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Dick Thompson: It means the administration may have to look for a new fig leaf. Conservative economists rather than scientists have been saying for a long time that there's a lot of uncertainty about the science of global warming. But what this report is saying is that despite uncertainties on a variety of questions, there's enough certainties to draw certain basic conclusions, one of them being that the planet's temperatures are rising as a result of human activity.
Now, if you read that against the administration's energy plan, which advocates substantially increasing outputs of carbon gases, and it's clear that the administration right now plans to exacerbate rather than reduce the problem of global warming. Then, send President Bush to Europe, which is furious with Washington for withdrawing from the Kyoto treaty, and it's clear that the scientists' report has put him in a very difficult situation.
Were the Bush team surprised by the study, or did they expect its results?
They were clearly shocked. You could see that much in the questions they asked the scientists to answer. These came from a group of people who'd been out of power for a long time, and suspected that while they were out of power a left-wing conspiracy had sought to take control of energy policy by whipping up a panic based on false science they clearly believed that asking these questions to their own scientists would disprove the claims of those calling for action on global warming, and so they went to the National Academy of Sciences with questions framed to give them the answers that they wanted to hear. And instead, the scientists came back and made clear that the science behind global warming is solid, and that the administration had better pay attention.
Having rejected Kyoto out of hand, it presumably behooves the Bush administration now to offer the Europeans some alternative proposals. What alternatives does the Bush team have to offer, and is it possible to address the problem of global warming without hurting the economy?
I don't think the administration has any substantial alternative yet. There has been a high-level cabinet group meeting for some time looking for an alternative to Kyoto, and I don't think they've settled on anything yet.
Can they come up with a plan that doesn't hurt the economy and protects the environment? It's possible, but given their position on energy, I'm not sure that this administration has a framework to do that.
When President Clinton talked about growing the economy and protecting the environment at the same time, he was talking about using the buying power of the federal government to spur innovation in conservation, and subsidizing such alternatives till they were on a par with coal in terms of price. But I don't see this administration doing that. They laid their cards on the table with their energy plan. They're not about to say, "Sorry, we didn't mean that." Vice President Cheney seems very antagonistic to conservation, saying we can't conserve way out of the crisis. He doesn't seem very open to alternative strategies.
How will the energy industry respond to the latest findings?
It's important to realize that the industry is not monolithic. Enron, for example, which has close ties to the Bush administration, is heavily invested in natural gas, and they're member of the Pew Foundation, which means they sign onto the science of global warming and the search for ways of meeting the Kyoto targets. BP has a heavy investment in energy alternatives. There's a lot of support in industry for doing something reasonable to address climate change. Industry is not that reluctant to sign on as long as the playing field is level. It's difficult for Ford to go all the way if that means giving an advantage to its competitors. So the government could level the playing field by creating uniform standards.
But regulation is anathema to this administration�
That's right. This administration is the grandchild of Reagan's principle that government isn't the solution, it's the problem. Still, President Bush is in a bind, because he can no longer say the science is inconclusive. He can say that drastic actions to curb global warming could hurt the economy. It's certainly going to take a deft hand to steer the economy through the issue of climate change.
So Bush is going to tell the Europeans that Washington rejects Kyoto but doesn't yet have a clear alternative, and that they'll simply have to wait until it does?
Yes, and I don't think Europe is going to be very satisfied with that answer.


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Despite promises to be 'tougher than the Tories' with regards the welfare bill, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves MP was today batting away headlines suggesting that Labour was considering plans to scrap benefits for the under-25s.
Reeves's insistence that neither she, nor the party, support a worthwhile report from the influential, left-of-centre think tank, the IPPR, should raise concern. Not least because the IPPR raised similar points to those of the Prime Minister in his speech at this year's party conference. In it he outlined plans for an 'earn or learn' scheme and recommended that young people are taken out of the welfare system altogether.
This is disappointing from a Labour Party that has committed itself to helping the one million young unemployed into work. So far, they have failed to offer any credible alternative to popular Tory welfare reforms and there is an obvious disconnect between political peacocking and coherent policy action.
This is a real shame. It would be a huge let-down if Reeves's appointment did not lead to an energetic rethink of Labour's jobs policy – and, as a campaigner for the young unemployed, my worry is that the under-25s can only expect more of the same inertia from the Labour Party on the issues that matter to them.
Based on a detailed assessment of Denmark and the Netherlands, where youth unemployment rates are less than half that of the UK, the IPPR rightly call for a rebalancing of our welfare system. Young people must be prevented from falling in to the benefits trap, so that later on they will not need to be rescued from it. By ensuring that school leavers take a job or start training, nobody will be cut adrift at 18 years old.
The vast majority of people – from the left and right, from business and the voluntary sector – know this is the best thing to do. It is the way to end our structural unemployment problem, revitalise communities and guarantee sustainable economic prosperity. The policy works and the politics stack up too.
The Tories realise this and have seized the initiative on welfare reform. By continuing with this fruitful strategy, they collect gold stars from card-carrying Conservatives and target voters alike. Cameron's 'earn or learn' scheme would simultaneously tackle youth unemployment (a 'soft' Tory issue that matters to both young people and baby boomers) as well as cutting the benefits bill and trimming back the welfare state (a 'tough' Tory issue).
By getting behind this new wave of welfare reform, Labour would feel the electoral advantage, steal the Conservatives' electoral trump card and leave Tory strategists deflated. Most importantly, though, they would be honouring their commitment to help the one million young unemployed.
The Tories have an open goal now. They must use the Autumn Statement to build on 'earn or learn' and fix this toxic issue once and for all.
Lottie Dexter is Director of Million Jobs
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I've asked this question since I just went to record a VHS to DVD. I suspect that a scratched Beta would have the same result although I don't recall seeing it.
When I say scratched tape, If you were to open the door of the cassette you would see a horizontal ridge in the tape which I believe is caused by something lodging in the mechanism of the cassette where the tape runs over those metal posts that the tape runs over.
On playback of this tape I see a horizontal line of noise across the screen where the scratch affects playback.
What I was thinking is: Is there software that can either interpolate with reasonable speed from above and below the damage to fill it in, Or possibly just be set to remove those few scan lines and hopefully it won't be noticable? Inexpensively too. I Am on a budget and it's blown from buying the Pioneer DVD Recorder and The JVC VCR I'm planning on getting in the next few days.
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Nothing i know of will remove those scan lines with any good results.I"ve tried with stationary lines and it just looks like crap,tried dozens of filters and i just cant see that its worth trying.I think,therefore i am a hamster.
Do you have a website where you can post a small sample of the file ... it would only have to be like maybe 5 to 10 seconds long.
I could download it and play with it and AviSynth.
Then if I find something good give you the code.
- John "FulciLives" Coleman"The eyes are the first thing that you have to destroy ... because they have seen too many bad things" - Lucio Fulci
FulciLives, Thanks for the offer....
Unfortunately I didn't save it, as it was anoying to watch. Also no website. However if/when I remember which one it was I'll have to run it through the ADVC-100 and output a AVI. I was doing a VHS to DVD on a Pioneer DVR-531H when I saw it. And that was the other reason I dumped it. MPEG2 isn't a good place to start for repairs.
I have to say that with the adjustments that I can make with this Recorder before I record I think I can save a lot of time vs using the computer where I was able to do amybe one tape a day and that was if I didn't use the computer for anything else.
So to get back on track I will keep your kind offer in mind for when my mind throws up what tape it was. I use a simple system for what I've already transferred, I write "To DVD" in red sharpie on it. Since I'm keeping them anyway in case technology gets even better in the future.
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Atwater man in critical condition after collision
WILLMAR -- An Atwater man is in critical condition after a rear end collision Thursday evening at the intersection of state Highway 9 and County Road 33 in Swift County, according to the State Patrol.
Devaan James, 43, is in serious condition after the incident, according to the Swift County Sheriff's Office. Ronald Lammert, 48 of Cedar, received no apparent injury. No more details were available at press time.
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The firestorms up ahead are unbound elementals in the purest form - something I didn't think could exist outside their own plane. Only very skilled summoners could unleash something like this.
<Name>, head into the Inferno and seek out Twilight Inferno Lords. They've got to be summoning in reinforcements as we speak. Silence them... For good!
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|[Ring of the Quenched Inferno]
|[Lordbane Scepter]
|[Firestorm Hackblade]
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Tell me... you have found the fiends responsible for this?
Completion Edit
Dead? Good!
But it seems there's still so much to be done... fires to quench... and the soil to heal...
I hope you'll stay close to help us reclaim Hyjal!
Notes Edit
Pick up Fighting Fire With ... Anything and Save the Wee Animals before heading out.
The inferno lords are at the three Firestones...
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- [81] The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
- Complete all of:
- Demon
- [81] If You're Not Against Us...
- [81] Seeds of Their Demise
- [81] A New Master
- [81] The Name Never Spoken
- [81] Black Heart of Flame
- [81] Fighting Fire With ... Anything, [81] Disrupting the Rituals
- Deer
- [81] Save the Wee Animals
- [81] Oh, Deer!
- [81] Last Stand at Whistling Grove
- [81] The Bears Up There
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You've probably heard of Elizabeth 1...She is dead famous for:co-ordinating her black teeth with a big red wig, sinking the Spanish Armada, fending off admirers and remaining the Virgin Queen. But have you heard that Elizabeth: was a right raver on the dance floor, locked up ladies for getting married, fell in love with a frog? Yes, even though she's dead. Liz's still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Elizabeth's secret diary, pick up the latest gossip in The Tudor Tatler, and find out all about Lizzy's World and how she made her crucial conquests.
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This playground, bounded by Bedford Avenue, East 24th Street and Avenues X and Y, serves as a lasting memorial to World War I veteran William A. Brown. Brown lived only a few blocks from here at 1818 Voorhies Avenue. He served with Wagon Company G of the 108th Ammunition Train, 28th Army Division. On October 8, 1918, this young man made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he died of wounds sustained on the battlefield in France. Brown is also the namesake of the Bill Brown Senior Citizens Club and the Bill Brown American Legion Post. Youngsters from both P.S. 254, the Dag Hammarskjold School, and P.S. 206, the Joseph F. Lamb School, enjoy this playground.
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Seven, Eight, Nein!
(I work part time at my dad's plumbing company, which bears our last name, doing basic office work, and learning about running a business. I'm filling out a work order for an older customer's rental home. We live in an area with a lot of German heritage.)
Me: "And can I have your address?"
Customer: "It's seventy-seven [Street Name]."
(I write the address down and, per usual, cross my sevens.)
Customer: "Look at your sevens. That's a very German way of writing."
Me: "Well, you know, as you can tell from my very German last name, we've got a lot of German blood."
Customer: *leaning in and glaring* "That's how they found the Nazis you know. They made them write stuff down and look at their sevens."
(The customer is now quite close to my face and glaring at me.)
Me: "You don't say…" *slowly backing up behind the service counter* "Well, I think I got everything here…"
Customer: *suddenly very chipper* "That's great! Hope to see you soon!"
Dad: *apparently overhearing everything* "Did that guy just call us Nazis?!"


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[Subclipse-users] Team Synchronizing and Commit Dialog bug
From: Tim Henry <thenry_at_fedex.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:23:26 -0500
Below is my possible bug report. I did not see any obvious existing
Team Synchronizing and Commit Dialog file selections do not match
Subclipse 1.8.4
Eclipse Java EE (Indigo Service Release 1) Build: 20110916-0149
Expected results:
Files selected on team synchronizing perspective match files selected in
Actual results:
Deselected files (from Team Synchronizing) are still selected and would
Steps to reproduce:
Team Synchronizing Perspective
Synchronize workspace
Select All changed items in a tree
Deselect certain items (you don't want committed)
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Files changed shows all items (including deselected ones) still checked
The commit dialog may be selecting all items underneath a parent node
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I just tried on both Acuvue moist and Acuvue TruEye to figure out which contact lens better suited me. In my opinion Acuvue TruEye won by a LONG SHOT, and these are my reason:
Acuvue moist are EXTREMELY moist, they went over the top. they are so moist that they slip from my eye and don't adjust. I suddenly look to the left and the contact will not move with the eye due to the slipperiness or take a while to re adjust. Other than that they stick to your finger and can flip inside out without u noticing when trying to put them on.
I started researching and there are many people that have this issue, but again I can only speak for myself.
I took off the Acuvue moist after hoping for them to adjust over time (they didn't) and tried on Acuvue TruEye. I can say that I do not have the slippery problem with these contact lenses. They were easy to put on and adjusted quickly to my eye, they move with it and i do not feel them at all.
It is also important for me to state that i suffer from dry eye (not all the time) but don't have an issue with them.
Another thing worth mentioning is that when I know I will return home I use Acuvue Oasis (which are not one a day) I can say that the quality in these lenses are MUCH higher than the one a day, I only use one a day when I know I might not get home and I cant take my kit with me. I recommend people to use one a day only when they have to. Plus they are more expensive =)


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First came the wildfire, then the discovery.
In 2003, the Cedar fire tore through the Los Caballos equestrian camp in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. State officials later found that the area had once been an Indian village and burial ground --and declared that the camp would not be rebuilt.
Fast forward to this Saturday.
At 11 a.m., state park officials -- joined by members of the Cuyamaca Equestrian Association and others -- will stage a ribbon-cutting for the new Green Valley horse camp, a replacement spot for equine lovers who like to rough it.
"It's an awesome little campground," said Ernie Smith, association president. "I think it will be real popular."
The state-managed camp is part of the existing Green Valley Campground, on state Route 79 and north of Descanso. Each of the 13 spots geared for horses includes two corrals.
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Sporting KC wins 2-0 at EsteliAP , Associated Press
Aug. 8, 2013 12:32 AM ET
ESTELI, Nicaragua (AP) — Ike Opara and Dom Dwyer scored goals, lifting Sporting Kansas City to a 2-0 victory over Real Esteli for a quick start in the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday night.
Sporting opened the scoring in the 31st minute when Opara's soft header off a feed from Benny Feilhaber floated over goalkeeper Justo Lorente.
Kansas City had several more good chances to get another goal, but didn't connect until Dwyer broke free in the attacking end off a feed from Aurélien Collin. Dwyer moved to his left and then shot into the opposite end of the net, just picking the far corner past Lorente.
Eric Kronberg picked up the shutout for KC, which outshot Esteli 10-2.
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Stimulus package could make water upgrades more affordable
February 5, 2009
The city of De Soto is looking to Washington for help in upgrading its water utility.
On the De Soto City Council's agenda for Thursday is consideration of a Kansas Department of Health and Environment inquiry to local governments about potential projects to be funded by a federal economic stimulus package.
The council is considering two options for the improvement of the water utility: A partnership with Johnson Country Rural Water District No. 1 to supply water purchased form Olathe at a cost to the city of $3.98 million or the renovation of the water treatment plant on Sunflower or $6 mllion.
In a report to the council, City Administrator Pat Guilfoyle wrote that it is expected the money would be made available as grants or no-interest loans. No rate increase would have to be passed on to water customers should the city receive a grant of 5.6 percent of the estimated project cost for the waterline project. Likewise, no rate increase would be needed for the Sunflower plant renovation should the city receive a 25.5 percent grant for the project coupled with an interest-free loan, Guilfoyle wrote.
KDHE anticipates funds will be available in February, but the catch is the agency will give preference to projects ready for construction this summer, and the council is yet to select an option.
Guilfoyle recommended the council make applications for both projects.
The KDHE letter follows the city sending letters to the offices of Sen. Sam Brownback, Sen. Pat Roberts and Congressman Dennis Moore asking that financial support for the city's water system upgrade be included in an federal stimulus package.
There was no response from Brownback or Moore's office. Roberts' office did respond, and aide Chad Tenpenny visited De Soto last month.
Guilfoyle said details of the two alternatives, including costs, were shared with Tenpenny, who then toured the Sunflower water plant. Tenpenny's advice, Guilfoyle said, was that the city should request money for the upgrade be part of the stimulus package although no promises could be made. The reasoning was that of playing the lottery: You can't win if you don't play.
"He gave us several hours," Guilfoyle said of Tenpenny. "He was very attentive, very interested. He's not the senator, Obama or the senate, but now when the city council decides which way it wants to go and we reach back to our delegation, at least one of them knows what we are trying to do."
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What most surprised me about Israel? How common and accepted the racism is.
Settler spraying a Palestinian Muslim woman with wine at Hebron old city market, southern West Bank. From Farmers Under Fire
Max Blumenthal on "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel"
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales interview Max Blumenthal, Democracy Now
October 04, 2013
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing a public campaign to cast doubt on U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, we speak to journalist Max Blumenthal, author of the new book, "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel." Blumenthal looks at life inside Netanyahu's Israel and the Occupied Territories. "I was most surprised at the banality of the racism and violence that I witnessed and how it's so widely tolerated because it's so common," says Blumenthal about his four years of reporting in Israel. "And I'm most surprised that it hasn't made its way to the American public … that's why I set out to do this endeavor, this journalistic endeavor, to paint this intimate portrait of Israeli society for Americans who don't see what it really is."
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form [and slightly edited by JfJfP postings to omit some of the ums and you knows].
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today's show with Israel. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing a public campaign to cast doubt on diplomatic engagement with Iran. Speaking before the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu accused new Iranian Prime Minister Hassan Rouhani of deceiving the world about Iran's nuclear program.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Ahmadinejad was a wolf in wolf's clothing; Rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing, a wolf who thinks he can pull the eyes—the wool over the eyes of the international community.
AMY GOODMAN: For more, we're joined by journalist Max Blumenthal, best-selling author of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party. His new book is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
Max, welcome back to Democracy Now! Can you first respond to Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Israel, the government's response to the openings between the United States and Iran?
Max Blumenthal, 35, is an investigative and intellectual journalist who has won many awards. In 2009 he posted a "video 'Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem on the Eve of Obama's Cairo Address'. The video was a montage of footage of drunken Jewish-American youth in Jerusalem in June 2009, shortly before Obama's Cairo address. The youths used expletives and racist rhetoric about Barack Obama and Arabs, which included referring to Obama as a nigger and suggesting that he is 'like a terrorist'. According to The Jerusalem Post, the video 'garnered massive exposure and caused a firestorm in the media and the Jewish world'. Haaretz described the video as 'an overnight Internet sensation'." Wikipedia. It has been removed by Youtube "because its content violated YouTube's Terms of Service". October 6th, JfJfP postings: even this link has been removed by Youtube. Now the only references to Max's video on Youtube are videos of people attacking it.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: This is a culmination of four years of my reporting from inside Israel-Palestine, from inside Netanyahu's Israel. He came to power in 2009 at the helm of the most right-wing government in Israeli history. And he's kind of occupying the center in Israel. He appears in my book as the salesman, and he markets himself as a man who can go to the U.S. and market a lemon, who can sell a lemon to the American public, because he speaks English perfectly, he was educated at MIT, he worked at Boston Consulting with Mitt Romney.
And here he's returned to the U.S. to sell the Israeli position to an American public that wants diplomacy, that welcomed Barack Obama's historic phone call with Hassan Rouhani. And Obama has been forced to sit with Netanyahu for 2.5 hours in the White House, during a government shutdown, to hear Netanyahu's complaints and lecturing. He's effectively become the Bibi-sitter, meeting with Netanyahu more times than any foreign leader, the head of this country the size of New Jersey. And so, Netanyahu really looks kind of desperate and diminished at the U.N., and he's … concocted this very belligerent and stentorian speech that really would maybe appeal to elderly evangelicals or an AIPAC crowd, but it's not resonating with the American public.
JG: Well, in an interview on Tuesday with CBS News's Charlie Rose, Netanyahu diminished the significance of Jewish settlements that many see as an obstacle to peace between Israelis and the Palestinians.
CHARLIE ROSE: I don't understand why you think building settlements in—
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Now let me talk to you.
CHARLIE ROSE: —East Jerusalem is necessary—
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Now let me tell you something. First of all, what—
CHARLIE ROSE: —to find a solution—
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Let me—let me tell you something.
CHARLIE ROSE: —when the world believes it stands in the way of a solution.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Yeah, well, the world believes a lot of things, but the world doesn't get it. And here's what they don't get.
CHARLIE ROSE: I think the American president believes that.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, let me—let me tell you what I think is the issue, and then you can judge whether you agree with me or not, and the same thing I say to everyone in the world. The settlements in the territories are not the cause of the conflict. They're—they're—
CHARLIE ROSE: Nobody says that. But they are—
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: It's the result.
CHARLIE ROSE: —stand in the way of a solution.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: But—but here's the way you get a solution. They don't stand in the way, either. Ninety percent of the Jewish population is clustered in the—in Judea, Samaria, the West Bank, is clustered in a tiny fraction of that land. It's not an issue. It's a bogus issue.
JG: Max Blumenthal, a "bogus issue"? "The world doesn't get it"?
Well, a lot of Jewish Israelis believe that, and they might cheer Netanyahu for saying that. A majority of Jewish Israelis are against massive pullouts from the West Bank, and so this is also part of Netanyahu's appeal. And we also have to recognize—you know, I went into the Knesset, and in my book I interviewed a lot of the rising stars in Netanyahu's party.
AG: How did you get this exclusive access?
I called. It's not particularly difficult. Israeli politicians want PR. And this younger generation feels like the more pro-settlement they can be, the more extreme they can be, the more votes they get. And so, the younger generation in Netanyahu's party, the future of Likud, favors annexing 60 percent of the West Bank. So does his economy minister, Naftali Bennett. This is the future of Israeli politics. And that's what is really appearing in the pages of my book, Goliath.
AG: How important is U.S. aid to Israel? What is the state of Israel's economy right now?
Israel's strategic deterrence is completely contingent on its direct line to Washington. That's partly why Netanyahu is there. As I said, he's the salesman. And I went into Netanyahu's early writings, when he was just emerging on the world stage, in my book and I dissect them, and I talk about how he says that, "It doesn't matter if your position is just; you have to depict your position as just." He actually understands that Israel is committing human rights crimes in the West Bank, but he is completely focused on the West, and the world does matter to him.
So, it's interesting to see him come here and actually face a little bit of tough questioning and …you can see the desperation on his face. I don't think this is helping Netanyahu. But ultimately, it does help the right-wingers in his party, who are to Netanyahu's right, like Danny Danon or like Naftali Bennett, who have said, "We don't need the peace process. It's over. It's a failed—we don't even need to talk to the Palestinians. Let's annex 60 percent of the West Bank and give them Jordanian citizenship." And that's getting more and more popularity in Israeli society.
JG: You spend a lot of time in your book talking about the transformation of Israeli society and the growth of intolerance among the young—the young people, their attitudes towards—not only to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, but Arabs within their own country and Africans, as well. Could you elaborate?
I devote a lot of my book—actually, most of my book—to what's happening behind the Green Line, to the area of Israel that will be legitimized under a two-state solution. And there is an active process in Israel of actually kind of moving the occupation back into Israeli society. I talk about how I lived in Jaffa, which is [a] remnant of the Palestinian community before 1948, which has now been incorporated into the Tel Aviv municipality. And a religious nationalist settlement has been built in the center of this Palestinian-Israeli area, creating an enormous amount of friction. My favorite restaurant in my neighborhood was firebombed by hoodlums from the West Bank. Homes have been attacked by hoodlums from the West Bank.
AG: What do you mean, "hoodlums"?
I mean religious nationalist settler youth who stage marches through this neighborhood, provocative marches, chanting "Jaffa for Jews!" And when I was there, they were doing so almost on a weekly basis. This is occurring in Jerusalem, not just weekly, but even daily. And then you look at the polls, you look at the attitudes of Israeli youth. According to a poll by Camille Fuchs, who's one of the most reputable pollsters in Israeli society, a majority of secular Israeli youth, high-schoolers, say that they would refuse to have an Arab neighbor. A majority of Tel Aviv residents favor the total expulsion of African migrants from Tel Aviv. Forty-eight percent of Israelis, according to a Ynet poll, which is a poll conducted by Israel's most popular newspaper, are in support of settler price tag attacks—in other words, settler terrorism. A majority of Israelis—
AG: What do you mean, "price tag attacks"?
Price tag attacks are basically vigilante attacks carried out by settlers against the Palestinian population in the West Bank. And whenever a settler outpost is demolished, there will be a retaliatory attack with graffiti on the Palestinian home that says "price tag." Only 33 percent of Israelis in this poll oppose that. A majority of Israelis in another poll agreed with the statement by Miri Regev, who's a rising star in the Likud party, that Africans are a cancer in Israel's body. So this is the kind of racism coursing through the heart of Israeli society, and it's encouraged by the central institutions of Israeli society.
JG: You've also talked about the ethnic cleansing policies of Netanyahu with the Bedouins...Could you talk about that, as well?
There are 80,000 Bedouins living in the Negev desert who are Israeli citizens, who serve in the Israeli army. They live in unrecognized communities. Because they're not Jewish, they can't hook up to the electricity grid, they can't get public services, they can't have health clinics. And now, under a new plan called the Prawer Plan, which was just approved in the Israeli Knesset, 40,000 of them will be removed from their homes, ethnically cleansed, and forced into communities where they'll be "concentrated" — this is the government's language, to "concentrate the Bedouin" — in these Indian reservation-style communities.
I just visited one of them, called Umm al-Hieran , when I was in the Negev two weeks ago. Almost every building in this community has been marked for demolition. It is a real town. I mean, when you think of Bedouins, you think of nomadic people. No, these are people who have been there before the state of Israel was established, and they will be replaced by a Jewish community that had gone in the night before I was there to stake out plots and decide where they would live. And they're living in an artificial forest created by the Jewish National Fund in a barb-wire compound, preparing to take over. This is the plan for the Negev desert under Netanyahu, and it's been approved across the political spectrum in Israel.
Umm al-Hieran on April 2nd 2013 (photo from bedouinsolidarity.com
…and after demolition in May this year. Photo by Oren Ziv / Active Stills.
AG: You've spent a lot of time also talking to Palestinian leaders and youth, both in the Occupied Territories but also within Israel. Talk about that.
The situation for them is incredibly complicated, because they sit atop the totem pole of Palestinian society, but at the same time there is a program of official discrimination within Israeli society. Their schools are monitored by the Shin Bet. They can't be taught the Palestinian narrative of 1948—a new law passed in the Knesset. I interviewed its author. He's a 28-year-old immigrant from Moscow who doesn't even speak Hebrew very well named Alex Miller. The Nakba law actually penalizes Palestinian NGOs who participate in observation—in observances of the Palestinian dispossession in 1948.
And so, throughout my book, I'm interviewing young Palestinian citizens of Israel, who are just as educated as I am and who are really feeling like they don't have a place in Israel. I interviewed two young tech workers. You always hear about Israel as the startup nation. And they work in Haifa in the tech sector, and they've both been interrogated by the Shin Bet, and they don't know why. And one of them made a really depressing comment to me. He said, "I wish sometimes I could stop being an Arab and start just being a guy." And that's an attitude I hear a lot.
AG: We have less than a minute. What were you most surprised by in your research for your book Goliath?
I was most surprised at the banality of the racism and violence that I witnessed and how it's so—it's so widely tolerated, because it's so common. And I'm most surprised that in my reporting on this, it hasn't made its way to the American public. And so, that's why I did this book. When we hear about this kind of daily violence, you don't read about it on the pages of the New York Times. And I really asked myself why, and that's why I set out to do this endeavor, this journalistic endeavor, to paint this intimate portrait of Israeli society for Americans who don't see what it really is.
The Palestinian-Israeli protest camp at Mas'ha; they were jointly trying to prevent the erection of the wall. See Part 2 below.
Part 2
AMY GOODMAN: I'm Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Our guest is Max Blumenthal. his latest book is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel. The book before that, Max, was Republican Gomorrah. And as the Republicans shut down the government in Washington, I'm just wondering your thoughts, before we go back to Israel and the Occupied Territories.
My book, Republican Gomorrah, really painted a picture of a minority party that was in deep decline. And we see, since I've written this book, the thesis of the book has been validated, that an extremist movement has taken over a party that previously had a liberal wing, that was a big-tent party, and absolutely shattered it. And so they're engaged in a fighting retreat right now. Shutting down the government was kind of politically a disastrous move, but it's really the only course for a party that's in deep decline. That's why they're trying to strip voters of their right to vote across the country. That's why they've gone to the states on the issue—on the culture war, on the issues like abortion, because they really have no national base. And so, in a lot of senses, the Republican Party, which is becoming the base of pro-Israel support, has shared values with Israel, because it also faces a demographic crisis.
JG: Well, but you mention the Republican Party is the base of pro-Israel support and President Obama's tense relationship with Netanyahu, but Netanyahu depends on Congress—not only the Republicans, but the Democrats, as well—to continue to validate unequivocal support of the United States for Israel's policies.
Yeah, that's why I was dying to see the Syria vote take place, because Obama had compelled AIPAC, the central arm of the Israel lobby, to actually come out in favor of this war that was overwhelmingly unpopular with Americans. And it exposed the Israel lobby as acting sort of on behalf of Netanyahu against the will of the American public. And, of course, the vote was canceled, so this rift wasn't exposed. But we can see the Republicanization of pro-Israel support in the recent Pew poll of Jewish attitudes, where 82 percent of evangelicals believe that Israel is the promised land, that it was given to the Jews by God. Only 16 percent of secular Jews believe this. And so the future base of Israel, as long as it's under the control of people like Netanyahu and those to his right, like Naftali Bennett, is the Bible Belt. That's Israel's safety belt, Christian Zionism. And so, this is a dynamic that's really going to develop in American foreign policy and play out in the next presidential campaign.
JG: One of the things that struck me about Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations—and I think you've mentioned it—is how much time he spent on Iran and how little time he spent dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and this insistence that Israel will not permit Iran to have nuclear weapons, while not talking at all about Israel's own nuclear arsenal.
Well, first of all, Israel has 250 nuclear warheads that are produced in Dimona at a place they officially refer to as a textile factory. Israel has several—
AG: Which is a nuclear weapons factory?
They enrich uranium there. Israel has several Dolphin-class submarines given them by Germany as part of Holocaust reparations. The launching tubes have been retro-fitted to launch nuclear weapons that can reach Iran from the Red Sea. Israel has a massive stock of weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons. It's used bizarre experimental weapons, like dense inert metal explosives, on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. And this is really the secret of the Israel arms industry, is that they market their weapons, including these bizarre weapons, as field-tested. They're one of the few countries that can do that. So, this is hypocrisy on Netanyahu's part.
But then there's the Iran issue, which you mentioned, Juan. He mentioned Iran 50 times in his speech [at the UN]. He mentioned Palestinians maybe five or six times and the word "peace" three times. He doesn't want to talk about Palestinians. And over 2,000 new settlement units have been authorized, in religious nationalist settlements, outside the major settlement blocs in the West Bank since negotiations began, along with thousands of arrests of Palestinians. So Netanyahu is using Iran to whitewash what's actually happening in Israeli-controlled territory. It's what he's always done. Actually, at AIPAC, in his speech at AIPAC in 2011, he didn't mention Palestinians once, and this was an enormous PR coup for him. So, the question is, how can he be forced to talk about this issue? Clearly, the U.S., which has set this nine-month timetable for negotiations, is not forcing him to do it.
AG: What about the Israeli progressive forces, the Peace Camp?
The Peace Camp has faded. Their moment has gone, and they're hanging on to a two-state delusion. And they are being exposed. The problem is they are well paid. They're part of this peace process industry that never seems to go away. And as long as the two-state solution is—the hope of the two-state solution remains, they keep their paychecks.
But what I tried to do in my book, Goliath, is to talk about the Jewish Israelis who are engaging in acts of civil disobedience; [as] the Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz, who tried to organize a movement of mass army refusal in Israel said, "to organize mass insubordination." So I talk about the group Anarchists Against the Wall. I spent lots of time with them going in and out of the West Bank, watching how they operate at protests, using human-shielding tactics, visiting Palestinian children who had been arrested at night in the military courts, and just—
AG: These are Israeli Jews.
—and just bearing witness. And these are a small handful of Israeli Jews who have basically dedicated their lives to bearing witness and exposing the occupation and fighting it, literally with their hands. When Anarchists Against the Wall was born, it was in a Palestinian town that was facing mass demolitions and expropriation because of the construction of the separation wall. It was called Mas'ha. So these Israeli Jews just came and set up camp with Palestinians—they were invited there—and the popular struggle was born, this unarmed protest movement. And the first thing they did was attempt to tear down the separation wall with their bare hands. And Israeli Jews had their legs shot out, with live ammunition, standing beside Palestinians.
Staring at the Mas'ha wall – Israel has enclosed itself, West Bank Palestinians and Gaza in uncounted kilometres of wall.Photograph: Jamal Aruri/AFP
AG: And explain what the wall is.
The wall is the separation wall, which is the—which has expropriated over 100,000 acres of Palestinian land and really serves as sort of a demographic wall. It actually has no real security value. And so, the point of it is to prevent what Netanyahu warned would be demographic spillover. It's an incredibly racist and bizarre concept that is sort of unfamiliar, I think, to real democracies.
AG: How tall is it?
It's enormously tall, and it extends for hundreds of kilometers across the West Bank. I think anyone who visits Israel-Palestine has to see it. But there's not just that wall. The entire Gaza Strip is surrounded by walls and electric fencing. Netanyahu has authorized $360 million, cutting social spending, to build a wall against the border of Jordan. The entire border between Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria is mined. Netanyahu has just built a wall against the Sinai desert to prevent African migrants and asylum seekers, who are fleeing genocide, from getting to Israel. So almost all of the state of Israel, the Jewish state, is surrounded by walls. And one of Netanyahu's advisers, Arnon Soffer, has proposed sea walls. They are covered by an iron dome, an anti-missile system provided by the U.S., by U.S. taxpayers. It sounds—it's an absolute dystopian situation that fulfills the prophecy in the Book of Numbers, that the people of Israel will stand alone and not be reckoned among the nations.
JG: I'm interested what kind of reception your book has gotten in the American media and whether there's been much receptivity to the stuff that you've uncovered during your research in Israel.
My book came out on October 1st, and so I'm going to do a book tour, and we're going to see. It's going to be pretty interesting. I'm doing a lot of cities. Actually starts right now in Philadelphia at alma mater UPenn with Ian Lustick, who's a political science professor at Penn who wrote a really fascinating piece calling for the end of the two-state delusion and having a binational state. This is someone who doesn't come out of the left. And so, I think it's going to be an interesting tour.
But right now I think that what the Jewish establishment wants to do and what pro-Israel groups want to do is ignore me. They want to ignore this narrative, and they want to ignore the real Israel. They want to ignore the facts on the ground and not talk about it, and keep focusing on this dream castle Israel, because it not only harms their political efforts, it harms them on a personal psychological level, because this goes to the very heart of their identity.
AG: Talk about the Oslo Accord—this is, what, the 20th anniversary—and what that means.
The 20th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, I was there weeks after the 20th anniversary, in Ramallah, which is going to be, if there is a Palestinian state, the de facto capital. East Jerusalem is now off-limits to most Palestinians, which was supposed to be the capital. Sixty percent of the West Bank, it belongs to the Israeli military. There are massive demolitions being carried out in that part of the West Bank. The West Bank and Gaza are separated. Over 150,000 settlers, Jewish settlers, have been moved into the West Bank since the Oslo Accords, I think over 80,000 arrests of Palestinians.
And, you know, I hang out in Ramallah with friends that I made here in New York City, who are just like me, just as educated as me, come from the same background, just the same identity, except for one crucial fact: They're not Jewish, they're Palestinian. And so, when I'm in Ramallah, they're asking me, "Can you sneak me in so I can see Tel Aviv, so I can see Jaffa, so I can see Haifa?" That's the legacy of the Oslo Accords. And the Oslo Accords was born under the slogan of the Zionist left: "Us over here, them over there." It's a segregationist slogan that recalls the Jim Crow era of the United States. And it came from the left of the Israeli spectrum, not the right.
AG: In Goliath, the title, how did you choose it?
I chose it because of the biblical tale of David and Goliath, and also because my editors forced me to choose it. And I think it's a good title, especially because my last book, Republican Gomorrah, has biblical resonances and begins with the letter G. But there's an interesting quote in my book. There's a person I quote in my book who is the first Jewish ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel, Matthew Gould. And he went on Israeli TV, and he said, "You're obsessed with these hasbara, or propaganda, efforts to explain your position to the world and to cover everything up. You have to recognize that Israel is now seen as the Goliath, and Palestinians are seen as the David. Cut the hasbara, the propaganda, out, and end the occupation. Maybe then you won't be seen that way." And that's the problem. That's the problem with Netanyahu. It's the problem in Israeli society. This occupation will not end as long as this current system is intact. And so, I think Goliath is the perfect title.
JG: And what do you think has been the impact of the convulsions sweeping the Arab world in the last couple of years on Israel?
To some extent, I think they've benefited Israel, at least in their PR efforts, because, as I said, Netanyahu loves to change the subject to Iran, and now he can change the subject to Syria. And he can say, "How can we give the Palestinians any level of freedom when you see what the Arabs are doing to each other and you see the level of violence?" I mean, it's a very Orientalist, racist perspective, but it has a lot of cachet, not just in Israel but throughout the West—in Europe and the United States. And also, Netanyahu has really sought to shift the strategic relationship with the U.S., which always has been based on kind of shared values, from two liberal democracies to two Fort Apaches on the front lines of civilization fighting the brown hordes. This is the post-9/11 U.S. and Netanyahu's Israel. He warns about the "insatiable crocodile of militant Islam." And you see that, you see Islamism rearing its head in Egypt and Syria. And so, this works perfectly into Netanyahu's hands.
Another way it works is the strategy of Lebanonization. Israel depends on a weak Arab world, and Syria is being fragmented. It's being Lebanonized. And so, Israel would love to see Bashar Assad remain in power. They've always counted on him as kind of a backdoor ally, but weakened and constantly under attack.
AG: I wanted to end with Netanyahu on NPR today, talking about nuclear weapons. NPR's Steve Inskeep interviewed the Israeli prime minister on Morning Edition.
STEVE INSKEEP: People will ask, "Why can't we have nuclear weapons, since Israel has them?" What is a reasonable answer to that question?
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, I'm not going to say what Israel has or doesn't have, but I will say Israel has no designs to destroy anyone. We have not called for the destruction of a people, the annihilation of Iran or any other country. But that's exactly what Iran's doctrinaire, messianic, apocalyptic regime—it's a terrorist regime. A terrorist regime bent on world domination, seeking to navigate their way cleverly to the point where they have awesome power, should not be allowed to achieve it.
STEVE INSKEEP: What's the answer to that question about what people see as a double standard?
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, Israel—I think Israel is not the issue. And in general in the Middle East, the issue is not those who have signed the NPT, the Non-Proliferation Treaty—
STEVE INSKEEP: People also ask why Israel hasn't signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, you should look at those who signed it. See, the signing of it is meaningless, because Syria signed it. It was developing, you know, facilities for nuclear weapons. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, signed it. It was developing nuclear weapons—twice, actually—from the 1970s on. And Iran signed it, and it's developing these nuclear weapons, developing ICBMs.
AG: That was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Morning Edition. Final comment?
Final comment is that in my book I try to get past the geopolitics and talk about Netanyahu's Israel, and it reveals the projections in his statement. He talks about wiping a country off the map. Well, where I lived in Jaffa, a nation had been wiped off the map where I jogged—it was to Tel Aviv- where these grassy dunes called Charles Clore Park, which used to be the Palestinian neighborhood of Manshia. So, the state of Israel has already done this. Netanyahu talks about militant, theocratic medievalists in Iran, but in his own country he has state-funded rabbis, like Dov Lior, who have urged human experimentation on Palestinian prisoners, or like Shmuel Eliyahu, the state-funded chief rabbi of Safed, who has called for a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. He has people like Yitzhak Shapira, the state-funded rabbi of the yeshiva in Yitzhar near Nablus on the West Bank, who published what is literally a manual for how and when to kill non-Jews. And when he was summoned to an interrogation by the Shin Bet, he didn't show up, nothing happened, and Netanyahu said nothing.
So this book is really about what's happening in Netanyahu's backyard. I don't doubt a lot of things that are said about Iran, but let's talk about what's really happening inside Netanyahu's country, because we're funding it, $30 billion every 10 years. And Israel is the issue.
AG: We have to end the conversation now. Max Blumenthal, award-winning journalist, best-selling author, his latest book is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
Video of Part 2
See also Introducing American Jews to the real Israel by Akiva Eldar.


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We've produced 'Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse' with our sister charity, Age UK.
The guide is aimed at charities that work with older people.
Age Cymru's Elder Abuse Programme Manager Louise Hughes says:
"Charities that are involved in providing, or promoting, services to people in later life have a duty of care and professional responsibility to help their clients to live free from any kind of mistreatment.
"Having a clear understanding of how to safeguard older people will enable charities to enhance the well-being of people that they work with. "Regular training on safeguarding older people should be an essential part of maintaining and improving the skills of all charity workers.
"'Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse' provides information and exercises that charities can use to train staff and volunteers as well as providing guidance on how to respond to and manage suspected cases of elder abuse."
Issues covered by 'Safeguarding: working to stop elder abuse' include:
• What is abuse?• The impact of abuse;• Making it easier for someone to talk about abuse;• Why do people not tell on abusers?;• People who commit abuse;• Where does abuse take place and who commits it?;• Behaviour and abuser types;• Patterns of abuse behaviour;• Human rights;• Confidentiality, consent and information sharing;• Good, poor and abusive practices;• Dealing with cases of abuse;
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"Everyone has the right to live free from abuse, but an estimated 39,000 older people in Wales are affected by elder abuse.
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Welcome to another edition of #ThisWeekInScala!
This week my colleague Marios Papasofokli is on holidays, so I'm in charge of this edition.
This week is particularly exciting with a new, long awaited, Scala version and the first public draft of the Reactive Streams initiative
New Stuff
- First of all, Scala 2.11 was released. This inversion include several improvements in key areas like compiler performance, modularity and general stability towards next releases
- Typesafe announce Akka Stream an implementation of Reactive Streams
- Twitter's Finatra 1.5.3 was released
- Skinny framework 1.0.8 was released. This version include support for Scala.js source maps
- scalaz-stream 0.4.1 was released
- sqltyped 0.4.0 was released. This version includes a switch to Shapeless 2.0 records
- sbt-one-log 0.1.1 was released
Old Stuff
Netflix's RxJava: Reactive Extensions in Scala: Speaking about Reactive Streams... this presentation on The San Francisco Scala user group will let you understand the general principles behind RxJava (RxJava will implement Reactive Streams in the near future)
Blogs & Tutorials
Not so much activity this week (probably everyone is really excited about the new Scala release) but a couple of videos
- Jason Zaugg will introduce us to Scala 2.11 in this webinar
- Michael Jensen discuss Finagle at Sharetrhough in this presentation
That's all folks. You can get in touch with Marios directly via email or on Twitter (@mpapasofokli) with any Scala news, events or content. Tip: Tweet about your content using hashtag #Scala


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How to remove the door and disassemble it to replace the door handle on a Maytag microwave oven
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Door Removal
1. Disconnect power to oven and remove grille, (see "Grille" procedure).
2. Open the oven door, slowly raise the door evenly. disengaging the pins at the top and bottom.
NOTE: When aligning the door for assembly, the door must be opened as much as possible.
3. To place door back on unit, place bottom pin into hole first and then align the top pin.
Once pins are aligned push door downward to lock into place.
4. Replace front grille to complete assembly.
Door Disassembly
1. Disconnect power to oven and remove oven door, (see "Door Removal" procedure).
2. Pry away choke cover, by placing a tool in the upper right corner of the door and gently prying outward on the choke cover.
Continue to work around the door casing until choke cover is completely loose.
To avoid property damage, care must be taken when prying choke cover from oven door.
3. Slide latch assembly upward and to the left to release plastic tabs from door frame.
Once latch assembly is loose the spring may be disconnected from the door frame.
4. Remove screws securing door handle and door frame to door panel.
5. Remove door frame by releasing tabs around entire door panel.
6. Remove door handle by placing a hand on door panel next to the top of the door handle.
Twist door panel towards the inside of door and pulling on the top portion of the door handle in a quick jerking motion.
NOTE: When replacing door handle, the bottom portion of the door handle must be inserted first.
7. Slide door glass to the right slightly, then push the door glass upward to release the glass from the track.
8. Reassemble in reverse order.
Once outer door trim panel is removed the glass panel is loose.
A microwave leakage test must be performed anytime a door assembly is removed, replaced, disassembly, or adjusted for any reason.
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Have you ever written an application, or been in the process of writing one, in which a large amount of data is being displayed on screen? At some point you realize that you want the users to be able to filter the data, but you are not sure of the best way to do it. For our sample application, we will use flight information as the sample data, and add a filter on the price of the flight. The methodology demonstrated in this sample can be applied to a larger application in which you have multiple filter criteria, and live data from a real time or static data source.
Build the sample in Visual Studio 2013, and then run it. The app looks like this:
Note: This sample was written based on Bret Bentzinger's blog article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wsdevsol/archive/2013/11/14/filtering-data-in-your-view-model.aspx
You can find more code samples that demonstrate the most typical programming scenarios by using Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework Sample Browser or Sample Browser Visual Studio extension. They give you the flexibility to search samples, download samples on demand, manage the downloaded samples in a centralized place, and automatically be notified about sample updates. If it is the first time that you hear about Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework, please watch the introduction video on Microsoft Showcase, or read the introduction on our homepage http://1code.codeplex.com/.


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A patch to the Final Fantasy XI massively multiplayer online title addresses several areas. The patch will automatically load when players launch the client. According to information on the official Web site of the title, the patch will address the following areas:
- New varieties of orb battles have been implemented - Added
- Message displaying number of limit points after each battle - Added
- Erroneous display of play time - Fixed
- Magic detecting monster would attack players who had not used magic - Fixed
- Monsters that player needs to finish quest does not appear - Fixed
Click "...Read More" to view a more detailed version of the changes/additons.
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The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities invites you to be our guest for our annual award reception honoring the faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate student recipients of this year's IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities. Please join us in congratulating the prize winners, announced here.
At the awards ceremony, the IPRH will initiate a display of recently published books by Illinois faculty. Our goal is to make the most of what is a really delightful event—made more festive with food and drink—that allows us to celebrate the fantastic work of our humanities and arts faculty.
In order to insure the success of this event, we ask that faculty submit their recently published books (published between 2010 and 2014) to us by the end of April (yes, you will need to temporarily surrender a copy to us—we promise to return them, or you can take them home yourself at the end of the event).
To submit your book you can either drop it off at our office or mail it to the below address:
Stephanie Uebelhoer IPRH 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue MC-057
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Donations flood in after cyclist suffers fatal heart attack in charity ride
DONATIONS have today been flooding in for the death of a young cyclist who suffered a fatal heart attack during a weekend charity race.
Kris Cook, 36, collapsed while riding in Guildford during Sunday's Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100.
Doctors at the event and staff at nearby Royal Surrey County Hospital attempted to save him but he was pronounced dead just after 2.30pm.
Mr Cook, from Woking, had entered the race as part of a team of 12 friends, which included his girlfriend Nicola Tait.
They hoped to raise money for Woking and Sam Beare Hospices where his grandparents had been cared for.
On his Just Giving website Mr Cook said he was aiming to raise £500.
By this afternoon, however, more than £30,000 had been raised from more than 2,218 donations.
I really want everyone to know he was just the most wonderful person
Miss Tait, 35, said: "I really want everyone to know he was just the most wonderful person.
"He was so beautiful.
"He looked after me and everyone.
"He was so kind and so generous.
"I just can't believe he was taken because it's just so unfair."
She encouraged people to sponsor Mr Cook, saying she really wanted "him to raise as much money as he possibly can".
Miss Tait said her partner had complained of sharp chest pains minutes before he collapsed and the last thing he had said to her was: "I'll meet you at the top of the hill, Nic, on the left-hand side".
Shortly afterwards, he collapsed around 46 miles into the race and she was left watching as paramedics rushed him to hospital.
Mr Cook worked in the prison service as a director for the safety of young people in public sector prisons. He lived in Woking and he and Miss Tait were planning to move in together next month.
Although he was an adventurous young man, enjoying water sports and mountain climbing, the Ride London-Surrey was his first cycle race and he had written on his Just Giving page: "I have never taken on a challenge such as this."
Hospice chief executive Nigel Harding said: "This is a real tragedy and Kris's death has shocked us all.
"We had almost 40 people cycling on our behalf yesterday and we are most grateful to them all but the death of Kris has inevitably cast a long shadow over the proceedings.
"All our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time and we will try to offer them any support we can."
Many people left comments on Mr Cook's fundraising page expressing their condolences, as well as their admiration for the cyclist.
Deb Woolmer wrote: "Such a tragedy for someone so young who was working hard to achieve something for others.
"The difference he will make to so many people will hopefully help those he left behind in some small way."
Sammy Hornby added: "Such a tragic and unfair loss. My thoughts are with Kris' family and friends, I hope the funds raised in his memory can bring some small comfort x"
Mr Cook's mother Sue said the family was "shocked", adding that Miss Tait was "devastated".
She said of the couple: "They had found each other. She had found her perfect partner."
"He was very caring and always cared about everyone else but himself.
"He didn't have a bad bone in his body and would always go the extra mile."
Mr Cook was one of around 22,000 of riders taking part in the Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100, an event shortened from 100 miles to 86 amid forecasts for bad weather.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out to establish Mr Cook's cause of death.


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By: Allison Annala, Regular ContributorJuly 1, 2015
On a recent vacation I noticed a book my girlfriend was reading entitled, Strong at the Broken Places, by Richard M. Cohen. That title jumped out at me like a gigantic jack in the box. "Strong at the broken places?" I wondered aloud to myself, "Quite the contradiction."
The reality that something is broken most definitely confirms that it is, in fact, not up to its full strength. So I pondered this conundrum for a while.
How can something be strong where it's broken?
When the tip of a pencil breaks, it's rendered useless until it's sharpened. When my phone dies, it's useless until the battery is recharged. Neither of these objects would be considered strong by any means in their broken state… I struggled for a while on this train of thought.
Then I thought about my own brokenness. My knee, which was once (actually twice) very "broken" with torn ligaments, is now even stronger than the other one due to the surgery that repaired it. The failed relationship that lead to a "broken" heart has taught me about the kind of love I deserve and has helped my heart to grow stronger with time. And the eating disorder that ravaged my once very "broken" body and soul led me to a group of people who have helped me to become a stronger version of myself than I ever thought possible.
Strong in ALL of the broken places.
Well maybe this guy is on to something. I think it's such a testament to the human condition that we truly discover the depths of our strength in our most trying times.
You never know how much you can handle, until you are tested beyond your limits.
I think everyone is surprised by their strength at some point in time. I remember that as a gymnast, there were days I thought I could not keep going. "If I fall off of this beam one more time…" or "There is no way I can make it through this floor routine." And I would. Or I wouldn't. But either way, the fight to go on was making me stronger for the next practice or competition. Every day that I chose to go to therapy and succumb to the weakness that had overtaken me, I was preparing myself for the day I could say, "I beat this, I am strong, and I have conquered the beast that threatened my life."
Yes, we are strong in all of our broken places. Sometimes the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other is the most epic example of strength. We are stronger than we know, and most of us only realize our true strength when we are pushed to the breaking point and have no other option than to fight.
Never stop fighting for yourself, and do NOT resent your brokenness. You are strong in all of the right places, and I can promise you that in the end, the fight is 100% worth it.
Let's chat!
How have you overcome brokenness in your life? How has it made you stronger? Tell us below!
About Allison
A gymnast since age 4, Allison uses the life lessons learned through the sport to help young women discover their greatness! She is a huge advocate for girls and women, particularly when it comes to body image and self-worth! Along with coaching, Allison now teaches at her Alma Matter, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She loves sharing her passion for gymnastics with women of all ages and her passion for life and love on her blog www.allison-lifeisbeautiful.blogspot.com. She is so thrilled to be an advocate for IATG and can't wait to help inspire women all over the world!
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Malisa Ali commented 2015-07-17 04:02:29 -0700Hi Allison! I loved reading your article and your most recent blog post on your personal blog! It's wonderful to see what an impact IATG has had on your life!
Several circumstances have made me feel broken but my strength lies in "walking through the fire" and coming out stronger on the other side. It is knowing that I am unconquerable, better yet I CONQUER! I got through that- now I can get through anything…because…I AM THAT GIRL! xo
Teresa Sabatine commented 2015-07-01 14:38:11 -0700Allison! I really appreciated this post. I was just speaking to a friend about this same situation yesterday and your writing brings me such clarity on the issue. Losing my mom to cancer at age 22 (after a rough 10 year battle with the disease) has left me feeling broken and I have wondered lately how to cope with what feels like a weakness…in reality…because of the loss I have met and become close with so many amazing people that all represent my mom in some way. Best of luck to you on your journey, thank you for sharing!


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Yes, I am. But I am cold...very cold. My bed with the heated mattress pad is calling me.
Well thank you Laurajane ... Up a little late ???
How sweet, Pat! Just love it!
Thank you Celeste.. she is a cutie.
Pretty little ornament :)
Thank you Graciela nice to see you...
Absolutely cute!!
Thank you Sissy you are very welcome...Have to post the things some little dutch girl sent me tooThanks Starlord nice to see you... if it had been a little devil it would've been me.Thank you Katie I think so tooLorna she does look sweet...Texasstar I do love angels thanks nie to see you tooPuzzladdled My daughter does a lot of craft shows and this one is hand made. Yes she is presious. Nice to see you too. Come back anytime.Thanks Chris now you are making me blush as I don't know you.Fran thanks I have several little things at the top of my desk hutch and will be posting them..
She's lovely.
An angel for an angel
This is a very precious little keepsake, Pat. She has a very old-fashioned look about her. Thank you for sharing her with us. :-)
I love angels, and this one is very sweet. Thanks.
Sweet little angel.
Just adorable!
Is that you? :-))))) Euh... on second view: nope, it's an angel :-)))
Lovely Pat, thanks for showing.
Ardy at the time I leave the roads will be clean ... always careful...
She's so sweet, Pat, and has an adorable face. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe on the roads. Sorry you have to go out.


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Friday January 8, 2010
EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 (excludes Saturdays & Valentine's Day. Sunday is optional to participating restaurant)
It's time again for that wonderful New York City tradition --
Restaurant Week! This winter, New Yorkers get to enjoy another extended
Restaurant Week and dine at Manhattan's trendiest and best
restaurants from January 25 to February 7, 2010.
New York's top restaurants will serve three-course lunches for $24.07(in a cute play on 24/7, though keep in mind that the discounts are not good on Saturdays, though some restaurants are offering deals on Sundays this summer) and three-course dinners for $35.00 (beverage, tax and gratuity not included).
Participating restaurants will include Megu, Spice Market, Dos Caminos, Nobu, Tao, One If By Land, Two If By Sea, Blue Water Grill, and many others.
Visit The NYC & Company New York City Restaurant Week site for a full list of participating restaurants.
Beat the crowds by making easy online reservations at New York restaurants with Open Table.
If you can't get a dinner reservation at your number one pick, try booking a table for lunch. It's much easier to get in and you'll enjoy the same food and ambiance (plus you'll have an excuse to get away from the office for a civilized lunch for a change).


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Pope: 'the Paschal Mystery is present reality'
In yesterday's general audience, held in St Peter's Square, Pope Benedict spoke on the Easter Triduum which begins today. "What we are celebrating over the coming days," he said, "is the supreme confrontation between Light and Darkness, between Life and Death. We too must place ourselves in this context - aware of our own night, our own sins, our own responsibilities - if we wish to gain spiritual benefit from reliving the Paschal Mystery, which is the heart of our faith." The Holy Father recalled how on Holy Thursday, during the Chrism Mass, diocesan bishops and priests "renew the promises they made on the day of their priestly ordination," and "the oils used for catechumens, to anoint the sick and for confirmation" are blessed. During Mass "in Cena Domini" the Christian community relives "the events of the Last Supper. In the Cencacle, the Redeemer wished, in the Sacrament of the bread and wine transformed into His Body and Blood, to anticipate the sacrifice of His life, His definitive gift of self to humanity." Following Mass "in Cena Domini" the faithful are invited "to adore the Blessed Sacrament, reliving Jesus' agony in Gethsemane. ... Thus they can better understand the mystery of Holy Thursday, which incorporates the supreme triple gift of priestly ministry, the Eucharist and the new Commandment of love." Good Friday, Pope Benedict continued, "is a day of penance, of fasting and of prayer, of participation in the death of the Lord. ... The community adores the Cross and takes the Eucharist, consuming the sacred species conserved from the Mass 'in Cena Domini' of the preceding day." On Holy Friday, Christian tradition also includes "the Way of the Cross, which offers us the chance ... to imprint the mystery of the Cross ever more deeply in our hearts." On Holy Saturday, "Christians are called to interior meditation, ... something often difficult to cultivate in our own times, in order to prepare for the Easter vigil" in which "the veil of sadness shrouding the Church for the death and burial of the Lord will be shattered by the cry of victory: Christ is risen and has overcome death forever!" "The Paschal Mystery we relive in the Easter Triduum is not just a memory but a current reality. Even today, Christ overcomes sin and death with His love. Evil in all its forms does not have the last word. The final triumph is of Christ, truth, love! If we are prepared to suffer and die with Him, as St. Paul reminds us in the Easter vigil, His life become out life. It is upon this certainty," the Pope concluded, "that our Christian lives are built." Source: VIS


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One day last week Vinny Cerrato set aside a couple of hours to go on the Mike Wise Show and attempt to explain some things about his tenure with the Redskins. He said some ridiculous things, blamed others for the organizations failures, and agreed to disagree with fans who called in to tell him that he's incompetent. Fun stuff, no doubt, but not quite enough to satisfy our lust for Vinny blood. That's why Wise did his due diligence and trekked out to Cerrato's new palace in the hinterlands outside of Baltimore for a follow-up column.
The finished product is pure magic, so do yourself a favor and read the whole thing. You will laugh, you will be frustrated, but most of all, you will be amazed at this man's alarming wrongheadedness.
Below the red brick, neo-colonial estate is a marked-off football field, where boys' names are still legible in the end zone.
"THIS PLACE IS A PALACE! I mean, I live in a single room above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley!"
"I put 'Vincent' in one end zone and 'Charlie' in the other,' " Vinny Cerrato says, referring to his two sons, who are downstairs in the basement with their little sister, Rachel, doing homework. "Pretty nice place, huh?"
"I have had to work hard everyday of my life and what do I have to show for it? This briefcase and this haircut! And what do you have to show for you lifetime of sloth and ignorance? Everything! A dream house, two cars, a beautiful wife, a son who owns a factory, fancy clothes, and [sniffs] lobsters for dinner!"
This is the house your Adam Archuleta jersey and Gray-Lot parking bought. This is the house Vinny lives in.
Well played, Mr. Wise. Although to be fair, if you bought an Archuleta jersey you have no one to blame but yourself and the bank that allowed you to have a credit card.
It's a virtual witness protection program for Redskins executives who know too much.
Arugula. It's a veg-e-table.
There is a movie theater, workout and memorabilia rooms in a basement that stretches forever, all the amenities imaginable
"Yes, that's me, and the guy standing next to me is President Gerald Ford…..And this is when I was on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins…..Oh! And here's a picture of me in outer space."
"Went to the big-screen store and they said if you buy a 73-inch, you get a 42-incher free," Cerrato says. "Had to do it."
For those who are unfamiliar, The Big Screen Store is a local discount shop that foists this deal (or one like it) off on anyone who walks through the door. You can go in there and ask for a 46″ Samsung LED TV and they will invariably push you towards their 73″ Mitsubishi plasma monstrosities. But wait, there's more! They'll throw in a second television that you don't even need whose cost is covered by the markup on the first one. They might as well call it the Vinny Cerrato special.
Traded for Brandon Lloyd and he said if we tore up his old contract he'd sign a brand new one. Had to do it.
He has written charts on every potential draftee in Mead stenograph binder notebooks. "I did 140 guys, now I just got 80 to go," he says, gleefully.
There's a fine line between glee and deranged glee. I feel safe in my assumption that Vinny exists almost exclusively on the other side of said line.
Cerrato does this pro bono, because he is currently working for no one.
Hey, you have to stay sharp, right? The next time the phone rings it could be Scott Pioli on the other end looking for some hot tips.
"I was still a general manager this season – they called me the 'resident GM' at 1050 [AM radio] in New York," he quips.
Before you ask, the answer is yes, that was Malcolm Kelly you heard giving traffic updates on the 8's.
"Hee-hee," Cerrato cackles.
If you want context, read the article.
Asked if he watched the NFL draft combine – a monotonous, mind-numbing, four-day long workout of muscled 22-year-olds in Spandex – Cerrato says: "Watched it? I taped it."
Tape it? I masturbated to it.
In a rare moment of clarity, though, a caller asked whether Cerrato believed the Redskins were better off when he took the job or when he was fired. Thinking back to the one home playoff game under former coach Norv Turner – Jan. 8, 2000; the game ball is encased downstairs – he comes to terms with his tenure.
"I'd have to say unsuccessful," Cerrato says, nodding for a long while, almost pondering that he just said that word in relation to himself.
But my trip to the Big Screen Store? Wildly successful. They threw in the extended warranty and it only cost me an extra $500! Now if you'll excuse me I have to go see a man about some beans.


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"Javier Marías's writing, by turns ebullient, snappish, lyrical, self-delighting and chilling, remains as technically impeccable as ever," wrote Tim Martin in the Independent on Sunday of Your Face Tomorrow 2: Dance and Dream. "He makes great unwieldy looking 18-line sentences flicker by at dangerous, glorious speed, like a course of hairpin bends." "Every sentence is a negotiation not just with reality or thought but with the physicality of words, the structures of communication," said Ali Smith in the Sunday Telegraph. Dance and Dream is "an astounding feat ... a near-impossible edifice dedicated to 'the effort of really thinking', an intellectual, poetic and moral epic for our time, but also for the 'tomorrow' in its title too, and for every 'you' who'll exist in it".
"This book is a series of wonderfully detailed and cleverly told stories, each of which debunks the brainwashing myth," said Bryan Appleyard in the Sunday Times, reviewing Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control by Dominic Streatfeild. "Particularly fine is his weaving together of the various cold war efforts to reprogramme humans with ever more exotic cocktails of drugs, hypnotism, torture and sensory deprivation. All failed and all seem to have been abandoned - although his ending suggests that somebody, somewhere will be trying again." "Perhaps not surprisingly, given the rich tradition of science's Frankenstein tendencies, what emerges strongly from Streatfeild's account is that these scientists wouldn't be most people's first choice to reprogramme a video recorder, let alone the human race," observed Robert Douglas-Fairhurst in the Daily Telegraph. Christopher Silvester in the Financial Times thought that Brainwash was "especially relevant in the light of Abu Ghraib and the war on terror, which Streatfeild considers, albeit cursorily, in his epilogue".
Jason Webster's Guerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War "both fascinates and frustrates", said Anthony Sattin in the Sunday Times. "His account of the arrest and execution of the poet Lorca is laced with tragedy. But a few of the personal moments are less successful." These "reveal next to nothing about Spain and the civil war and little of interest about the author. Somewhere, here, there is a book of serious reportage struggling towards the light, but it has been obscured by some extremely indulgent travel writing." "If you are not convinced by Webster as a serious commentator on Spain, you are likely to be seduced by his powers as a storyteller," wrote Michael Jacobs in the Independent. "I only hope now that he devotes himself to the writing of either pure autobiography or fiction. Freed from a sense of obligation to reach some meaningful conclusion about his adopted country, his considerable gifts as a writer might be allowed fully to shine."


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I just got a job in North SA...right off of I35 at Pat Booker. I'm reading the board, but thought I would throw this out there...I am looking for lunch. Workday lunch, nothing special, just good, and close. Any ideas? All ideas welcome, from taco trucks to organic veggie fare, sit down to stand up, extra points for good+adventurous. Thanks in advance.


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