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Documentation | Support | Demo | Premium Version
AccessPress Social Login lite – is a perfect Free WordPress plugin to allow your website users to register/login to the website using one of their favorite social website accounts.
As a website owner, you can easily configure which social accounts to enable/disable for login, which areas of the website social login should be displayed (login, registration, comments). Also, you can select the social login buttons/icons from 4 beautifully designed templates to fit them with your website's overall design/theme. Your website will fetch real data from the user's social profile!
Your website visitors can choose one of their favorite social accounts to login to your website. No need to fill up the long registration forms and remember many login credentials.
Plugin setup is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Select from the most popular 3 social media
configure which social media option to display at login area.
Easy setup
Just put a few authorization details for each option you want to enable. Select which login area you'd like to show the social login option ( login, registration, comments).
Beautify your login page
Select from 5 beautiful designs of social login buttons/icons.
Your website visitors can now login using one of their favorite social account login. Easy, quick and convenient.
This plugin requires PHP version 5.4 or Higher.
Free Features:
- Login with the most popular 3 social media.
- Configure each social accounts by setting up a few authorization details.
- Configure which social media account to enable/disable in the login area.
- Configure which area of the website the social login should be displayed (eg. Registration, login, comments).
- Option to choose from 4 beautifully designed social login buttons/icons.
- Option to configure the order of the social login buttons.
- Use shortcode anywhere in the post/page to display social login.
- Use the widget to display social login.
- Option to enable / disable social login (completely).
- One click registration/login.
- Ability to send the login details to the user's email.
- Integrate with the WordPress users.
- Nice and easy to use admin interface for the site admin to manage, configure the plugin.
- Translation ready.
- Support
– Dedicated email, forum support.
Supported Networks:
Premium Features:
For more features upgrade to PRO version
Upgrade to PRO version for:
★ 12 social network support
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Google
- LinkedIn
- VKontakte
- Instagram
- Foursquare
- WordPress
- Buffer
- Reddit
- Yahoo
- Tumblr
★ 30 Beautiful design templates.
★ Works with Woocommerce.
★ Works with BuddyPress.
★ Work with EDD
★ High level of customization/configuration - admin can change the title attributes for social media icons, other texts, strings etc.
Premium upgrade
For premium upgrade please go here
Some Useful Links
- Support Email: email@example.com
- Support Forum Link: http://accesspressthemes.com/support/
- Youtube channel link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjZNcVG3fDE
- Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/AccessPressThemes
For an easy installation guide checkout the Installation tab above.
For complete information and documentation regarding plugin, please visit below links.
- Unzip accesspress-social-login-lite.zip
- Upload all the files to the /wp-content/plugins/accesspress-social-login-lite
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
- For customizing the plugin's settings, click on AccessPress Social login lite menu in WordPress left admin menu.
What does this plugin do?
This plugin provides the ability to allow anyone to login to your site using major social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google) by the use of the latest APIs on your website!
Will it affect my site's speed?
No, because we have integrated the plugin with the minimal codes to do the social login.
Do I need to design the icons again?
No, you won't need to get any trouble regarding design and layout of the icons since we have provided inbuilt 4 beautiful icon themes. You can choose any as per your requirement.
Yes. You can use the AccessPress social login lite anywhere by using the shortcode in your templates files or in posts and pages content. Also, you can use login widget in the sidebar.
Contributors & Developers
"AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
- Checked compatibility with WordPress version 5.8.
- Fontawesome version updated to 5.15.4.
- Fix the issue with facebook login.
- Fixed issue regarding curly braces depreciation.
- Fixed issue regarding facebook user profile picture.
- Fontawesome version updated to 5.15.3.
- Checked compatibility with WP version 5.7.
- Refined code to remove 'an active PHP session was detected and the REST API request failed due to an error' notice on site health.
- Added option to select font awesome version for icons in backend.
- Checked compatibility with latest wordpress version.
- Twitter issue found and resolved.
- Added promotional banners
- Various unwanted and commented code removed with security check.
- Issue resolved for google+ login being shutdown and migrate to google OAuth.
- Issue resolved for Twitter Social Login.
- 1 new template available now. Previously: 4 templates. Now: 5 total templates.
- New section added for promotion text and other few changes in backend.
- Added promolink in the backend of the site.
- GDPR check
- Issue with social login with facebok since our last update resolved
- Done some code cleanup and small issue with force_ssl_login resolved
- Done small bug fixings in the backend settings.
- Done the bug fixings for the login redirect issue occurring for the google login.
- Added the note section for the Twitter login issue occurring for "Callback locking" issue.
- Done the update of the Facebook SDK to latest.
- Done the bug fixings for the error appearing "force_ssl_login" deprecation.
- Done the bug fixings for the issue appearing for the facebook login when "Strict mode for Redirect URIs" is enabled.
- Updated the information for the creation of facebook app for social login in note section.
- Done the plugin compatibility tests with WordPress version 4.8
- Removal of unnecessary commented codes from the plugin.
- Done the checking if there already exist the Google OAuth class as it's creating an error if another plugin already included it.
- Done the update of the font-awesome icons to version 4.7.0 in the plugin.
- Done the modification of the callback URL function to work with custom login URL.
- Fixed the issue appearing for the database insert error due to gender input field.
- Fixed the display of the error message when the user denies the authorization of the app for login.
- Now our plugin can fetch the twitter user's email address while doing social login using twitter(applicable for new user login only).
- Fixed the google login issue if the user doesn't have Google+ account.
- Added the check for the username and if the username is empty user email address will be used as the username.
- Done the code formatting and removal of unnecessary codes.
- Fixed the input field size for the image size settings for the facebook.
- Tested the plugin compatibility with WordPress version 4.7
- Done the removal of unnecessary codes from the login check functions.
- Done the link fixings for the social media links in about page.
- Done some strings translation ready in the shortcode.php file.
- Done the addition of the notice for the google+ login info.
- Done the removal of the 'bio' field from the facebook login to make the plugin compatible with the Facebook API version 2.8.
- Done the addition of the documentation link to how to use section.
- Added More WordPress Resources link.
- Fixed the error appearing for the BuddyPress.
- Frontend and backend CSS optimization by removing unnecessary codes.
- Done the bug fixing for the facebook login if the user doesn't allow to access email address.
- Done small bug fixings for twitter user fields.
- Addition of the social login in the woocommerce login form.
- Done the bug fixings regarding the user login issue when a user changes the email address.
- Done the bug fixings for the google login.
- Done the bug fixings for the username repeat issue.
- Done the modification of the wp_new_user_notification function to match with WordPress version less than 4.3.1
- Done the bug fixing for the facebook login.
- Modified facebook app creation note section.
- Done the modification of plugin to set the username to first name.
- Done the text modifications in the about section.
- Removed unnecessary comments in the frontend display.
- Removed unnecessary commented code from plugins settings pages.
- Done the addition of an option for the profile image dimension settings for Facebook.
- Done the modifications for the google app creation note section.
- Removal of unnecessary comments from the plugin's files.
- Done the modifications of the note sections for the google settings.
- Done bug fixing for the email notifications for admin with blank user details after doing the upgrade of the notification function.
- Done the addition of a hook to display the social login buttons when "Users must be registered and logged in to comment" checked in the discussions settings.
- Done the addition of login redirect filter.
- Done the update of the user notification function to latest.
- Done the bug fixing for the facebook login with the newer API version v2.5.
- Done the bug fixing for the email notifications for the admin with the blank user details when user denies the app for login.
- Addition of the header_sent method checking in the plugin's main class for the session start.
- Code optimization. Removal of unnecessary php opening and closing tags.
- Text domain changed to match the plugin folder name.
- Done the backend CSS modifications.
- Sanitization of the text fields for the plugin's backend settings.
- Code formatting to optimize the plugin size.
- Text changes in the how to use section.
- Removal of unnecessary comments from the plugin files.
- Code optimizations of plugin's files.
- Code formatting and optimization of the plugin's files.
- addition of the hookable function for the user creation.
- Code optimization for the login check class.
- Fixed the issues google redirect issues for after social login to the current page.
- Demo link URL change.
- Code optimization for activation and save settings page and login_check page.
- Bug fixing for the social login issues with Facebook.
- Implemented the new version of the Facebook PHP SDK v5.0
- Code formatting and optimization for backend save settings.
- Code fixing for the translation of a plugin.
- Bug fixing for the pluggable function wp_new_user_notification that is generating fatal error.
- Addition of the pluggable function wp_new_user_notification for custom email messages.
- Addition of the additional info for making the facebook app live.
- Made the Redirect uri's selectable for each social medias.
- Addition of the various backend options – Login redirect option, logout redirect option, avatar settings, email notification settings.
- Addition of more user info to their profile.
- Change of the theme 4 for the social login icons with text.
- Addition of the necessary CSS for the theme 4.
- Plugin submitted to http://wordpress.org for review and approval


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Heat the oil in a large stockpot over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the onions and garlic and cook until they're soft and transparent, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the tomatoes, bay leaves, and thyme and continue to cook 5 more minutes. Add the chicken and the beef ribs and cook until the tomatoes have disintegrated, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and skimming the foam from the top of the broth when necessary. Add the green plantains, cilantro, and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until the plantains are tender, 30 minutes.
Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the pot and set it aside. Add the potatoes, pumpkin, ripe plantains, yucca and corn and simmer, uncovered, until both are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove the cilantro and the bay leaves and return the chicken to the pot to re-heat it. To serve, arrange a piece of chicken, some beef, plantains, and a few pieces of yucca and potatoes on each plate. Serve the broth in a small bowl, and the aji sauce on the side, along with a bowl of rice, corn, some avocados and arepas or tortillas on separate plates.

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The two rivers that converge on the western Canadian city of Calgary are starting to recede after floods devastated much of southern Alberta province, causing at least three deaths and forcing thousands to evacuate.
The flooding forced authorities to evacuate Calgary's entire downtown and hit some of the city's iconic structures hard. The Saddledome, home to the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, was flooded up to the 10th row, leaving the dressing rooms submerged.
Bruce Burrell, director of the city's emergency management agency, said Saturday they are seeing improvements in the rivers. Dan Limacher, director of water services for the city, said the Elbow river is expected to recede by about 60 percent over the next two days, while the larger Bow river will recede by about 25 percent.
Overflowing rivers on Thursday and Friday washed out roads and bridges, soaked homes and turned streets into dirt-brown waterways around southern Alberta. Police have said two bodies have been recovered and third was in an area that made it too dangerous to recover.
Alberta Premier Alison Redford has warned that communities downstream of Calgary had not yet felt the full force of the floodwaters. Medicine Hat, downstream from Calgary, was under a mandatory evacuation order affecting 10,000 residents.
As the sun rose in Calgary on Saturday morning it wasn't raining. Burrell said some of the 75,000 flood evacuees from more than 24 neighborhoods will be allowed back into their homes. He said the goal is to allow people from portions of six communities back into their homes on Saturday. Residents in a portion of one of those neighborhoods — the high ground portion of Discovery Ridge —have already been allowed back.
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said late Friday the downtown area was still without power and remained off limits.
"It is extremely unlikely that people will be able to return to those buildings before the middle of next week," he said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a Calgary resident, said he never imagined there would be a flood of this magnitude in this part of Canada.
"This is incredible. I've seen a little bit of flooding in Calgary before. I don't think any of us have seen anything like this before. The magnitude is just extraordinary," he said.
"We're all very concerned that if gets much more than this it could have real impact on infrastructure and other services longer term, so we're hoping things will subside a bit."
Twenty-five neighborhoods in the city, with an estimated 75,000 residents, were evacuated due to floodwaters in Calgary, a city of more than a million people that hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and is the center of Canada's oil industry. About 1,500 people have gone to emergency shelters while the rest have found shelter with family or friends, Nenshi said.
About 350,000 people work in downtown Calgary on a typical day. However, officials said very few people had to be moved out, since many heeded warnings and did not go to work Friday.
A spokesman for Canada's defense minister said 1,300 soldiers from a base in Edmonton were being deployed to the flood zone.
Police were asking residents who were forced to leave the nearby High River area to register at an evacuation shelter. The Town of High River remained under a mandatory evacuation order.
Schools and court trials were canceled. Transit service in the city's core was shut down.
Residents were left to wander and wade through streets waist-deep in water.
Newlyweds Scott and Marilyn Crowson were ordered out of their central Calgary condominium late Friday as rising waters filled their parking garage and ruptured a nearby gas line. "That's just one building but every building is like this," he said. "For the most part, people are taking it in stride."
Scott Crowson, a kayaker, estimated the Bow River, usually about four feet (1.2 meters) deep, is running at a depth of 15 feet (4.5 meters).
"It's moving very, very fast," he said of the normally placid stream spanned by now-closed bridges. "I've never seen it so big and so high."
It had been a rainy week throughout much of Alberta, but on Thursday the Bow River Basin was battered with up to four inches (10 centimeters) of rain. Environment Canada's forecast called for more rain in the area, but in much smaller amounts.
Calgary was not alone in its weather-related woes. Flashpoints of chaos spread from towns in the Rockies south to Lethbridge.
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PLATSA Frame, white, Show measurements specifications
How to get it
Build your PLATSA storage as you want it – high or low, under a sloping ceiling or along an entire wall. It assembles in minutes with a simple "click". Finish with doors and interior organisers as needed.Article number503.309.46
Our take on wood
Wood is the material most commonly associated with IKEA furniture, and for good reasons. It's renewable, recyclable, durable, ages beautifully and it is an important part of our Scandinavian design heritage. At IKEA we believe that sourced in responsible way, wood is a key change driver for climate mitigation. In 2012, we set a goal that by 2020 our wood would be from more sustainable sources. We are happy to announce that we have reached this goal and today, more than 98% of the wood used for IKEA products is either FSC-certified or recycled.
"All you need is your hands," says product developer Freddy Kramer while clicking together one PLATSA frame after another. Yes, clicking. The secret is a type of plug called a wedge dowel. Freddy goes on to explain why assembling or taking frames apart easily is an important detail. "People's lives are changing more and more today ─ we move more often, live in smaller spaces and maybe share a home with others at times. That's why our needs don't look the same throughout life."
Take apart and rebuild
Freddy shows how the frames can be arranged vertically, horizontally or like steps, to then be completed with shelves, wire baskets, clothes rail, drawers and doors. "Even the exterior can be used. You can place hooks there or a clothes rail which is fixed between two frames."
Love in a white box
For PLATSA to be truly long-lasting, quality was just as important as flexibility and ease of assembling. But improving quality without adding to the price is not easy. "Right quality in the right place," Freddy says, and opens a cabinet door. "Here on the outside of the door, which you see and touch every day, we've used a matt foil with fine texture, while the inside, which is not as exposed, is coated with a simpler base foil." The PLATSA project took a lot of time and commitment. But it also gave results. "Those empty white boxes for the frames might not look like much at first glance, but they're actually white boxes filled with love," Freddy says, smiling.
Forests are critical for life on earth
Forests contribute to maintaining balance in the atmosphere, purify the air that we breathe and are part of the water cycle. They nourish wildlife biodiversity and provide homes for indigenous communities who depend on forests for their livelihoods. 90% of plant and animal species living on the planet need forests to survive. They provide sources of food, fuel, timber and many other ecosystem services that we rely upon. Sourcing approximately 19 million m3 of roundwood per year from some 50 countries, IKEA has a significant impact on the world's forests and the timber industry and a huge responsibility to positively influence how wood is sourced. Responsible wood sourcing and forest management ensure that the needs of people dependent on forests are met, that businesses can work sustainably, that forest ecosystems are protected and biodiversity is enhanced.
100% wood from more sustainable sources
At IKEA, we work with strict industry standards to promote responsible forestry. We don't allow any wood in our supply chain from forest areas that are illegal or contain high conservation values or from forest areas with social conflict. Before starting to work with IKEA, suppliers must demonstrate that they meet IKEA critical requirements on wood sourcing. IKEA requires all suppliers to source wood from more sustainable sources (FSC-certified or recycled wood). All suppliers are audited regularly and non-compliant suppliers are required to implement immediate corrective actions. By working together with our suppliers, we are proud to announce that we have reached our more sustainable sources goal, which we set out to achieve by 2020. Today more than 98% of the wood used for IKEA products is either FSC-certified or recycled.
IKEA Forest Positive Agenda for 2030
As pressure on the world's forests and the surrounding eco-systems increases due to unsustainable agriculture, the expansion of infrastructure and illegal logging, it is time to take an even more holistic approach to protect and support these important resources for generations to come. The IKEA Forest Positive Agenda for 2030 set out to improve forest management, enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change and support the rights and needs of people who depend on forests across the whole supply chain and drive innovation to use wood in even smarter ways. The agenda focuses on three key areas: • Making responsible forest management the norm across the world. • Halting deforestation and reforesting degraded landscapes. • Driving innovation to use wood in smarter ways by designing all products from the very beginning to be reused, refurbished, remanufactured, and eventually recycled.
We accomplish more by working together
For many years, IKEA has partnered with businesses, governments, social groups and non-governmental organisations to fight forest degradation and deforestation and increase the volume and availability of wood from responsibly managed forests both for our own supply chain and beyond. We are on a journey to improve global forest management and make responsible wood sourcing the industry standard, contributing to building resilient forest landscapes and improve biodiversity.
What is constructed board?
We use constructed boards when manufacturing many of our pieces of furniture, such as tables and wardrobes. They are light yet still stable and strong. Each board has a frame made of chipboard, fibreboard or solid wood, while the inside is a honeycomb filling structure made of mostly recycled paper, which is extra durable thanks to its special construction. The board is then covered with a protective paint, foil or veneer depending on the style wanted.


text: KABUL, Afghanistan- The Afghan government on Thursday released 65 suspected Taliban militants from prison, ignoring repeated and vehement protests from the U.S. military, which fears that the men are likely to return the battlefield. The release was a starkly public illustration of Washington's growing inability to influence the actions of President Hamid Karzai's government and is certain to further poison U.S.-Afghan relations, threatening the prospect of an orderly withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by the end of the year. In a statement issued after the men walked out of an Afghan-controlled portion of a massive American base north of the capital, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul condemned the release. 'The Afghan government bears responsibility for the results of its decision,' the embassy said in an uncharacteristically sternly worded statement. 'We urge it to make every effort to ensure that those released do not commit new acts of violence and terror.' U.S. military officials warned that the Afghan government was endangering its forces and civilians during a crucial year. 'Violent criminals who harm Afghans and who threaten the peace and security of Afghanistan should face justice in the Afghan courts, where a fair and transparent trial would determine their guilt or innocence,' the military said. U.S. military officials said the detainees were 'directly linked' to attacks that killed or wounded 32 NATO troops – including Americans – as well as 23 Afghan security forces and civilians. The Afghan government, which has long viewed U.S. detainee operations in Afghanistan as an affront to its sovereignty, has said that it reviewed the evidence against 88 former U.S. inmates and concluded that the majority were innocent. 'That is why they were freed today and are on the way to their homes,' said Abdul Shokoor Dadras, a senior member of the review board that studied the cases. 'Legally, we have no right to hold these people. We are studying the cases of the rest of the prisoners to see which one deserves to be punished and which one needs to be freed.' Karzai has called the U.S. detention center at Bagram air base a Taliban 'factory' where innocent Afghans have become radicalized. On the eve of the release, U.S. officials took the rare step of disclosing the names of a handful of detainees set for release along with a summary of the evidence against them. One, Mohammad Wali, was detained in Helmand province last May after investigators found his fingerprints on the residue of roadside bombs that targeted Afghan and foreign troops, the U.S. military said. Another, Nek Mohammad, was captured the same month in Kandahar province in possession of several artillery rounds that U.S. military officials suspected were part of an arsenal used to target their bases, the military said. Afghanistan's fledgling court system has traditionally given more weight to confessions than the type of forensic analysis that U.S. military personnel see as irrefutable evidence of guilt. It has released several former U.S. detainees over the past few years, in some instances as gestures to appease political factions and power brokers. The release comes amid an impasse between Kabul and Washington over a security pact that could keep as many as 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after the end of the year. Karzai has thus far refused to sign the document, arguing that he will do so only if Washington helps broker a peace deal between the Afghan state and the Taliban. U.S. officials have called that goal unrealistic. Several U.S. lawmakers, exasperated by what they see as Karzai's intransigence, saw the prisoner release as the last straw. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C., threatened earlier in the week to lead an effort to suspend all aid to the Afghan government if the release went forward. 'President Karzai, in my view, is single-handedly destroying this relationship,' Graham said during a hearing. 'I look forward to developing a bipartisan plan to push back as hard as possible.' U.S. officials say the release of the men violates an agreement on detainee transfers that was reached with the Afghan government in 2012. The deal included a clause saying that the countries could hold an 'exchange of views' in the event of a disagreement over the release of prisoners. The United States invoked that clause in the latest cases – to no avail. While some Afghans hailed the release as a milestone in the country's quest for sovereignty, others expressed fear and dismay. A security analyst and former general, Javid Kohistani, said Karzai's aim in freeing the detainees was to 'prompt the Taliban to start talks with his government or get their support to vote for his favorite in the presidential election.' Amina Zia Massoud, daughter of a vice presidential hopeful, called the freed men dangerous. 'Taliban criminals who are released always restore back to fighting,' she wrote in a Twitter post.


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Acetaminophen/muscle relaxer (By mouth)
Treats pain, decreases fever, and helps decrease certain allergy and hay fever symptoms.
Brand Name(s):
Dologesic, Dolorex, Rhinoflex-650There may be other brand names for this medicine.
When This Medicine Should Not Be Used:This medicine is not right for everyone. Do not use it if you had an allergic reaction to acetaminophen or to phenyltoloxamine. Do not give this medicine to children younger than 6 years, unless a doctor tells you to. Do not give this medicine to treat arthritis pain in children younger than 12 years unless a doctor tells you to.
How to Use This Medicine:
Tablet, Capsule, Liquid Filled Capsule, Liquid
- Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to use. Do not use more than directed.
- This medicine contains acetaminophen. Read the labels of all other medicines you are using to see if they also contain acetaminophen, or ask your doctor or pharmacist. Do not use more than 4 grams (4,000 milligrams) total of acetaminophen in one day.
- Do not use this medicine for pain for more than 10 days in an adult, or for more than 5 days in a child. Do not take it for fever for more than 3 days, unless your doctor tells you to.
- Liquid: Measure the oral liquid medicine with a marked measuring spoon, oral syringe, or medicine cup.
- Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
Drugs and Foods to Avoid:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist before using any other medicine, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
- Some medicines and foods can affect how this medicine works. Tell your doctor if you are taking any medicine that contains acetaminophen.
- Do not drink alcohol while you are using this medicine. Acetaminophen can damage your liver, and alcohol can increase this risk. If you regularly drink 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, do not take any medicines that contain acetaminophen without asking your doctor. A drink of alcohol is 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine, or 1 ounce of liquor.
- Tell your doctor if you use anything else that makes you sleepy. Some examples are allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, and alcohol.
Warnings While Using This Medicine:
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, kidney or liver problems, breathing problems such as asthma or COPD (emphysema or chronic bronchitis), or trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland. Tell your doctor if you drink alcohol on a regular basis.
- This medicine may make you drowsy. Do not drive or use machines if you are not alert.
- Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results.
- Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.
Possible Side Effects While Using This Medicine:
Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
- Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
- Fever that continues for longer than 3 days after you started taking this medicine
- Pain that continues for longer than 10 days after you started taking this medicine
- Skin rash, redness, or swelling
- Unusual bleeding, bruising, or weakness
If you notice these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:
- Excitability or other mood or behavior changes, especially in children
- Nausea or vomiting
- New or worsening symptoms
If you notice other side effects that you think are caused by this medicine, tell your doctor
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088
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text: One of the things I love most about my new home may be the big fenced-in garden. I have not had this much place prior to, and recognize that it will be the perfect devotion that my upcoming little ones can enjoy. I will already envision a great swing establishment, sandbox, and inflatable pool for… Continue reading Party Equipment Rental Service


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"My Friend woke up to this thing fighting his dogs."
Redditor treemonkey18 posted this image with the simple quote: "My Friend woke up to this thing fighting his dogs (Yes i'm from Australia)." UPDATE: The redditor later added that, "He [the friend] didn't kill it the dog did, he is just holding it wit a stick because he didn't want to touch it."
A few commenters are suggesting that this might be a very large Black Flying Fox, or that it's possibly fake. Either way it's got a bit of that forced perspective camera angle thing going on so it might not be THAT huge, but it's still freaking huge. We're sad this bat is dead it's most likely a fruit bat and was just looking for a tasty treat. RIP Giant Bat. May your brothers seek your revenge.
UPDATE: Many of you have contacted me to inform me of this animal's lifestyle and habitat and I thank you for that. I'm still not certain if this picture is real but if this species of bat is endangered this is horrible. We don't condone killing this creature in any way.
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We know that wholesale gun confiscation happened during Hurricane Katrina. We watched the Chief of Police of New Orleans declare on national television that "no one [no private citizen] will be able to be armed, we're going to take all the weapons." We watched an old lady being tackled in her own kitchen and disarmed.
In fact, that atrocious event was one of the reasons I started Oath Keepers. But I also knew, from my service as an Army paratrooper, that there are men and women of courage, honor, and integrity in the military who would refuse to obey such orders. My goal with Oath Keepers is simply to increase their numbers and harden their resolve. But when it came to Katrina, we did not have concrete proof that some said no – until now.
This past week, on Friday May 14, 2010, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Staff Sergeant (SSG) Joshua L. May of the Utah National Guard who told me how he, along with the other men in his military intelligence unit, refused to participate in any gun confiscation while deployed to assist during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
I finally discovered SSG May and his story only because after a speech I gave in Logan Utah on May 13, 2010, a local resident, Farley Anderson, walked up and told me about what SSG May had done. Upon hearing of it, I knew I just had to talk to him, so I had Mr. Anderson track down SSG May's number and I called him at 11pm and invited him to breakfast the next morning. Until that night, SSG May hadn't even heard of Oath Keepers (which is ironic since he is a shining example of an oath keeper). We met for the first time that next morning, Friday, May 14, 2010. During breakfast, SSG May told me his story, and then I asked him if we could go outside and do a video interview in the restaurant parking lot. He agreed that his story needed to be told and the below video is the result.
This is the first of five parts to that interview we have now posted on YouTube. This first ten minute segment contains SSG May's main statement of how, while deployed to assist during Hurricane Katrina, he, along with the majority of the men in his unit, informed their commander that they would not under any circumstances participate in gun confiscation.
But I urge you to watch the other three parts which contain further details of SSG May's experience in New Orleans, how he and his unit interacted with armed citizens who were simply defending their property (including a great story of his encounter with a former paratrooper bar owner who let it be known that NO ONE, not the President himself, was getting his guns), more details on how the chain of command reacted to the unit's refusal, what SSG May thinks of the use of active duty Army during Katrina, about his experiences in Iraq and how they reinforced his commitment to enforcing the Second Amendment, and what he thinks about his oath and the Constitution. SSG May is indeed a shining example of what it means to honor the oath, and it is important to know that he was not alone then, and is not alone today. There are many, many other "SSG May's" out there. The mission of Oath Keepers is simply to increase their numbers and improve their understanding of the Constitution.
Tipping the Scales on the Side of the Constitution and the Rights of the People
As I have said from the day I founded Oath Keepers, we know that some will "just follow orders." That is clear from the sad history of the human race, and that is also clear from our own history. The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II shows that reality. And in the modern context, the result of LCDR Guy Cunningham's 1994 Twentynine Palms Combat Arms Survey provided additional sobering evidence, since 26.2% of the Marines polled answered either "agree" or "strongly agree" when asked in the infamous Question 46 if they would fire on American citizens who resisted attempts at gun confiscation. And as already noted, what happened during Katrina shows that some will actually follow even such a clearly unlawful, unconstitutional order. And that is why I started this organization – to do my utmost to keep it from happening again.
However, I also know beyond a doubt that there are men and women of honor, deep courage, and true devotion to the Constitution in service who would refuse to obey such orders. I know this because I served with some of them. The men I served with in the Airborne infantry would have been as willing to forfeit their lives or liberty by refusing such orders as they were willing to give their lives in combat.
Army Spc. Monica Brown, Medic with 82nd Airborne. Awarded Silver Star for courage under fire during ambush in Afghanistan. She saved the lives of wounded soldiers by treating them while under enemy gunfire, by dragging them to safety under enemy fire, and by shielding them with her own body during a mortar attack. They have the courage. They just need the knowledge.
Enough of them have the courage to do what is right if they know what is right. The only question I have is whether enough of them have the necessary knowledge of the Constitution and of their obligations under the oath to stop another Katrina or worse from happening. Courage without knowledge is insufficient. A brave man or woman without knowledge and understanding of the Constitution can be tricked into becoming a tool of oppression over fellow Americans. Knowledge without courage and integrity is also insufficient (which is why I don't waste my time with most lawyers and politicians – they have amply demonstrated their lack of either). It takes both courage and knowledge. When a person, such as SSG May, has both, watch out! That one person can and will make a difference far beyond what the cynical conventional wisdom would have you believe is possible, just as SSG May did. He proves the cynics, who contend that all in the military will always just follow orders, wrong.
I have long said that it is simply a reflection of human nature that in an average military unit, at any time in history, there will likely be some who will just follow orders (sometimes with bloodthirsty gusto), and there will be some who will not follow unlawful orders under any circumstances (provided they understand the orders are unlawful), and then there will be those in the middle who'll just go whichever way the wind blows. Again, the results of LCDR Cunningham's survey reflect this. 26.2% said they would fire on fellow Americans. But 12.0 percent said they "had no opinion" about that question (how could someone have no opinion about such a question?). The good news is that 42.3 percent answered that they "strongly disagreed" and 19.3 percent "disagreed." So, there was a strong split in opinions, with those disagreeing in the majority.
The whole point of Oath Keepers, its prime mission, is to increase the number of service members who are awake, knowledgeable about the Constitution, and committed to saying "hell no!" and thus tip the scales on the side of those who have both the courage and knowledge to not go along. Those who blow with the wind will then side with right, and any possible psychopaths and blind followers will be significantly outnumbered and will be suppressed.
And it bears repeating that a man in the ranks like SSG May, a man who has been awakened to the awesome responsibility of his oath and who has become a student of the Constitution, can tip the scales on the side of justice and the Constitution in ways that mere numbers can never quantify. Such a man is a moral and morale force multiplier. SSG May's story bears this out. He became a teacher and an inspiration to others, and he was the solid rock of resolve that they gathered round and drew strength from when taking their stand. Yes, the majority were in agreement with him (and I'll bet he certainly helped them see the light) but I think it was his unshakable resolve that helped the others actually take a firm stand. Perhaps if he had not been there, another would have sounded off loudly that the gun confiscation was flat wrong and that he would not do it. Perhaps another would have stepped up to be the spokesman for the others to go tell the commander they would refuse if given that order. But perhaps not. Regardless, one man can make a difference and there can be no doubt that SSG May's presence helped tip the scales on the side of refusing to obey any orders to confiscate guns. And he made it into a preemptive refusal. He did not wait until the orders were actually given. With him leading the way, the men made it clear in advance that they would not comply.
SSG May, way back in 2005, was a stellar oath keeper long before Oath Keepers the organization even existed. The oath – and the obligation that goes with it – is as old as the Constitution itself. We here at Oath Keepers certainly did not invent it. The Founders invented it. And they put that requirement right in the Constitution, in Article VI. We at Oath Keepers merely do our small part in honoring the oath by doing our best, to the utmost extent of our powers (as the motto of my Airborne unit put it) to make sure there are more SSG Mays out there. Just as SSG May was awakened by another National Guardsman who made him realize he did not have a sufficient understanding of the Constitution to adequately keep his oath, we strive to wake up as many current serving as we can to the fundamental necessity of understanding and studying the Constitution if they are to keep their oath to defend it. You can't defend it if you don't know it. I firmly believe that it is possible to reach, teach, and inspire enough of the current serving to provide a tipping point on the side of the Constitution and on the side of the rights of the people when future unconstitutional orders come down the chain of command. We can do it.
And now we have SSG May's stellar real world example from Katrina itself to show the way for others. In honor of SSG May's stand, I am nominating him for the Oath Keepers 2010 Current Serving Military of the Year award, and I am nominating his unit for a counterpart award for Unit of the Year for their stand during Katrina. I can't imagine a better example coming to light between now and our national Oath Keepers Conference in October, so I look forward to presenting both those awards.
We hear so much bad news nearly every day that it is wonderful to have such a great piece of good news. So, take heart, and remember, with each and every current serving military, police, or emergency personnel you talk to, with each brochure, pocket Constitution, or copy of The 5000 Year Leap handed out, you never know what effect you have, like ripples in a pond going out from one cast pebble. Your one act of outreach, teaching, or inspiration could reach far into the future to a crucial moment in history, into the hearts and minds of key men and women who may just be in place to take a pivotal and historic stand. Now go out and make more SSG Mays!
For the Republic,
Stewart Rhodes
Founder of Oath Keepers
PS- Seeing as how this story was unknown to the public and untold until I happened to meet SSG May, there well may be other individuals or units, either military or police, who likewise refused to take part in any gun confiscation during Katrina. Please ask around through your contacts, and keep a sharp eye and ear out for any more such accounts. And if you were there, and know of other examples, it is time to speak up and let it be known.
And I know that there are still, to this day, many people of such honor, courage, and devotion in the military. The number of Bronze and Silver stars, and even Congressional Medals of Honor, being awarded today are a testament to the fact that this nation still has many young lions (and lionesses) of great courage in service.
|1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a "state of emergency" on a state.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to "keep the peace" or to "maintain control."
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.
10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
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On Oct. 3, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law. Just two weeks before, the investment bank Lehman Bros. had collapsed, sending the financial markets into a panic. The entire economy teetered on the brink, with bank failures, business shutdowns, and massive unemployment looming. To keep that disaster at bay, the Federal Reserve and Congress needed to fix finance first. The bill became known as the "bailout bill," and its most famous provision was the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.
Now, 30 months later, TARP is in the process of winding down. Depending on who's assessing it, it is either one of the most successful government responses to an economic crisis or one of the least. "It isn't often that the government launches a major program that achieves its main goals at a tiny fraction of its estimated costs. That's the story of TARP," Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson wrote this week, calling the program a "success story." Yet Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the program, wrote just the opposite in the New York Times, calling portions of the program a "colossal failure" and saying the Treasury Department refused to acknowledge or fix its mistakes.
Can they both be right? To help answer that question, it helps to ask who benefited from TARP, and who was supposed to have benefited. You get no sense from its inelegant title, which promises "relief" from "troubled assets" but fails to note who that relief will be provided to. If you think the financial sector was supposed to get relief, you fall in Samuelson's camp. If you think homeowners were as well, you fall in Barofsky's.
For banks and insurers, TARP worked just as planned—better than planned, even. The goal was to stabilize financial institutions and to get banks lending again. The Treasury Department did this in a number of ways. It offered cheap loans to vetted investors willing to buy mortgage-backed securities and other assets. It also let companies temporarily trade equity for cash, bolstering their balance sheets. To help taxpayers avoid any losses, participating firms needed to give the Treasury warrants or stock as well. And though the program is derided as a "bailout," companies were required to make the government whole, plus interest.
It sounds complicated, and it is. But the alphabet soup of programs worked. Consider the case of insurer Lincoln National, based in Radnor, Pa. It got $950 million in cash via TARP and repaid the government in less than a year. "We always viewed [the program] as a temporary cushion to be returned as soon as market conditions warranted, and we are pleased to repay the funds sooner than originally anticipated," CEO Dennis Glass said at the time, noting that taxpayers made "attractive returns" on the deal.
But CDOs and other exotic derivatives were not the only "troubled assets" in America in 2008 and 2009. For many Americans, their most valuable asset—their home—was also in trouble. The burst of the housing bubble left tens of millions of Americans paying off home loans worth far more than their homes—meaning even if those Americans managed to sell their properties, they would still owe the bank. Then, when unemployment reached double digits in 2009, millions of Americans suddenly lacked the resources to pay any mortgage at all.
Congress wantedTARP to provide relief to these folks as well. It was supposed to provide relief to these folks. Reporting on TARP's progress to Congress, Neel Kashkari, who oversaw TARP, cited preserving homeownership as a major goal, saying the program "will look for every opportunity possible to help homeowners." But by many measures, it fell short.
In 2009, the Treasury Department launched its acronymic homeownership-preservation program, HAMP, the Home Affordable Modification Program. It sought to keep families in their homes by negotiating lower monthly payments for people paying more than 31 percent of their income to their mortgage. Initially, the administration said HAMP would help 3 million to 4 million homeowners. So far, only 633,000 families have actually gained permanent loan modifications, with about 800,000 kicked out during the program's "trial period." In some cases, the banks' own modification programs have proved better than the government's.
Thus, it has won few supporters outside of Treasury. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., called it an "arbitrary, capricious system that kicks hard-working people out on the street." Barofsky said there is "universal and bipartisan agreement that the HAMP program is failing to meet TARP's goal of preserving homeownership."
So where does that leave us? On the one hand, TARP did stabilize financial institutions, helping—along with the Federal Reserve's emergency-lending programs, the stimulus bill, and other Treasury programs—to avoid economic catastrophe. Moreover, it did so at no cost. When TARP first arrived on the scene, the Congressional Budget Office anticipated its price tag at $300 billion. This week, TARP's bank programs actually moved into the black. When all is said and done, taxpayers stand to make about $20 billion.
But that hardly means everyone likes it. There is the failure to stem the foreclosure crisis. There is the worry that by aiding failing institutions, Treasury reduced moral hazard and left too-big-to-fail companies standing. There is the concern that the government ended up bolstering the companies responsible for the crisis, rather than people caught in it. The court of public opinion has long since spoken on the Bush-era, Obama-administered program. In a Bloomberg poll from October, only 24 percent of respondents said TARP helped. So maybe we cannot agree whether TARP was a success or a failure. But no one can argue that it was, is, or is likely ever to become popular.


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Since everyone is rolling our their predictions for 2013, here's mine. Don't worry, it isn't that 2013 will be the year of mobile or Social TV, or that social media "experts" will finally figure out what R.O.I. actually means. (They won't. They don't want to.) I have only one prediction for you, and it's basically this: there is a very good chance that 12 months from now, we will learn that 90% of CEOs have lost faith in marketers.
It should be said that there are tons of solid professionals in Marketing professions, and they will continue to do great work – ethical work – and kick ass. They will solve problems, innovate and teach to others what they've learned. Their work and real success will drive everyone forward. Look for new knowledge, new methods and new insights. Real ones. Also look for new software, platforms and products they will have helped design or improve that will help you get more done. You already know who these people are. Even if you've never met them, you know who they are inside of five minutes when you hear them talk or watch them work. You know the real deal when you see it.
But the flip side is that the same hacks and posers who faked it all through 2012 and 2011 and 2010 and 2009 and 2008 will continue to lie and sell bullshit in 2013. Why? Because it's easier. Because they've gotten a free pass so far. Because there's good money to be made, selling bullshit. Because there's a business model behind it and an "industry" to drive it, complete with metrics and equations and conferences and publishers all lining up to make their buck off confused senior managers with budgets to burn. There's no incentive for any of this to stop. None. Nobody who has spent the last five years selling bullshit and building a personal brand around it is going to wake up tomorrow and have an epiphany. They know what they're doing. They've been doing it long enough. If they had a conscience or an ounce of professional responsibility, they wouldn't have chosen that path. They won't "self-deport" from their trajectory of made-up success and industry status. Not until the speaker invitations and the money dry up. We'll have to wait until they get fired or move on to the next scam.
So here we are then: 2013. What's changed? Nothing. As long as there are people who want to believe that President Barack Obama's birth certificate is fake, there will be people who will want to believe that the "I" in social media ROI stands for influence or interest or insights. As long as some people want to believe that more guns in schools will solve gun violence in schools, there will be people who will want to believe that likes and followers are legitimate measures of brand awareness. As long as some people want to believe that the Earth is only 5,000 years old and came preheated and ready-to-serve, there will be some people who will believe whatever nonsense you want to sell them. An equation. An algorithm. A methodology. A marketing religion. A measurement scheme. It won't matter that it makes no logical sense, that it is mathematically incorrect, that it is a complete fabrication. It will still sell.
Fact is that if you are willing to lie your ass off, there are people out there who will believe you. Tons of them. Out of stupidity, out of laziness, out of sheer incompetence, it doesn't matter. They won't bother to fact-check. They'll buy the lie, hook, line and sinker, because they don't know any better, or don't care, or just don't want to do the work. If you can sell them something that will deliver good metrics to their bosses with minimal effort or risk from them, you will find eager clients in these people. It's a simple business arrangement: They need to score that next bonus or promotion. The next case study they publish might even be their ticket to a better job. Sell them a product or vehicle that will make that happen and you're in. And as long as nobody complains, everybody wins, right?
Well no. The only people who win are the hacks who betrayed the trust of those they ought not have taken advantage of in the first place. The companies that get defrauded don't win. At all. Their CEOs sure as hell don't win either. And that's the rub: every time a social media director or a CMO or a digital consultant repackages a pile of bullshit into a "win" for the executive suite, the already fragile trust between marketers and CEOs further erodes.
For some insights into how bad things are and why, check out this study of the current state of social business. Here are a few takeaways: Only 5% of organizations are highly satisfied with their social media programs. Most of them don't even have the right goals in place. Almost 40% of social media managers surveyed don't think that measuring the success of their programs is even important. A business background is only important to 3% of organizations in considering a social media hire.
No wonder hardly anyone in social media understand the first thing about how to measure ROI properly or effectively deploy a social business program across an organization. It's a shambles. A house of cards. I've never seen anything like it.
If you have the time, go to some of the big social media conferences this year and listen to all of the awesome success stories being sold there. Let yourselves be convinced that most companies out there aren't failing miserably in the social space. Ignore the fact that most of their monitoring practices are operationally disconnected from the rest of their organization, that their "engagement" strategy has slipped into flacid 3rd party content schemes that might as well have been devised by SEO robots, that the connection between social activity and business results is still at best a muddled abstraction, that most brand managers still don't know that a chunk of the likes and followers they paid digital agencies to acquire for them are fake, or even that the guy they just hired to run their social media program emails and DMs me three times a day to ask me questions someone getting paid what they get paid to do the job they lied about being qualified for shouldn't be asking in the first place.
Let's keep pretending that everything's fine and that those of us who shake our heads at damage being done by the social media guru industry year after year are wrong for demanding more than this giant stinking heap of bullshit.
Here it is again: Only 5% of organizations are highly satisfied with their social media programs. 80% of CEOs no longer trust marketing professionals. A year ago, that number was 70%.
So welcome to 2012, part 2: Bullshit vs. the real deal. Same people on either side of that divide. The tools have gotten better but no other progress has been made. The cause behind this industry-wide fiasco will be the same in 2013 as it was in 2012, and it boils down to a simple word: choice. We all choose to either know our shit or fake it. We all choose to do the work or pretend to. We all choose to report adequately on what is working and what isn't, or just select pointless KPIs we can easily manipulate to tell the story we want to tell. None of our choices have changed, and none of us have changed either. In spite of all of our new year's resolutions, we're still the same people we were in 2012, and for a lot of organizations, that's a serious problem.
So what will happen this year? Maybe nothing. Or maybe I'm wrong and things will turn around. Maybe a bunch of social media gurus will retire or go find something else to do with their time. Maybe this will be the year when they finally start to lose traction. We'll see. I won't hold my breath, but we'll see. Looking around though, I won't be surprised if 12 months from now, a study comes out reporting that 90% of CEOs don't trust marketers anymore. From 70% to 90% in just two years? Is that where we're headed? There's a good chance, yeah. And that really bothers me.
I am usually pretty full of ideas, but I have to admit that this time, I am stumped. I have no clue how to fix this.
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I'm also blogging over on the Tickr blog these days too, so if you want more stats, facts, infographics, insights and less opinion, go check it out. You won't miss the bite, I promise.
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And as always, if you are tired of bullshit and just want straight answers to real questions about value, process, planning, measurement, management and reporting in the social business space, pick up a copy of Social Media R.O.I.: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization. The book is 300 pages of facts and proven best practices. (Go to smroi.net to sample a free chapter first, just to make sure it's worth the money.)
And if English isn't your first language, you can even get it in Spanish, Japanese, German, Korean and Italian now, with more international editions on the way.
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Opposition needs to flex their power
Freedom New Mexico
The regime in Tehran celebrated the 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution last week with large-scale demonstrations in support of the theocratic state.
Ordinarily such demonstrations, featuring people given the day off work, bused to demonstration sites and sometimes paid, simply celebrate the regime.
Since the disputed (almost certainly rigged) election last June that returned the flamboyant and rhetorically dangerous Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency, a powerful opposition movement has emerged that is almost exclusively non-violent but increasingly determined and numerous. This Green Movement or Green Revolution has the regime on edge.
Every time since June that there has been an appropriate event, the Green Movement has challenged the legitimacy of the regime. This has happened in the face of brutal repression including arrests, torture, killings on the street, and the arrest over the last few weeks of at least 1,000 people suspected of harboring unacceptable thoughts.
Cries of "death to America" have been replaced by cries of "death to the dictator."
The situation is especially delicate in light of the fact that the regime has announced it will begin enriching uranium to a strength of 20 percent U-235. This is not enough to make a bomb, which requires 90 percent enrichment, but it is a big step down that road. The Islamic regime has also announced a mysterious "punch" designed to get the world's attention.
The Obama administration says it is designing tougher new economic sanctions targeting the entire Revolutionary Guards organization, which owns hundreds of companies.
Will Russia and China be on board? Will sanctions (which seldom work as planned anyway) be effective if they are not? Will the Green Movement once again show its power?
If the regime is too brutal today, it could tip Russia and China our way. But most of Europe, which has dragged its feet in the past, is there already.
Watch and pray. And know hope.


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Bills' White calls Gronk 'dirty player' for blindside hit
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills rookie cornerback Tre'Davious White shook nervously in anger at his locker Thursday while accusing Patriots Rob Gronkowski of being a dirty player for blindsiding him in the back of the head.
As for the NFL issuing Gronkowski a one-game suspension for the hit last Sunday, White turned away from the television cameras and muttered: "It's a joke, dog." White then turned back toward the cameras and said he didn't know what to say.
"He is what he did. A dirty shot. So what's that make him? A dirty player. Simple," White said.
"I'm laying there. He snuck me. My back turned. He could've broken my neck," he added. "I've got a son to raise, and all of that. People don't think of that when they just react."
White made his first comments since being hit by Gronkowski with 4:50 left in Buffalo's 23-3 loss to the Patriots. White lay near the New England sideline after intercepting a Tom Brady pass.
White had already been touched by a Patriots player when Gronkowski led with his forearm and struck White in the back of the helmet. Gronkowski was penalized for unnecessary roughness, then issued a one-game suspension by the NFL a day later.
Listed at 6-foot-6 and 265 pounds, Gronkowski used his full force in landing on White, who is 5-foot-11 and 192 pounds.
White was dazed and immediately evaluated for a concussion. He was cleared from the NFL's concussion protocol on Thursday, putting him in a position to play Sunday when Buffalo (6-6) hosts Indianapolis (3-9).
"Yeah, I'm (ticked) off about it. I'm definitely (ticked) off," White said.
"Real guys don't do that. From where I'm from, stuff like that don't fly," he added. "I'm glad I had my mouthpiece in. I probably could've bit my tongue off. I bit my lip pretty bad. Terrible headache. It is what it is, man, he did what he wanted to do."
Gronkowski apologized for the hit following the game by saying he acted out of frustration.
"Just want to apologize to Tre'Davious White. I don't really believe in the type of shots like that," Gronkowski said. "It just happened naturally through emotions and frustrations."
White didn't want to hear it.
"No. His intentions were what he did," White said. "A man don't do that."
It's not lost on him that the Bills travel to play New England on Dec. 24.
"Oh, I'm not worried about it. I'll take it one game at a time," White said. "We'll see what happens."


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Officials say he admitted using authority as police officer to assault victim
A former sergeant with the Tuscaloosa Police Department has pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights charge stemming from his sexual assault of a woman while on duty in 2011.
Jason Glenn Thomas, 34, entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court.
He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 at his sentencing hearing, set for July 18 before U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith.
According to a news release announcing the plea, Thomas admitted to using his authority as a law enforcement officer to sexually assault a woman on March 27, 2011.
Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said at the time that Thomas claimed he stopped and gave the woman a ride to a home on Keenes Mill Road.
The woman, however, later called 911 and reported that Thomas stopped the patrol car and raped her on the side of the road, outside of his patrol car.
Based on her complaint and the subsequent investigation, Tuscaloosa Police brought charges of first-degree sexual abuse against Thomas and put him in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $7,500 bail.
According to court documents filed in connection with his guilty plea, Thomas admitted that, shortly after midnight on March 27, 2011, he stopped and detained a 42-year-old woman he saw walking along Alabama Highway 216.
Without placing her under arrest, the 11-year-veteran then drove her in his patrol vehicle to a remote area and sexually assaulted her, court documents said.
"This former officer did the unimaginable when he used his police powers to sexually assault this victim," Roy L. Austin Jr., deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, said in the plea announcement. "The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute those who abuse their position and authority to harm those individuals whom they have sworn to protect."
Joyce White Vance, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said Thomas' actions served as a violation of the public's trust.
"Most police officers work diligently every day to protect the citizens," Vance said in the press release. "A community must be able to trust its police officers. My office is committed to prosecuting any officers who abuse the authority of the badge to commit a crime.
"This abuse of the public's trust will not be permitted."
Richard D. Schwein Jr., FBI special agent in charge of the FBI Field Office in Birmingham, agreed.
"Mr. Thomas dishonored his badge and his fellow officers when he violated the civil rights of a female pedestrian while on duty, in uniform and in a marked patrol car," Schwein said in the release. "Citizens have a right and should expect ethical and proper treatment from all law enforcement officers and we, as civil servants, must never forget that we have sworn an oath to serve and protect them.
"The public can be assured the FBI will continue to aggressively pursue those rogue officers who violate that trust."
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