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Anastasia Komananov, KGB
Join Date: Jun 2005
Age: 39
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Re: Severe Censorship
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we have always been reminded that this is not a democracy and that the rules of the site applied by mods' judgment is the arbitrator on this site, then why do you delete threads based on how a minority of fans react to it, bearing in mind that this happens many years after it was accepted by moderators as a valid thread?
in this case you now have posters who are offended by the fact that you have deleted a funny and light-hearted thread, why do you listen to the pleas of one side and completely ignore the other?
and finally, which rule are you following exactly when you delete a thread like this? and if such a rule exists, what is the set number of complaints needed to delete a thread? we need this rule cleared out so users can start lobbying against threads that we think should rightly be deleted.
The rules have been tightened since the thread was created, and it seems that resurrecting it proved that these threads just become magnets for flamewars and haters. We're following the rules about threads being worthy of discussion and the rules about threads being closed if they no longer generate useful discussion. The rules in this regard are quite flexible to allow them to cover all contingencies. It's not a question, either, of bowing to one side and completely ignoring the other - all voices are heard, doesn't mean that everyone is going to be happy with a particular decision, though.
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scoobs, i sincerely ask you if you have a quiet moment of time, sit down and read your posts in here and also in the discussion about bad reps thread. because the way you are answering to posters lately has become very very poor.
Can you elaborate? I think I tend to give quite thorough answers - perhaps I can come off a bit rude and abrupt at times, but I'll work on that.
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Hmm, Nadal vs. God thread got deleted, well because a minority of people aren't able to take a joke, that's not a surprise sadly. Problem is the actions of these crybabies and yes they are crybabies, especially when the Djokovic haha thread got closed. It was a sign a player made the grade and the match result threads were mostly talking about the respective matches.
The consequence of this is now the match threads are mostly flamewars, with hardly any discussion about the matches.
This is revisionist history - the match threads were seriously polluted with crap while those threads existed - the only ones who posted in these threads were those who liked to mock the player in question but in a gentle taste with a dash of humour - the usual haters, then, as now, went into the match thread and set up base camp there. Then the fantards invaded the threads, the haters responded, and they spiralled down into a mess, which was ultimately why they were closed down.
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I totally back up the idea of a "Recycle bin" section to be created on this board. There are many posters who are never/rarely discussing tennis but are only here to gloat when a player loses a match or bash and insult those that they hate and I am not talking about pocking mild fun but posting hateful/mean comments. Now match threads which are not about Matosevic beating Mannarino have turned into ha-ha threads if you haven't noticed yet. I have to comb 15+ pages to find 5-6 posts about the match if I am lucky. What is the point in closing ha-ha threads and letting all ha-ha posts all over GM?
If this were a straight choice between "recycle bin" vs "pollution of GM with this crap" then I'd be much more likely to back the idea. Unfortunately it isn't - people will go rant in the "breakout room" and then go back into GM and rant in there as well. It seems to me that the problem here really isn't that people can't express themselves how they want to per se. The problem here is that there are many people on this site who want to be antagonistic, rude, offensive, crude, baiting, disruptive, malicious and insensitive to people who disagree with them, and are constantly looking for ways to get "official" approval to do that, often with well-argumented posts that they wouldn't dream of using in, for example, a GM match thread.
In the off-season I opened a thread in the feedback section asking members to feed back with suggestions on what we could do to improve the site. This idea about a no holds barred section was one of them, but like Slokid I don't think they really work and I've heard nothing to convince me it's worth giving it a go. Beyond that, the ideas were few and far between and limited in scope.
In fact, experience suggests that if you relax the rules in one area, that spreads out to other sections of the site - the ACC last year was case in point - people in there went to town on each other for weeks and weeks and did they all play nice when it was over? No - the silly nicknames and name-calling and general unpleasantness just transferred - to GM, to chat threads, to non-tennis. So to me it's a non-starter.
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Save your moneyThis mascara is one of the worst I have ever tried. It was really dissapointing in comparison with the Lancome definicils mascara which is one of the best I have ever used. The applicator that comes with this formula was advertised as "state-of-the-art", employing a plastic comb-like applicator on the end of the wand that is purported to separate and "comb" through lashes leavi...read moreng them full and clump free. Not so. The mascara is thick and goopy and floods the small plastic channels between the teeth of the comb and essentially smear the goopy black stuff all over your lashes. The formula also dries very fast and since the applicator is hard plastic it's nearly impossible to wipe the excess clean. This mascara was a huge dissapointment. If you like the concept of the comb, consider trying Maybelline New York's Define-a-lash or Covergirl's LashExact which both employ the comb technology but with softer, pliable bristles and channels within the tube that wipe the excess mascara clean. Maybelline's is especially good, and at around 6 bucks a pop, it is definitely worth a try. — 9 years, 9 months agocherrypie | 196 reviews
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Not the BestLancome has yet to make a mascara as volumizing as the discontinued "Intencils." Fatale is one of the better offerings in recent years, but it did not give me the volume I wanted and I found the wand to be a disappointment. Yes, I was able to "work" the 3D comb, but who wants to spend that much time fussing? The only benefit of the 3D comb is that it does pack the mascara on...read more your lashes, which makes for a more itense look. That said, the concept could have been better executed. — 8 years agoNT02360 | 34 reviews
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Management proposals to take away long-held rights of classified employees were finally resolved this week, and workers' rights were protected! The many member calls, the demonstrations, email messages, purple ups and delegations to management had an effect: We held the line on layoff, seniority rights, and overtime while strengthening protections against contracting out of workers' jobs!
Beating back these take-aways made it possible for more bargaining to occur over economic issues, and we made some progress. But management's proposals still do not fit with our vision for the kind of university system Oregon needs.
- OUS shouldn't be a poverty-wage employer. Management's wage proposal leaves more than 1,200 classified workers eligible for food stamps.
- OUS should honor the sacrifices of classified workers over the last four years, rather than insisting on cutting down the step system and offering miniscule raises.
- Instead of taking financial pressures out on classified employees and students, OUS should recover lost income from the banks who helped crash our economy with misleading and fraudulent financial practices.
- OUS should focus resources on classrooms and student and faculty services instead of high-salaried administration.
Union Team Declares Impasse and Calls for Strike Authorization Vote
Because management's approach still falls far short of what members deserve and need (click here, and you be the judge.), our bargaining team declared impasse. Declaring impasse does not stop bargaining or mediation but it is a required step under the law, along with a 30-day cooling off period, before there could be a strike.
To that end, the bargaining team has asked members to give it authorization to initiate a strike should it be necessary to win a just agreement. Click here for details on strike authorization votes.
Member activity on campuses is heating up
More than 200 members, students, and faculty came out for a spirited Solidarity Rally at U of O, and a similar-sized group at PSU marched to the VP of Finance and Administration's office and asked her to tell the OUS Management Team to take a fairer stand in bargaining. Members are signing strike petitions at an increasing pace, and the awareness of the issues is growing.
What Can I Do?
- Sign the strike pledge petition. Download here or contact your Bargaining Rep or President.
- Participate in the Strike Authorization Votes September 9, 10,11.
- Send a letter to your campus president and OUS board members
- Prepare yourself to join a strike, if necessary.
Our next bargaining session will be August 22 and 23, at Oregon Tech.
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Helen Moore, EOU
Bob Klem, OIT
Donna Stevenson, OSU
Rob Fullmer, PSU
Bob Sexton, SOU
Kurt Willcox, UO
Angie Barry, WOU
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Premium share: OUS 95%
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Low wage subsidy – $40/month under SR 22, Step 1 ($2828) effective July 1, 2013
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Chicago could add five new charter schools to the city if the Board of Education votes Wednesday to approve the schools.
The Board had been slated to vote on the schools last month but yanked the proposals at the last minute, amid protests.
Wednesday's planned vote comes as supporters and detractors plan to square off again, and as a new public opinion poll shows Chicago parents want more choice in the school system.
"Chicago residents, Chicago parents really believe strongly in choice and support charter schools," says Phyllis Lockett, head of the pro-charter Renaissance Schools Fund, which commissioned the survey.
The survey polled 200 charter school parents from 29 Chicago charter schools and 300 Chicago Public Schools parents. It was conducted by Richard Day Research and modeled after a similar study in Philadelphia.
It found charter school parents are more pleased with their children's schools than parents at traditional public schools: 66 percent of charter school parents reported being "very satisfied" with their child's school, compared to 37 percent of parents whose children attend traditional CPS schools.
In the poll, charter school parents were much more likely to rate the curriculum, safety and teachers at their children's schools "excellent."
Still, 80 percent of CPS parents reported being "somewhat satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their child's school. But when pollsters asked if they had an opportunity to send their child elsewhere, 49 percent of parents said they would. (Despite the stellar grades charter school parents gave their schools, 26 percent of them said they'd consider sending their children elsewhere, too.)
Both charter and traditional school parents said they'd like more choices about where to send their children to school. They overwhelmingly believe parents should have a say in where their children go to school, rather than being assigned a school by the district.
Chicago's official initiative creating new schools, Renaissance 2010, came to an end last year when the district opened its 103rd new school in five years. Lockett said the survey shows there is demand for more new schools.
The proposals before the board have been scaled back from last month. The district is no longer proposing a Montessori charter school for Englewood or a Northwest Side charter run by a settlement house. It also scaled back a proposal for three schools focused on gaming—the district is now proposing just one.
Supporters and opponents of charter schools are expected at Wednesday's meeting. The Chicago Teachers Union says it's planning to testify that charters drain resources and attention away from improving the neighborhood schools that serve most Chicago schoolchildren.


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General practice and the New Zealand health reforms – lessons for Australia?
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New Zealand's health sector has undergone three significant restructures within 10 years. The most recent has involved a Primary Health Care Strategy, launched in 2001. Primary Health Organisations (PHOs), administered by 21 District Health Boards, are the local structures for implementing the Primary Health Care Strategy. Ninety-three percent of the New Zealand population is now enrolled within 79 PHOs, which pose a challenge to the well-established Independent Practitioner Associations (IPAs). Although there was initial widespread support for the philosophy underlying the Primary Health Care Strategy, there are concerns amongst general practitioners (GPs) and their professional organisations relating to its implementation. These centre around 6 main issues: 1. Loss of autonomy 2. Inadequate management funding and support 3. Inconsistency and variations in contracting processes 4. Lack of publicity and advice around enrolment issues 5. Workforce and workload issues 6. Financial risks On the other hand, many GPs are feeling positive regarding the opportunities for PHOs, particularly for being involved in the provision of a wider range of community health services. Australia has much to learn from New Zealand's latest health sector and primary health care reforms. The key lessons concern: • the need for a national primary health care strategy • active engagement of general practitioners and their professional organisations • recognition of implementation costs • the need for infrastructural support, including information technology and quality systems • robust management and governance arrangements • issues related to critical mass and population/distance trade offs in service delivery models


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Privacy in the age of terrorism is complicatedAug 9, 2013 By The Miami Herald
Incredibly, Edward Snowden has found freedom from persecution in Russia, of all places. That puts him out of the reach of U.S. prosecutors for at least a year, but it simply postpones his day of reckoning.
The Snowden saga isn't over by any means, but now that he's out of the Moscow airport, the spotlight can focus on an issue of greater importance: How much intrusion into their private lives Americans are willing to tolerate in exchange for security.
Snowden's desperate efforts to evade justice have dominated the headlines ever since he went public.
But more relevant than what ultimately happens to him is what happens to the once super-secret government programs like the gathering of "metadata" by the National Security Agency --basically the numbers of all telephone calls from all major U.S. telephone providers. This and other secret activities have grown immensely since 9/11 without the benefit of public scrutiny.
Until Snowden's revelations, the public liked it that way. Most people, polls show, put a higher premium on security than on civil liberties and privacy. But a recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that only 50 percent of Americans approve of the NSA program, while 44 percent disapprove.
The gap is narrowing, and despite the overall approval, 70 percent said they believe the government uses the data for purposes other than stopping terrorism.
Americans understand the need for government secrecy. The current round of U.S. embassy closings around the Middle East due to fears of an imminent terrorist attack is only the latest evidence that the threat against America is real and constant.
As Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee has noted, actionable intelligence is the best way to prevent another attack.
But this does not free Congress from its obligation to find out what the NSA and the rest of the U.S. security apparatus is up to. The twofold goal should be to let the public know as much as it can about these secret programs and to allow Americans to retain as much privacy as possible consistent with U.S. national security objectives.
Only Congress can keep the intelligence community honest.
Sen. Feinstein has suggested a number of ways to change the law without endangering security:
Publicize the number of times any company is required to provide private communications information to the government. Require that the number of warrants obtained by the FBI to collect the content of any call be made public each year. Reduce the five-year retention period of phone records to two or three years.
Lawmakers should also focus on the super-secret foreign intelligence court known as FISA. Congress should have access to its opinions, and its judges should bring ideological balance to the court, which is not the case today.


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Judgment Day is coming, some are convinced
Gary Vollmer has taken two months off from work to drive home the message: time is running out.
"Cry out to the lord, cry out, just pray, pray, get on your hands and knees and beseech him in this little bit of time. We've got like two days left," he said.
Two days until judgment day, the rapture--
Harold Camping, a 89-year-old California minister whose family radio and TV network has been sounding warnings all over the world, said the bible has the authority on this issue.
Camping says it'll start with a monster earthquake in New Zealand at 6 p.m. Saturday. The impending specter of doom has sparked offers from skeptics, for example to care of pets left behind, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Clergy are skeptical, too. Scripture Cathedral pastor Bishop Clarence Long says the bible clearly states no one knows the exact time when judgment day will arrive.
"The bible says he's coming like a thief in the night… I don't think a thief let you know when they coming," Long said.
"I will say this: if it doesn't come on Saturday, I would like to see all of them in church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock!" Long added.
Even Gary Vollmer now doubts Saturday will bring physical destruction. But he's convinced it's still a 6 p.m. deadline for spiritual salvation.


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I'm planning to have a liposculpture in the abdomen area (to remove a small amount of fat from my first baby) and get pregnant 1 year after. I understand that fat won't appear in the treated area but a friend told me that since my body will generate the same amount of fat during pregnancy, the "new" fat, instead of being distributed all over my body (including the abdomen), will find its way to other parts of my body (ie, arms, legs, back). I don't want to end up with legs like an elephant's. Any advice?
Advice on Fat Distribution After Liposculpture?
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Redistribution of fat following liposuction and weight gain
You will gain fat in areas that were not treated. The degree of fat growth obviously depends on the amount of weight gain as well as your genetic tendencies for fat deposition. It is unlikeley that you will gain suffcient fat to have elephant legs but you may notice that they are heavier. If you return to your pre-pregnancy weight, most of this fat should resolve.
New Fat DOES NOT "find its way"
New fat does not Zen-like "find its way" elsewhere after liposuction. This is one of the most common Liposuction myths out there. But - it is a myth. Liposuction removes PART of the fat in an area BUT if the body is overwhelmed by a large amount of calories which are NOT burned they are stored PROPORTIONATELY in every remaining fat cell in the body.
The take home lesson: Liposuction is NOT a Get-out-of-Jail-All-You-Can-Eat ticket and will not protect you from the consequences of over-eating.
Dr. P. Aldea
Advice on Fat Distribution After Liposculpture?
After liposuction, there will be less fat cells under the treated areas than before surgery. Therefore, there will be less storage areas for fat to deposit into. If your body is producing more fat than it usually does, then the excess will distribute to all the fat cells in the body as directed by hormones. It is therefore obvious that your treated areas i.e. abdomen and flanks will be getting less of this fat than other areas. And this is how other areas may get more fat .
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Significant weight gain after liposuction can cause new fat accumulation in treated areas
It is true that once fat cells have been removed with liposuction you will not accumulate fat in those cells that have been removed.
However not all of your fat cells are removed from an area treated with liposuction.
One fat cell can increase in size to 4 times it's normal size when excess weight gain occurs.
Thus the fat cells left behind after lipo can substantially increase in size after Lipo if you gain a significant amount of weight.
The point is to wait until you are done having children and have reached a stable weight that you can maintain before having liposuction.
It is disingenuous for anyone to tell you that you will never gain fat in an area that has been treated with lipo. This is only true if you never gain substantial weight and fat after the procedure--and pregnancy will cuase weiught gain and stretching effects on the skin.
Learn more: http://drseckel.com/laser-liposculpture/laser-liposculpture-why-laser-liposuction-is-better-for-body-sculpting/
Advice on Fat Distribution After Liposculpture?
Advice on Fat Distribution After Liposculpture?
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Fat distribution after liposuction
Your friend is smart. After puberty we dont make more fat cells. That being said we have evidence during pregnancy that you do make some fat cells. Fat will be distributed in a female proportion when weight is gained in a women after liposuction. You will only notice if you gain a lot of weight
Fat distribution
Most fat is genetically programmed. There is superficial and deep fat that is separated by a thin septa. Liposuction target only the superficial fat, while the deep fat is left behind. Any attempt to remove the deep fat will cause uneven lumpiness that is hard to correct. There is also visceral fat which is the fat that surrounds intestines.and other organs. This fat is only influenced by diet and exercise.
Weight gain after liposuction - Los Angeles
Liposculpture is useful for those patients who want to eliminate disproportional fat on their body. It is a well defined procedure with amazing results, provided you do not have severe weight gain afterwards. Raffy Karamanoukian Los Angeles
Learn more: http://karemd.com/plastic-surgery/43/liposuction.aspx
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Bernstein: I'm looking at a very troubling photograph and it represents the level and intensity of violence taking place on the ground in Haiti. First of all, describe this photograph, tell us if we know who this is, and what does it signify?
Pina: This is a resident of Cite Soleil. There's evidence of gunshots, obviously this person was shot several times, the body appears to have then been doused with gasoline and set afire, and then it appears as if someone had taken a brick and thrown it at the body afterwards as well, opening up the chest.
Bernstein: This is not just a killing, this is a message. Talk a little about the message this is sending and the context of the message.
Pina: It's really clear, this is murder with the intent to terrorize; this takes a lot of work to do this to somebody, and this is what's going on in Cite Soleil today. We reported here on November 26th that while the Associated Press and Reuters had been reporting that this is inter-gang warfare, we reported it here first based upon witness testimony in Cite Soleil that Andy Apaid of the Group of 184 which is the opposition to Aristide and Rudolph Boulos who is one of the founders of the Haiti Democracy Project in Washington that was the PR arm of the opposition to Aristide, they have been funding gangs in Cite Soleil in order to attack and kill Lavalas members, and this [photograph] is evidence of one of those killings and they are not just killings, this is horrendous torture and maiming of bodies that's meant to terrorize the community.
Bernstein: Let's spend a minute on the atmospheric pressure in Haiti on the ground. If you are a pro-democracy activist, what is life like?
Pina: If you were at all involved in something as benign as the literacy project, teaching people to read and write, today you are in fear of your life, today you are in hiding, today you are separated from your family. In many instances you may have had to leave the country for the Dominican Republic. You don't know what's happening to the rest of your family members. Or, you're going to be in jail, you're going to be arbitrarily arrested, possibly picked up in a dragnet, someone may have said that you worked with the literacy program, and then the police would have arrested you for it, and you'd be spending your nights in a cell packed with other Lavalas political prisoners, with the floor filled with urine and defecation, very little food; family members are afraid to bring you food, bring you things to help you because they're afraid they might be arrested if they bring you what you need. Or, you're dead; it's as simple as that.
Bernstein: I want to talk about the collaboration between the Brazilian [and Canadian-] led peacekeepers and the killer national police/military, re-instituted by the puppet government in Haiti. The Brazilian general came out and said that the French and the Canadians [and the U.S.] want the peacekeepers to be "tougher." Talk about this relationship between the UN and the killers and why it is significant.
Pina: We know that the so-called United Nations peacekeeping coalition in Haiti is led by the Brazilian military, in particular by a man named General Heleno Ribeiro. Right now Lula Da Silva is catching a lot of heat. The United Nations forces including the Brazilians have been actively working with the Haitian police as the Haitian police have been committing massacre after massacre against Lavalas supporters in the poor neighbourhoods of the capital. We also know that the Argentinean forces and the Chilean forces have been openly patrolling the streets with the former military, the former brutal military, many of whom today are behind a lot of the killing of Lavalas supporters in the streets of Port au Prince, but also in places like Cap Haitien, and L'Artibonite in the Central Plateau. It's really clear that the United Nations is giving credibility and a veneer of legitimacy to what is basically – I can describe it no other terms – a campaign of extermination physically through violence of the majority political party, which is Jean Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas party. I think listeners heard me interview Reed Lindsay in Port au Prince, it's not just the Brazilians.
Bernstein: Well this is the important part; I want you to tell that story, and it has to do with the kinds of people who are participating in this so-called "peacekeeping" action.
Pina: Reed, in our interview live from Port au Prince, he was telling me how he was on a rooftop with snipers who were working with the Brazilians, but they weren't Brazilians they were Chinese, from the People's Republic of China, who were on top of the rooftop with Haitian police, training them in sniping, and what was it they were looking at while they were on that roof? What was it that they were training them, using as an example of training? It was a peaceful demonstration in Bel Air, exactly the kinds of demonstrations that the Haitian police down in the streets [during which] have already been shooting at unarmed demonstrators, have already been killing people in the streets. And now, snipers from the police of the People's Republic of China are going to teach the Haitian police sniping techniques from rooftops? It's outrageous Dennis, I can't imagine anything that more clearly demonstrates the duplicity of the United Nations, calling this a peacekeeping mission.
Bernstein: And complicity in what amounts to the purging of the very large pro-democracy, pro-Aristide movement. Over some period of time we've hear about the secret plans to purge over 25,000 members of the pro-democracy movement or kill them to make room for this so-called election that will happen sometime and somewhere.
Colin Powell was in Haiti last week and there were shots fired while he was in the presidential palace. Talk about what he was doing there and the significance of his visit. And what have you heard about those shots?
Pina: It's very interesting; there are some very devious and I have to say downright evil people in Haiti. I'll give you an example; there was that drive-by shooting in 1993 that I survived, and they shot the wrong guy that I was interviewing Senator [inaudible], who I didn't know was standing behind me when they did the drive-by, and then it was surprising to see the next morning they accused me of the attempted assassination of the Senator. That's the kind of thinking that some of these people put into some of what's going on on the ground in Haiti today.
The theatre that happened when Colin Powell was there was no different. For example, they claimed that a car came by and shot at the palace. What they don't say, what the Associated Press and Reuters omit is that for two blocks around the palace the entire area is controlled by heavily armed Haitian police.I'm talking to people on the ground who are saying 'they're trying to tell us that a car full of Lavalas gunmen could drive through one of the most heavily armed cordons in the entire country'? As well [there were] United Nations forces that are on the corners with them, so something's not right, something is amiss. If that car got through and fired in the area of the palace it was because the Haitian police wanted it to get through and have that gunfire be heard while Colin Powell was speaking, because what was Colin Powell's message? 'Those are exactly the kind of gunmen that we have to deal with and get rid of.' And of course, that was code for 'Lavalas'; again Lavalas is blamed. The same day you've got the national penitentiary; they claim that the prisoners started to riot and that they attacked the guards.What did they attack them with, their toothbrushes? Eleven political prisoners [killed]; are they now going to claim that Lavalas is entering the prison and killing its own? That's how absurd this is getting.
Bernstein: I'd like to spend the last minute on the role that the human rights groups, particularly Amnesty International, have played in their failure to document this in a way that they could hold this puppet accountable.
Pina: I was talking about this photo you had me describe earlier. If me with my limited resources and my crew, the crew that I work with, of other Haitian journalists and foreign journalists on the ground, can get this photographic documentary evidence and we can interview the families and we can interview the witnesses, why in the hell can't an organization like Amnesty International with all of its resources and its international reputation do the same? That's what I don't understand. Why can we do it with the limited resources we have, but they can't


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This winter went on for a little too long on the East coast. It has been freezing, but the cold has finally started to pass. It is finally time to break out the T-shirts, shorts and dresses. It is also time for brunch dates and enjoying them outside.
I spotted this Fashionista on the way home from class. She is sporting this real leather jacket from T.J.Maxx. It is light enough for a cool spring day in May. Leather jackets are definitely an essential piece to have in anyone's closet, whether you're a girl or a guy. It can be worn with just about anything. It can be worn with a T-shirt and jeans, or with a little black dress and wedges! You can find a simple black leather jacket to rock her look here! A light colored T-shirt and jeans go perfectly with a leather jacket. This Fashionista has on a light blue T-shirt from rag & bone and a pair of light washed jeans from a British company named Hudson. The small detail of the pocket on the left breast plays up the casual T-shirt.
Her black Vans sneakers go casually with the rest of her outfit. Not only are they comfortable, but they can also be worn with a bodycon dress, mini skirt or circle skirt. Her sunglasses are a simple stylish accessory for the sunny day. These Free People sunglasses are almost an exact replica of Ray-Ban sunglasses, but cheaper! The ombre nude color matches perfectly with her tan colored Wilsons Leather backpack that she has had for over ten years. Sure doesn't seem like it with the condition that it is in! Her necklaces are minimal and flow with her casual attire. The envelope-like necklace is a souvenir from Florida and the cross is a gift from her mom.
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A TEENAGER who is accused of trying to rob three people in what has come to be known as 'mugger's alley' has had his case sent back to the youth court.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is said to have taken part in three attempted robberies in the early hours of June 22 alongside a second man.
But because the lad's case had been sent to the crown court by justices in the adult magistrates court, and not youth court, it had to be sent back.
Rob Ross, defending, said although his client's case was linked to an adult he could not appear alone unless before youth justices, who must assess whether the charges amount to a 'grave crime.' Judge Douglas Field, sitting at Swindon Crown Court, remitted the case to the youth court and released the lad, from Walcot, on conditional bail.


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The Immanent Frame, an academic blog launched on the release of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age , is still going strong. They've started a new discussion series , replete with invited scholars, centered around Obama's traditionalistic inaugural claim that the "values upon which our success depends, honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism," are things both "old" and "true." Barack Obama, writes David Kyuman Kim,
has proven to be a master of public rhetoric — a form of engagement understood by the ancients as the art of persuasion. As with the classical art of rhetoric, Obama enacts the basic principle that one needs not only well-reasoned argument but also a sufficiently deep and engaged understanding of an audiences values. Why? In order to effectively persuade them of something like a sense of shared and elective affinities or a mission of common purpose. In this regard, Obama, as expert rhetorician, is also a master of the mythopoetic, an expert maker of myths: especially myths about the meaning of America, and of the values and institutions that constitute a common national tradition.
Just when you thought our practical phenomenology couldn't get any more alienating, here we go, from having to experience a mere 'sense of' our affinities to having to experience 'something like' a sense of them. I try not to get pedantic about this 'sense of' business; but here's an important point about rhetoric. Obama's rhetoric, as Kim intimates, enchants more than it reveals. But in thinking of two different spirits of rhetoric, I don't want to distinguish merely between vagueness and specificity. Presumably, by design, concrete, specific rhetoric can prompt vague or aimless action, while abstract or dissembling language can trigger quite particular acts. The distinction to make, I think, is between the use of enchanting rhetoric designed to elicit a response of mere enchantment and the use of revealing rhetoric designed to elicit a response of repentance. By repentance I do not mean the feeling of remorse. I mean the act of repudiation — the personal turning away from wrong conduct. In his inaugural address, Obama flirted with this mode or spirit of rhetoric, quoting pointedly from 1 Cor 13:11. But how do you call for a "young nation" to stop speaking, understanding, and thinking as a child? It seems the revealing, repentant spirit of rhetoric is inherently alien or inappropriate to American political rhetoric: but then there is Lincoln.
Yet, aside from politics, our hearts and minds, in their straining for infinite youth, have grown uncannily old in their wiliness. We celebrate the fleeting repose from repentance afforded by any of our rationalized 'vagueries'. We are content to run, though we cannot hide, until we run out of gas. The interim is 'ours', but the 'play' is the thing. In such a schema repentence itself is implicated in and made subject to therapies of deferral , practiced by rhetors in denial — we Hamlets. Oakeshott warned that what is salutary for the individual may be fatal for the society, but there is a converse possibility: a flourishing society may teem with unhealthy, unhappy souls. In this case the rhetoric of revelation and repentance has little place in politics, though it may be essential outside it. Still, that rhetoric, calibrated to resonate individualistically, falls into tension with revelation and repentance as originally conceived: not simply must a person turn away from wrong conduct, in his or her capacity as a person, but a people as a people.


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It would be impossible to parody this stuff.
"Since I emerged from the academic cocoon, my practice has involved the realization of conceptually based sociopolitical objects and installations. In 1992 I began inscribing value-laden ideographs onto repurposed found objects. Holographic texts have evolved into a foundational feature of my practice, combined with aleatory procedures derived from the graphic work of Cage.
In my work, I deconstruct the totalizing aspects of American dream and unpack and recontextualize its constitutent overdetermined fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and lullabies that are part of our childhood and adult culture by means of multiple Duchampian strategies. Of course, I owe some debt to European post-structuralist semiotics.
My work also interrogates gender roles/gender assignment, referencing the fragility and aporias of family dynamics, while refusing to privilege phallocentric apologetics for domestic violence and the underlying threads of violence and danger that subsume American society. Nonetheless, I eschew essentialism."
are phallocentric apologetics like "she asked for it?" I'm not sure or is it more like apologia, in the greek sense or if I am missing a key feminist text here. I realize these things are written for academics and not the common man, but even an academic might wonder why this statement is so overblown - i.e. monolithic i.e phallic i.e. so 1992
My debt to European post-structruralist semiotics was cancelled. Seems they'd traded it on in a derivatives market and when the interest accrued to outrageous heights it was not clear who actually held the debt anymore. I foreclosed as a bankrupt (naturally) and everything was in other members of the family's name, So there was no point to any sort of re-possession or reckoning. We just drew a line under the whole thing and started anew.
I am still a sole trader.
Apparently the unluicky holder (probably a bank) can apply for government 'investment' as a remedy. It all sounds so academic, no?
"Another sweater references the book The Coming Insurrection [2009], and the idea that a revolution is on the way. When I read it, though, I found the bombastic language and strident, manifesto-like tone to be so familiar. It seemed just the current, fashionable revolutionary text of the moment."
I'm glad the artist was able to tap into the "current, fashionable revolutionary text" and make a commodity with it. Good thinking. The best way to handle politics is to diffuse all meaning by making sweaters out of various phrases, and then selling them.
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Hundreds of passengers are still missing from the South Korean ferry disaster, which left at least 128 people dead. Anger and frustration are spreading across the country as officials have failed to provide accurate accounts of the rescue operation's progress. The confusion created by erroneous reports is eroding the public's trust in its government's ability to carry out rescue missions. South Korean officials' incompetence during this tragic incident should serve as a powerful reminder for national governments across the world of their responsibility to maintain an efficient flow of information throughout ongoing crises.
Despite heightened media attention, government officials in South Korea failed to appropriately investigate and handle the incident. The Korea Coast Guard initially stated that many of the ferry's passengers had been rescued. However, hundreds of passengers are still unaccounted for. Grieving families who accused the government of lying threatened to march to the Presidential Blue House in Seoul but were confronted by police. This confusion has damaged the families' trust in their government.
This incident shows how ill-prepared South Korean officials were to communicate efficiently in the face of a large-scale disaster. Fallacious reports and delayed updates on rescue progress fueled speculative online articles and catalyzed the spread of rumors on social media. Furthermore, fake text messages allegedly sent by the students trapped inside the ferry were circulated online. If the government had provided accurate information and appropriately released information about the ongoing rescue, such confusion could have been avoided.
The recent Malaysian Airlines incident also demonstrates the importance of coherent delivery of information when confronting a national crisis. The lack of available data and precedent did cripple the search, but the Malaysian government failed to accurately provide even basic details about the flight. After the incident, reports by Malaysian officials initially said that everyone who booked the flight boarded the plane, but the airline later confirmed that four passengers did not actually board the plane. Such public blunders made the passengers' relatives lose confidence in their government. Disappointed and frustrated, they took to the streets in Beijing to criticize Malaysian officials.
These two dreadful incidents should remind government authorities and civilian organizations worldwide of the importance of efficiently handling information during ongoing crises. In today's society, in which the speed of flowing information is magnified by social media, authorities need to be better prepared to respond quickly and accurately in order to meet the public's need for honest developments and answers. The failure to do so will lead to public distrust, as well as more pain for the families left behind by disaster victims.
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I too loved seeing the parallels between him and Maggie. That is part of the charm of this show.
I am always fascinated and a bit confused on how they can properly trace family roots so far back. It is amazing really
Watching these shows make me want to find out more about my history. My family like Roberts is a product of the 60's when no one seemed to care much about their roots. I have only vague references about my family history.


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An MP has claimed a new NHS phone service will replace an excellent system with a worse one.
Andy Love MP made the comments about new NHS 111 that will replace NHS Direct in Edmonton in mid-March.
The non-emergency service will channel callers to doctors and clinicians instead of being manned by nurses as is the case with NHS Direct.
The Edmonton MP said: "NHS Direct helps more than 4million people each year and has trained nurses to advise on non-emergency calls, so it's a scandal that the Government is dismantling it like this in the name of savings.
"This is yet another example of the coalition's short-termist policies, which seek to destroy what works and replace excellent services with inferior ones."
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This bears no resemblance to the soft flatbread of the same name. Chances are you've never had this impressive side dish in a restaurant, according to Rockville husband and wife Demetri and Vicky Tsipianitis. The recipe comes from Vicky's family, and it calls for a slightly thicker filo dough (look for No. 7 on the package rather than No. 4) than what's used to make baklava. Vicky makes her own dough, usually preparing it a day in advance to keep the assembly process relatively simple.
Thirteen layers of filo are always used; between them there is butter, feta cheese, beaten eggs and cooked rigatoni.
We found No. 7 Fillo Factory filo dough at Shemali's in the District (202-686-7070) and at Balducci's stores.
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- 6 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 pound rigatoni, cooked thoroughly (not al dente) and cooled
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, preferably Greek
- 13 filo dough sheets, with a No. 7 thickness, kept between layers of wax or parchment paper and held under a damp towel (see headnote)
- 1 pound crumbled feta cheese
- Water
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Use some of the melted butter to liberally coat the inside of a 15-inch round pan with sides that are at least 2 inches high.
Place the eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer; beat on medium speed for about 10 minutes, until thoroughly frothy and pale yellow.
Meanwhile, combine the cooked pasta and oil in a mixing bowl and toss to coat thoroughly. Have the sheets of filo dough and the cheese at hand.
Start with 1 sheet of filo dough on the bottom of the pan, gently laying it in so that it remains unbroken but has plenty of wrinkles. Scatter a sparse layer of the rigatoni around the filo sheet, then drizzle the butter, crumble a sparse layer of the feta between the pasta and top with an even drizzle of the beaten eggs. Repeat to build 11 more layers using all of the pasta, feta and eggs, reserving enough butter to coat the entire top layer. Finish with the final (13th) filo dough sheet on top. Use the remaining butter to brush the surface of the top filo. Sprinkle a little water evenly over the top. Bake for 60 to 80 minutes, until golden brown and crisped; when you gently shake the pan, the pita should move loosely from the edges.
Let cool for at least 15 minutes. If possible, carefully invert the pita so the bottom is allowed to air-dry a bit. Wait for at least 20 minutes before cutting into diamond-shaped wedges, like baklava. Serve warm.
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To attempt a cover of an all-time classic track that was sung by one of rock's greatest voices, Freddie Mercury, is a seriously tall order. However, Maynard James Keenan and the rest of Puscifer succeeded to create a solid tribute of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' while adding a slight twist in the process.
Featured on the band's 'Donkey Punch the Night' EP, Keenan's signature vocal embrace holds the cover up brilliantly, with the instrumental section of Puscifer delivering a tight performance that will compel music lovers to bang their head 'Wayne's World' style.
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China manufacturing at over 3-year low: HSBC
By Fran Wang, AFP Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 6:00 pm TWN
BEIJING -- China's manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level in more than three years in August as the global economic slowdown continues to weigh on the world's largest exporter, HSBC said Monday.
The final reading of the British banking giant's closely watched Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which gauges nationwide manufacturing activity, slid to 47.6 last month from 49.3 in July, HSBC said in a statement.
This was the lowest since March 2009 and marked the tenth consecutive monthly fall, the bank said. It chimed with the official PMI figure released Saturday, which hit a nine-month low of 49.2 from 50.1 in July.
A PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below 50 points to contraction.
HSBC economist Qu Hongbin said the figures showed China's manufacturing sector faced "intensifying downward pressure" and urged the government to step up easing measures.
"China's exporters are facing increasing difficulties amid stronger global headwinds," he said, adding new export orders contracted last month at the sharpest pace since March 2009 while employers cut jobs at the fastest rate in 41 months.
Ren Xianfang, an analyst with research firm IHS Global Insight, linked the August fall to a slowdown in U.S. consumption in the second quarter.
"The deterioration in exports since July has rung alarm bells" in China, she added.
Exports to the United States rose by a marginal 0.6 percent to US$30.1 billion in July from a year ago, compared with 11.4-percent growth in the first seven months of the year, official data showed.
Authorities have tried to boost the economy with interest rate cuts and by lowering the amount of reserves that banks must keep on hand in a bid to spur the kind of lending that could stimulate a rebound.
However, HSBC's Qu said the latest manufacturing figures indicated the previous stimulus efforts were insufficient.
"Beijing must step up policy easing to stabilize growth and foster job market conditions," he said.
China's economic expansion slowed to 7.6 percent in the April-June second quarter, the worst performance in three years and the sixth straight quarter of slower growth.
July figures for trade, industrial output, retail sales and foreign direct investment were also weak.
The People's Daily — mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist party — indicated in an editorial Monday that Beijing was eager to avoid knee-jerk reactions to the current slowdown.
"We must implement current policies and measures well but also build up the inventory of ammunitions," it said. "We must tackle short-term and urgent issues, but also grasp the opportunity to cure long-standing ills."
But many analysts urged China to do more to fend off the impact of weakened exports and a slowing property sector.
"At best, the economy has stopped weakening, but recovery remains elusive," said Wang Qinwei, a London-based economist with Capital Economics, in a research note.


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text: I still don't have any exciting photo's to share yet as a certain border collie that resides with me chewed up my camera awhile back *cough cough Mavrick* but I thought I'd share a few of their updates from their adventure in agility. Duke's Progress Today was Duke's fifth private training session with my talented friend. It was also the first session Mavrick came along with us and I spent their session switching them out of a crate for a turn to play. We all hoped in the car and commenced our hour and fifteenish miniute drive down to the Niagra region where my friend lives. I love driving to her farm, it's freaking gorgous, with beautiful fields (now snow filled) which back on to her own private hiking trails! If I win the lottery that's deffiently the kind of place I'd love to live in. We warmed Duke up with some rear end awareness work, getting him to target his two front paws to a cat litter box and gradually shaping him to move around the box using his hind legs only. Duke's making big strides in this area HOORAY! Next we continued having him target a clear C.D case gradually lowering it to the ground. I admit I haven't worked on this much outside of our sessions, but even still slowly but surely he is making progress. We also let him up on the A-frame and had him come down and just clicked/ rewarded him for landing his two front feet on the ground and then worked on some targeting. It's not the full picture but it was still fun for Duke. Next we worked on progressing him on the 2 x 2's. My friend has been kind enough to watch the DVD over and over for me and to print out the work book so that we can progress forward while knowing where we are going. Highlights from previous sessions include: -Duke offering a look forward through two poles -Duke offering movement through two poles -Duke offering deliberate and confident movement through two poles without looking back at me -Duke offering deliberate and confident movement through two poles, without looking back at me even while my body was at various angles around the poles Today we warmed up by reviewing our original criteria, something he remembered right away and very quickly we were working the arc, as Susan Garrett says and Duke drove forward away from me confidently finding the entry. I have never seen Duke work so intensely, focused ahead and be so happy in the process his curled tail wagging back and forth the whole time! We ended here for Duke, my friend e-mailed me to say she was so happy to see how confident Duke was during the session and how much value has been built up on the 2 x 2's. Mavrick's Progress Mav missed a week of agility at his foundation class due to freakish accident he had one day while running at the park with Duke. He happily came trotting up to me only for me to see blood pouring out of his back paw. I got him to the vet, but the whole nail had to be trimmed back to the bone as it had shattered while running. The vet suspects its because of the uneven weight he puts on that leg because of his hip dysplasia. They anestitised his foot before trimming back the nail so he didn't seem to notice too much. He had antibiotics and sedatives for a week as he wasn't allowed to run but he's feeling much better now. During todays session we warmed up by reviewing perch work which was the first behaviour he learned via shaping. He loves it and happily moves around the cat litter box using only his back legs with his front feet firmly planted. We then began working on the stairs and clicking/rewarding him for landing in 2 on 2 off position followed by working targeting. Lastly we began working on 2 x 2's. We kept everything super short and had play breaks in between every click/reward as Mav is still pretty new to shaping and hasn't quite figured it out yet and is quick to walk away from a shaping session. We started by clicking/rewarding him for looking through the two poles and then breaking for play. Pretty quickly we got forward through the poles with Mav running forward on his reward line to collect his toy. We ended here for today to keep everything on a fun positive note. That's all for our updates, I hope to borrow someone's camera soon for future training sessions as I prefer to record sessions to review my own handling but it's also nice to have pictures Kayla


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Eating, Cooking, and Telling Stories San Antonio Style - A Benefit for Foodways Texas
Villa Finale
Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
This event features a chef-prepared, served, seated dinner sponsored by Pearl Brewery and The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio.
Featured chefs will include:
-Andrew Weissman of Il Sogno & Sandbar
-Tan Nguyen of Central Market, San Antonio
-Jason Dady of The Lodge Restaurant of Castle Hills
-Rebecca Rather of Rather Sweet Bakery & Cafe
-Jesse T. Perez, Consultant for Alamo Cafe
-Steven McHugh of Luke
-Elizabeth Johnson-Kossick of The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio
Cocktails will be served with Texas spirits, Texas craft brewed beer, and Texas wine paired with the meal's courses by a Master Sommelier.
The ticket cost covers all food and drink.
During the event, Molly O'Neill, author of "One Big Table; A Portrait of American Cooking," will speak about immigrant foodways, while guests enjoy a meal influenced by immigrant communities in the San Antonio area. Copies of the book signed by the author will be available for purchase courtesy of the Twig book shop.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CDT)
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Can Wanadoo Keep Doing It?
Wanadoo is a giant of the European Internet. Over the past year, the Paris company boosted its subscribers 32%, to 8.8 million. That makes it the No. 2 Internet Service Provider in Europe, behind Deutsche Telekom (DT ) T-Online. Add a strong push into broadband, and Wanadoo's revenues for this year's first quarter surged 38%, to $625 million. More important, it became the first major European ISP to turn a profit, earning $30 million last year on $2.2 billion in revenue. "Our success provides a sound basis from which to set more ambitious goals," says CEO Olivier Sichel.
Investors certainly agree: They've bid up Wanadoo's share's 38% since Jan. 1 -- far more than the 1% gain registered by the Paris bourse.
One secret to Wanadoo's success is that it does more than just provide Net access. The company, which is 71% owned by France Télécom (FTE ), also manages its parent's cash-cow yellow- and white-pages unit, which generated 31% of Wanadoo's sales in the first quarter. Though directories are a slower-growth business than Net access, their high margins help underwrite Wanadoo's cyber expansion. Wanadoo also operates its own Web portal and runs an online bookstore, called alapage.com. Even rivals admire the formula. "It's a really strong competitor," says Olivier Rosenfeld, chief financial officer of Iliad, a Paris company that runs France's No. 2 ISP, Free.fr.
But Wanadoo has to face some serious demons. In December, 2001, the European Commission launched a probe into charges that the company abuses its relationship with France Télécom to undercut rivals. The allegation: Wanadoo unfairly prices rivals out of the market. The Financial Times reported in February that the EC has reached a decision to force Wanadoo to raise rates, and a ruling is expected this summer. Wanadoo denies wrongdoing.
Another concern continues to dog Wanadoo. The company is a pariah among Net administrators the world over, who gripe that it provides a haven for spammers and hackers. Many organizations, including the U.S. Defense Dept., now simply turn away all Wanadoo traffic from their Web sites and e-mail systems. The company says it has made strides combating the problem in the past year. These challenges are substantial. Still, imagine how strong Wanadoo will be if it can fix them.
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The MudWatt kit from KeegoTech is an educational DIY kit that can teach kids about soil chemistry, microbiology and electricity. By combining ordinary dirt from your yard, along with scraps from your refrigerator, kids can create a fuel cell that will light up an LED. The MudWatt set is priced at $44.95 and can be expanded with other accessories such as a hacker boards for even more learning fun.
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Hi I've got Fortran Written application he goes crazy ( looping ) at some unpredictable moments. It runs in batch. All can see it his PC ( Program counter always jumping to the same adress . How can I translate to Program counter to a Source line number. Ob vious I do have the Fortan Source. Maybe you can give me a hint TIA Luc Meersschaut MIPS Belgium
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Simplest way, assuming the image is linked at least TRACEBACK: $ RUN/DEBUG program DBG> SET MODULE/ALL DBG> SET RADIX HEX DBG> EXAMINE/INSTRUCTION address Note that there is no need to actually run the program, you're just using DEBUG to symbolise the PC. To go further, you can SET PROCESS/SUSPEND to freeze the process, then use SDA (privilege required) to see what it's doing. $ ANALYZE/SYSTEM SDA> SET PROCESS/INDEX=pid SDA> SHOW CALL ! show call frame of current routine SDA> SHOW CALL/NEXT ! show call frame of caller SDA> SHOW CALL/NEXT ! show call frame of caller's caller etc... Then, using DEBUG or the linker MAP file, you should be able to reconstruct the call stack, and maybe even the arguments.


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Hot Pink Party pre-party at Saks
Saks Fifth Avenue held a kickoff event for the Boston Hot Pink Party, the annual fund-raiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Among the 200 or so guests eating and ogling — there were live mannequins on the second floor — were BCRF president Myra Biblowit, Big Papi's wife, Tiffany Ortiz, and fashionista Tonya Mezrich. This year's Hot Pink Party, which takes place May 8 at the InterContinental hotel, will honor Fidelity's Peter Lynch and his wife, Carolyn.


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Meet Our Therapy Horses & Ponies
Check out some of the four-legged stars of our programme, these therapy horses and ponies work hard in providing the people with disabilities with therapy and enjoyment.
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Read one amazing story that is the legacy of a dearly departed RDA therapy horse: Prepare a tissue and click here to read
A sweet pony with quite a past before being donated to RDA--She was the only horse to have done flaming tenpegging in Singapore! She is a dependable and well-loved therapy horse by volunteers and riders.
Buckay was the only horse sponsored by crowdfunding and she has her own instagram!
See: @Queenbuckay where you can also find videos of her performing tricks.
While top horse in the herd, she is actually a quiet mare who loves her boyfriend Kodie and lots of treats.
A lovable gentle giant, Tenzing was donated to RDA after a long and successful racing career--he was a 5 time winner on the race track! Tenzing is a bay gelding and one of the tallest in the barn at 16 hands high. He is a Thoroughbred from New Zealand and his birthday is 29 October 2006.
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This is his third career! He was a race horse, then a dressage horse and now a therapy horse. He won Horse of the Year in 2013, and arrived at RDA on an interesting date: 11 April '11.


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Last updated: Oct 08, 2012
"When my husband gets irritable I realize that we've just been spending too much time together, and what he needs is some male companionship. I've gathered a list of family, friends, and old co-workers and I go into the other room and call them and then take the phone to my husband and say, 'Someone wants to talk to you.' Everyone has been quite understanding -- and my husband never thinks about who called who. He's just happy to talk to someone other than me."
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Casajones, Smart first floor Apartment: 2 sizable Twin Bedrooms, sofa bed, sleeps 6 . Has well equipped kitchen . Air conditioning has been installed, and all rooms have ceiling fans as well. There is a generous sized pool with "toddler pool" a short walk from the apartment which is in a large grassed picnic area and is accessed by a key. Linen and towels are provide and included in the price. There is Wifi, TV English, Spanish and German and a DVD.
A 5 minute drive will bring you to La Zenia beach, which is just one of the many beautiful well looked after sandy beaches along the Costa Brava in the Orihuela area.
Villa Martin Plaza
10 minutes walk / 2 minutes drive away is Villa Martin Plaza, there are many bars, shops and a small night market to be explored. You will find a wide variety of great restaurants and cafes including authentic Spanish tapas, Asian cuisines, American bar and grill, Italian pizzeria ,traditional English fish and chips and the now famous "Eduardo's"restaurant owned an run by "TOWIE's" Elliott Wright which serves modern European food. It is a great place for evening entertainment. Alternatively you can just walk to the end of the road for a choice of restaurants with free Wifi and sport on large screen TV!!
The Villa Martin area is ideal for shopping with a large shopping mall "La Zenia Boulevard" just a short 4 minutes drive away. You can find great high street names such as, Zara, Mango, H&M and even a Primark. If you are looking for something a little more high end, you can take a stole down the avenue of designer boutiques where you are sure to find that "something special". If you need to pick up some groceries there is a large "Alcampo" supermarket at the boulevard. If you are feeling peckish there are plenty of eateries ranging from patisseries to BBQ steakhouse.
Villa Martin is world renowned for Golf! Besides the Villa Martin course there are four other local courses to" tee off" from. You can prearrange your games at a discounted price online at , which is our local golf shop a 2 minute drive from the apartment
Torrivieja is the nearest Spanish town and is a quick 15 minutes drive away. Where you will find a beautiful beach, parks, Shopping Malls, Water Park, night markets and many Spanish restaurants and bars.
For the explores amongst you, who want to immerse yourselves in culture and history, the Spanish Ports of Cartagena and Alicante are not to be missed. With the ruins of a Roman theatre to be viewed in Cartagena and impressive ancient architecture to be found in Alicante, there really is something for everyone.
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"Nowadays" from Gábor Szellő and "We want free landscape" from Alessandra Giansante were selected as the top entries of the Parliament's guest photographer contest. These works are exhibited alongside those of other contest winners on the Parliament grounds in Strasbourg until September.
The Parliament ran a guest photographer contest from January to May. Every month a new topic was selected based on one of the issues dealt with during plenary sessions, such as cars emissions, tobacco, pension rights, plastic bags as well as the European elections in May. Using our website and social media, we then invited people to send us their photos using that month's theme as their inspiration.
The two overall winners were Gábor Szellő and Alessandra Giansante. Mr Szellő was selected by a panel of experts, while Ms Giansante was chosen on the basis of the number of "likes" her work received on the Parliament's social media platforms
Both have been invited to the Parliament in Strasbourg to explore the building armed with their cameras. Their work there will be published on our Facebook and Flickr pages on Friday.


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Sync iCloud Documents & Data Over a 3G Cellular Connection
iCloud and iOS includes the ability to sync some iCloud data directly over a 3G cellular connection when a wireless network isn't available. For now, this is limited to "Documents & Data" from the iWork suite of apps, which includes Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. This is a great feature, but due to the bandwidth usage, it should be used sparingly by those who don't have large data plans with their carrier.
- Launch Settings and tap on "iCloud"
- Tap on "Documents & Data" and slide "Use Cellular" to ON
Be sure to closely monitor data usage with this and other cellular features as to avoid costly overage charges, unless you have an unlimited data plan, of course.