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Artist Christopher Ries (center left) stands with his assistants (left to right) Ernie Hubert, Doug Leidy and Richard Atkins in front of "Invictus" made of colored optic glass.
01 Apr Ones to Watch: Christopher Ries
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Christopher Ries frees the essence of optic-crystal blocks with his glass sculptures. Each piece echoes the distinctive forms of nature against a spiritual awakening of light. His precise lines and masterful eye combine composition with an understanding of light and the satisfaction of reflection.
"I've always wanted to express my joy and gratitude of life itself," Ries says. "I admire and appreciate color and the sculptural form."
His path took him from ceramics to blowing hot glass. "During that time I had the opportunity to explore a lot of forming, a lot of different methods of fashioning glass, casting, slumping glass, fusing glass pieces," he says. "I blew vessels inlaid with rich interiors. And then I found a source of reliable crystal blocks."
Once he established a relationship with Schott Glass, Ries set up his studio to cut, grind and polish glass, bringing out its best optical quality, which became his forte.
"People have come to know me as an artist who sculpts big pieces of crystal into elegant abstract forms," he says.
"Most have been colorless, the composition depends on the internal reflection of the external form I carve and polish on the surface."
It starts with a block, like a quarried block of stone, weighing anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 pounds.
"I have a vision of what I want to release from that block," he says. "I start with a wire saw and cut the block into a very rough form and then I start to grind it away with heavy-duty air tools, diamond cutting tools and water, using grinders with the force of a lawn-mower to smooth corners and create a curvilinear surface from the plane surfaces I've liberated from the block."
Ries' gallery representation includes Gallery of Modern Masters, Sedona, Arizona; Mystique Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona; Just for You Gallery of Fine Art, Healdsburg, California; Primavera Gallery, Ojai, California; Westbrook Gallery, Carmel By The Sea, California; PISMO Fine Art Glass, Denver, Colorado; Holsten Galleries and Wiford Fine Art Gallery, both in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
"Desert Flower" | Cut, Ground, Engraved Optic Crystal | 44 x 18.5 x 9 inches
Detail of "Desert Flower"
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Will Russia Aim Missiles at the U.S. Again?
The Cold War ended in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was torn down, and with Russia's "opening" to the West. That thaw in relations led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union and even some of its former "satellite nations" joining NATO. Thirty years later, we are witnessing a re-freezing of relations between Russia and the West.
December saw a unique turn of events in Guyana's government. A quick party switch by one MP in a no-confidence vote brought down the entire government (Judicial Watch, February 6, 2019). Allegations of corruption and bribery are flying, and the MP responsible fled to Canada after attempting to purchase $1,000,000 worth of gold.
Experts believe Saudi Arabia is testing and possibly manufacturing ballistic missiles at a military base deep within the country's borders (Times of Israel, January 26, 2019). "The November satellite images show what appear to be structures big enough to build and fuel ballistic missiles.
Queensland in northeastern Australia is experiencing devastating flooding. More than 20,000 homes are at risk of inundation as floodwaters engulf neighborhoods—even bringing displaced saltwater crocodiles!
Strategic Culture recently published a sobering article titled "Russia, China, India and Iran: The Magic Quadrant That Is Changing the World" (January 25, 2019). The article states that the relationship between these four Eurasian nations has developed as a reaction to the global decisions and actions of the United States and other Western nations.
In the South Australian summer, extreme heat is normal. But The Guardian reports that the heat this summer has been far more severe than usual—recently reaching a record-breaking 49.5° Celsius (120° F) just north of Adelaide (AFP, January 24, 2019).


What are your goals for this role and the team?
How do you prefer to work together towards these goals?
The first question is critical because it gives you a sense of where the bar is. While you may soon be inundated with countless demands on your time, being able to always go back to your team's North Star (e.g., revenue, ship-by deadlines, cost reduction) will help you ruthlessly prioritize. Because at the end of the quarter, the year, or the job, being able to say that you consistently performed against the most important metrics will consistently open you to raises, promotions, and new opportunities.
Of course, people being people, how you deliver these results can often be just important as what you deliver. So that's why it's important to understand your manager's MO. Do they prefer to be totally hands-off and just want to see results at the end of the day? Or do they want to collaborate, providing support and feedback each step of the way during your first few projects? Either way, make sure you're honoring those preferences and you'll find there are many fewer surprises in store come review time!
Just like in the military, one of the best parts of joining a team is that you needn't reinvent the wheel. Especially if there are already people in your role who can get you up-to-speed quickly.
What do you think helps you stand out from the others in this role?
What do you wish you knew about succeeding in this role when you first started?
What's an example of a project that exceeded all expectations - and what led to that success?
What's an example of a project that didn't go well - and why?
Now, instead of having to figure out everything the hard way, you're already standing on the shoulder of giants. So that when you tackle your first project, you'll come at it like a star does - and will be well on your way to becoming the next star!
Every single time you meet someone new at the company, whether they're on your team or whether they're a cross-functional partner (e.g., an engineer if you're a project manager), send them an invitation for lunch. One of the coolest things about almost every civilian company is that you can see everyone's calendar and invite them to events, regardless of role or rank. Plus, since everyone has to eat, the lunch hour is often available, even for the busiest folks!
When you sit down with them, ask all the same questions you did in your initial exploration - How did you get into this line of work? What do you love/hate about your job? Plus, you now have the added benefit of being able to ask, colleague-to-colleague: "How might I be able to follow in your footsteps here?" Which is often much easier to do internally than when you're a total stranger on the outside.
And then, after you've met with all your immediate counterparts, check out the company directory to explore other options. For instance, if you're curious about what it would be like to move up the ladder in your current role, just reach out to more senior folks on your team (again, this is often not just acceptable but encouraged!). Or if you wonder what it might feel like to go from being a Data Analyst to a Software Engineer, see if you can find someone who's made that very switch.
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to grab lunch yesterday. It meant a lot to be able to learn from your story. In fact, I can't wait to take that SQL course you mentioned.
Would love to stay in touch and keep you posted on my progress following in your footsteps!
And when you do, just be sure to Bcc every3months@fut.io - this will automatically send you a reminder every three months so that you remember to touch base with your contact to grab coffee, share updates, and get more advice.
So bottom line: Whether you're just starting your career after the military or are already knee-deep in your new adventure, never lose the hunger and curiosity of a total beginner. Because if you keep on asking, pushing, and exploring, you'll find that your post-military career really has no limit.


For U.S. Citizenship Class 09, Spring 2019 (Feb 5), many students stayed home to celebrate the Lunar New Year. However, some students came and we recorded some Citizenship interviews. I am still editing the interviews and will post them at a later date.


A real nice example of the kind of design I love: simple, hand-made (at least in appearance), and flat. Surely flatness isn't always compelling, but in some cases it really works. This is one.
Much nicer than the hardcover design for ECCO.
Hi there! I'm a long time watcher, first time commenter, design student in CA. Love this blog, and had to add that I love this cover as well. :) It's flat overall, yes, but the way the rear wing is tucked behind the bird, as well as the red circle overlap and the red touch at the bottom, give it a sense of subtle dimension that saves it from being predictable.
It was designed by Milan Bozic. This is actually part of a series of books that Ecco is putting out, which will have similar cover designs. The only other one out now is GOLDBERG: VARIATIONS, which you can see here.
Check that, there are two other new ones on Milan's website.
They're flat, but the texture of the brown paper gives them a little dimensional feeling.


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There's a variety of reasons that joining a professional trade association like MSI is incredibly valuable, and here's three that lead the list.
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Radha Krishna Bhavan is a South Indian restaruant and takeaway. This popular South Indian is based on Tooting High Street in the Tooting area of London.
Radha Krishna Bhavan was the first South Indian restaurant in Tooting, recommended by TimeOut. Radha Krishna Bhavan is air conditioned, fully licensened, comfortable with a very nice atmosphere. This popular South Indian restaruant and takeaway was established in 1999. The owner is over 30 years in the business and owns around 15 restaurants. To join us please Make a Reservation, visit our Booking Page and fill in the form to join us.
Our experienced chef prepares some very popular South Indian dishes and is especially proud of Exotic Cochin and Home Made Specialities - everybody who love Indian food will not be disappointed! If you would prefer to enjoy our South Indian Cuisine at home we also offer Takeaway Online Ordering.
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A Speciality Of North Kerala. Tender Pieces Of Lamb Cooked In A Roasted Coconut Milk Base With Tomato, Spices & Curry Leaves.
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Here at Radha Krishna Bhavan an Indian Restaurant & Takeaway in Tooting, we have a wide range of menu options. Serving delicious Indian food, we are sure we have something for you to enjoy.
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Who replies to consultations, and what do they say? The case of broadband universal service in the UK
Stocker, Volker and Whalley, Jason (2019) Who replies to consultations, and what do they say? The case of broadband universal service in the UK. Telecommunications Policy, 43 (8). p. 101823. ISSN 0308-5961
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2019.04.007
Over the last decade or so, access to broadband services has become increasingly important. While many in the UK already benefit from the provision of broadband, some, especially those located in more rural and remote areas, do not – they may not be able to access the Internet and when they do, their connection and consumer experience may be poor. After trying to resolve this through a stream of different initiatives, the UK government announced a broadband universal service obligation (USO) of 10 Mbps in late 2015. Ofcom, the telecommunications regulator, launched a consultation in April 2016 and sought the views of interested parties. The consultation attracted considerable interest, but after the submissions from orchestrated campaigns are discounted just over 100 responses remain. But who contributed and what did they say? To explore these two questions, this paper adopts a qualitative approach, using NVIVO, to analyse the responses to the consultation. We show that contributions were highly diverse, reflecting both the complexity of the issue as well as its politicised nature. A lack of agreement among the responses is revealed and divergent views on key issues like the appropriateness of 10 Mbps, whether this should change, how it should be funded or what technologies should be used exist. In this paper, we provide a critical discussion of and derive implications for the broadband USO. We tentatively conclude that those in rural and remote areas that the USO intends to help are caught between two countervailing forces – speed and cost deployment – that interact to ensure that whatever resolution to provide broadband access, some will likely be unhappy.
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Why water stewardship in the food sector is failing — and how to change it
The ag sector is unprepared for the realities of water in a climate change future even as more of them start to report and disclose water initiatives.
By Kirsten James
About 53 percent of companies now link executive compensation to water and sustainability performance goals, up from 33 percent in 2019. Image courtesy of Max Cohen vis Unsplash.
In many ways, 2021 was the year that investors and companies stepped up to address climate change, with historic commitments making the front page of newspapers on a regular basis. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for water. Missing from these stories were concrete action plans to address water pollution and scarcity. And just like with the climate crisis, we are running out of time to address this issue — a new report released this year by the IPCC suggests that the frequency and intensity of droughts exacerbated by climate change are poised to ratchet up over the next decades.
This summer gave a preview of the toll more frequent droughts will take, with farmers in the American West fallowing fields, ploughing under fruit and nut trees and selling off cattle because of high feed prices and lack of water. In fact, no sector has a bigger role in deciding how we will manage through the existing water crisis than the food and agriculture sector. This $6 trillion industry uses a whopping 70 percent of freshwater resources worldwide. And yet, new research from Ceres suggests that the food industry is not meeting this challenge — and is fundamentally unprepared for a water stressed-world.
What are the missing pieces?
Our most recent edition of Ceres' Feeding Ourselves Thirsty benchmark analyzed and ranked 38 of the largest food and beverage companies across the globe on their water use and management practices. The results were not impressive. The food sector overall racked up an average score of just 45 points out of a total of 100, with the meat sector lagging significantly with a total of just 18 points.
Graph of the top and bottom performers on water in the food sector. Image courtesy of Ceres.
Granted, some companies have notched progress since our last benchmark report in 2019. One bellwether of a significant commitment to water is the role it plays in high-level decision making. Some 71 percent take water risks into consideration in planning major business activities and investments, up from 58 percent in 2019. And 53 percent of companies link executive compensation to water and sustainability performance goals, up from 33 percent in 2019.
However, the food industry is overlooking the area where it needs the most help: the fragile supply chain. The food industry is dependent on the ranchers and farmers who make up the supply chain, many of whom are in highly water-stressed areas and produce water-intensive products. But only 18 companies even assessed the vulnerabilities of their agricultural supply chains to water scarcity. Even fewer are focusing their support where it is most needed — only 12 companies are providing support to farmers growing essential ingredients in high-stressed water basins, and only nine implemented water reduction targets for their supply chain's key growing regions.
What are the stakes?
Failure to manage water where it matters most shows that there are still critical parts missing from stewardship practices of food companies. If this oversight is not corrected, more than our dinner plates will be affected. The financial fallout will affect all of us — with the higher cost of producing food under these conditions being passed on to consumers, forcing farmers and ranchers to make difficult decisions, and exposing investors to material risk.
Due to a drop in the water supply, a beer plant's water permit was denied. Now the plant is being dismantled.
Price volatility of ingredients, reduced access to inputs, loss of markets, legal actions for negative environmental impacts, and stranded assets are all real risks that investors take on when investing in the food sector.
For example — when beer maker Constellation Brands Inc. began construction on a $1.5 billion plant in Mexicali in 2016, it was expected to consume 20 million cubic meters of water annually from the Colorado River Basin. But due to a drop in the water supply, the plant's water permit was denied. Now the plant is being dismantled — costing the company an asset impairment of $680 million. Preparing for this type of fluctuation must become a routine consideration for investors, as the water crisis grows in intensity over the coming years.
What can be done about this?
Investors have considerable power to help turn things around. An $11.4 million global investor engagement launched in 2019 by Ceres and global investor network FAIRR urged the largest fast-food brands to reduce their supply chain greenhouse gas emissions and manage water use more sustainably. As a result, five out of the six companies publicly agreed to set emissions reduction targets, which should also lead to positive water outcomes through land use changes, and half have assessed the water risks in their supply chains.
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By leveraging the Feeding Ourselves Thirsty analysis and joining investor initiatives such as Ceres' Valuing Water Finance Initiative, investors can spur corporations to act on water-related risks and raise awareness about these risks in the capital markets.
The Ceres' Valuing Water Finance Task Force was convened to help address these concerns. An advisory council of major investment funds, financial institutions, and banks, the Valuing Water Finance Task Force helps make the case for corporations to mitigate water-related financial risks and encourage corporate leaders to implement sustainable water practices. In its next phase of work to be launched next year they will release a framework of specific steps based on scientific and academic research for corporations to take and galvanize investor engagement with companies around water risks,.
The key to change lies with this large tent of investors and the companies they own. Let's hope they take up the mantle — before it is too late.
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Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF), Senator Avinash Singh.
In what he described on social media yesterday (12/04/2018) as a "particularly disheartening" occurrence, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF), Senator Avinash Singh, extended a heartfelt, condolence message to the family and friends of Mr. Leon Bebe - a 19-year old Gasparillo farmer, who was killed on Tuesday of this week in Barataria. This he did on behalf of his own family and that of the management and staff of MALF.
Senator Singh, who revealed that he had spoken to a relative of the family, said it was his hope that the perpetrators of this heinous crime "will soon be brought to justice". He said in his Facebook post: "As a young entrepreneur, whose dedicated vocation as a hydroponic farmer served to champion our journey towards a more food secure nation, the untimely death of 19-year old, Leon Bebe, is particularly disheartening not only to me but to the fraternity of those who continue to labour selflessly at achieving this end."
The Parliamentary Secretary added that as a young person himself, he could only "imagine the extent of anguish that [Bebe's] passing will have on those closest to him having regard to the circumstances surrounding his departure and the presumed impact of his full potential which now, will forever be unknown because of the reckless decisions of another and / or others".
In his words of encouragement to the bereaved family, Senator Singh added: "May the comfort and guidance of God's unwavering love and protection continue to be your counsel in chief, during this time of grief."


Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a disorder of the nervous system. Patients with RLS have uncomfortable feelings in their legs. Patients say it feels like something is crawling under their skin and others describe it as pain, itching and pins and needles. These feelings only occur when patients are resting, mostly in the evenings and during sleep. When sleeping , leg twitching is common. These unpleasant feelings go away when people move their legs. Patients with RLS have a strong urge to keep moving their legs.
About 1 in 10 people have RLS and it mostly affects middle-aged people. It worsens with age and more women than men are afflicted with this condition.
Upon visiting your medical provider, diagnosis is based on 4 questions.
1. Do you have the urge to move your legs because of unpleasant feelings in them?
2. Does the urge to move increase if you are resting or sitting down?
3. Do the unpleasant feelings decrease or go away when you move your legs?
4. Are the unpleasant feelings and the urge to move worse in the evening and night?
RLS can be caused by genetics, which is called Primary RLS. If the RLS is related to another condition, it is called Secondary RLS. Some conditions that can cause RLS are kidney disease, low iron levels, anemia, high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. Your health care provider may order lab tests to check for these conditions. Medications can also be a cause of Secondary RLS. Medications taken for depression, colds, allergies, and nausea can worsen symptoms. RLS has also been linked to lack of exercise, caffeine, smoking, alcohol, and anxiety.
There is no cure for RLS, but there are 3 medications available to help ease the unpleasant feelings. Some medications that are used to treat seizures or Parkinson's disease have been found useful in treating RLS. It may take trial and error to see which one works best for you.
The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation (www.rls.org) provides lots of good information, including support groups.
Insomnia is a common problem that costs the US over $100 billion dollars annually in lost productivity and medical expenses. It increases the risk of automobile accidents. About 100,000 car accidents and 1500 deaths annually are attributed to drowsiness. Some experts believe that insomnia is as often to blame for car accidents as drunk driving!
People with insomnia have trouble falling or staying asleep. A lack of sleep can cause you to be drowsy and less productive during the day. Insomnia can affect your work, school, social life, and health. It can be a short term or a long-term problem and there are many different causes of insomnia. It may be situational, such as shift work, stress, daytime napping, or jet-lag. Medical conditions such as depression, anxiety, allergies, acid reflux, and pain can cause insomnia or make it worse.
Poor sleep habits also contribute to insomnia so it is best to figure out the cause(s) before starting treatment with medication. Keeping a sleep diary for 2 weeks may be helpful in identifying reasons for the sleeplessness by tracking things such as caffeine intake, alcohol consumption, daytime napping, and sleep times. Changing these behaviors and practicing good sleep habits may be all that is needed to help you sleep better. Some good sleep habits to practice are sticking to a regular sleep schedule - even on the weekends. Avoid exercise late in the evening and do something relaxing instead. Make your bedroom quiet and the temperature comfortable. If you do not fall asleep within 15 to 20 minutes, get up and go to another room, and return to bed when you feel drowsy. Avoid alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and Internet surfing near bedtime.
Medications can also cause insomnia. Drugs such as albuterol (used for asthma), Sudafed (pseudoephedrine) and phenylephrine, two common OTC (over-the-counter) decongestants, can be stimulating and should not be taken close to bedtime. Steroids such as prednisone, certain blood pressure medications and antidepressants can also be culprits. Ask your pharmacist if any of your medications may be causing your insomnia. He or she may suggest taking these medications at alternate times or changing them altogether.
What if good sleep habits don't help? Then speak to your pharmacist or health care provider about medication. Even if medicine is prescribed, you should still keep up good sleep habits. It is important not to self medicate for a long period of time with OTC drugs. Most non-prescription sleep aids contain antihistamines and/or melatonin, and can have side effects. Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone in the body and levels may be low in people with insomnia. Darkness stimulates melatonin production and light inhibits it. The immediate-release melatonin is for people who have difficulty falling asleep, where as, the long acting melatonin is useful for people having difficulty staying asleep.
There are a number of sleep products available without a prescription that contain antihistamines. Nyquil (doxylamine) is a popular example. The brand Unisom comes in different colored boxes and each has different ingredients. Depending on the packaging, it can contain either melatonin, diphenhydramine, or doxylamine, so read labels carefully. ZzzQuil is a new liquid formulation that contains diphenhydramine, the same ingredient found in Sominex and Bendaryl. Antihistamines have side effects such as dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, and cognitive impairment, especially in the elderly. Tylenol PM and Advil PM are antihistamine/ pain reliever combinations that may help patients that have pain which is a reason for their insomnia.
Rozerem, Sonata, and Lunesta. Trazodone and mirtazapine are antidepressants that are commonly used for sleep as well.
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Papal sound bites: soothing the soul?
By Matt C. Abbott
Pope Francis' style of speaking in edifying and sometimes humorous sound bites is definitely music to journalists' ears.
Given our media age of tweets, texts and tidbits, it's understandable.
What's frustrating to observe is the spin that often follows in the media. It's as if the Catholic faith has been reduced to whatever the pope's latest off-the-cuff remark happens to be.
But let's face it: That's just the way it is. It's not going to change anytime soon, whether it's Pope Francis or some future pope (assuming there's going to be a future pope, of course).
The media aren't particularly interested in quoting the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which does provide the authentic magisterial teachings. Yet even if they did, I wonder how many Catholics – or non-Catholics, for that matter – would give a darn? Probably a distinct minority.
Thus, when the dust settles from this latest papal encounter with the press, virtually everything will remain the same in the short run.
Anti-Catholic bigots will remain bigoted.
Catholic-friendly non-Catholics will remain non-Catholic, with many saying something to the effect of, "That Pope Francis sure seems like a nice and humble guy!"
Heterodox Catholics will continue to be heterodox.
Sedevacantists will continue to reject Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Mass, asserting that all post-Vatican II popes have been apostates and freemasons-in-disguise.
And orthodox Catholics will continue to hope and pray for the best, even throwing in a clean but corny joke or two (well, that's what I like to do, at least).
In the long run, it's hard to say what the effect of Pope Francis' pontificate will be. Perhaps he'll prove to be a holy genius who leads the Church into a new time of glory.
Then again, maybe not.
Maybe things will stay more or less the same.
Maybe things will get worse [shudder]. God only knows.
In the meantime, I'm very intrigued, even a bit perplexed, by the following allocution of Pope St. Pius X – one of the greatest popes in the history of the Church, no doubt – delivered in 1912, documented in the book The Pope, the Council, and the Mass, by James Likoudis and Kenneth D. Whitehead:
...[W]hen we love the pope, we do not dispute whether he commands or requires a thing, or seek to know where the strict obligation of obedience lies, or in what matter we must obey; when we love the pope we do not say that he has not yet spoken clearly – as if he were required to speak his will in every man's ear, and to utter it not only by word of mouth but in letters and public documents as well. Nor do we cast doubt on his orders, alleging the pretext which comes easily to the man who does not want to obey, that it is not the pope who is commanding, but someone in his entourage. We do not limit the field in which he can and ought to exercise his authority; we do not oppose to the pope's authority that of other persons – no matter how learned – who differ from the pope. For whatever may be their learning, they are not holy, for where there is holiness there cannot be disagreement with the pope.
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Counter-Attack
A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games". The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific objectives typically seek to regain lost ground or destroy the attacking enemy (this may take the form of an opposing sports team or military units).
A saying, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte illustrate the tactical importance of the counterattack : "the greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory". In the same spirit, in his Battle Studies, Ardant du Pic noticed that "he, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organised counter-attack of four men and a corporal".
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1941: Counter Attack is an arcade game in the "vertical scrolling shooter" genre made by Capcom in 1990. It was the second sequel to 1942, and the third game in the 19XX series. Later it was released on Capcom Classics Collection Remixed for the PSP and Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The goal is to shoot down enemy airplanes and collect weapon power-ups (POW). The game uses a vitality system instead of life system in which if the player is hit, it loses one point of vitality and the player is destroyed if hit with 0 vitality then the player is given the option to continue. Lightning attacks can be used by pressing the B button which sacrifices a portion of life energy. One is only able to perform three loops per level and a bonus is awarded at the end of the level for unused loops. Player 1 uses a P-38 Lightning and Player 2 uses a new plane: Mosquito Mk IV. The game shifts from the original Pacific Front setting with that of the Western Front, in the north Atlantic Ocean.
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Counter-Attack is a 1945 war film starring Paul Muni and Marguerite Chapman as two Russians trapped in a collapsed building with seven enemy German soldiers during World War II. It was adapted from the Broadway play Counterattack by Janet and Philip Stevenson, which was in turn based on the play Pobyeda by Mikhail Ruderman and Ilya Vershinin.
In 1942, both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union are gathering forces and supplies in one particular sector of the Eastern Front for a major attack. The Soviets are secretly constructing a bridge at night over a river. To avoid detection, it is being built underwater, just below the surface.
In an attempt to find out where the Germans plan to strike, Colonel Semenov (George Macready) has a small paratrooper unit dropped behind enemy lines to attack a divisional headquarters and hopefully take an officer prisoner for interrogation. The local partisans, led by the wily Kostyuk (Roman Bohnen), provide a guide, Lisa Elenko (Marguerite Chapman).
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By ELAINE WALKER The Miami Herald By ELAINE WALKER ewalker@MiamiHerald.com VooDoo BBQ & Grill is ready to bring a new style of Cajun-Creole barbecue to South Florida. The fast casual restaurant chain will open its first location next month in Pembroke Pines at the Pembroke Square Shopping Plaza at 151 N. Hiatus Road. A lease
is also signed for a Kendall location in the Palms at Town & Country shopping center scheduled for March 2013. The company has another deal in Delray Beach and is scouting for locations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Franchisee BBQ Boyz of Fort Lauderdale purchased the development rights for up to 26 VooDoo locations in Florida, south of the Panhandle. The deal was the largest in the restaurant chain's 10-year history, nearly doubling the company's existing or planned locations. BBQ Boyz Managing Partner Jack Flechner is a former attorney, who most recently sold several successful Five Guys franchises.
BBQ Boyz is partially funding its development with investors who are participating in the U.S. government's EB-5 Visa program, which allows foreigners to invest in a qualified project in order to receive green cards for them and their families.
New Orleans-based VooDoo BBQ & Grill, which started in 2002, also offers Cajun favorites like gumbo and PoBoy sandwiches, as well as traditional Louisiana side dishes like gris gris greens, rattlesnake beans, corn pudding and Zapp's potato chips. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/16/3053019/voodoo-bbq-grill-coming-to-pines.html#storylink=cpy


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By The Movie God | @ | May 15th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Things are starting to get rolling on Transformers 3, and as you all know, a lot of work must be done in order to make up for what we were given in the first sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
To helps fans start to get excited, some casting and talking has occurred this week, and both are worth peek and a read.
To start things off, The Wrap is reporting that fan-favorite Alan Tudyk has joined the cast of the third movie. It's not known who the Firefly, Dollhouse, and V star will be playing in the movie, but he's always a welcome addition to any movie being made. The actor joins fellow newcomers John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, and Ken Jeong Join who were cast in March, as well as Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey.
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John Malkovich, Frances McDormand & Ken Jeong Join 'Transformers 3'; Pre-Shoots Begin Next Month
By The Movie God | @ | March 22nd, 2010 at 7:54 pm
We haven't heard much in terms of Transformers 3 since Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hit theaters to a tidal wave of mass disappointment from fans. The third flick in the franchise has been in the news here and there, but with director Michael Bay looking to do something else and lots of drama reported between he and star Megan Fox, it sounded like it would be a long time before we saw it…if ever.
Apparently this is not the case at all. Bay has written a new post on his official blog, and he not only shares three big new names that have joined the cast, but when pre-production will get underway, where the movie will be filming, and even a new Autobot that we'll see. The interesting trio that have joined the cast are Burn After Reading co-stars John Malkovich and Frances McDormand, and they're joined by Ken Jeong.
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Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks have gone ahead and set July 1, 2011 as the possible release date for Transformers 3.
Though the thought of plans for a third movie already moving forward is pretty exciting, don't get too far ahead of yourselves and mark off those calendars. Insiders at Paramount have said that this is not official scheduling, but simply just planning ahead a little and obtaining the date. If Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen scores its expected mammoth numbers at the box office, and if a third movie is officially announced, they will look then at this date and solidify it if it's the best date. If it doesn't work, then they'll likely move it to another date — but don't count on this, as they absolutely love their 4th of July dates. If it's changed at all, it would probably be to 2012, and we all know what happens in 2012 unless John Cusack saves the day.
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Police K9 Barney – 3/25/2015
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Police K9 Ikon – March 24, 2003
On March 24, 2003, at approximately 10:30 pm, Officer Chip Higinbotham and his partner K-9 Ikon were involved in the pursuit of a wanted felon in the Silver Lake area.
The suspect, a 33-year-old Everett man, was stopped for a traffic violation. Officers discovered that the suspect was wanted for an outstanding felony warrant for a Violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, a narcotics violation. The suspect fled from officers on foot. A foot pursuit began from the 900 block of Peters Place. Ikon and Officer Higinbotham tracked the suspect on a circuitous route through the Silver Lake Neighborhood to Interstate 5 near 112th Street, closing the distance on the suspect. Officer Higinbotham released Ikon to track through some thick underbrush. The suspect fled across Interstate 5, with Ikon tracking him. Ikon caught up to and contacted the suspect. A witness observed the suspect fighting with Ikon on I-5. A passing motorist struck the K-9, who was gravely injured, and the suspect escaped on foot. The motorist did not stop after the accident. Officers transported Ikon to a veterinary clinic where he died from his injuries at around midnight.
On the morning of March 25th officers continued the search for the suspect and located him at a residence in the 900 block of Peters Place. The suspect had K-9 contact injuries on him. The suspect was booked into the County Jail for the Arrest Warrant.
Ikon served the Everett Police Department for 5 years and was a deeply loved member of the Everett Police department. He was an 8-year-old German Shepherd police dog that had been obtained by the department through the Vancouver Police Department in Vancouver Canada. Ikon, like all Everett Police K-9s, served with great distinction and courage throughout his career with the department. Ikon was an integral part of Officer Higinbotham's family throughout his career, living at the home of the officer during off duty hours. Officer Higinbotham and Ikon were committed to community involvement providing demonstrations for a large number of community groups over his career. Ikon will be greatly missed by our community.
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Police K9 Ferro – 12/13/2001
Ferro was accidentally killed after being struck by a police car. Ferro was sent by his handler on a direct apprehension of a suspect running across five lane highway. Another responding officer accidentally struck Ferro while driving into the scene to assist. Ferro worked as a member of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office for almost four years.
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Officer Mike Davis
Police K9 Buddy – 7/30/2001
K-9 Buddy, a Bremerton Police dog on the force just three months, was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a suspect at Lions Playfield in East Bremerton early Monday morning.
Buddy's handler, Officer Mike Davis, returned fire and critically wounded the man.
Responding to a report of gunshots in the park about 1:45 a.m., Bremerton Police officers saw two men hiding in the bushes near the boat launch at the north end of the park, according to Bremerton Police Detective Wendy Davis. The two men ran, and Officer Mike Davis with Buddy tried to arrest them near the playground.
One of the men shot Buddy in the head and then fired at least one shot toward Davis. Davis returned fire, hitting the man in the abdomen. The suspect was listed in critical condition at Harrison Memorial Hospital. The second suspect was arrested after a Kitsap County canine unit tracked him to an apartment about two blocks away.
Within a few hours, notes and calls of sympathy were pouring into Bremerton city hall. One unidentified woman dropped off a half-dozen red roses at the scene of the shooting with this note: "So sorry for the loss of K-9 Buddy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his handlers and his family." Officer Matt Smalley, who accepted the flowers, said people can relate to losing an animal they feel close to.
"The public really understands about these dogs," he said. "It's hard when your pet dies. When it's not only your pet, but your partner it makes it a loss worse."
Wendy Davis said the two suspects were known to police. The semi-automatic pistol used to shoot the dog has been traced to a burglary in Port Orchard.
Seattle Police Department
Officer Mike Lewis
K-9 Shierkhan – 8/29/2000
hierkhan, a German shepherd who was a working member of the Seattle Police Department, was killed – hit by a car – in the line of duty. Shierkhan's was a respected, yet short, career. In almost three years, the dog was involved in more than 80 drug arrests.
"His life has been in danger before," said Pam McCammon, spokeswoman for the department.
At about 9 p.m. Friday, Lewis and Shierkhan were called to 10th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street, underneath Interstate 5, to track two carjacking suspects.
Shierkhan found the victim's purse, caught the scent, and began to track the suspects. Lewis had ordered a section of road closed to traffic for the search.
It's not clear why there were still cars on the road, but the dog was struck. Lewis stood only a few feet away.
He held the dog in his arms while another officer drove them to the veterinarian's office, where "people in the lobby were crying for him," said Sgt. Carol Minakami, the canine unit's supervisor.
Lewis and Shierkhan were "the leading force" in the canine unit, Minakami said. They loved to do demonstrations at grade schools, nursing homes and charity auctions.
"It's amazing what they do," Minakami said of the dogs. "It's dark and you go through back yards and over fences and through creeks and blackberries and up hills.
"But Shierkhan loved finding bad guys. And he died doing it."
Spokane Police Department
Officer Tom Stanton
K-9 Blesk – 2/13/2000
On February 13th, 2000, Blesk, a Spokane Police Department patrol dog, was accidentally shot and killed during a SWAT raid. Blesk's handler was PFC Tom Stanton.
Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
Officer Jim Gibson
K-9 Recon- 3/17/1998
LYNNWOOD – Moments after capturing an alleged drug dealer who tried to flee authorities Tuesday night, a Snohomish County sheriff's K-9 dog wandered into freeway traffic and was struck and killed. Now deputies are trying to determine if the suspect they arrested hurt the 3-year-old German shepherd named Recon, causing the dog to become confused.
The incident happened between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. on I-5 near 44th Street in Lynnwood.Recon and his handler, sheriff's deputy Jim Gibson, were assisting the Snohomish Regional Narcotics Task Force in a drug bust at a nearby park-and-ride lot when the suspect broke loose.
The suspect, an Alaska man, ran off, climbed a 7-foot fence and crossed six lanes of freeway traffic, before the dog was able to catch and stop him.Gibson, arrived a short time later and called the 3-year-old dog away from the man.
"(Recon) just looked like he was dazed… like I've never seen him before," Gibson said, adding he thinks his partner may have been choked before roaming into traffic.
"It's like losing a son," Gibson said of the dog, who had lived with his family for more than a year. It's also like losing a deputy, Sheriff Rick Bart said. "In every way I considered Recon one of my deputies. I will aggressively look for a charge against this man, if he assaulted my deputy."
It is a felony to assault a law enforcement officer – that includes a police dog.
The woman driver who struck Recon is very upset too, Bart said. She was driving at normal freeway speeds, but there was nothing she could have done to avoid the accident, he said, adding he's glad she wasn't injured.
The suspect was treated at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds for minor dog bite wounds and booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of delivery of a controlled substance and several outstanding warrants, said sheriff's Lt. Dan Howard.
Authorities confiscated approximately 1 kilo of cocaine. The suspect allegedly flew in from Alaska to make the delivery at the park-and-ride lot, where he was met by authorities, Howard said.
Mount Vernan Police Department
Officer Tom Wenzl
K-9 Bolo – 10/21/1991
K9 Bolo was just seven months into his career after having passed acreditation. We got dispatched to a robbery of a McDonalds that had just occurred, and found the suspect vehicle in front of us. A pursuit of approximately one mile ensued, and the driver went into a cul-de-sac. As the suspect vehicle tried to escape, an unmarked car blocked his escape route, causing a collision.
The driver suffered a broken leg, and the other two suspects fled. Bo took chase and was less than 40 yards behind them as they went into the woods. Seconds later, a single gun shot rang out. Skagit County Deputy Keith Brown and K9 Eso were arriving, as one suspect exited the other side of the woods directly in front of him. Eso apprehended the suspect, and then joined in the search for Bolo. Eso located Bolo 50 yards into the woods. During the evacuation of Bolo, Eso dissappeared twice and had to be recalled.
Eso had made contact with the second suspect twice, which was learned later during interviews. K9 Bolo received a single gun shut wound through his shoulder, nicking the spine, leaving him partially paralized. He underwent surgery and rehab. He returned to work 5 months later, but was retired after failing agility testing.
Bolo was awarded the Washington State Police Canine Association Medal of Valor, MVPD Distinguised Service Award, and the National Service Dog Award at the AKC German Shepherd Nationals in Perry Georgia. Bolo lived out his retirement continuing to make appearances at schools and talks about Police K9's. His physical problems finally caught up with in in January of 2000. He was 11 years old.
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Officer Tom Mitchum
K-9 Lucky – 5/1990
In May of 1990 Deputy Tom Mitchum and K9 Lucky responded to a shots fired call. A suspect had fled from a stolen vehicle and subsequently fired at pursuing officers. K9 Lucky was put on the track and tracked through the bush. As Lucky indicated they were getting close to the suspect he entered a heavy bush area and got out of sight of the handler.
Moments later Deputy Mitchum and his backup officer heard a large caliber gunshot from the ridge above them. The officer felt that his dog was down and injured, if not killed. Darkness was nearing and more units closed in on the area. A plainclothes member doing containment reported via radio that he was holding a suspect at gunpoint.
The suspect was in possession of a .357 magnum revolver and a .22 caliber semi-auto handgun. The man admitted to shooting a dog and gave directions where the dog could be located. Deputy Mitchum and assisting officers went back to the scene and found Lucky dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Autopsy reports indicate that K9 Lucky was in full charge when shot by the gunman.
Lucky was in service since 1987, credited in 1988 with 46 felony and 97 misdemeanor arrests. In 1989 he had 112 felony and 99 misdemeanor arrests. Prior to his death in 1990 he was responsible for 20 felony and 41 misdemeanor arrests.
Bellingham PD
Officer Dave Doll
K-9 Zeke – 10/1989
Bellingham Police Officer Dave Doll and K9 Zeke began working as K-9 partners in 1989. They had been working only a few months when an incident occurred that would forever change the two of them. In October of 1989, Zeke and David responded to a man with a gun call in the downtown area. During the incident, Zeke was shot by the suspect and seriously injured. He went on to recover and went back to work before he received a well deserved early retirement in 1990. Zeke received the Medal of Valor for his actions that night. He is the only police dog in the history of the Bellingham Police Department to receive this honor. Without a doubt, Zeke's actions that night kept other officers from injury. Zeke passed away in March of 2000.
Officer John Yuhasz
K-9 Zeke – 7/31/1989
K-9 Zeke, a 121 pound black German Shepard with the Tacoma K-9 Unit, died 19 hours after successfully tracking Troy Douglas Johnson, a domestic violence suspect. A Sergeant at the scene reported that once Zeke appeared to have caught Johnson, the dog began to yelp, limped into a street, and lay down bleeding. Yuhasz went to the aid of the dog which had a deep puncture wound to it's shoulder.
Two officers eventually apprehended Johnson, but first he threatened the officers by waving a knife toward them when they got close. When he refused to drop the weapon, officers there with night sticks struck him several times in the arms and legs. The blows had no apparent affect, and one of the officers then struck Johnson once in the head with a baton and he dropped the knife.
At the hospital where he was being examined, the defendant continued being uncooperative, attempting to spit on the officers and explicitly threatening on several occasions to kill the hospital staff and officers who where at the scene. "One of the real ironies in this area of police work is that the animal itself becomes a much closer partner than a human partner does," said Sgt. Richard Geyer of Tacoma's K-9 unit. "The animal becomes so much a part of the family, it's considered basically like a child."
In 1986, Zeke hadn't even been on the force for a year when Yuhasz was struggling with an assault suspect near the edge of a cliff. The suspect was trying to push Yuhasz over the edge, but Zeke knocked the suspect to the ground to save Yuhasz.
When he appeared in court Tuesday, Johnson arm and face where badly scratched and his head was stitched above his hairline.
Officer Randy Gehrke
K-9 Zach – 7/6/1988
On July 6, 1988, at 1900 hours, police units from King County's Southwest Precinct (Sea-Tac area) were dispatched to a forgery investigation at the Marriott Hotel located near the Sea-Tac Airport. As officers arrived, the suspect saw them and fled on foot to a waiting vehicle with a seventeen year old female inside. The suspect took off at high speed in a stolen BMW and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit lasted five minutes and ended when the suspect mistakenly took a wrong turn into the parking lot of a Washington State Patrol office.
He and the female fled on foot. Troopers saw the female hand a small black object to the male suspect, later discovered to be a .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol. The female was caught by one of the troopers and another trooper chased the male suspect into a very heavily wooded and brushy ravine where he lost sight of the suspect.
A tight perimeter was set and a K-9 unit was requested. Dpty. R. Gehrke and Police Dog Zach responded to the scene with a 20 minute response time. The police dispatcher broadcast that the suspect was probably armed although no weapon was seen.
Ofcr. Gehrke made contact with Sgt. T. Oswald, the last person to see where the suspect went over a fence into the woods. Both Ofcr. Gehrke and Sgt. Oswald went on the track after Zach was put over the eight foot cyclone fence. Before Zach was put over the fence, he was air scenting so the officers knew the suspect was fairly close. Once over the fence, he immediately picked up a track along the fence line for about fifty yards, then tracked down into a very thick blackberry ravine where he engaged the suspect.
At this point, Zach was tracking off line and could not be seen, but there was movement in the dense brush about thirty feet ahead of the officers. Five shots were heard in rapid succession fired by the suspect, with Zach making a muffled yelp on the third round fired. Ofcr. Gehrke and Sgt. Oswald were only twenty feet from the scene and took cover by diving into the brush behind a large tree.
Gehrke tried to recall Zach once but he did not respond. Since they were only twenty-five feet away from the suspect, only one recall was voiced to prevent giving away their location. Realizing his dog was likey shot, Gehrke requested three additional K-9 teams to respond. He wanted two handlers with a fresh dog to run with him and he wanted one team to prepare as a transport vehicle to take K-9 Zach to Greenlake clinic.
K-9 Officers Bell and Klason arrived with Police Service Dog Magnum fifteen minutes later. Gehrke took them to where he had last seen Zach and K-9 Magnum immediately began to air scent. He located the suspect lying down just ten feet on the other side of a brush pile. K-9 Zach was laying next to the suspect and both the dog and the suspect had obvious head wounds.
Zach was carried out by Oswald and Gehrke to other K-9 officers and CPR was immediately initiated. Instructions were given over the radio by Department veterinarian Dr. Canfield to a Medic Unit that arrived to assist. They were trying to stabilize Zach for transport to Greenlake Animal Hospital, however there was no heartbeat or respiration.
At the hospital Dr. Canfield performed necessary measures but pronounced Zach dead on arrival. Zach was shot four times in the head with two bullets entering through his mouth. Dr. Canfield stated that any one of the head wounds would have been instantly fatal.
The suspect was taken to Harborview where he died a short time later of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head.
Zach was awarded with King County's Valor and Blue Star Awards for unselfishly giving his life in the line of duty for his fellow officers. He was born on December 9, 1982 and was sired by King County Police Dog Jake. Jake was shot by a bank robber, once in the chest and once in the head with a .357 magnum, but survived his wounds to go on and live peaceably in retirement after 6 years of service.
Lewis County Sheriff's Office
Officer John McCroskey
K-9 Ward – 10/15/1985
On October 15, 1985 at about 0046 hours, while on the track of a suspect fleeing from a burglary of a local high school, K9 Ward died as a result of a single stab wound to the chest. An 18 year old white male suspect was apprehended one hour later in the area armed with a handgun and a knife. Ward, handled by Deputy John McCroskey, was a five year old German Shepherd. He had been with the Sheriff's office for about ten months and in that time was involved in thirty-five to forty felony arrests.
Officer Bruce Jackson
K-9 Ryker – 12/26/1982
Police Dog Ryker, a 6-year old German Shepherd, was struck by a vehicle at 40th and Portland Avenue at approximately 7:30 p.m. the evening of December 26, 1982. He died 40 minutes later at a local veterinary hospital from the injuries he sustained. Ryker and his handler, Det. Bruce Jackson, were responding to the robbery of the Dairy Dell at 4010 Portland Avenue which occurred at 7:20 p.m.
The suspect was an armed Indian male. Ryker obtained a good scent and was tracking the suspect when he was struck by a car at the intersection of 40th and Portland Avenue. The driver of the car, who was not cited, said he did not see him.
Ryker was commissioned on April 23, 1982 and assigned to the K-9 Unit of the Patrol Division with his handler, Det. Bruce Jackson. Ryker was Tacoma Police Department's first police dog. Ryker and his handler were credited with more than 50 felony apprehensions and an additional 30 misdemeanor arrests in his short tenure with the department.
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For example in pseudocode:
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This will set gender to Person.gender if the Person object has such an attribute, and to "" otherwise.

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Afghanistan's Karzai backs clerics' demand for media crackdown
The decision by Karzai may alarm some of Afghanistan's international backers, who have invested heavily in promoting liberal values. (Reuters)
Reuters, Kabul Wednesday 24 April 2013
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed with a call from the country's conservative religious council for a crackdown on television stations, calling some of their programs "immoral and un-Islamic," officials said on Tuesday.
The decision by Karzai may alarm some of Afghanistan's international backers, who have invested heavily through 12 year of war in promoting liberal values and freedom of expression in Afghanistan's deeply conservative society.
The decision could also imperil advances in the country's media industry, which has enjoyed significant progress since the ouster of the austere Taliban regime 12 years ago.
Karzai issued a decree setting out the crackdown.
"The Ministry of Information and Culture must prevent (television channels) from broadcasting programs which are vulgar, obscene and un-Islamic and are counter to social morality," Karzai said in a statement issued by the Council of Ministers.
Neither Karzai nor the Council of Ministers specified in the statement what was meant by vulgar, obscene or immoral programs.
However, Jalal Noorani, an adviser to the minister of culture and Information, told Reuters immoral programs included Indian television soap operas and Afghan music videos featuring "half-naked" dancing girls.
Afghanistan's Ulema council met Karzai on Friday and demanded the government take action against some television broadcasters, accusing them of promoting prostitution, the Council of Ministers said in the statement.
The Ulema council is an influential group of scholars and religious leaders who debate religious matters and exert significant political influence.
Mollifying the Taliban?
Karzai provoked international outrage last year when he backed recommendations from clerics to segregate the sexes in the workplace.
Another recommendation allowed husbands to beat wives under certain circumstances, a decree which some saw as reminiscent of Taliban regime.
More than 50 private television stations, 150 radiobroadcasters and about 1,000 newspapers have emerged in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001,according to Noorani.
Some of the stations broadcast Indian soap operas, dancing and songs which have drawn harsh criticism from conservative clerics and some politicians.
"There are many TV stations that turn to vulgarisms and broadcast immoral programs, which are counter to national interests and Islamic values," the Council of Ministers cited the clerics as telling Karzai.
Karzai's critics say such directives are aimed at mollifying the Taliban, who banned television during their five-year rule, and luring them to the bargaining table.
Afghan and U.S. officials have been seeking negotiations with the insurgents in the hope of ensuring stability after most foreign combat troops leave at the end of next year, though the talks are widely believed to have stalled.
Noorani said broadcasters who failed to abide by the rules could have their licenses cancelled.
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Beck beat Beyonce out for Album of the Year. Kanye rushed the stage. Beck invited Kanye back to the stage. Kanye recommended Beck give the Grammy to Beyonce (implying Beck was somehow not, despite his writing all of his own music and playing a gazillion instruments for it, a real artist). Beck expressed incredulity at beating Beyonce. Beck said everybody (read Kanye) is entitled to an opinion about his artistic talent, adding Kanye deserved a Grammy for his great work and that he aspires to be as good as him.
There, that's all you really need to know. Now on to why Beck should be the spokesperson for your brand.
A spokesperson needs to represent the best of what your brand is or can be. In the course of doing business tricky, thorny and emotionally charged issues will confront brands and the brand spokesperson needs to handle them with the aplomb and humility of, well, Beck! A spokesperson should be part Zen master and part ring master in his or her ability to stay calm and articulate, see the big picture, coordinate chaos, all the while making sure the public comes away better for the experience.
Let's break down Beck as spokesperson, shall we?
Best of a brand: nobody who has followed Beck over the last 20 years can argue that he doesn't represent the best of the best in the music industry. He's wildly creative, single-minded in his dedication to his art form, and even achieved a degree of commercial success that many mainstream bands crave – and he's been far, far away from going mainstream in his career. His ability to play 16 or so instruments is the stuff of legend. Nobody doubts his song writing chops. Now, with Best Album Grammy firmly in hand, he's represents the best of the best.
Zen master: Beck is probably a distant relative of the Buddha in a prior life or something because that dude totally stayed in the present, letting Hurricane Kanye wash over him like a sandy island in the Caribbean. He's bounced and weaved – butterfly and bee stuff – to Kanye's George Foreman. Yet throughout the glitz, glam and stress of the moment, he remained seemingly calm and collected.
Humility: a brand, however great, should never succumb to hubris. Nobody is immune to backlash. Beck handled Kanye's stage antics and ludicrous affront to his artistry with so much humility that even Pope Frances was taking notes. Instead of getting angry that Kanye questioned his artistry, Beck turned the tables and actually complimented Kanye by saying he deserved Grammys for his incredible body of work over the last five years. Beck actually said he still loves Kanye and aspires to be like him – and nobody for a second doubts this. Why? Because he means it!
Articulate under pressure: this kind of relates to being a Zen master, but staying articulate under pressure is very different from remaining calm. Beck was deeply nuanced in the perception (both his and the world's) of his unexpected win. He acknowledged its unlikelihood and his own belief that Beyonce, superstar and artist that she is, was the odds on favorite. He also deflected Kanye's emotionally charged remarks in a moment of grace that bordered on brilliant, bringing to mind a Mom picking up an angry toddler and hugging away the hurt and fleeting fury. By saying Kanye deserved to be on the stage, Grammy in hand, he addressed what's undoubtedly a personal animus Kanye must feel at being nominated for but never winning the best Album of the Year award (or maybe that's just my opinion). Either way, like any spokesperson, Beck absorbed the emotions and didn't react negatively to stoke them even more, rather he gave out compliments and sucked the poison right out of the moment.
Humor: this could also be part of humility but it's a different mindset. Not that a spokesperson crack jokes in the midst of a crisis involving, say, a jet crash or gas line explosion. But humor is as much an ingredient of great brand positioning as any quality out there, in part because it puts people at ease in what are sometimes awkward or painful situations. Beck's humor was quirky and organic to his personality so there were no forced funny moments to betray any suppressed anger toward Kanye or lack of sympathy to Beyonce's disappointment.
What more can I say? Got a brand in need of an expert spokesperson to handle the battering, take-no-prisoner world of commerce? Look no further than Beck.
Plus, I hear he writes a mean commercial jingle!


Nick thought about UCF for about as long as it took him to answer someone else question. UCF is no where near living in Nick's head. It's not like he went out on his own and said something.
He should have done this, but i'm wondering if it was one of Nick's "hidden" messages to his players. Honestly the whole response just seems like one of his Sabanisms.
Danny has used this to his advantage. UCF has sold about 90+ % of all the seats set aside for season tickets. Graduation rates remain high.His "hires" have produced. As a result, university leaders have signed White to a new five-year rolling contract which will see his annual compensation increase from $630,000 to $1,030,000.
No, it's not, assuming Wii = quit. You're confusing him with Petrino who quit the Falcons after his 13th game with them. Saban quit after his 2nd season with Miami ......... jury's still out but looks like it might have been a good career move for him.
I stand corrected B3. Saban was the coach who looked into the camera and said he was not going to Alabama.
Yes, Wii = quit. My mistake, not sure how that typo happened.
Yeah, forgot about that gem from NS the day before leaving for Bama. Do think that Petrino was the bigger ****head in those two scenarios ..... and also have no clue where Wii came from, although q and w are side by side.
Didn't he have a famous quote that fits this situation exactly?
So 1 out of 2 fits this situation.
I don't know, there's a lot people in Orlando calling themselves national champions. Seems pretty gullible to me.
Edit: I took it as fitting the UCF national championship situation, specifically speaking about Nick Saban talking about them, then yes only the one.


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Home » Latin America and the Caribbean » Honduras eliminates Chagas vector
Honduras eliminates Chagas vector
Health officials in Honduras received a certificate this week for the elimination of the vector that transmits Chagas disease, the Rhodnius prolixus bug, according to a health ministry report (computer translated).
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In view of this important event, the health authorities stated that "today we can announce that the Rhodnius prolixus bug in Honduras, a dangerous vector of Chagas disease, has ceased to be so."
The Initiative of the Countries of Central America and Mexico (IPCAM), since its inception, established the control / elimination of R.prolixus as a strategic and operational priority, concentrating the countries and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), its attention in control the domiciliary colonization of this species of special danger for the people exposed to its presence.
"Today we humbly receive this certificate, but we are proud to know that we have been able to achieve something very important for the country, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, this effort developed by community surveillance personnel, health of each and every one of the Health Establishments and of notable researchers such as the Ponce Husbands, among others and that today give this positive result for Honduras ".
In order to achieve this success, the articulation of efforts with the International Technical Cooperation PAHO / WHO, JICA and CIDA Canada, together with other agencies such as IDRC, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), World Vision and the integration of the community and Local governments so that today this achievement becomes a reality.
In 1990, the National Program for the Control and Prevention of Chagas 'Disease, under the Division of Vector-Transmitted Diseases and in coordination with the Central Reference Laboratory for Chagas' disease, was created in the Ministry of Health of Honduras.
The functions of this program consisted of carrying out in areas of high endemicity, control experiences accompanied by operational research, clinical studies to characterize the disease, epidemiological surveillance, education interventions and promotion of housing improvement.
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