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Islamic State militants are among those who are "taking advantage of paths of least resistance" to reach Europe alongside desperate refugees, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove said.
Gen Breedlove said the extremist group is "spreading like cancer" and "threatening European nations" by joining the vast movement of refugees escaping conflict in the Middle East.
During testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen Breedlove was asked whether IS will continue to infiltrate refugee flows.
He responded: "I think that they are doing that today."
Fears about IS fighters infiltrating Europe and the US have fuelled legislation to crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the US.
A new bill passed by the House of Representatives would require FBI background checks and individual sign-offs from three high-ranking federal officials before any Syrian or Iraqi refugee could enter the US.
The legislation cleared the House in November in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.
But Senate Democrats are opposing the changes, saying they reflect Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call to bar Muslims from coming to the US.
Gen Breedlove said in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, "legitimate" refugees began fleeing the region.
But he said that situation has changed in recent months.
"This criminality, the terrorists, and the returning foreign fighters are clearly a daily part of the refugee flow in Europe," he said.
"What we have seen is that this is putting great pressure on the nations of Europe."
Almost 130,000 migrants have reached Europe by sea since the beginning of this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration.
The number of arrivals in the first two months of 2016 is more than 11 times as many as the same period last year.


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This organization is amazing. Everyone involved is an unpaid volunteer. CUE helps families in their most desperate time of need and help search for missing loved ones with no regard to race, sex, religious affiliation or social/economic status. Searches can include trained canine units, trained water search, rescue and recovery teams, medically trained personel, and too many more to list here. All of these services are offered at no cost to families. Based in Wilmington, NC, CUE and their volunteers will travel anywhere in the country to help find the missing. I have been involved with CUE for about 8 years and have witnessed first hand what a blessing these people are to the community they serve so selflessly. Every missing person and their family is important to CUE. They are an organization that you hope you never need but if you do, they will be there. I have never met anyone who has worked with CUE who hasn't been touched in a positive way. Even people who have not experienced the emotional turmoil of having a missing loved one( like so many of us in this organization have), once they hear the stories, and witness the nature of this group, can't help but want to be a part of it.
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Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock
Introducing his engaging oral history, Fornatale, an author and longtime New York radio personality, admits that his attempt to parse fact from fiction regarding an endlessly mythologized pop culture milestone, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, isn't always easy. It has been four decades, after all, and most of Fornatale's 110 sources spent that rainy August weekend in a hallucinogenic haze. But Fornatale does bring new stories to light, revisits old stories and dispels some common misperceptions. Among others, festival production manager John Morris reveals how close the festival came to being shut down by the National Guard; filmmaker Michael Wadleigh explains the choices behind his groundbreaking documentary Woodstock ; original Sha Na Na guitarist Henry Gross tells drinking stories featuring Jimi Hendrix; and attendee Jim Marion reflects on leaving the festival early and disappointed. Fornatale lets his subjects carry the story, providing cogent artist histories and conversational segues in this vivid portrait. (July)
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What is Maker Faire?? Organized by the staff of Make and Craft magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers–anyone who is embracing DIY and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience.
Maker Faire is now accepting entries for the Maker Faire Bay Area, May 3 and 4 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
You can find all of the info for participating here, but here are some key points!
>> Entries Due: March 12, 2008. Space is limited, please submit your entry early!
>> Maker Faire Tryouts: February 17, 2008, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, noon – 4pm.
>> Notification of Acceptance: Entries submitted by March 12 will be notified by March 19.
>> Maker Bay Area: May 3-4, 2008, Hours: Saturday 10-6 pm; Sunday 10-5pm.
Tonight is the Maker Faire Town Hall at the Exploratorium from 7:00pm – 8:30 pm in San Francisco. Stop by, meet others, and give them feedback on what you want to see happen at Maker Faire.
Leah was at Maker Faire 2006 in San Mateo (I'm totally jealous)!
And Moderator Superstitch was at Maker Faire 2007 in Austin!
Which Maker Faire will you be at this year?
Maker Faire Bay Area 2008: May 3-4, 2008, San Mateo, CA
Maker Faire Austin: Oct. 18th and 19th, 2008, Austin, TX


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The Zipbeat is one of the most powerful metronomes we've ever offered. You can adjust the speed from 40 to 208 BPM, with 2 to 6 accented downbeats per measure. You can adjust the speed from 40 to 208 BPM, with 2 to 6 accented downbeats per measure. There's also a built-in tone generator, adjustable from 440Hz to 445Hz. Includes a free earphone monitor and 9V battery.
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WFMJ weatherman Mark Monstrola has an interesting forecast of his own:
A marriage in September to Shannon McGary, she of the True Tread Tire empire (or something like that).
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It's down to the final four, and he's up against some guy named Ross from Nashville.
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From the Edge: Don't attend virtual conferences? Here's what you're missing
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I thought that virtual conferences were still a thing of the future. I was wrong.
I thought that virtual conferences were still a thing of the future. I was wrong.
I recently participated in a virtual conference and was absolutely blown away on three levels:
1) The number of super-qualified leads
2) The quality of the information at the conference
3) The benefits of online communication vs. the two-minute booth handshake
Let me explain. When attendees come to a virtual conference, they register, download materials, see presentations, participate in live discussions (if they attend the first day of the conference), and participate in surveys. Companies that participate and "exhibit" by setting up a virtual booth receive all of this information regarding this particular attendee. In comparison, I know that exhibitors have trouble keeping notes, business cards, and conversations straight when they originate in booths - I've been there!
From the comfort of home/business attendees can and do log in - spend a couple of hours, receive the information they need, and move on. I'm the queen of flight delays, lost luggage, and reservation snafus. Let's see, three days of no luggage or two hours on my computer - when I want to squeeze them in--duh! Virtual conferences are archived for six months - and people do continue to come - sometimes literally in droves - so once it's over, it's not over.
In addition to real booth exhibits, there's an auditorium where you and a couple hundred others can gather to see a live presentation, complete with Q&A opportunities at the end. Except for keynotes, do you ever see this many in one room at a live conference at least recently? The conferences provide an interesting collection of panel discussions and individual conference tracks designed to provide information designers can use now.
I wrongly guessed that the communication between attendee and booth staff would be almost non-existent. Again, not true. There are visible and private IMs, emails, conferences, etc., going on -- and more than one person can be pulled in. The process of qualifying and selling actually does take place.
Do a quick Virtual Conference search on EE Times to see the number that have already taken place. Such subjects as Multicore, FPGAs , Motor Control, Medical Systems have already been covered as well as specific design-based segments such as ST's recent Virtual Conference on Robust Ecosystem = Embedded Success.
If you've attended virtual conferences already, what do you think? If not, visit some of the above links. Seems the future of these conferences is now.


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This costume is a collaboration between my good friend Emmy (emilycrossing on tumblr) and I. She's very skilled with making armor and I'm a perfectionist when it comes to details.
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- To say I'm a fan of the Mass Effect series and Commander Shepard would probably be the biggest understatement of the century. I've played each of the games multiple times and have really grown attached to the characters and the story, so naturally I wanted to cosplay from it. Having the chance to cosplay as FemShep really is a dream come true for me.
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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Rapper and TV personality Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas early Wednesday for alleged assault with a deadly weapon, officials said.
Flav's fiancee called 911 after he got in a heated argument with her and an unidentified teenager in their home, TMZ reported.
The hip-hop artist whose real name is William Drayton Jr. was booked for felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence after the alleged incident.
He is accused of threatening one person with a knife and battering the other. He is being held on $23,000 bail, TMZ said.


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A former Surrey, B.C. school teacher accused of murdering his pregnant wife will not testify and will not call any witnesses in his own defence, his lawyer confirmed Thursday in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.
Mukhtiar Panghali was charged with second-degree murder of Manjit Panghali and interfering with her remains four years ago, after the burned body of his 30-year-old wife was discovered on the beach near the Delta port five days after he reported her missing.
Panghali's defense lawyer Michael Tammen said the reason why the accused is not testifying is a complex decision, which he will not discuss publicly.
The Crown is set to make its final submissions and the trial is expected to wrap up Friday afternoon.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A top member of a U.S. House committee on natural resources said he was worried about the ecological impact of potential energy surveys of the Atlantic Ocean.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, was joined by fellow Democrats from states bordering the Atlantic in expressing their concerns to the Department of Interior and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
DeFazio and his counterparts said they were concerned about how marine mammals would be impacted by potential seismic surveys used to get a better understanding of the reserve potential offshore.
"Recent reports have shown that these activities can have significant impacts on marine mammals, fish, and their habitats, yet it is not at all clear that these impacts are being given serious consideration when decisions about offshore resource development are being made," they said in a joint statement Thursday.
The U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a five-year lease plan outlined in 2011 the reserve potential in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf is not well understood and surveys of these areas are incomplete and outdated.
Supporters of a more aggressive energy policy have called for greater access to potential Atlantic reserve basins. The National Ocean Industries Association, an industry group lobbying for more offshore work, said in a December report about 1.34 million barrels of oil equivalent per day could be produced from the Atlantic basin by 2035 and most of that would be in the form of natural gas.


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Good ideas — just make sure there are the resources. That is the main message in the joint Engineering Employers Federation (EEF)-EMTA response to the government's recent green paper on secondary education.
The associations have welcomed the proposed increase in technical content for the education of 14 to 19- year-olds. But Martin Temple, EEF director general, added: "We are concerned that the proposals will simply fall by the wayside if the issue of how schools can meet the demands of the new curriculum is not addressed."
Ann Bailey, EEF head of education and skills, amplified Temple's comments by pointing to the scale and the complexity of the resources required, especially for mentoring and careers advice.
"tThe teachers are going to need the proper resources, help and support," she said. "And if young people are expected to develop a proper learning plan, then they are also going to need support to do that, either from the teachers or external partners."
But the philosophy behind the green paper is seen as a step in the right direction. The new curriculum will let pupils pursue individual learning programmes. Industry thinks this could help promote the GCSE in engineering.
Dr Michael Sanderson, chief executive of engineering training body EMTA, said: "We and the EEF are putting a lot of energy into supporting the launch of the engineering GCSE. If that is successful, it should make a real difference in encouraging young people into apprenticeships, which is an area in which the industry has the greatest need."
Engineering needs 33 000 modern apprentices in training at any one time. Today, there are 22 000. In response, the EEF and EMTA want 400 schools to offer the engineering GCSE by 2005.
Dr Sanderson is concerned that some pupils could drop technical subjects in personal programmes in favour of more creative ones: "This is why we are putting so much energy into marketing the technical route. I'm cautiously optimistic that this won't be too much of a problem, but until we begin work on it we won't know."
For Dr Sanderson, one other aspect of the green paper that raises concern is allowing pupils to drop modern languages: "Engineering is a global business and many EMTA members are eager to operate across Europe — some larger companies move apprentices around Europe."


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Six prison guards have been injured in an attack by an inmate who was attempting suicide at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo.
The Los Angeles Times reports ( http://lat.ms/13buFxZ ) at least one of the officers was seriously injured by the inmate, who used his fists and a plastic cup to beat them.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation identified the inmate as 34-year-old Christopher McCoy, who is serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder conviction.
The newspaper says McCoy was attempting to commit suicide Thursday morning, and he is suspected of turning on the officers after they tried to stop him.
McCoy was also treated for unspecified injuries.
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Wall Street Falls After Slide on Global Markets
Friday, October 24, 2008; 1:00 PM
U.S. stocks plummeted at the opening bell this morning as investor fears of a global economic recession intensified.
In early trading, all three indices are down more than 4 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 4.2 percent, or 370 points, while the broader Standards & Poor's 500 was down 4.5 percent or 41 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 4.4 percent, or 71 points.
The big drops are foreshadowing a miserable day in trading and raise the risk that the sell off could force regular trading to be halted. The New York Stocks Exchange temporarily halts trading for set periods of time when losses reach pre-set levels -- a drop of at least 10 percent in most cases.
Bud Conrad, chief economist at Casey Research, a personal investment advisory firm, was online Friday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss what today's market decline means for the nation and individual investors.
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Bud Conradr: Hello,
I am Bud Conrad Chief Economist at Casey research. I take the long view of identifying the big picture of where our economy is headed to see how to invest.
Bud Conrad: Today opened in panic as world stock markets crashed, first in Asian being down about 9% and then in Europe with similar extremes. The Futures market was locked limit down with no trading at 550 Dow points down. It looked like we were headed toward 1929 crash.
But markets are stabilizing. Trading is not disorderly with the Dow now only down 300
Baltimore, Md.: Warren Buffett says he's buying lots of stock right now, which is probably a great idea considering the state of the market with lots of bargains out there. However, what should we be buying? Banks/securities because they're so undervalued and beaten down, blue chippers because they never fail, techs because they're still the wave of the future, foreign because it can't be as bad as it is here, or something else?
Bud Conrad: I would not be recommending hardly any stocks right now. The great imbalances in our economic system are still with us: Too much Debt of all kinds: Government Household (mostly mortgage) and international(Trade deficit induced by oil. Retiring baby boomers insure future government deficits.
Until I see the government working on these underlying problems, rather than bailing out the single financial sector, I would say we still have more problems ahead.
Chicago, Ill.: Hey Bud, yesterday Greenspan admitted there had a total collapse of the intellectual edifice. Do you see the pendulum swinging back to Keynes and his great disciple Hyman Minsk? How long will that last?
Bud Conrad: Great point of view! Being an economist, I can be critical of our profession. Neither Bernanke or Paulson got it even close to right in 2007 when I was extremely worried abut the collapse in sub prime as rolling over to the rest of the credit market. It did. The cisis is now even worse than I expected it to be.
The Pendulum has definitely swung, and Minsky's view applies very much to the current situation.
Herndon, Va.: I have an interesting hypothesis for the root cause of all this mess and it isn't Wall Street mortgage-backed securitizers, homeowners who bought too much house, mortgage brokers who gave out silly mortgages, or the housing market in general. I think that the price of oil caused everything to fall. Basically oil cost consumers too much, which cascaded into higher food and consumer prices. Those price increases in turn caused consumers to begin defaulting on credit and mortgages and then that cascaded into the system and got us to where we are now. Had oil started its slide to where it is now back in Dec. 2007 we wouldn't of had nearly as many people defaulting and probably no crash. Your thoughts?
Bud Conrad: I like your theory and I'm sure the linkage you point out of oil being so high causing slowdown contributed to the current collapse.
But it isn't the most important driver of the current mess. It is the 80 year high of too much debt everywhere, and the unwinding of that debt in the style of what happened in the 1930 and in Japan after their great credit bull market in 1989. Both were at debt leverage extremes, and both required over a decade to recover. This will be different but starts with the same causes.
Bud Conrad: I like to look ahead try to find the next story. Casey Research saw the housing and credit crisis and predicted big government bailouts. But even I am as surprised (Not quite as much as Greenspan) at how much more serious both are than I expected. So looking beyond the current situation, we should realize that the bailouts take time to have their effect, and next year the budget deficit will be double the worst we have ever had. The deficit will pressure the dollar, as the government borrows to pay for it all.
The situation of Debt Deleveraging is analogous to the 1929 collapse, but the bailouts are much bigger. The programs already in place will be about $4 trillion world wide.
The result for the long term will be weakening of world currencies, leaving gold as the safe haven in a long term play.
Mt. Vernon, Va.: What impact do you think falling oil prices will have on recessionary pressures? Might the turnaround be quicker than expected because so many business models were built around $120 plus bbl oil, rather than $60 or lower?
Bud Conrad: Yes the lower oil will help consumers, but we are beyond easy fixes. I predicted a financial crisis, but not this big. I predicted a government bailout but not this big. I talked of Bernanke being between a rock and a hard place, meaning that he could either take his job seriously and defend the dollar's purchasing power, or he could succumb to the politicians and print money to help bailout the economy. From knowing his previous writing on how the Fed did not print enough money during the 1929 depression I knew that he would take the money printing road.
There is much more financial stimulus and printing to come.
New Jersey: I think the U.S. population has in general simply become too poor to support an economy based on middle class consumption. Even before these problems, people were borrowing too much in relation to their incomes. Home prices are still way too high compared to incomes. So any solution which relies on supporting home prices is not going to work, as Americans dare not borrow more money, and they cannot afford homes at current prices.
The financial landscape is going to have to undergo serious fundamental change -- e.g. health care is going to have to go to some level of government funding paid, with current health care premiums going to fund it.
The current system is broken. I don't see how fixing the financial sector by diverting more money to it can help, when the problem is that people are too poor to borrow more.
Bud Conrad: The population in total is not particularly poor, but the distribution is very skewed toward a very rich few with the Middle class (and underclass) suffering no real wage growth in a decade.
You bring up a great point: How can Obama pay for universal healthcare if we have committed $2 trillion to bailing out the financial sector? If he wants his social programs, something else will have to give. My guess is that the new programs get added on and the the deficit gets even worse. You can make up other scenarios like slowing the bailouts or adding taxes, but all revolve around an over indebted government and that leads to a weakening dollar (in the longer term.)
Chicago, Ill.: What do you think about the huge dollar surge over the last month or so? For a while I thought the dollar was risking it reserve currency status. Is this rally a blip(temporary flight to quality) or a reversal of the long term downward dollar trend?
Bud Conrad: I was surprised by the dollar recovery after pointing out its fundamental weakness for 6 years. There are several answers: One is that the other currencies have their own flaws, as seen in the Euro area of differing government fiscal policies: the PIGS: (Portugal, Italy Greece Spain) have big deficits and are not supported by the other members. Another is that the dollar had moved so much that there wasn't a good Purchasing Power Parity. Hotels cost too much in Paris.
But the most interesting examination, that applies to the Yen even more, is unwinding the "Carry Trade" where Hedge Funds borrowed in the lower interest rate countries to invest in other things like long commodities and short financials, and leveraging greatly. That worked until it collapsed. Then the unwinding required finding dollars and yen to pay back the leverage. This is still happening with probably half the 800 hedge funds on their way out of business and a trillion of holding evaporated.
Laurel, Md.: The U.S. economy is pretty resilient and adaptable. If an outsized financial sector has been proven unsustainable, what will the next "era" in our economy look like? I don't believe it will just "stink." We'll find better ways to deploy all our resources. What do you think that will look like?
Bud Conrad: We have years of pain ahead. This is not your ordinary recession with inventory reductions and then a move backup. This is Credit unwinding of great magnitude.
But an area that will still be with us is the need for big quantities of energy from sources other than fissile fuels. This is not an easy area, but if any of the new ideas becomes viable against the diminishing supplies of traditional fuels, there could be huge winners. A source Vinod Koshla, who spoke about is plans this week at Stanford.
Fairfax, Va.: So things look better now?
Bud Conrad: Several have asked if this is a buying opportunity, or since they are looking at the long term that they should not worry. I disagree with those comforting views. THe Japanese market hit a high of 38000 in 1989 it is now at 8,000. Our stock mnarket is flat for the last decade.
Her is what is happening:
The Budget deficit will be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion next year. The highest we have been is $412 billion in 2004. Not since World War II have we had a deficit as high measured against GDP. That level will be about 10% of GDP. Borrowing a trillion will affect the Treasury market that has about $5 trillion debt publicly held. Foreigners have been buying most of our newly issued Treasuries since 1995. They have been recycling our trade deficit. Our Trade deficit has been big enough to supply foreigners with the dollars to invest in our Treasuries. But the Budget deficit is now likely to be double the Trade deficit, leaving a demand for credit of half a trillion that isn't easily provided, because US households do not save to invest.
THIS WILL LEAD TO INFLATION AND HIGHER INTERST RATES. The safe Haven in such an environment will be gold.
Harrisburg, Pa.: Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School has written how the stock market has increased at an overall average after inflation rate from colonial times to recent times of 6.8 percent. This even includes surviving several depressions. Has this new economy changed the dynamics of the market that it will no longer continue fluctuating, but doing so along an average annual increase of just under 7 percent, or should we be hopeful that, in the long run, the market will return to this average?
Bud Conrad: Jeremy is an academic (like myself adjunct at Golden Gate University) and has contributed to the understanding of earnings and long term investment.
But on the issue of buying and holding with expected returns of 7% on average, the theory misses the kind of experience we are having today. The Great Depression saw 90% losses. I mentioned Japan at 75% loss so far. Investment requires going into many markets.
For example, I recommended Corn in August 2006 because I saw the demand for ethanol. It tripled and on leverage of 20 to 1 on the commodity exchange that was a great play. I recommended shorting Soybeans On August 1 this year and that turned into a 400% return. (trade now closed)
My recommendation beyond gold, is to look for the return of inflation from the huge $2 trillion budget deficit next year, leading to higher interest rates. 3.6% 10 year Treasury is just off 40 year lows, and the likely of full fledged loss of confidence in the dollar in a decade is much higher than 3.6% IMO. There are many complex ways to make that play
Evanston, Ill.: Ah, you're a gold bug. Why is gold crashing despite the central banks of world printing money like wild fire. The Fed balance sheet has doubled in the past and the money supply is roaring yet gold is down. Please explain. Could gold see 500 again?
Bud Conrad: Gold is just about the level of a year ago when this crisis started. About every asset from houses to stocks to base metals is down around 30%. The reasons to hold gold have gotten stronger, as the government debases the dollar by $2 trillion deficits in the bailout. The blow up of leveraged investors has caused some of the speculative investors in gold to pull back.
We have the odd situation that most gold shops that sell physical coins and bullion are sold out, yet the futures market that is so wildly quoted, is down from earlier in the year. I think this is a buying opportunity brought on by deleveraging and fear that the recession will be deflationary. We are in deflation now, but my radar looking over the hill says that by next year the loss of confidence in paper currencies will bring an huge spike in the safe haven. I trust gold a lot more than the paper alternatives.
Bud Conrad: Gang,
It has been great fun!
Thanks to all who participated and do take some time to look at the long term perspectives that I have tried to suggest.
I write for www.caseyresearch.com, and you can find more there.
Bud Conrad
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by James Brumley | January 14, 2013 9:56 am
When one luxury brand stumbles, the market might see it as nothing more than a mere curiosity. But when two luxury brands start to struggle, investors become rightfully concerned.
Coach (NYSE:COH[1]) and Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF[2]) are the most recent duo of high-end goods makers to spook the market around the same time, at least partially spurred by reports and rumors of tepid December sales. Was it just coincidental that both stocks have been struggling of late, or are consumers really starting to dial back on premium purchases? If it's the latter, then more of these luxury stocks are in trouble.
The official numbers aren't in yet, but Tiffany warned us late last week to not expect much when it comes out with fiscal 2012 results — they're going to roll in at the low end of prior guidance once the year closes at the end of January.
The most recent range was between $3.20 and $3.40 per share, so any figure at all would fall short of last year's profit of $3.60. But, now that we know something closer to $3.20 is in the cards rather than a $3.40-ish number, any lingering market optimism for the stake was quelled last week.
The named culprit? Weak holiday shopping, with a pinch of missed earnings estimates. If the company doesn't earn $1.40 per share for its fourth quarter, it will be the fifth straight miss TIF has suffered.
Coach has been hammered since March, falling from a peak of $79.70 then to lows around $54 by August, where it has stayed ever since. Investors are concerned that the slow disintegration of the economy is quietly steering consumers away from splurge purchases like nice handbags … the kind where the label costs more than the bag itself.
Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL[3]) is another high-end (OK, high-ish-end) name that suggested luxury spending was fading when it fell 4% short of sales forecasts[4] last quarter. It was Europe's woes that caused the most trouble for the watchmaker. It's not a stretch to assume what's bad for the goose is also bad for the gander, meaning if Fossil is struggling there, then odds are Coach and Tiffany are, too.
Funny thing about jumping to conclusions, though — sometimes that's a huge mistake.
Before you freak out about the headlines and media spin, it might be worth a closer look at the numbers that don't quite jive with the demise of luxury spending.
Take Coach, for instance. Yeah, it allegedly has been under fire for nearly a year based on fears of stumbling sales. But the last three quarters' per-share earnings not only topped estimates — they were bigger than the year-ago figures in all three cases. If Coach is in trouble, there's no evidence of it yet.
Tiffany didn't get crushed this past holiday season, either. Its North American segment actually saw a sales increase of 3%, just a tad off from the prior year's improvement of 4%. Asian holiday sales slumped from a 19% improvement in 2011 to "only" a 13% increase for 2012.
It's Tiffany's European sales, however, that indirectly offer the most hope of all for luxury retailers. How so? Tiffany's holiday sales in Europe were up 2%, versus only gaining 1% a year earlier. No, 2% isn't much, but it's Europe — the continent that's in such dire financial straits that it's supposed to be proverbially falling into the ocean.
And just for the record: Although Coach has yet to post official Q4 numbers, the company saw an 8% increase in domestic revenue and a 15% rise in foreign sales in calendar Q3. China drove the biggest sales increase, with a 40% improvement.
Investors can take away a couple of things here:
The first is simply that these luxury names aren't necessarily hitting the wall that the headlines would make you think. It's not uncommon for consumers to say one thing and do another. Most everyone says they're cutting back on spending; few consumers actually do it. And consumers who shop at Tiffany's or Coach tend to cut back even less than the norm.
The second dose of reality that investors might want to absorb is that the media loves to connect logical dots. In this instance, the logical dots consisted of the fiscal cliff (which means high-earners will be taxed more) and luxury goods retailers (who rely on high earners to generate sales). It seems logical that if this demographic is handing over more dollars to the government, then it'll have less to fork over for Coach purses and Tiffany jewelry. Problem: There's only flimsy empirical evidence suggesting the affluent sweat paying a little more in taxes, and take it out of the shopping budget to do so.
More than that, with the fiscal cliff crisis averted — allegedly the reason purse strings were drawn so tight in the first place — if anybody truly was holding back until there was some clarity on the front, they've got that needed clarity now.
But what about the waning growth numbers for some luxury names in some locales (like the U.S. in particular)? To give credit where it's due, Jim Cramer[5] and Divine Capital Markets' Danielle Hughes[6] might be on the right track with Tiffany's woes, suggesting the company simply isn't giving American consumers what they want. Flashy jewelry and beautiful handbags can't compete with iPads and new cars, both of which are selling quite firmly. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[7]) and relative newcomer Michael Kors (NYSE:KORS[8]) are giving shoppers what they want in the United States, where tastes differ a bit from Asia's and Europe's preferences.
Bottom line? Luxury spending isn't fading. It's just being redirected, especially in the U.S. Investors just need to make sure their luxury names are the ones in touch with consumers.
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'90 4.2 W/Serp. OBA Build
This is my attempt at a write up for On Board Air for my '90 4.2 without A/C with a serpentine belt. I haven't seen any other write ups for this setup.
I picked up a York 209 from a guy on craigslist for $25. I used a lot of different write ups from the net to break it down, clean it up etc. so I'm not gonna get into all that. I used a gasket kit from Napa for the rebuild part# 207120, the kit has gaskets for the 206, 209, & 210.
Stock Bracket on the 4.2 without air and serp. belt.
And without the idler.
I thought I'd be able to fab up my own bracket, but quickly realized it was going to be way more work than I was willing to do. So I called Kilby Enterprises. Then I e-mailed them but I never got a response back from them. They don't offer a kit for the 4.2 with serp. on their site and apparently don't offer help if you're not gonna drop alot of money. I did find somewhere on their site that showed using an A/C bracket from a CJ. So, I decided they didn't want my money and called J&W Jeep in Antelope CA. I went down a picked up the bracket for $50. I don't know if this number would help anyone finding the bracket but it has a cast number of 3237579.
Here's the bracket as I got it.
I bought a new 6 groove clutch from a seller that sells compressors, cluthes and what not for big rigs on eBay for $61 to the door. Unfortunately I forgot his name and it's not in my eBay profile because I bought it direct.
On the York I left the incoming line the same as it came.
On the outlet side I cut the nipple off and tapped out the head to ¼" NPT.
Then used a compression fitting and connected a five foot section of copper tubing, that then got ran into the filter and check valve with a leader hose from there into the manifold.
I used a piece of angle iron mounted to the top of the compressor to hold the manifold. I drilled a hole in the back and then attached the leader hose to the back there. The rest of the components are general OBA type stuff.
I pulled all of the original alternator mounting bracketry off and the CJ bracket bolted right up. But I couldnt get the alternator to bolt up and be able to still move for belt adjustment. So I cut off part of the new bracket, you can see it here.
Once I had the alternator mounted I figured out that none of the stock stuff would go back in and I had no way to hold the alt. in place. I went to Kragen and bought a generic GM alternator bracket Spectre #4226 for $13. It was WAY too long so I cut it down to work for me.
I still had to trim the inner fender just a little to allow enough clearance to tighten the serpentine belt. I ended up using the Goodyear Gatorback #4060760 which is a 76 belt, the stock belt is 81.
I used ARB type hose to come out of the manifold and through a bulkhead connector into the cab. Then into the 3 gallon tank that I mounted on the rear fender well.
I made a new switch panel that was inspired from one I saw on 12voltguy.com. Its got a switch for the air and two for winch controls, now I just have to convince the wife I need a winch to go with the switches.:thumbsup:
And a somewhat complete list of parts.
York 209 Compressor $25 Craigslist
Viair Leader Hose $12 Amazon.com
Viair Safety Valve $6 Amazon.com
Manifold 5 port $5 Truckload tool sale
Pressure Switch $13 110/135 airbagit.com
Tank $33 3 gallon airbagit.com
York Gasket Kit $20 Napa
Bracket $50 J & W Jeep
Serp. Belt $32 Kragen
6 Groove Pulley $61 eBay seller
Hose & Push In Fittings $34 Poweraire.com
Alternator Bracket $14 Kragen
3/8 SMC Check Valve $13 waylayedinc.com
3/8 SMC Filter $25 waylayedinc.com
Various Fittings,Bolts, Etc. $50 (roughly) Lowes, local hardware store.
Thats pretty much it. Hope it helps someone.
What is the fitting going throught your firewall connected to the blue hose in the fourth to last picture. I'm trying to figure out how to get mine through the firewall also.
I'm 99% sure I used 3/8" hose.
bummer what happened to the pics. I am wanting to do this to my 90 I have an old compressor I bought years ago for another project. it would be perfect for this.
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That's a really fancy looking manifold for the price you paid, very cool!
On a side note, Those look like the Rancho shocks that I had on mine. It was a horrrrrrendous ride. I wish I had changed to the Bilstein 5100's much earlier. It looks like your suspension setup is significantly different though, maybe you need that rancho kind of stiffness?
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text: New "Canned" Lion Legislation by Elise Tempelhoff, Vanderbijlpark It is the end of the road for South Africa's 123 lion breeders and 3 000 canned lions. This follows a verdict in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Thursday that these semi-tame animals may only be hunted 24 months after being set free from their breeding cages. Judge Ian van der Merwe concurred with the government that biodiversity must be protected, and that the breeding of lions in captivity with the sole purpose of canned hunting, did not aid their protection. The lion breeders' request that the period of 24 months in the regulations be changed to "a few days", was dismissed with costs. Verdict welcomed Albi Modise, spokesperson for the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, said the government welcomes the verdict. "This means that the reprehensible practice of canned hunting has most certainly come to an end." Carel van Heerden, chairperson of the South African Predator Breeders Association, which took the government to court, said it was a tragic verdict. "It feels like someone has kicked me in the stomach. "The practical implications of the verdict are devastating to our industry and to all the people involved in the industry. It means that 5 000 breadwinners will soon lose their jobs, and about 3 000 (semi-tame) lions will have to be put down." The financial implications on members of the association, and the damage it will cause to the hunting and tourism industry in South Africa is incalculable, said Van Heerden. "We operate a perfectly legal business and will continue to seek justice." According to Van Heerden, the association's legal team will now study the verdict in its entirety, and then possibly apply for leave to appeal the verdict. Apparently, some of the farmers on Thursday threatened to sue the government due to the loss of income they will suffer due to the legislation. Multi-million rand industry Van der Merwe said in his verdict that lion farmers, who are currently keeping a multi-million rand industry afloat, are just worried about money and the economic losses they will suffer if the semi-tame lions must first spend two years roaming free in nature before they can be hunted. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, former minister of environmental affairs and tourism, was taken to court by lion breeders about two years ago, when he apparently wanted to "crush" their industry with regulations regarding threatened and protected species. According to the regulations, a lion which has been bred in captivity, must be self-sustaining for 24 months (in other words, hunt for prey), before it can be hunted. The lion breeders said in court papers that it would mean their downfall if the animals had to remain free for that long. They called the decision irrational. Furthermore, Modise said that while hunting makes a substantial and positive contribution to conservation management and the country's economy, the government also needs to protect a valuable resource and ensure that the industry has a sustainable future. "We need a clean hunting industry, free from unacceptable behavior which could damage the country's image."


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Is there any series in the history of video games more poorly named than Final Fantasy? There are about a dozen of these "Final" Fantasies, another dozen spinoffs, and about a dozen iterations of each game itself. Take Final Fantasy III, for instance. The game game out in 1990 and, today, you can pick up the enhanced version of the roleplaying classic for your Android devices through Google Play.
Based on the Nintendo DS version of the game released back in 2006, Final Fantasy III sees players to take control of four orphans who have been granted power by the crystal of light. They're given a mission to go out and restore order to the world, thus resulting in an epic RPG adventure seeing players travel through multiple kingdoms, dive into dungeons and kill countless monsters along the way.
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Beginning on Thursday, September 30, all of my customers who receive my monthly newsletters will also receive once a week for the next 12 weeks an e-mail from me with a Christmas idea. These ideas will feature everything Christmas from cards and tags, to gifts and packaging. If you would like to be a part of it, be sure to subscribe to my Newsletter by clicking on the "Sign Up for Kay's Stamping to Share Newsletter." It's a box that you can find over on the left side bar of my blog.
In the meantime . . . how about a cute way to keep a list? (Maybe a list of all your Stampin'Up Christmas Wishes?) This list holder has a magnetic back to stick to your refrigerator or filing cabinet. I actually made it a while back for some workshops I did this summer, but forgot to post it here on my blog. Thinking about Christmas triggered my memory!
I purchased some note pads and had one of those copy service places cut off the red line margin. That left me with a little over 4″ left which I then had cut in half to make two pads for making lists. Then, I just wrapped some Poppy Parade card stock around it, secured it with that super strong Sticky Strip tape and all that was left to do was the decorating.
To decorate it, I stamped the pretty image from Messages for Mom onto a piece of Whisper White and punched it out with the 2 x 1 3/8″ Oval Punch. I used markers to color it in, added a little Dazzling Diamonds, adhered it to the top of the list with some Stampin' Dimensionals and then it was done! ta da! Nice and quick. How's that for your first Christmas idea?
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Album Rating: 4.5A tried writing this a bit differently than usual...I usually do a quasi-tbt-overall thing. This is purely an overall review...obviously...I hope it's not too short...yall be the judge i guess...This Message Edited On 11.25.06
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This is my favorite In Flames album.
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text: Video News: United Kingdom Baby Makes Duck Face Everytime She Sees A Phone This little cutie is a quick learner! This adorable baby girl has already mastered the art of making the perfect duck face and isn't afraid to show off her skills. In fact, she can't help but make the duck face every time she sees a camera phone nearby! © DailyMotion - Tuesday, May 24, 2016


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Pentax's K100D Super; The Digital K-Mount Revolution Continues Page 2
The camera has a 6.1-megapixel APS-C-sized CCD and when combined with an 11-point
autofocus mechanism and 16-segment multi-pattern metering delivers excellent
image reproduction. The bright penta-mirror viewfinder features a 96 percent
field of view and 0.85x magnification. The K100D Super has a 2.5" LCD
monitor with 210,000 pixel resolution and while that sounds like a lot, I found
that really contrasty, backlit images sometimes exhibited a tiny bit of posterization.
A user-friendly Mode dial features Auto Picture and Picture modes as well as
Scene modes that will help SLR newbies get the best possible image under a variety
of photographic conditions.
Pentax provides software for Mac OS and Windows computers that converts its PEF (Pentax Electronic File) raw files into more portable formats. Adobe's Lightroom 1.2 and their Camera Raw 4.2 plug-in supports 14 additional digital cameras, including the Pentax K100D Super. The Adobe Camera Raw 4.2 plug-in is available as a free download for users of Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Mac OS) and 5.0 (Windows). It will not, however, work with Photoshop CS2 and previous versions.
In The Field
The Pentax K100D Super is surprisingly rugged for an inexpensive D-SLR. Sure it's covered in the inevitable fiber-reinforced polycarbonate shell, but it has a stainless steel chassis. Ergonomics are good but because I like bigger rather than smaller cameras, I missed the battery grip that's optional with the K10D. To keep the price down it uses a penta-mirror instead of a prism, but the view through the lens was never anything but clear and bright. I wished the K100D Super had an ISO 100 setting though I usually shoot at 200 anyway, but still... On the other side of the sensitivity spectrum, the camera offers ISO 3200 that produced noise levels that were tight and what you might see with images captured on ISO 800 color negative film. That didn't bother me and if it bothers you there's always Neat Image (www.neatimage.com) to reduce or eliminate digital noise.
The Pentax K100D Super permits in camera monochrome and image manipulation but not at time of capture. The Digital Filters menu is accessible when viewing the specific image you want to work with through the camera's Playback menu and includes Black & White, Sepia, Color, and Soft. A Brightness filter lets you apply plus or minus eight levels of brightness to an image file and the Slim filter lets you change the photograph's horizontal and vertical aspect ratios. After applying any of the filters and clicking the OK button, you're prompted to "Save As" and the file will save the processed image under a new name. The upside of using this process is that when a filter is applied, the color original remains untouched, but I prefer that monochrome images be captured directly. I appreciate Pentax's logic but nevertheless found it inconvenient to capture then convert a file.
Like the other Pentax D-SLRs, the K100D Super uses Secure Digital (SD) memory
cards. It is also compatible with the SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) subformat
that allows capacities in excess of 2GB and uses a different memory addressing
method that only works in SDHC compatible devices. Images captured with the
K100D Super onto a 4GB SDHC card would not work in my Belkin card reader, so
I had to replace it with a compatible reader from SanDisk. Yes, I could have
used a direct connection to the camera and that may be the short-term solution
for K100D Super shooters who lack a compatible card reader, but with prices
around $20 just go and buy a new one.
Digital infrared fans will be glad to know that the K100D Super is--when used with the appropriate filters--IR capable. The two lenses that I used with the camera (see the "New Pentax Lenses" sidebar) have large filter sizes. The 16-50mm f/2.8, for example, is 77mm so for the examples that accompany this story I used an A-sized Cokin 89B filter a.k.a. 007 and held it in front of the lens with my fingers. This is the recommended method to avoid IR dilution caused by using a modular filter holder that would allow unfiltered light to come in from the sides. Yep, sometimes I get my fingers in the shot, especially at the 16mm setting. The best way to go will be with a 77mm filter; a Hoya RM-72 filter costs $262.50, and is the sanest way to go if you are serious about digital IR. A Cokin 007 in "P" size, which should keep your fingers out of the shot, is $45.
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Judy Trussell
65, Lakeside, retired management analyst
Liked: Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) meet at their college graduation July 15, 1988. They spend the night together, exchange phone numbers and become friends; the movie shows their relationship over the next 20 years on July 15. I liked the way they show a time shot of what's happening in their relationship, through jobs, friendships, alcoholism, marriage, divorces, a child and death.
Disliked: Anne's British accent was not very well done.
Would I recommend it? If you've read the book and know what to expect, you'll enjoy it. I hadn't read the book and didn't care for the ending.
Rachelle Lopez
16, a junior at Escondido Charter High School
Liked: "One Day" was not your typical movie. Horror? No. Action? No. Comedy? No. Romance? Yes, but with a twist. The movie revolves around a date and visits that date every year from 1988 to 2011. "One Day" was more real than fairy tale. That's why I enjoyed it. Although a lot of people in the lobby afterward were talking about it being a letdown and a horrible movie, I found it interesting. It wasn't like any other romance movie; that's why I liked it. It didn't just highlight the good of life and love — it showed the low and bad parts as well.
Would I recommend it? I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. If you're a fairy-tale lover, then it's probably not a movie for you. I noticed the men in the theater all hated it, but the women I talked to liked it.


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Florida death metallers DIABOLIC have amicably parted ways with vocalist Paul Ouellette and have replaced him with ex-COFFIN TEXTS frontman Robert Cardenas. The revamped outfit are currently writing material for their upcoming fourth release, due out in spring 2003."The new material promises the unrelenting intensity and dynamics that DIABOLIC is known for," reads an official statement from the band. In other news, DIABOLIC are preparing to embark on the European Vengeance Tour 2002 with BEHEMOTH and DESTROYER 666. The trek is scheduled to kick off on November 2nd in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
DIABOLIC Replace Singer, Commence Work On New CD
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When a determined Irish Catholic priest and a tough Jewish police detective team up to solve the murder of a gorgeous showgirl, the evidence of violence and corruption they uncover tears the town apart!
Of his fast and unusual thriller Jack Webb writes: "The Big Sin was written because I needed faith in myself. So I wrote a story about faith … For all the gaudiness my story may wear as a mystery filled with violence, good is good in it, and bad, bad, ant there's strength enough in the simply faith within to swing the outcome."
Father Shanley refused to believe that Rose had committed the big sin.
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Polls suggest Sinn Fein has a chance of gaining enough seats in Parliament to become one of the country's three biggest parties.
DUBLIN — Sean Crowe, a member of the Irish Parliament, has been around long enough to remember how tough it was to attract votes when his party, Sinn Fein, was known only as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as it waged a guerrilla campaign against Britain in Northern Ireland, only an hour's drive from his Dublin constituency.
Yet after decades in which Sinn Fein was defined almost exclusively by its place in the often-violent conflict over reuniting Ireland, it appears to be on the cusp of rebranding itself as a more mainstream party in Ireland — and even to emerge as one of the primary voices of the left-leaning opposition.
Sinn Fein continues to be led by Gerry Adams, 67, who has been the party's president since 1983 and has always been closely linked to the IRA even though he has denied being a member. Adams, who won a seat in the Irish Parliament in 2011, has sought to recast the party as one opposed to the austerity policies that have dominated Irish life since the financial crisis of 2009, and as a populist alternative to the dominant parties of the center right and center left.
Polls suggest Sinn Fein has a chance in Friday's election of gaining enough seats in Parliament to become one of the country's three biggest parties, along with Fine Gael, the center-right party that leads the coalition government, and Fianna Fail, another center-right party.
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"During the conflict, there was a lot of negativity and abuse when I used to knock on doors, but now we are regarded as a serious alternative to the right-wing establishment parties who have governed this state over the years," Crowe said.
The IRA's armed campaign in Northern Ireland and Britain long held back political support for Sinn Fein in Ireland. Against a backdrop of bombs, assassinations and riots, in 1987 Sinn Fein attracted less than 2 percent of the vote in Irish elections.
But by late last year, polls showed Sinn Fein running neck-and-neck with the largest of the governing parties. Although the latest polling suggests Sinn Fein is heading into the election with somewhat lower levels of popular support, it remains strong enough that analysts give it a good chance of increasing the number of seats it holds in the 158-member Parliament into the mid-20s from 14.
Though the vote takes place shortly before the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule, Sinn Fein has campaigned on more contemporary concerns, such as hospital waiting lists, rising homelessness and the introduction of water charges, which has become a rallying cry against austerity measures.
Three weeks ago, when the date for the election was announced, the smart money was on the Fine Gael-led government coalition returning to power on the back of economic recovery, falling unemployment — and the lack of a credible alternative.
Indeed, on Thursday, Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton shared a pot of tea at a Dublin restaurant as they asked voters to keep their 5-year-old coalition government intact. But polls consistently suggest they'll lose their majority position in Parliament and will need more allies to remain in office.
Analysts said ballots from Friday's vote could take all weekend to count.
Sinn Fein's opportunity comes at a time populist, left-leaning parties movements have won converts in many European nations that embraced austerity. Yet David Farrell, a professor of politics at University College Dublin, said it would be a mistake to lump Sinn Fein in with newer left-leaning, anti-austerity movements such as Podemos in Spain or Syriza in Greece.
"They may be cut from the same cloth politically, but Sinn Fein is not some new political force, rather it is a long-established party with all of the baggage that goes with it," he said.
The ending of the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland has given the party a more mainstream appeal. Many of its senior personnel are bright, articulate and youthful enough to allow voters to forget events before the 1998 Belfast Agreement that heralded peace in Northern Ireland.
Yet Adams, who swapped his West Belfast political stronghold to win a seat south of the border in County Louth in the last election, has again been a lightning rod. He has never seemed comfortable arguing his party's case on economic grounds, and time and again during debates his opponents concentrated on his association with events in Northern Ireland during the conflict rather than his role in ending it.
This has extended to other senior members of his party who are also being dragged back to the past.
In one confrontation, the departing minister for health, Leo Varadkar, asked Sinn Fein's deputy leader, Mary-Lou McDonald, on NewsTalk, a national radio station, Wednesday, "Where's my party's legacy of people who were murdered or people who lost their mother, or bodies buried in bogs — or people who are still living today who are maimed, who still carry the scars and burns? To hear Sinn Fein claiming credit for peace because they stopped killing people, it is just unbelievable."


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Playing the blame game lacks understanding in the opinions expressed in the media.
The president points to the Republican House as being controlled by radicals. That statement puts the blame on every citizen whom House members represent. His refusal to negotiate or postpone the decision on Obamacare for a year (into an election year) is understandable but unacceptable – thus we have a shutdown. He has drawn a red line for forced socialistic medicine. The possibility remains that the red line may turn pink or even be disowned, as it was with Syria.
The next event in the crisis is the national debt ceiling. Bear in mind that more than half of the present debt was incurred with Obama as president, and he isn't finished yet.
More recently we have news on the upside – the successful Delta Force raid in Libya and the Navy SEALs attack in Somalia are a tribute to our military. We can anticipate coverage by the commander in chief, with the usual number of "I's" in his statement. Congratulations to the military intelligence, planning and execution of the missions by our brightest and best.
We are a nation weary of war – not 12 years, but more than 200 years now. The conflict with Muslim nations began with President Jefferson's decision to refuse to pay ongoing tribute to the Barbary pirates. a group of Muslim countries, for the safe passage of ships, and he ordered military action without congressional approval. The Marines' Hymn recalls the "shores of Tripoli."
The solution to the radical Islamic plague of brutality and murderous insanity has spread around the world. The solution lies within their own people who are not infected. Until they overcome their fear of the fanatics and out them to authorities, the plague will continue to spread.
Since we are unable to identify and separate the sheep from the goats, our only effective action is to stem the immigration of Muslims and deport those found connected to terrorism by any means. This may sound in conflict with the melting pot of immigrants that has formed our nation, but we must prevent it from turning into a chamber pot.