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The past year has been a bad one for democracy, and the Republic that once was the United States seems to live in name only. Because of the extreme abuses of power the Federal government has exercised just in the past year, the people of the Nation have been broken, discouraged and must now only be controlled.
A recent report in the state-run Russia Today cites an instructional military book, Non-Lethal Weapons Reference Book (leaked by PublicIntelligence.net) to outline the coming "high-tech crackdown" that may soon befall citizens of the United States deemed unruly.
If you have ever seen a farmer persuade his livestock to bend to his will with less-than-lethal methods such as cattle prods, whips and electric fences, you know how incredibly persuasive they can be to the animals. The U.S.
government also knows a thing or two about controlling groups; unfortunately, the target isn't unruly livestock, but U.S. citizens.
The report references one device that has already made a military debut in Afghanistan and that will likely become commonplace for domestic crowd control as law enforcement agencies throughout the country become increasingly militarized. The Active Denial System, which is described as a "long range, directed energy, vehicle mounted system that projects an invisible electromagnetic millimeter-wave energy beam beyond small arms range," can be used as a non-lethal way to create extreme discomfort and quell group dissent.
Other military implements that may soon see use within U.S. borders include Acoustic Hailing Devices that provide "scalable, directional warning tones" causing "auditory damage" and the Distributed Sound and Light Array which "uses a combined laser, non-coherent light, and acoustics to produce a synergistic engagement system." Other systems can completely disable motor vehicles and emit acoustic waves that make it impossible for crowds to shout without discomfort and nausea.
While many Americans deny that the U.S. government will ever use such weapons on a widespread basis against dissenters, recent developments in the country appear to indicate otherwise. The crackdowns on OWS camps carried out by police in riot/military gear, armed with tear gas canisters and rubber bullets, indicate that when large masses of people cry out, no matter what the political agenda, they will be quieted by local, State and/or Federal officials.
Before the crackdowns on the OWS camps, the Federal government demonstrated its willingness to bypass the judiciary system anytime an individual poses a threat to its agenda. In September, the Administration of Barack Obama executed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in the mountains of Yemen with a drone strike. Though he often spoke on behalf of al-Qaida, it could be reasonably assumed that al-Awlaki's citizenship status gave him the right to trial before execution. The Administration disagrees: Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson said of the execution that only the executive branch, not the courts, is equipped to make military battlefield targeting decisions about who qualifies as an enemy.
Johnson's statement would be less alarming if the Administration — with the help of hawkish neoconservatives like Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) — had not recently passed a military spending bill with provisions that effectively designate American soil a battlefield and every American a possible enemy. The bill gives the President the ability to indefinitely detain terror suspects, but this comes at a time when the lines of what constitutes "terror" are becoming increasingly blurry. The Federal government is currently in active negotiations with members of the Taliban, and Obama has made it clear that anyone who rejects his agenda is considered a "right-wing domestic terrorist."
How long will it take for Federal government to decide it necessary to carry out al-Awlaki style executions on those deemed "domestic terrorists" as they sit in their homes in the United States? With the increasing use of military drones in U.S. airspace, the idea is not so far-fetched. The same Federal agencies that carried out fatally-flawed operations like those in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in the 1990s now have aerial drones and a license to kill in the name of Homeland Security. Some people may think that the agencies have refined their methods since those days; others have been following news about Operation Fast and Furious, the most recent endeavor by the Department of Justice, and know better.
Those people who do not believe the Federal government is out to harm them by breaking their will, dehumanizing them and bending them to be the subservient masses that will keep it afloat should simply take a flight. If being prodded, poked and virtually stripped naked by poorly trained agents of the Transportation Security Administration is not bad enough, how about having very personal belongings fondled, food stolen and grandmothers groped by the TSA? All are tactics of dehumanization to create subservient masses, and all are things that happened to American travelers last year.
Aside from quashing unruly masses and making problems disappear, the Federal government wants to keep tabs on the information being put out by journalists and bloggers throughout the Nation with a new Homeland Security initiative. According to Russia Today, in a new report, the Department reserves the right to collect personal information from news anchors, journalists, reporters or anyone who may use "traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed."
And while Homeland Security is busy putting together a plan to rid the country of any bad press, Congress has been working to sanitize the Internet. Pending legislation like SOPA and the Protect IP Act will effectively give American citizens about as much online freedom as citizens of China.
Some Americans may think that if they are not in the public eye, don't regularly protest and are not members of al-Qaida, they are not subject to government intrusion. But a recent decision by Magistrate Judge David Noce in United States v. Robinson says that as long as you park your vehicle in public parking lots or use public roadways, law enforcement has the ability to install a GPS tracking device with no warrant to log where you travel if they believe you "may be involved in criminal activities."
When the First Congress enacted the original Crimes Act in 1790, with only 17 recognized Federal crimes, it may have been reasonable to assume that as long as a person was a law-abiding citizen, he was not at risk of intrusion. Today, though, there are more than 4,500 Federal crimes — and many are so obscure that they are nearly indecipherable. In addition to the 4,500 Federal crimes, there are tens of thousands of Federal regulations. Many people commit criminal acts daily without even knowing they are doing so.
Last year was a very busy one for all of those interested in ending American life as it is and has been known. The United States that was a Republic has already collapsed and has very quietly become a totalitarian regime, complete with a dictator named Obama and a Congress that bends to his will and continually legislates in such a way that would make any totalitarian regime proud. Together they have done everything in their power to undermine the Constitution and name themselves as the all-powerful ruling class. And with the undoing of the ideas of the Founders and the ruination of but a few more checks and balances, they will effectively claim their supremacy.
So what have Americans lost and why does the ruling class have to do away with the Constitution and the rights it gives to every American citizen? It is explained by James Madison, who contended that there was no way American lawmakers could declare themselves a ruling class under the provisions of the Constitution, in the 57th volume of the Federalist Papers:
If it be asked, what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer: the genius of the whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws; and above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America — a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it.
Those who are working so hard to claim themselves a ruling class know that their goal cannot be achieved if there is such a thing as a population that holds dear its "vigilant and manly spirit." And they know how to slowly break that spirit without alarm by dehumanizing populations — luring people into accepting tyrannical rule in the guise of laws claimed to exist for public safety, homeland security or the better good of humanity. Unlike Madison, they always leave out words like freedom and never discuss the great threats government poses to the people, but contrarily advise vigilance to combat the people's threat to the government.
Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul has been warning the public of many of these frightening developments for more than 35 years. Now, as he vies for the Nation's highest office, many of his predictions have come true. Maybe it is time Americans listened to the "kook," because those things he said would happen — predictions Americans once considered to be crazy and far-fetched — are now reality. He may be the Nation's last hope to a path back to some semblance of the Constitutional Republic created by the Founders.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A state tax break that is good for businesses might not be good for your wallet. Augusta leaders warn they might have to plug a budget hole with your cash.
Let the name-calling begin. Satanic and racist are just a few of the names being thrown around as the city tries to figure out how to fill a $1 million budget hole.
"The public needs to understand that there could be a tax increase," said Augusta Finance Committee Chairman Jerry Brigham. "Could be. Didn't say it would be."
The mayor pro tem first suggested slashing church exemptions as a way to make up for less funding from the state.
"And I'm not surprised at that, because it is really more of a satanic move," said Rev. K. B. Martin with the Augusta Baptist Ministers Conference. "It's part of the movement to destroy the church, and then you want to ask the question why is society in the shape that it is in?"
"You know," said Mayor Pro Tem Joe Bowles, "racist preachers have their opinions, and I sleep well at night."
Commissioners say there are other ways to make up the close to $1 million loss.
"Like a franchise fee," said Augusta Finance Committee Chairman Jerry Brigham. "It's a franchise fee. That's what the legislation is."
"They can call what they want," Bowles said. "It's a tax."
The city is considering an excise tax on manufacturers to make up for the lost revenue.
"Which defeats the purpose of the tax break," Bowles said.
"We're going to either have to cut services or raise property taxes," said Brigham, who is not convinced a tax increase can be avoided. "Taxes will probably change no matter what we do."
The tax break for businesses will also extend the length of time it takes to collect money for SPLOST projects. The commission has a work session planned on the topic this Thursday at 3 p.m.


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Bartolo Colon, the Yankees' veteran pitcher and embodiment of struggle against the all-consuming void, pitched again on Saturday. Or did he? He came in on a three-game losing streak; the Yankees won; he is still on a three-game losing streak. His line: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 7 K, 1 BB, 2 HR.
Colon was lifted in the top of the seventh, with the bases empty and the Yankees trailing 4-3, so Boone Logan could face Mark Teahen. The Yankees then scored three runs in the bottom of the inning. Colon, who threw 110 pitches, got no decision. Logan, who threw 6 pitches, got the win.
Since the end of July, Logan has thrown 8.2 innings in relief, throwing 122 pitches (69 percent for strikes), and has a 3-0 record. Colon has thrown 36 innings as a starter, throwing 602 pitches (68 percent for strikes), and his record is 0-3. So much time and toil, so little to show for it.


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IMHO: when profs f*ck up exams and it can be shown that not all students experienced the same degree of f*ck up, this should be taken into account. Law school exams are timed for a reason. It is not fair for some to have less time than others because of an administrative snafu.
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First Take: Why shareholders want Gates out
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Some big Microsoft shareholders who are happy about CEO Steve Ballmer's imminent exit now want his mentor, company co-founder and chairman Bill Gates, to follow him out the door.
Reuters is reporting that three of Microsoft's top 20 shareholders, representing 5% of the outstanding shares, want Bill Gates to resign as chairman.
REPORT:MSFT investors want Gates out as chairman
"If both Gates and Ballmer are out, and better capital allocators are in, Microsoft's stock will hit $40 within the next several months," predicts Dan Ferris, investment analyst at Stansberry & Associates Investment Research. "If Gates announces his resignation, the stock will rally."
Dissatisfied shareholders could be upset that Gates would likely stay the course that he and Ballmer have established by pushing for a Ballmer clone to replace his college buddy.
"The bigger issue is, now that Ballmer is being replaced, who will lead?" says Jack Gold, analyst J. Gold Associates. "Gates and Ballmer have essentially veto power over the selection process that not much will change, and the replacement will be cut from the same cloth.
"If you eliminate the existing chair and limit the influence of Ballmer on the selection process, you're more likely to get someone that can take Microsoft in a needed new direction," Gold says. "That would be the best outcome, in my opinion."
Since Gates stepped down as CEO in 2000 and turned the reins over to Ballmer, Microsoft has launched 16 new businesses that do $1 billion each in annual revenue, including a handful that are growing at double-digit percentages.
Under the Gates-Ballmer regime, Microsoft continues to rake in high profit margins with its Windows and Office software businesses, which require very little capital investment. Selling software licenses doesn't burn through cash like, say, building cars or jetliners.
The company had record revenue topping $73 billion in its last fiscal year, and has stockpiled nearly $70 billion in foreign securities, on which it pays zero U.S. taxes, and can quickly turn into cash.
But its share price has been on a plateau for more than a decade, because for a giant corporation that generates a mountain of free cash flow, Microsoft is viewed by many on Wall Street as being too stingy in rewarding shareholders.
Free cash flow is the money from core operations that's left over after it's reinvested to maintain and grow the business.
Titans such as Coca-Cola, Colgate Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson, which throw off a lot of free cash flow on a consistent basis, typically pay their fair share of U.S. taxes and send sometimes as much as 60% or 70% of free cash flow back to shareholders in the form of dividends.
Even with a recent boost in dividends, Microsoft will convert about 40% of free cash into dividends. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to chase Google and Amazon in online services, and Apple and Google in the mobile devices business.
"Whether they'll be successful or not is uncertain — it's anything but easy to show the world's second-richest man the door," says Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "But even wildly successful founders can't remain immune to their companies' ills forever."
The shareholders who want Gates to follow Ballmer out could view poor capital allocation as one of Microsoft's primary problems. Ballmer spent $21.7 billion to acquire aQuantive, Skype and Nokia. AQuantive devolved into a $6.2 billion write-down. The jury is out as to whether Skype or Nokia will pan out.
"If good capital allocators take over the top two spots at Microsoft, the whole world will wish it listened to me one of the few dozen times I recommended the stock since I first started covering it in 2006," says Ferris.
But there is a risk in separating Gates from Microsoft. "The concern is that with both Gates and Ballmer leaving, this may introduce uncertainty beyond initial reaction by active investors," says Al Hilwa, software development analyst at IDC. "One view of Microsoft is that there is a lot that can go wrong that still hasn't."


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Schoenbeck was referring to Curian Capital's announcement on Monday that it has launched a new app specifically designed for mobile, "on-the-spot" generation of client proposals.
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If you live in Atlanta, like I do, you're probably pretty aware of what's going on this weekend. The NCAA Final Four Basketball Semi-Finals and Championship games are going down at the Georgia Dome. Louisville will be playing Witchita State and Michigan will be playing Syracuse on Saturday night. The winner of each game will play each other in the championship on Monday night.
In addition to the games themselves, there's a ton of stuff going on around town. If you read our weekend guide, you know that all weekend long will feature free concerts from bands like Dave Matthews and Sting. Bracket Town, a 4-day family-friendly event inside the Georgia World Congress Center, will be your chance to meet coaches and former college basketball players, get autographs and participate in other sports activities.
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Obviously fans are going to wear t-shirts showing off the team they want to win. That also goes for the concerts; fans will show off their favorite bands by donning their t-shirts. There is also a 5K in the morning on Saturday and I'm sure they'll give out t-shirts too.
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Sounds weird for a basketball tournament, but hear me out. At Bracket Town, kids (and adults for that matter) will have the opportunity to get autographs signed. Props to the company that thought to get their logo imprinted on the pens that the athletes will be using to sign them.
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The first day of OpenSourceBridge was amazing and we finished it off by having a Bird of Feather session for people involved and/or interested in Google Summer of Code.
I know that it was very helpful to hear and talk about how the current GSoC is going with my fellow organization admins, mentors and students. Cat Allman, Ellen Ko and Leslie Hawthorn contributed a lot of knowledge and experience about how to deal with things when they go pear-shaped, and I even met an organization and mentor that are my neighbors! Some of the great ideas that came out of this were that first-year organizations would be greatly helped by having a "buddy" organization that has been involved in GSoC before, so that a brand-new organization admin can have a friendly ear to bend when they need help. I mentioned this because I usually bend Bart Massey's ear when I need some GSoC guidance, and I thought that other first-year admins could also greatly benefit from something like this.
I was a mentor for the The Perl Foundation last year, with the Math::GSL project and this year I find myself the organization admin as well as a mentor for the Math::Primality project, which implements advanced prime-checking algorithms for Perl 5. It is definitely a big step to go from mentor to admin and meeting up with people in the same situation really helps!
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"For me the dark side has always been a source of light and energy."
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Roger Ballen zählt zu den bekanntesten Fotografen Südafrikas. In New York geboren und in Johannesburg nun lebend, begann Ballen mit dem dreizehnten Lebensjahr mit der Kunst der Fotografie. Seine Mutter arbeitete für die renommierte Fotoagentur Magnum Photos. Ballen fotografiert jene Begebenheiten, die bei den meisten Betrachtern ein beklemmendes Gefühl auslösen dürften – eine Reflektion in die dunkle Seite der eigenen Psyche. Roger Ballen ist ein Künstler, der sehr viel Anspruch an sich selbst stellt. So ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass dieser Mensch für seine Fotokollektionen meist über fünf Jahre braucht, bis diese in Form eines Bildbandes veröffentlicht werden. "SÜDAFRIKA – Land der Kontraste" ist überaus erfreut, diesen interessanten Top-Fotografen interviewen und darüberhinaus exklusiv einige seiner eindrucksvollen Kunstwerke im Portal abbilden zu dürfen.
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2010sdafrika-editorial staff: We would like to welcome on "SÜDAFRIKA – Land der Kontraste" – the German gateway to South Africa – the in New York City born and in Johannesburg living photographer Roger Ballen. You are known for your impressive arts in South Africa and abroad. Why did you start to photograph and what does it mean for you to catch the reality in pictures?
Answer: I bought my first camera when I was thirteen. By that stage, in the early sixties, my mother had been working for Magnum for some years. Through her conversation, and particularly her collecting, I was exposed to the work of many photographers – some of them now considered historically important. In this milieu there was a complete belief in the value of photography; and particularly in its ability to capture and convey meaning in a socio-documentary context.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: How do you choose your themes? Do you even choose them or do they come "naturally"?
Answer: My themes are multiple and ultimately very difficult to describe in words. Most of my projects take approximately five years to complete and are then published as a book. The projects evolve over time and it is next to impossible to predict the course the images will take.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: Would you approve, if I say, that your photographs are scary? And if you do, why do you still take them, rather than happy and content photographs?
Answer: I believe that if a person find my images scary then that individual has been affected in a very positive way. The images have penetrated into the 'shadow side' the place of the psyche that we are scared to confront, to come to grips with. Most people call it the dark side. For me the dark side has always been a source of light and energy. I often mention to people that one cannot find light without knowing the dark.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: Which reaction do you expect from people that look at your photographs, especially when they usually have nothing to do with arts or photography, from ordinary working class people?
Answer: It is very difficult to know exactly what anybody else feels. My intentions in taking these images are to better understand myself. I do not take photographs to mimic what other people might experience or to predict how they might react. It is just not possible for me to understand how others will relate to my images.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: Which messages are you promoting in your photographs?
Answer: As I get older, the meaning of the human condition is rooted in the realization that 'knowing more is knowing less.' We are doomed to leave this world without any clue as to why we were here, where we came from, and where we are going. This is a fate of utter marginalization.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: You have often been accused of exploiting people for your photographs. What would you answer to people who say that?
Answer: I believe that my photographs are more psychological in meaning. The images represent a psychological culture. At the same time they emanate from my own psyche. I have never considered myself a photo journalist or a politically orientated photographer. Many of my images represent a universal sense of marginalization, alienation and the inability to cope with the chaos around us. The reason that these images still have meaning to people who know nothing about South African history is that my viewers feel that an aspect of themselves is being reflected in the image.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: In 2010, you have been in Berlin. Which impressions do you have collected from Germany and Germans?
Answer: It is always difficult to generalize about a culture. Nevertheless, I have been very impressed with the cultural dynamics of Berlin.
2010sdafrika-editorial staff: Roger Ballen, photographer from Johannesburg, thank you very much for this interview and for providing of your arts!
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We reported last month that motorsports engineering firm Prodrive had worked up a rally-inspired concept car based on the Subaru R2 minicar. Now, our buddy Edd sent us a bunch of pics of the P2 on its turntable at the Autosport International show in the UK. The lightweight P2, you might remember, sports an Impreza STi WRX powertrain tweaked up to
420 345hp and a design penned by F1 designer Peter Stevens. No word on whether Prodrive has firmed up plans to enter the specialty consumer-car market, or whether the P2 is merely a showcase of its various performance skills. Click through for more pics. [Update: From the press info — it can go from zero to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and tops out at 174 mph.]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a bill championed by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis that would force government agencies to get a warrant to search emails older than six months and stored on third-party servers, such as gmail.
More than 300 members of the House co-sponsored the measure, which passed by unanimous vote. Its purpose is to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which did not address warrants for emails older than six months.
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Tom Nunamaker necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
We are launching a new website for trading foreign exchange (FOREX). The primary product will be trading software for lease. Possible future products would be forex trading signals or an advisory newsletter. A trading syndication model is being discussed as well. This is where the trader's account would be auto-traded for them.
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The website is being modified by another designer at the moment so please ignore all colors on the website. The logo at http://www.expersignal.com will be replaced with the winning logo of this contest.
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This Friday and Saturday at the Cincinnati Symphony, young Boba Fett is the featured narrator at a classical event featuring the works of John Williams.
Cincinnati Pops Favorites Concert: July 8-9, 2005
"The Star Wars Concert"
A sound and light spectacular set to rousing music by John Williams from all six Star Wars films, including the most recent, Revenge of the Sith. Live light saber battles, costumed Star Wars characters, and the aerial viruosity of Alexander Streltsov will add to the excitement of the show.
Pre-Concert Fun! Arrive at Riverbend early and mingle with costumed Star Wars characters, take a family picture with the characters, and view amazing displays of hand-crafted Star Wars costumes and memorabilia related to the films.
- Erich Kunzel, conductor
- Alexander Streltsov, aerialist
- Joseph Sark & Co., light saber battle
- Daniel Logan (Boba Fett from Attack of the Clones), narrator
- May Festival Summer Chorus, Heather MacPhail, director
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Hi, this is Gavin Vickers from Australia giving a dispatch for the SummitClimb Everest/Lhotse expedition for 25 April. There are beautiful blue skies up here at the bottom of the Lhotse face. Today we climbed 350 vertical metres towards camp 3. It was a nice climb until a snow storm blew in and we turned around and headed back to camp 2. Today was Anzac Day in Australia, a remembrance day to all of the soldiers serving in the armed forces. It was a great day and we ended it with a delicious meal. Thanks for listening. Bye, bye.
24 April,
Today was a very special day for two reasons. One of the reasons is it was Easter Sunday and we all got woken up early by Gavin doing a fantastic impression of the Easter Bunny and brining chocolate eggs to all of our tents. We were all delighted by that. It was also a special day because it's my 30th birthday. I can't tell you how great it is to spend my 30th up here at camp 2 on this Everest trip. We had a really nice day, spending it acclimatizing around camp. We helped the sherpas build a platform for our dining tent and had some nice food. Tonight we had a really nice meal and I even had a chocolate cake covered in pineapple. I got a nice hat with my name knitted on it, although there was a spelling mistake which I think kind of made it nicer. The rest of the team all got together and gave me presents. I got some foot warmers, jelly energy beans, and some chocolates so it was kind of perfect. The weather has been really good. It's actually been amazing for the whole trip. We've had lots of sunshine, not too much wind and it's been kind of quite stable. There has been a little bit of snow, which has been nice and makes everywhere look clean. We've also been meeting some famous people, some quite cool people. literally. Today Kenton Cool stopped by our camp and had a cup of tea. He was with a French gentleman named Sebastian who was also really nice and stopped by for some tea. Yesterday we met Dave Hall, who is up here with a 16 year old American girl. We think she is attempting to be the youngest female to climb Everest. Then, bizarrely, while we were standing around drinking tea today we saw the pope. Or at least somebody dressed as the pope. We were all at camp and this guy with a TV crew appeared dressed as the pope, so that was quite funny. I think that's about all. I had a brilliant birthday. I'd like to say hi to everyone at home, tell you I've had an amazing day and when I get back to basecamp I'll get in touch with you all. The whole team is doing really well. We're all happy because it's Easter Sunday and we've all had Easter eggs. The next few days we're going to start some more acclimatization and maybe head up the Lhotse Face and get to camp 3, but we'll see how it goes. That's all for now. I'll call in again soon. Bye.


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Combined genu valgum and increased knee version: an anatomical configuration pre-disposing to patellofemoral instability?
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|18. Oktober 2011
Questionnaire: Torsional deformities of the femur or the tibia, as well as genu valgum can all increase the Q angle, thereby lateralize the force vector acting on the patella and possibly increase the risk of lateral dislocation. A detailed evaluation of lower limb anatomy to identify the location and degree of a possible underlying patho-anatomy is therefore an essential step in the diagnosis and treatment of PF instability. Hypothesis of this study was that patients with PF instability possess both significantly increased knee valgus and an internally rotated knee, and further, that the main patho-anatomy was on the femur.
Methods: An MRI protocol using a T2-HASTE sequence and a dedicated lower limb angiography coil was developed, with the entire scanning process lasting less than 4min. In a study approved by the local ethics committee, 15 healthy subjects and 15 patients with PF instability were evaluated. After 3D reconstruction of the MRI scans in Amira (Visage Imaging GmbH, Berlin, Germany), bony landmarks where defined in order to calculate the following read-out parameters: femoral torsion, tibial torsion, the knee version (the relative rotation between the distal femur and the proximal tibia), and the mechanical femoral tibial angle (mFTA). Negative values for the mFTA are interpreted as knee valgus. Greater values for either femoral or tibial torsion mean a greater internal rotation of the distal end of the respective segment. Negative values for the knee version are interpreted as relative internal rotation of the distal femur.
Results and conclusions: Patients with PF instability had significantly more valgus knees (p< 0.01) than the control subjects (Figure 1 [Fig. 1]). Additionally, significantly (p<0.01) higher femoral torsion and knee version angles (Figure 1 [Fig. 1]) were observed in the patient cohort in comparison to the controls, while no significant differences where observed for the tibial torsion between the two groups. Using this novel protocol to determine 3D limb alignment from MRI we found that the patients with PF instability exhibited a significantly more valgus knee, and also possessed significantly increased knee version. Both frontal plane as well as rotational malalignment in our patients increase the Q-angle and can therefore increase the lateralizing forces acting on the patella. The specific multi-planar anatomical configuration observed in our patients might thus predispose to PF instability. While future studies should aim to identify whether increased knee version is an independent risk factor for PF instability, our results confirm that at least a subgroup of patients with PF instability might particularly benefit from treatment options that focus on this aspect.


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This evening, I am posting information on Still family history, as sourced from a memorial at Cathcart Cemetery, Glasgow. This records the death of:
- James E Still on Feb 19th, 1938, age 46 years.
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Pro-Russia forces mount pressure on Ukrainians
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow mounted pressure on Ukraine Saturday, with Russia's foreign minister denouncing the new Ukrainian authorities as puppets of armed radicals and pro-Russia forces in Crimea trying to flush Ukrainian soldiers out of the few military bases still under their control.
The regional parliament in Crimea has set a March 16 referendum on leaving Ukraine to join Russia, and senior lawmakers in Moscow said they would support the move, ignoring sanctions threats and warnings from U.S. President Barack Obama that the vote would violate international law.
The strategic peninsula in southern Ukraine has become the flashpoint in the battle for Ukraine, where three months of protests sent President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing to Russia. A majority of people in Crimea identify with Russia, and Moscow has a major naval base on the Black Sea.
While the U.S. and the EU urged Russia to engage in dialogue with new Ukrainian authorities who came to power on the wave of protests that sent President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing to Russia, the Kremlin has refused to do so, denouncing the change of power in Ukraine as "unconstitutional coup."
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that Moscow sees no sense in having a dialogue with Ukraine's new authorities because, in his view, they kowtow to radical nationalists.
"The so-called interim government isn't independent, it depends, to our great regret, on radical nationalists who have seized power with arms," he said at a news conference. He said that nationalist groups use "intimidation and terror" to control Ukraine.
Meanwhile in Crimea, pro-Russia soldiers late Friday tried to take over a Ukrainian base in a tense standoff that lasted for several hours.
Lt. Col. Vitaly Onishchenko, deputy commander of the base, said three dozen men wearing unmarked camouflage uniforms arrived late Friday. While one group climbed over a wall on one side of the base, another crashed a heavy military truck through the gates, Onishchenko said.
He said Saturday that they turned off power, cut telephone lines and demanded that about 100 Ukrainian troops, who barricaded themselves into one of the base buildings, surrender their weapons and swear allegiance to Russia. The invaders left around midnight.
No shots were fired in and no injuries were reported, but the incident reflected tensions running high on the Black Sea peninsula. In the week since Russia seized control of Crimea, Russian troops have been neutralizing and disarming Ukrainian military bases there. Some Ukrainian units, however, have refused to give up. Crimea's new leader has said pro-Russian forces numbering more than 11,000 now control all access to the region and have blockaded all military bases that haven't yet surrendered.
Russia has denied that its forces are active in Crimea, describing the troops who wear green uniforms without insignia as local "self-defense forces." But many of the troops, who are armed with advanced heavy weaponry, are being transported by vehicles with Russian license plates.
Onishchenko said the troops who assailed his base were clearly Russian.
"These were Russian servicemen specially ordered," he said. "Their watches were set to Moscow time. They spoke with Russian accents and they didn't hide their allegiance to the Russian Federation. But they didn't have any distinguishing marks (on their uniforms). Without doubt, this was a Russian action."
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow has no intention of annexing Crimea, but says its people have the right to determine the region's status in a referendum.
The Crimean referendum has been denounced by Ukraine's new government, and U.S. President Barack Obama says it would violate international law. The U.S. moved Thursday to impose its first sanctions on Russians involved in the military occupation of Crimea.
Speaking on BBC on Saturday, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that while there is no military response to the recent events of Crimea, the crisis was a reminder that there are treats to European security and stability.
"I do believe that politicians all over NATO will now rethink the whole thing about investment in security and defense," he told the BBC. "Obviously, defense comes at a cost but insecurity is much more expensive."


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BASEDIR Parameter
The pkginfo file for any relocatable package must include a default base directory in the form of an entry like this:
This is only the default base directory; it can be changed by the administrator during installation.
While some packages require more than one base directory, the advantage to using this parameter to position the package is because the base directory is guaranteed to be in place and writable as a valid directory by the time installation begins. The correct path to the base directory for the server and client is available to all procedure scripts in the form of reserved environment variables, and the pkginfo -r SUNWstuf command displays the current installation base for the package.
In the checkinstall script,
BASEDIR is the parameter exactly as defined in the pkginfo file (it has not been conditioned yet). In order to inspect
the target base directory, the ${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}$BASEDIR
construction is required. This means that the request
or checkinstall script can change the value of
BASEDIR in the installation environment with
predictable results. By the time the preinstall script
is called, the
BASEDIR parameter
is the fully conditioned pointer to the actual base directory on the target
system, even if the system is a client.
The request script utilizes the
BASEDIR parameter differently for different
releases of the SunOS operating system. In order to test a
BASEDIR parameter in a request script, the
following code should be used to determine the actual base directory in use.
# request script constructs base directory if [ ${CLIENT_BASEDIR} ]; then LOCAL_BASE=$BASEDIR else LOCAL_BASE=${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}$BASEDIR fi


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If you're confused enough over the two ballot propositions on the June 5 ballot (cigarette tax and term limits), just wait until November.
The way things are going, there may be as many as two dozen statewide ballot issues before the voters.
So far, six issues have qualified. They include proposals for an $11 billion water bond, restrictions on political contributions by payroll deductions, eased rules for auto insurance companies to set rates, rejection of the state senate redistricting formula, repeal of the death penalty, and new penalties for human trafficking.
But wait...There are more. Another seven proposed ballot propositions have been submitted for signature verification.
That brings the total to thirteen. And sponsors of about three dozen more are currently in the process of attempting to gather the necessary number of signatures -- 504,760 for a proposed statute or 807,615 for a proposed constitutional amendment.
Of course, a number of those proposals in circulation will fail to gather enough valid signatures in time, but it doesn't take a math genius to see how we easily could approach two dozen proposed ballot issues in November.
Most of these proposals come in the form of initiatives. Their numbers have exploded in recent years, leaving the voters at the mercy of activists and interest groups that spend hundreds of millions of dollars to convince us to vote for or against awkwardly written, and even less understood public policy schemes.
Consider the pattern over the past fifty years. Between 1960 and 1969, the voters decided 10 initiatives. Over the next decade, the number increased to 24. Between 1980 and 1989, 52 initiatives were presented to the voters, a number slightly higher than the 50 during 2000-2009.
Now here we are in the present decade. In 2010, the voters decided the fate of 10 initiatives, followed by two more next month.
Then, this November, we're likely to see another twenty plus. At this rate, we'll decide the outcome of 100 ballot propositions by the end of the current decade.
Meanwhile, the legislature has been loath to weigh in on the heavy issues that become the focus of these propositions, even though they have the power to do so.
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But then again, why should the legislature take on controversial issues like adequate revenues (i.e. taxes) when its members are short-termers anyway? Term limits let them off the hook.
The irony is that two-thirds of all initiatives never become law either because of defeat at the ballot box or decisions by the courts that declare them unconstitutional.
It seems like a lot of work and campaign cost for little return, although the political activists and interest groups at the heart of these battles might feel otherwise.
Meanwhile, the legislature is safely on the side lines, while we grasp for aspirin. Something isn't right.
Maybe it's time to revisit the initiative process.
Larry Gerston teaches political science at San Jose State University and is the political analyst at NBC Bay Area.


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Prone Christmas trees line the sidewalks. Sometime soon last year's calendars will be replaced. Next, the collection of this year's holiday cards will be gathered up and put away.
While the Greeting Card Association reports that Americans buy 7 billion greeting cards annually, and on average people in this country receive 20 cards each a year, the greeting card industry has begun tracking the growing popularity of e-cards.
They estimate that some 500 million of the electronic missives are sent worldwide annually, and like paper cards, are most popular during the holidays, particularly in December. This rise in popularity appears to have two origins: a cultural shift toward computers and a concern for the environment in the form of paper consumption.
Robb Waterman, CEO of one of the first e-card sites and one that snagged the domain name e-cards.com, said when his company started in 1995, "We didn't think about replacing paper cards, but did think of it as environmentally sensitive." Waterman started experimenting with e-cards when he found he couldn't send photos by e-mail to friends in Europe.
Clearly technology has overcome that limit, and e-card use has only grown.
This December Maureen White, 35, says she received an e-Christmas card from her younger cousin that started out, "To save the postal carriers' legs, I have opted to send out an E-Christmas card. In reality, I have very few of my friends and family's actual postal addresses these days because I was born in 1980, and us Gen Y'ers are concerned with speed and convenience. 99% of what I do is on the computer!"
White says, "The card was really nice and had tons of pictures from his life. I'm sure it took him a while to put it together." Nonetheless the greeting generated some lighthearted heckling from one recipient. Someone on her cousin's list hit "reply all" with the playful note, "Get a wife and send a real card."
But according to American Greetings — the largest paper and e-card company in the world — women, men, husbands, young and old are among the 2 million people paying $13.99 a year to subscribe to the company's e-card service. Its 30,000 e-cards range from still photos, audio-video clips, and the means to create your own card.
That's what Carolyn Hampton, 45, received this year, "I got an e-card that was actually a link to YouTube. My friend uploaded a video of her three kids."
E-card popularity might primarily reflect our increasing dependence on the Internet, but it does have green benefits. A rough back-of-the-envelope calculation finds 7 billion cards equals about 2.5 million trees, although the number varies based on the type and amount of paper used in each card.
For some, the conservation factor is important. Josie Glausiusz, 42, used e-cards to send holiday greetings for the first time this year saying, "It's saving paper," she says. "Mind you, it takes energy to run your computer, but I'd be using that anyway as it's on pretty much all day for work."
She also noted that one of her friends chose not to send any paper cards this year and instead gave a sizable donation to Doctors Without Borders. She sent an e-mail to her friends explaining her decision and wished them all a happy and peaceful New Year.
"Basically, I'm happy when any friend remembers me, whether postally or not, so why would I care if someone e-mails me or sends me a card?" Glausiusz says.
But some people do care and feel strongly that paper cards are a special part of their holiday. "At my house like others, real Christmas cards are often set out on the mantel or some other conspicuous place. That can't be done with e-cards," says David Mitchell of West Marin, Calif.
The paper greeting card industry would concur and stresses that e-cards are not replacing the traditional paper card industry — only expanding it.
Story by Victoria Schlesinger. This article originally appeared in Plenty in January 2008. The story was added to MNN.com.