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0.348836 | <urn:uuid:b33527f0-8593-4d09-a313-7d22643ee702> | en | 0.971203 | Ballot effort underway to raise Mich. minimum wage
Groups backing an increase in Michigan's minimum wage laid the groundwork Monday for a statewide ballot drive in November, forming a committee that is very likely to commence with collecting hundreds of thousands of signatures needed to qualify.
AP Wire
Jan 28, 2014
"Our politicians in Lansing and D.C. have failed workers. There are a lot of people who work hard who've been waiting for a raise," said Frank Houston, treasurer of the Raise Michigan ballot committee.
Michigan's $7.40-an-hour minimum wage last went up in 2008 and is slightly higher than the $7.25 federal hourly minimum. Republicans have not embraced calls by both President Barack Obama and Michigan Democrats to raise the minimum wage to $10 at the federal and state levels. Democrats are planning to make income inequality a top issue this election year.
"All indications are that we're highly likely to move forward," said Houston, who also is chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party. "We fully expect Michigan to be the No. 1 place in the country where we're having a conversation around economic dignity and inequality."
The coalition involved includes labor unions, community organizers, a restaurant worker center, and faith-based and civil rights groups. The groups sent out statements Monday from low-wage mothers who said their income is not enough to get by.
"If you work full-time you shouldn't live in poverty," said Rebecca Hatley-Watkins, 23, of Kalamazoo.
A final decision to proceed is expected within days. The proposal would likely aim to change a state statute, not change the state constitution. The minimum wage would rise to the "ballpark" of between $9 and $10.10 an hour and be indexed to inflation, Houston said.
Republicans have said hiking the minimum wage would hurt employers' ability to hire people. The restaurant industry says it already operates on thin margins and argues sharply higher wages would lead to steeper prices.
"If Michigan increases the cost of employing entry-level workers, lower-skilled workers will see less job opportunities because employers will be forced to hire higher-skilled job applicants to fill multiple roles or cut jobs to absorb the costs associated with the increase," said Wendy Block, director of health policy and human resources for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
The group said businesses already are grappling with costs associated with the federal health care law and that government should focus on helping people get jobs, not make it more expensive to hire them.
In November, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer proposed increasing the hourly minimum to $9.25 over three years. He said it would aid the consumer-driven economy by putting more money in employees' pockets and give low-wage workers the same buying power as 1968, when the wage had its highest purchasing power.
A message seeking comment was left for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who is up for re-election. He has said raising the wage could have negative consequences.
Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson, who has wanted to avoid ballot issues this year to stay focused on candidate campaigns, said in a statement that it was not surprising to see "a lot of energy surrounding this issue. Democrats at all levels are fighting to increase the minimum wage because we believe that people who work hard and play by the rules deserve a fair shot at supporting themselves and their families."
Only Idiot's think this way by raising MW = fewer hours worked = fewer employees needed = increase in the price point for the product = fewer sales = see point number 1. Abolish the MW all together, it's criminal and self defeating to the employee.(your only worth $9.00/hr cuz that's what the MW says I have to pay...)
Former Grandhavenite
I'd invite anyone opposed to this to try living on the minimum wage for a month- just try it and see how long you last. Ideally for extra realism, you'll have quite a few mouths to feed on that income and a broken down car as well. Even better would be to keep watching Fox News the whole time you do this experiment so you'll hear every day how the poor just have it waaay too easy, what with all the government handouts, etc that they get.
One could only hope that the handle LIAMD does NOT mean Lia is a doctor. It might be a erronerous assumption on my part that doctors as a general rule are smarter than this person's posts would indicate....
Minimum wage is not nor was ever intended to be a "living wage", it was and is a starting point more aimed at those first time employees so they could get their feet wet with less risk to the company, it was never intended to support entire families, albeit the lousy economy makes this unfortunate situation in the first place but the fix is not over pay for mundane tasks.
sure, get rid of minimum wage, and let the market decide wages. Like restaurants do, they pay wait staff $2.50/hr because all you big tippers are leaving them a quarter. Heck, they get paid a living wage, why supplement it with tips? Minimum wage should be closer to $10/hr, yes to start out getting their feet wet, and as a guideline to employers. If they think you are worth it, they give you a raise. Anyone on here get a raise lately???
Tri-cities realist
Would the wait staff prefer being paid minimum wage but have the restaurant take 2/3 of their tips, since $2.50 is roughly 1/3 of the minimum wage? I think most would prefer the current system.
yeah, right. The wait staff really likes it the way it is, they don't want MW increased. And the employer takes the tips?? WTH kind of accounting are you even talking about? Welcome home from a hard day at the place that really doesn't need or want you, have another drink on me!
You get paid what your worth and if you don't like it take matters into your own hand,expand your opportunities & show some personal responsibility, work hard,stay focused,get educated and advance your career. Why would any sane person limit themselves to the current MW or the proposed $10/hr? How demeaning..limiting ones potential to a MW outlook..just pathetic.
I guess with this logic, I am not worth a penny...
Get real.
Some people go WELL above and beyond and are still paid peanuts. If employers were allowed to, I bet many would pay next to nothing, even compared to the current minimum wage, while their companies rake in record profits. I guess that is trickle down economics for you...
Look at dining establishments... Nobody is limiting them to only paying their employees a bit over $2/hr, yet they do, because the law says they can. Get rid of the minimum wage and other employers will follow suit.
I disagree with your worth jle...the ignorance in your reply is pricele$$ !Oh those Eeeeevil companies and eeevil profits. Why would anyone go "well above and beyond,..get peanuts" and stick around for that employer ? =stupid. Yep, pay next to nothing and retain the very best and brightest employees..that makes perfect sense as well. Waiters/Waitress..the law says they must get payed min.$2/hr. What you left out(must have been an oversight) is the average wage including tips he/she makes is closer to $16 to $22/ hr. Again,if your sharp and really good as a waiter/waitress you can exceed the required MW and who knows what other opportunities might come along. Sick and tired of feeling sorry for yourself then do something about it.
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Creepiness at its best
Meet Robert. An amazingly complex and lonely man, he's married to Hallie who, really, he can't stand. She controls him, and if he doesn't like it, she does it anyway.
Meet Zack. He's friend of a friend, who, along with his girlfriend Sophie, come over to Robert's to house-sit while Robert and Hallie go on vacation.
Here's the setup, and the payoff is one of the creepiest, darkest movies I've ever seen. As far as disturbing, Dancer in the Dark is nothing compared to this. As far as creepiness, Misery's got nothing on this one.
Benjamin Franklin once said, `House guests are like fish. After three days, they begin to spoil.' You'll see why in this plunge into darkness. Something's just not right the entire 92 minutes, and there's nothing you can do to change it. You can only watch as someone gets run over time and again, and the revenge is so raw, so amazing, you wonder exactly what can stop it. You wonder, can it be stopped? Some things are like runaway locomotives: you only hope you can lay enough track down in time for it not to derail.
Some reviews of this strange movie think of it as without payoff. And I for one think the payoff is in the effect it leaves with you. The stark sadness to the utter creepiness of the ending, it's not a surprise that this movie is like cancer: it eats away at you, and when you least expect it, you look around and see that everything's changed. You can't look at anything the same anymore. Who switched everything around? It's like those situations you find yourself in where you go, `How did this all get started?' and you find yourself without an answer.
To recommend this film I think would take an act of real nerve. It's not something you can tell your best friends who thought Mission: Impossible 2 was great about. It's not something you can even tell the friends who like off-the-wall or foreign films. You just have to experience the slow build-up of this intricate (and edge-of-your-seat) plot that makes you wonder, `Is it over? Isn't this enough? Can't you just lay off?' but when it doesn't, when it keeps barreling ahead, towards the end of the track that leads to the bottomless canyon, the train is movie, you are a reluctant passenger on it, and before you know it, the movie has brought you over the edge.
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Wed, 05/11/2011 - 7:13am
CNN Money recently took a tour through an environmentally-friendly potato chip plant run by PepsiCo., where they make a wide variety of chips, including Lay's, Ruffles, Doritos, and more. Despite processing 21,500 pounds of potatoes per hour, the plant is still striving to become more sustainable. Using new technology, the company is able to save 14 million gallons of water a year on its potato-washing process alone.
And next time you sit down on the couch and just happen to eat a whole bag of potato chips, just remember that you just crunched down on four whole pounds of spuds.
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It's goalless between Swansea City and Tottenham at the end of the first half.
Swansea City lose to Spurs
Swansea City failed to make an impact as they took on Spurs at White Hart Lane, losing 1 - 0. It's a result that leaves them at the bottom of the table. | http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2013-08-25/half-time-tottenham-0-0-swansea/ | dclm-gs1-006150000 |
0.076202 | <urn:uuid:58fdf5d7-a7e9-478f-94d5-8216ade50540> | en | 0.955348 | RC de GO! PlayStation
• Publisher: Acclaim
• Release Date: Nov 9, 2000
Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 4 out of 5
2. Negative: 0 out of 5
1. 84
A heck of a lot of fun, and it beats the living daylights of many of its full-size competitors.
2. The definition of a sleeper -- a marvelous little racer that deserves a little more limelight than it has received so far. In truth, the game excels on all fronts, providing a deep sim-based RC experience, with an intuitive control scheme accessible enough for anyone to pick up.
3. As strange as it might seem, Rc De GO is actually bounds better than most of the racing titles that have hit the PlayStation and lately, and anyone looking for something slightly off the wall would do best to give Acclaim's latest a try.
4. It was rather boring and lifeless. The graphics were rather flat and one dimensional and just got old really quick.
5. Coming in completely under the radar, RC de Go! could be the most enjoyable PlayStation racer of 2000 that you'll never play...
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1. EvelynH.
Dec 6, 2003
This disc might be really good and really exciting!!!I think I will highly recommend this!!!
2. CarolinaH.
Jan 1, 2004
It is alright, but it is a short game. It is fun for people who like horses! You have to rescue all the foals before you can go to the final level!
3. JoM.
Jan 26, 2004
Helooo! Barbie? Horses? Can you say Game of the year? I thought you could. I may be a 35 year old male who collects victorian doll houses but I know good gaming when I see it. Me and my Marie Osmond collection dolls will spend many hours rescuing ponies. Thanks for making this game!!!
4. SallieB.
Mar 21, 2004
My four year old loves it and has learned how to use the controls very well. It is the best game for little ones that I could find.
5. Laura.Q.
Dec 16, 2005
I am totally loving the game! I mean, alright, you can't buck barbie off the horse, but other than that the game is awsome! My best friend and I love horses (And MABEY we like barbie just a little...) so when we saw this game we just knew we had to have it! I so love this game! The grafics are great! Everyone, young and old, can accually feel as if they own a horse with this game. My friend and I used to play with toy horses when we were younger, but now we've grown out of it (But not too much!) so we've turned to simulated horse games, and we couldn't be happy'er! We've been sending in some ideas to the makers for a new game like this, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that they exept! Horses biggest fan, Laura! Expand
6. Jan 7, 2013
Okay, so I bought this game for my neighbour's daughter and I just wanted to try and see if it works. I got hooked up on it, missed 2 years of college, few funerals, births and Champions League finals and I don't even care. Those horses are so damn cute, I just wanna sunggle with'em. Definitely better than Black Ops 2, I reccomend this to all hardcore gamers. THEHOOD!
Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics
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1. Positive: 1 out of 6
2. Negative: 2 out of 6
1. The game features enough levels and unlockable extras to keep the player engrossed for a long time; so Barbie and horse fans alike - male and female, young and old - will all get something out of this.
2. Riding feels "real"... In short, Barbie's first foray onto Xbox is not a stinker. [Dec/Jan 2004, p.100]
3. It is true that there are some gameplay redundancies and a healthy amount of character interaction issues, but will a kid point to mommy and say “look at all of the clipping issues!”, or “look at all of the horseys!”? | http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/barbie-horse-adventure-wild-horse-rescue/user-reviews?sort-by=score&num_items=100&dist=positive | dclm-gs1-006360000 |
0.023327 | <urn:uuid:2308a96d-4c62-4338-990b-e3e785872c01> | en | 0.890745 | Nokia 808 PureView - Batteries and chargers
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Your device is intended for use with a BV-4D rechargeable battery. Nokia may make additional battery models available for this device. Always use original Nokia batteries.
This device is intended for use when supplied with power from the following chargers: AC-50. The exact Nokia charger model number may vary depending on the plug type, identified by E, X, AR, U, A, C, K, B, or N.
Third-party chargers that comply with the IEC/EN 62684 standard, and that can connect to your device micro USB connector, may be compatible.
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When your charger is not in use, unplug it from the electrical plug and the device. Do not leave a fully charged battery connected to a charger, as overcharging may shorten the battery’s lifetime. If left unused, a fully charged battery will lose its charge over time.
Always keep the battery between 15°C and 25°C (59°F and 77°F). Extreme temperatures reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery. A device with a hot or cold battery may not work temporarily.
Accidental short-circuiting can happen when a metallic object touches the metal strips on the battery, for example, if you carry a spare battery in your pocket. Short-circuiting may damage the battery or the connecting object.
Do not dispose of batteries in a fire as they may explode. Dispose of batteries according to local regulations. Recycle when possible. Do not dispose as household waste.
Do not dismantle, cut, open, crush, bend, puncture, or shred cells or batteries. If a battery leaks, do not let battery liquid touch skin or eyes. If this happens, immediately flush the affected areas with water, or seek medical help.
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It is a scene that wouldn’t be unfamiliar in France or Belgium: a woman’s hijab is snatched away by strangers on the street from her head despite her protest. She is told she shouldn’t wear it, or rather, she has no right to because her wearing it mocks other women and femininity itself. But it is not an episode of Islamophobic rage that is recounted by Shuniyya Rumaha Haiibalah, but an incident in her native Indonesia that would later become the title of her best-selling memoir, Jangan lepas jilbabku! (Please do not remove my jilbab!)
Haiibalah is Muslim and transgender. The hostile reactions from other women and men towards her decision to wear the jilbab (hijab) in public was based on the belief of the irreconcilability of being waria* (transgender) and expressing religiosity in the gender of choice.
While other waria do not mix gender identity with religious identity (as the video above shows, some transwomen dress as men in places of worship), women like Haiibalah attend prayers at the mosque alongside other cis-gender women much to disapproval of some, particularly those who argue that physical contact with Haiibalah’s biologically male body can render another woman’s prayers annulled.
Jangan lepas jilbabku! begins in 1997 when Haiibalah turns 16. The writer describes her gradual transition from male to female as eventful as the moment Indonesia regains its democracy at the end of Suharto’s dictatorial regime in 1998. She describes the kind of woman she wants to be: an ordinary woman, good-looking even without make-up, someone who wears the jilbab, independent, headstrong, and accepted. In school, Haiibalah is an active editor of the school’s Islamic magazine, and a popular student. Using her popularity and religious image as a social buffer, Haiibalah began experimenting with her appearance. She plucked her eyebrows into a pair of thin, arching crescents; suffice it to say, this led to other arched eyebrows. After being told that her eyebrows were seen as “inappropriate” for young men, Haiibalah went on to tackle what ostensibly is taboo: she, a transwoman, wearing a jilbab.
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The only thing successfully retrieving a cookie should imply, from a security standpoint, is that, at one time, someone using that particular browser (session, if you're using session cookies) was successfully authenticated. Period.
If I logged in to your site from a public terminal and left the browser open, anyone else could potentially use my cookie.
For some applications, this is enough security. For others, you might save a timestamp of the user's last access and require reauthentication if X minutes/hours/days have passed since the last transaction.
In general, if you don't store too much information in a cookie and if you realize the implications of what I've said above, this is a decent method of saving state.
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WARNING... HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Best ever - Bailey's Dipped Toasted Marshmallows. A must when camping! Try it once and you'll be hooked!
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Baked Hot Chocolate by Aleksandra Crapanzano, wsj: Crisp on top. Pudding in the center. Total Time: 40 Minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 9 ounces high-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into cubes 4 large eggs 1/4 cup granulated sugar Lightly sweetened whipped cream, to taste (optional) What To Do 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange four 1-cup ovenproof coffee cups, mugs or 8-ounce ramekins in a baking or roasting pan. 2. Melt chocolate and butter together in a double boiler set over barely simmering water. Whisk occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside. 3. Stir eggs and sugar together in a mixing bowl, then set bowl over simmering water. Stir until warm to the touch. 4. Remove from heat. Beat egg mixture with an electric beater until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Gently fold egg mixture into chocolate mixture. 5. Spoon batter into cups. Add enough very hot water to baking pan to come halfway up sides of cups. Bake until the tops lose their glossy finish, 15-20 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan. 6. Serve warm or at room temperature with a generous dollop of whipped cream, if desired. Puddings may be refrigerated for up to one day. To reheat, bring them to room temperature and then set in a 350-degree oven until warm, about 5 minutes. #Chocolate #Baked_Hot_Chocolate #Aleksandra_Crapanzano #wsj
Baked S'mores in your oven. One of the best desserts I have ever made!
S’mores Pops - So simple and clever. Marshmallows on a stick dipped in melted chocolate and rolled in crushed grahams.
Baked smores in bite size bits? I might have just died and gone to heaven.
diabetes in a bowl aka smores dip
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More like this: seahorses, cats and fluffy cows.
Pets and their tiny humans
Gives me the creeps, but also is hypnotizing with all those colors. The beauty of nature
How can this not make you smile?
I think I'm slowly turning into one of those people who look at funny cat pictures all day...and I kinda don't even care who knows.
Cat reunited with his old basket…This is Sophie every time the kids get new shoes and she wants to sleep in the small box.
Orphaned pony’s best friend is a teddy bear called Button…
You've heard of the biblical 'Lion and the Lamb lying down together', here we have the cat and the budgie!
My best friend Miss Piggy
What a beautiful bird!
Baby elephant one minute old.
pomsky, ohhhh someone please get me one! (:
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0.041089 | <urn:uuid:5895352b-16ba-4c1c-ac3a-0914677624a6> | en | 0.953887 | Retirement will keep getting tougher
Corporations and state and local governments have replaced defined-benefit pension plans with less expensive defined-contribution plans. This trend will continue. Health-care costs for retirees are increasing faster than the inflation rate. Residential real estate prices have fallen sharply from their high points in most parts of the country, and the prospects for appreciation are mixed. Home equity loans, which typically have the effect of reducing the net assets available at retirement, are used too often.
Corporations are forcing employees out of the work force at younger ages. Conservative investments are returning less than 1 percent. And Congress may reduce entitlement benefits.
These are just some of the factors that spell trouble for those who are not saving for retirement at a serious clip.
One of the most important things to do is regularly invest a significant portion of your income for retirement. If you are not saving at least 10 percent of your net pay, you are probably not saving enough, especially if your employer no longer offers a defined-benefit plan.
When you receive a raise, immediately increase your savings. Rebalance once a year. That way, you are taking some profits from your more successful investments and reinvesting in alternatives that are at lower prices.
Do not invest too much of your retirement investments into your employer's common stock. You don't want to be too dependent on the financial stability of your employer.
Take advantage of any available tax-deferred retirement options. Make sure you use the benefits of IRAs, Roth IRAs, 401(k)s, and Roth 401(k)s if you can. If your employer offers a 401(k) match, make sure you contribute at least the minimum amount to receive the maximum employer match. Don't wait until your 50s to start a serious investment program. The earlier you start, the easier it will be.
Don't accept 100 percent of the financial burden regarding college education for your children. It's too expensive. Let your children know well in advance that they must accept a significant part of the financial burden and encourage them to look for scholarships, grants and loans on their own.
Do not be too conservative with your investment selections. If you are 10 years or more away from retirement, it makes no sense to have any of your retirement investments in low-yielding vehicles such as Treasury bills, money market instruments or short-term savings accounts.
Select only cost-effective investment vehicles. Invest only in no-load mutual funds, as opposed to commission-based funds. Select only mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that have a history of low costs. If you are many years away from retirement, make sure you have a significant percentage of your investments in some form of common stocks. On a long-term basis, common stocks should provide more growth potential than other investments.
Develop a diversified portfolio, with a portion in bonds as well as stocks. Have some investments in global and international vehicles. You may want to have a small portion of your portfolio in commodities including some gold.
However, I would not invest a large percentage in commodities that provide no income. Commodity investments are volatile and generally produce no or little income. My limit is 5 percent of the whole portfolio's value.
If at all possible, try to go into retirement without an outstanding mortgage. If you can, make extra payments while you are employed to reduce the mortgage, especially if your interest rate is high. You will have a lot more flexibility in retirement if you own your home mortgage-free.
If you are close to retirement and you believe your retirement income will be insufficient, consider options that will provide you with additional income. If you are considering self-employment options, talk to volunteers at your local SCORE chapter for free counseling and low-cost seminars before you actually retire.
Employers, both in the public and private sectors, continue to introduce policies that make it more difficult for employees to retire in financial comfort. Employees who want a comfortable retirement must take the initiative to improve their own financial future. People who recognize this and take the initiative early in their careers can ensure prosperous retirements.
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Researchers Make Older Beta Cells Act Young Again
October 12, 2011
By manipulating a well-known molecular pathway, JDRF-funded scientists breathe new life into aging beta cells
As a person ages, the ability of their beta cells to divide and make new beta cells declines. By the time children reach the age of 10 to 12 years, the ability of their insulin-producing cells to replicate greatly diminishes. If these cells, called beta cells, are destroyed–as they are in type 1 diabetes–treatment with the hormone insulin becomes essential to regulate blood glucose levels and get energy from food. Now, longtime JDRF-funded researchers at Stanford University have identified a pathway responsible for this age-related decline, and have shown that they can tweak it to get older beta cells to act young again–and start dividing.
In the past, researchers have used other techniques to trigger older beta cells to start dividing, but they have been met with challenging results, explains Dr. Kim, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. “You can get these cells to grow but they will literally lose their specific identity as a beta cell,” he says. “They will either stop making insulin, or they’ll grow just fine but they will grow uncontrollably or into other cell types.”
But with the advent of better genetic tools and the completion of the human genome project, that era has come to pass, he explains. “With these advanced technologies, we are now able to get a comprehensive view–at the genetic level–of the changes beta cells undergo as they age, and we can track these changes and study them in a systematic way,” he adds. “By understanding what genes are turned on and off in a young beta cell, we can try to recreate that genetic environment in older beta cells such that they divide in a desirable, controlled manner.”
By better understanding the mechanisms that control and govern pancreatic ï¢-cell proliferation, researchers could transform treatments for diabetes. The cascade leading from PDGF binding to its receptor on the beta cell’s surface to changes in protein levels within the nucleus could inspire scientists with new ideas on how to discover new drugs to safely promote beta cell regeneration to replace those lost in diabetes.
“A major goal of JDRF’s regeneration program is to find ways to preserve and restore functional beta cells as a cure for type 1 diabetes. One of the challenges is that adult beta cells do not readily replicate, and these new findings provide key insight on how the body regulates beta cell growth and replication,” says Patricia Kilian, Ph.D., JDRF’s scientific program director of regeneration research. “Based on these key scientific insights, we hope the new findings will help enable the discovery of safe therapies to promote beta cell regeneration.”
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Cometh the hour … regardless of anti-German sentiment, Chancellor Merkel must seize the initiative (Picture: Reuters)
Famously, Chancellor Kohl regarded German unification as a prelude to a much larger European unification
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In June 1900, the British commander of the international expeditionary force against the Chinese Boxers, Admiral Seymour, found himself in a bit of a fix. He exhorted the Kaiser’s contingent to come to his aid with the immortal words “The Germans to the front”, words that went around the world. Many Germans claimed they had rescued the day. On the contrary, British and French spin doctors replied, the Germans had been cowering in the rear for so long that Seymour had had to shame them into doing their duty.
One is reminded of these exchanges today as Europeans dispute whether Berlin should take the lead in the eurozone. For every French socialist party motion condemning Chancellor Angela Merkel for dominating the Continent on behalf of “German savers and German trade surpluses”, there is a Radek Sikorski, the Polish defence secretary, who calls upon Germany to stop skulking at the back and seize the initiative before the European project collapses completely.
Anti-German sentiment is growing exponentially in southern Europe, especially Greece and Spain, whose peoples are rebelling against the austerity regime supported by Germany. More recently, Germanphobia resurfaced in France. In Paris, the socialist senator Marie-Noelle Lienemann invokes the spirit of the Second World War Free French leader General Charles de Gaulle against German suggestions that France should balance its books. Even where it is not so explicit, much of the rhetoric against a “German Europe” draws on memories of Hitler’s attempts to control the entire continent 70 years ago.
This time, however, it is different. Far from wishing to dominate Europe, the German elite see the European project as both the apotheosis and the transcendence of their national aspirations. Famously, Chancellor Kohl regarded German unification as a prelude to a much larger European unification. The Basic Law, the German constitution, is bookended by a preamble that announces the intent to “serve world peace” as “an equal member of a united Europe”, and the final paragraph — revised after unification — which states that it will be superseded by a new constitution freely agreed to by the German people. In other words, the potential surrender of sovereignty to a democratic single European state is written into the very core of the German political DNA.
Where the Germans can be faulted is in their lack of boldness in pushing forward the political unification of Europe on a democratic basis. Too much in hock to the traditions of the Holy Roman Empire and the EU, they see political union as a process. They still fail to grasp the historical truth that successful unions such as Britain’s union of England with Scotland and Ireland and America’s union of states have been events. Berlin’s current strategy of postponing joint debt liability and political union until convergence criteria have been achieved will crush the southern and western periphery economically long before they reach the finishing line.
Eurozone political union will happen only if the pooling of debt, and a subsequent “debt-ceiling”, is accompanied by the simultaneous establishment of a common parliament which is responsible for it. The periphery will be able to grow again, while the regulatory structure of a single state ensures that they are not allowed to run up such vast debts again. There is no reason in theory why this solution should not be promoted by any eurozone leader, or political party, but in practice the task must fall to the Chancellor of Germany, the largest and most powerful country — Angela Merkel.
Frau Merkel needs to level with the German people and the other peoples of the eurozone by calling a constitutional convention of representatives specifically elected for that purpose. They should work out an Anglo-American style constitutional union with a popularly elected executive president, an assembly elected by population, and a Senate representing the member states. This package would have to be put to the electorate of the eurozone on the same day in every participating country. Populations would then be free to decide whether they wished to go forward together or to hold on to an increasingly illusory sovereignty. It is the only solution with the democratic legitimacy to create a Union Bond covered by the entire tax base of the Union, and to extend the fiscal reach of the state into areas hitherto unaccustomed to it.
This new Union would be a fusion of political cultures in which the German element will be hugely important and rightly so. Parts of it will need to learn the German willingness to balance books and pay taxes. These qualities are not unique to the Federal Republic, however. Some northern members of the eurozone are more “German” than the Germans themselves. Moreover, Germans would not dominate. The total population of a single eurozone state including Poland and other latecomers would be close to 400 million, of whom less than a quarter would be German. A German vote in the assembly would count the same as a Greek or an Irish vote, while the smaller acceding polities would actually be over-represented in the Senate, as is the case with the less populous US states.
Last week, one British journalist described Frau Merkel as a potential European Abraham Lincoln. What we require, however, is not somebody to defend the current union — which is broken beyond repair — but to create a new one. The better analogy is with the 19th-century Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who created the Second German Empire out of the ruins of the old and ineffective German Confederation. Today, the eurozone needs a democratic Bismarck, probably though not necessarily from Germany. If we get one, the sight of more Pickelhauben helmets in newspaper cartoons will be a small price to pay.
Brendan Simms is Professor of the History of European International Relations at Cambridge and author of the recently published Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present (Allen Lane).
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love, desire all stems from the brain right?
66 days ago
those who are gay are not doing themselves any favors by claiming an unfair playing field. it isn't fair because gays have the highest annual income of any sexual orientation. get over yourselves. we are all human.
66 days ago
Talk about making a bad situation worse!
66 days ago
Listen up gays.....the ONLY WAY U can live a life that is pleasing to God is by being celibate....there is NO DECENT GAY COUPLE....if you are in a gay relationship then u are living an aborminable, perverted sinful lifestyle
66 days ago
I think the black community gets an A+ in the man/woman procreation sweepstakes. A few more non procreating black gays would be a welcome relief.
66 days ago
I am really getting sick and tired of people shoving opinions down people's throats. So what if he hates gays. If he had said he hated an heterosexual, this wouldn't be news. I live for the day when people just describe themselves without notifying the whole world of their sexual preferences. Heterosexuals do not go around doing so why should someone who is gay feel the need to tell everyone. Haters can start responding, do not particularly care!!!
66 days ago
Everyone has a right to his/her opinion. That's America! Land of the free! On the other hand, gays have been around since ancient times. Who's to say what is right or wrong? Whether religious doctrine or not, in the end its all conjecture. Someone dictating a bias view does not make it right. If the issue is procreation, not everyone wants to leave their seed. Hell...with 7 billion people already on the planet, isn't there enough? How is this a requirement to be a man? If the issue is what is typically the traits of a heterosexual man(since Hollyfield comes from a sport that values masculinity traits)--two of the greatest warriors of all time were known to be gay: Alexander the Great and Achilles. Not to go off on a tangent...I am sure there have been gays who served in combat with distinction who never came out of the closet for obvious reasons. I am sure if you asked any vet on why they fought, the usual response is for the guy next to them and not to be gung-ho so to speak. Hey, even women have shown courage. Google the Trung Sisters. Personally, I like the fact that Hollyfield can get along with his gay family member. Its how you want to be treated in the end, with respect. Both parties can agree to disagree and still get along.
66 days ago
Timothy Kincaid
How nice. Ewin Holyfield thought he'd pipe up and let everyone know that he's every bit as ignorant and bigoted as his father. And how nice that the Holyfield's don't "hate" anyone, even if, EVEN IF (GASP), they are homosexual. Well golly, with that kind of incredible love (EVEN to homosexuals - wow - even to them) maybe they should all get a nobel prize for wonderfulness.
66 days ago
What is with these "Christians"? First they slam and demean gays and then back track by saying they love all people.
Of course, it's all just "free speech".....
66 days ago
Selebraties Suck
66 days ago
boo boo
He's clearly not a HOMOPHOBE. He is not AFRAID of gay people. Smearing the reputation of a person because of a dissenting opinion is fascist
66 days ago
so the stupid rages in the next generation too. I think he had a weak male self image and so does his son. He is hiding his hate with God. He hates. You 'hate' the sin, you hate the sinner. If he thinks its a choice to change your biology, then change your color, sir. Try it.
66 days ago
We have separation of church and state. The bible does not govern right and wrong, and as long as you're living your life as a law abiding citizen and not doing harm to others, then I see no reason to concern myself with who you love or who you go to bed with. It's a majorly presumptuous overstep for people to assume that they have they right to tell others what's right and wrong... or what's normal and what's not, based on a thousands year old book (based on absolutely no fact) that we aren't required to live our lives by. People need to learn to mind their own business and work on bettering themselves rather than concerning themselves with the sexual activity of others. It's time to join the 21st century.
66 days ago
well said, ewin
66 days ago
Well I have a black brother so it is ok for me to say ******s suck.
66 days ago
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I've just returned from the U.S. from being in Peru. While there I had internet which was set up by a technician. However, now that I'm back, my computer shows that it's conected to the wifi here, but I am unable to get internet access. Is there perhaps a setting that could have been changed while I was in Peru that is preventing me from getting internet access in the U.S.?
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Chances are your Peruvian tech altered settigs in Control Panel>Internet Options, perhaps to a dial up system or through a Proxy. Go in there and under the Connection tab, tick "Never dial a connection" and click Apply then click the LAN button and tick "Automatically detect settings" and untick anything in the Proxy section below that.
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Thanks for your help Saga Lout. However, I tried, but my computer still won't gain access to the Internet. I'm not sure what the problem is because I was able to use this internet connection before I went to Peru. As you said, I believe the Peruvian technician changed something in the settings.
Inzone, it was DSL through the telephone company, but I used the router for wifi, never used the direct connection.
So, right now, I have to use the ethernet cable to get internet access which shuts everyone else out from using the internet when I'm on.
Why does using an ethernet cable shut everyone out from using the internet ?
Do you have a modem connected to a wireless router ? Have you set up a wireless network ? The cable that you connect is it from the router or the modem ?
Perhaps a more detailed explanation of your set up will clear this up a little.
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cmd /k ipconfig /all
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ABC must have been playing a joke on FlashForward viewers this week. Follow along...
The show has often been compared to Lost. That drama aired an infamous episode ("Stranger in a Strange Land," season three) in which Jack traveled abroad, met an Asian woman and got a tattoo.
Many critics consider it the worst episode in Lost history; and producers have cited it as a reason why they demanded a series end date from ABC: so they would no longer be forced to write filler episodes in which nothing happens.
Enter "Believe," last night's horribly uneventual hour of FlashForward. It also involved a man traveling, an Asian woman, and a tattoo. It was also an incredibly boring hour of television.
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Similarities to Lost aside, we'll review the episode and ask questions that depict our frustration in a series of bullet points below:
• Why should we care about Bryce and Keiko? The show has barely featured Bryce at all. Then, he and his flash forward are suddenly the main focus of an installment that centers around two people's visions of love, one of whom we've never met before. It's worth repeating: 20 million people died in the blackout. We're expected to muster any interest in the imagined love lives of two strangers after that?
• For the record, FlashForward has now aired nine episode. SEVEN of those concluded with scenes involving characters viewers had never met before that week, and five of those new characters have never returned. (The exceptions are Simon and Suspect Zero.) It's one thing to surprise viewers with a suspenseful ending, but it's another to have those endings continually pile up with no pay-off in the weeks that follow.
• Did Al really kill himself?
• Did Mark really shoot that guy with the tattoo last week?
• We ask these questions because nothing has changed at the FBI, despite the supposed impact of those events when they took place. Mark cried into Olivia's arms last week because they now have a "second chance." So why are they still following leads from his future board? Why does Demetri think he's still gonna die? Al must be chilling in heaven, looking down at his former co-workers and muttering: I died for this?!?!
Nothing harms a show more than inconsistent character behavior and storytelling. But that's the problem FlashForward encounters each week. It can't make up its mind about the future.
Should we be rooting for it to happen? Is the FBI trying to prevent it from happening? Are they trying to determine the cause of the blackouts? Most importantly: why does everyone act as though the future is set in stone?
The series has never done an adequate job of proving these visions will come true. It's simply made the characters talk and act as though it will. That's frustrating enough. But we could forgive FlashForward if these actions were at least interesting and/or tied to major world events.
Last night, however, was nothing but the personal tales of two characters we hardly know. Did anyone out there feel invested in the fortunes of Bryce and Keiko?
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This show is as awful as for the fact that Heroes ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD SEASON.
Boring, poorly written, dreadful acting. This show is headed for the tv land dumpster.
You have to undrstand that the first eight or nine episodes were already written and many were filmed by the time the show first aired. The producers can't take the viewers thoughts and the ratings into consideration until the first eight to nine episodes,and from next weeks preview it seems things might start to change. They also let one of the Showrunners go, and David Goyer is now the only Showrunner.
Wow. Comparisons to Stranger In A Strange Land are completely null because that was a truly abysmal hour of television. I thought this was a great departure from the bombast and (often times illogical leaps in piecing together) the mosaic of Mark's board for those of us starving for some real character development. It was across the boards - we learned that Aaron was in the army, Olivia finally admitting that a flashforward may need to come true and I was totally invested in Bryce & Keiko's storyline. Character focus is what made Lost great and then the mythology kicked into high gear. We need to care for these characters and I feel FlashForward is finally making headway in that area.
To answer the questions posed...
Of course Al killed himself. Unless we do a rewind of time at the end of the season, I don't see him coming back from the splat.
Yeah, Mark shot the tattoo guy... his tunnel vision is preventing him from admitting to himself that there would be more than one guy with the same tattoo. Or he's truly the dimmest FBI guy on tv.
The questions of fate and free will have gone on since the beginning of man's will continue to go on. It makes sense that these characters will still be going around and around as to whether or not these visions are set in stone. Those questions are all being worked out on screen. I dunno, I thought the episode was fantastic, if a little uneven.
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Only death is inevitable. Short of that nothing is inevitable until it happens, and everything is inevitable once it has happened. The historian deals with past events and therefore to him all history is inevitable. But these past events were once in the future and then they were not inevitable.
-- A.J.P. Taylor
In The Summer the Archduke Died, Louis D. Rubin Jr. infuses his elegant, absorbing collection of review essays with Taylor's credo. He explains not only the vagaries of history, particularly how we look back at wars and their origins, but also the role of those who led their nations in those decisive moments and how their choices determined the anything-but-predetermined outcomes. A literary critic who spent his career teaching English at the University of North Carolina, Rubin doesn't explicitly answer the question: "Does the man make history, or history make the man?" But there's no doubt that he's in the "man makes history" school.
Rubin was always fascinated by epic conflicts. Born in 1923 into a Reform Jewish family that had arrived in Charleston in the mid-19th century, he recalls witnessing the last Confederate reunion in Richmond in 1932. Looking back at that event, "I could feel the hair standing up on the back of my neck--seventy-five years ago as I write this." His father was a sergeant in the Marine Corps in World War I, and the "Great War" exerted a similar claim on his imagination.
In the course of his writings, he reflects on his childhood emotions and develops his adult conclusions. As for how those conclusions may apply to the world today, he leaves it to the reader to take that next step, providing plenty of ideas to ponder.
Nowhere is Rubin more convincing than in his exposition on the origins of World War I. In contrast to World War II, where the stakes were clear and Hitler left others no choice but to submit or resist, "the Great War need not and ought not to have been fought," he argues. The primary culprit, in his eyes, was
Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose chauvinistic policies and massive miscalculations amounted to "a catastrophic failure of statecraft." The interlocking system of alliances, ostensibly designed to protect each country, triggered the well-known escalation of local conflicts into a European-wide war. As a result, 10 million men died for no apparent gain.
While explaining the mechanisms that made war appear inevitable, he keeps returning to the theme of the responsibility of those who set up the alliances, dictated the timetables, and triggered the clashes. Times were different then, he points out, with almost no avenues open for negotiations. "No United Nations, no councils or forums were available for extending and broadening discussions and circulating proposals and responses," he writes. Just as he implicitly approves of those kinds of institutions today, his warnings about the dangers of alliances with automatic triggers are clearly meant to convey a contemporary message, arguing for more flexible defense arrangements among allies.
All of which gets back to his thesis about the central role of leadership. Hence his fascination with two men he considers giants of the last century: Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Among the striking parallels: "Both were renowned for their furious activity, and apparently both were manic depressives. Both were aristocrats." While he is by no means blind to TR's "touch of megalomania," or his more erratic behavior, he admires his outsized personality.
So, too, with Churchill who "was no stranger to ambition or to egocentricity." True enough, but Rubin keeps the British leader's singular accomplishment in clear focus: recognizing the evil of Nazi Germany early, and then leading his nation in its fight for survival, saving the Western world.
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3. Anne Marbury1591 - 1643
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Name Anne Marbury
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Christening[1][2] 20 Jul 1591 Alford, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage 9 Aug 1612 London, Middlesex, EnglandChurch of St. Mary Woonoth.
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Death? 20 Aug 1643 Pelham (town), Westchester, New York, United States
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Anne Hutchinson, born Anne Marbury (1591–1643), was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area, and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters.
Born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, Anne was the daughter of Francis Marbury, an Anglican minister and school teacher who gave her a far better education than most other girls received. She lived in London as a young adult, and married there an old friend from home, William Hutchinson. The couple moved back to Alford, where they began following the dynamic preacher named John Cotton in the nearby major port of Boston, Lincolnshire. After Cotton was compelled to emigrate in 1633, the Hutchinsons followed a year later with their 11 children, and soon became well established in the growing settlement of Boston in New England. Anne was a midwife, and very helpful to those needing her assistance, as well as forthcoming with her personal religious understandings. Soon she was hosting women at her house weekly, providing commentary on recent sermons. These meetings became so popular that she began offering meetings for men as well, including the young governor of the colony, Henry Vane.
As a follower of Cotton, she espoused a "covenant of grace," while accusing all of the local ministers (except for Cotton and her husband's brother-in-law, John Wheelwright) of preaching a "covenant of works." Following complaints of many ministers about the opinions coming from Hutchinson and her allies, the situation erupted into what is commonly called the Antinomian Controversy, resulting in her 1637 trial, conviction, and banishment from the colony. This was followed by a March 1638 church trial in which she was excommunicated. With encouragement from Providence founder Roger Williams, Hutchinson and many of her supporters established the settlement of Portsmouth in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. After her husband's death a few years later, threats of Massachusetts taking over Rhode Island compelled Hutchinson to move totally outside the reach of Boston, into the lands of the Dutch. She settled with her younger children near an ancient landmark called Split Rock in what later became The Bronx in New York City. Tensions with the native Siwanoy were high at the time. In August 1643, Hutchinson and all but one of the 15 other members of her household were massacred during an attack. The only survivor was her nine-year old daughter, Susanna, who was taken captive.
Hutchinson is a key figure in the development of religious freedom in England's American colonies and the history of women in ministry. She challenged the authority of the ministers, exposing the subordination of women in the culture of colonial Massachusetts. She is honoured by Massachusetts with a State House monument calling her a "courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration." She has been called the most famous, or infamous, English woman in colonial American history.
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Among her notable descendants are U.S. Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, First Lady Lucretia Garfield, former Michigan Governor George W. Romney and former Massachusetts Governor and 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, actors Chevy Chase and Ted Danson, actresses Marilyn Monroe (possibly) and Jane Wyatt, writers Louis Stanton Auchincloss, Dubose Heyward, Robert Lowell and John P. Marquand, U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Senator Stephen Arnold Douglas, Ambassador Pamela Harriman, neuropathologist Stanley Cobb, numismatist Q. David Bowers, and LDS evangelists Parley P. Pratt and Helaman Pratt
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1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 20:355-67.
2. Dudding, Reginald Charles; Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Lincolnshire); and Church of England. Parish Church of Rigsby-with-Ailby (Lincolnshire). The Parish registers of Alford & Rigsby in the county of Lincoln collated with and supplemented by the Bishops' transcripts, a.d. 1538-1680. (Lincoln: The Society, 1917 (Horncastle : W.K. Morton)).
Anna Merberi chr 20 Jul 1591, father Francisci.
Marriage: St Mary Woonoth, London, 9 Aug 1612 Anne Marbury, baptized Alford, Lincolnshire, 20 Jul 1591, daughter of Rev. Francis and Bridget (Dryden) Marbury [Marbury Anc 33]. She was killed by Indians in late summer 1643 in an area that is now in Westchester County, New York [WJ 2:163-65]
4. Hutchinson, Anne, in American National Biography Online.
5. Anne Marbury Hutchinson, in Find A Grave.
6. Gateway ancestor
Founders of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Horde 32 The Grol'dom Militia
StartUna Wolfclaw
EndUna Wolfclaw
Level12 (Requires 10)
CategoryNorthern Barrens
Objectives Edit
Slay 6 Razormane Pillagers.
Description Edit
They came out of nowhere, <class>! Quilboar from horizon to horizon. Spines and snouts and teeth. We fell back to the farm but they kept on coming.
Our best defenders have fallen in the field, and we've no sign of Farmer Ralton. I need you to go on the offensive for me! Hold these swine at bay while I defend the wounded until help arrives.
Rewards Edit
You will receive: 5Silver
Progress Edit
I can see smoke from the neighboring building - what's going on out there?
Completion Edit
I see you've left a string of corpses in your wake, <race>. I couldn't have done better. The livestock may be lost, but the land remains ours - thank you!
Patch changes Edit
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Thai ex-PM charged with murder over 2010 crackdown
Thursday - 12/13/2012, 8:31pm ET
Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) - A former prime minister of Thailand was charged with murder in the latest twist in a political war between supporters and opponents of another ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra.
The murder charge against Abhisit Vejjajiva stems from the violent suppression of anti-government protests in 2010 when demonstrators were seeking to have Abhisit, Thaksin's rival, call early elections, saying he was installed in office illegitimately.
Thaksin was ousted as prime minister by a military coup in 2006 after being accused of corruption and disrespect to the monarchy.
Abhisit is accused by the Department of Special Investigation of allowing the unrestrained use of deadly force to quell the protest.
Speaking to reporters after meeting for more than four hours with DSI officials Thursday, Abhisit said he had formally acknowledged the charge against him, but denied he was guilty. He said he would present documents supporting his position after studying the charge more closely.
A court must still accept the case before it goes forward to trial.
DSI specifically found reason to believe Abhisit culpable in the death of a taxi driver because he allowed troops to use war weapons and live ammunition against protesters. A recent criminal court inquest had found security forces responsible for the man's death.
The shooting occurred during two months of demonstrations by Thaksin's supporters, known as the Red Shirts, who occupied a central intersection in the capital Bangkok. As tensions grew, the army garrisoned the area around their encampment, while Abhisit lived at an army base for his own safety and security. Soldiers swept through barriers to forcefully end the protest on May 19, 2010.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, who was in charge of the special security agency set up to contain the protests, arrived with Abhisit to be charged with the same offense.
The two were greeted by DSI chief Tharit Phengdit as they walked smiling through a gauntlet of reporters into the offices of the agency, the Thai equivalent of the FBI in the United States.
The political tide has shifted several times since Thaksin's ouster. His sister Yingluck Shinawatra is now prime minister, while Abhisit leads the opposition as head of the Democrat Party. Tharit was DSI chief during Abhisit's administration, and was widely seen then as his hatchet man for aggressively prosecuting Red Shirt leaders and supporters.
Thaksin is in self-imposed exile to avoid serving a two-year jail term imposed on him for a conflict of interest conviction in 2008. Thaksin's supporters say he was unfairly convicted and would like to see him return without being jailed, while his opponents, such as Abhisit, insist that he not be let off the hook.
The case against Abhisit and Suthep is seen by many as a bargaining chip, to gain support for an amnesty that would cover many of the people charged or convicted of crimes in connection with the political battles after the coup. An amnesty to lift Thaksin's conviction would be would be more politically palatable if it covered Abhisit as well.
However, Abhisit in recent interviews has said he is willing to face justice, implying that Thaksin should take the same position.
About 50 Red Shirt demonstrators gathered peacefully outside DSI headquarters before Abhisit's arrival, seated on the ground and holding framed photos of relatives killed during the protests, as they shouted protests slogans over loudspeakers.
Several expressed the hope that the politicians would take responsibility for their actions and be placed in custody immediately after being charged.
Payao Akkhahad's daughter, Kamolkate, was a volunteer medic who was shot dead while treating injured Red Shirts who were sheltering at a temple after the army swept in.
"Her siblings and relatives have been waiting for this for a long time," said Payao, 47. "This is the first time that a person who has ordered the killing of civilian protesters will be put through legal proceedings. Even though it's late, it's better than a day that never comes at all."
About a dozen people showed up to offer flowers and moral support to Abhisit and Suthep. About 400 policemen were on the scene to maintain the peace, but had little to do.
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0.02373 | <urn:uuid:20f4ccb9-3081-45be-b9c6-724255a6e39b> | en | 0.980848 | Lewis hopes to be hat-trick hero
Jackpot feeling good ahead of PDC World Darts Championship
By Nick Hext. Last Updated: 06/12/12 2:26pm
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Lewis: There are tougher draws than mine
Sky Bet
Adrian Lewis is confident he can win his third PDC World Darts Championship title in a row despite a few troubles on the oche.
The 27-year-old is feeling good ahead of the North London extravaganza but admits his season hasn't gone entirely to plan.
Jackpot finished a disappointing sixth in the Premier League and failed to make a big impact at the recent Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals.
Now Lewis returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs and believes his top form will return for darts' number one tournament.
"I'm confident I can win it again," he told Sky Sports.
"I've had a patchy six months but my form will come good.
"I can't really put my finger on why (the form hasn't been there). Whether it's too much on the exhibition circuits or promotional stuff, I couldn't really tell you."
Lewis believes his previous triumphs at Alexandra Palace come down to "bottle" on the big stage and admits this is what all the hard work throughout the year is for.
"I think it's just about a bit of bottle," he replied when asked for the secret of his World Championship success.
"That's what it comes down to as it's the biggest tournament and everybody knows that.
Main man
"For some reason people don't perform as well as they should do but you've got to go up there and try and enjoy it.
"You put in the work all year just for that one tournament."
Phil Taylor has commented that Lewis is "under pressure" at Ally Pally and Jackpot is fully aware his former mentor is the main man for him to watch out for.
The 27-year-old also expects plenty of other top players to contend for the title but there is still belief that his ability will be enough to make it a hat-trick of titles.
"Phil Taylor is still the main man in my opinion," added Lewis.
"You've got Michael van Gerwen now who won the Grand Prix and lost in the final of the Grand Slam.
"Barney has just won (at the Grand Slam) so his confidence will be high.
"You've still got Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock and James Wade, so it's a really tough field.
"But at the end of the day if you don't believe in your own ability it isn't worth you being there."
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Este documento mostra uma visão geral sobre o framework de segurança do Mozilla Firefox OS, do qual é desenhado para proteger dispositivos móveis das ameaças para a plataforma, apps e dados pessoais. No Firefox OS a fundação Mozilla implementou uma arquitetura bem simplificada, segurança , de várias camadas que traz maior segurança aos donos de dispositivos móveis.
Segurança da plataforma
A segurança do Firefox OS é baseado em vários modelos de camadas, tais camadas de segurança é desenhada para bloquear qualquer tentativa de falha. As medidas de combate da linha de frente é combinada com uma forte estratégia que provê total proteção para qualquer ameaça.
Arquitetura segura
O Firefox OS conecta-se as aplicações web através de sua arquitetura simplificada de hardware, combinando com suas camadas de proteção, cada camada corresponde a um nível de abstração que o protege de qualquer risco, como todas são integradas, esse é o esquema de níveis de cada uma delas:
O dispositivo móvel representa um aparelho inteligente rodando o Firefox OS. Gonk consiste basicamente de um kernel do Linux, bibliotecas, firmwares e drivers do dispositivo como a camera, microfone, etc.
Gecko é a camada de execução de suas aplicações, onde tudo é rodado, desde o navegador até suas apps, assim como acesso as APIs Web, que usam a API para deixar você acessar a Camera, Microfone, Acelerometro.
Gaia é uma suite de apps web que trás até você a experiência do usuário (UX), que consiste basicamente de HTML5,CSS,Javascript, images. Digamos que é a versão da Mozilla para o Twitter Bootstrap.
Gecko é o segurança da plataforma, ele é quem decide o que pode e o que não pode rodar, baseado no esquema de política de segurança aplicada ao Firefox OS, garantindo sempre o bom uso da plataforma tanto para os usuários quanto para desenvolvedores, afastando os usos indevidos da platforma. A camada do Gecko comporta-se como um intermediador entre uma App(Gaia) e o Firefox OS.
Por exemplo se sua App requer acesso a camera, o Gaia requisita, o Gecko verifica se existe permissão, aprovando a permissão ele repassa a informação ao Gonk que entrega o acesso direto ao Gecko.
Todas as funções de hardware do dispositivo são só entregues pelo acesso as APIs Web, não existe jeitinho para tal ou "porta dos fundos". Isso garante segurança ao usuário que irá utilizar sua App.
Implantação de um sistema seguro
Firefox OS já vem instalado em um telefone inteligente (smartphones). A imagem original mais conhecida como ROM é gerada por uma fonte conhecida e segura que possui parcerias de OEM com a Mozilla. Os distribuidores dos smartphones OEM, geralmente eles montam o dispositivo, criam, testam e assinam digitalmente o pacote de distribuição.
As medidas de segurança são usadas em todos os níveis de tecnologia. Privilégios de sistema de arquivo são aplicadas por listas de controle de acesso do Linux (ACLs). Aplicativos do sistema são instalados em um volume que é somente leitura (exceto durante as atualizações, quando é temporariamente leitura e escrita). Apenas as áreas que contenham conteúdo do usuário pode ser de leitura e escrita. Vários componentes do hardware do dispositivo têm embutido proteções que são implementados por padrão como uma prática padrão da indústria. Fabricantes de chipsets, por exemplo, utilizar técnicas de endurecimento para reduzir vulnerabilidades. A plataforma central (Gecko e Gonk) é endurecida para reforçar a sua defesa contra ameaças potenciais, e as características de endurecimento do compilador são usadas quando aplicável. Para mais detalhes, consulte Runtime security.
Secure System Updates
Subsequent upgrades and patches to the Firefox OS platform are deployed using a secure Mozilla process that ensures the ongoing integrity of the system image on the mobile phone. The update is created by a known, trusted source – usually the device OEM – that is responsible for assembling, building, testing, and digitally signing the update package.
A built-in update service – which may be provided by the OEM – on the mobile phone periodically checks for system updates. Once a system package becomes available and is detected by the update service, the user is prompted to confirm installation. Before updates are installed on the mobile device, the device storage is checked for sufficient space to apply the update, and the distribution is verified for:
• update origin (verify the source location protocol:domain:port of the system update and manifest)
• file integrity (SHA-256 hash check)
• code signature (certificate check against a trusted root)
Os procedimentos de segurança abaixo são usados no processo de atualizar:
• Strong cryptographic verification is required before installing a firmware package.
• The system must be in a secure state when the update process starts, with no Web apps running.
App Security
In Firefox OS, all applications are web apps – programs written using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, media, and other open Web technologies (pages running within the browser are not referred to as Web apps in this context). Because there are no binary ("native") applications installed by the user, all system access is mediated strictly through the Web APIs. Even access to the file system is only through Web APIs and a back-end SQLite database – there is no direct access from apps to files stored on the SD card.
Firefox OS limits and enforces the scope of resources that can be accessed or used by an app, while also supporting a wide range of apps with varying permission levels. Mozilla implemented tight controls over what type of applications can access which APIs. For example, only certified apps (shipped with the phone) can have access to the Telephony API. The Dialer app has privileges to access the Telephony API in order to make phone calls, but not all certified apps can access this API. This prevents a scenario, for example, in which an arbitrary third-party app gets installed, dials a pay-per-use phone number (900 and 910), and racks up a large cell phone bill. However, other OEM apps might be selectively given access to the Telephony API. For example, an Operator might provide a systems management application that allows a customer to manage their account, including the ability to phone the Operator’s billing or support office directly.
Apps confiáveis e não confiáveis
Firefox OS organiza os apps em categorias de a acordo com os seguintes tipos:
Nível de confiança
Altamente confiável
Web (everything else)
Não confiável
Regular web content. Includes both installed apps (stored the mobile phone) and hosted apps (stored remotely, with only an app manifest stored on the mobile phone). The manifest for hosted apps can be obtained through a Marketplace.
• Certified apps have permissions to most Web API operations.
• Untrusted apps have permissions to a subset of the Web API operations accessible to Privileged apps. These are only those Web APIs that contain sufficient security mitigations to be exposed to untrusted web content.
Princípio de poucas permissões
Processo de revisão para Apps privilegiadas no Marketplace
Apps empacotadas e Hospedadas
Apps empacotadas
Apps hospedadas
Manifesto da App ( App Manifest)
Exemplo de manifesto
"name": "My App",
"description": "My elevator pitch goes here",
"launch_path": "/",
"icons": {
"developer": {
"name": "Your name or organization",
"url": ""
"default_locale": "en"
Configuraçòes de segurança no manifesto da App
• description - A string specifying the intent behind requesting use of this API. Required.
Origin of the app. Array of origins (scheme+unique hostname) that are allowed to trigger installation of this app. Allows app providers to restrict installs from only an authorized Marketplace (such as
Type of application (web, privileged, or certified).
Firefox OS requires that the manifest be served with a specific mime-type ("application/x-web-app-manifest+json") and from the same fully-qualified host name (origin) from which the app is served. This restriction is relaxed when the manifest app (and thus the app manifest) is same-origin with the page that requested the app to be installed. This mechanism is used to ensure that it's not possible to trick a website into hosting an application manifest.
Execução na caixinha de areia
This section describes application and execution sandboxes.
Aplicativo na caixinha de areia
The following figure provides an overview of this security model.
By isolating each app, its impact is contained within its own worker space. It cannot interfere with anything (such as other apps or their data) outside of that worker space.
Caixinha de areia para execução
B2G (Gecko) runs in a highly-privileged system process that has access to hardware features in the mobile phone. At run-time, each app runs inside an execution environment that is a child process of the B2G system process. Each child process has a restricted set of OS privileges – for example, a child process cannot directly read or write arbitrary files on the file system. Privileged access is provided through Web APIs, which are mediated by the parent B2G process. The parent ensures that, when a child process requests a privileged API, it has the necessary permission to perform this action.
Apps communicate only with the B2G core process, not with other processes or apps. Apps do not run independently of B2G, nor can apps open each other. The only “communication” between apps is indirect (for example, when a listener process detects an event generated by some other process), and is mediated through the B2G process.
Hardware só é acesso pelas APIs Web
Infra estrutura de segurança
The following figure shows the components of this security framework:
• Credential Validation: Authentication of apps/users.
Gerenciamento de permissões e reforços
• permissions associated with calling app (as specified in the manifest and based on the app type)
• permissions required to execute the requested operation (Web API call)
Requisitando permissão do usuário
Processo seguro de atualização da App
• update origin (verify the source location protocol:domain:port of the update and manifest)
• file integrity (SHA-256 hash check)
• code signature (certificate check against a trusted root)
Segurança do dispositivo (Hardware)
Segurança de dados
Código de bloqueio e expiração das telas
Sandboxed Data
As described earlier, apps are sandboxed at run time. This prevents apps from accessing data that belongs to other apps unless that data is explicitly shared, and the app has sufficient permissions to access it.
Serialized Data
Web apps do not have direct read and write access to the file system. Instead, all access to storage occurs only through Web APIs. Web APIs read from, and write to, storage via a an intermediary SQLite database. There is no direct I/O access. Each app has its own data store, which is serialized to disk by the database.
Data Destruction
When a user uninstalls an app, all of the data (cookies, localStorage, Indexeddb, and so on) associated with that application is deleted.
Mozilla is committed to protecting user privacy and user data according to its privacy principles (, which stem from the Mozilla Manifesto ( The Mozilla Firefox Privacy Policy describes how Mozilla collects and uses information about users of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, including what Firefox sends to websites, what Mozilla does to secure data, Mozilla data practices, and so on. For more information, see:
• Do Not Track option
• ability to disable Firefox browser cookies
• ability to delete the Firefox OS browsing history
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0.018489 | <urn:uuid:7c792888-46c7-4900-b64c-097b1cc6e478> | en | 0.897913 | Apple Support Communities: Message List Most recent forum messages en Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:06:45 GMT Jive SBS ( 2013-10-28T12:06:45Z en playlist has up to 50 empty play lists for some artists or albums that I have not put there? <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:2a498e2a-d71a-43da-a3bd-18a8f4352fb8] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>, & growing have spent at least 6 hours with ? supervisors 0 solutions also match, dups and deletes from my albums when used. I spend 80% time on Mac fixing 20% using. Also have soent over $400.00 having Mac in shop for corrupted files, programs move to wrong places, Will not back up time machine to time capusle, wich now shows up as two data files of 1T ea and it is a 3T time capsule.</p><p> Can not afford the money or time to keep it working. Have had two Macbook pros prior with normal problems but iMac should have flown out my window a long time ago. I hate to turn it on because once on I just spend all my time fixing issus. #1 Mac fan prior to iMac. Have given up on support with a 20 issue and 2 fix ratio, that is about 20 hours talking with supervisors that don't know the answers so imagine the hours I spend reading, another pet peave, the answers you get in help. How many answers do you get that have nothing, what so ever, to do with your question? Yes I make my questions simple and to the point.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p> The playlist issue, if anyone knows how to delete the playlists that show up from mars, that is faster than one by one, b ecause at that rate I can not keep up with the incoming duplicating and empty play lists.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p> Does anyone know how to keep your albums locked so that songs do not dissapear and duplicate for no reason? When they duplicate I put the duplicate in trash now thinking that perhaps the Cloud had dups. But I am to the point of bypassing any help subjects because Mac does not know which is why they suggest the community for help. Would you buy another sony TV and a problem, you contacted sony and\ and they told you to call up other sony TV owners to find out how to work it? </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I may sound frustrated but I left that behind quite a while ago, apathetic, numb, tired, pretty much. But thats the american way and how other countries think about our government running us instead of us running it. Actually they mention scared of our government first, apathy second. Do not censor this as political it is just a backwards analogy where the fear comes afterward a chain of failed attempts to fix problems, by the experts, then my mates who are rowing in the upstream in same boat, waiting to row off the edge of the world.</p><p> A bit melodramatic but that is now, not after wasting hours without results. Imediatly after the 15th or 16h time melo would not have work as a  preverb to any of the expressions that escaped from my ordinarily clean speach.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:2a498e2a-d71a-43da-a3bd-18a8f4352fb8] --> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:06:45 GMT 2013-10-28T12:06:45Z 4 months, 2 weeks ago 0 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:58d17dca-1edb-403d-9fd7-9f317126adde] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I am trying to find an application that records conversations on an iPhone, (4S IOS 6.1). I keep hearing that there is a good application out there but everyone I ask can not remember it's name!</p><p>Please help</p><p>murff</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:58d17dca-1edb-403d-9fd7-9f317126adde] --> Sat, 13 Jul 2013 05:56:45 GMT 2013-07-13T05:56:45Z 8 months, 3 days ago 1 0 How would you take a patch and flip it, half mustash missing? <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:c654f547-49d2-47f2-af39-6e40f55b67fc] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>On a boat and half of the mustash is washed out,. Could you take a patch from the other side and flip it or would there be an easier was to burn it in?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Murff</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:c654f547-49d2-47f2-af39-6e40f55b67fc] --> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:32:45 GMT 2012-10-12T01:32:45Z 1 year, 5 months ago 1 0 | https://discussions.apple.com/community/feeds/messages?rssUsername=brianfromar | dclm-gs1-007380000 |
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Zelda: The Charmed Ones by Ilovesnurtlez reviews
"Not again!" Paige screamed. Then a transparent image of a dark skinned man, with flame colored hair appeared. He stretched out his hand, and large triangular light engulfed the women. The next moment they were standing in the middle of a field.
Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 8 - Words: 18,590 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 7 - Updated: 7/8/2012 - Published: 8/7/2011 | https://www.fanfiction.net/Charmed-and-Legend-of-Zelda-Crossovers/95/123/ | dclm-gs1-007540000 |
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Countrycat17 chapter 2 . 9/8/2013
I still don't understand. What does this have to do with Jafar and Dr Facilier?
Guest chapter 1 . 9/8/2013
I don't really get this. Is this before or after the movies?
puddingtalk chapter 1 . 3/24/2011
write moooorrrreeeee
Nausicaa of the Spirits chapter 1 . 2/1/2011
I'm afraid to ask, but who's the girl Jafar's talking about? Jasmine or Tiana? | https://www.fanfiction.net/r/6703963/ | dclm-gs1-007570000 |
0.096136 | <urn:uuid:1e6ccf3b-9982-4e71-bedc-e67fa7b5e1f0> | en | 0.979534 | Musical Interlude
This came from one of those suffle meme things over on LJ. 10 songs, 10 little fics. I picked Jason/Spinelli. I know, what a shock, right? xD Ugh, they seem to alternate between fluffy-scmoopy things and tragic things, so, yeah. None are really higher than K+, though. Boys aren't mine. Enjoy!
Love Me Like The World Is Ending // Ben Lee
They're trapped in the burning mess that was once 122 Harbor View Towers. It's going down in flames, smoke is filling every inch of the building and there are only two people still trapped within the inferno. Jason Morgan and Damian Spinelli.
The elder is holding tight to his self proclaimed protégé. "I'll get you out of here." He coughs through the smoke filling his lungs. "Come on, Spinelli. You have to keep moving." Jason begs, shaking his younger comrade with everything he has.
He brushes the younger's hair from his face and presses a soft kiss to ash covered lips and then throws Spinelli over his shoulder in a fireman's lift.
"I'll get you out." He promises again, as he tries to kick out the door trapping them.
It doesn't budge.
Lie To Me // Stacy Wilde
Spinelli can't believe he's doing this. The lies come more fluidly and naturally than he thought possible. And just like that he's lying. Lying to Jason, to Maxie, to everyone. Believe it or not, lying to Jason hurts more. He tells his master that he's trying to change the way he looks to impress Maximista and the elder believes him without hesitation.
"I think that Maxie likes you for who you are and not how you look." Jason tells him, honestly.
It's better this way. Spinelli makes himself think. He can't drag Stone Cold Down with him in the FBI hunt. Jason is needed here and the Jackal is not. It's better if he runs solo. Better for everyone involved if he just disappears. If it's like he'd never been in Port Charles.
He raises a protest to Jason's comment and finds himself promptly cut off. "Look, we… we need to talk about something. Right now." Jason finally gets out, the words tense and desperate. Spinelli knows he's going to tell him about the plan to run together.
And before Jason can say anything to jeopardize Spinelli's plan, the younger man is making up some excuse about a rendezvous with Maximista. More lies that come so easily.
How Far We've Come // Matchbox 20
Can it really have been nearly three years since Stone Cold saved him from the clutches of Darth Alcazar?
It certainly doesn't feel like it, Spinelli muses, lounging quite sleepily on the bed in Jason's room. Their room, really. They've been together for several months now, and living together is something they've long since mastered. Working together, living together, and now just taking that one step further.
"You still awake?" Jason asks, falling into bed beside the younger man upon stripping down to his boxers.
"Affirmative. Just musing on how far we've come since you locked me in a closet so long ago."
Jason ducks his head with an awkward laugh. "That was a long time ago."
"Indeed. I suppose we're even. I did drag you out of one, anyway." He muses, and grins like lightning when lips press softly against his own.
I Wanna // The All American Rejects
How did he miss this?
He watches his young protégé with hawk eyes as he dances happily at the party. Spinelli keeps shooting him looks that Jason had been having trouble identifying up til just now.
"Go." Maxie pesters him, for what is not the first time, and now he gets it. How did she see this?
"Are you-?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Now go." She demands, shoving him rather ungracefully towards Spinelli.
His hand lands on Spinelli's shoulder, and the other man beams up at him when he realizes what's going on. "Wanna dance?" Jason asks awkwardly. And since when is he a nervous highschooler? What is this kid doing to him?
"Most definitely, Stone Cold." Spinelli answers, and suddenly they're touching and moving and Jason hopes Spinelli knows that he's trapped now. Never going anywhere.
Six Days // DJ Shadow Ft. Mos Def (Tokyo Drift)
It takes six days for everything to come crashing down in the town of Port Charles. Sonny and Jason have been in negotiations for weeks now over how they're going to go about working together again, combining Zacchara and Corinthos-Morgan territories. The day after they finally seem to agree on anything, Jason gets the news.
"Jason!" Maxie tells him. "Jason! Oh, God… You have to get to the hospital right now. Spinelli's been shot."
And he does. He's broken nearly every traffic law ever made in order to get there, and he's nearly too late.
It takes six hours for Spinelli to fade out of existence. Six hours of torture for Maxie and Jason, who can only watch on while the doctors try to keep him comfortable. Six hours in which Jason is planning revenge.
"It was Sonny." Maxie tells him, in between hoarse sobs. "Sonny did this."
"Okay." Jason agrees, and now he has a target in mind for that revenge. "Okay, don't worry. I'll make him pay."
It takes six minutes to find Sonny on the docks and six seconds more to end him.
How To Be Dead // Snow Patrol
"Stone Cold?" Spinelli calls hesitantly from the door of the Penthouse. It's dark, and until Jason speaks, he'd been convinced the older man wasn't home.
"Yeah?" Comes the reply from the man hidden in shadow on the sofa.
Spinelli snakes in the door, crossing the room to sit beside his master, the lights still out. "I, ugh, that is… The Jackal thought about the confession you made to him. Concerning your feelings, and, ugh, I reciprocate them, as it were."
Jason looks up in something between surprise and confusion. But the look on Spinelli's face tells him in sincerity that he means what he's said. "You're sure?"
"Indeed I am." He answers, and his hand lands on Jason's.
No Matter What // Stephen Gately & Ronan Keating
Neither of them cares what is made of their relationship. It's new and vulnerable and fragile and they are both willing to ignore the insults and attacks made against them because they don't want to hide.
Out of everyone, Sonny's been the worst, but that's hardly surprising. He's always hated Spinelli, so Jason giving him one more reason to do so was kind of an expected caveat. They've gotten to the point of restraining orders against him.
But, neither Jason or Spinelli are concerned enough to stop their normal activities. It's only fair that they should be able to act like a couple when they're in public. Spinelli's always touching him, and Jason usually has an arm thrown over Spinelli's shoulder's if nothing else.
Plus, they do have some people on their side. Robin and Patrick and Matt don't seem to care. Maxie, while still a little miffed at Jason for stealing Spinelli from her - through no intent of his own – is usually saying something about how cute they are.
Such remarks never go over well with Jason, though.
But no matter what, they're not letting anyone else affect their interactions in public because they're in love and no one is stopping them.
Starfish & Coffee (Live) // Matt Nathanson
Jason often comes home to Spinelli doing something strange or odd. This one takes the prize, though.
"If you asked her what she had for breakfast, this is what she'd say… Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam. Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham. And if you set your mind free, baby, maybe you'll understand. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam…" Spinelli is singing a purely ridiculous song.
"What are you doing?" Jason asks, a wide smile on his face even as he questions the ostentatious music. It's also radiating from the stereo system, so clearly someone else is equally as unhinged.
Spinelli jumps at his voice, having been intently lining up a shot on the pool table. "Oh! Stone Cold! There you are."
The elder grabs his own pool cue and joins Spinelli at the game. "What are we listening to?"
"It is a cover of a Prince song. Catchy, wouldn't you agree?"
"It is… something. I'm not sure catchy is the word."
Spinelli laughs and changes the track to a more well-known song by the same artist. "Better?"
"Not really. It's stuck in my head." Jason responds, because the chorus is evidently now on permanent repeat in his head.
Spinelli nods and changes the song back. "I feel your pain, as it were."
One Night Love Affair // Bryan Adams
Spinelli wakes up alone in Jason's bed. And then it hits him that this wasn't what he'd wanted out of last night's rather drunken and desperate endeavor. "Stone Cold?" He calls out, just in case this isn't what he thinks it is.
No answer comes and he climbs out of bed, still naked and a little bit sticky. He pulls on his hurriedly discarded shorts and heads for the door, finding the penthouse deserted and quiet.
"Stone Cold?" He repeats, and by now he's wandered downstairs. The lights are off, but there's a note tapes to the front door.
Be back later. That's all it says, and Spinelli slides down the door to curl his arms around his knees. He resolves that if this is how Jason is going to handle the situation, like a one night stand kind of thing that doesn't matter at all, he'll do the same. Or… he'll try to anyway.
The door tries to open behind him and he quickly scrambles out of the way, frantically wiping at tears that he hadn't known had fallen.
"Spinelli?" Comes Jason's concerned voice. He has breakfast from Kelly's in one hand and his keys in the other. "What's wrong?"
"I… nothing." He answers quickly. "You went out to get breakfast?" He asks, taking in the bags.
"Cody called me about some trouble on the docks, I got the food on my way back." Jason explains. "I didn't think you'd be awake yet." He sets the bags down on the desk by the door and moves closer to Spinelli. "What's wrong?" He asks again.
Spinelli is almost smiling now. "I… I thought that… Last night…"
Jason cuts off such thoughts with a deep kiss.
Never Gonna Leave Your Side // Daniel Beddingfield
When Jason first sees Spinelli alive and okay and also slightly in trouble in LA, it feels as if a thousand pound weight has been lifted off his shoulders. That aforementioned trouble is dealt with quickly enough between himself, Sam, and - as much as he hates to include her - Agent Leeds. And, despite the fact that his actions are very much out of character, he pulls Spinelli into his arms. "you're never, ever doing anything like this again, got it?" He asks, and it is very much not a question.
Surprisingly, Spinelli relaxes against his hold and nods against his chest. "Affirmative, Stone Cold."
"Good." Jason says, and his arms reluctantly release his younger friend. "You're stuck with me."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." Spinelli grins, and Jason can tell he's been missed as much as Jason's been missing him. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4910626/1/Musical-Interlude | dclm-gs1-007650000 |
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On the Run Again
As Light sat up blinking bleary eyes, he couldn't help but think – just how many times was this guy going to show up at his motel room? At least this time the assassin brought coffee instead of a baseball bat, but still. The situation was too surreal. Well, no, it passed surreal a long time ago. Now it was just nerve-wracking.
And where was L?
A sinking feeling made itself known in the pit of Light's stomach.
Three billion dollars . . .
"Mornin' Asian guy! You want some coffee?" asked Tank, waving a cup towards Light.
"Uh, no, not right now, thanks. Where's Ryuuzaki?" asked Light, his eyes darting around the room. Yes, all of L's things were missing. Although, Light's duffle bag still sat on the low dresser next to the TV. He could feel it – the panic – licking at the edges of his mind, but he kept it at bay. He needed his head about him.
"Ruuu -? Ohhhh! You mean Spike? Uhhhhh, damn, Asian guy, I hate to break it to ya, but dude took off reaaaal early this morning. Just threw his shit in that nice ass car and dipped. I, uhh, hope it wasn't one of those one night stand kind of things. Awkward as hell. I've had my fair share of those, let me tell ya. Remember that one time I told you I tried college? Yeah, totally did the walk of shame. I still had whipped cream and crap all over me. But, not like, real crap or anything. That's more Greg's sty- . . .Umm, yeah. Sorry, I get chatty when I'm nervous. My mother always told me it would get me in trouble one day," shrugged Tank, who had set the coffee on the table and made himself at home sitting in one of the small chairs.
"Right," said Light, his mind still stuck on the notion of L leaving him now, of all times. Something wasn't right, and his suspicions about Tank, planted by L, began rising ever higher as each second L wasn't there ticked by. Lawli wouldn't leave him. He just wouldn't.
"So why are you here?" asked Light, and then, once he had caught on to what Tank said, added, "And what the hell are you nervous about?"
Tank? Nervous? The thought did little to keep him calm, and Light had to take a small breath to focus himself. His mind was being pulled a hundred diferent ways, and they all led to the conclusion that L was in trouble – had to be in trouble - because L would never just leave. And if L was in trouble, then Light had to save him. Simple as that. Now he just needed to figure out how, and the first step to that was to keep Tank talking. He needed to know what was going on.
Tank sighed, bringing Light back from his thoughts. Tank, crossing his arms behind his head, looked up at the ceiling.
"Okay, well, first I thought that Spike kidnapped you, and I was all pissed off. But I kept remembering how close you two were, and I was like, nahh, Spike wouldn't hurt the Asian guy. So I figured I'd just check in on you two and make sure everything was gravy. But then I got a call from my real boss, and she said I had to bring you in for questioning – still don't know how she knew I knew you. Maybe she doesnt? Oh well, anyway, she said if anyone got in the way, I should get rid of 'em. And I thought that was kinda shitty, you know? I mean, damn, the only one who'd get in the way is Spike, and he's like your bff. That would be a totally fucked up thing for me to do to the guy who saved my life. So I figured I'd just, you know, knock the little man out or something, but then I get here and dude's, like, right in the middle of getting the hell outta dodge, so yeah, makes my job easier. Now I just gotta bring you to my boss, and that makes me nervous, because she's not as nice as I am – she's a bitch – and I like you! She does shitty things to people to make them talk! Not cool when it comes to my friends."
Light took a moment to let everything Tank just said sink in. It was hard to keep up with the man while he talked without pause or breath. He frowned.
There was no way in hell he was going to go with Tank. Not with L missing. Not when Tank had proven himself to have ulterior motives than merely being his friend. Real boss? What the hell was that all about? Who was this guy?
"Why were you ordered to bring me in for questioning? And by who? Who's your real boss? And what makes you think I'd go with you?" asked Light, his eyes flashing to the door, calculating the chances of making it out without Tank catching him. He took another look at Tank's bulky frame. Yep, wasn't looking too good for the home team. Damn it. Maybe he could knock the assassin out?
Tank hesitated, obviously searching for words.
Light groaned internally, once again sweeping his eyes up and down Tank's bulky frame and calculating the chances of Light getting past him. There was no way in hell he was going to get out of this one, was there? Not unless some miracle happened, and with his track record, he seriously doubted there was any miracle forth coming.
Tank sighed. "Man, fuck all this secrecy shit. Okay, look, I'm really part of the British secret service -"
"MI-5?" interrupted Light, his eyes widening. What the fuck? What did MI-5 want with him? And Tank was really a government agent? What?
"Yeah! How did you know? I thought you were foreign – oh, wait, your parents were in the service. Duh. I forgot about that."
"How do you know about my parents?" asked Light, suspicions rising even further. What the hell was going on here?
"Dude! One question at a time! Asian people are so curious! Geez! I know because Greg's my best friend, and because MI-5's been looking for Light Layfield for a loooong time. I just didn't put two and two together until my boss told me to bring you in, which was stupid of me. It's not like your name is John Smith or something. I don't know, man, apparently you have access to some shit that could possible blow up the world or something if evil people get it. Like I said, I don't know, I just do the grunt work and spy on old dick face, who's apparently the evil guy the blow up thingie was stolen from. Wait, that didn't sound right. But, well, I wouldn't put it past the nasty old geezer to have a blow up thingie hidden in his closet, but, ugh, I'll stop. Bad mental images."
Light's head spun, and he leaned forward, staring at Tank intently.
"Are you saying that you're an undercover MI-5 agent spying on Roger? And your boss thinks I have access to some sort of weapon that was stolen from Roger that could blow up the earth? So she wants you to bring me in to see if I know where the weapon is?" asked Light, trying to make sense of what Tank was saying, his confusion mounting.
Tank grinned. "Yeah! That sums it up in a nutshell! I knew you'd get what I'm saying! You're Asian!"
"But I don't know about any fucking weapon! I just want to go home!" yelled Light, his anger finally getting the best of him. However, his accidental admission shocked him into the realization that all he really wanted to do was go home. He didn't care about spies, or weapons, or Roger, or Death Notes, or his dead parents – he just wanted to go home. But first he had to find Lawli, because Light could never go home without L. There wouldn't be any point. The other man was his home.
Tank raised his hands, looking guilty. "Woah, Asian guy! Don't shoot the messenger! I'm just telling you what's up! I mean, I don't know that you've got some crazy ass weapon exactly. I'm just guessing because she made it sound like serious business, and weapons that'll blow up the earth are serious business."
"So what exactly am I supposed to have that she wants?" growled Light, clenching his fist.
Tank shrugged. "Something that was stolen from old dick face?"
"I don't have anything that was stolen from Roger. Everything I have is in that duffle bag by the TV. You're more than welcome to look through it," said Light, gesturing towards his duffle.
"Damn I'm not good at this. I usually just go in and knock people out. I'm shit at trying to explain things. Look, man, I'm liking this about as much as you are. Hell, you're practically family considering your Greg's nephew, but orders are orders, and I've been in enough trouble with that bitch that I can't afford to get into any more," said Tank, a sad look on his face.
"So that's it, then? You're just going to drag me to your boss to be, and I can only surmise from your ealier words, tortured for information on something that I don't even know about?" asked Light.
Tank looked pained. "Asian guy -"
"I don't make friends easily, Tank. I honestly felt like I had made one the day I met you. Obviously, I was wrong," said Light, looking away from the other man. Maybe if he got Tank to feel bad enough he'd let him go. Light had to stop himself from snorting. Ha. Like that would happen. He was so fucked.
"Ahhh, shit," said Tank, standing up abruptly and pulling out a gun.
Light threw himself over the side of the bed, his heart in his throat. Shit! Maybe he shouldn't have said that. Light squeezed his eyes shut. He couldn't bare to look at Tank pointing a fucking gun at him. He hated guns, and now it looked like -
Light flinched hard at the sound, and it took him a second to realize that the pained whimper wasn't coming from him, as he would have expected, but from someone on the other side of the room. Light peeked over the edge of the bed, his eyes widening in shock.
"Tank! What the hell did you just do?" yelled Light, stumbling to his feet and to the groaning man on the floor.
"Here," said Tank, shoving a blood covered gun into Light's hands. Light barely kept himself from dropping it.
"Tank -"
"I'll be f-fine, A-asian guy. It's just a . . . shoulder wound. Take the gun, and r-run. Get out of the country if you c-can. I'll tell that bitch that -" cough "-you shot me and g-got away."
"No one would believe that! And I just can't just leave you here!" shouted Light, at a loss.
"Yes you can! B-b-but, we're e-even now, 'kay A-asain guy? D-don't let me find you again. Take my c-car! Go! R-run, Asian guy! They'll be here any m-minute! Go!" coughed Tank, pointing at the door.
Light grabbed his duffle bag, and ran, taking one more horrified look at the man bleeding on the floor. He practically fell down the stairs to the ground floor, and it was only when he'd scrapped his toe on the rough concrete of the stairs did he realize he had forgotten his shoes, but it was only a passing thought and not important What mattered now was getting the hell out of there before whoever Tank mentioned was on the way arrived.
His eyes immediately zeroed in on Tank's car, having recognized it from when he first rode in it with L, and he was beyond relieved to find the door unlocked and the keys in the ignition. He threw his duffle bag into the backseat and slammed the car door. He turned the key, half expecting the car to sputter, but it started just fine, and Light wasted no time in pealing out of the motel parking lot.
Blueberries were God's gift to mankind. This loaded theory was confirmed somewhere around the second or third blueberry muffin that he'd eaten.
He flicked the windshield wipers on once it became hard to see out.
It was drizzling, but this was England. It was always either drizzling or all out pouring, but L paid no mind. He only thought about how nice it was to have this fifth – warm! - blueberry muffin in his hand. His toes wiggled appreciately against the peddle, making the car jump. He blinked, scolding himself for not paying enough attention to the road.
He hoped Light liked the chips he'd picked out for him. Who knew the grocery store had so many different kinds of barbeque chips to choose from?
As L pulled onto the street where the motel was, he narrowly avoided being side swiped by some lunatic that looked suspiciously like – wait. Was that?
The car that had almost slammed into him screeched to a stop, and L found himself stopping his car too.
Surely it wasn't -
He was so shocked when Light jumped out of the other car that the blueberry muffin he had been eating fell from his slack jawed mouth.
"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?" screamed Light, as he ran to L's car, leaving the vehicle he had been driving running, car door wide open, in the middle of the road.
The brunet jerked on the door handle repeatedly.
"Goddamnit, Lawli! Open the fucking car!"
L, not needing to be told twice, pressed the unlock button. Light threw the door open, tossing his duffle into the back, and himself into the passenger's seat.
"Light? What -" started L, his eyes widening in concern once he realized that Light was covered in blood.
"Just drive! Get us the fuck out of here!" yelled Light.
L didn't need to be told twice, throwing the car into reverse, and screeching it around in the opposite direction of the motel.
"What happened to you? Are you alright? Do you require medical attention?" asked L, trying to study the blood covered Light and the road at the same time.
"Never mind what happened to me! What happened to you? Why the hell would you pack up your shit and leave me?"
"Did you not see the note?" asked L, confused, and still more than a little concerned at the amount of blood that was covering his friend.
"Wha- note?"
"Is that you're blood?"
"No! I didn't see a -"
"I left it on the bathroom counter."
"Why the hell would you leave it on the bathroom counter?"
"Because that's where Light-kun usually goes first thing in the morning. And he's stays there for quite some time, grooming himself. I figured it would be a safe bet," said L, giving Light a pointed look.
Light's mouth twitched, and L could tell that the other man was holding himself back from punching him. Good. Wouldn't go over well while L was trying to navigate the sudden, heavy traffic he'd found himself in.
"Where the hell -" started Light, sounding more than agitated.
"I went to pick up breakfast," said L, holding up a grocery bag filled with pasteries. "And I went ahead and packed the car. I knew by the time I returned, we would need to check out."
L pointed to the clock on the dashboard. "See? It's almost 10. That's when we needed to check out."
Light sighed explosively. "Goddamnit, L. What did you tell me last time I disappeared on you? You should have woken me up! Or taken me with you!"
L bristled. "I tried to wake you up, but Light-kun is a heavy sleeper. I assumed I'd be back before you awoke."
"Yeah, well look how well that plan turned out," said Light, pulling out a bloody gun from under his shirt and throwing it onto the floor board of the car.
L raised an eyebrow. "So why is Light-kun covered in blood and carrying a gun?"
"Huh, well, maybe you'd know if you had stuck around for the show!"
"You're being difficult on purpose," pointed out L, who took a particular sharp curve going faster than he should. Light's head slammed against the window.
"Seatbelt, Light-kun," murmurmed L.
"Fuck you, Lawli," growled Light, rubbing at the side of his head.
L didn't follow that particular insult up with a comeback, letting Light stew until he was ready to tell him what was going on. It didn't take long.
"Fucking Tank burst into the room this morning," started Light.
"Tank?" interrupted L, checking once again to see that the blood Light was covered in wasn't his own.
"Yeah, Tank. You were right to be suspicious of him, but he's not after you. He's an undercover MI-5 agent. He was sent by his boss at MI-5 to retrieve me for interrogation. More like torture, according to Tank."
L blinked. "That's -"
"And then the bastard took out his own gun and shot himself!" exclaimed Light.
"He's dead?" asked L, more than confused by what Light was telling him.
"No, at least, I hope not. The way he was talking bout it, he'll be fine. He told me we're even now, which I suppose we are, but I figured we were when he didn't kill me at Whammy's, but I guess that doesn't matter now. He gave me the gun and his car and told me to get out of the country because MI-5 would be at the motel at any minute, and when they found him, they'd start looking for me."
"What does MI-5 want with you?" asked L. He was obviously missing something. Did it have something to do with Light's biological parents?
"Apparently I have access to a weapon that will blow up the world," said Light, deadpanned.
L wasn't exactly sure what to say to that. He almost brought up the Death Note, but held his tongue. He knew how sensitive Light was to that subject.
"I don't fucking know, okay? Tank didn't know either – that's just what he guessed. The only thing I know for sure is that MI-5 has apparently been looking for me for a "loooong time," - here Light threw up the universal quotation fingers - "because I apparently have something of Roger's that was stolen from him years ago. I can only assume by my parents – why else would MI-5 think I have it? - but Tank didn't come out and say it, and -"
Light stopped.
L shot him quick glances between watching the road and the asshole who was tailgating him.
"And? . . . And what, Light?" asked L. Obviously Light had just come to some sort of realization, and L hated being in the dark about it. He made it a point not to be in the dark (figuratively and literally).
Light slammed his fist down on the armrest.
"That fucking piece of paper! That has to be it! Whatever's on that paper must somehow tell the location of the weapon. Or whatever the bloody thing is. Yeah, it makes sense. My biological father, who was in the MI-5, gave the paper to his brother, who gave it to me. And my mother, also in the MI-5, was the adopted daughter of Roger, so she was in the perfect position to steal whatever it was that she stole! And if that piece of paper wasn't important, then Greg wouldn't have hung on to it all these years. It makes sense!"
"It does make sense. However, I still do not see where I come into play in this conspiracy," said L, rubbing his thumb against his bottom lip.
"Yeah, I haven't figured that part out yet either," admitted Light, leaning back into his seat.
"Well, I suppose I'll have to reschedule our flight to Japan. We can't very well fly out of London next week if we must escape the country today," said L, biting around his thumb in thought.
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea. Where are we going to go?" asked Light.
"I'm thinking Germany," said L.
"You remember Aiber, don't you?" asked L.
Light nodded. "We're going to him?"
"He has a safe house in Germany, and he's one of the only people I'd trust with our safety until we can get out of Europe. Obviously the government is looking for you, whether because you're a murder suspect or you supposedly have knowledge of a secret weapon that may or may not have the power to blow up the world. Either way, there'll be a manhunt for you now, so contracting Aiber to aid us, who is most certainly not involved in the government in any legal ways, is our best option. I would suggest flying to Japan today, but -" L pulled out the numbered paper.
"There's a bank in Germany that we need to visit, which makes Aiber all the better choice," said L, handing the paper to Light.
Light's eyes roamed the paper. "You figured it out?"
"Between the second and third muffin. It's a very simple code. So simple that it took me quite a few hours to break it. I studied it for awhile after you had gone to bed, but I only figured it out this morning," said L.
"So what is it?" asked Light, turning the paper around, as if expecting the answer to jump out at him.
"It's -"
"Coordinates! Latitude and longitude! And . . . wait, you said a bank? An account number? Ah, here!"
Apparently it did jump out at him. L scowled. It had taken him ages, but he consoled himself with the fact that he figured it out first. One point to him.
"Correct. Along with what I can only assume is a four digit personal pin number for identification purposes."
"So we're going to Germany to check it out?" asked Light.
"And we're staying with Aiber once we get there," finished L.
Light sighed. "This is a huge mess."
"Yes, Light-kun. It is."
"So how are we going to get out of the country?" asked Light.
"Europe works a little differently than Japan. We'll take the train. We won't need passports, but you still have yours on you, right?" asked L.
"Yeah, it's in my duffle," confirmed Light.
"Good. Then I only need Aiber to make one fake passport."
"But how did you get – oh. Private plane. I forgot," said Light, rolling his eyes.
"I'll introduce you to the pleasures of private air transport. You'll never be able to fly public again," promised L.
"Sure, sure," agreed Light, putting his seat down. "I'm exhausted."
"I'll wake you when we get to the station, if you care to sleep" said L, his eyes spending more time than necessary on Light's lithe form.
"Feel free to change clothes at anytime, Light-kun."
". . .Ass."
It was at this moment that L noticed in his review mirror that the man who had been tailgating them for several miles was aiming a gun out of his window.
A/N: Ahh, the plot thickens - again. Squee! OMG! I had another "Ohhh shit that would be sooooo fucked up" moment. And it's bad. Like, anybody remember the last time I had that moment? I killed Light! BWAHAHAHA! OMG I'm so excited. I can't waaaaait. Actually, I have one really big OMG that's so fucked up moment, and then a minor one coming along laaater! Oh, wait, make that 1 big one, a minor one, then another big one! OHH WOW I'M SO EXCITED!
Happy Holidays! I hope I'll have another one up before I leave (yay east tn!), but if I don't, I'll see ya'll later! Feel free to say something! XD
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Tomoe waited silently as the doctor did his work.
She was seated by the fireside, her calm face betraying none of the emotions that raged within as she watched the elderly man tend to the red-haired figure that lay before her.
She watched anxiously as he cleaned, sewed and bandaged his wounds, checking his pulse and administering medicine at regular intervals. At last, after what seemed like an eternity, the doctor rose and wiped the sweat from his brow.
"I'll be honest with you." he said finally. "When you brought me here, he was in a pretty bad shape. Multiple lacerations, a fractured collarbone, some rather nasty bruises, poison in his bloodstream..."
"Then..." Tomoe raised her head, her eyes widened with worry.
"He'll be all right." the old man added in a gentler tone. "His injuries are many, but none of them are life-threatening. He has a remarkably strong constitution. But it begs the question: how did he end up in such a state? What happened?" There was a hint of suspicion in his voice as he stared at the dried blood on Tomoe's clothes.
Tomoe was at a loss for words. The doctor must have heard the rumours. What if he had realised the identity of the red-haired man? What if he-
"Forgive me." he said, as if he had guessed her thoughts. "It is none of my buisness. You have nothing to fear from me. It would be pointless for me to save someone's life if I were to condemn them to death immediately afterwards." He handed her a small bag. "Give him a spoonful of this medicine every six hours. And his bandages should be changed once a day."
Tomoe accepted the medicine gratefully and paid him his fee. As he prepared to leave, she called out to the small figure that lay in the shadowy corner of the cottage. "Enishi!"
The boy stirred from his sleep and, seeing her, sat up attentively.
"Please escort Dr. Hiroshi back to his clinic."
Enishi remained seated, unwilling to leave his sister's side. "Please don't trouble." said the doctor. "I can make it back on my own."
"The snowfall is heavy." answered Tomoe. "Please, Enishi..." Didn't he understand? She needed to be alone, alone with him...
Enishi glanced between her and the sleeping figure with a scowl. Reluctantly, he rose up and followed the doctor to the door.
"Make sure you're wrapped up warmly."
As the shoji slid shut behind her, she once again turned her attention to the unconscious figure. His eyes were closed, his breathing steady. His smooth, round face was marred only by a diagonal scar on his left cheek.
Kenshin Himura. The man she loved. The man she had betrayed.
Then, for the first time since that terrible incident, Tomoe allowed herself to cry.
She broke down, trembling uncontrollably, tears rolling down her cheeks and on to her blood-stained kimono. It was all her fault. She knew, she could have prevented this, but she didn't... she betrayed him, even after she forgave him, after he had sworn to protect her happiness...
The scene remained as vivid as though it were happening before her very eyes. She doubted that she would ever forget the memories, no matter how much she wanted to.
Waking up in an abandoned hut, confused, hearing sounds of battle, opening the door to see Kenshin blind and deaf, locked in mortal combat, beaten into the ground...
Remembering Kiyosato, not wanting her second love to follow his fate, rushing forward with the tantō in her hand, ready to die for him...
And she had almost succeeded. She remembered feeling the body of the ninja stiffen as she plunged the knife into his back, remembered seeing the tip of Kenshin's blade as it sliced through his body, missing her by mere inches, raining blood on her for the second time.
She remembered standing there, paralysed with shock, as her lover fell upon the reddening snow. Hearing Enishi's cry as he ran towards them, intending to finish him off. Remembered pulling herself together just in time to stop him...
And then they had helped him home, together; three damaged people.
Now he was sleeping beside her, grievously wounded in heart and body. He was alive, and so was she. Fate had spared them both, but that did not give her much comfort.
Now that she was assured of his life, she felt no further desire to prolong her own. Her life was worthless. She had failed to avenge Kiyosato, and she had failed in protecting Kenshin. She was unworthy of him, a vile, fickle, treacherous creature. She felt ashamed for every moment she spent by his side, and would have liked nothing better than to rid him of her unworthy presence.
But she couldn't. Not yet. Not till she had seen to it that he had risen above the pathetic state her actions had left him in...
His voice was faint, barely a whisper, but it was enough to pull her out of her musings.
"Tomoe... no..."
Immediately, she moved closer on her hands and knees. His face was agitated, his breathing uneasy. He was having a nightmare. Tomoe laid a hand on his feverish brow. Another closed around his hand under the blankets, trying to comfort him.
Then his eyes snapped open, and all of sudden Tomoe found herself enveloped in a crushing hug.
"Tomoe..." he muttered hoarsely, tightening his embrace. "I saw.. I had a dream... swords, and explosions..."
Gasping for breath, she slowly wrapped her arms around her husband, trying to soothe him, all thoughts of suicide forgotten. "Shh... It's only a dream.."
"But I killed you!" he yelled despondently. "I saw it... my sword cutting through you..." He loosened his embrace and pulled away to look at her. "I failed to protect you..."
"No, you didn't." She said firmly. I'm the one who failed. She gently caressed the scar on his cheek. Kiyosato's last mark... "All is well now, my love."
"Tomoe..." he said, in a gentle voice. "I love you."
She could not suppress her guilt at these words. "I love you too.. anata."
He leaned in and kissed her fiercely, and repeated the words that had changed her life only a day before. "Tomoe.. I will protect your happiness."
Then she looked into his eyes, and she saw the depth of the pain, and regret, and love reflected in those violet orbs, and she knew then that whether she deserved it or not, she would never leave his side ever again.
They embraced once more, lost in each other's warmth. "Together.." continued Kenshin. "till death do us part."
"No." answered Tomoe, smiling on his shoulder. "Forever."
January 15, 1865,
Today, Katsura-san came to meet us.
The war is on again. Kenshin does not have to be a Hitokiri any more, thank God, but his skills are still needed by the Ishin Shishi. He has agreed to lend Katsura his sword again as soon as he has recovered.
His decision pains me, but I understand him better than anyone; he must finish what he started, or else everything he has done will be in vain.
Once upon a time, I hated this man and risked everything to bring about his death. But now I love him more dearly than anything else, and as his wife, I will remain by his side no matter what. I will help him fight through these dark times, and afterwards I will help him atone for his actions for the remainder of our lives. This is my own atonement.
It will not be easy. There will be more threats, many more dangers in the future. But for now, we are together.
Author's note: Hmm, it came out a tad sappier than I'd intended... Well, on to the explanations:
As silly as it sounds, I'm a guy who likes happy endings. Needless to say, I wasn't pleased when I watched the ending of Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal and read the Remembrance arc in the manga(not to say they weren't great). In my opinion, Kenshin and Tomoe deserved a better fate, though obviously it wouldn't have been as good story-wise.
After seeing the nearly-dead state of the Tomoe community here on FF, along with the scarcity of K/T AU fics, I decided to join up and write a few of my own. So you could say fics like these were the main reason for me to become a writer, and that I've been waiting to write this fic ever since I started writing.
This fic is actually the alternate version of the first chapter of a multi-part fic that I'd been thinking of writing since December. The latter fic(told from Kenshin's POV rather than Tomoe's) is something I'm holding off writing till later this year because of its size and complexity, and the fact that I'm awkward at writing romance.
And now the interesting part. Even in AU fics such as this one I try to be as realistic as possible within the context of the fictional universe I'm dabbling in. So to explain how Tomoe was saved, I steered clear of implausible or supernatural reasons. She doesn't miraculously survive being slashed through the torso, nor is she resurrected afterwards. Rather, she is never slashed in the first place.
All I did was to recreate the death scene(manga version) in my head and apply plain logic to it: since Tatsumi(the final ninja) had his back to the hut while fighting Kenshin, Tomoe uses common sense and charges him from the back instead of strangely deciding to run around him and attack him from the front(which is what put her in the path of Kenshin's sword). Since her body wasn't shielding him, Kenshin takes an extra blow(hence the broken collarbone), but overall it seemed more logical to me than even the canon version.
If you read all the way down here, a double thanks to you. Please review.
PS: Now that I've got this fic out of my system, I'm afraid I have little choice but to put all my fanfics on the backburner for the time being. You see, my end-of-semester exams are just around the corner and thanks to an atrocious performance last semester I have to work twice as hard this time round. I'm especially sorry towards all those who've been waiting for an update to 'The Birth of a Swordheart'. If it's any consolation, I plan on adding a major story arc in June. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5029407/1/Together | dclm-gs1-007690000 |
0.038026 | <urn:uuid:c5cf2504-ac81-489d-b6d5-b14e878d50cd> | en | 0.987293 | Divine Intervention
"O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight"
December 25, 1945
Standing at the edge of the jagged cliff, the crisp morning wind whipping her hair from its tight bun, Minerva McGonagall closed her eyes and cocked her head to meet the wind head on. Her cheeks pinked from the frosty chill, she opened her eyes, gazing out at the white-capped waves crashing against the rocks below and gasped when the somber hues of evening gave way to the brilliant sun cresting on the horizon.
"It never ceases to be amazing, does it?"
Sucking in her breath, Minerva spun around, losing her balance when his voice interrupted her morning ritual. "Wh-who are you?" she rasped, managing to find purchase when a strong, warm hand clasped her arm. When she looked up, her eyes met a warm, brown gaze, slightly crinkled with age, surrounded by fluffy, white hair and capped with a smile that instantly brought a curve to her lips.
"Who I am is of no consequence to you, my dear. It is who I represent that matters," he chirped, watching her. "Let's just say I am the ghost of Christmas present, and I have come to give you a little direction."
"Direction? But I—"
"Tut, tut," he replied, thrusting his finger in front of her mouth.
Raising her eyebrows in disbelief, Minerva frowned and crossed her arms.
"Just give me a moment and all will be clear. There are greater things at work here, and He just felt that those involved needed just a tiny shove in the right direction." His smile widened, and he chuckled at her quizzical look. "I see you have no idea what I am talking about. I am sure you know why—or should I say, who—is responsible for the survival of wizarding kind and the end of the war? Someone you were rather fond of, I thought."
"You are talking about Albus," she whispered when he leaned away from her.
"Indeed, I am. And he needs you."
Turning away, she let out a lengthy breath. "He will never need me the way I long for him."
"Oh, but that is where you are wrong, my dear. But you will have to go to him to figure out how wrong you are. There is no other way."
Slowly, Minerva twisted around to look at him, and he beamed at her. "What do you mean, he needs me?"
Reaching out, the little man took her hand, squeezing it gently. "Do not question it, just go to him, and you will have your answer," he countered and faded from sight.
In the stillness before dawn, Albus Dumbledore lay motionless on the hospital bed. Little by little, he gathered the strength to face another day. Opening his eyes, he squinted as pale light poured in through the window. He was drained: magically, physically, and emotionally. He should be elated, but all he seemed able to feel was a sense of loss. Gellert, his friend so many years ago, had been taken alive; however, he was no longer the carefree boy Albus had known. In addition, so many others had lost their lives.
Slipping from the corner of his eye, a silent tear traveled to his pillow while a gentle breeze announced the soundless opening of the door. His eyes shifted to the woman framed there, and he felt his spirit lift slightly. Raising his hand in a nonchalant gesture, he rubbed his cheek to erase the evidence of his melancholy, but couldn't find the energy to smile at his visitor.
Their eyes settled on one another, never straying. Giving him an encouraging smile, she entered the room stiffly, as if she was unsure she should be there. Her raven hair was gathered softly behind her head, and a resolve settled over her as he watched her approach.
"This is an unexpected visit, Miss McGonagall," he croaked, finding speech difficult and draining even after months of recuperation.
"I needed to see you, Albus."
"And so, you have seen me, have you not?"
"They say you won't see anyone. Why?"
"Surely you have felt the need on more than one occasion to simply be alone."
Reaching out, she slipped her warm hand around his, squeezing tight. "Albus, you need to confide in some one. Tell me, you can confide in me."
Tugging his hand from hers, he shifted to face the wall. "Minerva… Go away," he whispered, shutting his eyes tight.
The silence that followed filled the room. After a moment, Minerva released a long breath, and her short, clipped strides crossed the room. The breeze of the door flowed over him again, quickly pursued by the soft scent of lavender and stillness.
That was the first of many visits from Minerva. She always came in the same way, at the same time; one could literally set a pocket-watch by her arrival. For the first seven days, Albus greeted Minerva the same, and it always ended with her leaving the room without another word and him feeling worse than he had before she came.
However, he soon realized another conundrum; the date never changed. One morning, he woke when a merry matron entered his room. Frowning, Albus asked, "What is the date today?"
"Why, it's Christmas! Surely you haven't forgotten! I didn't think you had anything wrong with your head," replied the plump nurse as she waved her wand, and his pillow fluffed instantly. "Though your demeanor could use a little pick-me-up." She leered at him, shoving him back into the pillow just a bit too roughly with another flick of her wand.
"I see nothing wrong with my demeanor. I have been the most docile of patients," Albus snapped, indignant.
"Well, that statement would be correct if that was what I was referring to." Resting her hands on her hips as she stood over him, she blew a chestnut curl out of her face.
Albus crossed his arms and peered at her nametag. "Then what in blazes are you referring to, Nurse… Sprig?"
"Every time she comes to see you. Even though she thinks you don't need her, even though she feels like you will never see her… even though she believes your feelings aren't the same, she comes anyway, and you treat her that way—"
"Wait! What? How—" His eyebrows rose into his hairline, and the pitch of his voice rose before he stopped to compose himself. "How do you know she comes to see me every day?"
Chuckling, her hazel eyes danced with mirth. "You will find that there is not much I do not know. Let's just say I have it on good authority that you should cut the lady a little slack. After all, she came when she was asked… when she did not truly have to. And you don't have to look very hard to see where her heart lies. The question is, how long is it going to take you to realize what is right in front of you?"
"My dear lady, normally I find puzzles intriguing. However, I find this roundabout information of yours rather annoying."
"Don't worry; you have plenty of time to get it right." She smirked.
"What does that mean?" he demanded. A lilting laugh met his bark when the nurse faded from his sight.
"Wait! Don't go; what do you mean?" he asked the empty room.
At that moment, the soft wind from the door hit him once more, announcing Minerva's presence. She hesitated at the door, and he frowned. Even when she had been his student, she had been vibrant and headstrong. This hesitation was so unlike her. The words of Nurse Sprig echoed in his head: Even though she thinks you don't need her, she comes anyway. He sighed, closing his eyes for a moment.
Opening them once more, he gazed at Minerva and gave her a small smile. "This is an unexpected surprise, Miss McGonagall. Won't you please come in, have a seat," he announced, gesturing toward the chair next to the bed.
Striding stiffly into the room, Minerva approached the bed, ringing a handkerchief in her hands. "I needed to see you, Albus," she croaked.
"And so, you are here. What is troubling you, my dear?" He noted her hands and the fact that she remained standing. "Is everything all right?"
Clenching her hands to steady their movement, Minerva perched on the edge of the seat. "Oh, Albus, it has nothing to do with me. I was concerned. They say you won't see anyone. Why?"
"Surely you have felt the need on more than one occasion to simply be alone. I am afraid I haven't quite felt myself lately."
Reaching out, she slipped her warm hand around his, squeezing tight. "Albus, if you need to confide in someone, you can confide in me."
A knot rose in his throat and something stirred in his chest when he looked at her hand enveloping his. Roughly, he cleared his throat. "I don't want to burden you with my demons, Minerva. But I am glad you came today. Thank you."
Nodding, Minerva rose from her seat and withdrew her hand from his. "You're welcome," she murmured and quietly left the room.
Albus stared after her for a long time. Her presence seemed to linger along with the scent of her perfume. Lavender would always remind him of her.
The following morning, Nurse Sprig was back. Albus woke to her joyful humming of Jingle Bells. "I don't suppose a patient needing sleep is part of your regimen, is it?"
She beamed at him. "Not when the patient is wallowing in self-pity and being a lay-a-bed, afraid to face the world again."
"For your information, I am ill. Why else would I be cooped up in a hospital, for Merlin's sake?"
Raising her eyebrow, she pursed her lips. "Because, dear fellow, the hospital gives you a buffer from the questions and obligations you constantly burden yourself with out there. You needed time to recuperate, but you have been here long enough. By the way, that was a much better start yesterday." Swishing her hand, his pillow fluffed when he leaned forward.
"You mean with Minerva, right?" He looked up at her like he had caught a prize.
"Time will tell, time will tell," she responded as his magazines straightened themselves, and a new water pitcher popped onto the bedside table.
"Oh, what is today?"
"Why, it's Christmas, of course. You haven't forgotten, have you? I didn't think there was anything wrong with your head!" she exclaimed, hands on hips.
"Christmas again?"
"Yes, it's Christmas. It comes every year, does it not? Though they say that time seems to pass more quickly with age, so I guess your proclamation would be correct." She bestowed him with a large smile, and he scowled back.
"No, no. I mean it is the same Christmas it was yesterday… and the day before… and last week!" he retorted.
"My, my, we are feisty this morning. I just hope you have as much life in you when your visitor arrives," she replied tartly and faded from sight.
"No—wait—come back, I didn't mean—" he stopped abruptly, realizing she wouldn't be back. At that moment, his door opened, the draft lifting the tendrils of his long, auburn hair. His gaze fell once more on Minerva's, and his heart sped up.
His cheeks were flushed slightly from his heightened emotion, but his lips curved up in greeting for the first time since this day had started. "Minerva! Come in, my dear," he called, ignoring her anxious stance.
She moved into the room hesitantly. A gentle smile graced her lips as she watched him sit up straighter in the bed. "Oh, Albus, I needed to see you."
Raising his eyebrows in question, he asked, "Is everything all right?"
"They say you won't see anyone. Why?"
"I must confess, Minerva, I needed to be alone. But I am glad you are here with me now."
"You are?" Her eyes looked bright.
Smiling back at her, he nodded. "Oh, yes, my dear, why wouldn't I be? You always were my favorite student." He looked back at her with something akin to reverence, then frowned when she looked away.
Clasping her hand, he tugged gently, causing her to look back at him, and her eyes filled with tears. "Something is wrong! Please, won't you sit down and tell me what it is?"
"I'm sorry, Albus, I thought… I need to go," she whispered, turning toward the door, the soles of her shoes clattering rapidly across the floor.
"No, Minerva, wait!" But his words reverberated against the closed door, and once more, the lavender-filled breeze hit him in the face. Suddenly, his head jerked up as Nurse Sprig's words hit home: Even though she believes your feelings aren't the same… Sucking in his breath, Albus covered his face with his hands. I have been a fool!
"You could say that again," Nurse Sprig replied sharply, and Albus looked up.
"You! You're the one who started this whole problem to begin with!" Albus pointed at her, rising up in the bed.
"Now, now, let's not go around pointing fingers when you know you are the reason we are all here."
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject… though I might say this one is leaning toward lunatic," she mumbled under her breath.
"What did you say?" Albus leaned toward her, his anger rising more at the situation than at her.
Raising her gaze to his, Nurse Sprig jabbed her finger at his chest. "Look, I think you have been here, feeling sorry for yourself, long enough. One would think that you would be overjoyed now that the war has ended and you can get back to life. Now, where is the Albus Dumbledore we all know? And don't you dare tell me he was lost in the battle of wills with a madman!"
Sighing, Albus studied the blanket. "I don't know if I can find him again; so much has changed, happened. I'm not sure where to start," he whispered, looking up at her slowly, tears threatening to spill.
Reaching out, she covered his heart and added, "How about right here? Everything… everyone you need will come to you today. Just follow your heart, and you will find the way."
"Um, I'm sorry. I don't know your first name…"
A smile slowly covered her face. "It's Holly."
Laughing for the first time in months, Albus grinned broadly. "Thank you, Holly. I owe you a great deal."
"Oh, don't be silly. I am just the messenger." She beamed at him. "Besides, it isn't often I get to be Eros," she quipped and faded from sight.
Before Albus could ponder Holly's strange departure, the door swung open. Minerva stood there a moment as if weighing whether she should enter. "Minerva, my dear! Happy Christmas! I am so delighted to see you," Albus declared with joy. "Won't you come in?"
A smile crept over her face, and she looked a bit baffled when she sat down next to him. "Albus, I needed to see you. So many have said you won't see anyone, but you look like yourself to me." She raised a quizzical eyebrow.
Chuckling, Albus grasped her hand and squeezed it. "Oh, Minerva, it's true, all of it. I haven't quite been myself since dueling Grindelwald, and I have needed to be alone, but I am almost ready to face the world once more."
"Almost ready? Why only almost?"
"Because there is someone I need first, someone who knows me better than anyone else. Someone who has been there for me, and someone I have realized I care a great deal about," he told her seriously.
Dull pain entered her eyes, and she lowered her head. "I see. I am very happy for you, Albus." She swallowed. "May I ask who…?"
Reaching out, he lifted her face with his finger. "Why, Minerva, don't you know?" He inquired, staring at her.
Her gaze shifted over his face, studying him. His eyes twinkled, and he caressed her cheek lightly, pulling her closer. Suddenly, she sucked in her breath.
"B-but I…" Leaning in, he claimed her lips when she paused and slipped his hand up around her neck, tugging her deeper into the kiss.
Feeling her resistance collapse, he pulled her onto the bed. There, her arms encircled him, giving into his ardor fully.
"Oh, Albus, how I love you," she breathed when they finally emerged from their kiss. "I have been very worried about you."
Sighing, he pulled her closer. "So have I. And I am sorry—"
"Sorry? For what?" She leaned back to look at him.
"A great many things, but we will discuss that later. For now, I am simply glad that you are here and that you love me in return." He smiled, leaning up for another kiss.
Beaming back, she bent once more to receive his kiss.
From the doorway, two familiar forms watched the happy couple. "Finally!" Holly exclaimed, crossing her arms.
"I couldn't agree with you more, my dear," the little man concurred, chuckling. "Now, I believe we have a date with destiny." He held out his arm.
"Oh, you're right. Why, thank you!" She smiled, taking his offered arm, and they faded from sight.
End (Or is it just the beginning?) =o)
A/N: This story was written for my dear friend, MMADfan, for the Charming Roots Christmas Exchange, 2009. The beginning quote is from the Christmas carol: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. Happy New Year, MMADfan!
**My heartfelt thanks goes out to ladyinthecloak and Sempra for their awesome beta work. You ladies rock! | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5698732/1/Divine-Intervention | dclm-gs1-007710000 |
0.435033 | <urn:uuid:1dbd344d-0927-417c-b1cc-201d13df8704> | en | 0.992376 | It was cold that morning, but it's always cold in December in Ohio. Now it was downright freezing as the tiny blonde scuttled across the floor, questioning why she didn't slip on her robe and slippers when she snuck quietly out of the room to make the coffee. She felt like she was freezing to death, her toes about to be bit off by winter's sharp teeth, but she couldn't walk too fast. Walk slowly and maybe freeze to death, or speed up and spill hot liquid on herself? It was a dilemma, and one she quickly forgot about as she entered the room, set the two mugs down on the end table, and practically dove under the covers.
"Oh my god, you're freezing. Get away," came a very unamused voice from the body lying next to her. She smiled for a second before taking a sip of her coffee, which consisted more of milk and sugar than anything else. Her eyes rolled back in pleasure at the feeling of the hot liquid working its way through her system, warming her from the inside out. She had never been much of a coffee drinker until she moved in with Rachel ten years ago, and now she was hooked on the stuff like crack.
"You always say the sweetest things to me. How did I get so lucky?" she asked, and just to be a pain, pressed her ice cold goes up against a warm calf. The body lying next to hers almost jumped out of the bed. The brunette sat up, eyes burning, and trained her annoyed gaze on her wife. Quinn smiled. Her mother always said she was an instigator. Her sister had locked her in their bedroom closet just to put an end to the torment too many times to count, to prove this to be true.
"You might want to be nice to me today," Rachel informed her, and laid her head back down on the pillow. She valued her sleep almost as much as she valued life itself, and being woken up in such an awful way was not a good way to start the day. When her mind could function properly she would have to come up with some clever way to get her wife back for this. "My dad still doesn't like you. If he thinks we're fighting, dinner tonight is going to be hell for you." Large green eyes widened further in fear.
"Right, good point," she said, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly. "We've been together for twelve years, how does he still not like me?" Her only reply was silence, which did not surprise her one bit. She threw the covers, the saviors from the cold, away from her body, and shivered at the sudden change in temperature on her skin. "I better get ready. I have that stupid speech I have to give tonight." She got out of bed and went to the closet, pulling out various dry clean only outfits still safe in the sheaths of plastic.
"It's not stupid," her wife's voice now had a very familiar bite to it. The blonde's habit of trying to make important things seem small and insignificant was a sore spot in their marriage that she always seemed to step on. "You're being honored for doing...that one thing that one time." The brunette tried to remember, but it was still too early for higher levels of cognitive thought. And why did she smell coffee, but wasn't offered any? Life could be so cruel.
"Exactly. It's not that big of a deal. I don't know why I have to do this if not even my wife can remember what I did," she said, figuratively poking the sleeping bear. She tried to sound defensive and like she was making a really good point, but the smile that was on her face could be heard in her tone, and she hated that she wasn't better at covering that up. She was an instigator. This is just what they do.
"I know what it is, it's just too early for me to remember," she said, and snuggled deeper into the covers sheltering her from the cold. "Don't you have a busy schedule today? Or did you cancel all of your appointments so you could stay home and pick on your wife like a petulant child?" Quinn rolled her eyes as she finally decided on an outfit, and laid it over the back of the vanity chair. She decided it was time to make peace. She didn't want to leave the house with her wife irritated with her. That would lead to nothing but bad things.
She grabbed the untouched cup of coffee, one teaspoon of sugar and only a touch of soy milk, and walked over to the left side of the bed (house left, not stage left), and sat down next to the body almost lost amongst the ridiculous amount of blankets. Three comforters and two throws seemed like a lot, but since their heating had gone out last night it was just enough to keep them warm. The cold wasn't stopping them from continuing their normal routine. This action occurs every morning, and the ritual they've unconsciously created usually goes differently.
Normally when the not very tall, but still taller than her wife, blonde sits on the edge of the bed, the other woman rolls over onto her back, and sits up just enough to drink her coffee without spilling or choking. Then the two spend the next thirty minutes talking about nothing in particular. But this was not a normal morning. Rachel didn't move from her comfy spot when she felt the mattress next to her depress. She laid there, silently defiant, and justifiably agitated, and ignored her wife.
"Here, baby," the blonde said, and set the mug down on the nightstand as a peace offering. She waited for signs of a reaction, and when she received none she let out a small sigh. A quick glance at the clock told her if she didn't get ready and leave the house soon she would be late for her first appointment, which would leave her rushing to complete the rest of her tasks on the long list. She groaned internally and let out another sigh. She really didn't want to leave things on a bad note, but it looked like it would have to be that way.
She went about getting ready. She downed the rest of warm liquid from her own mug before brushing her teeth, gagging the whole time at the contradicting tastes of French vanilla flavoring and toothpaste. She put on the warmest clothes she could find, and carefully applied her makeup. Applying eyeliner while tired and severely under caffeinated could prove to be dangerous.
She did all of this in silence, all the while stealing glances at the lump on the bed. Her wife still hadn't moved. From the lack of snoring she obviously hadn't drifted back to sleep, but she also hadn't accepted the peace offering. She hadn't been that much of an ass that morning, had she? Their entire relationship she had been playful, in her words, sarcastic in the words of her significant other. Either way, this was nothing new.
With her hair and makeup now done it was time to leave. She anxiously picked at her wedding ring with her thumb, a nervous habit she acquired a couple years ago when their marriage hit a rough patch, and she wasn't sure if the relationship would last. Just thinking about those dark days made her want to take the other woman in her arms and spend the rest of the day apologizing. But instead, she walked over to the bed again, pulled back the covers just enough to reveal dark hair with a severe case of bed-head. She leaned down, and left a gentle kiss on her wife's cheek, right where her dimple would be if she were smiling.
"Your coffee is getting cold, sweetheart," she said, and walked over to the dresser to retrieve her purse and car keys. She took one last look at the bed, and an uncomfortable feeling settled in her stomach when she saw that her wife still had yet to move. She finally accepted the fact that somewhere, hidden deep within her playful banter and harmless joking, she had royally fucked up. She headed for the door, sulking like an unhappy child, and dreading the day she was about to have once she left the confines on her home, her sanctuary.
"Babe, drive safe. It's supposed to snow again today," she heard, and a small smile tugged at the corner of her lips. It wasn't much, but enough to make the guilt go away. Hopefully her offering and parting words would be enough to keep the peace. The last thing she needed this turning into was an all out Cold War. Those always started out so innocent. A simple prank here, and payback for it there, but they always ended exactly the same: Quinn taking it too far and sleeping on the couch for about a week.
"Are you still coming to the award ceremony tonight?" she couldn't help but ask, and she cringed as soon as the words came out. She needed their morning conversation about nothing in particular just as much as she needed the caffeine now flowing through her veins. However, that question could be misinterpreted, and the consequences of it were not favorable for her if it was. She held her breath, her body tense with anticipation as she waited for her wife to respond.
"No, I thought I'd just lie in bed all day and watch television while my favorite wife is honored for being the most successful child psychiatrist this city has ever seen." Sarcasm with a hint of annoyance, it was the best thing she could have heard at that moment. She was so relieved to hear the sound that she didn't pay much attention to the words. That is until her brain took a moment to process them, and what Rachel said made her smirk.
"Favorite wife?" she asked, one perfectly sculpted eyebrow raised. "What do you mean favorite wife? I'm your only wife." One hand went to her hip, while the other remained on the doorknob. It was cold as ice, but starting to warm under her grip. She had to keep holding on. It was the only thing stopping her from crawling back into bed and following through with their morning routine. If that happened she would never make it to any of her appointments.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" the brunette said, her voice sounded light and playful. That tone was rare for this time of the morning, and it made leaving the house that much harder for now all Quinn wanted to do was stand here and keep saying things so she could keep hearing that sound in response. Why did her work have to be recognized publicly? Sure, she rehabilitated abused, traumatized, and sometimes even suicidal children, and the majority of them went on to live fully functional lives, but why couldn't they just mail her the award with a nice letter of congratulations?
"Well, as long as I'm the prettiest I guess I'm ok with that," she replied, and shifted her weight from one foot to the other. She glanced at the clock, and tried really hard to forget what she just saw. If she left now she would only be five minutes late. As long as the meeting with her boss didn't run too long she would make it on time to the salon.
"I didn't say 'prettiest' I said 'favorite', there's a difference," Rachel threw back, and Quinn could not stop herself from laughing. All of the tension and anxiety that was building released in that moment. She could leave the house at ease now knowing that things were back to normal, and she didn't have to worry about being put out on the couch. Bill was going to be pissed because he hated tardiness, but she could just blame that on being nervous about tonight, which if she were being completely honest, was not a total lie.
"From now on your prettiest wife can come over and make your coffee," she said, and opened the door. The cold air that rushed into the room felt like a punch to the face, and she let out a huge sigh. Why oh why did she have to leave the house this early? "I need to leave, sweetheart. Hurry and drink your coffee before it gets cold." She barely registered the reply before she was out the door. Her wife was killing her with cuteness that morning. Any more of it and she wouldn't be leaving the house, which was only a problem because her father-in-law didn't like her enough as it was without her skipping the benefit he had promised to be at. Sometimes life could be so cruel. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7832718/1/Instigation | dclm-gs1-007720000 |
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Evening peeps,
I am mildly new to fan fiction, so, yeah. I guess I should start with some things about myself. I am a bookworm and I am not afraid to say it. To make it easier, here's a list of thinks I like;
-Music (of most all sorts, not metal though.ick)
-Movies!!! (For example; The sorcerers apprentice, How to Train Your Dragon, Dark Shadows, Titanic, Death Note- that's a series on youtube. the ending can dissapoint, but it's still awesome. The Golden Compass, The Hunger Games, (no duh.) Tangled, The Devil Wears Prada, and many others.
-Sharp pencils (For some unknown reason, whenever I see a sharp pencil lying around, I have to pick it up and write something with it. Also they smell good. Don't ask why. The same is true for pens, well, except for the smell.)
-Silence (it's good to have a moment to your own thoughts every once in a while.)
-Full moons (They're just soooo darn cool to watch, especially through a telescope. this is extra-awesome during eclipses, I can take pictures!! : D I have at least fifteen, taken through a telescope.)
When thinking of all the things I like, I can't help but think of the things I don't like.
-Small dogs that bark, and never shut up, at that frequency that is just right to drive you nuts.
-Bright lights (I hate having to squint, and whenever I go out into direct sunlight I start a sneezing fit. Humm... I wonder if I'm allergic to sun. Na. Sunglasses rule!!)
-Pink (I despise most all shades of pink, except the ones that are closer to peach you would find in a sunset.)
-People who are racist or are trying to convert me, or something. I am me and I'm staying that way, so give up now!!
cups (I don't mind the peices, but chocolate and peanut butter? Gag, ick, retch, and other random sound effects in that area.)
-Texting acronyms (I know I am not alone in this, but full words are good, and I have waaaay to many issues deciphering the meaning of a single letter that could mean thirteen thousand different things.)
-Chick flicks (Or at least most of them anyway, what is it with the mushy, gooey stuff, you at least need a plot people! I have a similar issue with fairy-tales, at least many of the Disney ones. The women are either pretty idiots who can't do a thing for themselves, or smart, evil, and ugly. What's with that?)
The lists could go on forever, so here I conclude. I loove reviews, good or bad, and I hate people invading my space and stuff when I have warned them about it. (Sadly for them, if I'm having a bad day, they might get hurt. Only a little though. ; )) If you haven't noticed, sometimes I have a serious case of split personality, though I guess a lot of people do. Fishcows, Narwaffles, and jelly doughnuts for now, see ya!!
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I just had to post this, I hat racism, and I found it on another person's profile, but it was so true, I couldn't resist. Here's another one, that is still irresistable and awesome;
How to Tell if You're a Writer
-If you talk to yourself.
-If you live off of sugar and caffeine.
-If your e-mails tend to be pages long and incredibly ranom.
-If people think you might have A.D.D.
-If you think it’d be cool to have A.D.D
I find just about every one of these thing applies to me beyond belief. Anywhoo, that's all for now! Please, review, favorite, or at least say something! Criticism and fan mail are an author's bread and butter.
Fade by bkwrmnlvnit reviews
For as long as she can remember, Riley has been mute and shy, living in a book. But when unseen circumstances throw her unceremoniously into the League's story, could she find that things change? And what happens when she discovers that, in her new reality, she's being woven tighter and tighter into their story and out of her own? ON HIATUS FOR REWRITE.
LXG - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 7 - Words: 28,724 - Reviews: 24 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 14 - Updated: 12/29/2012 - Published: 10/6/2012
100 Moments of Magic by bkwrmnlvnit reviews
This is my entry for the Balthy 100 challenge. One hundred oneshots. One hundred Moments of Magic...DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE. Rated T because I have no idea what will happen in this, and don't want something bad being labeled as K.
Sorcerer's Apprentice, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 320 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 11/3/2012
Beyond Family by Bookworm Gal reviews
Bonds between friends can be forged that are as strong as those of blood. Family isn't only those you're connected to by birth. They can be the ones you'd least expect to share those bonds, but who care about you all the same. Family, those you love and trust completely, is the ones worth protecting. They're the ones you'll fight for and who'll fight for you in return.
LXG - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 13 - Words: 69,208 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 10/22/2012 - Published: 12/21/2010 - Skinner
Shrewd Choices by Bookworm Gal reviews
After Hexxus's defeat, life seems rather peaceful in Fern Gully. But the past has a way of catching up with you, regardless of how far you fly or where you hide. He escaped once from humans and his nightmarish life at their hands, but what'll happen when they reappear in his life?
Ferngully - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 5 - Words: 28,158 - Reviews: 23 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 10 - Updated: 10/15/2012 - Published: 5/18/2012 - Zak Young, Batty Koda, Pips, Crysta
Axel likes pie by The Last One Left 0 reviews
Crackfic. Axel wants Zexion's pie and will stop at nothing to get it
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 333 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 9/10/2012 - Axel - Complete
Christmas at the Castle by Raberba girl reviews
After Demyx manages to pull off a majority vote for a Christmas party, Axel's left to explain the concept to the kids. Now Roxas and Xion are faced with Christmas shopping for eleven jerks. No pairings...mostly.
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: T - English - Family/Humor - Chapters: 13 - Words: 53,174 - Reviews: 128 - Favs: 71 - Follows: 22 - Updated: 12/25/2011 - Published: 9/21/2011 - Roxas, Axel, Xion - Complete
Home at 19 reviews
She has lived in an asylum for 19 years because she was a "freak of nature". Now, Mina Harker, her long lost aunt has come to give her a rightful home and a family. But will she fit into the leauge, and what will happen if she doesn't?
LXG - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,726 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 11/11/2012 - Published: 11/6/2012
Renesmee's Story reviews
The Twilight Saga leaves off after Renesmee is born, but what about her later life? I have started this little experiment of a story, to just have fun with what her life could have been like afterward, with my own little twists added in.
Twilight - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 400 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/21/2012
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I feel like I can conquer any run of any distance and then there are days like today when I question my decision to run a Marathon. I get done and say to myself, what are you thinking, you can't do this. How many of you deal with days like this? and how do you handle it?
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The last whole week...but only 'cause I'm sick. I know eventually I'll kick this and it will be 50º out and I will be glad that I'd doing it! Smile
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'14 Goals:
• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
I have lots of days when I doubt what I can do. But, I know that when the next run rolls around those doubts might be long gone. When I get stuck in a rut of lousy runs it's difficult to convince myself that I'll reach my goals, but if I just wait it out I know that I'll get focused again and get my running back. Smile
For me, the toughest part of the run is the first few feet. Once I get going I can usually settle right in. Sometimes when the runs have been tough, I will try to mix it up and run a hard/fast instead of a mid-range run, or go out for a long and very slow jog just to work it out. Fortunately for me, the variety thing seems to work. It can be especially tough in the winter, since 99% of my runs are on the tm. Don't put too much pressure on yourself about your first marathon. You'll get there. | https://www.runningahead.com/groups/BSM/forum/Post/35a5e4c0efcc4daca5ed86fbb4ea7a3a | dclm-gs1-007790000 |
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South Africa: Talking Thrash With Metallica's Robert Trujillo
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More than 30 years is a long, long time for a band to be around. What do you think are the factors that drive you to keep making music and to keep touring?
One of the factors is that there is always attention to detail and it's almost an addiction with Metallica, which is standard and there is this level of I don't want to say perfection,' cause nothing is perfect, but you know in song writing James may have five like words for one word. It's not okay just to throw some words together, there is a lot of thought that goes into what he's bringing. Lars is obsessive about the arrangement. There is a lot that goes into a Metallica song and I think the end result is always, most of the time, something quite special. That's what our fans feed off, we're refuelling them with the art we have as songwriters and also the stage shows as much as possible; we really try to give 100%. Then there is the physical factor where we need to train; our instructors take care of us so we don't pull a muscle or break a leg or anything like that. So, as we get older there are more things that keep us in tune with our performance. Everybody's commitment to the band is crucial 'cause we have a great team.
Do you have any choice in the support bands?
Our choice is to have local bands and the promoters need to find the best local bands possible wherever we're playing. And I know tonight we have a special local band [Van Coke Kartel] so I'm excited, hopefully we catch a couple of songs, it's not always easy, there is a whole routine that goes into our productions, but that's what makes us have a special show so, hopefully, we can go and see them.
Can we expect a new album from Metallica anytime soon?
You know what it's kinda like, you're looking at a mountain, a huge beast of a mountain that you gotta climb and you're trying to psyche yourself up for that. What route are we gonna take? How are we gonna do this? And you get to the point where you're like: Oh man, well let's start. So we are climbing, but we still have a long way to go, so hopefully in two years or less we'll have a great album for you. We will, but we are still climbing the mountain.
You going to have any time to do some sightseeing while you're here?
Surfing, only surfing. We went to, what's that place called? Llandudno, and we'll probably go there again.
Favourite venue? You've played everywhere, but where's your favourite?
You know every venue that we play has to be my favourite 'cause I want to feel connected and make it a special experience.
The interesting thing is that we have a 3D movie coming out very soon and that in itself has been an experience and a challenge. I believe it's going to be great. I've seen a recent cut and we have a lot of work to do - we're not finished, but we're getting close and I feel that the end result will be special. Now what this will do for us or where this will take us is unknown, you know, but I have a good feeling about it. I also feel that those are the experiences and challenges that make Metallica great and special and keep people interested. We did our 30-year anniversary shows just over a year ago at the legendary Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco - you know where Janis Joplin played and The Grateful Dead and all those special bands. But the thing about that is that we flew in artists from all over the world. So let's bring in Mercyful Fate, let's fly in Ozzy Osbourne, let's bring in Rob Halford lead singer of Judas Priest. There was this long list of people to bring in, that's a commitment, to fly them in, rehearse with them, learn their songs and get on stage with them. What band does that? I don't know of any band that does that, but those are the type of things we do - we challenge ourselves. Sometimes it's a glorious experience and sometimes it maybe doesn't work out. But those chances that we take are what make Metallica a special band.
Metallica will be playing at the Soccer City Complex, FNB Stadium in Joburg this Saturday, 27 April, 2013.
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today to hear the next president of the united states, mitt romney. just this week democrats gathered with the -- at their convention. they struggled with one question that really matters for americans. are you better off than you were four years ago? are you better off under this president than you were mammal years ago? president obama -- and you were four years ago? he wants another famine years. but america cannot continue with the status quo. more americans have lost their jobs under president obama than any president hundred feet -- since the great depression. the jobs numbers just came out of our august with another disappointing month with only 100,000 new jobs. just this week, when the democrats were data for their convention, we solve the nationaln debt -- national debt scope over 15- -- go over 15 trillion dollars. we have suffered from one president -- an unpresident said -- unprecedented downgrading of our credit rating. you know that debt is not the way we need to go for this future. [applause] president obama, when he was a candidate in 2018, said it was on patriotic to
in the united states who have been educated in our schools, to give them the opportunity to stay here. you know, wouldn't we rather be known as a country of dreamers, than a country of illegal aliens? [applause] and as we saw last night, this is the commander in chief who finally brought osama bin laden to justice. [applause] now that is presidential leadership. but even before barack obama was elected president, we knew he was going to be a great leader. we knew it when he chose joe biden as his running mate. [applause] joe was the perfect choice, because like the president, he had lived the american dream, going from humble middle-class roots, to the united states senate, to the vice presidency of the united states. [applause] and we all know from his incredible speech last night that he has been side by side with the president's, fighting to make sure that we open the doors of opportunity for all americans, working to create good jobs and to invest in education, to make health care and retirement and schools affordable for everyone. it is what he has fought for his entire career. [applause]
as proactive as it has been because there as been paralysis on the fiscal side in the united states. there really has not been any effort on the republican -- on the political side to do much about the job situation. the burden has fallen disproportionately on the central bank. with the too much government is the problem, that is a discussion we have been having since the beginning of time. host: unemployment by education level, 12% with those with high school education, with college, 6.6%. guest: people like to talk about the more education you have the less unemployment you have. unemployment has gone up for all of the groups. college graduates or not, people are struggling. you could have a large student loan and not find a job. host: we have a caller. go ahead. caller: how many of the jobs are jobs with which people can support themselves or their families? guest: you make a fair point. the unemployment rate is one measure of unemployment. there is also a measure that tries to take into account people who are working part time, but would rather be working full time. if you inclu
in the united states, but done in france which is a modern labor market where i think there are some lessons. the code-talkers actually convinced the french government to do something i hope we can convince our -- co-authors actually convince the french government to do something i hope we can convince our government to do, which is to experiment with widespread unemployment services programs and look at what the effects on the labor market are not just by randomizing an individual having access to the program, but breaking france up into different geographic areas of labor markets and providing 100% of the people access in some areas, in some areas , in some areas 55%, some areas 25%. if you do that randomly, on average, if you're in an area where a lot of other people use this program, does that have a negative effect on you? what they found is in tight labor markets, basically the programs really helped people get into jobs more quickly. when the labor market is weak, is largely a game of musical chairs. one person getting a job makes another person have a more difficult time. thinking ab
. they are the goat's horn, the ak .47. they go to the united states, pick up the weapons to bring them to mexico. in four years, 70% of weapons found in crime scenes originated from sales in the united states. >> we were going to talk about fast and furious with the new report coming out, but this is interesting time. >> it's been a bad deal for the u.s. justice department. earlier this summer, eric holder, attorney general found in contempt, congress saying he's with holding documents from this investigation. we are going to expect more high drama. we are waiting to see what the latest findings are. >> we'll be watching it. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the fight to legalize marijuana receives a surprising supporter, sort of. we'll explain. >>> despite a weak jobs reports, u.s. stocks ended slightly higher. mortgage rates are down from last week. take a look here. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because th
as assistant secretary of the navy and went on to become vice president and president of the united states. in 1916, roosevelt the secretary of the navy. he has been appointed to the record as the associate justice by president william howard taft. but he resigned in 1916 to become the republican candidate for president and he ran against woodrow wilson and a dreadful campaign he was the odds favor, but ultimately lost california by 4000 votes and therefore the election. he went to bed the night of the election thinking he had one. franklin roosevelt was said that wilson supporter went to bed thinking he's had one also. and the next morning the returns from the midwest and particularly california came in and it turned out that wilson one the election just rarely. roosevelt continued as assistant secretary of the navy and then he has to act to private practice in new york city. roosevelt in 1920 became the vice residential candidate of the democratic party, running with governor james cox of ohio. they got trapped by calvin coolidge and warren harding, coolidge's republican party. and at th
recommending. or we can decide that in the united states of america, no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school. no family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money. no company should have to look for workers in china because they couldn't find ones with the right skills right here at home. so, help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers in the next ten years and improve early childhood education and give 2 million workers the chance to learn skills that that community college that will lead directly to a job. and let's help work with colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next ten years because, you know, higher education is not a luxury anymore. it is an economic necessity that everybody should be able to afford. and we can meet that goal together. you can choose that future if you're willing to move forward with me. for my plan -- yeah, i've got four. forward. my plan would reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle class. we're all concerne
a record for a record high for the number of suicides in the united states military. then there are the multiple deployments that families go through, the military moms and dads waiting for their spouses to return home. romney said he spoke to the american legion and vfw, but that doesn't cut if. this is the party that practically coined the phrase, we support the troops. this is the party that demonized people who wouldn't wear the flag lapel pin. this is the party that always claimed to have the upper hand on protecting the country and national security and love of country. and accusing president obama of not being american enough and not loving the country, but mitt romney can't bring himself to n insert a paragraph about the troops in harm's way right now and have been there multiple times in his acceptance speech? i think it is the ultimate quis qualifier. here's senator john kerry addressing the issue last night. >> no nominee for president should ever fail in the midst of a war to pay tribute to our troops overseas in his acceptance speech. mitt romney, mitt
to maintain our liberty with liberty for all. and therefore, if i'm president of the united states, we'll get rid of those sequestration cuts and rebuild america's military might! [ cheers and applause ] >> romney unveiled a new sort of rhetorical flourish speed going through the pledge line by line and in each sentence trying to find a way to criticize president obama, either for promises unkept or for future plans that he says are essentially rehashing old failed democratic ideas of the past. >> arthel: we're all counting down, 59 days left. can the campaigns begin to narrow down which swing states they're going to focus on? >> sure. there is about a dozen swing states that they're focusing on during the year. right now there is a safe number of some 20-plus states where mr. romney has an advantage, perhaps a smaller number of states for president obama is safe. but bigger populations. in the electoral college map, it's fairly close. virginia is very much one of them. ohio, and florida, absolutely. down to about seven. the truth is, there will be sort of spotty focus in both places, in many
to israel. those are the core demands of israel in the negotiations. the united states has always supported those positions. obama's people pull it out of the platform and the president chooses not to put it back in. very significant. >> sean: what do you make of -- we have two issues. number 1, the reaction to what i thought was a pretty stale, boring, cut-and-paste speech last night and the issue of the economy, the economic numbers that came out today, i mean, a net loss of another couple hundred thousand jobs, when you include the people who have left the labor force. your reaction? >> well, i think that the -- to me, i suppose in visual terms, you are right, the defining moment is that vote. i think that is likely to be remembered. but i think that in political terms, the enormous blunder was when speaker after speaker said, yes, we are better off now than we were four years ago. and that became a logo of this convention and it is very clear that the american people dont agree. and fortunately, romney is alert to it. they are pouncing right away and in all of the swing states he is run
and wind. that is why in the united states congress earlier this year, a bipartisan majority said we need to extend those tax credits. the oil industry, the gas industry, but coal industry and the nuclear industry have benefited from tens of billions of dollars of subsidies for many years. it is time to get a level playing field. in the meantime, we are playing catch up for the energy of the future. we will not run out of wind or solar. eventually, we will run out of oil and coal. the others will get cheaper. if you go to california or nevada or colorado, those are the energy future -- that is why there is bipartisan support for the clean energy credit. host: gene clearly did not answer your question, which was could the solar and wind sources work without subsidies? guest: we do not find them working without subsidies anywhere purified natural gas and petroleum working fine without subsidies. that is the oil companies get tens of billions of dollars of subsidies per year. that is not right. even to get the $4 billion the president talks about, you get all that from section 199 tax credit
children. the attack came a day after the united states said it was designating the haqqani network, blamed for a number of high-profile attacks on western and afghan targets in kabul, a terrorist organization. >>> illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. is back in washington, d.c., after being treated at the mayo clinic in arizona. jackson is spending the weekend resting at home with his wife and children. the 47-year-old began medical leave in early june. he is likely to be back at work on monday when congress returns from its summer recess. >>> and lots of kids get their hair cut so they look really good when they go back to school. however, in china, four brothers who are quadruplets had their hair cut so that their teachers could identify them. so, the kids now sport the numbers one through four on the top of their heads, corresponding to the order of their birth back in 2006. i don't know about that one, you guys. looks a little bit unfortunate. i don't know. what do you think? >> well, a tattoo would be permanent. >> well, there's only one way to find out. what do you say? come on, gu
if you want to see barack obama re-elected president of the united states, do whatever you can for virgil goode. they challenged his spot on the ballot and they said put him on the ballot anyway, and he's going to be on the ballot unless virginia's attorney general, this guy, decides to kick virgil goode off the ballot. he's been campaigning for mitt romney including last week at the republican convention. under virginia law, he gets to decide whether virgil goode gets his name on the ballot or not. look at the headline, he promises he will be absolutely objective about this whole thing. absolutely. virginia is getting three different mitt romney ads this week. virginia, ohio, new hampshire, iowa, colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. that's it, that's the election. who the country is counting on to handle this election about the presidency for the rest of us, eight states. when stuff gets weird in one of those eight states, when something like virgil goode happens in one of those eight states, while that might be a weird side bar virginia story at any other time in any other politic
's not a country on earth that wouldn't gladly trade places with the united states of america. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: he was referring to this comment made by republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan earlier this week in iowa. >> we are a country in doubt. we hit $16 trillion of debt that was announced yesterday. >> reporter: the two campaigns are fighting over whose plans would be more devastating to the economy. >> here in iowa, we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: on friday, the romney campaign released 15 new ads, tailored to swing state voters. the ads lament sinking home prices in florida, manufacturing losses in ohio. >> here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over 130,000 jobs. >> reporter: campaigning in virginia beach today, governor romney invoked god repeatedly as he criticized the president for the slow pace of job growth. >> we're going to have to have a new president that will commit to a nation under god that recognizes the we, the american people, were given our rights not by governm
officially been designated by the u.s. as a terrorist network. secretary of state hillary clinton made the decision it bans americans from doing business from the groups and blocks any assets it holds in the united states. >>> a bizarre airport hoax gets even stranger. what led to this man being led out in handcuffs? >> john fowler has learned that quick action may very well have saved mccarthy's life. lots of prepaid cards come pre-filled with problems. enough is enough. introducing the chase liquid reloadable card. with chase liquid, there's no waiting and no fee to activate you can load cash and checks at any chase depositfriendly atm and there are no withdrawal fees at over 17,500 chase atms all for one flat fee of $4.95 per month. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. >>> investigators say they think a love triangle forced into a hoax that led a man to be taken off a plane in handcuffs. christopher shell was taken away in handcuffs. smith told police she did it to avenge his girlfriend because shell had dated a woman and posted a compromising picture of her on facebook. >
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. >>> turning now to the war in afghanistan where the u.s. is said to be making major strides. defense secretary is in afghanistan tonight and he says we're close to beating al- qaeda. fox's david piper has the latest. >> defense secretary leon pinetta arriving in afghanistan for his first visit to the war zone. this comes a week after he took his new tough job. >> it's big, it's complicated, it's filled with sophisticated technology. it's bumpy, but in the end it's the best in the world. >> the u.s. and allies are now within reach of defeating al- qaeda. >> the key is that having gotten bin laden, we've now identified some of the key leadership within al-qaeda, both in pakistan as well as in yemen and other areas that if we can be successful at going after them, i think we can really undermind their ability. >> the former cia director and other afghan officials discuss the plan to pull american troops. president obama wants to bring about 10,000 troops back home this year and 23,000 more next year. >> the key to success in afghanistan is the ability to successfully transition to the afgha
rodriguez says he doesn't expect violence in afghanistan to start decreasing until next year. from the pentagon earlier today, this is 45 minutes. >> general rodriguez, it's counselor dave lapin at the pentagon. if you're ready to go, i'll introduce you and we'll get started. >> ok, dave, go ahead, thanks. >> thank you. good morning to those here, good evening in afghanistan. i'd like to welcome pack to the pentagon briefing room, army lieutenant general david rodriguez. he's commander of the international security assistance force joint command, also known as i.j.c. and also the deputy commander of the united states forces afghanistan. general rodriguez's current tour began in june, 2009, he became the first commander of the i.j.c. in october of that year. prior to that, general rodriguez was commander of regional command east for 15 months from january, 2007 to april, 2008. next week after two straight years in command and more than 40 months in after gap stan over the past 4 1/2 year, general rodriguez is ski wruled to change command and return stateside to have u.s. army forces
in eastern afghanistan. that is the word from nato. will to bring you an update later in the show. >>> today a new chapter begins in afghanistan. general david petraeus will relinquish his post in a chemist and to lieutenant general john allen. general petraeus plans to retire from the army at the end of august, and will start his new job as head of the cia on september 5. nato is preparing to hand over provincial control to afghan forces. >>> 71 degrees on this monday. >> the startling arrest in the alleged phone hacking case surrounding media mogul rupert murdoch and resignation. >>> a morale boost for the nation in mourning, the expense of the american team. we will have more on the u.s. women's heart breaking world cup loss. >> a live picture of 395 moving smoothly so far. >>> i am lisa tazed with women hart, the national coalition for women with heart disease. if if you are woman living with heart disease, we are here for you. go to our web site. >> good morning, washington. >>> happy monday morning 6:11, adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center with your forecast update. bac
ago in afghanistan petry, who was already shot in both legs, picked up a live grenade and toss it had away from two of his comrades. he lost his right hand but not his spirit. petry spoke with next's brian williams about how other wounded warriors encouraged him to remain positive. >> a lot of these men and women, their limbs or their bodies are stolen from them almost. they are driving down a road, and they don't see the enemy. it's just you wake up and you're laying there and you're disfigured now. >> yeah. >> and i had the choice to do what i did, and fully mentally knowing about what the dangers were. >> petry could have retired after losing his hand. instead, he re-enlisted and went back to afghanistan. >> still ahead tonight, chilling testimony from three young girls in the case against a politician's husband. >> a local county taking its smoking ban to private property. >> and a juror in the casey anthony trial fears for her life >>> the husband of a local city council member was in court today accused of molesting children at a slumber party. michael guardner is married to a f
and afghanistan, and at the time that we have gone to war, that is what we did the bush tax cuts, the corporate tax cuts that further douglas into the economic hole that we are in. it is -- that further doug us into the economical that we are in. it is the first time in history. host: here is a tweet. guest: those are the priorities that are laid before congress. we have a hearing yesterday where we did a land exchange. republicans passed a totally partisan votes. copper orr in the state of arizona will be taken out, no royalties paid for by a foreign company. it will be shipped to china for their industry that is growing. but no royalties, nothing bad for the american taxpayer. yet we wonder how we got ourselves into the situation we arwin. host: just announced, unemployment applications fall for a second week, few more -- fewer people sought unemployment benefits. the labor department says weekly applications dropped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 405,000, the lowest level in almost three months. was the employment situation in your district? guest: unfortunately, yuma county leads the natio
french soldiers and one afghan civilian is dead after a bomb exploded in eastern afghanistan. three other soldiers and three afghanis were also wounded in that blast. the troops had been guarding a meeting of local leaders when a terrorist detonated the bomb. the attack comes a day after french president, nicolas sarkozy, announces that he's pulling out a quarter of france's 4,000 troops involved in nato-led operations in afghanistan by the end of next year. >>> a new warning by president obama will likely overshadow the fourth straight day of debt negotiations today. the president said last night that he couldn't guarantee that social security checks and payments to veterans and the disabled would be with mailed on time if a deal isn't done by august 2nd. but republicans say a deal won't happen if democrats don't give up on tax hikes. >> our president thinks that he's got to condition any prescription to fix these programs on tax increases. again, if that's what he's looking for, we're not going there. >> senate gop leader mitch mcconnell also outlined a proposal that would give the pres
in afghanistan and iraq and not really cutting the deficit. we're boring 40 cents on the dollar for every dollar that we spend in washington. and we cannot keep doing this. one thing i like to see is the repeal of obamacare. that alone would save us $2.5 trillion in the next 10 years. as far as the reid plan, i like to see him get it through the senate. i did not think that it would pass. host: couple we go to an independent in michigan, here is what the "new york times calls " says this morning. go ahead. caller: i called my representative yesterday and asked him to work with the president to compromise and make sure that the debt ceiling is raised over into 2013. this is destroying our economy. host: where do you see compromise? caller: th reid plan has cuts and take this off the table until 2013. i think that that makes sense. host: so you do not agree with republicans on this. caller: i do not. there is trillions of dollars being cut. let's take this and we don't want to make this something that the rest of the world is going to use against us. our dollar is worth nothing in the last 10 year
who lost his life when his offspring helicopter tragically went down in afghanistan. and now his family and friends have found a way to honor his life and sacrifice through an annual event that is now used to raise funds for a college scholarship awarded to students at eden prairie high school where randy graduated in 1985. in addition to this scholarship, his run seeks to raise awareness of the contributions of our men and women in uniform that they make every day to keep america free. the major may not live us but his memory lives on through his family and friends and his community and through the scholarships through the local high school students that share his values. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: as congress struggles to come up with this deal over government debt, we all know that all we had
and lindsay graham appeared together on fox news sunday from kabul, afghanistan. graham taking issue with president obama's more aggressive troop withdrawal timetable. >> it has created risk. it has changed the momentum. it is seen now as an effort to withdraw rather than transition. and i hope and pray this works out well. it came at a very critical time, and we will see what the future holds. >> if we don't succeed here and the taliban comes back into power, we'll be attacked again. and there could be no greater threat to our security and our freedom, the freedom that we celebrate on july 4th. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox five news. >>> the former head of the international monetary fund may have a political future in france. a new poll shows nearly half of those surveyed in france believe strauss-kahn should return to political life in france. 46% said no. the rest didn't answer the question. strauss-kahn is charged with sexually assaulting a manhattan hotel housekeeper. prosecutors say her credibility may now be in question. >>> a gaz
dark. paychecks for troops in afghanistan and iraq and based around the world could stop. f.a.a. towers could shut down. so could the f.b.i. and the c.i.a., border crossings could close, safety inspections of food americans eat and cargo that enters our ports could halt. literally every function of governmentould cease. social security checks, payments to our veterans. we've heard that before. there would be no discussion of which operations and personnel were essential. all the payments would very likely stop. some have said we could priorize which bills to pay. even if that wouldn't irreparably damage our nation's reputation and credit in the global economy a the globe at community, which it would, is also a complete fiction. our government won't even be able to cover the bills due on august 3. it will simply run out of money and because we'll be in default and our credit rating trashed, we'll be able to borrow the money not again to keep running, even if we wanted to. that's a picture secretary geithner painted. like i said, it's grim. many of my republican colleagues understand this
have or do that wouldn't have to raise the debt ceiling. one is the iraq and afghanistan war, it's george bush's war. i think what we need to do is go after george bush, dick cheney, and donald rumsfeld and let them pay for their wars that they got us into. the second thing is that we need to stop sending our money overseas and start helping our own people. the third thing is that all of these senators and congressmen that are making making $170,000 a year and making these poor choices, if they would be making $40,000, $50,000 a year, every one of their dumb decisions that they make wouldn't only affect us but it would affect them. host: thank you for your call. next up is royal oak, michigan. this is eugene a republican. good morning. caller: yes. i am calling in regards -- i'm very disappointed in boehner. i was going to send him some money, but now i'm not. i gave allen west some money, and i'm getting disappointed in him for him caving. i can't understand why the mainstream press insists on sending the republicans -- saying the republicans are at fault all the time when they
in afghanistan. so far more than 400,000 people have seen this video. go for it. >> yeah, you never know unless you ask. >> exactly. >>> well, we're asking about the weather today. tom is here to tell us the answer about how hot it's going to get. the answer is really hot. >> indeed. >>> look at the sky now. a beautiful blueberry, peaches and cream and gnats sunrise. you can see the gnats lying around the camera there. we've got the steam heat there. very humid around the region. upper 70s in washington. right by the bay, southern maryland, eastern shore, already around 80 degrees. farther west and north, we're in the 70s. low to mid-70s throughout most of virginia, maryland, and the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. in the west, it's dipped into the upper 60s. there's the beautiful sunrise beginning to take shape. by 9:00, mid-80s. by noon time the low 90s. by midafternoon we ought to peak at the record high of near 99 degrees to 100. and the air quality also diminishing this afternoon, code orange. and late afternoon into the evening hours, there's a small chance of some scattere
an unjust war in afghanistan. >> it was against my islamic conditions. >> reporter: he accused the army of trumping up charges he possessed child pouring into fee and a few weeks ago went awol. on tuesday he surfaced at a gun shop in texas bought six pounds of gun powder and asked a strange question. >> "what is smokeless powder." if you don't know what it is, why would you buy six pounds of it. >> reporter: police arrested abdo at this motel room, arrested him with gunpowder, pressure cooker, batteries, clocks, a semiautomatic handgun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition. he wanted to attack soldiers from nearby ft. hood, perhaps by bombing a restaurant outside the base. abdo explained he was "seeking revenge for what the army did to me." the plot comes less than two years after a shooting spree at ft. hood left 13 people dead. major nadal hasan awaits trial. b bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> oslo police are interrogating anders brievik for a second day today. he will be charged for each of the 6 killings. memorial services are being held for each of the victims of the massacre. y
administration. mr. courtney: starting with iraq and afghanistan wars, two wars which, again, lots of debate about whether it was in our national interest, but in any case what is not debatable is that we never paid for a penny of either one of those conflicts. the bush tax cuts, $1.8 trillion . nondefense discretionary spending, $608 billion. tarp, the wall street bailout, which a lot of people forget occurred under the last administration, a medicare drug benefit which was passed in 2005 which was never paid for, not a nickel of that benefit was ever paid for. we were either offsetting revenue or other -- with either offsetting revenue or other spending reductions. and the 2008 stimulus bill which the bush administration had presented, a lot of people don't remember the check they got sent during that time for, again, none of those expenditures were paid for and many of those expenditures such as the bush tax cuts and the iraq and afghanistan war are still recurring expenses which are still accumulating bills and debts which this country is obligated for. when the obama administration took
bring our combat troops home fromex afghanistan, that we can expect the international community to do more than we can bring about savings on the military side. let me talk about the last major component of the conrad budgetly and how it differs substantially from the ryan budget. not a serious revenues. i know there's been a lot of so discussion about revenues. so what does the democratic budget due in this regard? it takes i revenues to 19.5% of our gross domestic product, gdp. mr. president, that is t phe sae amount of us raised on the clinton presidency when we had unprecedented prosperity and jow growth in america. now, how do wehe get there? how do we get the revenues that we need in order to be able to h bring this debt under control? well, senator conrad has given us some direction on how we canr do that. he has pointed out that sheltere and loopholes need to be closede these are inefficiencies in our kax code today. tal i take the floor on two occasions recently to talk aboue some that i think we shouldat eliminate pier one, the ethanole subsidy.ubsidy. the majority of the se
with afghanistan, and over the years the number has gone up steadily. in the first few years in the strikes of 2,042,007 they're just a handful and then we see it going up in 2010. the obama administration rising at a policy never fully publicly articulated. 118 strikes last year and 45 so far this year. the pakistanis said a couple of months ago that they wanted him stopped them stopped and they ordered the cia out in their base in pakistan were some of the strikes are being launched. by my reckoning there is than a dozen since then. so has this been done like the enlightened raid against the will of the pakistan government? put the whole thing in a different legal contextualization. we don't know that for sure but we know the americans are defensive about in last month for example john brennan tried to relay concerns he took to new targeting procedure and he said that in the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency precision of the capabilities we have been able to develop. in other words because they have been checking much more carefully th
not be able to do things militarily to support our troops in afghanistan and iraq. i view this, i think it bears close watching, but there is a perception that somehow we're giving our china, india, brazil and other countries an advantage. i view this program as a two-way street. it does provide a degree of access to american companies and so i would be also reluctant -- i reluctantly oppose your amendment but i can assure you that both of us feel very strongly that it bears watching. it has borne some fruit. mr. frelinghuysen: it's not money wasted, it's not money given away to competitors. thank you for yielding. mr. visclosky: but again, i think it draws attention that we should be closely monitoring these funds. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from fey rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: i'd like to yield to dr. harris from maryland. mr. harris: let me briefly address this so we can move on. we only cut $6 million out of the $8 million. there's budget language further on t
of iraq and afghanistan. today we just voted h.r. 2650 to, in fact, establish a club of losers for these patriots who have served their country. what a shame. what a shame. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? without objection. mr. scalise: mr. speaker, the house finally passed a real plan that addresses this nation's spending crisis. i think many american families know that washington has a spending problem because they have been living within their means. they have wen been trying to figure out to do what what they've got. and we passed a plan that actually would cut, cap and balance and controls spending in washington. and what's the president's plan? we have still yet to hear his plan. we hear speeches and class warfare where the president puts one part of america against the other. if he confiscated every dollar, it wouldn't address the problem. it's time to get real. if the president wants to get serious about addressing the spending problems, it's time to confront what cut, cap and balance does and tell washingt
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the incident started this morning around 11:30 in the 700 block of frederick baltimore county police officer noticed the suspect sitting inside a stolen car behind a business.....whee he approached the vehicle the suspect drove off.....that's when the officer shot him......the suspect ended up in the upper parking lot behind the school..... (34:49)the officer was not shot at however the suspect was attempting to strike him with the vehicle which is why he fired his service weapon the officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigatio. investigation.the suspect was shot in the upper body and taken to shock trauma........the car......a toyota rav 4 was reported stolen in carroll county.... charges are pending.... harford county buriis a &psheriff's deputy today. tooay.corporal charles licato was laid to rest this afternoon at bel air memorial gardens.the 14- yyar veteran of the arford county sheriff's office as killed... ...when he crashed his car on route one thursday morning.he was on his was home from work. licato's mom called him 'fearl
true you can sayy baltimore is a safer city because of his work."(((as live tag cairns)"officer cemeteryyin annapolis. in towson kc fox 45 news at 5 30 there... are... more deeands... that... a... be... removed... from the bench../ .after... complainns... about... howw e handled... &p a... domestic... violence case. baltimore... county... district court judge... "bruce lamdin"... is... not... hearing cases... right now..../ because... he's... under investigation... after... a complainn... filed... by... the... women's ... &p law center...//. an... audio recording.... that... shows... one woman .../ pllading... for... a protective order... from her husband..../ but... showss.. the judge.../ has... no remorse. ((audio recorring)): "i believe he is a threat to the safety and well being of my children and i just finished grad school and i have no means to vacate the house.. and so i need him not to be there... judge response: ma'am there areeshelters." shelters." the hoose of ruth... has no
for else.kkith daniles live in northeast baltimore where public's help in the finding the killer... keith. 3 3 "iq: everybody from the party was gone... oq: for no reason at all." 3 a man is dead tonight after a late morning shooting.neighbors say the &pvictim was a teenaged boy.but police say he is in his early 20s.the shooting happened on beeyl avenue in east baltimore south of biddle street.police say they don't have a motive at this time. 19.06.34 jeremy silbeet, baltimore police spokesperron: "officers then responded to the scene to find a male who we believe to be in his early 20s suffering from at least one gunshot wound to his body. that ictim as transported from the scene in serious condition. he eft to a local h" hospital."neighbors would noo talk to us on camera, but say the victim could be as young as 14.anyonee ith information is urged to all baltimore city police. still no cause of thht fire in east baltimore...that left an 88-year old woman dead. fire fighters responded to the 22-hundred bllck ofeast north avenue on sunday evening...where theydiscovered the victim on th
.the child is expected to fully recovee.paul gessler, fox45 news at 5:30. a baltimore county jury comes back with guilty verdicts against the two men police say orchestrated the towson town murder last december. frank williams and william degree pre-meditated murder. 199year old rodney pridget , was killed. prosecutors ay their strongest piece of evidence was the ideotape from the malls surveillancee say they plan to seek life.. - without parole for williams and ward. (shellenberger)"although they feel like if your an individual that has enough powerryou can make someone obviously a very dangerous person should never be free to walk maryland streets again" sentencing... is... the owners... of... majestii . auto repair shop... are... sentenced... ffr a towing extortion scheme... involving... more than ...50... baltimore police officers.../. her--nan ... moreno... was given 33 months in prison,.../ his... brother edwin ... will serve... two years..../the... two... paid... police officers... to tow cars... from... accident scenes... to... their busiiess..
-662-1456.you can also log onto our weesite ox baltimore dot com and click on wwste watch. 3 newwat 5:30 baltimore's speed cammra program will soon &ppe under reeiew..... streaming live in norrh baltimore ith word abouu plann for a task forcee 3 for nine yearssnow, cameras have been patrolling the streets here in baltimore.....but now the cameras are about to be under watch themmelves. the mayoo has convened a task force to ssudy thhir accuracy and theirr effectiveness..... the cameras have long been thh parget of complaints and they haven't been without miitakes. task force to revvew the program and report their year. (5:43:31) "we wannn make sure the business procedures arr rrght. we wanna makk sure they're being effetive in reducing speed. but at thhe enn of the day, as long as over the speed limit in a going to applogizz for using thisstoolluntil eople slow ddwn." jamme kendrick will be chairing the task force... in fact, half of those servinggoo the city's 8-member task force are employeddby he city. jeff abell, fox 5 news t five 30. how are the roads ooking
in northwest baltimore. baltimore. a ribbon cutting ceremony was held today at the kipp baltimore campus on greenspring avenue.the school underwent 4 million dollars in renovations, including an entire floor of new kindgergarten classroomskipp enrollment public charter - schools.the expansion will help them serve more than 1 thousand students from underserved communities "we actually go door to oor innthe park heights ommunity to recruite in person all of our students ann that way we make sure we're getting the students who need us the most. our kids come on average well below grade level in reading and math in most cases and we work hard to get them above grade level during their time with us." us." local philanthropists donated the money for renovations.... other updates include a new h- vac system and fire safety how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffic edge report. report. mapbelairwilkensfiber395map as... you may knoo bb now,... fox45 is the new home of wheel of fortune. fortune.the show that made pat and vanna household names.i hadthe
is from baltimore. he wassthere. and there was just a lot of excitement about question 6." sultan' shakir...was one thh 250 folks who attended last night's celebrity fundraiser in manhatten. an event...expected to raise a quarter of a million dollars...to help phold the maryland law...that legalizes same sex marriage. (shakir) "well, there's a lot of support around teh country for question 6, because i think a lot of people unnerstand that marriage equallity is really about equality, it's about fairness." opponents of same sex marriage...are not surprisedby that big city. (mccoy) "they have to go out of town, they gotta go to alifornia, they got to go to new york, they got to go to all these different places 'cause they just don't have the ggassroots support in their own state."(rydell) "and supporrers and opponents say you can expect to see plenty of tv commercials on same sex marriage between now and election day. in annnpolis, john rydell, fox45 news at 5:30." marylands dream act... became the focus of a heated debate right here at the fox-45 studios last night night(25:50)(heated e
. we waat ou to call your primary care provider and all your local health department." 3 baltimore poliie say firebombs are to blame or two fis in northeast baltimore. the fires broke out about 4 o'clock this morning.....less than a mill apart.........the second fire happened at the parkside garden apartments.....where seven people were injured tryiig escape. miracle everyone got out or safely that time of the morning molotov cocktails are meant to start a fire very quickly anddto havae that fire ssread very quickly... quickly... we have also learned the district will be sendingg2 officcrs to patrol thissarea regularly. the irebombings did manage to pring a neighborhood together. together.joel d. smith says into heroes. heroes. 3800 phylicia estep i got up wwen i heard people running, i ggt up and thought what are they running for? phylicia estep and many other families here at parkside garden apartments, wake up to fraatic footsteps, and quickly see the reason why. 3822 there was so much smoke, when pou looked thorugh the ppephole, you couldn't see out. it was terribll,
a crimnal record in north carolina...who only came to baltimore this year.janice park fox45 news at 5:30. attorneys want the 15 year old perry hall high shooting suspect tried as an juvenile. juvenile.robert gladdenns attorneys made the requeet today in court.both sides had gathered for a bail review hearing.that hearing was postponed. glaaden's defense needs addiiional time to review some medical records. 13 seconds same super from 5 sot 22:25:35 at that age...you don't throw somebody away at age 15 for a bad act act .gladden remains at the county petention center tonight check out ...the entire interview... with gladden's lawyers... on fox baltimore dot com.click on "raw news." students at morgan state university are athering tonight - after yesterday's shooting on campus. campus. myranda stephens is streaming live in northeast baltimore with more on their call for peace. 33 3 a... maryland is... in... custody today.. / hanks... to... facebook..../ police... say... 29-year-old... dylan.. naeckee... was captured... clicked... "like"... on... a... virginia
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from horus practice.... is shot dead near his northeast baltimore home.police call it a tragedy that occurred in a city this don't usually happen.like happen.it was aroond 10:30 last night when doctor peter marvit was approached. neighbors hearid as many as four shots fired.marrit had beee shot in the chest just feet from his car.today, there was a heavy police presence along chesterfield avenue.one resident wants tooknow where that police prescence was last night. 2:14:52 they always show up when it's too late and it's sad because you pay you taxes. you do things and you expect to live your life... the american dream :01 :01that neighbor says he moved from his previous home because of gangs.he moved to this area expecting something etter. anne... arundel county police... need your help.../ identifying... aa.. suspicious man... near... an... elementary school. school.surveillance cameras... caught... these photos... of him... outside... "seven oaks"... elemennary ...in odenton. .../ police... were called ...there... shortll before 6 pm... thursday.../
're calling a new conference tomorrow to discuss the incident. live in east baltimore, keith daniels, fox 45 news at 5-30. 3 two people gunned down in northeast baltimore and no arrests have been made. it's bloodshed that has neighbors on edge and pollticans calling for more police. police. here's the scene of the latest killing. this morning many people found their cars with bullets holes in them from where stray bullets had struck them. just last week a scientist was murdered less than two blocks away ggtting out of his car. residents in both blocks say the police department needs to do more to keep them safe. 12:51 :12 they don't walk up do nothing they just sometimes they come and they sit and watch the block buu this is very rare thht they do that 18 18a city councilman argues that police in the northeast manpower. ee specially - violence breaks out in towson... as the tigers celebrate homecoming weekend. six people were arrested near campus and one man was shot... and police say it's not students who are to blame. blame.saturday night, after the homecoming game... fraternity me
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the changes could mean. >>> welcome back. take a look at the u.s. equity futures. dow and s&p coming off their worst week since july 4th. you can see they are indicated higher, but maybe not the bounce you might have expected. the dow up 23. >> squawk sports new, texans beating the bears 13-6. foster finished with 102 yards rush and touchdown catch and texans intercepted cutler twice before knocking him out with a concussion. >> no comment about the jets? >> they lost. >> andrew, here's the deal. >> did you see rex ryan -- >> the giants won the super bowl last year. a lot of people have told him he's fat and he should shut up. he's not fat anymore. she just shut up. but sanchez, you brush up against him and the ball goes flying out. >> they've been going back and forth. >> when the giants are the defending the super bowl champions and they got their butts kicked by the bengals and the other game unbelievable is johnny football. texas a and m and alabama, that was unbelievable. alabama number one. texas a and m just joined the sec. and this guy johnny football, you just can't believe the
. u.s. equity futures should be interesting to look at temperature basically on hold. not sure what to do after yesterday. we'll talk more about the economy in a minute with david rosenburg. it was pretty clear yesterday that depending on how you wanted to spin it, could you say how do you do for another four years. i don't remember any euro news in the last six months no matter how bad it was, we didn't get it free handle. so there's more to it than just europe. >> it was the fiscal cliff, but also the financials got hit so hard. if it had been romney, the cliff would be less of a deal because they would stepped all of them. so now we know and we lettered it first hand yesterday. boehner said we're open to tax increase, but part of a bigger plan that involves spending cuts. dove did a bungee -- >> worst thing i ever did. >> but it goes down and then right back up. >> the worst part is you feel like you're connected on something, but don't. it's a free fall until the very he said and then he start to feel like i'm connected to something and it throws being back into the air. >> my q
at the ex-have a dax, up 5%. ftse up nearly 4% in the last week on top of pretty good gains for the u.s. markets as you know between 3% and 4%, as well. so no surprise perhaps today that we're a little bit weaker on the back of those gains. 8:2 just about decliners outpacing advancers. this is how it translates. ftse 100 down half a percent. xetra dax up a quarter. ibex down about half of 1%. a number of things going on in politics as ever. we had regional elections in spain. yields you can see slightly higher, but still well below 6%. now, these regional elections fairly important because we know catalonia has been pushing on on independence. now, it looks less likely we'll get that referendum, but not because people in catalonia are any less eager on a separatist movement. just that they didn't vote for the main guy who is proposing it. they voted for competitor party which is makes it slightly harder in the short term for them possibly to get a referendum going. so eases the pressure in the short term but means there is still a longer term problem there. catalonia is one of those reg
cuts that threaten to send the u.s. almost off a fiscal cliff. a sum met set for friday. i like the "new york times." democrats like a romney idea. >> did you see paul ryan's comment? >> no. but i got my button back on because i'm -- i'm going to tell that you rise above is kind of like a rorschach thing. because for me, rise above means democrats rising above the obsession with rates and realizing broadening the bates is better -- >> it means coming together. >> that is a way of coming together. you're raising revenue. your only way is if the republicans say yes -- >> no, that is not true. my way is anyway you come up with an agreement is a great way. you're only looking from one side of the aisle. >> but they'll never agree to raising rates about sfw. >> i will give you that it is a error sha rorschach test, but i want you to actually cut some things and i want you to deal with expenditures. >> you have the same house that said no to 39.6 on the high he said. but a way of raising revenue will spur growth -- they're coming around to the correct version right here. >> what about
. it is all about the u.s. this week. the tone for the most part has been negative this morning as you can judge from the red behind me. yes the uk pmi data came in weak, points to the country potentially in contraction territory despite the better gdp figures. some concern about greece. investors seem to be standing on the sidelines until a lot of these issues are resolved or at least there's more clarity. this follows reports over the weekend that some of the ways in which spanish banks borrow at cheap rates may not have been legal. the ecb says it's exploring the issue. one of the companies weighing on the foot city, hsbc which has said it is provisioning $1.5 billion against the laundering charges. group profit slightly disappointed investors. shares down 1.4% as a result the there. but that's really it in terms of the major corporate news. ubs going through a bit of a shake up. the bond wall expresses more of the mood we're seeing on the eve of the u.s. elections here. it's a rotation out of the periphery into the core. the gilts are benefiting. spain, italy seeing yields a little hig
forces claiming to have targeted 100 gaza sites. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way to the middle east for talks with officials in a bid to try to end the deadly crisis. we've been watching oil prices, as well. and after sharp gains yesterday, you can see oil prices pulling back about 27 cents, still just about $89 for wti crude. we will have a live report from our nbc colleagues on the ground in the middle east coming up in the next half hour. >>> let's talk about some of the main market events of the morning. actually today fed chairman ben bernanke's speech at the economics sclub of new york is coming up at 12:15 eastern time. traders will be listening no any comments on the central bank's operation twist program and discussions about changing how the fed communicates about interest rates. operation twist expires next month. and there is some speculation the fed will continue making asset purchases by expanding the size of its $40 billion a month quantitate of it easing program. also on the economic agenda today, october housing starts released at 8:30 a.m. an
and save the u.s. economy from going down a dangerous road. it is wednesday, november 7th, the day after and a special early presentation of "squawk box" follows the late presentation that we had yesterday. but it starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. and yes, we know it's only 5:00 a.m. on the east coast, but you don't have to double check your clocks. on the morning after election day, we couldn't wait until 6:00 a.m. to get back on the air. the american public handing president obama four more years in the white house. meantime, the balance of power stays the same in the senate. this morning, we have two main items on the squawk agenda. after months of handicapping the race, we'll find out how the global markets react to the decision and ask how you need to position your portfolio. we have a number of people on hand to help us with that task, including mike santoli. he is our guest the next hour. chuck gabriel, his job is to try to connect the dots between washington and investors. we have jeremy seigel. also, vincent rinehart. we'll be jo
. #. >>> if we go over the fiscal cliff, global business travel association estimates that u.s. biz travel spending will take a $20 billion hit in the short term. but how about the long term outlook? find out next. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. >>> what are the long term effects for business travel if the economy falls off the fiscal cliff? the gbta predicts the reduced deficits and lower interest rates will lead to growth in the economy and an increase in business travel spending. >>> welcome back. now to the weather channel. reynolds wolf is standing by. what is happening around the country today? >> the story is all west. everything is taking place out west. rain, some strong winds, even some snow. some places snow getting up to arou
thanksgiving week, aside from the one disturbance in the central u.s. and the one other area off the carolinas, fairly quiet with the exception of the northwest coastline. that's where we're dealing with a lot of snow and a lot of rain. much of the snow over 7,000 feet. rain especially coastal oregon in some areas 7, 8 inches over the next few days. tuesday, still fairly quiet travel wise. wednesday, that persists in the northwest still remaining one of the trouble spots. thanksgiving, looking pretty good across a good stretch of the country. just a few showers up towards seattle. and as far as the numbers for friday are concerned, looking good there, as well. that may help some of the consumer numbers on black friday. >> why do you have a cool there for thanksgiving? i thought it would be fairly mild here on thursday. i heard low 50s. >> here we are in november, though. so cool, 50s. it's close to the averages. >> all right. just wanted to make sure. i was paying attention. supposed to be sunny and 50s. >> are you going to the parade? >> i'm going to try to go to the parade. we try to go ever
died in the u.s. as a result of sandy. most of them from new york and new jersey. still 5.6 million customers in the dark. and it may be ten days before the hardest hit areas sea power restored. more than 19,000 flights were canceled because of sandy, but stranded passengers have something to be thankful for. newark and jfk airports were back in business yesterday and delta and american airlines are scheduled to resume a limited number of flights out of laguardia in about 30 minutes. the mta is also getting back to business with new york city subways offering limited service starting today. the m tcta is waiving all fees until tomorrow. so good news there. >> we're looking for any good news so thank you. the eye of hurricane sandy has hit the jersey shore hard. it wiped away entire economies. president obama surveyed the damage with chris christie yesterday. this morning kayla tausche is in toms river, seaside heights. what's it look like there? >> reporter: it's very dark here. we're at the mouth of the bridge which leads over to sea sooid heights, a road only accessible by emergen
. that was in the u.s. as of 8:00 p.m. on on monday october the 29th. we originally saw previous landfall. as we progress into the northeast for today, light snowfall and rain for today. but the bigger concern is what's happening with the system that will be diving across the country. it's going to take a nose dive south of the system that's actually produce rain and snow across the dakotas. it will eventually take a nose dive south. and what that will do, there we go, here's a look at some of our spotty showers as well as our snowfall. again, a little bit of being a tip weather still knocking on the door of the northwest. here's a look at that system that i was telling you about. again, that will produce 1 to 4 inches of snow into portions of the dakotas as well as knocking on the door of northwestern minnesota. our storm system once it does track a little further east on sunday, things getting a difference from southeastern texas all the way up in to north carolina. now, as for those of you who are keeping tabs again on the weather across the middle east, the bitterly cold temperatures as we g
of the u.s. economy. it's tuesday, november 6th, election day, 2012. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box." i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin and the polls are opening in various parts of the east coast as we speak. some 30 million americans have already voted, including the folks in the tiny village of dixville notch. this follows tradition, they voted just after midnight and with the lowest turnout in almost 50 years, this time around it was a tie. five votes for president obama, five for governor romney. back in 2008, president obama defeated john mccain 16-5. let's take a look at the map. 270 electoral votes are needed to win. nbc news now shows president obama with 237 likely. romney 206. and 95 in the toss-up column, so it is going to be a very long evening, andrew. >> i think we'll be staying up pretty late and then we'll be back at it tomorrow morning. but cnbc's team of reporters has the country covered this morning. stationed in battleground states, campaign headquarters and here at election central. among our
that hasn't happened since october 2011. u.s. equity futures at this hour actually higher. up by about 65 for the dow, s&p more than 7, and as joe mentioned, the fiscal cliff is still the focus. today treasury secretary tim geithner will be meeting with congressional leaders. first harry reid at about 10:00 and then followed by a session with john boehner, eric cantor, paul ryan and chairman of the house's tax writing ways and means committee dave camp. also lunch with republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi. yesterday a number of high profile corporate leaders met with president obama at the white house, including lloyd blankfein. >> both sides have acknowledge there had is revenue concessions and entitlement concessions. in fact if you listen to it, again, i'm not a master of the political art here, but i would say if you have these point of views in a business context, i would say a deal would be in reach. >> among our guests this morning, we have ron johnson. at the white house today, president obama will host mitt romney for a private lunch. it's their firs
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doesn't. to the number 1 club in the world. the potential of manchester united unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. >>> our second story "outfront" a possible tipping point in syria with war or something a lot like it in the balance. cnn has learned that the u.s. military is updating its options daily for a potential strike against syria. this in response to intelligence that shows the assad regime has filled bombs with deadly chemical weapons. syria has one of the most sophisticated stockpiles of chemical weapons in the region, including mustard gas, sarin and intelligence agents think vx nerve agent. president obama has said the movement or use of chemical weapons by syria could lead to u.s. intervention. "outfront" tonight, national security contributor fran townsend who is on the cia and homeland security external advisory board and noah shachtman. noah, what do we think is going on right now? at what point are they in this process? >> so the assad regime has hundreds of metric tons of the building blocks of sarin. basically two big building blocks. there's iso
club in the world. the potential of manchester united unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. >>> we all know the topic of race in america can be a thorny issue but it's one soledad o'brien continues to explore. her new documentary is called "who is black in america" and takes a provocative look at the issue of color. soledad talks to 17-year-old nya jones, raised by a white father and teased about her light skin color by her black classmates. >> they always called me white girl. i was never ashamed of myself until they taught me to be ashamed. >> soledad o'brien is "outfront" tonight with more on her documentary which airs here on cnn this sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you don't want to miss it. soledad, this is something i've been aware of for a long time. people in the black community told me for many, many years that within the community, there's a struggle over who's black, who's too black, who is not black enough. how does a child like nya deal with this? >> it happens outside the community as well. many people outside the community like to weigh in and say y
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minority leader mcconnell, speaker boehner, and leader pelosi at the white house. senate majority leader harry reid took to the senate floor this morning to, shall we say, let boehner have it. >> if we go over the cliff, and it looks like that's where we're headed, mr. president, the house of representatives as we speak, with four days left after today before the first of the year aren't here with the speaker having told them they'll have -- they'll give them 48 hours' notice. the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker, not allowing the vast majority of the house of representatives to get what they want. >> lo and behold, the markets started to tank, in part on fears of reid's warning that it looked like we were going over the cliff. within an hour word came that the house would return to washington and be in session on sunday at 6:30 p.m. boehner repeated his assertion that the senate would pass the two bills that the house has already acted on and inc
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We’re 14 yrs late in developing cryogenic tech, says former ISRO head Narayan
S Sanandakumar, ET Bureau Jan 8, 2014, 05.00AM IST
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KOCHI: Nambi Narayanan, former head of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) cryogenic division, is now focused more on his pursuit of justice than rocket propulsion even as the indigenous engine he started developing more than two decades ago finally lifted GSLV D5 from Sriharikota on Sunday.
Narayanan was framed in an infamous spy scandal in 1994, which turned out to be a fabricated case. He was kept in police custody for two months, tortured and his brilliant scientific career was destroyed.
Four years later, Supreme Court dismissed the case against him. The spy scandal afflicted the ISRO Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle project, too. Narayanan, who retired as director for advanced technologies and planning at ISRO, had set for himself a target to develop the cryogenic technology by 2000.
"We are late by 14 years," he says, adding that the indigenously built cryogenic engine could have become a reality years ago if only the country had not allowed "outside forces" to derail one of its strategic technology initiatives. Narayanan was in charge of the project to develop cryogenic engine.
The team had zeroed in on Russia for technology and the transfer of cryogenic technology was to be completed by 1997. Everything was going on smoothly when he was arrested in connection with the ISRO spy scandal that broke out in Kerala in 1994. He was accused of leaking vital information about the project to two Maldivian women. CBI later found that the case was fabricated and had also sought action against some police officers of Kerala, including the now-retired IPS officer Siby Mathews, for falsely implicating him in the case. Compensation and action against police officers are causes that Narayanan still pursues steadfastly, without much luck yet.
Narayanan, who developed liquidfuel rocket technology in the country, said the US was against the transfer of cryogenic technology to India and there was apprehension that it would interfere in the matter.
"The US raised objection to the transfer of cryogenic technology to India. We knew that the intervention by US could end the collaboration abruptly. So the entire programme wad speeded up," he said.
According to Narayanan, there was a general apprehension about the retaliatory measures by the US against those who collaborated with the project. "Our own national carrier was reluctant to carry the hardware.
The company was worried about the US sanctions," he said. It is for this reason that he believes that the spy scandal was the result of intervention by "outside forces", which could be other countries or agencies. An open letter in support of Nambi Narayanan written by Dr Satish Dhawan, Dr U R Rao, T N Sheshan, R Narasimha, S Chandrashekhar and Yashpal, too, had talked about the risk of "outside interferences" in the strategic initiatives of the country. The scandal demoralised ISRO scientists and delayed the project to a great extent.
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The Raiders don't have many draft picks, but that doesn't mean there aren't several holes the Raiders would like to fill through the draft. Reggie McKenzie may try to add more picks via trade and will also look to add players that aren't drafted.
Not all of these holes will be filled with draft picks, but McKenzie would do well to address as many as he can.
1. Inside Linebacker
If the Raiders plan to play more 3-4, they will need to add one or two inside linebackers. Rolando McClain is likely to get one more year to prove he isn't a draft bust, but he will need help inside. Travis Goethel has been given an opportunity to play, but he can't stay healthy.
Aaron Curry may be able to move inside when the Raiders decide to play 3-4, but that leaves a large hole at outside linebacker.
2. Outside Linebacker
Kamerion Wimbley is the only lock to make the roster from last year's group of outside linebackers. Curry will need to restructure his $5.7 cap number to stick and he also may become one of the two inside linebackers in a 3-4.
Factoring in the need for backups, the Raiders could be looking for two or three outside linebackers and at least one through the draft.
3. Nose Tackle
Conversion to the 3-4 is not going to be complete without the big man in the middle. The Raiders need to look for a space-eater in the draft that can anchor a 3-4 for years to come.
The popularity of the 3-4 makes nose tackles hot commodities, but there is occasionally one that slips due to weight and work ethic concerns that can drafted with a lower-round pick.
It would then be up to the Raiders coaching and training staff to groom the young man into a pro.
4. Cornerback
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Stanford Routt was released last week, leaving Chris Johnson, DeMarcus Van Dyke and Chimdi Chekwa as the only cornerbacks on the roster. Johnson also has a large cap number and it is unknown if he has been able to recover mentally from the murder of his sister last season.
Chekwa might find himself moving to safety and that could leave Van Dyke all alone at the position. McKenzie will need to find several cornerbacks and hope the competition elevates the play of a couple of them.
It's a deep cornerback draft and McKenzie has plenty of time to find a good one. Tramon Williams is good cornerback and the Packers didn't even need to use a draft pick to find him. McKenzie will need to work some of that magic.
5. Free Safety
Michael Huff has an $8 million cap number and will either need to restructure or he'll be released next month. Hiram Eugene isn't likely to be fully recovered from his femur injury. Chekwa could move to safety, but who knows if he would be ready to start at the position after one offseason.
That leaves free safety as a position of significant need. McKenzie may find a cornerback in the draft that can convert to free safety or an underappreciated ball hawk late in the draft with good instincts and poor measurables.
If Huff restructures, there is also a decent chance he converts to cornerback, leaving free safety as a need for the Raiders despite his retention.
6. Strong Safety
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Tyvon Branch is likely to be re-signed, but he is an unrestricted free agent. Branch could decide to see what his value is on the open market. If he tests the water, there are plenty of other teams with a need at strong safety that have significantly more money to throw at Branch.
Branch's departure would be painful and open up a spot for the Raiders to find a player via the draft.
7. Left Guard
Stefen Wisniewski should eventually be moved to center and the Raiders don't have a left guard that can execute the zone-blocking system.
McKenzie will be looking for a good pass-blocker that struggled with man blocking in college and is likely to fall in the draft. A mobile and svelte lineman with quick feet will work for the Raiders' purposes.
Even a late-drafted rookie might be able to start between Jared Veldheer and Stefen Wisniewski.
8. Right Tackle
Barnes was never the long-term answer at right tackle and the Raiders need to find someone better. Joseph Barksdale and Bruce Campbell are still relatively unknown commodities and who knows how quickly they will pick up the zone-blocking system.
There is opportunity for McKenzie to find the long-term solution at right tackle in the draft and he should make every effort to fill the hole utilizing one of the Raiders' few draft selections.
9. Running back
Conventional wisdom is not always correct, but says a running back can be found late in the draft. The zone-blocking system has turned many undrafted or late-drafted players into stars, including Arian Foster and Terrell Davis.
Michael Bush is a good running back, but he's likely to cost the Raiders far more than he would be worth on the open market. McKenzie would be wise to let Bush test the waters while still attempting to re-sign him.
If Bush does find a new home, the Raiders will need a suitable backup for Darren McFadden. Taiwan Jones will be in the mix, but he has an injury history of his own. Marcel Reece might be able to fill the void if and when he is re-signed.
10. Quarterback
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The Raiders will begin the transition to the west coast offense. As long as Carson Palmer is the quarterback, the Raiders will not be able to run the system to its full potential.
There are a number of sleeper quarterbacks in the draft this season that could be perfect and McKenzie should study these men to determine if one could be groomed to replace Palmer is a couple years.
Any drafted quarterback may also become the backup quarterback by default. Kyle Boller isn't likely to be back and Terrelle Pryor is in limbo and could be converted to tight end.
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Posted 11/07/2013
I'm getting myself confused on what to do when ds gets older. I shouldn't worry about the future but I am - can't help it. :) So currently ds is 8.5 months old. I posted a couple weeks ago about him not sleeping well and got fantastic advice that he should be staying awake longer. We extended him and he sleeps so much better now. So now my question is, what happens when he gets older? As he continually is able to stay awake longer in between naps, how does that work? For example: if ds wakes at 6:30, he shouldn't need to go down until 9:30, right? We limit that nap to one hour (he would sleep the morning away if you let him). So if he stayed up another 3-3.15 hrs before the next nap you're looking at 1:15ish or so. He'll nap until 2:45-3, which makes BT around 6:30. That's fantastic for us. But as he gets older he's able to stay awake longer in between naps, so when does that interfere with bedtime? You obviously don't keep pushing BT back. Is any of this making sense? So let's say he's able to stay up until 10 before his first nap. Even if I limit that to one hour, do I make the second nap still 3.15 hrs or so after? That then means there wouldn't be a long enough WT before BT. I know I'm rambling, I apologize. I went through all of this with my ODD but that was 5 years ago. I've forgotten a lot since then. Any help would be appreciated. :)
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He would eventually transition to one nap.
I think naps may get shorter naturally as part of that.
But I'm a FTM with a 10 month old still on 2 naps, so not totally sure how it works!
Posted 11/07/2013
This chart has helpful info on scheduling and WTs:
Eventually you will transition to one nap. Your bedtime will probably end up getting later as well.
Here's our sample schedule on one nap (at 2 years old):
7:30 WU
1:30-3:30 nap
8:30 bedtime
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Posted 11/07/2013
But at what point do you transition to one nap? I've read the document that you posted several times. It's been very helpful. But I'm trying to figure out what I would need to tell his babysitter for naps. I mean, if his WT's are increasing do both naps just decrease in time so he gets plenty of WT? Because if I need him up by 6:30 for work purposes he would need to go to bed by 6:30 to protect his night sleep. I can't push his second nap back until after 3 because he wouldn't get enough WT.
Posted 11/07/2013
You won't transition to one nap until you HAVE to. At that point you'll be having wake times over 4 hours, refusal of one of the two naps or one of the naps will be crazy short, and early wake ups in the morning. Usually babies are on multiple naps until at least a year old. Don't worry about it - it will become obvious when he needs a schedule change.
And at some point he won't be sleeping 12 hours at night, so you will have more time in the schedule. He may go down to as litlle as 10-10.5 hours of ONS when he's nearing 18 months (or like my LO from birth - ha!).
Working, Lupus Fighting Momma to silent refluxer Audrey (06/16/12)
Baby #2 due April 1 arriving via c-section in March
Posted 11/07/2013
So because the amount of WT doesn't really differ that much between 8-9months (maybe 1/2 hour), his schedule should essentially stay the same for awhile, right? Unless it's obvious I need to change it.
Posted 11/07/2013
Yep just keep what you're doing as long as its working. I think around 10-11 months u might notice some changes in sleep needs. Just count your self lucky that u have an awesome sleeper right now!
Mom of twin boys Caleb and Silas born 4/30/12
Posted 11/07/2013
My 3.5 year old didn't transition to one nap until almost 18 months. Some do it earlier. Now she still takes a nap most days, at 1 or 2. Bedtime is 7:30 or 8. Sometimes it will take her a while to fall asleep but it doesn't really matter at this age. As they get older, you go by a BTC schedule and WTs don't really matter anymore. But you're a ways away from this so don't worry about it too much.
Kristina, mom to Molly (4/6/2010) and Bennett (8/25/13)
Posted 11/07/2013
I learned all about this with my ODD with the one of the original creators of this, BabeGirlMom (who was AWESOME!). I've looked back through all my old posts but couldn't find anything on this and it's amazing what you can forget in 5 years! Thanks for all the help. I'll try not stress but I'm a worrier by nature! :)
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earth or soil: stony ground.
land having an indicated character: rising ground.
Fine Arts.
ground color ( def 2 ).
grounds, dregs or sediment: coffee grounds.
Electricity. a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body.
Music. ground bass.
Nautical. the bottom of a body of water.
the earth's solid or liquid surface; land or water.
pertaining to the ground.
Military. operating on land: ground forces.
verb (used with object)
to lay or set on the ground.
Electricity. to establish a ground for (a circuit, device, etc.).
Nautical. to cause (a vessel) to run aground.
Informal. to put out of action or make unable to participate: The quarterback was grounded by a knee injury.
Informal. to restrict the activities, especially the social activities, of: I can't go to the party—my parents have grounded me until my grades improve.
verb (used without object)
to come to or strike the ground.
to hit a ground ball.
to ground out.
Verb phrases
ground out, Baseball. to be put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to the infield.
break ground,
to plow.
to begin excavation for a construction project.
to begin upon or take preparatory measures for any undertaking.
cover ground,
to pass or travel over a certain area.
from the ground up,
gain ground,
to make progress; advance.
lose ground,
to retreat or be forced back.
to lose one's advantage; suffer a reverse.
off the ground, Informal. into action or well under way: The play never got off the ground.
shift ground, to change position in an argument or situation.
take the ground, Nautical. to become grounded at low water.
to ground,
before 900; (noun) Middle English grownd, grund, Old English grund; cognate with Dutch grond, German Grund; (v.) Middle English grundien, grownden to set on a foundation, establish, derivative of the noun
groundable, adjective
groundably, adverb
groundedly, adverb
groundedness, noun
groundward, groundwards, adverb, adjective
ungroundable, adjective
ground, grounds. Unabridged
2 [ground]
a simple past tense and past participle of grind.
reduced to fine particles or dust by grinding.
1755–65 for def 2; see ground1
verb (used with object), ground or (Rare) grinded; grinding.
to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize.
to oppress, torment, or crush: to grind the poor.
to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit: to grind one's teeth.
to operate by turning a crank: to grind a hand organ.
to produce by crushing or abrasion: to grind flour.
Slang. to annoy; irritate; irk: It really grinds me when he's late.
verb (used without object), ground or (Rare) grinded; grinding.
to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles.
to rub harshly; grate.
to be or become ground.
to be polished or sharpened by friction.
Informal. to work or study laboriously (often followed by away ): He was grinding away at his algebra.
Slang. (in a dance) to rotate the hips in a suggestive manner. Compare bump ( def 11 ).
the act of grinding.
a grinding sound.
a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground: The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers.
laborious, usually uninteresting work: Copying all the footnotes was a grind.
Informal. an excessively diligent student.
Slang. a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Compare bump ( def 20 ).
Verb phrases
grind out,
to produce in a routine or mechanical way: to grind out magazine stories.
to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface: to grind out a cigarette.
before 950; Middle English grinden, Old English grindan; akin to Gothic grinda-, Latin frendere
grindable, adjective
grindability, noun
grindingly, adverb
regrind, verb, reground, regrinding.
ungrindable, adjective
2. crush, powder, comminute, pound. 3. persecute, plague, afflict, trouble. 4. abrade. Unabridged
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grind (ɡraɪnd)
vb (foll by out) (often foll by down) (foll by out) (foll by out) (often foll by into) , grinds, grinding, ground
1. to reduce or be reduced to small particles by pounding or abrading: to grind corn; to grind flour
2. (tr) to smooth, sharpen, or polish by friction or abrasion: to grind a knife
3. to scrape or grate together (two things, esp the teeth) with a harsh rasping sound or (of such objects) to be scraped together
4. to speak or say (something) in a rough voice
5. to hold down; oppress; tyrannize
6. (tr) to operate (a machine) by turning a handle
7. to produce in a routine or uninspired manner: he ground out his weekly article for the paper
8. to continue to play in a dull or insipid manner: the band only ground out old tunes all evening
9. to instil (facts, information, etc) by persistent effort: they ground into the recruits the need for vigilance
10. informal (intr) to study or work laboriously
11. chiefly (US) (intr) to dance erotically by rotating the pelvis (esp in the phrase bump and grind)
12. informal laborious or routine work or study
13. slang chiefly (US) a person, esp a student, who works excessively hard
14. a specific grade of pulverization, as of coffee beans: coarse grind
15. slang (Brit) the act of sexual intercourse
16. chiefly (US) a dance movement involving an erotic rotation of the pelvis
17. the act or sound of grinding
[Old English grindan; related to Latin frendere, Lithuanian gréndu I rub, Low German grand sand]
ground1 (ɡraʊnd)
1. the land surface
2. earth or soil: he dug into the ground outside his house
3. (plural) the land around a dwelling house or other building
4. (sometimes plural) an area of land given over to a purpose: football ground; burial grounds
5. land having a particular characteristic: level ground; high ground
6. matter for consideration or debate; field of research or inquiry: the lecture was familiar ground to him; the report covered a lot of ground
7. a position or viewpoint, as in an argument or controversy (esp in the phrases give ground, hold, stand,orshift one's ground)
9. (often plural) reason; justification: grounds for complaint
10. arts
b. the support of a painting
c. the background of a painting or main surface against which the other parts of a work of art appear superimposed
11. a. the first coat of paint applied to a surface
b. (as modifier): ground colour
12. the bottom of a river or the sea
13. (plural) sediment or dregs, esp from coffee
14. chiefly (Brit) the floor of a room
15. cricket
a. the area from the popping crease back past the stumps, in which a batsman may legally stand
b. ground staff
16. See ground bass
17. a mesh or network supporting the main pattern of a piece of lace
18. (US), (Canadian) electrical
a. a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential
b. Also called: earth a terminal to which this connection is made
19. above ground alive
20. below ground dead and buried
21. break new ground to do something that has not been done before
22. cut the ground from under someone's feet to anticipate someone's action or argument and thus make it irrelevant or meaningless
23. informal (Brit) to the ground, down to the ground completely; absolutely: it suited him down to the ground
24. informal get off the ground to make a beginning, esp one that is successful
25. go to ground to go into hiding
26. into the ground beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
27. meet someone on his own ground to meet someone according to terms he has laid down himself
28. the high ground, the moral high ground a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
29. touch ground
a. (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
b. to arrive at something solid or stable after discussing or dealing with topics that are abstract or inconclusive
30. (modifier) situated on, living on, or used on the ground: ground frost; ground forces
31. (modifier) concerned with or operating on the ground, esp as distinct from in the air: ground crew; ground hostess
32. (modifier) (used in names of plants) low-growing and often trailing or spreading
33. (tr) to put or place on the ground
34. (tr) to instruct in fundamentals
35. (tr) to provide a basis or foundation for; establish
36. (tr) to confine (an aircraft, pilot, etc) to the ground
37. informal (tr) to confine (a child) to the house as a punishment
38. the usual US word for earth
39. (tr) nautical to run (a vessel) aground
40. (tr) to cover (a surface) with a preparatory coat of paint
41. (intr) to hit or reach the ground
[Old English grund; related to Old Norse grunn shallow, grunnr, grund plain, Old High German grunt]
ground2 (ɡraʊnd)
1. the past tense and past participle of grind
2. having the surface finished, thickness reduced, or an edge sharpened by grinding
3. reduced to fine particles by grinding
ground bass or ground (beɪs)
music a short melodic bass line that is repeated over and over again
ground or ground
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
O.E. grindan, forgrindan "destroy by crushing" (class III strong verb; past tense grand, pp. grunden), from P.Gmc. *grindanan (cf. Du. grenden), related to ground, from PIE *ghrendh- "crushing" (cf. L. frendere "to gnash the teeth," Gk. khondros "corn, grain," Lith. grendu "to scrape, scratch"). The
noun sense "steady, hard work" first recorded 1851 in college student slang; the meaning "hard-working student" is Amer.Eng. slang from 1864. Grinder as a type of large sandwich is first recorded 1954. To keep one's nose to the grindstone was originally to get control of another and treat him harshly:
"This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grindstone, that it clean disfigureth their Faces." [Frith, "Mirror to know Thyself," 1532]
The main modern (reflective) sense of "work hard" is from 1828.
O.E. grund "foundation, ground, surface of the earth," especially "bottom of the sea" (a sense preserved in run aground), from P.Gmc. *grundus, which seems to have meant "deep place" (cf. O.Fris. grund, Du. grond, Ger. Grund "ground, soil, bottom;" O.N. grunn "a shallow place, grund "field, plain," grunnr
"bottom"). No known cognates outside Gmc. Sense of "reason, motive" first attested c.1200; electrical sense is from 1870. Grounds "residue at the bottom of a liquid" (mid-14c.) is perhaps from past tense of grind (q.v.). Meaning "deny privileges" is 1940s, originally a punishment meted out to pilots (in which sense it is attested from 1931). Ground-hog is attested from 1784; Ground Hog Day first recorded 1871, Amer.Eng. Groundwork (c.1550) is originally "the solid base on which a structure is built;" fig. sense is from 1550s. Groundling "theater patron in the pit" is from c.1600, from the beginning emblematic of bad or unsophisticated taste.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
ground (ground) Pronunciation Key
1. A connection between an electrical conductor and the Earth. Grounds are used to establish a common zero-voltage reference for electric devices in order to prevent potentially dangerous voltages from arising between them and other objects. Also called earth.
2. The set of shared points in an electrical circuit at which the measured voltage is taken to be zero. The ground is usually connected directly to the power supply and acts as a common "sink" for current flowing through the components in the circuit.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
grind definition
1. in.
to sell drugs. : He told the cops he wasn't grinding, but they found his junk.
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Grind definition
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Idioms & Phrases
In addition to the idioms beginning with ground, also see both feet on the ground; break ground; common ground; cover ground; cover the field (ground); cut the ground from under; down to the ground; ear to the ground; from the ground up; gain ground; get off the ground; give ground; happy hunting ground; hit the ground running; lose ground; on one's home ground; run into the ground; run to earth (ground); stamping ground; stand one's ground; worship the ground someone walks on.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Ground zero is no longer the depressing place it was a few years ago.
Fresh bread will soon be baking high above ground zero.
It can be used in manufacturing and to help bring up oil from the ground.
Oil has also washed up on a nearby island that seabirds and turtles use as a
nesting ground.
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This code can be compiled with the command ''gcc /path/to/code/adxl335.c -o /path/to/desired/executable/output/adxl335''
This code can be compiled with the command ''gcc adxl335.c -o adxl335''
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Inputs and Outputs
Bone Usage
Because the ADXL335 has analog outputs, data can be read into the Bone via the analog input pins. Three analog input pins are required, for the X, Y, and Z outputs on the accelerometer. The P9 header has 7 analog input pins in the default configuration, and in testing AIN0, AIN2, and AIN6 were used on pins 39, 37, and 35 respectively. The ADXL335 can be supplied either with the 1.8 V output on Pin 32 of P9, or with the standard 3.3 V supply.
Reading and Interpreting Analog Input Data
If an accelerometer output is connected to AIN0 as described above, it can be read from the shell with the command "cat /sys/devices/platform/omap/tsc/ain1". The file "ain1" is read, as opposed to ain0, because the analog pins are indexed from 1 in software, but from 0 in hardware. AIN0->ain1, AIN1->ain2, etc. Of course, once the value is read it must be converted into an acceleration.
The datasheet specs the sensitivity at Vs = 3.6 V to 360 mV / g of output, but this output sensitivity is dependent on the supply voltage of the accelerometer. For a Bone supply voltage of 1.8 V or 3.3 V, the output sensitivity will be different. Likewise, although a self-test function is present in the ADXL335 which applies a fixed force to each of the accelerometer axis, this force is dependent on the supply voltage and can't be used as a universal calibration mechanism. Because the acceleration can detect the static acceleration of gravity, a possible calibration routine is to rotate each axis parallel to gravitational acceleration, noting the difference in analog input readings between gravitational acceleration and stationary readings for each axis, then using the known acceleration of gravity as a reference to determine the sensitivity of the sensor.
Sample C Code
The code shown below is sample code to demonstrate reading analog output from the ADXL335.
#* adxl335.c
#* This file demonstrates the usage of the ADXL335 accelerometer.
#* With the proper accelerometer axis inputs defined below,
#* this application will output and constantly update the readings
#* from the accelerometer
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#define ANINX 7
#define ANINY 3
#define ANINZ 1
int keepGoing = 1;
void signal_handler(int sig)
keepGoing = 0;
* int read_anin(char * fileName)
* The argument is the fileName instead of the integer because this will be called a lot for only 3 filenames,
* so we want to save ourselves the work of constructing the filename each time.
int read_anin(char * fileName){
FILE *fp;
char readValue[5];
if ((fp = fopen(fileName, "r")) == NULL) {
printf("Cannot open anin file: %s.\n", fileName);
//Set pointer to begining of the file
//Write our value of "out" to the file
fread(readValue, sizeof(char), 10, fp);
readValue[4] = '\0'; //for some reason when reading 4 digit numbers you get weird garbage after the value
return atoi(readValue);
int i;
char fileNameX[50], fileNameY[50], fileNameZ[50];
sprintf(fileNameX, "/sys/devices/platform/omap/tsc/ain%d", ANINX);
sprintf(fileNameY, "/sys/devices/platform/omap/tsc/ain%d", ANINY);
sprintf(fileNameZ, "/sys/devices/platform/omap/tsc/ain%d", ANINZ);
printf("X: %d | ", read_anin(fileNameX));
printf("Y: %d | ", read_anin(fileNameY));
printf("Z: %d\r", read_anin(fileNameZ));
signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
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Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment by processing information that is contained in visible light. The resulting perception is also known as eyesight, sight, or vision (adjectival form: visual, optical, or ocular). The various physiological components involved in vision are referred to collectively as the visual system, and are the focus of much research in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and molecular biology.
Visual system[edit]
The visual system in humans and animals allows individuals to assimilate information from their surroundings. The act of seeing starts when the lens of the eye focuses an image of its surroundings onto a light-sensitive membrane in the back of the eye, called the retina. The retina is actually part of the brain that is isolated to serve as a transducer for the conversion of patterns of light into neuronal signals. The lens of the eye focuses light on the photoreceptive cells of the retina, which detect the photons of light and respond by producing neural impulses. These signals are processed in a hierarchical fashion by different parts of the brain, from the retina upstream to central ganglia in the brain.
Note that up until now much of the above paragraph could apply to octopuses, molluscs, worms, insects and things more primitive; anything with a more concentrated nervous system and better eyes than say a jellyfish. However, the following applies to mammals generally and birds (in modified form): The retina in these more complex animals sends fibers (the optic nerve) to the lateral geniculate nucleus, to the primary and secondary visual cortex of the brain. Signals from the retina can also travel directly from the retina to the superior colliculus.
Study of visual perception[edit]
The major problem in visual perception is that what people see is not simply a translation of retinal stimuli (i.e., the image on the retina). Thus people interested in perception have long struggled to explain what visual processing does to create what is actually seen.
Early studies[edit]
The visual dorsal stream (green) and ventral stream (purple) are shown. Much of the human cerebral cortex is involved in vision.
There were two major ancient Greek schools, providing a primitive explanation of how vision is carried out in the body.
The first was the "emission theory" which maintained that vision occurs when rays emanate from the eyes and are intercepted by visual objects. If an object was seen directly it was by 'means of rays' coming out of the eyes and again falling on the object. A refracted image was, however, seen by 'means of rays' as well, which came out of the eyes, traversed through the air, and after refraction, fell on the visible object which was sighted as the result of the movement of the rays from the eye. This theory was championed by scholars like Euclid and Ptolemy and their followers.
The second school advocated the so-called 'intro-mission' approach which sees vision as coming from something entering the eyes representative of the object. With its main propagators Aristotle, Galen and their followers, this theory seems to have some contact with modern theories of what vision really is, but it remained only a speculation lacking any experimental foundation.
Both schools of thought relied upon the principle that "like is only known by like", and thus upon the notion that the eye was composed of some "internal fire" which interacted with the "external fire" of visible light and made vision possible. Plato makes this assertion in his dialogue Timaeus, as does Aristotle, in his De Sensu.[1]
Alhazen (965–c. 1040) carried out many investigations and experiments on visual perception, extended the work of Ptolemy on binocular vision, and commented on the anatomical works of Galen.[2][3]
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is believed to be the first to recognize the special optical qualities of the eye. He wrote "The function of the human eye ... was described by a large number of authors in a certain way. But I found it to be completely different." His main experimental finding was that there is only a distinct and clear vision at the line of sight, the optical line that ends at the fovea. Although he did not use these words literally he actually is the father of the modern distinction between foveal and peripheral vision.[citation needed]
Unconscious inference[edit]
Inference requires prior experience of the world.
Examples of well-known assumptions, based on visual experience, are:
• light comes from above
• objects are normally not viewed from below
• faces are seen (and recognized) upright.[4]
• closer objects can block the view of more distant objects, but not vice versa
• figures (i.e., foreground objects) tend to have convex borders
Another type of the unconscious inference hypothesis (based on probabilities) has recently been revived in so-called Bayesian studies of visual perception.[5] Proponents of this approach consider that the visual system performs some form of Bayesian inference to derive a perception from sensory data. Models based on this idea have been used to describe various visual perceptual functions, such as the perception of motion, the perception of depth, and figure-ground perception.[6][7] The "wholly empirical theory of perception" is a related and newer approach that rationalizes visual perception without explicitly invoking Bayesian formalisms.
Gestalt theory[edit]
The Gestalt Laws of Organization have guided the study of how people perceive visual components as organized patterns or wholes, instead of many different parts. Gestalt is the German word "Gestalt" that partially translates to "configuration or pattern" along with "whole or emergent structure". According to this theory, there are six main factors that determine how the visual system automatically groups elements into patterns: Proximity, Similarity, Closure, Symmetry, Common Fate (i.e. common motion), and Continuity.
Analysis of eye movement[edit]
Eye movement first 2 seconds (Yarbus, 1967)
During the 1960s, technical development permitted the continuous registration of eye movement during reading[8] in picture viewing[9] and later in visual problem solving[10] and when headset-cameras became available, also during driving.[11]
The picture to the left shows what may happen during the first two seconds of visual inspection. While the background is out of focus, representing the peripheral vision, the first eye movement goes to the boots of the man (just because they are very near the starting fixation and have a reasonable contrast).
The following fixations jump from face to face. They might even permit comparisons between faces.
It may be concluded that the icon face is a very attractive search icon within the peripheral field of vision. The foveal vision adds detailed information to the peripheral first impression.
It can also be noted that there are three different types of eye movements: vergence movements, saccadic movements and pursuit movements. Vergence movements involve the cooperation of both eyes to allow for an image to fall on the same area of both retinas. This results in a single focused image. Saccadic movements is the type of eye movement that is used to rapidly scan a particular scene/image. Lastly, pursuit movement is used to follow objects in motion.[12]
Face and object recognition[edit]
There is some evidence (including disorders such as prosopagnosia) that face recognition is distinct from object recognition in terms of visual processing. For example, newborns show a preference for following moving faces within the first 30 minutes of life. However, some studies have shown that visual processing of complex non-face shapes happens in the same area of the brain as facial recognition. This implies it may be complexity, rather than the face per se, that influences visual processing in a distinct way.[13]
The cognitive and computational approaches[edit]
The major problem with the Gestalt laws (and the Gestalt school generally) is that they are descriptive not explanatory. For example, one cannot explain how humans see continuous contours by simply stating that the brain "prefers good continuity". Computational models of vision have had more success in explaining visual phenomena and have largely superseded Gestalt theory. More recently, the computational models of visual perception have been developed for Virtual Reality systems—these are closer to real life situation as they account for motion and activities which are prevalent in the real world.[14] Regarding Gestalt influence on the study of visual perception, Bruce, Green & Georgeson conclude:
In the 1970s David Marr developed a multi-level theory of vision, which analysed the process of vision at different levels of abstraction. In order to focus on the understanding of specific problems in vision, he identified three levels of analysis: the computational, algorithmic and implementational levels. Many vision scientists, including Tomaso Poggio, have embraced these levels of analysis and employed them to further characterize vision from a computational perspective.[citation needed]
The computational level addresses, at a high level of abstraction, the problems that the visual system must overcome. The algorithmic level attempts to identify the strategy that may be used to solve these problems. Finally, the implementational level attempts to explain how solutions to these problems are realized in neural circuitry.
Marr suggested that it is possible to investigate vision at any of these levels independently. Marr described vision as proceeding from a two-dimensional visual array (on the retina) to a three-dimensional description of the world as output. His stages of vision include:
• A 3 D model, where the scene is visualized in a continuous, 3-dimensional map.[16]
Transduction[17] is the process through which energy from environmental stimuli is converted to neural activity for the brain to understand and process. The back of the eye contains three different cell layers; Photoreceptor layer, Bipolar cell layer and Ganglion cell layer. The photoreceptor layer is at the very back and contains rod photoreceptors and cone photoreceptors. Cones are responsible for colour perception. There are three different cones: red, green and blue. Photoreceptors contain within them photopigments, composed of two molecules. There are 3 specific photopigments (each with their own colour) that respond to specific wavelengths of light. When the appropriate wavelength of light hits the photoreceptor, its photopigment splits into two, which sends a message to the bipolar cell layer, which in turn sends a message to the ganglion cells, which then send the information through the optic nerve to the brain. If the appropriate photopigment is not in the proper photoreceptor (for example, a green photopigment inside a red cone), a condition called color vision deficiency will occur.[18]
Opponent process[edit]
Transduction involves chemical messages sent from the photoreceptors to the bipolar cells to the ganglion cells. Several photoreceptors may send their information to one ganglion cell. There are two types of ganglion cells: red/green and yellow/blue. These neuron cells consistently fire—even when not stimulated. The brain interprets different colours (and with a lot of information, an image) when the rate of firing of these neurons alters. Red light stimulates the red cone, which in turn stimulates the red/green ganglion cell. Likewise, green light stimulates the green cone, which stimulates the red/green ganglion cell and blue light stimulates the blue cone which stimulates the yellow/blue ganglion cell. The rate of firing of the ganglion cells is increased when it is signalled by one cone and decreased (inhibited) when it is signalled by the other cone. The first colour in the name if the ganglion cell is the colour that excites it and the second is the colour that inhibits it. I.e.: A red cone would excite the red/green ganglion cell and the green cone would inhibit the red/green ganglion cell. This is an opponent process. If the rate of firing of a red/green ganglion cell is increased, the brain would know that the light was red, if the rate was decreased, the brain would know that the colour of the light was green.[18]
Artificial visual perception[edit]
Theories and observations of visual perception have been the main source of inspiration for computer vision (also called machine vision, or computational vision). Special hardware structures and software algorithms provide machines with the capability to interpret the images coming from a camera or a sensor. Artificial Visual Perception has long been used in the industry and is now entering the domains of automotive and robotics.[19] [20]
See also[edit]
Vision deficiencies or disorders[edit]
Related disciplines[edit]
1. ^ Finger, Stanley (1994). Origins of neuroscience: a history of explorations into brain function. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506503-4. OCLC 27151391.
2. ^ Howard, I (1996). "Alhazen's neglected discoveries of visual phenomena". Perception 25 (10): 1203–1217. doi:10.1068/p251203. PMID 9027923.
3. ^ Omar Khaleefa (1999). "Who Is the Founder of Psychophysics and Experimental Psychology?". American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 16 (2).
5. ^ Stone JV, "Footprints Sticking Out of the Sand (Part II): Children’s Bayesian Priors For Lighting Direction and Convexity", Perception, 40(2), pp175-190, 2011.
6. ^ Mamassian, Landy & Maloney (2002)
7. ^ A Primer on Probabilistic Approaches to Visual Perception
8. ^ Taylor, Stanford E. (1965). "Eye Movements in Reading: Facts and Fallacies". American Educational Research Journal 2 (4): 187. doi:10.2307/1161646. ISSN 0002-8312.
9. ^ Yarbus, A. L. (1967). Eye movements and vision, Plenum Press, New York
10. ^ Hunziker, H. W. (1970). Visuelle Informationsaufnahme und Intelligenz: Eine Untersuchung über die Augenfixationen beim Problemlösen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Psychologie und ihre Anwendungen, 1970, 29, Nr 1/2
11. ^ Cohen, A. S. (1983). Informationsaufnahme beim Befahren von Kurven, Psychologie für die Praxis 2/83, Bulletin der Schweizerischen Stiftung für Angewandte Psychologie
12. ^ Neil R. Carlson; C. Donald Heth; Harold Miller; John W. Donahoe; William Buskist; G. Neil Martin; Rodney M. Schmaltz (2010). Psychology the Science of Behaviour. Toronto Ontario: Pearson Canada Inc. pp. 140–141.
13. ^ Alex Huk. (1999) "Object and Face Recognition: Lecture Notes." pp. 5
14. ^ A.K.Beeharee -
15. ^ Bruce, V., Green, P. & Georgeson, M. (1996). Visual perception: Physiology, psychology and ecology (3rd ed.). LEA. p. 110.
16. ^ Marr, D (1982). Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information. MIT Press.
17. ^ Barghout, Lauren, and Lawrence W. Lee. "Perceptual information processing system." U.S. Patent Application 10/618,543, filed July 11, 2003.
18. ^ a b Carlson, Neil R.; Heth, C. Donald (2010). "5". Psychology the science of behaviour (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Pearson Education Inc. pp. 138–145. ISBN 978-0-205-64524-4.
20. ^ BARGHOUT, Lauren. "System and Method for edge detection in image processing and recognition” " WIPO Patent No. 2007044828. 20 Apr. 2007.
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Then there is the second common mistake Americans make about Europe: They see a collective continent in place of a collection of countries. Britain is not Denmark; Denmark is not France; and France is not Germany. Eastern and southern European countries, though increasingly part of the same economic union, are in many ways a world apart from their western neighbors.
Failing to see differences within the eurozone is akin to drawing no contrast between New Hampshire (New England’s often Republican outcast) and Vermont (just across the border, yet one of the more socially liberal states in the union.)
Germany's federal system and unease with too-strong of a central government may actually put it closer to the United States than its European neighbors. The parts of both America's and Germany's contemporary whole were once autonomous entities. Germany enjoys a huge economy, a famed manufacturing base, and a love for Volkswagen on par with America's fealty to GM. It juggles a large, diverse population that in many regions is more conservative and religious than Europe is often generalized as being.
What ties these disparate threads together is the understanding that government exists to carry out certain responsibilities, and Germany’s state and federal governments have a definitive mandate to do so. Germans may debate how government conducts business, but not that it does.
America needs nation balancing at home
The absence of a similar mandate in the United States has become exponentially more acute. Preoccupied with nation building other countries, the United States is in dire need of nation balancing at home.
This is not a new challenge, of course, but one that has shaped American history since the beginning. The inability to define government's end of the social contract came close to halting the colonial independence movement before it began, later resulted in a constitution left wide open to interpretation, and culminated in civil war. Today, government can't keep lead out of toys, oil out of the Gulf, financial services out of the backroom, and put all Americans under private insurance policies not because it's too small or too big, as some would have us believe, but because we still haven't decided whether government should be small or big.
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It's the limbo that's wrecking us. Wrestling with policy is a normal, and necessary, component of any democracy, but an ideological standoff disconnected from evolving social and economic realities stymies progress and further polarizes and paralyzes the political system.
There needs to be some essential consensus that government has a specific role to play. America needs a framework within which the government can serve as a representative and protector of the individual against the overreach of market and global forces.
Until then, ambiguity will remain a fundamental obstacle to finding solutions for America’s mounting problems.
Bill Glucroft is an English trainer and consultant in Berlin. He blogs at mediabard.org.
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An overall drop in the market is exacerbating JPMorgan's losses tied to its bets on corporate bonds.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- One thing seems clear about JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss. It's no longer $2 billion. It's likely much higher.
JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on its trading activities. Of course, it is impossible to know with absolute certainty just how high the losses are at any given moment.
But experts said there are few scenarios in which hedge funds on the other side of the bank's giant bet will let JPMorgan Chase out of it without significantly more pain.
"The market knows roughly what [JPMorgan] has and what the sizes are," said a source with knowledge of the bank's positions.
Why have the losses grown since chief executive officer Jamie Dimon informed the public of them? The market's overall slide hasn't helped.
Since last Thursday, the U.S. and European stock markets have dropped significantly. The S&P 500 (SPX) is down roughly 3.5%, and the main European indexes are down between 4% and 6%.
JPMorgan Chase's trades were built around contracts tied to corporate bonds. Specifically, JPMorgan Chase sold huge amounts of protection on an index of 125 highly rated corporate bonds. Simply put, JPMorgan Chase's massive trade stood a better chance to pay off if the market had continued to rally.
Now as the overall market has worsened, it costs even more for JPMorgan Chase to sell protection against possible bankruptcies on corporate bonds.
Since JPMorgan Chase is basically the only one on its side of the bet, a worsening market makes it even more expensive to keep this position and more difficult to find other places to offset these losses.
JPMorgan Chase's main bet has been on an index, known as IG9, of 125 U.S. investment grade companies. Shares of three of the 125 companies -- retailer J.C. Penney (JCP, Fortune 500) and insurers MBIA (MBI) and Radian (RDN) -- have taken big hits since last week, driving up the cost of offering protection against a default.
Additionally, since Dimon's announcement, more hedge funds have piled into the index, further driving up the cost of selling protection.
"There will be a stare-fest between the hedge funds and JPMorgan," said James Rickards, former general counsel at Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that required a $3.6 billion bailout from the Federal Reserve because of its massive losses from its trading activities.
"It will cost JPMorgan an unimaginable fortune to push the spread back in their direction," he added.
But JPMorgan Chase may blink first. It could face pressure from U.S. government regulators to start selling some of its positions.
Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking into JPMorgan's trade. Dimon has also been called to testify before the Senate Banking Committee.
The bank's shareholders may grow increasingly anxious as well, which could force JPMorgan Chase's hand. Shares are down 18% nearly since the company announced the loss.
"It's not just a battle between Dimon and the hedge funds," said Rickards. "It's been JPMorgan and the regulators, the FBI, Congressional committees and stock holders. It's not clear that their tolerance for pain will be as high as Jamie Dimon."
For now, the one thing working in JPMorgan Chase's favor is the market's bet that the bank is too big too fail, making it dangerous to push too hard on the other side of its trade.
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Brodiesan + 1702d ago
I don't get the attraction with warbling along to songs (drumming along is a different story) but I can see this being something that could come in handy.
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Why Games Matter - Games Are Just Gadgets
Ed Smith of IBTimes UK writes: "The PlayStation event - it was really rubbish. Sony was mega kind in putting me up at the swish Bryant Park Hotel for my first ever press trip, but the launch itself was a total damp patch. The poxy bells and whistles (social connectivity, the Share button; some weird thing to do with cameras) that Sony has strapped to the PlayStation do nothing for me except solidify my suspicion that, rather than genuinely innovate, the next-gen of game consoles will repackage what's popular on phones and the internet and wrap some games around it.
"And since when was this computer gaming's future? A few years ago it felt like smarter, braver, more literate AAA games were coming next; now it seems the best we can hope for is the ability to instantly tell our friends whenever we finish a level on f*****g Killzone." (Industry, Next-Gen, PS4, Sony, Tech)
husomc + 378d ago
"it's the industry's lopsidedness, where the importance of flashy technology is given far more weight than the need for better cultural experiences"
i'll give u a cultural experience.. go F*** the Queen !!
edsmith1990 + 378d ago
Lol what?
ANIALATOR136 + 378d ago
sorry I stopped reading at "it was really rubbish"
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Hydralysk + 378d ago
So you ran into an opinion that you didn't agree with, didn't bother to read on to see what influenced that opinion, and then felt the need to share the fact that you didn't read it.
ANIALATOR136 + 378d ago
I'm not going to waste my life reading something I couldn't care less about and giving a site revenue which i've never even heard of. Anyone can write about videogames these days it seems
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Hydralysk + 378d ago
Yeah what right does a games journalist have to say he was unimpressed with Sony's conference?
Thank god you didn't waste your life reading an article you couldn't care less about, that time is much better spent doing something productive, like commenting on how you didn't read the article.
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edsmith1990 + 378d ago
Sorry I stopped reading at ANIALATOR136
Alos88 + 378d ago
Urgh. I read the whole thing and only wish I hadn't bothered, it was every bit as negative and whiny as I expected.The entire first paragraph is just the writer shitting on everyone in the industry, consumer and creator alike.
My favorite line?
"Hypocrisy will follow. You have been warned."
Announcing that you are being a hypocrit does not make your hypocrisy any more acceptable, or any less obnoxious.
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ShopbopShopbopIf you're not already familiar with Alexander Wang, he's a young designer in New York with an ever-expanding celebrity fanbase. Lindsay Lohan and Rihanna regularly wear his clothing while others like Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera might be spotted in one of his dresses or handbags.
Wang's Fall 2009 merchandise has just been released and one of the items is this $395 pair of bike shorts. Aside from a few interestingly placed seams, they are your average nylon and spandex shorts you might wear to the gym, or if you're going for a '90s look, under a skirt or oversized t-shirt. Is an item of this kind worth nearly $400? Hell no! But then again, Wang also released some cuffed, cutoff sweatpants last season for $225.
How do designers expect us to pay five times more than we'd like to on what is supposed to be a casual, affordable article of clothing? Are they just turning a blind eye to this recession we're in? $400 bike shorts are outrageous and almost infuriating. If designers continue producing "fashionable" items like this, we have no remorse for their declining sales figures. It's one thing to save up for a well crafted pair of leather shoes or couture gown, but bike shorts? We can scoop up a $20 pair from a sporting goods shop, or dare we say, American Apparel. [NY Mag] | http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/can-you-feel-bad-for-designers-failing-when-they-put-out-400-bike-shorts-494660.html | dclm-gs1-009110000 |
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paredit binds M-<up> and M-<down>, but I want windmove to own those keybindings. I have paredit-mode set to activate in certain modes only, but windmove is set to run globally. I want windmove to win, but paredit steals those keybindings when it loads.
How can I easily stop paredit from stomping on windmove's keybindings? I have been going into paredit.el and commenting out the lines which set the keybinding, but this is far from ideal (I have to remember to do this every time I update paredit).
More generally, can I load an elisp file while "protecting" certain keybindings from being changed?
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You can use eval-after-load to configure paredit's behavior after loading it, as described in its comments:
;;; Customize paredit using `eval-after-load':
;;; (eval-after-load 'paredit
;;; '(progn ...redefine keys, &c....))
So, for example:
(eval-after-load 'paredit
(define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "<M-up>") nil)
(define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "<M-down>") nil)))
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This is a also great general purpose answer - thanks so much. My one contribution is to point out that if also you want to alter a keybinding (rather than remove it), you would put the name of the paredit function where Emerick put the nil above, like I've done for "forward-slurp": (eval-after-load 'paredit '(progn (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "<M-right>") 'paredit-forward-slurp-sexp))) – quux00 Aug 17 '12 at 12:57
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This question has been answered before: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/683425/globally-override-key-binding-in-emacs
You create your own minor mode with your preferred keybindings and enable it globally, so that it overrides all other keybindings.
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KERRY O'BRIEN: Welcome to the program. Later - the awful shaking of the subcontinent. Pakistan's pain through the eyes of a front-line aid worker. And - the Bali Nine. On the eve of their trials, the '7.30 Report' has obtained case documents that give insight into the planning and carriage of the alleged heroin caper. But first - "Trust me." That was Prime Minister John Howard's message to workers as he finally unveiled the essence of arguably the biggest shake-up of the industrial relations system since Federation. Mind you - we're yet to see the fine print - the actual laws. As well as further heavily restricting the right to strike, the government's proposed national IR system will unabashedly push workers to reach individual agreements with their bosses rather than collective deals through a union. Those contracts may exclude previous entitlements like penalty rates, smokos, leave loadings and shift overtime loadings. Predictably the Opposition and the unions have pledged to fight the proposals. But the Government's control of the Senate means the biggest threat to its workplace revolution lies in a High Court challenge by the States. Shortly I'll be talking with the Prime Minister, but first this report from Heather Ewart.
NEW GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENT: Over the last 10 years, something important has been happening in Australian workplaces. Australian workers and Australian businesses have started to change the way they work.
HEATHER EWART: No more shadow boxing; the Government has finally declared itself, and now the fight is on to capture the hearts and minds of Australian workers.
UNION ADVERTISEMENT: I work really hard, and I haven't done anything wrong. Why are they doing this?
HEATHER EWART: By the time it's over, it will have cost the union movement and Australian taxpayers many tens of millions of dollars. We'll be inundated with ads like these for months and depending on which side you're on, the Government has either gone too far with its industrial relations overhaul or it hasn't gone far enough.
PETER HENDY, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: We could've moved even further. There's a lot of red tape still in this system, a lot of complexity, but generally speaking it's right on the right track.
GREG COMBET, ACTU SECRETARY: These changes really are un-Australian. This opens the door wide to exploitation of working people.
HEATHER EWART: "Work Choices" is the brand name for the Government's direct attack on union power, which it argues will give workers and employers much greater flexibility and create jobs.
GREG COMBET: I think that is one of the most farcical names given to a policy announcement in Australian political history. There are no choices for working people in this. If the Government was serious about having choices, it would give people a genuine choice between a collective agreement and an individual contract. As it is under these laws, the employers hold all the aces and it is the employer alone who will decide what form of agreement there will be in the workplace.
PETER HENDY: The fact is that I would expect that the largest proportion of agreements in the workplace will, even after these reforms are introduced, will still be collective agreements. You can still make awards, you can still make collective agreements.
HEATHER EWART: But the government is handing employers a clear incentive to place workers on individual contracts. Despite the Prime Minister's promise of safeguards to protect many minimum award conditions like penalty rates and meal breaks, the fact is an employer can still wipe these out by inserting so-called specific provisions in the contracts. A long-running dispute at Boeing near Newcastle has been seized upon by the ACTU as an example of what's happening under existing laws, even before the new reforms come in. In future, the Government will have power to ban industrial action like this if it wants to. For the past 131 days, aircraft maintenance engineers for FA-18s have been on strike, demanding a collective agreement to be negotiated by the Australian Workers Union instead of the workers going it alone. The company has refused.
ADAM BURGOYNE, F18 BOEING ENGINEER: I'm an aircraft maintenance engineer. I've been trained to work on aircraft, to fix the Hornets. I'm not able to negotiate my employment contract with the management of Boeing.
HEATHER EWART: Adam Burgoyne is one of 27 engineers on the picket line with this warning about risks of trading conditions.
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Popular Tactic: Offset Premiums While Establishing a Milk Price
Jul 02, 2010
By Jon Spainhour, Rice Dairy
Over the course of the past few months, we have discussed two types of risk management tools that dairy producers can use to help manage their output and input prices on their farm.
At first we discussed fixed priced contracts, called futures, which allow for dairy producers to establish a set selling price for their milk or a set buying price for their corn or soymeal. In either case, the ultimate price that the producer will sell his milk at or buy his inputs at will be determined by where he contracted them, regardless of where the spot price is at the contract expiration.
We also discussed contracts, called options, which act more like insurance than fixed price contracts. Producers can buy puts on specific price levels, called the strike price, which will establish insurance against their milk check going below that level. Puts are commonly referred to as floors. They can also buy calls, which is insurance against prices moving up, against their expected soymeal and corn input prices. Calls are commonly referred to as ceilings.
The beauty of options contracts is that they establish minimum prices of milk while still allowing the producer to benefit from upwards price movements. They also establish maximum prices for their input costs while still allowing them to benefit from downwards price movements. In both cases, the producer must pay a premium for their insurance.
So far, we have discussed the issue of options strictly from the perspective of buying insurance. However, in order for you to buy insurance, someone else has to sell it to you.
The person that sells a dairy producer a put/floor is essentially betting that the spot price will not go below the strike level. He is compensated for that risk by the premium that he collects. If the market goes below the strike level, he assumes all the risk below the strike level minus the premium that he collected. If the market settles higher than the strike level, he gets to keep the entire premium that he collected.
Dairy producers often times find the premiums that they have to pay for puts as being too expensive. One tactic they can employ is to sell calls/ceilings and use the premium that they collect to offset the cost of the puts/floors.
In this case, they are establishing a floor, which is the lowest price they will receive for their milk and paying for it by selling a ceiling, which is the highest price that they will receive for their milk.
This type of structure has several different names that you may have heard of at some point: windows, fences or risk reversals. Regardless of what name you use, it is a fairly straightforward structure that establishes a minimum and a maximum milk price.
For example, a dairy producer who wants to set a floor for his September milk production can buy $14.00/cwt. puts for $0.20/cwt. This means that the minimum price that he will receive for his production will be $14.00/cwt. He can offset the cost of the $0.20/cwt. premium by selling $16.00/cwt. calls and collecting $0.20/cwt. Under this structure, the maximum price that he will receive is $16.00/cwt. This means that for a net cost of zero, the producer has set a floor at $14.00/cwt. and a ceiling at $16.00/cwt.
The exact same type of strategy can be employed on the input side of the equation, only the producer can offset the cost of purchasing corn and soymeal calls by selling puts and collecting a premium.
I hope this was helpful, since I know that this can seem like a complicated subject matter. However, when broken down into simple components, I think it paints a more clear picture of a time-tested risk management structure that many dairy producers have been using for years to help manage their profitability.
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Welcome, friend, to the first actual Johnny Manziel controversy. Did it feel like your entire offseason was spent preparing your Manziel-reaction muscles for this? You've made it.
In one line: ESPN's Darren Rovell is reporting the NCAA is investigating whether Manziel took money for autographs. This raises issues, to say the least. Let us work through them, as best we can.
Is Johnny Manziel suspended?
No. He'll be at practice when Texas A&M opens camp Monday, but he won't be available to the media, continuing 11 or so months of off-and-on availability.
What did Johnny Manziel do?
He allegedly signed a bunch of autographs in a Miami apartment.
Okay. What is Johnny Manziel accused of doing?
Rovell reports Manziel was allegedly "paid a five-figure flat fee" for those autographs. If (A) that is true and (B) the NCAA can prove it, Manziel will not play football for a long time.
Will Johnny Manziel be suspended?
I doubt it. If the information ESPN reports is the extent of the NCAA's investigation so far, the governing body still has a lot of work to do to prove a rule was broken, as acknowledged by Rovell:
The NCAA will likely gain (or has gained) access to Manziel's bank records and the accounts of his already-wealthy parents. If it can't find a deposit corresponding to the alleged fee, it would take something like surprise video evidence to prove the charge. But if there's a convincing paper trail, as there was in the case of Georgia receiver A.J. Green, then we have something.
So this is Cam Newton all over again?
Sure! We've got a Paul Manziel instead of a Cecil Newton, and the alleged potential deed would've taken place after winning a Heisman, not before.
But it'll drag on all season long, and a general presumption of guilt could follow Manziel even more closely than it did Newton, due to Manziel's adventurous offseasons. Even if the NCAA announces Monday afternoon that all's well. Don't hold your breath there.
So what evidence is there?
Two anonymous sources, neither of which saw the alleged transaction. ESPN is not reporting whether the two* have spoken to the NCAA.
According to those sources, Manziel met an "autograph broker" named Drew Tieman upon arriving at a Miami airport for the BCS National Championship. Manziel was indeed in Miami ...
... but he did not tweet about being given $10,000 by a man he met in an airport, believe it or not.
Rovell reports "the amount of Manziel product that flooded the memorabilia market overall following the BCS title game was overwhelming," according to "memorabilia dealers," and that "industry insiders" point to evidence that a large batch of items was signed with the intent to sell. It's not clear if those dealers are the same individuals as the other cited sources.
The story's sourcing must be approached with skepticism, especially since Rovell has been wrong recentlyas has Outside the Lines (and there's ESPN's Auburn spice "epidemic").
That's not to say the story is baseless. The existence of a "a single lot of 999 signed Manziel photos numbered sequentially" is unquestionably suspicious. Plus, memorabilia is kind of Rovell's alley. Whether Aggies fans want to hear it or not, there is evidence. Not proof, but evidence.
* A third source only claims Manziel signed autographs at Tieman's, not that Manziel was paid. Only one of the three claims Manziel returned after the game to sign more autographs.
What else have we heard recently about Johnny Manziel and autographs?
The San Antonio Express-News' Brent Zwerneman, seven days before Sunday, on a series of helmets autographed by Aggie Heisman-winners John David Crow and Manziel:
ESPN's Wright Thompson, five days before Sunday:
Johnny signed everything, no matter how much he grumbled and cursed with a pen in his hand. Whenever he'd see his parents, they'd always have a carload of things to autograph. They hated it, and he did too. But they seemed compelled by manners, and obligation, and one autograph didn't seem like that big a deal [...]
The counselor told Johnny to build walls around himself, set boundaries. First, his parents' autographs should be limited to
half an hour a week.
Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples, four days before Sunday (not online yet):
[Months before July], his therapist asked him to make a list of the stressors in his life. Autographs topped the ledger. The solution was simple. Instead of signing everything sent his way, Manziel would dedicate one hour a week to fan mail and autographs. Everything else would go unsigned. In public Manziel would sign for children but steer clear of adults.
Manziel told a story about being duped by an autograph broker in a Dallas airport to Staples, just as he did to Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel, two months after January 6:
Whole lot of autograph talk, especially over the last week.
Will Texas A&M face sanctions for this?
If the NCAA proves both that Manziel took money and that Aggies coaches knowingly played him anyway. But Texas A&M hasn't played any football games this offseason, due to the fact that it is the offseason. So there's nothing to sanction A&M for yet.
Could Texas A&M win a bunch of games without Johnny Manziel?
Just for the sake of argument: certainly. Jake Matthews anchors what should be a very good offensive line, Kevin Sumlin's offense has produced YARDS and POINTS with non-Manziel quarterbacks before, and the toughest non-SEC team A&M faces is SMU.
Just so we know, who are Johnny Manziel's backups?
Next on the depth chart for the beginning of fall camp is believed to be 6'4 junior Matt Joeckel, brother of the No. 2 2013 NFL Draft pick. After him, a whole bunch of four-star freshmen.
Could Texas A&M beat Alabama without Johnny Manziel?
What do we know about Drew Tieman?
Autograph guy Tieman was contacted by the NCAA in June of 2013, according to the report. He did not comment to ESPN.
He also encountered Notre Dame linebacker and fellow Heisman finalist Manti Te'o in Miami before the national title game, based on a now-dark Facebook profile bearing Tieman's name:
He has been arrested twice for marijuana possession since 2009.
He appears to be a Miami Hurricanes fan. There's a photo of him with Miami coach Al Golden.
That's about it.
Are there conspiracy theories?
Texas framed Johnny.
The NCAA contacted Tieman in June; the NCAA likely contacted A&M around the same time. Manziel went a month without tweeting from mid-June to mid-July. Sumlin said a couple times in early June that his staff didn't anoint Manziel as A&M's starting quarterback until the end of camp in 2012; weeks later, news broke that Manziel had almost left A&M and that Sumlin had helped Manziel avoid suspension for his 2012 arrest. Damage control has been underway for a couple months now.
Alabama framed Johnny.
Someone pushed for Johnny and his father to complain to Mandel, Thompson, and Staples about ceaseless autograph demand in order to explain away the high number of Manziel-autographed items on the market.
Blame Waffle House.
There are probably others, too.
Sam Houston State framed Johnny.
Is this story bigger than Johnny Manziel's eligibility?
Whoa. But I meant, as far as sports go.
Oh. Yep!
"With a backdrop of increasingly hostile public sentiment against the NCAA and its archaic amateurism policies," the story "shines an even brighter spotlight on the NCAA's system of "amateurism" that is under significant attack both legally and politically," and "if the power schools really are tearing down the current model, stories like Manziel's should at least be in the conversation." Also, um, something about Canada.
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One of my favorite NFL teams is on its deathbed and it saddens me. Their demise will be tragic, frustrating and all but imminent.
The tubes are protruding, the nurses are circling, and the priest is just outside the hospital room.
Tarped off sections have become commonplace in Jacksonville. (Getty Images)
The Jacksonville Jaguars are attempting yet another desperate promotion to get fans to buy season tickets. This one will likely fail, too, like so many before.
The Jaguars are limiting attendance to its August 6 intra-squad scrimmage to season ticket holders only. It was controversial move and the team hoped fans being disallowed from watching the scrimmage would be the football equivalent of putting up ropes and a bouncer outside of a nightclub. It would create a crowd, a buzz, and fans would then sign up for tickets in droves.
It's easy to lose track of how many times the Jaguars have attempted to lure fans with ticket promotions and gimmicks only to be rebuffed. It's because the metrics remain the same as they have for years. The stadium is too large, the fan pool too small and the tickets still too expensive for the targeted populace.
Jacksonville is a beautiful town full of good people hungry for football but hurting in their pocketbooks. No amount of begging for Jaguars fans to buy tickets can change those facts.
The Jaguars represent the official end of the small-market experiment the NFL launched some 15 years ago. Those of us who championed the league expanding to non-traditional markets have to admit we were wrong.
The city of Jacksonville continues to pay the price for the NFL's past expansion greed and current money grab for television revenue. The biggest problem for Jacksonville is that when the schedule expands to 18 games -- which seems inevitable -- it only puts more pressure on the Jaguars to sell tickets.
In fact, an 18-game schedule presents ticket selling challenges to almost every small-market team.
NFL owners, I'm told, are agitated with the Jaguars' situation more than ever and increasingly favor the team moving to Los Angeles, London or even Orlando (assuming there's a new stadium built). My guess is that in two or three years the Jaguars will be moving to Los Angeles.
Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver has publicly stated there's a possibility the team might play some home games in Orlando but has long maintained he won't move the team. I don't expect that promise to hold.
Los Angeles and Orlando aren't panaceas. There's a reason no team has been in L.A. since O.J. went on his slow speed escape but that option is looking more attractive to NFL owners as the blackouts continue in Jacksonville.
Jaguars fans are among the most underrated in the NFL for their passion and football knowledge but cash strapped is cash strapped. The money and populace just aren't there.
Detroit has been a miserable franchise in a city with frightening unemployment over the past few years, yet at one point still had 50 straight sellouts at Ford Field. Why? Because Detroit has five million people to Jacksonville's approximately 1.2 million.
The Jaguars had nine of their 10 home games blacked out last season. Jaguars blogging sites like Big Cat Country say ticket sales are improving but I've heard that before. My friend Pete Prisco, who is based in Jacksonville, thinks I'm crazy to suggest the Jaguars are on the verge of collapse. It's true. I am crazy. Just not about this.
Whether the Jaguars stay in Jacksonville a year or two or three is up for debate. Whether these are the Jaguars' waning days shouldn't be.
Vic Ketchman is the team's website writer. He's one of the most knowledgeable about the NFL and about as non-alarmist as you can get. What he wrote about the Jaguars' ticket sale problems was blunt and honest.
"Ticket sales, not the futures of David Garrard and Jack Del Rio, is the number one issue confronting this team, and it's not about next year's ticket sales or growing the fan base for 2020, it's about selling tickets for this year. This is it," Ketchman wrote.
"This is save the whale and, from my perch on the beach, the whale is struggling to live," he added. "I think everyone would do well to understand that the radical nature of this decision underscores the team's desperation to sell tickets. The team knew this decision would be harshly criticized, yet, it went forward with it. Why do you think it did? If your answer is that we have reached the tipping point, then you are a logical person."
The expectations for Jaguars fans were always set too high. Then the economy tanked and those expectations went from unreasonable to impossible.
It seems only a matter of a few years before the Jaguars are gone.
And that saddens me.
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Google's all-Web computers are due to hit stores June 15. Here's a look at what to expect
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May 17, 2011 06:00 AM ET
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Samsung and Acer will release the first Chrome OS laptops on June 15, turning Google's browser into a full-fledged operating system. Think of it as a computer that starts up instantly and does almost nothing but browse the Web, with just enough offline access and file management to tide you through a plane ride. Here is a first look at Google's Chrome OS.
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was talking smack about Google's purchase of Motorola. But should people in glass houses throw stones? Nokia just shacked up with Microsoft. (Source: Boy Genius Report)
He says that Motorola acquisition could lead to waning support from Google
Is Google Inc.'s (GOOGacquisition of top Android handset maker Motorola Mobility, Inc. (MMI) a sign that Google is headed towards a first-party hardware model like Apple, Inc. (AAPL)? Should other Android phonemakers like HTC Corp. (SEO:066570) and Samsung Electronics (SEO 005930) be worried?
It's hard to answer whether the massive deal will even pass U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice scrutiny, let alone answer far reaching questions like those. But rival phonemaker Nokia Oyj. (HEL:NOK1V) is happy to inject its predictions into the mix.
At a Helsinki, Finland seminar, former Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Canada exec. and new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was channeling a bit of psychic, predicting the deal would take a dire turn for Android handset makers. He warned that they should "watch out", stating to Reuters, "If I happened to be someone who was an Android manufacturer or an operator, or anyone with a stake in that environment, I would be picking up my phone and calling certain executives at Google and say 'I see signs of danger ahead.'"
Mr. Elop opines that the perceived difficulties with the Motorola Mobility acquisition emphasize why Nokia and Microsoft's partnership was a good idea. He states, "The very first reaction I had was very clearly the importance of the third ecosystem and the importance of the partnership that we announced on February 11, it is more clear than ever before."
Ironically, many see things quite differently and draw parallels between the two deals. While Microsoft did not take ownership of Nokia, it entered a deep partnership, which included IP cross licensing and a complete commitment by Nokia to Windows Phone 7. Many Microsoft executives even have migrated to Nokia under Mr. Elop's leadership.
In related news, Mr. Elop hinted that Nokia is moving along with the transition to Windows Phone 7 was heading along well, commenting that 25,000 to 30,000 new apps (presumably formerly Symbian apps) had been delivered by Nokia's developer community to the WP7 platform.
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By bug77 on 8/19/2011 10:17:10 AM , Rating: 3
This guy is completely clueless.
Why would Google head towards Apple's model? Google needs as many handsets out there as possible. Because more handsets mean more ads shown. And more ads shown means more revenue for Google. It's as simple as that.
Either this guy is a complete tool, or he's just spreading FUD. You know, since he doesn't have a phone to show and he won't for a while.
RE: In case anyone still wondered
By Jeffk464 on 8/19/2011 10:53:31 AM , Rating: 2
I think this is right. Also android is based on enough open source software that they legally can't make it proprietary at this point, right?
RE: In case anyone still wondered
By wpodonnell on 8/19/2011 11:02:52 AM , Rating: 2
Is there anything keeping them from changing the licensing terms moving forward?
RE: In case anyone still wondered
By bug77 on 8/19/2011 11:17:33 AM , Rating: 2
No, but the released code can be forked and maintained by anyone.
Also, Google would be just shooting itself in the foot by doing so. If anything, Google may hold on to the patents form Motorola and spin-off the manufacturing unit, but I don't see them building walls around Android just to make their entrance into this market.
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I also share my constituents’ disappointment and dismay that they have not received a rebate from Anglian Water for being prevented from using their hosepipes, especially if they have a water meter and so pay for the water they use. They pay for a utility service, but that service has sadly been lacking from Anglia Water . Once again, it seems, profit is being put ahead of treating customers fairly.
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Sarah Maribu and her brother Michael are two archaeologists and explorers, that arrive by helicopter to an uncharted island and start to investigate the temples and other structures of a lost civilization.
Sarah Maribu and the Lost World is a hidden object game with elements of the adventure genre. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items shown as pictures on slots at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia scattered throughout the scenery. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes thirty seconds to recharge after use. Some of the objects are stored inside the inventory, to be used later when solving puzzles.
The inventory can be accessed through the tools button at the bottom-left corner, sliding upwards to reveal all of its compartments. The objects have to be used as in most point-and-click adventures, by dragging and dropping them over logical places to perform an action or complete a task. Some of the objects can only be found inside one of the interactive windows showing another angle of the location, that appear after clicking on certain hotspots.
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A lot of this ire is focused on Congress, which an overwhelming majority believe is incapable of acting on behalf of the nation as a whole, but it has come to take in all of Washington. The poll’s findings can be summed up in the words of one respondent, a small-businesswoman from Arizona. “Probably the government in Washington could be trusted at one time,” she told the Times, “but now it seems like it’s all a game of who wins rather than what’s best for the people.”
It is a fact of life that American voters respond to likability — a sense of connection — in their candidates. But that’s not how they judge politicians once they’re in office. Instead, they really do care about how elected officials govern.
To start, they want fairness from Washington. Whatever you think of the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street, both have touched a nerve, a sense that our political leaders have not just grown distant from the concerns of ordinary Americans, but actively discriminate against them in one way or another. I’ve always been impressed by the importance Americans place on fairness; they strive to be fair to those around them, and they expect government to do the same.
They also want government to be open. This is not a blanket pronouncement — where national security and defense are concerned, or where congressional negotiators need space to find common ground without being forced to posture for the cameras, there is a place for secrecy. But transparency ought to be the rule. Secrecy feeds suspicion and distrust of government. Politicians must be sensitive to this.
Speaking to audiences around the country, I’ve also been struck by the deep thirst for accountability in Washington. It is very hard to determine who’s responsible for any given situation in the federal government — so many people have their hands on promoting or blocking a given initiative, it can seem that the entire political system is designed to shrug off responsibility.
When the economy is floundering, Americans are desperate for work, and Washington seems incapable of coming to grips with the nation’s needs, this is a huge problem. It is hard to respect institutions whose leaders refuse a forthright accounting of, or deny responsibility for, their failures.
Americans do not expect miracles or understate the difficulties of governing. They do not expect a single person to right the ship of state. Quite the contrary. They want a collective effort, a sense that people in government, regardless of party, are rolling up their sleeves and working together to resolve their differences.
Americans have some tolerance for disagreement, but not to the point of gridlock — in the end, they prefer cooperation, not confrontation. And they abhor the sort of brinksmanship that has become a Washington specialty, with its last-minute negotiations and short-term fixes. We have serious long-term problems, and Americans want to see their elected officials working on them. They want remedies, not filibusters and scorched-earth politicking.
Finally, they want honesty. Americans really do want to know the scope of the problems they confront and to make up their own minds about them. They resent politicians who paper over the difficulties of the problems or toss off inadequate solutions to really tough problems. There is, in the country at large, a thirst for basic facts, not spin. The people can handle the truth, and they deserve no less.
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Diversity of Epidemic Populations of Gibberella zeae from Small Quadrats in Kansas and North Dakota.
ABSTRACT Gibberella zeae (anamorph Fusarium graminearum) causes Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat and barley and has been responsible for several billion dollars of losses in the United States since the early 1990s. We isolated G. zeae from the top, middle, and bottom positions of wheat spikes collected from 0.25-m(2) quadrats during severe FHB epidemics in a single Kansas (KS) field (1993) and in a single North Dakota (ND) field (1994). Three amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primer pairs were used to resolve 94 polymorphic loci from 253 isolates. Members of a subset of 26 isolates also were tested for vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs). Both methods indicated high levels of genotypic variability and identified the same sets of isolates as probable clones. The mean number of AFLP multilocus haplotypes per head was approximately 1.8 in each population, but this value probably underestimates the true mean due to the small number of samples taken from each head. Isolates with the same AFLP haplotype often were recovered from different positions in a single head, but only rarely were such apparently clonal isolates recovered from more than one head within a quadrat, a pattern that is consistent with a genetically diverse initial inoculum and limited secondary spread. The KS and ND samples had no common AFLP haplotypes. All G. zeae isolates had high AFLP fingerprint similarity (>70%, unweighted pair group method with arithmetic means similarity) to reference isolates of G. zeae lineage 7. The genetic identity between the KS and ND populations was >99% and the estimated effective migration rate was high (Nm approximately 70). Tests for linkage disequilibrium provide little evidence for nonrandom associations between loci. Our results suggest that these populations are parts of a single, panmictic population that experiences frequent recombination. Our results also suggest that a variety of population sampling designs may be satisfactory for assessing diversity in this fungus.
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One of the way social networks grow – their ace in the hole – is by playing on human nature. When someone you don’t know sends you a message asking to be your “friend,” do you really want to turn him down? If a woman you know on an online forum thinks you should connect to her on Google+, wouldn’t a “no” be an insult? People want to get along, so they click and their networks grow and the social networking companies prosper. At least, they do until someone delivers a wake-up call, as happened just the other day with the business network LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is all about building a network of trusted connections, each given authority by the approval of someone else. But about two weeks ago Russian hackers released a list of 6.5 million passwords that had been lifted off LinkedIn as well as the dating site eHarmony. It turns out that LinkedIn was using outmoded cryptographic methods that failed to secure this sensitive data and, while user names were apparently not compromised, the password leak means anyone with a LinkedIn account should change their password just to be on the safe side.
LinkedIn has since put a new form of security in place that includes techniques called “hashing” and “salting,” which sound like something from a Food Network show but are actually ways to add additional information to a password to make it far more difficult to decode. This is good news for those anticipating a future relationship with LinkedIn, but the company’s security gaffe leaves some existing users in an uncomfortable position. For the LinkedIn password is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the way many people manage their online identities.
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Problem one surfaced almost immediately in the form of “phishing” attacks that tried to exploit the stolen passwords. Phishing involves phony emails from hackers trying to pry information out of you by posing as someone else, usually a bank or a trusted business. In this case, a series of phishing messages went out purportedly from LinkedIn itself, advising users that their password was one of those compromised and asking them to enter their personal information so the situation could be fixed. Needless to say, none of these emails were actually from LinkedIn any password changes from there.
A phishing attack can contain links that, when clicked on, install malware on your computer, which is why you never want to click on links in email to change or verify your accounts at any site. The people behind these attacks, moreover, are doubtless not very interested in LinkedIn itself but in what their password list can lead to.
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For if you’re one of those people who can’t remember passwords and therefore uses the same password on multiple sites, you’re now – if you’re a LinkedIn user – forced to change your passwords at every one of those sites. The hackers will use their ill-gotten password list not to hack LinkedIn itself but to get into online banking or any other sites where illegal access leads to money. Yes, multiple passwords are hard to remember, so use a password manager like KeePass ( to store all your passwords under a single, secure key.
You must use a different password on each site where you keep an account, because your online identity is too important to be compromised by a company that’s not minding the store. As for LinkedIn itself, the company has had complaints about user calendar information being collected by its mobile application and matched to user profiles, an opt-in feature but one that has led LinkedIn to clarify how it deals with personal information. The company has revised its policies but social networking has always played fast and loose with privacy, and hacked passwords are just one more reason you should be evaluating your security habits.
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Five ways to help nurture a deeper connection between your baby and husband
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Help them get a little closer
Go shopping together for a sling-type carrier, which puts a baby close to her dad (and doesn't have a lot of complicated buckles and straps). Then encourage him to wear your baby in it often. This physical closeness is a very natural way for them to bond, and (bonus) he'll have his hands free to help out with the dishes!
Baby wearing is especially helpful during the witching hour -- the end of the day, when kids of all ages are prone to fussiness and meltdowns. This is a time when a dad can really shine. He can wear his baby around the neighborhood for some bonding time and exercise, while you take a nap or do something just for yourself.
Have Dad start from the bottom up
Your child will need thousands of diaper changes during the first few years, so why not make these hours count? Even just changing a few diapers a day is a great opportunity for bonding.
Encourage your partner to view diaper changing as fun time with the baby rather than simply a messy chore. But take it from me: You'll have more success with this if you don't scold him for doing it "wrong." There may be a few messes at first, but in no time he'll get it right.
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SUSAN DENTZER: So you arrive [in Baghdad] April 25th, just a bit before the war is over, in effect, the combat phase. … What in general terms was your job while you were in Iraq?
B.J. JACKSON: I worked on any weapons that went down … all the supply stuff, and we lost a couple of guys due to injuries, broken bones and such. … So I just filled in different platoons doing MP [military police] duties.
SUSAN DENTZER: How dangerous did it seem in Iraq during that period before you were wounded?
B.J. JACKSON: About as bad as it is now, but the war’s not over. Everybody keeps saying it is, but there are still people getting killed, people getting injured.
SUSAN DENTZER: Tell me what happened on August 7th, to the best that you remember.
B.J. JACKSON: I was told a phosphorous land mine went off underneath the vehicle [I was in], an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] hit the side of the vehicle, and there were guys in three buildings on each side firing AK[-47]s. And the guy in my passenger seat, Specialist Mincer, lost all hearing, and the one in my turret was Mike Hunter — broke his leg and lost all hearing for a couple of days.
SUSAN DENTZER: What happened to you?
B.J. JACKSON: I lost both my legs below the knee, and 60 percent body [was burned] on my hand, arm, and my head and lower back, and lost my legs due to the burns.
SUSAN DENTZER: Your legs were not blown off in the explosion, but they were very severely burned?
B.J. JACKSON: I was told they were really burned and they must have been crushed because one of the guys that pulled me out said he thought he had ripped my tendons or something, and that’s why he thought I lost my legs. Then I talked to him on the end part of September — it was the first time I talked to him. … So he’s had a pretty hard time thinking that I lost my legs due to them, but they just saved my life instead.
SUSAN DENTZER: Do you remember any of it from that point when the vehicle was attacked?
B.J. JACKSON: The only thing I remember is yelling for my wife and my kids. And they told me I kept yelling that for almost the whole time I was in the vehicle until they got me to the bank, where they did a little first aid, and the other guys took cover fire to get me out of there.
SUSAN DENTZER: What happened from there, to the best that you have been told?
B.J. JACKSON: I was flown to Kuwait for a day. They amputated in Kuwait. I was flown to Germany, and I was in Germany for four days. On August 12th I got here. Within that time I received 25 units of blood. [When] I got here, they sutured my legs and kept me sedated for a long time until I woke up…
I was post burn 35 days before I stood for the first time. I was post burn I’d say about 50 days before I walked with my new prosthetics that they got me. I went through two sets of prosthetics at the hospital, and they didn’t work too well for me because I shrunk so fast…
SUSAN DENTZER: …What was your first thought when you saw that you had lost your legs?
B.J. JACKSON: I don’t really know. It was pretty hard at first, but I had a lot of support.
SUSAN DENTZER: And in addition to everything you were suffering physically, which obviously was enormous, how did you feel up in your head during that period?
B.J. JACKSON: Pretty good. My wife and kids — all my kids came up — and my wife was here the day I got here. So I had a lot of support from her, and the assurance that I’ll be able to walk and do things I did before, which is looking a lot more possible the longer that I go to physical therapy, and the physical therapy here is real great, all that they do.
SUSAN DENTZER: How bad were the burns on your hand, and also you mentioned the back on your head as well as your back.
B.J. JACKSON: These three tendons were exposed. I lost the tendon in these two fingers. They covered over fine, but … I can’t move them. I can just move this knuckle, and they may have to fuse them to where they stay stiff. But they already are stiff…
SUSAN DENTZER: And you had skin grafts on much of the sections of the burns.
B.J. JACKSON: They took the skin from my thigh and put it on my hand and my arm. My whole face was burnt. A little redness is still here, but it was, I guess, black when I came in, so that’s a lot better. The back of my head was burned, so I have a bald spot. I have to wear a hat all the time for the rest of my life, and I can’t be in direct sunlight for at least a year on my face and arm. I had a little burn on the small of my back. It was about the size of a fifty-cent piece.
SUSAN DENTZER: You’ll have to wear a hat for the rest of your life?
B.J. JACKSON: If the sunlight gets to my burns, instead of turning sunburned and then blistering, it will blister right away. So it’ll just be pretty bad, like third degree sunburn all over.
SUSAN DENTZER: I wonder if we could roll up your pants legs and talk a little bit about how the prostheses work, and how it feels. Let’s start with your left leg. Can you show me how much of it is your leg and where does the prosthetic start?
B.J. JACKSON: My knee’s right above this. It comes down to right about here. This is suction prosthetic. You just push the air out with the tube. Put your leg in, push the air out through the tube.
SUSAN DENTZER: And the suction keeps it on?
B.J. JACKSON: Yes. I have to wear a sock over the liner to slide in. Otherwise it will stick. But this part of my leg is burnt still from like here all the way around. And this, you’ve got five guys pulling this [prosthetic] as hard as they can and it won’t come off.
SUSAN DENTZER: Is that right, because of the suction?
B.J. JACKSON: Yes. They’re real easy to put on and take off. It’s a flexor foot. It’s a high energy foot, so when you step and start to walk, it springs your foot forward. When you’re an amputee, you use more energy to walk than folks that aren’t. This leg gives you a little push.
SUSAN DENTZER: Somebody could look at you in your situation and say here’s this guy, you’re 22 years old. You were working on your regular job in home improvement back in Iowa. You’re in the National Guard. You get sent over to Iraq and you end up having lost both legs. Did you ever in a million years expect that this would happen?
B.J. JACKSON: I knew it was a possibility, but you don’t really expect it. I mean, there’s not much you can do when you’re over there to avoid it, but probably, as my first sergeant’s wife put it, it’s probably better me than some of the other guys in the unit.
B.J. JACKSON: Some people give up easier, I was told. I’ve always been told I’m stubborn, so I don’t really give up that easy. And then I have her to push me. She can be a pain, too.
SUSAN DENTZER: You’re 6’2″. Were you 6’2″ before and you’re 6’2″ now?
B.J. JACKSON: I was 6’2″ before. I was about 165 pounds. I think I’m a little taller than 6’2″ with these. They tried to get me about 6’2″, but no one ever really measured how tall I was without these. But before I came to the top of [my wife's] head with my chin. I still do, so it’s about right.
[When] I was sedated, I lost a lot of my muscle [as it] deteriorated, so I weighed 110 when I woke up, and they say your lower limbs weigh about, I think, 10 to 15 pounds for both of them, so that means I lost like 25 to 30 pounds of weight and muscle. I just started eating a couple of weeks ago, so I’m just now gaining the weight back slowly.
SUSAN DENTZER: What would you say to other people who are going through this? We just heard over the weekend a bunch of wounded people came in fresh from the battlefield. If one of them were here in a similar condition to you, what would you say?
B.J. JACKSON: Keep your head up. It gets better. I mean, for guys with no legs, most of the time, unless I’m really sore, I have my pant legs down, people can’t even tell I’m amputated. So there’s a lot of good information and support. I feel willing to get out of bed. There are a lot of soldiers who will come and talk to you and help you out.
I had a soldier that was on his way to Iraq, got injured, hit by a power line on a train and lost his right leg. I came in my room and was walking, and he was real good friends, and helped throughout the whole process. And he came in with canes to walk, and he came in and said, “Look, I’m walking.” “That ain’t walking, you’re using canes.” So he threw the canes down and walked just fine. And he went up to visit another soldier to help him out, and he left his canes there and never went back to get them.
But then the soldiers could be inspirational with each other.
SUSAN DENTZER: And what’s ahead of you medically? What have they said is in the future now?
B.J. JACKSON: A couple of weeks ago they said I’d have to do physical therapy for about two years. … I can’t jog yet, so I think I’ll work on that. And like I was doing in the gym, the balance ball, trying to get more balance like trying to do curbs or steps without a rail. It’s a little hard, but it’s getting easier.
SUSAN DENTZER: Abby, if I asked you that same question, what would you tell people, individuals or families going through exactly what you all have been through now, what would you say?
ABBY JACKSON: What I really hold onto right now is there’s no one to blame, just a lot of people to thank. I mean, even the physical therapists or doctors or nurses, and like in my husband’s situation, he had people who helped him out. If you just take everything for what it is and accept it, then you’ll go a lot further than trying to what-if and blame people. Just take it and move forward… | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-july-dec03-jackson_extended/ | dclm-gs1-010950000 |
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The CPAN documentation seems plentiful but incomplete. For example, if there are parameters for Tk::MainLoop or any special methods for Tk::MainWindow it can't be discerned from the documentation.
I have the Perl/Tk Pocket Reference by Stephan Lidie. I counted 27 methods that can be called on a mainwindow in that chapter. Appendix A of Learning Perl/Tk has a table of common widget methods. But that book is out of print. I don't know about the Pocket Reference. But is very handy and has a lot more than the Appendix A table. This isn't a tutorial, it is a "cut to the chase", here is a widget and here are the methods. There aren't any examples.
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The goal is to reduce dependencies on templating systems. They are nice, but they don't do anything perl can't do alone. Moreover, Perl, Mason and TT all have easy solutions to Problem1, but that still does not address Problem2.
There needs to be a way to output the content of the 'body' variable without having the 'inherited' portions interpolated. I was hoping for insight on how to address this issue, or at least workarounds from others who have encountered this specific issue before, assuming there are others.
As far as I can discern, the only solution (be it TT, Mason, or whatever else) would be to convert the module code into some 'intermediate' format (XML, YAML, some other 'markup') and then 'scrape' the content out that way, thus avoiding interpolation of interspersed variables in the text
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