Height differences between MCS parents suggest women may prefer their men to be taller than them – but not too much taller – according to a new study from Groningen University.
Researchers at Groningen University in the Netherlands analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), which follows almost 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000-01. They found that among the parents of the MCS children, the man was taller than the woman in more than 9 out of 10 heterosexual couples. The average height difference between men and women was approximately 14 cm.
Couples where the man was much taller than the woman (over 25 cm) were rarer than expected, suggesting that women don't like their partners to be too much taller than them.
However both men and women's preferences depended on their own height. Taller women and shorter men were more likely to be in relationships when the man was only slightly shorter. In contrast, shorter women and taller men were more often in relationships when the height difference was relatively large.
A previous study of British and American couples in 1980 found that only one in 720 women were taller than their partners. Even though men are on average taller than women, the odds should be higher, suggesting height preference is an important factor when people choose a partner.
'Are human mating preferences with respect to height reflected in actual pairings?' by Gert Stulp, Abraham P. Buunk, Thomas V. Pollet, Daniel Nettle and Simon Verhulst was published in the journal Public Library of Science One in January 2013.


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Cianna Medical: A Better Way to Scout out Breast Tumors before Surgery?
When physicians cut into a breast to draw a biopsy or excise a lump, it's a bit of a guessing game of what's where. The standard of presurgical tumor scouting, called wire localization, is a pretty decent – if dated – technique. SoCal device company Cianna Medical has built a way to one-up it, with a system meant to improve the acuity of tumor location and reduce the incidence of repeated surgeries.
Cianna's new device, called the SAVI Scout surgical guidance system, got FDA clearance in December, and Cianna plans to bring this to market in the second quarter of 2015, CEO Jill Anderson said.
Wire localization allows docs to guide a wire, during mammography, that points to the abnormal tissue. Patients then head straight from radiology to surgery. But since the wire just serves as an arrow, the margins of affected tissue are difficult to gauge under the knife. This, about a quarter of the time, means repeated surgeries.
"The standard technology now is pretty inadequate, but surgeons have been dealing with it for 20 years," Anderson said. "It's a universally understood problem."
Th SAVI Scout, on the other hand, uses electromagnetic waves to detect a reflector, inserted in the target tissue up to a week before the surgery. Here's how Cianna says it works:
During the procedure, the surgeon then uses the SAVI Scout handpiece, which emits infrared light and electromagnetic waves, to locate the reflector and plan the incision. The surgeon then removes the reflector and the target tissue.
Here's what's key: A handpiece can be used with retractors so, as the dissection proceeds, we receive immediate, real-time guidance for the lumpectomy, Pat Whitworth of the Nashville Breast Center said of the device. He added that the device eliminates the need to stop for intraoperative ultrasound; imaging only has to occur before and after the resection.
A 24-patient pilot study of the device has thus far showed "100 percent success" in tumor excision; it's ongoing at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and the Nashville Breast Center.
It'll be interesting, of course, to see how reimbursement for such a device works out. While Anderson says it unequivocally adds to standard of care, payors still seem to favor the pretty good over best-in-class treatment methods.
Cianna Medical was founded in 2007, but the team actually began to work together in 2001 at a different company – BioLucent – which developed breast cushions to make mammography more comfortable and accurate. After BioLucent was bought out by Hologic for $70 million up front (and then some), staffers pivoted and formed Cianna, to develop SAVI brachytherapy.
This tech provides localized radiation dosing for breast cancers, shaving toxicity considerably – and treatment time down from several weeks to just one, Anderson said. (It should be noted that some studies have found that brachytherapy may actually have worse clinical outcomes than whole-breast radiation in older women. Cianna also put out a study on its relative long term efficacy.) In any case, it's been used in more than 20,000 breast cancer patients since its approval.

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Baladna, MME, CMC meet to resolve residents' complaint
September 22 2021 11:32 PM
The meeting in session.
The departments concerned at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment's (MME) Environment Affairs Sector met Wednesday with officials of Baladna Food Industries Company in the presence of the project consultant, and the Central Municipal Council (CMC) members for Al Khor and Al Thakhira in response to the complaints of Al Khor area residents about the unpleasant odours from Baladna Farm.
CMC members Abdulla Maqlad al-Muraikhi and Ali Mohamed al-Mohannadi reviewed a presentation by Baladna on the measures and procedures taken by the company to resolve the issue in the short, medium and long terms, it was explained in a statement from the MME. The company further affirmed that it has taken several steps and maintained co-ordination with the technical specialists to determine the sources of the bad odours and reduce them accordingly.
The company also pointed out that a comprehensive and detailed study is being prepared to determine the causes of these odours and suggest the best technical solutions, assess and evaluate them and test the measures already taken to confirm their effectiveness. This is to arrive at the best possible ways to avoid any repetition of the problem, including a number of options such as modifying the design and using modern technology.
The CMC members asked Baladna to exert more efforts to expedite the resolution of this issue, in addition to maintaining direct communication with the members of the local community at Al Khor area and the representatives to explain to them the measures taken by the company in this regard. The Environmental Affairs Sector of the MME regularly follows up the issue through regular meetings with Baladna and the inspection teams that conduct routine and surprise visits to the project to arrive at effective solutions for the issue. It also responds to the related complaints and take all the necessary procedures to address them and review the reports and studies in this regard to correct the situation.
Prime Minister meets Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia
QC sends urgent relief convoy to Arsal Camps on Syrian-Lebanese Border
Amir attends Police College graduation
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Police College to celebrate fourth batch graduation Thursday
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Qatar Open Golf Championship from today


One of the perks of being my in real life friend is getting unsolicited Photoshop mood boards. My friend Phoebe, her husband and adorable daughter just bought a new house and we cannot wait to transform it from ordinary new-ish construction to homey and unique through lunch hour shopping trips and after work paint parties.
I think the bed will have a huge presence in the room and set the tone for the space, so I opted not to look for a patterned duvet and think that we'd bring pattern into the room with pillows and a rug. The paint is a soothing blue from the West Elm collection, since Phoebe's husband doesn't want a girly space.
I love that Dwell Studio pillow!!
i love how it turned out! that bed is quite fabulous.
Love it! You're going to make me cry when I go to my bedroom later today.
Cute! I'm obsessed with all of Z Gallerie's beds!
Good work-- I know that I will have a tough time decorating my future master bedroom in a way that will please the future (and at this point nonexistent) hubby, hehe!


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, também escrito como 1998 HO151, é um objeto transnetuniano (TNO) que está localizado no cinturão de Kuiper, uma região do Sistema Solar. Este corpo celeste é classificado como um cubewano. Ele possui uma magnitude absoluta (H) de 8,2 e, tem um diâmetro estimado com cerca de 101 km, por isso é pouco provável que possa ser classificado como um planeta anão, devido ao seu tamanho relativamente pequeno.

Descoberta
 foi descoberto no dia 22 de abril de 1998 pelos astrônomos R. Wainscoat, J. Kormendy, D. C. Jewitt e J. X. Luu.

Órbita
A órbita de  tem uma excentricidade de 0.091 e possui um semieixo maior de 41.383 UA. O seu periélio leva o mesmo a uma distância de 37.606 UA em relação ao Sol e seu afélio a 45.160.

Cubewanos
Objetos do cinturão de Kuiper
Objetos transnetunianos
Objetos astronômicos descobertos em 1998

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This Powdery Mildew inspired the whole series.
This Paracitic fungus releases it's spores by bursting open.
Both powdery mildew and apple scabs are cleistothecia which are closed, globose ascocarps.
Their ascospores are released only by their rupture or decay.


As our company grew, Merritt coordinated a seamless transition from a small warehouse to a sophisticated production facility. This flexibility allowed us to serve our clients better and continue our growth. Thank you, Merritt!


ANDOVER is located in ANOKA county, Minnesota at latitude 45.257498 and longitude -93.331345 with an elevation of 891 feet. The population of ANDOVER is 29,745 as of the year 2005 with a population growth of 11.87% from the year 2000 through 2005. The most common zip code of ANDOVER is 55304.


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Q: How to share a wireless subscription with two laptops without paying two subscriptions I have one vista laptop and one XP laptop and I only have access to a wireless ISP with which I have one account.
Here's what I have done:
On the Vista I enabled Internet sharing on the wireless adapter
I then gave the LAN adapter a static IP and bridged the two connections
The LAN from the Vista was plugged into the WAN port of a wireless router
The XP workstation connects to the wireless router, no problem up to now
Here is the problem, the Vista pc connects to the ISP without issue and the XP connects to the router without issue. But on the XP laptop, when I open a web browser I get the ISP's home page asking for a username and password. I can't log in with the same ID as the vista so I can't get anywhere.
I would like both laptops to connect without paying for two subscriptions. My ISP is TengoInternet
Any help would be appreciated.

A: You need to set up a proxy on the vista laptop, not a bridge.
I am not a windows user so I won't be able to suggest the prefered proxy server for this platform. However privoxy, squid and polipo are all ported to windows.
You might want to have a look to this Superuser question for more information.

A: Have you tried using Internet Connection Sharing builtin to the Vista machine?
So you'd have your vista machine connecting to the ISP, and both XP and Vista connect to the wifi router. If you're using a wired connection plug into the LAN ports, disable DHCP on the access point/router (so it is just a dumb device giving you a communication channel for the two machines)

A: I have successfully used Jana server to share a single network connection. This not only has proxy capability but also has a HTTP(S), FTP, and DNS server.

The JanaServer 2 is amongst other
  things a proxy server, that makes it
  possible for LAN members, everyone or
  a group as a part of the LAN, to
  access the internet via a Modem, ISDN
  or DSL connection. For this the
  program must be installed on the
  computer, that can access the internet
  by an installed modem, ISDN or a DSL
  adapter. No additional program on the
  other LAN computers is necessary.

A: You might have a look at 2hotspot :
From 2hotspot  :

A powerful software that enables the
  instant creation of wireless hotspots
  using your wireless router or WIFI
  card. With this free software you can,
  run your own free or commercial
  wireless hotspot network; Create local
  wireless communities where bulletin
  board, chat, and forums available
  locally with or without Internet
  service; Share your broadband service,
  split your ISP bill, control shared
  bandwidth; Used by individuals &
  corporations.

A: Try Wingate
Setup a server on the pc logged into the wireless connection and create a client on the other laptop. Comes with a 30day trial

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UNT's new Coach
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some background
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2022/12 ... head-coach
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Read they hired some local guy for director of recruiting, some hotshot connected with all the high schools in Texas.
A good UNT like a good FAU would go a long way for the league.
Mean Greens football indoor facility
https://meangreensports.com/facilities/ ... acility/31
https://meangreensports.com/facilities/fouts-field/13
DfromCT
Location: Stamford, CT
Must be nice to have that kind of land available. The facilities themselves are ok, but they're spread over a much larger chunk of land than is available at Tulane. It looks like their football stadium is about the same capacity as ours, but ours has all of the seats much closer to the field. There really isn't a bad seat at Yulman for its lopsided warts. An indoor facility like that would be an improvement, but where does it go? We'd have to move baseball off campus and that's been said to be non-negotiable.
" For every alum, no matter where they are...I want a football coach that's going to make Saturday something you anticipate and look forward to." --Troy Dannen
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golfnut69 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:36 pm Mean Greens football indoor facility
That hasnt been their stadium in over a decade. They play in Apogee: https://meangreensports.com/facilities/apogee-stadium/4
Thanks for the updated link. So it seats over 8,000 more. As to an IPF it can go on the Rosen Lot. The football ops. is slated to be where the mini field is.
Ruski wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:00 pm
the two links for the old stadium and Apogee were to be linked together, obviously that did not happen...thanks for the Apogee link, the stadium is located on the east side of I-35 northbound in sunny Denton
golfnut69 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:49 am
While I wasn't a fan of adding UNT & Rice originally, I'm trying to come around to it. Having 4 Texas schools is obviously a good thing in a lot of ways.
The cool thing about adding UNT is that they have 300k alumni in Dallas. So any decent season they have, should fill up those stands and bring quite a few fans to New Orleans.
Maybe I'm stuck in the 80's, but is their stadium named after a bong?
DfromCT wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:08 pm Maybe I'm stuck in the 80's, but is their stadium named after a bong?
naming rites purchased by Apogee Telecom Corp
UNT updated plan for their Athletic Center. Impressive to see their ambition, seems the Athletic Center must be getting close to shovel ready:
https://lightthetower.com/wp-content/up ... active.pdf
I would love to see anyone from Tulane at least have the balls to say, "look this is what we want to do if you give us money". That's what UNT with this "Light the Tower" campaign: https://lightthetower.com/
Must be a big reason they got the AAC invite. When they were announced I was pretty skeptical. But 44k Texas students, getting even 25k of them for football, with another 15k non-students....that would be damn impressive.
Ruski wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:09 pm UNT updated plan for their Athletic Center. Impressive to see their ambition, seems the Athletic Center must be getting close to shovel ready:
Thanks for the link. 237% increase in their strength and conditioning area. Wow.
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After both tests were done, I went up to the show office to retrieve my score sheets. I stood outside of the show office chatting with Marbaskin's Mom all the while keeping my eye on Sydney who was tied at the trailer.
We walked inside where we started talking with the show secretary. I was there for less 20 minutes. Out front, there came a call for a loose horse. Someone asked what color, and I heard, dark bay. I knew it was Sydney.
I blurted oh, sh*t! and bolted out the door. Someone yelled that the horse's name was Sydney (THANK YOU HALTER TAGS!). He's mine! I hollered, and the crowd laughed and was relieved. The gentleman who had Sydney said that he had found him out on the main road (OH MY GOD!) where he was happily trotting away from the barn. Sydney, Sydney, Sydney - it's a long walk back to Bakersfield!
I looked him over carefully and could find nothing wrong. He was calm and happy and seemed relieved to see me. We walked back to the trailer where I used the double loop on my Blocker Tie Ring. Apparently, the single loop that I've used for years is not firm enough for Kiwis.
Speedy is quite respectful of the Basic Hold on the Blocker Tie Ring. He has never tested the strength of that setting and is content to stand at the trailer for days. When I returned Sydney to the trailer, I noted that the tie ring was still in the closed position which means that he simply leaned steadily on the rope until it slid out.
Using the Medium Hold setting takes a LOT of pressure to pull the rope free. If Sydney pulls THAT hard, it'll be loud and BIG. And if THAT setting doesn't hold him, looping the tail end of the rope over the whole thing, Maximum Hold, adds one more layer of "grab" that I don't think he could pull free from even if he really tried.
While this "escape" could have ended in disaster, I really just let it go as it does no good to imagine what might have happened. Instead, I now know that Sydney needs to be tied in a slightly different way than my other horses have needed. I have camped with my horses for almost two decades; they have always stood tied at the trailer. This is the FIRST time that I've ever had a LOOSE HORSE.
Of course, it would be the horse from Down Under - he obviously learned to drive on the "wrong" side of the road and was freaked out about having to repeat the journey home. No doubt he was thinking that his owner was a complete idiot! Right side, Sydney, right side.
My biggest fear at a show! So thankful Sydney is safe and sound!
I love that blocker tie ring and I really want one for my next horse. There was a debate on Fugly about hard tying and I really think whether you hard tie or not depends on if you've personally seen a horse injured/killed from either breaking free or not breaking free. Mugwump's solution is great, safe, and even cures pullers - a rope that just keeps feeding out to diffuse the horse but never ends so the horse is never truly free. That sounds like a blocker tie ring (virtually) to me. I always used electric paddocks until I realized they only work until that one night they don't. My horse just decided to leave one night, and thankfully he was caught and I was just embarrassed. After that my camping solution was always tie at night, and paddock only in daylight hours. So glad Sydney was not hurt!
Lytha - I've been using, and encouraging others to use them as well, for quite a while. I have three in my trailer, one for each stall, and two in the barn. I think they are the greatest invention. Like you said, everyone chooses their preferred method of tying based on which kinds of accidents they've seen or heard of. Not tying is just as dangerous as tying!
Your "tie at night, paddock during the day" was a good compromise. I use the Hitie for Speedy with a Block Tie Ring at the top. He can lay down, move around, but the rope will give if there is an emergency.
We all just make the best choices for our individual horses that we can. Hopefully everyone comes home safely!


(17) (Give thanks) to him who struck down great kings – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (18) …and killed majestic kings – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (19) …Sihon, king of the Amorites – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (20) …and Og, king of Bashan – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (21) …and gave their land as an inheritance – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (22) …an inheritance to Israel, his servant - for his steadfast love (endures) forever. (23) He remembered us in our low estate – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (24) …and rescued us from our foes – for his steadfast love (endures) forever, (25) …the one who gives food to all flesh – for his steadfast love (endures) forever. (26) Give thanks to the God of heaven – for his steadfast love (endures) forever.
Two repetitions mark this concluding segment of the psalm apart from the refrain found in the second half of each verse. "King" occurs four times in four verses, twice in the plural, general references to the rulers which Yahweh struck down, and twice in the singular referring to specific monarchs Israel defeated and overthrew (vss. 17-20). "Inheritance" is found twice designating the territories that had been ruled by these deposed kings which Yahweh then gave to his chosen people (vss. 21 & 22).
Yahweh is worthy of praise for delivering us from our enemies and for providing for all our needs.
When I was a child, my parents installed a big sand box in our back yard for me to enjoy. It soon became a gathering place for all the kids in our neighborhood. We would spend our afternoons dividing up the area into "my property" vs. "your property" and play with "my toys" vs. "your toys." But when the other kids had to go home for dinner and I was called inside to eat, whatever ownership arrangements had been made that afternoon were forgotten. Now was the time to enjoy the real relationship I had with my parents as their son, feasting at their table and enjoying their loving care.


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Relax, Your Sexual Fantasies Aren't All That Strange
New research finds we indulge in a wide variety of erotic fantasies.
(Photo: Ben Seidelman/Flickr)
Do you ever wonder about your sexual fantasies, and what they say about you? If so, one of two worries likely comes to mind: "Am I really this conventional and boring?" or "Does the fact I'm having these thoughts mean I'm abnormal?"
Newly published research suggests you can relax. It finds humans indulge in a wide range of erotic fantasies, only a handful of which fall on either extreme (that is, almost everyone has experienced them, or almost no one has).
"There are very few statistically unusual sexual fantasies," reports a research team led by Canadian psychologist Christian Joyal. Its paper is published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Joyal and his colleagues conducted a detailed online survey of 1,516 adults. (While that's a large sample, the researchers concede that people willing to share their sexual fantasies aren't necessarily representative of the general population.)
Only three sexual fantasies were statistically typical for both men and women (endorsed by more than 84.1 percent of participants): feeling romantic emotions during a sexual relationship, fantasies in which atmosphere and location are important, and fantasies involving a romantic location.
Participants were presented with a list of 55 sexual fantasies. They were asked to rate each on a one-to-seven scale, one being it doesn't excite them at all, and seven representing a very strong response.
They were also asked to write down their favorite sexual fantasy if it was not included among the 55. Three hundred and seventy-two people did so.
Of the 55 fantasies, only two were found to be "statistically rare" (that is, endorsed by 2.3 percent or less of participants): Having sex with a child under age 12, and having sex with an animal. Another nine were "statistically unusual" (endorsed by 15.9 percent or less of participants); "urinating on partner" fell into this category.
At the other end of the spectrum, only three sexual fantasies were statistically typical for both men and women (endorsed by more than 84.1 percent of participants): feeling romantic emotions during a sexual relationship, fantasies in which atmosphere and location are important, and fantasies involving a romantic location.
Two additional fantasies were typical for males only: "Receiving oral sex, and having sexual intercourse with two women."
"The proportion of women acknowledging submissive fantasies is not negligible," the researchers write. "Being sexually dominated (64.6 percent), being tied up for sexual pleasure (52.1 percent), being spanked or whipped (36.3 percent), and being forced to have sex (28.9 percent) were all reported by significant proportions of women."
"Interestingly, the same sexual fantasies were also reported by significant proportions of men (53.2, 46.2 and 3.7 percent respectively)," they add. "The fantasy of being dominated was significantly greater for women than for men, on average, whereas the fantasy of dominating was statistically stronger for men than for women, on average."
Overall, "reports of submission fantasies were significantly associated with reports of domination fantasies," they add, "indicating that these fantasy themes are not separate or in opposition."
While these results explain the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey, it doesn't mean men should assume prospective partners are looking to get spanked.
"Approximately half of women with descriptions of submissive fantasies specified that they would not want their fantasy to materialize in real life," the researchers write. "This result confirms the important distinction between sexual fantasies and sexual wishes, which is usually stronger among women than among men."
One additional intriguing finding: "The percentages of women and men fantasizing about homosexual activities significantly exceeded the percentages of declared bisexuality or homosexuality."
Hmm. Even in this era of gay marriage, could it be that a stigma still surrounds homosexuality, leading some to fantasize about such activity, but refrain from defining themselves as gay?
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DRINKS GIANT FEARS NEW FUND WILL GUZZLE INDUSTRY MONEY
Coke fizzing over new Recycling Fund
As part of a new Waste Law passed by parliament May 15, a Recycling Fund headed by industry representatives, and to which producers of 11 kinds of waste (see chart below) would be obliged to contribute, would come into existence as of January 1, 2002.
One of the fiercest opponents of the proposed Fund, Coca-Cola Slovakia, has noted the new law does not specify how the Recycling Fund will spend its money, and has said it fears the new body will make inefficient use of levies and misallocate funds.
But the firm says it has identified an escape hatch. By using a special clause in the new Waste Law, producers can recycle products themselves or in concert with other firms, and in turn reduce their contributions to the Fund proportionately to the volume of waste they recycle. This, Coke says, means they can ensure industry levies for recycling are used efficiently
Some environmental experts say the fears of industry titans like Coke over the Recycling Fund are grounded.
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"The Recycling Fund will be no more than an administrative tool for central and local government to raise money, and it won't solve the environmental problems connected with the production of waste," said Ivan Štefanec, general manager of Coca-Cola Slovakia.
"Our concern is that its creation would just take money away from industry, and that there are no guarantees how that money would be used. The fund would lack transparency. But the [above-mentioned] clause in the new Waste Law gives industry a choice, and allows companies to create their own body to deal with recycling," he added.
The new Fund will be run by a board of directors made up of 10 representatives of waste-producing companies, one nominee each from the Environment and Finance Ministries, and three appointees of local municipalities. It will also have a seven-member supervisory board made up of three appointees each from the Economy and Environment Ministries and one representative of the Finance Ministry.
The latest available figures show that in 1999, Coca Cola Slovakia produced 136 million litres of soft drinks in Slovakia, mostly sold in plastic bottles or tin cans, recording net revenues of 1.7 billion crowns.
The charges to the Recycling Fund per unit of waste are yet to be decided, but the Environment Ministry has confirmed that if it were to pay into the fund, Coke's production would see it contributing "a large amount" of money to the new body.
But the escape clause would allow any firm, or association of firms, to make payments to the Fund based on the ratio between the volume of waste they produce and the volume they recycle themselves. If a firm produces 200 tons of waste, for example, and then recycles half that amount, it will pay 50% less to the Fund.
By setting up a group to manage recycling, either on its own or with other companies, Coke says it will be able to ensure that producers themselves ensure the efficient use of their money.
Still concerned
"What we want to see is industry itself have control over where its money is going and what's being done to meet the environmental objectives laid down by the Environment Ministry. We don't want to see municipalities or ministries controlling these funds," said Coke's Štefanec.
The Environment Ministry has rejected any suggestions that the Recycling Fund would misallocate resources, citing the number of industry representatives on the Fund's board of directors as a safeguard against inefficient use of levies.
"Coke has been against this Fund from the start. They would obviously have to pay a lot of money into the Fund if they don't recycle. But the way the Fund is set up, with industry representatives on its board, there's no way the money could be wasted," said Božena Gašparíková, head of the Environment Ministry's legislative department.
However, the ministry said it would welcome plans by firms to set up their own recycling programmes.
"We would be very happy for any firm or firms to use their own methods to recycle, and not pay into the Fund. Why should they have to contribute if they are going to recycle things themselves?" said Gašparíková.
While many other European countries have implemented recycling programmes, Slovakia's Recycling Fund has no equivalent on the continent. The Czech government has worked closely with the packaging industry to establish a scheme where industry itself takes full responsibility for recycling of packaging. Czech industry in turn has been working with municipalities in a scheme that so far has been a success, say environmental experts.
But some of these same experts believe that the make-up of the Slovak Fund justifies the concerns of industry titans like Coke.
"The Recycling Fund is frankly a mess," said one environmental professional who asked not to be named. "The categories of waste are too broad, and it's not clear on what basis the charges will be levied for each waste product. The programme lacks clarity."
Pepsi Cola, which would also have to contribute to the Fund, took a more cautious approach than its global rival. Refusing to comment directly on the Recycling Fund, it said in a statement: "Our company supports transparent legislation. We are aware that only a co-ordinated approach of industry, government and the public will help Slovakia to fulfil all the requirements and targets set by EU packaging legislation."
"We are all aware that we must contribute to taking care of the environment, but there is a question over how to do that. We think that we can achieve environmental aims best if firms are left to create their own bodies to manage recycling," said Coca-Cola's Štefanec.
28. May 2001 at 0:00 | Ed Holt


There have been many movies based on Brother and Sister Sentiment in Tollywood. Brother, who sacrifices, fights and do what not for his loving sister. And sister who believes in her brother to save her from any threat.
Movies like Raktha-Sambandham, in which NTR and Savitri play siblings show that whatever you acquire in life, you certainly find happiness with sister. Hitler, in which Chiranjeevi cares for his sisters from very small age, leaves him for due to his protectiveness; they finally come back knowing what a real brother is. Arjun, in which Mahesh protects his sister from her mother and father-in-law who try to kill her.
Our hero's are not only good brothers in reel life, but are also admirable brothers in real life. Here are few Tollywood hero's with their sisters.


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Report: Rondo "open" to re-signing in Dallas, Houston if traded there
By Kurt HelinDec 18, 2014, 11:13 AM EST
It's one of the reasons the steep asking price the Celtics have consistently requested for Rajon Rondo lately has not been met — teams were afraid he wanted to play the field in free agency next summer and would bolt them (Rondo is in the final year of his contract and is an unrestricted free agent July 1). You're not going to give up quality assets for someone you can't keep.
However, Dallas and Houston might well be able to keep him.
The Mavericks are in "substantive" discussions with the Celtics about Rondo, while Houston has always lurked on the fringes of the discussions. But if he went to those cities he might well re-sign with them, reports Ken Berger of CBSSports.com.
With Celtics president Danny Ainge seriously engaging several teams on Rondo trade scenarios, a league source told CBSSports.com Thursday that the point guard is open to re-signing with at least two of them — the Mavericks and Rockets….
Given Rondo's looming unrestricted free agency, any deal would have to come with assurances that he'd be willing to re-sign with his new team. While those discussions have yet to take place with agent Bill Duffy since no trade agreement is in place, a person familiar with Rondo's thinking said the possibility of competing for championships in Dallas or Houston intrigues him.
Officially Rondo is denying he even wants a trade, saying to reporters in Boston last night — including PBT's own Dan Feldman — about these kinds of trade rumors, "It's a way of life since I've been here."
But Celtics GM Danny Ainge knows he's likely to lose Rondo this summer as an unrestricted free agent and is motivated to make a move — Boston is rebuilding and contenders are going to come knocking on his door. Not to mention teams like the Lakers — Rondo could get a huge offer to come and help lead the team past the Kobe Bryant era (and play with Kobe for a season or two). Ainge has to get something for him.
Dallas and Houston are among the teams motivated to get something done. They see Golden State and Memphis on top of the West early, they know the Spurs will at some point become closer to the Spurs of last year (if not get all the way back), they see the Clippers, and both teams realize they will need more to get out of this conference and get a chance to win a title in the short term.
A Boston trade with Dallas reportedly would involved Brandan Wright and other players to make the salaries work out (Raymond Felton does it perfectly) plus there would need to be multiple picks in this deal, like a couple first rounders. Dallas does have all their picks and could make the move. With Rondo's playmaking — setting up Monta Ellis, Dirk Nowitzki and Chandler Parsons — and defense Dallas would become a much bigger threat in the already loaded Western Conference. Same is true of Houston — Rondo would make Dwight Howard and James Harden's lives much easier and there wouldn't be a defensive drop off.
Dallas apparently would have a good chance to re-sign Rondo, although they are smart enough to talk some off-the-record dollars with his agent to get an idea if a deal could be reached this summer. (That would be done through back channels to avoid tampering.)
Ainge and the Celtics have seemingly come close to dealing Rondo before only not to pull the trigger. Don't be shocked if they try to use the Lakers (Steve Nash's $9.7 million plus one of their two first round picks this year) or Knicks or Rockets (lots of young players and picks) as leverage to get more out of Dallas. But with Rondo's free agency looming there is more pressure on Boston to make a move now than there has been in the past.


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Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? (single)
From Morrissey-solo Wiki
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Cover art from YouTube video
MIKNNA Remix cover art
MORRISSEY Single
Name Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?
Release 10 January 2020
Total Length 5:46
Writer/composer Morrissey/Manzur
Producer Joe Chiccarelli
Art work Christopher Stewart, 2006 taken at G-MEX
Publisher Étienne / BMG
Format(s) Digital Download
Single chronology
Wedding Bell Blues
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?
1 Information
2 Track list
2.1 Digital Download
3 Track list (MIKNNA remix)
5 Related Items
6 Live History
7 Appears On
8 Discogs Information
9 Related Forum Threads
Released as a digital single on January 10, 2020, the song features vocals by Thelma Houston. The first album announcement on Morrissey Central mentions the b-side being "Rainbow Valley", a cover of the UK hit by The Love Affair but the b-side release has not materialized.
The MIKNNA Remix of the song was announced for release on June 5, 2020 by Morrissey Central but did not see an official release until February 2021 online and at the Finnish site musa24.fi.
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? – 5:46 (Morrissey/Manzur)
Track list (MIKNNA remix)
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? (MIKNNA Remix) – 3:41 (Morrissey/Manzur)
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? ((MIKNNA Remix) [edit]) – 3:03 (Morrissey/Manzur)
Ice, snow, spikes, blow Bobby, don't you think they know? ooh, Bobby don't you think they know?
aren't you tired of pretending? I know you're tortured below aren't you tired of pretending? I know you're tortured down below
Scag, shag, Mexican Mud Little-Joe-in-the-snow Bobby, don't you think they know? ooh, Bobby don't you think they know?
aren't you tired of pretending? I know, you're tortured below
but, ah, the pleasure you bring for us ah, whenever you sing for us ah, the pleasure you bring for us ah, whenever you sing for us
8-track, 'A'bomb, white mosquito of course they know! snowcaine, toot and horse then something worse Bobby, don't you think they know? Don't you think they know, Bobby? ooh, Bobby, don't you think they know?
but ah, the pleasure you bring for us ooh, whenever you sing for us ah the pleasure you bring for us ooh, whenever you sing for us
Ice, snow, spikes, blow - ooh Bobby, don't you think they know? don't you think they know Scag, shag, Mexican mud Little-Joe-in-the-snow Bobby, don't you think they know? of course they know!
"Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" release (Jan. 10, 2020) - Morrissey-solo
MP3: "Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" - MIKNNA remix (in full) & remix edit (official digital) - Morrissey-solo
Live History
Play count (Morrissey concert): 0
I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Discogs Information
Mixed By - Ken Sluiter
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/1687256
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? (MP3 Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/14667577-Morrissey-Bobby-Dont-You-Think-They-Know
Related Forum Threads
"Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" release (Jan. 10, 2020); album sleeve revealed? - Morrissey-solo (Jan 09, 2020)
Morrissey A-Z: "Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" - Morrissey-solo (Feb 02, 2021)
MP3: "Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" - MIKNNA remix (in full) & remix edit (official digital) - Morrissey-solo (Feb 02, 2021)
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This still life painting of fruit, 1840, was $6800 from Taylor Thistlethwaite at a recent antiques show.
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"We have a strong will to move forward as public health agents" | @diariofarma
F San Roman | 17.01.2023 – 18:05
"We do not want nor can we take a step back, we have a strong will to move forward as public health agents," CGCOF treasurer Ana López Casero assured this Tuesday. "For the development of the new public health structure that the country is developing, has been able to rely on pharmacists; "the closest health professionals who enjoy the trust of the entire population".
López Casero made these statements at the beginning of the first of two panels of experts that followed the presentation of the study 'The value contribution of the pharmacy model to social cohesion and the demographic challenge', held this Tuesday in the Senate.
Lopez indicates that various administrations are already working on tools that will clarify the public health structure in our country, which "is basically two." The draft bill for the creation of the State Public Health Center, which we hope will move forward in this Legislature, and the Public Health Monitoring Project. If you want to achieve "the ambitious objectives that have been proposed with both devices, they will undoubtedly have to rely on pharmacists", assures the CGCOF's treasurer.
Pandemic experience and exposure of the profession to "quickly implement" structures that work to provide solutions to the public "gives us the opportunity as a country" to make pharmacists closest and accessible to the population and who also enjoy great trust".
Pharmacists' involvement in public health work is condensed in two documents released last November, Reports on the Pharmaceutical Profession in the Face of New Paradigms for Improving Public Health and on the Collaborative Work They Have Already Done. With the autonomous communities in Spain.
The first of these documents outlines ten proposals presented by the profession for their integration into the accepted public health strategy in Spain. These proposals are: involving professionals and their collegiate institutions in the future state center of public health; enabling public health pharmacists access to the public health specialty; Involve community pharmacists in accessing continuing education in public health; is the Collegiate Pharmaceutical Organization for the Detection and Control of the Advertising of Pseudomedical Products and Services; Include community pharmacy as a support infrastructure to respond to public health information needs; creating a national network of sentinel pharmacies, thus integrating the pharmacies into the new public health surveillance network; Network to improve monitoring and management of all immunization programs and to conduct seroprevalence studies; promoting the involvement of pharmacies in strategies to promote healthy habits; Promoting the involvement of pharmacies in prevention strategies and ultimately leveraging this network of pharmacies and integrating them into all public health programs to guarantee health equity, especially among the most vulnerable groups.


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Study in Riga, Latvia
A city with surprises on every road and rooftop
Riga by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, modified
Listed universities: 19
Largest universities:
Riga Technical University
Rīga Stradiņš University
With almost 700,000 inhabitants, Riga, Latvia, is the biggest, but perhaps least recognised capital of the three Baltic states.
Sitting at the mouth of the River Daugava and with beautiful views of the Baltic Sea to the West, Riga offers a charming, enriching study abroad experience. There are roughly 80,000 students in the city. While the international student community is still relatively small, it is growing, as more and more students from abroad decide to study in Latvia.
Founded in 1201, Riga is considered a major cultural center. It is a city rich in architectural gems, including many prime examples of the Art Nouveau style, which give the city a unique atmosphere. The narrow streets of the Old Town date to medieval times, and are home to shops and restaurants as well as the bustling Livu Square, where the city's nightlife establishments can be found. Riga was designated European Capital of Culture in 2014, and there are many notable museums and performance art spaces as well.
Universities in Riga
If you decide to study in Riga, you get to experience a city with many fellow university students and a strong youth culture, but also a city with a well-known tradition of being easy-going. Riga offers a supportive learning environment especially suited to the varied interests and needs of international students. With many high quality, but affordable universities, there is something for everyone.
The University of Latvia (LU) with a student body of some 15,000 is among the premier comprehensive research universities in the region, and well-renowned internationally. LU conducts research in many fields, which can be broken down into four core areas: the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and educational sciences. Known for their international collaboration, LU actively nurtures and supports international students.
Combining a venerable history with up-to-date teaching methods and cutting-edge technology, Riga Technical University, originally founded in 1862 as the first technical school in the Baltic region, offers flexible teaching schedules in such fields as engineering sciences, technologies, natural and environmental sciences, engineering economics and architecture.
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Residents of Riga enjoy a comparably dense public transport network, served mostly by trams and buses.
The city is connected via Riga International Airport (RIX). It is the largest airport in the Baltics and offers direct flights to most large cities in Europe, primarily through the national carrier airBaltic.
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Bobby Jindal
Oct 11, 2015: Raw Story: ABC host destroys Bobby Jindal's 'no-fly zone' plan with four simple words: 'ISIS doesn't have aircraft'
Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said over the weekend that he had a plan to defeat ISIS using "no-fly zones" even though ABC's Martha Raddatz reminded him that the radical Islamic group did not have any airplanes.
Apr 23, 2015: MediaIte: Bobby Jindal: 'Radical Liberals' and Large Corporations 'Bullying' over Religious Freedom Laws
In a New York Times op-ed published Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stood firmly in favor of controversial religious freedom laws that sparked so-called "fixes" in Indiana and Arkansas
Jan 27, 2015: Right Wing Watch: AFA Hosts: Criticism Of Bobby Jindal Prayer Rally Is Treasonous, Satanic
Yesterday, Sandy Rios and Alex McFarland, who both host shows on the American Family Association's radio network, discussed the demonstrators who protested Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's "The Response" prayer rally, which was financed by the AFA
Dec 29, 2014: The Hill: Louisiana GOP stands behind Scalise
"I know Congressman Scalise to be a good man who is fair-minded and kindhearted," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a statement to The Hill. "I'm confident he absolutely rejects racism in all its forms."
Nov 16, 2014: Newsmax: Bobby Jindal: Medicaid Expansion Robs People of Private Insurance
Louisiana is one the states rejecting Medicaid expansion, and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal says that's because it actually robs more people of private insurance than it helps.
Sept 1, 2014: Newsmax: Bobby Jindal: I Will Decide in 2015 Whether to Run for President
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says that he is "thinking" and "praying" about whether to run for president in 2016, but that he won't decide until 2015.
Aug 19, 2014: Huffington Post: Judge Blocks Bobby Jindal's Move To Scrap Common Core Tests
In a blow to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's move to withdraw his state from Common Core education standards, a state judge on Tuesday blocked Jindal's plan to scrap a key set of standardized tests due to be introduced in the coming school year.
June 18, 2014: Truth in American Education: Louisiana BESE: Jindal Does Not Have Authority to Pull Out of PARCC, Common Core
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June 18, 2014: Red State: Bobby Jindal pulls Louisiana out of Common Core
In a presser now underway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has announced that Louisiana is withdrawing from Common Core.
June 5, 2014: CNS News: Gov. Bobby Jindal Vetoes Bill for 'Government-Endorsed Surrogacy Contracts'
For the second time in two years, Governor Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have legalized surrogacy contracts in Louisiana.
May 23, 2014: Religion Dispatches: Bobby Jindal Hypes His Christian Cred at Liberty U.
Over the past few months, Louisiana Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal has been making aggressive moves to prepare himself for a 2016 presidential bid.
Apr 21, 2014: Daily World: Delsatte: Jindal at odds with education leader
Superintendent of Education John White got his job with the backing of Gov. Bobby Jindal, but two years later, the men are increasingly at odds and appear to be drifting further apart on education policy.
Apr 13, 2014: Times Picayune: Bobby Jindal parodied on 'Saturday Night Live'
"Saturday Night Live"'s opening sketch on Saturday (April 12) featured a brief parody of Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Apr 4, 2014: Godfather Politics: Gov. Jindal Offers GOP Replacement for Obamacare
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling his replacement plan: The Freedom and Empowerment Plan: the Prescription for Conservative Consumer-Focused Health Reform.
Mar 28, 2014: Nola.com: MoveOn.org responds to Louisiana lawsuit over Bobby Jindal billboard
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Mar 6, 2014: The Advocate: Bobby Jindal calls Barack Obama worst president of his lifetime
Speaking to a conservative crowd in the Washington, D.C.-area Thursday, Gov. Bobby Jindal's use of five words brought the specter of the segregationist South to his stinging criticism of the nation's president.
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Last Thursday, Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to West Monroe to give the Robertsons, stars of the "Duck Dynasty" television show, an inaugural Governor's Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
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With Chris Christie in deep and growing trouble over the set of scandals that surround him, there's increasing talk that one of the other governors waiting in the wings might step in to take over the frontrunner's position—and Jindal, a very, very conservative Republican whose platform is centered on slicing and dicing "entitlements," including Medicare and Social Security, wants to be that governor.
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Once hailed as his party's savior, the Louisiana governor has struggled along the road to the White House.
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In town for the National Governors Association winter meeting, Jindal joined other state chief executives in front of the White House after a meeting with the president.
Feb 24, 2014: Huffington Post: Governors Erupt In On-Camera Dispute During White House Visit
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal lashed out first, saying if Obama were serious about growing the economy he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and take other executive actions.
July 30, 2012: Slate: Bobby Jindal's Science Problem
Romney's education surrogate promotes creationist nonsense in schools.
June 2, 2010: Mother Jones: Bobby Jindal: Oil Spill Hero or BP's BFF?
In the ongoing fight against the Gulf's oil gush, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has emerged as the media's unlikely man of the moment.
Feb 24, 2009: Esquire: Bobby Jindal, All American
You just watched the youngest governor in the country and the first Indian-American governor in history rebut President Obama's pseudo-State of the Union address. That's just the beginning.
July 22, 2009: Bobby Jindal: Wall Street Journal: How to Make Health-Care Reform Bipartisan
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and the Vice Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to immigrants from India. Prior to entering politics, Jindal studied for a Bachelor of Science in biology and public policy at Brown University from 1988 to 1991 and then a M.Litt in political science from New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for McKinsey & Company and interned for Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana. In 1996, Governor Murphy Foster appointed Jindal Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and in 1999 he was appointed President of the University of Louisiana System. In 2001, Jindal was appointed as the principal adviser to Tommy Thompson, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.
He first ran for governor in 2003 and won a plurality in the nonpartisan blanket primary but lost in the general election to Democrat Kathleen Blanco. He then won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2004 elections. The second Indian American in Congress, he was re-elected in 2006. He ran for Governor again in 2007 and secured an outright majority in the first round of balloting. He was re-elected in a landslide in 2011. Politically conservative, Jindal opposes abortion and same-sex marriage, while supporting gun rights, a border fence and teaching evolution with critiques that may include intelligent design.
On The Record: Mar 7, 2014: Matt Vasilogambros of National Journal reports "Bobby Jindal Thinks Obama Is Stupid" and it comes with the tagline: "The president has been called many things, but dumb is a new one." The tagline kind of surprised me because I am pretty sure Obama has been referred to as "dumb" many times. The American Thinker (Aug 2011) implied he was dumb ("How Stupid is Obama?") and writes "Within weeks of the inauguration, sometime between "I won" and the Air Force One trip to New York for a single night's outing with Michelle, it became clear that the American Solomon was no better than average. And in the immortal words of Harvey Pekar, "Average is dumb." " Glenn Harlan Reynolds (USA Today) in a column titled "Obama is a laughing stock " write just last year "Our diplomacy is a joke, our president is a laughing stock, our enemies are emboldened, and we've still got over three years of this to go." In an article last year Kevin Drum (Mother Jones) titled an article "Barack Obama Is Dumb and Lazy" but seems to spend the article trying to defend Obama as not being dumb, even though he, thoug maybe meant sarcastically, points out that "Obama was too dumb to write his own autobiography. Obama was an affirmative action baby at Harvard Law. Obama can barely string three words together without a teleprompter. Obama is too lazy to attend national security briefings. Obama gives soaring speeches but there's nothing behind them. Obama lives a life of sybaritic ease punctuated mostly by golf dates and basketball games." However, had not someone before Drum referred to Obamas as dumb, then the article would not have needed to have been written. The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin wrote about "Obama's stupid advice on pot ." Jason Linkins (Huffington Post) reminisced last year about "Barack Obama's Super-Dumb 2006 Debt Ceiling Speech, Remembered." Right Wing News sent readers to an article onThe Blaze about Obama flunking geography with Jay Leno with "DUMB OBAMA Flunks Basic Geography On Leno." The Free Republic lists some 'Obama-is-so-dumb jokes" as a response to the tired old "Bush is so dumb jokes." (The same ones most liberal swear never happened because they NEVER disrespected George W Bush). Wonkette, sarcastically of course becasue thaths what Wonkette does, titled an article "Haw Haw, Dumb Jerk Barack Obama Cannot Even Stand A Little Rain, What A Dumb Jerk," but they were referring to some information from the Weekly Standard and Drudge Report and placed a title that was not use by the Weekly Standard or Drudge. Splice Today had an article in 2011 and asked "Is Barack Obama Dumb?" But the author quickly decided on Obama and Rick Perry that "Of course Obama isn't illiterate or Bush-dumb because as Jesse Louis Jackson once said, "God doesn't make junk," and the intelligence-challenged just aren't allowed near Harvard, much less become editor of that university's Law Review. And man, he sure can deliver (teleprompter notwithstanding) an inspiring speech! Let's get this out the way now: in my view, without meeting either man, it's silly to call either Obama or Perry "dumb." Bill Maher called him dumb and it was, of course, recorded: "Video of Bill Maher calling Barack Obama a dumb nigger" Of course, Maher always claims he was just kidding when he is called out of stupid stuff, but fully endorses anything he can get away with otherwise. Roger Ailes, according to one of his biographies referred to Obama as "lazy" and used "dumb" to describe Joe Biden and not just "dumb" but "dumb as an ashtray." Over and over again Obama policies have been referred to as dumb or stupid. The question then can be asked do dumb polices get created by dumb people? Personally, I lean toward most likely, unless it's done in Congress then it's a group of dumb people who end up creating really dumb policies.
Comments can be made here: Is Barack Obama Dumb?
News ON The Record: Apr 6, 2014: The House Appropriations Committee has been conducting an agency-by-agency review of the governor's 2014-15 spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Several committee members say they don't like what they've seen.
They criticize Jindal's budget as over-reaching with new spending, suggesting it could set up long-term problems for future governors to face.
The Jindal administration has assured lawmakers the dollars the governor proposed for his budget are accessible. They insist the plans represent a proper method for budgeting.
But then there are the concerns about later years, with estimates that Jindal's budget uses as much as $900 million in short-term financing sources that won't be on hand a year later. (SOURCE: Associated Press: Times-Picayune: "AP Analysis: Gaps start to show in Bobby Jindal budget plan")


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