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By Nicole D. Prysby, J.D.
A telescope supplier's antitrust claims against a manufacturer/distributor go forward, because the plaintiff adequately alleged that the defendant conspired with its largest competitor to split the market for telescopes and to block an acquisition that would have created another large competitor.
Claims against a telescope manufacturer were permitted to proceed by the federal district court in San Jose, California, because a complaining supplier plausibly alleged that the defendant manufacturer agreed with its largest competitor to divide the market and to prevent a third competing manufacturer from expanding through the acquisition of a telescope manufacturer and distributor. The complaint plausibly alleged a conspiracy because it included allegations that the defendants shared information with the competitor that they would not have shared, absent a conspiracy (such as acquisition plans). For purposes of a monopoly claim, the plaintiff also sufficiently pleaded barriers to entry for potential competitors and barriers to expansion for existing competitors, because it detailed the barriers that have prevented any new manufacturer from joining the market (for example, the high capital investment cost in software that would be required). Therefore, the federal district court denied a motion to dismiss the plaintiff's Sherman Act Section 1 and 2 claims (Optronic Technologies, Inc. v. Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd., March 29, 2019, Davila, E.).
Defendant Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd. is one of two companies that dominant the supply market for telescopes in the United States. The other company settled with the plaintiff prior to the litigation (Settling Manufacturer). The plaintiff, Optronic Technologies, Inc. (Orion), operates in the market for low to medium-end telescopes—generally used by beginner to intermediate recreational astronomers. Orion alleged that Ningbo and the Settling Manufacturer agreed to divide the broader market so that Ningbo controls the market for low and medium-end telescopes and the Settling Manufacturer controls the market for high-end telescopes. Orion also alleged that the two companies conspired to fix prices and that the conspired to block another company (JOC) from acquiring a telescope manufacturer (Meade). Had that deal gone through, the manufacturing market would have been diversified, the plaintiff alleged.
Conspiracy claim. Orion brought a Sherman Act Section 1 claim, which the defendants argued should fail because of an improbable timeline of events and because Orion failed to sufficiently allege unlawful conduct. On the timeline point, the court found that the first amended complaint (FAC) filed by Orion cured the timeline issue. Orion's original allegations suggested that Ningbo had monopoly power before the conspiracy with the Settling Manufacturer, thus making an agreement between the two implausible. But in the FAC, Orion alleged that the monopoly came about because of and after the alleged conspiracy. Before the alleged conspiracy, the Settling Manufacturer produced low-end model telescopes, but with the agreement, transferred those specifications to Ningbo. The court also found that Orion's FAC adequately pleaded unlawful conduct. The FAC included documents (provided by the defendants) showing when Ningbo began considering an acquisition of Meade, which was only after competitor JOC announced its intention to acquire the company. And on the same day Ningbo learned of the potential deal, the Settling Manufacturer learned of it as well. The FAC alleged that Ningbo shared information with the Settling Manufacturer that it would not have shared, absent a conspiracy (for example, the plan to acquire Meade and how much money Ningbo invested in Meade). These allegations support an inference that Ningbo and the Settling Manufacturer, despite being competitors, worked together to prevent a competing manufacturer from expanding.
Monopoly claim. The defendants argued that the court should dismiss Orion's Section 2 claim because Orion failed to sufficiently plead barriers to entry for potential competitors and barriers to expansion for existing competitors. But the court rejected that argument, because the FAC contained allegations detailing the barriers that have prevented any new manufacturer from joining the market for low to medium-end telescopes for the past ten years. These included a specific intellectual property right held by Ningbo and the Settling Manufacturer, and high capital investment costs in software and the specialized physical components of telescopes. The allegations that Ningbo prevented a competitor from acquiring Meade served as an allegation of barriers to expansion. Orion's pleading that Ningbo obtained its monopoly through an allegedly unlawful conspiracy to restrict competition and allocate the market was sufficient to plead anticompetitive conduct.
Other issues. The court also found that Orion's FAC adequately alleged an injury to support a Clayton Act, Sec. 7 claim—that it was forced to pay supracompetitive prices to Ningbo for its supply. Orion alleged state law violations which the court found could go forward for the same reasons as the federal antirust claims.
The case is No. 5:16-cv-06370-EJD.
Attorneys: Matthew Brooks Borden (Braunhagey & Borden LLP) for Optronic Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Orion Telescopes & Binoculars. David Raymond Garcia (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) for Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd., Sunny Optics, Inc. and Meade Instruments Corp.
Companies: Optronic Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Orion Telescopes & Binoculars; Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd.; Sunny Optics, Inc.; Meade Instruments Corp.
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Ben Mee hailed the Clarets' travelling support as they celebrated a first win at West Bromwich Albion in almost half a century.
A sell-out away following of 2,700 Burnley fans saw Burnley win 2-1 at the Hawthorns to prompt the departure of Baggies boss Alan Pardew.
A record eighth straight Premier League loss left West Brom marooned at the bottom of the table.
But after three wins on the bounce the Clarets are flying high – and the fans are clearly enjoying the ride.
"It's been a little while since we played and it was good to come back and get a win," said Mee, who gave another faultless performance alongside England new boy James Tarkowski in the middle of the Clarets' defence.
"We're looking forward to what's to come. The travelling support was brilliant and I'm sure they are going to enjoy the next couple of games.
"It was fantastic and it was nice for them to be able to enjoy it. It got a little bit nervy with them scoring at the end, but I hope they had faith in us holding out, which we do often.
"We enjoy the support and long may it continue. It's going to be an exciting last seven games and see where we go."
Ashley Barnes' spectacular opener and Chris Wood's fourth goal in three games after the break set Sean Dyche's men on their way to a sixth away win of the season.
The three points also kept Burnley seventh in the table as the West Brom voodoo was buried.
Burnley hadn't won at the Hawthorns since 1969 and lost 4-0 on each of the last two visits.
An unwanted hat-trick was never on the cards as the Clarets stamped their class on the afternoon to complete a memorable week for Mee.
The skipper and his wife became parents for the first time four days before the game, with Mee able to enjoy a first full day as a dad to his new-born son before reporting back to training last Thursday.
"It was brilliant news," he told Clarets Player. "It's going to be all change for me. I'm delighted and really looking forward to what's to come.
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Edmonton Real Estate Market Update: Nov 20 - Dec 4 2015
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There was a technical issue in our data base, hence the delay in the release of these stats. This Wednesday, we'll provide updates for the weeks of Nov 20 -27 and Nov 27 - December 4.
You may view the previous market update here: Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update: Oct 30 - Nov 6 2015
For November 20 - 27, New Listings plunged 19.6% from a high of 281 (last Oct 30 - Nov 6) down to 226. Average List Price also dropped to $448,412 from a high of $513,315. Average Sale Price on the other hand provides a glimmer of hope for investors and home sellers, from $421,169 the price went up to $435,755. That's an increase of 3.5% in just 2 weeks. People who waited for that 2 weeks before selling gained much more than the ones who sold at a much earlier date.
Average Days on the Market stood at 59, while total sales were down 171 from 185.
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Moving on to November 27 - December 4 market update, New Listings took a hit, shaving off 4 points from 226 the previous week to a low of 222. Both Average List Price and Average Sale Price fell down 5.7%.
Average Sale Price/ Sq Ft lost $49.1 from $397.95 to$348.85. On a happy note, Average Days on Market clocked in at 56 from 59, so if you're thinking of selling best to do it now.
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- Suitable for both men and women
- Lifetime warranty on frame, stem and handlebars
Technical Information
Designed and created entirely in France at the B'Twin Village (Lille), this mountain bike is the fruit of the labours of an expert team of passionate cross-country mountain bikers. The Rockrider team designed, created and tested this XC 100 S mountain bike with their mountain bike test team.
To better satisfy your needs, we assembled the Rockrider XC 100 S at our own factory in Lille, just steps away from the bike design team.
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The Switch & Ride system is easy. It consists of a mountain bike frame that's compatible with 3 wheel sizes.
1 / Choose your Switch & Ride compatible MTB in size 27.5 ", 27.5" PLUS, or 29".
2 / Add a second or third pair of wheels.
3 / Enjoy riding your bike on any terrain!
Men's or women's mountain bike?
This Rockrider XC 100 S is unisex.
For greater comfort, the women on our mountain bike team recommend replacing the stock saddle with the Women's 500 Sport saddle, which is adapted to the female form.
Comes in several sizes:
S: between 1.50 m and 1.64 m
XL: between 1.65 m and 1.74 m
L: between 1.75m and 1.84 m
XL: between 1.85 m and 1.95 m
If your height is on the cusp of the 2 sizes, we recommend the bike that matches your height exactly.
This Rockrider Cross Country frame offers 120 mm of travel on the rear wheel. Its geometry has been optimised for performance, with a 69.5° steering angle.
Made of 6061 and 6013 aluminium.
Switch & Ride compatible frame with a lifetime warranty: Compatible with 29" and 27.5" wheels. Boost 148 mm x 12 mm rear axle.
Press Fit 92 bottom bracket.
Seat tube has a 31.6 mm diameter and can take a telescoping seat post.
Can hold a bottle cage.
Weight in size S: 2.58 kg
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Hydraulic suspension is both sensitive to small impacts (absorbs the slightest bump at low speeds), and handles bigger shocks well (absorbs large obstacles at high speeds).
Front suspension with handlebar lockout (in intermediate or locked position) using the Combo Lock handle.
Suspension compatible with 29" and 27.5" wheels.
Easily adjust your riding path and keep up your speed, especially in technical sections.
Manitou Radium Expert rear suspension with 120 mm travel, specifically updated for the Rockrider XC 100 S mountain bike.
Rear suspension with handlebar lockout (in intermediate or fully locked position) using the Combo Lock handle, which locks the front and rear suspensions simultaneously.
The single-chainring drivetrain helps you stay focused on your ride.
New SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain with a single 12-speed chainring for less weight, more precision, faster gear changing, and greater durability.
The 34-tooth chainring can be easily replaced with one ranging from 28 to 34 teeth.
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B'Twin Comp stem, resized for each frame size (70 mm in size S, 80 mm in size M, 90 mm in size L, and 100 mm in size XL).
Semi-integrated headset with sealed bearings.
Lightweight, "lock on" style Rockrider 900 grips that screw onto the handlebar.
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The ROCKRIDER XC / AM saddle weighs 265 g. Reinforcements plus the Ergofit system for added comfort. The seat post is 31.6 x 400 to allow compatibility with telescopic posts.
Fitted with brakes that are both powerful and progressive.
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180 mm disc front brakes, 160 mm disc rear brakes.
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Sun Ringle Duroc 30 SRC Tubeless Ready wheels, with Boost axles, 15 mm at the front and 12 mm at the rear.
Inner rim width: 30 mm.
Sealed bearings.
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Hutchinson Toro 2 tyres size 27.5 x 2.25. Versatile tyres designed for riding on all types of terrain, smooth, rocky, dry, muddy, etc. More lugs to increase riding performance.
High side lugs provide good grip in turns.
The bike comes with B'Twin Flat Evo platform pedals. However, for better pedalling performance, we recommend replacing them with platform clipless pedals (not included).
The front and rear wheels attach and remove in 1 motion: you just need a hex key (size 6).
The rear derailleur has a screed that locks and unlocks easily to easily attach or remove the rear wheel.
13.9 kg in size S, without pedals.
14 kg in size M, without pedals.
14.1 kg in size L, without pedals.
14.2 kg in size XL, without pedals.
Weight can vary based on the tolerance of the components. The bike comes with B'Twin Flat Evo platform pedals.
Total weight (bike + equipped rider) should not exceed 120 kg.
Your Rockrider XC 100 S mountain bike is Switch & Ride compatible. It is compatible with 3 different wheel sizes: 27.5", 29" and 27.5" PLUS.
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Illuminated microcatheter aids successful trabeculotomy
Limited case series of cannula device shows promise in full 360° pediatric glaucoma surgery.
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A microcatheter with an illuminated tip allowed improved visualization of 360° trabeculotomy in pediatric glaucoma cases, lowering IOP in a group of patients, a study found.
Peter W. DeBry
The study, the first U.S. series of the iTrack microcatheter (iScience Interventional) in such cases, examined use of the device in 12 eyes of eight children who underwent 360° trabeculotomy.
Peter W. DeBry, MD, and colleagues conducted a chart review with 6.6 months follow-up, examining surgical success rate, surgical complications, preoperative and postoperative IOP, and any further surgery needed.
They found that average preop IOP of patients was 31 mm Hg and average postop IOP was 17 mm Hg. Dr. DeBry said the pressure-lowering effect of the microcatheter was difficult to fully assess because of the small case set in the study, but the device showed promise in the pediatric cases.
"This microcatheter appears to be a useful tool for trabeculotomy," he said.
Main benefits
The device, designed to cannulate into Schlemm's canal, has a 250 µm outer diameter, a wire to stiffen the material and a hollow bore for viscoelastic. Although all of its features appear to contribute to successful pediatric trabeculotomy, the device's key benefit is a fiber optic light source that illuminates the end of the catheter tip, Dr. DeBry said.
The light source and smooth tip with viscoelastic help achieve the main goal in 360° trabeculotomy cases for congenital glaucoma: passing the suture, circumferentially, around the canal 360°, he said.
"For those of you who have done a 360° trabeculotomy with a suture, sometimes the suture keeps going and going, and you don't really know where the end of that suture is," Dr. DeBry said. "So in this case, you have a laser light source to help identify the tip of the catheter."
By illuminating the catheter tip, surgeons can more easily determine the location of the suture and achieve full 360° surgery more often.
"One nice thing about this is if the catheter doesn't go 360°, we're able to identify the tip of the catheter and make a cut down to retrieve the tip and treat at least some of the angle," he said.
Another benefit of the microcatheter is its atraumatic, smooth tip, Dr. DeBry said. The injection of viscoelastic as the microcatheter is advanced provides lubrication for the tip.
How it works
Dr. DeBry said the trabeculotomy procedure using the iTrack microcatheter does not differ from traditional trabeculotomy, other than using a more sophisticated device for tearing through the inner wall of Schlemm's canal. The iTrack procedure starts with two flaps and deroofing of Schlemm's canal. After creating those incisions, cannulation at Schlemm's canal occurs and viscoelastic fills the anterior chamber.
After the two ends of the microcatheter are pulled around Schlemm's canal, a "gentle tangential tension" is applied to both ends, so that it pulls through the trabecular meshwork, he said.
The flaps are sutured securely after completion of the procedure.
In contrast, traditional goniotomy typically has a single clear corneal incision, allowing treatment of 120° to 180° of the angle, Dr. DeBry and colleagues said in a poster of the study.
Prolene suture trabeculotomy allows a higher degree of angle to be treated, up to 360°, through a single incision but often poses problems when the suture cannot be passed through the canal, Dr. DeBry and colleagues said.
"It is not uncommon that in a standard trabeculotomy, the suture cannot be passed the full 360°, necessitating access through a second site to achieve this result," they said.
Patients' success rate
Even though the iTrack microcatheter study set was small and had a limited follow-up of 6.6 months, results for trabeculotomy using the device appear promising, Dr. DeBry said at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in Chicago, noting that 75% of patients, or eight of the 12 in the study, achieved 360° of treatment.
However, three eyes did not achieve full 360° success, he said. Those cases achieved at least 200° when surgeons made a small incision at the cannula tip. One eye also had a poorly developed angle with no identifiable Schlemm's canal.
In addition, two eyes needed further surgery with a glaucoma implant because of uncontrolled pressure, Dr. DeBry said. One eye, which had severe Peter's anomaly preoperatively, had an Ahmed valve implanted. The other eye, which had moderate to severe congenital cataract, also had a tube implanted.
For more information:
- Peter W. DeBry, MD, can be reached at Wellish Vision Institute, 2110 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 101, Las Vegas, NV 89119; 702-733-2020; fax: 702-734-1770; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Dr. DeBry has no direct financial interest in the products discussed in this article, nor is he a paid consultant for any companies mentioned.
- iScience Interventional, maker of the iTrack microcatheter, can be reached at 4055 Campbell Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025; 888-846-4724; fax: 650-421-2700; e-mail: email@example.com; Web site: www.iscienceinterventional.com.
- Erin L. Boyle is an OSN Staff Writer who covers all aspects of ophthalmology.


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WARNING: This article contains Game of Thrones spoilers.
Well everybody, whoever thought we'd make it to the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones. With just one instalment remaining in the epic HBO series, fans are about to find out about the final fate of Westeros. As it stands, the Iron Throne is pretty much up for grabs.
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My friend Frugalina is using a FREE online site for keeping track of what she eats and her exercise: "MyFitnessPal.com" and another friend was talking about "SparkPeople.com". So of course, being the masochist i am, i logged into both to compare my day's food and exercise. (i have thoughtfully logged out of both sites before adding the link, just in case it might take you to the unhappy place where i had to log in last night's ice cream. Chocolate peanut butter cup, mmmm....as in "mmmmany calories!!!!!!!")
Both have their strengths--My Fitness Pal is a bit more straight forward, easier to read for me. Less fussiness on the page. But Spark People has a better/easier food database. Both have ways to track most types of exercise and regular activity, and show you how that impacts your day's calories, since the additional activity earns you more calories.
In my perfect world, using my laptop computer for hours a day doing email, genealogy and blogging would earn me extra ice cream points, but alas, they expect you to get off your butt and move a little.
In the past i had used a free trial of a software called "Calorie King" that does pretty much the same thing, but for a price. Now, their food database was a thing of beauty--even more extensive. But it did cost something.
More differences between My Fitness Pal and Spark People: Spark People gives you the opportunity to track more than the basic nutritional bits like fat/carbs/protein. You can add a ton of different vitamins and such to track in your food choices (she said, carefully avoiding the word "diet.") Both give you many opportunities for Community support at their websites, but only My Fitness Pal gives you the banner at the top of the page with other weight loss sites amusingly titled things like "weightloss4idiots."
All in all, as Frugalina said, and like i've learned before in my 50+ years of battling the bulge (and losing TO the bulge,) "it makes me more aware." And that has to be a good thing.


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A few years ago Ivan Jureta and I made an artificial intelligence startup. Our investors, who were financial and legal experts, insisted on a number of registered users as KPIs. However, we concluded that we could be far more successful if we rented our AI via an API.
While trying to get our own users, we also started looking for API customers. Soon we were negotiating with mobile apps which had tens of millions of users, needed our AI API to gain revenue, and wanted to share that revenue with us. API access revenue share would have been millions if not tens of millions per app. Unfortunately, our investors did not know what an API is and pulled out when we did not meet the registered user quota. As a consequence, we had to inform the mobile app we were negotiating with that we decided not to make millions for them and us. I have never witnessed a bigger business blunder in my life, nor has anyone else I ever met.
The most general point of the story is that investing in niche technology requires knowledge of niche technology, which is much rarer than media likes to show. Real understanding of technology is not something that is gained by reading magazines and buying tech gadgets. Just like Mozart, understanding of technology is something that is obvious at an early age.
More practical point of the story is that APIs are very important.
Data can be accessed either via the interface or via the API. The interface always has less data, is slow to use, dictates its own ideology, visualization, and experience, and is biased. APIs on the other side allow free and direct access to data and features. Most relevant organizations and apps allow APIs and the number of APIs will only grow in coming years.
APIs can, for example, allow access to third-party customer and partner data, automated purchases and advertising, or AI features as mentioned above. All of these are too hard to develop internally or impossible to access via the interface. Being able to access APIs makes the company much more competitive especially as digital content and sales grow in importance for the internal teams and customers.
Using and building APIs is a necessary component of growth. Companies that master it first will be drastically more competitive because entry-level resources to use APIs are higher than basic technologies. To use APIs companies must invest in highly skilled dedicated development teams which understand the niche business logic. Building such teams usually takes one or more years. The sooner the investment is started, the better.
It is impossible to explain how APIs can help grow a business in a single post. My goal was to spark your interest so you can slowly gain an understanding of "behind the interface" world of data and algorithms. There is much more to digital than what is seen on the screen.
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BAGHDAD - A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran's borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials in the U.S., Iran and Iraq.
Dozens of Iranian officials, members of the security forces and insurgents belonging to Kurdish, Arab Iranian and Baluch groups have died in the fighting in recent years. It now appears to be heating up once again after an unusually cold and snowy winter.
In recent weeks, Iranians have begun the now-routine bombardment of suspected rebel Iranian Kurd positions in northern Iraq, and guerrillas have claimed incursions into northwestern Iran.
Some Iranians blamed Sunni Arab radicals for an explosion Saturday that killed 12 and injured 202 at a gathering where a preacher criticized the Wahhabi form of Islam that inspires Osama bin Laden.
None of the groups appear to pose a serious threat to Iran, but Tehran regards them as Washington's allies in an effort to pressure it to scale back its nuclear program and withhold support for militant groups fighting Israel. American and Iraqi officials in turn accuse Iran of supporting Shiite Muslim militias and other militant groups in Iraq to keep the U.S. preoccupied and the Baghdad government weak.
Although a U.S. intelligence estimate in December undercut claims that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program and appeared to lower the possibility of a direct military conflict over Iran's uranium enrichment operations, tensions over Iraq have increased. U.S. officials accuse Iran of backing Shiite militias close to cleric Muqtada Sadr that fought Iraqi government forces to a standstill in Basra and Baghdad two weeks ago.
Tempting assets
Analysts say the anti-Iranian groups are tempting assets for the U.S. They say it would be a surprise if the groups were not receiving U.S. funding, but that the strategy would probably not work.
"It will give more encouragement to Iran's hard-liners to step up their own efforts to assist anti-American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst now at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
Among the most active groups is the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan, known by its Kurdish acronym, PEJAK. It has hundreds of well-trained fighters along with camps in northern Iraq.
Iranian soldiers guarding the border are sometimes ambushed by PEJAK fighters. Iran responds with artillery attacks that send Iraqi villagers scurrying for cover. Border skirmishes last summer and fall between Iranian security forces and PEJAK left dozens dead on both sides.
PEJAK emerged this decade as an Iranian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, an armed group formed to fight a separatist war against the Turkish government.
Former members say PEJAK was meant to circumvent Western restrictions on contacts with the PKK, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department and the European Union.
"The PKK wanted to have a relationship with America, so it formed and used PEJAK," said Mamand Rozhe, a former commander who defected from the group four years ago.
U.S. military officials visited PEJAK's camps in northern Iraq just after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, said Osman Ocalan, a brother of the PKK's imprisoned leader and a founder of PEJAK.
"Since the beginning, we thought we would get the American help," said Ocalan, who left the group two years ago. "And it's a good relationship now. . . . They are in talks with each other, and there is some military assistance."
Ocalan and others say U.S. help has included foodstuffs, economic assistance, medical supplies and Russian military equipment, some of it funneled through nonprofit groups. Every two or three months, U.S. military vehicles can be seen entering PKK and PEJAK strongholds, Ocalan said.
"There's no systematic relationship, no number to call," he said. "Americans do not intend to have an official relationship. Whenever there's any kind of question by the Turks, they can say we don't have a relationship."
A PEJAK leader, Abdul Rahman Haji-Ahmadi, was publicly given a cold shoulder when he went to Washington last summer.
PEJAK's activities may have created obstacles for those working inside Iran for peaceful change. Dozens of Kurdish activists in Iran have been thrown in jail on charges of supporting the rebel group.
"I think that on balance PEJAK does more harm than good," said Aso Saleh, an Iranian journalist and ethnic Kurd who fled his country after being charged with state security crimes that carry a possible death sentence.
"PEJAK's actions give the government the excuse to militarize the region," Saleh said. "It gives the Islamic Republic the excuse to crack down on civil opposition."
Elsewhere, Iranian authorities blamed U.S.-backed elements for a series of bomb attacks in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan that killed dozens of people from 2005 to 2007. Baluch militants have killed dozens of members of Iran's security forces, including 11 elite Revolutionary Guards in a car bomb attack last year in Zahedan, a town near the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Last fall, a young Kurdish woman killed several officers and soldiers in a suicide attack along Iran's northwestern border.
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Other groups can provide precious intelligence to the U.S. The decades-old Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, or KDPI, whose members have been the victims of scores of assassinations in Iraq and Europe, allegedly at the hands of Iranian intelligence operatives, has relations with Washington that stretch back decades.
"It's a very warm relationship," said Rostam Jahangiri, leader of the group's Irbil, Iraq, office. "We interact here and in Washington. . . . Sometimes it's once a month. Sometimes it's after three or four months."
The secretive Mujahedin Khalq, also regarded by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization, may have little support among Iranians, but its networks extend deep into Iranian territory, and it is credited with exposing Iran's nuclear program in 2002.
Other groups include Jundollah, which operates out of the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, and Arab groups in Iran's southwest.
The leftist Komala Party of Iran hasn't staged any military operations inside Iran since 1992, but several hundred or so fighters continue to train at their base camp in Zergwe in the autonomous Kurdish northern region of Iraq.
Abdullah Mohtadi, a leader of one of two Komala factions, said he met with White House and State Department officials in 2005 and 2006 to discuss Iran.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress in early 2006 for $75 million to promote democracy in Iran, of which $66 million was approved -- most of it for Persian-language broadcasting. But about $20 million was set aside for unidentified groups the State Department described as "nongovernmental organizations, businesses and universities," for Internet development and "cultural affairs." Congress set aside an additional $60 million for the effort in the current fiscal year.
U.S. officials did not respond to a request for comment on claims that PEJAK or other groups receive funding.
No group officially acknowledges receiving U.S. aid. But many say they would welcome it.
"If you're a political movement that is part of an opposition, you need help from abroad," Mohtadi said. "We're not ashamed to admit it."
A push for rebel aid
Many in Washington have advocated such aid. The rebels fight the same Revolutionary Guard that oversees at least part of Iran's nuclear program and probably funnels support to militant groups in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
"It would be a scandal if the U.S. was not funding these groups," said John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a website about intelligence and military issues. "The support would be covert and might be done in ways that the groups themselves remain unaware of the ultimate source of their funding."
Still, most of the groups suffer severe weaknesses. KDPI and Komala have endured tumultuous splits in recent years, KDPI in part over whether to align itself with the U.S.
Both PEJAK and the Mujahedin Khalq operate like cults, barring members from having sexual relations and discouraging personal lives. Each touts a strict Marxist ideology.
Iranian diplomats and politicians say they have intelligence to back up their claims that the U.S. aids these groups, but have never publicly provided proof.
"We know the MKO and PEJAK both have relations with the U.S.," said Hamidreza Taraghi, an official of the Islamic Coalition Party, which is close to Iran's conservative religious leadership.
"The Americans have given the MKO a lot of technology to monitor Iranian phone traffic," he said in an interview. "Where is the Baluchistan separatist money coming from?"
Iraqi Kurds say perceived U.S. support for PEJAK and other anti-Iranian groups prompted Iranians to reactivate Ansar al Islam, a Sunni Muslim group with ties to Al Qaeda that has been launching attacks against Kurdish officials.
The Ansar al Islam fighters have been used as a "pressure card" by the Iranians, said Jafar Barzinji, the minister of affairs for peshmerga, or Kurdish security forces, who oversees military issues in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.
Iraqi Kurds say they have asked Iranian authorities to rein in Ansar. "They never deny that they're supporting them," Barzinji said. "They always promise a solution in the near future." Sometimes, he said, they bring up PEJAK.
Fareed Asasard, head of the Kurdish Strategic Studies Center, a think tank in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniya, recently visited Tehran to meet with analysts at a research institution close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"The reason for their support of Ansar is PEJAK," he said. "They're 100% worried about PEJAK's actions."
Times staff writer Paul Richter in Washington contributed to this report.
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Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi – Homemade Pasta
This Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi is a simple homemade pasta with a light orange hue thanks to substituting squash for the traditional potato. You can easily substitute acorn, delicata pumpkin or other winter squash for the butternut squash if you prefer. Winter squashes are loaded with beta-carotene, like all bright orange and yellow vegetables. They also have vitamins B and C and have a healthy dose of fiber in every serving.
Homemade pasta can be a little intimidating the first time you attempt to make it because there really is no exact recipe. I needed over 1 1/4 cup flour in my batch because my squash was a bit on the larger side. You want the Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi dough to be just thick enough to roll and cut without sticking to the counter and knife.
Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi Ingredients
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 1 egg
- 1 cup all-purpose or gluten-free flour (plus more for rolling)
- Cut squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Bake at 400 until very soft, about 45 minutes.
- Scoop out the roasted squash, place in a medium bowl and mash with a fork.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- While the water is coming to a boil, beat the egg into the squash. Then mix in the flour. If the dough is too soft to roll, add more flour until it can be rolled easily.
- Sprinkle flour on the counter. Cut dough into 4 pieces. Roll each one into a 1/2 inch tube. Cut the tubes into 3/4 inch pieces. Roll each gnocchi along the tines of a fork to make lines on each one.
- Boil for 3-5 minutes. The gnocchi will sink to the bottom when placed in boiling water then float at the top when done. I usually cut one open to test for doneness before draining the water.
Serve with your favorite sauce.
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Inspired by the Pantone color of the year, emerald green, we designed a stylized wedding shoot that showcased the sophistication of the color as well as the top wedding vendors in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The venue, University Club of San Francisco provided a modern vintage backdrop with stunning city views and just happens to also embrace emerald green in it's decor.
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When Dan Stevens didn't re-up his contract with "Downton Abbey," departing via fatal car crash and leaving behind Lady Mary and his infant son, people thought he was crazy. Well, he's been cast as the male lead in Disney's live musical interpretation of "Beauty and the Beast," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Who's got the last laugh now?
He will play The Beast/Prince opposite Emma Watson as Belle. The Reporter previous reported Emma Thompson is currently in talks to play Mrs. Potts, in the film. (Thompson in anything is brilliant casting! Did you watch he Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd"? To die for. No, really.) To watch a video from the concert performance, click here.
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It has become very clear to businesses that effective digital marketing and a strong internet presence is the best way to get more quality leads and customers. With this in mind, your business may build a good website and set up social media accounts on a couple of different platforms to help promote it. You might even hire an SEO expert to make sure your company's website is optimized so that it has good rankings in the search engine results pages (SERPS). However, a good, quality website that ranks well in the search results and acquires decent traffic may not be delivering a high volume of quality leads.
This is mainly because of how people use the internet. Users may enter a search query into Google and check multiple results, spending a limited time on each website. In fact, the average visitor will only stay on your website for about 15 seconds before leaving according to an article from Time. Most of the time, these users that bounce from your website within the first 15 seconds never return. Simply getting people to your website does not automatically translate into leads and new customers.
When users are looking for brands that provide a specific product or service, they are looking for something from the brand that is valuable to them. Remember, consumers can make a choice between multiple brands that offer the same products or services which is why they look for value beyond just the product or service offered from the brand. Your company can generate leads more effectively by creating and promoting content that has value to your customers, and this starts with building an email list of current and prospective customers that you can reach out to.
Email marketing and building an email list is not that easy. Just asking those who visit your website to subscribe to a newsletter or email list is not very effective. Once again, customers will only give an email address for these types of lists if they believe there is real value in adding themselves to the list. The best way to build your company's email list so you can generate more effective leads and acquire new customers is to entice them to sign up with an offer known as a lead magnet.
Lead Magnets
Lead magnets are promotional offers from a brand in which a brand will have a special offer that a customer can receive in exchange for their email address or other personal information. This is a highly effective way to increase interest in your brand and generate quality sales leads from those who see value in supporting your brand. There are many types of lead magnets your company can use to acquire more customers online and generate more leads. An affective lead magnet has the following characteristics:
- High perceived value: As discussed above, your audience is more likely to respond to an offer if they perceive the offer to have value. It is important for companies to understand their audience to know what types of things their audience values. This will look different between industries.
- Instant gratification: Whether looking for a product or service, online consumers are really seeking instant gratification to a want, need, or problem. A lead magnet that can provide this type of instant gratification will be very effective for building email lists.
- Demonstrate your value: Your company's lead magnets should show that value of your product or service to help convince your audience that they are better off doing business with you instead of a competitor.
Using enticing lead magnets as part of your lead generation strategy will help increase brand awareness and build trust among your audience. You will be able to draw in new customers more easily by giving them something of value in exchange for their email address which will help you build your list of prospective customers and increase your opportunities for lead generation.
Lead Generation Strategies
As discussed above, lead magnets can take many forms to help build customer lists and generate quality leads. The following are examples of lead magnets that you should consider incorporating into your company's lead generation strategies.
- Samples: Offering a sample of your product or service is a great way to demonstrate the value of what your company offers and give your audience the instant gratification they are seeking. However, this offer may not work for all products or services.
- Training Videos: Videos get more engagement online than any other medium. People are especially eager for videos that can help them solve a problem, such as how to videos. Offering these types of videos is a great way to reach out to your audience and build trust.
- Templates: Offering a template of some sort that your audience can use to complete a task is a great way to engage them and show your brand's value. These templates can be for infographics, websites, proposals, or anything that inspires your audience to be creative.
- Free Trials: Offering a free trial of a product or service allows you to demonstrate the value of your brand with very little commitment from your audience. This is a common lead magnet used in the tech industry, but this tactic can also be used effectively in other industries.
- Quizzes: Quizzes are a great interactive way to get your audience engaged with your brand. Users may find these quizzes to be enjoyable and informative and they have a relatively high lead generation rate.
- Case Studies: Case studies from real customers concerning your brand's product or service can help convince your audience of the value of what your company offers. You can create case studies in many forms including write-ups and video testimonials.
- Coupons/ Discounts: Offering coupons or codes for a discount is a great incentive for your audience to try your products or services. This type of offer can also help convince those who are looking between different brands to try yours.
- Free Software: If your company offers any type of software, let your audience try if for free in exchange for their contact information. Any type of software that your audience would find useful can be effective.
- Checklist: Putting together a simple checklist involving your brand can help your company stand out with something your audience will find useful.
- Webinars: Creating a webinar can engage your audience and educate them with valuable information. Getting through an entire webinar is a commitment, so those who make it through your company's webinar are quality leads.
Getting your business online with a new website and social media profiles is the easy part. Acquiring new customers and generating quality leads is the more difficult aspect of digital marketing. By utilizing the lead generation strategies discussed above to build an email list of your company's audience, you will be able to attract the right customers to your brand which will result in higher quality lead generation.
If you believe that your company needs help generating leads to build your brand online, you can enlist the help of digital marketing agencies that provide lead generation services. These marketing professionals will take the time to understand your brand and your company's marketing goals and help create and implement lead marketing strategies that will bring you new customers and increase your volume of relevant, quality sales leads.


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Recently there has been news in New Zealand that military procurement has stalled, mainly because some personnel in Defence HQ can't use Microsoft Project or Google search for a list of procurement solution providers. Mostly they want to run very expensive projects to decided which machine gun to produce, or to select a sniper rifle that will suit New Zealand soldiers as if our requirements are unique in the world. Never mind the US Army and Marine Corps have spent billions of dollars doing the exact same testing and selection.
Worse than that the?Ministry?of Defence instead of operating a Pharmac style of procurement policy instead pays way over the top for?weapons?that can be obtained on?the?open?market for half the price.
The army, which does not have many shotguns, decided in 2007 it needed 311 of the weapons but it will not finish ordering them until December next year.
"A shotgun has become increasingly important in stability and support-type operations where a less-lethal capability is required."
Cabinet had said the army could have 50 sniper rifles at a cost of $2.2 million by next year, but it will now be another two years before it gets them.
An order for 100 new marksmen rifles will not arrive until 2013
These delays are unacceptable and un-necessary. It should take two months not two years to supply 50 sniper rifles. Indeed a SE Asian country just recently took delivery of over 100 sniper rifles and ancillary?equipment?and they paid half what?the?NZ Army is being billed for 50 rifles. The Ministry of Defence is essentially feeding the middlemen and meanwhile the troops are missing out on vital equipment. Same goes for machine guns. The specification as supplied by MoD fits only two machine guns in the world. Coincidentally the US Marine Corps just?placed?an order for 5000 of them, why cant we piggy back behind that order and have our 500 fulfilled inside 6 months instead of the 3 years that is planned? Better still why is the Ministry of Defence planning on letting this contract to a one man band based out of Nelson with no support, no spare parts and inventory?
All this lead to what is increasingly called the Death Star syndrome regarding military procurement.
Adam Rawnsley?reports on Lieutenant Colonel Dan Ward's paper (pdf) using the Death Star as a metaphor for the poor state of DoD acquisition practices:
It?s embarrassing enough that the galaxy?s supposedly most fearsome weapon was felled by crappy?duct work. But it was entirely predictable. A project so big and complex, Ward writes, will invariably stretch the oversight capabilities of acquisition staff. In this case, it led to manufacturing delays and prevented the Empire from realizing that one of its thermal exhaust ports was a de-facto self-destruct button. Moreover, for all the expense poured into it ??$15.6 septillion and 94 cents, to be precise ? the Death Star is destroyed?twice and in its two iterations only ever manages to get off a single shot…Star Wars holds lessons about what to buy as well as what not to. Ward contends that?the humble droid mechs represent a better acquisition path than Death Stars.
The challenges of military procurement are complex but here in new Zealand we should?have?none of the issues other, larger countries face, we can simply be fast followers and avoid the hassle and leverage partnership arrangements to get good, cost effective solutions. Instead we are filling the coffers of middle men and agencies who are charging double what the?Ministry?should be paying.
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If you love ham but find a whole ham is a lot to cook for any old night, get your hands on some ham steaks. Many local pork farmers offer these - essentially 1/2-3/4 inch cross slices out of the whole ham. A single ham steak will typically feed 2-4 people. An added bonus - they are great on the grill!
No recipe is really needed here. Make sure you bring the steak to room temperature before cooking, then grill over a medium-hot fire for 4-5 minutes per side and serve.
Ham steaks are great served straight with no condiments, but you can also pass mustard at the table or any glaze you'd serve with a baked ham, though I personally think the savory or tangy ones work better with grilled ham than the sweet ones.
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I hate to ask this but do you have any dead animals? Ghost critters and skeleton animals that roam the night I noticed no one has that makes me question that make your pack way cooler or complete.
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Tessellation utilising re-entrant polygons
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(in this case using a singly re-entrant asymmetric hexagon - or "L tile")
"...What was evident to me was that the essential component in these formal investigations was Symmetry! While my colleagues in Physics were totally wedded to complete maximal Symmetry (and indeed Super Symmetry), I was finding that instead of the limited numbers of tilings and crystal forms that were available to them, I was finding (in 2D at least) a seeming infinite complexity of Forms. With maximally symmetric units, these all funnelled down into a minimal set, but with re-entrant forms (the first deviation from maximal symmetry), and various regular asymmetries, the possibilities were vastly increased.
Indeed, from monolithic tilings (using a single basic unit in a single way) there occurred a wide range of hierarchical forms, which could be different or mathematically similar at each succeeding level."
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Head of Committee Uzbekistan Legislative Chamber visits Islamic University of Rotterdam
On the 26th of October 2016, the Head of the Committee on Information and Communication Technologies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Ilkhom Abdullaev, has visited the Islamic University of Rotterdam. During his meeting with the University's rector Prof. Dr. Ahmed Akgündüz, Mr. Abdullaev informed the rector about the planned activities of Uzbekistan in the Central Asian region during its current OIC Chairmanship (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). Prof. Dr. Ahmed Akgündüz underlined the importance of Uzbekistan as in having one of the most richest Islamic and cultural heritage worldwide [Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent].
Mr. Ilkhom Abdullaev concluded the meeting by proposing IUR to cooperate with the Islamic University of Tashkent as well as taking place in a working group for the establishment of the 'Imam Bukhari Islamic Research Center' in Samarkand.


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For decades, New Orleans has remained the South's capital for everything funky. The Big Easy's new school of funk has been keeping the scene fresh by mingling tradition with innovation. For its part, Earphunk is been contributing to the "prog funk" style.
After honing their skills in their hometown, Earphunk began intense touring and marked by performances at notable festivals such as Wakarusa and Bear Creek. Along the way, audiences have embraced a versatile sound featuring throwbacks to the glory days of funk and the marriage of funk with heavy rock overtones.
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"I don't want to just pick a school, I want something more… an experience." I'd been saying that since I first made my list of colleges to tour, but it was important to say it once more while flipping through the list of colleges on my 'to tour' list.
"It's only the first tour, let's just see what they have to offer,' my mother chirped as we drove to the Dallas Baptist University campus of Dallas.
"Wow! Look at this campus. It's beautiful," my mother said, facing the chapel with its steeple reaching the Heavens and the view of crisp blue waters engulfing its backside. Astonished by the beauty and calmness of the campus, I found myself easily distracted from the patriot preview guide; I could barely manage to keep up with the group. Throughout the course of the tour, campus wanderers offered big smiles and courtesy like I had not seen in quite some time. When inquiring about my aspirations and interests, faculty and staff seemed genuinely intrigued. Enveloped in amazement after only a couple of hours, I'd felt a sense of community exceeding that which I'd known my whole life. By now, I was already pretty excited about the possibility of being surrounded by a community of caring and loving people, but what came next sealed the deal with DBU.
After touring all the hangout hubs, study spots, and intimate classrooms, we attended a chapel session. Inside the beautiful building, inspired by the First Baptist Church of America, were the ceiling and walls decorated with encouraging verses. An elegant stained glass image of Jesus praying to God stood above the pulpit and adorned the gigantic sanctuary, and near it stood a student praise team that sang with conviction. After the songs, a prophetic message was given by a faculty member that moved the crowd to their feet.
It is easy to see that God is present on this campus, and He has filled the hearts of those He called to be at DBU. I realized that here, I have been given the freedom to praise God openly and granted the opportunity to do so with a community of other Believers who like me, not only sought a college degree but an experience- a Godly experience. Overwhelmed and amazed by the Holy Spirit and with joy in my heart, I claimed Dallas Baptist University as my home.
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It was a little pre-funk for me as I am gearing up for my trip to Coffeepot and Amber lakes for spring break. I'd be chatting with Phil K. who was itching to get out and he informed me of the recent plants on Beaver this past week so we both agreed it would be a good day to get out and fish for a few hours. Phil is getting into fly fishing more and more and enjoyed the last outing together at Quincy lake.
This time I wanted Phil to fish from a floating device, despite his bad experience with small boats and canoes. I have a 6′ Bucks Bag pontoon boat that was a perfect craft to get him on the water, and being a safe and stable platform to cast and fish. Maybe it will help him grow to be a big strong fish and twart danger in the future, or not. We stopped off at Chipotle and did a little gobbling ourselves on soe big burritos.
We were the only ones on the water, and I thought it was odd since its usually more crowded at Beaver, but we weren't alone as there was a flock of Cormorants maybe 8-10 of them in the big Alder opposite the boat launch. You could tell that a lake is just planted by the fat birds that have been feasting on the half pound trout. I even caught one fish with fresh wound marks from the sharp beaks of one of these fish eating birds. I am guessing he probably had a bad day and was on his 3rd lifeline, surviving a Cormorant attack and then to be ripped in the lip thereafter.
Water temp was 49 degree and a good Chironomid hatch was happening when we got to the launch. There were many size 16-18 shucks on the surface and creamy grey and brown adults sputtered around despite the rain that constantly poured down on us while we anchored and fished in 12-15′ of water. Effective patterns were snowcone bloodworm, and snowcone Chromie size 16 under a slip indicator.
It was even better fishing since we both used 3 weight rods in 7 and 8′ lengths, you can see that even a small fish can put a nice bend into that little 3 weight, makes it alot more sporting and fun. I used my 8′ Classic GLX, and I have Phil one of the very first rods I purchased a Cortland GRF1000 7′ 3/4 wt. After this outing, I think Phil is definitely 'hooked'!


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|Sometimes ya just gotta laugh.
Given the past two weeks' excess of Republican hilarity, I thought it was time to present a few choice bits of political cartoons I've been saving.
The President was tired of hearing he couldn't govern without a mandate. He was also a little confused.
Jay Leno on Larry Craig
"Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, a married, very anti-gay conservative Republican, was arrested by a plainclothes police officer for lewd conduct in a Minneapolis airport men's room. Today the senator's office said it was all a big misunderstanding. Apparently what happened was when the senator went in to use the restroom, he accidentally grabbed the wrong penis."
"You know who I feel sorry for in this whole thing? The undercover cop. How'd you like to have that job? Sit in an airport bathroom all day, your pants around your ankles with a coffee and a donut, waiting for guys to hit on you."
"The police report says [Craig] tapped his foot, which means 'I want gay sex.' And, also means I'll never wear my iPod to the bathroom again."
"Needless to say, Senator Craig is also anti-gay marriage and gays in the military, which I think, shows he doesn't let his personal needs interfere with his work."
"Sen. Craig is married. Apparently he told his wife, don't worry about having dinner ready for me. I'm going to wolf down a wiener at the airport."
"For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex…uh…setbacks."
—President George H. W. Bush (Actual quote!)
Jay Leno on David Vitter
"Louisiana Senator David Vitter held a press conference this week, where he admitted yes, he was a client of the DC madam, but he said those stories of hookers dressing him in diapers were not true. Boy, what do you do there? Are you supposed to take the word of a politician over a hooker? It's a tough decision for people."
"At his press conference yesterday, where he admitted being involved with prostitutes, Louisiana Senator David Vitter apologized to his longtime supporters — the working men and the working girls of Louisiana."
"The darling of the religious right, conservative Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, not only admitted to having sex with prostitutes, he would pay them $300 to make him wear diapers. And today that crazy astronaut lady called him 'my dream guy, he's got my vote!"
"Vitter put out a statement saying he only started cheating on his wife after he started hanging out with the wrong crowd, you know, Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, the mayor of LA."
"Well now more problems with this Vitter guy. You gotta go on his website, he's like Mr. Religious, Mr. Family Values. Well now a second madam has come forward and told the Associated Press that he was also a customer at her brothel. This guy was cheating on his hooker with another hooker!"
"And this madam says that Vitter was not only having sex with the prostitutes — this is unbelievable — he would also pay them to dress him up in a diaper. See, that's what you call a pampered politician. And she also said today in an interview that he sometimes paid $300 an hour just to have the hookers talk to him because his wife didn't listen to him. Well, I bet she's all ears now."
"Family values conservative Republican Senator from Louisiana David Vitter admitted he has had sex with prostitutes. Apparently years ago this Senator Vitter guy had been seeing one of the DC Madam's escorts. You think the Senator's embarrassed? How about the hooker? Now the whole world knows she had sex with a politician, eww."
"The DC Madam says that when she's releasing these names, she's not doing it for political reasons. She says she does not have a political bone in her body. At least not today."
"Here's good news: the FBI has arrested the madam who was in charge of the ring of prostitutes. No word though on Osama."
"When the White House heard about this scandal, they were relieved. Finally, a Republican caught in a sex scandal with a woman!"


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Where you can be tested for coronavirus this week
PUBLISHED: 16:00 30 May 2020
Mobile coronavirus testing units are continuing to visit towns across the region next week – here is where you can find them.
The testing centres, organised by the Ministry of Defence and Suffolk Resilience Forum, will run alongside the permanent testing centre at Copdock, near Ipswich.
Where will the testing centres be?
■ Haverhill – Meadows Car Park – Monday, June 1 and Thursday, June 4.
■ Leiston – Leiston Leisure Centre, Red House Lane – Monday, June 1 and Wednesday, June 3.
■ Lowestoft – Waterlane Leisure Centre, Rotterdam Road – Tuesday, June 2, Thursday, June 4 and Saturday, June 6.
■ Newmarket – Newmarket Leisure Centre, Exning Road – Tuesday, June 2 and Friday, June 5.
■ Bury St Edmunds – Disused recycling centre in Rougham Hill Road – Wednesday, June 3 and Sunday, June 7.
■ Clacton – Tuesday, June 2 and Thursday, June 4.
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■ Diss – Friday, June 5.
■ Thetford – Tuesday, June 2 and Friday, June 5.
Who is eligible for testing?
In England, anyone showing coronavirus symptoms – including fever, a persistent cough and losing senses of taste and smell – is available for testing.
Tests can be booked for yourself or any member of your household.
Tests are available at the regional centre in Copdock, the mobile centres and also via home testing kits.
All tests must be booked – there are no walk-in or drive-in appointments.
How do you book a test?
Tests can be booked via the government's online portal or by calling 119. In Waveney, tests for key workers such as teachers and those working in transport are eligible for free testing outside of the government's testing capability.
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Infra-humanitarian aid? : humanizing those who give international aid while infrahumanizing the recipients. (2016)
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Thesis DisciplinePsychology
Degree NameMaster of Science
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury
AuthorsDavies, Thomas Josephshow all
Dehumanization is the term used to describe the process of denying humanity to others. The alleviation of dehumanization involves increasing the humanity we attribute to dehumanized others, and can be thought of as rehumanization. A large body of work on dehumanization has emerged in the last decade, however, little is known about rehumanization. The present work contributes to this literature by examining how knowledge of intergroup helping in the context of a natural disaster increases or decreases rehumanization of outgroups. I had American participants read a news article describing either an ingroup or an outgroup natural disaster and that country receiving various amounts of international aid. Half the participants were provided with information about hurricane Katrina (a national disaster) and varying amounts of aid (none vs. small vs. large) given to American victims by Pakistanis. The other half of the participants read about the 2010 Pakistan floods (a foreign disaster) and varying amounts of aid (none vs. small vs. large) given to Pakistani victims by Americans. Results revealed that Americans who read about hurricane Katrina and no mention of American victims receiving help, infrahumanized both Americans and Pakistanis. However, those participants who went on to read about American victims receiving (small or large) help from Pakistanis, attributed significantly more secondary emotions to Pakistanis, but not Americans (e.g. ingroup infrahumanization persisted). American participants who read about the 2010 Pakistan floods and no mention of Pakistani victims receiving help infrahumanized Pakistanis but not Americans. Those participants who went on to read about Pakistani victims receiving (small or large) help from Americans did not show any change in secondary emotions attributed to either Americans or Pakistani's (e.g. outgroup infrahumanization and ingroup humanization persisted).The discussion centres on the nuances of rehumanization strategies and intergroup relations.


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Kelsea Ballerini is Thrilled to be Nominated in the Same ACM Category as the 'Big Dogs'
Kelsea Ballerini is super excited for the ACM Awards. She up for two trophies Music Video for "Peter Pan" and Female Vocalist. The singer-songwriter had a hard time picking which one means more, but acknowledges how important the song — and video — for "Peter Pan" was for her career. The second category, though, is … Read more