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Take a trip to the islands with this colorful and easy RASTA PASTA recipe for two! It's FLAVORFUL, delicious, and perfectly sized for a meal for two.
Course Main Dish
Keyword chicken rasta pasta, dinner recipe for two, jerk chicken and pasta, rasta pasta recipe
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 30minutes
Total Time 40minutes
Author Daniela Lambova
For Rasta Pasta:
1Tbsp.jerk seasoning(homemade recipe below)
1 ½chicken breasts(about half pound or 240 g)
1small onionfinely chopped
1garlic clovefinely chopped
½green bell peppersliced
½red bell peppersliced
5.6oz.fusilli pasta(160 g)
¾cupcoconut milk(half can or 200 ml)
salt to taste
Homemade Jerk Seasoning:
1.5tsps.dried green onionsor onion powder
1tsp.ground black pepper
For the Rasta Pasta:
Cut the chicken into bite size pieces. Season it with the jerk seasoning and set aside for few minutes.
In a large pot, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain it, then return it to the pot.
Heat 2 Tbsps. olive oil in a skillet. Cook chicken pieces in it, on both sides, until golden brown and fully cooked. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
Add the rest of the olive oil to the same skillet where the chicken was cooked. Sauté onions, garlic and peppers for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, coconut milk and lower the heat. Let simmer for 5-6 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft and the sauce is creamy.
Add the cooked vegetables and the chicken to the pasta. Stir well and distribute onto 2 plates. Sprinkle with some green onions (fresh or dry).
For the Jerk Seasoning:
Mix all ingredients together. Store them in a small jar.
If doubling this recipe, make sure to use a larger skillet so not to overcrowd the chicken. This will ensure crispy jerk chicken.


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This is a highly readable, important and timely book aimed at the educated layman. If you would like to get a feel for it, there is a stream with the author, Professor Edward Dutton, discussing the book here:
Race is our age’s great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist—that it’s a “social construct” and biological differences between races are trivial or “skin deep.” But as with taboos in other times, our attitude towards race seems delusional and schizophrenic. Racial differences in sports and culture are clear to everyone. Race is increasingly a factor in public health, especially in disease susceptibility and organ donation. And in a globalized world, ethnic nationalism—and ethnic conflict—are unavoidable political realities. Race is everywhere . . . and yet it’s nowhere, since the topic has been deemed “out of bounds” for frank discussion.
Cutting through the contradictions, euphemisms, and misconceptions, Edward Dutton carefully and systematically refutes the arguments against the concept of “race,” demonstrating that it is as much a proper biological category as “species.”Making Sense of Race then takes us on a journey through the fascinating world of evolved physical and mental racial differences, presenting us with the most up-to-date discoveries on the consistent ways in which races differ in significant traits as a result of being adapted to different ecologies. Intelligence, personality, genius, religiousness, sex appeal, puberty, menopause, ethnocentrism, ear-wax, and even the nature of dreams . . . Making Sense of Race will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about race, but might have been afraid to ask.
About The Author
Edward Dutton is a prolific researcher and commentator, who has published widely in the field of evolutionary psychology. He is Editor at Washington Summit Publishers and Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Asbiro University in Łódź, Poland. Dutton is the author of many books, including J. Philippe Rushton: A Life History Perspective (2018), Race Differences in Ethnocentrism (2019), and Islam: An Evolutionary Perspective (2020).

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Riot Games, the developer and publisher best known for League of Legends, announced today that Jason Bunge has joined the company as its first Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). He will oversee Riot’s game marketing, product publishing, and global channel strategy teams. Jason brings years of experience in gaming and global product marketing at a time when Riot is making its transformation into a multi-game publisher.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201022005282/en/
Jason Bunge, Riot Games’ Chief Marketing Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
As CMO, Jason will help carry the torch for publishing excellence across Riot Games’ portfolio of products, designing publishing strategy and driving go-to-market efforts globally. Reporting to Jin Oh, President of Worldwide Publishing, he will help Riot reach new players while serving current ones, expand the publishing discipline, and drive sustainable growth for the business.
“Jason’s proven track record of deploying and sustaining games and his deep understanding of players are exactly the combination we were looking for in a CMO,” said Mr. Oh. “We knew we needed to find someone who connects with players and has demonstrated success in executing innovative campaigns. On behalf of everyone at Riot, we are excited to have Jason join the team as we continue to engage players across all our titles in deeply resonant ways.”
“I’m thrilled to join Riot, a company with an unwavering commitment to players and one of the leaders in gaming and entertainment,” said Mr. Bunge. “Through our growing portfolio of games and immersive storytelling, I’m looking forward to working with all of the passionate and creative Rioters around the world. Together, we’ll deliver truly holistic brand experiences that constantly strive to raise player expectations.”
Jason has worked in marketing for more than 20 years, with a focus on gaming and technology services. Most recently, he served as the SVP of Brand Management and Marketing for Electronic Arts (EA), where he launched new IP, including Apex Legends, and was responsible for EA’s game portfolio of more than 20 global brands across console, PC, mobile, and live services.
About Riot Games
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, to worldwide acclaim. League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports.
As League enters its second decade, Riot continues to evolve the game while delivering new experiences to players with Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and multiple work-in-progress titles, while exploring the world of Runeterra through multimedia projects across music, comic books, TV, and more.
Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill and led by CEO Nicolo Laurent, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 2,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide.

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Nigerian Singer Davido Says Chris brown loves him and he loves him too.
Popular “Ada“ singer Davido has put to detail, his unique relationship with the American singer Chris Brown.
This revelation was made during an interview with GoldmyneTV.
Davido made a stunning confession that he had not met Chris Brown when he (Chris Brown) added his verse to his song “Blow my mind“
While recording in the studio with producer Shizzi, and a friend of Chris Brown. After listening to Davido record, he insisted they sent the song to Chris Brown to record, said it was his mind of Jam.
To Davio’s surprise, Chris Brown sent his verse the next-day. He also called Davido up and asked that they shoot the video.
From there, their relationship blossomed! Davido expressed that Chris Brown showed him so much love and that he loves Singer too in return.
During the course of the interview, Davido also announced that he and Chris Brown had another song on the way, due to be released by December.
Fans are getting excited, we can’t wait for another Hit from these two music legends.

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Read part 1 of this political education “snippet” here.
We were going to resume this story in 1918, one year after Alexandra Kollontai married Pavel Dybenko in the heat of the early days of the new Bolshevik Revolutionary government in St. Petersburg. But instead, I first need to fill in a few details left out of the previous timeline.
To reiterate (or perhaps clarify), Kollontai was arrested and later threatened with arrest several times between 1905 and 1908. In 1905, she participated in the petitioning of the Winter Palace, at which the peaceful demonstrators were attacked by mounted Cossacks, and hundreds of men, women and children were massacred. In 1908, she finally went into actual exile.
This exile would last until 1917, at which time she travelled from Finland to St. Petersburg to meet the train carrying Lenin and a host of other Bolshevik exiles from Germany and Switzerland. The first six years of this time were prior to The Great War (WWI) and Kollontai’s fierce opposition to this war marked a major swing in her organizing efforts and probably laid a groundwork for her future career in diplomacy. Here are some more highlights of the years from 1908 to 1917:
- 1911 – Taught at a socialist school organized by Maxim Gorky in Italy.*
- 1914 – Began organizing in Germany to convince socialist workers not to cooperate with the war effort. Imprisoned and deported.
- 1914 – In Austria, much the same as Germany, imprisoned again.
- 1914-1917 – Began to be based in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, which seemed more inclined to consider neutrality. She was imprisoned again and deported from Sweden. Having family in Finland, she settled there somewhat.
- 1915 – Was a primary organizer of the Zimmerwald Conference against the war.* Authored a pamphlet “Who Needs War?” which was translated into several languages and secretly distributed to troops in action on both sides.*
- 1915 – Invited to the US, she spent a grueling but exciting 150 days there, during which she spoke at 123 meetings in four languages. Included a memorial rally for Joe Hill at which she shared a platform with Eugene Debs.*
- 1917 – In the opening days of the Bolshevik revolution, she joined Molotov and her former lover and best friend Shlyapnikov in opposing cooperation with the Provisional Government (on the opposite side were Kamenev and Stalin).*
- 1917 – Elected to represent an army unit, she was then elected to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet.
- 1917 – Helped found and was a major contributor to Rabotnitsa, the Bolshevik women’s newspaper.*
(* Source for these items is the “Introduction” by Tom Condit on the Alexandra Kollontai Internet Archive, part of the website marxism.org.)
The last three items above were what Kollontai was doing just in the tumultuous period between February and October of 1917! One truly wonders how she found time to fall in love and start a scandalous liaison with the hapless revolutionary sailor Pavel Dybenko. Perhaps she finally, at the age of 45, learned the lesson in an oft-repeated quote of hers: “I’ve read enough novels to know just how much time and energy it takes to fall in love, and I just don’t have the time.”
An excerpt from Tom Condit’s Introduction in the Alexandra Kollontai Internet Archive sums up her incredible activity from the October Revolution through 1920:
In October 1917, Kollontai participated in the decision to launch an armed uprising against the government and in the revolt itself. At the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets, she was elected Commissar of Social Welfare in the new Soviet government. In 1918, she led a delegation to Sweden, England and France to raise support for the new government. Upon her return, she argued against ratification of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and resigned from the government, feeling that the unity of the Commissariat would be jeopardized by having a member in opposition on such a crucial question. For the rest of 1918, she was active as an agitator and organizer, and played a key role in organizing the First All-Russian Congress of Working and Peasant Women (November 1918).
Throughout 1919, although ill with heart and kidney disease and suffering from typhus, Kollontai kept a grueling schedule of meetings, speeches and writing. She served as a delegate to the First Congress of the Communist International, President of the Political Department of the Crimean Republic, Commissar of Propaganda and Agitation for the Ukraine, and an activist in the newly-formed Women’s Section of the Communist Party (the zhenskii otdel, or “Zhenotdel” for short), which she, Inessa Armand, and Nadezhda Krupskaya** had played major roles in founding.
(**Krupskaya was Lenin’s spouse. While in exile in Zurich, Lenin had an affair with Armand. Kollontai, who was an intimate friend of both women, and an oppositional but ultimately loyal political ally of Lenin, probably knew more about that affair than all three affected parties. When Kollontai’s involvement with Dybenko became known, other members of the Petrograd Soviet sought to have her expelled for “neglecting her duties” and “conspiring” with Dybenko, who was a young hothead with an uncanny knack of flailing and failing upward. Lenin was the judge of the case they brought, and he “sentenced” Kollontai to marry Dybenko, taunting her for her impassioned rhetoric on how marriage oppressed women.)
- 1920 – Became head of the Zhenotdel following the death of Inessa Armand.
- 1920 – At All-Russian Congress of Soviets, was elected a member of the Executive Committee. At that congress, she also joined the “Workers’ Opposition,” an opposition tendency in the Bolshevik Party opposed to the increasing bureaucratization of the Soviet state, opposed to the New Economic Policy (NEP)*** and calling for increased power for unions and workers’ soviets.
- 1921 – The Workers’ Opposition, which had majority support in the Metalworkers’ Union and the Ukrainian Communist Party, was banned along with all other factions at the 10th party congress.
- 1922 – Was one of the signers of the “Letter of the 22” to the Communist International protesting the banning of factions in Russia.
- 1922 -Divorced Dybenko.
Lenin’s unorthodox New Economic Policy (NEP) of the early 1920s that permitted private activity in agriculture, trade, and light industry reversed many of Kollontai’s reforms. Women lost jobs and many crèches were closed down, driving women out of the workforce and back into the home. Kollontai became an internal critic of the Communist Party leadership.)
The last part of Kollontai’s life before retirement was engaged in international affairs. Sidelined from internal politics in the USSR, she kept an uneasy peace with Stalin, who subtly threatened her life and the lives of her son, nephew, and grandson to keep her in line. This was also the second period, after her youth, when she became a writer of fiction. A number of her fiction works from this time were later gathered into a book called Love of the Worker Bees. Some of her non-fiction writings of this period, due to which she is often portrayed as a loyal Stalinist, were probably written under duress from the party. One of the charming things about Kollontai was how she conducted her household in embassy surroundings, where she would keep a household of women companions and their children, and invite the embassy guards and her office staff and all the servants and their families to the dinner table, even if it was a formal state occasion.
The last timeline:
- 1922 – The beginning of the last phase of Kollontai’s life, she was appointed as advisor to the Soviet delegation in Norway.
- 1923 – Became Ambassador to Norway, the second woman ambassador in the world.
- 1926-1927 – Trade delegate to Mexico.
- 1926-1946 – Delegate to the League of Nations.
- 1927-1930 – Diplomatic envoy to Norway.
- 1930-1943 – Diplomatic envoy to Sweden, negotiator of Finno-Soviet peace treaty of 1940.
- 1943-1945 – Ambassador to Sweden, negotiator of Finno-Soviet armistice of 1944.
- 1946 – By now unable to walk due to chronic health issues since childhood, Kollontai retired and returned to the Soviet Union.
- 1952 – Kollontai died of natural causes in her home, less than a year before the death of Stalin.
- 1952-present – Kollontai was written out of both USSR and leftist world history for several decades, but there was a revival of interest in her in the 1970s in the USSR and then in the early 1980s in the US and Europe. She is now treated in Russia as a major and respected historical figure.
Further reading about Alexandra Kollontai:
Cathy Porter (translator), Love of Worker Bees. [new translation of Vasilisa Malygina plus two short stories] (Virago paperback, 1977)
Alix Holt (editor), Selected Writings of Alexandra Kollontai (Norton paperback, 1980)
Cathy Porter, Alexandra Kollontai – A Biography (Haymarket paperback, 2014)
Online articles –
The Alexandra Kollontai article in Wikipedia is very thorough.
Anne McShane for Jacobin, “Women at the Heart of the Revolution,” Aug, 2019.
Simon Karlinsky for The New York Times, “The Menshevik, Bolshevik, Stalinist Feminist,” Jan., 1981.
A very interesting precis on Kollontai on the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library site – www.prlib.ru/en/history/619133
Kristen R. Ghodsee, professor, University of Pennsylvania for THINK, “How the socialist behind paid child care and parental leave was erased from women’s history,” March, 2020.
Alexandra Kollontai, various writings at Marxist Internet Archive, including an MP3 of her speaking.
Katy Derbyshire for The Dead Ladies’ Show, “Podcast #31-Alexandra Kollontai,” March, 2020.

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Parwan teacher killed on World Teachers’ Day
The Bagram district chief, Abdul Shakoor Qudosi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the district’s Allauddin High School teacher was killed on his way to the school to attend an event celebrating the World Teachers’ Day.
Mohammad Amin was shot dead by two motorcyclists in Khanjarkhel area of the district, the official said.
He said no one had been arrested so far in connection with the murder but a probe was underway.
Two days back, a teacher was killed the same way in Sayedkhel district of Parwan.
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Bucks officially announce hiring of Budenholzer
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks have officially announced the hiring of Mike Budenholzer as their new coach. Budenholzer, a former coach of the Atlanta Hawks, replaces Joe Prunty, the ex- assistant who went 21-16 in the NBA’s regular season after replacing the fired Jason Kidd in late January. The Bucks lost to Boston in seven games in the first round of the playoffs. Budenholzer went 213-197 in five seasons in Atlanta, leading the Hawks to the Eastern Conference finals in 2015.


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Whether to begin measuring the fiscal impacts of the city’s development patterns is one of four topics for discussion during the Billings City Council’s Tuesday work session.
The meeting, held a day later than normal because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday, begins at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 220 N. 27th St.
As the fourth item on Tuesday’s agenda, the council will hear a presentation on a cost of services study, which will provide information on how development patterns affect service delivery costs — police and fire protection, street construction and maintenance, sewer and water service, parks, transit and other services.
In the Friday packet provided to council members, the study — estimated to cost between $25,000 and $75,000 — is not characterized as a “no growth” or “no development” tool. The city conducts rate studies for water and sewer services, but does not measure the cost of development on other services it provides.
The presentation outlines a number of reasons the study should be undertaken, including:
- City leaders are “very concerned” about the financial impact of community investment decisions.
- The city has constrained revenue sources.
- Residents and city officials want “financially sustainable decisions.”
- The study will provide data to compare public investment and private development.
- The study would better inform staff of the impacts of different development patterns on city services, thus making the city council better informed for the decisions it must make.
Results of the study would be used in at least three ways:
- Comparing predicted property tax return of development to the cost of serving development. One example cited: what is the return on investment for services cost on development averaging three or four residences per acre?
- Informing how development patterns and how services are paid for affects cost distribution across the community.
- Determining whether public safety levels are adequate now and what’s needed in the future based on development and growth patterns.
The three-mile proposed trail would link Swords Rimrock Park and Zimmerman Park. The trail ends just west of the airport roundabout.
Proponents say it’s needed to create access to Zimmerman Park, to take advantage of “our unique topography — the Rims,” to beautify the entrance to the city from Highway 3 and to create parking areas “where it is currently haphazard.”
At least four groups are collaborating on the project:
- Montana Department of Transportation.
- Billings TrailNet
- Billings' Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Department.
- Sanderson Stewart.
The city will manage the project.
A field design survey is now underway. The project’s timeline indicates that the design will be 25 percent complete by May. During that same month, review documents will be presented, including the engineer’s opinion of probable costs for the project.
Transportation Improvement Plan amendment
A number of projects planned for the 2017-21 program years have updates, which requires that the council amend the plan.
Those projects include:
- the West Billings interchange, moved up to 2018 from 2021.
- the I-90 Yellowstone River Bridge, which saw $32.8 million added to the project in 2021-22.
- a roundabout at King and 56th Street West, moved from 2017 to 2019.
- a number of new urban pavement preservation projects, which will be let in 2019 at the earliest. Those include South Frontage Road, Shiloh Road, Blue Creek Road, Billings Boulevard, King Avenue East, Hardin Road and Grand Avenue from 24th Street West to Zimmerman Road.
Economic development briefing
Big Sky Economic Development will discuss strategic priorities, four key initiatives for its BillingsWorks workforce council, a “by the numbers” look at 2017 and a review of the city’s and county’s tax abatement program.

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A crossover tilt of Mid-American Conference foes dots the week 12 college football landscape in the Hoosier State. The Buffalo Bulls are on the road as they take on the Ball State Cardinal Thursday night. Buffalo snapped a four game slide with a 38-28 home win over Bowling Green last Tuesday. Ball State lost their seventh in a row with a 63-17 clobbering on the road against Northern Illinois. The Cardinals own a 7-1 edge in the all-time series and have won three straight meetings: that includes a 31-21 road win in the last matchup on October 15, 2016.
Buffalo Bulls Seek Back to Back Wins
Buffalo picked up a home win in conference play last week, which was a nice change of pace. The Bulls, who are 2-4 in the MAC, lost two conference games by a single point and a third in that epic 71-68 seven overtime loss to Western Michigan. Buffalo jumped to a 21-7 lead after the opening quarter against Bowling Green and hung on to get the win. The Bulls rolled up a 582-394 advantage in total offense, picked up 26 first downs while allowing 21 and had a 32:48 to 27:12 edge in time of possession. Buffalo forced three turnovers while committing two in the game and came up with the victory.
The Bulls are tied for 24th in the FBS in passing offense with 284.6 yards per game and 90th in rushing as they average 142.2 yards per contest on the ground. Buffalo is tied for 75th in scoring offense with 27.3 points per contest and tied for 53rd in scoring defense as they allow 25 points a game. Tyree Jackson is 108 of 179 for 1,452 yards with six touchdowns and two interceptions while adding 220 yards plus four scores on the ground. Drew Anderson is 66 of 106 for 1,039 yards with 10 touchdowns against one pick plus 92 rushing yards and a score. Kyle Vantrease is 25 of 57 for 355 yards with two touchdowns and two picks. Emmanuel Reed is the leading ground gainer with 163 carries for 654 yards and eight scores. Theo Anderson contributes 80 carries for 322 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Anthony Johnson has reeled in a team leading 63 balls for 1,048 yards and eight scores. K.J. Osborn (28 grabs, 402 yards, 4 TD) and Kamathi Holsey (27 receptions, 471 yards, TD) are good secondary options. Adam Mitcheson is 29 of 31 on extra points but just 12 of 20 on field goals with a long of 42.
Ball State Cardinals Look for First Conference Win
Ball State was steamrolled on the road by Northern Illinois and lost their seventh straight game. The Cardinals are in the basement of the MAC’s West Division with a 0-6 mark: they are the only team in the conference without a conference win. Sadly, Ball State has lost all six conference games by at least 28: five of those losses came by at least 41 points. The Cardinals were down 21-7 after one quarter, 35-7 at the half, and the rout was on. Ball State lost the total yardage battle 433-245 and the first down battle 20-16 despite holding a 36:01 to 23:59 advantage in time of possession.
The Cardinals are 95th in the FBS in passing offense as they average 188.5 yards per game and 91st in rushing with 140.9 yards per contest. Ball State is 121st in scoring offense as they put up 18.4 points per contest and 127th in scoring defense as they allow 42 points per game. Riley Neal is 67 of 99 passing for 659 yards with six touchdowns against three interceptions while rushing for 67 yards. Jack Milas is 89 of 164 for 804 yards with no touchdowns and seven interceptions while Zack Blair is nine of 15 for 67 yards. Drew Plitt is 35 of 69 for 355 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. Caleb Huntley leads the Cardinals with 159 carries for 703 yards plus three scores. Malik Dunner (59 carries, 317 yards, six TD) and James Gilbert (48 carries, 207 yards, three TD) are also in the mix. Justin Hall leads the team with 65 receptions for 653 yards and two scores while Riley Miller (26 grabs, 273 yards, TD) is a distant second. Morgan Hagee is 22 of 23 on extra points and eight of 14 on field goals with a long of 47.
- Bulls are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win
- Bulls are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games overall
- Bulls are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games on fieldturf
- Cardinals are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games overall
- Cardinals are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game
- Cardinals are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games on fieldturf
Buffalo is no great team despite their impressive passing statistics. The fact remains that Ball State is a train wreck that hasn’t had a good game since September. The Cardinals have been destroyed in conference play week in and week out: when your closest game is a four touchdown loss, there’s something wrong there. Buffalo may not get to the 40 point margin that five MAC teams have hung on Ball State, but they win this one handily to get their fifth win of the year.
Pick: Buffalo Bulls -17.5
It’s worth repeating how atrocious Ball State has been in conference play this season. The Cardinals have been outscored by an aggregate of 319-63 in their six losses. In five of those games, they’ve been beaten by a minimum of 41 points and they haven’t scored more than 17 points in any game this year. Buffalo has been a good passing team this season and the Bulls were part of the highest scoring game in college football history with their 71-68, seven-overtime loss to Western Michigan. We know the Bulls can score points, and that’s bad news for Ball State since they love giving them up.
The over is 5-1 in the Bulls’ last 6 games after allowing more than 280 yards passing in their previous game. Ball State has seen the over go 4-0 in their last 4 games overall, 4-0 in their last 4 games on fieldturf, 4-0 in their last 4 games after a straight up loss, 4-0 in their last 4 games after an ATS loss, 4-0 in their last 4 games after scoring less than 20 points in their last game and 4-0 in their last 4 games in conference play. Given Ball State’s dismal defense, this one goes over as well.


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By the beginning of November last year, the Calgary Flames just wanted to get out on the road.
The NHL schedule-makers had served up a home-heavy start to their season, with eight of their first nine games being at the Saddledome. It’s great playing in front of your fans, but the group needed a change of scenery.
That isn’t going to be a problem this year. After opening their regular season with a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday in front of the Flames faithful at the Dome, the team flew east to Pittsburgh on Thursday for a five-game road trip that won’t see them return to Calgary until the early hours of October 23.
And they’re thrilled about it.
“It’s nice, we’ve been with our families for five months, a little too long,” Flames defenceman Nikita Zadorov said with a big laugh, clearly joking. “It’s nice to get together, especially at the start of the year. We have a couple new faces, get a couple dinners together and get to know each other. It brings guys together, obviously.”
There’s no way of knowing how an early road-trip might impact the Flames in the standings. It’s hard to tie wins and losses to an intangible like guys getting to know each other better.
But the Flames really do believe it matters.
Last year, they were trying to integrate some big new pieces into the lineup. Most notably Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri. At some point, building relationships and getting to know each other counts, and there’s no better way of doing that than getting out of town and spending time together.
They didn’t have that chance right off the bat last year and felt it had an impact. This season, they believe their early road trip can be an asset as they try to grow and build as a team.
“The reality is when you’re on the road you fly with a group of guys, you’re on the plane, you get off the plane, you go to the hotel on a bus together,” said Flames head coach Ryan Huska. “You go to dinner together, you have pre-game skate together. Everything’s together. It gives people who don’t really know each other all that well yet an opportunity to maybe learn something about each individual on the team and helps strengthen the connection, for sure.”
In addition to being an opportunity for some team bonding, the Flames should also have a chance to pick up a few wins over the next five games in the eastern U.S.
The trip will see them take on the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings.
There are some superstars on those teams and a couple young groups that would appear to be on the rise, but not a single one of them made the playoffs last season. There are winnable games, for sure, and nothing does more for the vibes around a team than a couple victories.
So the Flames could return to Calgary feeling pretty good about themselves and knowing a little more about one another.
“Obviously, last year was whatever it was,” said Flames centre Elias Lindholm. “We were kind of home for the whole month of October and now it’s one game and we’re gone. I think it’s good for the team to get together, have a few dinners and get to know each other better. There’s only good things, I think, from an earlier road trip.”
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We’ve decided to start our own mailbag here in Calgary next week so our Flames reporters can respond directly to fans’ questions – whether serious or silly.
If there’s anything you’d like to have us tackle, shoot our team a note at [email protected] and we’ll answer as many questions as possible every week.
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ATLANTA – After helping Pittsburgh to a 2-0 weekend, including a stunning overtime victory against No. 20 Davenport, freshman midfielder Dan Bullitt has earned the Division I Commanding Performance of the Week powered by Under Armour for the period ending April 3.
Facing CCLA rival Davenport – a team that beat the Panthers by 11 goals in their last meeting – Pitt managed to push the game to overtime helped by Bullitt’s four goals. It was the Media, Pa., product’s fifth goal that made all the difference in the Panthers 16-15 upset.
On Sunday, Bullitt helped Pitt pick up a key non-conference victory over Buffalo, 16-9, with a goal and an assist.
“Dan has been a great addition to our team this year,” said Pittsburgh coach Jason Rickel. “He played smart, aggressive, and took the opportunities that he was given to show what he is capable. He was clutch for us this weekend, especially in our win over Davenport. We got a great player in Dan, and we will look for him to pace the midfield for years to come.”
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Joe Balestrerie, Jr., Grand Canyon – In an important SLC South matchup with Arizona State, Balestrerie struck for six goals and two assists as the Lopes rolled to a 17-12 triumph.
Nic Cantoni, Jr., Oregon – In a pair of wins, including a victory against No. 23 Boise State, Cantoni went 39-for-49 (79.6 FO%) at the faceoff dot. He also grabbed 22 ground balls for the 9-2 Ducks.
Max McKone, Jr., Cal-Berkeley – In a key conference matchup with Sonoma State, McKone struck for four goals and set up a fifth, helping the Golden Bears post a 12-11 win over the No. 21 Seawolves.
Ben Wharton, Soph., Colorado – Wharton entered the weekend with one assist on the year, but in a pair of wins he dished out seven dimes. He also scored a pair of goals for nine total points.
Lawson Pisani, Fr., Boston College – The Eagles took down No. 17 UConn midweek thanks to a goal and three assists from Pisani. He chipped in with four goals and two dimes in a Sunday rout of Texas A&M.


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This book is the first to fully examine Wallace's life both the contemporary sources that are available and the way the many strands of the myth have been constructed.
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Graeme Morton is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Unionist-Nationalism: Governing Urban Scotland, 1830-1860 (Tuckwell Press, 1999), Locality, Community and Nation (Hodder and Stoughton, 1998) and a number of articles and essays in journals and edited volumes. He is also an occasional contributor to press and radio on matters to do with Scottish nationalism. He lives in Kirkcaldy, Fife.From Publishers Weekly:
"The Wallace story is part of Scotland's imagined community.... We can't break the story because there is no story." In this densely written scholarly study, the author, a professor at Edinburgh University, examines the legends that have surrounded the exploits of William Wallace (1274-1305). Wallace is credited with liberating Scotland by defeating the English at Stirling Bridge (1297); his stature as the savior of Scotland has been reinforced by the recent film Braveheart. Later Wallace was vanquished by Edward I of England at Falkirk (1298). He lived as an outlaw and guerilla fighter until he was betrayed to the English, tried and bloodily executed in 1305. The author researched the very slim historical sources available and found problems with corroborating evidence. Much of Wallace's early reputation, for example, rested on the verse of "blind Harry," who wrote in the late 15th century. According to Morton, Harry's poetry has been romanticized and is almost certainly filled with errors. Ballads, songs and biographies of later centuries extolling Wallace's heroism are based on patriotism rather than truth. Morton also investigates how the myth of Wallace served both Scottish nationalism and socialism. In recent years the Wallace cult has grown, due to video games and Web sites. Although the author does not argue for completely abandoning national myths that cannot be proven, his hope for the Wallace mystique is that it is time to "lay his ghost to rest."
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Interview with Victory Witherkeigh, author of YA horror The Girl
The parents knew it had been a mistake to have a girl. At birth, the girl’s long, elegant fingers wriggled and grasped forward, motioning to strangle the very air from her mother’s lungs. As she grew older, she grew more like her father, whose ancestors would dream of those soon to die. She walked and talked in her sleep, and her parents warded themselves, telling the girl that she was evil, unlovable, their burden to bear only until her eighteenth birthday released them.
The average person on the streets of Los Angeles would look at the girl and see a young woman with dark chocolate eyes, curly long hair, and tanned skin of her Filipina heritage. Her teachers praised her for her scholarly achievements and extracurricular activities, from academic decathlon to cheer.
The girl knew she was different, especially as she grew to accept that the other children’s parents didn’t despise them. Her parents whispered about their pact as odd and disturbing occurrences continued to happen around her. The girl thought being an evil demon should require the skies to bleed, the ground to tremble, an animal sacrifice to seal the bargain, or at least cause some general mayhem. Did other demons work so hard to find friends, do well on their homework, and protect their spoiled younger brother?
The demon was patient. It could afford to wait, to remind the girl when she was hurt that power was hers to take. She needed only embrace it. It could wait. The girl’s parents were doing much of its work already.
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She smoothed the wrinkles down on her black Hermès slacks and shirt before turning the crystal hotel doorknob.
“You bring nothing good into this world,” her mother said, baring her teeth. “You just corrupt and destroy everything. You’re a catalyst, a demonic catalyst. You’re only fit to annihilate. One day you’ll understand the destructive nature of your power. You’ll see the damage you’ll bring to those around you when it’s too late. All those people who tell us you’re amazing, they’ll figure it out. You’ve fooled them for now, but they’ll learn.”
The mother slammed the door as she walked out with that last statement. The tears flowed from the girl’s face as she looked at the door. Her breathing sped up as her stomach roiled, sending her sprinting to the toilet. Her hands were shaking, clammy, as she collapsed to the floor, chills running through her body as she looked up at the ceiling. The orange and bergamot scents of the soaps mixed with the stark, white porcelain tile floor were the only anchors she could focus on to stop herself from throwing up again. Deep in her gut, at the core of her being, there was only one thought she could grasp: she’s right.
“I don’t want to be evil,” she said, whimpering to herself. “I don’t want to be alone.”
“But you aren’t alone, pretty girl,” a voice said with a throaty laugh.
Interview with Victory Witherkeigh
-What inspired you to become a writer?
Writing was always my safe place. It was something I enjoyed doing as opposed to where I was in my career a few years ago when I tried at my dream of being a full-time writer. As a Project Manager, I have been part of industries that vary from nonprofits to various hospitals to construction and IT. It paid the bills and allowed me to make ends meet, so to speak, but I could never say it was something I’d dreamed of doing. So when I was in a position for the first time to have enough financial cushion to attempt the dream job, I allowed myself to take that risk.
-If you could visit your book’s world for a day, what one thing would you do?
I would love to visit the kingdom of the Master of Death, Kasanaan. My publisher released a short story earlier this year that I had written as a sneak preview for The Girl. Seeing a pack of dinosaurs swimming in a gravity-defying waterfall from the realm of the Dead sounds like such a mind-boggling experience.
-It’s two in the morning. What does your protagonist reveal in confidence? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell.)
“There is so much more to this story than I can tell you, but do you really trust me?”
-Which of your characters would you go out for drinks with?
This may be a bit of plot borrowing – but I’d love to pull a Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and take LapuLapu to a modern bar. Who wouldn’t want to take a Pacific Islander war chief to a bar and just see what happens? And I say ‘Pacific Islander’ because the islands known as the Philippines today were never united before colonial rule under Spain. I feel hopeful we would not want karaoke, and he would just walk around with the spear, full ancestral tattoos on display, watching him walk around a grocery or shopping complex and interactive things. The pragmatic nerd in me would be terrified about him drinking or eating our food – like all the bacteria in his stomach. Would it kill him because there’s no way he’d be adjusting to modern frying, pasteurization, and antibiotics of contemporary cuisine?
-You’re in a tavern, and a dwarf challenges you to a duel. What do you do?
You have to accept it because it’s the only honorable thing to do. The question is – what kind of duel is it? I know I would lose in a duel of wits if he’s a Sicilian (yes, that’s a Princess Bride joke). If it’s a chopsticks duel, I stand a chance, or a dance-off, I might stand a chance. Magic the Gathering or Dungeons and Dragons are 50/50, but Uno or a game of Speed with a regular deck of cards is in my wheelhouse.
-Is there a genre you could never write? Which and why?
I don’t think I could ever really write poetry or humor well. I have a dry, sometimes macabre, sense of humor because I started my career in nonprofits and hospital systems. So I often feel like I don’t have a very optimistic outlook on writing anything considered mainstream funny. Romance is another genre I am unsure I could really write about. Not because I don’t have romance within my own stories, but because I think primarily because my target audience is young adults, especially young women. So much gets made about teen romance and love. I feel more of the push to be a voice reminding kids it’s okay if romance isn’t in the cards so early in life. It’s so easy for women to have their love lives be the only thing society cares about that I think having one more author add to the discussion of other issues that young women can deal with is more important.
About Victory Witherkeigh
Victory Witherkeigh is a female Filipino author originally from Los Angeles, CA, currently living in the Las Vegas area. Victory was a finalist for Wingless Dreamer’s 2020 Overcoming Fear Short Story award and a 2021 winner of the Two Sisters Writing and Publishing Short Story Contest.
She has print publications in the horror anthologies Supernatural Drabbles of Dread through Macabre Ladies Publishing, Bodies Full of Burning through Sliced Up Press, and In Filth It Shall Be Found through OutCast Press.
Her first novel, set to debut in Spring 2024 with Cinnabar Moth Publishing, has been a finalist for Killer Nashville’s 2020 Claymore Award, a 2020 Cinnamon Press Literature Award Honoree, and long-listed in the 2021 Voyage YA Book Pitch Contest.
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By TAYLOR STUCK
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As early voting continues through Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice and supporters of his Road to Prosperity infrastructure plan are traveling across the state in the final push to get West Virginia voters to the polls next Saturday.
The governor hopes the majority of the state will vote in favor of his plan, allowing the sale of up to $1.6 billion in bonds over four years to fund the majority of major road projects. Otherwise, projects will be funded through raising tolls on the turnpike, traditional bond sales, and the added gasoline tax and Division of Motor Vehicle fees that went into effect in July.
The plan is predicted by Justice to create 48,000 immediate jobs – if the bond issue is approved.
Justice will visit Barboursville and Hurricane on Monday for town hall meetings regarding the road bond vote. He first will be at the Barboursville Veterans Home at 5 p.m. in the recreation room before he heads to the First State Bank on Teays Valley Road at 6:30 p.m. in the bank’s community room.
At the beginning of September, Justice made a stop in Huntington at Marshall University to rally support for the vote. At that town hall, Department of Transportation Secretary Tom Smith said the department already had collected $17 million from the increased fees. They have already begun putting that money to use by tackling secondary two-lane roads.
“Those are the roads you all live on and that never get attended to,” Smith said. “So we said while we wait for the first debt payments, let’s use that pay-as-you-go money to take care of the secondary roads. I think that will be a popular program.”
Along with $250 million in work through federal aid, the West Virginia Division of Highways already had leveraged $415 million for road projects, Smith said.
Of the approved and candidate projects across the state, 34 are in Cabell County. Seven of the 34 projects are already approved for construction. Among them are repairs to Interstate 64 from Milton to U.S. 35 in Putnam County, repaving W.Va. 2 from Millersport to Green Bottom, and resurfacing/repaving rural roads like Little Fudges Creek Road, McComas Road and Irving Road.
Big projects that have regional impacts will be funded through the bonds citizens will vote on Saturday. Those projects include widening Interstate 64 from Huntington to Charleston, plus a new Nitro-St. Albans bridge, and widening the turnpike.
That day at Marshall, Justice called his plan a slam dunk, but critics of Roads to Prosperity aren’t so sure.
In a document sent to state media, Berkeley County Del. Michael Folk, a Republican, disputes three claims Justice has made throughout his “road tours.” One, Folk says, there aren’t projects for every county like the Justice administration claims.
Folk cites the list of 40 potential projects that would be paid for with the general obligation bonds, which do not fall within every county. However, Smith says these projects have regional impact.
As for the number of jobs, Folk says that number is inflated.
“(48,000 jobs) was based on a study from Duke (University) the Justice administration discussed with the Legislature,” Folk writes. “During questioning under oath in a House of Delegates committee, the sponsor admitted the method of counting jobs would count an individual working on three or four different construction projects as three or four jobs, not one! This proves the jobs figure being reported is exaggerated by as much as 300-400 percent.”
Lastly, Folk says the claim there will be no additional taxes, a claim made repeatedly by Justice, is false.
“The bonds will be 25-year general obligation bonds,” Folk writes. “How can any legislator or governor make this claim? The plain language of the resolution says otherwise. Unless they have a 25-year crystal ball, this claim is completely false.”
Justice said at Marshall anyone saying voting for the road bond sale would increase taxes is “un-West Virginian,” but it is true the Legislature is required by law to levy additional taxes and/or fees if the state road fund balance is insufficient to repay the principal and interest on the bonds.
Still, no group other than the West Virginia Republican Party has opposed the plan.
Critics also have noted that paying off the interest on the road bonds over 25 years will mean taxpayers will be spending at least double the $1.6 billion. Smith, though, has countered that if the bonds fail and the state is left to “pay as you go,” the various projects won’t be completed for years, construction costs are likely to be pushed higher by inflation and as time passes even more road work will be required. Issuing the bonds, he argues, will allow the state to get the benefits of improved roads and more jobs much quicker.
Early voting on the measure continues through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Cabell County Courthouse. Polls will open again Saturday, Oct. 7, the day of the special election, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Some polling locations have been changed due to scheduling conflicts with the Saturday election. Voters whose polling locations have changed should have been notified by mail.
For those who did not receive a postcard, a complete list of precinct locations will be posted in The Herald-Dispatch on Friday, Oct. 6, prior to the election. A sample ballot will also be published in the paper on that day.
Voters can also call Cabell County’s voter registration office at 304-526-8633 with additional questions.
Follow reporter Taylor Stuck on Twitter and Facebook @TaylorStuckHD.
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UNIVERSAL ACCESS, COST CONTAINMENT, AND MORE: THE ANSWER TO HEALTH CARE REFORM IN PLAIN SIGHT
by John Geyman, M.D.
For those committed to serious health care reform, our goals for real reform have long been a system that is universal, covering all Americans, efficient, affordable, fair and comprehensive enough to include whatever services are known to be safe and effective. Since traditional Medicare brought that to seniors in 1965, various incremental “reforms” have been tried to address some of these goals. All have failed, as shown by the 50 million uninsured Americans, many more millions underinsured, and costs soaring way out of sight and unaffordable for a growing part of the population.
Enter a breakthrough study that now shows how we can pay for, and even save money, by achieving all those goals. A new fiscal study by Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, gives us an analysis of the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, H.R. 676, again introduced into the 113th Congress by Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich, with 45 co-sponsors in the House. (1)
Enactment of H.R. 676 would save an estimated $592 billion annually, including $476 billion by slashing the administrative waste of the private insurance industry (none of which is value-added) and $116 billion by a public system’s ability to negotiate drug prices down to European levels. Over the next decade, it would save $1.8 trillion through new cost-control methods, including negotiated fees, global payments to hospitals and capital planning. All that despite insuring all Americans for the first time, assuring full choice of physician and hospital for all necessary health care services, with portability of coverage, decreased bureaucracy, increased accountability and sustainability. In addition, financial barriers to care would be removed with first-dollar coverage eliminating premiums, co-payments and deductibles.
How would H.R. 676 be paid for? First of all, by the large cost savings noted above, which would be more than enough to cover all Americans with comprehensive national health insurance in 2014. Beyond that, with a more fair system of progressive taxation. Our regressive funding sources would be replaced by progressive taxes, including a new minimal tax on financial transactions (e.g. 0.5 percent on stock trades), a modest payroll tax, a 6 percent tax on unearned income, and a 6 percent surtax on the richest 5 percent of Americans. Ninety-five percent of Americans would pay less than they do now and get much more. The only people who would pay more in taxes would be those in the top 5 percent of taxpayers with annual incomes well above $200,000. Employers would pay less than they do now, would no longer carry the burden of managing their employees’ insurance coverage, and would gain a healthier workforce.
The Friedman study is far from the first to demonstrate cost-savings in a single-payer public financing system along the lines of the Canadian system, coupled with a private delivery system. Many previous studies that have documented large cost-savings by the single-payer approach include those by the Congressional Budget Office, the General Accountability Office, and the Economic Policy Institute in the 1990s and that by another economist, Kenneth E. Thorpe in 2005. Many other state studies have also demonstrated cost-savings of state-based single-payer financing compared to any other approach. (2,3)
Why wouldn’t that make sense to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle? The main answer, of course, is the raw political power and money of stakeholders in our largely for-profit medical industrial complex. These stakeholders have been holding us hostage to achieving real reform in the public interest. They keep posturing their value even as they profiteer in our minimally-regulated marketplace and buy support of politicians in both parties.
Then, of course, is the bugaboo of increased taxes. The political drumbeat, especially on the right, keeps telling us that we are a high-tax country, and that cutting taxes is the way to creating jobs. But the facts belie this view. A study earlier this year found that personal tax rates of U. S. taxpayers on $100,000 incomes are 55th from the highest out of 114 countries around the world. (4) Moreover, when it comes to corporate tax rates, corporations are expert at avoiding or limiting their taxes through such means as tax havens overseas, lobbying the government for special tax breaks, and “innovative” accounting practices. As an example, General Electric (G.E.) paid no taxes in 2010 on $5.1 billion in domestic operations, even claiming a tax benefit of $3.2 billion! (5)
Friedman’s new study coincides with Medicare’s 48th birthday. Why is the goal of universal access achievable today after nearly 50 years of increasing dysfunction of our “system”? Because it is increasingly obvious as the only way that we can get a handle on our failing system. And because it better fits traditional American values—regardless of political party—of efficiency, choice, affordability, fiscal responsibility, equity, accountability, integrity and sustainability. (6)
The Friedman study and H.R. 676 should be front and center in the health care debate. Failing that makes even more blatant the stonewalling and self-interest by corporate stakeholders and their go-along legislators that have shackled the democratic process for too long.
1. Friedman, G. Funding H.R. 676: The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. How we can afford a national single-payer health plan. July 31, 2013. firstname.lastname@example.org Press release by Physicians for a National Health Program, July 31, 2013, email@example.com
2. Single Payer System Cost? Physicians for a National Health Program. firstname.lastname@example.org
3. PNHP Research: The Case for a National Health Program. email@example.com
4. Thompson, D, How low are U. S. taxes compared to other countries? The Atlantic, January 14, 2013. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/how-low-
5. Kocieniewsky, D. G.E.’s strategies let it avoid taxes altogether. New York Times, March 24, 2011. www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html
6. Geyman, J.P. Chapter 12. Empowering Patients and Taxpayers: Toward Achieving Health Care That We All Want and Need. In Geyman, J.P. Health Care Wars: How Market Ideology and Corporate Power Are Killing Americans. Friday Harbor, WA. Copernicus Healthcare, 2012. 1009 words


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Why is the EU, particularly Germany so subservient to American edicts?
"Sweden announced this week that it's canceling its 10-year-old military cooperation agreement with the Gulf monarchy, which brought Swedish companies more than half a billion dollars from 2011 to 2014. Germany, too, cut off arms exports to the Saudis this year, passing up hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenues for its defense industry.
Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest arms importer.
This year, research company IHS predicts, it will account for every seventh dollar spent globally on defense imports, increasing its purchases by 52 percent to $9.8 billion.Quoting from the IHS report
Highlights from the IHS Global Defence Trade Report:
- Saudi Arabia topped India to become the largest defence market for US;
- The US supplied one-third of all exports and was the main beneficiary of growth;
- Saudi Arabia and UAE imported more than all of Western Europe;
If European firms give up their slice of this huge and growing market, it may be impossible to ever get it back, because the U.S. is hungry for more Saudi orders. In 2014, according to IHS, the U.S. filled $8.4 billion worth of orders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, compared with $6 billion in 2013.
No wonder the lobbying in Europe in favor of the arms deals is fierce -- but the German and Swedish governments have proved resistant to it so far.
The reason for Germany & Sweden decision? Human rights? Come on!
The recent case of blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam," has made waves in Germany: According to a January poll for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, 60 percent of Germans are against any further business relations with Saudi Arabia because of such abuses, and 78 percent oppose arms sales.
The last straw apparently came on Monday, when Saudi Arabia blocked Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom from speaking to the Arab League in Cairo. Wallstrom had been invited because Sweden was the first EU country to recognize the Palestinian state, but, because she had previously called Saudi Arabia a dictatorship, the kingdom's representatives apparently feared she might further embarrass their county before other Arab leaders.That's all it took for Germany and Sweden to cancel these contracts? Not credible.
Business leaders wring hands
In Sweden, 31 business leaders, including the heads of Volvo, Electrolux, H&M, Ericsson and other top companies, argued in an open letter published by the daily Dagens Nyheter last week that canceling the Saudi deal would undermine Sweden's reputation as a reliable trading partner and damage the country's ability to use trade as a foreign policy tool. "The basic Swedish position has been and should remain that trade is an important tool for promoting human rights and democracy," they wrote, pointing out that the kingdom was Sweden's biggest trading partner in the Middle East. "Careless handling of contractual agreements may risk jeopardizing this tradition."The politicians are obeying their populace?
Politicians have to take the popular mood into account, so the tide began to turn against arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
While I am no supporter of the arms trade- nothing to do with hunters and self defence- but the global war machine- I wouldn't miss it. What isn't clear in this instance is why Germany and Sweden are willing to go along with this to the benefit of the US- The very clear beneficiary from this move.
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(Tina Sjogren) Kicking off his kite-skiing at Novolazarevskaya on November 10, Frederic Dion arrived at the South Pole of Inaccessibility (S82º 06.702' E55º 02.087’) on December 14 and at the Geographic South Pole (90ºS) on December 24. He had covered 2490 km in 45 days and is now heading North to Hercules Inlet.
"I am an inventor,” the French-Canadian told ExplorersWeb's Correne Coetzer over breakfast in Cape Town shortly before his departure to Antarctica. His sled was modified from a kayak and doubled up as a tent, and he had tweaked nearly all his clothes and gear, to make them lighter, more efficient and faster.
Oregon based Cameron Smith built a 'live-in sledge' used at Iceland's Vatnajokull ice cap in 2001-2004, and later revisited the subject in relation to Brazilian Julio Fiadi's habitable sledge. Currently, Cameron is looking at a mobile hab for ExWeb's expedition to Mars , an idea building on such experiments and more. Explorersweb checked in with the climber/explorer/anthropology professor turned Space-suit designer for comments on the latest Antarctica sledge-invention.
ExplorersWeb: Frederic Dion (Solo, kite-ski Novo - South Pole of Inaccessibility) made a "homemade" sled from a kayak that doubles up as a tent. You built something similar for your trip on Island. How does Fred’s sled compare to yours?
Cameron: From the photos I can see it's hard to tell the design, but in any case the idea to make any expedition equipment have several functions is a good principle; for example, if you carry four ice screws for the tent corners, you could instead take three and use an ice axe in place of the fourth ice screw, saving the weight of one ice screw. Regarding making the sled function as a shelter, it's a good idea if it can give you enough room, and with polar gear on you need quite a bit of room.
ExplorersWeb: Any general comments on his construction?
Cameron: I am still looking for good images.
ExplorersWeb: What would you have done differently (better) today on your sledhab?
Cameron: I would only put on slightly wider skis (as the narrow skis sank in softer snow) and make some kind of provision to allow me to guide the sled-hut downhill. The existing model (still in Reykjavik with my buddy Halldor Kvaran) was hard to direct downhill.
ExplorersWeb: Fred’s sled was built to avoid flipping over and reinforced to withstand kiting over sastrugi. Unfortunately it got damaged so he had to travel with the two ends joined together. Any advice what else could be done?
Cameron: To avoid flipping I immediately think of an outrigger of some kind. For sastrugi I am not sure, as I simply walked over them, while he is moving fast over them with the kite.
ExplorersWeb: You are building a spacesuit that we may use on Mars. The Antarctica ice cap resembles Mars crust in some ways - thinking out of the box, what could we learn “here” for “there” when it comes to moving around?
Cameron: A tremendous amount can be learned. First, what are the 'wear points' where most friction occurs and where we must reinforce the Mars suit both for comfort and to prevent leaks. Second, what are the most common motions of the day in the Mars suit, e.g. walking, bending and so on; we have to be sure these are accomodated in a Mars surface exploration suit. Third, I am thinking about comfort in general; if we presume the basic functions of holding gas pressure, maintaining temperature and C02 levels, and so on, are met, then we have to make sure the suit can be worn day after day, and that means it must be bearable in terms of comfort.
ExplorersWeb: Newall Hunter (Messner to GSP) describes how he uses the GPS to set the compass so that it points in the direction he wants to go. He skis a short distance with the GPS and then sets the compass to his ski marks in the snow. He wears the compass on a chest harness so that he can see it all of the time without having to use his hands. Again - how would we navigate on Mars surface in a bulky spacesuit learning from this?
Cameron: I think something else will be needed as Mars does not have a strong enough magnetic field to use a compass. You might be right back to the beginning, dead reckoning, but even without a compass, you would be dead reckoning with a wheel to measure distance daily, and try to stay on long straight lines, and orient your map each day by a simple star or planet shot with a sextant-like instrument at night. This is a really cool project to consider!
ExplorersWeb: By necessity for survival in the extremes, there are a lot of innovators and tinkerers among explorers. As a maker yourself, what would be your advice to them in terms of trying to produce their ideas for a bigger market?
Cameron: I'm afraid I have not tried to market or spread my ideas commercially, so I don't know about that; it's a whole other project. Regarding invention in general, the keys are (1) know the history / read all the background to your field, (2) don't think 'it' can only be done one way, find alternate solutions and (3) look at nature, the thing you are trying to do has already prrobably been 'invented' by the processes of evolution in the 3+ billion years of Earth life.
ExplorersWeb: Finally: how was TEDx and what’s the latest/next step on your spacesuit?
Cameron: Thanks for asking! TEDx Brussels was great; it was great to be asked to talk about the project that has consumed so much of my life for the past few years, and to be able to communicate the pressure suit project to an international audience as part of many public lectures I have done this year on the importance of space exploration. The next step is to build the Mark III garment, this will be used for flights this year (2015) and will be 1/3 the weight and bulk of the Mark I and II garments. I can't wait to get started, and we begin in about two weeks!
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The big dome of heat that had dominated the Great Plains, the Great Lakes and the eastern part of southern Canada was pushed out yesterday by an unseasonal "Alberta clipper", bringing late-September temps with it. The heat is now pushed to the west, with red-flag warnings over much of Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada, and excessive warnings in much of the rest of the west. Fall migration appears to have begun, with shorebirds and a few warblers showing up in the Great Lakes and Great Plains.
Illinois had a state-first Wandering Tattler on Thursday.
An American Avocet at Lamaline, Nova Scotia is a great bird for that part of Canada, as is the White-winged Dove found at Gaspésie, Quebec.
In Pennsylvania, two Black-bellied Whistling Ducks that have been in Lancaster County were confirmed as escapees from a local breeder, but to make up for that, a juvenile White Ibis decided to visit York County on Thursday.
Ohio had some goodies this week, with a Lark Bunting in Paulding County, and Swallow-tailed Kite in Holmes County.
Tennessee has been having a mini-invasion of Swallow-tailed Kites, including one this week in Bledsoe County.
Illinois also had a Swallow tailed Kite this week in Champaign County.
Increasingly encountered, but still a good bird in Alabama was an Inca Dove in Baldwin County.
In the southwest, a Louisiana Waterthrush was in Roosevelt County New Mexico this week, and a Brown Pelican was discovered by the Camp Chiricahua group in Santa Cruz, Arizona.
In Washington, a Curlew Sandpiper (3) was found in Snohomish County.
Readers should note that none of these reports has yet been vetted by a records committee. All birders are urged to submit documentation of rare sightings to the appropriate state or provincial committees. For full analysis of these and other bird observations, subscribe to North American Birds <aba.org/nab>, the richly illustrated journal of ornithological record published by the ABA. Place names written in italics refer to counties/parishes/districts.


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By Kevin Rutherford
“When there’s no changing the fact that I’m me, and they’re well… they’re them.”
The tweet, accompanied by a picture of her sticking her tongue out, was not necessarily anything different from the usual on Rihanna‘s Twitter account — vague, with a little tongue-wagging, in this case a little literally.
But the tweet was in response to something, in this case comments made by TLC concerning the Barbadian pop singer’s sometimes racy outfits.
In an interview with an Australian morning show, the surviving members of the R&B group, T-Boz and Chilli, dissed Rihanna for the clothes she tends to wear — particularly, how much skin is showing.
“Every time I see you, you don’t have to be naked,” T-Boz said. “It’s easy to sell sex.”
She added that, despite the possibility that some will see her comment as her simply being jealous, that’s not going to stop her from speaking her mind.
It’s hard for us to say anything because any time we do, they say, ‘Oh, TLC must be jealous,’ she said. “But I call a spade a spade.”
Added Chilli: “We became the biggest girl selling group of all time with our clothes on and that says a lot. We could go around too with booby cakes out all day long.”
Thus led to the slight retaliation from Rihanna, who also changed her header image on her account to a picture of the group in their heyday, two of whom have exposed breasts covered by their hands.
Despite her Instagram being gone for the time being, it’s not the first and certainly won’t be the last time Rihanna throws a little shade in someone else’s general direction on social media.
Just last month, she and Charlie Sheen got into a public spat on Twitter after the singer purportedly declined to meet Sheen and his fiancee at an L.A. restaurant. In that instance, Rihanna also changed her Twitter header image, that time to a picture of an autograph-craved person with Sheen’s head Photoshopped on.
TLC is currently on a reunion tour in Australia, the group’s first of their career. There’s also talk of a new album, which would be TLC’s first since 2002, when 3D was released seven months after the death of member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes.

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On the SoCal TV show News Conference, Shepard, the maker of the iconic red and black Obama poster, is a big fan of Obama. He says he usually does political art but he's usually criticizing.
The Obama poster, a signed one is apparently going for thousands on eBAy, was created to promote Obama, obviously. Though, some wingnuts have suggested there is a communist and even a devilish meaning.
Shepard also wore an Obama poster pin on his tee shirt. Nice touch.
Here's a new one with a smiling "Yes We Can" Obama


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Three guns, ammunition stolen from Vineland home
Three handguns and an unknown amount of ammunition was stolen from a Vineland home Sunday night.
The suspect or suspects broke a rear bathroom window on the north side of the home on the 700 block of East Chestnut Avenue, police said.
They then took three guns from an upstairs bedroom, according to the report.
Two pistols were inside pistol cases in the back of the closet: one was a .22-caliber revolver and the other was a semi-automatic pistol of unknown caliber, the owner told police.
The third gun was taken from a locked gun case, which was broken in order to get out the .40-caliber Ruger semi-automatic pistol, police said. Also taken was an unknown amount of .40-caliber and .22-c-aliber rounds.
Anyone with information is asked to call Vineland police at 856-691-4111 or anonymously text tip411 (847411) beginning the text with VPDTIP

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Dole has recalled more than 1000 bags of romaine lettuce in more than 6 states from stores in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. A sample of lettuce tested positive for listeria.
More than 30 people died in 2011 from listeria contaminated cantaloupes that were linked to Jensen Farms in Colorado.
I did not find any news on Dole’s website concerning this recall.
If you live in the South, this past weekend was a reminder of how hot it can get. Thankfully it looks like today will be our last really hot day for a bit. We all can do ourselves a favor by acclimating to the summer heat slowly. Heat illness can come on you like a ton of bricks and be fatal if not treated properly. Everyone likes to think of themselves as tough enough to work outside especially if you’ve lived down here for any length of time but in reality we are all susceptible to the heat and humidity.
Two of the more severe heat illnesses are heat stroke and heat exhaustion. I won’t bore you with my details on handling heat emergencies mostly because I’m not qualified. Here’s a great article I ran across that can explain the signs, symptoms and proper treatment of heat stroke and exhaustion.
Also, don’t forget to take precautions for your pets by ensuring they have shelter from the heat and a plentiful clean source of fresh water.
Just wanted to share this article I found from the CDC on helping prevent cervical cancer – what they call the preventable gynecologic cancer.
All women are at risk for cervical cancer, occurring mostly in women over age 30. According to CDC, most cases are “easily preventable with regular screening tests and follow-up”.
SCREENING : two tests can help find it early or prevent it altogether
1. Pap test or Pap Smear looks for precancerous cell changes
2. HPV test – detects the virus that can lead to the precancerous cell changes
HPV Vaccines: there are several vaccines available that protect against the types of HPV that most commonly cause cervical cancer. Two are approved by the USFDA – Cervarix and Gardasil.
Other prevention steps
1. Don’t smoke
2. Use condoms
3. Limit your sexual partners
For more information, read the CDC article and/or contact your gynecologist.
Even if you haven’t been outside yet today, you probably have realized that winter cold has arrived in earnest. With temperatures expected to fall quickly below freezing shortly after sunset and bottom out in the teens possibly, everyone’s desire for warmth will be priority number one.
For those of you that supplement your heat in your home with portable electric heaters, please be careful in their use.
Here’s some info from the CPSC on the setup and use of portable heaters thst should help in the prevention of injury or wrongful death.
Portable Electric Heaters
The Commission estimates that half the deaths and one-third of the injuries resulting from electric heater fires occurred at night when family members were asleep and the heater unattended. The Commission is also concerned about the use of power or extension cords which can be too small to supply the amount of current required by the typical portable electric heater.
You should be able to respond “yes” to the following safety statements.
||The heater is operated at least three feet away from upholstered furniture, drapes, bedding and other combustible materials.
||The extension cord (if used) is marked #14 or #12 American Wire Gauge (AWG).
||The heater is used on the floor.
||The heater is turned off when family members leave the house or are sleeping.
- Operate heater away from combustible materials. Do not place heaters where towels or the like could fall on the appliance and trigger a fire.
- Avoid using extension cords unless absolutely necessary. If you must use an extension cord with your electric heater, make sure it is marked with a power rating at least as high as that of the heater itself. Keep the cord stretched out. Do not permit the cord to become buried under carpeting or rugs. Do not place anything on top of the cord.
- Never place heaters on cabinets, tables, furniture or the like. Never use heaters to dry wearing apparel or shoes.
Stay warm tonight and stay safe. Don’t forget to check on neighbors, pets and plants.
The US Department of Transportation held its second annual distracted driving summit yesterday. All the pertinent facts can be found through the government’s official website at www.distraction.gov.
I won’t bore you with the statistics that their related studies show other than to say distracted driving is on the rise and the number of distractions are constantly increasing. Automobile manufacturers are making important safety changes in an effort to minimize potential distractions but ultimately the onus is on us to combat these distractions and prevent car accidents.
Texting and teenagers seem to be the most obvious target of concern but from my own observations during my drive to work on the roads of Jacksonville (study to be rel’d at a later date), texting and just basic cell phone use is by no means just a teenage problem. Yes the teenagers are not as experienced behind the wheel but neither are a lot of you adults out there. It only takes a moment to completely change your life, your family’s life or that of a complete stranger and their friends and family. In less than 6 hours one day this week, I read about three tragic accidents that lead to untimely deaths on our local roads and highways. Not all were caused by distractions but we may never know if distracted driving played a role in any of those car accidents.
Hang up and drive is the best solution. Pull over and take that important call or read that e-mail. Unless you are carrying the nuclear football it can wait. In my humble opinion, it’s only going to get worse as our smart phones and mobile devices get even more advanced.
Cell phones are not the only common driving distractions. Here’s a sample list of other common distractions:
Eating and drinking
Talking to passengers
Reading, including maps
Using a PDA or navigation system
Watching a video
Changing the radio station, CD, or Mp3 player
Please take some time to think about your normal driving routine and maybe even write a list of your own distractions you create every day. Share and compare with other drivers in your household and workplace and let’s make Jacksonville a safer place to drive.
Besides the fact that the law requires seat belt use, here are ten reasons why you should wear your seat belt based on statistics from a James Mason University study:
- One in five drivers are involved in an auto accident each year.
- Auto accidents are the leading cause of death for those under the age of 45.
- Close to 35,000 people die each year in auto accidents, half of whom would have been saved by the use of seat belts.
- For every one percent increase in the use of seat belts, 172 lives are saved.
- Seat belts reduce auto accident fatalities by 60-70 percent.
- A person is 25 times more likely to die when thrown from a vehicle.
- Children are often killed by being crushed by unrestrained adults.
- The most common injuries to children in car accidents are head injuries resulting in brain damage, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy or death.
- Over 80% of child fatalities in auto accidents would have been prevented by the proper use of seat belts or car seats. Unfortunately, less than ten percent of children are properly restrained.
- Seat belts may provide the greatest and only protection against DUI drivers.
A seat belt may very well save your life in the case of a car accident. If that is not enough, it may save your child. Just as importantly, it could minimize physical injuries.There many more good reasons for wearing a seat belt and none that would suggest otherwise.
This past weekend we had a tragic reminder of why seat-belt use is so vital to our well-being. Two teeenagers in separate accidents sadly lost their lives on the roads of North Florida. One vehicle swerved to miss an animal and a young girl was ejected and killed. The other accident involved a young man who failed to negotiate a curve and was killed on impact.
Both of these accidents involved the wrongful death of a young teenager filled with lots of promise and potential. Neither of them were restrained by a seat-belt. I can’t say for certain if a seat-belt would have changed the outcome but my hunch is that both of these kids would still be with their friends and family enjoying the waning days of summer had they taken a few seconds to buckle up!
Don’t start the car until you and your passengers are properly restrained by a seatbelt or secured in a car seat.
DON’T BECOME A STATISTIC – WEAR YOUR SEAT-BELT!
According to the 2009 Recreational Boating Statistics report released today by the US Coast Guard’s Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety, fatal accidents for recreational boaters increased by 3.8 percent in 2009. The actual number of boating accidents decreased by 1.2 percent.
Two of the more shocking statistics are the fact that nearly 75 percent of of the 736 deaths from boating accidents were as a result of drowning and 84 percent of those victims were not wearing a life preserver. The other shocking statistic is that 86 percent of boat operators involved in an accident had not received any boat safety instruction. According to Admiral Kevin Cook “the two most important things boaters can do to prevent the loss of life is to wear a life jacket and take a boater’s education course.”
Would you ride in a car with someone that had never driven before? Better yet, how about fly with a pilot that has never soloed or taken flying lessons? I’m guessing MOST of you would say no.
You can’t just park the boat when bad weather rolls in and wait for it to clear like parking on the side of the highway in your car. Also, if you haven’t noticed your boat or personal watercraft doesn’t have any brakes.
Check into a local boat safety course and if you have any question about your own swimming ability or your passengers ability – please wear a life jacket. They are much more comfortable and less bulky than the old orange pull over your head life jackets our parents wore.
Happy and Safe Boating!!
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Sprout Stuff of Texas has announced a recall of their infant ring slings. Sadly this is due to the wrongful death of a ten day old boy while in the Sprout Stuff ring sling.
Sprout Stuff is notifying the consumers directly.
Don’t settle for less than you deserve – www.harrellandharrell.com
The deaths of two children have prompted Family Dollar Stores, Inc in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to announce the recall of close to two million toy dart guns.
Family Dollar received reports of two asphyxiation deaths of a nine year old and ten year old boy. The soft pliable darts can be inhaled into the throat and prevent a person from breathing. Please click on the recall link for more information including pictures of the recalled product which was sold exclusively by Family Dollar from 2005 until 2009.


The Honda XR650L is a legendary bike. Not for the way it looks or because of how many races it’s won, but because of how brutally perfect it is for serious off-road adventures. Fully street legal, thousands of riders use it as a commuter. But when the road ends, that’s when things really start to get interesting. The XR650L is equipped with an ultra-tough 644cc overhead-cam air-cooled engine, a gear-driven counterbalancer to reduce vibrations, plus proven long-travel suspension — so you have a dual-sport that rolls up its sleeves and gets the job done on any road or trail.
The XR650L’s four-stroke, single-cylinder engine offers good fuel efficiency and a wide powerband. In addition, its proven powerplant requires very little maintenance.
Front- and rear-disc brakes provide superior stopping power. Both front and rear disc rotors are drilled for lightness and better wet-weather performance.
Adventure is just the push of a button away. The XR650L’s electric starter takes all the drama out of restarting off-road, or getting underway on a cold morning or after the bike’s been sitting all week.
Fully equipped for the street—including turn signals, license-plate light, mirrors, speedometer and more. There’s even a grab strap and footpegs for a passenger.
With a passenger grab strap, folding passenger pegs, a long MX-style seat and plenty of Honda power, the XR650L lets you carry a passenger with ease.
No maintenance hassles here, even in case of an off-road tip over. The sealed battery has plenty of cranking power for the electric starter, and is well protected from the vibrations of off-road riding.
The XR’s dry-sump design keeps the engine compact and eliminates the oil pan for superior ground clearance and damage resistance. With the engine oil in the frame, the frame itself acts like a giant oil cooler.
18-INCH REAR WHEEL
The 18-inch rear wheel gives you a better overall ride and more sidewall protection against flats, and still offers a wide choice of on- or off-road tires.
LONG-TRAVEL FRONT SUSPENSION
With a full 11.6 inches of travel, the air-adjustable 43mm fork also offers 16-position compression damping adjustability, letting you fine-tune it to deal with the bumps of off-road riding.
21-INCH FRONT WHEEL
The 21-inch front wheel gives you a wide choice of tire selection for different riding conditions.
PRO-LINK® REAR SUSPENSION
Honda’s Pro-Link® rear suspension system offers compliant and comfortable ride quality with a high level of wheel control. Initial rates are soft for supple action over small bumps and ripples, while increasingly stiffer rates resist bottoming and maintain rear-wheel control over rougher surfaces.


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