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So in the midst of all of these home renovation projects (new floors throughout, new kitchen,
paint...) I decided it would be a wonderful idea to add a pocket door into our laundry area. Previously we had a regular door, and it just took up a lot of space in an already crowded area. Little did I know just how much time and effort was involved in this pocket door. We are talking moving electrical and water lines, new drywall...the works! So I was going to have to repaint the laundry room anyway, and I had one of those "while I am at it..." moments. So since I was going to have to get new paint for the room anyway, I thought why not have some fun with it and add a stripe or something. Then I thought that the shelves were not really doing anything for me, so I decided to get some baskets for them. Then I thought, "you know, those pantry cabinets sure are nice...one would fit there I bet...", and it just all spiraled out of control from there. But I am so happy that it did. I love the results, and now laundry isn't such a choir anymore! Don't get me wrong, it's still a pain....but at least I can be in a room I love while doing my least favorite housework!
This was the room before the makeover....
And now....
This is as you enter the room. Now that we have the pocket door, we had room to add a tall pantry cabinet, which adds SO much storage! I could put crown molding on top of the pantry cabinet, but I really like my basket up there, so I am thinking of leaving it open. Thoughts???
This is the folding counter. I just took the shelf from before and moved it down to about bar height. It is very functional. The washboard cabinet was made by my dad for my Nana. When we moved into our home, she gave it to me. I love it!
This grouping was so easy and cheap! The flowers are fake (I wish I could grow something that beautiful!), the vase I had, as well as the candle and frame. The fabric came in a little craft pack at WalMart, for like 9$. There were 5 fabric squares, about 2 yards x 2 yards each.
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Creating sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel resources is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind. Solar energy provides an excellent option to alleviate modern dependence on fossil fuels. However, efficient methods to harness solar energy are still largely lacking. Biomass from photosynthetic organisms can be used as feedstock to produce traditional fuels, but must be produced in great quantities in order to meet the demands of growing populations. Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic photosynthetic microorganisms that can produce biomass on large scales using only sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and small amounts of nutrients. Thus, Cyanobacteria are a viable option for sustainable production …
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Traumatic Stress, Depression, and Recovery: Child and Parent Responses After Emergency Medical Care for Unintentional Injury." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015;31(11):737-42."
Acute stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms among english and spanish speaking children with recent trauma exposure." J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2014;21(1):66-71."
Design, delivery, and evaluation of early interventions for children exposed to acute trauma." Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014;5."
Nurses' Views and Current Practice of Trauma-Informed Pediatric Nursing Care." J Pediatr Nurs. 2014."
Child coping, parent coping assistance, and post-traumatic stress following pediatric physical injury." Child Care Health Dev. 2013;39(2):171-7."
Development and psychometric evaluation of child acute stress measures in spanish and english." J Trauma Stress. 2013;26(1):19-27."
Acceptability and feasibility of family use of The Cellie Cancer Coping Kit." Support Care Cancer. 2012;20(12):3315-24."
Acute stress symptoms in children: results from an international data archive." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012;51(8):812-20."
After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children." Health Educ Res. 2011;26(1):1-12."
Child coping and parent coping assistance during the peritrauma period in injured children." Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(4):279-90."
Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32."
A pilot randomized controlled trial assessing secondary prevention of traumatic stress integrated into pediatric trauma care." J Trauma Stress. 2011;24(3):252-9."
The Child Stress Disorders Checklist-Short Form: a four-item scale of traumatic stress symptoms in children." Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32(3):321-7."
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in injured children: functional impairment and depression symptoms in a confirmatory factor analysis." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010;49(6):616-25, 625.e1-4."
Youth's Strategies for Staying Safe and Coping with the Stress of Living in Violent Communities." J Community Psychol. 2010;38(7):874-885."
Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in parents of injured children." J Trauma Stress. 2009;22(4):294-302."
The Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids): development of a child self-report measure." J Trauma Stress. 2006;19(1):129-39."
An integrative model of pediatric medical traumatic stress." J Pediatr Psychol. 2006;31(4):343-55."
Introduction to the special issue: Posttraumatic stress related to pediatric illness and injury." J Pediatr Psychol. 2006;31(4):337-42."
Parent-child agreement regarding children's acute stress: the role of parent acute stress reactions." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006;45(12):1485-93."
Acute traumatic stress symptoms in child occupants and their parent drivers after crash involvement." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(11):1074-9."
Adolescent decisional autonomy regarding participation in an emergency department youth violence interview." Am J Bioeth. 2005;5(5):70-4; discussion W14."
Heart rate and posttraumatic stress in injured children." Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 2005;62(3):335-40."
Assessment of pain after injury in the pediatric patient: child and parent perceptions." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2004;39(6):979-83; discussion 979-83."


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Whole-grain bread rolls
There are not many things that can beat the whole grain bread, unless it's 8 delicious little whole grain breadrolls ;-) These are perfect for breakfast, and you can easily prepare and bake them in one evening, for e.g. Sunday breakfast! :-)
My fool-proof recipe will be a great fun, and a good addition to your baking arsenal.
French toast
I believe in food recycling, i.e. when something is still edible, and there is a delicious and healthy way to eat it, then why not? We should never let our food spoil, even when there's overabundance of it! :-) Enjoy these delicious, savory French toasts, which make a perfect weekend breakfast.
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Meringue hearts
Let this special someone know you've got your eye on them with a cute, delicious, sweet meringue heart. You only need a couple of eggs, and some sugar, and of course red coloring. These are irresistible and will make an everlasting impression (because everyone loves the person that brings sweets, right?).
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I love the creamy texture of scrambled eggs, but I strongly dislike the idea of eating eggs raw, so I hacked a scrambled eggs recipe to be both completely set, creamy, and pack a crunchy punch as an extra. It's so delicious with fresh bread or toast, and the consistency makes it spreadable like a cottage cheese! I come back to this recipe quite often, because it's simple, fast and feels luxurious ;-)


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Internships & Externships
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is a regulatory public health agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Our mission is to protect consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled and packaged.
Each year FSIS funds a number of paid internships throughout the United States. These positions provide students with an opportunity to gain experience working for FSIS in a wide variety of positions. The following descriptions are some, but not all, of the possible available internships.
Possible Internship Positions (Paid)
- VETERINARY INTERNSHIPS: You will spend 6 to 10 weeks during the summer working directly with FSIS Public Health Veterinarians (PHV) to learn what our in-plant PHVs do to ensure that meat and poultry products that reach the consuming public are safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled. As a Veterinary Student Trainee, you will gain an understanding of the variety of roles PHVs have in our public health regulatory agency. Qualifications: This internship opportunity is only open to current veterinary students who will have completed their first year before the summer, second-year students, and third-year students at a College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). This is not for students who are about to graduate. | Common Questions
- Food Inspector: You will receive on-the-job training in areas such as ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of meat and/or poultry slaughter by directly observing and assisting a fully qualified Food Inspector. You will also become familiar with sanitation procedures and the general physical layout of a slaughter establishment. Qualifications: You need to have successfully completed at least 12 semester hours in courses such as food science, nutrition, or animal science.
- Program Investigator: You will work under the direct supervision of a Senior Program Investigator, who will be your mentor. Program Investigators investigate violations of the inspection laws, control volatile products through detentions, and ensure the appropriate criminal, administrative, and civil sanctions are carried out. Qualifications: Desired major/course work in Criminal Justice or a related field.
- Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officer: You will work closely with a senior Enforcement, Investigations, and Analysis Officer (EIAO). EIAOs are responsible for the comprehensive assessment of the food safety systems in different types of commercial meat and poultry establishments, including slaughter and processing facilities. EIAOs conduct on-site scientific food safety verification activities, along with plant microbiological verification sampling strategies. Qualifications: You need to be enrolled in a degree program in a science field. Your major needs to require at least 30 semester hours of sciences. Creditable courses include biology, chemistry, statistics, or physics.
- Other positions may be available for degrees in: agriculture, family and consumer health, human resources, information technology, finance, communications, public health, natural sciences, microbiology, chemistry, and biology.
Job Locations and Salary
Positions are located throughout the United States. FSIS may pay travel expenses to get students to their duty station at the beginning of the summer and back to their school location at the end of the summer, as well as housing expenses for the summer. Salaries vary depending on position and location.
Eligibility Requirements
- Currently enrolled in an accredited high school or approved home school curriculum; college (including 4-year colleges/universities, community colleges, and junior colleges); professional, technical, vocational, and trade school; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institution if pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate.
- In good academic standing as defined by the educational institution.
- FSIS requires all students appointed under the Internship Program to be U.S. citizens. This is not required under OPM regulations, but is an agency requirement for all of our employees. FSIS may hire interns on a temporary basis for up to one year to complete a specific project or assignment or for an indefinite period while they remain a student and until the educational requirements are met. Interns may work either part- or full-time. FSIS must sign a Participant Agreement with each intern that sets forth the expectations for the internship.
How to Apply for an Internship (Paid):
Applicants may apply to any of FSIS' Internship Program announcements posted via USAJobs (www.usajobs.gov). Applicants are encouraged to visit USAJobs and submit applications following the instructions in the vacancy announcement.
EXTERNSHIPS (Unpaid): Temporarily suspended due to safety hazards that come with COVID-19. Expected to resume after the pandemic.
The VOLUNTEER STUDENT PROGRAM (VSP) provides experience that is directly related to the student's education and career goals. We have developed the VSP to provide students with valuable career related work experience in our public health agency.
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Little Adiv was new to the place. He used to peek out of his new home window to see the things around. He used to use a little four legged bench to stand on. It was his new favorite pass time doings. Adiv was a little scared to step out and make new friends as it was a new place to him.
He used to enjoy the view where other kids used to rush home every evening from the school and in five minutes they all used to assemble in the ground. Then it was all the kids play party. They used to play like there is nothing else in the world that matters. There used to be screams, howls, laughs and more than everything, the happiness. The play used to go on until the elders used to shriek at their kids to come back home and start their home work which usually used to happen a little later the sunset.
One day, after observing little Adiv peeking from the window many a times, the kids rushed to his home, conversed with his mother and took Adiv to the ground. They all introduced themselves to Adiv and in a moment the play started. Adiv had got many new friends. He no more felt he was new to the place. There was joy, happiness, cheerfulness, fun and everything that made the childhood bright. He got friends who used to share the food, games, naughtiness, friendship bonds, promises, trust and above all, the ones who made and gave him thousands of memories.
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Tracy Morgan Crash -- Walmart Says It Will Take Full Responsibility ... If Its Driver's to Blame
Tracy Morgan Walmart Will Take Responsibility If Its Driver's to Blame
Walmart is stepping up ... saying it will pay expenses for the victims in the crash that left Tracy Morgan in critical condition Saturday morning if its driver is found at fault ... this according to their CEO.
Walmart President/CEO Bill Simon says they're working with investigators to figure out what led to the crash ... adding, "this is a tragedy and we are profoundly sorry that one of our trucks was involved."
Simon says, "We can't change what happened, but we will do what's right for the family of the victim and the survivors in the days and weeks ahead."
Prosecutors have already charged the driver, Kevin Roper, with death by auto ... among other charges.
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What IS that little blue shop on Main Street in
Point Arena?
Franny's Cup & Saucer was opened in April of 2006 by Frances (Franny) Burkey and her mom, Barbara Burkey. Barbara was an experienced, life-long professional baker, and Franny was a sort-of experienced professional baker.
Barbara and Franny first began working together in 1992 when Barbara and her husband Doug (Franny's dad) opened the Tomales bakery and found that Franny was an excellent source of cheap labor. In 1997 they moved to Point Arena and Doug and Barbara opened the Point Arena Bakery, where Franny worked on and off throughout high school and beyond. After the bakery closed it's doors in 2004, Barbara and Franny found themselves craving an outlet in which to funnel their love of food, monkeys, and knick-knacks into.
Hence, Franny's Cup & Saucer was born! We wanted to create a shop that could hold all the things we loved and wanted to share with our customers---trinkets we picked up while traveling, cool and quirky kid's toys, funky, affordable jewelry, stylish housewares, and most importantly, awesome pastries, all squeezed under one tiny little roof!
We offer an endless melange of baked goods, both sweet and savory, for breakfast, lunch and of course, dessert, all of which we make at the bakery every morning. We serve organic Little Green Bean espresso and coffee which is roasted right next door, and Harney & Sons tea and chai. Since our shop is so small, all of our items are carry-out.
Franny's also offers monthly pop-up dinners throughout the year, as well as birthday cakes and wedding cakes by special order. For more information, please click on the at the top of the page. We tend to sell out of many items early in the day, and if you call ahead of time, we are happy to put pastries aside for you. You can also find our brownies and shortbread at the historic Arena Theater in Point Arena, and our muffins and scones every Monday & Tuesday at the Little Green Bean Roastery.
We are located at 213 Main Street in Point Arena, right across the street from the historic Arena Theater, and our business hours are Wednesday through Saturday, from 8 am to 4 pm, and Sunday from 8 am to noon. You can reach us at (707) 882-2500.
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Kemp, Capuano closing in on returns to Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp and pitcher Chris Capuano are rehabbing injuries, but they are still in the Dodgers' plans for the final weeks of the season.
Kemp ran on an anti-gravity treadmill Wednesday at the Dodgers' Spring Training facility at Camelback Ranch-Glendale for the first time since experiencing tightness in his right hamstring last week. The club's medical staff is formulating a plan for Kemp to run the bases soon, though manager Don Mattingly said he's not sure of the timetable.
Kemp also got more at-bats in a simulated game Wednesday and the Dodgers remain optimistic he could play in the Majors before the end of the month. He has not appeared in a game above Class A since July 21, the result of a sprained left ankle.
"He was running good," Mattingly said. "Everything is really still pretty positive with all that. He swung the bat good again today."
Capuano, recovering from a strained left groin that forced him from his Friday start in Cincinnati, threw off a mound Wednesday afternoon, with Tim Federowicz catching from just in front of the plate. Capuano will throw a bullpen session this week and could then return to the rotation or assume a relief role.
"I think he's feeling pretty good about where it's going," Mattingly said.


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Doug Baker is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab Inc. Baker began his career with Ecolab in 1989, and has held key roles in marketing, sales and?management in the U.S. and Europe.? In July 2004, Baker was named president and chief executive officer, and in May 2006, added chairman of the board to his duties.
Doug Baker is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources.
Ecolab recently ranked #2 on Newsweek's annual Green Rankings list, #8 on Corporate Responsibility's list of Best Corporate Citizens and #26 on Barron's list of Most Sustainable Companies. The company regularly appears on Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired Companies and has been named to Ethisphere's list of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 13 consecutive years.
Baker joined Ecolab in 1989, following seven years in brand management at Procter & Gamble. At Ecolab, he held a number of marketing and general management roles in the U.S. and Europe before becoming president and chief executive officer in July 2004. In May 2006, Baker added chairman of the board to his duties.
In addition to his Ecolab responsibilities, Baker serves on the board of directors of Target Corporation and on the executive committee of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. He is trustee emeritus of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, a member of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and is involved in a number of community initiatives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Baker received a bachelor's degree in English from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., and serves on the college's board of trustees.
Ecolab is a trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations. With annual sales of $15 billion and 49,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.
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Check showtimes to see when Amanpour is on CNN where you are. Or watch online.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that enshrines American's right to keep and bear arms, or weapons.
CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin examined this text in the wake of the latest mass shooting in the United States.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
For 100 years, the Supreme Court said that the second part of the text had nothing to do with individuals' rights to bear arms, according to Toobin. But four years ago, the Supreme Court, in a case called "Heller," said the Second Amendment does mean that individuals have the right to a handgun at home.
What is not clear is how much more Americans have a right to: whether they have a right to handguns in the streets, whether they have a right to machine guns, semi-automatic weapons. But handguns at home, at least, are protected by the U.S. Constitution.
MORE: Shell-shocked U.S. Senator and gun supporter: 'Time to change gun culture'
Perhaps all gun owners should be a member of a "well regulated militia" requiring that they attend drills and training every month?
Perhaps you should look up what "well-regulated militia" meant at the time it was written?
then maybe the "arms" that individuals have the right to bear... should be also be relevent to the period... single-shot, muzzle-loaded, blackpower, a sharpened stick, or a sickle.
According to the United States Militia code, we are. All males between the age of 17 and 45 are part of the militia. Add in recent laws against age and gender discrimination and everyone over 17 is a member of the militia.
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TO own a hand gun in Australia, you have to be part of a club and they have to vouch for you.
To do that, you need to turn up every month for practive and meeting.
If you miss your meetings, you loose your licence.
Good for Australia.
What the 2nd Amendment says is that as there is a need for a militia, people need to and have the right to own guns so that they can be part of that militia. When the US govt started creating anarmy, navy, police departments, etc., these groups took over the role of the "militia". This also means that there should no longer been a need, or right, for individuals to own guns. It is simple.
News articles of the past 200 years say you are wrong. The 2A has two parts. The second part is to prevent the government from taking private arms. It was specifically put in because of what the British did in the revolutionary war. 2A allows private citizens to form a militia to protect themselves from a tyrannous government.
If this 2A's real intention is to allows private citizens to form a militia to protect themselves from a tyrannous government wouldn't it be time to allow private citizens to arm themselves with a bit more heavy arms than the toys they can buy now. I mean, what do you do with (semi-) automatic riffles against an army that has tanks, fighter planes and even nuclear arms? Wouldn't it be time to update the 2A to include some more serious modern arms (tanks, fighter planes and even nuclear arms) so that this "militia" actually has a chance to protect themselves...?
Or are we all being a bit silly here...?
The citizenry no longer needs to be protected from the tyranny of a government because we have a system of checks and balances that prevents one arm of the government from becoming too strong. What most of you don't seem to unmderstand is that these words were written over 200 years ago. People at that time needed guns to hunt food and protect their families from wild animals and wilder people. It is time to stop living in the dark ages and join the 21st century. We have police and the military to protect us, NO ONE in this country needs an assault rifle.
To Anne: Are you really that ignorant of your surroundings??
Here's a quote for you to think about: "Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound." — L. Neil Smith
JVR – read the Miller decision regarding a sawed off shotgun. The Supreme Court decided that gun control on a large number of guns was legal, because they had no military purpose, and the 2A applied to military weaponry. I.e., the protection applied to weaponry one would use as an individual and could reasonably be expected to procure and maintain on one's own, to match what an individual foot soldier in a standing army would have.
Also, to many of us, where we draw the line is here. I don't see an AR15 as inherently any more dangerous than any other semi-automatic weapon out there. In all honesty, I'd rather go up against a kid firing an AR for the first time than an older gentleman with a lever action that has been shooting cowboy sports his entire life. Fastest revolver shooter can get off 12 aimed shots including a reload in around 2 seconds, I challenge someone shooting a semi-auto pistol to even do that. Semi autos aren't any more dangerous in trained hands...
I understand your arguement and have made the same point myself. However, where does one draw the line on consitutional issues? The framers could not envision 21st century tecnology like the internet. Should we then limit and modify freedom of speech?
WRONG Paul!!! What the second amendment offers is that the people, the citizens have every right to own firearms in protection from there own government, ie Police, military, should the government attempt to take away their freedoms. Use your head! This was written because the colonists had understood that there was a need for leadership in government, however, they were ruled under thumb prior to the freedom fight, and wanted to ensure it never happened again.
Wrong! A militia is not an organized military or law enforcement. A militia would protect against the government military and government law enforcement.
you are correct – do not listen to all the detractors
If was a self protect society in 1776 – no police etc. etc.
guns belong to the army not civilian the end off story what a stupid second amendment
What a stupid First Admendment
Guns belong to whomever owns them, genius.
Read the 2nd Amendment. It clearly states that Congress shall not pass any laws which impinge upon the rights of the 2nd Amendment!
(No doubt all those eager for gun control have not read this, or do not care that govt gun control BREACHES the 2nd Amendment!)
The 2nd amendment is the right to own guns to protect yourself and your family. The criminals can get guns in every country legally or not legally. When a man or a woman can protect his/her family that's good. If one man or woman in Newtown school had a gun, he/she could just shoot the murderer.
So your solution to gun violence killing children is to put loaded fire arms in the classrooms with children? I'm gonna start bringing beer to AA meetings to see if that logic works there too.
Even the threat of a possible gun on campus moves it out of the soft target zone for 90 percent of these crazies. Giving up a right is not something to take lightly as it has been already paid for in blood. Staying free takes great sacrifice, or at least that has been the case for 10,000 years; or are you saying humanity has magically been enlightened? I do agree that there could be more done with trying to prevent the mentally ill from access.
Considering the reaction of many is to put armed officers in the schools, I really fail to see a difference...
I wish people would understand the REASON for the second amendment. Why was it second only to free speech? People need to educate themselves!!! Wake up!!!
Police cannot be everywhere. We have one policeman for every 750 citizens in the United States, or one policeman for every 8 square miles, approximately. Given that fewer than half of those policemen are patrol officers, who actually have the chance to be in the right place, at the right time, the odds of a policeman actually stopping a crime in progress are fairly slim. If I have a gun, however, I can protect myself. I can't protect everyone, and I'm certainly not seeking to be some gun-weilding vigilante... but I can ensure that I, personally, am protected.
We have a huge problem with personal responsibility in this country. Whenever something goes wrong, it's always someone else's fault. Whenever something needs to be done, it's always someone else's job. But I will not sit by and allow people to take away my right to protect myself... my right to take personal responsibility for my own safety, especially not while the majority of the nation is still saying, "I don't need to protect myself, that's what the job of the police."
I can almost smell the 28th Amendment.
Yep, because when you require 2/3 of each chamber of Congress to even propose it to the states, then 3/4 of the states to ratify an Amendment, it is very likely to pass. Not.
Even just assuming the vote got to the states, 30 states went Republican. Using that as a bellwether, and assuming the votes went about the same, the answer is no off the bat, not even taking into account the undoubted many states that went Democrat that would also vote no. My guess would be after a final vote, CA, IL and NY ratify, along with a handful of states on both coasts.
My second guess is at the serious notion of ANY of the bill of rights amendments being removed, a lot of state's (at this point) silly talk of secession gets serious.
Many get hung up on the "militia" portion of the Amendment. The BIG part to me is that it further says, "...to the security of a free state..." The founder CERTAINLY believed in the violent overthrow of a tyrannical government in favor of a free state...thus the American Revolution. Fast forward to say 2086...what happens if our "free state" is no longer free due to laws enacted which create tyranny? I believe this was as much the intent of the founders as was the ability of the US to defend itself from outside forces.
I love how everyone is up in arms over the so called "threat" of taking all our guns but not one of you said anything when the 4th amendment was butt r@ped by the Patiot Act. Why? Because it sounded cooler? I hate hypocrites. Just like the uber religious, picking and choosing what parts to use for your advantage. BTW I'm all for people being able to "legally" purchase fire arms but we need to keep them out of the reach of crazy people. The laws don't do enough now plain and simple.
Many of us were, and still are, outraged. We also see why it is important to be loud and vocal, as all it takes is clever marketing and a catchy name to sell pretty much anything to the public.
Also I am sick of these Hitler myths...Hitler did not ban guns! If he had then every single german would not have been allowed to get guns...and the hitler youth and other "chosen" germans most certianly had the right to guns...thats sorta how hitler got power to overthrow democracy and create a dictatorship because he had a cult of personality who was ready with their guns to do his bidding. The Jews lost ALL of their rights under Hitler. Lets also take into account the fact that Hitler killed OVER 6 million Russian soldiers...these were men who were trained and had tanks and missles...if you honestly think that jews with a few pistols and rifles could have done better then the reds then I have a magical monkey butt made of lapis lazuli to sell you!
and I'll go ahead and tackle the "criminals don't obey laws" BS too. Then why aren't more of them using grenade launchers? Much more effective. Oh because you can't get them because they are illegal. No amount of laws will stop every shooting, but if it stops just a few it was worth it. Just ask the parents of those 20 kids. On the flipside if we just removed all the laws in the country, no one would be a criminal. I world without crime would be great right!
Gun sales are exploding because of the idiots like Piers Morgan.
Watch what I am saying, there WILL be 1 million more guns on the streets because of the flaming idiots screaming for gun control. I went to 6 different gun stores yesterday, ALL had sold out of ALL their AR / AK style guns and most were limiting ammo sales. Thank you for being stupid.
the heck with the bunch of you..........this counrty is going to hell in a handbasket...........one side is bunch of zealots the other side just plain dumb............am leaving..............hello New Zealand.
The bible says that the woman was given 2 wings of the Great Eagle in revelation 12 in the end times what are the 2 wings, they are the first and second amendent they make the eagle fly. Why because it says the beast will make war with the saints and overcome them do you not know that there are 4 very rare passover blood moons in 2014 and 2015 the 4 very rare passover blood moons were there in 1967 when the Jews fought for Jerusalem and the 4 very rare passover blood moons were there 1948 when Isreal became a nation. And the 4 very rare passover blood moons were there in 1492 the Spanish Inquisition and Christopher Columbus. Jesus said that the Sign of the son of man whould appear also at that time matthew 24 verse 30 the 4 very rare passover blood moons in 2014 and 2015 fall in the Galactic Alignment of 2012 to 2016. notice usa in the word Jerusalem
Teresa, PLEASE do not use the Bible to further your own right wing agenda. That is being a false prophet.
The second amendment is to protect us from our own Goverment if need be call me a false prophet if u want at least my name doesn't mean Satan Lightning from the Heights , we see on tv pictures of Jews being hauled off to Gas chambers Just 60 years ago by the hero Hitler. and the woman was given two wing of the Great Eagle in revelation 12 is a protection for the saints it not hard to see. OOOH that will never happen in the United States don't be so foolish My neighbor lost his mother and father by the hero Hitler and it was in the town paper a few years ago when he gave his testimony
Why are you calling Hitler a hero?...you are sick!
If the 2A was to protect us from our own government then please explain why AII SII of USC gives the president command over the militias of the several states? One does not need permission from the government to fight against it if it becomes tyrannical, that makes no sense. Our founding fathers came up with what is know as Democracy as a bulwark against Tyranny not the 2A. During their (founders) time states would often come under attack from outlaws and native tribes and since the army and navy could not protect every square inch of the country it was needed to allow people in the states to quickly defend against such attacks if they happend. If you are really going to argue that the 2A was to protect us from our own government then it stands to reason that we the people must have tanks, jets and nukes aswell...and if you really want to live in that type of country then by all means move to Somalia.
The type of people who think that at any moment the big bad gov. is gona rush in and throw you into a death camp so you need to arm yourself to the teeth is the very reason normal people demand gun control in the first place...try not acting like paranoid freaks and maybe people will not want to take your guns, you are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy you numb nuts!
um, the United States is a republic, not a democracy.
Man, you must not have read any history at all if you think that the founders of this country intended the Second Amendment to allow for protection from Indians and outlaws. Have you ever heard of the Revolutionary War?
Actually yes, it had that intention. It's not hard to find information on it.
At the time when it was ratified in 1791, the Second Amendment was intended to have at least two security purposes other than a well-regulated militia: (1) a practical purpose, to protect people from thieves, bandits, Native Americans, and slave uprisings (the Jeffersonian position); and (2) a political purpose, to remind the rest of the world that the United States is well-armed (Hamilton and Madison's position in Federalist Paper #46). Cottrol and Diamond (1991) have recently suggested the idea that it was "White Man's Law", intended to prevent slave insurrections.
There is NO reason to have assault rifles. Handguns are one thing. having more firepower than the police or the military is asking for trouble.
Why is everyone talking about the instrument ( guns ) and not the cause. Why does the news media not take on the violent video games, TV and Movies that effect the minds of our kids. That is the real cause of all the killings. The Democrats ( socialist Communist Liberal ) Party leave them alone because they give the most to keep the slave party in power.
1. Anyone who kills someone regardless of the tool, should get the death penalty. 2. Miranda rights should be taught in school from 3rd grade through high school so the police wont have read them. 3. We need to get rid of the liberal judges and life needs to be respected again. If our society does not hold life sacred why do we expect these killers to be any different. The President and VP say they were so upset about the school murders but both fully endorse 1000s of partial birth murders that doctors perform. We call it abortion or the right of the women to MURDER innocent life but these are fully developed baby's. The pain and the suffering they experience is far greater than those unfortunate school children.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Interpreted into modern language means:
Because it is necessary to establish organized and well trained government military units, necessarily maintained within our borders for the protection of this nation, the PEOPLE'S RIGHT to keep and possess equivalent firearms as a necessary countermeasure to these standing military groups, shall NOT be hindered or restricted in any manner.
i agree it says to KEEP and BEAR arms the word KEEP is for the people not the Goverment the Goverment knows it can Keep theirs the word KEEP is for the people, You know we the people
A well regulated Militia(Fighting Force of The People), being necessary to the security of a free state, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE(not the military) to KEEP (at home) and BEAR(on their person) arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!...
Its really simple, We have the Right and it CAN'T BE TAKEN!!!
If you think the possiblity for crooked people gaining control and trying to subjugate its people can't happen because the police and military are there for you then you are sadly mistaken...and if they do(not saying they will but IF) WOULDN'T YOU WANT A MEANS OF PROTECTION??? OR DO YOU WANT TO RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT WHO NOW DUE TO THE NDAA HAS THE "RIGHT" TO BLACK BAG YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND DETAIN YOU INDEFINANTLY OR EXECUTE YOU WITHOUT DUE PROCESS JUST BECAUSE SOME SUIT SAYS YOU'RE A THREAT???
"THOSE WHO SACRAFICE LIBERTY FOR SAFTEY DESERVE NIETHER" Ben Franklin
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment puts "regulated Militia" and "necessary to the security of a free state" as the prerequisites for "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms".
Of course, there are NO "regulated Militia" and they are NOT "necessary to the security of a free state" in today's society.
The prerequisites are not there and outdated, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" can now be infringed upon.
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The human brain is composed of approximately 100 billion neurons, each with distinct functions. One of those functions is face perception—the ability to recognize what someone looks like and recall who they are. The ability to recognize faces persists for years, even though the brain is also plastic, constantly rewiring its connections. This raises a question: do the neurons responsible for face perception change due to this constant rewiring?
A team of scientists from the National Institute of Health may have an answer. They located the brain regions where face-specific neurons resided by recording activity using functional MRI (fMRI) while showing macaque monkeys images with and without faces on them. Microwire electrode arrays (tens of tiny electrodes) were then implanted into these brain regions to provide detailed records of the activity of neurons.
Initial recordings were made after implantation to obtain a baseline record of how the neurons responded to different images. This helped to isolate neurons that were responsive to faces (and to validate that the implanted electrodes actually worked). Over the course of a few weeks, the scientists then showed the monkeys a library of images—some with faces and some without—and investigated the consistency of neural responses over time.
In their analysis, the scientists used waveform shape, frequency (the number of spikes occurring within a second), and consistency to assess changes in the response of the face-specific neurons.
The results showed that face-specific neurons respond to images with faces in the same way over long periods of time—in one case, recordings went for a year. In addition, the same neurons repeatedly respond to the same faces, suggesting a sort of association or mapping: certain faces always triggered certain neurons. This suggests that the brain's ongoing rewiring process doesn't significantly affect them, and thus may not have a large impact on recognition of faces.
PNAS, 2014. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318331111 (About DOIs).


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April 13, 2010 Washington (Interfax-Ukraine). Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he expects an answer from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev regarding the gas price for Ukraine. "I have not yet received an answer from you [Dmitry Medvedev] in the context of compensating for the gas price. This issue currently worries Ukraine," he said at a meeting with the Russian president in Washington on Tuesday. Medvedev, in turn, said that the gas issue would be "definitely" considered.He said that Russia understood the importance of this issue for Ukraine. "We understand this despite the fact that we have an agreement signed earlier," Medvedev said, adding that in the light of agreements reached during Yanukovych's working visit to Moscow, "there is every reason … to initiate an additional meeting between concerned ministries and agencies."http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/63842/
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'You Think That's Bad': Stories From the End of History
Jim Shepard gives us characters at the edge of their endurance, not just at the end of their ropes but at the end of their lives.
You Think That's Bad: StoriesPublisher: Knopf Doubleday
Length: 240 pages
Author: Jim Shepard
Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 2011-03
It's not that Jim Shepard isn't known, exactly; it's that he isn't known enough. Although his 2007 collection of short fiction, Like You'd Understand, Anyway, was a finalist for the National Book Award, he has never fully caught on with readers — his work is too diverse, too out there, too unclassifiable to find a place among the silos defining so much of our conversation about writers and books.
That's to our detriment, for, beginning with his first novel, Flights, in 1983, Shepard has traced his own odd line through contemporary fiction, engaging everything from historical figures to the most outrageous landscapes of the imagination. In Nosferatu (1998), he builds a novel around the German Expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau; Project X (2004) describes a Columbine-like school shooting from the point of view of one of the attackers, a confused eighth-grader who seems as surprised as anyone when the shooters' plan actually takes shape. These are prototypic Shepard characters: adrift, uncertain, with a strangely futile sense of destiny. "At this point," the narrator says in "The Netherlands Lives With Water", each of us understands privately that we're operating under the banner of lost control."
"The Netherlands Lives With Water" is one of 11 stories in Shepard's new collection, You Think That's Bad, and it's a stunner: a look at a future Holland in which climate change has created a flood crisis so extreme that it's no longer certain how or whether the country will survive. "It's the catastrophe for which the Dutch have been planning for fifty years," Shepard tells us. "Or, really, for as long as we've existed. We had cooperative water management before we had a state." What such a story really traces, however, is the point at which all the tools of civilization may no longer be enough.
That's a running theme in You Think That's Bad which balances an understanding of history with a recognition that we may be living at the end of history, at a place where narrative can go only so far. Again and again, Shepard gives us characters at the edge of their endurance, not just at the end of their ropes but at the end of their lives. In "The Track of the Assassins", a female British explorer of the '30s goes in search of the legendary Hassan-i Sabbah and his band of assassins; although she initially impresses her guides, the story ends with her weak from malaria and dysentery, staring down eternity "with (her) hands upon (her) breasts." In "Poland Is Watching", a pair of Polish mountaineers become the first climbers to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat, "the world's ninth-tallest mountain," only to succumb to the elements.
These stories bring their first-person narrators right up to the point of obliteration, leaving us exhilarated and despairing at once. It's a peculiar tension, but it works because Shepard never flinches from its implications. "Most people don't know what it's like to look down the road and see there's nothing there," explains the narrator of "Boys Town", a 38-year-old veteran at the breaking point. "You try to tell somebody that but they just look at you. I don't know why people need to hear the same thing ten thousand times, but they do."
At the heart of such a vision is the idea of disconnection, of the things we do that keep us from ourselves. Shepard's characters are, for the most part, distracted: husbands, fathers, co-workers lost among the surfaces of the world. "Gojira, King of the Monsters" — which reflects the author's long-held fascination with pop culture (one of his early stories reframes "Creature From the Black Lagoon" from the monster's perspective) — portrays Eiji Tsuburaya, the real-life Japanese special-effects wizard who created the original Godzilla, as a man whose fascination with the orderliness of model-building reflects an inability to deal with the messiness of family life. "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You" and "Happy With Crocodiles" portray young men wrestling with the specters of brothers who are friends and rivals, especially when it comes to the women they love.
"I don't think I'm ready to get married," says the narrator of the latter story. "But the minute I said it I thought, But I do want to be buried with her." That's a key line, all the more so because it comes from a soldier pinned down in an Indonesian jungle during World War II. What he is saying, after all, is that there's something safer, something more containable about the stillness of the grave than the entanglements of a living relationship. It's a brutal notion, and nowhere does Shepard investigate it more relentlessly than in "Classical Scenes of Farewell", in which a servant to 15th century French madman Gilles de Rais narrates his confession before his execution for helping his master kill 142 young boys. "God will come to know our secrets," he says. "At our immolation He'll appear to us and pour His gold out at our feet. And His grace that we kicked away will become like a tower on which we might stand. And His grace will raise us to such a height that we might glimpse the men we aspired to be."
You can read that declaration as a statement of transcendence or of delusion, or as a little bit of both. Regardless, it is fundamentally human -- contradictory, full of bravado, clinging to hope when there is no reason (was there ever?) to be hopeful anymore. It matters less what a character has done than where he finds himself: Even when facing the limits of his own morality and endurance, he can't help but reach for the promise of possibility. "'What are you really looking for?' my wife said to me, last thing, before I left," recalls the narrator of "Low-Hanging Fruit", who works as a theoretical physicist. "What we're all looking for. That saving thing, I think: something that right now is beyond our ability to even imagine."


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Canadians are engaged in a debate over hate speech that is 'completely unbalanced,' according to the chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Jennifer Lynch.
Joseph Brean, National Post · Jun. 22, 2009 | Last Updated: Jun. 22, 2009 7:03 AM ET
Canadians are uninformed and deliberately misinformed about the hate speech provisions of human rights law, and are engaged in a debate that is "completely unbalanced," according to Jennifer Lynch, chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
"We welcome this debate. We want it to be an informed debate in the right forum, a place where people can have an informed dialogue. [That place is] Parliament, and parliamentary committees. This why we did a special report to Parliament [last week]. That's the appropriate forum," she said in an interview.
She criticized Conservative MP Russ Hiebert for relying on "one source that is full of misinformation," in his study of the CHRC in a parliamentary subcommittee. But she placed most of the blame on conservative author Ezra Levant and his blogging allies for spreading "misinformation" about the CHRC's mandate and practices.
"Please, please, look. We have experienced 16 months of invective hurled at us, and at any time when anybody has tried to speak up and correct misinformation, gross distortions, caricaturizations, then the very next day there's been some full-frontal assault through the blogs, through mainstream media. I have a file. I'm sure I have 1,200, certainly several hundred of these things," she said.
"There is an agenda out there, and I'ma public servant responsible for giving effect to the principle that 'individuals should have the right equal to others to make for themselves a life they are able and wish to have,' and I'm going to do it. I'm not going to sit by. Others are afraid to speak out because they know they're going to be attacked. If you Google my name today you'll see how I've been attacked."
Ms. Lynch's report to Parliament is an effort to respond to the hate speech controversy by explaining the CHRC's statutory roles and responsibility, and to lay out proposals for improvement, such as the ability to award costs when a complainant has abused the system, the removal of the ability to levy penalties up to $10,000, and the discretion to dismiss complaints early if they clearly do not meet the legal standards of hate.
She stressed that Canada should continue to take a dual approach to hate speech, with both the punitive criminal code and the remedial human rights act.
"The Criminal Code plays a very valid role. However, when
we look at the statistics, we find that there aren't a lot of specialized [police] hate teams across the country," Ms. Lynch said. "To cede, to remove our jurisdiction, would leave a gap that might persist for years or a lifetime because it would require numerous jurisdictions to step into a gap, and they may or may not be willing to resource that, etcetera, etcetera. So [the hate speech provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act] is an important section. It does serve a purpose," she said.
While rebutting what she calls outright lies, the report makes barely any reference to the more sober criticisms of her hate speech mandate from mainstream critics, such as the Canadian Civil Liberites Association and Jewish advocacy groups, and also almost every newspaper editorial board in Canada. These include the lack of a legal defense of truth or scholarly or journalistic intent; the practice of accepting identical complaints simultaneously in different jurisdictions; controversial online investigative procedures such as joining white supremacist discussion groups to investigate targets; and the potential for human rights tribunals to be hijacked as political platforms.
Richard Moon, a University of Windsor law professor whose report to the CHRC last year recommended they leave hate speech to the police, agrees that critics are engaged in a "disinformation campaign" of exaggerating failures and making personal smears, rather than addressing the CHRC's real problems. But he also thinks those problems are not only real, but "grave" and fundamental.
"This is my larger concern," he said. "That they [the CHRC] continue to call for what they describe as a dual approach to the regulation of hate speech, that is to say the criminal code and the human rights act. And of course, in order to kind of justify that, they have to define a distinct sphere, and a distinct role for the human rights act and the commission and the tribunal. It's unclear what that is. The only thing that really gets emphasized is that the criminal code prohibitions are about wrongful behaviour and intent is a necessary element, whereas the human rights act is not about whether there was wrongful intent or motive, it's simply about the effects or the impact of this expression on members of the community."
The problem is that, as a matter of actual practice, intent already is a requirement. The hate speech cases that have actually been pursued are "all so extreme in character that it is impossible to imagine that there is not wrongful or hateful intent," Prof. Moon said.
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This is an emerging irony of Canada's messy hate speech debate. As Prof. Moon describes it, the more the CHRC emphasizes the seriousness of the hate speech it fights, "the more it looks like that should already be dealt with by criminal law, and not through the kind of process that's designed to deal with human rights complaints."


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The iPad and other devices may have revolutionized the short story publishing market, judging from a new announcement by Orbit Books. The genre publisher, whose authors include Iain M. Banks and Gail Carriger, is going to start publishing its authors's short fiction electronically — but Orbit's not going the Tor route, where stories are posted online for free. Instead, reading between the lines, it sounds like Orbit wants to publish stories for handheld devices and other sources, through "major retail channels." So instead of buying a collection of an author's stories — or an anthology containing many different authors — you might see that there's a new Joe Abercrombie story and pay a dollar or two to download it. This sounds like a great way to get more people reading short fiction, but not such a great way to help people discover new short fiction authors. But we'll have to wait for more details before passing judgment — here's the Orbit press release:
Orbit, the Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint of Hachette Book Group, announces a digital short fiction publishing program launching later this year.
Orbit (US) has offered to publish digital editions of all original short fiction written by its authors. The digital editions will be distributed widely through major retail channels, for reading on a variety of devices. Authors will be paid a royalty for each story sold, rather than the flat fee more common in the short story market.
Tim Holman, Orbit VP & Publisher, said: "We know that writing short fiction is important for many of our authors. By offering to publish their short fiction – and to publish it quickly – we will be providing a new way for them to connect with readers. The initial response from our authors has been great, and we are looking forward to launching the first stories later this year."
Maja Thomas, SVP Hachette Digital, said: "Publishing timely and well-priced short fiction has long been one of HBG's goals. The digital reading revolution and the proliferation of new devices and mobile platforms now make this possible."
Launched in 2007, Orbit (US) is the Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint at Hachette Book Group. Its authors include Joe Abercrombie, Iain M. Banks, Greg Bear, Gail Carriger, Karen Miller, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Brent Weeks.
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the second-largest publisher in the world. HBG publishes under the divisions of Little, Brown and Company, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Grand Central Publishing, FaithWords, Center Street, Orbit, and Hachette Digital.


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Germany's federal finance ministry has pulled its website offline after receiving notification of a serious security problem from white hat hackers affiliated to the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
Flaws on the the Federal Finance Agency website reportedly created a means to spy on customers of the government agency, steal login credentials or run phishing attacks. The bug reportedly existed for months before CCC stumbled upon the flaw. It is unclear whether or not the vulnerability was ever exploited or used as part of any scam.
The agency – Deutsche Finanzagentur – is involved in the placement of federal borrowing as well as the managing of federal debt. It also provides an entry point for internet banking services provided by bundeswertpapiere.de.
Flaws in the configuration of the web server used by the agency created a means to mount hard-to-detect phishing attacks, according to an advisory (in German) on the breach published by CCC over the weekend.
A notice on the Deutsche Finanzagentur said that the site was temporarily unavailable without providing any indication on when services might be restored. ®


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Equity futures are close to even following yesterday's ridiculous ramp. The dollar is bouncing, bonds are flat, oil is higher, gold & silver are mixed, and food commodities are down slightly.
Here's a Bloomberg headline that should make your blood boil as an American, "Bernanke Prods Savers to Become Consumers." Wow, talk about setting your own nation up for failure, self-interest above all else is what he is basically saying. No need to save according to him, he would much rather lend you money so that he and the rest of the private central bankers can continue to be rich off your productive efforts. Why yes, of course more of the same behavior that got us to where we are today will definitely cure the impossible math, sure.
Speaking of impossible math, try this one on and think about the size of these numbers reported by Bloomberg: "The ECB awarded 489 billion euros ($645 billion) in 1,134- day loans, the most ever in a single operation and more than economists' median estimate of 293 billion euros in a Bloomberg News survey."
OMG! $645 billion in one day? That's quite the "operation!" And the math is so ridiculously out-of-control that it's not even funny. As if more debt money, more "liquidity" is what is needed! Too much money, all in the WRONG HANDS is the problem! Does this look like a money shortage problem to you?
No, the problem never has been about liquidity, the real problem is solvency – the difference being that it requires income to service debt, creating more debt, as in the ECB "operation" above, only makes the solvency problem worse. Ridiculously impossible – laughable.
There's only one way out of the impossible math, and it involves clearing out the debt. And then there's only one way to prevent it from happening again, and that involves changing out WHO it is that was wrongly given the authority to control the production of our money.
Turning back to the housing market, here's a statistic that will blow your socks off:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Nearly five years into the crisis, just how badly are foreclosures still hurting the housing market?
A whopping 46% of homes sold in November were either short sales or REOs -- as homes foreclosed on and repossessed by lenders are called, according to a survey by Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance released Tuesday.
"The huge glut of distressed properties coming to market is why there will be no home price rebound this coming year and maybe into 2013," said Guy Cecala of Inside Mortgage Finance, a publisher of mortgage information and news.
Nearly half of all sales are short sales or REO's! Think about that one – it means that only half of the already depression era level reported sales figures are conventional transactions! And each family behind that bank owned property or short sale is a devastated family – great job for your masters, Bernanke, I'm thinking treason is a hanging offense.
Speaking of treason, the hypocritical Mortgage Bankers Association are in a criminal class all by themselves. Here's Econocomplicit reporting their latest down numbers for the prior week:
News on the housing market has been turning positive but not for the purchase index for the December 26 week which fell 4.9 percent. The four-week average for the purchase index is down 1.5 percent. The Mortgage Bankers Association warns that low interest rates by themselves aren't enough to stimulate demand given lack of equity in existing homes, poor credit conditions and a still weak jobs market.
The refinancing index fell 1.6 percent in the latest week with the four-week average up 1.3 percent. The average 30-year rate for conforming loans ($417,500 or less) is down four basis points to 4.08 percent for a new 2011 low. Data on existing home sales will be posted at 10:00 a.m. ET this morning.
Nice warning from the asshats who helped destroy so many lives and create so much suffering and turmoil for so many.
Existing Home Sales data was just released by the fraudsters, NAR. The National Association of Realtors, another self-interest driven special interest group has been caught red-handed fudging the housing sales numbers for the past five years. According to other groups who track the data, their overstatement is approximately 20%, and the NAR just owned up to the following:
Also released today are benchmark revisions to historic existing-home sales. The 2010 benchmark shows there were 4,190,000 existing-home sales last year, a 14.6 percent revision from the previously projected 4,908,000 sales. For the total period of 2007 through 2010, sales and inventory were downwardly revised by 14.3 percent. The revisions are expected to have a minor impact on future revisions to Gross Domestic Product.
That's right, they are revising their data downward by 14.3% for the past four years – a start. But they claim it's mostly a mistake in their accounting of homes listed "for sale by owner." Sorry, not believable, there are not enough for sale by owner properties to cover half that figure as they claim. My belief is the NAR was intentionally overstating figures in order to make their own industry appear to be in better shape than it actually was. That is called FRAUD, and there are laws against committing fraud!
Just think of the impact of their fraud… lives ruined, the largest economy in the world distorted by their lies. Their lie is a part of our grossly overstated GDP for crying out loud! This is exactly why private self-interested parties should not be allowed to disseminate important economic statistics on their own industry!
Can you imagine if all sales figures are overstated by nearly 15% (or more)? Gee, what would that revised GDP look like? What, then, would the revised debt to GDP look like? You seeing that snow ball?
Oh yeah, for November Existing Home Sales, according to NAR, fell to a pathetic 4.42 million homes from October's 4.97 million, this is well below the 5.08 million expected by those economic guessers conditioned by the continuous FRAUD.
Now, if you would like to listen to the NAR's propaganda on how they calculate their numbers, then the following convoluted methodology is presented:
Of course they could just gather reported sales data from the counties as the sales are recorded, but then they couldn't claim ignorance, could they? Well, I guess that since MERS isn't following the law to record titles, STILL, that might not reflect reality either. No rule of law, can't believe MERS still exists, can't believe the NAR is allowed to report data on their own industry – that data should come from a neutral, non-conflicted party.
More fraud? The Comex doesn't possess the gold (and other commodities) to which they have open contracts. That means they are fractionalizing gold (and other commodities). In the case Kyle Bass cites below, the Comex has $80 billion in contracts, only $2.7 billion in deliverables! That's only 3.37% of actual materials!! So, as Kyle points out, should 4% of people request actual delivery, the Comex will be unable to deliver to the remaining 96+%... Sure, no fraud there, completely manageable leverage, no problem whatsoever, go long!
By the way, fractionalizing of gold was the way central bankers got started in the money making business, just sayin'...
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MILAN — The search for Vittorio Missoni and five others flying on the twin-engine plane that vanished on Jan. 4 will continue, "without neglecting any possibility," said Missoni's brother Luca on Tuesday morning.
Luca Missoni underscored that "the only certain element regarding the disappearance of the BN-2 YV2615 [aircraft] and the individuals on board are the coordinates in which the plane disappeared from the radar."
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On Sunday, Luca Missoni returned from Caracas, Venezuela, where he had been following the search operations initiated by the Coastal Guard and the Venezuelan Civil Protection, both at sea and on the coast. Missoni and his family has delegated "a trusted friend" to supervise the investigations, which will continue in the upcoming weeks. Luca Missoni plans to return to Caracas in February to personally follow the operations of a ship equipped for deep sea submarine research, which will begin immediately. The same ship will be used to search for another plane carrying several Italians that disappeared on the Los Roques-Caracas route five years ago, coincidentally also on Jan. 4. No trace was ever found of that plane and the ship is expected to initiate another search for that plane toward the end of January before searching for Vittorio Missoni.
On Jan. 13 on the Island of Gran Roques, the Venezuelan government pledged to continue "every kind of search" to find the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni and the five other individuals. Luca Missoni noted that in meetings held with the Venezuelan Investigative Police and the magistrate in charge of the case, officials have not ruled out any possible alternatives to the actual sinking of the plane. "For this reason, I can confirm that in Caracas not only is the search at sea and on the coast not over, but that investigations continue without neglecting any possibility," he said.
Once again thanking the Venezuelan and Italian governments for its "commitment and determination," Missoni concluded by "embracing everyone that is close to us at this moment and that with us hope for the return of Vittorio, Maurizia [Castiglioni], Guido [Foresti] and Elda [Scalvenzi]. Our thoughts also go to the pilots and their families to whom we are close."


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NASHVILLE, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Roman Josi provided two goals and two assists, including the game-winning tally in overtime, and the Nashville Predators rallied past Dallas 5-4.
Trailing 4-2 after the Stars scored four goals in the second period, the Predators began their comeback when Patric Hornqvist scored a power-play goal late in the middle frame.
Mike Fisher supplied the equalizer early in the final period, splitting the defense on a rush up the middle and putting a backhander past Cristopher Nilstorp.
Then, 28 seconds into overtime, Josi hammered a shot from the left point that eluded Nilstorp and broke Nashville's two-game skid.
Craig Smith also scored and Pekka Rinne turned aside 20-of-24 shots to earn the victory.
Loui Eriksson, Vernon Fidler, Matt Fraser ad Reilly Smith each tallied and Michael Ryder added three assists for the Stars, who fell for the third time in four contests.
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A new species is apparently making its way onto Great Lakes beaches, and it is potentially toxic.
Native to the southeastern United States, it is a blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, called Lyngbya wollei. It was first found in the Great Lakes region in the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2005. Then it was spotted in Lake Erie in 2006.
Now it has been identified at Lake St. Clair Metropark north of Detroit, according to Wayne State University ecologist Donna Kashian.
Her research paper on the finding is under review for publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Kashia first spotted the cyanobacteria in 2009 while documenting vegetation prior to an effort to remove an invasive shoreline weed from the park.
"Once we got there, it became obvious there was this other stuff all over the beach," she said. She immediately recognized it as a type of Lyngbya. "It's very distinctive. It washes up in balls, like pebbles. If you took coarse hair and rubbed it like Play-Doh between your hands into a ball and dyed it green, that's exactly what it looks like."
In 2010, she and several other researchers separately determined it was Lyngbya wollei, the same organism that has plagued waters in the southeastern United States for decades. It forms thick, nuisance blooms and releases toxins that can cause skin, oral and gastrointestinal inflammation.
Kashian suspects that the cyanobacteria entered the Great Lakes system by hitchhiking on the hulls of boats.
She has seen Lyngbya wollei at the park every year since her initialdiscovery. She noted an especially large amount in 2012, possibly due to the hot summer.
But it may have been around for some time.
For a decade or so, park staff have seen what is presumed to be the same cyanobacteria on the beach, although they never identified it,said Paul Muelle, chief of natural resources for the Huron Clinton Metroparks, which includes the Lake St. Clair park.
"We get some (every year), but since we clean the beach on a daily basis during the use season, it really hasn't been a huge problem there," he said. Because other weeds make up the bulk of the daily beach grooming, pinpointing the cost for removal of the cyanobacteria is difficult. Nonetheless, using information from Muelle, Kashian estimated that the park's tab for removal of Lyngbya was about $10,000 in 2010.
"Where we are noticing it more is in the natural areas where we don't do active management," Muelle said. He described mats of Lyngbya wollei that extend "40-50 feet wide," in the area of the park near Point Rosa Marsh.
"And it's deep," he said. "We had grass growing on the top of it. It looks like solid ground and I tried to walk out there, but you could go up to your waist in gook. It was pretty excessive."
One concern is thatLyngbyawill spread to other areas, particularly to shallow-water areas such as parts of Saginaw Bay and to inland lakes, Kashian said. The other concern isthat it will produce toxins.
"It absolutely could become toxic here, but we don't know enough about it," Kashian said. She noted that even with the blooms of Microcystis, a different type of cyanobacteria that has been heavily studied, scientists still don't know why only some blooms are toxic.
"They don't know what triggers it to start producing toxins, and we know even less about Lyngbya than Microcystis," she said.
While Lyngbya wollei typically carries a toxin in the southern United States, the Lake Erie sample was not toxic. Kashian's funding didn't cover toxicity research.Instead, she investigated if the cyanobacteria at the park harbor E. coli bacteria, a bacteria that often prompts beach closings.
"We found very high levels of bacteria in these mats," she said. "That's a problem because it's all over the beach, and if you have a lot of bacteria and kids play on it, they can potentially get sick. In addition, if you have large deposits on the shore and there's wave action, bacteria could actually be transported back into the lake and that could contribute to beach closures."
The mats also disrupt water flow into and out of Point Rosa Marsh, Muelle said. Marsh-restoration is under way and the removal of the Lyngbya mats is part of that effort. At the swimming beach, "the question is how do we manage this," Muelle said. "If there are problems, obviously we're concerned about public contact."
Kashian added, "It's definitely an invasive, nuisance species worth watching, because it hasn't been documented in the Great Lakes before the first sightings in the St. Lawrence."


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The Report focuses on the youth as a critical force for shaping human development, because Pakistan currently has the largest generation of young people ever in its history, with about two-thirds of the total population under 30 years of age. This includes children under 15 who will be tomorrow's youth. While, youth cohort defined as those between 15-29 years of age, currently forms nearly a third of the country's total population. As a section of the populace that is transiting to adulthood, this 'youth bulge' will prove to be either a dividend or a disaster for the country, depending on if Pakistan invests in youth by providing them with quality education, quality employment, and meaningful engagement opportunities. However, it is imperative to invest in the youth now, today, while they are still youth; not only to enhance the personal wellbeing of the youth but also to enhance the country's human development.
The Report seeks to understand Pakistan's human development challenges and opportunities from the prism of youth. It focuses on how to improve human development outcomes – by empowering young people, addressing the root causes of the obstacles they face, and by proposing innovative ways to surmount these challenges. Offering first-rate analysis and evidenced-based policy recommendations, the Report looks at three key drivers of youth empowerment: quality education, gainful employment and meaningful engagement.
Timor-Leste's 4th National Human Development Report responds to the development aspirations of the youth of Timor-Leste, the drivers of the nation's future development. The report examines well-being and identifies options for seizing the demographic dividend, an issue that profoundly influences human potential and sustainable development.
The ZHDR 2017 has a special focus on issues of climate change, hence its theme is Climate Change and Human Development: Towards Building a Climate Resilient Nation. This is because the Government of Zimbabwe regards climate change as a challenge which has the potential to undermine many of the positive achievements made in meeting the country's development goals. The ZHDR 2017 seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of challenges relating to climate change and human development in order to mainstream climate change into national planning and build the resilience of vulnerable people in the country to climate change using a human development lens.
Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic is a complex problem and of high concern to the national agenda. Available data indicate that 22% of women between 12-19 years have been pregnant. This rate is 34% higher than the average for Latin America and the Caribbean. Teenage pregnancy is concentrated in specific areas of the country – the southern provinces and central Cibao - as well as among poorer people. The fact that the indicator (adolescent fertility rate) has shown little variation in the last three decades makes the picture complex. All this poses a development challenge that requires urgent attention, especially in a country that has experienced significant progress in terms of economic growth and improvements in many of its social indicators.


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Red Blood Cells and Smart Meters
For those who wonder if there are any health issues or problems from exposure to Smart Meters and the electromagnetic frequencies they emit, here is a short video which shows three samples of blood examined using a Darkfield Microscope.
The video is self-explanatory, as the samples clearly show morphological responses or reactions. That kind of constant exposure with apparent human cellular morphological reactions—as will happen when a Smart Meter is placed on a dwelling—undoubtedly occurs, as EMFs/RFs are emitted 24/7/365. Consequently, it will be only a matter of time, depending upon each individual's electromagnetic sensitivities threshold, before adverse health consequences materialize.
Below is a chart created by EMF researcher Ronald M. Powell, PhD, which is self-explanatory? [3]
The above graphic shows that 67 peer-reviewed, repeated studies show significant health issues (e.g. cancer, tumors, infertility) at levels far below the government safety standards (gray line). The yellow line is what the standards should be if public safety is considered. Source
In another paper, "Electronicmagnetic Field Interactions With the Human Body: Observed Effects and Theories," (NASA, April 1981) presented to the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, on page 23, we find this:
Adverse, Benign, and Curious Effects
The effects listed and/or discussed in this section relate to at least three of the five senses (touch, hearing, and sight) and nearly every system of the human body (including circulatory, digestive, nervous, and muscular). Many of them are temporary; however, some result in death and persistent disease. Some are better understood and more widely accepted than others. [1] [CJF emphasis added]
In 1981, NASA knew of numerous health problems, which are now classified as "Non-Thermal Health Effects," which were cited on page 30 of that report:
- Headaches
- Eyestrain
- Fatigue
- Dizziness
- Disturbed sleep at night
- Sleepiness in daytime
- Moodiness
- Irritability
- Unsociability
- Hypochondriac reactions
- Feelings of fear
- Nervous tension
- Mental depression
- Memory impairment
- Pulling sensation in the scalp and brow
- Loss of hair
- Pain in muscles and heart region
- Breathing difficulties
- Increased perspiration of extremities
- Difficulty with sex life
How to Make A Smart Meter Cover
This video will show you how to make a Smart Meter Cover if you have concerns about the health and safety standards of Smart Meter radiation. This faraday cage will significantly decrease the power level signals coming out the front and back of the smart meter. Using a mesh screen (aluminum or galvanized steel) will allow enough of the signal to pass so that your utility company can still read the meter.