plays basketball during the winter and volleyball during the spring, which will make scheduling difficult. When more time becomes available, Gesicki has a few schools in mind that he would like to check out.
"Definitely Maryland, Wisconsin and Pitt, but I haven't really thought about it though," he said.
Once his school year concludes, Gesicki will once again turn his full attention to football.
"I'll be working out like crazy and getting faster," he said. "I want to prove to schools that I can play D1 wide receiver. Right now I'm 6-foot-6, 218 pounds and by June I want to be 236 pounds. I also want to drop my 40-yard dash by .2 seconds."
Gesicki's junior season recently ended with a state championship loss to Williamstown, however he learned a great deal during the last few months.
"After the first few games I realized how teams were covering me and defending me as an individual, so I knew that route-running and stemming my routes was key to getting open," said Gesicki. "I was able to make a lot more catches as the year went on and I ended up breaking the school record for catches in a season."
Gesicki, who finished the 2012 season with 50 receptions for 970 yards and ten touchdowns, explained in a little more detail how he was able to accomplish this.
"Last year was my first year playing wide receiver and I was just an athlete running to a spot and catching the ball," he said. "This year I understood how to lose a defender and stem a corner into thinking I'm going one way, then snap my route off the opposite way. I've always been able to catch the football, but this year I was able to get open much easier, even with the double and triple coverages."
One of the highlights of the season for Gesicki was his one-on-one battle with four-star cornerback Eli Woodard.
"I loved it," he said. "It was such great competition going against a defender of his talents. We went at it all night and I finished with three catches for 95 yards. I was able to prove to people that I can play wide receiver against D1 corners."


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"Let me get this straight," she stated, twirling her wand around her fingers idly. She put pressure on it with her thumb, making it shoot to her other hand. Successfully catching it, the wand proceeded to pass through her finger slots over and over. "You want me to help you get this girl?"
Clack, was the sound of her wand falling to the ground.
My left eye started to twitch.
She pondered me for a second before picking up her wand from the stone floor and started to twirl it again. "What's in it for me?"
"Well, what do you want?"
Dom laughed softly, shaking her head. "You got me. My assistance is of no charge. Besides, it'll be entertaining to see you try to get a girl, against that Malfoy kid no less. Hogwarts is so boring nowadays."
I felt offended. She didn't think I could get Joan with Scorpius in the way? Sure, girls believed he was some kind of Sex God (shudder) who could have any girl—perhaps even a few boys—he wanted, but I was the Cutie Pie around here. They rejoiced in every blush and every dimpled smile I made. A shy stare from beneath my lashes and Joan would be reduced into a pretty puddle on the floor.
Unfortunately, any chance of it happening seemed unlikely because I'd turn into the puddle first.
But we were on nickname basis now.
We might as well get engaged tomorrow and marry each other next week.
What? We had to plan the perfect marriage first, right?
"There is one problem, though," I said, "I can't… I can't speak in front of Jo."
Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets as her wand clattered to the ground again. "But how come you're on nickname basis? How is that possible?"
"I find your lack of faith… disturbing."
"And he's degraded into quoting Star Wars," Dom muttered under breath.
"Help me, Dominique Weasley. You're my only hope," I begged.
She abruptly stood up. Pulling me with her, she said, "I'm going to need someone to help me out here."
"Hugo, who else?"
"He's the brains, sweetheart!"
"I've got a very bad feeling about this."
Remind me again why I wanted her help.
Oh yeah, because she was "the" Dom Weasley: Hogwarts' resident succubus who could make guys drop their trousers with her sultry blue-eyed glance. Maybe then I would be able to seduce.
Just the thought of me seducing women cracked me up.
But get this; she was my cousin.
And she spun wands… every bleeding time.
Teachers despised her habit because she'd always drop her wand in their otherwise perfectly quiet class. She even made her Defense Against the Dark Arts professor drop out and become a permanent patient in St. Mungo's Janus Thickey Ward, as in the ward for the incurably insane. Did I mention he was also paranoid of wands and things remotely resembling them nowadays? You got Dom to thank for that.
"Inferi are reanimated corpses, bewitched by Dark—"
"—Wizards to do their bid—"
"—ding. In both Wizarding Wars, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named created an army of Inferi to—"
"Miss Weasley, can you stop—"
A red ray of light had shot out of her wand, cutting a clean hole in the middle of the blackboard. Then the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had given her a detention only to endure Dom and her wandspinning again since it wasn't like wands could be confiscated. And you knew the rest. The story even made it to The Quibbler's front page.
Crazy wandspinning chick.
"Do you really think he'll help?"
Dom pondered this for a moment before shrugging. "Why wouldn't he? Thinks Hogwarts is boring, too."
See, I was a bit reluctant (and by a bit I meant I'd rather get a Dementor's Kiss than agree to this) to tag Hugo along, because he was creepy (and by creepy I swore he was a Dementor reincarnate). Never played with the rest of us Potter-Weasley kids growing up with the occasional Lily who literally hung with everyone. If Voldemort were to be resurrected AGAIN, she'd probably take him out for a tea.
It got even creepier when he was sorted into Slytherin. Not a single emotion on his face, he just walked across the Great Hall, all eyes on him as he took a seat at the far end of the table. It was obvious that Uncle Ron wanted so badly to disown him, and as for Aunt Hermione, well, she didn't know what to do for once. Hugo was that type of kid in horror movies who was possessed by the typical ghost bent on killing people for no typical reason then ended up being this devil child running rampant destroying the world.
In short, Hugo Weasley was to be avoided at all cost.
Yet here I was, climbing the staircase to the Astronomy Tower, his infamous hideout at night, this close to peeing in my pants.
"What do you think he's doing up there?" I asked Dom shakily.
"Oh, he's in the middle of this ritual to bring back He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named by pushing someone off the edge. He's good at making things look like accidents, you see."
Somewhere near us, a feminine scream pierced through the once silent air. Tears prickled my eyes, Hugo had murdered someone and the second we came out into the open, Dom and I would be next. We were both going to die, but Dom was laughing. I couldn't believe it. She laughed in the face of death! Could it be that she was working for Hugo? It was impossible. Kill me, Albus Severus Potter? They wouldn't dare.
"Al, I was kidding! Merlin's beard, you screamed like a puny girl."
"That was me screaming?"
"Unfortunately so. 10 Galleons and no one will know."
Lucky for me, Dad was stinking rich.
The Astronomy Tower was dark, just the stars illuminating the open space. His silhouette was leaning against the rail; head high staring at the sky, silent.
I didn't want him to turn around. What if his irises were red or something along that creepy line? What if there were no irises at all?
Must. Not. Scream. Again.
"Was that you screaming, Dom?" he asked, deadly calm. "Hold on, you don't scream like that. Must be somebody else."
"H-h-h-hi, Hugo," I stammered, wondering where Hugo had heard Dom scream before.
"10 Galleons and my lips are sealed." I could hear the smirk in his voice. That sneaky bastard.
"Damn you, Slytherins," I grumbled under my breath, digging around for money.
"Don't be so prejudiced, Dom's a 'puff."
"Being in Hufflepuff doesn't make me stick to the rules!" Dom declared, crossing her arms.
"Yeah, Dominique Weasley. You're a baaad girl," Hugo muttered in sarcasm, but then snickered. Didn't know what that was about.
"Anyway," she said after clearing her throat, "Albus here needs your help."
"What kind of help?"
"He wants to get a girl." He was going to interrupt when she cut in quickly, "Against Scorpius."
"No wonder you need my help," he thought out loud.
Seriously, what was with people doubting my skills?
"Fine, I'll do it. Hogwarts lacks entertainment nowadays."
The similarity and closeness between Dom and Hugo were starting to unsettle me.
A moment of awkward silence passed, during which we just stared at each other, expecting someone would say something.
"Okay…" I started. "What now?"
Hugo slowly turned, and thank Merlin his eyes were the normal shade of brown. Or were they? Maybe he wore brown contacts to hide the evil within, maybe he… I had to stop making up conspiracy theories on the enigmatic Hugo Weasley. Whatever expression he saw on my face, it must be interesting to him because he kept staring at me like he knew something about me that others didn't.
Chances were, he really did.
"Malfoy is exceptionally good-looking and he knows it. He isn't afraid to show it, either. That's him. What about you? What do you think is your greatest attraction?"
"I'm not some kind of theme park!" I all but squeaked.
"He's cute, that's one thing," Dom assessed, advancing on me. "Uncle Harry's green eyes are to die for, and he's lucky enough to get them. If he uses them well enough, Joan Thorn will be toast. What else?"
"Ever combed your hair in the last six months?" Hugo asked.
Not only did I get my father's eyes; I also got his hair that was impossible to tame. It was so wild that I gave up combing it a long time ago. Obviously, I shook my head no at his question.
"Fantastic," she muttered.
"Were you being sarcastic?" I had to make sure.
"No, of course not."
"Were you being sarcastic for the second time?"
"Were you being sarcastic n—"
"No, Al! I wasn't being sarcastic! On the contrary…"
He finished, "We think your hair is brilliant."
"It kind of does, doesn't it?"
The second she reached out to pat my hair, I just had to step away. This was going too far.
"Will you please stop observing and poking me like a guinea pig and get on with the plan?"
Clearing his throat, Hugo mused, "So, you want to get the girl. You clearly can't be all masculine and protective and strong because one, Malfoy always goes with that approach and you know how good he is at it, two, you can't act the part, and three, you don't look the part."
I threw a string of accusations at him and because of that, I received a smack in the head courtesy of Dom. Thank you. So much.
"What you're going to be is the exact opposite of Malfoy."
I thought about the things that summed up Scorpius. Athletic, brave, and killer body came to mind. To be the exact opposite of him would make me fat, cowardly, and fat: the perfect girl magnet.
"You want me to become a wimp because…?"
"Not a wimp, you dunghead," she scoffed with a roll of her eyes. "Hugo meant you should embrace your awkwardness around her. Girls think it's cute."
"Why would girls think—"
"Don't question her. They just do."
I would never understand how girls work.
"Bottom line," he continued, "just be sweet and sentimental and sensitive, all that gooey crap. Be there whenever she's alone, be her shoulder to cry on, pick up her books when she drops them, help her carry her books to class, and so on. Malfoy would try to impress her to get into her heart, but being gentle can go a long way for you."
"Sounds like a solid plan," Dom agreed.
I hoped so, too.
Cursing under his breath for choosing to venture the castle barefoot in the middle of the night, his latest choice strengthened his decision to ask for help from a brainier student. Yes, Scorpius Malfoy was by no means intelligent, but apparently, he was intelligent enough to realize that he wasn't intelligent enough.
Turning left towards the Ravenclaw Tower, it was then that his not-so-intelligent sense of direction led him to the right, intelligent person.
"Scorp?" she gasped. "What are you doing here at this time of day?"
"I would have to ask you the same thing," he said, straightening his back to gain height.
"I'm a Ravenclaw Prefect, in case you haven't noticed." She said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world (which it was). "Go back to bed. Ten points from Slytherin."
As she was turning away to go back to where she came from, Scorpius caught her wrist in an unbreakable grip. It suddenly turned clammy from his touch, he noted.
"You know Joan Thorn, right?" he asked.
"Yes. She's my roommate. A bit strange, though, she is."
Ignoring her last statement, he continued, "Can you help me get her?"
"I may or may not like her… sort of. You know her, you can tell me all about Jo and give me tips on how to make her like me. Just don't tell anyone."
She hesitated for a short while before nodding hesitantly. Scorpius hugged her out of the blue and the redhead stiffened.
"Thanks, Rose. I owe you one."
Her blush was visible under the light from her wand, but the Slytherin didn't see it as he was already striding back into the darkness.
Shaking her head, Rose turned to the opposite direction, her red mane bobbing ever so slightly.
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New York, July 7 (IANS) US stocks traded mostly lower in the morning session on Wednesday as investors awaited US Federal Reserve minutes and digested a slew of economic data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 28.59 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 17,812.03, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The June Fed minutes will be perused for indications of the Fed' s concerns over recent weakness in the US economy and the Brexit referendum, said Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial on Wednesday.
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Tokyo stocks edge up
Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) Tokyo stocks edged higher from the bell on Thursday as Wall Street's rally overnight coupled with a less firm yen against the US dollar offset broader concerns about the health of the global economy.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average inched up 2.34 points, or 0.02 per cent, from Wednesday to 15,381.33, Xinhua news agency reported.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, rose 1.42 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 1,235.62.
Early issues that advanced comprised insurance, banking and security-linked stocks.
Chinese shares open lower
Beijing, July 7 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.23 per cent to open at 3,009.35 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.28 per cent lower at 10,612.23 points, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.03 per cent to open at 2,240.9 points.
US dollar ticks down amid Fed minutes
New York, July 7 (IANS) The US dollar declined against most other major currencies on Wednesday as investors digested the minutes from Federal Reserve's June policy meeting amid economic data.
In late New York trading, the euro rose to $1.1104 from $1.1072 in the previous session, and the British pound declined to $1.2922 from $1.3024 in the previous session, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Australian dollar increased to $0.7517 from $0.7460.
The US dollar bought 101.39 Japanese yen, lower than 101.54 yen of the previous session.
The U.S. dollar lost to 0.9743 Swiss franc from 0.9769 Swiss franc, and it dipped to 1.2956 Canadian dollars from 1.2990 Canadian dollars.
According to the minutes released, US central bank policymakers said it was prudent to wait for more data and the Brexit vote result before raising rates.
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CHICAGO - Twice today, Adam LaRoche and Jayson Werth have come to the plate with two runners in scoring position.
Twice today, LaRoche struck out swinging and Werth flew out to right to end the threat.
The Nationals have left five runners on base through three innings this afternoon, and left 'em loaded in the third. Today, at least, the Nats haven't had issues with Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa getting on base; instead, they're having issues getting their No. 1 and No. 2 hitters in.
Desmond has reached base on a single to right and an error, while Espinosa has walked twice. But Ryan Zimmerman, LaRoche and Werth have gone a combined 0-for-5.
Meanwhile, Stephen Strasburg is grooving through three innings of work, allowing just two hits with a strikeout.
Strasburg has been incredibly pitch efficient, needing just 28 pitches to get through three innings. The Cubs have come out hacking against Strasburg, but the righty has showed good tailing movement on his two-seam fastball and has mixed in his breaking stuff nicely.
He made Marlon Byrd look silly on a second inning strikeout, setting the veteran outfielder down on three pitches, the last of which was a curveball away. Byrd awkwardly flailed at that one, and walked away shaking his head.
We're still scoreless from Wrigley here in the fourth.
Update: The Cubs drew first blood here today when Marlon Byrd dropped a single down the left-field line in the fourth inning, scoring Ian Stewart.
Stewart reached on a fielder's choice when catcher Wilson Ramos tried to cut down lead runner Alfonso Soriano at second, only to throw the ball into center.
Two batters later, after Soriano was caught trying to steal third, Byrd sent Stewart home to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.


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The good news is that nearly seven years after Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida appears to be battered. The bad news is that like a prize fighter, it is bloodied, but not bowed -- leaving it still capable of dealing a devastating blow. In June, CIA Director Michael Hayden trumpeted the good news, telling the Washington Post that al-Qaida movements in Iraq and Saudi Arabia were essentially defeated and struggling elsewhere, including in the terrorism hot-bed Pakistan. In truth, some doubt Hayden's take on Pakistan, especially with Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al Zawahiri still on the loose in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
But, according to experts, there is bad news, too. The Islamist terrorist threat is still evolving, and the gains made on the ground against this scourge could easily be reversed. Their warning: If we do not take heed of, and adapt to, new trends in terrorism, the tide could ultimately turn against us, resulting -- once again -- in a tragedy on the scale of 9/11 or worse.
Perhaps the most fundamental change is that al-Qaida is a different organization than it was nearly seven years ago when it struck New York City and the Pentagon. Although it still pushes a strict view of Islam, sharply sorting the world into believers and non-believers (including Muslims), and advocates violent jihad to depose of apostate governments to establish a vast caliphate under repressive sharia law, al-Qaida is not the same as it was in 2001.
Today, among other shifts, bin Laden is more inspirational than operational. Although he is still dangerous, for the moment, he is more of a terrorist icon than a terrorist operative -- as long as he is under pressure and on the run. It is believed he is not directing al-Qaida's day-to-day terrorism operations around the world like he did before 9/11, when Afghanistan provided a safe haven for him and his acolytes to plan, train and operate, courtesy of their landlords, the Taliban. Instead, he has become a forceful mouthpiece for al-Qaida's global jihad, rather than a commander in the field, providing encouragement as well as guidance to like-minded extremists.
Indeed, he and the Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri have developed a significant -- and highly successful -- propaganda machine, mastering the Internet and Islamist jihadist media outlets to advance their movement across the globe.
Without question, al-Qaida's Internet propaganda machine is working overtime to spread its extremist message, seeking recruits and funding, and pushing its foot soldiers to commit acts of terror to overcome setbacks on the ground in places such as Iraq (as a result of the surge). In many ways, al-Qaida has been its own worst enemy in places like Iraq, a place it saw as a central front in its holy war. According to analysts, locals have come to see themselves as tools -- even victims -- of the terrorist group, which is pursuing its own goals, often at great cost to the people it seeks to lead.
Islamist terrorist groups prize the Web, releasing a regular torrent of multimedia products -- from print manifestos by radical leaders to online terrorism encyclopedias to videos of attacks -- for digestion by current and would-be supporters around the world. For instance, al-Qaida's online flack is a mysterious media operation called the al-Sahab Institute for Media Production, according to Daniel Kimmage, an analyst with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, who penned a recent report on the issue. Using that and other outlets, such as the Global Islamic Media Front and al-Fajr Media Center, to push the party line of violence and hate, the terrorist groups seek to frighten some, while winning needed support from sympathetic audiences.
Of course, much of the message is that the West, especially the U.S. and select European countries, is in a war against Islam; that Muslims are required to defend their religion; and that violence against innocents in the guise of holy war may be necessary in defense of Islam, according to experts. Indeed, Zawahiri wrote in a now-famous letter to his now-deceased henchman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: "We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media, ... a race for the hearts and minds of our people."
Equally important, al-Qaida uses friendly media outlets to project an image of power, presence and prestige within the Muslim world -- critical for keeping the movement afloat as its indiscriminate violence has alienated many possible minions.
Make no mistake: Al-Qaida's Web work is not amateurish stuff, even in a day of YouTube-like productions. These extremist-associated outlets are feverishly improving the quality of their Web sites, videos and print materials. Also particularly interesting is the level of message control these various extremist Web sites are able to achieve -- a key to efficient and effective information warfare. (This also tends to indicate some level of coordination among these media outlets.) They also are targeting young people and women -- both new emphases of al-Qaida recruitment -- with their online propaganda. The Web sites are quickly translating their mantra into other languages, too, especially English and European tongues. Production levels of these outlets are at all-time highs, analysts say.
In fact, experts say they believe Internet radicalization is replacing in-person radicalization, which used to take place in tea houses, coffee shops, mosques, madrassas or overseas terrorist camps. This allows the Web wing to serve as an enabler for al-Qaida & Co. in building ties with the sympathetic. It also allows al-Qaida to radicalize those on the margins, using emotional issues such as the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia to mobilize them to action. Local grievances also are manipulated to advance al-Qaida's agenda.
In addition, those already enlisted can use extremist sites to participate in distance learning by getting training and expertise in the terrorist black arts, such as making a car or truck bomb or vest for a suicide bomber, via online libraries. The growing use of the Internet to identify and connect with people and groups around the world offers opportunities to network, establishing ties and passing on experience and tricks of the trade only previously available in overseas camps, according to U.S. government officials. Some have dubbed the Internet a "virtual haven" for the terrorist.
Since the struggle with Islamist terrorism is, ultimately, a battle of ideas, dealing with the rise of extremism on the Internet is, perhaps, the most difficult challenge, especially because of its appeal to the younger generation. Which leads to the next worry: homegrown terrorists. Al-Qaida has long sought to recruit terrorist operatives already in place in the West, who have no need to get passports, nor to transit immigration and customs checkpoints to reach their targets. These operatives are locals who already have legal residency in a target country and, as such, blend seamlessly into the fabric of society, possibly not raising one iota of suspicion with their fellow citizens or, more importantly, intelligence or law enforcement.
Bin Laden has been especially keen to recruit converts to Islam. These new adherents can often easily overcome the challenges of racial profiling. But, even better, they may be eager to prove their worth to their new faith by undertaking acts of terrorism, leading to martyrdom. There is a sinking sense that Islamist radicalization is catching fire in Europe. This is based on the increased number of plots in recent years, involving homegrown terrorists there, as well as Europeans serving in violent jihad overseas. An April Europol report indicated that terrorist attacks in the European Union (EU) were up almost 25 percent in 2007 over 2006, and that Pakistan-based al-Qaida groups are the main drivers of extremism and terrorism concerns in the EU.
Plus, analysts say they believe al-Qaida and its affiliates in South Asia, the Mahgreb and the Horn of Africa are interested in recruiting terrorists from -- and then deploying them back to -- their homes in Europe. These people would have the advantage of having local passports and being familiar with Western cultures, allowing them to travel freely in and out of Europe -- and, perhaps, even to the U.S., still a key target of al-Qaida. Indeed, Hayden warned Congress in testimony earlier this year of an "influx of Western recruits" -- meaning Europeans -- into the troubled tribal areas of Pakistan since 2006, which suggests potential terrorism problems across the pond. Moreover, Europol also reported "dozens" of British passport holders fighting alongside Islamists in Somalia who may as well be training in camps there in preparation for future attacks in the United Kingdom -- or elsewhere.
As is well known, homegrown terrorists pulled off deadly attacks on public transportation systems in Madrid in 2004 and in London in 2005. Other plots, some of which included American targets, have been hatched, or carried out, in recent years in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Denmark. The British feel particularly under the gun; their law enforcement and intelligence authorities are tracking tens of active plots, hundreds of terrorist cells and more than 2,000 people in the United Kingdom who may be associated in some way with the conspiracies. No surprise: The 2006 London-based attempt to use liquid explosives to bring down 10 or so airliners over the Atlantic flying from the U.K. to Canada and the U.S. easily could have produced more victims than 9/11. Some of the suspects in the case told British investigators they intended to bomb the airliners not over the Atlantic but over U.S. and Canadian cities to increase the victim count.
It's not just Europe. We've also had terrorism attempts here, too, by so-called "self-radicalized" people who were inspired by, but had little or no physical contact with, al-Qaida. Terrorist cells in places such as Ohio, Illinois, California, New York and New Jersey targeted the U.S. government, the military and critical infrastructure. Compounding concerns is the lone-wolf terrorist, a particular worry for the FBI. The lone wolf could fly below everyone's radar because he would have no contact with other local conspirators or terrorist groups overseas that might tip off law enforcement of a plot in advance of an attack, according to a recent congressional report.
But it is not only the homegrown terrorist who worries analysts.
Of course, terrorists have long been funded by individuals, charities and front organizations. But today, they are also increasingly getting funding through illicit activities such as narco-trafficking and trafficking-in-persons. For instance, Afghanistan's burgeoning poppy crop, which is responsible for more than 80 percent of the world's supply of heroin, provides 40 percent to 60 percent of the Taliban's operational income, according to both American and United Nations' analysts. There is little doubt that al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan is getting a cut, too, providing the group with a nearly endless source of funding, considering the drug trade's profitability, continuing global demand and the challenges in fighting it. Al-Qaida and others can use narco-profits to plan, train and operate, including procuring weapons, paying for travel and expenses, gathering intelligence, bribing local officials and others, and developing support structure such as camps and safe houses.
Terrorist groups also are making money through trafficking in persons, the State Department reports. Although these networks often are used to smuggle people for the sex trade and other nefarious purposes, these same networks are moving foreign fighters, particularly into Iraq. Naturally, these highly profitable criminal networks, including those that have brought millions of illegal immigrants to the U.S. (from well beyond Latin America), also could be used for getting terrorists into the United States.
Smuggling a terrorist into the country is one thing, but of equal concern is that one of these networks moving a person across the American border also could smuggle in a weapon of mass destruction, which U.S. intelligence is still convinced al-Qaida is interested in procuring -- and using.
Al-Qaida and its allies continue to nimbly adapt their menacing means and methods to the countermeasures we take, meaning we must evolve with equal vigor to the twists and turns in terrorist tactics. Significant challenges remain in dealing with terrorism -- in the battle of ideas and on the battlefield. As such, we must guard against not only terrorism, but also our own complacency.
Heritage Foundation senior fellow Peter Brookes is a former deputy assistant secretary of Defense.
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The Indian market has been weak due to global and domestic uncertainties. Anil Manghnani, Modern Shares & Stock Brokers says, a pullback is still on the cards for the global markets.
The Indian market has been weak due to global and domestic uncertainties. Anil Manghnani, Modern Shares & Stock Brokers says, a pullback is still on the cards for the global markets.
According to him, 4,900-4,875 remain the key trading support for the Nifty.
Also read: See more pain in market; June a tricky month, says Udayan
Below is the edited transcript of his interview with CNBC-TV18's Udayan Mukherjee and Mitali Mukherjee. Also watch the accompanying video.
Q: Technically, the Nifty is back down to the levels you were talking about as supports 4,900-4,920. Yesterday, we traded below that, this morning we probably will start below that again. Do you think that support is going to give away?
A: I think 4,900 and maybe even 4,875 remain the key trading support; 4,875 is the 61.8% retracement of the recent move you had from 4,788 up to 5,020. There is a lot of support coming in from all other sectors.
If you look at the US markets, they have done their initial fall, pullback and again sort of a retest of those 1,290-1,295 range. So, I think the S&P also is due for a bounce now closer to about 1,353, which might help. I think typically it has been 'Sell in Maya and go away' series. Normally, June tends to be a little better, atleast the past history suggests.
Looking at other charts also although euro is completely broken down, I think 1.2270 is a 50 quarter moving average. We are going to quarter averages. So, we are really digging for some supports. Since it's so oversold, maybe it needs to start pulling back. Crude although I expected to stop at USD 89 per barrel, it's dipped below. At USD 85.5 per barrel, a long-term, a three or four year trendline support is coming up and a 50-month support.
I think there are a lot of supports coming up in the commodities and in the currency markets, which should probably help the equities maybe in June. So, a pullback is still on the cards for global markets.
For India, it does look gloomy with all the data that is coming out. But maybe we got to look at the sliver lining with commodities collapsing the way they have, it sort of off sets some of the rupee loss. You couldn't imagine India at USD 110 per barrel crude and 56 on the rupee-dollar. So, atleast 56 on the rupee-dollar and USD 85-86 per barrel on the crude is some sort of a silver lining, so maybe that should help our markets going forward.
Q: Would you back for the pullback? This series has seen pretty hard sectoral cuts whether its autos or even the outperforming space of FMCG that's actually down as an index last month.
A: I will still go with banking. You saw a lot of short covering itself yesterday. That suggests that there might be some more shorts in the system. I think banking led the first part of the rally from 4,800 to 5,020. So, I think banking will still hold the key. But you got a little of other cutting also. You saw some in Infosys towards the last 5-10 minutes of trade. So, there could be still a lot of shorts in the systems.
I will start with banking then even maybe look like some of the beaten down auto stocks like a Tata Motor. Yes, it's gone down with heavy volumes, but Rs 230-210 range is a good investment opportunity also.
Q: You have got a trading call on Voltas. You are buying that one.
A: Yes, I think it's somewhat like an SBI trade where SBI bounced from Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,000 and then fell back and then started its major move. I think similar happened in Voltas where it had a sharp rally post its numbers and then you saw a significant correction. But at Rs 96, I think it's done the correction. I think it's headed back to Rs 105-108 sorts of levels.


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hiohsilver1 Posts: 1I get 32-33 hand calculated highway with my 2004 xs 5 sp manual. I keep it 70 or under. It's great- I went from a 98 corolla and didn't give up much- cant imagine getting less than 30 on the highway...
rustythepuppy Posts: 14i kept a written record of my gas logs re mileage the first year but it hasnt changed - in the winter i average 200 miles on 14.5 gallons (the point at which my light comes on and i pull over and fill up at freddies).
summer is not much better - 300 miles on 14.5. after my memorial day speeding ticket - who pulls over a subaru forester?? i have kept my speed about 60 mph. no change in fuel economy. the only thing i can attribute to my terrible mileage is that i have a bike and ski rack on top. but still.
my commute is 26 miles to and from work. no luck there either.
xwesx Fairbanks, AlaskaPosts: 11,000Both of those are still very low, for sure. My '10 is now at about 47.5K miles, and it's running average is still about 23.5 overall. Unfortunately, I lost about 1 mpg during the summer months this year when I replaced the stock tires with a set of Goodyear Assurance TripleTred tires. I had a set of those on my '96 Outback and used them year-round. They were the best all-season I've ever used during winter (really quite decent, though not as good as dedicated winters), plus they have astounding treadwear. But, I also lost some fuel economy on that car (or so I felt I did).
These new ones are re-designed, and Goodyear noted that they specifically improved the FE characteristics of the tire. But, apparently not that well, given that they still cause a substantial FE drop (which I know for sure this time because I now keep logs on all my cars). I was bummed, but at the same time that was not my primary requirement when I bought them. During winter, I'm still using the original UGI's, which are now on their fourth winter at 8/32" tread depth.
Winter FE is running 20-22 depending on the temps.
Your commute isn't the problem. Idling might be somewhat of an issue during winter, especially if you're at ~14 mpg in the winter.... really?! Did you buy at Kendall? I ask because I'm wondering if it is fully winterized with good low-flow lubricants. Drivetrain resistance can cause a substantial drop, but then that still doesn't explain summer. Your rack will definitely cause a drop.
Cross bars, all by themselves, will knock off a solid mile-per-gallon. Round cross bars, if you have those, will possibly take more. An odd shaped accessory up there like some bike or ski racks could likely hit you for a couple more. Unless you're using them all the time, I'd try some time without those up there to see what it does. Also, if you actually carry a bike or skis up there, that will hit you more... esp. the bike!
When I carry stuff in my cargo basket on top, or even just the basket alone, I only get probably 22-23 mpg during the summer, vs. 26-27 without that up there. It's really a huge hit.2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup


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Recent case: Anthony Chatman, who is black, was transferred to Florida—where his new boss promptly declared himself a "redneck." Over the next few years, Chatman said he had to endure occasional racist taunts. He finally complained to the company. Then his employer fired him for failing to immediately report a work injury.
Chatman sued for discrimination and retaliation. The court tossed out the discrimination claim, but said Chatman would get a trial on the retaliation charge because others had not been fired for similar conduct. It didn't matter that the discrimination claim was unsuccessful. (Chatman v. Amtrak, No. 3:06-CV-1005, MD FL, 2008)
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As far as the French are concerned there is only one place for the 2012 Olympics to be held. Paris.
Anywhere else would be unthinkable to Gallic minds. The French point out that their capital - unlike its possible rival London - has the infrastructure and space in and around the city to host the world's greatest sporting event.
"We're already very well equipped," said sports journalist Philippe Houvion, a former Olympic pole-vault champion and one-time holder of the world record.
"We have the culture, the will and the infrastructure in place in terms of sporting facilities, roads and transport and wouldn't have to get involved in too much major construction. In fact we could dust off our application for the Games of 2008, which everyone agreed was very good.
"For London it would be much more complicated in terms of building the facilities and would need a great deal of political will. In France we have a president who is a great supporter of sports and would love to see the Games here."
It is a view apparently supported by Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, who after an hour-long meeting with the French President, Jacques Chirac, 10 days ago, declared that "France and Paris have everything necessary for an excellent Games."
Rogge added: "It's up to the French to decide if they want to be candidates, but there is absolutely no doubt that the potential is there."
French arrogance about the obviousness of the choice, however, masks a serious sense of national insecurity about the chances of success.
France's amour propre - self-esteem or pride - took a severe battering in July 2001 when the Paris bid for the 2008 Games received fewer votes than Toronto and Istanbul, which stunned and outraged the previously confident French sporting authorities.
The Olympics finally went to Beijing, but France is still smarting from the humiliation, ranking in the national psyche alongside the premature exit from last summer's World Cup. In short, the French are reluctant to enter the Olympic lottery before knowing - in advance - that they stand a better-than-good chance.
"The scar of that failed bid has lasted longer than anyone imagined," wrote sports journalist Alain Mercier in the French daily Le Monde. "Before attempting another assault on the great Olympic citadel our sporting authorities will want certain guarantees, among them that the competition for the Games will be totally open and the extent of the influence of French members of the IOC.
"You never know what will happen, but the chances of seeing Paris organising the Games in 2012 are becoming more and more serious."
Houvier added: "There was an enormous disappointment with the failure of our bid for 2008 which was seen as a political and economic decision. Suddenly everyone realised that it wasn't good enough to have a great presentation and wonderful facilities and that the decision was far removed from the question of sport."
While President Chirac has privately voiced his support for Paris to host the 2012 Games, the final decision to enter the bidding rests with the socialist Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe. He has been examining the files and consulting sports authorities for many months and was expected to make an announcement last autumn. The decision has been delayed because he had several weeks' sick-leave after being stabbed by an attacker in October.
Jean-Francois Lamour, the French Sports Minister, said it was important they reassured themselves that any French bid could succeed.
"The Mayor must continue with his consultation process to be assured that we can 'carry' this bid," he said. "The organising committee must be ready the day the bid is announced."
The President and Sports Minister want a quick decision, which would allow them, among other things, to set up an effective lobbying campaign to counter bids from New York and Moscow. The Mayor of Paris, however, would prefer to wait until the host city for the Winter Olympics is named on July 2.
"If Vancouver is chosen, then the chances of New York hosting the Summer Games will be lower and France's higher," said a spokesman. "In this case we'd feel far happier putting in a bid for 2012."
Sporting and political commentators agree that Paris could, with a few minor changes, submit the presentation it drew up for 2008.
This foresaw the Games either in or on the outskirts of the city using the impressive Stade de France as the main site, while constructing a water-sports stadium, cycle-racing circuit and an imposing Superdrome - for gymnastics and basketball - nearby.
Further west, but still within easy travelling distance there are several stadiums including the Roland Garros, Auteuil, Parc des Princes and Pierre de Courbertin, along with smaller centres such as the Grand Palais and the Parc des Expositions, both of which have hosted sporting events.
The French Olympic Committee have already been secretly negotiating with certain landowners of undeveloped plots with a view to leasing the land for the remaining facilities including a vast Athletic Village.
"It would be marvellous to have the 2012 Games in Paris and I'm cautiously optimistic," said Houvier. "If it's going to be a case of every other Games in America and the other times somewhere in the rest of the world, that's not fair."
While most agree that London cannot compete with Paris in terms of existing facilities and Olympic enthusiasm - particularly in political circles - Houvier is more generous.
"The most important thing is to get them in Europe. Though I would be disappointed not to see the 2012 Games in Paris, I'm a sportsman and can understand my British colleagues may have the same hopes," he said. "And, after all, London is only three hours away by train."


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President Obama spoke at a vigil for Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
He said he will do everything in his power to end the epidemic of gun violence in the nation.
"We're not doing enough," Obama said. "And we will have to change."
"We can't tolerate this anymore."
"These tragedies must end, and to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and it is true. No single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely we can do better than this."
The President's appearance after tragedies like this are all too common. He spoke after the Fort Hood shootings, the Tuczon Arizona shooting, and the shooting in Aurora Colorado. His address in the previous tragedies were focused on how the community and society can help each other better itself in the midst of gun violence.
However, his tone was different in his address in Newtown. He called for cultural and even legislative change in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
"We can't accept events like this as routine," he said. "Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage? That the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that the violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?"
Obama was an advocate for strict gun control, but once in the White House the gun control issue faded. A renewed hope that stricter gun control laws will be put in place gives Toby Hoover, director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, much hope. Hoover lost her husband to gun violence when she was 30 years old. She has advocated for stricter gun laws ever since.
The following days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, showed an increase of support on gun control laws, according to a poll by YouGov and The Huffington Post.
Congressional Democrats plan to introduce bills in the House and Senate to renew the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in January.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has kept quiet after Friday's mass shooting. A spokeswoman for the NRA said that the group would not comment "until the facts are thoroughly known."
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In a career that spanned more than 70 years, Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian in English, was the greatest force in Venetian Renaissance painting. Probably born around 1490 in the town of Cadore in the Italian Alps, Titian moved at an early age—perhaps as young eight or nine years old—to Venice to study art there. After training briefly with a mosaicist, he entered the workshop of Giovanni Bellini, the leading painter of his generation. Titian was influenced not only by Bellini's rich color but by the lyrically elusive pastoral and mythological scenes of fellow Bellini pupil Giorgione.
By 1510 Titian had established himself as an independent master, and after Bellini's death was appointed official painter to the Venetian Republic. Following a succession of commissions for the courts of Ferrara, Mantua, and Urbino, Titian's fame spread internationally. His patrons included the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Philip II of Spain, Francis I of France, and Pope Paul III.
Titian was a master in all genres: he produced dignified and insightful portraits, Madonnas of modesty and charm, playfully joyous mythological pictures, sensuous nudes, and meditative religious works. He took from Bellini a typically Venetian approach to color, his early works often juxtaposing brilliant contrasting hues. After about 1530, the year of his wife's death, Titian more often worked within a more narrow tonal range, using subtle glazes to create complex nuances of color. During the last 20 years of his life, Titian's handling of paint grew looser, opening up a wider gamut of expressive possibilities. Thin glazes appear along with heavy impasto, each a mark of the artist's own presence on the canvas.
Titian died in 1576, as an outbreak of the plague roiled through Venice, but it is not known if he died of the disease. He was buried in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, where his dramatic altarpiece, The Assumption of the Virgin, had been installed nearly 60 years before.


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She is currently on the set of an untitled upcoming movie where she played the role of a snake girl.
"Most daring role I chose, in my career..my face shows confidence but my heart is about to explode.. I try to changellenge myself for the love of my job and the confidence I ve in GOD.. I STAND OUT..I AM AN EXTERMISE ..BLACK DIAMOND.. TO carry a life python…eish baba..crazy working with this amazing director @soundmind44 and D.O.P @gentletouch66 sick talented guys…#thecurseoftheseven #actor #snakegirl #cinema #movingtrain #entertainment It's Beverly Osu again ..busy bee
Hmm ….still fighting my fears … This is a tip of the ice berg Wat i go tru on set everyday…feeling dat snake move on my body …eww so disgusting. .. God dey.. My mum says i can do it ..so i can..mummy sussy's ginger.. Now u see not easy. ..to make ur daily bread.. #fear #warrior #movingtrain #mummy'sbaby #blackdiamond #strive. Let's make a movie.. Look at my heart sinking through my neck lol – Beverly said on Instagram
Play the short video clip below and see the pictures after.
What a bold move, I believe most of us can't dare what she just did.
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