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Shootings Fuel a Drive to Ease Gun Laws
By KATE ZERNIKE
Published: April 3, 2005
Paul Bucher, the district attorney for the Wisconsin county where a man opened fire in a church service last month, killing seven people and himself, has one answer to the deadly mass shootings around the country in recent weeks: more guns.
''The problems aren't the guns, it's the guns in the wrong hands,'' said Mr. Bucher, a Republican who recently announced his candidacy for Wisconsin attorney general. ''We need to put more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Whether having that would have changed what happened is all speculation, but it would level the playing field. If the person you're fighting has a gun and all you have is your fists, you lose.''
Across the country, efforts to expand or establish laws allowing concealed handguns have been fueled by the horrifying shootings in the last month -- of the family of a federal judge in Chicago, at the church service in Wisconsin, at courthouses in Atlanta and Tyler, Tex., and the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.
In Texas and Illinois, the shootings prompted new legislation to allow judges and prosecutors to be armed. Legislators in Nebraska and Wisconsin, which were already considering allowing concealed weapons, say they think the shootings will help their cause.
Even supporters of gun control acknowledge that the atmosphere is sharply different than it was in 1999 when the nation's deadliest school shooting took place at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colo. Those shootings inspired gun-control proposals in Congress and in state legislatures, and forced gun advocates to retreat from legislation they hoped to pass, including a Colorado bill to allow concealed handguns.
Then, the National Rifle Association scaled back its national meeting, held in Denver soon after the Columbine shootings, to one day from three, and with 7,000 protesters shouting outside, used the occasion to declare its support for trigger locks and ''absolutely gun-free'' schools. By contrast, after the recent shootings in Red Lake, N.R.A. officials proposed arming teachers.
Supporters of gun control express hope for some of their legislation, particularly in Illinois, where Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago, both Democrats, are pushing for background checks on all weapons sales at gun shows and a ban on assault weapons.
But they say their best chance now is to try to hold the line against more laws allowing concealed handguns. ''We were very much more on the offensive after Columbine,'' said Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. ''It's just the way politics have worked. I hate to be in this position, but we are.''
Instead of calling for new restrictions on guns after the Minnesota shootings, the coalition, which includes 45 groups, simply asked for ''a dialogue on the role of firearms in America.''
Opponents of gun control have had victories in Congress, which let the ban on assault weapons expire last fall, and in states, where the push to allow concealed handguns has been gathering momentum for two years. Since 2003, five states, most recently Ohio, have approved laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons.
Thirty-five states now require the authorities to issue permits for concealed handguns to most applicants as long as they do not have criminal records, and two, Alaska and Vermont, allow concealed weapons without a permit. Eleven others allow the local authorities discretion in issuing so-called concealed carry permits. Most states include some restrictions on where guns can be carried.
In Illinois, the bill allowing judges to be armed was filed after Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's mother and husband were killed. In Texas, a bill proposed after the shooting outside the Tyler courthouse in late February would allow district attorneys to carry weapons in court.
''The advocacy groups want to take guns away from everyone, and in a perfect world, I'd agree with that,'' said State Senator Larry Bomke of Illinois, a Republican who is sponsoring the bill there. ''Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world. The gangbangers and the criminal element are still going to get guns.''
Legislation in other states that already permit concealed guns would loosen restrictions on where guns can be carried. Bills in Arizona and Tennessee would allow guns in bars; one in Georgia would allow them in restaurants, after people complained it was dangerous to leave guns in their cars while they dined. Proposals in Texas and New Mexico would lower the age requirement for carrying concealed handguns.
The proposals tend to be initiated by Republicans, but not always; in Illinois, a bill allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons was sponsored by Democrats, and many Democrats joined the majority last month when the Tennessee Senate approved the bill on guns in bars, 29 to 3.
The police and prosecutors have tended to oppose allowing concealed handguns. But Mr. Bucher, the district attorney in Wisconsin, said that was starting to change. As recently as two years ago, he was speaking out against the concealed-handguns law in Wisconsin; in 2000, he testified against it, arguing that the risks to the police during traffic stops would outweigh any potential benefits. Now, he said, he believes that the legislation can address his concerns, and that the potential benefits are real.
Gun advocates see affirmation in some of the recent cases, in particular, the shooting in Tyler.


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Professor Joslin Comments for Media on Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policy
Professor Courtney Joslin commented for the Sacramento Bee on the Boy Scouts of America's policy banning gays from the organization. The article was republished in several online and print media outlets.
Joslin's comments appeared as part of an article on a former Boy Scouts summer camp staff member who claims he was fired because he is gay. Professor Joslin said that although California law prohibits firing someone for their sexuality or for failure to meet gender-based norms, the Boy Scouts successfully argued in a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that they should not be required to admit gay leaders.
Professor Joslin is a scholar in the field of family and relationship recognition, with a particular focus on same-sex and non-marital couples
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text: Anna Kipervaser is a Ukrainian-born multimedia artist. Her work spans multiple disciplines including experimental and documentary moving image works. Anna is also painter, printmaker, installation artist, curator of exhibitions and programmer of screenings showcasing the works of contemporary international artists. Her moving image work has screened at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Crossroads Film Festival at the San Francisco Cinematheque, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Indie Grits Film Festival, Montreal Underground Film Festival, Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, Spectacle Theatre, Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogota, and 12Gates Video Art Fest. She holds a BFA in Painting from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Class 2003, a Graduate Certificate in Middle East Studies, and, an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University, Class 2015.


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A flexible curriculum supporting interdisciplinary learning and studio design courses
By taking four core courses, working on a major design and development team project, and completing five electives, you will leave the program with a background in HCI implementation, design, and analysis and evaluation sufficient to allow you to be an effective member of a multi-disciplinary development team. Advanced courses will provide depth in an area of your choice. To earn the Master of Human-Computer Interaction degree, the following components are required:
- Three Prerequisites
- Four HCI core courses
- Two HCI project courses
- Five electives.
Students entering the MHCI program are expected to have basic background knowledge of Programming, Statistics, and Design. Typically this background is obtained through undergraduate level courses, and we have listed the equivalent courses offered at Carnegie Mellon and Madeira. However, self-education or work experience can be offered for consideration to fulfill these pre-requisites. All prerequisites must be reviewed and approved by the Program Directors before the student will be credited with having fulfilled these prerequisites.
Knowledge of Programming: Proficiency in a programming language such as C, programming methodology and style, problem analysis, program structure, algorithm analysis, data abstraction, and dynamic data. Normally met through an introductory course in programming in C, C++, Pascal or JAVA, that requires the student to write programs of about 300-lines of code from scratch. The equivalent course at CMU is 15-100 Introductory/Intermediate Programming.
Knowledge of Statistics: Familiarity with basic concepts, logic, and issues involved in statistical reasoning, such as probability theory, methods of statistical inference, introductory research methods, exploratory data analysis, and the use of some statistical tests in the regression analysis and the contingency table families. Equivalent courses at CMU are 36-220 Engineering Statistics and Quality Control and 36-202 Statistical Methods.
Knowledge of Design: Familiarity with the visual and verbal vocabulary of graphic designers, with the design process, and with the communicative value of word and image is necessary and can be gained through an introductory typography class. The equivalent course at CMU is Communication Design Fundamentals.
Students may be admitted to the program before satisfying one or more prerequisites. Prerequisites may be completed at Carnegie Mellon after matriculation, but doing so may extend the length of the program. Students who take the Design prerequisite course, Communication Design Fundamentals, at Carnegie Mellon, may count this course as one of their five electives.
Core courses
All students are required to take the following four core courses: 05-600 HCI Pro Seminar, 05-610 Intro to HCI Methods, 05-650 Interface and Interaction Design, and either 05-630 Programming Usable Interfaces or 05-631 Software Structures for User Interfaces.
05-600 HCI Pro Seminar: Students will attend the HCII Seminar Series of talks by leaders in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, then meet to discuss these topics.
05-610 User-Centered Research and Evaluation: This course provides an overview of and introduction to the field of human-computer interaction. It introduces students to tools, techniques, and sources of information about HCI and provides a systematic approach to design. The course increases awareness of good and bad design through observation of existing technology, and teaches the basic skills of task analysis, and analytic and empirical evaluation methods. Graduate students will also participate in a laboratory where they will use HCI techniques in an independent, self-defined project.
05-650 Interface and Interaction Design: What is visual interface design? An interface is the link between a product and its user. An interface needs to communicate how a product is to be used, and to create an experience for the person who will use it. In this course, we will explore issues that pertain to interface design, focusing on basic 2-dimensional design principles, information hierarchy and navigation, as well as user-product interactions, and how these elements become part of a larger design process. Students will become proficient in basic design fundamentals as applied to the visual interface, including use of grid, typography, color and contrast, scale, ordering and hierarchy. In addition, students will develop a process for creating interface designs that can be reapplied in future contexts. Communication Design Fundamentals or the placement equivalent is a pre-requisite for this course.
05-630 Programming Usable Interfaces: This course is a combination programming course and design studio. Students will learn how to use Visual Basic & Director, how to design and implement effective GUI interfaces, and how to perform rapid, effective iterative user tests. This course is intended for HCII masters students who come to CMU with only a minimal programming background. It is also appropriate for CMU HCI undergraduate "second majors" in HCII who have only had an introductory programming course. Students who were (or are) CS majors, CS minors, or who have any kind of substantial Computer Science background must take 05-631 instead of this course to fulfill the core requirement; however, they may take this course as one of their six electives. Because this course has a design studio component, class attendance is mandatory.
05-631 Software Structures for User Interfaces: This course is intended for those with advanced programming skills who want to specialize in development of graphical user interfaces. This course includes: an introduction to task analysis and functional design of the user interface; basic principles of computer graphics used in UI implementation; event handling and event dispatching models; screen update algorithms and multi-view architectures; input syntax formalisms and their transformation into programs; interactive geometry; architectures for advanced features such as cut/copy/paste, macros and groupware.
The student and the Program Director will jointly determine the choice of 05-630 or 05-631, based upon the student's previous programming experience.
05-671 HCI Project I (12-unit second semester course)
05-672 HCI Project II (48-unit third semester course)
Experiential learning is a key component of the MHCI program. Through a substantial team project, students apply classroom knowledge in analysis and evaluation, implementation and design, and develop skills working in multidisciplinary teams. The project begins in the second (spring) semester and continues full-time in the third (fall) semester after returning from a summer internship; it must be taken in consecutive spring and fall semesters. The course number for spring is 05-671 and for fall 05-672.
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You may use the five elective courses to tailor the program to your individual interests and background. You may choose to broaden your experience by sampling courses from a variety of application or technology areas, or you may choose to concentrate on a particular specialized area. This will enable you to be the leader or sole practitioner representing that specialty in a multi-disciplinary development group.
Each elective course must be the equivalent of a full-semester (nine or twelve unit) course; two half-semester courses (six units each) count as one elective. These courses must be different from any that you may have taken as part of the HCI core, and they cannot have counted toward a degree previously awarded by CMU.
Electives must be individually approved by the Director of the Program, on a case-by-case basis for each student. Typically graduate courses and 300- and 400-level courses in many departments are eligible for consideration. Because the MHCI program provides an opportunity for students to expand their education into areas they may not have previously explored, it is possible that a few 200-level courses may be considered for students really broadening their horizons (e.g. a design major may want to take the sophomore-level Fundamentals of Computer Science, an intense 200-level course for CS majors; this 200-level course could be considered for approval given this student's educational background). 100 level courses are typically considered to be non-appropriate.
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Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
Some weeks ago, Sunday Vanguard broke the story of a judge of the Delta State High Court, Justice Flora Azinge, who was compelled to stop sitting for almost two months because of the threat to kidnap her and demand for N20 million ransom from her by a kidnap gang.
Police officers officially deployed to protect her, her driver and others were alleged to be members of the kidnap ring. However, right inside the police cell, where they were detained, the police officers, who denied knowledge of the kidnap after one of them was caught where he came to pick ransom, allegedly contrived a plot to terminate the life of the judge through food poisoning.
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, who confirmed the arrest of the police officers for questioning to Sunday Vanguard, assured he would not sweep the matter under the carpet, but would want to be sure of his facts before charging the accused person to court. This may not be our last report on the Azinge kidnap saga, but it is the concluding part of the end of the journey for the alleged kidnap band.
Plot from the dungeon
TWO police officers fingered in the kidnap attempt and demand for N20 million ransom from a Delta State High Court judge, Justice Flora Azinge, have allegedly hatched an ingenious plot from the police cell to exterminate the judge through food poisoning.
However, the plan boomeranged; instead of the judge being killed, the facade the police officers used was unmasked and they were fired from the force. More suspects were also arrested, including the driver of the judge, who was earlier released by the State Security Service, SSS, for want of evidence to link him to the kidnap saga.
Investigations by Sunday Vanguard showed after we broke the story, the police officer, who acted as the leader of the syndicate, The Don (not real name), who was caught by a soldier when he came to pick N20 million ransom, denied complicity in the sordid affair.
With his calls and messages wiped from his phone, he believed it was difficult to pin anything on him. The police orderly to the judge also denied being a member of the kidnap group.
It was their resolute denial, amid lack of strong evidence, which made Aduba to say that he would want to get details of the call logs from the service providers before deciding the next line of action.
Nevertheless, the police were taken aback following alleged incontrovertible evidence that one of the police officers made a phone call from the cell to the driver of the judge that was earlier released by SSS, to poison the food of the judge so as end their ordeal finally.
An informed source said the Delta police commissioner, who was open in his handling of the matter, directed an orderly room trial of the police officers. Meanwhile, the third police officer that was identified has been on the run for about four months running.
War of words
At the trial, The Don met head-on the army officer, who arrested him when he came to pick the N20 million ransom, saying he was not a member of the gang and was merely passing by. Though he did not give a cogent explanation as to why he left his beat at the Federal Prisons, Okere, he asked why he was not shot if, actually, the army officer caught him picking ransom.
"The army officer", said our source, "told him that he did not want to shoot him because doing so would not have enabled investigators to get to the root of the matter".
"Unknown to the police officer, the army had obtained the call log, which he believed he had cleverly wiped out from his phone from the service provider and they confronted him with his several calls to the judge and her husband, threatening them and demanding for ransom.
"He was also confronted with the communication between him and the driver to the judge pertaining to the kidnap bid, which he never knew could be retrieved. "At this stage, he claimed he was not the one that originated the kidnap. He said it was the idea of the driver of the judge". Ever since the saga and even with the release of the driver for lack of evidence, as well as pressure on the SSS by his lawyers, the family of the judge no longer trusted him and ordered him out of her residence.
Armed with fresh information from the police officer implicating the driver, whom Sunday Vanguard confirmed actually originated the business after he sighted photocopy of a cheque, running into millions of Naira with the judge, the army quizzed him afresh.
Told pointedly that the police officer named him as the originator of the business and other circumstances of his suspected involvement, which only an insider could disclose, the driver buckled.
He dramatically revealed that the police officer who, all along, denied knowledge of the kidnap attempt, called him from police cell earlier that day, asking him to put poison in the food of the judge to end the matter for everybody.
It was a bombshell. The army officers could not believe what they heard either and they took the driver to an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, who also marveled as to how the police officers in the cell were able to have a phone in the cell with which they were making calls. The driver squealed the beans completely on the kidnap threat and demand for ransom from the judge.
Truth uncovered
Face to face with themselves after the lid had been blown open, the two police officers started accusing each other of writing the threat letter. However, what was obvious from the call log was that the police officers were the actual culprits and their denial all this while was to bamboozle the police.
A probe was ordered into how the police officers were able to acquire a phone with which they make contact with people outside from inside the police cell. No police officer admitted knowing anything about the phone, but it was discovered that phone belonged to a suspect, who was granted bail in a case involving the theft of N13.8 million, allegedly kept by the Delta State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Frank Omare, in the booth of his car.
The suspect, who was working for the commissioner at the time of the incident, was reportedly granted bail by a magistrate court, which assumed jurisdiction over the matter.
Arraigned in court
The police arrested him after it established that the phone belonged to him and charged him along with the police officers and driver for attempt to poison the judge, while others were facing more charges, including attempt to kidnap the judge and demand for N20 million.
Aduba did not waste time as soon as he discovered that the police officers were convincingly involved, despite their denial, to direct that the appropriate disciplinary measures, according to the rules of engagement in the force, be applied.
They were dismissed from the police and arraigned before the court, while the driver and additional suspect were charged with them. The third police officer remains on the run.


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I wasn't able to watch President Obama's speech last evening.
I did read it at Politico.com, though, and I have hope in him that he can pull our country through this giant morass that we are in.
The part of his speech relating to health care is below.
For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care.
This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes. In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than wages. And in each of these years, one million more Americans have lost their health insurance. It is one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas. And it's one of the largest and fastest-growing parts of our budget.
Given these facts, we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold.
Already, we have done more to advance the cause of health care reform in the last thirty days than we have in the last decade. When it was days old, this Congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for eleven million American children whose parents work full-time. Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy, and save lives. It will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American by seeking a cure for cancer in our time. And it makes the largest investment ever in preventive care, because that is one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control.
This budget builds on these reforms. It includes an historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform – a down-payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American. It's a commitment that's paid for in part by efficiencies in our system that are long overdue. And it's a step we must take if we hope to bring down our deficit in the years to come.
Now, there will be many different opinions and ideas about how to achieve reform, and that is why I'm bringing together businesses and workers, doctors and health care providers, Democrats and Republicans to begin work on this issue next week.
I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.
The gist of President Obama's plan is to provide comprehensive health care for everyone (i.e. "open access" to health care) while reigning in costs. We're going to spend more money to implement electronic medical records, to find a cure for cancer, and to invest in preventative care.
These are all laudable goals, but a system with increased expenses and decreased costs is difficult or impossible to attain without significantly affecting access to care and quality of care.
Want to take a bite out of cancer deaths? The cancer caused by smoking cigarettes kills a quarter of a million people each year. Put a $10 "advance health care tax" on every pack of cigarettes sold to pay for future health care costs. That will cut down dramatically on smoking and will increase funding for future smoking-related cancer cases.
Electronic medical records will help in the administration of health care, but only if the records are universal, complete, and easily accessible. No health care provider is going to spend tens of thousands of dollars to implement an electronic medical records system when there is no unified records system and when the return on the investment amounts to decreased productivity and increased costs. Kevin MD has posted a lot of information on this problem. Read more about his posts here.
The thing about President Obama's speech that worries me the most goes back to the Engineer's Triangle.
There is a dynamic tension between quality medical care, timely medical care, and free medical care.
If the government is going to make medical care free or low cost, that leaves two other variables in the equation.
Are we going to settle for free and timely care and take a hit in quality?
Or are we going to get free and quality care that will be difficult to access?
I'm betting on the second option – one in which care in this country will become time-rationed like in every other socialized medical system. It won't be that you can't have the medical care, it's just that you may die waiting to receive it because so many other people are also in line to get the same free care. After all, we only have "limited resources" and we have to contain costs, you know.
Much of the medical care that some take for granted now, such as expensive lifesaving drugs and expensive end-of-life care, will become unavailable.
Not sure how I feel about this one. I think that our nation wastes exorbitant amounts of money on expensive care that has little or no effect on patient outcomes. That money could be put to much better use by providing primary care services to patients who cannot afford and currently have no access to it.
I'm just concerned that the pendulum is going to swing too far in the other direction and that increasing amounts of expensive but reasonable treatment will also be curtailed to cut costs.


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|ASUS P9X79 Pro Motherboard
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|Written by Olin Coles & David Ramsey
|Sunday, 20 November 2011
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PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0
The PassMark PerformanceTest allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers. PassMark comprises a complete suite of tests for your computer, including CPU tests, 2D and 3D graphics tests, disk tests, memory tests, and even tests to determine the speed of your system's optical drive. PassMark tests support Hyper-Threading and systems with multiple CPUs, and allow you to save benchmark results to disk (or to export them to HTML, text, GIF, and BMP formats).
Knowledgeable users can use the Advanced Testing section to alter the parameters for the disk, network, graphics, multitasking, and memory tests, and create individual, customized testing suites. But for this review I used only the built-in CPU tests, which aren't configurable. The CPU tests comprise a number of different metrics. The first three I'll look at are integer performance, floating point performance, and a benchmark that finds prime numbers.
Intel utterly dominates the Integer test, and we can see that cores count for a lot here, with the old-school 980X producing results almost identical with the 3960X, and both of them beating the four-core 2600K. AMD does pull off wins in the next two benchmarks, though, especially in the Float test, where AMD's traditionally strong floating point performance takes the win...it's too bad that this will make so little difference in most real-world code, though, where integer instructions comprise upwards of 90% or more of the code actually executed. AMD also pulls off a win in the Prime benchmark, which we've seen before but is still slightly startling against the 3960X.
SSE stands for "Streaming SIMD Extensions", and are instructions that handle multiple chunks of data per instruction (SIMD = Single Instruction Multiple Data). SSE instructions work on single-precision floating point data and are typically used in graphical computations. SSE was Intel's response to AMD's "3D Now", which itself was a response to Intel's MMX instructions. Don't you love competition? AMD's current implementation does well in this benchmark, if only against Intel's last-generation CPU: both Sandy Bridge processor post much higher scores. Things flip around in the Encrypt benchmark, where it's obvious that more cores is more important than core architecture.
The Compress and String benchmarks are both integer-based, but the FX-8150 does pretty well, even so. It's all but even with the 2600K in the Compress benchmark and (very slightly) ahead in the Strings benchmark. But nothing competes with the Core i7-3960X.
But enough with the synthetic benchmarks; let's move onto some more real-world applications.


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High 80's and Counting..
Well, we've gone from this photo, 3 days ago....
...to this..
...and the degrees keep going UP. Summer is about here in southern Florida. Soon we will be totally closed up and living in air conditioning. I am happy that for a few more days, at least, I can still have my window open at night but that has gone from the high 60's and jumped up to the mid 70's also... :o(
For the few of you who aren't on Tumblr or Facebook.. I've had some luck with an Egret that comes around. She/ he seems to do some good posing for me.
( like getting early morning shots before the fountain goes on..it gives me nice reflections!)
As for books..
oh! did I say that word again?! *heh*
Ok so I'm ending up the "great buys" and the end of the gift certificate.
I've had the first 2 Terry Brooks books to "the Heritage of Shannara" in the form of 1 big book for some time now. I kept expecting the last 2 to come out the same way (together in one book) but that wasn't happening so I found 2 good used copies at Alibris for 99 cents each (plus postage unfortunately) but they are in excellent condition. Then I purchased the Faery Tale book with the last of my gift cert. so it cost me one dollar and three cents. :o) And last but not least when I took my son Thom to the used book store I found this very large, in very good condition biography of Hemingway for.. you guessed it: 1.00.
Part of me smiles largely at buys like this but my few book shelves keep groaning under the pressure and one shelf is even bowed now. *gulp*.. and yet................ and yet...................
I wait for ONE MORE BOOK.
The cream of the crop, if it's in the condition they say it's in!!
I Found a hard back copy of "The White Dragon" by Anne McCaffrey... for...
are you on the edge of your seat waiting?...
I wrote the seller and asked if it had the paper cover and they said yes. I've got my fingers crossed! I know I will never afford the first two books in hardback but if this one is "good" I will be as thrilled as when I found the Maggie Smith book!! I certainly hope it has the Michael Whelan cover!!! I will be very disappointed if it doesn't! It was listed as "in very good condition"...
So.. if you are my friend........
fall to your knees and cross your fingers for me! lol
of course I will take a photo and post it as soon as it gets here.


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Women may have made the difference in Donnelly's margin over Richard Mourdock, just two weeks after Mourdock's widely publicized comment about rape. Exit polling showed that 52 percent of women voters chose Donnelly, while only 42 percent were for Mourdock. The two were nearly deadlocked among male voters. Mourdock said on Oct. 23 that pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended." Donnelly also polled strongly among voters under 50, blacks, those without a college degree, and those with family incomes of under $50,000. Mourdock was stronger among whites, evangelical or born-again voters and Indianapolis residents.
Romney's victory in Indiana was helped by big support from a number of demographic groups. He won the support of a wide majority of whites (60 percent), conservatives (85 percent) and those with family incomes of at least $50,000 (59 percent). Romney also was heavily backed by voters over 40.
President Barack Obama, who has polled better among young voters nationwide, managed to do no better than break even with Romney among under-30 Indiana voters. That was significantly weaker than in 2008, when he became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Indiana since 1964. He drew far less support from independent voters and from those with family incomes over $100,000 this time around.
Republican Sen. Richard Lugar's presence on the ballot would have made for a completely different Senate race. If Lugar had been the Republican nominee instead of Mourdock, Donnelly would have lost about a quarter of his support to him, exit polls showed. Voters indicated that in a head-to-head showdown between Donnelly and Lugar, a plurality would have preferred Lugar, by 46 percent to 39 percent. Mourdock, the tea party-backed state treasurer, easily knocked the six-term incumbent out of the race in the May primary.
Pence enjoyed broad support from many of the same groups as Romney. The six-term congressman was backed heavily by whites, voters over 65 and those with family incomes of at least $50,000. Democrat John Gregg was preferred by women by a narrow margin, by blacks, moderates and those with no more than a high school education.
Any voter concerns about health care reform, foreign policy or other issues were dwarfed by the economy on Election Day. Six in 10 Indiana voters called the economy the top problem facing the nation — close to four times the number of voters who singled out any other issue. The federal budget deficit and health care were cited by about one in six voters each.
Financial progress on the home front since the last presidential election has been limited, according to a majority of Indiana voters. Nearly four in 10 said they're worse off today than they were four years ago, and about the same number said their family's financial situation is no better. Only about a quarter said they are better off today than in 2008.
Most voters think the government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals, while four in 10 think the government should be doing more to solve problems.
The exit poll of 1,539 Indiana voters was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research in a random sample of 25 precincts statewide. Results were subject to sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points; it is higher for subgroups.


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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African regulatory body gave Wal-Mart Stores permission on Friday to move ahead with its $2.2 billion purchase of South African chain Massmart.
The Competition Appeal Court upheld a ruling last year by the Competition Tribunal, but did require a study to determine a path to protect small producers who might not be able to compete with foreign producers from whom Wal-Mart can import cheaper goods.
Wal-Mart and Massmart had already agreed to spend $13 million over three years to help farmers and other South African suppliers prepare to do business with Wal-Mart.
The appeal court also called for the reinstatement of 503 workers who lost their jobs in what unions said was a step by Massmart to make itself more attractive to Wal-Mart.


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ORLANDO, Fla.— Orlando City (7-1-2, 23 points) hosts the Wilmington Hammerheads (2-5-0, 6 points) this Saturday, May 25, at Fifth Third Bank Field at the Florida Citrus Bowl. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.The league-leading Lions look to continue their strong rate of play, with the club unbeaten in their least eight USL PRO matches.
"We have Wilmington on Saturday and will be focusing on the Hammerheads," said Head Coach Adrian Heath Tuesday night after his club defeated the Ocala Stampede 2-1 in US Open Cup competition. "We are turning our attention toward Wilmington and it will be a competitive match."
The Hammerheads are led by Midfielder Paul Nicholson and Defender Jamel Wallace, who each have two goals through the middle of the 2013 USL PRO season. After Saturday's match, Wilmington travels down I-4 to square off against VSI Tampa Bay Sunday, who's last regular-season match resulted in a 3-1 win over Antigua Barracuda FC. Wilmington was the only team to top Orlando in the 2012 season, upsetting the Lions at home in league semifinals 4-3.
Orlando topped the PDL's Ocala Stampede Tuesday night at Forest High School in Ocala, Fla., in Open Cup play- advancing the club to the third round of the knockout tournament. The Lions play host to Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids Tuesday, May 28, at Fifth Third Bank Field at the Florida Citrus Bowl. The game marks the first time Orlando has hosted an MLS team at home in the Open Cup, with the Lions traveling to opponent's venues in the third round of the past two seasons.
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Rephine, a global auditing service company, has recently acquired GXP Assurance International, which is a dedicated quality assurance and auditing organisation. This acquisition marks the continuation of Rephine's remarkable growth over the last 18 years www.rephine.com. As a result Rephine is now introducing GCP/GCLP audits, a new service that will range from a single advisory activity to full GCP/GCLP audits.
Dr. Rino Coladangelo, the CEO at Rephine said: "This acquisition is a great opportunity for Rephine as it will enable the organisation to diversify and introduce GCP/GCLP audits. GXP Assurance International has been operating very strongly during the last few years and their experienced management team, which collectively has 30+ years of knowledge in global multinational pharmaceutical and CRO companies, will be a great addition to Rephine."
Dr. Francisco Harrison of GXP Assurance International (GXPAI) said "I am delighted that the skills and experience that we have built up at GXPAI are now going to be integrated with the services that Rephine provides, offering the same high quality of services that is the Rephine hallmark."
Rephine will now be offering a Quality Management programme and training complementary to its new services. Rephine provides tailor-made solutions that meet the unique needs of your organisation www.rephine.com/gcp/audits.
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12/10 Random Question * #&%$ *
What curse word slips out/do you use the most?
I always say FUC* , I hate that word but it just flows, SHIT is the swear word I use most.
"Damn", "Crap" (I know, not everyone considers it a swear word, but I try to not use it in front of the kids), and "Shit" are the ones that slip out in front of the kids. When alone, worse ones fly- which would be why those still have shock value on the very rare times I use them in front of others. I managed to silence 4 drunk college boys once by letting the f bomb fly once : )
None. My kids were just messing with me over the weekend because they have never heard me curse and was daring me to say something bad (teens, lol). Now when I was younger it was a different story.
'Crap' is about it. Once, recently, 'shit' slipped out in front of my 9-year-old, when I was struggling with something physically and ended up hurting myself. She said 'MOM!' with this wide-eyed look, and then burst out laughing. I never curse!


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Here's Rob Zombie's New Track 'Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown' for Your Listening Pleasure
Rob Zombie's latest piece of horror-infused rock is a catchy little anthem that is as fun to listen to as I've come to expect from the man. While 'Dead City Radio' and the New Gods of Supertown' is a typical complex Rob Zombie title, the tune is quite the opposite in that it's a simple fist pumper with a chorus that sticks in your head after just one listen.
You can stream the track right now at the Living Dead Man's official website. 'Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown' comes from Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor out April 23 on Zodiac Swan.


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Research Topics
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Affiliation: Swinburne University of Technology
Country: Australia
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- An evaluation of the sensitivity of the standardised field sobriety tests to detect the presence of amphetamineBeata Y Silber
Drugs and Driving Research Unit, Centre for Neuropsychology, Swinburne University of Technology, P O Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 182:153-9. 2005....
- The acute effects of d-amphetamine and methamphetamine on attention and psychomotor performanceBeata Y Silber
Drugs and Driving Research Unit, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, 400 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 187:154-69. 2006..It is not clear how the deleterious effects of amphetamines on driving performance are mediated in terms of select cognitive processes...
- The effect of d-methamphetamine on simulated driving performanceBeata Y Silber
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:139-44. 2012..This being despite methamphetamine's increased prevalence in injured and deceased drivers...
- The effect of d,l-methamphetamine on simulated driving performanceBeata Y Silber
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 219:1081-7. 2012..The exact effect of methamphetamine or its specific isomers on driving and driving behaviour have yet to be thoroughly investigated...
- Subliminal display of action words interferes with motor planning: a combined EEG and kinematic studyVéronique Boulenger
L2C2 Institut des Sciences Cognitives, UMR 5230 CNRS UCBL, 67 Boulevard Pinel, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, 69675 Bron Cedex, France
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EXID's jaws dropped when this girl tried to sing their song
A contestant on I Can See Your Voice threw everyone off guard with her tone-deaf performance of EXIDs UpDown.
In a recent episode of Mnets I Can See Your Voice, the celebrity panel and hosts had to guess whether a contestant was a skilled singer who gave up her career to get married, or a tone-deaf student majoring in Pharmaceutics.
Some of the panel members argued that she had the face of someone who could sing well, while others explained that she looked too sad to be getting married, and claimed that she was a tone-deaf pharmaceutical student.


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I just picked this up today, not sure if it is old or not. It has a J & J Craven & Co. engraved on the handles. I think it is pretty cool. I love to pick up old things like this to decorate my home. If anyone knows how old this rope is let me know.


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Mrs. Gentry, wife of James M. Gentry, living south of the city died yesterday morning of pneumonia. She was 80 years of age.
Note: On the stone her name is spelled "Jentry"
The Quincy Daily Herald, Sunday, October 7, 1888, Page 6
Jas. M. Gentry, a former resident of Jacksonville, died at Butler, Bates County, Mo., Tuesday. His remains were interred at Jacksonville, Thursday.
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Affiliation: McMaster University
Country: Canada
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- Psychiatric disturbances after traumatic brain injury: neurobehavioral and personality changesErin M Warriner
McMaster University Medical Centre, Room 3G 30, Hamilton Health Sciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
Curr Psychiatry Rep 8:73-80. 2006..This article summarizes the most recent research in these areas and highlights the gaps that need to be filled in subsequent future...
- The relationship between coping styles and affective/behavioural symptoms among individuals with an acquired brain injuryDiana Velikonja
Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Brain Inj 27:158-68. 2013....
- Subtypes of emotional and behavioural sequelae in patients with traumatic brain injuryErin M Warriner
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont, Canada
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:904-17. 2003..Individuals in the Internalized subtype tended to be married, have longer times postaccident, and lower WAIS-R Verbal Intelligence Quotients than those comprising the Normal subtype...


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Last week, we brought you brilliant students of the 1960s and 1970s and we promised to bring you even more. These people were not only academically sharp. They took their spirit of excellence even to the field and they did not disappoint, Carol Natukunda, Charles Etukuri and Elizabeth Namazzi write
Dr. Olara Otunnu, UPC president
A lawyer by profession, he studied under the "express system" at Kings College Budo. This was a system where brainy students did not have to hassle studying all the high school classes.
You could spend only two to three years in school depending on your abilities. Otunnu is said to have spent only three years in O'level. At A'level, he reportedly scored AAC in an arts combination.
He then joined Makerere University for law, but had to run away due to infamous regimes. He joined Oxford University and later Harvard Law School (where he was a Fulbright Scholar) for advanced degrees.
Fulbright Scholarship was at the time a highly competitive programme for international students.
trueSarah Ntiro, first female graduate in East Africa
Forget the fact that she was one of the first few Ugandan female graduates. Ntiro excelled with distinctions throughout high school to impress a generation which appreciated only boys.
In 1945, when the then Makerere College, in Kampala, began accepting girls, she was one of the first six girls to attend. But one of her teachers suggested that academically, the course was not challenging her enough.
She grasped concepts of subjects easily. Her teachers recommended that she should go to university. That meant going abroad, as there was no university in Uganda then.
She applied for a course at Oxford University. But one of the admission requirements was that she had to at least know two international languages.
She decided to learn Latin. In Uganda, the only people who knew Latin well were the Roman Catholics. Even though she was a Protestant, she decided to approach a priest for lessons in Latin. He understood her predicament. And she did not disappoint. In 1951, she enrolled for a history degree at St Anne's College in Oxford.
Enock Kibbamu, MD, PlantekConsultants, former president, Uganda Society of Architects, First vice- president of East African Institute of Architects
As an O'level student at Nyakasura School, he was known as the mathematics wizard.
"Once, I did so well that our mathematics teacher gave me 110%," he says. When the 1991 UCE results were released, he was the best student at Nyakasura School with 14 in six subjects and 20 in eight.
"I was also the best student in the greater Kabarole region," he recalls. He joined St. Mary's College Kisubi for A'level, where he pursued MEG/Art. "During our first math class," Kibbamu recalls, "the teacher gave us a test of one number. He came back after two days and said only one person had passed the number — Enock Kibbamu. I became the class mathematics consultant."
When the 1993 UACE results were released, Kibbamu was the best student in the school and the sixth best in the country with AAAE and a D2 in GP. He joined Makerere University to pursue his dream course, architecture and went ahead to excel in his class. "I was the second best student in the class, with an upper second degree. We did not have a first class degree," he recalls.
Today, he is well known in architectural circles and served as president of the Uganda Society of Architects and a director with Uganda Property Holdings.
trueRichard Tusiime, Red Pepper managing director
Richard Tusiime, The editor-in-chief of the Red Pepper, was the fifth best UACE arts student in 1992.
Ironically, he could hardly see a few weeks to the final exams, so it is a miracle that he was able to write his final exams and pass so highly.
He was actually bedridden and was admitted at Mulago Hospital for two weeks as he waited for a neurosurgeon to examine him. A student at Kitabi Seminary, he was still in Mulago a day before his first paper.
Kitabi Seminary is a good distance away from Kampala, so Tusiime was in real danger of missing his first paper. With this in mind, he made a quick decision.
"That afternoon I said; 'since I cannot see the neurosurgeon, let me go to Rubaga.' Mbarara Diocese has a house at the Cathedral, so I went there. While there, a priest called Fr. Betunga came and said he was going to Mbarara.
I decided to abandon Mulago, go back to school and see what I could do," he said during a 2010 interview.
At A'level, he scored AABB in french, economics, divinity and history respectively.
He pursued journalism at Makerere University and worked for several newspapers before he eventually joined hands with four others to start the Red Pepper.
Dr. William Samson Kalema, former UK prime minister Tony Blair's Commissioner for Africa
He is the bright boy who jumped classes because he was brilliant. He joined Kings College Budo for S1 in 1966. In May that year (second term), the school was temporarily closed, following the Lubiri attack by the then government.
When the school opened in third term, Kalema did not resume with his S1. He instead joined S2. To the surprise of many, he beat the whole class and was promoted to S3.
At that stage, he sat for his O'level and topped East Africa with distinctions. He studied PMM (physics and two papers in mathematics), and scored AAA.
This score made him a darling of giant universities across the world, as they all wanted to have a piece of him. He chose Cambridge University. An industrial scientist by training, Kalema also holds a PhD in chemical engineering.
trueElvina Nawuguna
She is an ambitious young Ugandan journalist who now works for an international media outlet in Washington.
She was among the best students in the country in 2010 at Makerere University.
She sat her A'level from Nabisunsa Girls and scored 25 points in history, economics, geography and German.
She went on to study mass communication at Makerere University, then worked for the New Vision, while teaching in the mass communication department at Makerere.
She went to Arizona State University for a masters in journalism. She has also worked with The Ledger and the Cronkite News Services.
Dr. Kato Ssebbaale, former chairman of Uganda Cricket Association, CEO Case Medical Centre, consultant physician, laparoscopic surgeon and gastroenterologist
During his time, in 1980, Ssebbaale was the second best UCE candidate and was one of the country's top three A'level students.
He is one of the few people who have scored highly at the national level in both O' and A'level examinations. He had all his secondary education at Kings College Budo and scored BBBC in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics at A'level. He joined Makerere University for a degree in medicine. He later became a laparoscopic surgeon.
Today, those in sports circles recall his days as the chairman of the Uganda Cricket Association. Others know his Case Medical Centre, which he started in 1995 as a small clinic on Bombo Road.
Today, the medical centre is one of the most popular one-stop health centres in Kampala. To him, his success in both O' and A'level exams was based on his ability to balance his love for sports and education.
Indeed, he excelled in both sports and academics, two fields he pursued even after he left Budo. While at Makerere University, he was part of the cricket team and represented Uganda at international level in 1983. Today, his busy medical practice aside, he plays cricket and golf, swims and jogs.
Former Principal Judge James Ogoola
We all know him to be poetic. You want to read the phrases he makes over and again because they are deep. The poetry comes naturally. Ogoola scored AAB when he sat for his A'level in 1965 at King's College Budo.
He has a degree in law from the University of Dar-es-Salaam and a masters in law from Columbia University, in the US.
Dr. Hilda Tadria, retired associate professor
She got a first class degree in sociology at Makerere University, which earned her a scholarship to Cambridge University in the UK for her masters.
She worked as an associate professor at Makerere University and later a regional gender adviser at the UN Economic Commission for Africa for over 10 years. She retired in 2007.
Emmanuel Mutebile, governor Bank of Uganda
He attended Makerere College School and attained only distinctions. "He could fail history or any arts course, but give him maths and he scores 90!" says his former old boy, who prefers anonymity.
He has a degree in economics from Durham University in the UK, a masters in economics from Oxford University in the UK and a PhD in economics from the University of Dar-es-Salaam.
It is his brains that have largely kept him at the helm of the central bank for several years. He is credited for his sound fiscal policies, especially during the credit crunch.
Moses Mukisa, architect, pastor and gospel artiste
His childhood dream was to become an architect. In pursuit of his dreams, he studied so hard that when the 1996 UACE results were released, the former student of Busoga College Mwiri was the fourth best student in the country.
His excellent performance was a surprise to him, for he had never been anywhere near the top throughout his A'level. "I had real issues understanding complex mathematics in A'level. It was not like the O'level mathematics," he said during an interview.
Come mock exams, he scored O in mathematics, E in physics and E in economics. Then his mother died shortly before the final exams. "That was the defining moment.
It was the moment I was either going to lose it completely or something miraculous would happen," he added. At this point, all he had was God, since his father had been murdered in 1984, leaving his mother with six children to provide for.
So as he sat for his final exams, he made an earnest prayer to God. "God" he pleaded, " help me, because my mum is now out of the picture. If I do not pass, I do not know anyone who is going to take care of me. If I do not go to the university on government scholarship, this is the end."
When the results were released, he was elated and surprised, to learn that he was the best in his school and the fourth best student in the country.
He scored A in mathematics, A in economics, B in physics, B in fine art and a distinction in general paper, He went on to pursue a degree in his dream course, architecture, at Makerere University.
Dr. Rosemary Byanyima Kusaba
She is a senior specialist radiologist at Mulago Hospital and one of the best in the country. She also heads the Directorate of Radiology, nuclear medicine, pathology and clinical laboratory at the same facility.
She sat her Primary Leaving Examinations at St. Theresa Primary School, Ibanda between 1972 and 1978 and emerged one of the best. She attended her O'level at St. Immaculate Heart Girls Secondary School, where a good academic performance saw her head to Trinity College Nabbingo to take on chemistry, physics and biology.
Her first degree was in medicine, but later, she specialised in radiology. She also holds a masters in business administration.
She has also served as a member of Uganda Atomic Energy Council, the governing body that regulates and ensures safe use of ionising radiation in the country. Dr. Byanyima is also a visiting consultant at the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC), Kampala. She was also the president of Uganda Gastroenterology Society for a long time.
Nora K. Mulira
She is a systems analyst, researcher and consultant with specific expertise and experience in the research, development and analysis of e-strategies and ICT policies at the national and global level.
A former student of Gayaza for her primary and secondary school education, her former classmates say she was an extremely intelligent girl and always topped her class. She was among the best students during her A'level examinations and was admitted to Makerere University.
The IT specialist proceeded to the prestigious London School of Economics and graduated with masters a in management information systems.
She later attained a PhD in service systems engineering from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands. She introduced the Management Information Systems (MIS) course when she was a director and lecturer of the Institute of Computer Science, Makerere University. She is the current director, directorate of ICT Support, Makerere University.
She is in charge of the implementation and management of the university ICT policy and master plan. She is married to Dr. Ham-Mukasa Mulira who is also a computer scientist.
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Celtics first-round draft pick Kelly Olynyk is already turning some heads with his summer league play, and it may have something to do with Boston fan favorite, Brian Scalabrine.
The former Celtic helped out the new Celtic by working out with Olynyk before the draft, preparing him for his transition to the NBA and teaching the 7-footer some of the major differences that exist between college basketball and professional ball.
In Olynyk's first taste of summer league action, the former Gonzaga center is averaging 19.5 points and 8 rebounds in five games.
Check out the above video to hear how grateful Olynyk was for Scal's help.
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DAVE Myler is thanking his lucky stars that he was allowed an early birthday present this year after he hit his fourth-ever hole-in-one with his brand new set of clubs.
Myler, who turned 52 last Sunday, hit an ace at Ogbourne Downs golf club during the Greenwood Trophy mixed matchplay competition on Saturday, February 22, using his fresh-out-of-the-box 6 iron to sink a tee shot straight into the 17th hole.
Myler, who works as a delivery driver, has now completed a hat-trick of aces on the 17th at Ogbourne, having also previously holed out on the 15th, and he's glad wife Mary let him get his hands on his new toys a week early.
"I've had the same set for over 20 years so the wife got me some new clubs for my birthday and I wanted to use them as soon as I got them," said Myler, who lives in Swindon and has been a member at the club, north of Marlborough, for almost 25 years.
"I was competing with Mary against another couple and the girls were down on the green when I took my shot – it was into a heavy wind so you'd usually use an eight or a nine iron but I went for the six.
"I thought that I was going to be close but when it went out of sight, they yelled that it had gone in.
"I've had four aces now and I even went close to getting another one last weekend when I hit a shot on the eighth – it lipped the hole and just came back out again.
"I play off a five handicap but I think that I can definitely get that down now that I've got these new clubs."


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Castleman's Disease
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It is possible that the main title of the report Castleman's Disease is not the name you expected.
General Discussion
Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by non-cancerous (benign) growths (tumors) that may develop in the lymph node tissue throughout the body (i.e., systemic disease). Most often, they occur in the chest, abdomen, and/or neck, but may also be found in the armpit (axilla), pelvis, and pancreas. Usually the growths represent abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes normally found in these areas.
Castleman's disease may be divided into four types. There are two main types of Castleman's disease that are determined by the microscopic appearance of the lymph node: hyaline-vascular type and plasma cell type. The hyaline vascular type accounts for approximately 90 percent of the cases. Most individuals exhibit no symptoms of this form of the disorder (asymptomatic) or they may develop non-cancerous growths in the lymph nodes. The plasma cell type of Castleman's disease may be associated with fever, weight loss, skin rash, early destruction of red blood cells, leading to unusually low levels of circulating red blood cells (hemolytic anemia), and/or abnormally increased amounts of certain immune factors in the blood (hypergammaglobulinemia). Additionally, Castleman's disease can be divided into categories which are defined by number of anatomic body regions affected by the disease. Unicentric Castleman's disease affects lymph nodes in only one part of the body, while multicentric Castleman's disease affects multiple parts of the body. A person can have any combination of the microscopic and anatomic variants, thus there are four possibilities: unicentric hyaline vascular, unicentric plasma cell variant, multicentric hyaline vascular variant, and multicentric plasma cell variant. Many individuals with multicentric Castleman's disease may exhibit an abnormally large liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly).
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For much of the season, the Arizona Wildcats have been wildly inconsistent.
At least they're being consistent these days — consistently bad.
The Wildcats (17-25, 6-14 Pac-12) were shut out by Arizona State on Saturday night at Hi Corbett Field 7-0 in front of 3,409 fans.
It was their fifth straight loss and marked the third time in that stretch that they were blanked.
The Wildcats have scored more than four runs just once in their last eight games and have just two extra-base hits in their last five contests.
This sure isn't 2012.
On Saturday, the two teams were scoreless through four, before the Sun Devils broke through in the fifth. With two on and two out, Drew Stankiewicz doubled to right-center field to score a pair and give the Sun Devils a 2-0 lead. After a walk to the next batter, R.J. Ybarra doubled to left-center to score Stankiewicz and Nathaniel Causey.
The UA got a runner on in the bottom half of the inning, but Riley Moore grounded into an inning-ending double play to quickly end any chance at a response.
Arizona State (23-16, 12-8) went right back to work in the sixth and knocked UA starter Cody Hamlin out of the game.
The sophomore right-hander gave up three straight singles to open the inning. The third single, a liner to left from Tucker Esmay, scored Jake Peevyhouse and made it 5-0.
Hamlin was pulled after that hit in favor of reliever Nathan Bannister.
After getting a groundout, Bannister walked Stankiewicz to load the bases and then gave a free pass to Causey to score the second run of the inning.
He then surrendered a sacrifice fly and another walk before he was yanked.
Hamlin, who had given up three or more earned runs just once in his first 10 starts, gave up seven runs on nine hits and went five innings. That followed last week's start against USC where Hamlin gave up three runs on 10 hits in 6ª innings.
Of course Hamlin's start didn't mean much because of Arizona's continued struggles at the plate.
The Wildcats got a runner to third base just twice in the loss.
Their best chance to score came in the second when Kevin Newman, Willie Calhoun and Kenny Meimerstorf all singled to load the bases with two outs.
But Moore struck out swinging to end the threat.
The Wildcats have just one run in their last 32 innings and were shut out by ASU for the first time since 2004.
Newman was the only UA player to register a multiple-hit game, going 2 for 4. Trent Gilbert doubled for the only extra-base hit of the game for the Wildcats.
Left fielder Christopher Beall went 4 for 5 with two runs scored in the win for ASU.
Peevyhouse was 2 for 5 with two runs. Ybarra had three RBIs.
Arizona will try to salvage a game today in the series finale.
Righty Tyger Talley (1-1, 4.38 ERA) will start for the Wildcats. He'll be opposed by Darin Gillies (1-3, 3.96).


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Ashley Claire Joiner's first real photo assignment was this summer with an emerging country singer in Madison County who needed some promotional pictures for his band's upcoming CD release.
Joiner was taking photographs as a hobby and had shot some scenic portraits of a co-worker and cousin of the band's manager. As a result, the singer, Bobby Compton, saw the photos posted on the Web site Flickr and liked what he saw. So he called Joiner.
She spent nine hours with her subject, taking more than 400 shots to get what she needed. And today, she can laugh about her first encounter with the young man, who wanted photos with that rustic feel.
"Bobby told me a couple of weeks ago, 'I'm not going to lie to you. When you got out of the car and you had a little pocket camera, I thought, my God, what did I get myself into?'" she recalled.
Maybe Compton was apprehensive at first, but he said he likes the finished product, which he'll use on the CD when it's released.
"I think it's awesome, especially because she's just starting out," Compton said. "The lighting she does is really well, and her Photoshop work is awesome."
Joiner, it seems, has found a creative niche that she loves. A 2003 graduate of Oconee County High School, she works as a manager at a Dollar Tree store in Athens. She spent a year at Berry College and a semester at Gainesville State before deciding she wanted to stop school for a while and work.
She took up photography as a hobby and came across Flickr, where photographers post their pictures for peer review and critique.
"I saw a bunch of local photographers taking pictures of abandoned buildings and things like that. I thought it'd be fun, and I got a group of friends together and we started doing that," she said. "I was doing it because I enjoyed it. What I like to do on my free time is go out and take pictures, but it's become more than that recently."
After taking numerous photos of landscapes and old houses, she decided to try people.
"The first person I took pictures (for portraits) was actually in March, so I don't have that much experience," said Joiner, who displays a knack for photo composition and lighting.
"I've learned a lot of things over the past year," she said. "Like with portraits, it's so much different shooting portraits than, say, a house. You have to use light - make sure it's right on their face. I don't know how to describe it," she said about her natural feel for the picture.
When she first started uploading photos on Flickr, she was surprised at the response.
"Another photographer who lives in Jackson County - his name's Evan Leavitt - he inspired me to do this through his work. And for him to give me positive feedback on my work, my photos, was outstanding," she said.
Joiner enjoys her frequent treks through the countryside finding subjects for her landscape and house photographs.
She once found an old, abandoned two-story house on the outskirts of Greene County, in neighboring Taliaferro County, called the Monk house. It seemed to beckon for a photograph.
"The house was completely dilapidated, but it was once a beautiful house. There was something that drew me to it. I love the Old South -the structures and architecture. I went back to shoot it again with my new camera about a month ago, and it was torn down."
Such is the changing landscape of the Old South.
When Compton wanted shots portraying the South, Joiner already had visited some other places she knew might work. One was a section of railroad tracks.
"There is something about train tracks that I'm drawn to," she said. "I think they are a lot of fun to work with in post-processing -a lot you can do with them and a lot of angles you can get. Bobby actually told me he didn't want any pictures on railroad tracks because it had been done. But it turned out that some of his best photos were on the railroad tracks," she said.
She remembers a photo that turned out particularly well. As Compton stood on the track, she saw a reflection.
"I said, 'Do not move.' I got down on the rail, and the reflection looked almost perfect. I said, 'Oh, my God,'" she recalled. "I've done reflections like that with trees, but nothing that turned out like that."
Compton had his own ideas for photos.
"He told me the name of his album will be 'Country Living,' and he said, 'I want something at an old antebellum house.' And I said, 'I have the perfect house. So we went to the Nolan house (in Bostwick). And he said he wanted shots in a field, and I said, 'OK, we can do that - I live in Oconee County.'"
In some of her photography, she uses what is called "selective coloring" in the computer processing of the photo. The effect gives it an eye-catching artistic bent, as one or more objects retains its color and the remainder is black-and-white.
"I like selective coloring because it makes one thing pop, but I love black-and-white photos because with black-and-white - for me - you can see so much expression in the photo," she said.
"When I first started doing this, I didn't think I wanted to take pictures of people. I wanted to be a fine arts photographer and have my work in galleries. But working with people is so much different than going out and shooting landscapes and structures. It's a lot of fun - especially when you shoot couples and see how they interact," Joiner said.
"I don't have a studio. I ask what they want: 'Do you want pictures in downtown Athens or do you want to go out in the country?' I want something that represents them, that will make their photos better," said Joiner, who shoots her photos under the name Ashley Claire.
Working in retail and now trying to establish a place in photography, Joiner at one point wanted to be a teacher. She majored in early childhood education when she went to Berry.
"I love being in a classroom with children, but I don't think it's something I want to do the rest of my life," she said.
But today she has found an avenue to challenge her imagination.
"I love being out in the open with someone and taking their pictures," she said.
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K9 officers push for criminals to pay for injured dogs
There's a new push to get criminals to pay for police dogs shot in the line of duty. Lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday from the people who knew them best: their partners.
Testifying about the loss of a partner during the line of duty is never easy. It wasn't Tuesday for K-9 officer Marty Dulworth as he remembered the night of July 26th, 2012.
"Two minutes after I exited my car, my K-9 was shot and I was shot," he explained.
Officer Dulworth from Anderson was the first officer to testify before a Senate Committee Tuesday morning.
"For nine hours a night, Kilo was in the back of my car. That was my partner and it shows that night. He wasn't scared. He didn't hesitate. He took the lead. He took the round."
That was July 26 of last year. Dulworth is still recuperating from his wounds suffered at the hands of an armed gunman.
"If it was not for my K-9 Kilo I would not be here talking to you guys here today. I was shot twice in the lower extremities by an AK-47. My K-9 partner was shot through the chest."
Officer Dulworth came to the Statehouse to testify in favor of a bill that would require a judge in sentencing to order full restitution for the cost and training of a police dog. The cost to replace a K-9 officer can run anywhere from $8,000 to $12,000.
One month after the Anderson Police Department lost Kilo, it lost a second K-9 officer. Magnum was shot in the head by a fleeing bank robber.
His partner, Officer Mathew Jarrett, also testified before the committee: "I gave him CPR and mouth to mouth all the way to the vet in the back of a police car."
In this case, the residents bailed out their own police department. They did that by donating enough money to purchase two new dogs.
Being a K-9 officer, Officer Jarrett knows how valuable these dogs can be and he knows how expensive they are top replace and then train.
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The City of Anderson held a memorial service for the slain dogs last summer. Now they are fighting to make sure the costs from that loss are paid by the person responsible and not by the taxpayers.
There was no vote on the bill Tuesday. An amendment is being prepared that would require all replacement costs, including training, to be included in the law.


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Photographer Emilio Morenatti and AP Television News videographer Andi Jatmiko were traveling with U.S. troops when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb Tuesday. Jatmiko suffered leg injuries and two broken ribs. Morenatti, badly wounded in the leg, underwent an operation that resulted in the loss of his foot. || More from NYT.


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A Liberal and two Conservative senators have repaid dubious expense claims which were detailed in a special arbitrator's report.
Senate records show Sen. Colin Kenny has paid almost $31,400 in expenses that former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie deemed unjustified in his report released last month.
Binnie found that the questioned trips included overnight stays that didn't appear necessary and were sometimes scheduled around holidays with friends, time with family and even a suit fitting in Toronto.
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Bob Oneson, Library Services Assistant - Advanced
Areas of focus: assisting patrons, circulation management, interlibrary loan, course reserves, and accommodations testing
Bob joined the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Library staff in August 2011. In his free time, Bob enjoys playing guitar and tennis.
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Jason joined the Library Answer Desk staff in January 2016. In addition to serving students in the library, Jason works with faculty and staff to troubleshoot technology, serves as the campus representative to University Staff Council, performs program assessment on campus, and directs the campus athletic program. Off campus, Jason is an Alder on the Reedsburg Common Council and Chair of the Reedsburg Historic Preservation Commission.


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Implosion – Never Lose Hope "2015 iOS Game of the Year", was released in April 2015, and embodied a sci-fi based hack & slash game for the mobile platform. Set on bringing the AAA console gaming experience to mobile, Implosion received a Metacritic score of 93/100 as well as the coveted "editor's choice" on both AppStore and Google Play store. The characters were voiced by lead actors from the Resident Evil, Tekken, and Transformers franchises.
Implosion: ZERO_DAY, is a full-length feature animation, set twenty years before the events of the mobile game. By combining techniques from East and West, and sub-genres like High-Fantasy, Cyberpunk and Space Opera, this anime is sure to captivate audiences. From seasoned anime veterans to animation newcomers, ZERO_DAY has something to offer everyone. "A digital odyssey that urges the viewer to reconsider the way we interact as a species, and how we think about our place in the universe."
All regular matter, the entire Earth, and everything ever observed by humans, adds up to less than 5% of the "known" universe. Dark matter harbors the face of reality that is invisible to us; but what if the dark universe came out of hiding? In an age when our planet has been pushed beyond the limit of population control, the only viable alternative is to search for a new home. The technology that promised to take us to new stars has brought with it far more than we've bargained for. In the year 2179, Earth makes first contact with extra-terrestrial life, as a result of bold, scientific experiments in faster than light travel.
Rayark is a relatively small game development studio in Taiwan, with a huge passion for creating comprehensive entertainment experiences. In the past, we have released several successful games: Cytus, Deemo, Mandora, and Implosion, and gained a great deal of support from our fans. We believe now is the time to bring the Implosion universe to life and deliver it to a wider audience.
- The mobile game was the first step and now the Implosion: ZERO_DAY movie is the next to realising our dream that we would like to share with YOU. We believe in and need the power of the backers here on Kickstarter to support us.
- Even though we have achieved a high number of downloads for the Implosion mobile game, the movie is a unique side of the story that needs to be told. We would like to invite YOU, our backers, to take part in our story as we begin the exciting journey into science-fiction fantasy.
- The production of a full-length feature animation is a huge task and requires a lot of resources. With your support, we can maintain the high quality we are known for and deliver a brand new kind of animation film.


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Spring like temperatures is expected to return just in time for the weekend.
On Friday, the Nashville area started the day with temperatures in the 30s and 40s at daybreak.
Due to a northwest wind, temperatures will only reach the upper 50s to the lower 60s Friday afternoon.
Saturday will start off chilly with temperatures in the upper 40s, before reaching the mid to upper 60s.
Sunday brings back partial cloud cover, but a steady southwest wind will push temperatures to the mid-70s.
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Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) August 31, 2012
When companies and communities join together to create equitable play experiences-the good news spreads fast. PlayCore and its GameTime division joined the City of Cleveland, TN in celebrating the addition of a play space that implemented the company's 7 Principles of Inclusive Playground Design™. The Principles were created with Utah State's Center for Persons with Disabilities to foster environments that provide equitable play opportunities for children of all abilities. Representatives from GameTime, who provided the equipment through their local agency, Dominica Recreation, PlayCore, and stakeholders and officials from Cleveland all attended the grand opening.
David Hill, Regional Manager for GameTime said "The leaders of Cleveland led by the Cleveland Civitan Club pursued a playground that brought the invaluable experience of play to children of all abilities by working with GameTime on a design focused on the physical, the social, the sensory, the cognitive, and the communication needs as detailed in our Me2 program provided by PlayCore." Jennie Sumrell, Director of Programs and Partnerships for PlayCore added, "It is so exciting for us to see communities embrace the 7 Principles -to eliminate the challenges that individuals with disabilities may face if the play environment was not designed equitably."
Me2, PlayCore's industry leading inclusion program, highlights 7 Principles of Inclusive Playground Design that move play spaces beyond minimum accessibility and seek to create usable play environments that recognize everyone's right to fully participate and independently engage in the lifelong developments of play.
News of PlayCore's research and development in the area of inclusion has led to many positive comments. PlayCore CEO Bob Farnsworth stated, "just yesterday we received an e-mail from Indiana to express thanks for the company's research and development in the field of playground accessibility. The person had heard of the Cleveland TN project and told us that she was very pleased that there are people and corporations that care and want to make the world a more inclusive environment. Having worked with children with special needs for three decades, she has witnessed how painful it is to watch a child who is unable to play. She wanted to thank us for giving children of varying abilities the same benefit of learning experiences through play that other children enjoy."
Farnsworth added, "Positive experiences and feedback like this, from people in the communities we serve, are what drive us at PlayCore to continue to invest in research, partnerships, and programming that help build stronger communities through play."
For information on how to create a play space using PlayCore's 7 Principles of Inclusive Playground Design, go to http://www.inclusiveplaygrounds.org and request a complimentary copy of the Me2 guidebook.
About GameTime
GameTime has been a pioneer in commercial playground equipment since 1929 with a commitment to enriching childhood through play. GameTime combines the vast wealth of research and intellectual resources of our parent company PlayCore with an unmatched distribution network to lead the industry with innovative products, programs and play environments that inspire a child's imagination and promote health and wellness for future generations. http://www.gametime.com
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PlayCore helps build stronger communities around the world by advancing play through research, education, and partnerships. The company infuses this learning into its complete family of brands. PlayCore combines best in class planning and education programs with the most comprehensive array of recreation products available to create play solutions that match the unique needs of the each community they serve. Learn more at http://www.playcore.com


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Montvale, N.J. Another former OfficeMax executive has made a shift over to A&P, as The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. said Thursday that Carter Knox will assume the role of senior VP human resources & communications.
Prior to joining A&P, Knox was the senior VP human resources for OfficeMax. In his new role at A&P, he will be leading the human resources, field and corporate, labor relations, as well as the company's public relations & communications departments.
Over the last two weeks, OfficeMax COO Sam Martin took the helm of A&P as its chief executive, followed by Paul Hertz who left OfficeMax as executive VP retail stores to become A&P's executive VP operations.


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JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities on Sunday arrested six suspects in connection with the gruesome killing of a Palestinian teenager from Jerusalem, and police seemed to confirm Palestinian suspicions and Israeli fears that the killers were Jewish extremists seeking revenge for the recent slayings of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.
JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities on Sunday arrested six suspects in connection with the gruesome killing of a Palestinian teenager from Jerusalem, and police seemed to confirm Palestinian suspicions and Israeli fears that the killers were Jewish extremists seeking revenge for the recent slayings of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.
"We must all be ashamed," Finance Minister Yair Lapid said.
News of the arrests sent shock waves through Israeli society, and reignited fierce protests throughout Jerusalem and much of the rest of the country, with demonstrators hurling rocks and firebombs and clashing with police.
"The murder of a child is reprehensible, regardless of the religion or nationality of the child," said President Shimon Peres, who vowed that the killers would enjoy no privileges.
Extending condolences to the Palestinian family, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu similarly pledged that the "perpetrators of this horrific crime" would face the full severity of the law. "There is no place for such murderers" in Israeli society, he said.
Netanyahu spoke in Nof Ayalon, following a condolence visit to the family of Naftali Frenkel, one of three yeshiva students abducted and killed in the West Bank.
Speaking to reporters outside a courthouse, the Palestinian victim's father, Hussein Abu Khdeir demanded the killers' homes be demolished — in the past, a common Israeli punishment for the families of Palestinian militants. During a search last week, Israeli forces blew up the Hebron home of a suspect in the deaths of the three Israeli teens.
"I am asking Bibi Netanyahu to do what he did in Hebron, let's see what he does," Khdeir said.
The charred body of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir was found in Jerusalem woods early Wednesday, shortly after witnesses reported he was coerced into a car that sped away from the scene in the Palestinian neighborhood of Shuafat.
Tensions remained high, as hundreds of people, including Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, continued to arrive at a large mourning tent in Shuafat.
Separately, Israel carried out an airstrike Sunday in the Gaza Strip, killing at least six members of the Palestinian organization Hamas, according to Palestinian reports. More than 150 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since the three Jewish teens were killed three weeks ago.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that the suspects in the Khdeir killing were arrested Sunday and that police had "strong indications the background was nationalistic."
Many other details remained under a judicial gag order but were widely reported by Israeli media without attribution to official sources.
According to Channel 2, Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency arrested the six young Jews, among them three minors, in their homes in Jerusalem, the nearby settlement of Adam and the town of Beit Shemesh.
Reportedly, one of the suspects confessed to the killing and implicated others, describing how the victim was beaten in the car and later burned.
An autopsy performed Thursday revealed the boy was still alive and breathing when he was burned to death, according to the Palestinian attorney general.
In court Sunday in the city of Petach Tikva, the suspects were remanded to custody, with a judge ruling that five of the suspects should be held for another eight days, and a sixth for five days pending the filing of formal charges.
The Shin Bet blocked them from meeting with lawyers, in keeping with a law permitting the government to withhold counsel for up to 10 days when suspects are charged in cases involving national security.
Also on Sunday, 15-year-old Tarek Abu Khdeir, an American cousin of the victim, was conditionally released from police custody amid widespread condemnation of his brutal beating, allegedly at the hands of undercover police during protests in Shuafat on Thursday.
The U.S. State Department issued a statement, using unusually sharp language to reiterate its earlier condemnation of the treatment of the young U.S. citizen. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the department was "profoundly troubled by reports that he was severely beaten while in police custody and strongly condemn any excessive use of force." She called for "a speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full accountability for the apparent excessive use of force."
The Israeli Justice Ministry said it had opened an investigation after a video claiming to capture the incident emerged.
Video also played a role in the investigation into Mohammed Abu Khdeir's death. Detectives used footage from multiple surveillance and traffic cameras on the suspects' lethal route, according to Israeli media reports.
Images believed to show the car used by the suspects as they approached Khdeir have been widely circulated on the Internet.


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WASHINGTON (May. 25)
Despite drastic cuts in the Administration's foreign aid program in the House of Representatives last Friday two attempts to slash the proposed assistance for Israel were beaten off and the program still requests $76,000,000 for Jewish refugees in Israel.
An amendment introduced by Rep. Thurmond Chatham, of North Carolina, which would have cut Israel's allocation to $50,000,000 was decisively defeated by a vote of 103 to 66. A substitute amendment, introduced by Rep. Walter H. Judd, of Minnesota, would have reduced the Israel allocation to $65,000,000. It was rejected by a voice vote. Rep. Chatham led the campaign to reduce aid for Israel, claiming that the proposed amount of aid would be unfair to the Arabs.
Friends of Israel in the Lower House insisted on aid to Israel as a political and potential military ally. These included Representatives Daniel Flood of Pennsylvania, Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin, Melvin Price of Illinois, Jacob Javits of New York, Abraham J. Multer of New York, James C. Auchincloss of New Jersey and House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. Reps. Emanuel Coller and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., stressed Israel's role as a democratic nation in the Middle East region.