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WASHINGTON - President Obama declared Monday he is sticking to his war strategy of using U.S. troops to advise and mentor Afghan forces, even as a suddenly growing number of Americans are being gunned down by the very Afghans they are training to take on insurgents.
In just the past 10 days, Afghan forces have attacked their coalition partners seven times, killing nine Americans. For the year there have been 32 such incidents, killing 40, compared with 21 attacks killing 35 troops in all of 2011.
"We are deeply concerned about this, from top to bottom," Obama told a White House news conference. But he said the best approach, with the fewest number of deaths in the long run, would be to stick to the plan for shifting security responsibilities to the Afghans.
"We are transitioning to Afghan security, and for us to train them effectively, we are in much closer contact - our troops are in much closer contact with Afghan troops on an ongoing basis," Obama said. "Part of what we've got to do is to make sure that this model works but it doesn't make our guys more vulnerable."
That vulnerability, however, has been exposed in a strikingly deadly way in recent days.
U.S. officials offer two main theories for why Afghan security forces are turning their weapons on Western partners: infiltration by the Taliban and a U.S.-Afghan culture clash.
Both of those causes suggest that the problem may get worse as American and other coalition forces shift further into an adviser/mentor role. And that, in turn, raises questions about U.S. ability to train and shape the Afghans into a force that can stand up to the Taliban insurgency after foreign forces end their combat role in 2014.
Jacqueline L. Hazelton, a visiting assistant professor at the University of Rochester, who has extensively studied counterinsurgency strategy, sees the attacks stemming from a combination of Afghan resistance and resentment.
"As disturbing as the attacks are as a Taliban tactic, the broader popular anger revealed - among those the mission is supposed to be most closely allied with and most directly useful to - is even more dangerous for the longer term and reveals a greater rot within," Hazelton said in an email exchange.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said U.S. officials believe the current approach is solid, despite the surge in attacks.
"In the face of this problem, we remain strongly committed to the strategy we have put in place," he said. "The strategy is working, and suggestions that it is fundamentally imperiled at this point are just wrong."
As recently as last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called such attacks "sporadic" and a sign of Taliban desperation. But as the assaults continued through the week, he consulted with his top commander in Kabul and then on Saturday called Afghan President Hamid Karzai to express concern. Obama said Monday he would do the same.
"We've got to make sure we're on top of this," Obama said.
Obama's Republican election rival, Mitt Romney, said Monday in New Hampshire that the U.S. goal ought to be to "transition from our military to their military as soon as possible," in a way that prevents Afghanistan from collapsing and reverting to being a launching pad for terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Obama said he discussed the problem Monday with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, who already was in Kabul to talk to American and Afghan officials about how to halt the killings.
Dempsey said upon his arrival in Kabul that it was important for Karzai and other top government officials to publicly denounce the insider killings, according a Pentagon account of his remarks.
Dempsey's office at the Pentagon issued a statement Monday saying he is convinced, after discussing the insider threat with his Afghan counterpart, Gen. Sher Mohammed Karimi, that the Afghans "understand how important this moment is."
"In the past, it's been us pushing on them to make sure they do more," Dempsey was quoted as saying. "This time, without prompting, when I met General Karimi, he started with a conversation about insider attacks - and, importantly, insider attacks not just against us, but insider attacks against the Afghans, too."
Dempsey has acknowledged that efforts begun a year ago to improve the vetting of Afghan recruits have yet to solve the problem.
Olga Oliker, an analyst at the Rand Corp. who studies Afghan security forces, said the checks are inevitably spotty, which makes training even more difficult.
"It's Afghanistan," she said. "You just don't have the kinds of records that will give you a strong confidence in a vetting process."
And as long as the threat persists, it will affect the U.S. training mission, she said.
"If our training efforts take a step back, if our folks are not comfortable genuinely partnering with the Afghans, we'll have even less insight into what they can do," she said Monday. "We'll have even less awareness of when it's appropriate to leave, and we'll be playing even more of a craps game when we withdraw than we are now."
Most U.S. combat troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Panetta's spokesman, George Little, described him as "deeply disturbed" by the attacks, including the latest on Sunday, in which a U.S. soldier was shot to death when two Afghan police officers suddenly opened fire inside a police station in southern Kandahar province.
The victim was a member of a U.S. military advisory team that had been working with the Afghan police inside their station in Spin Boldak district.
Those advisory teams are growing in number and importance to the U.S. strategy for getting Afghan soldiers and police prepared to take over the fight against the insurgency.
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Posted by Linden on April 23, 1998 at 20:31:50:
In response to JA and interference, written by Laraine on April 23, 1998 at 14:18:16Thanks for that excellent list.
I wonder if there's a distinction to be made between types of interference:
(a) Forcing someone to do something: eg General Tilney throwing Catherine out, Sir Thomas taking in the young Fanny Price (bad - even if it turns out well).
(b) Persuading someone to do something: eg Mr Darcy and Wickham; Emma and Harriet; Lady Russell and Anne (good or bad depending on outcome - or perhaps good in the early novels and bad in the later ones).
(c) Giving someone information: eg Col Brandon and Elinor; Mrs Smith and Anne (good).
This is the sort of distinction made in counsellor training: a counsellor is not there to give advice, but to give people information so they can make their own decisions. Maybe JA was ahead of her time (or maybe the Social Sciences take a while to catch up with what authors have been telling them for centuries).
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I guess this response could have been directed to any number of posters on this forum, I just chose you.
First of all, President never said, at anytime, that the tax cuts wasn't for everybody. What he said is, those Bush tax cuts were mostly beneficial to the wealthy. That is untruth number one that you said.
Second, percentages of taxes paid were never meant to be dollar for dollar, percentage wise. The federal income tax was and is always been a graduated income tax rate, not dependent on everyone paying the same percentage. So, you statement about whjo pays most of the taxes is misleading, for the legislation that passed the federal income tax was always made to be by income, not percentage, equally, of all tax payers.
Third, the president didn't just spring this on everyone. He explicitly said and campaigned on the policy that, if re-elected, he would raise taxes back to the Clinton era tax rates for individuals making 200,000 and for families making more than 250,000. He said this in just about every campaign speech he made. Evidently, the majority of the american people agreed with him, he won re-election by an electoral landslide and also won an outright majority of the popular votes, over 50%. Btw, he was only the fourth president, in modern times, to win two elections for president with over 50.1% of the vote. No, George Bush didn't do it , but Obama did.
Yes, the deficit is high. Where were you when George Bush and the gop ran up the deficit? When Clinton left office, he left to George Bush a balanced budget with a surplus of almost half a trillion dollars. George Bush preceded to spend the surplus and add huge debt. Two wars, over a trillion dollars and still counting, tax cuts, over a trillion dollars, prescription giveaways to big pharma, over a trillion and counting, and he didn't pay for any of it. He, along with the gop, passed a bill forbidding medicare from negotiating drug prices in medicare. That alone would have save the treasury 3 trillion dollars. The Va has no such restrictions and negotiates for the lowest and best price for its drugs. The Va, because of this, spends about 40% less on drugs than medicare for the same drugs.
Feel free to try and rebut this, however, there are facts available to back up my claims. What have you got? Nothing but empty words and no facts, what-so-ever.
1. Obama ran on the benefits of the Clinton economy. He even used Bill Clinton as a campaign spokes person. So, lets go all the way back to that great Clinton economy and raise taxes on all Americans.
2. I already said the tax is graduated. The top 50% pay 97% of the tax and the bottom 50% pay only 3%. The bottom 50% is where taxes need to be raised.
3. The deficit and debt are high and taxing 2% of the population will still give the country over a trillion $ debt. Clinton had it right during that great economy of the 90's when everyone's taxes were high.
Go back to the Clinton tax rates and raise taxes on all Americans.
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Aplon sustained a hip pointer injury shortly after half-time during the Stormers' excellent opening tour victory against the Highlanders in Dunedin at the weekend.
Coach Allister Coetzee said after the 21-6 win that the Springbok's condition would be assessed during the week, but Aplon has let it be known via Twitter that he is recovering fast and is no longer feeling the pain that he was.
Should he miss out, however, the Stormers do have a ready replacement in the shape of former Bulls star Gerhard van den Heever, who has impressed during the time that he has been working with the Cape franchise.
Presumably JP du Plessis, the exciting young centre who returned to the Cape from Melbourne during the off-season, would then slot into Van den Heever's place on the bench.
Koster's readiness to play could have an impact on Coetzee's thinking when it comes to the selection of the pack. Rynhardt Elstadt did well on the flank in his second successive outing there against the Highlanders, but there is talk of Andries Bekker perhaps getting a rest this week by playing off the bench.
If Koster is ready to take up the No8 position, Duane Vermeulen could move back to the flank and Elstadt in to partner Eben Etzebeth in the second row.
Deon Fourie also played well when he came on in the second half and might be in line for a start. Coetzee has said that he wants his freshest 22 to be up for the Crusaders match.
However, changes would be a big call for Coetzee to make after the last two wins over the Bulls and the Highlanders, particularly as this match assumes extra significance for his team.
After losing twice to Crusaders last year, once in league play and again in the semi-final, both matches at Newlands, the Stormers will want to win this one and the next game against the Reds (who also beat them at Newlands last year) to erase any thoughts of there being a psychological barrier for them to overcome after 2011.
It has been a long time since a South African team last won in Christchurch so a victory to the Stormers would be another massive step forward psychologically.
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2. A bark worse than its bite?
Pirhanas. If those voracious little flesh-eaters could talk, what might they say? It turns out their bad-tempered vocab complements those rather unfriendly features. Using a hydrophone (an underwater microphone), researchers have recorded a hostile repertoire of pirhana vocalisations (including barks and drumbeats made by gnashing teeth) – all of them accompaniments to the piranhas' daily routines of intimidation, discord, violent pursuit and outright combat.
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As far as marsupial voice boxes go, the koala is king – especially during mating season. Thanks to the special structure of their larynx, these cute, furry marsupials can produce sounds loud enough to rival those made by a one-tonne bovine. And it's a good thing male koalas are so vocally gifted – their potential mates are partial to a deep, resonant bellow. In fact, in the world of the koala, procreative success practically hinges on your ability to 'holla' since females choose only the loudest contenders.
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I am a BIG fan of J.R.R. Tolkien. I espiecally enjoy "the Hobbit" so when they brought out a movie adaption I just had to see it. I have to say it was not a let down! There were some parts they had to change slightly, but having read the books I understand why, espiecally since anyone who has read a book by Tolkien would know that he liked to go back and explain things in great detail, something that would be really hard to do in a film. The actors they got portrayed the characters perfectly. I will definitely shop here again and I can't wait for the next two parts to come out!
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Far be it from me to tell Jim Buss, the son of the Lakers' owner, how to run a basketball team, but I think he's a bit confused right now, either that or doing a mediocre job of evading questions.
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But Buss is making it sound as though they won't be doing much of anything. The Lakers don't have a lot of money to play with when it comes to getting new players, so we expected them to get creative, not complacent. Hopefully, this is his way of keeping their plans a secret, as they always do, and not really what the Lakers are looking to do.


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I've always been interested in the hero. At least for as long as I have been playing the game. Which hasn't been long at all. But I've seen him played in lane and in the jungle. But I've also seen people get yelled at for playing him in lane. I have zero experience with jungling but I would like to at least play pred in an actual match. So I was wondering is it necessary to have him jungle or is he just as viable in a lane?
Predator is this game's version of DotA's N'aix. N'aix is actually viable in the jungle because of his ult. Predator, however, has no particular jungle skills in this game. His base armor and attack speed are low so he's a poor jungler. You'll more often than not wind up behind because you've decided to jungle. Predator is much better in the lane with a dedicated support. Or at least, I've played enough games where I'm behind because I chose to farm instead of lane.
Really depends on the match. If you fight people that would easily harass you in the lane, then it may not be the best choice.
Also, MutantJohn, as far as I know, N'aix isn't a viable jungler becuase of his ultimate, lol. They're viable junglers because they can kill creeps faster than normal because of their life leech, and it gives them infinite sustain. Though, Predator is more viable in the lane than N'aix is because Predator has a leap that does a lot of damage and slows. Also because his magic immunity gives him physical armor, which helps both in the jungle and in the lane.
It just really depends on the match. Like I said, if you fight people that can harass you away from creeps or possibly even out of the lane, then jungling is probably a better option. However, if you fight other melee heroes or the enemy has multiple ways of scouting you (Scout, NH, Pharaoh spamming his missle on you in the jungle, etc) then it would probably be better to lane so you don't get invaded and die.
How to beat a jungling Pred - Ward the Easy Camp, go gank him when he's still Lvl 1 with low HP trying to finish that medium camp.
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But Pred's Feast and attack speed aren't good enough for him to afk farm properly. The fact that N'aix gains health from his ult, does damage and insta-kills the toughest creeps is why he's amazing in jungle. You can make epic stacks, ult the biggest creep, do aoe damage and then Rage for increased attack speed. Predator doesn't have the proper skill set-up whereas N'aix totally does.
Yeah, he's good at AoE clearing. But Predator wins as far as offense goes, meaning hero killing, once he has some levels for his ultimate and Leap.
Predator as a hero his in all honesty quite bad. The main reason for this is his lack of farming potential. Comparing him to a TDL or magebane who both have greater mobility, allowing them to move faster between creepcamps, he also suffers from NOT being a viable cleaver-user. Predator relies mostly on attackspeed and -armor for damage output, because of his third ability, and that makes the stats on the cleaver kinda useless and therefore not a good pickup in general, even though it would probably still boost your farm. Jungling with predator from level 1 is even weaker than weak, and if you jungle with predator you waste the fairly good killing potential he as in lane. Lategame, he will be outcarried by the likes of TDL, Silhouette and Magebane, but even when he's not up against any of those he could be rendered useless by simply getting a tablet or two... They really do wonders against him.
I really wish people would stop jungling with pred in my games. They're always on my bloody team, too...
Well, under 1600ish, Pred jungling is common because:
A) People of lower tiers tend to not gank the jungle as often or at all. They're too focused on "winning" that 2v1 lane. So a Pred jungler may get a game where he doesn't get ganked and manages to free jungle for the massive 30 mins or w/e he needs to get his core items and just goes into future games thinking it's alright.
B) A lot of people can't last-hit/lane for beans, so even though for most of us, Pred laning with a babysitter is better, there are people who are just so bad at laning/last-hitting that the jungle somehow gives them better gold.
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C)Last picking pred and claiming jungle last 10 seconds is the best thing you can do.Especially if you have no hero who can solo a lane properly.Especially if you afk farm jungle for 20 mins and come out with level 1 shieldbreaker when the score is 0-20.All this instead of getting some easy kills and farm on lane.
A question.Is predator mid good?If not,why?Also how do you counter that?
Why he is good jungle because you can rush and your support can get lvs and some farm
also nothing stops you from ganking the lane
And if you fell in danger in your own jungle you can swap jungles
There are many different cases in this game
Said it before, saying it again. Insanitarius -> Elder Parasite is REALLY strong on pred.
There's a couple other situations in which Predator would be alright in the jungle.
Lets say your (Hellborne, for the sake of argument) team is set up with a powerful bottom lane and you have a strong solo hero and a good mid (Say Bubbles top). Instead of being in the lane, you can let Bubbles solo, get his solo EXP and hit 6 while you farm up the jungle in relative peace because the enemy team probably doesn't want Bubbles to hit 6 quickly with all that solo EXP.
Basically you make the enemy team choose their damnation. Either they have to let Bubbles get freefarm and good solo EXP or they have to let Predator get the freefarm and solo EXP.
That said, Predator works very well in the lane. Too many people expect him to jungle in the lower brackets and suddenly can't deal with him in the lane. Predator with a good disable on his side can easily wreck early game face.
on low brackets 1 ward saves your jungle game, it's not better ver lane, but leaving a good solo laner have it is not allways bad, its a team benefit choice. I do it a lot so I don't have to deal with someone I don't know. It's no way optimal, but its a comfortable decision to make.
Jungle pred is never worth it. He does so much better in lane with another slow/stun, he just leaps, pops his magic immune, and dodges all their counter-stuns. Teammate comes in and slows/stuns and its almost a guaranteed kill.
Add in his terrible jungle speed and it's really quite pointless. If you get any catmen/mino spawns you're screwed over and you're forced to max you e anyways, gimping any gank/teamfight potential you have.
Saw pred mid in a high level inhouse or something, he did decently, but it comes down to the player and your team composition for a pred mid.
Insanitarius provides very nice burst hp/attack speed/damage. midas is alright if you can rush it and know it's going to be a semi-long game where midas will end up benefitting you over their carry.
Pred has to be one of the worst junglers in the game. He is extremly vulnerable to counterjungling (a ward in easy/mid camps is enough to severely hinder his progress), he is easily ganked with no reliable escapes, often jungles with low HP, is very reliant in creep camps (minos and catman are a big nono) and is absolutely useless for ganking because he's forced to max his lifesteal instead of his leap. On top of all that, he has no way to survive stacked camps and is just SLOW at killing anyways. A jungler Pred is only going to become a factor in the game if allowed to freefarm for a LONG time, which happens often in low tier pub games, hence why it's so popular.
That being said, he is actually a good laner with a decent support on his side. No reason to waste that.


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All practices for the Lumberjacks' spring sports programs — and surrounding area — have been inside this month, as snow banks still sit high, ice blankets the ground and temperatures remain bitter cold entering Easter Sunday and the beginning of April.By: Tyler Korby, Pine Journal
CLOQUET — With her hair tied back and her grandpa's glove on her hand, Cloquet centerfielder Sammy Zeadow stood positioned left of the bleachers at Tuesday's softball practice.
All practices for the Lumberjacks' spring sports programs — and surrounding area — have been inside this month, as snow banks still sit high, ice blankets the ground and temperatures remain bitter cold entering Easter Sunday and the beginning of April.
That's been quite a curveball from last spring's balmy forecast, when fourth-year Cloquet softball Coach Ron Tondryk had his team outdoors taking fly balls in late March and practicing at Braun Park in April.
"We've been out there on the grass by the third week before," Tondryk said Tuesday night. "It's going to take some nice weather, but we know getting outside is just around the corner. We just have to cover all of our bases in the gym first."
Being productive in the several gyms available at Cloquet High School is a philosophy Tondryk said he's always used, including last spring, on his team's run to the state tournament.
"We keep it busy," said Tondryk of the 27 players he has working constantly on drills, strategies, situations and maybe soon shoveling the fields with the college and youth association. "Some of the older girls have been here for three, four years now, and are all continuing to get better. If we continue what we're doing we'll be ready to get outside for our opener."
While Tondryk's team opens play the second week of April, Tim Prosen and his Cloquet track and field team enter an indoor meet next Friday and are set to be outdoors the week after that.
"A lot of our equipment is still outside under the football bleachers inside a garage covered in several layers of ice," said Prosen, now in his ninth season with over 100 athletes out for the squad. "We're getting creative — using the all three gyms, the hallways and the stairs — but it's a waiting game."
Steve Rickstrom's Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys tennis team isn't waiting, but rather shoveling their courts off slowly he said, as Cloquet baseball Coach Rick Norrgard and assistants took a snow blower to Ed Mettner Field Sunday.
"People are going to think we're crazy," said Norrgard with a laugh. "We're just trying to speed things up the best we can."
Norrgard had a speedy start to his inaugural season coaching last spring, never once practicing indoors. He admitted he was spoiled, but noted, like Tondryk, there are advantages to the gym.
"It's not the worst," he said, "but I hope the snow melts."
"It's fun to get in the grass, on the dirt, put on my cleats and throw on a sweatshirt," said Zeadow, a junior, after practice. "I wish we could get outside sooner, but there is so much snow."
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Performance on the dance floor may not always show it, but people are rarely born with two left feet. We have genes that instruct our arms and legs to grow in the right places and point in the right directions. They also provide for the spaces between our fingers and toes and every other formative detail of our limbs.
Evolutionarily speaking, the genetic instructions used to construct and position our limbs were being perfected more than half a billion years ago in fishes, not along the sides of the body where the fins that preceded human arms and legs sprouted, but at the midline that runs along the backbone and belly.
This midline - think of the dorsal, tail and anal fins of a fish - is where the genetic template to produce fins originated, about 100 million years before paired fins evolved and about 200 million years before paired fins evolved into limbs, according to University of Florida genetics researchers. The findings, published online today in the journal Nature, also provide insight into the evolutionary history of genes involved in human birth defects.
"Given that paired fins made their evolutionary debut at a particular location on the sides of the body, intuitively one would think the genetic tools for fin development would be brought together in that place," said developmental biologist Martin Cohn, Ph.D., an associate professor with the UF departments of zoology and anatomy and cell biology and a member of the UF Genetics Institute. "We've discovered that the genetic circuitry for building limbs first appeared in an entirely different place - the midline of the animal."
The appearance of paired fins on the sides of early vertebrates was a major evolutionary innovation toward fin - and eventually limb - locomotion, Cohn said. The earliest fishes lacked paired fins, similar to the modern-day lamprey - a species of jawless fish with a dorsal fin and tail but no side fins - considered by biologists to share many features with the ancestor of all vertebrates.
"The emergence of paired appendages was a critical event in the evolution of vertebrates," Cohn said. "The fossil record provides clear evidence that the first fins evolved along the midline. The sequence of evolutionary events leading to the origin of limbs has been known for some time, but only now are we deciphering how these events occurred at a molecular genetic level."
Researchers isolated genes from the spotted catshark, a type of slow-moving shark from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. By studying the activity of a dozen genes in shark embryos, they determined shark median fin development is associated with the presence of genes such as HoxD, Fgf8 and Tbx18, which are vital in the development of human limbs.
They also used molecular markers for different cell types to determine which cells give rise to the median fins, finding that they arise from the same cells that form the vertebrae. These same genes dictate the emergence of symmetrical pairs of fins on the animal sides, showing a shared developmental mechanism in completely different locations, according to Renata Freitas and GuangJun Zhang, co-authors of the paper and graduate students in UF's zoology department.
Extending their genetic analysis to the lamprey - a living relic from the time before fish had paired fins - researchers found the same genetic cues in place.
"That we see these same mechanisms operating in lamprey fins tells us they must have been assembled in the median fins first, and later in evolution this entire genetic program was simply reutilized in a new position to build the first paired fins," Cohn said. "It tells us our own arms and legs have their evolutionary roots in the dorsal, caudal and anal fins of our fishy ancestors."
Many of these genetic mechanisms are involved in human birth defects, which provide insight into the evolutionary history of genes and their functions.
"Knowing that many of these genes are responsible for limb defects in humans is intriguing," Cohn said. "What we've done is identify where those developmental pathways originated during our evolutionary past and how they became involved in limb development."
Learning the mechanics of development enriches our understanding of evolution, according to Ann Campbell Burke, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Wesleyan University who was not connected with the study.
"Using modern molecular techniques, this confirms in a lovely way an idea that's been around for over 100 years about how paired fins may have evolved in the first place," Burke said. "To translate a 19th century observation about fin development into modern molecular data is a great thing for science. It has become increasingly important to understand developmental processes in our attempts to understand
UF and state officials to discuss new Brain Tumor Center
WHAT: State and university officials will discuss the creation of the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research at the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. The new center will work with hospitals statewide to collect tissue and disseminate data on brain tumors, creating a powerful tool to facilitate clinical trials, funding opportunities and research collaborations. The ultimate goal is to find a cure for brain tumors. Among the participants:
* State Rep. Anne Gannon, Delray Beach, who authored the enabling legislation
* Dennis Steindler, Ph.D., executive director of UF's McKnight Brain Institute
* William Friedman, M.D., chairman of the department of neurosurgery in the College of Medicine
WHERE: Room LG-110A of UF's McKnight Brain Institute, 100 S. Newell Drive, Gainesville. The discussion will be followed by a tour of various facilities, including the new neurooncology research lab.
WHEN: 2 p.m. Monday, July 24
BACKGROUND: Gannon's husband died of a brain tumor in 2005. During his illness, the family realized treatment options were limited. She shepherded a bill through the Florida Legislature in 2006 that provides $500,000 for the creation of the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research to develop brain tumor treatments and cures. Gov. Jeb Bush signed the bill into law June 20.
New brain tumors arise in more than 200,000 Americans each year. They are the second most common cause of cancer-related death in people up to the age of 35, with a slight peak in occurrence among children between the ages of 6 and 9. Brain tumors are most common among middle-aged and older adults. People in their 60s face the highest risk - each year 1 of every 5,000 people in this age group develops a brain tumor.
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Some college dorms smell like microwave popcorn; mine smelled like Calyx. All the cool girls wore it, so there was a constant haze of the fresh, green Prescriptives fragrance wafting through the halls. That's why, these days, a single whiff is enough to make me feel 18 again. So this morning felt a bit like time travel when that familiar green bottle crossed my desk. But something was...different. Turns out, Calyx is actually being relaunched under the Clinique brand. But the scent? Thankfully, that remains the same. It's that familiar zesty blend of grapefruit, green leaf, and vetiver with the power to instantly transport you back a few years—in the best way possible.
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Like everyone else in the Toronto art world, I was at the preview for General Idea: Haute Culture at the AGO this week. As would be the case for most people my age (late-ish 30s), it was a bizarre experience: We've read, studied and seen pictures of so much General Idea work that being in the presence of the actual pieces is a de-centring experience, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Really, how much opportunity have we in Toronto had to see GI's ouevre in the last decade or so, anyway? Aside from the AGYU's recreating the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion show, and Blackwood's show of multiples, the opportunities have been few and far between. Ottawa has been much better served by the National Gallery, which just last year devoted a good-sized room to various video works, not to mention its lengthy display of "One Day of AZT/One Year of AZT," up until last year ("One Day" is on loan to the AGO, and previously, La Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, where Haute Culture began).
So, Haute Culture: I've reviewed it for Saturday's paper, but not really; it's too huge, too comprehensive, too overstuffed with ideas for any newspaper essay to begin to reflect in a reasonable way. I was stunned by the volume, overwhelmed by the consistency and force of the ideas, and taken aback time and again by remarkable iterations of craft -- very fine painting and sculpture, alongside video and silkscreens -- that I suppose I never really associated with the group. I've always been fully seduced by General Idea's conceptual, media-conscious frame, but this show brings home the vast rift between understanding works of art, and truyl experiencing them. With Haute Culture, my world opened a little wider. Would that every show can offer that experience.
Anyway, the hits don't stop. Major installations, some never seen here before -- the Armory, for one, is mind-blowing; ditto the charred fragments of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, "destroyed" by "fire" in 1977 -- left me kind of agape. I suppose I knew it was real, but with GI, seeing is believing. And even then, are you sure?
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The name itself, La Flama Taqueria, excites the imagination as to what can be found in this restaurant. The noun La Flama, or "flame," carries a heavy symbolic burden of acknowledgement, remembrance of some thing, person or event. In this case, taqueria means taco shop.
In many cases these days, though, the term refers to restaurants specializing in items outside the name like as burritos and enchiladas.
Taquerias had humble beginnings as street vendors, but now they have come to be known as a place for a fine Mexican meal. Unless you read this or have been tipped off to this place, La Flama Taqueria would probably not appear on the 'Restaurants to Check Out' list. Yet, it should.
La Flama is a modest establishment that has excellent, no-frills Mexican food. While the menu is not large, there seems to be no limit put on the taste and care given to each order's preparation.
One evening a friend and I ventured to La Flama on 61st just west of Peoria. La Flama is a simple place with a lot of Mexican charm and character. Orders are taken at the counter, the menu situated on a wall right above the kitchen prep area and on colored paper attached to one side wall.
Tacos ($1.25) reign supreme, with pork, beef, sausage, pork chops, chicken, cactus, beef ribs and chicken breast as options. Other dishes available but not necessarily featured on the menu include burrito and enchilada dinners (both served with rice and beans), and various family-style meal combos that include choices of Alambres, Tortas, Cincronizados, Huaraches, Sebolitas, Flamas, Gringas, Fajitas, Costilla de Puerco (pork chop), Filete de Pescado (tilapia), Milansea con Arroz y Frijoles.
All prices are reasonable, with enchilada dinners being the most expensive at $6.99.
Owner and Chef Fermin Soto described the menu selections, and I found a similar theme with each: meat of some sort (ham, beef, chicken, pork chop, sausage) is grilled with a combination of vegetables such as onions, green peppers, and jalapenos. The meat and vegetables are served on a flour or corn tortilla (thick or thin), then topped with a freshly made sauce and queso fresco. Cilantro is also a mainstay.
Soto, from Mexico City, said many of these dishes are family recipes that he brought here. They are typical meals that one would find in this region of Mexico. He admitted he is no stranger behind the grill; his chef experience began in Mexico City, working for a number of years.
My friend and I each sampled the enchilada dinners; I had the chicken and my friend, the beef. We also selected four tacos: cactus, pork chop, pork and chicken. A friendly and young lady took our order; we then selected our drinks from the cooler, I ordered a Fresca and my friend, a Bud Light. A modest selection of Mexican sodas and American beers are available.
La Flama is divided into two equal sections, one for the kitchen and register area, another for the dining area with booths and tables. A television hung from a corner of the dining area.
Our meals were brought to us, together with a selection of condiments: tomatillo salsa, hot chipotle sauce, pico de gallo and quartered limes.
The tacos were served on one plate, open faced. Each had two gently grilled corn tortillas as the base. These were piping hot; in fact, we had to wait a few minutes before we could handle them.
Each taco had a distinct flavor, and the ingredients on each were finely chopped, so it would actually fit on the tortilla. We sampled the cactus taco first. A large flat cactus, most likely nopales (a.k.a. prickly pear), are native to Mexico, and generally purchased fresh, as these were. They have a slightly tart flavor and are good for you: rich in vitamins (A, C, K, B6) and minerals (magnesium, potassium, and manganese, but also iron and copper). This cactus was sautéed with white onions and had a bold citrus flavor. With fresh cilantro, this taco had a refreshingly bold, complex flavor.
The steak taco was notable for its small pieces of crispy, grilled beef with chopped onions. The chicken was also grilled and had a vibrant citrus kick. Chopped white onions, cilantro and chives were part of this taco. The pork chop taco was, again, filled with small pieces of grilled pork with grilled white onions. These tacos were delectable without salsa, but we did dot a few bites with the fresh tomatillo and chipotle hot sauce.
Our enchilada dinners were equally impressive. Both were prepared in similar fashion yet in an unfamiliar style. Large corn tortillas were dipped in a red, spicy enchilada sauce then fried just enough to soften the tortilla and crisp the outer edges. These shells were then filled with a white creamy cheese and topped with the chopped grilled chicken and chopped grilled steak.
Also on our plates were refried beans and rice. The brown beans were creamy, with a slight buttery flavor to them. The rice was very light and fluffy, slightly red in color and mild in flavor.
Each plate also had a mound of shredded crispy iceberg lettuce and sliced pickled jalapeno peppers to use as needed. Then, the final touch was a generous scattering of queso fresco on top of all--firm white crumbs of fresh cheese with a mild, milky flavor that was pleasantly salty; and it does not readily melt but rather softens with heat.
The dinners were piled high, practically overflowing off of the plates. My friend and I both noticed the tastes of the tacos and dinners were distinct, unlike any others we have had. My friend even said that it reminded him of what he had when in Mexico City a number of years ago. The spices, flavors and style of serving were similar to what he experienced outside the States.
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I know it's been absolutely ages but I am still alive! I've just had a lot of things to deal with lately which has unfortunately meant I haven't been able to be as productive as I'd like. However here is a shot from the most recent Badger's Ball which took place at C103 (Plymouth) on the 25th September. A psychedelically fabulous night! Clicking the photograph will take you to the event album on facebook. Unfortunately I didn't get as many photographs as I'd like and they're not up to the standard I would have liked due to a lot of personal drama that I had to deal with on the night which those of you whom attended are likely already aware of. I'll be making up for it at the next Badger's Ball I make it to though!
The next event I'll be photographing is Top Billin' presents Stig of the Dump & Dr Syntax at The Tunnels (Bristol) this coming Tuesday (19th October) - if you're in the area you better come along!
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Hip Hop meet, Plymouth 16/01/2010.
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