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"How Can This Game Be Overlooked So Much?"
This is my first review so bare with me. The Unholy War is a mix of a fighting game and a strategy game and I'm here to review it (duh!):
Story 7/10: Basically, an invader group (the Tecknos) invaded some planet that the other group (the Arcanes) lives on. Basically, they end up fighting (although I can't remember why). It's an OK storyline. Nothing special.
Graphics 8/10: The graphics are pretty good for a Playstation game. Up close, I don't really like the graphics because it's all blocky and everything but when you're battling, the graphics are great!
Sound 9/10: It's actually pretty cool. The music isn't very noticable but it's there. The SFX is great! Everything from Prana's cry or Quicksilver's ''victory talk'' is great!
Controls 10/10: Simple, Easy, and Right To The Point. The D-Pad is for moving. X if for jumping. Triangle, Square, and Circle are for attacking. There's not a lot of different controls so the game isn't very varied but it's very easy to control (did that make sense?).
Gameplay 8/10: The gameplay is very good. From the start, you can choose whether to go to Mayhem Mode or Strategy Mode. In Mayhem Mode, you just pick a team and you fight against the computer or another person. In Strategy, you play on a board and try to conquer the other side's base and destroy all their warriors. You have to do things like mine for AUR which is used to buy more warriors. Umm...there are also abilities each warrior can use (heal, teleport, etc.). When two warriors from each team meet, they go into Mayhem Mode and you fight each other. Simple. Plus, there's a neat little demo for Soul Reaver. It's not much but it's just enough.
Replayability 9/10: Well, with 3 difficulty levels for Strategy Mode and two teams to be on, you'll be playing this game for quite some time. Of course, if you're really good, you'll finish all three difficulties in no time but some people (like me) aren't that good and needs time to beat it.
Buy or Rent? : Well, this game is pretty cheap so it won't leave a huge dent in your pocket. If you rent it, you won't have it long enough to experience the whole thing. Therefore, I suggest you BUY it.
Overall 9/10: A very good game that I suggest you try out!! There are a few things in this game that could be improved but it's not such a BIG problem. Therefore, this game gets a 9 out of 10!!!
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Macular Hole in Diabetic Retinopathy
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|Macular Hole Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Macular Hole in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy With Fibrovascular Proliferation
- Final opening or closure of macular hole [ Time Frame: Six months ]
- Post-operation best corrected visual acuity [ Time Frame: Six months ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
From January 2002 to December 2007 consecutive patients undergo pars plana vitrectomy for diabetic fibrovascular proliferation and the medical and surgical records are reviewed.
Diabetic fibrovascular proliferation associated with macular hole that had undergone pars plana vitrectomy with a minimum of 6 months of post-operative follow-up will be retrospectively reviewed. Cases fulfilling the indication criteria will be selected for the study All operations had been performed following the same principle and techniques.
Demographics and clinical findings of each case will be recorded including age, sex, involved eye, duration of macular hole, intraoperative diagnosis, extent of vitreo-retinal adhesion and detachment, morphology of macular hole, and relationship of macular hole to posterior hyaloid and fibrovascular proliferation. Data regarding treatment of macular hole, final opening or closure of macular hole, and duration of postoperative follow-up will also be compiled. Results of ophthalmological examinations, including pre- and post-operation best corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and intravitreal tamponade material will be recorded. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings will be categorized and recorded. Retinal detachment severity will be classified as: no traction retinal detachment (TRD) or TRD within arcade (grade 1); TRD outside arcade, but not to or beyond the equator (grade 2); and RD extended to the periphery in at least 1 quadrant (grade 3). The degree of macular elevation surrounding the macular hole will be classified into three grades according to pre- or intra-operative observation: shallow: barely visible macular detachment with or without fine retinal folds and with underlying choroidal patterns still identifiable through the detached retina; moderate: obvious detachment with folds and loss of visualization of underlying choroidal patterns; and high: convex shaped or dome shaped detachment with wavy configuration in the macular area. Extent of fibrovascular proliferation will be separated into 3 grades: grade 1: focal adhesions only; grade 2: broad adhesion at more than 1 site or vitreous-retinal adhesion at disc, macula or arcade; and grade 3: vitreous-retinal attachment extending to the periphery.
Statistical Analysis To examine the significance of various clinical findings in relation to final macular hole closure rate, statistical analysis of the data is performed with chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test. To further verify the clinical characteristics and treatments that affecting macular hole closure, multivariate logistic regression analysis is performed to determine the significance of the following factors: age, sex, operation eye, duration of macular hole, RD extent, submacular fluid level, extent of fibrovascular proliferation, macular hole shape, and intravitreal tamponade materials. An association of post-operative best-corrected visual acuity with other study variables is assessed by multiple lineal regression analysis, using backward Wald's criteria, taking post-operation best-correted visual acuity as the dependent variable. All of the statistical analyses are performed using STATA 8.2 software (StataCorp LP, College Station, Texas, USA). A P value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- From January 2002 to December 2007 consecutive patients undergo pars plana vitrectomy for diabetic fibrovascular proliferation and the medical and surgical records are reviewed.
- Indications for surgery had been the severe complications of diabetic retinopathy and not the mere presence of macular hole alone.
- Macular hole is found either preoperatively or during operation.
- All cases are included in the study have attached retina postoperatively.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cases with recurrent rhegmatogenous detachment or post-operative dense cataract without lens extraction.
- Follow-up duration of patients less than 3 months .
- Incomplete medical records.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00737074
|Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan, 100
|Principal Investigator:
|Chung-May Yang, MD
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Chung-May Yang/Department of Opthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Opthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00737074 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 14, 2008
|Last Updated:
|August 15, 2008
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Fibrovascular proliferation
Internal limiting membrane peeling
Macular detachment
Macular hole
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Retinal Diseases
Diabetic Retinopathy
Retinal Perforations
Eye Diseases
Diabetic Angiopathies
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
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A 3-year-old boy was found by railway police forces, alone in the Mysore-Jaipur train. They rescued the boy and handed him over to Kurnool railway station. The boy, who is there from the past two days, has not spoken a word and is not crying for his parents. All attempts to find out his name or address have failed. Finally, he was handed to Sishu Mandir and police are on the look out for his parents.


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The New York Times claims to have been under attack by Chinese hackers after its investigation into China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. All 53 employees had their computers spied on and information concerning the newspaper's sources and contributors were targeted.
Security issues in a widely used suite of network protocols known as uPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) could expose millions of devices to attacks, even without their users' intervention.
Long passwords with any semblance of grammar are easier to crack than short passwords without structure, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University. Researchers found that grammar – good or bad – offers clues to hackers because it narrows the possible word combinations and sequences.
A number of private cryptographic keys associated with GitHub accounts were inadvertently leaked on the web and cached in the Git search engine.
Denial of service attacks on US banks intensified last year and caught IT security experts either off guard or with insufficient resources to efficiently repel them, according to a report commissioned by Corero Network Security.
CERT Poland has taken down the central command and control servers of the Virut botnet, curtailing the activity of this zombie herder after confirming that systems infected with Virut were remotely controlled by crooks from those servers.
Two-year old Shylock Trojan is expanding its reach to Skype users with an upgrade that allows it to message itself to new victims, according to Danish security consultancy CSIS. The new module, dubbed msg.gsm, lets the Trojan covertly send messages and transfer files using Skype by bypassing the warnings and restrictions enforced by the client application.
The US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) that enforces anti-hacking punishments may face revision in light of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz' suicide, following a conviction that would have landed him 35 years in jail.
Chinese security researchers have issued a public warning about a botnet comprised of a hazardous 1 million smartphones running Android, writes the local Xinhua News Agency.
Oracle released an emergency software update to fix the Java vulnerability that allowed cyber-criminals to hack computers after a new zero-day exploit targeting Java 1.7 rev 10 was integrated into a specially tailored exploit kit.
One of the most popular alternatives to Adobe Reader is currently vulnerable to an exploitation technique that can totally compromise the security of the computer it runs on. According to independent security researcher Andrea Micalizzi, the exploit affects all versions of the reader application prior to 220.127.116.118.
Comparing distributed denial-of-service attacks with the Occupy movement, Anonymous posted a petition to President Obama asking DDoS attacks to be recognized as a legal form of protest in which users can participate online, instead of standing outside a building.


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Problems installing the Ubuntu Netbook Remix package over Ubuntu 8.10
I installed UNR using a bootable USB key on my Samsung NC10 netbook. The layout of UNR is great but after playing around with UNR for a day, I uninstalled it because the program kept freezing up on me.
I installed Ubuntu 8.10 onto my Samsung NC10 netbook. It works great but I still want the UNR layout. I am following the directions found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR and installing the UNR package over Ubuntu 8.10 hoping I won't have the same freezing issues.
I am having problems with these two sections:
* Neither the netbook-launcher or maximus automatically start, you will need to add them to your session through gnome-session-properties
I think I figured this out doing some searches. I opened up System > Preferences > Sessions and added Maximus and Netbook-Launcher.
Is this the correct way to add these programs to gnome-session-properties?
I also do not know how to accomplish this:
As there isn't a configuration package available yet, you will need to setup the gnome-panel to mimic the standard UNR set-up. The applet order is as follows:
go-home-applet | window-picker-applet | notifcation-area-applet | mixer-applet | clock
Thank you in advance for the help.
Well, the first step looks correct to me - does it work?
The second step's really only cosmetics... You still see the Ubuntu menu, which is sort of doubling functionality if you've got the UNR launchers. My tip: Use a screenshot of UNR on any of the dedicated distributions' websites and hand-craft the top panel accordingly. Mostly, those distributions don't use a second panel to save screen estate - again, the screenshot will show you how it's done. Everything else is right-clicking and adding/removing what's needed.
The first step did work... as in it did load netbook-launcher and maximus. The only problem is anytime I try and open a program such as Firefox, netbook-launcher and maximus fight Firefox to be the top layer and I have to Alt+Tab to see the Firefox screen. The top menu becomes invisible and I have to run the mouse over the icons for them to appear. I thought configuring the gnome-panel would fix the programs battling out over screen supremacy, but now that you explained what that means, I realize it will not.
Thank you for explaining the gnome-panel configuration. I now know what that means and do not feel like such a newb.
I reinstalled Ubuntu 8.10 and followed the directions and I am not having the screen issues I had before. YAY!
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A friend recently posted a photo on Facebook showing a mother and daughter wearing black hijabs, and posing beside two trash bags. The child and the bags were roughly the same height. The caption read: "I saw her standing there and told her she had three beautiful children..."
Another Facebook friend responded to the picture, calling it "insensitive" and stated that it was "wrong to compare another person's children to garbage."
I replied that the photo wasn't meant as a slam against anyone's children. It was just a simple joke. After several heated exchanges nothing was resolved. But it made me think about political correctness in America, and how it has run amok to the point in which we can no longer laugh at ourselves or others.
A good example of how PC-dom has neutered our language recently took place in Salt Lake City when four teenagers visited a McDonald's and imitated a popular video on YouTube by rapping their order to an employee (ironically, McDonald's has a commercial where a guy raps the whole menu).
The teens were just kidding around, but their rap got them a bad rap. They were later pulled over by police and cited for disorderly conduct. Evidently, the McDonald's employee felt that her safety was at risk as a result of the alleged actions of these individuals.
What did these teenagers do to make the employee feel unsafe? Was it because they were obnoxious? I don't think the boys were cited because anyone was frightened by rapping suburban youth. I believe it was political correctness once again rearing its ugly head.
When did we start taking everything so personal? Why must we allow others to dictate to us what's funny, how to think, what to say, and where to say it? If someone is offended because of their age, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, why must we apologize for our jokes?
Maybe people have simply forgotten the importance of laughter. When the going gets tough, there's no better tool than a sense of humor. It's carried me through many hard times in life. Research shows that humor has positive effects on our health, as well. The benefits include lower blood pressure, stress reduction, and a boost to the immune system. Humor also points out the weaknesses of humanity. As in the case of the photo of the mother and daughter in the photo, humor is an observation of life, not a criticism. Its purpose is to lighten the burden of others, not add to them. Good humor does not criticize or foster stereotypes because it comes from the heart. Self-deprecating humor (the best kind) encourages humility, and we could all use a big shot of that from time to time.
Americans have a lot to worry about right now: the deficit, the recession, war, terrorism, health care, pollution, solar storms and comets screaming toward earth. That's why it's time to lighten up, folks. If you can't laugh during the tough times, they'll seem even worse than they are. You'll also make it harder for others to relax and enjoy themselves.
When's the proper time for laughter? Getting back to the mother and daughter in the photo who closely resemble the garbage bags they're standing beside, ask yourself this: would it offend you if it was someone you loved wearing those black hijabs?
If it were my wife and daughter, I'd be shouting "Girls, get out of there before you get hauled away with the trash!" But then, that's the funny way I look at life.
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SUMMERTOWN � Summertown managed just one hit, and fanned 13 times, but the Eagles still defeated Columbia Academy 7-2 in a Region 6-A semifinal baseball game.
SUMMERTOWN � Summertown managed just one hit, and fanned 13 times, but the Eagles still defeated Columbia Academy 7-2 in a Region 6-A semifinal baseball game.
With the win, Summertown (28-5) advances to play at Cornersville in Wednesday�s finals. The Bulldogs moved on with a 8-5 victory over Collinwood.
A four-run second inning, which included six walks and a hit batter gave Summertown a 4-1 lead after CA left-hander Michael Marlin, making his first start, struck out three batters. He also fanned two before being relieved by Jeff Logsdon with two outs in the second inning.
The surge by the Eagles came after the Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a double by lead-off batter Austin Braswell and a single by Blake Hayes.
CA closed the gap to 4-2 in the fourth inning on a walk to Cole Chambley, singles by Billy Thurman and Braswell, and a two-out, bases loaded walk to Drew Thornton.
Summertown responded in its half of the fourth with two runs. Nathaniel Morrison walked, stole second and continued to third base on a throwing error and scored on a bunt by Brice Giles. Giles stole second, moving on to third base on another throwing error. Giles scored on a suicide squeezed bunt by Curt Ambrose.
The Bulldogs loaded the bases in the fifth with two out, but didn�t score. The Eagles added a run that inning after Luke Scott collected their lone hit. He moved around to third base on two wild pitches and scored on a safety squeeze bunt by Timmy Beard.
CA loaded the bases with a hit and two walks in the sixth. Austin Matthews came in relief to pitch. CA�s Nick Hayes smashed line drive that appeared to be a hit but third baseman Quentin Crowell speared the line dive and threw to first baseman Timmy Beard to complete an inning-ending double play.
The Bulldogs also stranded two runners in the seventh inning bringing their game total to 16.
Morrison and Bryson Lyons were the first two Summertown pitchers. Along with Matthews, they allowed nine hits plus eight walks.
Braswell had three hits for CA (12-16), while Chambley was 2-for-2. Logsdon added a double while Thurman, Thornton (RBI) and Blake Hayes (RBI) had one hit each.


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so my brother is looking to purchase a shotgun for HD purposes and had thrown out the idea of getting a Mossberg. He specifically stated that he wants a tactical shotgun. My question, is there any real difference in quality and function between the Mossberg 590 and Benelli Supernova? They're in similar price ranges so I figured I should have my brother look at Benelli as well.
What about barrel length? I've seen models that come in 18.5" and 20". Does it even matter? Also, the Mossberg 590 comes in the basic model and the 590A1 model. I've read reviews that suggest the basic 590 models have plastic parts (like the trigger guard and safety) and are therefore prone to breaking. The 590A1 models use aluminum which makes the gun more durable but heavier. Is it worth it to pay for the extra weight? What about the Benelli Supernova? How is it different than the 590? Thanks.
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Violence and Christian Conscience
Dear Dr. Lane Craig,
Is it alright for a Christian to play or watch violent media for entertainment? I must confess that I like violent movies like Gladiator and games like resident evil. The media in question is violent but I console myself with the fact that the media mentioned is about good triumphing over evil. Is this ethical or am I just trying to get what I want?
Josh, I suspect that like the frog being slowly boiled alive in the kettle, you've absorbed unconsciously the debased mores of our culture and have not been sufficiently critical as a Christian. Paul advised the Philippians: "Beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things" (Phil. 4.8). Can you imagine New Testament Christians enjoying violence as entertainment?
Your mention of "Gladiator" is interesting because we do know the attitude of the early Church Fathers toward the spectacles in the Roman coliseums: they were unrelenting in their denunciation of these violent shows (see, for example, Tertullian's On Spectacles). Now, of course, there's a huge difference between men and animals' actually being killed, as they were is these shows, and the mere portrayal of such violence on the screen, where we all know it is merely pretense. But I think the Fathers would have been very puzzled by our enjoyment of such blood and gore in terms so realistic as to make what is seen indistinguishable from the real thing. The rush that some people feel from on-screen violence shows that they are entering into the world of pretense and experiencing the sordid thrill of violence.
I'm troubled by how I myself have become accustomed to much of this graphic violence. I remember as boy seeing black-and-white films made during the 1950s in which on-screen violence was almost non-existent. Instead, what you'd see would be, say, two shadows on the wall with a voice-over of one man pleading, "No! No! Don't shoot!" And then there'd be a gunshot and one of the shadows would slump to the floor. I remember how horrified I was by such scenes. Today they seem almost comical. I'm sorry that I've lost that childhood innocence and no longer feel the horror I once did. In today's films we settle for nothing less than a scene of the victim doing a macabre dance of death as he is riddled with machine gun bullets. Such "entertainment" appeals to the worst of our animal nature and does not build us up morally.
It's not enough to say that one enjoys this sort of entertainment. Every red-blooded man would enjoy, at one level, sexually explicit films, too, but that's no justification for flouting Scripture's warnings about keeping one's thought life pure. Nor is it enough to rationalize such entertainment because good wins out over evil in the end. The end doesn't justify the means, or anything could be justified in that way. If you need to satisfy your aggressive urges, why not watch sports like football, which has plenty of hard-hitting but has rules to protect the participants and is not violence for violence's sake?
I know that some story lines require violence. But there are discreet ways to handle this. What I find disturbing is the wallowing in the graphic portrayal of violence, a morbid delight in shooting, cutting, dismemberment, torture, and so on. As Christians I think that the minute we see an "R" rating on a film, we are in the vast majority of cases well-advised to stay home.


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With their recent acquisition of the Pixar Animation Studios, Disney has made a very sound investment. The studio has consistently churned out quality animated products, with even their weakest entry, Cars, being in a class above so many other films. Their latest full-length feature film is Ratatouille, and it\'s set to raise the bar of computer animation even higher.
Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) is a discerning rat who appreciates the wonderful sensation of mixing food together. After becoming separated from his family while escaping from a shotgun-toting granny, he finds himself in Paris, France. Soon he ends up at Gusteau\'s, a 5-star restaurant that lost two stars due to a negative review by food critic Anton Ego (Peter O\'Toole) and the death of Gusteau himself. Now run by former sous-chef Skinner (Ian Holm), the restaurant is struggling and things are compounded with the arrival of gawky Linguini (Lou Romano). A chance encounter between Remy (who can cook) and Linguini (who cannot) leads to a very unlikely partnership.
The story is exceptionally solid. There are a few predictable moments, but overall - like the rest of Pixar\'s movies - it\'s straightforward and a delightful journey to partake of. The voice actors do a lovely job, fitting the characters quite nicely. As romance blooms between Linguini and fellow chef Collete (Janeane Garofalo), Remy starts to feel unappreciated, resulting in some pretty deep lessons about friendship and respect. Kudos to writer/director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) for another home run.
The animation is stellar, and the lighting gorgeous to behold. Sonically, the world of Paris (and a gourmet kitchen) are replicated so vividly that it\'s hard to imagine that everything was created from scratch. The musical score, by composer Michael Giacchino, is fun and supportive, and the end credit sequence is jazzy and refreshing.
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Originally published in A Classic English Crime.
Also appears in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
Original title: The Lady in the Trunk
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Effects of subthreshold TMS on the TA flexion reflex while seated before and after BWS robotic gait training. (a) Full-wave rectified waveform averages (
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Gov. McDonnell Certifies Stricter Abortion Clinic Regulations
Richmond, VA - Those controversial abortion clinic regulations are much closer to becoming law. Governor Bob McDonnell certified them on Friday.
Now, after a 60 day public comment period, the regulations will go back to the State Board of Health for a final vote.
The new regulations require abortion clinics to meet the same strict building standards as new hospitals.
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MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- For women with well- and poorly-controlled diabetes aged younger than 60 years or 60 to 75 years, there is a significant decrease seen in the pure tone average (PTA), compared with females without diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, held from to Jan. 26 to 28 in Miami Beach.
Derek J. Handzo, D.O., from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed charts for 990 patients who had audiograms performed from 2000 to 2008. Individuals were classified as having well-controlled diabetes, poorly-controlled diabetes, or no diabetes; individuals also were classified according to gender and age.
The investigators found that, for females younger than 60 years and females aged 60 to 75 years, there was a statistically significant difference in average PTA for those with well-controlled (<60 years, PTA, 20.0; 60 to 75 years, PTA, 27.0) and poorly-controlled diabetes (<60 years, PTA, 22.1; 60 to 75 years, PTA, 29.6), compared with those without diabetes (<60 years, PTA, 14.8; 60 to 75 years, PTA, 23.6). In the male population, there was no correlation of PTA with well- or poorly-controlled diabetes.
"A certain degree of hearing loss is a normal part of the aging process for all of us, but it is often accelerated in patients with diabetes, especially if blood-glucose levels are not being controlled with medication and diet," Handzo said in a statement. "Younger males in general have worse hearing, enough so to possibly mask any impact diabetes may have on hearing. But our findings really call for future research to determine the possible role gender plays in hearing loss."
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Mark Shuttleworth may have been the first South African to travel beyond our Earthly bounds, and now a Pretoria-born man may be responsible for making space flights a commercial reality.
Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who left for the US after matriculating from Pretoria Boys High School, launched his own spacecraft on Tuesday to deliver cargo to the international space station.
Watching the rocket rise from the launch pad was an "extremely intense moment" for him. "Every bit of adrenalin in my body released at that point," he told reporters after the flawless launch of the Falcon 9.
This marks the first time a privately funded and crafted space shuttle has been sent to the low-orbiting International Space Station (ISS) that is used as a staging base for future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Musk's California-based conglomerate, SpaceX, is the first of several US companies trying to send its own spacecraft to the ISS. The reason for the new space race? To help restore the US's access to space for human travellers by 2015.
Yesterday, the first test flight of Musk's Falcon 9 rocket was deemed a rousing success, and is expected to arrive at the station within days, delivering half a ton of provisions to the ISS's crew.
Yesterday's mission may be an unmanned test flight, but the mission may lead to commercial spaceships carrying astronauts to and from other space stations in the next five years. And eventually, space tourism for those able to afford it.
SpaceX successfully test launched the Falcon 9 two years ago, and made history when it became the first non-government based company to send a spacecraft into orbit and back.
The capsule, which lies at the top of the Falcon rockets, known as the Dragon, was built to carry cargo and up to seven crew members on their journeys.
Until Tuesday, only the space agencies of Russia, Japan and Europe were able to send ships to the ISS.
As one of the CEOs of global e-commerce corporation PayPal, and the CEO of electric car company Tesla Motors, space seems to be Musk's current focus.
The billionaire in a recent interview declared that he would be responsible for putting the first man on Mars in the next decade.
The 40-year-old's corporate exploits have also caught Hollywood's eye. In an article written for Time magazine, director Jon Favreau (director of Iron Man) praised Musk for his contributions to rocket science, and said he based his Iron Man character Tony Stark on the South African.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Still in full pads, Braxton Miller wrapped up his news conference and headed for the door.
Before the Ohio State quarterback could slide through it and finally peel off his uniform, a reporter asked how he was holding up physically.
"Yeah," Miller said. "I'm good."
There wasn't much reason for the sophomore not to be in better shape after a 63-38 win over Nebraska on Saturday night at Ohio Stadium than he was a week ago in a much more physical affair at Michigan State. Miller still rushed 16 times for 186 yards and a touchdown against the Huskers, but he had plenty of help in the backfield thanks to a 28-carry performance from Carlos Hyde.
Hyde's health was also up for debate this week after he returned from a knee sprain against the Spartans, but he showed no signs of being slowed while tacking on 140 more rushing yards for the Buckeyes and forming a dangerous combination with Miller on the ground with Jordan Hall ailing with a partially torn knee ligament.
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C.J. Barnett: The safety dressed for the game after missing the previous two weeks with a high ankle sprain, but he didn't play.
Michael Bennett: In his second game of the season, the defensive lineman continued to chip off some rust due to an injured groin. Bennett made two tackles and recovered a fumble.


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Johnson doubt for Norway clash
England right-back Glen Johnson sparked a fitness concern ahead of this weekend's Euro 2012 warm-up match against Norway when he failed to complete Thursday morning's training session.
The Liverpool defender had missed training at Eastlands on Wednesday with an infected toe but was in the group that arrived at Manchester City's stadium on Thursday.
However, Johnson lasted only a matter of minutes before he headed down the tunnel for further treatment on what was described as "a minor injury'' by the FA.
Even though Johnson's injury is hardly long-term, there must be a doubt over his availability for the Norway friendly in Oslo on Saturday. And that could mean a first cap for Liverpool team-mate Martin Kelly, who was added to the standby list of players on Tuesday as a direct result of the doubt over Johnson.
With the four-strong Chelsea contingent - including three of the seven defenders named in his 23-man Euro 2012 squad - plus Wayne Rooney, all missing, Hodgson will have to draft someone in to make up a defence that is virtually certain to include Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott and Leighton Baines.
Hodgson does have the option of selecting James Milner at right-back. However, Phil Jagielka has made senior appearances for England in that role.
In a small-sided match, Hodgson actually lined Jagielka up alongside Lescott, with Jones in the full-back role, with new coach Gary Neville a central figure in the other team.
Neville's presence was the most obvious example of the new broom that has swept through England since they secured qualification for this summer's Finals in Poland and Ukraine last October.
The former Manchester United man was expected to become the link between Hodgson and his players, although Capello's successor is evidently going to be a more central figure as he took charge of training, which his predecessor preferred to observe.
Striker Danny Welbeck, who has not played since injuring his ankle at Eastlands during the Manchester derby on April 30, did a solo session, although that did not look too strenuous and he is unlikely to figure this weekend.
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West Australian mining magnate
Mrs Rinehart, who owns the Hope Downs joint venture with Rio, said that because most of Rio's revenue was generated in Australia, the head office "logically belongs" in Perth. Its iron ore division, which accounted for 82.5 per cent of Rio's profits in 2011, is based in Perth where, until last week, it was headed by Mr Walsh.
Mr Walsh replaced American-born
Mrs Rinehart, a prominent opponent of the carbon tax, said she hoped Mr Walsh and Rio would "lose no time" in telling the Australian government what they wanted so the government could make decisions to increase investment in this country.
She hoped the appointment of an Australian-born chief executive would give Rio a "renewed emphasis" on the profits it earned in Australia. That would benefit shareholders who had seen diminution in value via investments in risky countries and "for the benefit of Australia, which given its increasing debts, greatly needs".
Of the impairments announced last week, $US3 billion relate to the miner's $3.9 billion acquisition of Mozambique coal developer Riversdale Mining in 2011. The coal resources turned out to be less rich than expected and the infrastructure solutions tougher. Mr Albanese and former energy division head Doug Ritchie ultimately lost their jobs over that investment going sour.
Mrs Rinehart said she was disappointed that Mr Albanese had been replaced because she had found him a "reasonable and straightforward" person to deal with and very supportive of the Hope Downs joint venture and iron ore industry in general. She noted that he had led a move by Rio Tinto's iron ore division into automation to enable a more "safe, reliable and efficient" ore supply.
"It needs to be remembered [Rio iron ore] has thrived under the leadership of Tom," Mrs Rinehart said. "However, this was countered by some very poor investment decisions in risky countries offshore Australia for which the entire Rio Tinto board and relevant senior management are responsible for, not Tom alone."
Over the past five years, Rio has made $US29 billion of impairments on its aluminium business, the bulk of which was acquired through its $US38 billion acquisition of Canadian aluminium producer Alcan in 2007.
Mrs Rinehart said Rio's best investment over the past decade, by far, had been in the Hope Downs joint venture, in which Mr Walsh was involved. "We look forward to Sam providing the leadership and adding to the great success Hope Downs has been for the Rio Tinto group by committing to develop other Hope Downs resources in a timely manner," she said.
Mrs Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting owns 50 per cent of the joint venture, which is operated by Rio. In particular, she said the Baby Hope, Hope 2 and Hope 5 projects would be "convenient for early development".
Rio is expanding its annual Pilbara iron ore output to 360 million tonnes by 2015 from a current capacity of 237 million tonnes.
It has approved mining projects capable of boosting production to 290 million tonnes by the end of this year, but has yet to approve all the investments needed to increase production to the ultimate 360 million tonne goal due to timing reasons.
Mrs Rinehart noted the Lang Hancock railway connecting Hope Downs to Rio's main lines was underused and could support increased production from the other joint venture resources in the region.
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"Sundays at Two" Series Continues with Author/Illustrator Jane Dyer
Jane Dyer, author and illustrator of best-selling books for children and young adults, will be the second speaker in this year's "Sundays at Two" series sponsored by the Friends of Forbes Library and Smith College.
Dyer will give a slide presentation, titled "From Soup to Crazycakes," during which she will show examples of how the illustrations for her books develop from thumbnail sketches through research to finished sketches and final paintings. She will also answer questions from the audience at this family-oriented event that will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, in the Coolidge Room at Forbes Library.
The creator of "Animal Crackers" and the illustrator of numerous other picture books -- including "Talking Like the Rain," "The Snow Speaks" and "My Father" -- Dyer's work is a combination of imagination and research. She finds inspiration for her characters in family and friends as well as in her two cats and her dog. Her most recently published work -- the illustrations for "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes," which accompany Rose Lewis' story of a journey to motherhood by way a trip to an orphanage in China where she adopts a baby girl -- appeared on The New York Times bestseller list for children.
"Crazycakes," written for the 4-to 8-year-old set, was called by one reviewer "a touching love story [that] will warm the cockles of any new parent's heart and will inspire parents and kids to talk about their own first 'meetings,' whether at birth or in an adoption agency." Dyer uses "a pastel palette of watercolors to capture the tender moments between the American mom and her rosy-cheeked Chinese baby."
Dyer has illustrated more than 30 books and received numerous awards and honors, including two Parent's Choice Honor Books and several Notable Children's Trade Book citations. "Time for Bed" was chosen by Oprah as one of the best books for toddlers.
The Forbes Library event is open free to the public. Dyer's books will be on sale, and a book signing-- the proceeds from which will benefit Forbes Library -- will follow her presentation.
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Mayor demands Docklands wheel completion date
Melbourne's Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle is demanding the owners of the Southern Star Observation Wheel at Docklands set a date for the attraction to be completed.
Construction had to start all over again after the wheel was closed in 2009 when it began to buckle and crack in a heatwave.
Councillor Doyle says the owners do not have to pay rates while the wheel is incomplete and they should not use inclement weather as an excuse for not having a timeline.
"Every major development in the city, some of them far bigger than this, can give you an approximate completion date," he told ABC local radio.
"They do that when they're building very large buildings on difficult sites during the same inclement weather.
"So I don't see why they can't actually say, here is the completion date."
He says it has been five years since the wheel was started businesses in Docklands need to know when it will be finished.
"We're not going to hold them to it to the day or the week or the month but it would be reasonable for those businesses to know when is this going to be complete," he said.
The wheel operators say they will give the mayor and the State Government an update on the completion date next month.
Night works have recommenced to help speed up construction.
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King of Daddies Mug
- Stylish mug featuring old block style print on the front and back
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If your Dad thinks he's the King of Daddies (and most Dads do) then this is the ideal gift for Father's Day or even a special birthday. In fact, the King of Daddies Mug basically speaks for itself and shows everyone who's boss. Featuring The King of Daddies printed on one side with King of Cookies on the other, brew up some builder's tea, serve, then see the look on his face - perfect!
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Burcott is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England on the east or north bank of the River Thames, in the civil parish of Clifton Hampden.
In the 17th century Burcott was an important transhipment point on the Thames. The river at that time had become almost unnavigable between Oxford and Burcott, so that goods for Oxford had to be unloaded at Burcott and taken on by road. This led in 1605 to the formation of the Oxford-Burcot Commission to improve navigation.
Burcott was a hamlet in the ancient parish of Dorchester on Thames. It became a small civil parish in 1866 and remained so until 1932 when it was absorbed into Clifton Hampden. From 1894 until 1932 it was part of Culham Rural District. The entire area has been part of the South Oxfordshire District since 1974. (Source:A Vision of Britain through Time)
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Following the Knights of Columbus 127th Convention next year, the organization will hold its First International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe. The congress, which will conclude with a festival, will feature talks by experts from around the U.S. and Latin American on Our Lady.
The event is scheduled to take place August 6 – 8, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona, reports the Knights of Columbus and is expected to attract nearly 20,000 from the United States and Mexico.
"The centrality of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Americas as 'the Christian Hemisphere' is clearly evident throughout North and South America," said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, who will speak both at the Marian Congress and at the Guadalupe Festival. "Her message today is one that has as much importance and meaning today as it did nearly 500 years ago."
The event is co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the Diocese of Phoenix, the Archdiocese of Mexico City and the Center for Guadalupan Studies.
The lectures at the congress will focus on the meaning of the message of Our Lady, some of the scientifically inexplicable aspects of the image and the relevance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in today's world. Speakers include Dr. Jose Aste Tonsmann from Peru, who has done extensive studies of the reflections in the image's eyes; Rev. Msgr. Eduardo Chavez, who oversaw the cause for canonization of St. Juan Diego - the Indian to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in December 1531; and other experts on key elements of Our Lady of Guadalupe and her message.
The Guadalupe Festival will feature an afternoon of music, prayer and inspiration speeches. Appearing will be best-selling author Imaculee Ilibagiza, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix. Special invited guest speakers include actor Eduardo Verastegui. Performers at the festival will include Irish singer Dana, a mariachi band and matachin dancers.
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White Lion Tea is a boutique food and beverage company that has grown from the simple concept of incorporating affordable luxuries into everyday life. It started in 1998, with an introduction of Kathryn Petty to Aubrey Franklin, Tea Ambassador and former spokesman for the United States Tea Council. This introduction led to a partnership and the development of the Sir Aubrey's Fine English Iced Teas brand, which in one year grew from Kathryn's kitchen to 1,000 retail outlets. In 2000, the successful iced tea company, which had grown both in size and depth, was renamed to showcase an emerging line of hot teas.
Today, White Lion Tea has become an established luxury brand offering an assortment of high quality, whole leaf, hand-harvested teas, as well as Honey Pearls®, Spa Ciao®, and other gifts and amenities, packaged to appeal to national and International wholesalers and distributors, as well as retail consumers. Impressive White Lion or private-label packaging is also available, which can be custom designed to fit the look and feel of any business. White Lion's numerous distribution channels include Amazon, Atlanta Foods International, Sysco, and Universal Companies; and businesses such as Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, MGM, Gaylord and Holland America proudly offer its products.
Kathryn Petty, President & Founder
Kathryn Petty, President and founder of White Lion Tea, entered the business world at the age of 17 with a clerical position at a State Farm Insurance agency. After earning a dual degree in nursing and business, Kathryn established her own State Farm agency in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Over the course of 15 years she developed this branch into a multimillion-dollar business, and sold the agency in 1994.
Her passion for life and natural entrepreneurial talent led her to a second career in the "lifestyle" industry, namely, tea. Kathryn founded Sir Aubrey's Tea Company in 1998, but it wasn't until 2000 that the dominant White Lion brand emerged.
She became certified with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council in 2003. An active member, Kathryn served as the WBEC-West Arizona Vice-Chair in 2010, progressing to the WBEC-West Arizona Forum Chair in 2011.
White Lion Tea, with its award-winning packaging, is served in some of the world's finest resorts and spas and has earned a customer base that is the envy of the industry. Under Kathryn's leadership, White Lion aligned with Universal Companies in 2010 to provide distribution to resorts, spas, and salons across the United States and abroad. White Lion products are available through Avendra-approved Atlanta Foods International and Sysco Foods nationwide.
The growth of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based White Lion Tea over the years has taken it from small, 1,200-square-foot administrative offices to a 6,600-square-foot office and warehouse facility, designed to house all the company's administrative and production operations under one roof. The new facility also reflects the timeless, elegant and memorable elements of the one-and-only White Lion Tea brand.
On a daily basis, White Lion strives to maintain a clean, safe, and friendly working environment. It conforms to HACCP standards with an annual inspection, and is also Certified Organic through Quality Assurance International (QAI).
In addition to providing space for administrative offices and production, the White Lion office and warehouse also houses equipment used to package both pyramid-shaped tea sachets and Honey Pearls® sticks, giving the company the utmost control over the quality and value its passes along to its customers.


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Register of Wills, Judicial Center 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Maryland
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Washington D.C. Temple Branch Genealogical Library, Post Office Box 49, 1000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, Md. 20895
Books on Montgomery County
Dona Cuttler who has contributed a great deal of information to these pages has written several books of interest to genealogists researching their roots in Montgomery County. The first is "The History of Hyattstown ", Maryland. The book was written for the Bicentennial Celebration of Hyattstown. This book contains chapters which encompass the Founding 1780's through 1860, The Civil War Years , Post -War Years, and a house by house pictorial history using old photographs. Also included: directories of postmasters, postal patrons, physicians, two historical poems written about the residents and businesses, charts of the town lots and residents in various years, historical sketches of four churches and their ministers and muster rolls of men who served in various wars. The cover of the book is adorned with a street scene of Hyattstown, an original artwork by artist Louise Ehlers.
The second of these books is "The Cemeteries of
Hyattstown" which covers the cemeteries located in Hyattstown,
Maryland. This book also contains a full name index.
Other books attributed to Ms. Cuttler are:
"The History of Dickerson, Mouth of Monacacy, Oakland Mills & Sugarloaf Mountain"
"The History of Comus"
"The Genealogical Companion to Rural Montgomery Cemeteries"
"Montgomery Circuit Records, 1788-1988"
"The History of Poolesville" by Dona L. Cuttler & Dorothy J. Elgin "
These books and others are available through Heritage Books, of Pointer Ridge, Bowie, Md.
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The Fauquier County Courthouse is located at 40 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Virginia 22186. Telephone Number 1-540-347-8680
John Gott and Antient Press have done more for Northern Neck Family History than any others in my humble opinion. Jim Burgess
DEEDS: The first land purchase in a county may identify the previous residence of the grantee. The land land sale in a county may identify the new residence of a grantor. KNOW the terms 'grantee' and 'grantor'. When land is sold, the dower traditionally must be released. This, then, identifies the given name of the wife. Once again, keep a record of ALL witnesses to a deed or any legal document. Frequently, these are close relatives. As research develops, these people will 'fall' into place. Some men and women used deeds to transfer property (instead of a will) prior to their death. Check all deeds. Lois Masters firstname.lastname@example.com
These are fantastic Records for Fauquier County, Virginia genealogist. There are several of our ancestors in Volume I, and hundreds in Volume II. I love Volume II. Jim Burgess
"Following is a beautiful biblography of Land Records available from VIRGINIANS AND THEIR LAND by Barbara Vines Little ( firstname.lastname@example.com ) Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 26, 23 June 1999."
A BIBLIOGRAPHYGentry, Daphne S. comp., rev. by John S. Salmon. VIRGINIA LAND OFFICE INVENTORY, Third Edition. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1988. Harrison, Fairfax. VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS: A SURVEY OF CONVEYANCING IN RELATION TO COLONIAL POLITICS. 1925; reprint, Westminster, Md: Willow Bend Books, 1998. Vernon, Robert. "How Land Was Granted in Colonial Virginia," CENTRAL VIRGINIA HERITAGE. vol. 12 (winter 1994) pp.1-11. Contains a list of extant county survey books. Hughes, Sarah F. SURVEYORS AND STATESMEN: LAND MEASURING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, Richmond, Va.: Virginia Surveyors Foundation and Virginia Association of Surveyors, 1979. Robinson, W. Stitt, Jr. MOTHER EARTH: LAND GRANTS IN VIRGINIA, 1607-1699 Williamsburg, Va.: n.p., 1957. COMMONWEALTH LAND RECORDSBushman, Katherine G. "Minutes of the Commission Appointed to Settle Claims to Unpatented Lands on the Western Waters of Virginia, January-April 1780." AUGUSTA HISTORICAL BULLETIN. 13(1977)1:37-57, 2:26-42. Nugent, Nell Marion. CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS, 1623-1732. 3 vols. 1934-79; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1992. Hudgins, Dennis. CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS: ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS AND GRANTS, 1732-1776. 4 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1994-9. "Inquisitions on Escheated Land," VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST. 19(1975): 128-136, 179-184, 255-260; 20(1976):21-28, 109-116, 169-176, 258-262; 21(1977):28-35. MacDonald, Edgar. "Defective Surveys 1761-1799" MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 30(1992):318-323. MacDonald, Edgar. "Copies of Grants Not Called For," MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 30(1992):131-136. Slatten, Richard. "Lodged Land Surveys: A Series," MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 26(1988):179-194, 273-283; 27(1989):44-51, 114-119, 206-215, 282-289; 28(1990):37-47. Slatten, Richard and Edgar MacDonald. "Caveated Land Surveys" MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY, 28(1990):159-164, 281-6; 29(1991):72-6. Slatten, Richard. "Caveated Surveys Settled in the General Court, 1782-1788." MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA GENEALOGY. 28(1990):17-26. Slatten, Richard. "Interpreting Headrights in Colonial-Virginia Patents: Uses and Abuses," NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. 75(1987):169-79. NORTHERN NECK LAND RECORDSNugent, Nell Marion. SUPPLEMENT, NORTHERN NECK GRANTS, NO. 1, 1690-1692. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1980. Joyner, Peggy Shomo. ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA'S NORTHERN NECK WARRANTS & SURVEYS. 5 vols. U.S.A.:, n.p. 1985-95. Gray, Gertrude Entz. VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK LAND GRANTS 1694-1862. 4 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1987-93.
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President Barack Obama is giving Russian leader Vladimir Putin the cold shoulder, but does it herald a return to the Cold War?
On Wednesday, the Obama administration announced that the president would not meet Mr. Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit next month in St. Petersburg, Russia, as was expected.
The snub follows on the heels of Russia granting secrets leaker Edward Snowden asylum. Mr. Obama said he was "disappointed" by the move to grant Mr. Snowden asylum for one year and said it reflects the "underlying challenges" the U.S. faces in dealing with Moscow.
There have been times where they slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality
"There have been times where they slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality," Mr. Obama said on NBC's The Tonight Show.
Ben Rhodes, the White House deputy national security advisor, said Russia's decision to defy the U.S. worsened an already troubled relationship. And with few signs that progress would be made during the Moscow summit on other agenda items, Mr. Rhodes said the president decided to cancel the talks.
"We'll still work with Russia on issues where we can find common ground, but it was the unanimous view of the president and his national security team that a summit did not make sense in the current environment," Mr. Rhodes said.
Mark Kramer, director of Cold War Studies at Harvard University, said relations between the two countries were at their lowest since 1999 and the Kosovo war.
"But that's a far cry from saying it's a cold war," said Mr. Kramer. He said the Cold War was a time when the U.S. and Russia were "two countries that were fundamentally divided along ideological lines as well as militarily, politically and other issues. That's not the case here. Russia simply isn't the overwhelming powerful country the Soviet Union was."
Mr. Kramer said the deteriorating relationship showed the failure of Mr. Obama's much-touted "reset" with the Russians.
"What it does illustrate is that the so-called reset the Obama administration was so proud of has been a colossal failure. Basically we are back to 14 years ago and that does not speak well to the administration's dealing with Russia," said Mr. Kramer.
He said the Snowden affair was a "slap in the face" to Mr. Obama and under the circumstances he was wise not to meet Mr. Putin.
Walter Connor, professor of international relations at Boston University, said a major part of the problem with U.S.-Russia relations was Mr. Putin's anti-Americanism and his desire to present Russia as a great power.
The Cold War was about a rivalry, about dominating the world in a sense, and this is not what's at stake in U.S.-Russia relationships anymore and hasn't been since the end of the Soviet Union
"This is a situation largely of Putin's own making," said Mr. Connor. "There is a tendency on the part of his crew and himself to place a kind of tough rivalry with the United States as a critical part of the general orientation of foreign policy, and it's no longer a matter of two superpowers balancing each other."
He said a "hard-minded, tough, unflinching" Russian leader might be able to get certain benefits in relations with the U.S. but added, "It has been pushed a bit too far."
"He has chosen to be a sort of hard guy, a tough guy," said Mr. Connor and that decision was complicating the relationship.
"The Cold War was about a rivalry, about dominating the world in a sense, and this is not what's at stake in U.S.-Russia relationships anymore and hasn't been since the end of the Soviet Union. Which side, U.S. or Russia, has had the bigger problem adjusting to this? Well it's been Russia and Putin."
In Moscow, the Kremlin expressed its disappointment over the cancelled meeting but said it remains ready to work with the United States on a variety of issues. Mr. Putin's foreign affairs advisor, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters the move reflected the inability of the U.S. to develop relations with Moscow on an "equal basis."
The two countries have frequently found themselves at odds on pressing international issues, most recently in Syria, where the U.S. accuses Mr. Putin of helping President Bashar al-Assad fund a civil war. The U.S. has also been a vocal critic of Russia's crackdown on Kremlin critics and recently sanctioned 18 Russians for human rights violations.
Moscow has accused the U.S. of installing a missile shield in Eastern Europe as a deterrent against Russia, despite American assurances that the shield is not aimed at its former Cold War foe. Mr. Putin also signed a law last year banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children, a move that was seen as retaliation for the U.S. measure that cleared the way for the human rights sanctions.
Some congressional lawmakers have called for Mr. Obama to demand that Russia forfeit its right to host the G20 summit. Others have spoken of boycotting next year's Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi.
Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that "Putin doesn't deserve the respect after what he's done with Snowden." He told CNN, "I know what he's doing. He's trying to make Russia a big power again. To show him the respect at the bilateral talks doesn't make sense."
National Post, with files from The Associated Press