There’s been a lot of attention to the battle between the White House and Bob Woodward, but this article by National Journal’s Ron Fournier, on the toxic relationship he has with some high-ranking White House sources, is also worth reading. Last week Fournier sent out a tweet that angered the White House.(Snip)The official angered by my Woodward tweet sent me an indignant e-mail. “What’s next, a Nazi analogy?” the official wrote, chastising me for spreading “bull**** like that” I was not offended by the note, mild in comparison to past exchanges with this official.
Comments: "You will regret staking out that claim" seems to be the WH´s standard put-down to reporters that show a spine.
Try to imagine what goes on in all the off-the-record back-channel conversations that occur every day with the fair-haired boys in the knee-pad media. Just try! Wouldn´t that be a real eye-opener! Someday...maybe...
And yet you should see how the "cast" of "Morning Joe" has characterized all of the above: just normal give and take, says the lovely Mica, squinting, once again, to mimic thought. And Heilman and the other Obama sycophants nod sagely-----they forego the Mica squint as they OSTENSIBLY have less to prove re: I.Q.
Back at the dawn of time when I took an undergraduate elective titled "Journalism," there was talk of such a thing as "journalistic ethics" revolving around such concepts as honesty, responsibility, fairness, and personal integrity.
Obviously an antediluvian concept. With such moral dwarfs penning our daily news and holding forth on the tube, is it any wonder that the Dwarf King himself can lord it over them?
It would appear the knee-pad press isn´t a unilateral phenomenon, it´s a motley crew -- ideological scheming connivers, those looking out for number one, herds of sheep, the running scared and the simply stupid. Any and all are easy pickings for the White House fascists...so far.
Now comfortably ensconced in his second term, a time about which he said he will be more “flexible,” Obama is able to hide from responsibilities and tough decisions even more than before. Perhaps the most telling earmark (if you’ll excuse the expression) of the childlike way he confronts things is his now famous history of voting “Present” rather than facing problems head-on. Were it not for his staff of sycophants and the lapdog media members who allegedly cover him, it’s unlikely he’d be able to get away with such pre-adolescent behavior. Skirting & shirking seems to be his modus operandi for dealing with the things and stuff that reach his desk. But, why stop there? He’s also proven to be a master at evading, averting, avoiding, eluding, escaping, sidestepping, forestalling and circumventing issues which deserve his attention but he finds much too onerous to deal with. Better to hop aboard AF1, candidate-style, and head somewhere an adoring crowd awaits a speech from him.
Four years of on-the-job-training just don’t seem to have accomplished much, have they?
Here´s one: George Soros who is one of obama´s puppeteers was and is a Nazi sympathizer. He by his own admission on 60 minutes stated he turned in over 150 people to the Nazi´s just so he could sell their belongings. They of course were murdered.
Ah, come on, you guys - Barry only does what President Jarrett tells him to do. Those scars on his scalp are from the implant into his brain whereby President Jarrett communicates with him wirelessly.
I expect she has set the tone for all WH staffers to be bulldogs with anyone who dares to question Zippy. I´ll bet she sends out a morning briefing every day, and they get badges (like the boy scouts get) for every toxic remark they make to journalists who get "out of line".
These WH staffers sound like they were hired off the "Comments" pages of Salon. They share the same traits of being angry, abusive, profane, ideologically rigid, immature, vindictive, and controlling, among others.
This is the typical lefty attitude, if you aren´t with them, you are agin´ ´em, and deserve everything that comes at you.
´“This can’t be what Obama wants,” Fournier writes.´ I recall that people in the old USSR who were in Siberia in the Gulags or in prisons expressed this same sentiment about Uncle Joe. That the outrages were being done by underlings and that all would be corrected if only their plight could be brought to Stalin´s attention.
Is anyone here really surprised by all this? Come on, these are people trained and indoctrinated by the likes of Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel and their cohort of gangsta wannabes, who indeed are the sort of people Obama thinks make good staff.
My only question is, why do conservative columnists like Fournier (and politicians) keep chanting the ritual mantra: "Obama is a nice guy" when anyone who isn´t a brainwashed lefty or paralytically drunk can see he is a nasty, vindictive, egomaniacal piece of work who surrounds himself with mini-mes?
On some other blogs the lefties are spinning the Woodward incident as mischaracterized and nothing threatening about it, even claiming Eric Boling/Fox redacted any interpretation of threats. Oh sure.
The Woodward incident shows a glimpse into why so many illicit deeds of the administration go unreported. Many of the "salon journalists" must be brainwashed and think there is a promised land somewhere down the pike while the rest are too cowed to actually be a journalist.
Remember the "how dare you daggers" in Nancy botoxlousy´s eyes when Joe Wilson correctly shouted, "you lie!"? The assessment above is correct: disagree and you automatically become an enemy.
This is sounding like children running to mommy about the bully, which is fine for children to do, but not so much for adults. Okay, we all understand BHO and crew are not playing by the rules, they are cheating, and otherwise not acting as they are suppose to. So come out swinging, biting, clawing, and kicking. He cheated in the election to win. So what? Who didn´t know that that was exactly what he was going to do. What steps did we take to counter it? Did we expect mommy to spank him and give us the election? He lies. Same thing. We are electing cowards and then complain that they don´t fight back. Because of our failure from the start (McCain) to deal with this guy we are stuck with him. If we want it to change then we need to fight back. We are going to get blamed anyhow; as with the sequester, but we got the cuts. If we are right then who cares about the blame - we are going to get it anyhow. Boehner has the purse strings. Use them. BHO can´t get away with what he is doing without cooperation. Don´t cooperate. Have him submit a list for appropriations. Abusive staff? Only if you let him. The other edge of the access sword is outlet. The Pubs need to figure out how to deal with this now, not wait for the election; and crying about it is not the answer.
Well said #37... about time to take the abuse from the press for doing something if you are gonna be blamed anyway! And say it everytime you are aked about it. It never hurts to DO the right thing.. in the end.
This is classic ´use ´em and lose ´em´, stabbing in the back the ones who have your back, biting the hand that feeds you, etc. Eventually the worm turns and bites back. Now that´s something I long to see. How long would this bunch of ´abusers´ last if the press actually did their job?
Ok Ldotters, listen up: do you have a fb or twitter account? Get one. Start posting these and all other lucianne articles. We need to flood the Internet/media/friends/family with this information. Obama is at war with us: time to fight back instead of just complaining about it. Contact your congressperson on a weekly basis. Sign petitions, attend rallies. Again: Obama/progressives/democrats/liberals are at war with us! They are ahead of us & fighting dirty. Time to expose them via Internet/social media. Overwhelm them as we did in 2010. It CAN be done. Let the rallying cry be: "I am a Founder!"
When Obama was elected those who have studied recent history knew that he and his staff would use "Chicago style" tactics to get his way. This should be no surprise. The surprise is that the media is finally getting tired of being brutalized by these creeps. Maybe if more than Bob Woodward and Lanny Davis would open up the rest would start reporting instead of mouthing the White House talking points.
Bob Woodward never claimed "you will regret staking out that claim" was a threat, but anyone who has seen The Sopranos or the Godfather knows that threats are not issued in an "I´m gonna get you!" way. They are issued in the most polite way possible. And they are issued with a smile and kindly concern: "Nice kid you´ve got there. It´d be a shame if something happened to him/her."
Right on #16. My journalism course of yesteryear also included the Who, What, When, Where, and Why questions every good reporter should ask with an emphasis on Report....certainly not how to tell people what they should think.
Obama is a malignant narcissist. He is mentally ill. Bob Woodward and others can´t seem to see that this man suffers from delusions of grandeur, is horribly thin-skinned, and can´t suffer any amount of criticism without responding with torrents of venom and abuse. Obama is a three year-old throwing a tantrum. He is a hateful, spiteful, vindictive, pathologically dishonest little man. The abuse from his staff simply reflects the mindset necessary to serve such a man.
Pray for America. We have a mental patient in the Oval Office.
The reason the white house gets away with this behavior is that the "high-ranking White House sources" have still not been identified by these reporters. The responsibility of the press is to examine and expose the politicians to the people. The reporters are deluded into thinking that their talent lies in becoming friends with the administration. The friendship ends when you start demonstrating freedom of the press, and stop pushing their agenda...MORON!
FTA: Mr. Fournier’s experience is, I think, a good barometer of the cast of mind of the Obamacons. They are a rather thuggish, thin-skinned group who tend to view criticisms as a declaration of war. Many of them seem to view their opponents as enemies...
This perfectly describes those miscreants in the 0bama regime and their behavior is illustrative of their Supreme Leader. I would only quibble with the fact that all of them view their opponents as enemies. This is not surprising considering their reprehensible, appalling behavior during the election. It is indeed the Chicago way. What´s extremely disappointing is that this is now coming out and this skirmish didn´t happen before the election. It might have helped, or maybe not.
What Fournier did was the best - he told this unnamed official that future e-mails would all be on the record - brilliant! Push it back on them and they wilt. We have power and are unwilling to use it.
1. "Abusive staff"? Start with Obama! But half the time, he lags ol´ Mooch by several furlongs when it comes to "abusive." Mo tells us how much we had better exercise and what we had better be eating. Then we have Obama treating AF1 [not to mention the entourage of planes and limos, etc., that few know or remember are encompassed by the term "Air Force One"] like a taxicab. And Mooch; Pelosi [when Speakeress -- don´t forget her onboard booze-bills!]; Panetta; and who knows how many others treating big, honkin´ executive-jet-outfitted Boeings like taxicabs!
2. As the specific issues have been pretty well addressed, I would also note that Fournier should never excuse the unnamed WH jerk [bully? toady? self-imagined "muscle"?] for his behavior and language. It´s not just coarse or out of place, it´s inexcusable -- unless the person who "knows better" accepts it in not objecting? Why? Hey, if [bleep] stinks, it still stinks as much and as badly even if you claim the smell doesn´t bother you.
#40, I like the idea of using Facebook and Twitter to get the message out, but I don´t use the L.com links because there are a few people here that still say racist and bigoted things (even if they may not really mean it to be). I refuse to let the left perpetuate the myth that our side is full of bigots just because a couple of people can´t be more thoughtful about what they say. So, I will continue to link articles directly to FB. It´s a shame because this was always a wonderful forum and more people should see it.
Alinsky, Jaret, his comrades. Have any of you given a thought, yeah, maybe a few where this all comes from? Go back to NY theater late 20´s, early 30´s, read a few pages, where all this Marxist, Leninist junk got a foothold. Agitprop theatre, agitation agitate it´s all about what comrade obamsky and his cell do, practice the Party Line, you´ve heard that phrase before, create class differences, agitate do anything to create dissension and distrust. That´s the Communist way, the Party Line. Google Cleon Skousen´s list of 40 Communist things to look out..from his 1950´s book, "THE NAKED COMMUNIST". It´s a plain talking gem, he predicted correctly what´s happening now. Others did, too. Zygmond Dobbs wrote KEYNES AT HARVARD, showing how all this started back in the early 1900´s. Both written sixty years ago when Ayn Rand was warning us of Stalinist Soviet communism that she escaped. It´s all on record for those who care to look, and today Democrats are all robot socialists, and socialists are all on the direct path to the ultimate tyranny, Stalinist Soviet communist enslavement.
No 37 has it---BUT---the 900 pound gorilla in the room is the media. Until we control the dialog in the country everything we do is an uphill battle. Job one should be for a couple of rich conservatives (notice I didn´t say Republicans) buy, steal, hostile take over, whatever, at least two of ABCCBSNBCCNN and make honest news outlets out of them. For 50 years that I know of, ABCCBSNBC, the "mushroom" media (keep the public in the dark and cover them with manure) have tauted the liberal line and they have dumbed down the populace so far through their news censorship that we ended up with the likes of Zippy. It´s either buy ´em or use a Molotov cocktail on them.
Galesburg,IL--In a week when he tried to focus attention on the struggles of the middle class, President Obama said in an interview that he was worried that years of widening income inequality and the lingering effects of the financial crisis had frayed the country’s social fabric and undermined Americans’ belief in opportunity. (Snip)“If we don’t do anything, then growth will be slower than it should be. Unemployment will not go down as fast as it should. Income inequality will continue to rise,” he said. “That’s not a future that we should accept.”
Audacity: Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson eloquently refuses to stay on liberalism´s black plantation. So, naturally, the left seeks his destruction. George Zimmerman´s prosecutors´ star witness, Rachel Jeantel — whose contentious, garbled testimony backfired badly — told CNN´s Piers Morgan of the jury that heard her, "They old. That´s old-school people. We in a new school, our generation." As she experiences her 15 minutes of fame, Jeantel would no doubt lump Benjamin Carson in with the "old-school people." But these two black Americans represent the different paths available to everyone in a free country, regardless of ethnicity.
President Obama is announcing for the umpteenth time he´s going to "pivot" to fixing the economy — as if that´s ever worked before, since it is he who broke it. That said, Obama will pivot to tiddlywinks if that´s what it takes to get out from under his mountain of scandals. (Snip)Here´s a fun fact: As a lawyer for the Washington law firm Wilmer Hale, Wilkins represented Rev. Wright´s Trinity United Church of Christ in 2007 when the IRS began asking questions about whether the tax-exempt church was too involved in political work for its most prominent member, Sen. Obama.
Trust: Why should anyone believe what the president says about ObamaCare? Last week he touted nonexistent rate cuts and rebate checks. And the White House now admits his promise about keeping your doctor was false. On Thursday, the president tried to shore up the ever-weakening support for ObamaCare by boasting about $100 rebate checks millions of Americans were supposedly getting in the mail thanks to the law´s restrictions on overhead spending by insurance companies. "Millions of Americans opened letters from their insurance companies," Obama said, and "were pleasantly surprised with a check." Not exactly.
A growing number of Americans are getting permission to carry firearms in public—and under their clothes—a development that has sparked concern among some law-enforcement authorities. Applications for "concealed-carry" permits are soaring in many states, some of which recently eased permit requirements. The numbers are driven in part by concern that renewed gun-control efforts soon could constrain access to weapons, along with heightened interest in self-defense in the wake of mass killings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo.
The Obama administration is assembling a shortlist of candidates to lead the Federal Reserve, in the expectation that chairman Ben Bernanke won´t seek reappointment when his second term at the central bank ends in January, according to people familiar with the matter. (Snip)Mr. Bernanke has left his mark on the U.S. economy with a wave of easy-money policies in response to the 2008 financial crisis, recession and sluggish recovery that followed. His successor will need to figure out how to pull those policies back. If the Fed changes policy too soon, it could undermine the recovery.
Jon S. Corzine, no stranger to bare-knuckle brawls after spending nearly 40 years on Wall Street and in New Jersey politics, now faces the biggest fight of his career: a showdown with the United States government. (Snip)In another call that month, the global treasurer indicated that the firm’s liquidity “situation” was “not sustainable” and that “we have to tell Jon that enough is enough. We need to take the keys away from him.” If found liable, Mr. Corzine and Ms. O’Brien could face fines and possibly a ban from trading commodities.
Dakar, Senegal--As a freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama told a packed auditorium in Kenya’s capital, “I want you all to know that as your ally, your friend and your brother, I will be there in every way I can.” But he will not be there. (Snip)Despite decades of American investment to promote stability in the volatile region of East Africa, Kenya just elected a president indicted by the International Criminal Court, accused of bankrolling death squads driven by ethnic rivalry. It was the outcome that Washington had desperately tried to avoid,
A prominent corporate lawyer in Chicago has been accused by an Illinois disciplinary board of charging the firm for phony expenses, including about $70,000 in taxi trips, $35,000 in sporting events and a Thanksgiving celebration at his country club. Lee M. Smolen, a partner at DLA Piper, the world’s largest law firm, was named in a complaint filed this month by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Before joining DLA, Mr. Smolen was a longtime partner at Sidley Austin. (Snip) In 1988, Michelle Robinson was a young Sidley lawyer
Sanford, Fla--The screams are clearly coming from a distraught male, whose repeated cries for help end abruptly with a gunshot. What is not clear from a recording of a 911 call, however, is the identity of the screamer: George Zimmerman, the volunteer community watchman, or Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old he killed that night. (Snip)One [expert witness] concluded that the voice was not Mr. Zimmerman’s; the other said it was very likely Mr. Martin’s. In an order released on Saturday, the judge in the case, Debra S. Nelson, excluded their testimony. She said the science supporting
Washington--Within days, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a series of decisions that could transform three fundamental social institutions: marriage, education and voting. (Snip)But a tension runs through the cases, one based on different conceptions of equality. Some justices are committed to formal equality. Others say the Constitution requires a more dynamic kind of equality, one that takes account of the weight of history and of modern disparities. The four major cases yet to be decided concern same-sex marriage, affirmative action in higher education and the fate of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
If you wonder what kind of job Mel Watt would do leading the regulatory agency that controls Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, look no further than his pal Franklin Raines. No one would think of putting Raines, who in 2005 left Fannie´s helm under an ethical cloud, in charge of regulating Fannie or Freddie, together responsible for about 90% of all new mortgages. But Obama´s choice for that job is cut from the same cloth. Rep. Watt, whom the president has tapped to run the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is a lot like Raines, and not just because they´re both Democrats.
Conservative bloggers went wild Monday when they got wind of the Congressional Black Caucus’ suggestion that President Obama pick Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston for the post of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Rich Cooper, avid blogger for Security Debrief, responded to the news of the Jackson Lee recommendation in a post by saying, “Apparently, it is not a joke. For reasons that baffle any sense of reality, it is a serious gesture on the part of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to encourage President Obama to nominate Rep. Jackson Lee
There have been days since her son Ezekiel was born 11 months ago that Los Angeles mom Beth Capper has gone without food to keep up her supply. One friend was arrested for stealing some. It´s not drugs or alcohol or even baby formula that has put her in such a bind. It´s diapers. "There´s no way around buying them," said Capper, a 41-year-old single mother who doesn´t work because of a disability. Across the country, mothers like Capper are facing the same predicament. According to a report published Monday in the
America is in great shape energy-wise. We have more gas and oil reserves than ever before. Indeed, the United States could shortly become the world’s largest exporter of coal. Our cheaper power rates may bring energy-intensive industry back from Europe and Asia. If America’s small colleges are nearly broke and our public schools failing, nonetheless our blue-chip universities’ math, science, and engineering departments, and professional schools, remain the best in the world. (Snip)In our age, Nobel laureate, exempt Al Gore proved a fraud: the feminist who was accused of groping a woman in crazed sex-poodle fashion;
It is a small Alaskan village whose inhabitants have relied on the sea for countless generations. But within a decade, it is expected that the ocean which the village of Kivalina has so relied on will completely destroy it--creating America´s first climate change refugees. Temperatures in the Arctic region of Alaska are warming twice as fast as the rest of the U.S, causing ice to retreat, sea levels to rise and coastal erosion to increase. It is a small Alaskan village whose inhabitants have relied on the sea for countless generations. The 400 indigenous Inuit inhabitants of Kivalina, who live
Gotta figure her lead would be even bigger without Joe Miller in the field here. Her nomination for the taking? Alaska should be a top tier pick up opportunity for Senate Republicans next year…but their top choice of a candidate is Sarah Palin. 36% of GOP primary voters in the state say they’d like Palin to be their standard bearer against Mark Begich to 26% for Mead Treadwell, 15% for Dan Sullivan, and 12% for Joe Miller.
In an interview on National Public Radio (NPR), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said her new agenda for women will give mothers access to day care so they can “earn without carrying the burden of child care.” During the interview, aired on Weekend Edition Sunday, Pelosi spoke about her newly announced agenda, which is on her website, and is titled, “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families,” a plan that includes universal pre-school and access to day care for working women, and an increase in the minimum wage.
Many low-income families receive government assistance to help them purchase food and housing. Diapers are another story, a new study suggests. In what they are calling the first peer-reviewed study to quantify diaper need, Yale University researchers have found nearly a third of mothers cannot afford to purchase their infants diapers, raising health risks for not only babies but for moms who become stressed over the finances. "Notably absent from the antipoverty efforts targeting families is an essential staple for the health of children, diapers," wrote the researchers, led by Dr. Megan Smith,
President Obama has been rolling up his sleeves campaigning across the country delivering a surreal stump speech message supposedly aimed at the middle class: big government works, Obamacare is manna from heaven, the wave of recent scandals are “phony” figments of the imagination, and all economic problems are the fault of the Republicans. Conveniently, he leaves out the bankruptcy of Detroit, a city run by his own party for more than half a century. His message is so stale and unconvincing, that even The New York Times and Washington Post have noticed. Both papers, usually loyal to Obama, remarked that
Sen. John McCain — a Democrat? There was confusion Wednesday after the Arizona Republican mistakenly strolled into President Obama’s meeting with Senate Democrats at the Capitol. The room full of Democrats — who happened to be meeting in the same room where the Senate GOP usually holds their weekly policy luncheons — erupted in applause and laughter as the former Republican presidential candidate made his entrance. As McCain, 76, walked out of the Dem-filled space, reporters pressed him as to why he stepped foot in the room.
Mideast: The sequester has "cost jobs," says President Obama, and "gutted investments in education and science and medical research." But somehow he´s earmarked $500 million for Hamas terrorists. Circumventing Congress and with no fanfare, President Obama last week issued an executive order enabling him to send an additional $500 million directly to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank — much of which you can bet will wind up going to the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization. According to Obama, "it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of" Congress´ legislative restrictions "in
The mother of Trayvon Martin said Monday that she believed Florida’s Stand Your Ground law played a role in her son’s shooting death, but she wasn’t ready to support a boycott of the state for not changing the self-defense law. “The thing about this law is I just think it assisted the person who killed my son to get away with murder,” Sybrina Fulton, the mother of the 17-year-old from Miami Gardens, said at a National Bar Association event in Miami Beach. “I think we have to change these laws so people don’t get
A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer research institution has recommended sweeping changes in the approach to cancer detection and treatment, including changes in the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnoses. (Snip) The group, which includes some of the top scientists in cancer research, also suggested that many lesions detected during breast, prostate, thyroid, lung and other cancer screenings should not be called cancer at all but should instead be reclassified as IDLE conditions, which stands for “indolent lesions of


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Entering the ASUN semifinals, North Florida had beaten the Lipscomb women’s tennis team in all 14 meetings between the two programs.
Unfortunately for the Bisons, that streak was extended to 15 consecutive Osprey wins on Saturday evening.
North Florida (16-7) rolled to a 4-0 victory on their home courts to advance to Sunday’s ASUN title match.
The Ospreys quickly jumped out to a lead by clinching the doubles point with wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. In singles, the North Florida used victories from Lucia Montano, Valentina Mariotto and Florencia Rossi to clinch the overall match.
"We didn’t capitalize in doubles, and we knew it was important to do so because UNF is such a deep team," Lipscomb coach Jamie Aid said. "It was a tough task after we lost the doubles point."
Lipscomb's top two singles players, Viktoriya Dzyuba and Katernya Popova, both had their matches go unfinished. Dzyuba was leading 7-6, 2-3 and Popova was up 6-2, 5-4 when Montano defeated Madeleine Brooks for the fourth and final North Florida point.
Popova, who was named ASUN Player of the Year award on Thursday, finished the season with a 17-2 singles record, while Dzyuba went 11-7. Popova's only two losses came in the Alabama and Xavier matches.
"Kate’s been awesome this year," Aid said. "She’s made the transition (to college) really well. We're excited to see what she does in the future."
The defeat eliminated Lipscomb (11-12) from ASUN title contention and ended its season. The Bisons graduate just one senior in England native Hannah Gamage, who missed the majority of the season with a torn achilles.
"We hate to say goodbye to Hannah," Aid said. "She didn’t get to contribute like she wanted to this season, but she sat on (Popova)’s bench and really helped her through the matches. It was great to see that leadership from (Hannah)."
Saturday, April 21: North Florida 4, Lipscomb 0
- Rafaela Gomez (UNF) vs. Viktoriya Dzyuba (LIPW) 6-7 (4-7), 3-2, unfinished
- Eva Nyikos (UNF) vs. Kateryna Popova (LIPW) 2-6, 4-5, unfinished
- Lucia Montano (UNF) def. Madeleine Brooks (LIPW) 6-3, 6-4
- Luise Intert (UNF) vs. Denise Buberl (LIPW) 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
- Valentina Mariotto (UNF) def. Thabile Tshatedi (LIPW) 6-0, 6-1
- Florencia Rossi (UNF) def. Kateryna Kandyba (LIPW) 6-1, 6-1
- Luise Intert/Rafaela Gomez (UNF) def. Denise Buberl/Viktoriya Dzyuba (LIPW) 6-0
- Eva Nyikos/Lucia Montano (UNF) vs. Madeleine Brooks/Kateryna Popova (LIPW) 3-4, unfinished
- Florencia Rossi/Valentina Mariotto (UNF) def. Kateryna Kandyba/Thabile Tshatedi (LIPW) 6-1
Lipscomb’s season concluded with the loss. North Florida went on the win the ASUN title with a 4-1 victory over Stetson on Sunday. The Bisons return six players next season, in addition to adding a trio of recruits.
"We have a team that’s returning and we have three girls that we’re adding to the roster, which will give us nine," Aid said. "That’s going to help us out with depth. (Saturday) was good night in a lot of ways, because there was a lot of growth that took place this season."


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Jerry Seinfeld Producing 'The Marriage Ref' New Reality TV Series
Comic Jerry Seinfeld is bringing his talent back to the small screen — not as an actor, but as a producer of a new reality television series dubbed "The Marriage Ref".
The show will feature a mix of celebrities, comedians, and athletes "giving advice to bickering married couples".
So, I guess that makes this Seinfeld's second attempt at making "a show about nothing" — and, of the two, somehow I expect Seinfeld will better stand the test of television time.
Jerry Seinfeld is returning to NBC as producer of a comic reality series where celebrities and a referee try to help squabbling couples make peace.
That's the good news for Seinfeld's fans.
The bad news? Seinfeld said he has no plans to step in front of the cameras for "The Marriage Ref" or, for that matter, to ever star in a television series again.
"It's a young man's game," said Seinfeld, 54. "Nothing could surpass the experience I had."

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The Korean Journal of Economic Studies
How to Promote the Commercial Popularity of the Korean Professional Baseball League: A Game-Theoretic Approach Surrounding the Procedure Operating Its Postseason
Jeong Eui Suh (Bank of Korea)Year 2022Vol. 70No. 3
AbstractRecently, mainly regarding the decrease in the number of spectators, there have arisen rather serious concerns about the commercial popularity of KBO(Korea Baseball Organization) League. However, it must be clear that KBO League, like the U.S. MLB, has the potential to have a significant positive effect on the Korean domestic economy. Therefore, in this study, attention was paid to the possibility that the overall commercial popularity of the KBO League will be promoted if the postseason of the KBO League gets more popular among Korean people. Specifically, based on a game-theoretic approach, a certain way to increase the popularity of the postseason has been investigated. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that obtaining the consent of all teams in the KBO League in order to change the procedure of operating the KBO postseason is not easy in that the existing procedure is highly advantageous for the top team in the regular season. This implies that it should be necessary to reduce the opportunity cost of the top team in the regular season as much as possible if the postseason operating procedure is to be changed to promote the overall commercial popularity of the KBO League.

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Discover hidden gems in our extensive collection of rare, signed, and collectible books. Delve into the captivating stories and rich history that these literary treasures hold.
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CHENNAI: In its first major bureaucratic reshuffle
, the DMK
government in Tamil Nadu
on Friday posted Neeraj Mittal
as principal secretary to the information technology department
. He was managing director and chief executive officer of the Guidance Bureau.
An order to this effect was issued by chief secretary V Irai Anbu.
M Sai Kumar, former additional chief secretary/secretary I to chief minister, has been posted as chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation
Former commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation G Prakash
has been posted as managing director of Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation.
S Vijayakumar, former secretary II to the CM, has become chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation while former secretary IV to the CM, Jayashree Muralidharan, has been posted as special secretary to industries department.
R Anandakumar has been posted as commissioner of civil supplies and consumer protection while SIPCOT
managing director J Kumaragurubaran is the new commissioner of Hindu religious and charitable endowments department.
TNPSC secretary K Nanthakumar has been appointed as commissioner of school education while VP Jeyaseelan
has been appointed director of information and public relations and ex-officio deputy secretary to Tamil development and information department.
Horticulture and plantation crops director N Subbaiyan has been posted as director of disaster management. Additional chief electoral officer V Rajaraman has been transferred and posted as managing director of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation
S Sivashanmugaraja has been posted as chairman and managing director of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation. A Sivagnanam has been appointed as managing director of Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation.


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Galaxy Dragon Ornament w/Orb
Each sculpture is handcrafted from premium colored polymer clay that is then baked and spot glazed with high quality polyurethane for extra durability and shine.
While these are small and enjoyed by children this is NOT a toy, it is a handmade collectible and should not be played with.
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2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the Saharawi exile in Southern Algeria.
Relegated since 1975 in tents and mud houses, depending in all aspects on humanitarian aid (collapsed over the past four years of 70%), exposed to a growing terrorist threat, divided from their relatives by a 2 thousand kilometers long sand wall in one the most mined areas in the world, Saharawis, without future nor prospects, are now threatening to resume their weapons against their historical enemy: Morocco. They want their land back, they want their Nation: Western Sahara.
Condemned to live in one of the harshest corners of the Algerian desert, today, after 40 years in exile their fate is still undecided.
Unemployment and a growing disillusion for an independence referendum promised by the UN and never realized in 23 years, despite a UN mission, MINURSO, still working in the area, are likely to push many Sahrawis, mostly young people, into the arms of Islamic extremism that here, in a region with porous borders, vast stretches of sand difficult to control and tensions never silenced, has, in recent years, found fertile ground to grow and carry out attacks and kidnappings.
In Rabouni refugee camp, 20 kilometers from the Algerian city of Tindouf, is still alive the memory of the 2011 abduction of three aid workers, and the security measures for the few Westerners left have been strengthened drastically.
So the Polisario Front, the political arm of the Saharawis, and the People’s Liberation Army, its armed wing, are now fighting on two fronts: on one hand there is the never ending conflict with Morocco, on the other Islamic terrorism that threatens its fragile community and the stability of a region that, according to many analysts, could soon become the new theater of the global war to terrorism.
Since the Arab Spring, in fact, North Africa has become even more volatile: the Algerian group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has established footholds in Mali, Niger and Mauritania, and recently staged attacks in Tunisia and in other countries, Ansar al-Sharia has filled the power vacuum in several parts of Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall. Morocco has, in recent weeks, raised its security alert because of the fear that terrorist fighters will return from Syria and Iraq, and Boko Haram and al-Shabaab are extending their reach from the west and the east. Stuck in the middle of this vortex are the Sahrawis.
In October 2012 Polisario Front reportedly set up a counterterrorism squad, to protect the refugees camps and the southern border, and anti-smuggling patrols for trying to stop drug trafficking.
Morocco’s intransigence and the ineffectiveness of the international community are pushing the Polisario Front, under pressure from the young masses born in refugee camps, to resume hostilities. They began several military exercises and the defense minister is browsing the whole war arsenal of the SPLA (Saharawi People’s Liberation Army).
Western Sahara and the Saharawi’s refugee camps have never been so in fibrillation, 2015 could really be a pivotal point for the future of this long lasting crisis. Forty years of exile have passed and the patience of the Polisario Front seems to be over.

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Armchair Athletes 11-25-20
-Restaurants are shut down again, and if you’re one of the tens of thousands laid off, the government really doesn’t give a damn about you at any level
-Well, restaurants in Lapeer *were* defying the shutdown order…
-A COVID vaccine could be available in Michigan by December 12th; would you get it?
-And of course, why the Lions are a garbage organization that nobody should ever support.


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While it is usually impossible to anticipate almost all legal problems, there are many solutions to mitigate these questions merger and acquisition purchase. Using a skilled business legal professional is a good idea, mainly because he or she can help you find the best legal solution, and allow one to focus on various other aspects of the M&A deal. Here are some of the very most common legal concerns in M&A deals. Using an attorney is advisable, too, because they can present valuable info and information that you may not have considered.
Focus on indemnification condition. These clauses protect the acquiring business in case a seller fails to fulfill its obligations, preventing the acquiring business from utilizing integration programs or matching competitive activities. These clauses are extremely hotly contested and can force the acquiring business to annul the deal and pay the target a pre-agreed money to be avoid responsibility. If they are drafted properly, these nature can preserve both sides.
Community stockholders. The https://techijau.net/legal-issues-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-the-most-common-cases community stockholders include statutory privileges to dissent via merger negotiating and to be given a fair valuation, which is a portion of the company’s benefit excluding any merger gain or damage. Most legal courts agree that a dissenting stockholder should receive a pro-rata discuss of the businesses value after the merger. It is crucial to note that there are exceptions to these rules and that your legal professional should carefully review such clauses within your deal contracts.

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|Title||Design and Analysis Of Trials For A New Tuberculin Standard|
|Author(s)||Frankena, K.; Jacobs, L.; Duignan, A.; Good, M.; Jong, M.C.M. de|
|Event||6th International M. bovis conference, Cardiff, 2014-06-16/2014-06-19|
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology
|Publication type||Abstract in scientific journal or proceedings|
Potencies of tuberculin batches need to be assessed relative to the Bovine International Standard (BIS, potency defined as 32,500 IU/ml), produced in the 1970’s and recognised as the international standard in 1986 by the WHO. Currently both BIS stocks and quality are diminishing. Therefore, a new bovine standard is required which should be of comparable potency to BIS while its estimated potency must be highly precise.
Materials and Methods
A trial was designed using one concentration (100μl of 1mg PPD/ml) of BIS and of a ‘working standard’ (WS) which each was applied 4 times to the same animal. The number of bovines to be included in the trial was simulated using varying estimates of between- and within-bovine variation in skin response. The
trial was conducted with naturally infected steers, showing a positive skin response to SICTT and a positive result to Gamma Interferon assay, selected from herds in which infection was confirmed. Results were analysed using GLMM with standard (BIS, WS) as fixed effect and animal as random effect.
Sample size was set to 30 animals assuming a between-bovine variation of 3.0mm and a within-bovine variation of 2.0mm. Then the 95% CI of the potency estimate is ± 3000IU. In the trial itself, the between and within-bovine variations were 2.4 and 1.3 respectively, resulting in a potency estimate of 34,700 ±
1,400IU/ml for WS in bovines.
Potency estimate of WS and its 95%CI indicate that WS is a good candidate to replace BIS.

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Keeley Hawes’s Bodyguard character may have come to an untimely end, but viewers could see Julia Montague reunited with David Budd after all — on the Strictly dance floor.
With Strictly Come Dancing back on screens, one tweeter took the opportunity to request that Hawes and her co-star Richard Madden return for a spin on the dance floor this Christmas.
Guardian film critic @PeterBradshaw1 requested that the pair do the tango – appropriate, given their fiery onscreen chemistry – and Hawes spotted the tweet.
“I don’t see why not,” the actress responded.
Of course, the nation is now desperate to see Strictly execs turn this dream into a reality.
Luckily the BBC have already cottoned on.
And fans already have a pretty good idea of what song the Bodyguard pair should dance to: the Whitney Houston hit from the singer’s film, The Bodyguard.
The Bodyguard finale airs Sunday 23rd September at 9pm on BBC1

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We did it! On Sunday 20 September after months of planning we finally held a community celebration that was fully planned and coordinated during lockdown with our wonderful partners at Butetown Arts and Culture Association and community members interested in making and creating costumes.
Ove the last few months we’ve planned all kinds of carnival events – from a Lion King community banquet to a carnival picnic trail and parade but ever-changing Coronavirus guidelines and uncertainty have meant we've had to adapt our plans and push on regardless.
Costumes were crafted and short films created and posted on social media during the August Bank Holiday as the community group continued to make and create hoping that they would be able to do an event at some point in near future.
20 September was floated as a potential date and as luck would have it everything went according to plan. It even stopped raining!
The picnic element of this community event had to be done by invitation only and there was immense amount of planning needed to work out seating arrangements in order to keep people safe in socially distanced bubbles over three separate sittings of 30 guests.
Supported by Good Food Cardiff our chefs Geraldine and Ayaisha Griffth created a truly mouth watering Caribbean experience with salted fish, jerk chicken, rice and beans, salads, delicious deserts and more.
The sun shone and we were able to showcase some incredible local talent outside the front of our iconic building.
Kicking off proceedings at 2.30pm were the fabulous Domestic Violins fronted by Butetown's very own carnival imp - Mary-Anne Roberts - who featured in one of the Butetown Carnival videos specially created for this year's digital event.
Mother and daughter combo Laura Bradshaw and her daughter Hannah did a lovely acoustic ukulele set while local Soul and Reggae sensation, Aleighcia Scott lit up the stage, with her first live gig in six months and was really happy to be back performing in front of a live audience.
There was plenty of high-octane dancing from Nimba Dance and The Successors of the Mandingue who had everyone smiling and clapping with their West African drumming and acrobatics.
The dancing continued with Hive by June Campbell Davies choreographing some amazing street dance featuring Jukebox Collective and Shakeera Ahmun. June's talented daughter, Ffion Campbell Davies also did an incredible solo piece later on in the evening.
Oasis Choir were unable to sing due to Coronavirus restrictions on performances but that didn’t stop them from dancing instead.
Winds of Change performed a dance piece from this year’s carnival and there were some familiar characters wandering around including Billy Ma, Bean Friend and the Blue Devils.
Local youth collective CMW Project from Oasis also performed and featured a brilliant saxophone solo.
Soul and R&B singer, Lucas J Rowe put a smile on everyone's faces and won over plenty of new fans with his positive vibes and energy and we're pretty sure we'll be hearing a lot more of him in the future.
Finishing off the event in the early evening sunlight was Butetown Carnival organiser, Keith Murrell and friends who put on a fantastic soul show to finish off the proceedings in style.
This year's carnival motto was: Let’s get together and feel alright and even though this event constantly changed format we’re really proud of this community-planned partnership and what we all managed to achieve during lockdown.
We’d like to thank everyone who took part and got involved in the planning group.


Cantwell Applauds First Transatlantic Flight by Commercial Jet Using Biofuel
Cantwell: ‘Commercialization of biofuels can get our nation off of foreign oil, boost our own local economies, and reduce our carbon footprint’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released the following statement applauding the first-ever transatlantic flight by a commercial jet powered by biofuel. The Boeing 747-8 freighter flew from Everett, WA to Paris on Monday using a blend of 15 percent camelina and traditional kerosene.
Camelina, grown in rotation with dry wheat, doesn’t compete with food or fresh water resources. As such, camelina is one of the biofuel sources identified for development for commercial use as part of the Sustainable Aviations Fuel Northwest (SAFN), an initiative Cantwell has supported – and urged Obama Administration support of – since its inception last July. In addition to SAFN, there are several other ongoing efforts to utilize biofuels in the Pacific Northwest, including AltAir, a commercial arrangement to produce jet fuel from camelina crops for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
“Using domestically-produced renewable fuels to power our airplanes offers great economic opportunity for America,” Senator Cantwell said. “Commercialization of biofuels can get our nation off of foreign oil, boost our own local economies, and reduce our carbon footprint. I applaud the effort of Boeing and other Pacific Northwest leaders to propel Washington state’s biofuel industry forward. Diversifying our nation’s energy sources will make us less dependent on foreign imports and ensure America can profit from the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”
The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest initiative examined economics, potential feedstocks, and technical and policy hurdles to developing an aviation biofuels industry in the Pacific Northwest. The study, the first of its kind in the United States, was managed by Climate Solutions, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. The initiative was launched in July 2010 by Boeing, Alaska Airlines, the operators of the region’s three largest airports – Port of Seattle, Port of Portland and Spokane International Airport – and Washington State University, a center for advanced biofuels research.
Cantwell, chair of the Energy Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has long supported the development and commercialization of biofuel to help reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum-based fuels and better protect the environment. Last July, Cantwell sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack urging him to support public-private initiatives in Washington state – including Sustainable Aviations Fuel Northwest – to develop aviation biofuels for military and commercial aircraft. The letter came as Vilsack met with corporate and academic representatives working on aviation biofuels projects, including Boeing and Washington State University.
Last month, Cantwell joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in introducing legislation to increase the use of biofuels in the military, the largest single consumer of energy in the country. Cantwell was also instrumental in helping to author the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard, which requires the production of 36 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022. And at Senator Cantwell’s urging, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contained over $80 billion dollars for green projects, including $80 million for advanced biofuels research.
Since 2004, Cantwell has brought together Washington businesses, farmers, investors, and fuel consumers to help create a Washington biofuels industry. In 2005, Cantwell brokered a landmark agreement for the Port of Seattle and its clients to buy one million gallons of biodiesel a year. In addition, Senator Cantwell helped facilitate the construction of one of the biggest biodiesel facilities in the United States in Grays Harbor, as well as secured funding to help Washington state ferries operate on locally-produced biofuels.
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Federated Farmers thinks Fonterra should retain more of its profits to help grow the business.
The dairy co-operative has introduced a new dividend and profit retention policy as part of its capital restructuring measures.
It's set a target of keeping back 25% to 35% of the profit it has avaliable for distribution each year.
For the current season, the company is forecasting a distributable profit of 35 o 45 cents per share, which means it expects to pay a dividend of 20 to 30 cents per share, on top of the basic milk payment.
But Federated Farmers thinks it should hold on to most of that profit.
Dairy chair Lachlan McKenzie points out that profit retention was normal practice for the Dairy Board and the companies, before Fonterra was formed.
Dry shares now available
Farmers wanting to buy extra shares in Fonterra are able to apply from 7 December.
As part of its capital restrucuring the co-operative is allowing them to buy up to 20% more shares than what they need to match their milk supply.
More than 260 million "dry" shares are available, but the company does not expect all of them to be sold.
Farmers have until 21 January to apply for the shares, at the current fair value price of $4.52 each.

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We are looking for an experienced baker/pastry chef to join our small crew.
We are looking for an experienced baker/pastry chef to join our small crew. Previous professional experience or education is a must, we hope to find a baker/pastry chef who has experience in similar sourdough or long fermented bakeries and preferably with laminated doughs and patisserie.
We need you to have a passion for fermentation, an understanding of levain and the effects of the seasons, a desire to continue learning everyday, the ability to share your knowledge, ideas and creativity and to motivate yourself to improve.
You will be comfortable making a variety of leavened and unleavened pastry doughs, creams and custards, jams and ganaches. We make everything we use in our pastries from scratch, no bought in jams or fillings here!
You will work a variety of shifts between our bread and pastry sections, regular shifts are 5am-2pm, or 7am-4pm, including weekend days.
You will be:
- in love with all things sourdough
- detail orientated and a little bit obsessed about refining your
techniques, consistency and learning new things
- an efficient and a clean worker
- a morning person!
- able to slot into a team and also motivate yourself for more
- mindful of ingredients costs and wastage
- inspired by other part so the world of food and able to bring
your inspiration and ideas to work
We will be:
open to your ideas and experience
happy to teach you as much as we can
an employer who is committed to improving themselves and their staff
a welcoming and hardworking part of the community
- Mixing savoury and sweet doughs, sourdough and yeasted
- Hand scaling and shaping all our doughs
- Bake shifts and oven work
- Veg and fruit prep for bread products
- Pastry prep including doughs, fillings, decoration
- Daily and deep cleaning
- Helping with seasonal and product development
- Occasional markets and pop ups
Salaried staff work 40-42 hours per week. If you’d prefer to work more or less, we may be able to accommodate you with an hourly rate.

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Blog Bonaire.nu announced that, during the visit of King Willem-Alexander to Bonaire on April 30, Flamingo Express Dutch Caribbean (FXDC), the Post Office of the Caribbean Netherlands has, presented something unique.
The first King-stamps Caribbean Netherlands that were offered to the king are not only unique because of the “double image” of the King, but the stamps also have a Royal novelty. When scanning the stamp of the king with a “Cee app” one can listen to the national anthem, the Wilhelmus. When scanning the stamp with the image of the flag of one of the islands, one can listen to the anthem of that island.
The stamps were published on the day that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visited Bonaire. The other two islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, Saba and Statia received their own stamps. For all the three islands a sheet with 10 stamps is produced consisting of ten stamps, each with 2 different images. One that depicts King Willem-Alexander prominently and one where the flag of the island is an important element.
The management of the Dutch Caribbean Flamingo Express (FXDC) is very proud of this first in the Kingdom and the rest of the world. The national anthem on a stamp is probably a world’s first.
Nicole Merkies, CEO of FXDC, says “that the new company is only a year in charge of the postal services in the Caribbean Netherlands, but that, nevertheless, they succeeded to realize several releases of stamps.” This first King Stamp is literally a “crown on the work of FXDC ” concerning releases of stamps. Ms Merkies indicated to soon unveil even more new plansof FXDC.
Bart Bergman, financial director of FXDC, initiated the printing of these first King stamps. “I had to be present when at Joh. Enschede in Amsterdam our first King stamp was printed. It was not only an impressive event, but also a historic one. ”
The stamps are available at all post offices in the Caribbean Netherlands or via www.postfxdc.nl.


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BIOE 306 - Biofabrication Lab
Last offered Spring 2022
Experiments involving design of bioreactors and microfluidic systems, advanced cell culture, and quantitative analysis techniques such as polmerase chain reaction and atomic force microscopy. Laboratory techniques relating to current literature and state of the art in the field of bioengineering. Course Information: Prerequisite: BIOE 202. Departmental approval required for non-majors.

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A year and a half ago the Global Commission on HIV and the Law put out its report, HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights and Health with recommendations addressing the discriminatory practices that fuel HIV epidemics. Problems the report pointed to included overreaching patent protections and criminalization of HIV transmission, as well as abuses of people who use injecting drugs, men who have sex with men, prisoners, migrants, and people who work in commercial sex transactions. The time since — which has brought the passage of Nigeria’s and Uganda’s anti-gay bills, and India’s reinstatement of its colonial era law, a made-in-USA plan to undo South Africa’s patent reform draft, the Ukraine crackdown on NGOs, etc. — has been a regressive one for legislation, practice and progress addressing human rights among populations with the greatest exposure to HIV and the least access to HIV prevention, care and treatment. So this report comes with recommendations to advance the recommendations, including outreach to Parliamentarians, rights-based training for law enforcement, work with media, community and religious leaders to identify and address stigma and discrimination, and more.
Making HIV medications free or low cost is very important for removing barriers to HIV care access, but it’s not enough to ensure adherence, Kevin Volpp […]
The emerging crisis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a “personal and health system catastrophe” that’s occurring half a million times a year in the form of new […]
The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will begin human testing of a vaccine candidate to prevent Ebola virus disease at the National Institutes […]
At the end of last May, Dr. William Fischer was immersed in his work as a physician, researcher, and instructor at the University of North Carolina […]


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The official web-page for the new American Idol Experience, opening January 2009 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, has been put up. More artist concepts, videos (including newly crowned American Idol, David Cook, singing “When You Wish Upon a Star”), & information on the audition process for the attraction, are on the site.
About the author
Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World.
Contact Tom at [email protected]

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We’ve just launched support for fitbit devices. If you own a fitbit device you can now sync your fitbit data to your cron-o-meter diary. We can currently import your weight and body fat % (If you own the Fitbit Aria wireless weight-scale), and your hours of sleep and activity (from fitbit wristband devices). To
Hot on the heels of the redesigned website, we’ve added two small new additions to the Diary. The old weight change widget in the sidebar is no longer just a boring number — but a weight graph: And for gold subscribers, we’ve added an option to show the total calories for each group in
We’re pleased to unveil a new look to our website today! We’ve updated the styling of the site to be more modern — and the cleaner look should help make heavy volume of data we present more readable. We’ve not made any major changes to the functionality or mechanics of the site, it’s purely presentation
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just added a set of over 15000 new high quality food items to our database. These foods come from the University of Minnesota Nutrition Coordination Center’s Food and Nutrition Database. It has much more than the USDA’s database, and better coverage of micronutrient values. Look for these new items
It’s that time of year again. The USDA has recently released version sr26 of their food database. We’ve updated our foods with this new information. This release adds over many new food items, as well as more accurate nutritional information for existing items.
The USDA has recently released version sr25 of their food database. We’ve updated our foods with this new information. This release adds over 200 new food items, as well as more accurate nutritional information for existing items.
cronometer.com will be taken down at 11pm EST tonight while we upgrade to some more powerful servers. We estimate the outage to last roughly one hour.
We’re proud to unveil our snappy new logo today:
cronometer.com turns 1 year old today!
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The San Francisco and Blue rivers are two crown jewels of the arid Southwest that are rich in cultural resources, wildlife habitat, and opportunities for quiet recreation; yet portions of these rivers that flow through the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila national forests are threatened by ongoing, increasing traffic from off-road vehicles.
In November 2007, the Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation organizations petitioned the Forest Service to implement interim and permanent protections for these unique and important waterways. Our petition cited the need for immediate action based on the Forest Service's duty to protect the area's outstanding ecological and quiet recreational values from potentially irreparable harm. Closing the Frisco-Blue area to motor vehicles would also help to ensure the agency's compliance with the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Forest Management Act.
The Frisco-Blue Area is a landscape-scale ecological and biological refuge, providing a home for extensive fish and wildlife populations; free-flowing, natural river systems; riparian habitats; and interconnected watershed and forest habitats. The high quality of these ecological and biological values is reflected in specially protected lands like the Blue Range Primitive Area, several roadless areas, and several eligible “wild and scenic” river segments. These specially protected lands, nestled within the broader landscape, collectively function as building blocks for a more cohesive, forward-looking, conservation-focused management regime in the Frisco-Blue area.
These rivers also provide unmatched opportunities for fishing, hunting, and quiet-use recreation — quiet-use recreation opportunities that are intimately connected to the Frisco-Blue area's ecological and biological value. The roars of motorized off-road vehicles, and the scars these vehicles leave on the landscape, threaten that value.


Outlaw is a vigilante film. Nick Love claims that he based the film on news reports and personal anecdotes he had heard. He makes the claim that what is depicted really is going in, if not in actuality then will be the way that Britain is heading. Maybe so. More than anything, Outlaw feels like an attempt to copy a certain body of American films, in particular Death Wish (1974) and sequels. Indeed, the period that Outlaw came out also saw a number of big-budget US-made vigilante films including Already Dead (2007), The Brave One (2007), Death Sentence (2007) and Gran Torino (2008). The British vigilante film is a rarity, although a couple of years earlier also saw the fine Dead Mans Shoes (2004), which had a similar plot featuring a soldier returned from duty overseas and heading out on the revenge trail, and around this period there was also Straightheads/Closure (2007) and the subsequent Harry Brown (2009) with Michael Caine as an aging soldier who takes up arms against the rampant crime in his neighbourhood.
Outlaw starts promisingly. Nick Love has a worthwhile cast on his hands, including Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins and rising names like Lennie James and Danny Dyer. The film is shot with a moody focus on the actors faces, as though Love is drawing us inside their darkness with him. The mood is less the aggressive violence of Death Sentence, which came out about two months later, than it is of cool, subdued quietude. The film takes some time to get its characters assembled and show us where it is going but when it does, you can see it has assembled each character with a strong piece of motivation. It feels as though Nick Love has conducted a potentially intriguing variant of Death Wish by way of Fight Club (1999) one where the disenfranchised in society come together as a mens support group to address their mutual injustices.
However, as the main body of Outlaw hits in, this only proves to be surface glitter. Nick Love seems to lack any interest in exploring his characters beyond the broads stokes of their surface motivations disillusionment with the system, lack of empowerment, a desire for retribution and justice and they are irritatingly blank beyond that. There are flat improbabilities like how the group go from inept fighters to highly organized armed robbers in next to no time. Eventually, Outlaw operates on no different a level than the comic-book caricatures of the average Death Wish sequel the only difference is that Nick Love has shot everything with moodier lighting schemes and everyone has British accents. In the end, Outlaw is a disappointment in comparison to its contemporaries it lacks the moral darkness that The Brave One takes us into, the pleasurably ultra-violent viscerality of Death Sentence or the disturbingly raw naturalism of Dead Mans Shoes.
These vigilante movies are always interesting to read in terms of their subtext. Although presented as violent comic-books that are pitched directly to red blooded sensibilities in an audience, they do represent an unconscious cross-section of fears in the society at the time they were made. Aside from the usual bag of characters seeking empowerment and justice, the one interesting thing that Outlaw throws into the mix is a disillusioned military veteran played by Sean Bean. Nick Love has spoken of how he supported British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he first came to power and the subsequent feeling of letdown after the Iraq War. Here he has clearly thrown these feelings in along with the standard outrages over the failings of the justice system. As such, Outlaw may end up being the first film about a disillusioned Iraq War veteran taking the law into their own hands and may presage something akin to the body of angry disenfranchised Vietnam Vet films that we had in the 80s after First Blood (1979). However, the great disappointment about Outlaw is that Nick Love takes on some big issues the feeling of a justice system that does not provide adequate justice for victims, the post-Blair disillusionment in British society but fails to say anything about them. It is a film that only ever parrots vigilante movie cliches.
As an inveterate credit watcher, one of the interesting things to be found here is more than 200 executive producers listed on the end credits. Apparently, Nick Love financed Outlaw by getting people to buy in with each getting a screen credit and many of these also making appearances as extras. This was before the era of Kickstarter where such was a far more unusual idea.


text: Cardiovascular disease represents the main cause of death among adults in the Caribbean. Primary and secondary care facilities are efficiently managed. Cardiac surgical and interventional facilities, however, exist only in a small number of territories and are mainly privately funded and are only accessible to few patients. Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) are given few options apart from palliative care or to seek treatmentoutside of the region. Transplantation remains the ‘gold standard’ therapy for ESHF. Establishing a Caribbeancardiac transplantation programme would require legislative and infrastructure changes. Tissue rejection poses aproblem and expensive immunosuppressants are needed. Mechanical assist devices are costly and associated with complications such as haemorrhage, thrombosis and infections. Both forms of therapy require significant technicaland financial investment and do not appear to be economically viable for the Caribbean. The use of the patient’s own skeletal muscle to perform biological cardiac assistance is potentially the ideal alternative. The skeletalmuscle is conditioned by electrical stimulation to become fatigue resistant. It is then transposed and harnessed asan auxilliary circulatory pump. The required muscle stimulators are relatively inexpensive and the surgical techniques and postoperative care are not overly demanding. We discuss the financial and research implications of treating patients from the Caribbean who have end-stage heart failure.

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AJMAN // Firefighters are warning that temporary iftar tents need to adhere to safety standards.
More than 100 tents have been set up in Ajman for Ramadan and civil defence gives them licences after they meet safety standards, said Brigadier Saleh Al Matrooshi, director at Ajman Civil Defence.
“We are still receiving applications asking for licences. They are tents providing iftar meals as charity and each one accepts more than 200 persons.
“We inspect if it has the safety standards, such as having fire extinguisher, exit doors, the fabric of tents that should be fire-resistant, in addition to the items inside it.”
About 12 families in Ajman prepare the iftar meals for the underprivileged in coordination with charities, and civil defence plays a role but educating the families on fire safety.
As home cooking increases during the holy month, Brig Al Matrooshi urged all families to ensure the safety of electrical wiring and electronics in kitchens, air conditioners and gas cylinders.


Written by Nancy Crawley
Smiling faces, happy people. That’s why Chantra Laninga is quick to volunteer for all kinds of special events at Meijer Gardens.
For nine years, the Grand Rapids resident has been wrapping presents at the holiday gift show and hanging shiny bobbles on Christmas trees, checking visitors for stow-away butterflies at the Butterflies are Blooming show, tending blossoms in the orchid room, and lending a hand at the Farm Garden and Japanese Garden.
The variety delights her. “I never knew there were 20 kinds of tomatoes,” she marveled after working one of the Farm Garden shows.
Chantra’s journey to Grand Rapids and eventually the Gardens’ volunteer ranks started on the other side of the world.
She was born and raised in Thailand. There, she taught lab sciences to medical students before coming to the United States at age 29 to accept an internship at Mercy Health St. Mary’s hospital.
She made Grand Rapids her home, working for 38 years as a St. Mary’s medical technologist. “I was a life scientist, doing all kinds of lab tests, whatever the doctors requested,” she said.
It was challenging and fulfilling work, but, like any busy hospital, the atmosphere was intense. Often, “people had sad faces,” she recalls. So nine years ago, while still working full time, she began volunteering, relishing the cheerful people in the beautiful Gardens.
Now 76 and retired, she still savors the same joy.
“When you walk in, you feel different,” she said. “You see people smiling, having fun,everything fresh. It’s hard to find that in this world.”
To explore volunteering, visit meijergardens.org/involved/volunteer/, or contact Tom Hoving at email@example.com or 616-974-5221. Volunteer orientation sessions are set for Dec. 7, 2016, and Feb. 7 and April 11, 2017, starting at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.


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By Vishal V. Sharma
Why Netherlands banned EVMs?
• “The government of the Netherlands has banned electronic voting machines from future elections because of a risk of eavesdropping. The nation will return to paper voting.” (Publication: Computer World, Dt: 19-05-2008, Author: Andreas Udo de Haes)
• Why? A secure voting machine cannot be guaranteed.
• Developing new equipment needs large investment, both financially and in organization. This offers insufficient value addition over voting by paper and pencil, “the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Why Ireland banned EVMs?
• In 2006, Ireland embarked on an e-voting scheme
• Prime Minister Bertie Ahern had said, it would dispense with “stupid old pencils”.
• Three years and €51 million later, the government scrapped the entire program.
• High costs were one concern—finishing the project would take another €28 million.
• There was a lack of trust. People just didn’t like that the machines would record their votes as mere electronic blips, with no physical record.
Why Germany banned EVMs?
• After almost two years of deliberations, Germany’s Supreme Court ruled in March 2009 that e-voting was unconstitutional.
• Why? Because the average citizen could not be expected to understand the exact steps involved in the recording and tallying of votes.
• Political scientist Joachim Wiesner and his son Ulrich, a physicist, filed the initial lawsuit to raise public awareness of the insecurity of electronic voting.
• Ulrich Wiesner said, the machines used in Germany are even less secure than mobile phones.
Why Italy banned EVMs?
• Italy announced that it would not pursue electronic voting any further.
• Italian Minister Giulano Amato stated, “We decided to stop the electronic voting machine. During the 2006 elections we experimented with the machines as a voting system, and not a system that counts the sections, without any reference to the legally valid votes.
• Further stating, “Let’s stick to voting and counting physically because less easy to falsify.”
(Source of info: http://www.jasonkitcat.com/h/f/JDOM/blog/1/?be_id=320)
What happened in Venezuela?
• Numerous electronic-voting inconsistencies have been reported in the developing countries.
• Unscrupulous governments often appear too eager to manipulate votes.
• After Hugo Chávez won the 2004 election in Venezuela, it came out that the government owned 28 percent of Bizta, the company that manufactured the voting machines.
• Similarly, the 2004 elections in India were notorious for gangs stuffing electronic ballot boxes in villages.
Why did a U.S. district judge refused permission for EVMs?
• In 2004, a district judge in Los Angeles upheld a partial state ban on electronic voting in the Nov. 2 election, denying a request by advocates for the disabled.
• Why? Software errors had prevented voting from opening on time, causing people to leave without voting.
• Machines weren’t federally approved.
• Certain security conditions were not met with.
(Source of info: http://www.wvcag.org/news/fair_use/2004/07_01e.htm)
Why did California ban EVMs?
• California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley banned EVMs in the November 2004 elections.
• Instead of calling for an outright ban of all EVMs, these machines could be recertified if they included: (i) a verifiable paper trail or a paper ballot option and (ii) certain security conditions are met. (Source of info: http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2004/05/3721.ars)
What does CIA say about electronic voting?
Central Intelligence Agency is America’s spy service. It is interesting to note what it has to say about EVMs.
• The CIA monitors foreign countries’ use of electronic voting systems.
• It reports apparent vote-rigging schemes in Venezuela, Macedonia and Ukraine and a raft of concerns about EVMs & tampering.
• A CIA cyber security expert Steve Stigall suggested before a U.S. Election Assistance Commission hearing in 2009 that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his allies fixed a 2004 election recount.
• Stigall, studied electronic systems in about 36 countries, said that most countries’ machines produced paper receipts that voters then dropped into boxes. However, even that doesn’t prevent corruption.
(Source of info: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/64711.html)
Whats wrong with EVMs?
• What are the different steps in an EVM life-cycle?
• Development, installation, votes recording, data storage, and data transfer to a central repository
• Why are the machines so vulnerable?
• Each step in the life cycle of a voting machine involves different people gaining access to the machines, often installing new software.
• It wouldn’t be hard for, say, an election official to plant a “Trojan” program on one or many voting machines that would ensure one outcome or another, even before voters arrived at the stations.
Should India also ban EVMs?
• Speed of election results is obviously an attraction for the EVMs.
• But past precedence of ex-CECs having close post-retirement associations with the Congress party cannot be overlooked.
• Numerous EVM rigging allegations have been made by many prominent personalities.
• In 2001, Capt. Amarinder Singh, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee alleged that EVMs can be tampered with. (Source of info: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010312/main4.htm)
• In 2009, Chandrababu Naidu blamed the EVMs for his defeat.
• In 2009, AIADMK urged the EC to revert back to paper ballots, saying that EVMs were rigged in Lok Sabha polls.
• Hon. Kerala High Court has asked EC to consider representation seeking changes in the EVMs.
• In 2004, the Hon. Supreme Court of India asked EC to consider suggestions on Prof. Satinath Choudhary and address issues concerning possible tampering of EVMs.
EVMs needed: Unlike the West, where EVMs are being discarded, India needs the EVMs.
Physical evidence: But additional security protocols like a physically verifiable paper printout by the EVM is needed.
Neutrality : EC neutrality is being damage by post- retirement associations of ex-CECs with a political party.
This needs to be stopped…..


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This month we’re thrilled to announce that the team behind the Coventry Biennial (taking place on 4th October – 24th November) will be joining us as special guests for #ArtChatCov.
Join us for a live Q&A on Twitter on Wednesday 25th September 8-9pm – just over a week before the Biennial opens, and get involved in the conversation. See what they have planned over the coming weeks, and chat to Coventry Biennial Director Ryan Hughes.
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Simply log into Twitter between 8-9pm on Wed 25th September, follow the hashtag #ArtChatCov and join the conversation (making sure you add the hashtag to your tweets!).


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In many cases, the identification of a genetic defect in a patient is of great importance for the treatment and prognosis of patients with rare diseases. NFKB1, a transcription factor, causes changes in gene expression and is activated by stress and immune related signaling pathways. Mutations in the NFkB1 have previously been linked to common variable immune deficiency (CVID).
Two new studies may bring further relief for patients with hereditary gene defect in immune system
“These studies have significantly expanded the associations of NFKB1 variants to immune system dysfunction – the connections which we first reportedin 2017, “ says research director Markku Varjosalo from the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Researchers identified two new NFKB1 variants in two families suffering from common variable immune deficiency. Both identified NFKB1 variants caused reduced expression of the NFKB1 protein and lead to an altered gene expression and increased inflammation response in patient cells. Interaction analysis again showed loss of interactions for one of the variants but not the other.
Another group of researchers studied a cohort of 47 NFKB1 mutations previously reported in patients, out of which 25 did not appear to behave differently from wild type NFKB1. The other 22 mutations were found to have adverse effects on NFKB1 which ranged from increased NFKB1 protein degradation, reduced DNA binding of NFKB1 to overall reduced NFKB1 function through altered protein structure: This may hint towards their likely pathogenicity. Analysis of NFKB1 variant protein interactions showed varied effects from loss of interaction with NFKB family proteins to some variants interactions appearing similar to wild type NFKB1.
“These projects are excellent examples of fruitful international multidisciplinary research collaborations between the University of Helsinki and the leading clinical research hospitals and centers in Europe. Our findings significantly deepen the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying NFKB1, and other autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases associated with altered NFkB1 expression or function,” says Varjosalo.
“Also, our results yet again suggest that targeted inhibition of certain key NFkB signaling pathway components is an attractive therapeutic approach for treating these diseases which could be collectively paraphrased as diseases of NF-kB signaling”.
- Detrimental NFKB1 missense variants affecting the Rel-homology domain of p105/p50
- Common variable immunodeficiency in two kindreds with heterogenous phenotypes caused by novel heterozygous NFKB1 mutations
This research is basic research, which is the foundation of all scientific research at the university. Basic research is the study of the phenomenon or activity of something, and therefore increases scientific understanding of the subject. Basic research does not lead directly to an application in everyday life, but it can lead to a scientific breakthrough.


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By Chukwuma Ajakah
Diipo Fagunwa, son of legendary Yoruba epic writer and pioneer author in Yoruba Literature, late Chief Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa of Agbo Ile Asunganga in Okeigbo, Ondo, Nigeria, Tuesday last week, revealed he wrote his new novel in order to continue in the footsteps of his father.
The novel titled “Ifewumi: The Travails of Inulayewa” was formerly presented to the public on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at the Afe Babalola Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka.
The book launch which also held virtually was organized by the families of Late Chief D.O. Fagunwa and Agbo Ile Asunganga in conjunction with the DO Fagunwa Foundation. The official presentation featured eminent personalities, including representatives of the Governors of Ondo and Ekiti states.
Reminiscing on the legacy of the Late Chief Daniel Fagunwa in a blurb titled, “Royal Blessing,” the Oba of Okeigbo land, HRM Oba Lawrence Oluwole Babajide, Bamgbala I, the Oluoke of Okeigbo Kingdom said: “Since Chief Fagunwa’s death in 1963, the world has looked forward to someone to continue the Fagunwa legacy. I was therefore gladdened when Diipo, his son, came into the palace one evening to break the news that… he has completed a book titled Ifewunmi: The Travails of Inulayewa, to continue in his father’s path of honour and literary heritage.”
The author who read Philosophy at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Adult Education at University of Ibadan and Disability Management at London City revealed that the book was initially written in Yoruba and set for publication in 1987, but had to be withdrawn from reluctant publishers and rewritten in English in order for him to reach a wider readership than his father did.
Ifewumi: The Travails of Inulayyewa is a follow-up to AdiituOlodumare written Chief Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa’s epic narrative Adiitu Olodumare which was published in 1961, two years before the iconic Yoruba literary genius died in 1963. Ifewumi: The Travails of Inulayewa is an adventurous novel with many stories and a few poems infused into the main storyline. The entire story is narrated in 20 subtitled chapters and 364 pages.
The novel is narrated in the classical traditional style of African narratives popularized by the author’s father whose stories portray rich African cultural heritage, beliefs, ideal moral values and heroic deeds. The plot of Ifewumi: The Travails of Inulayewa, revolves around Inulayewa, the epic hero whose wife was abducted by his trusted friend, Arodiyo. The hero’s pathetic experiences as he fights to save his pregnant wife force him to learn some tough lessons about life. The novel is replete with features of typical Yoruba folklore such as socio-cultural beliefs, proverbs, incantations, traditional poems and myths.
Although the novel has all the trappings of a traditional narrative, the author makes it relevant to contemporary society through the inclusion of themes that have universal appeal such as conflict between good and evil, cultural conflict, family life, heroism, betrayal of trust, elements of traditional and Christian religion.
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