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You want pizza, you don't want to have to go outside to get it, and your loved ones, friends, coworkers, and/or fellow Settlers of Catan game night participants are all counting on you to nail the critical task of picking the right delivery spot. This is exactly the kind of very difficult problem we can help you solve. Our guide has all the information you need for a crowd-pleasing experience - even if that crowd is actually just you on your couch.
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We love hanging out at Fiorella. But sometimes you just can't summon up the energy to put on shoes in order to nourish yourself. When that's how you feel, order up a clam pie and call it a night. Besides the clam, the margherita and salsiccia pizzas are always on our list. Nice charred crust, not too greasy, and overall, some of our favorite pizza in SF.
Pizzeria Delfina
Delfina is the most consistently strong delivery pizza place in the game. Whether you're getting it in the Mission, Pac Heights, or the Peninsula, it's never soggy, the cheese hasn't slid off to form a greasy pile in the corner of the box, and they give you enough sausage or broccoli rabe per pizza to feed at least two hungry people. We love the salsiccia and the margherita.
Pizzeria Avellino
Avellino is one of the few places around here that does consistently great pizza by the slice, a la New York City corner spots. The slices are massive, the cheese is evenly spread and toasty, and the crust is just soft enough to fold. Not fancy, but sometimes just what you need. What you also need is the cheesy bread, because it doesn't get its own delivery guide but it deserves some time to shine.
You may not have realized that New Jersey has its own style of pizza, but this place will set you straight with its "Trenton tomato pie" (which has sauce on top of the cheese). We particularly like the pepperoni pizzas here - and we're also suckers for the burrata margherita. They're quite generous with their toppings, so you can pretty much expect at least a pound of meat on your pizza. Just a heads up so you can prep your stomach accordingly.
Casey's Pizza
Casey's used to be a pizza truck, and it was awesome. Now it has a brick and mortar, and it's still awesome. They will also bring their awesome pizza directly to your home, and you should take full advantage of that. The Zoe Pepperoni is always in our order. Not the cheapest place around, but it's worth paying a few extra dollars for close to perfect pizza.
You optimistically bought some mushrooms at the market over the weekend. But at this point, cooking a gourmet meal has sunk below "clean out the cupboard under the bathroom sink" on your to-do list - and it's only Monday. Get the mushroom pizza from Piccino instead. We're big fans of this place, and while that pie is our favorite, the margherita and whatever seasonal options they have are also generally strong. Extra key for delivery is the very thin crust that holds up without getting soggy.
One of the best things about delivery from PizzaHacker is not having to walk into a place called "PizzaHacker," but still being able to eat their delicious food. They have managed to hack the crust to an incredibly well-done state, crispy and airy without being burnt, and they know what they're doing with toppings, too - the "Rocket Man," with arugula and an egg, is excellent, as is the "Yo Vinny!" (with sausage, onions, and peppers).
Pink Onion
The pies here have a thick, doughy crust that's incredibly satisfying. If you're a fan of prosciutto and arugula pies, Pink Onion has an outstanding example of that genre. And the meat-heavy "Tyson Punch Out," despite its aggressive name, is also very good.
If you insist on getting technical, Montesacro serves "pinsas," not pizzas. They're oval-shaped, with a slightly-airer-than-normal crust that has a nice char to it. We recommend the 'njuda pinsa, the margherita, or the maranella, with spicy sausage, broccolini, and straciatella.
Pauline's Pizza & Wine Bar
Pauline's is for those who don't want their crust blackened or their pizzas topped with things like arugula, hen of the woods mushrooms, nettles, etc. Order from here if you want something classic, simple, and tasty. The pesto pizza (with no red sauce) is pretty great, but if you're with a group of carnivorous friends, go for the Italian combo. Of course, you could also just get both.
The Pizza Place on Noriega
Vegan pizza is something typically used to lure people to wellness conventions and trick children into eating vegetables. But even though as non-vegans, we tend to stick to the cheese and meat choices here, we're happy with the vegan option too - mostly because the pesto is so good. Pizza Place reminds us of the pizza of our '90s suburban childhood, in the best way possible.
Il Casaro Pizzeria & Mozzarella Bar
Yes, we're fully aware this is a pizza delivery guide; however, we'd be doing you a disservice if we didn't point out that you also need to get a side of burrata when you order from Il Casaro. It's imported and phenomenal, just like Tsukiji Market tuna and Celine Dion. Pie-wise, the broccoli and salsiccia is the right choice.
Little Star Pizza
Deep dish pizza is not for everyone. Some object to calling it pizza at all - while others are mortally offended by the suggestion of its illegitimacy. We'll let New Yorkers and Chicagoans duke that out, and just say that Little Star does our favorite deep dish in the city (particularly the "Little Star" pie, with spinach and ricotta). Apart from being delicious, it also stands up very well to being put in a box and transported via Scoot/car/hoverboard. They do have thin-crust pizza too, but we'd advise you to go big.


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A few minutes later and Jim reappeared, like Mr Benn, with news that the Chairman had just found out that the adjacent plot was also available and did I want to take on that plot as well! Jim suggested a took some time to think about it and to meet him back in the clubhouse where tea will be served.
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The filmmaking team behind ''Shrek'' takes the bare bones of William Stieg's children's book about an ogre who thinks filthiness is next to godliness and glories in bad manners and ickiness and uses that as a taking-off point for a new animated film that rejoices in its own brand of perversity.
The opening sequence of the film -- a Dreamworks movie directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and John Powell -- features the title monster (voiced by Mike Myers) enjoying a mud bath. It isn't merely because it will keep his glowing green skin supple and youthful; like the picture's young target audience, who love to display mouthfuls of half-chewed food to giggly friends and outraged adults, he loves creepy slop. (He garnishes his martinis with a human eye instead of an olive.) The movie itself is a giggly cocktail, though it's more foam than drink, a return to the frothy riffing on pop culture that started back on Bugs Bunny's watch in the Vitaphone days, before Disney created the fairy tales that were 90 percent merchandising and 10 percent boredom. ''Shrek'' maintains that beauty is on the inside, not the outside.
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Shrek is just as desperate as the donkey, but it's because he wants to be alone. Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) gives him the opportunity to return to his jolly, green hermetic state. If Shrek can deliver Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) for Farquaad to marry, Farquaad will ensure that Shrek's swamp is restored to its isolated status. The ogre sets off on his adventure with the donkey scampering behind, keen to help. Farquaad is responsible for Shrek's plight. He has assigned all of the magical creatures of the kingdom to ''a designated resettlement facility'' and many of them -- the Three Little Pigs, Pinocchio and others -- are on the run. They're using Shrek's mossy home as a hideout, which makes his mission all the more urgent.
Much of ''Shrek'' is scrappy, brash comedy, and the brio of the actors adds to the dynamism. The cycle of kiddie musicals typified by ''Aladdin'' seems to be drawing to a close, possibly because video stores have walls of these animated sing-along films already. Nonetheless, in a bleak nod to that tradition Shrek himself has been saddled with a bit of pathos: he's only vile because he wants to pre-empt responses to his appearance. Fortunately, he doesn't break into song to explain his aching psyche, though he might as well.
In Mr. Steig's book, Shrek is unapologetic about his looks; for him, life is not trick or treat, it's trick and treat.
Like many movies nowadays, ''Shrek'' is a blistering race through pop culture, and what the movie represents is a way to bring the brash slob comedy of ''The Simpsons'' and ''South Park,'' as well as the institutional irreverence of ''Saturday Night Live,'' to a very young audience. This leads to some very funny scenes, like the torture of the Gingerbread Man. Such rambunctious heartlessness has become a way of life in children's animation, but television isn't equipped to do it as well as films can.
When ''Shrek'' is cooking, thanks to the writing as well the improvisational skills of stars like Mr. Myers and Mr. Murphy and the performance of Mr. Lithgow, the jokes have a bark. The film's co-producer, Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks, is taking cartoons back to their roots. They weren't originally created for children but were consigned to the early morning children's ghetto in the early days of television because they were colorful, imaginative and short.
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The Affordable Care Act in one table
Chapin White, a former CBO analyst, has a good overview (pdf) of the Affordable Care Act's major provisions in the Berkeley Electronic Press. White is more pessimistic than I am on the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, and he's more pessimistic than some researchers are on Accountable Care Organizations (I don't have a strong opinion on ACOs). But his piece is clear and worth reading. It also includes this table, which is a very useful breakdown of where the bill spends, saves and taxes:
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"Reduced provider payment rates"?
How is this different than the doc fix issue?
Posted by: eggnogfool | January 11, 2011 10:56 AM | Report abuse
What is the expected effect of the $110B "tax on insurers and manufacturers"? My guess would be a price increase. Similar effects might be expected from the reduced premiums to private plans.
Overall, the affordable care act is a $500B tax increase. (210+110+70+30+50+20)
The only good part of this bill, in terms of making health care more affordable might be the negotiation of drug prices, but that will probably just make prices higher for others too.
Posted by: staticvars | January 11, 2011 10:57 AM | Report abuse
the $110 billion tax on insurers and manufacturers is a tax increase but it won't reflect here, no? That only reflects on the increase in costs to private plans that doesn't show here.
Good chart but what strikes me the most is the $890 Billion in redistribution from the Medicaid expansion and the subsidies.
Also what's missing? It shows a net $20 billion postive effect on the deficit and it was supposed to be around $120 billion in the first 10 years right? Do those notes reflected below make up that much of the difference? Good that it excludes the new ponzi scheme better known as the CLASS Act.
Posted by: visionbrkr | January 11, 2011 11:09 AM | Report abuse
Great table--too bad the individual numbers don't add up to the given totals.
The total for the given Medicare provisions is -630 billion dollars
The total for the given Coverage and Revenue Provisions is 580 billion dollars
Of course, I don't know whether the totals are wrong or the individual entries are wrong, or there were a few small individual entries that contributed to the totals but have been left off the list. In any case, the table is misleading for not indicating why the numbers don't add up.
Posted by: suehall | January 11, 2011 11:19 AM | Report abuse
the numbers are all rounded to the nearest ten.
Posted by: eggnogfool | January 11, 2011 11:24 AM | Report abuse
well, sure, if you go ahead and lay out the facts it all looks well and good. But what about the death panel fairies, budget-busting sprites, and government takeover wood nymphs? how do these figure into your so-called facts?
Posted by: willows1 | January 11, 2011 11:24 AM | Report abuse
This assumes that cuts actually happen. The CMS Actuary himself says this is improbable.
Posted by: theo2709 | January 11, 2011 12:10 PM | Report abuse
" 'Reduced provider payment rates?'
How is this different than the doc fix issue?"
It's not, I don't believe. And since this will never happen (Democrats already postponed these twice last year) like everyone knew when the "CBO" score came out, you can go ahead and strike that $230B from the 'revenue' side.
Also note the "high-risk-pools" buried in the "Miscellaneous" line. The ACA only included $5 billion to cover this item for 4 years. The governments own experts said in May (two months after the ACA was passed) that this will likely cost that much PER YEAR. So that's at least another $15B miss by the CBO 'score'.
You can read more about this item here: http://www.nihcr.org/news_High-RiskPools.html
Note that the link is not to Fox News, the Heritage Foundation, or the Cato Institute. It's to the National Institute for Health Care Reform, which is funded by labor unions and was supportive of the ACA!!!
If you follow their numbers, they estimate that $140 billion could be needed to cover this provision for which the ACA only provided $5 billion. So I'm being generous in only penalizing the numbers Ezra keeps citing by $15billion or so.
So while those like 'willows1' praise Ezra for using 'facts', keep in mind that the 'facts' Ezra clings to are quite subjective and outdated.
Posted by: dbw1 | January 11, 2011 12:18 PM | Report abuse
Now that we have all of the "estimated" effects on the federal budget deficit, perhaps the Obama/Pelosi Regime will release the ACTUAL effect of the PPACA's first year.
As reported by the Washington Post and other media outlets, the Obama/Pelosi Regime has collected -- but has to date refused to release -- both actual spending data and actual participant statistics. Many PPACA groupies had touted all of the new information collection, accomplished at the expense of medical care recipients who pay their own bills, was a panacea which would lead us to lower health care costs and greater benefits for all... yet the Obama/Pelosi Regime won't even let anyone actually SEE the information.
In parallel, an article cited in this morning's Wonkbook reports that "economists" are "surprised" that wages are falling: when we review last year's Ezra Klein blog and comments thereto, we note that the fall in wages was absolutely predictable (and predicted). Wonder what caused the "surprise" among the "economists" loyal to the principles of the Obama/Pelosi Regime??
Perhaps the "economists" and estimators either (a) don't know as much as they might think they know or (b) are simply offering misleading data for political gain.
Posted by: rmgregory | January 11, 2011 12:21 PM | Report abuse
so getting to the heart of those "reduced provider payment rates" that makes up one third of the positive side of the deficit effect. So what are these payment savings actually?
ACO's that are under fire from doctor and hospital groups about the rules governing them?
You see CBO's figures as with anything are great in theory but we don't live in theory do we?
Posted by: visionbrkr | January 11, 2011 12:29 PM | Report abuse
i'm fairly confident a review would indicate that both Ezra and I were confident the 'high risk pool' would fail. However, #1 it's just temporary and #2 It was a permanent feature of the Republican party's plan in the 2008 election.
On further review, it looks like 'provider reimbursement' here is hospitals/nursing homes. i'm confident that cuts to nursing home reimbursement will be doable, hospitals i'm iffy on.
Posted by: eggnogfool | January 11, 2011 12:44 PM | Report abuse
i vaguely remmember that hospital's cuts would be pushed back to the end of the decade. Wonder how much is nursing homes and how much is hospitals.
And if nursing homes say are cut substantially enough that a couple years from now people out there realize there are major problems there and legislation is enacted to bring those back to where they are now or greater then wouldn't/shouldn't that reflect on PPACA's TRUE costs?
Posted by: visionbrkr | January 11, 2011 12:57 PM | Report abuse
"Reduced provider payment rates?'
How is this different than the doc fix issue?"..."It's not, I don't believe."
These payment rate reductions are completely unrelated to the doc fix. Which you would know if you actually knew anything about this bill. But, apparently, you do not. Though you still seem to believe you're somehow qualified to comment on CBO's findings. Impressive.
Before you beat up on someone for making up "facts," maybe you should actually know them.
I suggest you go onto sports blogs and comment about how the Yankees will have a terrible season this year because their quarterback, Brent Farve, is embroiled in a scandal. It would be less embarrassing than your activities here.
Posted by: theorajones1 | January 11, 2011 1:11 PM | Report abuse
ok i get it you're defensive about PPACA. Conservatives (are correctly IMO) stating that these figures are contrived. Data coming out is only as good as data going in.
So instead of insulting him why not answer my question above?
Are these savings ACA's and if so is anyone paying attention to the rules being made up regarding them that doctors are fighting?
And while its not the doc fix it is IMAB and we'll see if they make those necessary cuts. If they do great, if they don't I'm sure conservatives will be to blame because you see its never anyone else's fault is it.
Posted by: visionbrkr | January 11, 2011 1:49 PM | Report abuse
Wow, I didn't know we had a resident expert on the ACA right here on the message boards!
By all means, then....please address why the ACA is going to miss so badly on it's estimated cost of the high-risk pools. I assume it's fair to ask you to address this since you know so much more than I do.
Posted by: dbw1 | January 11, 2011 2:25 PM | Report abuse
Since you are so much smarter than me, then I'll wait while you lay out how the ACA will reduce the deficit. I assume you can do that with somethin other than just "well, the CBO says so."
You will note my answer was qualified with "I believe", implying I could be wrong...since Ezra's link only included the graph with no description of the line items I assumed it to be related to the 'doc fix' since that was claimed to save about $20 billion/year.
You miss the point on the high-risk pools. I wasn't arguing whether they were a good idea, a bad idea, a Democrat idea, or a Republican idea. I'm simply arguing the CBO 'score' of the ACA, which Ezra continues to use as his bible to claim the ACA will reduce deficits, is widely flawed in it's cost estimates.
Posted by: dbw1 | January 11, 2011 2:38 PM | Report abuse
"On further review, it looks like 'provider reimbursement' here is hospitals/nursing homes. i'm confident that cuts to nursing home reimbursement will be doable, hospitals i'm iffy on."
Thanks for the clarification. Fair point that it was not the 'doc fix'.
My point of contention, however, with both the doc fix or this $230 billion provider reimbursement reduction is this: progressives always assume they can just cut payments to businesses/providers, and there will be no negative unintentional consequences.
Think about it....if a business has to provide the same service tomorrow that it is providing today, but you tell them you are going to pay them 20% less....what happens? They either have to lay workers off since they have less revenue coming in to pay their staff (effecting the quality of care you are getting), or they will tell you they don't want your business anymore (which many doctors have threatened to do if the doc fix ever happens, which is why politicians keep extending it).
And in the case of the latter, Obama and Democrats will be guilty of breaking yet another promise under the ACA...that you can continue to see whatever provider you see today. Sure you can...as long as your provider doesn't drop you because they refuse to see Medicare patients anymore after the ACA slashes what your provider gets paid to take care of you.
Posted by: dbw1 | January 11, 2011 2:51 PM | Report abuse
oh you're sadly mistaken. These 20% savings are just rich, old, white conservative people so Louis will just have to buy one less island this year for Penelope. So other than the natives working on these islands everything's going to remain the same!! See how simple it is in a liberal's world.
Posted by: visionbrkr | January 11, 2011 3:59 PM | Report abuse
"See how simple it is in a liberal's world."
I definitely would love to live in the simplicity of a liberal-progressive world. According to Ezra, this world includes a place where you can raise taxes as much as you want and it will never impact peoples behavoir as far as how much they spend, invest, or how hard they are willing to work. If only I could ever find my way to this dreamy, far-away land....
Posted by: dbw1 | January 11, 2011 7:12 PM | Report abuse
"These payment rate reductions are completely unrelated to the doc fix. Which you would know if you actually knew anything about this bill. But, apparently, you do not."
Wow. Before you start insulting people you may want to work on your reading comprehension, and maybe learn a few facts yourself. PPACA includes brand new cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates. Similar to what has happened with the "doc fix," many people expect that Congress will not allow these cuts to take place. So when eggnogfool asks how it is different than the doc fix, he is not asking if this savings is coming from the reversal of the SGR cuts (i.e. the commonly known doc fix, which is rightly not included in the score of the bill since it is unrelated), he is asking how this new round of cuts is any different, since Congress has shown no ability to stick to planned cuts in reimbursement rates.
A tip for you: if you're going to be condescending and insulting, you may want to make sure you understand what you're talking about so you don't silly.
Posted by: ab13 | January 11, 2011 8:05 PM | Report abuse
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IvyGate reported on a Facebook group called "THE Princeton '11 Party Crew," and specifically, the breathless reporting by one group member of his alcohol-related activities. This member, interestingly, is one Antonio Villaraigosa Jr, who, of course, is the son of the embattled LA mayor, who himself is watching his chances to succeed Arnie just slip right out of his hand. The Princeton Facebook group is here, and IvyGate's backup of the incriminating wall post is here.
This of course caused Villaraigosa Jr. to delete his posts, and everyone on the Princeton group to freak out. One wall-poster put it at its pithy best: "We got screwed…yay." I'm not sure why Ivy Leaguers act the way they do, but I noticed further back on the Princeton group wall posts, some Harvard girl was posting that her school was better: "However, Harvard is widely recognized as top dog. While I don't hold anything personal against any of you, it's fun to acknowledge the reality that Harvard parties dominate any of your "get togethers."
And then I also noticed that a Stanford student went ahead and stuck the Cardinal into the inane debate about which campus parties harder: "But you guys sure are ripping them off. Stanford had a '11 party crew group long before you guys made one. I think the display of envy is apparent. = )" The Princeton and Harvard people agree, in response that "Stanford isn't worth our time."
What is amazing about all this is that none of the students have actually attended college.
Yes, they may have partied during their Admitted Students Weekend or whatever (Stanford is alone among top schools in its draconian dry policy), but that hardly means anything when upperclassmen are trying to get clueless high school seniors drunk.
I think it hit the proverbial fan when media-and-gossip-gadfly blog Gawker picked it up, calling it "Fun with Facebook."
IvyGate then expanded their mocking coverage to similar Facebook groups around the Ivy League, and every college seems to have one.
Stanford, though, has its own group: "The Stanford Party Crew of 2011," full of everyone's drinking exploits for the world to see. It's hard to make sense of the social posturing, but I think it's fair to say the following things:
(a) Very few of these students, if any, know what a college party is like.
(b) Touting one's propensity to be an alcoholic and how hard one parties isn't something that really seems to be in vogue at Stanford, and probably not at other schools. Although it can be fun to spend Wilbur brunch discussing the inebriated exploits of the previous notes, it's about the exploits, not the alcohol.
(c) Few of these students will party as much as they think they will. IHUM papers and CS 106A programs and so on not only take up a lot of time, but they are tiring. It's hard to summon up the will to hit the lower row or SAE Thursday through Saturday.
(d) The focus on alcohol is strange. Most frat parties only have beer, and smaller parties, usually won't bother to actually make drinks more complicated than screwdrivers.
So while we all welcome such ambitious socialites and partiers to campus, they must also remember that whatever they think now about the social scene on campus, it's guaranteed to change drastically by the end of NSO.


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Choice is a vital part of video game mechanics these days. They give power to the player/character and let them decide who lives, dies and usually, how the plot is shaped by their whim. Whether you play as a shining example of peace and love or that one guy in Fallout 3 who kills people because they have a shiny gun, choice makes everything better.
Gods Will Be Watching takes the whole concept of choice and applies it to the extreme, by giving you a time constraint and then adding moral choices that will leave everyone involved feeling like they just kicked a puppy.
The game is made up of moments where you see yourself attempting to keep your band of survivors alive through various, brutal scenarios that are incredibly difficult. With each passing decision, something will inevitably go wrong and you then have to adapt accordingly to that new situation. Resource management is key as well as killing off a useless team member may actually help you out in the long run.
Nothing in this broken world is easy though. That's reflected massively in the mechanics, as well as the gameplay. You can spend hours just redoing a single failed choice that ended with your brains splattered across the floor. Trial and error is an integral cog in the machine that is Gods Will Be Watching and it's not something you play to relax.
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Taylor Swift's Floral Dress On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' Is Too Cute!
The blonde looked adorable and stayed true to her signature style in a pretty floral frock!
Taylor Swift has a penchant for floral dresses and feminine silhouettes — and considering they work so well on the star I definitely can see why she wears them so often! When she turned up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 11 she took the opportunity to show off yet another floral frock, before slipping into school girl-esque get-up for her performance — but her floral D&G dress was definitely my fave!


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JetBlue Airways announces plans to serve Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) has applied for authority from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide new international service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston's Logan International Airport (a).
Punta Cana would be JetBlue's fourth destination in the Dominican Republic, where the airline has grown substantially in recent years to become the nation's #1 airline (b). JetBlue intends to begin daily nonstop flights year-round between Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana and New York/JFK on May 6, 2010, and nonstop weekly flights (on Saturdays) from Boston's Logan International, on May 8, 2010 (a).
"Massport congratulates JetBlue on Punta Cana, its most recently announced destination from Boston Logan International Airport,'' said Ed Freni, Director of Aviation for the Massachusetts Port Authority. "JetBlue flies nonstop to 35 destinations from Boston and Punta Cana is its ninth Caribbean destination from Boston.''
JetBlue will operate its Punta Cana service with spacious 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The A320 offers travelers all of the amenities for which JetBlue has become well-regarded: complimentary seatback television programming including free first-run movies, comfortable leather seats, the most legroom in coach of any U.S. airline (c), unlimited free snacks and industry-leading customer service.
"Today JetBlue is proud not only to be launching a fourth destination in the Dominican Republic, but also announcing our 35th nonstop destination from Boston," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's vice president of network planning. "We are very happy with our operations in the Dominican Republic and look forward to continuing our growth and sharing the JetBlue Experience - complete with free snacks, drinks, seatback TVs and friendly service - with more travelers to and from the island."


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Childhood Temperament and the Risk for Addiction
- Temperament Characteristics
- Personality Development
- Family, Environment, and Temperament
- Understanding Addiction Through the Lens of Temperament
- Does My Temperament Doom Me to a Life of Addiction?
- Conclusion
Temperament: Your Lifelong FriendBack in the psychological dark ages (pre-1960s), children were viewed as blank slates. Parents shaped children into upstanding citizens, or not, and if not, parents were to blame. Chess and Thomas introduced the idea of childhood temperament to the understanding and treatment of children in the 1960s by demonstrating that each child is born with relatively stable behavioral characteristics.1 Differences in childhood temperament can be seen as early as four-months of age. We now know that there are cultural and sex differences as well in temperament structure.2
Temperament Characteristics
What are these temperament characteristics we are born with? Chess and Thomas' clinical temperament dimensions included energy (intensity and activity level) and adjustability (approach-withdrawal, sensitivity level, adaptability, and frustration tolerance).1,7,10 Subsequent research has identified higher order temperament traits of:3,4
- Surgency/extraversion.
- Negative affect.
- Effortful control.
- Emotionality.
- Activity.
- Sociability.
All children can be rated on a continuum for each of these traits.
Personality Development
Children grow up and develop personalities. Where do our personalities come from?
It is easy to see how some personality traits develop from inherited temperament styles. For instance, children higher in negative affect would be more at risk to become adults higher in Neuroticism than children lower in negative affect.
Family, Environment, and Temperament
There are no "good" temperaments or "bad" temperaments. However, while a child's temperament can change to some degree, depending on life experiences, children do not "outgrow" a harder-to-manage temperament. Instead, they must learn ways to manage it.
Understanding Addiction Through the Lens of Temperament
How might childhood temperament increase the risk for adult addiction?
- There is research that links addictive behavior with impulsivity and lower frustration tolerance,which are both temperament traits.8,9
Research has also found that different temperaments follow distinct causal pathways to different childhood behaviors and some of those behaviors increase the risk of adult addiction.11
- For instance, one pathway involves children with low fearful inhibition. These children would likely be more at risk for addictive behavior as adults than children high in fearful inhibition because they would minimize the risks of drug/alcohol use.
- Another pathway involves children with problems of emotion regulation. These children would likely be more at risk to abuse drugs/alcohol as adults than children with higher emotional regulation because drugs/alcohol would, momentarily, help them reduce their emotional upset.
- Active children who rush into new experiences also would likely be more at risk to experiment with drugs/alcohol as adults than less active children because they might see drugs as new and exciting, not potentially dangerous.
- On the other hand, children with a low sensitivity threshold (highly sensitive) might be less likely to abuse drugs/alcohol as adults than children with a higher sensitivity threshold (less sensitive) because they would experience the effects of drugs/alcohol sooner, or in a more intense manner, which might deter them from using.
Does My Temperament Doom Me to a Life of Addiction?
Addictive behavior is pervasive, with many causes and risk factors. One risk factor is childhood temperament because certain childhood temperaments are more likely to lead to adult personalities that are vulnerable to addictive behavior, especially if these individuals experience environmental stress.
Education and interventions that help children with these temperament traits learn to manage their temperament-related behaviors more effectively can be one more tool to use in the addiction-reduction tool box.
- Thomas, A., Chess, S., Birch, H.G., Hertzig, M.E., & Korn, S. (1963). Behavioral individuality in early childhood. New York, NY: New York University Press.
- Kohnstamn, G.A. (1989). Temperament in childhood: Cross-cultural and sex differences, In Kohnstamn, G.A., Bates, J.E., & Rothbart, M.K. (Eds.), Temperament in childhood (pp. 483-508). Oxford, England: John Wiley & Sons.
- Putnam, S.P., Ellis, LK. & Rothbart, M.K. (2001). The structure of temperament from infancy through adolescence. In A. Eliasz & A. Angleitner (Eds.), Advances in research on temperament (pp. 165-182). Lengerich, DE: Pabst Science.
- Buss, A. H., & Plomin, R. (2014). Temperament (PLE: Emotion): Early Developing Personality Traits. Psychology Press.
- McCrae, R. R. and John, O. P. (1992), An Introduction to the Five-Factor Model and Its Applications. Journal of Personality, 60:175-215. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00970.x
- American Society of Addictive Medicine (ASAM) (2016). http://www.asam.org/for-the-public/definition-of-addiction).
Buss, A.H. & Plomin, R. (2014). Temperament (PLE: Emotion): Early developing personality traits.
- Thomas, A. Chess,S. & Birch, H.G. (1968). Temperament and behavior disorders in children. New York, NY: New York University Press.
- Shenassa, E. D., Paradis, A. D., Dolan, S. L., Wilhelm, C. S. and Buka, S. L. (2012). Childhood impulsive behavior and problem gambling by adulthood: a 30-year prospective community-based study. Addiction, 107:160-168. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03571.x
- Ko, C.H., Yen, J.Y., Yen, C.F., Chen, C.S. and Wang, S.Y. The Association between Internet Addiction and Belief of Frustration Intolerance: The Gender Difference. CyberPsychology & Behavior. June 2008, 11(3): 273-278. doi:10.1089/cpb.2007.0095.
- Chess, S. & Thomas, A. (1986). Temperament in clinical practice. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
- Frick, P. J., & Morris, A. S. (2004). Temperament and developmental pathways to conduct problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(1), 54-68.


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and Ireland. He returned to Seattle in 1992 and established his own studio/hot-shop in Ballard. His art glass has been collected and appreciated around the world, and his glass castings are installed in the Atlanta Federal Building as well as public and private buildings in the northwest. His work is an extension of his technical background in glass science and his love of the traditions and history of glass blowing throughout the world.
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This velour mah Jongg travel bag is perfect for taking your set with you wherever you go, and can be personalized with custom embroidery. It also cleans easily with a damp cloth.
This bag has 2 straps and closes with a zipper to secure all your tiles, racks, dice and cards. Two velour wraps are included with the bag: One slightly larger than the other to wrap your racks, and the smaller to wrap trays with lids (additional fee for trays). This is helpful when packing your tiles away, as you can see immediately if any are missing.
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i was cooking dinner.
the mister was cleaning the van.
i looked through the front window and saw these two.
no bra, no shoes, & in pjs, i grabbed my camera and practically let dinner burn
to capture these innocent little faces.
dirt, flowers, weeds, grass, and rocks.
that's all they needed to entertain themselves.
it pleased my heart so.
to see them dig in the earth and be creative with it.
these may be some of my favorite pictures i've ever taken:
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UNSW researchers have discovered a new strain of norovirus that they warn could cause a severe epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Australia this winter.
Known as Sydney 2012, the highly infectious mutant virus has already caused an epidemic of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea in Europe, with an estimated 1.2 million cases of gastro in the UK during the colder months.
It has led to the closure of dozens of hospital wards there, and affected schools, age-cared facilities, cruise ships and workplaces, resulting in headlines in the British press such as the Chunder from Down Under.
Professor Peter White, and his team in the Faculty of Science, identified the new strain from Sydney patients last March.
Of the 40 different strains of norovirus circulating in the community at any time, only one type, known as GII.4, causes epidemics and pandemics.
Professor White, a molecular virologist, said his team found that Sydney 2012 was a member of these notorious GII.4 noroviruses.
"So I knew straight away it was a potentially pandemic strain," he said.
Team member, Dr John-Sebastian Eden, worked out the complete genetic sequence of the virus.
"I noted it was quite different to what we'd seen before. It was a hybrid," Dr Eden said.
They found Sydney 2012 was a combination of two strains that originated in Holland and Japan in about 2007, and must have initially emerged in a patient who was infected with both.
It is no more virulent than other strains, but its novelty means it can evade the human immune system.
"Even if you've had a norovirus infection in the past it won't protect you from this one," Professor White said.
The researchers alerted scientists around the world that the new strain could be responsible for an increase in gastro. Following the publication of the new strain in Eurosurveillance it has been confirmed by the Health Protection Agency in the UK that it was responsible for the British epidemic.
Although it was first identified and characterised in Sydney, the new strain only accounted for about a quarter of the infections in NSW last winter, with this figure steadily increasing.
But it was responsible for 75 per cent of cases in Adelaide and almost all the cases of gastro in New Zealand.
It is expected to become the dominant strain in Australia in winter, taking over from the previous pandemic strain known as New Orleans 2009.
"As many as 400,000 people could become infected," Professor White said.
Pandemic norovirus strains have emerged around the world five times, in 1996-97, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009.
Sydney 2012 has also spread to Japan, France, Belgium, Denmark and the US.
It is likely to be the cause of an unusually high number of summer cases of gastroenteritis in Melbourne, and for recent outbreaks on cruise ships visiting Sydney.
Professor White established the Australian and New Zealand Norovirus Surveillance Network of testing laboratories in 2006, which has links with two similar organisations in Europe and North America to form a global network.
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· Norovirus is the leading cause of outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis worldwide, estimated to cause half of all cases globally.
· It is associated with more than 200,000 deaths per year in frail, immune-compromised or malnourished people.
· It causes 64,000 episodes of diarrhoea requiring hospitalisation and 900,000 clinic visits amongst children in industrialised countries each year.
· After one or two days of incubation, signs include acute onset of nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea, which last two to three days.
· Keeping hydrated is extremely important and painkillers can be taken for headaches and aches.
· Norovirus is spread by contact with an infected person or contaminated surfaces and objects, or through food and fluids.
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Eight days from now, January 21st, 2017, one of the largest demonstrations in my history will take place on Washington DC, with sister marches across the US and in more than 30 other countries around the globe.
I have been asked over and over why I am choosing to march. My answer is typically one of the basic statements behind the march: I am marching in solidarity, women's rights are human rights, etc. But the real answer is none of those. I am not choosing to march. I HAVE to march. In these recent times, there is no other option than to speak for our rights. There is no possibility of changing the outcome of November past and more importantly, I am not protesting your Republican; it is so much more than that.
Tales of a Dreamer
@LaurMoneyMartin of Elite Daily wrote a fantastic article (find it here!) that really got me thinking about life and what it means to be a millennial. In the past six months my entire worldview has changed. Growing up I had always wanted to be a teacher. Go to college, move to the city, get a big-girl job, move to the burbs, get married, have kids, work until you're 65 and hopefully have enough saved to retire; this is the format of what will be a riveting and inspirational life, they said.
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Life is complicated, that's a given. I'm just here to talk through the rough patches, celebrate the successes of adulthood and figure out what the hell we're doing.
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The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015 features many messages, many media
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show has reached a major milestone.
The exhibition — on display through July 11 at the Grunwald Gallery — marks its 10th year with a lively mix of artwork about sexuality, gender, relationships, reproduction, eroticism and the human figure.
"This is the best Kinsey juried show yet," said Betsy Stirratt, director of the gallery and one of the jurors. "I am so pleased to see that the entries have become more thoughtful and thought-provoking than ever."
It all began in 2006 as The Kinsey Institute Juried Erotic Art Show. Over time, the annual event has expanded to include more artwork and more themes relating to the mission of The Kinsey Institute. At first confined to an intimate setting within the Kinsey space at Morrison Hall, the show moved to the expansive gallery inside the Fine Arts Building in 2009.
A rich mix
The 2015 edition of the show offers a rich mix of media and viewpoints, thanks to the Kinsey curator Catherine Johnson-Roehr, associate curator Garry Milius, and at the Grunwald, Stirratt and Jeremy Sweet, technical advisor and associate director.
In addition to photography, paintings and prints, there are ceramics, multimedia installations, readymade objects, sculptures and more.
Outside the gallery, a sign alerts visitors: "Please be aware that works in this exhibit contain nudity and sexual situations."
Those who venture beyond the frosted doors will see that artists from around the country — and one from the Netherlands — have responded astutely to the exhibit themes. Some pieces make bold statements, while others display nuance, wit and whimsy.
A common thread
This year, both the Best in Show and Curators' Choice and prizes have been awarded to fiber pieces.
Jennifer Hart of Lexington, Kentucky, received the top honor for "Self Portrait With J." As her website states, her creations are "not your grandma's quilts. Her art is about transformation; She turns pornography into "humanized" nude figures, and fabricates the images from discarded thrift-shop clothes.
"I think the 'Self Portrait with J' is both a personal statement and a continuation of my dialogue on pornography," she said.
Aric Verrastro's "Teammate Series" won the Curators' Choice. The Bloomington artist, who graduated from IU this month with MFA in metalsmithing and jewelry design, often incorporates textiles and textile techniques into his work. Here he has reimagined football shoulderpads in satin and lace, embellished with false eyelashes and acrylic nails. In a passage on his website, Verrastro explained that he has referenced protective gear from a very traditional, masculine pastime and made it overtly feminine.
"As a gay man, I constantly have to be conscious of my masculinity and its perception in social settings, even within gay culture," he said.
Other artists also have chosen to address relationships and sexual themes through traditional forms of textiles. Among them, Kathryn Shinko has embroidered racy text messages in her "Dirty Sampler Series" and Bren Ahearn has employed cross-stitch in her "Sampler #13" to list milestones and ask: "When Will I Ever Learn?"
Crowd favorite
The opening night crowd at the exhibition selected the third show award, the Gallery Visitors' Choice, which went to a giant wood sculpture by Melanie Cooper Pennington of Bloomington. She is a current MFA student at IU who will be teaching an introductory ceramics course in the fall. "I am interested in mining the figure in all of its parts," Pennington said about her work.
"I feel that getting the People's Choice award is appropriate for the sort of art that I try to make. I tend towards what-does-it-mean-to-be-human sorts of themes that I hope will inspire viewers to interact with the pieces."
To see the show
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2015 remains on display at the Grunwald Gallery through July 11. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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Can you pass on your HIV if you have an undetectable viral load?
- 11 March 2014
- By Hiv Vereniging Nederland
The chance that you will pass on your HIV when you have sexual contact is extremely slight if your viral load has been undetectable for at least half a year, as long as you comply with your therapy and as long as you have no other sexually transmitted infection (STI). This is often referred to as the 'Swiss stance' because Swiss researchers were the first to formulate the insight. Preventing the transmission of HIV can be a good reason to start with the HIV treatment, even if your immunity is otherwise still in good shape.
Taking other risks into consideration
Many men choose to have unprotected sex if both partners have HIV and each one has an undetectable viral load. When we discuss that, I notice fairly often that they have not always considered the risk they run of getting hepatitis C and other STIs.
Loek Elsenburg, HIV nurse
Viral load and risk
- 11 March 2014
- By Hiv Vereniging Nederland
What if you do have another STI?
Having another STI could possibly increase your chances of passing your HIV on to someone else. Since you don't always notice STIs, you could possibly have one without knowing it. If you have an STI, the amount of HIV in your sperm or vaginal fluid can be greater than normal.
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Images: from 'Nanonoia' by Jessica Charlesworth & 'The Race' by Michael Burton
I will be returning to Lancaster University on Thursday to not only be a rapporteur but to actually talk about my work alongside my colleague Michael Burton. We will both be discussing issues relating to nanotechnology, proximity, future health and safe living. I look forward to meeting all those who will be attending. Take a look at the proximities tab for more information.
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I'm not much of a TV person, so any show or series I follow are mainly recommended by friends or those I find on the Internet. So when it comes to local series, I really know of none (well, yes, On the Wings of Love but I mainly watched it online). After OTWOL ended last February, I looked for something I could binge watch and something with the same flavor because, you know, we all need a happy pill to get through all this adulting. Haha.
YAY: Single / Single
So in love with this mini-series by Cinema One that is so relatable on so many levels. Single/Single is a romantic comedy show that tackles the lifestyle and struggles of 20-something singles in this crazy, modern and fast-paced world. (#urbansurvivalguide) It's tailor-made for the young Pinoys and frankly, I've never seen anything else that hits so close to home. I don't know how I could emphasize more that it's a reflection of the lives of young professionals in all shapes and sizes right now. It doesn't get more contemporary that this! I truly related to Joee's (Shaina Magdayao) dilemmas on the aspects of career and romance, Joey's (Matteo Guidicelli) "spend like there's no tomorrow but there actually is, so now I am broke" attitude, and Ranee's (Anna Luna) frugality (one of the best points of this show IMO) and passion and obsession with Piolo Pascual (see how insanely I find this relatable? SEEEEEEE?)
I had doubts about Shaina and Matteo's chemistry but I was really impressed. It's like the entire cast is one big barkada in real life with how smooth their dynamic was. They'll be starting their second season this coming Sunday (May 15, 2016), 10:00 PM at Cinema One. Just found out the greatest news that JC Santos will be part of the sophomore season so that's another reason to watch it. If you want to keep up and see the first season muna, go to PhilstarTV.com!
YAY and a little bit NAY: Forever Sucks
I found about Forever Sucks while browsing JC Santos' Instagram account and decided to give it a go. It's a web series made by D5 Studio about a (wait for it!) vampire named Izabel (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) trying to fit in this world by being a call center agent. Before you flip tables, please hold your horses. I know the vampire story line has been used a lot of times to the point of exhaustion, but Forever Sucks had this cute but not overkill vibe that makes it okay. Izabel and TL Tony (JC Santos) are cute to watch, I can't help but break into a smile when they have scenes together (also, his Kit Harington-like hair). I've seen almost all the webisodes (skipped two, I think) and while it's, yes, entertaining to watch when I'm bored, there were some scenes that I felt were cringe worthy and there were some that's unnecessary ('nosebleed' scene while talking to a customer? I thought we're already past this. Hehe.)
I liked the friendship and acceptance side of Forever Sucks, it felt really warm and genuine. But my favorite episode though would be the sixth one because TL Tony damn nailed it. Hahaha.
It's available online, so you'd only need an internet connection to watch this. I truly hope the storyline develops into something more out of the vampire box so people would be more inclined to watch. It's 10 minutes per episode, so yes, take a bite, it's alright. 😊 Watch all 12 episodes here.
And I guess, for me, the greatest bonus to discovering these new shows was more exposure to local music. I've never listened to Never The Strangers before until their song, Sabay, which was featured in Single/Single. I discovered more beautiful tracks from Ourselves the Elves and Reese Lansangan, and fell in love with Rusty Machines' Can't Hardly wait, thanks to Forever Sucks! 😊


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Learn about our editorial policy Cathy Wong Updated on June 28, 2019 Paul Bradbury/Caiaimage/Getty Images More in Chronic Pain Living With Diagnosis Treatment Types In This Article Table of Contents Expand White Willow Bark Boswellia Devil's Claw Bromelain Turmeric Ginger View All Back To Top If you are living with pain, adding herbs to your regimen may help to ease your discomfort, especially when combined with regular exercise, diet, and the practice of relaxation techniques. At the root of many pain-causing conditions such as arthritis, back pain, and tendonitis is inflammation, a natural immune response to infection or injury. In addition to causing pain, inflammation—if it becomes chronic—is a risk factor for chronic diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Here's a look at six herbs often used for natural pain relief: White Willow Bark Containing an aspirin-like compound known as salicin, white willow bark has long been used as a natural remedy for inflammation and pain. It was found to be as effective as conventional medicine in lessening pain among people with mild to fairly severe knee and hip problems in a 2008 study. White willow bark may also alleviate acute back pain, joint pain, and osteoarthritis. However, like aspirin, the bark may cause stomach upset, affect kidney function, prolong bleeding time, and increase the risk of bleeding. Also, it shouldn't be used by children. Natural Osteoarthritis Pain Relief Remedies Boswellia Sourced from a resin found in the bark of the frankincense tree, Boswellia has been shown to thwart chemical reactions involved in inflammation. Practitioners of Ayurveda have long used Boswellia to treat arthritis. Devil's Claw Traditionally used for rheumatoid arthritis, the South African herb devil's claw may also soothe pain resulting from osteoarthritis, tendonitis, and back and neck troubles, according to proponents. In a 2007 study of 259 people with rheumatic conditions, researchers found that 60 percent of study members either reduced or stopped their pain medication after eight weeks of taking devil's claw. The herb also appeared to improve the participants' quality of life. Bromelain A type of enzyme extracted from pineapple stems, bromelain reduces levels of prostaglandins, which are hormones that induce inflammation. Bromelain may benefit people with arthritis and conditions associated with musculoskeletal tension (such as TMJ syndrome), as well as those suffering trauma-related inflammation. What's more, the enzyme may promote healing in muscles and connective tissues. Turmeric An ayurvedic spice known to tame arthritis pain, the curry spice turmeric contains an antioxidant compound called curcumin. In an animal-based study published in 2007, scientists discovered that curcumin can overpower pro-inflammatory proteins called cytokines. The compound may also help decrease pain associated with autoimmune disorders and tendonitis. Turmeric for Pain Relief Ginger While sipping ginger tea can help relieve cold-related congestion, supplementing with ginger may help to ease the pain. Research indicates that ginger may calm arthritis pain, possibly by lowering your prostaglandin levels. One 2005 study even suggests that ginger could reduce pain and inflammation more effectively than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin). The Takeaway Although scientific support for the claim that any herb can treat pain is limited, adding certain herbs may help some people who are living with chronic pain, especially if it is combined with other lifestyle changes, such as meditation, deep breathing, an anti-inflammatory diet, and exercise. If you are considering using herbs, it's important to talk with your healthcare provider to avoid any adverse reactions. For example, white willow bark, turmeric, and ginger contain natural blood-thinning compounds, so people taking many common medications and supplements and those about to undergo surgery should be particularly cautious. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Sign up for our Health Tip of the Day newsletter, and receive daily tips that will help you live your healthiest life. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? 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Tensions remained consistently high, and in 2009, Taseer was made head of the provincial government after Zardari imposed "governor rule" in the province in a bid to contain a growing protest movement against his government. The imposition left the provincial assembly temporarily suspended, and put power directly in the hands of the governor.Ultimately, however, it was not Taseer's brash, often confrontational, approach to politics that led to his death on Tuesday. Mumtaz Qadri, the member of the elite force of the police deputed to protect Taseer who shot and killed him in a market in Islamabad, boasted to officers that he was proud to have killed a "blasphemer," according to security officials. Taseer had taken a vocal stand in support of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently sentenced to death by a Pakistani court, following her conviction for blasphemy. Bibi has pleaded her innocence, and human-rights activists used the case to highlight what they termed the misuse of the law to victimise minorities. 'Radical elements' Analysts say the assassination is significant not simply because of the person targeted and the reason behind it, but because of the broader societal implications. "[It points to] the presence of radical elements inside the Pakistani state apparatus," Cyril Almeida, an Islamabad-based analyst and columnist, says. He says that the fact that Taseer's own bodyguard shot him is not just worrying because it indicates a failure of the vetting process, but because it points to "the extent to which this poison has affected the Pakistani state. The investment in jihad has come home to roost". Preliminary investigations point to Qadri acting as a lone assassin, and Almeida says he likely picked up his religious ideas not from secretive radical groups, but from public discourse. 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Some Pakistanis have also reported that they received text messages on their mobile phones praising the assassination. State 'incapable' Asked if the Pakistani state could take action against public statements calling for the killing of those involved in blasphemy, Rizvi expressed scepticism that the state was in a position to do so. "I don't think the Pakistani state is powerful enough to ... take action against them," he said. "Had it been powerful enough, they [the religious leaders] could not have made such statements. I don't think the state will do anything." For Rizvi, the problem, again, is that Qadri's act, even if he was acting alone, is symptomatic of deeper intolerance. "It is significant in the sense that it clearly shows that religious extremism has seeped deep into the state apparatus, at least at the lowest level," Rizvi told Al Jazeera. "Those people who are under-disciplined get more influenced by extremist groups outside their system. "It's a very serious matter … all those who are sympathetic to extremism may not pick up a gun, but the state of mind is a matter of concern." Almeida is particularly critical of Pakistan's media, pointing to 24-hour television news channels and newspapers as being "populist, irresponsible, appealing to the lowest common denominator and reactionary. [This] has a broader impact on society". Amendment unlikely What does this mean for those who have been calling for reforms to the blasphemy laws - to those who identify themselves as liberals in Pakistan? "It creates a sense of insecurity," Rizvi says, and leads to one of two reactions: either they use it as a lightning rod to ignite anger against violence, or it creates fear, making people more "careful not to make statements that may make people angry". Either way, the government is unlikely to touch the blasphemy law as it stands. Already in the midst of a crisis with the break-up of its coalition leaving the PPP, to which Taseer belonged, in a minority government, it had earlier indicated that amendments to the law were off the table for the moment. Given the controversial nature of the legislation, and the coalition crisis, Almeida thinks that the government is unlikely to go near the issue, though he says that he "hopes that the PPP would use [the assassination] to make a definitive stand on the blasphemy laws, to 'honour the legacy', so to speak, of Taseer". But "they have been quite depressingly quiet on this issue", he said. Little breathing room Against this backdrop, Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N chief, gave the government on Tuesday a 72-hour deadline to commit to acting on certain grievances, or to face a vote of no-confidence. While analysts say the assassination will give the PPP some breathing room, it will not be much, and it will not last long. "Tough statements from the opposition may stop for two or three days," Rizvi says, but then the PPP is likely to face renewed criticism on the security front. "They will say: If the governor cannot be provided security, what about ordinary people?" While a vote of no-confidence may be one step further than the opposition is currently considering, the assassination of the PPP's governor in Punjab will likely be used as another argument in criticising a government that has grown largely unpopular in recent months owing to economic and security crises. Meanwhile, Pakistan's society seems to be continuing to edge incrementally further towards the religiously conservative. "Conservative forces," Almeida says, "are not just on a roll in Pakistan, they're pretty dominant. And liberal forces are not just on the back foot, but, really, they are extinguished." Follow Asad Hashim on Twitter: @AsadHashim SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asad Hashim Politics Pakistan


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" . . . above and beyond the call of duty . . ."
It's the phrase that sets one decoration of valor apart from all the rest—the Congressional Medal of Honor, awarded for those acts of duty and selflessness that stand out so clearly, so conspicuously, against those expected of a volunteer army already willing to risk life and limb, that we reward it with the highest honor a member of our military can receive.
Often they are spontaneous acts, tapping into reservoirs of courage unknown to those who act on them until circumstances reveal them. But in some they are not so unpredictable. In some people, from their earliest years, a willingness, even a need, can be seen, to go farther, do more, to take risks that others don't. To go above and beyond.
In the vein of Michael and Jeff Shaara (The Killer Angels, Gods and Generals), Above and Beyond, the debut novel from Clint Hayes, tells the story of two such men, men whose upbringings were starkly different but who from childhood showed an equal ambition to excel. Jay Zeamer, Jr., the first of four children born to a world-traveling leather exporter and a society mother, is raised in well-to-do Orange, New Jersey, and summers in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Joe Sarnoski comes from a family of eventually seventeen, the fifth child of a miner and housewife who hunt and grow much of their own food in the coal fields of Pennsylvania.
And yet in each of their rooms hang the models of their passion, wooden airplanes they've made themselves. And even then, they are drawing their own lines and crossing them. At age ten, Zeamer has built his own boat from the scrap lumber around the Boothbay docks; by fourteen he's made Eagle Scout. At twelve, Sarnoski has learned the accordion and is in a popular band, playing weddings and other events.
By the time world war finds them together in the Southwest Pacific, the roles have switched, Sarnoski the respected squadron bombardier of an untested bomb squadron, Zeamer a combat veteran languishing in the right seat of a bomber he can't seem to conquer to make command pilot. Yet the ambitions remain, Zeamer intent on leading a crew of his own willing to lean forward, even bend the rules when necessary, when that's what achieving the mission entails; Sarnoski to serve with the best of the best and sink five ships before returning home to his wife.
"There's always a way," says Zeamer, and as he has so many times already, he finds one in the vast, hot prairies of Australia. Together, thrown together by fate and will, two men who have always set their own high standards see their ambitions coalesce, and put together a crew to fulfill them.
A crew that will become known as Zeamer's Eager Beavers for its commander's constant volunteering for missions.
A crew that will gain a reputation for its extra mile of preparedness, and coming back against improbable odds.
A crew that will become the most highly decorated air combat crew in American history, with the most highly decorated mission in American history, because they were led by two men who from the very start went above and beyond.
Hayes brings this incredible, untold true story to life with unparalleled authenticity and intimacy. Based on interviews with the Eager Beavers themselves and their squadron mates, as well as extensive interviews of over twenty family members of the crew, Above and Beyond is the most comprehensive and authoritative account not only of the story of the Eager Beavers, but of their war. Literally the polar opposite of the war in Europe, it is the tale of men at the end of the line, at the edges of civilization, where dust and disease are as deadly as the enemy. Yet it is these nomadic bombers, a handful at time, flying unescorted through the most violent storms on Earth over hundreds of miles of shark-infested waters, who helped stop the Japanese juggernaut and save Australia from invasion.
That is the backdrop for the thrilling and inspiring story of the Eager Beavers, and the men who brought them together. Heroes in the finest of the American tradition, they show us all what "above and beyond the call of duty" truly means.
Excerpts from the Novel
From the Prologue:
It floated.
The boy knew that it should. He'd spent the spring and early summer of his tenth year designing and building it himself. He had made himself a fixture around the Boothbay docks, begging scrap lumber and advice from the shipbuilders. He had searched the wisdom of the fishermen who early on took a fancy to him, the quiet mop-headed boy with the far gaze who knew the Indian trail along Linekin Bay like the walk to his front porch. They had taken him in, and out to sea—taught him to find his way by the sun and stars, how to find the mackerel in the bay and the bluefin beyond Damariscove. He had listened to them with the ear of a child intent, and applied their lessons exactly. The sides were cedar and the planks were oak. The mold was notched to clear the chines, the stem lengthened to butt up against the first bottom plank. He'd countersunk his screws, angled his nails, caulked with cotton wicking, drilled out the knots and filled them with plugs.
But it still surprised him that it floated.
It was a simple thing, flat-bottomed and white, as wide as his elbows stuck out, a yard longer than his outstretched legs. His mother had reminded him all along that he would stick to the harbor's edge, but they both knew better. Already his eyes carried across the harbor, to the tall-masted relics from the Great War, the schooners of the old merchant marine. From their high rigging he'd be able to see clear to the horizon. His slight vessel seemed to sit on the water more than float, but it would get him there, and the lobstermen at the Cove would sing his praises.
"I wish Pop was here to see it."
"He'll see it when he's home. You'll be an old sea dog by then."
"Where is he now?"
"His last cable was from Rome."
He gazed out at the slot where the harbor met the Atlantic. He tried to imagine all the water between there and Rome.
"Oh, I forgot to mention," his mother said. "Your new airplane kit arrived."
The boy's head jerked to her with excitement, but immediately he remembered why he was here. Attention returned to the boat.
"It will be there when you get home," she said. "Now are you going to give it a maiden voyage or not?"
He flashed his quirky smile at her and went to it. He carefully stepped in, holding the side, getting his balance. He untied and pushed away with his hand, only then sliding his oars out from under the seat. Fitting them into the locks, he checked from side to side as he pulled away. He glanced about the interior, looking for water seeping. He could see none.
He looked up at his mother. She stood there smiling—proud, but knowing. She waved a small wave.
"Remember, Jay—" she called after him, half-heartedly.
"Keep to the shore!" he yelled back, already far enough away his voice was smaller. He was all senses as he looked around to check his position, and then heaved again on the oars.
She knew he would.
For now.
From the First Chapter:
The twin-engine bomber roared through the soft sea air, its U. S. Army green pale under the white tropical sun. With its long pointed nose and two large engines tucked in close on the high wings, the B-26 Marauder reeked speed and agility, a fighter grown up to be a bomber. Two thousand feet below, the southwest Pacific sparkled blue and white. Beyond the plane's wingtips the ocean stretched endlessly, but ahead was broken by the random gray outcroppings of the Barrier Reef. Farther ahead, the Australian coast lay dull green on the horizon.
Terry Doyle had been operations officer of the 19th Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group, for two months, three weeks, and a day. He knew this not because he hated the job, but because he was made for it. It was no surprise when it had been assigned to him. As he retrieved the 9x12 envelope containing the next month's orders, he doubted he'd see any change on his front. With practiced ease Doyle spun off the string holding the envelope shut—a fine callous on the inside of his index finger now aided this—and dropped the contents into his hand. He scanned the names and military shorthand and smiled. He'd be keeping his callous for another month.
His head cocked as a sound drifted in the open-ended canvas tent that was his office. Framed with wooden posts and lashed to the surrounding eucalyptus trees, what it lacked in amenities it made up for in breeze. It was that breeze that now carried the faint but distinctive growl of the B-26's Pratt & Whitney engines.
Doyle dropped the orders on the table and hurried to the end of the tent, glancing through the scattered trees at the runway. He sighed in exasperation. Loitering on and around the dirt runway was a loose collection of cattle.
"Damn it."
Doyle snatched the keys hanging on the corner pole of the tent, wrangled the old motorcycle parked outside, and in seconds was speeding away through the knee-high tan grass and the scrawny trees, spurting dirt behind him. In seconds, livestock were scattering away from the raucous machine.
It was not an unscenic spot for an air base. The sun rose over an impressive green ridge line a few miles to the northeast that fell to flatland straight east, and set in the west behind the modest, irregular foothills of the Hervey Range. The valley itself was a liberal mix of prairie grass and eucalyptus woods, with a number of streams winding across it. Two lonely highways formed a sideways "T" in the middle of the valley, one running mostly east toward the coast, the other running north and south and paralleled by the Great Northern Railroad, an ancient narrow-gauge with a stop in Woodstock, the tiny collection of homes and stores across the highway and track from the base and from which it took its name. Twenty miles north along that route lay Townsville, a sleepy coastal rail hub on Australia's northern shoulder. Small as it was, it was metropolitan compared to Woodstock, and was already swelling with an importance to the Allies far beyond its capacity.
The base itself was fit into the southeast corner of the junction of the two highways, which formed its western and northern boundaries. There were three runways, one adjacent and parallel to each of the highways, and a third running east-northeast from the southern end of the north-south runway, forming a large, leaning V. Winding dirt service roads connected the airstrips with one another, snaking for miles through the woods and underbrush, with dozens of cleared pockets, called revetments, interspersed along their edges for parking aircraft.
. . .
The B-17 Flying Fortress was small but distinct against the vast blue sky. Low-winged with four engines, strength in motion, it was near enough to make out its lines, but high enough for its powerful drone to drift across the emptiness.
The slim figure in khaki, shirt and pants with a belt, stood in the middle of the wide dirt service road, staring straight up, hand to his eyes, his gaze following the B-17 as it crossed the sky. The baby face and sleepy blue eyes could have made him look younger than his twenty-four years, but the levelness of the gaze and set of his mouth belied any pretense of that.
"What will Dixie think?"
Jay Zeamer started at the voice to his left and looked. Walt Krell was walking towards him from the trees. Zeamer smiled and looked back up at the shrinking plane.
"She knows I'm a kept man," he replied in his surprisingly deep, measured cadence.
Krell looked at the B-17. "Lot more of those these days."
"There do seem to be." The plane was lost to the tall trees. Zeamer turned and began walking down the dispersal lane. Krell followed alongside.
"They've made a few changes to it since we saw them at Langley," he said. "That's the new 'F,' isn't it?"
"I think so," Zeamer replied. "I'd like to see what else they've done to it." The sound of a 6x6 transport truck grew louder. They moved to the side as the truck rounded a corner and passed them. A man in the back yelled as they passed by.
"Hey, Krell, you in for cards later?"
"I'll be there!" He and Zeamer resumed their walking. "I have to be. I want that ten bucks back. You headed to the plane?"
Jay nodded. "I like to look it over myself after a flight."
Krell smiled to himself. "Spoken like a command pilot." Zeamer said nothing. The two men approached a revetment.
"Doug Shepherd passed his check ride with Hatch this morning."
"He's due," Zeamer said. "He's a fine pilot, though maybe a little stuffy."
"He's a hot shot like so many of 'em. Somehow they're always better than the ones who came before. At least he can walk the talk more than most."
Dixie appeared beyond the trees as the two men arrived at the revetment. They headed for the plane.
"You could take another whack it yourself, Jay. It's been a while."
"I could. Anyone you're mad at?" Walt laughed. The two men arrived at the plane's left landing gear. Jay inspected the assembly. "I think the opinion is I've tilted at that windmill enough times now."
Krell watched Jay run his hand over a section of the tire. "So what's your opinion?"
Jay's hand paused on a spot, testing it. "I think it's about time to replace this tire," he said.