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BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, said fourth-quarter earnings increased 24% as its exchange-traded funds drew client deposits and assets rose.
Shares rose the most in more than a year. Net income climbed to $690 million, or $3.93 a share, from $555 million, or $3.05, a year earlier, the New York-based company said today in a statement. Profit beat the $3.71 a share average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. BlackRock increased its quarterly dividend 12% to $1.68 a share and expanded its share buyback program.
Chief Executive Officer Laurence D. Fink, 60, in August reorganized BlackRock's senior leadership and product distribution to revive investor deposits, and in October created a series of lower-fee ETFs in a bid to reverse a decline in its U.S. market share. The moves, and a decision by Vanguard Group Inc. to change the index provider for its funds, helped increase ETF deposits. Index-linked products drove the $47 billion in deposits during the quarter, contributing to a 3.2% increase in assets to a record $3.79 trillion.
"It was a very strong quarter for ETFs," Luke Montgomery, a research analyst who covers asset managers at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York, said in an interview. BlackRock has "the advantage of being a very diverse platform, so they can still generate earnings growth without growth in active equities."
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BlackRock's shares rose 4.4% , the most since December 2011, to close at $232 in New York. The stock gained 24% in the past 12 months, compared with the 27 percent increase in the 20-member Standard & Poor's index of asset managers and custody banks.
Investors continued to pull money from actively managed stock and bond funds. BlackRock's active equity funds had $5.4 billion in withdrawals and investors pulled $374 million from active bond funds during the quarter. Stock ETFs drew $30.1 billion in new money during the quarter, gathering more than six times the money gathered by their bond counterparts.
"We'll still see flows into high yield, flows into higher income types of fixed income," Fink said in a telephone interview today. "I'm not trying to suggest people are running away from fixed income, but we are seeing a more fulsome look at investable products."
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The term sickle cell disease refers to a number of genetic disorders that affect a protein in red blood cells called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is responsible for carrying oxygen. In sickle cell disease, abnormalities in hemoglobin lead to multiple hemoglobin molecules sticking together distorting the size and shape of the red blood cell. These misshapen cells get stuck in the small blood vessels of the body leading to several complications.
The way sickle cell diseases are inherited is rather simple. All people inherit two copies of every gene, one from their mother and one from their father. There is a gene in the body that regulates the production of the major protein in the red blood cell called hemoglobin. Different types of hemoglobin production may result in different shapes and sizes of the red blood cells. Most people inherit a normal copy of the hemoglobin gene from their father and a normal copy from their mother, but some people inherit abnormal hemoglobin genes.
There are many different kinds of hemoglobin genes. The normal hemoglobin gene is called A, however there are over 400 abnormal hemoglobin genes. The most common are:
Because you inherit one gene from each parent it is possible to get many different combinations of genes. Each of these combinations will cause a different condition in the person who inherits it. Listed below are the most common combinations.
AA (Adult hemoglobin) is the normal hemoglobin gene combination. These people do not have disease and do not pass an abnormal hemoglobin gene to their children.
AS (sickle trait) is the inheritance of one gene for normal hemoglobin A and one gene for sickle hemoglobin S. People with AS are also known as "carriers" of the sickle gene because they do not have the disease, but can pass it down to their children. About 10% of the African American population carry the sickle trait.
SS (sickle cell anemia) is the inheritance of a sickle trait from both parents. This is the most common type of sickle cell disease. About 65% of patients with sickle cell disease have sickle cell anemia.
SC (hemoglobin SC disease) is the inheritance of a sickle trait from one parent and hemoglobin C from the other parent. This is usually a milder type of sickle cell disease. About 25% of patients with sickle cell disease have hemoglobin SC disease.
SD and SO produce "Hemoglobin SD disease" and "Hemoglobin SO disease". People with these combinations may experience all sickle cell disease symptoms, ranging from mild to severe. These syndromes are relatively rare.
S-beta thalassemia (SßThal) is the inheritance of a sickle cell trait from one parent and a beta thalassemia trait from the other parent. Beta thalassemia leads to a reduction in the amount of normal hemoglobin (Hemoglobin A). The severity of SBThal is variable and depends on the amount of normal hemoglobin in the red blood cells. About 10% of patients with sickle cell disease have sickle beta thalassemia.
Because these diseases result from the inheritance of abnormal genes from parents, it is important for people to know if they have any of these abnormal hemoglobin genes when they are planning on having children. This can be easily done by having a blood test. In addition, all children born in Ohio (and nearly all states in the USA) have a newborn screen performed to see if they have sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Speak with your healthcare provider about this and any other questions or concerns about sickle cell disease.
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Skills Laboratory: Reconstructive surgery techniques, Part 3: Multiple punctate relaxing incisions
Multiple punctate relaxing incisions are small parallel, staggered incisions made unilaterally or bilaterally (usually bilaterally) in skin adjacent to a wound to relieve the tension associated with wound closure.1
These incisions are most commonly used on distal limb wounds. They can also be used for wound closure on the tail where skin is sparse for closure. This technique could help close trunk wounds; however, walking sutures are generally sufficient for stretching skin on the trunk for wound closure. And theoretically, these incisions could be used if necessary after presutures or adjustable horizontal mattress sutures have been placed.
Multiple punctuate relaxing incisions are more cosmetically appealing and heal faster than one large relaxing incision. Thus, they are more acceptable to the pet owner. But these incisions require making wounds to close a wound, and relaxation may not be as great as that with one relaxing incision. Also, if the punctuate relaxing incisions are either too numerous or too large, there is danger of vascular insufficiency in the skin adjacent to the wound; this could result in skin sloughing. Even with relaxation, it is possible to create a biologic tourniquet if tension is excessive when the skin is closed. In this instance, suture removal would be indicated.
Editors' Note: This technique was demonstrated on a canine specimen obtained from a specimen supply company.
Thank you to Lori Lind, RVT, Gladstone Animal Clinic, Gladstone, Mo., for her assistance during the demonstration.
1. Swaim SF, Henderson RA. Small animal wound management. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins, 1997;188-190.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 5, 2012) – Fresh off defeating Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson this past weekend, the ETSU volleyball team will be gunning for its fourth straight victory when the Blue and Gold host Kennesaw State Tuesday night in the home finale inside Brooks Gym. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
ETSU enters Tuesday's match in search of a 20-win campaign as the Bucs are 19-10, 10-5 in A-Sun play, while a victory over the Owls will lock up the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament for the Blue and Gold.
Setter Kayla Williams (El Paso, Texas) enjoyed a special Senior Day as she finished with a match high 25 assists en route to the Bucs sweeping past Stetson (25-17, 25-20, 25-22) last Saturday afternoon inside Brooks Gym. All 12 players helped contribute to the win, while three ETSU players recorded double-digit kills for the Bucs. Junior Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) joined the 1,000-kill/1,000-dig club after registering her 1,000th career dig in the first set versus the Hatters. In the end, Devine posted her conference-leading 20th double-double of the season after tallying 14 kills, 11 digs, and four blocks along with hitting .414 for the match. Meanwhile, sophomore Meredith Hardy (Kingsport, Tenn.) added 13 kills and eight blocks, and fellow sophomore Bethany Gesell (High Point, N.C.) provided 11 kills. As a team, the Bucs hit .310 (47-16-100) and registered double figures in blocks for the 17th time this year after out-blocking the Hatters by four, 10-6.
Kennesaw State has dropped eight of its last nine matches and sits in a three-way tie for seventh in the conference standings at 16-15, 5-11. The Owls were swept at Lipscomb and at Northern Kentucky over the weekend and are two games back of USC Upstate in the loss column for sixth. Kennesaw State is led by the trio of Camille Pedraza, Sara Metroka, and Baylee Strachan. Pedraza, the A-Sun Preseason Libero of the Year selection, ranks third in the league with 4.61 digs per set, while Metroka and Strachan rank fourth in assists and hitting percentage. Metroka is averaging 10.35 assists per set and Strachan is hitting a team-best .329.
The Bucs have won four of the last five meetings and lead the all-time series, 8-4, including a sweep over the Owls last month in Kennesaw, Ga. Devine, Gesell, and Jamie Rutledge (Kingsport, Tenn.) fueled the charge in the win back on Oct. 16. Devine finished with 16 kills and 17 digs while hitting .382 and Gesell tied her career mark with 15 kills. Meanwhile, Rutledge ran the offense with by recording 46 of ETSU's 48 assists. Last year, the Blue and Gold ended Kennesaw State's season with a five-set win over the Owls in the A-Sun Quarterfinal match inside Lipscomb's Allen Arena. Sophomore Ivey Rice (Johnson City, Tenn.) finished with a career high 22 kills and a .455 attack percentage, while Williams also generated a career best 55 assists in the win. Devine ended with a double-double (20-kills, 14-digs) and Hardy provided 10 kills and six blocks.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
I'm More Than A Blogger - I'm A Story Gatherer
And what about family members? Do they even know about your blog or your web presence? Have you told them about your work to document the stories of your family?
For me, this is one area that has always been difficult. I come from a very large family (I have over 40 first cousins) but when I make visits back home to upstate New York, I notice a "disconnect" when I discuss my blogging.
To solve this, I've used my genealogy research and self-published small books about specific people or topics. My favorite book was one that I created in late 2007 using Ancestry Press (now called MyCanvas) about my first cousin Kenneth VonRonn who was killed in Iraq in January 2005.
I'm always looking for new ways to produce keepsake items and to share the stories I gather. One problem is the gathering: how do you get family members to open up and talk about ancestors? I am a big believer of this concept: there is often more freedom with a limited number of choices. This means: I'd rather have several topics to choose from like "where was your first date?" or "what was your first job like?" rather than having an "open ended" format.
I've been working with products from Cherish Bound which has a great concept: chat cards. Basically the cards can be handed out at a gathering and they have great "prompts" that get people to share their stories. If you've ever been to corporate ice breakers, it is the same concept only applied to a family get-together.
Have you had problems getting family members to open up and share stories with you? Why do you think people are hesitant to talk - because they lack structure or prompt? I'd like to hear from others about their story gathering frustrations and experiences.
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- Susan Kitchens said...
Excellent topic. I get asked about interview questions fairly often on my site.
I'd go from "I don't know what to ask" to perhaps a bit of unconscious "We don't talk about that" to an ingrained cultural sense that we've left the storytelling to the Pros (tv sitcoms, movies, documentaries). Here's hoping that's changing, tho.
Did you see the article I wrote in response to a question from a person who bought equipment to interview his parents, but he was put off by a friend's stance that "recording an interview == saying that your parents are dying"? I address a lot of objections there.
I think you're right on about how you need to get something to START. Once you get going, it's easier to go on, but it's the initial prompt or spark that's so difficult at first.
Personally, I find it is easier to ask questions one on one, but a larger crowd is harder. It's fine for getting stories from the natural born performers and extroverts. But they're not the only one with stories.
Good thoughts as we approach Dad's 80th birthday.
- March 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Joan Miller said...
Great topic Thomas! I've been using my blog to post family history stories and sharing with the family. The one that resonated most with our family is the tale of how Grandma IRVINE was a Mail Order Bride. (http://www.luxegen.ca/?p=783&preview=true)
I received more comments and interest from the cousins and aunts and uncles with that single post than any of the others. By sharing one of my researched stories it gave them the inspiration to share stories with me. Hopefully my efforts will inspire another generation of family historians.
- March 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- DianaR said...
I love this topic - and I hope that is gets me on the ball to "gather" more stories! One thing that I've found is that when I get my Mom together with one of her brothers they talk so much more than if I just try to get my Mom to tell me stories. Of course then my problem is that I can't get everything straight - they go from one topic to another without stopping :-)
I like the idea of chat cards...need to look into that more.
- March 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- English Ancestors said...
Hi Thomas,
I have been adding my family stories to my blog this week. A couple of months ago i wrote one about my Mum's Mother and Grandmother and posted it to her in England.When she read it ,she told me afterwards that it had made her day and had brought them back to her for that day.
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have authorized union leaders to schedule a one-day strike.
About 83 percent of the nurses who participated in the secret ballot vote Thursday supported the measure, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The result gives union leadership approval to call a strike at a future date if they feel it's necessary.
The union represents about 2,000 nurses at UMass Memorial.
The nurses are in the midst of contract negotiations over staffing levels and benefits. Negotiations have been going on for longer than a year.
The nurses contend layoffs during the past two years put patient care in jeopardy.
"With this vote our nurses are sending a strong message to management that something has to change; our patients are suffering, and nurses are struggling every day under dangerous staffing conditions that prevent us from providing the quality care we want to provide, and that our patients deserve," said Margaret McLoughlin, a nurse and co-chair of the bargaining unit.
The nurses say staff cuts were being made even as the hospital system posted more than $87 million in profits in the past two years.
The hospital also wants to cut pension benefits the nurses said.
Hospital management says it was "disappointed" in the vote results and maintains staffing levels are appropriate.
"We disagree with the MNA's mandatory staffing ratio proposal because studies have shown that mandated ratios do not improve the quality of care," management said in a statement. "This is why hospitals across the country have consistently rejected efforts to put mandatory staffing ratios into collective bargaining agreements."
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AC Milan's quest for European football continues on Sunday with boss Massimiliano Allegri having a couple of injuries to contend with as defender Mario Yepes and midfielder Massimo Ambrosini miss out for the clash against Bologna.
Tough-tackling midfielder Nigel de Jong is the only long-term absentee for the hosts.
The Rossoneri have no suspensions to worry about, though, Stephan El Shaarawy is walking a disciplinary tightrope as his next booking incurs a ban.
Allegri might reshuffle his pack with Daniele Bonera in contention to start instead of Philippe Mexes, while promising youngster M'Baye Niang may play instead of Bojan up front.
Meanwhile for Bologna, they are unlikely to change the team that emphatically beat Chievo 4-0.
But coach Stefano Pioli is missing defender Cesare Natali, midifielders Saphir Taider and Henry Gimenez, and attacker Robert Acquafresca for the trip to San Siro.
- AC Milan (7th) are 11 points off third-placed Lazio while Bologna languish in 14th position.
- The Rossoneri are eight games unbeaten against the Rossoblu, a run which stretches back to August 2008.
- Milan's biggest win against their opponents was 6-0 victory back in the 1990-91 season in Serie A.
- Bologna last beat Milan at San Siro 2-1 back in 2008. Goals by Marco Di Vaio and Francesco Valiani were enough to give the visitors the win that day.
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Mary-Kate Olsen has temporarily replaced her boyfriend Olivier Sarkozy with the other love of her life: Ashley Olsen, her famous twin sister and business partner. Instead of bringing her 43-year-old French financier beau to the New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers game at Madison Square Garden on May 16 (where the couple is frequently seen canoodling courtside), Mary-Kate invited her 26-year-old sibling to help her cheer on the home team.
Wearing matching aviator sunglasses and heavy sweaters, the Olsen twins sipped clear drinks from a straw and noshed on popcorn during the game. The normally stoic stars got into the spirit of the event, as they were seen cheering wildly from the VIP section. Luckily, Mary-Kate's team avoided elimination in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 85-75 victory.
Though Mary-Kate and Ashley first found fame as child actors on Full House, they have since rebranded themselves as successful fashion designers. "I can't stand to be away from her," Ashley once told The Wall Street Journal of her sister.
Ashley shared their design philosophy with the newspaper, explaining that they prefer pieces that can transition from season to season seamlessly. "We like the mentality of the way men dress," she explained. "It's that thing about having a few very special investment pieces that you can wear all the time and build upon."
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — President Barack Obama acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that Russia is unlikely to surrender control of the strategically important peninsula it annexed from Ukraine, conceding that Western condemnations have had little effect on Vladimir Putin.
Obama insisted the international community would never recognize Russia's takeover of Crimea. But he and European leaders, gathering in the Netherlands for a two-day nuclear summit, said a military response against Moscow was unlikely. The leaders focused much of their attention on keeping Russia from expanding elsewhere in Ukraine — even if that means enacting broad sanctions that have negative implications for their own economies.
"Some particular sanctions would hurt some countries more than others," Obama said during a joint news conference with the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte. "But all of us recognize that we have to stand up for a core principle that lies at the heart of the international order."
The president spoke a day after the U.S. and its partners in the Group of Seven economic forum declared that they were indefinitely suspending cooperation with Russia, which often joins with the G-7 nations to form the Group of Eight. The leaders also said they were prepared to impose sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy, including its energy and defense industries.
Russia's brazen incursion into Ukraine has become a fierce challenge to Obama's leadership on the world stage. He arrived in the Netherlands, the first stop on a weeklong trip abroad, facing withering criticism from Republicans who have charged that the president underestimated Putin or misjudged the Russian leader's intentions.
Among those critics is Obama's former presidential rival Mitt Romney. The GOP politician declared during the 2012 campaign that Russia was America's top geopolitical foe — an assertion Obama dismissed as a relic of Cold War-era thinking.
Obama took aim at Romney's assertion again Tuesday, using the opportunity to derisively cast Russia as little more than a "regional power" that threatens its allies, but not the U.S. The pointed comment appeared to take aim at what Western officials see as Putin's insecurity over Russia's standing in the world.
"Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors — not out of strength, but out of weakness," Obama said. Still, he added that "it would be dishonest to suggest there is a simple solution to what has already taken place in Crimea," where Russian troops are in control.
In a sign of how difficult it would be to roll back Russia's advances, Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea piled onto buses and began their journey to Ukrainian territory on Tuesday following a withdrawal order from the central government in Kiev. A former comrade saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces.
While Putin did not attend the long-planned Nuclear Security Summit, his provocative actions in Ukraine dominated the two days of talks in The Hague. Western nations have used their long-planned meetings here to project a united front in their dispute with the West, banking that diplomatic and political isolation might prevent Putin from launching further incursions into eastern and southern Ukraine.
Russia has amassed thousands of troops on its border near those regions, raising anxieties in Washington, as well as in other former Soviet territories. Obama sought to reassure some of those nations that NATO would come to the defense of any member of the 28-nation alliance.
"When it comes to a potential military response, that is defined by NATO membership," he said. "That's what NATO's about."
The West's preferred method for preventing an escalation of the conflict continued to be economic sanctions, both on individuals close to Putin and the Russian economy.
Obama appeared to have made progress in convincing European leaders that the costs of implementing such sanctions outweighed the risks to their own economies. Europe has deep economic ties with Russia and the continent's leaders have worried that sanctions on Moscow could boomerang and hurt their own economies.
During his news conference with Obama, Rutte said that while leaders could not completely mitigate the impact of the sanctions, "we will make sure that we will design these sanctions in such a way that they will have maximum impact on the Russian economy."
Still, it remained unclear whether the U.S. and Europe would actually go through with broader economic sanctions if Russia does escalate the crisis.
Obama and European leaders have also been discussing ways to boost funding for Ukraine. The country's fledgling government is under significant financial strain following a shake-up that saw Ukraine's Russian-backed president flee amid popular protests.
In Washington, Senate Democrats signaled a possible retreat over the biggest sticking point blocking congressional passage of legislation clearly the way for an aid package. Up to now, the Senate and House have been at odds over a provision related to the International Monetary Fund. But legislative aides told The Associated Press that Democrats would weigh dropping language related to the IMF in the interests of securing passage of a bill.
The president also planned to discuss funding for Ukraine during meetings Wednesday with European Union leaders in Brussels, where he arrived late Tuesday.
Later Tuesday, Obama met with Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, to address Arab anxieties over the Syrian civil war and U.S. nuclear talks with Iran. He also met jointly with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, bringing together two U.S. Asian allies who have been quarreling over rekindled memories of Japan's aggression in World War II.
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Juergen Baetz contributed to this report.
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A lightweight, value-priced consumer trimmer with many quality design features.
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Must be depressed before the trigger can be activated.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Shares of General Dynamics fell more than 3 percent in midday trading Wednesday after the aerospace and defense company reported a huge fourth-quarter loss due to charges related to slowing defense spending.
The charges "reflect the fact that some of our markets are contracting as government budgets shrink at home and abroad," Chairman and CEO Phebe Novakovic said in a statement. "They also suggest opportunities for improvement in some areas of our performance, which we are addressing."
The Falls Church, Va., company said it lost $2.13 billion, or $6.07 per share during the October-December quarter, compared with net income of $603 million, or $1.68 per share, a year earlier.
Revenue fell almost 12 percent to $8.08 billion from $9.15 billion.
Excluding the charges, the company earned $491 million, or $1.39 per share. That fell far short of Wall Street expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $1.90 per share, on average, on revenue of $8.8 billion.
General Dynamics Corp. shares fell $2.19, or 3.1 percent, to $68.52 in midday trading. They are trading in the middle of their 52-week range of $61.09 to $74.54.
The charges were a necessary step given the recent arrival of a new CEO at the company, Sterne Agee analysts Peter Arment and Josh Sullivan wrote Wednesday in a note to investors. They have rated the stock as "Buy," meaning they expect it to outperform the industry during the next year, and they set an $82 price target for the next 12 months.
The fourth-quarter results "reflect the difficult environment presented by defense budget dynamics partially offset by tremendous opportunity in the Aerospace segment," the analysts wrote. They also wrote that the stock will be under near-term pressure, but there's potential gain once it settles in the mid-$60s, because of a stable backlog of Gulfstream jet orders.
The company said that it recorded a $2 billion goodwill impairment charge in the latest quarter to reduce the value of its Information Systems & Technology group. The company said it took the charge to account for slowed defense spending. It also took $867 million in other charges for asset valuation drops in its Aerospace and Information Systems groups.
The company said it expects to earn $6.60 to $6.70 per share from continuing operations this year. Analysts expected $7.32 per share.
During the quarter, revenue fell for three of the company's four business units. Combat systems revenue was down 24 percent, while Marine Systems was off 5.3 percent and Information Systems was down almost 12 percent. Only Aerospace, which includes Gulfstream jets, reported an increase, and that was only 0.2 percent.
For the full year, the company reported a loss of $332 million, or 94 cents per share, including the charges. That compares with net income of $2.53 billion profit, or $6.87 per share, in 2011. Full-year revenue fell 3.6 percent to $31.5 billion.


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The events in Ferguson, Mo., where a police officer shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old, have focused attention on police policies, tactics and equipment. Some of that equipment is military gear, provided free to police departments under a Pentagon program. What's important about it is not the hardware itself so much as how and when it is used. It appears that local police officials understand that distinction, and that's a good thing.
Local police agencies haven't lined up for free military hardware — although other departments in Oregon have, according to available data. The Associated Press reports Oregon police departments have collected more than $10 million worth of equipment ranging from night vision equipment to guns to armored vehicles.
Medford Police Chief Tim George says his department, Jackson County's largest, hasn't acquired any equipment from the military. The department did come in for some criticism when it purchased a $256,000 BearCat armored vehicle with money from the department's budget.
George says that vehicle and other equipment in the department's tool chest is necessary to protect the safety of his department's officers when they venture into potentially deadly situations. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters, whose department has a similar vehicle, says the same.
Both departments have used their BearCat vehicles when officers embarked on high-risk warrant operations aimed at arresting suspects who might be armed and likely to resist, and for responding to armed standoffs. Those situations are relatively rare, and both George and Winters say the vehicles should not be deployed routinely.
It's hard to argue with officer safety, and no one wants to see police officers needlessly placed at risk.
But there is a difference between serving a felony warrant on a potentially armed suspect and confronting groups of unarmed protesters with officers dressed in combat gear and riding atop military vehicles as though they are entering a war zone. That's what happened in Ferguson, with the predictable result of escalating the situation beyond what it might have been.
Certainly there is no justification for protesters to destroy property or loot businesses. But there is also good reason for police to avoid overreacting to crowds of protesters who are not behaving violently..
Crowd control is a delicate balance, and not an easy task. Local police officials clearly know this.
"It's all about time, place and manner," George told the Mail Tribune. "... you've got to show compassion."
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Use Non-Duo Memory Cards in Your PSP
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One of the nuances with the PSP as far as memory goes is that you need to use the more expensive Duo sticks, rather than the standard Sony Memory Stick. It looks like someone has found a nice workaround in this area, as they have figured out a way to have the PSP recognize regular Memory Stick media. It takes a little bit of time to get it working, and certainly doesn't look practical, but it is still very cool nonetheless.
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PSP Web Browsing Works!
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Internet, Video Games,
Using Wipeout Pure, a custom DNS FreeBSD local server and some hacking tricks a couple of people have been able to browse the web using their PSPs. Wipeout Pure includes an in-game link to a Sony download page that for now only states it is "Coming Soon", this sparked an idea from some people such as roto/mozy to find out just what was the page the PSP was accessing. After "sniffing" around they were able to find out just what link the PSP was accessing and set their local server running FreeBSD to redirect the PSP to their local file via custom DNS mapping. The result is being able to make a local file with some links to various pages of their choice. Not only are they able to surf the web using links, but also dialog box input via the PSP's Keyboard API. The website set up for information just has information they have gathered and promises a guide to be made available soon.
The site is down right now, but here's a mirror for now.
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Gear Live From The Sony Style PSP Launch Party
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Weather-wise, it was a horrible day in NYC. But that couldn't stop 500 soon-to-be PSP owners to come out and stand in line for hours at the SONY Style store in Manhattan. Yours truly stood in line with the crowd and got hailed on for hours just to get the opportunity to be part of entertainment history.
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In case you have been waiting for Apple to release updated software for the iPod photo, you can now stop and proceed to the download. The iPod photo Software 1.1 for iPod photo includes:
- Support for optional iPod Camera Connector for importing and viewing photos directly on iPod photo
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This of course ushers in support for the iPod Camera Connector device, allowing you to transfer media directly to the iPod from a digital camera over USB.
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Microsoft Starts Testing Unified Update
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Microsoft has begun testing the Unified Update service, which is what the expect to replace the all-too-notorious Windows Update. The public beta is being tested by about 25,000 users, most of which also participated in the Windows Update version 5 test in preparation for Windows XP SP 2. The plan for Unified Update is that it will provide all downloads for Windows, as well as Microsoft Office, Exchange, and SQL Server. In the long haul, the hope is that the platform will be able to update any and all Microsoft products, including games.
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A month or so ago, I got a call from NPR personality Laura Sydell asking about the impending launch of the Sony PSP. We spoke a bit on the phone, and I was then invited to come to the radio studio to talk at length about Sony's handheld. The studio segment recording lasted about 20 minutes, and the piece aired the other day. Of course, as with most media channels, segments are cut up. Take a listen to NPR's report on the PSP launch, and you will even get to hear me mention an outdated way of putting video onto the device!
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bbBuddy Bookmarklet Tool
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Last month weeks ago we reported on a new web application that allows users to organize and archive their textual content. The idea was excellent but the execution was a little weak. Members had to cut and paste their textual content to bbBuddy. The site has just released a new bookmarklet that automatically fills in the subject, body and source of every post that you highlight with your mouse. Now you can archive your textual content with just 2 clicks. Unfortunately, it looks like it only works on a Windows box with later versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox. If you leave comments on blogs, or post on a message board, you may want to try this.
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Transparent Desktop Screens
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It's always great to see what some free time, creativity, a notebook, and a digital camera can do. The results are illusions of transparent desktops on various notebooks. At first you might say, "Ah, that's easy" (much like I said at first) – boy was I wrong. These are harder to accomplish then it seems. You must first get the right angle with your camera, take the shot, upload it, set it as your desktop and adjust the screen to match. Seems pretty simple, right? Try it out for yourself and let us know how the result came out.
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Cellpod: Tripod For Cell Phones
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Cell phones with cameras are great. You can take a quick snapshot where ever you are and of almost anything you desire. One thing that really isn't possible with cell phone cameras – taking a good image of yourself. Sure you could have someone take the picture for you, but what about those times when there isn't anyone around to take the picture for you? That's where Cellpod comes to save the day. Cellpod is a pocket sized tripod for your cell phone which can be attached via the belt clip button or with an included attachment. This cell phone accessory will set you back $24.99 and available in black or "Edge glow" blue.
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PSP Problems - Dead Pixels
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I got my shiny new PSP today at Gamestop. There I was, all psyched up and ready to roll. I was prepared to experience the joy that comes will all things new and electronic - and BAM! Three dead pixels on the right hand side. Many have reported that this is a problem with their PSP's. This is most likely due to the fact that Sony ramped up production to get a million units ready for the US launch. I just returned from my local Gamestop, and unfortunately they have no PSP's in stock (surprise!), and they don't know when they will receive more. I did manage to get them to agree to call me as soon as they get one for exchange. Anyone else experiencing this problem?
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Surgical Menopause Side Effects
I recently had a hysterectomy (1 month ago) and I'm so sorry I did. Now at age 52, I was "shocked" into menopause. Can you please advise me on what to do about these hot flashes? It's new to me and I'm so depressed because of the decision I made to have this procedure done. The flashes are pretty much unbearable and it happens all day and especially at night. I can't sleep anymore! Please help me!
You are definitely experiencing surgical menopause. To deal with the hot flashes, first, wear layers, so that you can remove, or add, a layer as needed. Wear only natural fibers (cotton, linen, wool), no synthetics (like nylon which may be your sleeping clothes).
Try to avoid big changes in temperature (hard if you're in autumn weather that is variable), but maintain the temperature in your home. Do not "throw the covers off"; rather just put one arm or leg outside the covers, and you will cool off without getting cold, and making the hot flashes worse.
If you are aware that any particular foods (coffee, highly spiced dishes, etc) make the hot flashes worse, try to avoid them.
If you keep a "diary" of your hot flashes, what you were doing before it started, you may become aware of certain foods, or activities, that are associated with them and then you can (try to) avoid those things also. Good luck.
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Have you heard the incredible story of Carlina White? In 1987, at just 19 days old, Carlina was admitted to Harlem Hospital with a fever but then snatched by someone disguised as a nurse.
23 years later, Carlina, now named Nejdra Nance, had a feeling she wasn't quite like the other people in her family. The woman she knew as her mom—who reportedly abused her—could not produce a birth certificate. So she contacted the Center for Missing and Exploited Children and they found a baby photo that looked just like her own. She called her biological mom, Joy White, and with the help of the NYPD and some genetic testing, it was determined that Nejdra was, in fact, Carlina White!
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In a closely fought match, Portland struck first after half time with a Ryan Miller header before Vancouver ensured a share of the points with a header from Jordan Harvey.
Full match report to follow…
JELD-WEN FIELD, Portland, Ore.
August 3, 2013 (WEEK 23, MLS Game #210)
8 p.m. PT (TV: Sportsnet ONE / CityTV; Radio: TEAM 1410)
Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC renew their Cascadia Cup rivalry in a game with massive postseason implications as the clubs face off Saturday evening at Jeld-Wen Field. The Timbers are still in a tie for second place in the Western Conference, coming off a 2-1 loss at San Jose Earthquakes last weekend. Whitecaps FC are holding onto a tie for fifth place and the final postseason spot in the division, despite a late 1-0 home loss to Philadelphia Union last weekend, ending their unbeaten home record.
REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Mike Kampmeinert; AR2 (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Jesus Cisneros
MLS Career: 68 games; FC/gm: 27.7; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 8; pens: 10
DISABLED LIST: none
SUSPENDED: VAN: Gershon Koffie (caution accumulation; through August 4); Jun Marques Davidson (through August 4)
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Diego Chara
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Will Johnson, Pa Modou Kah, Ben Zemanski … VAN: Russell Teibert, Nigel Reo-Coker
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
ALL-TIME (MLS) (6 meetings): Timbers 4 wins, 9 goals … Whitecaps 0 wins, 5 goals … Ties 2
AT PORTLAND (3 meetings): Timbers 2 wins, 5 goals … Whitecaps 0 wins, 3 goals … Ties 1
FUTURE MATCH: 10/6: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers, 5 p.m. PT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Portland's Jose Adolfo Valencia scored the equalizer with eight minutes to go to leave the teams in a 2-2 draw May 18 at BC Place.
- The Timbers have never lost to Whitecaps FC since the two teams have played in MLS competition. The Timbers have won four of the six meetings all-time, including two of the three contests at BC Place.
- Coaches record: Martin Rennie vs. POR: P3 W0 L2 D2 … Caleb Porter vs. VAN: P1 W0 L0 D1
5/18: VAN 2, POR 2 (Sanvezzo 24; Koffie 54 – W. Johnson 52; Valencia 84)
- Whitecaps FC took the lead in the 24th minute. Timbers midfielder Will Johnson fouled Camilo just outside the area on the right, and he took the resulting freekick himself, curling it over the wall and into the top right corner.
- The Timbers pulled even in the 62nd minute. Will Johnson created the penalty with a shot that struck Andy O'Brien's arm as it bent goalward, and then took his own spot kick and leveled the score.
- But moments later, Vancouver again nosed in front. This time Gershon Koffie bent a shot into the top right corner of Donovan Ricketts' goal after Camilo teed him up at the edge of the area.
- Ten minutes later, Whitecaps FC went up a man when Futty Danso appeared to bring Camilo down as they both chased down a ball over the top toward the Portland goal.
- Yet the Timbers had the final answer. Jose Adolfo Valencia ran under Will Johnson's high, hopeful ball and and brought it under control before cutting back past a defender and slotting home coolly past Brad Knighton.
- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (4-1-2-3): Brad Knighton - Lee Young-Pyo, Andy O'Brien, Brad Rusin, Jordan Harvey - Jun Marques Davidson (Darren Mattocks 88) - Nigel Reo-Coker, Gershon Koffie (Matt Watson 71) - Russell Teibert, Camilo Sanvezzo, Erik Hurtado (Alain Rochat 83).
- PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Donovan Ricketts - Jack Jewsbury (Jose Adolfo Valencia 77), Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Mamadou Danso (sent off 81), Michael Harrington - Diego Chara, Will Johnson - Darlington Nagbe (Kalif Alhassan 34), Diego Valeri, Rodney Wallace - Ryan Johnson (Frederic Piquionne 62).
The Portland Timbers suffered their second loss in four matches, falling 2-1 to the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday evening at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Timbers are in a tie for second place in the Western Conference with 34 points from 21 matches.
- The Quakes took the lead 10 minutes into the second half. Shea Salinas saw his slaloming run ended in a collision with Timbers center back Andrew Jean-Baptiste, and the resulting penalty kicks was converted by center back Victor Bernardez, who sent goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts in the opposite direction.
- The lead was doubled three minutes later when Salinas delivered a free kick from deep on the left wing to the far post where Steven Lenhart slipped in behind the Timbers defense and touched the ball home with a sliding poke.
- The Timbers pulled a goal back late when Darlington Nagbe was set free by a nifty back-heel assist from Frederic Piquionne and slotted home from 14 yards.
- Timbers head coach Caleb Porter made two changes to the team that played to a scoreless draw with Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. Ben Zemanski and Rodney Wallace came into the team, in place of Diego Chara and Frederic Piquionne.
- PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-3-3): Donovan Ricketts - Jack Jewsbury (Kalif Alhassan 84), Pa Modou Kah, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Michael Harrington - Diego Valeri, Ben Zemanski (Jose Adolfo Valencia 66), Will Johnson - Darlington Nagbe, Ryan Johnson (Frederic Piquionne 60), Rodney Wallace.
- After going more than three months without a defeat, the Timbers have now lost twice in their last four matches.
- "We weren't as far off in the performance as it might seem," Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said. "So we'll keep it in perspective. We certainly had plenty of chances in the game. In my opinion we had far more quality chances than they did. But that's soccer."
- The Timbers have also gone winless in their last five contests away from Portland, but have taken points from three of those games.
- "I think with this team and the results we've gotten coming from behind, you always think there's a chance," Porter said. "I can't fault the guys' effort, but in the end we were a couple plays away. We had the chances to level it but the ball didn't fall."
- The Timbers allowed two goals for the first time since June 8, a span of seven games. The Timbers have not allowed more than two goals in a game since their season-opening 3-3 home draw with New York.
- "On the defensive side we had a few lapses," Porter said. "We gave away a counter attack, didn't do a good job on the damage control and gave away a penalty kick. And then on the set piece, we weren't focused and they played a quick restart and we got punished."
- Frederic Piquionne collected his fifth assist of the season, all of which have come over the last nine matches. Piquionne also has his lone MLS goal in that span, and also had five goals and an assist in three Open Cup games over that time.
- "What went well is that we had a ton of chances to score goals and it's always positive when you're creating those chances," Portland defender Michael Harrington said. "Unfortunately, we weren't sharp with those chances and didn't take advantage of it. We didn't stick the ball in the back of the net."
- Rodney Wallace returned to the Portland lineup after missing three matches while on CONCACAF Gold Cup duty with Costa Rica. He's made two league appearances over the last eight contests.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC suffered their second loss in as many games, Philadelphia Union scoring the game's lone goal for a victory Saturday afternoon at BC Place. Whitecaps FC sit in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 32 points from 21 matches.
- Whitecaps FC were a man down just eight minutes in, midfielder Jun Marques Davidson headbutting Keon Daniel in the back and prompting referee Baldomero Toledo to reach for his red card.
- Union finally took advantage with five minutes to play. Antoine Hoppenot took a nice backheel pass from fellow substitute Aaron Wheeler and burst into the box before firing past goalkeeper Brad Knighton.
- Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie made no changes to the team that lost 2-1 to the LA Galaxy on Saturday evening at StubHub Center.
- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (4-3-3): Brad Knighton - Lee Young-Pyo (Erik Hurtado 88), Johnny Leveron, Brad Rusin (Carlyle Mitchell 82), Jordan Harvey - Nigel Reo-Coker, Jun Marques Davidson (sent off 8), Gershon Koffie - Russell Teibert, Kenny Miller (Kekuta Manneh 48), Camilo Sanvezzo.
- Whitecaps FC suffered their first loss of the season on their home ground, going 7-0-3 in their first 10 league games at BC Place. They were the last team in MLS to lose at home this season.
- "We've had a lot of good nights, a lot of great results and it's disappointing to lose that undefeated record at home," said Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie. "I feel like even with the 10 men, we put enough in the game to at least preserve that record. And it was disappointing to not have that now. And it's something that we have to quickly bounce back from."
- Said goalkeeper Brad Knighton: "We prided ourselves on being undefeated at home. We've worked eight months for this. We've made this place a fortress over the last six months. It's a tough one. I felt like we had our chances today and just didn't take them."
- Just three minutes before the game-winning goal, center back Brad Rusin was forced to come off with a knock.
- "I thought he was playing very well. When you're down at 10 men, your center backs have to defend well. And I thought both Johnny Leveron and Brad were defending well," said Rennie. "It was just one of those nights, where it seemed that anything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. He got a knock on his hip. We lost our center back … hopefully Brad will be fine."
- For a fourth consecutive match, 10 of the 11 Whitecaps FC starters were the same, as only wingers Russell Teibert and Corey Hertzog had changed in that time.
- "We've been on our best form in Major League Soccer with that lineup. We've been playing well, winning a lot of games, especially at home. So we felt it was right to stick with it, the same players," said Rennie. "And for the most part, I thought they did well again for us today. Just because we lost to LA you don't want to change the whole thing, it makes sense to give those players another chance. You know I think that was the right decision."
- There will be a change as Jun Marques Davidson will be suspended for the Portland match after being sent off after just eight minutes.
- "The obvious pivotal point in the game is early on in the game when Jun Marques gets sent off," Rennie said. "He reacted in a way he shouldn't have, he made a mistake, and ultimately we paid the price for that, because I thought we played well after that."


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A former jailer in Tuscaloosa, Ala., pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges she used a stun gun to punish three prisoners.
Former Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Sgt. Althea Mallisham, 52, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Birmingham to three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon while acting under color of law for wrongfully using a Taser during three separate incidents over a four-month period in 2008, the U.S. Justice Department said in a release.
Mallisham admitted she shocked three different pre-trial detainees while they were either in handcuffs or securely locked in a cell. The detainees did not pose a physical threat to any officers or other detainees when they were electro-shocked, prosecutors said.
"This correction officer deliberately inflicted significant pain on those entrusted to her care for no legitimate law enforcement purpose," said Thomas E. Perez, an assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Mallisham is to be sentenced March 15. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, for each count.


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Honesty, politics, don't mix
There are times when being honest can get a politician in trouble.
Which is why most of them avoid hard truths and speak in platitudes, instead. Voters complain about how mealy-mouthed their campaigns are, then jump on candidates when they get specific. Because every time you get specific, you're going to anger someone, so it's safer to stay bland, punch all the right key phrases for the groups you're trying to reach, and ultimately say nothing.
The most recent case of a politician straying from that time-tested approach to victory was Sen. Obama's remarks that when times get tough, rural Americans turn to "guns and God." Of course, like most things, that phrase was part of a longer explanation, and as much as some people have jumped all over him for it, he was right.
In impoverished areas of the country, where good jobs, or sometimes any jobs at all, have disappeared, often due to overseas outsourcing, there is an upsurge in church attendance, as people turn to God for help (since the politicians aren't doing it). They band and bond together, and for males in particular, that often means going hunting together. He was right on, as much as people didn't want to hear it, and anybody who says he wasn't just doesn't understand rural Americans.
John McCain faced a similar situation earlier this year, when he said he thought we'd have an American presence in Iraq for "100 years." Nobody really wanted to hear that, and he's been crucified for that remark.
Personally, I want this ill-conceived and misguided war, that drains our pocketbooks and costs us precious American lives, to end as quickly as possible. But McCain didn't actually say we'd be fighting there for 100 years, simply that we'd have a presence there, and that, whether you like it or not, is quite possibly a true statement.
If, at the end of WWII, a politician had told this war-weary country that we'd have a troop presence in Germany and Japan for the next 100 years, he'd have probably been villified as much as McCain has been. But 63 years later we still maintain troops there and I don't think very many people would be surprised if we still had troops there 37 years from now.
McCain's assuming that we're going to "win" and that Iraq will eventually stabilize, which may or may not be true, but if it is, a long-standing troop presence there, if for no other reason than to keep an eye on everybody else in the region, would seem likely.
Right off hand, I can't think of a similar type of statement from Clinton, but then she's pretty much stuck to the platitude and key phrase strategy (with the odd -- very odd -- personal "war story" thrown in).
Part of the problem McCain and Obama faced over their statements stems from the famous "20-second sound bite," which is about all of a long speech you'll ever see on TV. It's actually pretty rare for the media to take a statement out of context, but all too often people don't do the work to find the rest of a speech, or finish reading a long story, to place those sound bites in the full context of a candidate's remark.
Gen. Petreaus faced a similar situation last week in his testimony before Congress on the progress of the Iraq war.
Now no general is ever going to go before Congress and say "I screwed up, we're losing badly." But you should read the full text of his remarks, not just the 20-second sound bites most people heard. It was a remarkably candid, bluntly honest portrayal of the war that probably didn't win him a lot of points with the current administration.
This war has tarnished the careers of a lot of generals, who've consistently had to suffer from micro-management from the White House and lack of adequate troop strength. Patreaus may have been the best of the bunch sent over there. His monographs on countering urban guerilla warfare should be standard reading for every military officer (and a lot of politicians). They're based on cold realities and solid analysis of what has gone right and gone wrong in various campaigns by nations around the world.
The one thing Petreaus got that his predecessors didn't was some extra troops. Which is why the surge eventually showed some solid results. Even if he admitted those successes were "fragile," they were still successes. And it showed that if the generals had gotten what they wanted at the start of the war, the current situation might have been a lot less gloomy.
The truth is, this war was screwed up from the very beginning at the political level, not the military level, and the bad decisions by this administration, who were convinced they knew better than the generals and didn't give them what they asked for (despite Bush's public protestations to the contrary), virtually guaranteed we'd be in the leaky boat we're in now.
These three cases all show that the weird reality is that no matter how much people, in principle, demand the truth, in practice they often don't want to hear it. Politicians (and generals) are well aware it's often counterproductive to their careers to speak bluntly before the public.
But maybe the blunt honesty of McCain, Obama and Petreaus is why I like them so much. I may not like everything they say, but I've got to admire them for having the courage to say it.
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election, after breaking with the Republican Party four years ago to first endorse him in 2008.
"You know I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I'll be voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month," Powell said on CBS' "This Morning."
Powell said that when Obama took office, the country was in "very, very difficult straits" but has since started to turn around.
"I think generally we've come out of the dive and we're starting to gain altitude," Powell said. "It doesn't mean we are problem solved, there are lots of problems still out there. The unemployment rate is too high. People are still hurting in housing. But I see that we are starting to rise up."
Powell praised Obama's handling of foreign policy, noting that he "saw the president get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new wars."
"I think that the actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," he said.
Powell said he has "the utmost respect" for Mitt Romney but charged he has not been detailed enough in how he would manage new defense spending coupled with tax cuts. He said he also has "concerns" about Romney's use of foreign policy.
"The governor who was speaking on Monday night at the debate was saying things that were quite different from what he said earlier," Powell said. "I"m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy."
Powell also noted Romney has expressed some "very very strong neoconservative views" that he has "some trouble with."
Powell said he had a "very good conversation" with Romney a few weeks ago and speaks with Obama on a regular basis. Neither candidate asked for his endorsement, Powell said.
He said he's simply more comfortable with an Obama administration on issues including climate change, immigration, education and health care.
"I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table," Powell said. "It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan but when I see when I look at that plan is 30 mllion of our fellow citizens will now be covered by insurance and I think that's good."
Powell said that despite his two endorsements of Obama, he remains a Republican.
"I think I'm a Republican of more moderate mold and that's something of a dying breed, I'm sorry to say," he said. "But, you know, the Republicans I worked for are President Reagan, President Bush 41, the Howard Bakers of the world, people who were conservative, people who were willing to push their conservative views, but people who recognize that at the end of the day you got to find a basis for compromise — compromise is how this country runs."


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Each year, Delta College serves roughly 25,000 students, each wanting something a bit different.
Each year, Delta College serves roughly 25,000 students, each wanting something a bit different.
The school is entering its 50th anniversary of separating from Stockton Unified School District and has prided itself on serving students of all backgrounds. Some enrolled when their academics didn't permit them to go to a four-year college out of high school and planned to transfer. Some simply can't afford four years at a university. Others are seeking specialized job skills.
Delta has maintained each type of student through difficult economic times, as reported in 2011 by Community College Week, an independent journal looking at issues affecting community colleges across the country. According to the publication, Delta awarded the third-most associate degrees among 5,000 accredited institutions in 2011 after giving out the ninth most in 2010.
This occurred despite the fact that classes have been scaled back and costs have increased since 2008-09. Before November's elections, the administration was preparing for further cuts. A three-year plan to balance Delta's budget deficit was drawn up, before Proposition 30 passed, followed by Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget proposal.
"Brown has come out with his budget, and is being pretty generous to higher education," Delta President Kathy Hart said. "So now we begin to build our budget and our schedule for next year ... where we're going to put the money."
Proposition 30 will raise income taxes on the wealthiest citizens and increase sales tax. It is expected to add $6 billion to the state's funds, which will help stave off further education cuts. For Delta, it saved classified staff, managers and police officers from 12 furlough days this year. It also helped soften future cuts and restore select classes for this semester.
In January, Brown's budget proposal called for the state's general fund contribution to community colleges to increase 5 percent. For Delta, it means about $2.4 million in additional revenue and said boldly that, "it is expected that community college funding will grow over the next several years."
Some cuts likely will be made, but not at the level that was once feared. In a way, Interim Vice President of Instruction Matt Wetstein said the past few years have done some good.
"The downturn forced us to focus on what our core mission is," he said. "It's had its negative in limiting access to students, but it got us in a position to really think about what programs we should really be focusing our resources on. Are there a few we can divert resources from?"
A special meeting took place in January where faculty of low-demand classes and others on the chopping block could make their case. Going forward, Wetstein anticipates making a priority the programs that are in the most demand or ones that best produce job and transfer placement.
Among the priorities he discussed is the school's police officer training program. Wetstein said adjusting to what other area community colleges are doing is crucial.
Modesto Junior College is known for its program to prepare firefighters.
"We've offered some fire classes, but it doesn't make sense to compete with other colleges nearby," Wetstein said. "It would be ideal for each college within a region to specialize in something a little bit different so that you have lots of opportunities."
In May, Delta begins training 60 psychiatric tech students in anticipation of the prison hospital that is scheduled to be completed this summer. The school was awarded a grant in 2010 to for that program.
"That's exciting, because most of those students will have jobs waiting for them when they're done," Wetstein said. "After the initial jobs are filled, the program gets scaled back to those refilling positions or working elsewhere."
Aside from program planning, much of the school's effort the next year will go toward earning accreditation. Every seven years, Delta has to do a self-evaluation that will be submitted for review by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The next one is due by spring 2014.
This spring, four accreditation summits are planned where faculty and staff engage in how to draw up the report.
"They not only read the report, but a committee comes and visits the school," Hart said. "The whole idea is continuous improvement.
"What we have really learned is that you don't have to be perfect. You have to demonstrate that you are seriously, earnestly working on the stuff that you know you need to work on."


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Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life! Today's Daily Word is dedicated to Knowledge! People use to say
with all surety that 'Knowledge is Power!' As we learn more and more about how success and greatness works, we now know that the saying is only half the truth!
Knowledge is only power if you use it accordingly!! Therefore, the proper saying is that 'Knowledge is Potential Power! You can know all of the secrets to a prosperous and happy life, but if you do not practice it daily, then you will be as
powerless as the person who knows nothing!
Don't take knowledge for granted! Be on a quest to learn as much as possible but be on an even greater quest to implement what you have learned! Everything you want in life is already your if you just decide that you want it!! There's is a price to greatness!! Pay your dues, and keep the Change!!
"In life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know." -Anthony Robbins
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking; always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to." -Unknown
"Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success." -Albert Einstein
"You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result." -Mahatma Gandhi
"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it." -Jim Rohn
***BONUS*** - "You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play." -Warren Beatty
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All You Need Are Your Fingers & A Wall
I was playing with my friend's 4-year old daughter in her Hong Kong home one day while her mother and my other half watching and laughing at our funny antics. Then, the smart little girl pulled me by my pinky finger towards a bare wall just next to the TV set and asked me to sit down. Her mother seemed to know what she wanted to do, closed the curtains, dim the lights and shone one of the lamp towards the bare wall. Now, let me remind you, she is only 4 years old. She started some shadow puppet show and did almost 5 animal shadows with her cute little fingers. I can barely do 2! Both my girlfriend and myself were so amazed that we asked her to do it a few more times just to "wow" over and over again. And she is delighted to entertain us. Too bad I did not have my camera around.
Then when I got back home, I thought about the hand shadow illusions and started my search on the Internet. This is what I found, and 3 of the animals are similar to what the little girl has done. And I tried all myself:
This pig or wild boar is not easy to do, the top fingers have to bend a little with a bit of hump to form the forehead.


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Brace yourself, good reader. My subject is once again mortality. If you're frowning right now, all the better. I have before me a brochure for Botox cosmetic treatment, which claims to "smooth the deep, persistent lines between your brows that developed over time." I love metaphor, and everything I read about Botox screams metaphor. Botox itself doesn't interest me; the reason people seek it does. But more than that, what does it mean to want to rid ourselves of the ability to furrow our brow? And what image does an unwrinkled middle-aged brow project?
My family and I just celebrated my sister's 50th birthday, an occasion steeped in reminiscence, nostalgia and, for me, opportunity to observe how we've all changed with age. There was much talk of "growing old gracefully," but I'm still stuck on what it means to grow old. Everyone knows that one's notion of "old" is constantly shifting the older one gets. When we're 10, 18 is grown-up and 40 is old. Now in my 40's, I have taught 22-year old college students who I swear are less grown-up than I was at 10, but who no doubt regard me as old.
Most of us sail through a certain period of life with the sense that we're basically the same as we were at 20. Along comes that proverbial day—at 36 or 40 or 45—when we look in the mirror and see a change that we can attribute only to age. Thus begins the middle phase of life, in which aging is no longer a physiological and demographic factoid: now it's personal. From that point on, a heightened mindfulness becomes the two-edged sword we carry through life: every activity is rife with significance, every sidelong glance in the mirror tinged with wistful self-awareness. Mostly we push it away, this prospective mourning, but in time it becomes an importunate companion ever on the fringes of consciousness.
That I love the phrase "youth is wasted on the young" is a sure sign of my middle age. But then, once you're no longer young, doesn't everything seem wasted on the young? Youth is all about shortsightedness and ignorance and having a purely theoretical knowledge of what it means to grow old. To be ageless, therefore, would be somehow to erase experience and return to a time when time seemed endless, when birthdays made you feel not older but more adult and made you look ahead excitedly rather than meditatively.
By the time we realize we've grown up into fully fledged adults, we soon come to understand that being grown-up means having grown out of our youth. This, of course, is one of the ironies that most define our life on earth: we spend a good portion of the first half of our life trying to look, and wishing we were, older than we are, and most of the second half trying to look, and wishing we were, younger than we are.
This twisted phenomenon is to no small degree cultural rather than innate. (Why do five-year-old girls play with Barbies?) Which brings me back to Botox. Imagine a world devoid of furrowed brows. Whose idea of youth is that? It seems to me that would merely exacerbate one's frustration with one's condition: unable to demonstrate expression, one's life would become one undifferentiated, frown-free moment. This marks a significant loss, since one of the prerogatives of age is to show disdain and disapproval without caring what others think. Botox—which claims to last "up to four months"—reduces facial expression to a generic placidity, or vapidity, suggesting what I can only guess is a greater desire for the illusion of agelessness than for authenticity of expression.
But since we're all in the same boat, who is to say that the vast anti-aging industry in this country—the one that offers not merely wrinkle-free faces and all kinds of antibiotics, vaccines, makeup and plastic surgery, but also the promise of biotechnology that can slow, halt or actually reverse aging—is headed in the wrong direction? Does growing old gracefully preclude one from taking reasonable steps toward growing old youthfully? If the goal is to look and feel good about oneself and to counteract the effects of an aging body, is there a qualitative difference between having Botox injections and going to the gym? I fight aging as fiercely and assiduously—and self-consciously—as anyone. I want to stay young so that I can be physically active; Cher tries to look young so that she can be socially active. Are we so different?
As I try to recover my dignity—and distract my readers—after that last analogy, it occurs to me that just as surely as youth is meant to be heedless, middle age is not. The wrinkles just above our eyes signify the vision not granted us in youth; to erase them is to turn one's back on the only species of wisdom most of us will ever possess: time. I'm brought back to the image of my sister at her 50th birthday party: chasing after her carefree little granddaughter, whom she's helping to raise. Having endured more than her share of trials and anxiety, she hasn't eradicated the wrinkles but channeled them into ever more meaningful acts of courage and love. Now there's an image of ageless beauty.


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