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There is no madness like nuclear madness. That was the conceit of the Cold War's greatest comedy, "Dr. Strangelove," and it was the conceit of North Korea's recent rocket-launch extravaganza. By testing a missile that might one day be able to reach Alaska, Kim Jong Il tried again to win the United States' attention by appearing to be barmy—a gambit aided by the fact that he almost certainly is. That his rocket fizzled over the Pacific seemed to offer only modest consolation, at a time when the nuclear smuggler A. Q. Khan is running his own Web site from Pakistan, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Iran, is ramping up a reëlection campaign steeped in nuclear nationalism.
Along with two unfinished wars and economic freefall, President Barack Obama has inherited a less visible crisis, which may, in time, trump the others: the deterioration of the global nuclear-nonproliferation regime, which has lately reached its most fragile state of disrepair since the nineteen-eighties. At that time, South Africa became an undeclared nuclear-weapons power, and other newly industrialized nations (Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil, and Argentina, among them) quietly pursued hedging strategies that would allow them to build their own atomic weapons quickly, if they saw the need. Today, a similar but more dangerous competition—not yet an open nuclear-arms race, but a race for nuclear options—is gaining momentum in the Middle East.
Like many Israeli leaders, Iran's Arab neighbors fear that Tehran's drive to acquire nuclear weapons may now be irreversible. Some of these countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, possess weak militaries, big oil reserves, and congenital fears of Iranian aggression. They have recently announced plans to buy their own notionally peaceful nuclear capabilities—plans that might later provide a hedge to keep weapons options open, or to encourage the United States to shield them. A few years ago, Syria reportedly received a plutonium-production reactor from North Korea. (Israel, which already has a nuclear arsenal, destroyed the suspect facility in a bombing raid, in 2007.) Egypt, too, is discussing bids from nuclear-power companies. In all this lies the outline of a nightmare scenario, perhaps just ten or twenty years away—a crisscrossing regime of hair-trigger nuclear deterrence among unstable governments, some of which have collaborated with religiously motivated militias and terrorists.
President Obama appears to recognize the seriousness of these trends. On his inaugural trip abroad, he dedicated an important foreign-policy address—delivered in Prague's Hradcany Square—to the challenge of nuclear proliferation. Obama reaffirmed the obligation of the United States, as a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to seek, as he put it, "the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." He added:
Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and Sam Nunn are among the Cold War-era defense hawks who have preceded Obama to an embrace of nuclear abolition. Even so, it is commonplace to criticize this vision as naïve, since the goal is unlikely to be achievable anytime soon. This criticism distorts the abolitionist movement's work; its supporters do not generally waste time on speculative debates about when and how a world containing precisely zero nuclear weapons might eventually be created. Instead, they want to drive down the world's nine nuclear arsenals to much smaller sizes as quickly as possible—perhaps to the tens or low hundreds of weapons, in the case of the United States—and, while doing so, to make nuclear weapons as illegitimate and impractical as possible.
For the time being, even cynical realists might recognize that Obama's endorsement of the goal of abolition enhances America's negotiating position within the nonproliferation system without imposing any practical constraints on American power. In fact, the Prague speech was not especially notable for its idealism; its significance lies in Obama's comprehensive, pragmatic accounting of the nuclear-diplomacy mess that he was handed by his predecessor.
The current disorder is hardly all the fault of the Bush Administration, which had a few successes in nonproliferation, such as the dismantling of Libya's fledgling nuclear program and the partial roll-up of the A. Q. Khan network. Yet George W. Bush and Dick Cheney disdained and undermined the international treaties and negotiations on which the nonproliferation regime is based. (Perhaps Iran, Syria, and North Korea would have accelerated their nuclear programs even if the United States had not invaded Iraq and announced a doctrine of preëmptive war; we'll never know.) What can be observed reliably is that since the late nineteen-nineties, when India and Pakistan tested bombs, the perceived value of acquiring nuclear weapons around the world has increased, the cost of rule breaking has declined, and none of this has evolved to America's benefit.
It may be impossible to prevent nuclear gridlock in the Middle East. Under an umbrella of Russian protection, Iran does not fear speeches. Still, it is inarguably in the United States' interests to employ aggressive and creative diplomacy to attempt to revise Tehran's perception of the costs and benefits of its nuclear program. Obama understands what is at stake: Iranian recalcitrance, he said, could produce "a potential nuclear-arms race in the region that will increase insecurity for all." Last Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined a European-led initiative to re-start nuclear negotiations with Tehran. In a reversal of Bush Administration policy, she said that the United States would be a "full participant" in the talks.
The Obama Administration, in its early foreign-policy decisions, has sought to prioritize the most difficult problems in its in-box, and, in doing so, to define the hard facts and choices. This approach certainly describes Obama's foreign-policy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan, which was issued late last month. The review process bore down on the discouraging details of the revitalizing Taliban insurgency in a way that Bush and his perennially divided advisers never were able to do.
On April 5th, also as a result of a decision by the Obama Administration, television cameras recorded the arrival at Dover Air Force Base of a casket containing the remains of Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers, of Hopewell, Virginia, who was killed in Afghanistan. For the past eighteen years, the military has banned the media from witnessing the arrival home of a soldier killed overseas, even if the soldier's family wished otherwise. No more. These caskets, too, are Obama's inheritance. Gradually, the President is fashioning a turn in national-security policy—by insisting, first of all, on an end to denial. ♦


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The year 2013 was a monumental one for the UFC, from hosting the most events in history over the course of a 365-day span to adding to its first female weight class to perhaps the most important thing of all: some of the best fights ever seen inside the octagon.
Now that the year has to a close, and with a major assist from FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producers Michael Carroll, here are some of 2013's most significant milestones from the events, the fights and individual performances.
The UFC held 33 events in 27 different cities across seven countries.
Within those events, there were 386 fights across nine different weight classes.
Those 386 fights combined for a total cage time of 66 hours, 54 minutes and nine seconds.
The longest event of the year was "UFC on FUEL TV 7: Barao vs. McDonald" at 168 minutes and 39 seconds of fight time. The shortest event was "UFC Fight Night 32: Belfort vs. Henderson" at 64 minutes and 24 seconds.
At those events, the UFC drew an announced total attendance of 407,452 for a live gate total of $52,828,135.50.
The highest attended event of the year was "UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz" in Montreal (20,145) while the lowest attended event was The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale in Las Vegas (4,853).
The highest reported income gate of the year was "UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva II" in Las Vegas ($6.2 million) while the lowest reported income gate of the year went to The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale in Las Vegas ($355,290).
In 2013 98 fight-night bonuses were given out for a sum of $5,840,000.
Six events had no "Submission of the Night" winner.
"UFC on FUEL TV 10: Werdum vs. Nogueira II" saw 10 fights end in a stoppage, tying UFC Fight Night 13 for the most of any fight card in modern UFC history.
The most knockouts at a single event went to "UFC on FOX 7: Henderson vs. Melendez" with eight.
The most submissions at a single event went to "UFC on FUEL TV 10: Werdum vs. Nogueira II," which saw eight of 12 fights end with a tap-out.
The most fights to go to a decision at an event goes to "UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson" with nine. In a similar effect, "UFC on FUEL TV 8: Silva vs. Stann" tied the UFC record for most consecutive fights to go to a decision with eight.
Through the end of 2013, fighters competing in their home country have found mixed success inside the octagon. Brazilians are 63-25 at home against foreign opponents to date. Canadians, meanwhile, are 47-40 while the English are 38-28.
Betting favorites went 285-114 over the course of the year.
"UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III" had the most favorites come through with victorious, as 12 of 13 had their hand raised. On the flip side, seven underdogs won at "UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar," the most of any card.
Number of fights: 28
Knockouts: 19
Submissions: Three
Decisions: Six (includes one draw)
Most wins: Gabriel Gonzaga and Travis Browne (three)
Most losses: Pat Barry, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson and Alistair Overeem (two)
Fastest knockout: Gonzaga def. Dave Herman at 0:17 of Round 1 at UFC 162 (tied for third fastest in divisional history)
Latest knockout: Cain Velasquez def. Junior Dos Santos at 3:09 of Round 5 at UFC 166 (latest in UFC history)
Most knockdowns: Dos Santos scored two knockdowns against Mark Hunt at UFC 160, as did Overeem against Browne at UFC Fight Night 26 and Walt Harris against Jared Rosholt at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale
Most strikes landed: Velasquez landed 274 strikes against dos Santos at UFC 166 (UFC heavyweight record)
Least strikes landed: Phil De Fries landed zero strikes against Matt Mitrione at UFC on FUEL TV 9
Fastest submission: Brendan Schaub def. Mitrione at 4:06 of Round 1 at UFC 165
Latest submission: Fabricio Werdum def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at 2:41 of Round 2 at UFC on FUEL TV 10
Most submission attempts: Nikita Krylov attempted two submission against Sao Palelei at UFC 164
Most takedowns: Schaub completed five takedowns against Lavar Johnson at UFC 157
Number of fights: 33
Knockouts: 12
Submissions: Five
Decisions: 16
Most wins: Glover Teixeira (three)
Most losses: Dan Henderson (three)
Fastest knockout: Anthony Perosh def. Vinny Magalhaes at 0:14 of Round 1 at UFC 163 (third fastest in divisional history)
Latest knockout: Jimi Manuwa def. Ryan Jimmo at 4:41 of Round 2 at UFC Fight Night 30
Most knockdowns: Wanderlei Silva scored two knockdowns against Brian Stann at UFC on FUEL TV 8, as did Vitor Belfort against Henderson at UFC Fight Night 32
Most strikes landed: Fabio Maldonado landed 156 strikes against Roger Hollett at UFC on FX 8
Least strikes landed: Four fighters landed just one strike
Fastest submission: Ryan Bader def. Vladimir Matyushenko at 0:50 of Round 1 at UFC on Fox 6 (fastest in divisional history)
Latest submission: Ildemar Alcantara def. Wagner Prado at 2:39 of Round 2 at UFC on FX 7
Most submission attempts: Alcantara attempted three submissions against Wagner Prado at UFC on FX 7
Most takedowns: Teixeira completed five takedowns against Quinton Jackson at UFC on FOX 6
Number of fights: 56
Knockouts: 17
Submissions: 14
Decisions: 25
Most wins: Rafael Natal (three)
Most losses: Eight fighters suffered two losses
Fastest knockout: Yoel Romero def. Clifford Starks at 1:32 of Round 1 at UFC on FOX 7
Latest knockout: Clint Hester def. Bristol Marunde at 3:53 of Round 3 at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale
Most knockdowns: Hester scored two knockdowns against Marunde at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, as did Natal against Tor Troeng at UFC Fight Night 28 and Luke Barnatt against Andrew Craig at UFC Fight Night 30
Most strikes landed: Mark Munoz landed 132 strikes against Tim Boetsch at UFC 162
Least strikes landed: Three fighters landed zero strikes
Fastest submission: Cezar Ferreira def. Thiago Santos at 0:47 of Round 1 at UFC 163
Latest submission: Bubba McDaniel def. Gilbert Smith at 2:49 of Round 3 at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale
Most submission attempts: Caio Magalhaes attempted five submissions against Karlos Vemola at UFC on FUEL TV 10
Most takedowns: Stanislav Nedkov completed five takedowns against Tom Watson at UFC on FUEL TV 7, as did Munoz against Boetsch at UFC 162, Thales Leites against Tom Watson at UFC 163, and Francis Carmont against Constantinos Philippou UFC 165
Number of fights: 70
Knockouts: 22
Submissions: Nine
Decisions: 38
Other: One
Most wins: Robbie Lawler and Ryan LaFlare (three)
Most losses: Bobby Voelker (three)
Fastest knockout: Matt Brown def. Mike Pyle at 0:29 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 26
Latest knockout: Carlos Condit def. Martin Kampmann at 0:54 of Round 4 at UFC Fight Night 27
Most knockdowns: Robert Whittaker scored two knockdowns against Colton Smith at UFC 160, as did Brandon Thatch against Justin Edwards at UFC Fight Night 27, Hyun Gyu Lim against Pascal Krauss at UFC 164, Stephen Thompson against Chris Clements at UFC 165, and Tyron Woodley against Josh Koscheck at UFC 167
Most strikes landed: Georges St-Pierre landed 210 strikes against Nick Diaz at UFC 158
Least strikes landed: Seven fighters landed zero strikes
Fastest submission: Rousimar Palhares def. Mike Pierce at 0:31 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 29 (third fastest in divisional history)
Latest submission: Leonardo Santos def. William Macario at 4:43 of Round 2 at UFC on FUEL TV 10
Most submission attempts: Jason High attempted four submissions against Anthony Lapsley at UFC 167
Most takedowns: Johny Hendricks completed 12 takedowns against Condit at UFC 158
Number of fights: 75
Knockout: 19
Submission: 18
Decision: 35
Other: Three
Most wins: Edson Barboza, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Bobby Green (three)
Most losses: Yves Edwards (three)
Fastest knockout: Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Thiago Tavares at 1:55 of Round 1 at UFC on FX 7
Latest knockout: Lucas Martins def. Jeremy Larsen at 0:13 of Round 3 at UFC on FX 8
Most knockdowns: T.J. Grant scored three knockdowns against Gray Maynard at UFC 160
Most strikes landed: Pat Healy landed 135 strikes against Jim Miller at UFC 159
Least strikes landed: Two fighters landed zero strikes
Fastest submission: James Vick def. Ramsey Nijem at 0:58 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 26
Latest submission: James Krause def. Sam Stout at 4:47 of Round 3 at UFC 161 (second latest in UFC lightweight history)
Most submission attempts: Paul Sass attempted five submission at UFC on FUEL TV 7
Most takedowns: Nurmagomedov completed 21 takedowns against Abel Trujillo at UFC 160 (most in UFC history)
Number of fights: 49
Knockouts: 14
Submissions: Five
Decisions: 29
Most wins: Dennis Bermudez and Chad Mendes (three)
Most losses: Six fighters in the division suffered two losses
Fastest knockout: Jeremy Stephens def. Rony Jason at 0:40 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 32 (fifth fastest in divisional history)
Latest knockout: Jose Aldo def. Chan Sung Jung at 2:00 of Round 4 at UFC 163
Most knockdowns: Dustin Poirier scored two knockdowns against Erik Koch at UFC 164
Most strikes landed: Nik Lentz landed 205 strikes against Diego Nunes at UFC on FX 7
Least strikes landed: Justin Lawrence landed zero strikes against Daniel Pineda at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale
Fastest submission: Rony Jason def. Mike Wilkinson at 1:24 of Round 1 at UFC on FUEL TV 10
Latest submission: Jimy Hettes def. Robert Whiteford at 2:17 of Round 2 at UFC Fight Night 30
Most submission attempts: Koch attempted five submission against Dustin Poirier at UFC 164
Most takedowns: Lentz completed 10 takedowns against Nunes at UFC on FX 7
Number of fights: 37
Knockouts: Eight
Submissions: 12
Decisions: 15
Other: Two
Most wins: Urijah Faber (four)
Most losses: Edwin Figueroa (three)
Fastest knockout: Yuri Alcantara def. Iliarde Santos at 2:31 of Round 1 at UFC on FX 8
Latest knockout: Francisco Rivera def. Figueroa at 4:20 of Round 2 at UFC 156
Most knockdowns: Michael McDonald scored two knockdowns against Brad Pickett at UFC Fight Night 26
Most strikes landed: Vaughan Lee landed 164 strikes against Motonobu Tezuka at UFC on FUEL TV 7
Least strikes landed: Pedro Nobre landed three strikes against Alcantara at UFC on FX 7
Fastest submission: Martins def. Ramiro Hernandez at 1:10 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 28
Latest submission: Renan Barao def. McDonald at 3:57 of Round 4 at UFC on FUEL TV 7
Most submission attempts: Dustin Pague attempted seven submission against Yves Jabouin at UFC 161
Most takedowns: Erik Perez completed seven takedowns against Figueroa at UFC 167
Number of fights: 16
Knockouts: Six
Submissions: Two
Decisions: Eight
Most wins: Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes and Alexis Davis (two)
Most losses: Five fighters in the division suffered two losses
Fastest knockout: Nunes def. Sheila Gaff at 2:08 of Round 1 at UFC 163
Latest knockout: Cat Zingano def. Miesha Tate at 2:55 of Round 3 at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale
Most knockdowns: No knockdowns were recorded in women's bantamweight competition
Most strikes landed: Jessica Andrade landed 215 strikes against Rosi Sexton at UFC Fight Night 30
Least strikes landed: Germaine de Randamie landed one strike against Nunes at UFC Fight Night 31
Fastest submission: Rouse def. Liz Carmouche at 4:49 of Round 1 at UFC 157
Latest submission: Rousey def. Miesha Tate at 0:58 of Round 3 at UFC 168
Most submission attempts: Tate attempted three submissions against Zingano at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, as did Davis against Rosi Sexton at UFC 161, Jessamyn Duke against Peggy Morgan at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale, and Rousey against Tate at UFC 168
Most takedowns: Rousey landed six takedowns against Tate at UFC 168
Number of fights: 22
Knockouts: 11
Submissions: Two
Decision: Nine
Most wins: Demetrious Johnson, John Lineker and Joseph Benavidez (three)
Most losses: Iliarde Santos, Jose Maria and Darren Uyenoyama (two)
Fastest knockout: Johnson def. Benavidez at 2:08 of Round 1 at UFC on FOX 9 (fastest in divisional history)
Latest knockout: Ali Bagautinov def. Marcos Vinicius at 3:28 of Round 3 at UFC Fight Night 28
Most knockdowns: Lineker scored three knockdowns against Maria at UFC on FX 8 and against Phil Harris at UFC Fight Night 30
Most strikes landed: Tim Elliott landed 270 strikes against Louis Gaudinot at UFC 164 (fifth most in UFC history)
Least strikes landed: Benavidez landed four strikes against Johnson at UFC on FOX 9
Fastest submission: Josh Sampo def. Ryan Benoit at 4:31 of Round 2 at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale
Latest submission: Johnson def. John Moraga at 3:43 of Round 5 at UFC on FOX 8 (second latest in UFC history)
Most submission attempts: Sampo attempted five submission against Benoit at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale
Most takedowns: Johnson completed 12 takedowns against Moraga at UFC on FOX 8 (most in divisional history)
Lyoto Machida, Ildemar Alcantara and Vitor Belfort were the only fighters to record wins in multiple UFC weight classes.
Belfort, Hunt, Browne and Demetrious Johnson all earned three fight-night bonuses, the most of any fighter.
Velasquez earned a UFC heavyweight record ninth knockout victory at UFC 166.
Gonzaga tied Mir's record for most finishes in heavyweight history with his 11th at UFC 166.
Browne became the only fighter in UFC history to record two knockouts stemming from standing elbow strikes. Browne used the technique to finish Gonzaga and Josh Barnett.
Jared Rosholt's debut at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale marked the 12th pair of brothers to fight in the UFC. His brother, Jake Rosholt, is a three-fight UFC veteran.
Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson set a light heavyweight title fight record (and second highest single-fight record) for significant strikes landed, combining for 244 over the course of their 25-minute affair at UFC 165 in September.
Jones broke Tito Ortiz's record for most consecutive light heavyweight title defenses with six when he defended his belt against Gustafsson at UFC 165.
Rashad Evans earned his 13th UFC light heavyweight victory at UFC 167, tying him with Chuck Liddell and Jones for the most in divisional history.
Henderson, 43, was the oldest fighter to compete, making appearances at UFC 157, UFC 161 and UFC Fight Night 32.
Perosh, 41, was the oldest fighter to record a victory, having defeated Magalhaes by knockout at UFC 163.
Chael Sonnen became just the third fighter in UFC history to go 0-3 in UFC championship fights after he lost to Jones at UFC 159. The other two fighters in the category are Kenny Florian and Pedro Rizzo.
Belfort became the first fighter in UFC history to win three straight fights by knockout stemming from a head kick, finishing Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Henderson in consecutive fights. "The Phenom" is also the first to record three career wins by head-kick knockout.
St-Pierre recorded a UFC record 19th victory when he defeated Hendricks by split decision at UFC 167.
St-Pierre moved into first place for total octagon time in history in his fight with Hendricks, having logged 5:28:12 throughout his UFC career.
St-Pierre became the first UFC champion to voluntarily vacate his belt since Frank Shamrock in November 1999.
Kelvin Gastelum, 21, became the youngest winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show when he won Season 17 of the series.
Condit earned the earliest fourth-round stoppage in UFC history, knocking out Martin Kampmann at the 0:54 mark of Round 4 at UFC Fight Night 27.
Palhares earned a record fifth leg-lock submission victory when he forced Pierce to tap out at UFC Fight Night 29.
Anthony Pettis became the first fighter to force a UFC championship to change hands by submission since B.J. Penn against Matt Hughes (at UFC 45) when he defeated Benson Henderson by armbar at UFC 164.
Gilbert Melendez became the fourth fighter in history to challenger for a title in his organizational debut when he met Benson Henderson for the lightweight belt at UFC on FOX 7. None of those fighters have been successful in capturing the belt.
Sam Stout fought to a decision for a record 14th time when he defeated Cody McKenzie at UFC on FOX 9.
Jim Miller moved into second place all-time when it comes to submission attempts inside the octagon, attempting 30 over his UFC career, just one shy of record-holder Chris Lytle.
Barboza became the first fighter in UFC history to earn two knockout victories stemming from leg kicks when he stopped Rafaello Oliveira at UFC 162.
Ryan Couture's UFC debut at UFC on FUEL TV 9 marked the first time a father and a son have competed in at least one bout inside the octagon. Couture's father is former multi-division UFC champion and UFC Hall of Fame inductee Randy Couture.
Gleison Tibau earned a record 13th lightweight victory when he defeated Jamie Varner by split decision at UFC 164.
Lentz was the only fighter to defeat two Brazilian fighters on their home soil, beating Nunes at UFC on FX 7 and Dias at UFC on FX 8.
Leonard Garcia's fifth consecutive UFC defeat at UFC 159 made him just the second fighter in history to drop five consecutive fights inside the octagon in one UFC stint. The other is Steve Cantwell.
Barao became the only interim champion in UFC history to successfully defend his belt twice when he defeated McDonald at UFC on FUEL TV 7 and Eddie Wineland at UFC 165.
Faber was the only fighter to win four fights inside the octagon over the course of the calendar year. Faber defeated Ivan Menjivar, Scott Jorgensen, Yuri Alcantara and McDonald.
Faber was also the only fighter of the year to post three submission victories inside the octagon.
George Roop earned his first UFC bantamweight victory at UFC 158, making him just the third fighter in history (Diego Sanchez, Kenny Florian) to post wins in three different weight classes.
Sergio Pettis, 20, was the youngest fighter to compete, making his lone UFC appearance at UFC 167.
Rousey became the first female to win a fight under the UFC banner when she successfully defended her title against Carmouche at UFC 157.
Julianna Pena became the first female winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show. She won Season 18 of the series.
Lineker landed six knockdowns in his three UFC appearances, the most of any fighter in the organization.
Flyweight titleholder Johnson successfully defended his title three times, the most of any champion.


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PopularMechanics.com, Nov. 30 -- Since investigators discovered traces of radiation on three British Airways jets yesterday and expanded their search today, the public health scare caused by the radiation poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in London has exploded into a mini-hysteria--one that experts say is largely overblown.
At least 2500 airline passengers have contacted British Airways over concern about exposure to polonium 210--the radioactive poison that killed the spy, Alexander Litvinenko--adding to the more than 1700 Londoners who've called the U.K. Health Protection Agency's emergency line out of fear that they'd been exposed to polonium while visiting some of the same sites Litvinenko had. British authorities are closely examining at least 12 locations where radiation has been detected, some of which Litvinenko visited, and yesterday British Airways grounded three of its airliners.
Polonium 210 is a rare, radioactive substance created by bombarding bismuth with neutrons. Its prime use is as an anti-static agent in certain industrial applications. Similar radioactive substances have been used as a poison, yet Litvinenko, a former colonel with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), appears to be the first person ever killed by polonium 210. He died a week ago, while living in exile in the U.K. after accusing his former paymasters of orchestrating a campaign of assassinations and murders in Russia.
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The majority of news coverage has focused heavily on the long and agonizing death caused by polonium 210 poisoning--and now is tracking the apparent poisoning of former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar. But few reports have highlighted the negligible risk the radioactive substance actually poses to the public, and radiation experts say the hysteria is largely unwarranted. "There is an awful lot of ignorance about radiation," says Gary Mansfield, a health physicist with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. "The risks in this case are being blown out of all proportion."
Polonium emits alpha particles--high-energy radioactive particles that carry a double electrical charge. In layman's terms, the particles are large and heavy: too large and heavy to penetrate even one layer of human skin. It's the equivalent of trying to throw a basketball through a chain-link fence.
"There is no health risk from external exposure," says Joseph DeCicco of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "If you walked through it, sat in it, got it on your clothes, you're not going to get sick."
Kathy Shingleton, also health physicist at Lawrence Livermore, said: "If you were sitting on a plane and there was polonium 210 on the armrest, and you put your arm on the polonium for the whole of your trip, you are in no danger."
Polonium, say the experts, is only dangerous if swallowed or inhaled. Once inside the body, it is able to pass through the more delicate internal cell membranes, destroying cells, particularly in the bone marrow.
All of which leaves two large questions looming over the Litivenko poisoning: How did he come to swallow or inhale polonium 210, and, more importantly for investigators, whodunit?
The prime suspect remains the FSB, whom Litvinenko and his supporters blame for carrying out the assassination on orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin, himself a former head of the KGB.
The FSB succeeded the KGB as Russia's federal secret service after the breakup of the Soviet Union. While the service was reorganized to adapt to Russia's new world role, many critics say only the name has changed and the FSB remains KGB to the core.
The KGB had a unit dedicated to assassinations and sabotage. Known variously as Department V and Department 13, the unit's job was to eliminate Soviet political enemies and plan the destruction of strategically important roads, bridges and industry in countries like the U.S. and Britain.
Dubbed the "dark core" of the KGB, Department 13 officers were specialists in "wet work," murders designated as "special actions" by the political chiefs of the old Soviet system. KGB assassins had access to a huge range of exotic weapons, including novel poisons and toxins--including radioactive Thallium, which is extremely similar to polonium 210--designed by the department's own scientists inside what was known as the 'Kamera' or 'Laboratory No.12.'
Department 13 actions were particularly vigorous when it came to exacting revenge on KGB spies who defected. And, in at least one case, that revenge came in the form of radioactive poisoning. Nikolai Khokhlov was a former Department 13 hit man who'd defected to the U.S. in the 1950s, blowing the lid on the KGB's special assassinations squads and plots. But in 1957, three years after he fled, Khokhlov fell ill after drinking a cup of coffee that, he said, tasted odd.
Within 10 days, he was in a hospital suffering symptoms very similar to Litvinenko's. Doctors eventually discovered he'd been poisoned with radioactive thallium that one of his former Department 13 colleagues had slipped into his coffee.
Fifty years later, as Litvinenko lay dying, doctors at first identified thallium as the poisonous culprit. By the time they discovered the true cause of the poisoning, Litvinenko was dead, the first person on record to have died from polonium exposure.


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Title: The Shallows : What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Author: Nicholas Carr.
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Review: Carr argues that the format by which we absorb information is important, since neural paths in the brain re-wire in response to the specific format of information-conveying tools. He examines the resulting effects on our brains when we read information online and when we read it through the printed book. Carr's argument is that the online environment as detrimental to our brains since it destroys concentration, and cites studies to support his theory. A thought-provoking and entertaining book.
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Get ready sports fans, pole dancers eye Olympics
By ERIC TALMADGE
Associated Press Writer
TOKYO For Japans Mai Sato, watching all those gold medals being handed out in Vancouver is a bittersweet experience.
Sato knows the demands of being the best. In her world, blisters are the rule, bruises a way of life. And the training five hours a day, five days a week.
The world champion in her sport, Sato is as athletic, dedicated and competitive as the Olympians representing their nations. And she thinks its high time her discipline, too, got some real recognition.
Still, pole dancing? In the Olympics?
Absolutely, say thousands of pole dancers and the rapidly growing number of international and national federations transforming what was once the exclusive property of strip clubs and cheap bars into a respectable and highly athletic event.
I could definitely see pole dancing in the Olympics, said Sato, who, a dancer since the age of three, out-twirled a bevy of athletes from 11 countries at the second International Pole Dancing Fitness Championships in Tokyo two months ago. I would love to win a gold medal.
Its admittedly a high bar.
Established sports such as squash and cricket have failed to make the Olympic cut, baseball and softball were recently given the ax, and the International Olympic Committees decision to end its support of nonofficial, demonstration sports after the Summer Games in 1992 has made gaining a foothold, the way judo and taekwondo did, all that much harder.
Plus, pole dancing needs to first gain IOC recognition as a sport an uphill battle if ever there was one.
No matter, pole dance enthusiasts say.
Hong Kong-based Ania Przeplasko, the founder of the International Pole Dancing Fitness Association, the sports fledgling supervisory body, believes Olympic recognition is only a matter of time and would be a victory for underappreciated sports worldwide.
There will be a day when the Olympics see pole dancing as a sport, she said. The Olympic community needs to acknowledge the number of people doing pole fitness now. Were shooting for 2012.
Thats pretty ambitious.
Its already too late for any new sports to be added to the London Games. But the IOC decision to end its support of exhibition sports after Barcelona has not completely closed the door on Olympic hopefuls looking for a way to showcase their skills Beijing did it with the martial art wushu.
Pole dance advocates note that more unlikely sports have gotten the IOCs nod.
Tug of war, for example, was one of the early Olympic medal contests. Equestrian events are in the Olympics, but who owns a horse? Curling, which virtually no one pays any attention to in non-Olympic years, has become one of the Winter Games biggest darlings. Though they are not in the games, the IOC recognizes such obscure sporting endeavors as boules, powerboating, bandy and floorball.
KT Coates, a leading pole dancer in Britain and director of Vertical Dance, is leading the effort to make pole dancing a test event in 2012 and foresees a more formal pitch in 2016, when the Olympics go to Rio de Jeneiro.
After a great deal of feedback from the pole dance community, many of us have decided that its about time pole fitness is recognized as a competitive sport, and what better way for recognition than to be part of the 2012 Olympics held in London, Coates wrote in a petition she is readying for the London organizers.
It has the wow factor, she told The Associated Press in an e-mail.
So far, the petition has about 4,000 signatures. Coates is shooting for 5,000.
Iina Laatikainen, one of Finlands top pole teachers, likens pole dancing to skateboarding and snowboarding, two sports that have gotten serious mainstream attention without completely abandoning their rebellious roots.
I think getting in the Olympics would be great for the sport, she said. I actually see a lot of similarities in what pole dancing is now for women with what skateboarding used to be for men back in the day. Pole dancing is definitely on its way to becoming a mainstream sport.
But some pole dancers worry the sensual side of pole dancing, and its counterculture undertones, would be destroyed in an effort to clean it up for the Olympics. After all, would it really be the same without stilettos, a boozy audience and a red-tinted spotlight? And how do you score for sexiness?
Others fear old-school pole dancers would be eaten alive by gymnasts, who could easily make the conversion from other apparatuses, circus performers or Chinese acrobats, who have a long tradition of performing aerial tricks.
I dont need to see pole dancing in the Olympics, said Wendy Traskos, co-founder of the U.S. Pole Dance Federation, which will be hosting its annual U.S. championships next month. I dont think this is necessarily the path that we need to take, as a sport.
Traskos, a former competitive gymnast who lives in New York, believes pole dancing needs to do more groundwork before it shoots for the Olympics. In particular, scoring for competitions needs to be standardized, she said, adding that the names of the techniques vary among different clubs in different regions.
I feel there are many small, tiny, steps that need to be taken before this sport, or any sport, can get into the Olympics, she said. We are on, like, tiny step 10 of 1,000.
Nevertheless, she said pole dancers on the medal podium is not as wild a dream as it might have seemed just five years ago.
Now, when you talk about it you dont hear like a stripper anymore, she said. You hear things like, Oh, my friend takes classes for fitness or Yes, Ive seen it on Oprah.


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Random Photos Part Five
Ben Affleck looking a little rough as he grabs dinner.
Ben Affleck looking a little rough as he grabs dinner.
Posted by ent lawyer at 12:41 PM
Labels: Ben Affleck, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chloe Moretz, Daniel Craig, David Beckham, Elle Fanning, John Legend, Rachel Weisz, Steven Spielberg
Whoa Ben!
Something fishy with Chloe and her brother...
Ben is morphing into Dean McDermot
Ramona Singer is EVERYTHING! XO
Ben looks rough because that's the night he isn't cheating on JG. Probably.
CGM is pretty, but her brother has a very punchable face/body in the pic. But less than cucumber (FrenchGirl tm) whose specs I would gladly punch after seeing that pic.
Teigen is what in dictionaries appears next to the aception "butterface".
This must be the first time I don't see EF smiling or with a happy expresion.
Ben looks rough because that's the night he isn't cheating on JG. Probably.
CGM is pretty, but her brother has a very punchable face/body in the pic. But less than cucumber (FrenchGirl tm) whose specs I would gladly punch after seeing that pic.
Teigen is what in dictionaries appears next to the aception "butterface".
This must be the first time I don't see EF smiling or with a happy expresion.
Affleck: would still do.
Cummerbund: Looks too much like Beaker when he isn't on the Sherlock set; wouldn't do.
CGM Brother: would do as long as little sister wasn't there.
I don't know, I don't think Ben looks that rough. Just a weird angle.
Please tell me the jean vest is not making a comeback. I think only Becks could get away with this look.
I don't know, I don't think Ben looks that rough. Just a weird angle.
Please tell me the jean vest is not making a comeback. I think only Becks could get away with this look.
Just call him Ol Man Affleck.
His new gig is dressing up like the insurance duck so no one notices he's aged
A HeisenFave: I'M FUCKING BEN AFFLECK <3
I think it's odd that people want to assume incest with Chloe and her brother.
He is her paid chaperone more or less, as well as gay I believe.
I do not get what people have against Teigen. I think she is super hot. Obviously I am not alone since she has been a working model for 10 years. Maybe she appeals more to certain taste but I like her face and her body and her personality. Her husband certainly looks happy with her.
Dianna Agron looks like January Jones!
I heard my first John Legend song yesterday, and I liked it. Thanks to this site, though, I can't think of his name without thinking of Christy Teigan's name attached.
Cumby rocking the hipster!
Good lord, that Moretz family has some gorgeous genes!!!
Am I the only one who notices ugly feet? Bent toes, jammed into open toed shoes, are just not attractive.
Cumberbatch has on too many different colors.
I think Ben is regretting taking on the Batman role vs Superman. If he was stand alone Batman that would be one thing but I think this whole dueling Superhero thing is going to be a Huge A$$ Bomb and Ben knows it.
I doubt he will get a chance to be Batman solo if 1st one Bombs.
CGM and brother are getting creepy. . Girl doesn't need a chaperone.
Love Crissy Teigan I think she's funny.
Note to Swifty, Elle Fanning looks like she actually worked out.
Anothergrayhare, Antoine Dodson's FB page had a picture of Parisite Hilton's foot and it was scary!!! Ugh!
Diana does look like JJ there.
Ramona not only has crazy eyes but uglay legs too. Sorry Derek.
I didn't realize daniel craig was that big a man, he dwarfs everyone in the picture?
Interwebz say Craig is 5'10", while Spielberg is 5'8". I think part of it is the perspective - Craig's out front of the other two.
Meanwhile, I can't decide who is hotter - DC as Bond or Fassy as Magneto. All I know is I hope they keep churning out both series until the end of time.
I think Ben looks yummy, I like a manly man - - no pretty boys.
@Michael - how do you find Miranda Kerr or Selena Gomez? Do you find them attractive also?
Just asking because I think they all share that cute-face aesthetic. Personally I think Miranda Kerr is sooooo gorgeous but her face is oddly cutesy, not gonna deny it.
I think Crissy is nice looking for sure. Very pretty. Selena's okay.
Did anyone see Mickey Rourke leaving the Equinoix gym in LA? Thought for sure the lime green spandex would be top photo. Google that sh!t
@me: HERE is Mickey doing the Green Man. Or at least his balls are!
HERE is an update on that guy Mike Nunnery, who is alleged to have hooked Sheen up with the hooker who gave him HIV. HSK claims that Nunnery is fleeing LA so bewaaaare Ohio!!!
@LadyH. Oh my!! I don't know which is more horrifying: Mickey's green balls or the pic of Charlie. 0.O
Good to see Daniel Craig. He's been AWOL for a few months now. I swore he was having work done but it looks like he's just hanging with the family.
@LadyHeisenberg Thank you!
BREEEP BEEEEEP!! Breaking news!!!!
Orly Bloom punched Bieber and the restaurant applauded. Was he hit outta general douchiness or did Biebs bring up Miranda... HOT DAMN
I don't think Ben looks rough. He looks like someone at the end of a long day.
Yeah I'm sure Ben is exhausted after those 3 minutes he spent on stage at SDCC.
Orlando my HERO!!! Damn! I wish I had been there to see that. It's about time somebody knocked that pipsqueak on his ass.
My crush on Mr. Bloom has reignited and is burning outta control. Remember Orly, stay away from those girls that resemble jailbait and go find a real woman.
I'm gonna go find some champagne so I can toast the smack down of Bieber.
If you think that Chloe GM doesn't need a chaperone you maybe right. But in that town she can damn sure use a body guard (and Aaron Taylor Johnson has a wife and two kids so it ain't gonna be him).
Hanging with her brother sounds positively benign compared to that Jenner girl screwing Terry Richardson. Now THAT makes my skin crawl.
Drew Barrymore's half sister found dead in her car, just on news now. Suspected suicide. Is someone going round offing A-Listers half siblings?!
lady h.. don't forget orly tapped selena back in march after a chelsea handler show. photos on lainey sight
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It looks like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may have some competition in its search for the much-anticipated Higgs boson, the source of mass.
Yesterday CERN, the European particle physics lab, announced that on September 10 it would begin shooting protons around the full 27 kilometers (17 miles) of the circular LHC—the most powerful particle accelerator ever built—building up to collisions with a second, opposing beam in subsequent months.
Researchers don't know much concentrated energy it takes to make the Higgs particle pop out, but they are confident that the sheer number of high-energy particle collisions the LHC was designed to produce ought to generate lots of Higgs bosons, enough to spot them from among other collision debris.
But the LHC isn't the only machine with the potential for finding the Higgs. At a conference this week, researchers working on the Tevatron [above, background] at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill.—still the top particle accelerator for a few months more—have finally collected enough data that they can start to rule out the Higgs along portions of the energy range the LHC will also explore.
Combined results from the CDF and DZero experiments indicate that the Higgs most likely does not exist at 170 giga electron-volts (GeV). (A GeV is one billion electron-volts, which are the units of energy associated with subatomic particles.)
Tevatron researchers have been hard at work these past months squeezing every bit of sensitivity from their data to identify enough Higgs-like particle collisions to see if there's an excess suggesting the possible presence of the Higgs.
The finding "marks the start of an expanding region both below and above 170 GeV where the Higgs will be excluded as we collect more statistics and refine our analysis," Fermilab director Pierre Oddone said in a statement. "Even more exciting, if the Higgs is anywhere nearby, we should then see evidence for it with the full data sample in the next two years."
Physicist Gordon Watts, a DZero team member, notes on his blog that this is the first time a particle physics experiment has entered the Higgs range since CERN's LEP collider in the 1990s, which told researchers that the Higgs had to possess an energy greater than 114 GeV.
The LHC will need a few years to complete its own Higgs hunt, as indicated in this provisional timeline, circulated at April's meeting of the American Physical Society. Of course, the machine will be looking for other particles besides the Higgs. Check out Cosmic Variance for a run-down of what's theoretically possible.
Image credit: Fermilab, Reidar Hahn


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China's not allowed access to Twitter, but obviously there are "ways" to work around that. Cheng Jianping and her fiancé Hua Chunhui, were two such users. Cheng, however, was arrested for RTing her fiancé's joke—on their wedding day.
The situation was made even more traumatic, because her family and fiancé weren't told of her arrest—leading them to think she'd done a runner. All for retweeting her fiancé's tweet, which said:
"Anti-Japanese demonstrations, smashing Japanese products, that was all done years ago by Guo Quan. It's no new trick. If you really wanted to kick it up a notch, you'd immediately fly to Shanghai to smash the Japanese Expo pavilion."
It was turned into a joke because she added "angry youth, charge!" to her retweet.
So, instead of enjoying life as a newlywed, Cheng was sent to a women's labor camp, where she immediately went on hunger strike. She's to remain there for a year, for "disturbing social order." This comes only a week after Irish chap Paul Chambers was slapped with a guilty verdict for joking he was going to blow up Robin Hood airport in England.


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Story highlights
Several cities are close to record-level snowfall
New York, Philadelphia, Detroit are among those looking at possible records
Toledo could break its record this week
Snow is bear-hugging parts of New England Tuesday. Again.
For those shivering near Boston, you're not alone. The seemingly forever-frigid temperatures this winter have turned arcane weather terms viral. (Think: polar vortex)
In fact, this onslaught of the white stuff has many cities close to marking their snowiest winter in history.
Here are some potential record-breaking places, according to CNN's weather unit
This season Indianapolis has been coated with 52 inches of snow. And that's not far behind the previous record, set in 1981-82 when the Indiana city had 58.2 inches of snow, according to CNN's weather unit tally.
The City of Brotherly Love has been hit with a little more than 58 inches of snow this season. That's the third snowiest winter ever, according to the CNN weather unit. Though there have been some blockbuster storms this year, it would take a monstrous blizzard to break the 2009-10 record when the area was hit with more than 78 inches of snow.
There could be a record snowfall in Toledo, Ohio, by the end of the week. As of Tuesday morning, 72.4 inches had fallen in the area, the second-most ever. That's very close to the record 73.1 inches that fell in 1977-78
The Motor City has been immobilized by snow this winter. More than 77 inches have fallen, the third-most in history. Detroit may not beat a centuries-old record, though. The all-time record is 93.6 recorded in the winter of 1880-81.
Compared to other regions, Cincinnati hasn't been hit that hard. The Ohio city has had 44 inches of snow this season. That's the fifth-snowiest winter in history. The record is 53.9, which fell in a winter of 1977-78.
New York
The Big Apple has had its share, totaling a little more of 57 inches. That is the seventh-snowiest winter on record, behind the record 75 inches that fell in 1995-96.
CNN's Sean Morris contributed to this report.


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If she could stand, she would undoubtedly comprise all of 5 feet. Slowly, age and physical limitations have taken her ability to walk, then stand and the wheelchair that she once could move can no longer be done on her own. Yet on the inside "Grace" towers, a living witness to a profound spirituality, her inspiring reverence and appreciation for the Eucharist is faithfully compelling. In her suffering, she has shared not only of her struggle but of the gift and essentialness of communion and community.
It was about 6 years ago in the beginning of our Eucharistic Ministry to the nursing homes, that my husband and I first met Grace. My husband, having left Harvard when our economy took a major downturn was initially unsure of this assignment but more than ready to feel of use again. While he was certain that he could impart a bit of company and joy to those he visited in fulfilling this ministry, he was not prepared for what he would receive in return. His week spent researching the classifieds and applying for new jobs, would prove relentless with the exception of Sunday. Always faithful, but at times lukewarm in intensity, Sunday was the day he reserved for God. Little did he know that God had so much more in store for him, by this simple step forward in faith.
While wanting to go with him in these first few visits, I prayerfully held back, feeling God was preparing John for something special. So, with pyx in hand and a head full of concerns I watched as John hurriedly left the house, unquestionably working on the following day's to-do list. However, no matter how he left the house, one could not help but notice that he never returned the same. In its place, peace and joy had consumed his countenance and he practically overflowed with a renewed strength. For, during this otherwise incredibly stressful time, God had opened a window.
After a bit of time, of observing all of this, the day came when with hopeful expectation he suddenly asked, "Would you like to go with me today? There is someone I would like you to meet." This was the moment I had patiently waited for. "Of course, lead the way!". Though he carried a handwritten list of names and rooms, with notes beside each, it would be completely unnecessary. He knew each one, and wasted no time in introducing me as we entered with a rap at the door.
As we neared the last room he paused, grabbed my hand and a huge smile overtook his face. This was the one he so eagerly had wanted to share, the one that had inspired the transformation that I witnessed.
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Have you ever considered Eucharistic ministry? Be prepared, the life transformed by Christ today, might be your own!


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It's something that had been haunting me for awhile now, but try as I might, I couldn't let go.
I'd read (rightly or wrongly, it's still debatable) it was the healthier option. It would result in weight loss for those last couple of stubborn pounds and centimetres around the middle-aged waist. For sure, it was more ethical.
At first, I tried in fits and starts. In spurts of yes, no, oh alright! For a few days at a stretch, before backing out and reverting to old habits. Then, I came up behind a truck of live caged chickens being transported to the slaughterhouse at a traffic light and I couldn't look them in the eye. I had to shy away from guilt. I think that was it, the turning point. I decided I would seriously attempt something I hadn't in 5 decades.
And so, since January of this year, I have been studiously trying to avoid all kinds of meat. It's tough, even (or especially) in India, for a meat eating family. I've had to deal with intrusive curiosity from the wife, daughter, friends, colleagues… I've been tempted, teased, bribed, cajoled; my own mother has tortured her only son, "hey, I cooked for you since you were visiting and made your special!" But I have mostly held out.
It's tough because there aren't very many everyday substitutes besides cottage cheese for someone who's fond of good food. Of course, there are fine dine options, but I can't afford them on daily basis. The basic repertoire is rather limited. I don't like tofu or soya mock meat, I'm picky about typical Indian vegetables, fruit is not a regular habit either. Of course, there's all the fried stuff, but that's taboo for different reasons. It's tough because there's habit and there's an almost desperate urge at times. It's tough, because I like pottering in the kitchen, so I handle and cook the stuff but don't eat it.
And of course, being human, I've succumbed. I've been suckered at other times. Also, not wanting to make an unnecessary fuss, I've picked on some of the non-veg food on the table before me. I'll mostly take the gravy and resist the chunks. But I'll reiterate, it's been tough.
Now, the results? Nothing showing on the belly, but the scales show 2 Kilos less! If that's due to the meatless diet or the exercise, I don't know, but that's not something I'm complaining about (nor is the wife)!
How long will this last? I wonder! My moral compass says one thing, urging my will-power along, but there's temptation that beckons at every other meal. It's a see-saw. Let's see how it goes. More so, when it's time to travel to foreign shores. In the meanwhile, every prawn tandoori, chicken kebab, mince samosas and slice of salami resisted, makes me feel better inside. On the other hand, very honestly, I've overcompensated on some cravings by indulging in more coffee/sugar, butter and ice cream than usual, but what the heck!
Last word? A shout out to my not-so-tasty new found legume & lentil besties in today's times for helping me along! And guys, to each their own – I'm not foisting my views on anybody here! Cheers!


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Son I got bigger and better plans Son
No doubt, we gonna move on man
And you know I be fuckin with anybody man
Son, long as the love and the trust is there Son
We gonna grow God
You know it Tony
We gonna grow like a plant Son
Yo you coming at me like that Son?
For real Son, come on you know me man
You know my style Son
You know how my heart feels though God
No doubt
But yo God, for real, this is my last time God
I'm hangin this shit up man if this shit don't work right here God
Word up, I feel the same way
I feel the same way kid
Yo God, yaknowhatI'msayin?
I got shot at man, my moms windows got shot the fuck up man
Yo God, my baby's in here God, see I gotta take time man
and raise my family man
Yeah yeah yeah
YaknowhatI'msayin? Sit around man, my grandkids man
But yo Son, it's like this man
We all livin man, we here now man
Word man
YouknowhatI'msayin? Let's not think like we gon be stagnating man
Let's keep movin ahead man, keep our head up man
Take care of our families man
God, word is bond, I'm your eyes that's in back of you kid
Let's do it then
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A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck in western Kansas, killing one person in the pickup and injuring several people on the bus.
The patrol says the accident happened early Wednesday as the Greyhound bus and pickup truck were headed east on Interstate 70 in Trego County.
Patrol spokesman Tod Hileman says investigators are working to determine what caused the accident. He says the victim was in the pickup, which was also hauling a trailer. The victim's identity hasn't been released.
Greyhound spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson says the bus was headed from Denver to Kansas City, carrying 42 people, including the driver. Gipson says 16 people on the bus were transported to hospitals, and three remained hospitalized later Wednesday.
Greyhound sent another bus to pick up the passengers.


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Living With a Nuclear Iran
Iran can be contained. The path to follow? A course laid out half a century ago by a young Henry Kissinger, who argued that American chances of checking revolutionary powers such as the Soviet Union depended on our credible willingness to engage them in limited war.
Interview: "A Strategy to Avoid Tragedy"
Robert D. Kaplan talks to James Gibney about Kissinger, Iran, North Korea, and the right way to think about the prospect of a limited nuclear exchange.
In 1957, a 34-year-old Harvard faculty member, Henry Kissinger, published a book, Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, putting forth a counterintuitive proposition: that at the height of the Cold War, with the United States and the Soviet Union amassing enough hydrogen bombs for Armageddon, a messy, limited war featuring conventional forces and a tactical nuclear exchange or two was still possible, and the United States had to be prepared for such a conflict. Fresh in Kissinger's mind was the Korean War, which had concluded with a truce only four years earlier—"a war to which," as he wrote, "an all-out strategy seemed particularly unsuited." But President Dwight D. Eisenhower believed that any armed conflict with Moscow would accelerate into a thermonuclear holocaust, and he rejected outright this notion of "limited" nuclear war.
The absence of a nuclear exchange during the Cold War makes Eisenhower and what became the doctrine of mutual assured destruction look wise in hindsight. But more than half a century after Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy was published, it still offers swift, searing insights into human nature and a deeply troubling contemporary relevance. Eurasia—from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sea of Japan—is today an almost unbroken belt of overlapping ballistic-missile ranges: those of Israel, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, and North Korea. Many of these nations have or seek to acquire nuclear arsenals; some are stirred by religious zealotry; and only a few have robust bureaucratic control mechanisms to inhibit the use of these weapons. This conjunction of circumstances increases the prospect of limited nuclear war in this century. Kissinger long ago considered this problem in full, and the current nuclear impasse with Iran gives fresh reason to bring his book back into the debate.
Kissinger begins his study by challenging the idea that peace constitutes the "'normal' pattern of relations among states." Indeed, he describes a world that seems anything but peaceful:
On the ideological plane, the contemporary ferment is fed by the rapidity with which ideas can be communicated and by the inherent impossibility of fulfilling the expectations aroused by revolutionary slogans. On the economic and social plane, millions are rebelling against standards of living as well as against social and racial barriers which had remained unchanged for centuries.
Continuing his description of a world that matches our own, he writes, "International relationships have become truly global … There are no longer any isolated areas." In 2010, that sounds utterly mundane; but then again, in Eisenhower's day, the idea that North Korea would help Syria to build a nuclear plant and thereby precipitate an Israeli military raid (as happened in 2007) would have seemed wildly improbable. Kissinger foresaw an interconnected world incessantly roiled by unsettling ideologies and unmet expectations.
Out of this turbulence inevitably come revolutionary powers, whose emergence is a critical theme in Kissinger's book:
Time and again states appear which boldly proclaim that their purpose is to destroy the existing structure and to recast it completely. And time and again, the powers that are the declared victims stand by indifferent or inactive, while the balance of power is overturned.
Obviously, Kissinger was concerned here with the Soviet Union. As he told me in an interview last spring in his Manhattan office, he considered Moscow a revolutionary power because of its instigation of the 1948–49 Berlin blockade, and its encouragement of the Korean War in 1950, which were very much recent history when he wrote—Stalin had been dead for only four years. Over nearly five decades, thanks at least in part to a Western strategy of containment that resulted in no limited nuclear exchanges, the behavior of the Soviet regime evolved. The revolutionary power had been tamed, if not by us, then by its own longevity.
To insert a nuclearizing Iran in place of the mid-20th-century Soviet Union is to raise several tantalizing possibilities. In his book, Kissinger writes that, by acquiring nuclear weapons, a nation becomes able, for the first time, to change the regional or global balance of power without an invasion or a declaration of war. Let us assume that Iran develops a nuclear capability—an outcome that seems likely despite the imposition of sanctions and the threat by Israel of some kind of preemptive military strike. Would a nuclear Iran be as dangerous a revolutionary power as the old Soviet Union? More broadly, how should the United States contend with the threat posed by Iran, North Korea, and other would-be revolutionary powers that seek to use their possession of nuclear weapons to overturn the status quo?
Kissinger's 1957 analysis of how the status quo powers respond to revolutionary powers seems sadly applicable to the situation with Iran today: "All their instincts will cause them to seek to integrate the revolutionary power into the legitimate framework with which they are familiar and which to them seems 'natural.'" They see negotiations as the preferred way to manage emerging differences. The problem is that for a revolutionary power, a negotiation is not "in itself a symptom of reduced tension," as the status quo powers would have us believe, but merely a tactic to gain time. Whereas for normal nations, a treaty has legal and moral weight, for the revolutionary power, treaty talks are merely a concessionary phase in the continuing struggle. Think of how North Korea has skillfully—and repeatedly—used the promise of giving up its nuclear capability as a negotiating tool to secure other benefits, from fuel oil to relief from sanctions.
"Iran," Kissinger told me, "merely by pursuing nuclear weapons, has given itself a role in the region out of proportion to its actual power, and it gains further by the psychological impact of its being able to successfully defy the United Nations Security Council." Nevertheless, he went on, he does not consider Iran a threat of the "same order of magnitude" as the 1950s' Soviet Union, even as it "ideologically and militarily challenges the Middle East order."
When I asked Kissinger whether a nuclear Iran would be containable, he suggested that he would want to take tough measures to prevent a nuclear Iran in the first place. He did tell me that the United States had "different deterrence equations" to consider: Iran versus Israel, Iran versus the Sunni Arabs, Iran versus its own dissidents, and Islam versus the West. All of these dynamics, he explained, would interact in the event of an Iran that goes nuclear, and lead to "even more-frequent crises" than we currently have in the Middle East.
But in spite of Iran's refusal thus far to avail itself of "the genuine opportunity to transform itself from a cause to a nation," Kissinger told me, the country's true strategic interests should "run parallel with our own." For example, Iran should want to limit Russia's influence in the Caucasus and Central Asia, it should want to limit the Taliban's influence in neighboring Afghanistan, it should accept stability in Iraq, and it should want to serve as a peaceful balancing power in the Sunni Arab world.
Indeed, I would argue that because Sunni Arabs from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Egypt perpetrated the attacks of September 11, 2001, and because Sunni hostility to American and Israeli interests remains a conspicuous problem, the United States should theoretically welcome a strengthened Shiite role in the Middle East, were Iran to go through an even partial political transformation. And demographic, cultural, and other indicators all point to a positive ideological and philosophical shift in Iran in the medium to long term. Given this prognosis, and the high cost and poor chances for success of any military effort to eliminate Iran's nuclear program, I believe that containment of a nuclear Iran is the most sensible policy for the United States.
The success of containment will depend on a host of regional factors. But its sine qua non will be the ability of the United States to underline any policy toward a nuclear-armed Iran with the credible threat of military action. As Kissinger told me, "I want America to sustain whatever measures it takes about Iran." As he writes in Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, "Deterrence … is achieved when one side's readiness to run risks in relation to the other is high; it is least effective when the willingness to run risks is low, however powerful the military capability."
Kissinger well knows from personal experience that domestic politics temper U.S. willingness to run such risks. Limited wars—those conflicts when a nation chooses for political reasons not to bring to bear all the weapons at its disposal—have always been difficult for Americans. "My book," he told me, "was written after one limited war, in Korea, where the U.S. achieved some of its objectives. Since the book was published, we had a limited war in Vietnam, in which a sector of the U.S. population wanted to lose the war in order to purify America's soul. To a lesser extent, that was also the case in Iraq. That is a new experience. You can't fight a war for an exit strategy." His conclusion: "America can no longer engage in a conflict unless it knows it can win it."
The crux of Kissinger's book and, in many ways, his professional life is this ongoing tension between his belief that limited war is something that the United States must be prepared to wage and his recognition of the domestic upheavals that such wars inevitably trigger. To refuse as a matter of principle to fight limited wars is to leave America powerless, with only an inflexible and reactive policy against the subtle maneuvers of adversaries: "Our empiricism," Kissinger writes, "dooms us" to requiring all the facts of a case beforehand, by which point it is too late to act. The search for certainty, he goes on, reduces us to dealing with emergencies, not preventing them. But for a democracy that needs to mobilize an entire population through patient argument in order to deploy troops for war—and, therefore, requires a good-versus-evil cause to ensure public support—limited wars, with their nuanced objectives, are far more challenging than all-out ones.
We must be more willing, not only to accept the prospect of limited war but, as Kissinger does in his book of a half century ago, to accept the prospect of a limited nuclear war between states. For most of the 1950s, observes Lawrence Freedman, a strategic theorist and historian at King's College London, in The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, "the imminence of a strategic stalemate was taken as a basic premise." Although Kissinger was not the first or only thinker to advocate that the West develop strategies for the limited use of nuclear weapons, his "challenging, confident, and assertive style" made him easily the most forceful and articulate.
Kissinger recognizes the inherent dangers of this new strategic approach. Indeed, writing in 1957 about a possible superpower confrontation, he is also describing a possible 21st-century India-Pakistan one:
A limited nuclear war which had to be improvised in the midst of military operations would be undertaken under the worst possible conditions … Because of the need for rapid reaction which is imposed by the speed and power of modern weapons, a misinterpretation of the opponent's intentions … may well produce a cataclysm … And [the two adversaries'] difficulties would be compounded by the fact that they would have had no previous experience to serve as a guide.
As Kissinger argues in his book, the psychological advantage in limited war will constantly shift in favor of the side that convincingly conveys the intention of escalating, particularly if the escalation entails nuclear weapons. Armed with nuclear weapons, in other words, a cornered Pakistan in a limited war with India would be a fearsome thing to behold.
At the time of his writing Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, some analysts took Kissinger to task for what one reviewer called "wishful thinking"—in particular, his insufficient consideration of civilian casualties in a limited nuclear exchange. Moreover, Kissinger himself later moved away from his advocacy of a NATO strategy that relied on short-range, tactical nuclear weapons to counterbalance the might of the Soviet Union's conventional forces. (The doctrinal willingness to suffer millions of West German civilian casualties to repel a Soviet attack seemed a poor way to demonstrate the American commitment to the security and freedom of its allies.) But that does not diminish the utility of Kissinger's thinking the unthinkable. Indeed, now that the nuclear club has grown, and nuclear weaponry has become more versatile and sophisticated, the questions that his book raises are even more relevant. The dreadful prospect of limited nuclear exchanges is inherent in a world no longer protected by the carapace of mutual assured destruction. Yet much as limited war has brought us to grief, our willingness to wage it may one day save us from revolutionary powers that have cleverly obscured their intentions—Iran not least among them.


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The folks at Android Police released part two of their Android 4.2 Alpha teardown today. The first edition revealed Android may soon have a Quick Settings feature available in the notifications panel. Now, it looks like Google is also turning its focus to beefing up security on the open platform.
We already know there's the possibility of a built-in malware scanner coming to the Google Play store to help users make better decisions about which apps they install. Users should also expect Bouncer, the server-side malware scanner, but there's evidence that more is on the way.
First on the list is Security-Enhanced Linux, essentially a set of kernel add-ons that keeps applications from running rampant and having access to all the user's files. Android Police found code buried in the Settings APK that hints at an option to enable this kind of security in Android 4.2. There are three options for SELinux, including Disabled, Permissive, and Enforcing. Permissive essentially allows apps to have access and will log when the OS would have blocked an application, but it won't actually block anything from having root file access. Enforcing puts all "hands" on deck to keep applications from having root access, and Disabled implies there's no security at all. The prevalence of such a feature follows a bigger trend in mobile security, where OSes are adopting standard security features found in desktop operating systems like Windows and OS X. There is also the SE Android project that's been working to bring this kind of security to Android.
The APK also shows evidence of VPN lockdown. This function ensures that certain data is sent only while connected to a specific network. At present, if Android users are logged out of VPN during an active session, the data will still send over the active Internet connection (offering no security). With the code tweaks in the APK, the session will stop immediately if there's no VPN access available, rather than default to the active Internet connection.
Lastly, users will now have SMS confirmation when sending out text messages. This is to help combat recent malware that charged user accounts for text messages they never actually sent. Now, Android might ask users before it sends out a text message to a short code phone number.
None of these features have been confirmed for Android 4.2, but even the idea is a step in the right direction. If Google focuses its efforts on making Android more safe and secure for users, it could help grow the operating system's market share and finally give it the safety rating it needs for enterprise users who want to switch from BlackBerry or iOS.


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Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal
As was expected Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise when he announced today he would be pulling the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. Here is some of what he had to say.
"In 2015, the previous administration joined with other nations in a deal regarding Iran's nuclear program," said Trump. "In theory, the so-called Iran deal was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb.
"In fact," said Trump, "the deal allowed Iran to continue enriching uranium and over time reach the brink of nuclear breakout. The deal lifted crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for very weak limits on the regime's nuclear activity and no limits at all on its other malign behavior, including its sinister activities in Syria, Yemen and other places all around the world.
"In other words," he said, "at the point when the United States had maximum leverage, this disastrous deal gave this regime–and it's a regime of great terror–many billions of dollars, some of it in actual cash–a great embarrassment to me as a citizen and to all citizens of the United States."
Of course Barack Obama has criticized this decision for obvious reasons, as has John Kerry (who might have a vested family interest in keeping the deal in place), the mainstream media, and the other nations in the deal.
Benjamin Netanyahu, who has accused Iran of cheating on the deal, praised the move. It appears to me Donald Trump is using a tactic similar to the one he used on North Korea. The President came out with strong words against North Korea, imposed stricter sanctions, and made sure countries like China adhered to the sanctions and we have seen progress with North Korea. It looks like this is a move to get Iran back to the table to negotiate an agreement Donald Trump believes would be more beneficial to the United States. By pulling out of the deal the United States will be able to put the sanctions back on Iran and enforce them, it worked with North Korea but it seems like this will be a tougher goal to accomplish but we will see.
On a side note, we have seen several lawsuits levied against Donald Trump for undoing Barack Obama's Executive Orders by using Executive Orders and we have seen sympathetic judges rule against the President. How long will it be before somebody tries to sue Donald Trump over this?
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CJ permalinkMay 9, 2018 12:59 am
You are right as to who knows where this will lead. There are too many differences between NK and Iran to see how this is going to work. I do not think sanctions will work this time if France, UK and Germany are not in agreement.
I don't see a reason for the Iranians to want to negotiate with the US.
CJ permalinkMay 9, 2018 8:38 am
Putin must be doing a happy dance, since US sanctions will stall sales of Boeing jets to Iran. Now he can sell his commercial planes to Iran.


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Total Hours Required for Minor: 22
Choose one of the following:
Students must earn two credit hours in each of the following:
Students must enroll in MUSC 394 or 495 as deemed appropriate by the director of choral activities for four terms. Only one credit of 394 or 495 may be applied to requirements for the minor each semester.
Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses applied to the minor.


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The origin of human games and sports predates recorded history. Several theories exist about the beginnings of our competitions. It has been widely recorded that during his reign in the 11th century, King Malcolm III of Scotland summoned contestants to compete in a footrace in order to find the fastest runner in the land to serve as his royal messenger. From that humble beginning, competition arose. Rival clans or kings would meet with their fastest, strongest, and best warriors in order to impress one's rivals and lay claim to the most skilled contestants.
Scottish Heavy athletics events
Caber Toss
A long tapered pole or log is stood upright and hoisted by the competitor who balances it vertically holding the smaller end in his hands Then the competitor runs forward attempting to toss it in such a way that it turns end over end with the upper (larger) end striking the ground first. The smaller end that was originally held by the athlete then hits the ground in the 12 o'clock position measured relative to the direction of the run. If successful, the athlete is said to have turned the caber. Cabers vary greatly in length, weight, taper, and balance, all of which affect the degree of difficulty in making a successful toss. Competitors are judged on how closely their throws approximate the ideal 12 o'clock toss on an imaginary clock.
Stone Put
This event is similar to the modern-day shot-put as seen in the Olympic Games. Instead of a steel shot, a large stone of variable weight is often used. There are also some differences from the Olympic shot put in allowable techniques. There are two versions of the stone toss events, differing in allowable technique. The "Braemar Stone" uses a 20–26 lb stone for men (13–18 lb for women) and does not allow any run up to the toeboard or "trig" to deliver the stone, i.e., it is a standing put. In the "Open Stone" using a 16–22 lb stone for men (or 8–12 lb for women), the thrower is allowed to use any throwing style so long as the stone is put with one hand with the stone resting cradled in the neck until the moment of release. Most athletes in the open stone event use either the "glide" or the "spin" techniques.
Scottish Hammer Throw
This event is similar to the hammer throw as seen in modern-day track and field competitions, though with some differences. In the Scottish event, a round metal ball (weighing 16 or 22 lb for men or 12 or 16 lb for women) is attached to the end of a shaft about 4 feet in length and made out of wood, bamboo, rattan, or plastic. With the feet in a fixed position, the hammer is whirled about one's head and thrown for distance over the shoulder. Hammer throwers sometimes employ specially designed footwear with flat blades to dig into the turf to maintain their balance and resist the centrifugal forces of the implement as it is whirled about the head. This substantially increases the distance attainable in the throw.
Weight Throw
Also known as the weight for distance event, the weight throw is actually two separate events, one using a light (28 lb for men and 14 lb for women) and the other a heavy (56 lb for men, 42 lb for masters men, and 28 lb for women) weight. The weights are made of metal and have a handle attached either directly or by means of a chain. The implement is thrown using one hand only, but otherwise using any technique. Usually a spinning technique is employed. The longest throw wins. In Weight Over The Bar, also known as Weight for Height, the athletes attempt to toss a 56 pound (4 stone) weight with an attached handle over a horizontal bar using only one hand. Each athlete is allowed three attempts at each height. Successful clearance of the height allows the athlete to advance into the next round at a greater height. The winner is determined by the highest successful toss, with fewest misses being used to break tie scores.
Sheaf Toss
A bundle of straw (the sheaf) weighing 20 pounds (9 kg) for the men and 10 pounds (4.5 kg) for the women is wrapped in a burlap bag and tossed vertically with a pitchfork over a raised bar much like that used in pole vaulting. The progression and scoring of this event is similar to the Weight Over The Bar. There is significant debate among athletes as to whether the sheaf toss is in fact an authentic Highland event. Some argue it is actually a country fair event, but all agree that it is a great crowd pleaser.


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Story highlights
Tokyo court rules that Samsung did not infringe Apple's patents for its iPhone and iPad
Case focused on technology used in some Galaxy devices to transfer data to a computer
Samsung was last week ordered to pay $1B for copying look and feel of iPhone, iPad design
The two tech giants are locked in numerous patent disputes across the world
A week after Samsung was ordered to pay $1 billion to Apple for patent infringements, a Japanese court has backed the South Korean company in another dispute with its U.S. rival.
The Tokyo District Court on Friday ruled that Samsung did not infringe Apple's patents for its iPhone and iPad for some of its Galaxy smartphones and the Galaxy tablet.
The case focused on technology used in Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tab 7 devices to synchronize music and video with a computer – technology Apple says its rival copied.
However Judge Tamotsu Shoji disagreed and threw out Apple's 100 million yen ($1.27 million) claim and ordered the California-based tech giant to pay the costs of the lawsuit. It has 30 days to file an appeal.
Samsung to fight U.S. court ruling
In a statement released by Samsung after the decision, it said: "We have been strongly appealing that our products do not infringe the patents of Apple U.S. and its completely different technology.
"The verdict recognizes the lawfulness of our company. We think it is very appropriate."
A ruling against Samsung would have been a severe setback in one of its most lucrative markets.
The South Korean company is already facing the prospect of a U.S. ban on Samsung smartphones and computer tablets found to have violated Apple's patents – described by one Samsung executive as "absolutely the worst scenario for us."
This followed last Friday's decision by a U.S. federal jury to order Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion for copying the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad design.
A nine-person jury spent just two and a half days puzzling out its final verdict, with weeks of notes and memories of testimony, 109 pages of jury instructions, and boxes of evidence including a collection of contested smartphones and tablets as their guide.
The lawsuit was the largest yet in the ongoing worldwide patent brawl between the two companies, which itself is just one battle in Apple's war against Google's Android mobile operating system.
In another case just days before, a South Korean court found that both parties had infringed on each other's patents – Samsung was ordered to pay $33,300 for infringing two of the intellectual property rights for Apple's iPhone and iPad, while Apple was found to have infringed Samsung's Wi-Fi technology and ordered to pay $22,000 in damages.
CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki and Kevin Voigt contributed to this report.


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