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MARRAKESH, Morocco – Countries from around the world tackled the migration issues on Monday adopting the Global Compact for Migration.
Leading representatives from 164 governments had gathered together for the international summit on migration at Marrakesh, in Morocco.
United Nations Secretary-General Chief Antonio Guterres hailed the adoption as 'historic.'
He said the Compact provides a platform for "humane, sensible, mutually beneficial action" resting on two "simple ideas."
"Firstly, that migration has always been with us, but should be managed and safe; second, that national policies are far more likely to succeed with international cooperation."
The UN chief said in recent months there had been "many falsehoods" uttered about the agreement and "the overall issue of migration." In order to dispel the "myths," he said that the Compact did not allow the UN to impose migration policies on member states, and neither was the pact a formal treaty.
"Moreover, it is not legally-binding. It is a framework for international cooperation, rooted in an inter-governmental process of negotiation in good faith," he told delegates in Marrakesh on Monday.
The pact would not give migrants rights to go anywhere, reaffirming only the fundamental human rights, he said. Mr. Guterres also challenged the myth that developed countries no longer need migrant labour, saying it was clear that "most need migrants across a broad spectrum of vital roles."
Acknowledging that some countries decided not to take part in the conference, or adopt the Compact, the UN Chief expressed his wish that they will come to recognize its value for their societies and join in "this common venture."
The United States did not endorse the Compact, and more than a dozen other countries either chose not to sign the accord or are still undecided.
The Moroccan minister of foreign affairs, Nasser Bourita, banged his gavel announcing the adoption of the Compact, while outlining the various efforts his country has made to bring about global consensus on international migration.
Along with Climate Change, unregulated migration has become a pressing issue in recent years. Every year, thousands of migrants lose their lives or go missing on perilous routes, often fallen victim to smugglers and traffickers.
Mr. Guterres welcomed the overwhelming global support for the pact, saying that for people on the move, "voluntary or forced; and whether or not they have been able to obtain formal authorization for movement, all human beings must have their human rights respected and their dignity upheld."
The adoption of the pact, now known as Marrakech Compact, coincides with the 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document which is central to the pact. Mr. Guterres said "it would be ironic if, on the day we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we would consider that migrants are to be excluded from the scope of the Declaration."
After the adoption, the UN chief told journalists that "it was a very emotional moment" for him when he saw "the members of the conference unanimously in acclamation" adopt the Compact.
It was fitting that the conference is taking place in Marrakesh, a major migration route for centuries. UN data shows that globally more than 60,000 migrants have died on the move since the year 2000, prompting the Secretary-General to call it "a source of collective shame."
UN senior migration official Ms. Louise Arbour, tasked with overseeing the process, applauded the adoption, calling it "wonderful occasion, really a historic moment and a really great achievement for multilateralism."
She congratulated member states for working "very hard to resolve differences, to understand the complexities of all questions related to human mobility for the last 18 months."
Ms. Arbour, who is the UN Special Representative for International Migration, said the Compact "will make an enormous positive impact in the lives of millions of people – migrants themselves, the people they leave behind and the communities that will then host them." She revealed that this will depend on the implementation of the Global Compact's initiatives.
Representing civil society and youth at the conference opening, children right's activist Cheryl Perera, spoke of her volunteer work against child trafficking. She urged the delegates to make full use of the opportunity the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) provides.
"The GCM offers a historic opportunity now for you to deliver on your existing obligations to protect children and invest in young people all around the world. But it doesn't end here. You need to address the underlying risks of forced and unsafe migration, like climate change, social political exclusion, disasters and inequality, and you need once and for all to end immigration detention," she said, adding that everyone needed to do more "to prevent trafficking and protect victims. You need to stop criminalizing migrants."
The longstanding German Chancellor Angela Merkel, welcomed the adoption saying that it was high time the international community came to a more realistic understanding over global migration.
Ms. Merkel warned that the "go it alone approach will not solve the issue," stressing that multilateralism is the only possible way forward. She admitted that her country – which has already welcomed more than a million migrants and refugees in recent years from countries such as Syria - will need more skilled labour from outside the European Union and has a vested interested in legal migration. But she also reaffirmed that member states must tackle illegal migration and clearly commit to effective border protection to prevent human trafficking, as put forward in the Compact.
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2012 Scott Spark range - First ride review
By James Huang
29er options, better suspension and progressive geometry
Scott's new 2012 range of Spark full-suspension bikes is no longer aimed solely at cross country racers. While the later first-gen models eventually sprouted longer forks and more trail-friendly componentry, this second-generation Spark is a wholly more proactively progressive machine straight from the get-go in terms of travel, geometry, and versatility. The family has grown, too, to 11 26" models (seven carbon, four aluminum) ranging from US$1,500-10,000 and six all-new 29" models (three carbon, three aluminum) from US$1,650-6,500.
We spent four days riding the new bikes around Scott's Sun Valley, Idaho US headquarters (plus an extra few weeks beforehand on a preproduction carbon 26" model on local trails) and walked away with a good impression of what consumers will see later this year: much improved suspension performance, surprisingly speed-friendly handling, and even a cleaner, more modern aesthetic.
Trick TwinLoc feature across the board but your thumbs will be very busy
The personality of every 2012 Spark is overwhelmingly defined by the TwinLoc user-selectable suspension settings, operated by a trick bar-mounted lever that simultaneously controls the rear shock and front fork. Upper-end models like the ones we rode can be switched on-the-fly between 120, 85, and 0mm of travel on 26" bikes and 100, 70, and 0mm of movement on 29" versions – both using a new DT Swiss Nude 2 rear shock built just for Scott (lower-end bikes get a two-mode open/lockout switch instead).
The new DT Swiss Nude 2 shock is a big improvement over the original Nude
Suspension performance in full-travel mode is significantly improved with lower breakaway thresholds as compared to the original DT Swiss Nude shock and a more smoothly progressive spring rate afterward. As a result, the new Spark is better at flattening out high-frequency trail chatter, the rear end no longer wallows in the mid-stroke as the old machine was occasionally prone to do, and in general it's easier to use the suspension to gain speed out of corners than before.
Flipping the TwinLoc switch into traction mode yields a more dramatic change than in years past. DT Swiss has managed to tuck the original Nude shock's external secondary air chamber into the main body of the Nude 2 for a more compact form factor and better bottle clearance but the end result is the same. Traction mode seals off the smaller chamber and produces a firmer and much more sharply progressive spring rate that effectively shortens the travel and also raises the sag point – something we very much appreciated during the countless long uphill grinds of Sun Valley's surrounding terrain.
Higher-end Sparks also get a new semi-analogous system on the matching RockShox fork with full open, platform, and lockout modes on the custom DNA3 compression damper. Just as with the rear end, traction mode restricts oil flow to stiffen things up and while there's no change to the air spring in this case, the end result is the same – a much firmer platform with decreased travel that's very resistant to movement for a more efficient feel.
Scott's TwinLoc remote works as advertised but it also produces a cluttered mass of cables up front
Ironically, though, both ends firm up so much that they decrease traction, in particular on technical climbs. This middle setting now seals off the bypass port in the Nude 2's compression piston, forcing all the oil to move through the shim stack and making the rear suspension much firmer in this middle setting than any old Spark ever was. Likewise, traction mode restricts oil flow in the custom RockShox DNA3 damper, too (the air chamber isn't affected up front but shunting the oil flow still yields similar reductions in effective travel), whereas the old Spark left the fork free to move.
As a result, traction mode doesn't leave much movement for smaller trail obstacles that can disrupt your rhythm or bump you off line. Thankfully, users can simply dial back the FloodGate adjuster to soften things back up but they'll also have to keep in mind that it'll soften things up in full lockout mode, too. We'd rather Scott kept the old traction mode settings that cut down on rear travel but otherwise left both dampers free to operate as needed (or at least something that doesn't restrict the oil flow quite as much as it does).
Just as you'd expect, the lockout position does just that with a rock-solid feel out back – great for long, smooth climbs or road sections on the way to the trailhead. The RockShox fork adds the familiar FloodGate blowoff threshold adjuster to help fine-tune the ride but there's nothing similar out back. The Nude2 shock will move when locked out if you hit something hard enough but it's a somewhat harsh event that finishes with a clunk at top-out.
The new DT Swiss Nude 2 rear shock and forged one-piece aluminum link yield a much cleaner look than in years past
Overall, Scott's TracLoc system is admirable in its ambition: like a car with a manual transmission, it doesn't try to do any of the thinking for you and instead provides riders with full control over how the back end behaves. Each mode works as intended for the most part but to expand on the automobile analogy, it's a little like driving an compact car with a small-displacement motor – you have to row the gearbox a lot to extract the most performance and you'll definitely pay a performance price if you're not in the right gear.
Moreover, the advent of two-ring drivetrains has prompted Scott to lower the main pivot by approximately 10mm – roughly inline with the inner chainring – for better pedaling efficiency on steeper climbs. Seated climbing in the inner ring with the rear shock fully open yields good (but not great) pedaling response but when hammering in the big ring, the new Spark answers with pronounced rear-end squat and lots of monkey motion, especially on short power climbs that require ten or twenty strong strokes to crest a rise.
So yes, TwinLoc works as advertised but new Spark riders will likely find themselves using it a lot – maybe even more than they would like.
Interestingly, the Nude2 shock that lies at the heart of the new Spark's revamped suspension system is also its biggest handicap. There's no platform-type valving whatsoever, no complex damping circuits to handle more complicated trail situations, and while small bump sensitivity is worlds better than the old Nude, it still feels well behind the latest technology from Fox Racing Shox or RockShox. The three modes are nice and all but ultimately, we were hoping for a little more up-to-date technology in each setting. As it is, the Nude 2 still feels a little old school in execution.
Scott's collaboration with DT Swiss goes back a long way and though that relationship may still be cozy, we can't help but feel it's time to cut the cord and move on to someone with more to offer.
Frame: stiffer carbon models, impressively advanced alloy ones
The unfortunate thing is that Nude2 shock's underwhelming performance mars what is otherwise an eager and high-performing chassis – at least in promise, that is (more on that in a bit).
Frame geometry is remarkably progressive for what is supposed to be Scott's flagship cross-country racer. All models feature a two-position linkage mount for adjustable geometry and in either case, it's notably slacker than what is currently considered standard: 68-68.7° for the 26" Spark and roughly a degree steeper for 29ers. Bottom brackets are quite low, too.
Fans of point-and-shoot riding styles will have to adjust their reflexes a touch in twisty sections of trail but the upside is outstanding stability at very high speed.
Suspension pivot points have been beefed up across the board with bigger shaft diameters and newly outboard bearings. Shock linkage width has decreased for much improved knee clearance but it's now a one-piece forged aluminum bit instead of the old bolt-together unit that's far cleaner and sleeker looking.
There's also a newly tapered head tube, better top tube clearance across the board, direct-mount front derailleurs that attach to the swingarm yoke, and – finally – a more standard 31.6mm seatpost diameter instead of proprietary 34.9mm one. Carbon frames also get a wider all-carbon bottom bracket with press-fit cups and a true one-piece molded front triangle instead of the molded-plus-tube-to-tube construction of Spark v1.0.
Press-fit bottom bracket cups on the new carbon fiber Scott Spark frame allow for a very wide down tube and less weight as there are no longer any aluminum inserts required for threaded cups
All complete Sparks get increasingly popular 142x12mm thru-axle rear ends for stiffness but they can also be converted to standard 135mm quick-release or 135x12mm thru-axle standards.
In total, Scott is claiming a fantastic 60 percent boost in frame stiffness over the old Spark for carbon models, all at the same 1,790g weight for a medium frame and shock.
Emphasis is on "claim" here, though, as our pre-production carbon samples didn't quite back up those numbers. In fact, the 26" one felt strangely soft and the 29" one – while very good – wasn't the big improvement over the current Spark that we were expecting. Our pre-production medium 26" carbon tester was also a touch overweight at 1,990g though that figure also included the bulky quick-release seatpost collar, rear derailleur hanger, front derailleur mounting stub, and water bottle bolts.
Scott US marketing and PR director Adrian Montgomery confirmed our calibrated rear ends, saying these early test samples unfortunately weren't built with final lay-up schedules and were much softer than they should be. We've been promised a production bike in August so we're still holding hope that the claimed numbers hold true, particularly since if they're correct, the new carbon Spark frame should be utterly fantastic in terms of structure given the laundry list of features and Scott's proven track record with composite structures.
On a positive note, the alloy versions we tried were very impressive. We don't have actual frame weights to report but stiffness actually felt better than our out-of-spec carbon samples and roughly on par with current carbon Sparks. Aside from the extra frame weight, the alloy version will undoubtedly be the better values.
Build kit: Scott takes a confusing stance on thru-axles
Our test bikes were equipped with non-standard build kits so we won't dwell much on the performance of those components. Regardless, a few trends are worth discussing.
First off, all of the Sparks are impressively light. The top-end 26"-wheeled Spark RC is just 9.84kg (21.69lb) with DT Swiss Tricon 1450 wheels, SRAM XX and a RockShox SID RLT3 (medium frame, without pedals); the Spark 29 RC is an excellent 11.04kg (24.34lb) with wider trail-friendly DT Swiss wheels, SRAM XX and a RockShox SID 29 RLT3; an alloy 26" Spark is 11.52kg (25.40lb) with SRAM X9, DT Swiss XM 1550 Tricon wheels and a RockShox Reba; and a similarly equipped alloy 29" Spark is 12.05kg (26.57lb).
Scott has openly championed thru-axles out back but strangely enough, all Sparks will use quick-release dropouts up front. According to Montgomery, Scott's European bigwigs ultimately decided that the Spark's expected competition-oriented audience would already have a fleet of race wheels at their disposal that they wouldn't be too keen to retire. They apparently also made the argument that quick-release wheels are faster to change.
All 2012 Scott Sparks stick with quick-release fork tips instead of the increasingly popular – and notably stiffer – through-axle setups
The spare wheel argument admittedly holds some merit but that being said, Scott contradicts itself by going with a thru-axle out back – and one that's frustrating slow to change at that. Sure, the rear dropouts can be converted but those bits aren't included with complete bikes and then at that point, you end up with an essentially useless stock rear wheel.
More importantly, the open-dropout forks are noticeably flexier than their thru-axle counterparts so Scott is making a significant performance compromise in trade for a questionable increase in clearance. Strangely enough, the Scale 29 RC carbon hardtail we tested a few months ago does have a thru-axle fork – and the steering was utterly fantastic partially as a result of that.
Speaking of 29ers, Sun Valley's abundance of long, grinding climbs also highlighted another issue: the standard 2x10 gearing. The 26x36-tooth bailout works just fine for most folks with 26" wheels but there's no ratio adjustment for the 29er version's greater rollout. This is perhaps more a SRAM issue than a Scott one, though, as the top-end XX crank isn't currently offered with the more 29"-specific ratios of the second-tier X0.
Overall: promise – but not quite the delivery yet – of a brand-new day
Our early assessment of Scott's new Spark platform is clearly a little mixed. All signs point to big improvements over the predecessor and in many cases that's true: the geometry is fantastic, the frame includes all the latest bells and whistles, it's still crazy-light, and while this is purely subjective, the new look is a huge step in the right direction.
Ultimately our frustrations come from the fact that there's so much potential here that we feel is disappointingly held back by a stubborn allegiance to a shock that's rife with bells and whistles but just doesn't feel as good as its more advanced competitors.
We've still got our fingers crossed for the proper full-production tester coming in a few weeks and we'll see if our opinions change on more familiar home soil with location-specific rubber. Either way, rest assured we'll also be swapping out the Nude 2 at some point for something we feel is more appropriate for what the frame potentially has to offer.
There's greatness hidden in here – we can almost taste it.
New to the 2012 Scott Spark range is a highly anticipated range of 29ers, including the top-end Spark 29 RC that features an ultralight carbon frame and an enviable mix of componentry
This article first appeared on BikeRadar
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Once there was a farmer with three sons. He gave a duck to his eldest son and told him to see how much money he could get for it at the market. The eldest son came back later in the day, shouting "Dad, I got $10 for the duck!"
The farmer said "Well done, son."
The next day, the farmer sent the middle son to the market with a duck and he came back with $20. "Well done, son," said the farmer.
He then sent the youngest son to the market to see how much he could get for the duck. On the way to the market, the son met a prostitute.
"I'll give you a fuck if you give me that duck," said the prostitute. After they did it, the prostitute said, "That was so good, I'll give you the duck back if you fuck me again." He did, and then he went on to the market.
On the way, the duck flew out of his arms and was run over by a truck. The truck driver jumped out of the cab and said "Oh no, I'm so sorry! Here's $50 to pay for it."
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded a contract to supply navigation radar systems for eight new U.S. Navy nuclear attack submarines. The firm, fixed-price contract, valued at $20.9m, was awarded to Sperry Marine by Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.
The contract calls for Sperry Marine to produce and deliver eight AN/BPS-16(v)5 radar sets to be installed on eight Virginia-class Block III submarines. The scope of work will include manufacturing, fabrication, assembly and testing.
The AN/BPS-16(v)5 is an advanced submarine navigation radar and electronic navigation system, which provides naval electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS-N) capability running on Sperry Marine's Voyage Management System (VMS) software.
"The AN/BPS-16(v)5 with VMS software will permit the new submarines to be certified to use ECDIS-N as their primary navigation tool," said J. Nolasco DaCunha, vice president of Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine. The Virginia-class Block III submarines are being built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat. The lead submarine in the Block III build, North Dakota (SSN 784), is scheduled to be delivered in 2014.


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Emergence of Individuality in Genetically Identical Mice – "Our results show that factors unfolding or emerging during development contribute to individual differences in structural brain plasticity and behavior." – the nuture side of nature-nuture. – see also Mice, Men, and Fate.
Mysterious Minoans Were European, DNA Finds – "[T]he research team analyzed DNA from ancient Minoan skeletons that were sealed in a cave in Crete's Lassithi Plateau between 3,700 and 4,400 years ago…. The researchers found that the Minoan skeletons were genetically very similar to modern-day Europeans — and especially close to modern-day Cretans, particularly those from the Lassithi Plateau. They were also genetically similar to Neolithic Europeans, but distinct from Egyptian or Libyan populations." see also dienekes.
Chinese project probes the genetics of genius – "Bid to unravel the secrets of brainpower faces scepticism."
Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests – "[B]oth species underwent similar changes in genes responsible for digestion and metabolism, such as genes that code for cholesterol transport. Those changes could be due to a dramatic change in the proportion of animal versus plant-based foods that occurred in both at around the same time, the researchers said. The team also found co-evolution in several brain processes — for instance, in genes that affect the processing of the brain chemical serotonin. In humans, variations in these genes affect levels of aggression."
How to spot a murderer's brain – "Do your genes, rather than upbringing, determine whether you will become a criminal? Adrian Raine believed so – and breaking that taboo put him on collision course with the world of science."
Clark/Frost Domestication – "Thinking about the response of the pacified and submission Roman population to barbarian invaders immediately brings to mind the response of contemporary North Americans and Atlantic Europeans to barbarian invaders. It reads just the same: 'welcome new neighbor!'" – from henry harpending.
Ovulation and politics – "'Ovulation led single women to become more liberal, less religious, and more likely to vote for Barack Obama. In contrast, ovulation led women in committed relationships to become more conservative, more religious, and more likely to vote for Mitt Romney.'" – from mr. mangan.
The Personality and Geography of the Entrepreneur – "German psychologists Martin Obschonka and colleagues…used Rentfrow's [big five personality] data to create a measure of Entrepreneur-prone personality profile for the different states in America." – another really cool post from staffan!
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old 'ultraconserved words' – "A team of researchers has come up with a list of two dozen 'ultraconserved words' that have survived 150 centuries. It includes some predictable entries: 'mother,' 'not,' 'what,' 'to hear' and 'man.' It also contains surprises: 'to flow,' 'ashes' and 'worm.' The existence of the long-lived words suggests there was a 'proto-Eurasiatic' language that was the common ancestor to about 700 contemporary languages that are the native tongues of more than half the world's people."
The Mating Advantage of Male Musicians: Women Find Guitars Sexy – "Studies from two countries suggest women are more attracted to a man if he's holding a guitar." – more science proving what everybody already knows! (~_^)
More men than women harassed in the military, often by other men – from the awesome epigone.
Redheads are at increased risk of skin cancer even if they DON'T spend time in the sun
Children with Autism Hypersensitive to Motion
Privacy protections: The genome hacker – "Yaniv Erlich shows how research participants can be identified from 'anonymous' DNA."
Tajikistan to Ban Cousin Marriage – "Formal prohibition unlikely to stamp out widespread tradition." – h/t anatoly!
Tutankhamun's death and the birth of monotheism
bonus: USG Pushing Unconstitutional College Speech Codes – "The government which rules over Americans is trying to further reduce free speech on college campuses…. Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller, author of The Mating Mind, sees this new federal mandate as a threat to the ability to teach the truth about human nature." – from parapundit.
bonus bonus: Could Lighning Come from Space? – that would be FRIGGIN' AWESOME!!
bonus bonus bonus: from the u.k. – Former minister admits Labour deliberately engineered mass immigration and A fifth of murder and rape suspects born abroad, shock survey finds.
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Test planned for new notification system, May 11 -- UPDATE
Princeton will conduct a campus-wide test of its new emergency notification system Friday, May 11, to ensure that members of the University community can be contacted in times of crisis.
All faculty, staff and students must update their personal contact information through the appropriate self-service websites no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, May 10, to ensure inclusion in the test. A new option for entering text message addresses was added this week to the Student Course Online Registration Engine (SCORE) database, where undergraduate and graduate students enter their information, and also to the Office of Human Resources self-service website for University employees.
Please note: All individuals must have at least one valid phone number listed for the notification system to accept a contact record. People who provide only their SMS text message e-mail address will not be recognized. Answers to frequently asked questions about receiving emergency notifications are available on the University's Emergency Guidelines for the Campus Community Web page.
Updating personal contact information is the best way for individuals to confirm that the University could reach them in the event of a crisis. Individuals should notify anyone who may receive the test message instead of the intended recipient -- for example, family members or roommates -- of the May 11 test date.
During the test, campus administrators will use the Connect-ED notification system to send simultaneous alerts to individuals through landline phones, cellular phones, text messaging and e-mail from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. All of the University's estimated 12,000 faculty, staff and students are expected to receive their messages within minutes of the distribution to various groups. Individuals should not respond to the test message.
The Connect-ED tool, purchased in early April, complements the communication tools the University already has in place to respond to a range of emergencies that may include weather-related closings, environmental health crises, public safety incidents and other unique emergency situations. In the event of an actual emergency, the University will continue to relay critical information using the most appropriate options from a full range of notification resources, such as: Web announcements, e-mail, an automated message line, the new Tiger TV emergency alert system, local radio stations, door-to-door notifications and posters.
The benefits of the Connect-ED system are its immediacy and direct access to individual campus members through multiple points of contact. The May 11 test message will begin by stating: "This is a test of the Princeton University emergency notification system."
The notification system accesses six phone numbers, in addition to two e-mail addresses and a separate text messaging address that now should be entered in the newly created field in the SCORE and human resources systems. While students, faculty and staff previously were instructed to list their text message e-mail address as "an alternate e-mail address" when updating information, the Connect-ED system automatically will send SMS text messages to the address provided in this new "Text Message" field in emergencies. For individuals who entered a text address before the new field was created, that address will be moved automatically to the new field. Individuals would receive a text message in addition to receiving the alerts by phone and e-mail.
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I put this one down here in "Slips, etc." because I'm not sure that the users are really thinking meaningfully about the imagery employed. But they might be. Perhaps "hitchmen" get you out of hitches. Or hitch you up with opportunities. It's probably more likely that "hitmen" is running a bit of interference here. In any case, this one's hard to count but fairly rare. Examples:
Remember though, Stalin only kept power because he and his hitchmen had the guns.
It seems that the guv and his hitchmen were outsmarted by Mr. Draper and his two clients.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/statehouse/200 … ring_case/
USbank has become hitler's hitchmen. What organizations
monitor this bank. I would say the way they handle their overdrafts is criminal.
http://www.usbank-5starscrewed.0catch.c … it_Nx.html
how long do i get to pay back that tenner before you send your hitchmen after me?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu … id=1992867
Even though "hitchmen" at first seems to be a blend of "hitmen" and "henchmen," it might actually be an eggcorn if we can tease out the meaning of "hitch" here. "Hitch" has a few dictionary meanings, but the broadest interpretation might be that of a connection. In the current context, "hitchmen" might be those "hitched up with" or simply associated with the evildoer.
Hench no longer has any meaning by itself. The only place it survives in English is in Henchman. Hence (hench???), people are likely to substitute living words such as Hitch. But Hitch seems pretty far-out. Does anybody say Hensman, meaning the guy is just a chicken?
I had a hunch I would find this one: the twisted, secretive hunchmen.
Unfortunately it seems that AZ might get what he (and US) wants. He and his hunchmen must be laughing at the response he is getting from this foolish nation.
I thought we might even move on to huntsman as a replacement for henchman, but alas all the examples I googled up seem legit.
No huntsmen, but the Big Man is sometimes surrounded by his hedgemen.
Or his hengemen.
Last edited by burred (2011-02-20 02:42:14)
Add to the list "hingemen," those whose lives depend (hinge) in some way a boss. Many examples.
: "He wanted their land and sent his hingemen out to kill his own son and run the Indian family off the land he wanted."
: "The thing I hate about the traps, alot of my good men die. I even killed off two of my hingemen."
: "he (Hor Namhong) was one of the Khmer-Rouge hingemen there is nothing we can do to him now."
"Hingemen," by the way, is a dictionary word. English speakers refer to members of the college of cardinals as the "Pope's hingemen." The Latin root of "cardinal" may be cardo, the word for a hinge (cf. the cardinal points of a compass).
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.


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Comforting a Widower
The great Rosh Hayeshiva of the Ponovez Yeshiva, Harav Eliezer Shach, zatzal, was once informed that a particular Jew who had lost his wife was plunged into a deep depression. In his grief he ceased to eat, speak or function.
Rav Shach immediately went to visit him but there was no response when he knocked on the door. Seeing that the door was not locked he went inside and took a seat next to the couch upon which lay the poor fellow. Placing his hand on the fellow's shoulder he said to him:
"I understand you so well. I too am a widower and I also felt as if my world had come to an end. We share the same grief, for whoever is without a wife, say our Sages, is without simcha. You need simcha and I need simcha."
A spark of life was suddenly visible in the eyes of the listener and Rav Shach continued:
"I have an idea of how we can help each other. I know how to prepare a good cholent for the Shabbat meal. I will prepare such a cholent on Erev Shabbat and send it to you here. On Shabbat I will come to your home. We will eat together, sing zemirot together and give strength to each other."
For the first time a smile came to the lips of his listener who gently protested that there was no way for him to thus impose on the Rosh Hayeshiva.
"If so," concluded Rav Shach as he departed, "please think of some other plan. In any case I will visit you again tomorrow because I gain strength from being together with you."


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There isn't much I'd change, fundamentally anyway, about Catonsville Gourmet. And based on everything we saw on a Saturday night, from the lines out the front door to the smiles on diners' faces throughout the sprawling restaurant, there's not much anyone else would change.
Comfortable, accommodating and upbeat, it's an easy restaurant to like. Since its opening in 2008, the restaurant has been a popular choice, especially for Catonsville residents, who have made it into their gathering spot.
It's the kind of place where on a Saturday night, everyone seem to know everyone else. ("Catonsville," a colleague reminded me, "is not that big.") I've been to places like this where I've been made to feel like an outsider, but Catonsville Gourmet has an exceptionally welcoming staff who made us feel at home right away.
If you've never been, you should know that Catonsville Gourmet doesn't take reservations, and that lines are long on weekends. The restaurant does have a "call ahead" system, though. Call up half an hour before you expect to arrive, and your name will be added to a waiting list. I like that system, which makes perfect sense to me, and I wish more restaurants did it.
We did call ahead and still had to wait about half an hour for a table. We lucked into four seats at the oyster bar at the back of the restaurant. This is also where Catonsville Gourmet has a small market operation — part of the restaurant's appeal is the promise of very fresh seafood. It was the perfect place to wait.
We ordered an oyster sampler and a few sushi rolls, which tided us over until we were called to our table. We also ran across the street to pick up some beer. Catonsville Gourmet has a BYOB policy and imposes a reasonable corkage fee: We were charged $5 for two six-packs, but the counter staff poured our beer into chilled glasses and kept our beer iced behind the counter.
We ended up dining at a table in the back area, too, which was fine with us, but there are quieter and cozier options in the restaurant. The front dining room, which has a bistro feel and its own small bar area, is where you'd want to be on a date. The narrow row of booths near the side entrance is out of the fray and intimate — the staff calls this space "the nook." The passageway to the back, which the staff calls "the wall," looks like a good spot for families.
Part of the restaurant's appeal is its very large menu. It runs several pages and includes, in addition to about a dozen seafood and steak entrees, an option for designing your own fish du jour dinner — just pick out a fresh fish, a preparation (pan-fried, blackened, sesame-crusted, etc.) and a sauce (red pepper pesto sauce, salsa fresca, lemon butter, etc.). There's a similar option for steaks, not to mention additional menu sections of sandwiches and light fare and two separate sheets of daily specials and oyster bar offerings.
It's a lot to wade through, and a lot for a busy kitchen to crank out on a Saturday night. Some of the entrees we ordered, like the trout Oscar and the char-grilled rosemary scallops and the fish du jour, were likely not at their best. The Oscar preparation needed more finesse, and the scallops needed more precise grilling. They weren't bad; just overproduced.
On the other hand, a halibut fillet was cooked perfectly — it was firm and very moist — but the pistachio crust we chose for it was underseasoned. Our favorite entree, the Salmon Five-O, was a satisfying arrangement of mesquite-grilled salmon, udon noodles and stir-fried vegetables in an Asian broth that we wished had been a little less sweet.
We had better results with the appetizers. The oysters we had at the bar were handled expertly and served with care. The sushi rolls impressed us, too.
It's nice to have choices, but I think the menu really is too large for a high-volume restaurant. But I'd go back any time.
The staff here, most of them young, really impressed me with their hustle and enthusiasm. And I just plain liked being here.
I know a well-run place when I see one. Were I to return, I'm sure I'd find better options than what I had. Colleagues have already been telling me their favorites.
Catonsville Gourmet
Rating: 3 stars
Where: 829 Frederick Road, Catonsville
Contact: 410-788-0005, catonsvillegourmet.com
Open: Lunch and dinner daily
Prices: Appetizers: $9.99-$12.99; entrees: $17.99-$35.99
Food: Seafood and steaks
Service: Extremely motivated, pleasant and friendly.
Parking/accessibility: Free parking is available on the restaurant's private lot.
Children: There is a children's menu.
Noise level/televisions: Normal conversation is fine throughout the restaurant, but some will find the noise difficult. Televisions in the bar areas have the sound off.
[Star key: Superlative: 5; Excellent: 4; Very Good: 3; Good: 2; Promising: 1]
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Hat tip to Pharyngula.
Oops. Dr. Egnor, Mr. Professor of Neurosurgery, doesnt seem to have learned a lesson from Mr. 99. And now hes going to get made fun of by a 23 year old girl, too. Someone get a Ziploc bag for his testicles.
Really, it's a funny question. Think about it. Would anyone sponsor an essay contest on 'Why I would want my doctor to study anatomy' or 'Why I would want my doctor to study physiology'? Of course not, because we all know that these kinds of science are important to medicine. Is evolutionary biology important? If it is, why do they have to ask the question?Because assholes like you are telling kids that they dont need to know evolution to be a physician. If there were school boards insisting that children shouldnt learn anatomy in school (wouldnt be surprised. just sayin) and neurosurgeons claiming that they never learned muscle or skeletal anatomy and they can operate on brains JUST FINE, then we would consider sponsoring such a contest.A fantastic reason to sponsor such a contest is to encourage kids to actually pay attention in their bio classes when the teacher/prof is talking about evolution. You know, what you didnt do, Egnor. The surviving pre-med bio majors in my class were loathed to take required courses such as ecology (what does a pre-med care about deer and invasive species?), but if they took their heads out of their own butts for a second they would have realized that they were 'studying' epidemeology, aetiology, etc.
Another reason would be to get these kids to transmit this information to their parents. Like Ive said over and over and over, Average Joe Creationists slide right off that Creationist-Wagon when they realize how evolution is directly connected to their quality of life. Its not just about 'dogs turning into cats'-- its about Mom not having to go on chemo when she gets breast cancer because her genotype matches the cancer that can be treated with radiation alone. Its about inventing new drugs and vaccines to make our lives better. Get high school kids to write about these kinds of real-world benefits, and suddenly Mom and Dad dont mind evolution being in the curriculum anymore. Might even be inclined to start fighting against Creationism.
Gee, why would ID Creationists be upset at a contest like this?
No, honey, replace 'doctors' in that paragraph with 'you.' Not all doctors are as stupid as you, even I have to admit. Evolution was implied in all of my 'medical' courses in undergrad-- everyone had already taken intro biology courses thick on evolution, so words were used in immunology, virology, pharmacology, etc that implied you already had a firm understanding of the basics. By Egnors logic, I wasnt required to take an advanced evolutionary biology course as a biology major- therefore evolutionary biology isnt used in biology.
Doctors don't study evolution. Doctors never study it in medical school, and they never use evolutionary biology in their practice. There are no courses in medical school on evolution. There are no 'professors of evolution' in medical schools. There are no departments of evolutionary biology in medical schools.
You know, this essay is more telling of Egnors pathetic performance as an undergrad, rather than an essay on 'Evolution in Medicine.' I read on Oracs blog that Egnor was a bio-chem major. My apologies to hard working bio-chem majors out there (hell, my boss was one), but from my experience, bio-chem majors were the bio majors that couldnt pass the evolution intensive upper-level biology courses, so they took upper-level chem instead. I know its a cliche stereotype, but Egnors fitting the bill beautifully at this point...
Wait, you include the physicist who designed the MRI, but conveniently forgot to mention the biologists that made the pharmacologists drug design possible? Do you know what 'basic research' is, Egnor? You know, those of us that figure out what genes do, what viruses look like, etc so 'clinical researchers' can figure out how to treat diseases? Wanna show me one basic research paper that doesnt require evolution? I mean do you think clinical researchers and pharmacologists figure this stuff out through magic? What the hell? And what do you think those pharmacologists test their drugs on before they give them to humans? Why do you think animal testing (though it has its limitations) works? Again, magic?
If you needed treatment for a brain tumor, your medical team would include a physicist (who designed the MRI that diagnosed your tumor), a chemist and a pharmacologist (who made the medicine to treat you), an engineer and an anesthesiologist (who designed and used the machine that give you anesthesia), a neurosurgeon (who did the surgery to remove your tumor), a pathologist (who studied the tumor under a microscope and determined what type of tumor it was), and nurses and oncologists (who help you recover and help make sure the tumor doesn't come back). There would be no evolutionary biologists on your team.
And I take this comment personally, in particular, because as some of you might know, one of my projects (epigenetic control of ERVs) spawned an idea for increasing the efficacy of traditional cancer therapies. Yeah, Egnor, Im using evolution to help treat cancer, including brain tumors. God youre arrogant.
I am a professor of neurosurgery, I work and teach at a medical school, I do brain research, and in 20 years I've performed over 4000 brain operations. I never use evolutionary biology in my work.No, you dont know how youve used evolutionary biology in your work. And you dont care that you dont know. That makes you an arrogant idiot, not someone children should look up to.
Would I be a better surgeon if I assumed that the brain arose by random events?No, you would be a better surgeon if you actually paid attention in your classes as an undergrad. Kids know stuff you dont know, Mr. Professor of Neurosurgery. Kids. 18 year old kids. Yeah, lets all listen to what you have to say.
Of course not. Doctors are detectives.No, youre a mechanic. Sorry. PhDs are detectives. PhDs are explorers. PhDs seek out new life and new civilizations. You fix brains. PhDs tell you how to do it. Specifically, PhDs that paid attention in undergrad tell you how to do it.
I do use many kinds of science related to changes in organisms over time. Genetics is very important, as are population biology and microbiology. But evolutionary biology itself, as distinct from these scientific fields, contributes nothing to modern medicine.Theyre all connected, if not the same damn thing. Genetics means nothing without evolutionary biology. Not a damn thing-- unless hes suggesting we create knock-out human babies to figure out what all of our genes do. And what the hell do ERVs in our genome say about evolution?
Move those goal-posts, Egnor. Good full-body workout.
Without using evolutionary theory, doctors and scientists have discovered vaccines (Jenner, in the 18th century, before Darwin was born), discovered that germs cause infectious diseases (Pasteur, in the 19th century, who ignored Darwin), discovered genes (Mendel, in the 19th century, who was a priest and not a supporter of Darwin's theory), discovered antibiotics, and unraveled the secrets of the genetic code (the key to these discoveries was the discovery of the apparent design in the DNA double helix). Heart, liver, and kidney transplants, new treatments for cancer and heart disease, and a host of life-saving advances in medicine have been developed without input from evolutionary biologists.Okay, ignoring the fact that all the people involved with discovering DNA is a double helix were atheistic Evilutionists, Egnor is spouting shit Ive already covered. You should read my blog, Egnor-- save you some shame! Yes, stumbling around and randomly smacking into solutions to our medical problems without understanding why or how those solutions work, nor how to improve upon those random discoveries is SO much better than using evolution. How long would it have taken us to figure out the impact of ERVs on cancer without evolution, Egnor? You want a number on how many mutations it takes to turn a 'monkey' into a 'man'? I want a number, in years, for how far back our technology would be without evolution. When would you have discovered the importance of ERVs and cancer, Egnor? Never? You think the answer might be never? Maybe? Jerk.
Oh now youve moved from asshole/jerk to just plain idiot. What the hell do you think siRNA is, genious? siRNA runs down to almost the root of the Tree of Life. Wow youre smart, Mr. Professor! UGH I get so damn angry when people who have more experience, who Im supposed to learn from, can teach me nothing. Worse than that-- I know things that they are supposed to know. Its pathetic.
No Nobel prize in medicine has ever been awarded for work in evolutionary biology.


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Rodgers talks up Mario Balotelli talent
Brendan Rodgers has heaped praise on former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli as the Liverpool manager continues to search for Luis Suarez's replacement.
Rodgers is in the market for a new striker after a proposed move for Queens Park Rangers forward Loic Remy fell through due to a failed medical. Ahead of his side's friendly with AC Milan in North Carolina, Rodgers said Balotelli, who was linked with a summer move to Arsenal, has all the qualities required to be a leading striker.
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"Balotelli is a big talent," Rodgers said. "I saw that in this time at Inter Milan as a young player and obviously going to Manchester City when we had a real close eye on him there.
"He's got all the qualities. He's 6ft 3ins, he's quick, his touch is terrific and he can score goals. He went back to Italy to play and he's still so young.
"If his focus is right, his concentration is right and he leads the lifestyle of a top player then he can play for any team in the world."
With last season's Premier League top scorer Suarez having departed for Barcelona in a 75-million-pound deal earlier this summer, Rodgers' options up front are considerably lighter.
He has made six signings so far this summer, bringing in strikers Rickie Lambert and Divock Origi, midfielders Adam Lallana and Emre Can, winger Lazar Markovic and centre-back Dejan Lovren. Lallana will miss the first few weeks of the season with a knee injury, though, while Origi has been loaned back to Lille for the coming campaign as part of the deal that brought him to Anfield.
While the depth of his squad has improved significantly, Rodgers is still short of a marquee signing to take over the departed Uruguayan's mantle. The club are expected to tie down deals for Spanish full-backs Alberto Moreno and Javi Manquillo, but Rodgers is still searching for another striker as he prepares for the club's return to the Champions League.
"We won't have too much business to be done but we still have a few areas we want to strengthen," Rodgers said. "It's just purely on the back of us having a really thin squad last season, we were very short and it was incredible what we achieved last year.
Summer transfer window roundup
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- Transfer Centre: All the done deals
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- Delaney: What did we learn on deadline day?
- Horncastle: European transfer grades
- Smith: Transfers more important than the game?
- Macintosh: We worship goals, not balance sheets
"We need to make sure we have the freshness so there's still one or two areas to look at. There is no point mentioning numbers or positions, we want to strengthen a couple of positions and if we can do that I'll be really happy.
"This trip has been a great chance to come away, improve fitness levels and reintroduce some of the tactics into the team. The new players have settled in quickly. That's a great credit not just to just them but to the team. There's no egos here and the spirit in the team is very strong."
Rodgers' summer spending could top the 100-million-pound mark but the manager insists he is spending wisely, having taken a dig a Tottenham's transfer policy following the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid last summer.
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|The edge of the Ferrigno Ice Stream is seen from a plane. A valley below the stream as well as an offshore channel appear to be allowing relatively warmer sea water to eat away at the ice from below.
The ancient topography is such that relatively warm sea water could be eating away at the ice edge -- and a question for future research is whether that process is happening elsewhere along Antarctica's coastal rift valleys.
A few other ice-covered valleys have been found but the geology of this one, discoverer Rob Bingham told NBC News, shows that "the areas that are most vulnerable (to ice loss) coincide with areas of ancient rifting."
Reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, the find came about when Bingham was part of a British Antarctic Survey team looking at the Ferrigno Ice Stream, an area on the vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet, to see why it was losing ice.
"It was in doing this that we discovered the ice in this region is underlain by a rift" a mile deep in places, Bingham said. Radar showed that "ice losses are concentrated over the rift," he added, allowing researchers to conclude that "the rift topography exacerbates the current ice losses."
Ice from the rift also carved a channel over millions of years that is now covered by coastal seas and appears to be allowing relatively warmer water to "flow back towards the Antarctic ice margin" and then melt it, Bingham said.
The melt causes the ice surface slope to steepen "and this in turn accelerates ice flow such that the ice surface drops over time. The presence of the rift valley facilitates this flow and is thus contributing to gradual depletion of the central ice cover."
Others scientists said the discovery would help better understand the dynamics of Antarctica.
|This illustration shows the Ferrigno Ice Stream, outlined in black and just above a channel, seen in green, that appears to allow relatively warmer water to eat away at the ice margin.
The British Antarctic Survey agreed on the significance.
"The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is of great scientific interest and societal importance as it is losing ice faster than any other part of Antarctica with some glaciers shrinking by more than one meter (three feet) per year," it said in a statement coinciding with the study.
"Thinning ice in West Antarctica is currently contributing nearly 10 percent of global sea level rise," added BAS scientist David Vaughan. "It's important to understand this hot spot of change so we can make more accurate predictions for future sea level rise."
Study co-author Fausto Ferraccioli, a BAS scientist, told NBC News that satellite and aircraft surveys over the rift would help better explain the dynamics.
"We now need new airborne geophysical surveys both onshore and offshore," he said, in order to understand all facets of "this changing part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet."
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By Teachers, For Teachers
JERICHO, Vt. (AP) — A program aimed at people changing professions mid-career is turning out licensed teachers in eight months by giving them intensive experience in the classroom with mentors.
This year, 45 students are expected to graduate from the Teacher Apprenticeship Program at Champlain College. It's the largest class in the program's 12-year history.
Director Scott Mosher says the program offers a fast track to a teaching license for mid-career professionals who often have a mortgage and family responsibilities.
"If they're going to make a career change, it needs to be something that they can do quickly," Mosher said. This program fills that gap, he said.
Andy Grab was laid off last June after about 30 years at IBM. He had enjoyed coaching kids in sports and being involved in training sessions at IBM, so he had the idea of becoming an educator. Now, thanks to the program, he's a licensed teacher less than a year later.
Grab, who has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and a master's in business administration, took a big hit in his salary — earning 40 percent of what he once did — but says it's worth it to do something he's passionate about.
"I'm not working for stockholders anymore. I'm kind of looking forward to engaging with kids and do something a little more worthwhile in life," he said. This spring, he's been working as a substitute teacher at the St. Albans Town Technical Center. He has a full-time job lined up there next fall teaching middle school science and math.
The program started in 2002 in the Essex Junction school district as a way to develop new teachers by offering an alternate way for professionals to get into teaching, Mosher said. It expanded to a regional program and then became statewide in 2010, accredited by the Vermont Agency of Education.
The Teacher Apprenticeship Program became part of Champlain College last July, which allowed for more resources and growth, he said.
Tuition is $10,900. Eighty percent of students go on to teach and work in a school system the next year, Mosher said.
The students, at an average age of 35, attend about 15 seminars at Champlain and spend much of their time student teaching with a mentor. That differs from some traditional programs in which students study education and later become student teachers.
"It's very much a learn-and-apply model," Mosher said.
That appealed to Carly Brown, 28, who decided she wanted to teach after earning a master's of science in plant biology from the University of Vermont.
"I had just come out of two years of school and had been through a lot of schooling so the eight months was great," said Brown, who had taught high school science in the Peace Corps in Kenya.
Mentor teachers also gain from the experience, said Brown's mentor, Katy Abbott, a science teacher at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho.
"It just makes me more intentional about my teaching, and it just keeps me current with practices that are happening," Abbott said.


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Hi everyone! It's Cara from CaraQuilts and I've got a project for all of you who are always chilled, or live with someone like my husband who is always hot, and therefore makes the house cold!!
This is a quilted wrap/shawl, and all it takes is one jelly roll! Very little waste in this one. And it's easy! And fast! What else could you ask for?? I have to tell you I've pretty much lived in this wrap since I finished it.
1 Pure Jelly Roll
1 3/4 yards Snuggles Chocolate, backing
1/2 yard binding
3.5 yards Pure twill tape (see option)
Center Section
Separate 29 strips for the center section of the wrap. Cut these down to 25 1/2″. Take the cutoffs and trim them down to 16 ½" and set aside for use in the side sections.
Sew the center section strips together, alternating direction to help prevent stretching. Press well, all in one direction. Clean up the sides so they are even. Measure the length of the wrap; this is how long your sides have to be. It should measure 58 1/2".
Alternate the strips coloring, both in the middle and end strips.
Note: If making for either a plus size (because I love you all I'll admit to being a 14, which will give you a perspective) or someone tall (over 5'10'', again because I love you, I'm 5'8") you may want to make the wrap wider. To do this, cut two extra 2½" strips from the binding fabric. Trim down to 26½". Add 16 ½" cutoff strips to either end. Attach to the side sections. This makes the wrap 4½" wider, about 53½". If you need to go any wider you will have to adjust the backing measurements, so you have room for it to shrink up as you quilt.
DO NOT BIND…yet anyways 😉
Now to make this a wrap and not a quilt.
Measure the entire piece and find the center, if you don't have anything this long, just fold in half and press lightly. Mark this with chalk pencil or whatever non-permanent method you prefer.
From that point go up to the 16th strips from the bottom. Mark.
Cut out the center "triangle" a scant ¼" from the sewing line.
For the binding, you will need about 290″, including the 10″+ extra for corners etc.
I use 2″ strips for binding so if you use wider you will have to recalculate the yardage. Cut 7 strips.
Now you get to bind! Wrap up and enjoy some Pure comfort!
Be sure to take a picture and upload it to Bake Shop's Flickr page so we can all see!
One adult size wrap/shawl! Get Cozy!


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There is absolutely no doubt that will.i.am owns what can only be considered the worst DeLorean in the entire world: the $700,000 IAMAUTO abomination.
But in France, one enterprising car owner has modified his ride to look like a DeLorean. And isn't it adorable?
The "DeLoreane," as it is called, looks to be a heavily modified 1980s econobox, even though the description says it's a 2012. Done up as a Back to the Future tribute, the car has gullwing doors, time circuits, the proper "OUTATIME" license plate, and a Mr. Fusion.
We don't have a confirmation that it has a flux capacitor, but we can't see why it wouldn't.
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John Stahl (born 1953 in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, arguably best known for playing the recurring character of Quinn on the second season of Being Human.
In Game of Thrones he is playing the role of Rickard Karstark, starting in the second season. He replaces Steven Blount, who was announced in the role, but was not identified by name on screen. George R.R. Martin confirmed him in the role on 13 October 2011.[1] He joined the cast as a guest star in the second season.
Guest starring
|Season Two credits
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What Is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
|Season Three credits
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch Is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
See also
- John Stahl on IMDb
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| 18.5°C Dublin

A fake advert for a would-be James Bond with a licence to kill on behalf of the Government left civil servants shaken and stirred when it was posted on an official Government website.

The fake £60,000-per-year post calling for "particularly skilled professionals" was posted on the Department for Work and Pensions' Directgov.co.uk website on behalf of the Secret Intelligence Service MI6.
It said that the Government had, from time to time, "a need to remove people whose continued existence poses a risk to the effective conduct of public order". But the DWP said it had removed the advert, which had a job reference code of "007".
A spokeswoman confirmed that no professional killer was being sought for employment by MI6 via the website.
"It is disappointing that somebody would want to post a false advert when people are looking for real jobs," she said. "It has now been removed."
She declined to say how the advert got onto the site, but said external employers were able to post job adverts on it.
The advert read: ""From time to time the UK government has a need to remove people whose continued existence poses a risk to the effective conduct of public order. So we require particularly skilled professionals who are prepared to work on a non-attributable basis to deal with these problems.
"The ideal candidate will need to have no particular distinguishing features so as to blend in and be able to take on new identities as required. They will need to be resourceful in finding ways to accomplish their missions and, in some cases, to leave foreign countries by non-conventional means. The role would suit candidates with prior military experience, particularly in the use of sniper rifles."
In a firm homage to the super-spy, it added that the successful candidate would receive all necessary equipment, including special watches, jetpacks, mini-submarines and Bond's signature gun, the Walther PPK.
It added that the job would be "appropriate for those who like their martinis shaken and not stirred". It told would-be secret agents to express their interest "somewhere in the vicinity of the large and rather fake-looking rock in Regent's Park".
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GOAL: Caleb Calvert bends one in to give Rapids the lead
Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Colorado Rapids 1. Caleb Calvert right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kevin Doyle.
Full Highlights
- CHANCE: Josh Gatt fires over from distance0:22
- SAVE: Tim Howard makes himself big to stone Ilsinho0:31
- MISS: Chris Pontius sends a header over the bar0:28
- YELLOW CARD: Mohammed Saeid is issued a yellow card for a hard challenge0:36
- YELLOW CARD: Alejandro Bedoya receives a yellow card for a late tackle0:37
- POST: Kevin Doyle smashes a great free kick against the crossbar0:32
- PENALTY: Kortne Ford concedes a penalty after a handball in the box0:41
- PK GOAL: CJ Sapong sends Tim Howard the wrong way from the penalty spot0:42
- RED CARD: Mental lapse gets Caleb Calvert sent off for a second caution0:50
- YELLOW CARD: Caleb Calvert is given a yellow card1:08
- YELLOW CARD: Josh Gatt is issued a yellow card0:58
- YELLOW CARD: Giliano Wijnaldum is issued a yellow card1:02
- SAVE: Tim Howard comes up with a huge save on Jay Simpson0:42
- GOAL: Haris Medunjanin curls in a free kick over Rapids' wall0:28
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Well as you may know I have been a bit down recently with the total lock of interestng stuff coming out in scifi. Sure there are a few titles I know of that seam to be interesting. Many of witch are remakes.
AVATAR - Camron, BATTLE ANGEL ALITA- Camron, BARBARELLA -Robert Rodriguez, Akira - Stephen Spielberg, FANTASTIC VOYAGE - Roland Emmerich. Also Logans run and Brave New world.. but i do not know the directors.
So we have a few movies, a few big name directors and some pretty decent scifi? Well mabey, mabey not.,. the point is that even with a few like this we are not really excited are we?
Well how about this one!!!
The Forever War - Ridley Scott
He has just confirmed himself as taking this over the Lenardo De-Caprio version Brave New World. Instead he is going to do teh Forever War.l
I strongly sugest anyone who hasn't read this book to do so now.. it is a giant in exploritive scifi. This movie if done right could end up like 2001 as mindblowing cinima.
The basic idea is that there is an interstella war, but the effects of faster than light travel is not solved, so the time dialations of the travelers is as it would be in real world physics. This means that the warriors are in fact immortal in a way, outside space time fighting a war that was started millions of years before there ships get out of warp. The "war ships" are in fact a cross secton sampeling of life from all stages of evolution. Some from "now" some from a billion years in the future. All mixed up on this wierd ship heading out to the edge of the galaxy.
This could seriously be one of the best movies ever.. I am so excited.
Yea i know... it wil prob be crap.. but hey at least there is a film i am thinking of.


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Virgin Galactic to launch space tours in 2014
Calif. company XCOR Aerospace also plans to launch program
During the Space Shuttle era, NASA spent billions of dollars to launch astronauts into space. Now, several commercial companies are promising to take you to the edge of space, as soon as next year.
Tuesday on CBS This Morning, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, said private companies can offer space travel for a fraction of the price compared to the government.
"Ordinary people will be able to have a chance to become astronauts, go into space, and look at the world from a distance," said Branson.
Virgin Galactic is already taking reservations on its website. $200,000 will get you a seat on a 6-passenger spacecraft that will take off and land like a plane in the New Mexico desert. The 2-hour ride aboard SpaceShipTwo will take you the edge of the atmosphere for 5 minutes of weightlessness.
"At that point, they unbuckle, they're allowed to float and take pictures through good sized windows, and they're allowed to float before 5 minutes before gravity starts pulling them back down," said Suzanne Perritt, one of only 45 nationally accredited Virgin Galactic Space Travel Agents.
Perritt, based in Jacksonville, said despite the cost, she's seen much interest in space tourism for people of all incomes. "Not as wealthy as you would think. Obviously they are comfortable, but it's more a dream of being in space. That's the motivating factor that I see," said Perritt.
Virgin Galactic claims to have more than 500 reservations already, including those from movie stars Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie.
Perritt said she has met Branson and plans to tour Spaceport America in New Mexico later this year. She said Virgin Galactic is fully committed to New Mexico and has no plans to build a base in Florida.
California-based XCOR Aerospace, however, plans to launch and land its Lynx space plane at the Kennedy Space Center. The company said testing begins in 2013 with flights planned for 2014. XCOR recently committed to hiring 150 workers at its Brevard County facility. A ride aboard the Lynx is expected to cost half that of SpaceShipTwo – only $95,000.
Branson is betting his life on SpaceShipTwo. He told CBS This Morning, "I'll be going up with my children on the first flight next year."
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Coda is a powerful Web editor that puts everything in one place. An editor. Terminal. CSS. Files. With Coda 2, we went beyond expectations. With loads of new, much-requested features, a few surprises, and a seriously refreshed UI, this update is, truly, major.
You code for the web. You demand a fast, clean, and powerful text editor. Pixel-perfect preview. A built-in way to open and manage your local and remote files. And maybe a dash of SSH. Say hello, Coda.
What is Coda?
Good question. Coda is everything you need to hand-code a website, in one beautiful app.
While the pitch is simple, building Coda was anything but. How do you elegantly wrap everything together? Well, we did it. And today, Coda has grown to be a critical tool for legions of web developers around the world.
More than anything else, Coda is a text editor. It's got everything you expect: syntax highlighting for tons of languages. Code folding. Project-wide autocomplete. Fast find and replace. Indentation guides. Automatic tag closing. Fast commenting and shifting of code. The works. But Coda's editor has features you won't find anywhere else. For example, the Find and Replace has this revolutionary "Wildcard" token that makes RegEx one-button simple. And as you type, Coda Pops let you quickly create colors, gradients, and more, using easy controls. There are nice touches everywhere.
But an incredible text editor is just a nice typewriter if you can't easily handle all of your files — from anywhere. Coda has battle-tested, deeply integrated file management. Open local files or edit remotely on FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, or Amazon S3 servers. Use the Files tab and move, rename, copy, transfer from server-to-server… anything. Track local changes for remote publishing. There's even support for Git and Subversion.
Then you'll want to see what your code looks like. Use our WebKit Preview, which includes a web inspector, debugger, and profiler. Then, on top of that, we added AirPreview, a revolutionary feature that lets you use your iPad and Diet Coda to Preview pages as you code on your desktop.
Believe it or not, we've just scratched the surface. Open Coda's Sidebar to discover a rich set of utilities that make you work better. Like Clips, which let you create frequently used bits of text that you can insert into your document with special triggers. And project-wide Find and Replace that'll work across multiple files. There's also an HTML Validator, a Code Navigator, and more.
Finally, hiding behind the Plus button in the tab bar is a built-in Terminal and MySQL editor, two amazingly powerful Tab Tools. The Terminal can open a local shell or SSH. MySQL lets you define structure, edit data, and more.
And it's all wrapped up in our Sites, which get you started quickly. Opening a Site sets your file paths, your root URLs, where your files Publish to, source control settings, and more. And with Panic Sync, our free and secure sync service, your sites follow you on any computer.
New! in Coda 2.5
Speed. Syntax highlighting is anywhere from 4 to 10 times faster. Symbol parsing is 10 times faster. It's real zippier.
Editor Improvements. Vertical indentation guides. Customizable column guide. Color-coded traditional or visual tabs.
Local Indexing. It's here. Site-wide autocomplete of your functions, classes, and variables, all indexed from your local files.
Plugin Prefs. Manage your existing plugins, and discover new and exciting ones, via Coda's preferences.
CSS Overriding. Easily override and edit a site's CSS, live, right within Coda's Preview.
Publishing. Coda can now track and publish files modified outside of Coda. Plus a handy "Save and Publish" shortcut.
Panic Sync. Sync your sites, passwords, and private keys to all of your Macs and more.
Coda 2.5.15
Bug Fixes
- Fixed possible issue with Skip rules when indexing a site
- Fixed possible crash when using an SSH config file
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Starbucks is adding what it calls handcrafted sodas to its menu to kick off the summer season.
The company will sell three flavors of soda—Spiced Root Beer, Golden Ginger Ale and Lemon Ale— in 16 states, mostly in the South and Southwest, starting on Tuesday, the company announced.
Starbucks will debut the new beverages at stores in Hawaii, parts of California including Los Angeles and San Diego, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Utah.
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The sodas are made using the company's "Fizzio" carbonation machine. Customers can adjust the amount of "fizz" in each beverage depending on their preferences.
The drinks are made to order and take about a minute and a half to complete, the standard length of time for a Starbucks drink, Fortune Magazine reported.
Starbucks claims the sodas contain no artificial flavors, preservatives or high fructose corn syrup.
The price of the sodas wil reportedly vary depending on location. A medium-sized Fizzio soda will cost $2.95 in Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Times reported. They expect to sell the sodas nationwide by next summer, according to the Times.
Starbucks is also raising prices on Tuesday, with the cost of certain drinks set to go up between 5 and 20 cents. A 20-oz "venti" cup of brewed coffee will jump between 10 and 15 cents, depending on the market, CNBC reported.


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The Return of the Jed
We got our first look at Jed Lowrie in July of 2007 and my first impression was that this kid just up from Double-A seemed like a 10-year major league veteran. He was 23 years old but acted like he was 33 (at least when he was on the job).
(photo courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
His parents – Dan and Miriam – did a great job of raising him. He's smart, respectful, and strikes me as intellectually curious.
That was apparent as Jed dealt with the broken bone in his left wrist that has sidelined him for most of this season.
The injury actually occurred in May of last year while he was still with the PawSox. Despite pain that affected his grip strength, Jed gutted it out and started 54 of Boston's final 63 games last year.
His wrist appeared to be fine in spring training when Jed batted .343 with 8 doubles, 2 triples, and 3 home runs. But it was obvious when he opened the regular season 1-for-18 that the pain had returned.
"I had the opportunity to allow it to heal over the offseason," Lowrie told me. "From what I've understood, the scar tissue in there started to wrap around that bone and hold it in place but once I started playing every day in spring training, it broke right back down. I felt it specifically one game when we went up to Tampa to play the Yankees, and it wasn't the same feeling as I had last year so I didn't really say anything – I wanted to see if it would get better. But it never really got better and just steadily got worse as it did last year. Then I woke up one morning and I had the exact same symptoms as I had last year and that's when I brought it up."
Jed had his wrist examined by 5 doctors in 3 states before electing to have surgery on April 21st – specifically an arthroscopic ligament repair and the removal of the ulnar styloid bone.
"I was getting some mixed signals and I just wanted to get as many opinions as I could," Lowrie said. "I found one that I liked and someone who made sense and so I went with that route."
Two months later, he's back in action. Jed joined the PawSox on a rehab assignment on Sunday that is expected to last for a couple of weeks. He's 0-for-4 with 2 walks so far, but has hit the ball extremely hard in two of his four at-bats.
"The wrist is doing better," Jed told me. "I went through a lot with surgery and I haven't played in two and a half months, so I want to be up in Boston as quickly as I can, but at the same time, I want to take my time and make sure it's right. I just need to keep in mind that I haven't played and not worry about what I do on the field as opposed to getting myself ready."
Nick Green has done a nice job filling-in at shortstop in Boston, but the Red Sox will get a significant boost when Lowrie is ready to return.
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Whenever the PawSox play in Durham, one of the highlights is a batting practice contest to hit the big wooden bull (from the movie "Bull Durham") that is perched high above the 32-foot "Blue Monster" wall in left field.
The players usually throw a few bucks in the kitty and have some laughs competing for the loot.
It gets hysterical. Every time somebody lofts a fly ball to left that has a chance to hit the target, the English-speaking players start yelling "bull, bull, bull," while the Spanish-speaking players yell "toro, toro, toro."
I saw Jeff Natale and John Otness hit the bull yesterday, but wasn't able to stick around long enough to see who the big winner was.
By the way, as you can see in the photo, it says "Hit Bull Win Steak."
Unfortunately, that only applies to players from the home team. Former PawSox infielder Ed Rogers homered off of the bull a couple of years ago, but did not win the prize.
In my opinion, that's bull. . .
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A few nights ago on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, analyst Joe Morgan was passing along "Happy Father's Day" wishes to some new dads and one of the athletes he congratulated was Joe Thornton.
It made me wonder how he knew the former Boston Bruin now starring for the San Jose Sharks.
Well, as it turns out, Joe Morgan meant to congratulate Joe Thurston, the former PawSox now playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.
He and his wife Raquel had a baby girl named Jaylee a couple of weeks ago. Congrats!
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The PawSox open a 4-game series on Tuesday against Norfolk – the first place team in the IL South. I hope you'll join us for the radio call beginning with the pre-game show at 7:00 on the PawSox radio network and PawSox.com.
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It's A 4-Way Fashion Face-Off: Which Star Wore The Sexy Mini Best?
This embellished Balmain dress is certainly popular, with four different stars showing it off! The real question is — who do you think pulled off this look better? VOTE!
While sometimes wearing the same outfit is considered a fashion don't, that didn't stop these four stars from working the same look within such a short time span! We first spotted Zoe Saldana, 33, wearing this embellished Balmain back in August at a Miami screening. The star sported a full-length version of this dress, adding a white train to the look that really gave it a unique twist to make it her own — but she wasn't the last one to flaunt the frock!
Alessandra Ambrosio, 31, choose it two months later for a Victoria's Secret party, keeping it short with a plunging neckline, nude pumps and a matching clutch looking absolutely gorgeous!
As if twice in the last two months weren't enough, Katy Perry, 27, was spotted in March at a Paris Fashion Week party in a silvery number, looking rather similar to Alessandra who wore it in gold. She accessorized with white, strappy sandals and a matching clutch as well — she looked super cute!
Most recently Kim Kardashian, 31, strolled out to the Cannes Film Festival on the arm of her boyfriend, Kanye West, at his film premiere in May. I think it's safe to say we are a tad sick of this Balmain design by now. While Kim always seems to have amazing fashion sense, we can't help but wonder if she merely wore it to compliment her boyfriend's get-up since the two have appeared to be rather matchy-matchy lately.
While it certainly is a gorgeous design, I'd have to say my vote goes to Alessandra, who wore this dress with an extreme plunging neckline. The gold embellishments accent her skin tone quite nicely and she takes a super sexy look with the dress. Who do YOU think pulled off this dress best? Vote NOW!
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