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Niger Loses 17 Soldiers in Ambush Near Mali Border
A government spokesman in Niger says at least 17 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 11 are missing after an ambush by unknown attackers Tuesday. The attack took place near the village of Tongo Tongo in western Niger. It is in the Tillaberi region where attackers killed four U.S. special forces troops and four Nigerien soldiers in 2017. A security source told the French news agency that Tuesday's ambush is believed to be a terrorist attack. A group affiliated with Islamic State took credit for the 2017 attack. The area where Nigeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso come together is the scene of frequent militant activity. The Boko Haram group and a splinter group from Islamic State are headquartered in Nigeria and conduct cross-border attacks. VOA
Death Toll from Niger Ambush Rises as Bodies of Missing Soldiers Found
The bodies of 11 missing Nigerien soldiers have been discovered after an ambush by armed men killed 17 of their colleagues on patrol near the Mali border, security sources said. "We have confirmation that the dead bodies of the eleven missing soldiers have been found, bringing the death toll to 28," a source said late Wednesday. The military patrol was ambushed on Tuesday near the village of Tongo Tongo in the western Tillaberi region, sources said. One of the military vehicles had set off an explosive device. A source referred to what happened as a "terrorist attack". Several troops were also injured and evacuated to the capital Niamey, a different source told AFP. According to the news site Actuniger, a patrol of 52 Nigerien soldiers happened upon a group of heavily armed men at Baley Beri, near Tongo Tongo. Heavy fighting ensued, lasting more than two hours. AFP
Sudan Crisis: Talks Stall as Military Demands Barricades Removed
Talks on moving Sudan towards civilian rule have been suspended for three days by the country's military leaders, who demand protesters clear roadblocks. In a televised statement, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) said barricades outside a designated zone in Khartoum should be removed. The setback comes hours after the TMC and the opposition agreed a three-year transition period to civilian rule. Shots were fired on Wednesday as soldiers tried to clear barricades. Protesters in Khartoum said at least nine people were wounded, but that figure could not be verified. Similar violence on Monday left at least six people dead and protesters say those responsible must be held to account. BBC
Sudan's Junta Declines to Scrap Death Sentences on SPLM-N's Agar and Arman
Sudan's military council has declined to cancel death sentences for two leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) jeopardizing rebels' plans to return to Sudan after the collapse of al-Bashir's regime. Last month, SPLM-N led by Malik Agar decided to dispatch a delegation headed by its deputy-chairman Yasir Arman to Khartoum. The group said that the delegation will meet with its freedom and change allies and the Military Council to insist that the issues of war should be resolved in one package within the transitional arrangements. According to reliable sources, the leadership of the military council has received contacts from regional leaders urging it to drop the death sentence against the Movement's leaders and that Arman's return to Khartoum would strengthen efforts to bring peace to Sudan during the interim period. Sudan Tribune
Tanzania Was East Africa's Strongest Democracy. Then Came 'The Bulldozer.'
John Magufuli began shaking things up on his first full day in office. On November 6, 2015, the newly elected president walked unannounced into Tanzania's Ministry of Finance, peering into empty offices and interrogating frightened staff—letting it be known that a government long characterized by laxity was in for a major change. He later canceled independence day celebrations and redirected the funding to fight cholera, purged more than 10,000 so-called ghost workers from the public-sector payroll, and initiated a crackdown on corruption and underperformance that saw numerous senior officials sacked, some following scoldings on live television. Africa took notice: Twitter users across the continent adopted the hashtag #WhatWouldMagufuliDo to speculate how he might clean up their own governments. Ten months into his first term, polling by Twaweza, a regional civil-society group, found that 96 percent of Tanzanians approved of his performance. The Atlantic
South Africa's Ramaphosa Says to Speed up Economic Reforms, Fix Eskom
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he would use a new five-year term to speed up economic reforms and fix ailing state power firm Eskom, a week after his African National Congress party was re-elected with a reduced majority. Analysts have said reforms like cutting red tape and overhauling Eskom should be post-election priorities for the ANC, after a decade of slow growth and rising joblessness in Africa's most advanced economy. "We are in an economy that has not been growing … in an appreciable way. That troubles us," Ramaphosa told investors at a conference in Johannesburg, acknowledging that South Africa's regulatory framework had discouraged investment. Reuters
UN Steps up Measures to Combat Ebola at South Sudan-Congo Border
The United Nations is stepping up measures to fight Ebola in South Sudan in case an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spills over the border. The UN, the World Health Organization and South Sudan's Health Ministry are training medical staff and have moved equipment to centers near the border to screen people, UN head of mission David Shearer told reporters Wednesday in the capital, Juba. The hemorrhagic virus has killed at least 751 people in Congo. If it comes across the border, we have measures to deal with it, Shearer said. There is, however, concern that insecurity near the border will complicate efforts to fight the disease, he said. Bloomberg
Eritrea Blocks Social Media, Reportedly to Curb Planned Protests
Eritreans are unable to access social media networks as at today (May 15), the BBC's Tigrinya Service reports. People have thus been forced to turn to Virtual Private Networks, VPN, to exchange messages. In Eritrea, the internet cannot be accessed via mobile phones, the report added. The government is said to have taken the measure to avert an intended protest as the country gears up for its 26th Independence Day celebrations on May 24. Asmara has yet to officially respond to the development. Communication like media is strictly under government control in the country considered to be a one-party state. Africa News
Feud between Rwanda, Uganda Strongmen Takes Toll
The people living on either side of the Ugandan-Rwandan border at Katuna never much considered the boundary: children crossed for school, workers moved freely and trade thrived. That harmony evaporated in February when Rwanda abruptly closed the crossing, with queues of cargo trucks and thronging merchants turned back as soldiers from both armies marshalled along the forest-clad border. The blockade is a result of the worsening animosity between Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, once close allies who backed each other into power, but whose relationship has turned deeply hostile. The distrust between the presidents has burst into the open in recent months, with the pair trading accusations of espionage, political assassinations and meddling in each other's backyards. AFP
'Go and We Die, Stay and We Starve': The Ethiopians Facing a Deadly Dilemma
Last week, a car rolled through the town of Gedeb in southern Ethiopia, flanked by federal police. A local official made an announcement to roughly 150,000 people who, displaced from their homes, have sought sanctuary in makeshift camps in the town and across the surrounding farmland. In two days' time, they were told through a loudspeaker, their shelters – mostly built of firewood, banana leaves and the odd tarpaulin sheet – would be demolished. Food aid, medical treatment and other humanitarian assistance would soon stop. The announcement marked the start of the Ethiopian government's latest effort to bring an end to a displacement crisis caused by ethnic violence that last year left about 2.9 million people homeless, according to new estimates. The figure, the highest recorded anywhere in the world, seriously mars the record of Abiy Ahmed, the reformist prime minister who took office in April 2018. The Guardian
Foreign Military Activity Increasing in the Horn of Africa
The presence of foreign militaries in the Horn of Africa is increasing, with a wide variety of international security actors—from Europe, the United States, the Middle East, the Gulf, and Asia— currently operating in the region. This is profoundly changing the region's external security environment, new research finds. A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) entitled The Foreign Military Presence in the Horn of Africa Region states that the Horn has experienced a proliferation of foreign military bases and a build-up of naval forces. This presents major challenges for existing African and Horn regional security structures, which are poorly adapted to the new external security politics of the region. It raises the prospect of proxy struggles, growing geopolitical tensions and a further extension of externally driven security agendas in the region. DefenseWeb
Malawi President Dissolves Cabinet Ahead of Polls
Malawi President Peter Mutharika dissolved the country's 20-member Cabinet on Wednesday, ahead of May 22 elections. A statement by Chief Secretary to Government Lloyd Muhara said until the appointment of a new Cabinet, all ministerial powers, functions and responsibilities will be exercise by Mutharika. "All queries or matters should be directed to the Office of the President and Cabinet," Muhara said. The dissolution is in line with the Constitution which mandates the president dissolve the Cabinet at any time of his choosing, including during elections, a political analyst at University of Malawi, Mustaf Hussein told Anadolu Agency. "It is expected that the Cabinet be dissolved at this time as we head to the polls to avoid ministers using state resources for campaigning," he said. Anadolu Agency
Algeria Presidential Elections Heading towards Dead End
Algeria is witnessing what seems to be a state of political blockage due to the authorities' commitment to organising the presidential elections on 4 July and the rejection of the popular movement and the opposition of any voting under the supervision of symbolic figures of Bouteflika's regime. At the same time, experts believe that there are ways out of this impasse, and the statement of the Army Command will be the decisive factor. Last week, Abdelkader Bensalah, President of the Council of the Nation, called on political actors in the country to conduct a "clever and constructive" dialogue to agree on conditions that would ensure the integrity of the presidential election, according to Anadolu Agency. Middle East Monitor
Senegal's Macky Sall Signs Decree Scrapping Post of Prime Minister
Senegalese president, Macky Sall on Tuesday signed a decree that officially abolished the post of Prime Minister. "The President of the Republic today promulgated the constitutional law abolishing the post of Prime Minister", adopted on May 4 by a very large majority of deputies, says a government statement. The scrapping of the prime minister's post was initiated by the president at the start of his second term mandate in April which has proven very divisive. on May 4 , Senegalese parliamentarians approved a constitutional reform which called for the abolition of the post of Prime Minister. 124 mps voted in favour of the reform with only seven against while, 7 others abstained. Africa News
Be Patient, Urges Zim Finance Minister as Inflation Continues to Climb
Arresting inflation has proven to be an impossible task for Zimbabwe's finance minister, professor Mthuli Ncube. He says he needs another year to yield positive results. Ncube, the former chief economist and vice-president of the African Development Bank and a professor at the University of Oxford in the UK, took up the finance hot seat in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet in August last year. He vowed to turn the country's fortunes around within half a year. "If you give me six months, you will see changes, significant changes," he said at the time. With those six months elapsed, however, there is no sign of inflation slowing down. Times Live
Army Puts Backers Off Multibillion-Dollar Zimbabwe Platinum Mine
A plan to build Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers, according to people familiar with the funding discussions. The African Export-Import Bank has the mandate to raise money for the mine, a joint venture between Russian and Zimbabwean investors. While the bank provided $192 million of its own funds, meetings in the past year with investors including South Africa's Public Investment Corp., the continents biggest fund manager, failed to bring additional commitments, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are private. Zimbabwe has the world's third-largest reserves of platinum, palladium and related metals such as rhodium — which typically occur together — after South Africa and Russia. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to lure investment to the country to help rebuild the economy, devastated during the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe. Bloomberg
Zimbabwe's White Farmers: Who Will Pay Compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zimbabwe's economy, and ruined relations with the West. A new plan to compensate the farmers could restore donor confidence but it has divided the country, as the BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports. The rolling hills beyond the rich farmland remind Dave Wakefield of what he lost. He points out a distinct bald hilltop among them and laughs, "bald like me". It is part of the Chaddesley Estate, which used to be his 2,000-hectare property. He bought it in 1980 after the government of newly independent Zimbabwe relocated him from another piece of land, which his family had farmed for generations. He purchased Chaddesley with compensation money and a bank loan. BBC
New HIV Map Offers Most Detailed Look Yet At The Epidemic
The United Nations has set a goal of ending the global HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. The tide is slowly turning in southeastern Africa — which encompasses countries like South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho and Botswana — and which remains the epicenter of the epidemic and home to more than half the 36.9 million people living with the disease. The rates of deaths and infections there are declining overall. But a July 2018 report from the United Nations' AIDS agency found a $5.4 billion shortfall in global funding needed to achieve final victory. A first-of-its-kind new map may help increase the precision of the HIV/AIDS response as some data-savvy researchers narrow their focus on the continent's worst-affected areas — to the size of a small town. A study published Wednesday presents what these researchers describe as the most detailed map ever produced of HIV prevalence across sub-Saharan Africa. The team behind the map is an international consortium of epidemiologists led by the University of Washington-Seattle's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Their work appears in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. NPR
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The Right Angle on Reid
September 20, 2010 Issue
If Harry Reid loses this fall, he's just getting what he deserves.
By J. Patrick Coolican
Sharron Angle has no business being in the Senate, at least according to many of her fellow Nevada Republicans. The GOP mayor of Reno called Angle "wild" when he publicly endorsed her opponent in the November election, the embattled majority leader Harry Reid. Attempts by Angle's advisers to soften her image amount to a game of media whack-a-mole—there's no keeping down the real Angle, whose head pops up roughly once a week to unfurl something bizarre. She has said she'd like to "phase out" Social Security and Medicare and eliminate the Energy and Education Departments and the EPA. She called BP's handing more than $20 billion to the victims of its negligence a "slush fund." She referred to the separation of church and state as an "unconstitutional doctrine." She's mused about "Second Amendment remedies" if the ballot box doesn't deliver redemption. She agreed with a talk-radio host that there are "domestic enemies" currently sitting in Congress. And on and on.
Here's the kicker: Angle has a good shot at winning. Reid is in trouble because elections usually hinge on voters' sense of economic security and opportunity. Nevada voters feel very little of either. Since the bursting of the housing bubble, Nevada has been a basket case, with unemployment now above 14 percent. More than one in ten Nevadans receive food stamps, up 35 percent from a year ago. At this point, Nevada is pretty much a failed state. As is to be expected, Angle blames Reid. And she's not entirely off base—but not for the reasons she thinks. Angle, being Angle, hasn't the slightest clue why or how Nevada got into this mess. She says government is too big and blames bailouts and the stimulus and government debt, and she pins all that on Reid. In fact, $2.5 billion in federal Recovery Act money has managed to keep the state solvent.
Nevada has been hit harder than just about any other state because policy-makers happily bought into the illusion that the housing bubble wasn't really a bubble. They failed to properly regulate the mortgage industry, which was giving out sham loans like a mobster handing out Christmas hams. Similarly, they believed that no amount of building on the Las Vegas Strip would sate Americans' need for casino resorts. These delusions led them to create an economy built on a faulty foundation.
Meanwhile, Nevada has one of the leanest governments in the country by any measure, with more budget cuts on the way, and one of the most regressive tax systems. Elected officials of both parties have refused to enact the tax increases necessary to make key investments—in education, infrastructure and healthcare—to build a diverse economy outside tourism and gambling. In nearly every metric of social, educational and physical health, Nevada is at the bottom.
So who is at fault for all that? It wouldn't be fair to blame Reid alone. But let's be clear: though he is rightly associated with the legislative victories of President Obama's first term, for most of Reid's career he's been a Western moderate. Most of all, he's a survivor, and for a long time surviving in Nevada politics meant throwing in with the casinos, builders and lobbyists who helped craft the Nevada version of the Sun Belt Ponzi scheme. There's an old saying by the dean of the state press corps, Jon Ralston: there's only one party in Nevada, and it's the Gaming Party—the party of the Las Vegas Strip. But you can also throw in developers, construction firms, private health concerns, utilities and other powerful players, all represented by a handful of lobbyists. It's a small group of people, and Reid is at the center of it.
Reid has been instrumental in clearing the way for a long-planned pipeline—highly sought by the Gaming Party—to bring water from the north down to Las Vegas, a plan many environmentalists fear will repeat the disaster of California's Owens Valley, of Chinatown fame. When casino giant MGM Mirage needed financing to complete the massive $8.5 billion City Center project, Reid called banks and told them to take the calls of its CEO; so far the project seems to merely have cannibalized customers from other resorts. In the past five years, the $961,000 Reid and his PAC and committees received from unions was dwarfed by the $11.1 million from lawyers and lobbyists, insurance, banking, real estate, gaming and other business interests. Two of Reid's closest advisers in Nevada? A pair of business lobbyists, Billy Vassiliadis, a Democrat, and Sig Rogich, a Republican and onetime Ronald Reagan adman. Vassiliadis and his firm represent homebuilders, utilities and mining companies. Mining? It was Reid who told Democrats in the State Legislature that the gold-mining companies, making big profits because of a favorable tax climate and the soaring cost of gold, were not to be touched during the 2009 legislative session despite the fiscal crisis.
Reid's campaign points out all he's done since the beginning of his career, and especially since the recession began, to try to turn Nevada—which has abundant sun, wind and geothermal energy—into a renewable-energy state. He's brought home money for needed pipelines to transport the energy, delivered R&D grants, paved the way for a wind turbine factory and furthered countless other projects. Fair enough. But for years Nevada was engaged in bubble economics, and Reid was one of its most important, if soft-spoken, operatives. His political fortunes were aided by the seemingly never-ending building boom. If he loses this fall, he's merely getting what he deserves. It's just unfortunate that Nevadans will be left with Angle, while never getting any meaningful debate about the failed policies that got them into this mess.
J. Patrick Coolicanc covered politics for the Las Vegas Sun for four years until June. He is now a staff writer at LA Weekly.

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Faith Nketsi's Real Age Surprises Tweeps
Mzansi News · December 31, 2021
Model, influencer and entrepreneur Faith Nketsi took the entertainment industry by storm as a "Pro Twerker". She has been such a regular presence on the scene that many fans feel like they have known her forever, which is probably why many were surprised to find out her real age.
She recently took to social media to share snaps from her birthday, and it was all good wishes and love from her fans and followers. That was until it got revealed that she was turning 27 years old on the day, and the internet was confused.
Tweeps could not understand how she was just then turning 27. It would seem that many people consider her to be older than that, with different figures being thrown around. Some think she is at least thirty, while others believe that although she is young, she seems to have lived many lives, almost as though she is at least forty.
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Hopefully by now you've registered to win the trip of a lifetime to Vegas to check out Kelly Clarkson in concert, and MEET her. We pay for the airfare, and hotel, and give you $500 spending cash. But what if you don't like to gamble? Well, there's a lot to do, that doesn't involve tables and slots. Here's our top 5.
A trip to Vegas without the gambling wouldn't be complete without a trip to the legendary Hoover Dam. It's huge! Breathtakingly so. But while the Dam tours are incredible, the history of what went into it's creation is truly amazing. It's worth the trip.
I group these two together because they're all about the classic Vegas neon. Once hotels have overstayed their welcome, they are imploded, or go through complete name change overhauls. But their signs are held onto at the Neon Museum. It's quite the interesting sight that has shown up in various Vegas movies. Some hotels keep going, as is the case with "Old Vegas" or the "Freemont Street Experience". Before Vegas had it's current "strip", this was Las Vegas, complete with the still in operation "Golden Nugget". And with the roof overhead with plenty more neon, it's a fun way to experience the history of Vegas.
Many of the major hotels have some upscale malls, like the Forum Shops at Caesers, the Fashion Show Mall on the strip, the Grand Canal shops of the Venetian, Crystals at the Vegas CityCenter, and the Miracle Mile Shop at Planet Hollywood. There's also the fun, and huge, M&M store or Heshey's Chocolate world.
Vegas is not only known for it's gambling and stage thrills, it's also known for its thrill rides. There's the tame rollercoaster at New York, New York, but also 4 intense thrills waiting at the top of the Stratosphere Hotel, 1,000 ft. up in the air: "Insanity" which dangles you over the edge, "Big Shot" which propels you to the very top of the spire, "X-Scream" which is the equivalent of a giant teeter-totter over the edge, and finally "Skyjump", where you literally sky dive off the 108th floor. Has your heart stopped yet?


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ON AS WE SPEAK. GREAT FOOTAGE..... LOTS IN COLOR. WAR STORIES with Oliver North.... Check it out!!
Anything hosted by Oliver North is mere propoganda for the U.S. war machine. Nothing could be further from my tastes.
Can you believe I missed it, I told my wife to remind me, man what a show it would have beeen. You Tachyon1000 your a troll nothing more and a liberal so have a nice day.
Bear tank you for the News. I missed it but keep informing us. I beleive the more we know the better we will appreciate this and other programs.
Well, if someone who hates "the war machine" won't watch it I better get the tivo to work finding it.
LMAO... I cant believe you missed it.
We need a thread or sticky of upcoming shows or programs on this stuff.
Using the word "liberal" as a swear word really shows your intelligence and disqualifies you for any further intelligent discussion in my eyes. Just because someone disagrees with you on what is propaganda or not doesn't mean he is a troll. I can honestly say Fox News makes most europeans go "What a bunch of idiots". If you call that news then I have a nice piece of swampland I want to sell you.
"What a bunch of idiots".
missed it too. darn. It will show again. Well, I cant stand to watch Fox News. When I see Hannity, my blood boils. Murdoch and his cronnies have turned journalism into a pathetic Republican Propaganda machine in such a shameless way. Except Shep Smith..he is good. But War Dairies is a good show, you just have to flip the channels when North shows his face. I suffer a few glimses of North to watch the show.
Im an American and when I watch Fox I usually wind up saying, "What a bunch of Idiots"..So its not just the Euros thing.
Are you including "Hellcat" kills in that Sensei?
"Lt Moore was flying when he was attacked by what he at first thought was a Zero. However, it soon became obvious to him that it was in fact a F4U Corsair. The pilot of this plane was Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, one of the highest scoring aces of World War II. Boyington was a member of the famous "Flying Tigers" who flew in the China area of the War (remember the John Wayne movie?). He later commanded a group in the Pacific which gained the name "Black Sheep", later made famous in the TV show "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
Anyway, Boyington attacked at a distance of 100 yards and hit the Hellcat at least twice, one behind the cockpit and once high on the port side of the engine (there appears to be two obvious hits on the plane, one at the front bottom of the tail and once behind the cockpit). The Hellcat sprung an oil leak (not from the oil tank as the armoured tank is intact). Moore fired a warning shot back at Boyington and this appears to have stopped the attack. Since the plane was definitely hit in the engine, it seems it was hit by at least three of Boyington's bullets............"
Yeah.. the Black Sheep were only together for two tours... 3 months.... LMAO.. the TV series lasted longer than the actual squadron. Some of them went on to fly in Korea as well.
Well, my next dive vacation site search just got a bit narrower! Currently Palau is at the top of the list due to the amount of action that occurred there, but, with the ability to sit in the cockpit, I may have to do some more reasearch now.
We need the Pilots Lounge back.
I was a mod there at the time when US invaded Iraq.
LMAO... wasnt that the straw that broke the camel's back?
LMFAO, I like your style.
You'd think there would be a difference bettween right wing fanatics and left wing fanatics, but there isn't.
You Tachyon1000 your a troll nothing more and a liberal so have a nice day.
Well if you think 'liberal' is bad then I won't even start on you or the lack of ethics of the right wing party that takes it from behind.
You can't let history kill good TV, eh? I didn't really like the show so I stopped watching it, but I do like color combat footage.
If you have looked for good color footage you probably know of this site, but for those who don't then look at this!
yeah that site is good.
The fact the the dreaded Fox News would be putting North on to host a show about real American heros is indicative of the Right trying to mooch off the shine of WWII in support of an illegal war in Iraq. Plain and simple. Pure propoganda. This isn't WWII. Iraq was not involved in 9/11. There was no connection between Iraq and Al-Queda.
the show was aired almost 2 weeks ago.
I always find out about this stuff too late. I believe 214 mustve been reconstituted, because i think they currently fly F-18s of the evil US war machine....or at least they did a few yrs ago. The show was kinda lousy, despite the good flying. Alot of Boyingtons guys resented his not doing anything about that. in his guest spots as a general, you could tell he was in pretty bad shape...from his drinking problems apparently. Still a hero though.
Im kinda curious as to why so many folks who hate the military hang out at a WW2 combat sim site........not criticizing them, just kinda amazed. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif How a program about WW2 can be criticized that way is beyond me. North's military programs are pretty good, and very accurate wiht assorted GOOD sources of info...his politics are irrelavant. I dont like George McGovern's politics either, but I listen when he talks about B-24 misns and ww2-his exploits made up alot of steve Ambrose's last book. The man had guts and served well in combat, as North did.
I do know that all the other news networks (especially CNN) cant get a story correct on any military subject-almost never, and are usally slanted the opposite way of Fox, and have been for decades...but thats ok I guess.
Ive found that the best reporting comes from the Pentagon channel.....seriously. Its got the edge on coverage...and of course those who have never seen it will go ape over that. If you like military stuff, its excellent. They have some WW2 and ohter historical stuff also.


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Lip Sync Battle is already a pop culture HIT and HUGE viral sensation. Each episode will feature celebrities going head-to-head, lip synching the song of their choice, battling for the coolest bragging rights on the planet. The series tapes from New York City and is hosted by entertainment icon and two-time Grammy® Award-winner LL Cool J.


On behalf of the millions of members and supporters of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, I am writing to endorse, the "Seniors Have Eyes, Ears and Teeth Act." It is our hope that action will be taken on your legislation during the current 115th Congress.
The "Seniors Have Eyes, Ears and Teeth Act" would help millions of Medicare beneficiaries who need vision, hearing and dental care, which is not covered by Medicare. Paying for these services is a hardship for many Medicare beneficiaries, half of whom live on incomes below $24,150 per year. Medicare households spend on average 15 percent of their income, over two times more than younger households, on Medicare cost sharing and for services not covered by Medicare.
Routine dental services are very important to the overall health of Medicare beneficiaries, and today, many Medicare beneficiaries suffer isolation and severe health problems because they cannot afford to pay for vision and hearing examinations or to buy eyeglasses or hearing aids. For these reasons, the National Committee's current Legislative Agenda includes support for expanding Medicare benefits to cover vision, hearing and dental health services and equipment, which are important for healthy aging.
Thank you for your leadership on this important issue. We look forward to working with you to secure enactment of the "Seniors Have Eyes, Ears and Teeth Act," which would improve the Medicare program for today's seniors as well as future generations of beneficiaries.


Discussed here are case studies of three different successful email marketing campaigns that turned the tide and yielded explosive ROI, and analysis of the elements that made these campaigns successful.
Back in 2012, United States' President Barack Obama's re-election campaign via email created a revolution. The campaign made history.
What made this a Successful Strategy?
As you see, Obama's marketing team used a very attractive yet incredibly simple and personal subject line.
The campaign is said to have raised $690 million from approximately 4.5 million supporters, and is much talked about even today.
A true example of having a powerful subject line for a successful email campaign.
Are subject lines still an effective hook to draw in readers?
Yes, subject lines can have an impact on whether users do or don't read your email. After the Obama campaign, other politicians are following his lead by using subject lines that are more personalized, less formal, and that humanize the sender. The same strategy is now being used in the campaign for the 2016 Presidential election as a means of gathering support for fellow candidates and politicians.
Uber is an app based taxi hailing service. The company has been creating strong customer experiences through its powerful email strategy.
Launched in 2008, Uber has been creating possibilities for drivers, riders and cities. Customers rely on Uber for a variety of transportation needs, from their daily commute to running an errand across town to catching early morning flights. Uber has a driver ready anytime and anywhere.
The company's branding strategy is customer focused and personalized, which allows them to connect with people across borders, cultures and languages.
The company is creating unique experiences for its customers via emails by constantly prompting them about new offers, rewards, launches, indication about their credits, free rides, support and a plethora of campaigns (like offering ice cream delivery on a hot day, or roses on Valentine's Day).
The company has a unique way of enriching user experience by building campaigns with timely and topical content that can pique interest.
Here is an email sent out by Uber on Father's Day to their users, which turned out to be a huge success.
Amazon, the largest online store uses a unique email technique that drives revenue through multiple touch points. Once a customer, they are with Amazon for a lifetime.
Amazon has mastered the art of keeping their data powerful. Through their email marketing strategy, the company drives sales among existing customers and prospective ones.
The company manages to get a consistently high open rate, whether it is desktop opens, webmail opens or mobile opens.
Amazon's emails are specific, direct, personalized, instantly understandable and are always attention grabbing.
Amazon keeps track of every interest of its customers the moment they start browsing. The company sends emails regarding offers only to those customers who are interested.
Their emails are all based on relevancy. For example, if a customer has ordered a specific author's book, Amazon automatically sends off an email with other titles by the same author, encouraging that customer to come back.
Whether the email is about payment, feedback, sales, sales retention, service, apology, offer, end-of season sale, or just an acknowledgement mail, Amazon ensures that they are drafted excellently with a customer centric approach to increase opens, clicks, conversions and retentions.
With the incredible growth of the internet, more brands are finding that digital marketing is essential in building an online presence, engaging with customers and reaching wider audiences. Marketers are adopting personalized email communication to improve their branding strategy.
Email marketing is not deceptive, not complicated. You just have to invest time to understand the requirements and preferences of your customers. Identify the value your provide, and how it differs from your rivals and mention it in your emails.
There is a simple formula for a perfect email, whatever your purpose may be: focus on what your customer wants!
Meenakshi Krishnan is a Content Consultant at OpenXcell, a pioneering Mobile App Development Company in India and USA. Technology inspires her and this has helped her author content on a variety of topics ranging from telecom, apps, healthcare communications and so on. She is currently working on global mobile app technologies reporting on diverse subjects. Prior to this, she was working for a technology marketing company based in Norwalk as a content contributor.
Hi Norma, Thanks. If you looking to grow your email database, i think you should create good lead generating content, cheer up your current email subscribers to share and forward, and be heavily active on social media.
I tried this once for my Youtube channel and growth came fast!
Yes, it really works. Thanks.


CloudMoolah is an aggregated payment system which combines popular localised payment methods such as Telco Top-up cards, Prepaid cards, E-banking and the new MOO Token. It also enables game developers to collect in-app revenue from gamers who do not own credit cards.
In Southeast Asia, the credit card penetration rate is less than 3%. To access this market, game developers used to take months integrating multiple Software Development Kits (SDKs) with local payment companies.
Now with a single CloudMoolah integration through the Unity Editor, it takes less than 10 minutes for game developers to access more than 100 million gamers in Southeast Asia from more than 500,000 retail point of sales.
The founding team has a collective experience of more than 30 years in the video game publishing and payment industries in Asia with a stellar track record of issuing virtual currencies and publishing blockbuster game titles such as EA SportsTM FIFA Online 2, World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike Online, and Starcraft 2.
The company, Cloud Alliance, has successfully launched its first product "CloudMoolah" in 2017 which allows Unity developers to enable in-app revenue collection from more than 100 million gamers and 500,000 retail point of sales across Southeast Asia where the average credit card penetration rate is less than 3%.
Cloud Alliance has an exclusive partnership in Southeast Asia with Unity, the world's largest video game development engine to co-develop our new product – the MOO Store. The partnership entails the channelling of Made-with-Unity content into the MOO Store.
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The Call of the Shofar I recently experienced a simple story in the Emergency Room of Shaarei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. This past summer, I was the spiritual leader of a group of 50 adults and children celebrating a Bar Mitzvah of one congregant. After the initial Bar Mitzvah Aliya at the Kotel on Thursday morning, we were expecting to celebrate a beautiful inspirational Shabbat together in the King David Hotel.


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Kenya's comprehensive victory in the Elgon Cup lifts them to their highest position in the World Rugby Women's Rankings, while New Zealand cement their status as the world's number one team and France end the week with a climb back to third.
Renee Wickliffe's hat-trick inspired the Black Ferns to victory over England that secured not only the Women's Rugby Super Series 2019 title but also kept them top of the World Rugby Women's Rankings.
Japan, Portugal and Tonga continued their perfect starts to the World Rugby U20 Trophy 2019 on day two at Estadio Martins Pereira in São Jose Dos Campos, while Kenya left it to the last second to deny hosts Brazil a first victory.
u20 Trophy U20 Trophy 2019: Disciplinary
A disciplinary update from the World Rugby U20 Trophy 2019 in Brazil.
Women in rugby England and New Zealand battle for top spot in rankings
Top spot in the World Rugby Women's Rankings is on the line this weekend when England take on New Zealand in the Women's Rugby Super Series title decider in San Diego on Sunday, a day after Australia face Japan in Newcastle and Uganda host Kenya in their Elgon Cup second leg in Kampala in a busy weekend of women's international rugby.
Women in rugby England and USA snatch narrow wins in Super Series
A day of twists and turns saw England and USA both come from behind to beat France and Canada respectively by a combined four points on day four of the Women's Rugby Super Series 2019 in San Diego.
U20 Trophy Big wins for Japan, Uruguay and Portugal on day one
Entertainment was the order of the day in the opening round of the World Rugby U20 Trophy 2019 in Brazil with 40 tries scored across the four matches, which saw Tonga, Japan, Uruguay and Portugal emerge victorious.
Women in rugby Regional pride at stake in Women's Rugby Super Series
The Women's Rugby Super Series 2019 enters the penultimate round on Wednesday with two regional battles, as Six Nations champions England tackle a French team seeking another big scalp before hosts USA meet Canada.


De-escalation strategies can help prevent students' emotional outbursts, and aid them and their peers in finding calm after one.
Three years ago, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was murdered in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood here in Chicago. He was playing in a park when a gunman lured him into a nearby alley and shot him because of his father's alleged gang ties. In response, Chicago Public Schools provided two weeks of mental health supports at the elementary school Tyshawn attended. They hoped it would be enough help to get the school back to normal.
But what does normal mean when you grow up in a constant state of fear?
Auburn Gresham, located on Chicago's Southside, had experienced 838 violent crimes in the 365 days before Tyshawn's murder. Violence is a part of everyday life for children like him. Already in 2018, there have been more than 430 shootings and 95 homicides in Chicago, and we are less than three months into the year. Is two weeks of support enough to help Chicago's youth cope with the trauma of these experiences?
The Chicago L, the city's rail line, passes through downtown. Community violence in Chicago inspired the TREP Project, a trauma training program for teachers and schools.
As a researcher and professor at the University of Chicago, I have researched children's exposure to violence in urban areas for more than two decades and know the impact it can have on youth. Kids who experience adverse childhood experiences like violence and chronic housing instability can be either hyperactive—unable to contain the anxious energy—or hypoactive—unable to muster the energy to engage. Trauma impacts a child's brain and cognitive processes, making critical thinking and problem solving more difficult and emotional outbursts more likely.
After hearing about the district's short-term response and knowing just how much this contradicts what the research says, I realized I needed to help schools be better prepared to provide long-term support for students who experience chronic trauma.
I started by interviewing educators serving schools in high-crime neighborhoods in the city. I learned that they had limited access to mental health supports for students until students' behavior reached a level that received severe disciplinary action or a special education designation. One of their top requests for professional development was training on how to handle these situations better. Called de-escalation, this approach focuses on helping students who are getting increasingly agitated to calm down before their behavior gets out of hand.
From my outreach, I created the Trauma Responsive Educational Practices (TREP) Project, which helps educators and schools serving children in neighborhoods that have high levels of toxic stress—such as poverty and violence—learn strategies to better support their students. But educators don't have to partner with TREP to learn some of these approaches. At some point in your teaching career, you're likely to witness emotional outbursts from your students. Research shows that students with trauma don't respond to punitive discipline, so it's important to know strategies that do work.
Preventative de-escalation strategies—based on the Acting Out Cycle—can help. Based on the work of Geoff Colvin and many other researchers, the Acting Out Cycle provides a framework for understanding and responding to challenging student behaviors through different phases: calm, trigger, agitation, acceleration, peak acting out, de-escalation, and recovery.
Students often display several signs of agitation in the early stages of the Acting Out Cycle before a major emotional outburst occurs, such as balling up their fists, withdrawing from classroom interaction, or clenching their jaw. Many educators tend to ignore students' increasing signs of agitation, hoping they'll eventually calm down. But when disregarded, these minor behaviors can quickly escalate.
Children that have experienced abuse are much more likely to interpret ambiguous touches—like an accidental hallway bump—as threatening.
Observing what triggers your students' outbursts will help you become better at using preventative de-escalation strategies to stop them before they start. Loud noises, touch, body language, and anniversaries of tragic events can all be triggers. Children that have experienced abuse, for example, are much more likely to interpret ambiguous touches—like an accidental hallway bump—as threatening. While it's impossible to identify and prevent all triggers, planning ahead is a critical component of preventative de-escalation.
Start by taking stock of how your classroom and class schedule are organized. Are the desks arranged such that students can easily move up and down the aisles with minimal chance of bumping? Are students swiftly and predictably transitioned into class and engaged with a bell-ringer activity to minimize potential teasing at the start of class?
It's also important to debrief with students after an emotional outburst to help them identify their triggers in productive ways.
But as teachers, you can't prevent every outburst from happening.
Because it's difficult for anyone to think clearly and engage in rational conversations when in a heightened emotional state, your two objectives in these situations are to keep students safe and to help the agitated student calm down—not to get that student to apologize or discuss consequences.
Instead, keep your instructions short, clear, and concise, and repeat if necessary. When in an agitated state, traumatized students have a hard time processing complex instructions.
It's also important to affirm your students' autonomy by giving them choices. When your students feel respected, their sense of belonging and mood will often improve. You could say, "I see that you're upset, but it's not OK to yell at me. You can either go get a drink of water and come back in five minutes or sit in the reading chair and I will check in with you in five minutes." Be sure to avoid ultimatums like, "You better sit back down or I'll send you to the office," but do set limits to let students know what's required of them to move the conversation forward.
When in an agitated state, traumatized students have a hard time processing complex instructions.
It's also important to recap what your student says throughout the conversation. After summarizing what they say, ask if they agree with how you interpreted it. This ensures that you're both on the same page, and it also shows them that you're listening.
Before returning to learning, give your student more time to calm down on their own. A de-escalation space can do this—a quiet place in class where students can participate in de-stressing activities, like drawing or coloring.
In moments like these, it's also important not to forget the rest of your class. As soon as your agitated student is situated, make sure the rest of your students are calm and feel safe too. A quick mindfulness activity can do this. Afterward, acknowledge what happened and give your class a few minutes to process it to help students who may feel anxious.
When the class is brought back to calm, you can debrief with your student who acted out to help them identify what they're feeling.
It might be difficult for traumatized students to express their emotions, so you will need to guide them with questions like: "Were you feeling angry, sad, hurt, embarrassed, or something else?" or "Did something happen at home or during this class that upset you?" Building student agency is crucial. Ask them to tell you in the future whenever they are feeling upset and need to take a brief break. This can help prevent outbursts.
Working with students who have experienced trauma can be incredibly taxing for teachers, especially when they don't have the tools to help the students who need it most. Here in Chicago, I've found that just because urban educators may know about the trauma their students experience, it doesn't mean that they know how it impacts them or how best to help them. Proactively preventing and responding to acting out behaviors with support rather than punishment can go a long way in creating schools that are safe for our students.


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hended, or while we weep in sympathetic gratitude, we shall have but little impression of the dread majesty of this scene, and be inspired with little of that reverence which is due to this awful presence into which we have come.
Turn we then a moment from all these melting sympathies of the sense, that we may catch a glimpse of the spirit in its unveiled dignity, which is presiding here. What calm decision and steadfast purpose do we find ! How firm that will, which holds the entire quivering sensibility in subjection! No tumult of passion, no rising of anger, no revengeful retaliation, no stoical indiffer
The animal part of the assumed human nature, in all its shrinking delicacy, is made to serve even unto death. That happiness which is the end of the sense, is utterly disregarded, and the end of the spiritual in its holiness is all that is consulted. Hear the instinctive pleadings of the rising sensibility, and then the firm conclusion of the spiritual personality. "Now is my soul (n yuxn you, my animal, sentient life) troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name." What an affecting glimpse is here given of the great struggle going on within, and of the high end to which the spiritual eye kept itself steadily directed! The Holy name is to be glorified, and divine authority vindicated, in an adequate expiation of human guilt; and the sensory is to be holden to this service, and its happiness is as rottenness when put in competition with it. The spirit in its dignity upholds its own end, and maintains its firm integrity, and puts the sense to the endurance of the terrible agony, until in death he can say, " It is finished." Oh! how does our pity in the suffering at once become lost, in an absorbing reverence for the authority vindicated, and the holiness maintained, in such a scene as this!
And can the moral power of such a manifestation ever wear out? Is humanity just about to outgrow such adaptations to its wants, and already beginning to feel its need of some new and higher dispensation? So indeed, in their ignorance and folly, some men say.
But what a shallow acquaintance with the deep wants of human nature! What criminal ignorance of the living, Jasting power in the Doctrine of Christ crucified! Ah, yes; when this green earth shall have outgrown the adaptations to its wants in the rolling sun above it, perpetually throwing its cheering light and genial warmth upon it, then may humanity assume to have outrun the adaptations of Christianity, and begin to look for another Gospel.
We may then here affirm, that the complete idea by which all human progress must be expounded has been now attained. The sense must become wholly subjected to the spirit. It must be held by the rule of prudence for the end of individual happiness; by the rule of kindness for the end of social happiness; and if the occasion demand, must be wholly crushed and crucified for the end of spiritual holiness. No inherent forces of depraved human nature will effect this work of spiritual regeneration, but the divine interposition of Christianity in its power and grace, makes the ultimate triumphant consummation sure. The full Idea may take on this concise form of expression—the spiritual regnant in the sensual, by the living power of the Gospel.
Materialism assumes that all our conscious sensations are the product of some mechanical impulses from an outer world; and our philosophy can, therefore, take cognisance only of material being, from which all sensation is produced. It can include only the connexions of physical cause and effect, and can admit nothing of the free originations of the spiritual. Its God is only the inner power which works in the on-goings of nature; and can never be thought as at all independent of nature. Its necessary landingplace is in fatalism and material pantheism.
Idealism, on the other hand, assumes that all our conscious conceptions are the product of the inner thought only; and hence its, philosophy can never get out of the understanding. By making its own thoughts objective to itself, the mind creates the outer world for itself, and can possibly determine nothing beyond the dialectical processes of its own thinking. Its only God is the inner law of thought, and this becomes ultimately developed in the universal understanding of the race. Its ultimate termination is in logical necessity and a transcendental pantheism. This last has been carried to its ultimate analysis and highest generalization, in Germany; and many of its partial and detached off-shoots are fast becoming transplanted to our own country, just as its whole deceptive blossoming is made to wither in its own land. It wholly denies all possibility of transcending in our philosophy the mere understanding. Judging by sense, yet it would be krown as a transcendental philosophy! It utterly discards all use of the faculty of reason, as an organ for determining the supernatural, and yet arrogates to itself the title of Rationalism! There never was a more preposterous assumption; there cannot be a more absurd misnomer.
Both the sense, with its connexions of perceived phenomena in the judgment of the understanding, and the spirit, in the free force and light of its own rationality, must find their proper place in our philosophy, or this perpetual interest of the human race will still be. everlastingly one-sided.
Literature is, again, a deep interest for humanity. Language is an embodying of the inner thought, and in it all human thinking must find its fitting expression. All arising into a new region of thought necessitates the introduction of something new in literature-perhaps a new language itself must be created for it. How vain the attempt to have made the polytheistic literature of either
Greece or Rome, in all its classic copiousness and elegance, an outer body for the high spiritualism of Christian thinking.
But literature is also far from such a consummation as satisfies humanity. Low sensualism has its own, and after its own inner working; and the flood of both foreign and domestic supply has come in, foul and frothy enough to meet the demand, and is already giving indications that the superabundance has induced a surfeiting Once bring up this grovelling portion of humanity, that it shall emerge from its animalism and
rise to the dignity and self-respect of the spiritual, and the flood-gates of such sewers of literary pollution will be shut never more to open.
But, on the other hand, the speech of Heaven and the tongue of angels cannot be a model for human literature, since the sym. pathies and emotions of sense belong to human nature, and must find their fit expression in language, so long as the spirit shall tabernacle in the flesh. When humanity shall have become perfected through the religion of the Bible, then shall also the literature of the Bible, so wonderfully using the sense in subserviency to the ends of the spirit, become adequately appreciated and supremely relished.
And to all these, we might multiply the particulars of human interests by numberless additions. We might speak of popular education which seems fast sinking to a mere secular, sensual, and partial training, seeking to discipline the human animal only, and quite overlooking the conscience, and neglecting to cultivate the inherent forces and faculties of the spiritual and responsible. An insane dread of the imperatires and retributions of religion is driving many from even the restraints of morality to the licentiousness of sensualism and the anarchy of atheism. We might also introduce the interests of practical philanthropy, which is so ready in its sympathy of the sense, to weep over all the animal sufferings of man, and yet has very little of those yearnings of soul which seek to raise a kindred spirit from its heavier bondage and deeper degradation in the slavery to the flesh; and we might further add the interests of Christian benevolence, which so much the easier, and the more it may be feared, is publishing addresses, and printing resolutions, and giving its alms, and arranging its outer organizations, thereby addressing the sense, than it is found consecrating the inner life and all the force of the spirit, to persevering prayer and perpetual wrestling with God.
But it needs not that we further pursue this application of our Idea. When the law of the spiritual shall spread its full measure over the human family, then will not only the consummation of humanity be attained, but, moreover, then will every human interest have been perfected. By the same law, and to the same extent that progress is made in the one, will there be a substantial improvement and well-balanced reformation in the other. The
human race and all its inseparable interests, will reach their mark, and win the prize of their high calling together.
In conclusion, we would simply add in the form of individual, personal application,—we live in an age proverbial according to its own phraseology, as the age of improvements. The popular mind is rife with a thousand plans for universal reformation, and yet, perhaps from the beginning, there never has been an age when even its very reformations needed so much to be reformed. It is imperative that we go to work in and upon our generation, not at random, nor from conventional rules and popular prescriptions, but from intelligent and comprehensive principles. See what the needs by seeing where it is drifting, and taking its present bearings from the grand idea of all possible improvement, the spiritual attaining to dominion over the animal. No movement is anything gained, that is not an advancement in this direction.
But the greatest work is in our own personality. The highest preparation for reforming the age is found in the transformation of ourselves. Personal discipline is the pre-requisite for all effective action in improving the world. And all such discipline must be under the imperatives of the spiritual within us. No training of the animal appetites alone will make them always prudent; and no cultivation of the sympathies alone will keep them always kind. Moral imperative, not pathological feeling, must bear controlling sway. The very essence of virtue is a manly struggle against inordinate appetite, and a valorous beating down of the flesh to serve the behests of the spirit. There is not an hour when the spirit may cease watching and ruling. Humanity can be no other than militant while in the flesh, that it may ultimately become triumphant over the flesh. When the rein lies loose upon the neck of any passion, the wild horse may run away with its rider.
And yet, this attainment of dominion and perpetuation of selfcontrol will not spring up spontaneously from any of the forces with
The interpositions in the grace of the Gospel are the necessary conditions for such a work. It is a spiritual regeneration, and a spiritual interposition alone, secures that the new birth be effected, and the divine life consummated. It is as much the dictate of a true philosophy as of an orthodox theology, that we act ever from the conviction that it is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing." Christianity alone gives the vital power for our sanctification, and the world's redemption.
"Redemption is the science and the song
Of all Eternity. Archangels, day
And night, into its glories look. The Saints,
The Elders, round the Throne, old in the years
Of Heaven, examine it perpetually;
And, every hour, get clearer, ampler views
Of right and wrong; see virtue's beauty more;
See vice more utterly depraved and vile:
And this, with a more perfect hatred, hate;
That daily love, with a more perfect love."
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CRITICAL NOTICES.
1. The Anabasis of Xenophon, chiefly according to the text of L. Dindorf, with notes : for
the use of Schools and Colleges. By John J. OWEN, Principal of the Cornelius In
stitute. Sixth Edition. Leavitt, Trow & Co. New York: 1847. The Anabasis of Xenophon, wilh English Notes, critical and explanatory, a Map ar. ranged according to the latest and West Authorities
, and a plan of the baille of Cunaza. By Charles ANTHON, LL.D., Jay Professor of the Greek and Latin languages in Columbia College, New York; and Rector of the Grammar School. Harper &
Brothers, 1847. Of Dr. Anthon's merits as a classical scholar it would be superfluous for us, at this time, to speak. His various works have procured him a distinguished reputation, both at home and abroad. His acquaintance with classical literature and classical antiquities, is proved to be, beyond all question, accurate and extensive. Indeed, when there is taken into consideration his indefatigable industry, his ardent devotion to classical learning, and the many years he has so assiduously occupied in its cultivation, we cannot well see how it could be otherwise. He has well earned the high reputation he at present enjoys, both in this country and in England. It is a reputation of which, as Americans, we should be proud, rather than wish, in any way, unjustly to detract from it.
In reserence, however, to the work before us, there is ground of complaint, not so much of anything affecting his standing as a scholar or a writer, as of his treatment of others engaged in like pursuits, and who have succeeded in establishing a reputation as fair and as solid as his own,-if not based on works as voluminous or as nu. merous. Allusion is made to the course he has chosen to take in relation to Mr. Owen, the author of an edition of the Anabasis, which had been in circulation several years, and the title to which we have also prefixed to these remarks. Mr. Owen published the first edition of his Anabasis in 1843. It is well known to have been a work of care and time. The foundation on which he built was his own experimental knowledge of the aid which the student most needed in the study of this work, and of the manner and the places in which it would be required,-a knowledge derived from a long course of practical instruction, accompanied by observations having this very end in view, and therefore, more valuable in forming a useful school book than any quantity of German Commentaries without it. These latter aids, however, he had also exiensively employed, and had so combined the information thence derived with his own thorough experience, as to bring out, in the judgment of some of the first scholars among us, one of the most finished classical text-books ever sent from the American press. The author, we are glad to know, notwithstanding the appearance of this competitor, will still have a fair prospect of being rewarded for his faithful labors, in seeing it introduced very extensively into the Academies and Colleges of the land. Indeed, it has been stated with confidence, that wherever it has been examined by teachers, it has, in every instance, been adopted. Mr. Owen, too, seems to have chosen this work as his field of labor, for the purpose, among other reasons, of avoiding collision with any series in which Dr. Anthon had been engaged. He had bestowed more time and labor upon it than can possibly have been given to the rival edition amid the many works in which its author is so constantly, and so rapidly employed.
Now there is, we admit, no law of the land which forbids one literary gentleman from entering upon the same field which has been occupied, and well occupied, by another. It may also be said that there is nothing expressly against such a course in any precise rule or prohibition, as formally laid down by any ethical authority. Yet, unless strong reasons can be assigned for the act, it must seem to every high-minded and conscientious man, who can view it dispassionately, and aside from the distorting mists of self-interest, as not being exactly in unison with the spirit of that golden rule, which is the foundation of all right feeling, and, consequently, of all right action. Indeed we know of instances, in this country (and Mr. Owen, if we mistake THIRD SERIES, VOL. III. NO. 4.
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For those of you who were excited by the reveal of Street Fighter X Tekken, you'll be pleased to know that Capcom has just released some brand new screenshots of the upcoming game – due out sometime in 2012 on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
As reported from TheSixthAxis, the new screenshots give us a close up look at some matchups of Ryu Vs Kazuya and Chun Li Vs Nina.
The graphics are looking pretty similar to Street Fighter IV, which is by no means a bad thing, but we're still looking forward to some solid gameplay action – hopefully the upcoming Tokyo Game Show will provide further information.
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Forming part of a 16th Century estate the Pool Park Hospital was part of the North Wales Hospital group, purchased and opening in 1937 it continued to operate until 1991 when it was the first to close before the larger Main Denbigh Hospital which finally closed its doors in 1995.
The Abandoned, or it would be more correct to say closed Loudoun Castle Theme Park is built on the site of the old Loudoun Castle which was originally contructed in the early 1800's. The castle was destroyed in a devastating fire back in 1942.
Sleaford Bass maltings is a huge abandoned Industrial complex in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The site was utilised as part of the beer making industry and currently sites on the national heritage sites 'at risk' register awaiting redevelopment.


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French vaccination centres vandalised amidst protests
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Two vaccination centres in France were vandalised over the weekend amidst protests against the government's latest rules to control the coronavirus pandemic.
One vaccination centre in the southeast of France was flooded on Friday and another in the southwest was damaged in an apparent arson attack, the BBC reported on Monday.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the government's pandemic control measures. The new rules include mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for health workers and the introduction of health passes that are mandatory for access to most public places.
Protesters accuse President Emmanuel Macron's government of violating their freedoms.
New rules announced last week
After Macron announced the new rules last week, hundreds of thousands of citizens made arrangements to get vaccinated. At the same time, France experienced several acts of vandalism and violence directed at MPs who had expressed support for the new rules.
On Monday, police said they were investigating the suspected arson attack in the southwest village of Urrugne, where, according to RFI reporting, the Mayor said that a flammable liquid had been poured around the centre.
Firefighters limited the damage to the vaccination centre, which is expected to reopen on Wednesday.
The centre that was attacked on Friday was flooded by fire hoses while anti-vaccination slogans and graffiti were sprayed nearby.
The incidents appear to be linked with protests against the new government measures.
Just over 50% of French have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, with less than 40% fully vaccinated.
Last week, government advisers warned that a fourth wave of infections would hit the country in the coming months.


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WHOIS Information in Hong Kong
.hk WHOIS Information in Hong Kong
What does it mean to be registered in the WhoIs?
A searchable database maintained by registrars that contain information about networks, networking organizations, domain names, and the contacts associated with them for the .hk and ISO 3166 country code top-level domains. Also, the protocol, or set of rules, that describes the application used to access the database.
Each registrar implements the Whois protocol and maintains a separate and distinct Whois database for its respective .hk domain name registrations.
Sponsoring Organization
Bonnie Chun
Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Ltd.
Unit 501, Level 5, Core C, Cyberport 3, 100 Cyberport Road
Voice: +852 2319 2303
.公司.hk
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2001:dd8:12:0:0:0:0:53
IANA is responsible for the operation and maintenance of a number of key aspects of the DNS, including the root zone, and the .intand .arpa domains.
The DNS Root Zone IANA is the global coordinator of the DNS root. The root is the upper-most part of the DNS hierarchy, and involves delegating administrative responsibility of top-level domains, which are the last segment of a domain name, such as .hk. Part of this task includes evaluating requests to change the operators of country code domains, as well as day-to-day maintenance of the details of the existing operators.
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Изопреналин (Изадрин, Isadrinum) - 1-(3,4-Диоксифенил)-2-изопропиламиноэтанола гидрохлорид, или N-изопропилнорадреналина гидрохлорид, β1-, β1-адреномиметик.

Вне России выпускается в виде гидрохлорида или сульфата под названиями: Изопротеренол, Изупрел, Новодрин, Эуспиран, Aleudrin, Aludrin, Antasthmin, Bronchodilatin, Euspiran, Iludrin, Isodrenal, Isonorin, Isoprenalini hydrochloridum, Isoprenaline hydrochloride, Isopropylarterenol, Isoproterenol, Isorenin, Isuprel, Neodrenal, Neoepinephrine, Norisodrin, Novodrin и др.

Общая информация
Изопропилнорадреналин (изадрин) был получен в 1938 г. в процессе синтеза производных адреналина.

Химически изопропилнорадреналин относится к группе катехоламинов и отличается по структуре от адреналина тем, что биметильный радикал в аминогруппе [—CH2—NH2+—СН3] заменён на изопропильный [—NH2+—СН(СН3)2].

При фармакологическом изучении изопропилнорадреналина было обнаружено, что, сохраняя некоторые свойства адреналина, он вместе с тем отличается по действию от последнего. Так, он способствует релаксации бронхов, но не вызывает сужения сосудов и повышения периферического артериального давления; вместе с тем, подобно адреналину, он вызывает учащение и усиление сердечных сокращений.

В связи с этим было высказано предположение о наличии в организме разных видов адренорецепторов, с которыми могут преимущественно взаимодействовать адреналин, изопропилнорадреналин и сходные с ними соединения. Окончательно представление о наличии двух основных групп адренорецепторов (α- и β-адренорецепторов) было сформулировано 1948 г. (Ahlquist). В дальнейшем были выделены подгруппы этих рецепторов: α1- и α2-, β1- и β2-адренорецепторы.

Изопропилнорадреналин был признан первым представителем новой группы адренергических веществ — β-адренергических, или β-адреностимуляторов.

Вслед за этим стали появляться новые β-адреностимуляторы. Характерной структурной особенностью этих соединений является наличие у них боковой цепи (алкилизопропильной, алкил-трет-бутильной или другой), сближающей их со структурой изопропилнорадреналина.

Фармакологическое и лечебное действие изопропилнорадреналина (изадрина) объясняется его стимулирующим действием на β-адренорецепторы.

Действие изадрина распространяется одновременно на β1- и β2-адренорецепторы, поэтому влияние на бронхи, сердечно-сосудистую систему и другие органы, снабжённые b-адренорецепторами, не является избирательным.

В настоящее время существует ряд новых β-адреностимуляторов, оказывающих избирательное действие на β1- и β2-адренорецепторы.

В связи с характерным стимулирующим действием на β-адренорецепторы изадрин оказывает сильный бронхорасширяющий эффект, вызывает учащение и усиление сокращений сердца, увеличивает сердечный выброс.

Вместе с тем он уменьшает общее периферическое сопротивление сосудов (из-за артериальной вазоплегии), снижает артериальное давление, уменьшает наполнение желудочков сердца. Препарат повышает потребность миокарда в кислороде. Под влиянием препарата уменьшается почечный кровоток, несколько расширяются сосуды брюшной полости, кожи, слизистых оболочек (носа), происходит торможение сокращений матки, могут наблюдаться и другие эффекты, связанные с возбуждением β-адренорецепторов.

Изадрин, несмотря на создание избирательных β2-адреностимуляторов (орципреналина, фенотерола, сальбутамола и пр.), до сих пор находит применение для купирования и предупреждения приступов бронхиальной астмы, а также при астматических и эмфизематозных бронхитах, пневмосклерозе и других заболеваниях, сопровождающихся ухудшением бронхиальной проходимости. Может применяться как бронхорасширяющее средство при бронхографии и бронхоскопии.

В механизме бронхорасширяющего действия изадрина и других β-адреностимуляторов (орципреналина, фенотерола, сальбутамола и др.) определённую роль играет способность этих веществ стимулировать аденилатциклазу, что приводит к накоплению в клетках цАМФ. Последний, влияя на систему протеинкиназы, лишает миозин способности соединяться с актином, что тормозит сокращение гладкой мускулатуры и способствует расслаблению бронхов и снятию бронхиолоспазма. Кроме того, по последним данным, β-адреностимуляторы тормозят высвобождение из тучных клеток химических факторов (гистамина, «медленнодействующего вещества» SRS-A, или лейкотриена D4, и др.), способствующих бронхиолоспазму и явлениям воспаления.

Назначают изадрин в качестве бронхорасширяющего средства в виде 0,5% или 1% водного раствора для ингаляций и в виде таблеток, содержащих 0,005 г препарата, для рассасывания в полости рта. Ингаляции производят при помощи карманного (или другого) ингалятора: доза на одну ингаляцию 0,1—0,2 мл. Повторяют ингаляции при необходимости 2—3 раза и более в день. Таблетку или полтаблетки держат во рту (под языком) до полного рассасывания, не проглатывая. Применяют 3—4 раза в день.

В качестве бронхорасширяющего средства, изадрин уступает по эффективности разработанным в последние годы препаратам. По данным И. П. Замотаева и Л. Н. Максимовой, коэффициент эффективности эуспирана (изадрина) равен 22, алупента (орципреналина) — 34, а фенотерола — 39.

Изопропилнорадреналин находит также применение при лечении больных с нарушениями атриовентрикулярной проводимости, для снятия атриовентрикулярной блокады и предупреждения приступов при синдроме Адамса—Стокса—Морганьи. Эффект связан с улучшением проводимости благодаря влиянию на симпатическую иннервацию сердца, с повышением возбудимости и сократительной функции миокарда. Аналогичный эффект оказывают различные симпатомиметические вещества, в том числе норадреналин, адреналин, эфедрин; однако эти препараты вызывают повышение артериального давления, стенокардические боли, усиление возбудимости эктопических очагов и другие побочные явления, что ограничивает возможность их широкого применения при атриовентрикулярной блокаде.

Изадрин и другие β-адреностимуляторы более удобны для этой цели, так как не повышают артериального давления и в меньшей мере способны вызывать фибрилляцию желудочков.

Изопропилнорадреналин также применяют при некоторых формах кардиогенного шока (нормоволемическом с пониженным выбросом и высоким периферическим сопротивлением). Вводят капельно внутривенно в 5% растворе глюкозы в дозе 0,5—5 мкг (0,0005—0,005 мг) в минуту.

При кардиохирургических операциях изадрином пользуются в случаях резкого снижения сократимости миокарда при отсутствии значительной гиповолемии и тахикардии, а также при брадикардии на фоне узлового и желудочкового ритма (при неэффективности атропина).

При применении изадрина (особенно в кардиологической практике) следует учитывать, что он вызывает тахикардию, может активировать эктопические очаги, вызывать экстрасистолии с опасностью фибрилляции желудочков. При применении изадрина, как и других β-адреностимуляторов, для лечения бронхиальной астмы следует также учитывать возможность нарушения деятельности сердечно-сосудистой системы, появление тошноты, тремора рук, сухости во рту. В этих случаях уменьшают дозу препарата. Осторожность следует соблюдать при назначении изадрина больным со стенокардией и тиреотоксикозом.

При длительном применении препарата возможно развитие резистентности с уменьшением бронхорасширяющего эффекта.

Аэрозоль изадрина (и других β-адреностимуляторов) не должен попадать в глаза, особенно у больных глаукомой.

Не рекомендуется применение изадрина и других β-адреностимуляторов в первые 3 мес беременности, а учитывая их угнетающее действие на родовую деятельность (см. Фенотерол), следует незадолго до родов прекратить применение этих препаратов.

Rp.: Sol. Isadrini 0,5% 25 ml

D.S. Для ингаляций

Rp.: Tab. Isadrini 0,005 N. 20

D.S. По 1 таблетке (держать в полости рта до полного рассасывания)

Выпускаемый в Германии препарат «Новодрин» (Novodrin)* является сульфатом изопропилнорадреналина (изопреналин-сульфат). По действию соответствует изадрину.

Форма выпуска: 1% раствор во флаконах для ингаляций по 100 мл и 0,5% раствор в ампулах по 1 мл. Выпускаются также аэрозольные алюминиевые баллоны вместимостью 25 мл с дозирующим распылительным клапаном. Каждая доза, распыляемая при одном нажатии, содержит 0,075 мг мелкодисперсного (величина частиц около 10 мкм) препарата. В одном баллоне содержится около 350 разовых доз.

При угрожающем приступе бронхиальной астмы или в его начале вдыхают одну дозу. Если эффект не наступил, то через 3—5 мин вдыхают ещё одну дозу. Повторные ингаляции возможны через 3—4 ч. Общее число вдыханий в день не должно быть более 12.

Препарат «Эуспиран» также соответствует изадрину.

Форма выпуска: 0,5% и 1% водные растворы во флаконах для ингаляций по 25 мл.

Физические свойства
Белый кристаллический порошок. Легко растворим в воде. Водные растворы имеют слегка зеленоватый оттенок.

Форма выпуска
Формы выпуска: порошок; 0,5% и 1% растворы во флаконах по 25 и 100 мл (для ингаляций); таблетки, содержащие по 0,005 г препарата.

Хранение
Хранение: список Б. В сухом, прохладном, защищённом от света месте.

Применение в медицинской практике

Изопреналин, как и орципреналин, в настоящее время ограниченно применяется для симптоматического лечения атриовентрикулярной блокады и выраженной брадикардии. Для лечения бронхиальной астмы эти препараты не используются из-за множества побочных явлений

Бета-адреномиметики
Катехоламины
Соединения азота по алфавиту

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Alluaudomyia platipyga är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Tokunaga 1963. Alluaudomyia platipyga ingår i släktet Alluaudomyia och familjen svidknott. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Yiming Chen and the panel discusses his recent blog post about not repeating domain knowledge. Yiming Chen describes what he means by domain knowledge and how this differs from the well known "do not repeat yourself" rule. The panel discusses how this changes the code and this leads to a conversation about good testing practices. Live view is discussed and the panel asks Yiming Chen what he is looking forward to in elixir. Yiming Chen talks about what the elixir community is like in China and his experience switching from ruby to elixir.


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Tickets are $10 per person at the door.
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