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Islamabad on Wednesday reiterated its position that it will not backtrack on the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project despite Washington's sanctions against Tehran but at the same time offered to import gas from US-based companies.
"Sanctions imposed by the United Nations do not affect the IP gas pipeline project and therefore Pakistan will continue to pursue it," Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Dr Asim Hussain told US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, who called on him.
During the meeting, Dr Hussain offered to the US to supply Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Pakistan by setting up companies like other players currently working on LNG import projects in the country.
According to a statement issued by the ministry of petroleum, Dr Hussain said: "Pakistan needs to meet its energy demands immediately and for this all options are to be availed."
Dr Hussain stated that the US was a strategic partner in the war against terrorism and also a catalyst in the country's economic development. "Pakistan has always maintained good relations with the US in economic, social and technological fields," he added.
He emphasised upon Pakistan's immediate requirement to fulfil energy demands and said that the government was working on various solutions to provide relief to indigenous consumers.
The minister said that his ministry was always open to tangible options and both long-term and short-term feasible proposals were being considered and given due importance.
He added that the government of Pakistan is brining new petroleum exploration and production policies, in which attractive investment options have been incorporated. He expressed confidence that US oil and gas companies would invest in Pakistan under a new policy.
The minister asserted that misconceptions need to be clarified and communication between the government of Pakistan and the United States should be a regular feature.
Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry apprised the US ambassador of the ongoing projects that were being undertaken by the ministry to overcome gas shortages. He expressed gratitude for the help extended by the US government in the energy sector and emphasised that transfer of technology between the two countries was imperative.
In reply, Munter assured: "The US intends to help Pakistan in resolving its energy crisis."
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It's a close market for Friday's VRC St Leger 2014 at Flemington Racecourse with over half the field at single figures to win the ANZAC Day showdown.
There are two stakes races on the Melbourne race card on Friday, the headline event being the $150,000 Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) for staying three-year-olds.
This year the VRC St Leger field attracted 11 hopefuls, six of which are under $10 in the latest Ladbrokes.com.au markets.
Currently leading the tight betting battle at $3.80 is the consistent De Little Engine drawn ideally in gate three with Damien Oliver to ride.
Danny O'Brien's locally-trained Encosta De Lago gelding has run top two in their past three starts, including a Sandown win over 1800m two back.
Last time out on April 12 at Caulfield they caught the eye when runner-up to Bring Something in the Listed Galilee Final (2400m) making them a great chance to make the step up to 2800m here.
Second pick in the VRC St Leger betting markets at $4.20 is then Order Of The Sun drawn one outside the favorite in barrier four.
Young Cox Plate winning jockey Chad Schofield has the ride on the Gai Waterhouse-trained colt, also by Encosta De Lago, who is Group 1 performed.
A winner of three of their eight starts to date Order Of The Sun is sure to appreciate the step back in class here after running against some of the season's best this autumn.
They have two disappointing Group 1 runs when seventh to Boban in the Chipping Norton and 13th behind Criterion in the Rosehill Guineas before their last start eighth to Gallatin in the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) in the wet on April 5.
Third pick at $4.80 is then David Hayes' Keep The Faith gelding Honey Steel's Gold to be ridden by Craig Williams from barrier nine.
Williams is the fourth jockey to get on the juvenile's back in as many starts here, Honey Steel's Gold coming off a third in the Galilee Series Final.
Other single figure chances are then Galilee Final fifth placed Throw The King ($5.50) coming off a win at Caulfield from April 21 over the 2400m, the Mick Price-trained last start Sale winner More Rewarding ($8) and early market mover Majorly ($9.50).
The Gerald Ryan-trained Encosta De Lago gelding Majorly could represent nice value too as they're after their third straight win.
They're a shoe-in to handle the distance too having won over 2300m at Newcastle last month before their April 6 win at Gosford over 2600m defeating Cuban Star.
The full VRC St Leger Stakes 2014 field and odds are listed in the table below, prices you can click on to bet now at Ladbrokes.com.au where you'll find all the weekend's top markets.

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Tickets are now on sale for the second Gravity Fields Festival, which celebrates Grantham's links with Sir Isaac Newton with five days of events, presentations and speakers.
This year's science, arts and heritage festival runs from September 24 to 28 and aims to build on the success of the previous event, which attracted audiences totalling 35,000 people.
The finale alone drew 15,000 people into town for a procession and entertainment.
Gravity Fields Festival will feature three high profile patrons, Professor Valerie Gibson, Grantham born and now one of the UK's top women scientists, Rob Iliffe, a world authority on Sir Isaac Newton, and TV presenter Dallas Campbell .
The major public spectacle will be a Giants of Science finale on the Saturday evening.
One highlight is sure to be the globe-trotting International Science Images exhibition from the Royal Photographic Society showcasing an extraordinary variety of scientific photography.
Science shows from the Science Museum and the National Space Centre are on the programme, plus Chris Lintott from the BBC's Sky at Night and Professor Mark Miodownik, of BBC Science Club.
World famous juggling troupe Gandin will perform a show including nine jugglers and 80 apples as just one of the leading performance and arts companies taking part.
A science fair will again run in the George shopping centre.
Back by popular demand are two of 2012's most popular performers, actor Michael Imerson and tightwire performer Alana Jones, who enjoyed a wonderful week as Floggit and Skarper in the Apothecary Shop and around the streets of Grantham in 2012.
Cllr Bob Adams, South Kesteven District Council portfolio holder for leisure, arts and culture said: "Local people can get involved and feel part of an amazing event. It's going to be great."
For more details fo to the website gravityfields.co.uk, or call the box office at the Guildhall Arts Centre, on 01476 406158.


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Meek moves to the center
The Meek family name has been synonymous with liberal politics for more than three decades, but you'd hardly know it from Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek's campaign for Florida's open Senate seat.
A past recipient of a 100 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, Meek nevertheless recently joined forces with anti-abortion lawmakers on a compromise proposal that would neither require nor prohibit insurance companies from providing coverage for abortions.
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He's also touting his avid interest in hunting — he recently tweeted about his North Florida skeet-shooting expedition with conservative Florida Democratic Rep. Allen Boyd — though the National Rifle Association gives him a D+ grade for his voting record.
And those aren't the only areas where the 43-year-old Miami congressman seems to be polishing his right wing. Late last month, Meek announced that he was withdrawing his support for single-payer health care legislation and a labor-backed bill that would ensure that trade agreements go through a review process.
Meek's move to the center may seem out character, but it's no accident. Florida political insiders say that for the four-term lawmaker to run competitively in a big swing state like Florida, he must portray himself as Kendrick Meek the centrist — and hunter — rather than as the urban congressman with solid liberal credentials.
"I think it's recognition of what he needs to do to win the state," explained Steve Schale, a Meek supporter who directed Barack Obama's successful 2008 Florida campaign. "He's doing what a statewide election candidate does right now, which is position himself where a majority of voters are."
"It's pretty easy to look at where the majority of Florida voters are in a general election — and it's not where Kendrick Meek's legislative record is," said Daniel Smith, a University of Florida political scientist.
The son of Carrie Meek, a former congresswoman with a solidly Democratic record of her own, Meek is waging a decidedly uphill Senate bid in an environment that's nothing like the one he's been accustomed to.
In recent years, Florida has largely favored Republicans for statewide office. Meek, on the other hand, holds a minority-majority district where he's never even faced a Republican opponent.
For Meek, the geographic challenge of running statewide rather than in the more Democratic-oriented southern portion of the state intensifies the importance of highlighting his moderate credentials. In recent years, the only successful statewide Democrats — like Sen. Bill Nelson and state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink — have hailed from the populous, centrally located Interstate 4 corridor, which has rewarded their centrist positioning.
"When you're running as a statewide candidate in Florida, you can't run as a regional candidate. You have to run statewide," said Dave Beattie, a veteran Democratic pollster in the state, noting that Meek has been filling his campaign schedule with events outside of Miami and that Meek spent the Fourth of July in North Florida.


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deciding in San Francisco, California
107 months ago
I studied economics (more on the social side of the subject) in undergrad (along with photography). I've been working in architectural photography for the past 4 years, but am considering going back to get a masters in urban planning. What do people who are working in this field think of this? Is it a wise decision to get into this field now? Any recommended programs in New York? Any thoughts would help...
Masheleni in Thohoyandou, South Africa
80 months ago
Although i jst finish my undergrad degree in Urban Planning now, i think it is wise bcoz urban planning is a multi-deciplinary field where one cn really enjoy, since u hv done econmics and work in architectoral side u cn do ur masters in planning and become an economic planner, urban designer, etc.
dgrover in Alexandria, Virginia
77 months ago
If you want to go into planning, you really must have excellent writing skills. Clearly that is not your forte as your spelling and sentence structure are very weak. I suggest you take some basic English and writing courses to strengthen those skills.
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Niagara women rally to win; Canisius loses at home
The Niagara and Canisius women's basketball teams were both at home on Thursday night, but they had different results.
Chanel Johnson and Victoria Rampado both had 21 points as the Purple Eagles took a 65-57 decision from Siena.
Meanwhile, the Golden Griffins (9-15, 5-10) dropped a 52-44 decision to Manhattan.
Niagara made a big comeback in the second half. The Purple Eagles trailed, 32-25, at the half, and later fell behind, 43-30, with about 13 minutes left to play. Niagara came back and finally tied the game at 55-all with two minutes to go, and then outscored the Saints, 10-2, to pull it out. The Purple Eagles' shooting picked up in the second half.
The victory ended a three-game losing streak for Niagara, and improved their overall record to 7-16 (5-9 Metro Atlantic).
Meanwhile, Canisius trailed most of the way against the Jaspers. The Golden Griffins have lost three of their last four games, and four of their last six.
Kayla Hoohuli led Canisius with 11 points, while Shayne Ericksen had 13 for the Jaspers to take game honors.
Niagara, Canisius, Manhattan and Monmouth are bunched in the middle of the conference standings, so games will be important down the stretch as teams get ready for the MAAC Tournament.
The teams will trade opponents on Saturday, as Niagara hosts Manhattan and Siena plays at Canisius.


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When I am watching web video - news site video (CNN, WSJ, FOX) or YouTube, a few minutes into it, my system restarts. Also, but less frequently, I get random restart on browsing with both IE8 and FF.
See my profile for specs - basically Win7 32 bit OEM on a 5 year old P4 system. Its fully patched.
I thought it might be my Avast and Ad Aware so I uninstalled these and installed MS Security Essentials. Its fully patched too. I have updated my video drivers and installed an MS Codec update.
The restarts are still happening.
The case gets decent air flow and I even slipped the side panel off, blew out some dust. The CPU temp seems fine so I dont think its a thermal warning.
I tried the instructions to generate a minidump file, but no luck. The zip file has all my settings re: minidump as per the thread. See word doc in zip file.
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An ancient white oak known as Jackson's Prayer Tree has died as the result of rot, old age and high winds, according to a story by the Associated Press. The tree, located on a farm southeast of Harrisonburg, Va., came down in late May.
Following the Battle of Port Republic, the final battle of Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Jackson and his men camped near Weyers Cave. On June 14, 1862, he and his chief of staffRev. Robert L. Dabney held a camp prayer service under the canopy of several large trees. The Prayer Tree is believed to be one of them.
According to the AP, the property owner knew the story of the old oak and had been careful to preserve it. Donna Miller, daughter of the owner, said no trespassing signs had been posted near the downed tree to keep souvenir hunters away.
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DEVASTATED by the prospect of High Speed Rail Two (HS2) tearing through her back garden, a 53-year-old mother of two has spoken out about her living hell.
Sandra Seco has lived in her home in Irwin Close, Ruislip, for 30 years but now faces the prospect of losing her back garden to HS2.
The £33bn project, which is said to increase rail capacity, create faster and greener alternatives to cars and meet international rail standards, plans a route that cuts directly through Sandra's land.
The project is under widespread scrutiny from national groups, as well as Hillingdon Against HS2.
The latest blow for affected residents is that HS2 has revised, for the fourth time, figures estimating its economic benefits – meaning that the project may never break even.
"When this first broke and we heard about it, it was devastating news and, even to this day, it's still devastating," said Sandra.
"I love my home and I think I am really lucky to be in this part of Ruislip. It's the not knowing what will happen to my property that upsets me."
Sandra said that, once she heard the news about HS2 cutting through Ruislip, she began writing to the project and attending its meetings.
At one, she was told three different things about what would happen to her land, including that she might lose up to 16 metres of it.
"I feel like I'm living in a bubble," she said. "We can't plan things. There are things we wanted to do, but we still don't know what the future holds.
"It's horrendous because I have always said that, no matter what goes on in your life, no matter what life throws at you, you should always be able to go home at night, shut your front door and have some sort of peace. We haven't got that.
"We are in limbo. It is like a living hell and I could cry."
In a bid to fight for the people whose lives would be affected, Hillingdon Council started legal proceedings against the Government, filing for a judicial review under the umbrella of the 51m group, formed of more than 70 local community groups challenging the high speed network.
The council has earmarked a contingency budget of £200,000 for the 2012/13 HS2 challenge.
Council leader and member of the 51m group, Ray Puddifoot, said: "The proposed HS2 scheme is a monumental folly and an example of how to get it wrong in practically every aspect, from the enormous cost to the transport needs of the country and the environmental damage to completely ignoring the views expressed by the public in the consultation process.
"Even the Government is not above the law, but it is always a matter of regret when, as local politicians, we have to resort to using the law to protect the people and the environment from such economically disastrous vanity projects."
Martin Tett, chairman of the 51m group, said: "We are doing this with great reluctance but feel the Government has left us with no alternative."
Hillingdon people have also united to raise funds for a legal case by the national group. Hillingdon Against HS2 has collected more than £300 for the cause.
Keri Brennan, chair of Hillingdon Against HS2, said: "At all of our events, we have displays and collection boxes to raise money for the HS2 Action Alliance Judicial Reviews.
"Most of our time and resources are spent helping residents, especially those who are not aware of the proposals or those who do not have access to the internet, maps and compensation information."
Sandra, who regularly attends Hillingdon Against HS2 meetings said: "We will never give in and we will never stop fighting to stop this. I am not against high-speed rail and I am not against progress, but I am against the route. The route is totally wrong."
She added: "It's not just about fighting for my own home but fighting for the community because it's our taxpayers' money they are using and it's appalling."
A Department for Transport spokesperson said: "HS2 is a project that will deliver jobs and prosperity across the entire country.
"Network Rail predict that the West Coast Main Line will be full by the mid-2020s and have concluded that building a new line is the best option, with HS2 delivering £4 of benefit for every additional £1 spent, compared to a new conventional-speed line.
"The line of route between London and the West Midlands has been continually improved to mitigate the impact on those living near it and the environment.
"We believe we have struck the right balance between the reasonable concerns of people living on or near the line, who will be offered a package of compensation measures, the environment and the need to keep Britain moving."
Fact file: Proposed benefits of HS2:
Large increase in capacity and network able to carry up to 18 trains per hour
A network built to international standards, which could potentially carry double-decker trains
More space on conventional railways for commuter, regional and freight services
Improved intercity connections
Faster rail services, offering an alternative to many domestic aviation and car journeys.
Better rail links between regional cities
Improving links for business travellers, providing wider access to markets and enabling growth and productivity
Tens of thousands of new jobs and regenerated areas
Potential for future expansion of high-speed rail
From the Department for Transport's online handbook 'High Speed Rail, Investing in Britain's future'.
Opposition objections:
HS2 ignores the views of thousands of people who are opposed to it
Alternatives to HS2 have not been fully explored – despite £32billion being allocated to this project
HS2 will not reduce CO2 emissions but will be 'broadly neutral' according to the Government
HS2 is not a not value for money – economic benefits are unproven. (There has been great debate over the 'real' amount allocated to HS2. Campaigners believe the project will go over budget)
The 72-metre 'vegetation management' width is wider than Wembley (69 metres)
HS2 will not deliver regional benefits, as three times as many passenger journeys will be towards London, bringing redistribution there
Journey times between cities are already faster than our European competitors
Predictions on reducing domestic air travel are based on unrealistic demand
From HS2 Action Alliance and The 51m Group websites under 'facts'


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"Can I help you with that?" asks your colleague as you struggle to load an ink cartridge into the printer. If your co-worker says it in a sincere tone, you're grateful for the offer. But that same question delivered in a sarcastic or exasperated manner leaves you feeling irritated, and eager to minimize interactions with that person. If you want clarity and connection, pay attention to the following four vocal components.
1. Tone. Your tone of voice conveys far greater meaning than the words spoken. If you find yourself saying to your upset co-worker, "I don't know why you're angry, I only said (fill in the blank)," chances are your tone did the talking. If you've ever had someone end a conversation by saying "whatever" it's usually their tone that signals their frustration.
2. Inflection. One annoying habit is turning statements into questions by ending sentences with an upward inflection. The unfortunate consequence is not only are you seen as less self-confident, but listeners can be confused. Is she asking me or telling me?
3. Pace. Speak too rapidly and you leave your listener dazed. Take a deep breath before you speak as a reminder to ease your pace. If you talk too slowly, you'll also lose your listener's attention, as they're silently urging you to get to the point. Finding the "Goldilocks" pace of just right can take some practice.
4. Volume. Just as irritating as the soft-talker who practically whispers is the booming loudmouth. Either way, your volume needs some adjusting—unless you're intentionally altering the volume of your voice to create impact in a presentation.
You have a number of options for improving these vocal tendencies. Start by simply being aware of the role these four play in how you communicate. Next, ask a trusted friend for feedback. I also suggest recording yourself speaking, so you can easily find out how you sound to others.
Finally, practice speaking in front of a mirror. This gives you an opportunity to pay attention to your facial expressions as well as your voice.


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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Doug Franco, the businessman father of Hollywood actors James and Dave Franco, has died at the age of 63, the family said.
E! News reported Tuesday the cause, time and place of his death were not immediately disclosed.
"It is true that my sweet, generous husband passed away. He gave so much to his three sons and me, and to many other people, too," Doug's wife, writer and actress Betsy Franco, said via Twitter.
Proud parents Doug and Betsy attended this year's Oscars ceremony to cheer on James, who was the event's host, as well as a nominee for his acting work in "127 Hours."
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Interestingly, or should we say, intentionally, the left wing media in America and Europe totally ignore both.
It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you
dajjal says
There is no peace and will be none while Isdamn exists upon the face of the earth. While one Muslim lives, peace is impossible.
Jihad: warfare against non-Muslims is ordained for Muslims in Surah Al-Baqarah 2:216; it is mandatory, not optional.
Jihad is declared in perpetual fight until loops in Surah Al-Anfal 8:39 & At-Taubah 9:29. The latter verse specifies "people of the book" as the victims: Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians & Sabeans.
The loops end when only Allah is worshiped alltogether and everywhere and "people of the book" are subjugated and submit to annual extortion, acknowledging the superiority of Islam.
Surah Al-A'raf 7:167 promises that Allah will continue to send someone to torment and humiliate the Jews until the last day. Who will he send?? You saw the SandMaggot reciting the infamous genocide hadith: he sends Muslims.
Those who desire peace have two options: cause the Muslims to apostatize or usher them into Hell. Those are the only possible paths to peace, no other path to peace exists.
Obtain a God blessed clue for Chrissake!!!
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{Read pages 140 & 141, then advance to 212 and read through 232. }
Attention, CAIR, LoonWatch, Al-Ikhwan-al-Muslimeen, OIC & LibTurds: AssWholes one and all: send forth your champion to refute the fatal facts set forth above. Cite Islam's canon to prove your case. Prove that the ayat you cite are not abrogated by Surah Al-Anfal or At-Taubah. Prove that the provisions of Shari'ah to which I linked are not operative and relevant. Prove that the Qur'an, hadith & Shari'ah do not form a congruent and mutually confirming pattern. Provide links to your evidence as I have done.
No Muslim or dhimmi can refute what I have posted here; I doubt that any will attempt it. Their silence will stand in evidence against Isdamn.
Kelly Kafir says
WOW – the quality of Fakestinian programing SUCKS!!
perceptor1 says
The Palestinians are descended from Bedouins who came to work for the Jewish immigrants who started businesses between 1840 and 1940. A large percentage of those were illegal immigrants to the Protectorate of Palestine which included Transjordan. At the time, Arabs had no problem with Jews settling on the West Bank.
Arabs who refuse to get along are self-declared morons. We get along and live side by side in every civilized country.
Enough with the professional victimhood. GET A LIFE. GET A REAL JOB.
Guy Macher says
Muslims have nothing but hate and this is the reason they are a benighted, violent, and unproductive people.
dragonfFIRE01 says
with hate like this passed down from generation to generation there can never be peace in the middle east.
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Stock futures rose sharply after a new report showed the nation's economy grew 5.7 percent during the fourth quarter - the fastest growth rate since 2003.
It was the second straight quarter the economy grew and easily topped economists' expectations that the gross domestic product would rise at an annual rate of 4.5 percent during the final three months of 2009.
European markets were rallying after the U.S. GDP report as well.
The strong GDP report could get the market back on track after a 10-month rally came to a screeching halt over the past week. Shares have been falling since hitting a 15-month high last week.
Concerns have been mounting that potential new regulations coming out of Washington could upend a fragile economic recovery. President Barack Obama's calls last week to restrict trading by big financial institutions helped spark the sell-off. He has provided scant details about the bank overhaul plan to help alleviate any concerns.
The president is planning to announce further details about a plan to provide small businesses with tax credits that boost hiring. High unemployment - it remains at 10 percent - is one of the biggest obstacles the country faces as it tries to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Analysts have been saying for months the market has been climbing too high, too fast. The uncertainty brought on by Washington could finally be giving investors a reason to pull back. The S&P surged 60.3 percent during the 10-month rally.
The strong fourth-quarter provides a mixed picture for investors looking for clues about how the economy will fare in 2010. Some say the economy will slow from the torrid pace because much of the growth was tied to companies replenishing low inventories, which is usually only provides a temporary bump.
There were some signs for future improvement, though, including an increase in consumer spending and a sharp jump in business spending on equipment and software.
Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 71, or 0.7 percent, to 10,133. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 8.60, or 0.8 percent, to 1,087.80, while Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 15.75, or 0.9 percent, to 1,786.25.
Upbeat earnings could provide a modest boost to the market, though profit reports have taken a backseat to politics recently.
Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. both reported better-than-expected earnings after the market closed Thursday. Both companies shares rose in pre-opening trading.
Toymaker Mattel Inc., reporting Friday, beat analysts' expectations as well.
Stocks resumed their slide on Thursday. Disappointing forecasts from major technology companies like Qualcomm Inc. added to the recent market concerns. A report from Standard & Poor's saying Britain's banking system is no longer one of the most stable and low-risk also dragged the market lower.
One worry for traders was put to rest Thursday. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke won Senate confirmation for a second term. Bernanke has championed low interest rates to help spur economic growth, which is also favorable for the market.
Meanwhile, bond prices dipped Friday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.69 percent from 3.64 percent late Thursday.
The dollar mostly rose against other major currencies, while gold prices also rose.
Overseas markets were mixed. Asian stocks stumbled on disappointing company forecasts and Toyota's car recall, while Europe's major indexes rose following a report that showed inflation remained relatively benign in the 16 countries that use the euro and the strong U.S. GDP report. Low inflation paves the way for the European Central Bank to keep its key interest rate as a historic low of 1 percent.
Japan's Nikkei stock fell 2.1 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.2 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1.3 percent, Germany's DAX index gained 1.7 percent, and France's CAC-40 climbed 1.6 percent.


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November 28, 2013
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran's sole nuclear power plant killed seven people and injured 30 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hassan Qadami told state media.
"So far, there are seven dead and 30 injured receiving hospital treatment," the official IRNA news agency quoted Qadami as saying.
The quake's epicentre was near Borazjan, around 60 kilometres (35 miles) from Bushehr, where Iran has its Russian-built reactor.
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Kirsty and Michael chose the amazing Ashdown Park Hotel as their wedding venue. It was an absolutely beautiful day attended by the couples close friends and family. We took advantage of the stunning location taking lots of photos in the grounds. Enjoy!
Their very kind testimonial reads:
Paul ... Thank you for all your hard work that you put into our Wedding day. You captured the happiness of our day brilliantly. We could not have asked for anything more from you .
We will definitely be recommending you to any friends if asked.
Many thanks again,
Michael & Kirsty.
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Chinese Pistache
Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis) is a long-lived, winter hardy shade tree for the south. Starting off as a tall, lanky tree it soon spreads out into a beautiful shade tree reaching 30 to 40 feet in height and width. It is one of the few dependable sources of fall color in the south, setting the landscape ablaze with shades of spectacular red and red-orange fall color. It is very tolerant of our intense heat and drought, and can thrive in a variety of different soil types from sand to clay. Essentially pest and disease free, Chinese pistache is a near perfect shade tree for the south.
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Mirador de la Peña
Miradores (viewing points) are strategically located wherever a vista is particular worth admiring: the Mirador de la Peña, from which you peer down hundreds of metres at a panorama of the north coast, was designed by Canarian architect César Manrique; its restaurant is one of the best places to sample delicacies such as caldo de huevo (egg soup) and locally grown pineapple.
One spot especially worth seeing is El Sabinar, a group of ancient juniper trees bent and twisted by the Atlantic wind. To get there you drive along a single-track road from El Pinar, through pinewoods and scrubland. Eventually you come to a whitewashed chapel, the 16th-century Santuario de Nuestra Señora de los Reyes. A few kilometres further on, the junipers form a kind of natural sculpture park. I spoke to a family of Italians, the only other visitors at El Sabinar that day; they were amazed, they said, by the island's powerful sense of place. El Hierro has the feel of a mirage, somewhere the rest of the world sees only, if at all, out of the corner of its eye.


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Revisit the All-Ireland Senior Hurling semi-final on The Sunday Game at 9.30pm, RTÉ Two and watch all the Premiership action on Match of the Day 2 at 10.25pm on BBC One. Plus, the charming drama series The Village continues with episode two at 9.00pm on BBC One.
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See The Sunday Game at 9.30pm on RTÉ Two, in which Des Cahill is joined by Brendan Cummins and Donal Óg Cusack for highlights and analysis of today's GAA action. The final score in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling semi-final at Croke Park was Cork 1-11 to 2-18 for Tipperary.
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Still time to pick up on this charming six-part drama series which began last week. Bert still yearns for Martha, but a new love appears in his life in the shape of Phoebe, the Stationmaster's daughter. Phoebe plucks up courage to send Bert a letter asking him to meet her and, although the letter goes astray, she and Bert begin a tentative relationship. She asks him to take her to the opening night of Hankin's new dance hall on Saturday.Grace is encouraged by Bill, the Labour candidate, to join the Cycling Club for a bike ride across the Peaks. She makes use of the fact that John is at chapel to escape the farm and join the ride. Starring John Simm, Juliet Stevenson and Maxine Peake.
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In Knife Laws Of The U.S., Evan F. Nappen answers questions about what knives are legal to own and carry in each state, and which aren't.
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Knife Law Reform Bill
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Maine becomes the eighth state to repeal its antiquated switchblade ban. Maine Gov. LePage has signed into law LD 264, "An Act To Restore the Right To Possess Certain Knives That Are Used by Many Citizens as Tools."
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TEMECULA ---- The city is hosting a special needs resource and wellness fair Saturday to match families with information on caring for children and adults with developmental, behavioral, emotional and physical disabilities.
The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Civic Center's conference center, 41000 Main St.
More than 50 agencies will be on hand offering information on new types of therapies such as drumming, plus assessment, diagnoses and intervention techniques, resources available to families in Southern California and more.
Also, there will be free health screenings and one-on-one consultations with low-vision specialists from the Braille Institute of America 's Mobile Solutions.
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Bring the family and enjoy all the sights and sounds of Southbank as you wander under the shadows of the majestic whales of the Queensland Museum. This is a Christmas shopping event not to be missed!
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Nothing says Transformers like a group of human actors standing around … without a car in sight. Mind you, Paramount has shared PLENTY of images of the automobiles that director Michael Bay plans to feature in his upcoming Transformers sequel. So today, the actors get a chance to shine.
"Just another day on the set of Transformers 4," is the subject line of the email we received from Paramount Studios, giving us this new look at the ongoing production. Co-stars Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg stand to the left. They play, according to the IMDB page, "Shane" and "Flynn Vincent," and they are prepared for battle. The same site hints at this logline: "A mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings down Autobots and Decepticons - and a paranoid government official - on them." Wahlberg plays the father. Young actress Nicola Peltz has been cast as his daughter, Tessa. Shane (Reynor) is Tessa's boyfriend, and we hear that his character is a race-car driver. Peltz isn't in this picture, though. Instead, we get – according to the studio – 2nd Assistant B-Camera Operator Casey "Walrus" Howard; 1st Assistant B-Camera Operator John Kairis, with his back to the camera; B-Camera Operator Lukasz Bielan; Bay; and Director of Photography Amir Mokri.
And really, how great is that Bay pose. The man continues to feed his myth with every step. I love him for it. Do you?
We haven't seen any actual footage from this new Transformers movie, which is a bit of a surprise, given the fact that it's going to be in theaters on June 27, 2014. Several other films that are circling release dates next summer brought footage to Comic-Con, from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past. Those clips haven't surfaced online (yet), but the studio at least had reels to show to fans. It's likely that Bay's Autobots and Decepticons rely so heavily on special effects that there isn't anything yet to show, but a teaser trailer hitting theaters or online in the next few weeks would ease my mind about the direction of this sequel.
While we wait, let's speculate: What the hell is that thing on which Bay and his cast are posing? It looks alien in nature. At the same time, it could be a spike on the shoulder or back of a massive Transformer. We don't know a lot about where this latest chapter is going, but Dark of the Moon and Revenge of the Fallen made strides in connecting the Transformers on our planet with other robots occupying location in space. Whatever they are standing on, it could be a way to communicate with other Autobots. Or something entirely different.
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25Moses called to the Lord. So the Lord showed him a tree. Moses put the tree in the water. When he did this, the water became good to drink. In that place, the Lord judged the people and gave them a law. The Lord also tested the faith of the people.
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For more than 1500 years the basic technology of Maya weaving has remained the same. Contemporary Maya weavers still use the backstrap loom to create the dazzling textiles and clothing they wear today, just as their ancestors did in pre-Columbian times.
"Flowers for the Earth Lord: Guatemalan Textiles from the Lowe Art Museum" marks the first curated exhibition of the museum's extensive holding of Guatemalan Maya textiles and features many colorful costumes unique to the highland villages where they were made.
Curated by University of Miami anthropology professor Traci Ardren, the exhibit includes 125 textiles dating from the early Twentieth Century, many donated to the Lowe by Mesoamerican archaeologist Samuel Lothrop, who began collecting Guatemalan textiles during visits to the region in the 1920s.
"Flowers for the Earth Lord: Guatemalan Textiles from the Lowe Art Museum"
Through November 12. Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr, Coral Gables; 305-284-3535, www.lowemuseum.org .
The show is complemented by historical photographs and a selection of contemporary pieces from the Lowe's Maya folk art collection of wooden slingshots and dance masks and several pieces from its pre-Columbian collection. A handful of paintings and prints is also scattered throughout.
A classic Maya cylinder vase from Petén, Guatemala, circa 700-900 A.D., depicts a woman cradling a large platter on which a dance mask or perhaps a severed human head sits. She is dressed in a black floor-length huipil with brocaded god motifs.
The image trumpets the lasting appeal of the huipil, a blouse worn by a Mayan queen more than 1000 years ago that is still popular today.
Traditional Maya clothing is gender specific, typical of the wearer's home village, and often indicative of a person's background and status.
Near the ancient vase, contemporary eye-catching huipils from weaving villages such Chichicastenango, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Comalapa, and Nahualá are handsomely displayed, as are brightly patterned sashes, hair ribbons, shawls, pants, jackets, belts, and utility cloth or tzute .
A mannequin displays a typical man's garb from the early part of the past century, featuring a knee-length shirt, striped short pants, a plain red belt, a red head cloth, and an elaborate sash emblazoned with geometric patterns. Similar men's costumes appear on two figures in Indigenous Eye Doctor, a painting by Mariano González Chavajay.
A section of the exhibit has been devoted to textiles used by religious fraternities, or cofradías, during feast days venerating the saints. These pieces are among the most elaborate garments in the show. Typically no expense was spared to create the beautiful clothing, worn only during solemn ceremonies and often used to cloak the wooden image of a saint carried in ritual processions through village streets.
One striking example is a cofradía huipil from Nebaj fashioned from three white cotton panels and featuring a lush field of red and purple animals and rainbow-hue geometric shapes decorating its center. Purple cotton fabric adorns the blouse's neckline.
A spectacular pillowcase-size cofradía tzute (ceremonial utility cloth) boasts a rich blue background with a linear design. Finished with a burst of color and depicting mythological birds such as a double-headed eagle, the elaborate detail of the cloth reflects its creation for sacred use.
At the exhibition's entrance, a pair of albumen prints by Eadweard Muybridge, the noted nineteenth-century English photographer who tooled around Central America after being acquitted of the murder of his wife's lover, document his visit to Guatemala in 1875.
In Laundry at Quetzaltenango, Muybridge captures a group of Quiché Maya women scrubbing clothes on stone washboards. Many of the ladies wear the same type of garb represented throughout the exhibit. Tzutes and other hand-woven textiles dry on the ground nearby.
In First Day of the Coffee Season, the pioneer shutterbug recorded women at a plantation ready to pick coffee beans. The figures in the photograph wear a cornucopia of different styles, including work-friendly cortes, traditional wraparound skirts allowing free movement.
On an opposing wall, Richard B. Hoit's 1936 silver gelatin print, Types of Boys from Different Provinces of Guatemala, depicts three dapper young fellows wearing the traditional traje the local costume of Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, common during the period but rarely donned today.
In the exhibit there are standout examples of 1950s Mayan men's duds, including a two-panel red headdress decorated in a zigzag motif with silk tassels garnishing its four corners. It one of the oldest of its kind in the Lowe's collection
The exhibit also features a remarkable collection of wooden slingshots typically used by farmers to hunt small game in their cornfields.
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Although most of the textiles were fashioned by women, the intricate slingshots, sculptures in themselves, were created by Mayan men who also carved the wooden pipe heads and ceremonial masks on display.
The slingshots range in iconography from sacred birds such as a quetzal the national symbol of Guatemala to dogs mating, a mother nursing her child, even a man in a coffin.
Many of the images shared in the woven textiles and wooden slingshots seem to represent mythical figures and animals central to Maya culture.
Even though the global market appears to have swooped buzzardlike upon Guatemala's master Maya weavers, and their handmade textiles have become increasingly prized by tourists and serious collectors alike, "Flowers for the Earth Lord" transports visitors to a sacred realm of imagery that conveys an undeniable sense of a people bound by deep roots and enduring pride.


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What color is both appropriate and inappropriate for a bathroom? Pea/pee green?
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What color is both appropriate and inappropriate for a bathroom? Pea/pee green?
Spotted at another home recently. A new trend? Urine the know with this blog!
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Chandler, Arizona home with a cluttered living room.
Movie collection! In a Phoenix living room. About 20 videocassettes per shelf, six shelves per bookcase, five bookcases; about 600 movies. At $5 each, that's $3000 spent. At $10 each, that's $6000 spent. Would take you almost 2 years to watch each one again. If they're DVDs, double the number. And about 50 family photos.
Different Phoenix living room. Seems neat and organized (A+ for symmetry), but it blocks the window.
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Painting a concrete floor is a good idea, for about a week.
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Slap some paint on at random and call it an antique finish. Then paint a mural of people sitting on striped concrete.
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Uh, oh. That's gonna be a problem. This is right above the shower.
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This Gary, Indiana kitchen's full of stuff.
Their furniture is covered in plastic.
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Different Smile is a glorious buffet for the ear. Kaz Simmons' hypnotic voice is deliciously infectious. Her arrangements eagerly explore form and meter. This work comes hot out of the creative, sonic bakery. Listen to the unique sounds of her writing, use of spaces, and lyrical storytelling. Refreshingly uncommon and delightfully captivating.
Demonstrating growing "artistry," all songs are either written or arranged by Ms. Simmons and are woven to incorporate her talented music mates. Fearless to the prospect of outside criticism, Different Smile cuts a new path departing from her 2005 debut release, Take Me Home. Exit the Jazz Standards. Enter waves of fresh writing, arranging and expression.
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"Mantra", an original composition, kicks off the recording with a 5/4 meter floating over light and subtle cymbal patterns by Dave Smith on Drums. The lyrics seem to plead for an affirmation in the midst of an emotional storm, that "all will work in the end." Strength can come out of periods of turmoil.
A beautiful interpretation of a Carlos Antonio Jobim's composition follows. Start off with a storm brewing on the coast of the sea. The clouds quickly burn away and the journey on the "Estrada Do Sol" (Road to the Sun) begins. As the arrangement develops it is clear this road has many paths, masterfully explored through improvisation by Ivo Neame (piano) and Sam Crockatt (tenor sax.)
Whenever a singer grabs a song done by Nina Simone, inherent danger lurks. The unique sound and emotional power of Ms. Simone's music left an indelible mark on any song she touched. Trying to replicate requires a delicate balance of respect to the history and of an eye to the modern. The interpretation of "If You Knew" is well arranged and performed. A well calculated risk.
"How Can I Be Sure?" supports an overriding project theme which contains songs of uncertainty and speculation in the storyline. Once this tune is turned over to the supporting ensemble, Ms. Simmons can rest assured she is in good hands. Deft Fender Rhodes work by Ivi Neame, brief but tasteful note dustings by Sam Crockatt's saxophone, earthy and dark percussive expression by Dave Smith locks down the all the certainty this writer needs to be sure that this recording is worth a serious listen.
There is much more for the listener to explore so check it out. Different Smile delivers an intriguing second chapter to Ms. Simmons' accelerating musical journey.
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This mounts to the normal Z switch mount and allows you to adjust it with precision. I use a clamp to jam a nut in the small piece. With a screw to get it lined up just right. Then a nail file to make them fit , but snugly inside each other. The bottom support was added after testing mine at .4 infill without it and observing twist. This prevents twisting which would introduce error. The little holes may need drilling, the big ones should be fine for the spring screw. You want it to be really tight so vibration wont make it turn. Print at 1 infill.
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Happy to report , although lock nuts on the top of the bed was a serious pain to set the first time because you have to capture the bottom with a wrench to adjust it while it is hot , once I got it set it has been turn on the printer, warm up, hit print and watch flawless first layer after flawless first layer. I havent had to touch it since I set it.
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I am constantly feeling nausea and at night when I lay down if I lay flat down I feel like I'm about to throw up it also feels like thick liquid is in my stomach and wants to come up but I don't like vomiting I really hate it ive also been haveing some on and off stomach pain and a lot of discomfort I don't use the bathroom really at,all not a lot the doctor told me to take 2 capfuls of miralax a day I've been using Walgreens brand but now haring the real brand and only 1 capful could this be causing it? the doctor said after 3 days of using it nausea should be gone but it came back.
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The symptoms could be exacerbation of the GERD or gastric reflux. It could also be hiatal hernia. Treatment is a combination of drugs to reduce the acid and lifestyle changes. You will need to take a combination of medications (under medical supervision) like a proton pump inhibitor such as omeprazole, lansoprazole or pantoprazole empty stomach in the morning and an antacid gel after meals for complete relief. Possibility of H pylori infection too should be looked into by a carbon urea breath test and a combination antibiotic tried. Many a times a persisting H pylori infection can be the cause behind acidity not responding to treatment.
Life style changes that will help include: Drink cold milk. Avoid heavy meals and eat frequent small meals. Avoid too much of caffeine, tea, smoking, fried food and drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic fuzzy ones. Avoid heavy exercises within 4 hours of a heavy meal. Raise the head end of the bed by pillows to 30 degrees. Avoid lying down for least 2 hours after food. Maybe these tips will help you.
If these tips do not help, then liver function test, pancreatic enzymes, and HIDA scan for gall bladder should be done. Food intolerance and inflammatory bowel conditions such as IBS, Crohnâs, celiac etc should be considered. Log in what you eat and see if there is a correlation between a certain food type and the symptoms.
You should consult a gastroenterologist (a specialist who looks after the diseases of our digestive system) or a physician for this if these tips reduce your symptoms. You may need upper GI endoscopy for confirmation and to know the degree of damage. Hope this helps. Take care!
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The Houston school district is an absolutely terrific, terrific place to be a teacher -- it's "nationally recognized" and it's got "great benefits" and "good pay."
At least it's a terrific place to work according to the Houston school district, which has launched a teacher-recruiting campaign based on those selling points. And apparently it's a terrific place to work according to three local media outlets who have made five-figure contributions to the district to help fund its $100,000 drive.
The Houston Chronicle and television stations KTRK (Channel 13) and KXLN (the Spanish-language Univision affiliate) have all made sizable donations to the campaign, mostly through producing advertisements and donating the space or airtime for them.
The estimated value of what KTRK is donating is $34,200, says HISD spokeswoman Heather Browne; the district will actually pay only $10,000 for the services and airtime, resulting in a net donation of $24,200. Net donations from the Chron and KXLN will be $10,851 and $12,550, respectively.
The recruitment campaign, developed by local PR firm Sachnowitz & Co., will also be funded by Infinity Outdoor Advertising, Bill Young Productions, the outdoor-advertising firm Eller Media and other donors.
"The district and our media partners recognize the need to get the word out," Browne says. "I don't see that there would be any conflict or any swaying of their coverage of the district -- they just recognize the need for teachers. This is a way for the partners to work with us."
Hey, they're not just reporters covering the district -- they're Media Partners!
The Chron did mention its involvement in the campaign in a June 19 story about the drive. That's a change from the past, where the paper has contributed generously to political campaigns without informing its readers -- most notably, its donating almost $140,000 in free advertising a few years ago to the group supporting a new baseball stadium. (The Chron didn't exactly highlight its involvement with the HISD campaign: A buried paragraph listed the ten donors, and the paper's name was sixth on that list.)
The current teacher-recruiting drive is the biggest PR campaign the district has done in 20 years, Browne says. The previous campaign tried to convince people that the district's budget and tax burden were justified; she said she thought the Chronicle and other media also participated back then but couldn't come up with any evidence by press time.
The Chronicle didn't deign to talk about the current campaign; in the past officials have said that such decisions are made by the ad department and not the editorial side, and in no way do they influence any reportage. We assume they'd say the same thing now.
Howard Kurtz, the media critic for The Washington Post and CNN, says news organizations often donate money for what they term "community causes," but he adds, "It always makes me uncomfortable. Sure, the donation comes from the corporate side, not the newsroom, but such payments inevitably raise questions about whether the coverage might be affected." KTRK news director Dave Strickland was unaware of the campaign, or his station's contribution to it, when first contacted. He thought at first it might be a contribution from Disney, which owns the station. He didn't want to comment without doing some digging first; the digging, unfortunately, took longer than our deadline.
Small-Town News
KPRC is apparently having a hard time weaning itself from the contest fixation that springs up every sweeps period.
The giveaways always boost Channel 2's ratings, but apparently you can't just keep giving money away. So the station has looked to the nation's proud neighborhood associations for its latest gimmick: It will be conducting a Yard of the Month contest.
We hear that PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is mightily pissed that KPRC beat them to the punch on this. And, of course, KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota, thinks it owns the concept, which regularly produces must-see sweeps-month viewing among the 14 people with lawns in that market.
Undeterred, KPRC will enhance Houston's international-city reputation by giving $500 to the person with the best darn lawn around, beginning in August. "KPRC will send the Garden Guy and a camera crew to your home," the station's Web site informs potential winners.
Next up for Channel 2: a potluck dinner for everybody, with honors to Best Casserole.
A camera crew will be sent to the lucky chef's home, we're sure.
Unassailable Logic
There's absolutely no arguing with the headline on the Chronicle's June 26 editorial: "Exploding Phones Won't Help Cause of Peace in Mideast."
Still, we're sure that if there are any readers out there who believe that, to the contrary, exploding phones might just be the key to ending thousands of years of religious strife in that war- torn land, their views will no doubt find a place in the Chron's letters-to-the- editor section.
Those opinion-venting letter writers couldn't do much worse than our own Mayor Lee P. Brown, who penned a missive published in The New York Times June 27.
We'd be tempted to say someone on Brown's staff actually wrote it, but the three-paragraph letter is so stunningly filled with clichés and triteness that it has the unmistakable imprint of that uniquely Brown charisma.
Hizzoner was writing in response to a somewhat over-the-top June 22 Times article headlined "In Hazy, Humid Houston, The Mosquitoes Are Winning. Big."
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The mayor's opening line: "Yes, we are dealing with numerous problems in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison, but the real story is the tremendous 'can-do' spirit of our citizens."
Ah, the "tremendous 'can-do' spirit of our citizens." The sad part is that you can close your eyes and envision Brown saying just that in a speech. Although closing your eyes is not recommended during a Brown speech, given the difficulty of opening them back up.
Brown's thunderous conclusion noted that many Houstonians were adopting a family in the aftermath of Allison. "Like me," he wrote, "they will not rest as long as one person in Houston is still affected by the storm."
Seeing as how contractors are talking about six-month waiting lists, Mayor, you're going to go a long time without getting any rest.


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I thought that it would take Bravo a long, loooooooong time to find someone to replace Mama Elsa from Real Housewives of Miami in my book of "Ridiculous People I Hope to Become ".
But no. Leave it to Sir Andy Cohen to prove me wrong and slap me silly this quickly. I am not a decorator, and do not know anything about interior design other than the dozens of design blogs I look at for pure eye candy, but Million Dollar Decorator is amazing.
I can't help but notice the glaring similartities to this batch of obnoxious catty women:
– The main characters think they are God's gift to earth & SO important
– Everyone has a serious foreign accent (although subtitles aren't needed to understand them like Miami…. I swear I read more off the bottom of the screen than I did watch the show with those chicks)
– There is a looney foreign lady who loves to booze and will be THE STAR of the show
*via design blahg
her recap of this show is PERFECTION
Introducing: Jacqueline. She wears sweet ensembles, drinks like a fish, and is really the main person that will keep me watching this show.
(oh who am I kidding I'll watch a snail crawl across TV if it's on Bravo).
Mama Elsa: you better start your own show or get another DUI, because Jacqueline just took your place as queen bee in my eyes, and we're only one episode in!


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Do you hate boring gym games? Rock, paper, scissors sound familiar? This is the ultimate action packed game that everybody loves; It's called benchball
1Set-up the game. Put 2 benches at both ends of the gym. Mark the middle with pylons and put 10 gator balls on the line.
2Make teams. Divide your group of people in 2 equal groups. Girls against boys is always fun!
3Choose a catcher. Pick 1 person to stand on the opposite bench to catch the balls thrown.
4Start the game. Each team puts their hand on their wall and waits for the buzzer.
5Throw to your teammate. When the buzzer sounds both teams race to the centre of the court to get the gator balls. Your goal will then be to throw to your teammate on the bench. If he/she makes the catch you join him/her on the bench trying to catch more balls from your team. You cannot pass centre.
6Prevent the catch. At the same time as trying to get on the bench, you have to prevent other people from joining their team on the bench by trying to block any throws or intercept any throws. By doing this you are preventing the people on the bench from the other team to make any catches.
7Falling off the bench. If a person falls off the bench they have to return to their side and try to return to the opposite bench.
8Winning the game. Once your whole team is on the bench you've won the game and you can reset to play again. Make sure you high five the opposing team. The winner receives bragging rights.
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Sawyer on 20/20 to Hit Starr with Carville-Like Attacks
1) For Wednesday's 20/20 Diane Sawyer hits Ken Starr with the Clintonista spin: "Do I have a right to ask you about your sex life?" "Is this a witch hunt?" "When are you going to wrap this up?" "People wonder if you understand human frailty."
2) Sunday on CNN's Cold War: The Cuban missile crisis. The Soviets were "threatened" by the U.S. and reacted in "fear," which almost led the U.S. to annihilate the world.
3) CBS News showed Kevorkian's killing, but in 1992 they covered up video of aborted fetuses, denouncing it as tasteless.
Correction: The November 22 CyberAlert twice identified Debra Dickerson as a USA Today reporter and once referred to her as U.S. News & World Report Senior Editor. I was wrong more often than correct. She's with U.S. News.
Note to readers: Given this is a holiday week, I hadn't intended to send any CyberAlerts after Monday's, especially not one on the day before Thanksgiving. But the news media never let the bias rest, so neither can I nor you ever-vigilant CyberAlert readers. So today an edition on two holiday week news broadcasts that, based on their promos, will deliver a very slanted product. And a third item about an interesting liberal bias angle to last Sunday's 60 Minutes story with Kevorkian administering a lethal dose of drugs to a Lou Gehrig's disease sufferer.
(NYPD Blue watchers who taped but have not seen Tuesday's episode: skip this paragraph. An example of art imitating life: the plot of Tuesday's NYPD Blue on ABC delved into euthanasia. Writing "Detective Bobby Simone," played by Jimmy Smits, out of the series the writers began the season by giving him a heart condition that requires him to get a transplant. In Tuesday's 90- minute episode, with his heart failing, drugs not getting an infection under control and an abscess discovered in his brain, the doctor agrees to his request to let him pass away without any last-minute medical intervention.)
News isn't hiding the antagonistic, anti-Starr investigation slant of
Wednesday's 20/20 interview with the independent counsel. They're
promoting it. Here's a promo I caught, during Tuesday's NYPD Blue, for the
November 25 show:
Actually, I believe Starr was asked in his House appearance questions matching Sawyer's second and third queries.
And advertising it. Here's the text of a quarter page display ad run in many papers on Tuesday:
Tomorrow night, in an exclusive interview, Diane Sawyer asks Ken Starr the tough questions: Is this a witch hunt? Was all the salacious detail necessary? What do you really think of the Clintons? When will it all end? No matter which side you're on, the answers will surprise you.
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And talking about it. At least about how it's a "very combative" interview. Here's an item from Peter Johnson's "Inside TV" column in Tuesday's USA Today:
DIANE'S CHAT: "For me, it was the first time to get a sense of who he really is," ABC's Diane Sawyer said Monday, after spending three "very combative and very engaged" hours Saturday with independent counsel Ken Starr for Wednesday's 20/20. Although "people will be surprised that he laughs," she said, "you get a sense of the life of a man who planned the prom, but didn't go because his religious upbringing forbade dancing." Sawyer promises "big surprises about how revealing he is personally, about the colliding forces of a prosecutor who says he is doing his job and a political environment which says, 'Stop.' I think people will come away with a lot clearer sense of what the core debate is. We all sit around dinner tables and argue this endlessly. One of the things he's doing is saying, 'Just stop with me for a minute and examine how I saw my job.'"
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He laughs? Wow. Why would anyone but a Starr hater be "surprised" that he laughs"? Well, I guess those who accepted the mean-spirited, hateful media caricature of him would surprised.
It looks like the interview will match the ad, at least based upon the excerpts featured on the abcnews.com Web site. While Starr gets time to forward his perspective, a fresh view for network news watchers, the focus of the interview seems to be on making Starr respond to his critics. Sawyer presses Starr with questions from the Clinton camp's side which sees the whole thing as an invasion of a personal life, not an investigation of a public misdeeds and deceit. She emphasizes personalities, not the law, as if Starr's sexual habits or whether he understands "human frailties" should have any relation to whether President Clinton should answer for committing perjury and lying to the public and then covering up both for months.
-- Sawyer: "As you know, you have been cast in the role of a moral crusader in an ambiguous world; that you are self-righteous, sanctimonious; that you have moral certainties into areas where other people have doubt and humanity. What do you think about extramarital sex?"
-- Sawyer, probably
referring to the collective wisdom in the ABC newsroom: "I cannot
tell you how many people have said to me, 'Ask him. Ask him about his
life.' Do I have a right to ask you about your sex life?"....
-- Sawyer: "So to the people who say you're a prude, you're a puritan, you're the sex police, you say what?"
-- Sawyer in the only question James Carville would have rejected: "If, if Bill Clinton is allowed to get away with this, will the American legal system be cracked, be shattered?"
-- Sawyer: "Linda
Tripp, Linda Tripp leaving your office and going home and talking to Paula
Jones' attorneys that night, I mean, at the very least, is this control of
your witness?"
-- Sawyer: "By
somebody's account, I think there were 62 mentions of the word breast, 23
of cigar, 19 of semen, and that there is a way of summarizing these things
and talking about the dates and the times."
To read the entire set
of excerpts posted by ABC News, go to:
Sunday's installment of CNN's Cold War series promises another episode from the perspective that "fear" drove the Cold War. In this case, threats and fear from the United States which then almost caused nuclear annihilation in response. Here's the promo text, from the cnn.com/coldwar Web page, for the episode titled "Cuba, 1959-62."
"Threatened by U.S. missiles near its borders, the Soviet Union plans to retaliate by placing short-and medium-range missiles in Cuba. Fearful of another U.S.-backed invasion, Cuban President Fidel Castro agrees. But when the United States discovers the missile sites, the world teeters on the brink of World War III."
This episode will air Sunday night, November 29 at 8pm and 12am (technically Monday morning) ET, that's 5pm and 9pm PT.
For more on the slant of
the series, check two previous CyberAlerts. First, a summary
of a story on FNC critical of the series:
research for MRC Chairman L. Brent Bozell's syndicated column condemning
60 Minutes for showing Kevorkian's video, the MRC's Tim Graham recalled
quite a contrast in how CBS News reacted in 1992 to a candidate who showed
aborted fetuses in a campaign ad.
So if CBS is in the game of presenting heinous video in the service of "socially useful" causes, has this network ever aired footage of one of the 37-million-plus legal abortions in the United States? Actually, when a congressional candidate presented a campaign ad in April of 1992 showing grotesque footage of murdered babies, CBS was there -- to condemn it on their evening news show.
Reporter Wyatt Andrews fulminated: "Michael Bailey, an anti-abortion candidate for Congress in Indiana today began airing what cold be the most tasteless ad ever shown on television. What's more, he's a candidate, protected against censorship, no one can stop him." But CBS did stop him: they covered up the pictures with a big gray screen. Andrews concluded: "TV stations in Indianapolis and Louisville are questioning whether Bailey is abusing the law, whether under FCC rules, any zealot with a candidate's filing fee can put anything on TV...Tastelessness in television may not be new, but this case is unique."
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text: What will it take for Tom McRae to get a break? He's had a Mercury nomination, his songs have featured on TV soundtracks and poet Simon Armitage even rhapsodises about this album on McRae's website, but – commercially, at any rate – he's an also-ran. Never mind, The Alphabet of Hurricanes reinforces his status as one of Britain's better songwriters. Using banjo and mandolin, he's made a beautiful, contemplative record. Titles like American Spirit and John Wayne Summer reflect it being written in New York, and his stint there has also added a parched, folkloreish sensibility that memorably offsets his English melancholia. A couple of highlights are Told My Troubles to the River – a dusty acoustic blues reminiscent of John Hiatt – and Me & Stetson, which takes a country-blues lament and whirls it into a mad hoedown, and there are half a dozen more where they come from.


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It's one of those fun plays, a gadget that gets crowds to their feet, gives offenses some razzle-dazzle and gives defenses something else to think and worry about. It's a play that always seems to go a long way or go nowhere at all.
When it goes well, it's Norv Turner's kind of play.
"I'm a big reverse guy," said the Chargers coach. "People used to complain in a couple places I've coached that I ran too many reverses."
He's running more of them now. Last Sunday, the Chargers so enjoyed the sight of Vincent Jackson taking the ball around the corner for 17 yards against the Denver Broncos, they later called for a second reverse and got 13 more yards from the wide receiver.
In both cases, the blocker directly ahead of Jackson as he carried the ball was quarterback Philip Rivers, though that wasn't why the NFL's top-rated quarterback yesterday was named the league's Offensive Player of the Month for December.
"He's a football player," said Turner of his quarterback. "He knows how to take care of himself. He did a good job of faking the block and getting out of the way."
By making the call, Turner not only made more work for the Indianapolis Colts as they prepare for Saturday's playoff game, but he also was making a statement about his faith in Rivers' physicality. The coach said he restrained himself from calling such a play through the earlier part of the season because he knew Rivers was rebounding from postseason knee surgery.
"The quarterback has to be the lead block," Turner said. "One thing that's kinda gotten lost in what's happened because Philip's played so well is that last March, we're sitting here wondering if he can be ready for training camp, ready for the season. What he's done has been remarkable."
OK, so he's not Lorenzo Neal on the lead block. Rivers did prove an impediment to defenders trying to get at Jackson.
"All (last) week we're doing that play (in practice)," said LaDainian Tomlinson, smiling. "We joked with Philip about it, that (his) may be the block that springs Vincent. (Rivers) came back (Sunday) and said, 'Dang, I missed it.' I was thinking to myself, 'Were you surprised?' "
Starting to hear his name mentioned more in league MVP conversations, Rivers was almost off the charts in December. He completed 80-of-121 passes for 1,054 yards, with just one interception, in leading the Chargers to four straight victories and their highly improbable rise to another AFC West championship.
Rivers is the second Chargers player to win the monthly award this season. Darren Sproles was named the top special-teams player in September.
LT, Gates skip practice
Tomlinson (strained groin) and Antonio Gates (sprained ankle) were withheld from practice yesterday, but could be back on the field today, according to Turner.
As insurance against Tomlinson's unavailability for Saturday, though, the Chargers are likely to activate running back Michael Bennett for the first time since they acquired him off waivers on Nov. 12.
"That's one of the things we have to consider," said Turner, who also said he hopes Tomlinson and Gates "can get out and run around" in today's practice. Tomlinson said he didn't expect to do much in drills.
"Part of (the problem) for me last year was trying to push it in practice, so it got sore the next day," said Tomlinson, hobbled and sidelined by injury during last year's postseason. "I'd rather push it in the game, then let it be sore the next day."
Tomlinson said the fact the Chargers have played the Colts so many times – five games since 2004, including last year's playoffs and this year's regular season – minimized the effect of missed practice time.
Tomlinson played little more than two quarters before leaving Sunday's game with the injury, but he still did enough damage – 96 yards on just 14 carries – to the Denver Broncos to warrant the FedEx Ground Player of the Week award for last weekend.
Concerned about field
Turner expressed concerns over the fact that by Saturday night, Qualcomm Stadium will have hosted four games in less than two weeks, including the Chargers' regular-season finale, the Poinsettia Bowl and Holiday Bowl.
"I was disappointed they didn't re-sod the whole field," said Turner. "They did it between the numbers, inside the numbers (after the high school championship games on Dec. 12). It was in great shape the other night when we played on it. It's obviously gotten torn up. I know some of our players have asked about it, but there's not a whole lot we can do right now."
Additional re-sodding was done yesterday to replace the logos from the Holiday Bowl.
Lucky 13
The Colts and Chargers will set a league record this weekend – longest combined winning streak for opposing teams in the wild-card round. The Colts have won nine straight, the Chargers four.
Colts injury update
Indianapolis offensive linemen Mike Pollak and Jamey Richard both missed practice yesterday with ankle injuries.
Pollak, a starting guard, and Richard, a backup center, are coach Tony Dungy's two biggest questions heading into Saturday's game. Safety Bob Sanders, the 2007 Defensive Player of the Year, also rested but was not listed with an injury.
Five other Colts did not practice yesterday, including linebacker Gary Brackett (broken leg), who Dungy said would not play this week.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
A Dark Figure
However, one night he saw something he couldn't ignore. It was late at night and my coworker was in bed. His children and wife were out of town so the house was quiet. Something woke him from his sleep and he opened his eyes to see a dark figure standing in the corner staring at him. At first, he assumed the figure was of natural origins. Being a proper Southerner, he reached for his gun to drive the intruder from his home. Upon careful inspection, he knew the figure wasn't anything that could be driven away by a gun. He blinked and pinched himself trying to make sure he wasn't trapped in some bad dream. The figure remained. Finally, the figure left. He never told his family about the event. He didn't want to scare them, but he'll never forget the shadowy figure that lived in the old house, deep in South Alabama.
4 comments:
- magikalseasons said...
These kind of tales are the best!
- March 5, 2014 at 5:00 AM
- The Moonlit Stitch said...
How can so few words grip me so fast and leave me wanting more? ~*~Lisa
- March 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM
- Julie said...
Great story. I wonder who or what the shadowy figure was, humm.
- March 6, 2014 at 8:06 AM
Ghosts are very real.. I know..one of the following stories, I can vouch for. And trust me, the experiences are not pleasant.. the other ones are also based on real incidents that happened in different parts of India:
- September 16, 2014 at 9:49 AM
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