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JEFFREY BROWN: And we return to the subject of veterans on this day honoring them – now, the problems many face in finding a job back home.
NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman updates a story he filed earlier this year. It's part of his regular reporting on Making Sense of financial news.
EDMOND SHEFFIELD, U.S. military veteran: If I owned a business and somebody took a bullet for me, I could at least give that person a job at my corporation.
PAUL SOLMAN: Edmond Sheffield worked as a military policeman while in the service. He got out in 2010.
ERIK VADALMA, U.S. military veteran: I applied to maybe 100 jobs.
PAUL SOLMAN: Erik Vadalma served in Baghdad, left the Air Force in 2008 — all he could find, a part-time gig at Ikea.
ERIK VADALMA: I didn't have enough money to make ends meet.
PAUL SOLMAN: Debra Bain did a six-year hitch.
DEBRA BAIN, U.S. military veteran: You feel like you have lost who you are as a person, your value.
PAUL SOLMAN: Just three of more than two million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Over 12 percent were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent for the total population. For vets aged 18-34, the rate was 16.6 percent.
The problem took center stage in Washington this week. On Monday, President Obama outlined a plan that offers veterans personalized career counseling and new Web resources to assist them in their job hunt.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Unemployment among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan continue to rise. That's not right. It doesn't make sense, not for our veterans, not for our families, not for America. And were determined to change that.
PAUL SOLMAN: Yesterday, in a rare show of unity, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a jobs package which includes employer tax incentives to hire unemployed vets, part of the $447 billion jobs bill the president announced in September.
Under the plan, firms that hire jobless vets would get a maximum $5,600 credit per veteran, and a maximum of $9,600 for each disabled veteran hired.
Paul Rieckhoff founded and runs IAVA, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
PAUL RIECKHOFF, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America: They're coming home from serving our country, sometimes multiple tours, and their welcome home is an unemployment check.
PAUL SOLMAN: Rieckhoff has been urging Congress to do something all year. We spoke with him in March, as he and other vets stormed the Hill to ask members to help thin the jobless ranks.
PAUL RIECKHOFF: So, if folks want to support the troops and they want to support veterans, hire them.
PAUL SOLMAN: Himself an Iraq vet, Rieckhoff says it's an outrage: You learn the key job skills while serving your country, selflessness, loyalty, teamwork, leadership. But to employers, you've fallen behind.
PAUL RIECKHOFF: And it's not like folks are waiting back home to say, hey, buddy, let me explain to you all that you missed while you were gone. You feel like Rip Van Winkle, like you woke up and that everybody else has been moving on with life, and you have been sleeping for a year-and-a-half.
PAUL SOLMAN: Programs like the Veterans Curation Project have been trying to ease the transition by teaching vets current computing skills, for example, how to archive artifacts found during Army Corps of Engineers projects.
Corps archaeologist Sonny Trimble had the idea after a tour in Iraq digging up mass graves.
MICHAEL "SONNY" TRIMBLE, Army Corps of Engineers: People that kept us alive and guarded us all the time, day in and day out, were soldiers and Marines, 24 hours a day, around us while we're working, guarding us while we slept at night. I wanted to pay these individuals back.
PAUL SOLMAN: A job that pays up to $14.50 an hour, funded by the Army Corps of Engineers, a quiet alternative to the sudden jolt of the job market.
EDMOND SHEFFIELD: It's a complete 180 turnaround.
PAUL SOLMAN: Edmond Sheffield joined the archaeology program last November, after beating the pavement for months.
EDMOND SHEFFIELD: Just going throughout your whole military career, it's structure, structure, structure, instructions, instructions, instructions. I mean, some people just can't just snap your fingers and be like, hey, I'm a civilian. I'm no longer in the military.
ERIK VADALMA: In the military, there's a sense of security with — you know, financial security, and there's also a sense of community. When I separated, I lost all that. I was isolated out here in Maryland. And so that made going to school incredibly difficult.
PAUL SOLMAN: Erik Vadalma was one of the half-a-million vets who have used the expanded G.I. Bill, which pays for public college tuition, housing and books.
But the time and place were out of joint.
ERIK VADALMA: I remember walking out into a — into the courtyard, and I smelled marijuana. You know, that sort of thing, for me coming out of the military, that's absolutely unacceptable. And that also creates kind of — you know, it makes me also feel a little more isolated, because I don't fit into that group.
PAUL SOLMAN: Vadalma dropped out.
Though so many of her peers do not, Debra Bain has a B.A. She began her master's at community college, but had to continue her studies online.
DEBRA BAIN: There were individuals that were forming their own little class when the teacher was conducting the class, and I felt that was disrespectful. It was disruptive behavior that I just couldn't tolerate.
PAUL SOLMAN: This program helps vets ease back into civilian life, instead of hero one day, nobody the next.
EDMOND SHEFFIELD: You know, just being in uniform, you stop somewhere: Hey. Hey. Would you like a sandwich? Thanks for serving our country — a handshake. You know, but you walk around with your little veteran I.D., it's like, oh, you served the country. That will be $5.50.
PAUL SOLMAN: Another issue: Today, less than 1 percent of the population has served in Iraq or Afghanistan, so most civilian employers may not understand military experience.
ERIK VADALMA: When an applicant applies and has a bachelor's degree, the employer knows what the employee knows. In the military, they probably don't know what we've done and don't have a good idea of our skills.
PAUL SOLMAN: Employers admit to other fears. In a survey last year, 46 percent of human resource managers agreed that PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health issues posed a challenge.
Emmanuel Riley left the Army after returning from Afghanistan in 2005. He lives in a housing unit provided by a nonprofit.
EMMANUEL RILEY, U.S. military veteran: I was a combat engineer. Along with that is we can detach land mines, IEDs.
PAUL SOLMAN: So, your job involves disarming explosives.
EMMANUEL RILEY: Yes, and I lost some friends that were a part of my unit due to my particular job in the military. Well, sometimes, it can define your life after service.
PAUL SOLMAN: Like what?
EMMANUEL RILEY: Alcohol abuse, drinking a lot, sometimes nightmares, a lot of those, a lot of nightmares.
PAUL SOLMAN: Riley didn't know he had PTSD. He wound up homeless, living in a storage unit.
EMMANUEL RILEY: Divorced, lost my family, lost quite a bit.
PAUL SOLMAN: Now sober and in treatment for his PTSD, Riley's looking hard for a job.
According to a 2008 RAND study, nearly one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan vets had symptoms of PTSD, major depression, or had experienced a traumatic brain injury.
Debra Bain is still haunted by the Iraq morgue in which she volunteered.
DEBRA BAIN: When you see certain things in life that makes no sense, you pretty much lose a sense of self. It tears you apart.
PAUL SOLMAN: Even Corps archaeologist Sonny Trimble struggled with PTSD.
MICHAEL "SONNY" TRIMBLE: You don't realize that what the war has done is kind of whittled you away. It's kind of sanded you away, like with fine sandpaper. And you can't do a lot of the things you could do in the past. I wouldn't — I wouldn't come out of my house on the weekend for over a year.
PAUL SOLMAN: Is it illegitimate, then, for employers to harbor some fear of worst-case scenarios, like flashbacks, or becoming violent, going postal?
EDMOND SHEFFIELD: The military doesn't have a problem with us being postal. I mean, we carry guns.
EDMOND SHEFFIELD: You see what I'm saying?
ERIK VADALMA: As far as the PTSD goes, are employers asking the same questions if someone is blind? You know, PTSD is — it's an illness, or it's — you know, it's — but it's manageable.
PAUL SOLMAN: The vets completed the program this spring. Bain is now in culinary school. Vadalma worked at the Bureau of Economic Analysis until last month. He's now looking for another job. Sheffield is, too. He decided against a commission-based insurance gig and is temping to get by.
MAN: Thank you for your service.
PAUL SOLMAN: Hundreds of thousands of other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are jobless, too, and thousands more are slated to return in the months ahead.
JIM LEHRER: There's more about the economic and emotional problems facing returning veterans on tonight's edition of the PBS program "Need To Know."


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South Carolina author Gwen Hunter to give workshop
The workshop, scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Edwards Building 164, will focus on the practical aspects of getting published as a journalist or short story writer. Hunter will discuss literary agents, publishers and contracts, and will provide other very specific insights into the world of commercial writing.
During the lecture, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Building 152, Hunter will describe her life as a writer and discuss how she finds inspiration and organizes her literary life. After reading short passages from her books, she will conduct a question-and-answer session.
Hunter, who resides in Rock Hill, has written six mystery novels. Her latest book, Delayed Diagnosis, is a medical mystery set in a fictitious county in rural South Carolina. It was released by Harlequin's Mira Books in June.
The Writers in the Real World series was initiated by the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts in order to showcase South Carolina authors and to offer a forum for students, faculty and members of the local community who are interested in the practical aspects of writing. This year the series will feature authors who focus on medical themes.
For more information, call 349-2444 or 349-2712.

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A CHARITY offering help and support to military veterans is to set up an outreach base in Darwen.
Veterans in Communities, based in Haslingden, will launch the new centre in the coming weeks.
Based at the town hall in Croft Street, the charity will support ex-service personnel, their families and members of the uniformed services who have experienced difficulties in their transition from their military to civilian life.
The outreach centre, to be open on Tuesdays, will be run by ex-servicemen Danny Flaherty and Patrick O'Reilly.
Both were medically discharged from the Army after suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Mr Flaherty, 47, of Mill Hill, Blackburn, left the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 27 years ago but said he never received the kind of support available now.
He said: "I never got any help until very recently but I want to help the lads coming out now.
"PTSD is a big thing, especially with soldiers returning from places like Iraq.
"But it is only in the past few years that it has started coming into the limelight.
"Doctors don't really have a clue how to deal with it."
Mr Flaherty said that when the outreach centre was up and running, it would give people a place to talk about their problems and get support and help.
He said: "It will be like a drop-in for people to come in and talk to us.
"There will be posters up around the town and if people call the main office in Haslingden they will be directed to us in Darwen."
Mr O'Reilly, 40, spent five years in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment but was discharged with PTSD after a tour of Bosnia in 1996.
He said: "I didn't know there was help out there and I had a really bad time.
"We want to help out people in that same position.
"Darwen is full of veterans and we have a lot of young soldiers and this is a service that is really needed."
To help with initial start-up costs, Darwen Town Council has agreed to donate £500 to the charity.
Town Council deputy chairman Coun Trevor Maxfield, who is also armed forces champion at Blackburn with Darwen Council, proposed the donation at Tuesday's town council meeting.


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4 to 6 servings
- About 1½ cups grated
Parmesan or Romano or Asiago cheese, or a combination, or as needed
- ½ teaspoon Italian
seasoning or dried Italian herbs (optional)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- About 3 to 4 tablespoons extra
virgin olive oil or other cooking oil (corn, canola, or safflower oil) (see note)
- 8 to 12 chicken drumsticks
or thighs, skin removed if desired
- Salt and freshly
ground black or white pepper to taste (optional)
- Paprika as desired
- Easy Marinara Sauce and/or Picante Tomato Salsa and/or Marmalade
Mustard Sauce, and/or Hot Plum or Raspberry Sauce or
favorite commercial marinara sauce or salsa or marmalade or desired commercial sauce
- Sprigs of fresh
oregano, thyme, and basil or sprigs of fresh cilantro for garnish
In a medium bowl, combine the
first 3 to 4 ingredients, mixing well.
Lightly brush or spray chicken drumsticks or thighs with olive oil. Roll each chicken piece in cheese
mixture, coating each piece well.
Place chicken pieces in a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan lightly coated with
non-caloric vegetable cooking spray or olive oil-flavored non-caloric vegetable
cooking spray. Bake in a preheated slow
oven (325 degrees F.) for 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken drumsticks/thighs
are fork tender and golden brown and crispy.
When chicken begins to brown, may sprinkle chicken drumsticks/thighs
with salt and pepper to taste, if desired.
Prepare desired sauces. Just before
serving, may sprinkle chicken "drums"/thighs with paprika, if desired. Garnish chicken "drums"/thighs with sprigs of
fresh oregano or thyme or basil, or a combination, if desired. Accompany with desired sauce(s).
Note: May reduce oil as desired. Or, lightly coat chicken pieces with olive
oil-flavored non-caloric vegetable cooking spray.
Easy Marinara Sauce
about 2 cups
- ¾ cup chopped peeled onion
- 1 to 1½ tablespoons extra
virgin olive oil
- 1½ cups tomato sauce (1½
(8-ounce) cans)
- ½ cup dry red wine or
tomato juice
- 1 tablespoon finely
snipped fresh basil leaves (no stems), or ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 1½ teaspoons finely
snipped fresh thyme leaves (no stems), or ½ teaspoon dried leaf thyme
- 1½ teaspoons finely snipped
fresh oregano leaves (no stems), or ½ teaspoon dried leaf oregano
- Salt and freshly
ground black pepper to taste
In a small heavy saucepan,
sauté onion in hot oil over moderate heat until tender but not browned. Add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Reduce heat, partially cover, and simmer for
25 to 30 minutes to develop flavors.
Picante Tomato Salsa
about 3 cups
- 1 to 4 fresh
jalapeno or serrano peppers, thinly sliced or minced (see note)
- 1 firm ripe medium
to large tomato, cored and coarsely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 4 to 6 green onions,
coarsely chopped or thinly sliced (about 1 cup), or 1 cup coarsely chopped peeled sweet onion
(Vidalia or other sweet variety)
- 1 cup fresh
cilantro leaves (discard stems) (may leave whole or coarsely snip)
- 1 tablespoon fresh
lime juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar or to
taste (optional)
- Salt and freshly
ground black pepper to taste
In a medium bowl, combine all
ingredients, mixing gently. Cover and
chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Note: For a milder tasting relish, use only one
pepper. Removing the seeds also reduces
the "heat" factor of the relish. Serrano peppers are "hotter" than jalapeno
peppers; green jalapenos are also "hotter" than red ones.
Marmalade Mustard Sauce
about ¾ cup
- ½ cup prepared yellow or
Dijon-style mustard
- 3 to 4 tablespoons orange
marmalade or reduced-sugar orange marmalade
- ½ teaspoon minced peeled
garlic (optional)
In a small bowl, combine
mustard, marmalade, and garlic, if desired, blending well.
Variation: Add 1 to 3 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce and/or
1/8 to ¼ teaspoon ground dried ginger to sauce mixture.
Hot Plum
or Raspberry Sauce
About 1¾ cups
- 1½ cups red plum jam or
seedless raspberry jam or reduced-sugar jam of choice
- 1½ tablespoons Dijon-style
prepared mustard
- 1½ tablespoons prepared
horseradish (see note) (optional)
- 1½ teaspoons lemon juice
In a small heavy saucepan, combine all ingredients
together; stir over low heat until just warm.
Serve as a dipping sauce. May be
stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days, if
Note: ½ to 1 tablespoon freshly grated peeled
horseradish root may be substituted for prepared horseradish.


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They are a prominent group of Washington conservative intellectuals who helped incubate the ideas behind the Bush administration's war in Iraq. Now, they are pressing for regime change in neighboring Syria and Iran. At the center of their passions is Lebanon, a country once riven by sectarian violence, where pro-Western, Christian, and free-market forces hope to rise again. In his January 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush declared, "The gravest danger facing America and the world is outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.†Building to his point, he offered a grim reckoning to the people of Iraq: "Your enemy is not surrounding your country – your enemy is ruling your country. And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation.â€
It is no secret that many of the ideas that launched the war in Iraq – intertwining weapons of mass destruction and terrorism as evil twins, scorn for the sovereignty of disgraced governments, and belief in the transforming force of American power – have been nurtured and refined at the American Enterprise Institute, a 60-year old Washington think tank. Shortly after the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces, AEI Vice President Danielle Pletka gave a blunt summation of the institute's neo-conservative philosophy: "The question of whether we have the right to go in and remove a dictator ought to be a part of our thinking.â€
Now, nearly a month into the American occupation of Iraq, many neoconservatives have set their sights on Syria and Iran. The government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in particular, has felt the ire of the Bush administration in the wake of allegations that it provided Saddam Hussein with night-vision equipment and allowed volunteer anti-American fighters cross its border to join the war in Iraq. American officials and neoconservative intellectuals have also charged that Syria is pursuing a chemical and biological weapons program.
In recent days, the administration has tempered its hostility, allowing Secretary of State Colin Powell to pursue diplomacy in Damascus. But Syria remains noncommittal on one key U.S. demand: ending support for Hezbollah, an Islamic militia in southern Lebanon that Washington regards as a terrorist group.
One of the most enthusiastic proponents of Syrian regime change is Michael Ledeen, an AEI scholar. In 1985, as a consultant to the National Security Council, he set up meetings between Israelis and a group of international arms dealers to help broker the arms-for-hostage deal with Iran. In an article posted to AEI's Web site on April 30, Ledeen warned that Syria and Iran will try to implement a "second Lebanon strategy†in Iraq by sponsoring thousands of suicide bombers ready to carry out attacks against U.S. and British soldiers. In an op/ed article in Canada's National Post in early April, Ledeen wrote, "It's time to bring down the other terror masters. Faster, please.â€
"Hezbollah is the world's leading terrorist group,†charges Ledeen. "They're an Iranian-created group housed in Syrian-occupied Lebanon.â€
Animosity towards Hezbollah – thought to be responsible for the deaths of 241 American marines killed in a 1983 suicide bombing operation – runs deep in the current administration. "They have a blood debt to us,†Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage is reported to have said last year. "We're not going to forget it.â€
Lebanon, it turns out, is something of a pivot point for the neoconservatives' hopes and fears for the Middle East. Near the end of the Clinton presidency, a group of intellectuals, business people, and retired military officials who called themselved the Lebanon Study group signed their names to a 48-page document called "Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: The U.S. Role.â€
Among them were AEI Resident Fellow Richard Perle, an unpaid advisor to the Pentagon; and AEI scholar Douglas Feith and Iran-Contra figure Elliot Abrams, both of whom now hold posts in the Bush administration: Feith, as undersecretary for policy at the Pentagon, and Abrams, as the National Security Council's point man for the Middle East. Other signers include Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel of New York, AEI Senior Fellow Jeane Kirkpatrick, and New York oil financier Philip Epstein.
"Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon†synthesizes ideas of American triumphalism, Christian exceptionalism, and fear of weapons of mass destruction. In its sequencing, it suggests the path to war with Iraq by urging sanctions against Syria, backed by military force. Beginning with the premise that "Lebanon occupies a strategically vital corner of the world,†the study goes on to warn of dangers to the Christians of the country. "Preserving Lebanon's Christian communities," the study's authors wrote, "becomes the cornerstone for safeguarding the country's special freedoms that uplift all its communities.â€
The tract ends with a bracing call for renewed American assertiveness: "The Vietnam legacy and the sour memories of the dead American marines in Beirut notwithstanding, the U.S. has entered a new era of undisputed military supremacy, coupled with an appreciable drop in human losses on the battlefield. But this opportunity will not wait, for as WMD capabilities spread, the risks of such action will rapidly grow. If there is to be decisive action, it will have to be sooner rather than later."
The document was co-authored by Ziad Abdelnour and Daniel Pipes. Abdelnour is a New York financier with dual Lebanese-American citizenship, and president of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon. Pipes, as president of the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum, is a prolific editorialist known for his staunch support of Israel.
Today, Pipes deflects questions about whether he would support American ground forces marching on Damascus. "That's a red herring,†he says. "Nobody in the administration has been talking about military action against Syria.â€
Abdelnour comes from a prominent Lebanese family: his father, an industrialist, and his uncle are former members of the Lebanese parliament. Abdelnour founded the USCFL in 1997 for the purpose of "educating the public as to Lebanon's strategic and moral significance as an ally of the United States and an outpost of Western values in the Middle East,†according to the group's Web site. His resume cites his "extensive experience in conceptualizing and incorporating worldwide geopolitical and intelligence data into effective strategic business initiatives.â€
While several members of the Lebanon Study Group have embedded themselves in the Bush administration, the latest policy developments have come from Capitol Hill. Last month, Rep. Engel, as the lone member of the legislative branch in the group, introduced the "Syria Accountability & Lebanese Sovereignty Act†in the House. In threatening Syria with sanctions unless it withdraws from Lebanon and ends its support of Hezbollah, the language of the bill bears the stamp of "Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon.†On May 2, Senators Rick Santorum and Barbara Boxer the bill in the Senate, and an earlier version has been endorsed by the Christian Coalition.
"Now that Saddam Hussein's regime is defeated, it's time to get serious about Syria,†said Engel in a prepared statement. "The United States must not tolerate Syria's continued support for the most deadly terrorist organizations in the world, its development of weapons of mass destruction, and its occupation of Lebanon.â€
The charge of Syrian occupation of Lebanon is a fault line of historical grievance in the Middle East, just as it is in the West Bank and Gaza for Palestinians and Israelis. Syria has 20,000 troops stationed in Lebanon and is the only foreign military that remains there since the U.S. Marines and UN international peacekeepers withdrew in the 1980s, and the Israeli military was driven out by Hezbollah in May 2000. The claim by activists such as Abdelnour that Lebanon is an occupied nation undermines the legitimacy of its government, a precarious religious power-sharing arrangement headed by Christian President Emile Lahoud.
The issue of Hezbollah is also a cause of deep controversy in regional political contentions. The Islamist militia, once backed by Iran, carried out a successful war of guerilla attacks and suicide bombings against the Israeli military. Hezbollah serves as a model for Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza. Asked by Secretary Powell to crack down on Hezbollah, Lahoud recently responded, "Hezbollah is a respected and legitimate part of the Lebanese people and government, and is not a terrorist group.â€
Outside the corridors of power in Washington, some geopolitical analysts echo that sentiment. "The Bush group ignores all the medical, educational and humanitarian work Hezbollah does,†wrote media activist Sam Hamod in a recent article in CounterPunch magazine, "in spite of the fact that the constitutionally elected and representative Lebanese government recognizes them as an important part of the government and recognizes them as the guardians of the south of Lebanon against Israel.â€
But that view is not widely held in the United States. Admiral Stansfield Turner, who served as director of the CIA under President Carter, and is considered a foreign policy moderate, says of Hezbollah and its Palestinian counterpart Hamas: "Those groups are impediments to democracy in the sense that if they see progress made they're going to retaliate and inflame tensions. Getting Syria to throttle down its support for these groups is important.â€
Flynt Leverett, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who recently served in the National Security Council, shares the neoconservatives' contention that Syria is a threat to U.S. interests as a supporter of terrorism that has developed weapons of mass destruction. But he cautions against their aggressive rhetoric of "regime change.†"Given Mr. Assad's political constraints, sticks alone will not produce more than short-term tactical adjustments in Syrian behavior," he wrote recently in the New York Times op/ed pages.
While the Bush administration's approach to Syria is being negotiated between the State Department and the Pentagon, the American Enterprise Institute is also keeping its attention on Iran. On May 6, the think tank convened a star-studded cast of neocon intellectuals and policymakers for a "black coffee briefing" entitled "The Future of Iran: Mullahcracy, Democracy and the War on Terror."
The panel included scholar Bernard Lewis, whose books on Arab and Islamic history are said to be on Vice President Dick Cheney's reading list; Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who serves as the ranking member of the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee; Uri Lubrani, a senior advisor to the Israeli Defense Ministry and former Israeli government coordinator for South Lebanon; Morris Amitai of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; and the AEI's Ledeen.
For all the risks of resentment toward American power and sectarian strife in the region, the neoconservatives maintain an idealistic faith that the attraction of the democracy will smooth over the bitter realities of war. "Arabs want the same thing as you and I,†said the AEI's Pletka. "They want a better life for their children, and they want to be able to address their grievances without getting shot.â€


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'NY Post' Cites Gloom and Doom For TrekBy Michelle
December 5, 2003 - 10:52 PM
"Time is catching up with the ageless Star Trek franchise," declares a popular Manhattan newspaper, citing media analysts and the closing of the show's official Star Trek: The Magazine.
The New York Post's Michael Starr describes Enterprise as "in the ratings dumps", quoting MediaWeek's Programming Insider, Marc Berman, as saying that the franchise does not need to produce a weekly series any longer.
Noting that ratings are down another ten percent since last November, Berman said, "If ratings for Enterprise continue to go down next season, it's going to hurt the franchise." He stated the opinion that a TV special or feature film might do better without the series on the air, but added, "UPN is never going to take Enterprise off."
Enterprise, noted the article, "had the bad luck to open this season against the dramatic baseball playoffs - which notched the best ratings in years", and has faced new competition from Smallville.
The article also cited a Trek Today report in which executive producer Rick Berman stated that he felt UPN did not effectively promote this season's early start date.
The full article, in which Rick Berman declined to comment, is here.
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Other Side Productions Presents EURYDICE, Closes 2/6/11
The Thom Fogarty directed EURYDICE, by Sarah Ruhl, will close February 6, 2011. This intimate 'black box' Showcase production of Sarah Ruhl's brilliant retelling of the Orpheus myth has a cast of seven: Quincy Ellis, Lulu Fogarty*, Caitlin Rose McMahon, Aidan O'Shea, Adam Patterson, Patrick Ellison Shea*, and Joe Tannenbaum.
The music is by Jim Campilongo, taken from his newest album, ORANGE (Blue Hen Records).
Costume, Lighting and Stage design is by Thom Fogarty
In EURYDICE, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.
Sarah Ruhl has stated that she wrote EURYDICE for her Father. Thom Fogarty is delighted to be directing his daughter, Lulu Fogarty* in this production. And thus it comes 'full circle'.
Director and Choreographer Thom Fogarty brings his particular sensibility to this enchanting piece. His work, based in movement and told in an inherently theatrical style, has always dealt with the vastness of human conditions as told through the observance of small everyday gestures and their meanings. This shorthand movement vocabulary (consisting of traditional miming and gestures that are easily identifiable) allows the actors to be both profane and profound at the same time, constantly creating a duality acknowledging the Yin and Yang in daily life. His aim is to simultaneously make one laugh while another is moved to tears.
Thom Fogarty
has been active in downtown theater since 1973. In the 80's and 90's, he appeared prolifically in dance and theatre productions by Timothy Buckley, Ping Chong, Jane Comfort, Otrabanda, Alice Farley, Tamar Rogoff, Yoshiko Chuma, Gus Solomons, Jr. and more. He created works with Joseph Chaikin (The Open Theater), Paul Zimet (The Talking Band), Judson Poets Theater, DV8 Physical Theatre, and H.M. Koutoukas ("Dead at Sea," based on Mr. Koutoukas' journal entries). His own work, based on movement and told in an inherently theatrical style, approaches the vastness of the human condition as told through small everyday gestures and their meanings. He was one of the first responders to the AIDS crisis in the mid 1980's by creating works that dealt with the pandemic head on. Now, he is moving his career more toward the genre of dramatic stage work. He is an Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.


text: On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 numpy-discussion-request at lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > having Python you indeed have bad *and* incomplete 754 support on every 754 > platform it runs on. Well, it depends on what you mean by "bad *and* incomplete 754 support". IEEE recommends specific semantics for comparison operators in language bindings, but I think their recommendations are undesirable from a programming language and software engineering point of view. If you follow IEEE semantics, you prohibit optimizers from optimizing in many cases and it contradicts type system semantics in some languages. Worst of all, programs that rely on IEEE semantics (in particular, of comparison operators) give no lexical indication that they do so; they will simply do something wrong, like go into an infinite loop or terminate a loop prematurely. I think it's best to raise an exception for any expression involving a NaN, unless the programmer explicitly indicated that he wants a NaN result and IEEE semantics. Another good approach is to provide separate IEEE operators and leave the behavior of the built-in operators on IEEE special values explicitly undefined. This keeps people from relying on one behavior or the other. To me, the worst possible choice is to "implement IEEE semantics correctly", i.e., in the way the IEEE authors envisioned it. (Of course, IEEE is reasonably nice from a numerical point of view; I just think they overextended themselves when talking about language bindings). > (*) Quiz: *if* you can manage to trick Python into creating a NaN on your > particular 754 platform, does the Python expression NaN == 1.0 return true, > false, or raise an exception? Answer before you try it. Then try it on > enough 754 platforms until you give up trying to guess in advance. NaN == > NaN is predictable in Python, and is the one 754 feature Python guarantees > won't work correctly on any 754 platform (although I've heard that it loses > this predictability when run using NumPy's flavor of comparisons instead of > core Python's). This is just the sort of issue I was referring to. In many dynamic languages, the assumption is that pointer quality implies object equality. That's a perfectly reasonable semantic choice. While Python may not implement "754 correctly" in the sense of the (probably) Fortran-thinking IEEE floating point designers, I think Python's choice is correct and should not be altered. People who really want IEEE floating point comparison operations can use something like ieee.equal(a,b). That alerts the reader that something special is going on, it will fail on non-IEEE platforms (indicating that the code wouldn't work correctly there anyway), and it makes only the code that needs to pay the price for strict IEEE conformance. Cheers, Thomas.


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I'm 27, african american. 2 years ago I used a product on my face that ended up irritating and burning it, now Im stuck with slightly depressed lines in the creases of my smile (makeup sinks in, looks terrible) AND its discoloured! I look not great at all. Huge pores, lacking moisture, lines and discolouration (I smoke). Im considering Juvederm for lines and Photofacial for the discolouration. Is this a good idea? Do IPL/Photofacials work on my skin type? I tried bleach & black licorice soap.
Dark Pigment on Smile Crease and Depressed Lines! african american. Are These Good Options For My Issues? (photo)
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I would recommend topical Rx and maybe fillers in future
IPL is very hard to do on darker skin, especially when you are trying to target specific, even darker, pigment. If you are going to do this, I would do it an extremely well trained physician's office who has extensive experience treating darker skin tones. However, before I even went down that road, I would recommend an Rx of hydroquinone (8-12%) to see how much of the discoloration could be removed from this. A cosmetic dermatologist should be able to get you a prescription for this from a compounding pharmacy. After treating the discoloration with topicals for several months, then I would evaluate the possibility of doing fillers, like Restylane.
Photofacial for hyperpigmentation
Photofacial is the absolute wrong choice, and if a physician recommended that to you, you must go elsewhere. You likely have postinflammatory hyperpigmentation which should be treated topically with prescription strength creams ( I prefer compounded 8 percent or higher hydroquinone). If there is any ongoing irritation, that needs to be treated as well. That can be easily missed in darker skin becasuse the pigment may mask underlying redness. Other topicals can help as well. Please realize that all topicals take many, many months to work. Fillers will help with the lines and may improve the look of the pigment if there is any shadowing. This can only be assessed in person. Best to you.
Photofacials are not good on pigmented skin.
This is physics. Photofacial work when there is a significant color difference betwee the skin being treated and the thing you are trying to treat. With increasingly dark skin, so much light is absorbed that it can blister the skin (a bad thing). This damages the skin. To avoid this, energy has to be reduced so much than no work is done with the treatment. So no, photofacials not a good option. Fillers are probably a much better way to go.
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Combating corruption in the judicial system is a priority for the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), the institution's head Laura Codruta Kovesi told B1TV late on Sunday, adding that the role of the Judicial Inspection (IJ) should be more active.
'We are eyeing the corruption in the judicial system because it is extremely important. We even had a case inside of the DNA and colleagues were not shy to investigate that case. (…) We have been witnessing lately an increase in bribery in such cases. (…) I think that the role of the IJ should be more active. (…) There were many notifications over time at the IJ which were closed or which did not receive enough attention,' said the DNA head.
She added she could not say a percentage of corrupt magistrates in the system. 'I think the vast majority of magistrates are correct, are honest, and do their job well. However, there is a rate of 1-2% of them who are investigated by us and sent to court and convicted (…),' said the chief anticorruption prosecutor. About a possible corruption among the magistrates in certain cases that are in courts a long time, Kovesi admitted that there are such cases and that many of them are cases of the DNA, prosecuted in previous years, which they monitor, one of the oldest being some eight years. Kovesi said that a judge who benefits from limitation in such a file should at least answer disciplinarily, the same as in the case of prosecutors in such situations.
The whole Parliament blocked arresting of some officials
The head of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi says that there has been a shared will of the Parliament to block some arrests. 'It is not unusual to note in the Parliament, where political decisions are made, when some laws are changed or when we ask for approval to arrest members of the Parliament, irrespective of their parties, that each time we face some resistance to DNA's activity. It is a well-known fact that all the approvals of arrests pending trials we requested have been rejected lately, although the concerned individuals belonged to different parties. So the number of MPs of a given party was not necessarily an issue; it has been merely a shared will of blocking these preventive steps,' Kovesi stated. She mentioned that such a procedural step should not exist, and it should be eliminated. She underlined that there are sufficient guarantees to prevent possible abuses by prosecutors, by the mere checking of their requests by judges. However, Kovesi says that she won't be intimidated by any politicians' declaration, and she does merely wish to do her job, not to be 'loved or praised' by politicians.
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This does not represent the power of the PS3 *sigh*
Turkish show gameplay of games when you are talking about graphics.
But it is an upcoming PS3 exclusive, and everythang is real time renderred.
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Stung by a loss at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in their last game, Rajasthan Royals will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sawai Mansingh Stadium and will look forward to extend their unbeaten run this season in their fortress. In IPL, RCB have played three matches in Jaipur and have managed to edge the Royals in two of them. But given RCBs recent dismal show against RR in Bangalore, Dravids men hold a psychological advantage.
Piggybacked on Chris Gayle, the Royal Challengers Bangalore seem to be on their way to recovery. After two back to back losses, against CSK and RR, RCB got its script right and chased down totals in excess of 150. In both the wins Gayle was in the drivers seat, while AB de Villiers playing second fiddle to him. With his majestic display of power, this man from the Caribbean has averaged 49.2 in five matches at a stunning strike rate of 157.69. Striking at the rate of 145.68 and sharing the load on the other side, DeVilliers has made significant contributions. Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwary have disappointed so far. Skipper Vettori will have to make a tough call to between AB McDonald and Tillakaratne Dilshan. McDonald with his fast-medium pace and handy batting has created an impression. But looking at the pitch conditions at Jaipur Dilshans spin is likely to get preference over McDonalds medium pace. RCBs bowling stack is intimidating. A strong bowling attack will be RCBs major strength over Rajasthan Royals. Zaheer Khans swing and Vettoris accuracy inscrutable spin might have not taken too many wickets but they have effectively blocked the flow of runs. Muralitharan has been amongst the wickets. In four matches played so far, Murali has scalped three wickets twice and eight wickets in all so far at an impressive strike rate of 12.00. With Dilshan or McDonald joining them, RCB will have a good bowling attack. Though Vinay Kumar, H.Patel and Bhatkal have been ordinary and wayward, requiring a good homework if they want to avoid the fate they have had against the Royals in Bangalore.
With Stuart Binnys inclusion and Kevon Coopers comeback in playing XI, Royals look complete. In the game against CSK, Binny made most of whatever little chance he got to prove his worth. The way he bowled the twentieth over, the most intense and critical of all, it felt as if Royals have found a bowler who can challenge in death overs even the best finisher of the game. His batting, which boomed in Ranji Trophy, in all likelihood, will propel him to deliver in IPL as well. Cooper showed no signs of illness as he accounted for Du Plessis and Raina making RR sniff a win. His bowling has been disciplined and full of variations. Claiming 10 wickets in just four matches, he is not very far away from claiming the Purple Cap back. Evergreen Brad Hogg with his spin can trap batsmen with his guile and variation, thus keeping a check on the flow of runs. Importantly, his experience is a vital factor that helps the team in maintaining composure and staying focused even in crunch situations. Lately, against RCB, S. Trivedi got his best IPL figures- 4 for 23. He would be looking forward to replicate this performance on a pitch that suits his kind of bowling. Amit Singh will look to tighten the flow of runs, for in last three matches he conceded runs at the economy rate of more than eleven runs per over. Given the slow and low pitch, Ankeet Chavan might come into reckoning, for in the two matches played by him in Jaipur he managed 4 wickets at a strike rate of 6.00. Royals batsmen have been consistent in performance. Each and every batsman has performed well even in tough conditions like that in Chepauk. Rahane with his pure craft and Owais Shah have been intimidating. The only concern is Brad Hodges underutilization. Scoring 129 runs at an average of 64.50 at a strike rate of 157.31, he deserves a place up the order.
Kevon Copper: Super Cooper is back with his flair. His game against CSK, where he claimed 2 of 23, not only added to his already striking stats but also highlighted the ability he possesses. It would be thrilling to see how he performs and competes with the best bowlers of IPL.
Brad Hodge: When he is on crease runs flow in a torrent. His best 44 and 48 have come in Jaipur. With his overall success in T20 and his recent contributions, he is more likely to explode.
Chris Gayle: He has got the highest strike rate in IPL and his ability to win matches single handed makes him RCBs most important asset. His latest scores of 87 and 81 were a majestic show of brute power. Royals will expend most of its energy in getting him out first.
Virat Kohli: He has not had success in IPL 2012 so far. The only match in which he scored runs was against Chennai. Before the IPL he impressed all with his scintillating batting. Royals should be ready with some tricks up their sleeves to stop Kohli, for he can make a comeback any time.
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There are nutcases on facebook already complaining about technique and talking about conspiracies of when the photo was shot etc. Last I heard he didn't shoot anyone in the face yet, so I'd say that counts for something...
^^^ regarding this moral equivalency in the main: i facepalm when people conflate illegal immigration w/ inquisitions & manifest destiny
am i the only one who gets my sarcasm?
must be time to break out the gantt charts & UML this bitch once & for all
Better Pareto chart that bad boy to get to the bottom of your "issue". Maybe even use an Ishikawa diagram?
the concept of "manifest destiny", and the belief on it, always made me lol.....
where did i find this? here, of course: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t944673-4/#post10951065
I don't have HBO
i fvcked up my edit.....
here's the unedited version....
it's a meh show with one shining moment....that clip i guess...
The few episodes of Oliver Stone's US history documentary I saw were good but that was SHO. I saw the first episode online and an episode about the reign of Reagan.
edit: they are giving episode 3 away free too:
will check it out....i always thought he should team up with james ellroy to bring the underworld usa trilogy to the big/small screen...
Added to my watch queue. Look very interesting.
The Rubio drink may be much ado about nothing but the Deadspin slo-mo is pretty funny.
Technically, they're faded not running so it still kinda works. For complete irony we need one that says "These colors don't fade!" I've seen one before.
This clip keeps showing up on my facebook feed.
Such stupid revisionist history. All I can think is...
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the butch half of the couple is never happy when you confuse them as a male.....i always thought that was the objective?
I guess there is always this
Saw a kid while on vacation a couple weeks ago wearing the following:
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Needs the pants.
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It looks like Google is getting into content creation and plans to make 20 or so 'featured' channels on YouTube. $100 million is going to be used to create original programming. This will be part of a major overhaul of YouTube as they work to compete with Netflix and Hulu.
Netflix just last month announced their plan to make original content as well. What Google wants to do is create streaming video programs putting them head to head with broadcast and cable television.
In my opinion it's just going to be more of the same short videos, maybe just with more production values. The bigger question is can they create long format narrative content like HBO or AMC. Google has already visited with top Hollywood talent agencies such Creative Artists Agency, William Morris Endeavor and International Creative Management to woo their clients into creating YouTube content/channels.
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|Phone: (307)877-2117
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|Winter Hours:
May vary depending on snow conditions.
|Winter Hours:
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|Mark Luthi, Supervisor
|Matt McCloud, Superintendent
|Lindsay Gardner, Foreman
Anthony Cazier, Mechanic/Operator/Labor
Donlee Jackson, Operator/Labor
Frank Olsen, Operator/Labor
Robby Hillstead, Operator/Labor
Keith McNeel, Operator/Labor
Wane Harmon, Operator/Labor - Cokeville
|Clint Nielson, Foreman
Casey Clark, Operator/Labor
Fred Campbell, Operator/Labor
Rob Sawaya, Operator/Labor/Mechanic
BJ Smith, Operator/Labor
Levi Walker, Operator/Labor
John Harris, Operator/Labor - LaBarge
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Ben Chobot (bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com) wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, david(at)lang(dot)hm wrote: >>> one huge advantage of putting the sql into the configuration is the >>> ability to work around other users of the database. >> >> +1 on this. We've always found tools much easier to work with when they >> could be adapted to our schema, as opposed to changing our process for >> the tool. > > I think we're all in agreement that we should allow the user to define > their schema and support loading the data into it. The question has > been if the user really needs the flexibility to define arbitrary SQL to > be used to do the inserts. > > Something I'm a bit confused about, still, is if this is really even a > problem. It sounds like rsyslog already allows arbitrary SQL in the > config file with some kind of escape syntax for the variables. Why not > just keep that, but split it into a prepared query (where you change the > variables to $NUM vars for the prepared statement) and an array of > values (to pass to PQexecPrepared)? > > If you already know how to figure out what the variables in the > arbitrary SQL statement are, this shouldn't be any more limiting than > today, except where a prepared query can't have a variable argument but > a non-prepared query can (eg, table name). You could deal with that > with some kind of configuration variable that lets the user choose to > use prepared queries or not though, or some additional syntax that > indicates certain variables shouldn't be translated to $NUM vars (eg: > $*blah instead of $blah). I think the key thing is that rsyslog today doesn't know anything about SQL variables, it just creates a string that the user and the database say looks like a SQL statement. an added headache is that the rsyslog config does not have the concept of arrays (the closest that it has is one special-case hack to let you specify one variable multiple times) if the performance win of the prepared statement is significant, then it's probably worth the complication of changing these things. David Lang
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CLEARWATER — The question marks surrounding Countryside's defense continued to build with each regular-season game.
The Cougars, who averaged 37 points a game, could score on anybody it seemed. The defense, well, it was a work in progress.
Friday, though, against Freedom in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs, that much-maligned defensive unit rose to the occasion when the Cougars needed it most.
Countryside held Freedom to only 43 rushing yards on 21 carries and yielded just 157 yards total to spur the Cougars to a 17-7 win, its first playoff victory since 2003.
The Cougars (10-1) will travel to play Tampa Bay Tech in the region semifinals.
"That's the best (the defense has) played all year," Countryside coach John Davis said. "I thought they really stepped up against Largo two weeks ago. And then again tonight, just a physical effort. That's a good football team that we played against. They just kept us in the football game."
The defense harassed Freedom quarterback Tyler Guy all night, sacking him five times and keeping him off balance in the pocket. In the first half, the Patriots mustered only one first down and 10 yards.
Countryside moved the ball effectively on the ground but self-destructed twice in the red zone in the first half. A 40-yard field goal by the Cougars' William Griswold was the only scoring in the half.
"At halftime, I felt like we were physically dominating the game," Davis said. "… We moved the ball every time, we just stepped on our own foot."
Freedom (7-3) had its only sustained drive after halftime, marching 77 yards on nine plays and taking the lead on Guy's 30-yard strike to T.J. Mutcherson.
The Cougars responded immediately, riding its workhorse running back Alton Taylor to recapture the lead. Taylor had 50 of his 235 total yards on the ensuing drive, which was capped by Terry Johnson's 14-yard run up the middle to put Countryside ahead 10-7.
When Freedom drove to the Cougars' 33 midway through the fourth, Countryside's defense again responded, forcing Guy into two straight incompletions and partially blocking a 51-yard field-goal attempt by Alex Landeta to preserve the lead.
Taylor then put the game out of reach, running 9 yards off the right side with 1:14 left to culminate a 10-play, 70-yard drive.
"Alton just got hot tonight, and the more you give him the ball, the better he gets," Davis said. "That offensive line I think just kind of wore them down as the game went on. … But, Alton is just awesome."


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ONLY USE BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON THAT HAS HAD FORMAL TRAINING IN SMART LIPO MPX, I can already see results even though I am still quite swollen. I am using motrin for pain control except at night when I take 1 vicodin. Had drainage for two days. I am trying to wear a compression garment as much as I can.
It makes sense to have the procedure done under general anesthesia. It is very difficult for the doctor to concentrate on his job if his patient is in pain. Also, there can be a lidocaine toxicity that can develope as much as 16 hours later.


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London, United Kingdom, 2007/10/18 - Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which finds that the Monoclonal Antibodies (mAb) market has overcome its shaky beginnings twenty years ago.
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which finds that the Monoclonal Antibodies (mAb) market has overcome its shaky beginnings twenty years ago to currently generate global revenues of about $20 billion.
Monoclonal Antibodies Report Part I finds that mAbs are the fastest-growing segment within the pharmaceutical industry, and are expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% between 2006- 2012. The study says this puts the mAb market far ahead of the small molecules market.
Several factors have played a role in the success of the mAb market. One of the most important factors is the evolution of antibody technology which makes current blockbuster products chimeric or humanised mAbs, and so far removed from the murine (mouse derived) products that were first introduced.
Analysts say that mAb drug developers have also launched a range of mAb products after the phenomenal commercial success of Rituxan/MabThera for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in 1997. The launches of key products such as Avastin, Herceptin, Remicade, MabThera/Rituxan, Humira and Erbitux have placed the market at an inflection point of maximum sales growth.
Also driving the revenue expansion in the market will be the launch of new products like UCB-Celltech's Cimzia (certolizumabpegol) for Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Significant market products like Genentech and Roche's Avastin (bevacizumab) with a broadspectrum mode of action will be used to target a wide range of tumour types.
Authors of the report cite the example of just five monoclonal antibody products - Avastin, Herceptin, Humira, Remicade and Rituxan - accounting for 80% of total mAb revenues in 2006, and predict that these big five will continue to dominate the market in the next five years allowing Genentech/Roche, which has ownership of three of the big five, to retain their stranglehold over the mAb market.
The study says however that market growth could slow down post 2012 as a result of competition between rival mAb products and second-generation product launches eating into the sales of first-generation mAb products.
The report analyses the mAb market assessing trends by product, company, therapy area, technology and target type. It also shows how mAb technology is evolving and compares pipeline products. The study identifies the key products that will drive sales growth in the mAb market to 2012 and outlines challenges for new players entering the market.
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John J. Smith, Joseph Smith b. New Jersey ca 1811
Seeking information on John J. Smith and possible brother, Joseph Smith, born ca 1809-1811 in New Jersey. Both lived in Marshall County, Indiana. Joseph arrived between 1850 and 1860, having moved from Killbuck Twp., Holmes Co., OH. He is no longer in Marshall Co. by 1880 census. John J. moved from Tiverton Twp., Coshocton Co., OH to Marshall Co., IN by 1870 via a short stopover in Jefferson Twp., Whitley Co., IN in 1860. He is still in Marshall Co. in 1880, but not in 1900. John's wife was Mary Ann, Joseph's was Lydia. (maiden names unknown) I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with information on either of these two families. John J. and Mary Ann are my gr-gr-gr grandparents through their son Joseph, b. ca 1833 in Ohio.
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Control News from Europe February 2008
Read Andrew Bond's Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.
Process Automation to Outpace Discrete to 2011
Just why traditional discrete-focused PLC vendors such as Rockwell Automation and GE Fanuc are so keen to build a presence in process automation is highlighted by two new reports from ARC. Automation Systems for Discrete Industries Worldwide Outlook estimates the global discrete automation systems market in 2006 to have been worth nearly $17 billion and has it growing at a healthy 6.8% compound to pass $23 billion by 2011. But Automation Systems for Process Industries Worldwide Outlook estimates the equivalent process automation systems market to have been worth almost twice as much at $30 billion in 2006 and has it growing almost half as fast again at 9.6% compound, which will see it worth more than $47 billion by 2011.
Cost Pressures
Driving that growth is the constant cost pressure in the process industries which leaves no alternative, but to improve plant performance, and process automation technologies play a key role in achieving this, says senior analyst Himanshu Shah, the principal author of both reports. One reason the automation business is doing so well today is the huge list of challenges and changing conditions in the global business environment that manufacturers must respond to, he says. These challenges include globalization, the need to react quickly and with agility to emerging market opportunities and increasing pressure to improve financial performance.
In the specific case of the discrete market, ARC contrasts historical capital expenditure cycles driven by the replacement cycle in the machinery sector with the current pattern in which growth continues to be fueled by increasing consumer power in Eastern Europe and Asia. As a result, automation vendors see the normal five-year capital expenditure cycle having only a ripple effect on the longer term sustained growth pattern.
That is further underlined by the continuing buoyancy of the Chinese PLC market. In a new report, Programmable Logic Controllers Outlook for China, ARC estimates its current value at $750 million and has it growing at 12.4% compound over the next five years to reach $1.3 billion by 2011.
Frost & Sullivan broadly agrees in its latest analysis, estimating that the market earned revenues of $541 million in 2006 and expecting it to reach $1.04 billion by 2013. With China poised to become the worlds third biggest economy in 2007, Shah says, The manufacturing sectors search for sustainable competitive advantages through continuous productivity improvements will lead to the application of plant level automation across all vertical industries in a major way.
MES and Safety Systems Markets to Grow
Manufacturing industry worldwide will spend $2.5 billioin on traditional MES software and services by 2012, according to a new study from Datamonitor, Linking Plant Floor and Enterprise Systems for Greater Manufacturing Agility. By 2012, says the report, the worldwide market for traditional MES software and services will reach $2.5 billion, up from $950 million in 2006, without even taking into account newer manufacturing intelligence solutions focused solely on pulling data up from the plant floor.
Datamonitor surveyed 150 companies in North America and Western Europe and found that 61% are either currently planning to link their plant floor and enterprise systems or were already actively investing in doing so. Currently leading the trend are companies in pharmaceuticals, food and beverage and chemicals, but discrete industries are expected to start to join in by 2009.
A focus on production metrics and manufacturing agility means that manufacturers need better communications between the two system environments, said manufacturing technology analyst and study author Adam Jura. As a result, were seeing significant expenditure on both traditional manufacturing execution systems (MES), as well as newer manufacturing intelligence solutions. In so doing, companies hope to improve their scheduling, supply-chain interactions and performance monitoring capabilities.
Although the MES market continues to be highly fragmented with many smaller vendors focused on individual industry processes, mergers and acquisitions will continue as vendors seek to acquire industry functionality, services capabilities and greater overall scale. Vendors focusing on regulated industries will prove the most attractive acquisitions as end users are forced to invest. the emerging threat of manufacturing intelligence-only solutions is forcing vendors to develop additional functionality, says Jura. As such, the winners in this market over the next few years will be heavily influenced by acquisition strategy, functionality development and services capabilities.
Frost & Sullivan puts the value of the world market for safety systems in the process industries at $1.0 billion in 2006 and estimates that it will reach $2.1 billion in 2013. End users, it says, are seeking to minimize the trade-off between process uptime and process safety. Increasing the predictability of safety system failure would reduce downtime and have an indirect impact on process efficiency by improving productivity, process uptime and output. Vendors need to educate end users on the benefits of technologically advanced safety systems over home grown solutions. Major opportunities exist in legacy installations and in the retrofit market, where the demand for safety systems remains largely untapped. Solutions with open architecture and the flexibility to adapt to the different systems from various automation suppliers are likely to achieve greater end user acceptance.
Iconics Ups the Ante with Windows 2008 Certification
Iconics has stolen something of a march on rival SCADA software vendors by obtaining Certified for Windows 2008 approval for GraphWorX64, a core component of its Genesis64 suite. GraphWorX64 has carried the Certified for Windows Vista designation since last July and now claims to be the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. As a result Iconics becomes one of the first companies to receive both certifications.
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|Chana Kressel
of blessed memory
(Elu Kressel's mother)
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Leib Feldberg, his brother
Yehuda Hirsch and their sister
Yeti of blessed memory
her son Hersch Reich of blessed memory
|Elu Kressel of blessed memory
and his two sons Adolf and Leon.
The three of them perished in the Holocaust
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The Roth family
Sitting Simcha Roth of blessed memory and his wife.
Standing their son Yankel Roth and his wife Chaya of the Goralnick
family. In the center is a photo of the young son Hirsch Roth
Standing from the left: Moshe Kaufman of blessed memory,
Pepi Rozman may she live, Gittel Zuban of blessed memory.
Tzvi the son of Pinchas Rosenberg of blessed memory.
Seated: Moshe-Yossel Rideks of blessed memory and
his wife Yeti of the Feldberg family of blessed memory
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Romantics may tell us that opposites attract, but, according to scientists, if you find yourself irresistibly drawn to someone who looks nothing like you, it may mean that you've been working too hard. A study published online this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests that men under stress are more likely to find physically dissimilar women attractive.
Previous research has shown that couples tend to have similar facial characteristics. Some evolutionary biologists suggest this is because we subconsciously see people who look like us as more trustworthy. However, research in animals has shown that individuals under stress are willing to mate with a wider variety of partners. Experimental psychologist Johanna Lass-Hennemann and colleagues at the University of Trier, Germany, wondered whether this might also be true for people.
They recruited 50 male students and instructed half of them to hold their right hand in ice water for 3 minutes, a harmless but effective form of stress. They then showed each subject a series of photographs of nude women. Unbeknownst to the young men, some of the images had been subtly modified—the women's faces had been morphed with a picture of the subject's face to produce an image that, although still apparently feminine, had a subtle resemblance to the subject himself. While looking at the pictures, each man experienced a brief burst of intense white noise. Electrodes attached to his face measured how much he flinched on hearing the sound. This is a well-established method of measuring instinctive attraction to an image, given that those in a more upbeat frame of mind flinch less.
As predicted, unstressed subjects were more attracted to the doctored images that resembled their own faces. Stressed subjects, however, actively favored the original pictures that were less familiar. "This was not exactly expected," says Lass-Hennemann.
The team suspect that the explanation may lie in evolutionary biology. Humans, like other animals, strive for the survival of their genes into future generations. When conditions seem favorable, the researchers suggest, men have the option of picking physically similar mates, whom they subconsciously deem dependable partners who will nurture their offspring. But in stressful times, during which human survival is less guaranteed, men would be more willing to risk a physically dissimilar partner in order to father as many children as possible.
The team want to investigate the phenomenon further. At the top of their list is finding out whether female sexual preferences are affected in the same way. "In theory, women should be more choosy than men in mating decisions because they don't have the opportunity to reproduce as much," says Lass-Hennemann.
Fellow experimental psychologist Ben Jones of Aberdeen University in the United Kingdom considers the findings meaningful but questions whether the difference in instinctive attraction is sexual in nature. "The authors make very strong claims about the effect of self-resemblance on mate preference," says Jones. He points to previous research suggesting that people's reactions to familiar and unfamiliar faces differ even more widely when those faces belong to individuals of the same sex, perhaps because they subconsciously see resemblance to family members in similar faces.


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Ronnie Fieg and David Z. have cooked up yet another footwear collaboration this time with once popular running label Sauncony on two colorways of the Courageous model. Titled the Run Away pack, the collection focuses on a theme which exhibits colorways that run away from the conventional stylings of Saucony sneakers. The Run Away pack will release May 2nd at the David Z. flagship store in New York, with 24 pairs available online through David Z..
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A bicyclist was injured early Sunday in the South Park neighborhood when he was struck by a man on a motorcycle who immediately fled, police said.
The crash occurred on 31st Street near Grape Street when the bicyclist rode into the path of the motorcycle, which was carrying a 28-year-old male driver and a 27-year-old female passenger. The incident was reported to police around 12:35 a.m., according to Officer David Stafford.
After impact the driver of the motorcycle fled, leaving the woman with the injured man. The 22-year-old bicyclist, who police said was under the influence of alcohol, was taken to local trauma center and treated for a broken pelvis.
Police later arrested the driver of the motorcycle at his home on suspicion of felony hit and run and felony driving under the influence of alcohol.


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The AP sought records on Martinez's travel, schedule and expenses as she took a higher profile on the national political stage in the last two years, including several out-of-state trips and a speaking spot at the Republican National Convention.This is not the first lawsuit the administration is facing; it is also facing lawsuits from the Santa Fe Reporter, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government and a joint lawsuit from the Las Cruces Sun-News and New Mexico In Depth.
Martinez's office issued a statement in which the administration stood by its record on open government and its decision to withhold the information in question.
"Nelson Mandela's death leaves a huge void in the world. The world's greatest statesman is gone. I will never forget his grace, his kindness, his friendship and his diplomatic skills as he helped me navigate the Congolese civil war in the late 90s. Rest in peace, Mandela."
"He was one of the most impressive people I've ever met," Lewis said. "A giant of a man. When you were in his presence you felt the fact of his courage and his stature. You felt it in his presence."
New Mexico State University basketball player Tshilidzi Nephawe, who is South African, said Mandela's positive mindset made a big impact on his home country.
The rally kicks off nonprofit Comunidades en Acción y de Fé's Raise Up Las Cruces campaign.
The non-denominational, faith-based organization -- which primarily receives funding from religious foundations, churches and individual donors -- has also been active in immigration reform and other social issues.
"We don't know what they (graduation requirements) are yet," Mutz said in a Nov. 22 interview.
An investigation into the alleged sexual harassment of female Rio Arriba County employees by a nine-year County employee turned up one formal complaint and six informal complaints from unnamed co-workers.
County Recreation Department employee, Joe Ortega, made a series of sexually inappropriate comments, questions and proposals to a 19-year-old summer employee in early June 2012, according to an investigation and interviews of the victim and assailant, completed by Richard Guillen.
In addition, the state's civilian labor force — those people working or looking for jobs — shrank by 18,594 during the 12 months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. People who drop out of the labor force because they stopped looking for work or moved out of the state aren't calculated into the state's unemployment rate, which grew slightly in October to 6.3 percent from 6.2 percent in September.
The civilian labor force fell in all of New Mexico's major metro areas. In Albuquerque it declined by 9,800; in Farmington, 1,400; in Las Cruces, 2,100; and in Santa Fe, 2,500.
It's not clear exactly where he is going in the immediate future, but a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons told The New Mexican that it's normal for inmates to be released to a halfway house "for a period of transition and readjusting to society."
New exams are set to roll out in January. They will be longer and some say more difficult. People also won't be able to take the high school equivalency test with paper and pencil; the test will only be offered on computers. Testing centers that are already trying out the computers are hearing the concerns.
"As far as being a full-time mayor, I don't know what the hell he would do!" Pick explained to a jovial audience in a panel at the Neighborhood Law and Policy Conference. "What the hell are you going to do if you have a city manager making a couple hundred grand a year taking care of business, if you believe in that system."
Congratulations to Leslie Linthicum.
Bingham admitted that 2013 saw a lot of hurdles for those in government employ and those who work with the government, what with sequestration and furloughs and the government shutdown, which alone impacted about 3,000 White Sands workers, the general said.
"We never want to see that happen again," Bingham said. "It was heart-wrenching. Those that are on my team have been scarred.
The middle-aged empty-nester who recently went back to her graduate history studies after a 17-year hiatus had solved a mystery that has eluded professional historians for seven decades.
The 30th man recruited as a Navajo Code Talker, the one who never showed up for the bus ride to Camp Pendleton, now has a name if not yet a face: George Clinton.
The U.S. Senate will resume consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 on Monday, according to the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Pearce's amendment would change the definition of the type of waste WIPP could receive to "any non-defense Federal Government-owned transuranic waste that can be shown to meet the applicable criteria described in the document entitled 'Transuranic Waste Acceptance Criteria For The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant."
Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni and his wife, Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, were accused of offering to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela through dealings with an undercover FBI agent posing as a representative of the Venezuelan government.
The couple pleaded guilty in June in federal court in Albuquerque, but a Nov. 27 court filing by a federal public defender says Pedro Mascheroni may seek to withdraw his plea. The filing was made in connection with Mascheroni's pending request to obtain new court-appointed lawyers.
Several companies have operations in the proposed annexation area, including ConocoPhillips, Kinder Morgan, Williams and XTO Energy, County Executive Officer Kim Carpenter said.It will cost the county $150,000 in tax revenue.


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Walker limits PFD payouts to $1,000
ANCHORAGE — Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, the Alaska governor on Wednesday cut in half the annual checks that give all residents a share of the state's oil wealth, but he kept enough money in place to award everyone a $1,000 payout.
Gov. Bill Walker had said recently that all budget-cutting options were on the table, raising the prospect that he might do away with the checks entirely. They have been distributed for more than three decades and last year climbed to a record $2,072.


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Welcome aboard, we see and think alike. I too am a Black or better yet a Black Hispanic who came up in mostly white neighborhoods and with white influence. MY birth certificate says Father Black, Mother White.
I was a Firefighter and was down at 9/11 prior to Building # 7 was blown up in Controlled Demolition which I heard and saw.
Your American patriotism speaks loads for why I am proud to be a real American and still stand for the ideas our Founding Fathers were willing to die for.
I strongly agree and have come to see that the Zionist are the most dangerous threat on the planet and need to be soberly dealt with. History has shown that power never concedes to anything but power. It is long past time for all Americans to wake up and take America back. I also agree that it is this 1% of the human population who need to be afraid because people are waking up and the truth will emerge no matter how hard they try to suppress it. People who recognize that freedom of the human spirit is worth fighting to the death for.
"The greatest tragedy in life, is not death but the spirit that dies within us while we still live."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"A Revolution is coming…a revolution which will be
Peaceful if we are wise enough,
Compassionate if we care enough,
Successful if we are fortunate enough,
but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not.
We can affect its character;
we cannot alter its inevitability." ~ Robert Kennedy
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." ~ Greek Proverb.
As long as we can share ideas, perceptions and facts the truth will emerge and those who oppose it will have to fear the consequences.
I am also doing what I can on Facebook, in spite of being put in FB jail for over 100 days last year I still have my account which they permanently banned me from, but I was able to access again with the help of a FB cyber friend.
In this battle I believe if each one could reach just one, there would be a paradigm shift of mass mind set. But we are battling over 70 years of sophisticated Main Stream Media indoctrination and propaganda. Their owned and controlled MSM is their most powerful weapon of mass deception and public manipulation.
Rudy Dent
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