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WASHINGTON (AP) — Gender politics emerged as Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off a book tour Tuesday that could preview a presidential run when she recalled her refusal to attack Sarah Palin's selection as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008.
Clinton's tour for "Hard Choices" began Tuesday morning in the friendliest possible setting: a book-signing event at a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan's Union Square. Around 1,000 people — some had slept on the sidewalk — let out whoops as she arrived about 20 minutes behind schedule and delivered brief remarks with a patriotic tone reminiscent of the campaign trail.
The former secretary of state said the book was "written for anybody who wants to think about, and learn about, what is happening in the world today — why America matters, and why the world matters to America. And we have a lot of hard choices ahead of us in our country to make it as brave and as strong as it should be. And we have a lot of hard choices to continue to lead the world and solve problems that affect us and the rest of humanity."
The book tour was scheduled to take Clinton to Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto and Austin. Her frenetic pace and intense media attention resembled a hybrid of celebrity book tour and campaign kickoff, with plenty of hints of a presidential run.
In one of her first promotional interviews, Clinton was asked Tuesday on NBC about a 6-year-old tale she recounted in her book about 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain's pick of Palin as his running mate. Clinton said Democratic candidate Barack Obama's campaign, which had defeated her bid for the nomination that year, asked her to attack Palin.
"I said, 'Attack her for what? For being a woman?'" Clinton said. She said she told the Obama campaign, "There'll be plenty of time to do what I think you should do in politics, which is draw distinctions."
Palin tweeted out the book's account of the episode on Monday and accused the Obama campaign of firing "the 1st shot in the real 'war on women.'" Republicans have pushed back on Democratic charges that the GOP wages a "war on women" by promoting policies that are detrimental for women.
Obama's campaign advisers did not want to discuss Clinton's account on the record, but they confirmed that they asked for her help in responding to Palin and did so without Obama's involvement. At the time, Palin cast herself as the candidate for supporters of Clinton's failed bid for the Democratic nomination. "Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America," Palin said during the campaign. "But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all."
Several senior advisers to Obama's 2008 campaign, speaking on a condition of anonymity, said the campaign wanted Clinton to argue that the Republican platform was antithetical to women's issues.
The Obama campaign reacted to the Palin pick with a statement arguing that the Alaska governor was too inexperienced to be vice president. "John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," campaign spokesman Bill Burton said at the time.
Obama distanced himself from the criticism, telling reporters the day of the statement that it was a "hair-trigger" response that did not reflect his sentiments. He said he felt Palin was "a compelling person" and that her selection was a hit against the glass ceiling that limits women's advancement.
Clinton's return to the spotlight in the past week showed that Republicans were prepared to criticize her unrelentingly if she enters the presidential campaign. GOP operatives published an ebook, "Failed Choices, to undercut her account of her tenure at the State Department.
In response, the former first lady and New York senator seemed to taunt the Republicans, especially over their criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic site in Benghazi, Libya.
"It's more of a reason to run, because I do not believe our great country should be playing minor-league ball. We ought to be in the majors," Clinton said in an interview that aired Monday with ABC News' Diane Sawyer. "I view this as really apart from, even a diversion from, the hard work that the Congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world."
She also handed Republicans the first misstep of her post-State Department time, telling Sawyer that she was "dead broke" when she left the White House and was buried in legal bills. Republicans immediately seized on the remark as evidence that Clinton is an elitist who cannot connect with the electorate, pointing out she had an $8 million book advance for her 2003 memoir and demanded an estimated $200,000 per speech.
Clinton tried to clean up that remark on Tuesday morning, saying her family has "gone through some of the same challenges that many people have" and that the Clintons "understand what that struggle is."
On Twitter, conservatives mocked her using the (hashtag)HillaryIsSoPoor.
On its release date, "Hard Choices" was running neck and neck with John Green's young adult novel "The Fault in Our Stars" for the top spot on best-seller lists. At one point Tuesday, "Hard Choices" was No. 1 on Barnes & Noble.com and No. 2 on Amazon.com, with Green's million-selling tearjerker holding the reverse positions.
Associated Press writers Philip Elliott in Washington and National Writer Hillel Italie in New York contributed to this report.
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the welsh game fair sat 19th & sun 20th june 2010, gelli aur, llandeilo, carmarthenshire
Posted on: June 16, 2010
The Welsh Game Fair in Carmarthenshire is extensively considered as the sporting pinnacle of the country sports calendar, attracting thousands of visitors including working dog enthusiasts, anglers, clay-pigeon shooters, hunt followers and of course lurcher and terrier enthusiasts.
The event is blessed with one of the most scenic show venues in the country, with the River Towy, famous for its sea trout and salmon providing a natural boundary on its west side.
With over 250 Trade Stands there is always a fantastic array of equipment and goods available at the Welsh, in addition to a huge Craft Marquee encompassing rural traders. The Main Arena has always been one of the many highlights with fantastic displays and exhibitions, and in 2010 will be no different. Amongst those appearing will be The Adrenaline Tour star ex-world championship moto-cross rider Jason Smyth who will be displaying his breath taking skills. The World Famous Red Devils Parachute Display team will once again be jumping into the main arena in 2010. Of course many of the old favourites will once again be appearing, including Terry Large of Falconry fame, Meirion Owen and his Quack Pack and Chris 'The Countryman' Green. Due to popular demand in 2010 the simulated coursing demonstrations will take place on both Saturday and Sunday in the main arena, where those with dogs encouraged to participate in what is often a popular event in the arena.
Away from the Main Arena there are competitions and attractions galore for all the family to take part in. On Saturday the Hound Show located on the North end of the venue will attract this years largest gathering of hounds in the principality.
On Sunday The Terrier and Lurcher Show rings will once again be overflowing with entries for The Countryman's Weekly sponsored show, which will commence at 12.30. Immediately after the show the Terrier and Lurcher Race will take place on the racing track near the show rings.
The scurry competition is located on the banks of the river towy is kindly sponsored by Gelert Country Choice and Jane Robinson Animal Portraits and is open to allcomers and any breed of dog. Prizes include a limited edition animal portrait and dog food. Entry is on the day, including dry and wet retrieve.
Archery, airguns, a rifle range, climbing tower, mini motorcycles, a fun fair and a pets corner will all feature at the Welsh Game Fair, so be sure to come along on June 19th & 20th.
The show opens at 10am each day while the main arena commences at 11am and will be running continuously on both days until 5pm.
Dogs are welcome but must be kept on a leash.
Admission prices are Adults £10, Senior Citizens £7, Children £5 (Under 5's FREE) also available is a Family Ticket £25 (2 adults 2 children U16).
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I've been asked this question multiple times: Is Acne contagious? It seems like it might be, right?
With so many people, especially teens affected by acne, it would make sense that it is simply getting passed on from person to person. Maybe the bacteria left on someone's hat or cell phone that you borrowed caused you to break out.
Good news: acne is not contagious.
Acne is caused by bacteria called Propionibacterium acnes, commonly shortened to P. acnes. Everyone has P. acnes on their skin – even if they don't have acne.
If we all have P. acnes, why do some break out while other's don't?
It all has to do with what strain of P. acnes you have. A recent study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology broke historic ground with the study of P. Acnes. They sampled the P. acnes of 100 people and found that those with certain strands were either more likely to suffer with acne or more likely to not have acne at all. (Here's more info from that study.) It boils down to the fact that we all have P. acnes, but what strand we have will be the determining factor in how severely acne affects our skin – if at all.
But what about that one time when….
We all have a story, right? What about that time when I sampled makeup at a counter and broke out after? What about the time when I borrowed my friend's <fill in the blank> and broke out? I swear I caught acne from my boyfriend/girlfriend!
Acne is typically caused by hormones which affect the sebum production in your skin but other things can cause you to break out. Recent studies show that diets high in dairy can cause acne. Cosmetics and ingredients in your skin care products can cause acne. Not washing your makeup brushes can cause you to break out. Not cleaning your cell phone can also cause acne. Staying in your sweaty clothes post workout can also cause breakouts.
It is likely a coincidence that brought on your acne that you think you got from your friend – not a contagious thing at all.
Here are some ways to keep your skin acne-free.
- Wash your face every morning and evening.
- Exfoliate your skin weekly or bi-weekly to eliminate dead skin cells from building up in your pores.
- Use moisturizers that are noncomedogenic. (Even if it says noncomedogenic on the label doesn't necessarily mean it won't make your skin break out. Pay attention to your skin the first week or so after you start using new products.)
- Clean your cell phone.
- Change out of your workout clothes right away.
- Don't wear your hat 24-7. (And wash it!)
- Keep your hair products off of your skin.
- Change your sheets and pillow cases frequently.
- Try to notice how often you touch your face (we bet a lot!) and reduce the amount you do so.
- Use mineral sunscreen which won't block your pores.


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For most kindergarteners, a bad day would mean not getting what they wanted for snack time or having to sit next to the kid who always picks his boogers, but one Georgia kindergartener recently discovered a new meaning of bad day when she was arrested and handcuffed by police officers following an alleged tantrum at school.
Six-year-old Salecia Johnson was crying in the principal's office of her elementary school and had reportedly damaged other students' property, school property and had injured the principal (by knocking down a shelf), reports 13WMAZ. When police arrived and tried to calm her down, she resisted and was handcuffed, according to news reports.
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"Our policy states that any detainee transported to our station in a patrol vehicle is to be handcuffed in the back. There is no age discrimination on that rule," Milledgeville Police Chief Dray Swicord told the news station.
The police chief defended the handcuffing in a statement earlier today, asserting that it was done so for the little girl's safety and only after the police officer who responded to the school had made six attempts to reach her parents. (Salecia's mother later explained to 13WMAZ that she received the calls but couldn't answer because she didn't have any more minutes left.)
Plus: 5 Tantrum Stoppers That Work
Once Salecia reached the police station, she was uncuffed and given a drink; she was not placed in a holding cell or jail cell. The police continued to try to reach a parent or guardian, until they were finally able to get a hold of an aunt who came to fetch her. Ultimately, Salecia will not be charged with any crime because of her age.
Plus: 8 Discipline Mistakes Parents Make
"She has mood swings some days, which all of us had mood swings some days. I guess that was just one of her bad days that day," said Salecia's mother, Constance Ruff, who added that Salecia has been suspended until the start of the next school year.
Do you think the police were out of line to handcuff a six-year-old? Is there any circumstance in which you think it would be acceptable to handcuff such a young child?


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We all love watching those deer hunting videos and TV shows where the semi-famous hunter whacks a mature buck a point-blank range. The following segment typically shows the same hunter with two or three sets of sheds from the same buck. "Yep, this ol' Mossy Horns," the hunter will say. "We've captured scouting cameras of him since he was a yearling. This is proof of how big a buck can grow if you pass him up when he's young."
Such examples are rarely fabricated, and the advice is sound, but too many everyday hunters take it as gospel. Trophy buck management works "like in the movies" if everyone in your camp is on board and if you control enough quality habitat to hold deer. That's why realistic goal setting is the first step to becoming a buck hunter. Defining what is realistic is tough, because it involves myriad factors. I'll give it a shot anyway.
Even the most prime piece of deer hunting land shouldn't be home to more than 35 deer per square mile. So, if you own or control 320 acres, the habitat would provide enough quality food for 17 deer. That means you'd have about nine bucks, including two or three that are 3-years-old or older. Therefore, under a strict trophy-hunting program, your hunting group would be lucky to fill three buck tags in one season. Complicating these scenarios even further is the fact that researchers have proven that landowners cannot "stockpile" bucks. Just because you pass them up this year, doesn't mean they'll be around next season. Most bucks disperse twice by the time they're 2 years old. What invariably happens is that you wind up growing deer for your neighbors to shoot.
That example emphasizes a need for realistic goal setting for harvest strategies. There's nothing wrong with holding out for Mr. Big, but be forewarned that you might go for several seasons without filling a buck tag. Hunters who show such restraint and satisfy their venison needs by filling doe tags are truly a notch above the rest of the heap.
— Want to improve your deer hunting knowledge and success? Check out this special offer on Dan Schmidt's Whitetail Wisdom book.


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Attendees and home viewers of the 10th edition of Spike TV's Video Game Awards were treated to trailer after trailer for games that showcased new ways to shoot things, new places to shoot things and the post-traumatic effects of having shot lots of things. Yet despite the emphasis on blockbuster games that have yet to be released, this year's Video Game Awards were ultimately a celebration of the little games that could.
"The Walking Dead," a serial title inspired by the Robert Kirkman comics, was named game of the year, upsetting a host of action/suspense titles such as "Assassin's Creed 3," "Mass Effect 3" and "Dishonored." Its publisher, the Bay Area's independent Telltale Games, was declared studio of the year.
Meanwhile, L.A.'s own Thatgamecompany received three trophies for its meditative, abstract game of exploration "Journey," including best independent game and best PS3 game. In winning the latter, it too bested such action-oriented blockbusters as "Assassin's Creed 3" and "Borderlands 2," titles also available for other consoles. "Journey" was a fellow game of the year nominee.
Just two years ago every game of the year contender at the VGAs was either a shooter or a hack-and-slash game. "I think there's some fatigue in the marketplace in seeing the same types of games," said Telltale co-founder Dan Connors outside the Sony Pictures soundstage where the awards were held.
Telltale's style of games was first seen decades ago, as the company has dedicated itself to revitalizing the point-and-click adventure, a genre that dominated in the mid-'80s and into the early '90s. Titles such as Sierra's "King's Quest" and LucasArts' "The Secret of Monkey Island" emphasized story, dialogue and character, and Telltale, which earlier had created a new "Monkey Island" series, develops games that focus on character interaction.
The company's growth in the last eight years also runs parallel to the proliferation of smartphones and tablets. Telltale's five episodes of "The Walking Dead" can be had for $24.99, less than half the cost of most console games, and it plays just as well on iPads as it does on an Xbox 360. Rather than dedicate its resources developing for the latest technology or creating seemingly open-world games, Telltale's "The Walking Dead" is more closely aligned with an interactive graphic novel.
There's action in 'The Walking Dead," but split-second dialogue responses are more common. Instead of asking players how many zombies they can kill, "The Walking Dead" asks gamers what kind of survivor they want to be. What players choose to say and do in Episode 1 will be remembered and referenced in latter episodes, and by then it's too late to reverse course.
"The headroom right now is in character interaction, and interacting with them in a way in which you're not shooting them or jumping over them or stepping on their head," said Telltale's Connors. "There's really not a lot of people pushing in that direction … More sophisticated characters, and characters who are intelligent, are going to change games and make games more accessible to more people. Everybody loves a good story. Not everybody loves to blow everything up."
There are no standard-issue explosions in "Journey." The game, which received a Grammy nomination this week for its score by composer Austin Wintory, allows players to move through a desert landscape and communicate via song. There's no competition, per say, just exploration and flight. If "The Walking Dead" is an interactive graphic novel, "Journey" is an interactive tone poem.
"We made 'Journey' for you, to show you that games can be something different — independent, experimental, moving, emotional, modern, inclusive, different," said producer Robin Hunicke when accepting the award.
If "Journey" was something of an anomaly at the VGAs, so was Hunicke. She was the one woman given prominent stage and screen time who wasn't a) a Hollywood celebrity (Jessica Alba), b) in need of rescue ("Bioshock Infinite's" Elizabeth) c) wearing a tank-top ("Tomb Raider's" Lara Croft) or d) naked ("Halo's" Cortana).
The two-hour broadcast, which paced about three awards per hour, remains a young boy's club. Talk of weaponry dominated, as host Samuel Jackson waved around a "Halo" gun and actor Zachary Levi received applause simply for mentioning a half chainsaw/half shotgun from "Gears of War."
There were plenty of awards given out to noteworthy games, including two to the fetchingly addictive and experimental platformer "Sound Shapes," but most of those weren't presented at the ceremony. Instead, Clap Trap, an obnoxiously high-pitched and borderline obscene robot from the "Borderlands" games, was granted time for an acceptance speech for character of the year.
While the Video Game Awards claim to honor the past year in interactive entertainment, the telecast largely offers a look ahead. The broadcast was dominated by teasers for 2013's big titles, including extended looks at post-apocalyptic, father-daughter action title "The Last of Us," the parody "South Park: Stick of Truth" and the mysterious "The Phantom Pain," which is believed to be a red herring and was given an extended, tortuously hard-to-watch teaser featuring a disabled veteran.
There were also teasers for new downloadable content for current games, including upcoming episodes in "Halo 4's" "Spartan Ops," and the "Assassin's Creed 3" add-on "The Tyranny of King Washington." Also previewed were the latest in the "Gears of War" and "Castlevania" series.
Nominees and winners are voted upon by a panel of 25 game journalists, with the exception of fan-voted awards. Fans, for instance, voted 2004's "Half Life 2" game of the decade.
A full list of winners is below:
Game of the year: "The Walking Dead"
Studio of the year: Telltale Games
Best Xbox 360 game: "Halo 4:
Best PS3 game: "Journey"
Best Wii / Wii U game: "New Super Mario Bros. U"
Best PC game: "XCOM: Enemy Unknown"
Best shooter: "Borderlands 2"
Best action / adventure game: "Dishonored"
Best RPG: "Mass Effect 3"
Best multi-player game: "Boderlands 2"
Best individual sports game: "SSX"
Best team sports game: "NBA 2K13"
Best driving game: "Need for Speed Most Wanted"
Best song in a game: "Cities," Beck ("Sound Shapes")
Best original score: Austin Wintory ("Journey")
Best graphics: "Halo 4"
Best independent game: "Journey"
Best fighting game: 'Persona 4 Arena"
Best handheld / mobile game: "Sound Shapes"
Best performance by a human female: Melissa Hutchison (Clementine in "The Walking Dead")
Best performance by a human male: Dameon Clarke (Handsome Jack in "Borderlands 2")
Best adapted video game: "The Walking Dead"
Best DLC: "Dawnguard" ("The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim")
Best downloadable game: "The Walking Dead"
Best social game: "You Don't Know Jack"
Character of the year: Clap Trap, "Borderlands 2"
Game of the decade: "Half Life 2"
— Todd Martens
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The Emirates A380 and Jetman Dubai team recently took to the skies of Dubai for an extraordinary formation flight which showcases just how far aviation has come. The formations were conducted over the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai skyline with Burj Khalifa in the background. See the stunning footage here.
While the formation flight looked effortless on film, painstaking planning and meticulous collaboration with an intense focus on safety drove all efforts. Click here to watch what went into making the Emirates A380 and the Jetman Dubai team formation happen.
The carefully choreographed aerial showcase involved the world's largest passenger aircraft flying at 4,000 feet in two holding patterns. The A380 aircraft was then joined by the Jetman Dubai duo, experienced pilots and operators of the smallest jet propelled wing, who were deployed from a helicopter that hovered above the aircraft at 5,500 feet. The duo conducted formations on both sides of the aircraft and joined to one side thereafter before breaking away.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Some Minnesota Vikings season ticket holders waited for hours to take home a memorable piece of the Metrodome.
The team is selling seats from the stadium that's being dismantled in Minneapolis. Kristina Pell and her grandfather arrived early to get in line Monday and were surprised to find they weren't the only ones. Pell says a sea of drivers was trying to merge onto a street near the stadium, creating a huge traffic jam. Pell bought four seats that were first used by her grandparents.
Tom Lecy tells WCCO-TV ( http://cbsloc.al/KZhJ7h) he sat in the traffic jam, then decided to leave his car and walk to the Metrodome to pick up a single seat as a birthday present for his daughter.
Five hundred vehicles a day are expected to pick up their chairs at the Metrodome.
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by Lynsi BurtonSep 18, 2009
- How to reuse envelopes correctly, or use them in fun craft projects.
YES! But How? :: Toxic Beauty
by Lynsi BurtonSep 18, 2009
- A lot of beauty products have harmful ingredients. But what are they, and how can you avoid them?
YES! But How? :: Getting Rid of Pesky Flies
by Mary RichterJul 07, 2009
- How to get rid of flies.
YES! But How? :: The Truth About Beer
by Mary RichterJul 07, 2009
- What really is in beer?
YES! But How? :: Affording Organics
by Catherine BaileyJul 07, 2009
- How to buy organic on a budget.
YES! But How? :: Solar Hot Water
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- Hybrid plug-ins. Corn-based plastic. Buying from musicians. Solar hot water.
YES! But How? :: Wool, Hemp, Bamboo
Oct 31, 2008
- Practical tips on the right long underwear, whether hemp really is the answer to everything, and how green is bamboo? Plus YES! Staff's favorite green gifts.
YES! But How? :: Cat Litter, Junk Mail
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YES! But How? :: Non-toxic Art
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- Practical tips on non-toxic art materials, compact fluorescent bulbs, zip loc bags, and how to grow your own fresh air.
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Junior women's hockey probables pruned to 33
New Delhi - The Hockey India (HI) selection committee pruned the list of junior women's probables to 33 players during the two?day selection trials which concluded at the Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium and Mayur Park Stadium in Bhopal.
HI selectors B.P. Govinda, Savitry Purty and Surender Kaur along with government observer Harbinder Singh, chief coach Neil Hawgood and coach Narinder Saini oversaw the fitness and performance of the players before pruning the list in preparation for the FIH Junior Women's World Cup to be held in Germany in July 2013.
India has already qualified for the tournament by winning a silver medal at the recently concluded Junior Women's Asia Cup.
Following is the list of probables:
Goalkeepers: Bigan Soy, Sanarik Chanu, Sukhmani Virk, Inderpreet Kaur.
Defenders: Apoorva Vishwarkarma, Sandeep Kaur, Sushila Chanu, Dibya Kerketta, Manjit Kaur, Navdeep.
Midfielders: Rukmani Dodray, Anju Dhiman, Nikki Pradhan, Manmeet Kaur, Renuka Yadav, Gurjit Kaur, Jyoti Sharma, Pooja Rani, Teena.
Forwards: Muthamma Paura, Surabhi Pradhan, Anima Minz, Pratibha Chaudhary, Jaswinder Kaur, Malkeet Kaur, Sabnam Lakra, Hardeep Kaur, Reena Khokhor, Ritusha Arya, Jyoti Gupta, Anu Bala, Neha Goyal, Navneet Kaur.


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Investor's Business Daily summarizes the evidence counseling against underestimating Tehran and Moscow. The IBD editorial is a good companion to Walter Russell Mead's important Wall Street Journal column "Why America's in the Gulf" (subscribers only). Mead's column concludes:
Today the U.S. is building a coalition against Iran's drive for power in the Gulf. Israel, a country which has its own reasons for opposing Iran, remains an important component in the American strategy, but the U.S. must also manage the political costs of this relationship as it works with the Sunni Arab states. American opposition to Iran's nuclear program not only reflects concerns about Israeli security and the possibility that Iran might supply terrorist groups with nuclear materials. It also reflects the U.S. interest in protecting its ability to project conventional forces into the Gulf.
The end of America's ability to safeguard the Gulf and the trade routes around it would be enormously damaging — and not just to the U.S. Defense budgets would grow dramatically in every major power center, and Middle Eastern politics would be further destabilized, as every country sought political influence in the Mideast to ensure access to oil in the resulting free for all.
The potential for conflict and chaos is real. A world of insecure and suspicious great powers engaged in military competition over vital interests would not be a safe or happy place. Every ship that China builds to protect the increasing numbers of supertankers needed to bring oil from the Middle East to China in years ahead would also be a threat to Japan's oil security — as well as to the oil security of India and Taiwan. European cooperation would likely be undermined as well, as countries sought to make their best deals with Russia, the Gulf states and other oil-rich neighbors like Algeria.
The next American president, regardless of party and regardless of his or her views about the wisdom of George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, will necessarily make the security of the Persian Gulf states one of America's very highest international priorities.
I'm afraid that we will have frequent occasion to return to Mead's column in coming days.
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uptempo wrote:Baron is our point guard, and he is playing with an incomplete cast due to injuries.
During last night's game vs. the Celtics, Jason Richardson was obviously having a difficult evening getting his timing and shot back to Jason Richardson form. On one fast break late in the 4th quarter Baron had the opportunity to either take the ball in for a layup/dunk or to get the ball to Richardson. Due, mainly from what I saw, to a tough evening shooting by Richardson, Davis decided to take the ball strong to the basket. The shot missed, but Davis was fouled and went to the free throw line. If Richardson was at full form, I believe that Davis would have passed the ball back to Richardson for the finish.
When healthy, Baron and Richardson are a lethal combination. When running the break, this Warrior team can get the ball into the basket.
The offense runs thru Baron Davis, and the team is lucky that it does.
Get Baron Davis a healthy 2 guard and front court players that can run the pick and roll as well as hit the open 20 foot jump shot, and we will have one of the four best point guards (Nash, Billups, Arenas, and Davis) in the game.
We had both of them at the same time for many games last year and we sucked royally then too. Man, your memory is really short!


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Finally, a MMORPG based on the Digimon Franchise! WeMade Entertainment, the same developer behind such titles as Mir 2, The Legend of Mir 3, and Avalon Heroes have published the game here in North America. Digimon Battle has a turn based combat system and gives players to ability to catch Digimon and use them in battle against evil Digimon. The game is aimed at children and has a classic point-and-click control scheme where the mouse controls movement and combat. Keyboard shortcuts are also used to speed up gameplay.
Takato Matsuki – Likes to draw Digimon and play card games with friends. Not proficient in handling cards, but has an outstanding ability to interact with partner digimon.
Henry Wong – Highly skilled with computers and using cards. He became a tamer to fight against evil monsters.
Rika Nonaka – Very intelligent and highly skilled with cards. She is a bit cold hearted.
Jeri Katou – A new tamer, she tends to be sloppy but has exceptional skill at handling Digimon.
Starting Digimon:
Gigimon – Armed with sharp teeth, Gigimon is capable of taking on much larger Digimon. Its skill is Hot Bite.
Viximon – An elusive Digimon that only moves under moonlight. Its skill is Killer Boulder which transforms Viximon into a boulder and emits a poisonous gas.
Gummymon – A genetically unstable Digimon armed with a solid horn. Its skill is Double Bubble which shoots out bubbles.
- Status: Shut Down
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: MoveGames
- Publisher: WeMade Entertainment
- Category: Stand-alone
- Genre(s): 2D, Adventure, RPG, Fantasy, Fighting
- Platforms: PC
- +Based on a popular franchise.
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- +Varied gameplay.
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- -Limited character creation options.
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- OS: Windows 98 / 2000 / XP /Vista / 7
- CPU: Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or better
- RAM: 256 MB RAM or more
- GPU: 16 MB video memory or more
- HDD: 1 GB Free
- Description: Finally, a MMORPG based on the Digimon Franchise! WeMade Entertainment, the same developer behind such titles as Mir 2, The Legend of Mir 3, and Avalon Heroes have published the game here in North America. Digimon Battle has a turn based combat system and gives players to ability to ca
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DENVER — A former Durham resident with a local criminal record was arrested last week in Denver and now faces significant drug-related money laundering charges in Colorado.
Taylor Hills, 25, of Boulder, Colo., was charged with 17 counts of money laundering, 12 counts of illegal use of the mail, one count of a false statement on a loan application, and one count of failing to file a tax return.
He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on Jan. 29, for money laundering in relation to distribution of a controlled substance, illegal use of the mail, false statement in a loan application and failure to pay taxes.
This case was investigated by agents with Homeland Security Investigations, IRS-Criminal Investigation, US Postal Inspection Service, officers from the Boulder County Drug Task Force and the Boulder County District Attorney's Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Michele Korver.
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the indictment indicates that Hills "allegedly engaged in financial transactions, which transactions involved the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, that is, the distribution of controlled substances."
The indictment further states that he "allegedly conducted financial transactions while knowing that the property involved in each transaction represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity."
Hills also allegedly made "a false statement or report for the purpose of influencing the action of JP Morgan Chase, a federally insured financial institution, in connection with a vehicle loan application."
Should Hills be convicted of the violations stated in these indictments, he is to forfeit "any and all of the defendants' right, title and interest in all property, real or personal, involved in such offenses, or all property traceable to such property, including but not limited to the following: 2008 Ducati motorcycle, and U.S. currency located in a Roth IRA."
Ken Kupfner, Chief Trial Deputy, 20th Judicial District in CO said "the cases that have resulted from this investigation are based on a joint investigation involving the United States Attorney's Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations, IRS-Criminal Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Boulder County Drug Task Force."
Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley said Hills also had a criminal record while living in Durham.
In May 2010, Hills was arrested and found guilty of simple assault and possession of controlled drugs.
In September 2009, he was the victim of a home invasion where four robbers entered a Scotland Road residence and tied up several of the residents including Hills. During the investigation it was revealed the assailants were there to rob the residence of drugs.
And in 2010, Hills ended up forfeiting $15,000 in cash intercepted by the Durham Police Department he had intended to send to a person in California and did so by using a fake name.
Previous to his Scotland Road address, Kelley said Hills lived on Route 4.
He also said it does not appear any of the charges currently being brought against Hills have any connection to Durham.
If convicted of money laundering, Hills faces up to 20 years in federal prison, and a fine of up to $500,000 per count. If convicted of illegal use of the mail, he faces up to four years in federal prison, and a fine of up to $250,000 per count. If convicted of false statement in loan application, he faces up to 30 years in federal prison, and a fine of up to $1,000,000 per count. If convicted of failing to file a tax return, he faces up to one year in federal prison, and a fine of up to $25,000 per count.
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The U.K.'s financial industry will lose 43,000 jobs in six months, according to a forecast from the Confederation of British Industry, as companies shrink and reduce costs.
Banks, insurers, asset managers and other finance firms probably cut 25,000 positions in the last three months of 2012 and may eliminate 18,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year, according to a study by Britain's biggest business lobby group and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, published today.
Global cuts at financial firms have exceeded 115,000 since 2012 as they seek to control compensation expenses and retreat from capital-intensive businesses, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Morgan Stanley, with securities operations in London, plans to eliminate about 1,600 jobs from its investment bank and support staff in the coming weeks, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Jan 9. New York-based Citigroup Inc. said in December that it will cut more than 11,000 jobs and pull back from some emerging markets to curb costs.
"What you're seeing is exiting of certain product lines, geographies or restructuring their activities, on the other end you have demands on them for regulation," said Kevin Burrowes, U.K. financial-services leader at PwC.
Tougher Requirements
Tougher capital requirements mean banks such as Zurich- based UBS AG are shrinking risk-weighted assets at their securities units. HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's biggest bank, has sold businesses to improve profitability and Barclays Plc said it may trim operations that don't return enough profit or harm its reputation.
The cuts in the U.K. industry will mean about 132,000 financial-services jobs have been lost since the peak in the final quarter of 2008, when it employed about 1 million people, the CBI said.
In addition to firings, bankers have been retiring earlier and younger would-be recruits are shunning finance for less- tainted industries, said Burrowes.
For young professionals, "it's not an attractive place to go," he said. Banking and capital markets at his firm, PwC, "is not a sector they're attracted to any longer," Burrowes said. "It used to be our most popular sector."
The survey found 25 percent of firms saw sales rise in the three months to December and 30 percent recorded a fall. The CBI questioned 94 banks, insurers, customer-owned lenders, investment managers and securities firms from Nov. 19 to Dec. 6.
Vacancies Fall
Separately, vacancies in London's main financial district, known as the City, and elsewhere in the British capital fell 36 percent to 1,323 in December from 2,079 in the month-earlier period, recruitment consultant Morgan McKinley said in a statement today.
"Hiring was postponed at the end of 2012 so that headcount could fall into the new calendar year," Hakan Enver, operations director at Morgan McKinley Financial Services, said in an e- mail. "Based on this, we also anticipate that job volumes will rise in January 2013 and then level out over the remainder of quarter one."
The cuts come as securities firms with employees in London and New York pay bonuses to bankers for the 2012 year. More than half offinancial-services professionals surveyed by Morgan McKinley said they expect their base salaries to be unchanged in 2013.
The responses are comparable to last year's survey "suggesting that economic instability and performance challenges faced by many organizations in 2012 will see compensation remaining similarly restrained over the course of this year," Enver said.
Meanwhile, recruitment company Astbury Marsden said in a separate survey the proportion of workers not expecting a bonus this year has doubled to 22 percent, citing increasing regulation of discretionary payouts. Managing directors expect to receive the largest bonuses, at 88 percent of their income, the survey found.
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Trio Of Important First Sale Cases All Hit Appeals Court In Early June
from the it's-first-sale-month dept
The third case is the troubling one. MDY v. Blizzard is the one case that went the other way, in a ruling that left many copyright experts scratching their heads, noting that it seemed to go against everything that the first sale doctrine stood for -- and that nothing the guy did (he made a bot that worked in World of Warcraft) actually violated copyright law.
Hopefully, the appeals court upholds the first two cases and reverses the third... but these days, you never know how courts are going to rule on these sorts of issues. And, the 9th Circuit is often notoriously... weird in some of its rulings. Either way, these are three cases worth watching, as they could have a pretty big impact on the question of whether or not you have the right to do what you want with products you bought.


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VB NSW Cup Round 3 Results
Wests Tigers 50 (J Tedesco 3, T Naiyaravoro 2, T Simona, J Farlow, B Murdoch-Masilia, S Akauolo tries; S Meaney 7 goals) def. Manly Sea Eagles 12 (J Seage, S Tevita tries; D Chisholm 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Wentworthville Magpies 36 (T Tautai, K MacKenzie, M Eisenhuth, A Pewhairangi, P Terepo, J Mullaney tries; J Mullaney 6 goals) def. Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 26 (D Abou-Sleiman 2, P Carter, J Romelo, B Lane tries; T Hodkinson 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Cronulla Sharks 32 (A Ratini 2, B Hampton, S Feki, T Peachey, T Gigot tries; C Townsend 4 goals) def. Mounties 6 (D Pelo try; S Jones goal) at Aubrey Keech Reserve, Mt Pricthard.
North Sydney Bears 24 (J Hunt, G Waddell, C Centrone, D Nicholls tries; J Hunt 3, A Koroisau goals) def. Newtown Jets 12 (P Rokolati 2, M Oldfield tries) at Henson Park.
Newcastle Knights 30 (K Naiqama, P Matautia, M Filipo, W Smith, B Tupou tries; J Mantellato 5 goals) def. Auckland Vulcans 10 (H Retzlaff, S Taukeiaho tries; A Passi goal) at Cessnock Sports Ground.
Windsor Wolves 38 (E Nabuli 3, M Moylan, M Robinson, T Eisenhuth, A Cherrington tries; B Austin 5 goals) def. Wyong Roos 22 (G Nelson, A Mulia Malau, J Tia Kilifi, L Pulu tries; B Murray 3 goals) at Morry Breen Oval, Kanwal.
Illawarra Cutters had the BYE
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says he was sorry to learn that the leader of the Western-backed Syrian opposition coalition has resigned, but that it won't affect the U.S. effort to try to force Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.
Mouaz al-Khatib (moo-AZ' al-khah-TEEB'), the leader of the Syrian National Coalition, announced his plans Sunday, citing what he called insufficient international support.
Kerry, who made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, says the U.S. will continue to work with opposition leadership on the delivery of aid. Kerry told reporters that such a transition in such an opposition group inevitable and that Khatib's departure doesn't change U.S. policy. Kerry said the fight is about, quote, "an opposition that is bigger than one person and that opposition will continue."


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Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez Tuesday urged his team to improve while chasing runs, saying it is a concern ahead of next week's World Twenty20, despite winning against Australia.
Pakistan clinched the three-match Twenty20 series 2-1 but were humiliated by 94 runs in the third and final match here on Monday, shot out for their lowest Twenty20 score of 74.
Pakistan's previous lowest total was 89 against England at Cardiff in 2010.
Hafeez said Pakistan panicked while chasing a target of 169.
"There is a concern in chasing a target but I am confident that we will improve and do well in the World Twenty20," said Hafeez of the 12-team competition which begins in Sri Lanka from September 18.
Hafeez warned that Pakistan still needs to find an extra gear when needed.
"We must lift our energy levels while we chase," said Hafeez. "Despite losing the third game I can confidently say that there is a happy feeling within the camp and we are gearing up for the mega event."
Pakistan is placed in Group D of the World Twenty20 along with New Zealand and Bangladesh.
"Our momentum is good and we want to carry over that winning momentum," said Hafeez. "Twenty20 cricket is all about doing right things at the right time and I am sure the boys will do that."
Hafeez backed the returning opener Imran Nazir who managed scores of 22, nought and one in the three matches against Australia.
"Nazir is a Twenty20 specialist and I am confident of his talent. He will surely be disappointed with his efforts so far but hopefully he will do well in the World Twenty20," said Hafeez.
Hafeez's counterpart, George Bailey said he was satisfied with his team.
"We have worked really hard, so to get the reward of a victory and see that the things we are working on are actually coming to fruition, I think that's really important for us," said Bailey.
Australia, losing finalists in the last World Twenty20 in 2010 held in the West Indies, slid to tenth in Twenty20 rankings after the series defeat.
"I think Pakistan are an unbelievable side, and at their best they can play some great cricket and at our best we can play some great cricket."
Both teams flew to Sri Lanka early Tuesday.
Run chasing still a worry, says Pakistan's Hafeez
Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez Tuesday urged his team to improve while chasing runs, saying it is a concern ahead of next week's World Twenty20, despite winning against Australia.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Hump Day
AND THE REST OF THE STORY: We've already reported that former WKYC/3 sports anchor Andy Baskin starts pinch-hitting in the WEWS/5 sports department Friday, which is now officially down to one person ("The Overworked Sue Ann Robak") on-air after the departure of anchor John Chandler.
What we haven't reported yet may be just as interesting.
OMW hears that upon the departure of sports director Chris Miller - now happily at Comcast SportsNet in Washington DC - a sports anchor previously seen filling in elsewhere in the market has been trying to get back on the air.
Charlie Minn.
Yes, that Charlie Minn.
In perhaps the strangest stint ever for a TV personality doing an extended audition for regular work, Minn had many heads shaking as a fill-in sports anchor on CBS affiliate WOIO/19's "19 Action News". (And really, working at Reserve Square, you have to DO something to make people think you're odd.)
The animated sportscaster was best known for his throw-it-against-the-wall schtick. We remember him wadding up paper and throwing it at the camera for some reason.
In the end, despite support from former Cleveland Plain Dealer sports/media columnist Roger Brown, Minn didn't catch on, and WOIO hired David Pingalore out of Pennsylvania...who, of course, is headed for Orlando FL.
We don't have an inside pipeline into the WEWS general manager's office, but all the rumblings we're hearing elsewhere out of 3001 Euclid would indicate that Mr. Minn shouldn't expect a return call any time soon.
So, perhaps Cleveland has been saved from Charlie Minn - again...
SINGLE SPONSOR: WKYC/3's "Director's Cut" blog, a regular link to our left-hand side, notes a local TV first of sorts.
It's been done on the network level, including on "NBC Nightly News". But the local NBC affiliate tried a single sponsor newscast locally for the first time Tuesday:
Tonight at 6 PM, WKYC launched its very first - single sponsor newscast in the Cleveland television market. Ohio Savings Bank, which changed its name to AmTrust, on Monday bought the entire 1/2 hour of Channel 3 News to bring you a virtually uninterrupted newscast.
It's actually harkening back to early TV days, where entire programs on a daily basis were brought to you by a sole sponsor...
SPORTSTIME OHIO'S PLACEMENT: The Cleveland Indians' SportsTime Ohio now has full-time placement on a number of systems, most notably Time Warner...where STO airs now on cable channel 76 on the "legacy" Akron/Canton TWC system, and on channel 17 on the Cleveland-based system formerly owned by Adelphia.
But at least one viewer is left to wondering.
We got a note from a subscriber to TWC's Norwalk system, telling us that he hasn't seen STO in the mornings at all.
We don't know how far the "full-time" progression has gone for STO, even on favored cable partner Time Warner.
We do know that Tuesday night, after the Indians' game with the Minnesota Twins, all forms of STO went dark on the Cleveland-based TWC system - analog 17, digital 179, and even HD 798, which at times has been left "up" even after the game ends. (Tuesday night's game was not in HD, since it was in Minnesota.)
Instead of "Outdoors Ohio" with venerable Cleveland outdoors media personality D'Arcy Egan, we were treated to What It Looks Like Outdoors With No Stars In The Sky.
STO is switched out of the WKYC "Digital Broadcast Center", so maybe Mr. Macek will have an explanation on his blog...
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Charlie's paper throwing deal was stolen from ESPN's "Around the Horn" show, where the host throws his crumpled up script at the camera to end each show.
Please keep Charlie out of here. He was GOD-AWFUL. Did you know he used to be a WWE PPV shill among other things before we were cursed with his presence.
Charlie was extremely entertaining.
And nobody has the patent on "throwing paper." Olberman does is, Kellerman did it, Reali does it, Rome does it on the radio.
Hire Charlie, he's a unique talent.
He's unique alright.
Uniquely terrible.
TV 5 actually had a nice little legacy of sportscasters:
Gib Shanley (Legendary Browns Radio announcer)
Nev Chandler (Indians Radio, Force TV, and of course Browns Radio)
Matt Underwood (WVIZ High School Football {which should be brought back}, Indians Radio and TV)
To even discuss Charlie Minn in the same sentence with these guys is insulting.
Apologies to Gib, Nev (RIP), and Matt.
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perhaps the reason why Minn didn't get too far over at WOIO is because Roger Brown backed him?
Doubt it, remember, WOIO hired Roger Brown, only to have Roger quit a few weeks later.
Give Eddie Mularz the King of Mool the shot he so richly deserves at WOIO Channel 19 sports
Welcome to Wednesday,
On Time Warner, Sportstime Ohio is off the air at night sometimes and the HD channel says Off Air in the program guide all the time.
Also WBNX-DT is back on the air.
Someone let me know if I recall this correctly, because I was a little boy at the time.
It seems I was told that the single sponsor newscasts of old were criticized for journalistic reasons. That it gave the single sponsor at least the appearance of having control over the news.
And I do remember people scoffing when CEI was either sole sponsor, or almost the sole sponsor of Channel 5's news (might have been in the 1980's).
With more than one sponsor, none of them pays enough of the ad money to call the News Director and make demands with respect to the content of the news.
Even if that's not really happening, it creates the appearance that it could happen, and causes some viewers to watch with suspicion. (Would Channel 5 run news that embarrasses CEI if the utility is the only sponsore?).
Does anyone know anything about that, or did I just misunderstand how things happened?
Who is Eddie Mularz that keeps popping up on the comments section?
When Salem first put Mike and Mike in the mornings on WKNR, the board op who intro'd the local traffic, read the Wx and a station promo was an amateurish, juvenile-sounding person with a slight speech impediment and tendancy to try and sound like "Joe-cool-announcer". He kept insisting on saying his name at least twice per break, "This is EDDIE Mularz".
It was nothing much to mention until Roger Brown referred to him as a promising young sportscaster deserving of a break.


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In general, you can do construction work:
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*Legal holidays are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
We do not enforce the Seattle Municipal Code sections that cover loud noises from horns or sirens, motor vehicles, musical instruments, human voices, car stereos, watercraft, or official special events. Contact the Seattle Police Department, (206) 625-5011, for these types of noise problems.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — President Barack Obama says Palestinians deserve an independent and sovereign state and an end to occupation by Israel.
Obama spoke at a news conference in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He says Palestinians should not have to confront the daily indignities that come with occupation.
Obama says the U.S. wants a viable and contiguous Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state of Israel.
He says the only way to achieve that is through negotiations.


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BEIJING, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The mining of coal near untapped uranium deposits in northern China is ruining the value of the nuclear fuel, experts say.
State geologists said there could be tens of thousands of tons of uranium in the basins of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia but those reserves are buried in thick belts of coal, says a report in The South China Morning Post.
A 2006 paper published by Liu Chiyang of Shaanxi's Northwest University says that nearly all the uranium and coal deposits in north China had formed at the same time.
Song Xuebin, former head of a state-run China National Nuclear Corporation factory that produces uranium fuel, filed a complaint with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference about the encroaching mining activities.
The coal mining "will soon bring huge destruction to uranium resources," Song stated in his complaint.
When the discovery of the uranium reserves was announced earlier this month, the Ministry of Land and Resources said it would ensure sufficient resources to develop the country's nuclear power sector and to reduce its dependence on foreign supplies.
Under a new nuclear power plan announced by the Chinese government last month, China is expected to have 40 million kilowatts of installed nuclear capacity by 2015 -- three times the current level -- which would consume at least 7,500 tons of uranium annually.
The plan also lifted a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear projects, imposed after Japan's March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Around 95 percent of China's uranium imports are from Kazakhstan, Namibia, Australia and Uzbekistan.
In his complaint, Song also warned that the destruction of the uranium resources from the coal mining will also cause the environment to suffer from radioactive pollution.
"The problem is that if we leave those deposits there, they will soon be destroyed by coal mining," Professor Gu Zhongmao, of the China Institute of Atomic Energy and a top adviser to the China National Nuclear Corp., was quoted as saying by the Post.
"It is not unlikely that the bulk of Chinese uranium reserves end up in the furnaces of coal-fired power plants instead of in nuclear reactors.
"When that happens, the enormous amount of radioactive ash becomes a threat to everyone's safety," Gu said.
Yin Lianqing, environment professor at North China Electric Power University, who monitored radiation levels in areas near coal-fired plants in some Chinese cities said that exposure in some locations was "hundreds of times higher than what you would expect near a nuclear power plant."


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A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced CPG National Account and Sales / Director with vast F500 ?CPG? expertise to apply their business development and ?consumer goods?experience to a fast growing management consultancy, in America.
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- Please note that you must have all the above to qualify for the post!
In return, you can expect a career in a unique and fast-growing business.
Besides, you will receive a generous bonus and benefits package, including luxuries like 30 days of annual leave and several bonus components on top of a very competitive base salary.


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Los Angeles International Airport - Los Angeles, CA (LAX)Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third busiest in the United States, offering 680 daily flights to 96 domestic cities and 910 weekly nonstop flights to 59 cities in 30 countries on 60 commercial air carriers. It ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed.
In 2012, LAX served nearly 63.7 million passengers, processed over 1.9 million tons of air cargo valued at over $86.9 billion, and handled 605,480 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs).
An economic impact study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion. This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues.
LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City's general fund.
A $4.11-billion capital improvement program is underway at LAX, generating nearly 40,000 local jobs. The program's centerpiece is the $1.9-billion New Tom Bradley International Terminal Project with new gates for latest-generation aircraft; new concourses and seating areas; new retail and food-and-beverage offerings reflecting Los Angeles' cuisine and culture; and expanded areas for more efficient passenger and checked-luggage security screening, and immigration and customs processing. There also are several major airfield and facility projects, including a replacement Central Utility Plant, new taxiways and taxi lanes, and multi-million-dollar renovations to other terminals undertaken by both LAWA and the airlines.
Brief History
Originally known as Mines Field, the LAX site has been used as a general aviation field since 1928. During World War II, it was used for military flights. Commercial airline service started in December 1946. The present terminal complex was constructed in 1961. In the early 1980s, LAX added domestic and international terminals and a second-level roadway.
Economic Impact
LAX is a dynamic airport that creates, attracts and supports economic activity throughout Southern California.
Total passenger volume for 2012 was 63,688,121, compared to 61,862,052 in 2011. International travel increased to 17,152,914 passengers in 2012, up from 16,731,324 passengers in 2011.
International flights make a substantial contribution to the economy of Southern California, adding $82.1 billion in total economic output, plus 363,700 direct and indirect jobs with annual wages of $19.3 billion in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura Counties, according to a 2007 study by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.
Total air cargo tonnage was 1,963,211 in 2012, compared to 1,080,734 in 2011. Air freight was 1,866,432 tons, up from 1,049.257 tons in 2011. Air mail tonnage was 96,779 tons in 2012, up from 31,477 tons in 2011.
An economic impact study in 2011 reported those operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and an economic output of more than $39.7 billion. This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues.
Central Terminal Area
The central complex features nine passenger terminals connected by a U-shaped, two-level roadway. Curbside baggage check-in is available on the Upper/Departures Level. Baggage claim and ground transportation is on the Lower/Arrivals Level. Restaurants, cocktail lounges, gift shops, newsstands, duty free shops for international flights, restrooms, public telephones, business centers, airline lounges, and other convenient services for the traveling public are located in the terminals.
Other amenities include a first-aid station in the Tom Bradley International Terminal and Interactive Visitors Centers (kiosks) with passenger information and direct telephone connections to area hotels/motels, bus/limousine services, and car rental firms serving most Southland communities. Free LAX shuttle service is provided between all terminals and Economy Lot C.
The Encounter Restaurant is located 70 feet above the ground in the center of the historic Theme Building complex. The restaurant, topped by an observation deck, features a space-age interior design. The Observation Deck offers spectacular views and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Air Traffic Control
The 277-foot-tall air traffic control tower is uniquely designed to service LAX's four parallel runways. Federal Aviation Administration employees control the air space above LAX and ground controllers handle their duties for each of the four runways. Clearance delivery, flight data and gate-hold positions are operated from the central position of the tower cab.
Coast Guard Facilities
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station, the only one of its kind in the country, provides around–the-clock vigilance on search/rescue missions. Its personnel conduct maritime law enforcement on oil pollution in coastal waters. The station is located adjacent to the north runway complex.
Public Parking
Nearly 8,000 parking stalls are available in eight parking structures located opposite the roadways from the passenger terminals. In addition to the Central Terminal Area parking, LAX has a capacity of over 4,500 parking stalls available in Economy Parking Lot C.
Free shuttle bus service to airline terminals is provided from Lot C, located one-half mile northeast of the airport. Adjacent to Lot C is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Bus Center, which connects public bus systems with the courtesy LAX shuttle bus service to/from the terminals provided by the airport.
Public Transportation
Among the modes of transportation available at LAX are: airport buses, door-to-door shuttle vans, local buses, light rail, rental cars, and taxicabs. A free, frequent shuttle bus connects LAX with Metro's Green Line Light Rail, and free shuttle buses transport passengers between airline terminals.
The LAX FlyAway® bus service provides frequent nonstop transportation between LAX and the new Exposition/La Brea Metro Rail Station, Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the Van Nuys Bus Terminal, and Westwood/UCLA.
Services for Travelers with Disabilities and the Elderly
LAX provides many services to assist passengers or visitors with disabilities. There are extra-wide parking spaces in all parking facilities, ramp ways and elevators along the curbs, and extra-wide restroom stalls and Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD) or speech-impaired installed in all airline terminals. LAX also provides a free shuttle van equipped with a lift for wheelchairs that operates between Economy Lot C and all airline terminals. A special assistance vehicle also is available to transport passengers with disabilities or special needs between terminals and aircraft gates located on the airfield.
Cargo Facilities
LAX has 1,000 cargo flights each day linking Los Angeles with the world. Its handling facilities include the 98-acre Century Cargo Complex, the 57.4-acre Imperial Complex, the Imperial Cargo Center and a number of cargo facilities on the south side of the airport. Mercury Air Cargo opened its first facility in March 1998, and in April 2009 opened a 12,700-square-foot refrigeration facility. In 2011, Mercury opened a 16,000-square-foot refrigeration facility and perishable center, the largest of its kind among all U.S. West Coast airports.


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The 71-year-old, who claimed a golfing holiday rejuvenated his squad last season, is mindful of United's congested fixture list ahead of their title run-in with Manchester City, as well as a difficult two-legged Champions League tie with Real Madrid next month.
|Robin van Persie is 45/1 with Paddy Power to score first in a 3-1 win for Man Utd against Spurs
As well as boosting team spirit, Sir Alex will be hoping the trip can aid the recovery of Ashley Young and Jonny Evans, who are both currently sidelined through injury, as well as prepare Wayne Rooney for regular playing time following his return from a knee problem on Wednesday.
With snow also potentially offering a disruption to United's training schedule, Ferguson is also eager to suffer minimal hindrances in his side's preparations.
United sit top of the Premier League, four points ahead of Manchester City, who have played a game more following their 1-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday.


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CINCINNATI (AP) — A dying, paralyzed shooting victim who couldn't speak intentionally blinked his eyes to identify a photo of his attacker for authorities, prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements at the suspect's murder trial, while the defense insists those blinks were inconsistent and unreliable.
Those arguments in the trial of Ricardo Woods are expected to be repeated over the next few weeks as jurors are asked to decide whether Woods killed David Chandler, of Cincinnati. Chandler, 35, died about two weeks after a shooting on Oct. 28, 2010, left him paralyzed from the neck down and able to communicate only with his eyes. Woods was later charged with murder, felonious assault and weapons counts in the case.
The trial's outcome is expected to hinge on a videotaped police interview with Chandler in the hospital. Jurors will have to determine whether Chandler was alert and knew what he was doing when police say he blinked three times for yes to identify a photo of Woods as his shooter.
Police asked Chandler to blink three times for yes and twice for no to a series of questions in the interview, said Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor David Prem. Chandler also blinked yes to indicate that he knew the gunman and that his name began with the letter O, Prem said. O was a street name that Woods sometimes used, the prosecutor said.
Prem told jurors that when they view the video, they will clearly see that Chandler knew what he was doing.
"You are going to see how he was struggling to get it right," Prem said.
The motive for the shooting, the prosecutor said, was that Chandler owed Woods money for drugs. Chandler was a drug user who had bought drugs many times from Woods but had gone to an area near Woods' home the night of the shooting with two friends to buy drugs from someone else. Chandler was shot about 20 yards from Woods' home and in an area known for drug deals, he said. Prem said that while neither of the men in the car with Chandler could clearly identify the man who shot him, one heard a voice yelling Chandler's name.
Defense attorney Wendy Calaway insisted that Woods did not shoot Chandler and is "an innocent man who found himself in a perfect storm of misinformation and misidentification." Calaway said Chandler had stolen drugs from dealers previously.
"He had many enemies," Calaway said of Chandler.
He had received threats and was considered a "snitch" who informed on drug dealers to police, according to Calaway. Police decided before their investigation was completed that Woods was the shooter and never followed up on any other leads, Calaway said.
Calaway also focused on the blinking identification, saying that while doctors were able to establish a "rudimentary" communication system with Chandler, "his blinks were inconsistent and sporadic."
He only blinked in response to doctors' commands about 50 percent of the time, she said.
Both sides are expected to call medical experts to testify about the ability of someone in Woods' condition to understand and respond to questions.
Other witnesses expected to be called include a priest who was a friend to Chandler and gave him money before the shooting, Prem said. A man who was in jail with Woods will testify that Woods told him that he didn't mean to kill Chandler but that he was angry that Chandler owed him money for drugs and was trying to buy drugs from someone else, Prem said.
The judge has said that the trial could take up to three weeks.


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Iraq's postwar oil bonanza remains a mirage. The country has the second- or third-largest reserves in the world, making petroleum the heart and vast bulk of its economy. Thus in March 2003 did Paul Wolfowitz assure Congress that Iraq would "finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." American planners predicted that Iraq's oil production would triple to a feverish 6 million barrels per day by 2010.
Instead war, corruption, sectarian slaughter and a massive crime wave have reduced the country's once mighty petroleum sector to an industrial zombie: still ambulatory, functional but essentially dead.
Despite this, oil majors and the International Monetary Fund have been pressuring Iraq to pass a thoroughly free-market hydrocarbons law that would allow foreign companies to make huge profits from Iraq's petroleum. A draft of the law has just been released; the Iraqi Cabinet has approved it and sent it on to Iraq's Parliament for debate and approval in March.
But is Big Oil really poised for total victory in Iraq? Such an outcome is hard to imagine, at least in the near term, given the likelihood of opposition from Iraqis and, more important, the spiraling chaos: Iraq is a society in meltdown with no real state to speak of. Many politicians have fled Iraq, rarely risking trips back to Baghdad, so even achieving a basic parliamentary quorum can be difficult. Controlling and profiting from Iraq's oil has been the goal of the oil majors, but they do not write history unmolested by the momentum of events and competing agendas.
Nor does the proposed oil law simply serve Iraq up on a plate to the oil giants. One London-based oil analyst who expected a more decentralized and free-market law called it "bloody confused." On key questions of foreign investment and regional decentralization versus centralized control, the law is vague but not all bad. In general terms it reaffirms state control over oil and binds Iraq's Sunni center and Shiite south to the Kurdish north by re-creating a single Iraqi National Oil Company, which will in turn dole out oil income to the regions on a per-capita basis. This might help de-escalate sectarian conflict.
But the law leaves plenty of problematic wiggle room: All its important details are left for later resolution by a new Federal Oil and Gas Council to be controlled by the prime minister, which will effectively bypass Parliament. And while the law asserts a set of generally nationalist economic goals, it sets no minimum level for state participation, nor does it cap the amount of profits allowed to foreign firms.
Among the Iraqi political class there is pervasive confusion about the new law, but there is also a deep resource nationalism that opposes selling off the country's patrimony. My interviews with Iraqi oil experts, politicians and regular people revealed a quite reasonable and balanced view of the situation: Most felt that foreign participation in the oil sector could be helpful in reviving an industry battered by a fifteen-year nightmare of war, sanctions, more war and now anarchy. But no one felt Iraq should have to enslave itself to the will of Shell, BP or ExxonMobil.


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One the greatest scenic treasures in North Carolina is playground to the larger Charlotte metropolitan area. Lake Norman is sometimes referred to as the "inland sea" of North Carolina. It's 520 miles of shoreline make this the ideal place to retreat to a vacation home, weekend home or the perfect spot for a relaxing lake side dinner or sunset boat ride.
Rated 9th on the Best Colleges list by U.S. News & World Report, Davidson College, is located in the peaceful town of Davidson, NC. A few miles north of Davidson is the corporate headquarters of Lowe's Home Improvement.
Beautiful Mooresville, NC surrounds the northern portion of Lake Norman. Moorseville, also known as Race City, USA, is home to the regionally renowned NASCAR Technical Institute.
There is no question as to why so many call Lake Norman home. From the exquisite Shops at Birkdale to the cozy restaurants on the lake, you're sure to find your little piece of heaven in one of the expertly planned neighborhood communities that surround this wonderful lake.
If you're looking for gorgeous waterfront homes, condos, townhomes, and more, then you've come to the right place – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty. In addition to Cornelius, Huntersville, and Davidson, which are located on the banks of Lake Norman, we have current Lake Norman homes for sale in the other nearby communities of Mooresville, Statesville, Troutman, Stanley, and more.
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What makes Davidson special? Its quaint main street calls to mindCharlotte Real Estate simpler times, when strangers never failed to greet each other on the sidewalk. Community engagement is very high, and the town's planners are actively working to make Davidson a vibrant, pedestrian friendly community with plenty of green spaces.
The average home value in Davidson, NC is just a shade over $250k, which makes it a reasonably priced affordable hideaway for those who want to be close to the excitement of nearby Charlotte, but not too close.
The town of Cornelius, North Carolina may have originally been born as a result of a dispute over the area's bountiful cotton crops, but these days it's a peaceful place to call home.
In addition to its close proximity to Lake Norman, Cornelius boasts ten public parks, a thriving retail community, and one of the best golf courses in the area. Housing in Cornelius, NC is currently a bit more affordable than in nearby Davidson. The median home value here is a little over $220k.
With its close proximity to nearby Charlotte and wealth of lakefront property, Huntersville's recent surge in popularity is easy to account for. Home values here are climbing more rapidly than in other area towns. They've gained more than 5% over the past year, and should continue to climb as prospective homebuyers continue to make it one of their top choices.
What does Huntersville have to offer? Well, there's Lake Norman, of course, but that's not all. Huntersville was the first Lake Norman town north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County. Incorporated in 1873, the town's rich history is a major draw for prospective residents.
Huntersville is also home to three major golf courses, a NASCAR race shop, the Carolina Renaissance festival, and some of the friendliest neighbors you're ever likely to meet.
Browsing real estate in Huntersville, you'll find everything from affordable starter homes to lakefront stunners. Or, if you'd prefer to design your own home from the ground up, generous plots of land can often be found.


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I am looking at getting a new laptop and am particularly drawn to the HP Omen range.
(the video is out of date is 2014 model)
But has anyone had one any issues?
Thread: HP Omen - Anyone got?
akimba said: 11th January 2017
I am looking at getting a new laptop and am particularly drawn to the HP Omen range.
(the video is out of date is 2014 model)
But has anyone had one any issues?
GTI said: 11th January 2017
Can't say I know anything about the Omen, however my experience with HP Laptops in general means I will never have anything to do with them again.
I am referring to the widespread, well documented and reproducible issue with Nvidia GPUs in their Pavialion laptops which essentially rendered my 2 year old machine useless. I tried every homebrew solution available but to no avail. I understand Dell were a lot more sympathetic to their customers, but HP buried its head in the sand and pretended it did not exist. They eventually released a BIOS update which basically made the fan run continuously.
Over Carl said: 11th January 2017
I believe your grievance about HP/NVidia was due to a faulty NVidia graphics chipset which became very well known about (this also affected Dell models like D620/D630)/
When Dell released the successor to the D630, the E6400 - this had the option of NVidia graphics again but used a newer chipset which I don't think has been widely publicised as faulty by design.
However iirc, when the E6400 came out, there were many reports of models with NVidia graphics overheating and slowing down, I believe there was some speculation at the time that these were teething troubles with a new Dell factory in Poland. However their fix was also various BIOS updates that would just run the fan faster.
I will admit I still prefer Dell laptops over HP, although I remember getting my little brother an HP Elitebook for Christmas a few years ago as I thought it was a nice bit of kit.
akimba said: 11th January 2017
See I know about the NVidia issues of the past but HP have always been good to me and I am quite brand loyal I had the RROD on several 360s but bought a ONE on day of release, also the Omen looks a lot more impressive in looks than the Alienware equivalent and spec wise significantly cheaper ;-)


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Vermont could save as much as $1.5 billion annually through its health care reform efforts, or as little as a half billion a year, according to a report released yesterday by the Joint Fiscal Office and the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration.
The variation between $1.5 billion and a half-billion in savings makes the estimate almost meaningless. It means they don't know what the savings will be, because the circumstances can vary so dramatically.


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What do you do when somebody wants to publish a book that says you're completely wrong? If you're Alan Dershowitz, the prominent Harvard law professor, and the book is Norman Finkelstein's Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, you write the governor of California and suggest that he intervene with the publisher–because the publisher is the University of California Press, which conceivably might be subject to the power of the governor.
Schwarzenegger, showing unusual wisdom, declined to act. The governor's legal affairs secretary wrote Dershowitz, "You have asked for the Governor's assistance in preventing the publication of this book," but "he is not inclined to otherwise exert influence in this case because of the clear, academic freedom issue it presents." In a phone interview Dershowitz denied writing to the Governor, declaring, "My letter to the Governor doesn't exist." But when pressed on the issue, he said, "It was not a letter. It was a polite note."
Old-timers in publishing said they'd never heard of another case where somebody tried to get a governor to intervene in the publication of a book. "I think it's a first," said Andre Schiffrin, managing director at Pantheon Books for twenty-eight years and then founder and director of the New Press. Lynne Withey, director of the University of California Press, where she has been for nineteen years, said, "I've never heard of such a case in California."
But if you're Alan Dershowitz, you don't stop when the governor declines. You try to get the president of the University of California to intervene with the press. You get a prominent law firm to send threatening letters to the counsel to the university regents, to the university provost, to seventeen directors of the press and to nineteen members of the press's faculty editorial committee. A typical letter, from Dershowitz's attorney Rory Millson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, describes "the press's decision to publish this book" as "wholly illegitimate" and "part of a conspiracy to defame" Dershowitz. It concludes, "The only way to extricate yourself is immediately to terminate all professional contact with this full-time malicious defamer." Dershowitz's own letter to members of the faculty editorial committee calls on them to "reconsider your decision" to recommend publication of the book.
Why would a prominent First Amendment advocate take such an action? Dershowitz told Publishers Weekly that "my goal has never been to stop publication of this book." He told me in an e-mail, "I want Finkelstein's book to be published, so that it can be demolished in the court of public opinion." He told Publishers Weekly his only purpose in writing the people at the University of California Press was "to eliminate as many of the demonstrable falsehoods as possible" from the book before it was published.


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friendschecker necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 149 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Our goal is to create a logo for our Facebook application called, "FriendsChecker."
FriendsChecker is a downloadable application that notifies you when someone unfriends you on Facebook.
Our audience is a bit general; however, it skews towards the casual facebook user, gender-agnostic and a younger audience.
What We Want:
We want the logo to contain two parts:
1) And icon
2) The text
In other-words: [icon] FriendsChecker
Important: We want the logo to be *exciting*
Don't make it boring. Make it funny.
Don't make it a silicon valley web 2.0 logo; make it exciting and funny.
(Like a the stick/silluotte guy making a shrugging motion or "whats up" motion or something... i.e. "What happened to us, I thought we were friends?")
Friendly / happy
Easy to use
Gender neutral
Younger target audience (13-35)
A hint of Facebook (but not copying them by any means)
The size we'll be using for our website will be around 250x75 (pixels)
However, we would also like the original hi-res version of the image (3000 x 500 JPG/PNG or AI file -- note: those dimensions aren't set; we prefer dimensions that make sense for the standard size (which is 250x75px) ) -- We'll need the hi-res version for t-shirts, press, etc.
The image should also be pretty/viewable when the height is as small as 30 px
Also, the icon should be "favicon-able" -- meaning, it can be viewed at 16x16 px
What We Do Not Want:
Don't use a checkbox. It's not a checkbox application, but instead we "check to see who else is a friend"
We don't want it to be cheezy or low quality
Be creative and good luck!
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NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partners. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
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Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Sussmann is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and the Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine. His clinical interests include surgical oncology including the care for patients with melanoma, breast cancer, sarcomas, and gastrointestinal cancers such as those arising from the liver, bile duct, pancreas, stomach, colon and rectum. He also specializes in benign and malignant endocrine neoplasms such as those from the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and the pancreas. Dr. Sussman is also interested in the surgical treatment of advanced cancers with intraperitoneal based therapies. To learn more about Dr. Sussman, please view his CV from the Department of Surgery's website.