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Martin Truex Jr. is desperately clinging to a wild-card spot to get into the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
But in recent weeks, Truex can't buy a break.
He put himself in wild-card contention and cracked the top 10 in points with a win June 23 at Sonoma. But since then, Truex has fallen from eighth to 14th in the standings and is barely hanging onto a wild card.
He was running well last week at Bristol, but got swept into a late wreck that costs him a 35th-place finish. He hung onto the first wild card only because Ryan Newman, who holds the second wild card, was involved in the same wreck.
It also helped when Kasey Kahne and Joey Logano, who also are wild-card eligible, climbed back into the top 10 in points while Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski, who are not wild-card eligible, fell out.
Then came the news Monday that Truex suffered a broken wrist in the Bristol crash. He will have to race with a cast on his wrist this weekend, likely handicapping him in the final two races before the Chase.
Truex is one of several drivers engaged in an intense battle for the last few spots in the top 10 and the two Chase wild cards.
The Bristol race not only shook up the Chase standings, but also our weekly Power Rankings.
Injured Martin Truex Jr., Chase hopefuls reeling with two races to gonascar August 28, 2013 1:54pm EDT August 28, 2013 11:10am EDT Martin Truex Jr.'s spot in the Chase seemed secure a few weeks ago. But that was before a wreck at Bristol and a broken wrist. Now Truex is one of many clinging to Chase hopes. SN breaks down their chances.
Martin Truex Jr. is desperately clinging to a wild-card spot to get into the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
2 Jimmie Johnson (Last week: 1)
Not even finishes of 40th and 36th in the past two weeks are enough to knock Johnson from the top spot. That's how good he's been all season. But he has lost 57 points off his lead the past two weeks and now clings to an 18-point advantage.
That won't mean much when points are reset, and don't be surprised if he bounces back and wins the next two races. He's that good.
3 Matt Kenseth (7)
Kenseth's run to the front at Bristol and battle for the win with Kasey Kahne was a thing of beauty. Kenseth is having a career year and his fifth win couldn't have come at a better time. He now has the upper hand on Johnson and could be leading the standings when the Chase begins.
4 Kasey Kahne (6)
Criticize him all you want for not taking out Kenseth at Bristol, but Kahne showed once again why he is an elite talent. By not roughing up Kenseth, he also showed why he's well-liked and one of the most respected drivers in the garage.
5 Kyle Busch (4)
Busch ruined his chance at a Bristol sweep when he wrecked during qualifying and ran into Joey Logano early in the race. But he showed impressive patience in getting what he could and salvaging an 11th-place finish.
The old Kyle would have run it into the wall. Performances like that are why Busch finally might be a legitimate title contender.
6 Clint Bowyer (3)
Bowyer should send Travis Kvapil a bill for the money and points he lost when Kvapil spun him out of the lead. Bowyer was fast enough to win until that incident, and he hasn't been out front all that often this year.
7 Kevin Harvick (2)
Fans were on the edge of their seats when the heated-up Harvick marched toward Denny Hamlin's car on pit road. Surely there was about to be a throwdown. Alas, "Happy Harvick" bought Hamlin's wreck explanation and quickly calmed down.
I think I like the old Harvick better.
8 Joey Logano (10)
The only driver as impressive as Kenseth and Kahne Saturday night was Logano, who drove from the back to the front twice. A week after his win at Michigan, Logano drove his way into the top 10 and possibly into the Chase at Bristol.
He's racing with a lot of confidence and might just give Roger Penske his only car in the Chase.
9 Carl Edwards (5)
Edwards was cruising Saturday night and had his fastest car since he won the second race of the season. But the backflip was grounded by a blown engine, sapping what could have been some big momentum heading into the Chase.
10 Greg Biffle (11)
With a Chase spot on the line, Biffle did what he had to do at Bristol. Not known as a short-track racer, he hung on for a top-10 finish to stay just inside the top 10 in points.
11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (12)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. also did what he had to do at Bristol, protecting his Chase spot with a 10th-place finish. But it came on a night when Earnhardt had a top-three car.
Why does this team always seem to run itself right out of contention?
12 Brad Keselowski (9)
Keselowski helped convince Penske to take a chance on Logano. Now his teammate might be the driver who knocks him out of the Chase.
13 Kurt Busch (8)
Good thing Busch has signed that new deal with Stewart-Haas and has a bright future again, because his Chase hopes took a hit with a comedy of errors at Bristol.
Busch and Furniture Row Racing have overachieved this season and been one of the year's biggest surprises. But after the Bristol disaster, it may have to pull a rabbit of its hat to make the Chase.
14 Jeff Gordon (15)
Like Earnhardt's bunch, Gordon's team always seems to shoot itself in the foot when it has a fast car. A seventh-place finish was solid, but did Gordon no good in the standings.
He now must be spectacular and spectacularly lucky the next two weeks to make the Chase.
15 Ryan Newman (13)
Newman is not only racing for a Chase wild card, but for a new ride for next season. The next few races could be big.
With 2014 rides filling up fast, Newman must hope that Richard Childress Racing can find a place for him.
16 Martin Truex Jr. (14)
Not only did last week's crash put his wild-card spot in danger, but Truex's broken wrist could be a big problem. Wheeling a stock car at 200 mph at Atlanta and on the tough short track at Richmond will be difficult with such an injury.
We'll see how tough Truex is both physically and mentally.
17 Juan Pablo Montoya (17)
Two weeks after learning that he won't return to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing next season, Montoya had his second-best run of the season. Either he's performing for another ride, or things are coming easier now that the pressure is off.
It will be interesting to see whether Montoya pursues another NASCAR ride or heads back to IndyCar.
18 Paul Menard (18)
Menard finished sixth at Bristol and has had his best two finishes of the season in the past two weeks. Unfortunately, it's too little and too late to make the Chase.
19 Marcos Ambrose (18)
How did Ambrose finish eighth at Bristol and drop two spots in our rankings? Too many drivers ahead of him had trouble.
20 Brian Vickers (19)
Vickers did himself no favors by causing the wreck that crashed Hamlin and six other drivers. But he sped away to an impressive fourth-place finish. He's getting a head start on his full-time ride for 2014.
21 Jamie McMurray (20)
McMurray will begin the next phase of his career this week — NASCAR tutor for new 21-year-old teammate Kyle Larson.
22 Mark Martin (19)
His first race filling in for Tony Stewart did not go as planned (20th). Smoke definitely was not rising at Bristol.
23 Jeff Burton (22)
You know you've had a bad season when 13th is a solid night.
24 Denny Hamlin (23)
For a while, it looked like Hamlin was going to face yet another confrontation with an angry driver, and that has not gone well for him this season. Fortunately, Harvick backed off, giving his strained nerves and battered psyche a reprieve.
25 Aric Almirola (24)
A promising season has unraveled for Almirola, who has just one top-10 in his last 14 races.
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (25)
Unlike his girlfriend, Stenhouse didn't get new, expensive shoes from a track owner last week. Just another hard-luck finish.


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A'isha bint Abi Bakr married the Prophet Muhammad when she was nine years old -- too young to consent even had she been asked, which she was not. Her mother carried her into the bedroom, set her in his lap, said, "May you have a long and prosperous life together," then walked out again. Muhammad was 54.
Thusly begins the story of the girl who would become, among twelve wives and concubines, Muhammad's most beloved, as well as the most empowered and influential women in the history of Islam.
In a culture where most women were considered the chattels of men, A'isha rose to a position of honor as political advisor to Muhammad's successors, as the leading authority on the Islamic faith, and as a warrior who led troops in the first Islamic civil war. Nearly 1,400 years later, she remains the emblem of strength and courage for women around the world, non-Muslim as well as Muslim.
How did she achieve such glory in spite of her obstacles? By believing in herself, and by acting on her convictions.
A'isha was a survivor. She was a fighter. And she was a lover.
Jealous of Muhammad's affections, she competed with her sister-wives for his love -- and won. Yet she won the respect and esteem of the others in the harim, who ceded their time with Muhammad to her during his final weeks.
Threatened by Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, who encouraged Muhammad to divorce her, she confronted him openly. Later, she led troops against him in battle. She challenged Muhammad, too, while he lived, and the caliphs who came after him, with her sharp wit, her perceptive eye, her shrewd assessments of greed, nepotism, and fraud.
She was never a champion of women's rights, per se, but instead offered an example of how women can be, against all odds. Of how women should be.
The controversy over my novels about her made me to doubt myself at times. What had I done? A non-Muslim, I wrote about her because I found her story inspiring and wanted to share it with others, particularly women.
As I wrote, I felt her with me. Her sense of humor made me laugh aloud. Her tenacity kept me writing and rewriting through seven drafts. When I finished, I cried, feeling I had said good-bye to her. But A'isha wasn't finished with me yet.
Her determination carried me though Random House's canceling publication of my books in 2008 because of fears of terrorist attack. Her strength, courage, and love kept me sane during the media frenzy over a charge that my books were pornographic. Afterward, when it seemed the whole world was against me, I felt her inside me, lifting that sword and holding it high, confident and fearless. Today, divorced three times, raising a daughter alone, and writing fiction, essays, and articles exploring women's empowerment, I hear her voice every day, urging me onward and upward.
A'isha, it seems, has become a part of me. The best part.
Sherry Jones is the author of The Jewel of Medina and The Sword of Medina historical novels about A'isha, the youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and the forthcoming Four Sisters, All Queens, to be published in 2012. Read her blog on Red Room.


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Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2010 - Guatemala
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|Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC), Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2010 - Guatemala, 23 March 2011, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4d932e2028.html [accessed 30 May 2016]
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|Quick facts
|Number of IDPs
|Percentage of total population
|Start of current displacement situation
|Peak number of IDPs (Year)
|1,500,000 (1983)
|New displacement
|Causes of displacement
|Armed conflict, generalised violence, human rights violations
|Human development index
The long conflict between government forces and insurgents grouped under the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity ended in 1996 and left between 500,000 and 1.5 million people internally displaced across Guatemala, many of them in the shanty towns of the capital, Guatemala City. 14 years after the end of the conflict, little was known about the number and situation of remaining IDPs, but the country's widespread poverty and the additional difficulties associated with forced displacement suggested that many people had been unable to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
Drug cartel and gang violence has reportedly continued to cause displacement, but systematic figures have not been gathered. It is thought that people have been forced to flee from one poor urban neighbourhood to another. In Ciudad Quetzal, an impoverished neighbourhood of Guatemala City, it was reported that owners had abandoned their homes in 2010 to escape violence and threats from gangs. Community leaders in Villa Nueva near Guatemala City have estimated that five per cent of families there have had to resettle after they failed to pay the illegal taxes imposed by those groups.
A growing number of Guatemalans have requested asylum in other countries in recent years, particularly in the United States, and according to UNHCR's latest available figures, some 9,000 asylum applications were pending globally in 2009.
Guatemala has been unable to build strong institutions and provide security for its citizens, and IDPs have not received any specific support. The country faces a growing threat from organised crime and corruption, and in 2010, the UN's International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, established in 2007 to help the country fight crime and corruption, had its mandate renewed by the UN General Assembly until 2013.


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The first female soldier to flee the US military for Canada
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Rivera was assigned to Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Colorado and served in Iraq in 2006. She says she became disillusioned with the mission.
While on a two-week leave in the US in 2007, she crossed the Canadian border after she was ordered to serve another tour in Iraq. Rivera applied for permanent residency, but Canadian immigration officials
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American female soldiers in Iraq (Photo: AFP)
She was arrested last year at the US border.
A decade after the Iraq war, in which 4,500 Americans were killed and a trillion dollars expended, most US citizens believe the war was unnecessary.
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Thousands of Californians Speak Out Against Coyote-killing Contest
State Wildlife Officials Agree to Precautionary Measures Requested by Conservation Groups to Protect Wolves During Hunt
Published on Feb 8, 2013 - 9:22:21 AM
By: Center for Biological Diversity
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2013 — State wildlife officials in California declined to call off a coyote-hunting contest in Modoc County this weekend but, in response to public outcry, agreed to take steps to clarify the scope of the hunt and protect OR-7, the first wild wolf in California in nearly nine decades. The precautionary steps were recommended by a coalition of conservation groups representing more than a million Californians, including Project Coyote, the Center for Biological Diversity and Animal Welfare Institute.
The California Fish and Wildlife Department received more than 20,000 comments and petition signatures from members of the public who oppose the coyote hunt. On Wednesday, following a hearing that included testimony from more than a dozen hunt-contest opponents, wildlife officials agreed to educate the hunt's sponsors and participants on the physical differences between coyotes and wolves and to make clear that shooting wolves violates both state and federal law. The agency will also provide wardens to monitor the hunt and ensure it complies with the law.
"We'd rather the hunt was called off altogether, but were pleased state officials will take extra measures that could reduce the risk of hurting or killing wolves," said Amaroq Weiss, West Coast wolf organizer at the Center for Biological Diversity.
The coalition notified federal land-management agencies about the contest — known as "Coyote Drive 2013" — and informed the event sponsors, the Pit River Rod and Gun Club and Adin Supply Company, that because special-use permits have not been obtained, contestants cannot kill coyotes on Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Service lands. Also, nearby national wildlife refuges, National Park Service lands and state wildlife management areas are not open to predator hunting. While the sponsors advise participants to obtain permission to hunt on private land, they fail to specify that the permission must be in writing to comply with state law, a concern the coalition brought to the attention of public officials.
"The concept of making a contest out of killing wildlife is ethically indefensible and suggests that wildlife have no value other than as live targets in an outdoor shooting gallery," said Camilla Fox, Project Coyote executive director and a wildlife consultant to the Animal Welfare Institute. "We intend to work with state officials to put an end to such gratuitous slaughter of wildlife as part of a contest to win prizes."
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further (as a percentage of the corpus). As more members join, we are looking at appointing a second CRA. We will have a request for proposal and then evaluate both on technical and financial parameters. NSDL also has to renew its licence after 10 years of operation. We have to go a long way. Competition (among CRAs) will improve efficiency. But we cant expect too much reduction of cost as then efficiency and quality of services will be compromised.
Why not link charges to different slabs of investment or raise the minimum investment limit of R6,000 per annum so that the charges as a percentage of the corpus come down?
You cant impose different charges depending on the value of investment. The administrative charges are same for all. However, point of presence (PoP) charges vary depending on the corpus of an individual. We are not thinking of revising the minimum investment limit as of now.
Are there any plans to relax the investment pattern of NPS?
We have already taken up with the government that their employees should get the same choices as private sector employees. First, in the investment pattern and, second, in choosing their PFMs. The government has agreed on the investment pattern. We have gone back to the government on PFMs saying why should they (government employees) be confined to PSU PFMs.
The finance ministry has agreed on that also, but we are waiting for a formal communication. Once we get that, we will notify the new rules.
Will you hike the equity exposure in NPS beyond 50%?
We are not thinking of that as yet.
PFRDA has allowed 8 PFMs so far. Are there more applicants? How many PFMs will you allow to enter the pension business?
There is already a flurry of applications including that from major foreign pension funds. But we are being selective. We are looking at 15-20 PFMs over the years. If we find some very good PFMs, we may allow them to manage NPS.
Now that the Pension Bill is passed in Parliament, do you see major FDI inflows?
The FDI limit in pension is linked to that in insurance. I am happy with 26% FDI cap. We will be happier with 49%. But the sectoral cap is a non-issue for pension as the minimum capital requirement is just R25 crore. Like mutual funds, the capital requirement is less in pension. Increasing FDI to 49% will provide for only R5.75 crore additional


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Re: Netscape Communicator vs IEFrom: dumbwabbit (email@example.com)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:41:52 -0800 (PST) From: dumbwabbit <email@example.com> To: Gilles Poiret <email@example.com>, firstname.lastname@example.com
Heh, the fact that Microsoft even has to release
patches, whereas the security vulnerabilities related
to Netscape come every.... 6 months to a year? Which
seems to be a more stable, secure application in this
Makes Netscape my favorite.
4.79 baby. 6 is OK, nice email features, no Microsoft
should be pretty well off in terms of browsing safety
in comparison to IE... the biggest PITA with IE is
locking everything down, and then figuring out exactly
which features you need enabled... I gave up on that
long ago. I now only use IE to play with the latest
exploits... and Office and Windows Updates.
Heh, I won't even visit FilePlanet with IE... just
don't trust it.
Opera is a nice browser methinks, but I don't know
enough about it's architecture yet. 1 vuln for them in
the last year or so that I have heard of.
--- Gilles Poiret <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like your advice about security aspects,
> concerning IE (e.g 5.5) vs Netscape Communicator
> (e.g 4.7x).
> I *very often* heard problems with IE, and Outlook.
> But Microsoft provides patches (for instance, a
> patch for Outlook to block dangerous attachments),
> and permits to control the surf (web site access,
> allow or not downloading,...) with IE.
> At the opposite, I never (since version 4.77) heard
> about security problem for Netscape Communicator.
> But to my knowledge, there is no embedded mechanism
> of protection in this browser.
> So I'm wondering what is the best (safest) browser,
> concerning security. Same thing for mail client
> (outlook vs messenger)...
> For the moment, I think IE is safer (due to patches,
> and ability to control). If you have another
> opinion, please tell it me.
> Thanks for advance.
> --
> Gilles POIRET
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please join this telephone conference, because we have to discuss and define the next steps.
Participants: Serm, Sue, Mark, Tony, Gunther
The draft agenda is:
1.) Transistion plan (criterias / next steps)
Need to layout the recommendation how to move from CCTS V2.01 to CCTS V3.0
Basis: CCL D.07B should be used --> Published as a Excel spreadsheet, and by the GEFEG Tool
TBG 17 could be a important partner in this, and TBG 17 has the benefit using the GEFEG Tool
Partnership is essential. If the transistion plan is not agreed by the TBG, it could be go to an essential problem.
2.) Criterias for implementation plan
A kind of UN/CEFACT registration document is required, in where all implementation comments could be submitted.
The people should be encourage to register.
Not registered people can't submit comments.
XMLNDR V2.0 Implementation plan could be used as a starting project.
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Should be discussed with Mary Kay, if TBG should work on the implementation plan.
3.) Impact Assessment
The impact assessment is critical for TBG.
It should be developed and discussed within the cross group project, during developing the transistion plan.
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Been riding trials for years now.
Ill post up a couple bikes.
Currently riding a Neon Bow.
Orig. Paint- which I hated so much.
Bike before that was a Rockman Kortz II- frame lasted 3 months before breaking. Geo was terrible, but was very light.
Bike before that was a Norco Moment, lasted about 4 months before breaking.
Had a Czar Ivan for a while, she ended up getting stolen from a house I was living in got broken into. Me and my two other roommates took a hard hit from that ******* that robbed us. Naturally bike was never recovered.
I also have a Brisa B26D- A classic.
A Simtra ST-1. Was a friends, he thought he would like trials, but became very frustrated with how diffacult trials is to "master". He sold the bike and god only knows where its at now
Me on a Planet X w/ suspension, sporting pink, when pink was all the rage.
My 1st "true" trials bike, produced from a company called Tank. They were cheap, inexpensive, and every stock part on it broke a painful death.
Some other bikes that Ive encountered over the years.
Echo HiFi-
Zoo! Pitbull 07- Amazing frames.
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I just though of something. am I right in thinking that you guys think that chihiro will still remember keima's false conquest on her? well this is just something i thought of please don't take it in a bad notation but don't you guys think it's weird that every time keima tries to conquer a girl no one remembers his conquest on that girl? I mean if the ordinary students will remember he will be treated as a playboy and will not have a chance to conquer the other girls. so meaning that the ordinary people that have seen keima's conquest will not remember it. well I think that keima/haqua explained why keima tried to conquer chihiro.(if I am wrong pls disregard this whole message) and also chihiro witnessed ayumi's conquest so doesn't it mean that chihiro will also forget everything keima did?
*this is just somewhat a suggestion or rather a thought I just want to know your ideas so please dont take it negatively


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So.... I got into an accident today. This afternoon i was riding to work as usual on my fuji fixed gear... singing songs in my head, probably whistling as I usually do, when suddenly... bing boom bam.. I am on the ground.
I was riding along side of the cars on South Street as I usually do, riding very slow because I am in my shirt and tie and I dont want to break a sweat before getting to my office when suddenly I got doored... someone didnt look and opened their door into my face. my handlebars turned and I went sideways off the bike into a Moving car. so needless to say I ****ed up my bike... ****ed up the guys door a little bit... and TOTALLY ****ed up the people car who I hit. When my body flew off the bike I somehow dented in their door with either my shoulder, knee, or hipbone... all of which hurt pretty bad. The people whos car I ****ed up were REALLY nice. The dude who doored me was a dick.
My first instinct was to get on my bike and ride the **** out of there. I dont have money to replace a car door and paint the side of a car that has also been scratched by my bike as it went down.... along with the Jerk Guys car whos door is now a little bit looser from the impact. (so he says).
Anyway, I got up and right away I asked if the people in the car were ok (yeah, real smart, I fly into their car and ask if THEY are ok) but I really was concerned because I didnt know if maybe my arm went in the open window or something like that. Everyone was ok and they pulled off to the side of the road. They kept asking if I was ok and called an ambulance because I guess they thought I was in shock when I said I was fine. They kept saying "look at the car, you are not fine, you probably broke something" but really, I was ok. The dude who hit me with his door kept yelling in my face and getting all jerky like "you should not be riding in the road, you were speeding, you did this you did this" and the man and woman with the damaged car got in his face and said "shut up, this was YOUR fault, you hit HIM with your door, you should have been more careful. ....I said nothing. I just stood there with them for a while and finally the ranting and raving guy called the police and said "we will see we will see" I was really hoping the people with the ****ed up car would just tell me to ride away because they felt bad, but I knew that wasnt going to happen since they had some damage. They said "well, someone is going to have to pay for this damage and I think it should be YOU sir (to the man who hit me)... the police were called and about 30 min. later they showed up. an ambulance came by and stopped for about 4.5 seconds. They asked if I was ok and I stupidly said "yes" so they drove away... all the time I was thinking "I should really get checked out just in case, but I dont have the money for a hospital, so I just want to get to work". As we were waiting for the police I started talking to the nice couple with the ****ed up car. I found out she was a school teacher in south philly, I told her that I am a Child and Family Therapist in South Philly and I have some clients that attend her school and how it was a small world and this and that. She then told her boyfriend "honey, he knows my badass students" We all got along really well and I think I am going to send them a "Thank you" card for being so nice and understanding even though my body ****ed up their car.
The police came and the jerk guy started in on how this was all my fault and got in my face again... I just smiled and said "Man, I am not getting into this with you, when you can speak calmly I will talk to you" (the therapist in me... or shock, who knows) the cop kind of laughed and smiled at me. Luckily for me... the cop that showed up was a BIKE COP!!! hooray!!
Bike Cop took all our info and I told him "listen, if this IS my fault because I actually came in contact with the car, I have no problem paying, these people are really nice and I dont want them to get screwed because I have no insurance" he smiled again and said "no way man, this is all the [jerk guys] fault, you have to look when you are opening your door. Jerk guy came up again and started yelling and whatnot and the cop turned into super stern cop and was like "Listen! the report is going to say its your fault, he was riding where he is SUPPOSED to ride on the STREET and the fact that you hit him with your door is what caused this accident" he then gave me the number to the district office and said I could leave. I went back to the nice couple and gave them my contact info and apologized again for the whole incident and they just said "Man, this was not your fault, I would sue that guy if I were you, he really ****ed you up" I got on my bike, but everything was crooked on it so I just kinda rode it slowly to my office.
I just kept thinking for the rest of the ride "Kevin, you keep reading the forums everyday about all these accidents people are having, you keep saying you are going to buy a helmet and you never do... why dont you learn" Needless to say, this weekend I am buying a helmet....
On a side note I am also going to make an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow if I wake up in more pain... right now my whole left side is killing me and my knee feels like there is an inflated balloon in it. bah.


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Over the past four decades the American health care system has witnessed dramatic changes in private health insurance, campaigns to enact national health insurance, and the rise (and perhaps fall) of managed care. Bringing together seventeen pieces new to this second edition of The Social Medicine Reader and four pieces from the first edition, Health Policy, Markets, and Medicine draws on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives—including political science, economics, history, and bioethics—to consider changes in health care and the future of U.S. health policy. Contributors analyze the historical and moral foundation of today's policy debates, examine why health care spending is so hard to control in the United States, and explain the political dynamics of Medicare and Medicaid. Selections address the rise of managed care, its impact on patients and physicians, and the ethical implications of applying a business ethos to medical care; they also compare the U.S. health care system to the systems in European countries, Canada, and Japan. Additional readings probe contemporary policy issues, including the emergence of consumer-driven health care, efforts to move quality of care to the top of the policy agenda, and the implications of the aging of America for public policy.
The Political Life of Medicare
Jonathan Oberlander
June 2003
In recent years, bitter partisan disputes have erupted over Medicare reform. Democrats and Republicans have fiercely contested issues such as prescription drug coverage and how to finance Medicare to absorb the baby boomers. As Jonathan Oberlander demonstrates in The Political Life of Medicare, these developments herald the reopening of a historic debate over Medicare's fundamental purpose and structure. Revealing how Medicare politics and policies have developed since Medicare's enactment in 1965 and what the program's future holds, Oberlander's timely and accessible analysis will interest anyone concerned with American politics and public policy, health care politics, aging, and the welfare state.
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Sue E. Estroff
June 1985
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Do you know anyone who breaks (or bends) the rules of tennis. Would love to hear your thoughts on this funny subject here: http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/which-tennis-rules-get-ignored
Hey Oliver...I live in Los Feliz, and often play at Plummer, Pointsettia, and Riverside. I'm usually free weeknights or Sundays. Let me know if you'd like to hit soon.
Is your game getting better? I took some time off to go back to school and now am playing more. My tennis was a 6.5, but now I am a modest 5.5. It sucks to have lost the speed I used to have. When you feel up to hitting sets, I'll be up for it....
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Costly Black Rock Dam is Risky and Unnecessary
Cheaper, safer water supply options are available -- Statement of Rob Masonis, American RiversJanuary 29th, 2008
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Seattle, WA – A massive new water storage project in the Black Rock Valley east of Yakima would cost $6.7 billion and return only 16 cents on the dollar, according to a draft Environmental Impact Statement released today by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington Department of Ecology.
The project would pump water out of the Columbia River behind Priest Rapids Dam and pump it to a new storage reservoir in the Black Rock Valley.
Rob Masonis, senior director of the Northwest office of American Rivers, made the following statement:
"The Black Rock project is expensive, risky and unnecessary. This analysis shows that it is not the solution to water supply and river restoration needs in the Yakima Basin."
"Investing billions of dollars in a project that will return 16 cents on the dollar and increases the risk of pushing radioactive groundwater under the Hanford nuclear reservation into the Columbia River makes no sense. It is time to put Black Rock to bed and look at cost-effective, safe alternatives."
"The Washington Department of Ecology should be commended for looking at a range of alternatives to Black Rock. Ecology's willingness to look at alternatives beyond new dams stands in contrast to the Bush administration's approach, which assumes that large, expensive, environmentally risky new dams are the only solution. Taxpayers and the environment will be much better served by the State of Washington's approach."
Key findings in the EIS include:
- The Black Rock project would cost $6.7 billion and would return only 16 cents on the dollar
- Seepage from Black Rock would change groundwater conditions on the Hanford nuclear reservation and accelerate the movement of radioactive groundwater toward the Columbia River
- Black Rock would compete for funding with other more efficient uses of federal and state dollars to help ensure adequate water supplies and instream flows for communities, fish, and wildlife in the Yakima River Basin and throughout the interior Columbia Basin.


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Oh, hey guys, Happy Friday to you and yours! In the celebratory spirit of the weekend, I offer you a look at Gizmodo's simple but brilliant Serious Bandz. They're perfect for "anyone who has a dysfunctional marriage, a humdrum job, or a looming awareness of their own mortality." (I'll take the "divorce" band in one of every color, please!)
Yes, the Silly Bandz craze may be over for kids, but that doesn't mean adults can't have some fun with rubbers. (Ahem.) While some grown-ups are giving out Silly Bandz in bars as a way to flirt, slipping one of Gizmodo's broken heart Serious Bandz on your (soon-to-be-ex) partner's wrist could also be an easy, discussion-free way to break up.
Also, I like these Serious Bandz much better than the adult Silly Band I recently confiscated from my niece. (In the interest of discretion, I'll just say the bracelet is black and Lisa Lampinelli would love it. And yes, I wear it every day, along with my green rhino. I hope he's happy.)
These Serious Bandz were designed by Sam Pratt, who I'm sure has no intention to actually make and market the product, though I think he should. Seriously.


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KineMed received an additional $1.2 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research to support ongoing development of kinetic biomarkers for use alongside the R&D and clinical trials of Parkinson disease (PD) therapeutics. The firm's neurobiomarker program is focused on identifying markers of disease progression and regression that represent a more sensitive and reproducible measure of disease than the symptom-based parameters currently used, which the firm claims are "hindering and expanding" the costs clinical trials of CNS drugs.
The firm says it has identified cerebrospinal fluid kinetic biomarkers that measure the rate of neurodegeneration in PD patients within weeks, which is much sooner than any effects on disease progression are clinically apparent. Such markers will provide drug developers with a more reproducible and actionable measure of whether a candidate drug is effective or not.
"The lack of validated biomarkers for Parkinson disease is a major hurdle to PD drug development today, and so our foundation is invested in this critical research," remarks Mark Frasier, Ph.D., vp for research programs at the MJFF. "KineMed's cross-sectional study will look to confirm existing data that we have funded, which has identified biomarkers that are sensitive to subtle changes early in the disease process."
KineMed is exploiting its isotopic tracer technology to uncover causal pathways in disease. The firm is leveraging its expertise through biomarker collaborations with industry, and also to develop an internal drug and biomarker pipeline. Earlier this month KineMed and GlaxoSmithKline established a multiyear collaboration to identify and validate biomarkers for use in clinical trials of candidates against muscle wasting, fibrosis, and metabolic diseases.
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Charlotte, NC - Transition and Benefits Career Fair, A Part of the 96th Annual American Legion National Convention
Join us Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for a job fair for veterans, active duty military members, guard and reserve members, and military spouses at the Charlotte Convention Center Ballroom, Section C & D, 501 S. College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28202. This fair is a part of the 96th Annual American Legion National Convention in Charlotte. This event will be a one-of-a-kind FREE hiring fair for both employers and job seekers.
Event Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Employment Workshop
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Hiring Fair
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Hiring Our Heroes Employment Workshop
The Hiring Our Heroes employment workshop consists of a classroom session beginning an hour prior to the hiring fair. This will be followed one-on-one mentoring sessions with all pre-registered and walk-in participants to be conducted throughout the day. Mentoring sessions focus on resume building, resume writing, and interviewing techniques for all job-seeking veterans and service member participants.
Interested candidates must complete the FREE electronic pre-registration in order to participate. A maximum of 50 participants will be accepted for the full workshop. Once the pre-registered candidates have their coaching sessions, the opportunity may be available for "walk ins" to have a coaching session through the end of the Fair (depending on availability).
► Must register as a job seeker above.
Corporate Employment Workshops (hosted by The American Legion)
The Corporate Employment Workshops will consist of a classroom session that lasts about an hour and a half. They will be offered Monday and Tuesday, August 25 & 26 by companies such as General Electric, Nexstar, Citi, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin. Pre-registered and walk-in transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses are welcome to participate in these opportunities to engage with a variety of great employers.
On both days, a Networking Breakfast will begin at 8:30am, to be followed by a Corporate Panel from 9:00am–10:30am at the Westin Charlotte Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Section A, Level 2. Lunch will be provided also, and the Corporate Employment Workshops to follow will be hosted by the various companies in classrooms. See our event agenda below.
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Employers are invited to attend a USAA sponsored "Best Practices in Veteran Recruitment Lunch & Learn" from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. following the conclusion of the hiring fair at a location that will be designated on the day of the event.
This session will take place directly after the Hiring Our Heroes hiring fair scheduled from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be served and it's free for employers, recruiters, and HR professionals! Register today if you are interested in learing the best preactices around finding, recruiting, and retaining veterans and military spouses. Must register as an employer for the above event to attend.
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In making his collaborative variety show "HitRECord on TV" for Pivot, creator and host Joseph Gordon-Levitt's been able to call on the help not just of his online production company HitRECord, but of his famous friends as well. One of them is Scarlett Johansson, who starred alongside Gordon-Levitt in his 2013 directorial debut "Don Jon." Johansson lends her voice to the animated short below, "Two Player Game," which will air as part of this Saturday, February 15th's episode of "RE: GAMES." HitRECord contributors Kubi and RiverK animated and voiced the male character. Take a look:
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Joining together in furthering the cause of American Distance Running
Elite coaches are not perfect. No matter how confident in their system they appear to be, they are constantly looking for ways to improve it and sometimes their athletes fail too. They make mistakes. Lots and lots of them. They learn from them, but in most cases no one else does. So other coaches have to spend their time making the same mistakes and learning from them. Sounds like a big waste of time to me.
Let's look at what Renato Canova and the Italians did to reach success. They brought together a number of young coaches and sent them around to learn the training systems of successful distance running countries. Then those coaches would get together every month or so and discuss how the training was working for their athletes and what modifications were made. They shared the information they got from testing their athletes (lactate, vo2, altitude, etc.). In his own words:
"But there were no secrets, in any case. So when we met each time, for example, one could tell 'I use this system.' And in the minds of the others was, 'This is a stupid system!' But after three days somebody tried to use the same system with some modification. And next month there was a report of what happened, and this was the system for growing all together. This happened when we were young, and we had results. We won (a) World Championships with Panetta. There was really good communication between everybody. And it was the only way for really building something."
So what is the point of all of this? I think something similar could be developed in the U.S. Put our best efforts together with the goal of competing on the world level. Of course with the internet we could make it more widespread and practical. So here are a couple of my thoughts on how something like this could be done:
The best way would be to set up a website. The site would be one where you had to register (either as a coach, athlete, or fan) to participate, so that the irrelevant childish stuff would be kept to a minimum. On the site, coaches could periodically post the training schedule of their successful athletes along with a general explanation of why certain workouts were done and there general training methodology. Since there obviously is going to be some secrecy in training, the coach can choose to post the training after the season or at a later date for discussion. This would prevent any "secrets" of what kind of shape so and so was in during the season and wouldn't in any way jeopardize the athlete's chance for success in the season. With the training posted, other coaches could comment or ask questions about the training to further their knowledge. Basically it would be a place to post, share, and discuss what training a wide variety of successful coaches give their athletes and more importantly know WHY they give their athletes that training. In addition, variety of test results could be posted and explained. For example, VO2, lactate, etc. tests could be posted much the same way that US swimming posts their results of post competition lactate tests for all registered coaches. Of course, final decision on how much or how little is posted would be up to the coach.
If Renato Canova can give the people of letsrun a copy of exactly what the world's best steeple chase runner did day in and day out AND explain the methodology behind his training, don't you think that us Americans can share some of those "secrets" that let our athletes run 100m behind Shaheen?
Yes, it would time to develop the idea and iron out the kinks and more importantly get several top athletes/coaches on board, but the end results would be worth it and would further the cause of American distance runners.
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OLYMPIA — Three Clark County schools were selected to participate in a pilot program by Microsoft, preparing students for a technology-driven workforce.
Camas High School, Clark County Skills Center and Union High School are offering the Microsoft IT Academy program, giving students the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the latest Microsoft software.
The program includes hundreds of Web-based courses on concepts ranging from computer basics to high-level programming.
Margaret Rice, dean of instruction at the Clark County Skills Center, said the program was a good fit for her school's advanced-placement technical programs. The Skills Center is open to juniors and seniors from nine Southwest Washington school districts.
"If our mission is to prepare students to be globally competitive, then this is a huge step," Rice said. "And it allows our campus to be a regional testing center, which is great."
Clark County Skills Center is one of 63 similar centers in the state that volunteered to become part of the pilot phase. Its teachers were trained over the summer by Microsoft professionals.
Sherman Davis, the server administrator for Camas School District, said she attended a training session in Seattle over the summer and saw the benefit the program could offer to vocational education students.
"It's good for students who won't go to college," Davis said. "We're looking to give those kids skills they will need to get jobs right out of school."
The academy gives students free access to Microsoft products and the opportunity to certify in programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Being certified in these programs could open doors to students and prepare them for a technologically advanced society, according to Rice.
"Technology has a growing role in every area, so we need to be producing technology-advanced students," Rice said. "Microsoft IT definitely helps with that."
The program may also help students struggling with technology in classes now, according to Sheri Nimmo, a technology class teacher at Union High School.
"I think a lot of classes use these programs in their courses already, but they don't necessarily cover them thoroughly," Nimmo said. "This is a rounded education in the program. It's a more realistic goal than learning it on the first day."
Randy Dorn, Washington state superintendent of public instruction, said the program could bridge the gap between the world of education and the world of work, where computer skills are becoming increasingly important.
"Right now, one out of every two of today's jobs requires some technology skills. That number will increase to three out of every four jobs in 10 years. We need to make sure our students are trained in areas that will get them jobs," Dorn said.
The Microsoft IT Academy provides many services to instructors and students, including 1,500 online courses, Microsoft hosted Exchange email, and EduConnect, a program in which Microsoft employees volunteer in schools to help teachers and students with learning, finding careers in technology and staying safe online.
Washington was able to become the second state to implement the Microsoft IT Academy program statewide with funding from the state Legislature. The Legislature provided $4 million to the academy for the 2011-2013 biennium, an investment that provides products and services valued at approximately $30 million.
"They pay for the courses, the product licenses, everything through the state — which is really nice because it would probably be too expensive for us and we wouldn't be able to do it," Davis said.
Nimmo said she's looking forward to the program, and as a technology teacher, she hopes to see more programs like it.
"If we use it well and it's successful, hopefully it will show the Legislature that this is something helpful and something we need," Nimmo said.


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Hoo boy. Maybe it's an authentic MySpace Tom story, but something this over-the-top could just be one girl's idea of a star-fucking story. Tom's a widely reported Asian fetishist and a bit of a perv, sure — but flying girls to LA for some action? Is Tom that Hollywood?
In any case, sounds like this girl deserves a "Tom is NOT my friend" tee. The story, passed through another boy:
So, I hooked up last week with this half-Asian very hot Suicide Girl on - where else - MySpace.
Post-dirty sex, she's telling me "Tom from MySpace really liked that picture of my ass. He wrote me last month (post bad press) and told me he wants to 'hit my ass.' He offered to fly me to LA, but —"
Discover Tom's caveat after the jump.
"— he'd only pay for half the flight as the last girl who he flew to LA was hooking up with other guys in LA while he was at work."
Thus, without a full free ticket, she passed on his offer of cut-rate anal.
So, if you're only getting some of the trim (or ass as the case may be), you should only pay for half the flight?
And this is - as well as post bad press - post multi-million dollar "extra retention bonus."
Tom's alleged excuse about "the last girl" sounds sketchy. Hard to believe a girl tapping Tom Anderson would need more LA hotties to keep her satisfied — unless this was during Tom's emo phase.


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Op-ed: Given sensitive Mideast situation, Israel may put off response to Bulgaria attack
Published: 07.19.12, 00:43 / Israel Opinion
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at the Bulgaria airport is an almost exact repeat of the attack thwarted by Bulgarian security forces in January of this year. Back then, a bus full of Israeli tourists was supposed to be blown up using explosives snuck into it. Yet this time around there was no warning, and the murderous terror attack was not curbed. The flight in question was a Bulgarian charter, and such flights - as well as the buses that carry their passengers - are not secured.
About two months ago, a terror warning was issued regarding a possible attack in Bulgaria, but it was withdrawn. It is also unclear whether Bulgarian police merely thwarted the January attack, or also detained and questioned the perpetrators – and if so, were they also questioned by other spy agencies. All of this must be examined in order to draw lessons.


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Frank Alber, newly tenured associate professor of biological sciences in USC Dornsife, has been honored with the prestigious 2012 Beckman Young Investigators Award, given to only five recipients this year. He is set to receive $750,000 over four years.
Alber will use the grant to explore the detailed 3-D genome organization in different cell types and developmental stages.
"This kind of funding is very useful because the Beckman foundation allows you to direct research that is perhaps a bit more risky than what you would propose with NIH or NSF," said Alber, who joined USC Dornsife in 2008. "They encourage cutting-edge projects that you couldn't get funding for elsewhere. This is very helpful, especially at the beginning of your career."
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation provides grants to scholars in non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences. In particular, grants are intended to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of scientific research. The Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) Program supports research of faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
The complete sequencing of the human genome in 2001 marked a significant accomplishment in biological research. However, since then it has become increasingly clear that the genome has levels of complexity far beyond its linear sequences. Increasing evidence suggests that the genome's 3-D structure is specific to different types of body tissue such as skin, liver or neuron cells. This varying structure affects a variety of basic cellular processes underlying development, cellular differentiation and disease progression.
"What we are interested in with our research is the question of how do you pack the genome into the nucleus in such a way that it is functional," said Alber. "The DNA in each cell is a very long molecule, and if you scaled up the nucleus to the size of a soccer ball, the DNA packed inside it would be a thin thread nearly thirty miles long. Imagine, in the macro world that would be chaos! So it's a fundamental question of how it organizes itself. Structure seems to be important to function, which means the organization is different in different cell types."
So far Alber and his fellow researchers have introduced a series of novel approaches to address this challenge by studying the 3-D genome organizations in human and yeast cells. This work has provided insights into the principles of how the cells structurally organize their genome and how 3-D structure influences gene function and disease manifestation.
"Many illnesses are caused because there's something wrong with the packing of the DNA," he said. "Some cancers create duplications of chromosomes or the exchange of certain chromosome parts from one molecule to another. It only happens because they're close in 3-D space. Stem cells can differentiate into any type of body cell, but once differentiated they cannot revert backward and we want to know why.
"Maybe it's due to the utter complexity of the 3-D structure. This is part of what we're researching now."
In addition to the Beckman Young Investigators Award, Alber previously received an Alfred P. Sloan Research fellowship, is PEW scholar in biomedical sciences and in March earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.


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My sister-in-law Sarah is celebrating her 30th birthday today in Italy. She's on holiday with her boyfriend, Kevin who today, popped the question. The rest of the family had a pretty good inclination it was coming since he asked my father-in-law's permission a few days before the trip. He's definitely a smart guy. He's heard all the horror stories of how I never asked permission before asking Julie to marry me. I had met her parents once and known Jules for three months. It was a rough beginning. But Kevin listened and learned and he and Sarah are now engaged.
A proposal in Italy! Can't get better than that. Happy Birthday, Sar-- this song's for you!
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In three different studies, researchers from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and a professor from the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass., found that people can become significantly happier by giving others as little as $5.
Their research found that small changes in individuals' spending allocations can make a difference in one's well-being and that the effect isn't dictated by the amount given but rather the relative percentage of their money that is spent on others.
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