Man Bashing , The New Fad

<br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/men-killed-masculinity-all-by-their-big-strong-selves-1498667600"><br />It's all wishful thinking.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ideas.time.com/2014/01/02/men-are-obsolete/?iid=nf-article-mostpop2">I know you aren't talking to me.</a><br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />Ya know, I'm getting a bit tired of these stupid bints.<br /><br />Men are obsolete.<br /><br />Right.<br /><br /> Go fuck yourselves.<br /><br />Don't bother trying to call me the next time your fucking sink is clogged or because your fucking car won't start. I will be out in my Man Cave scratching my balls and cleaning my tools off while watching football.<br /><br />And just so you ignorant ,self delusional split tails understand what I am talking about, I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself with out <i>you</i>.<br />I know how to cook, clean, do laundry, go grocery shopping, pay the fucking bills and make my own fucking sandwiches, the right way. I can even mend my own clothes.<br /><br />I can maintain my own vehicles, wire a fucking house and plumb the fucker too.<br /><br />You will also notice that you won't see many spiders around because I kill them without blinking an eye.<br /><br />You go ahead and keep pretending that men are dispensable.<br />I'll give it a week before you start looking around for one to do something for ya.

Man Bashing , The New Fad

It's all wishful thinking. I know you aren't talking to me. Sigh. Ya know, I'm getting a bit tired of these stupid bints. Men ar...

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Obamacare may get sick if young Americans don't sign up (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLM57Edsirg4P9r0Zc-o2DUaT1ZWe82XopRecTPdyTxC022QX_u7JOd_6ILtIS5G_a4kcde9fSeJFDaYEPBBbi87AVsFDDKNGi-MRyXUmQmocoTYk0KZDnSEqksvGo5fiHS3QRatPGTA/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLM57Edsirg4P9r0Zc-o2DUaT1ZWe82XopRecTPdyTxC022QX_u7JOd_6ILtIS5G_a4kcde9fSeJFDaYEPBBbi87AVsFDDKNGi-MRyXUmQmocoTYk0KZDnSEqksvGo5fiHS3QRatPGTA/s1600/download.jpg" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546485660_2751" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By Lewis Krauskopf</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546485660_2795" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Early data from a handful of state exchanges shows the administration needs more young adults to sign up in the next three months to help offset costs from older enrollees and prevent insurers from raising their rates.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546485660_2795" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now that more than 2 million people have signed up for private insurance plans created by President Barack Obama's healthcare law, a crucial next check-up for the new marketplace will be to see how old customers are.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546485660_2821" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Critics of Obama's Affordable Care Act say the market won't attract enough young people to keep it financially viable, putting more pressure on government funds to compensate for any insurer losses.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Data from seven states and the District of Columbia, which are running their own marketplaces, show that of more than 200,000 enrollees, nearly 22 percent are 18 to 34 years old, according to a Reuters analysis.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The administration had hoped that over 38 percent, or 2.7 million, of all enrollees in 2014 would be 18 to 35 years old, based on a Congressional Budget Office estimate that 7 million people would sign up by the end of March.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The whole insurance relationship is counting on them signing up," said Dale Yamamoto, an independent healthcare actuarial consultant. "Otherwise rates will have to increase."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The picture from the initial state data is likely to change, since it mostly includes people who enrolled only through November, before a year-end surge of sign-ups for people wanting coverage effective Jan 1. Many experts speculate the early enrollees were more likely to be in urgent need of coverage, and therefore more likely to be older or sicker.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A recent survey by The Commonwealth Fund, a healthcare research foundation, found that 41 percent of those who had shopped at the various state marketplaces by the end of December were ages 19 to 34, up from 32 percent from an October survey.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">One marketplace with current data, the District of Columbia, said on Friday that of the 3,646 enrollees in private plans through Thursday, about 44 percent are young adults.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Healthcare experts say many young healthy people may sign up only at the end of enrollment on March 31 to avoid paying the law's penalty for not having health insurance.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A FACTOR OF PRICE</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, prevents insurers from charging people more if they have a health problem. Age is one of the few factors that can affect the price, with insurers allowed to charge up to three times more for a 64-year-old than someone in their early 20s.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But the healthcare costs for a 64-year-old on average are nearly five times as much as a 21-year-old, according to a study of claims from three large insurers Yamamoto conducted for the Society of Actuaries.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The more that the marketplace is able to attract a broad mix of enrollees including the young and healthy ... the more that costs will be sustainable and premiums will be more affordable," said Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America's Health Insurance plans, a trade group for insurers.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Other factors may be as crucial, if not more, in determining the stability of the new market, including the health status of enrollees, regardless of their age, and how that lines up with what individual insurers had projected. But those details will only become clearer later in the year based on the medical claims filed by the newly insured, making age the best early proxy about whether the market is sustainable.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees the marketplace for 36 states, has yet to provide any demographic data about enrollees. CMS is expected to release an enrollment report later this month.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Data may come sooner from insurers as they discuss their recent financial performance with investors in the next few weeks. Humana Inc said on Thursday that the mix of enrollment in its marketplace plans were likely to be "more adverse than previously expected.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But healthcare experts say insurers need a better mix of enrollees than seen in the early data.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"If a quarter or more of the enrollees are young adults, I would think that's an encouraging sign, particularly for the first half of the open enrollment period," said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation healthcare think-tank.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By the end of March, "if it's lower than that, I think there would be some cause for concern," Levitt said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Levitt and colleagues at Kaiser analyzed a scenario that they deemed "worst case" in which young adults represented 25 percent of enrollees. They found that costs then would be about 2.4 percent higher, but insurers would retain a very slim profit margin. As a result, the Kaiser authors projected the companies would raise premiums by a commensurate amount, but not enough to destabilize the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Using the same data as Kaiser but different assumptions, Seth Chandler, a law professor at the University of Houston who specializes in insurance, said costs would be 3.5 percent higher, should only 25 percent of enrollees be young adults.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"If we see fewer than 30 percent of the enrollees being in that 18-to-34 age bracket, that's a warning sign that there are problems," Chandler said. "If the demographics come in poorly, insurers are going to lose money."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Chandler is a skeptic of the healthcare law and writes a blog called "ACA Death Spiral." Such a spiral is thought to occur if insurers facing higher costs raise premiums, so only very sick people buy coverage, leading to even higher premiums with the pattern continuing until the insurance market either disappears or shrinks to the point that it is not sustainable.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The penalty for not buying insurance increases significantly by 2016, which should bring in more young and healthy holdouts over time.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Not everyone, however, is significantly concerned about the age of Obamacare enrollees this year.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Linda Blumberg, senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Health Policy Center, said that Obamacare's protections for insurers in the first few years means the program has time to get the demographics sorted out.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"That all combines to make me much less worried about the mix for this year," Blumberg said. "I don't think we have to get a certain percentage of enrollees to be below age 35 or this thing crumbles."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546485660_2902" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf; Editing by Michele Gershberg and Andrew Hay)</div></div>

Obamacare may get sick if young Americans don't sign up (BLOG)

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Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22 (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI8yHyaU9HESco1w42bUk-U6GOp-FNxeOUKSLvF6kdetgRT2Pq77ZEzSq2EBsz4xuU-nRu0j0z-tcE9aLNN_VYtIc4wSQx8zF-W_lxesc00m4qK7aJ1LomUHbfHa0FKwmoUBTb8j_RVo/s1600/201401112206796078363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI8yHyaU9HESco1w42bUk-U6GOp-FNxeOUKSLvF6kdetgRT2Pq77ZEzSq2EBsz4xuU-nRu0j0z-tcE9aLNN_VYtIc4wSQx8zF-W_lxesc00m4qK7aJ1LomUHbfHa0FKwmoUBTb8j_RVo/s1600/201401112206796078363.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5622" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">LeGarrette Blount</a> wasn't satisfied with three short touchdown runs, not against a team coming off the second greatest comeback in playoff history.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5642" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Suddenly, the ground game has replaced <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5228" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Tom Brady</a> as the heart of the Patriots' offense.So the 250-pound back who makes long runs routine took off on a 73-yarder and carried the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New England Patriots</a> to their third straight AFC championship game with a 43-22 victory over the<a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/ind" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis Colts</a> on Saturday night.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5662" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Once I get into the open field, they're going to have to chase me,'' Blount said. ''And if they catch me, they do. And if they don't, they don't. They usually don't.''</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5672" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">They didn't two weeks earlier when he scored on runs of 36 and 35 yards in the regular-season finale against Buffalo. He also returned kickoffs 83 and 62 yards in that 34-20 victory that gave New England a first-round bye. And they didn't on his long touchdown that gave the Patriots (13-4) a 36-22 lead early in the fourth quarter against the Colts (12-6).</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Patriots will face the winner of the game Sunday between the Broncos and Chargers. It will be in Denver if the Broncos win, and New England will host it if the Chargers win.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-scores yom-sports-match-score yom-sports-scorething js" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Sat, Jan 11, 2014</h3></div><div class="bd" style="color: black; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="yom-sports-scorething-day"><table class="nfl boxes" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px auto; width: 280px;"><tbody class=" final game link" data-index="0" data-url="/nfl/indianapolis-colts-new-england-patriots-20140111017/" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><tr class="team away " style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 3px 8px 1px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nfl large ind" style="background-color: #13467f; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nfl-40-1663570.png); background-position: -360px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Indianapolis</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">22</span></td><td class="links" colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 5px;"><span class="meta" style="color: #888888; display: block; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a class="no-pjax" data-rapid_p="1" data-ylk="lt:s;sec:mod-sch;slk:game;itc:0;ltxt:;tar:sports.yahoo.com;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts-new-england-patriots-20140111017/" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Final</a></span></td></tr><tr class="team home winner" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 8px 3px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nfl large ne" style="background-color: #0a1e3f; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nfl-40-1663570.png); background-position: -80px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">New England</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">43</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''It's just a great achievement,'' Brady said. ''People have counted us out at times this year, but I think we've got a locker room full of believers.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount tied Curtis Martin's team playoff record of 166 yards rushing, on 24 carries, two weeks after rushing for a career-high 189.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''He's got that combination of size, power and quickness and speed,'' Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. ''He can run hard. He can make guys miss and he can go the distance.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount scored on three 2-yard runs in the first half, then burst through the right side for his 73-yarder. Once he reached the end zone, he placed the ball gently on the ground made soggy by a game-long rain.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">On the next series, Luck threw his third interception and the Patriots capitalized with <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="12" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24860" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Stevan Ridley</a>'s second touchdown run, a 1-yarder that finished the scoring with 11:12 left.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsgameleaders_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-game-leaders" data-gid="nfl.g.20140111017" id="mediasportsgameleaders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); 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cursor: help;" title="Touchdowns: 2">, 2 TD</abbr><br /></div></li><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="4" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeGarrette Blount"><img alt="LeGarrette Blount" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/S_Iwx2bYAEVCCkaoi7_x6A--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nfl/players_l/20120913/24318.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="5" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeGarrette Blount">LeGarrette Blount</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#29, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="6" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New England</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><br /><br /><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Rushes: 24">24 Rush</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Yards: 166">, 166 yds</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Touchdowns: 4">, 4 TD</abbr></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''I'm just disappointed in myself,'' Luck said. ''I can't commit that many turnovers and have a chance to win against a great team like this.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount joined Ricky Watters, who had five touchdowns for San Francisco on Jan. 15, 1994, as the only players with four or more in a playoff game. The Patriots six rushing touchdowns tied the 49ers' total in that game for second most in playoff history.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount's performance came two weeks after he ran for 189 yards and returned two kickoffs for 145 in a 34-20 victory over Buffalo in the regular-season finale.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Billed as a matchup between quarterbacks - long-time great Brady and second-year star Luck - the Patriots' leader was content to hand off while Luck threw an interception on his second pass and never found consistency. He threw two touchdown passes to LaVon Brazill but also threw four interceptions.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Luck had three interceptions a week earlier but led the Colts from a 38-10 deficit early in the third quarter to a 45-44 win over the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/kan" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kansas City Chiefs</a> in a wild-card game.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="14" data-uuid="1c12517c-b16d-33ec-9784-9e6cbfc12c83" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/blount-4-td-runs-pats-photo-043616252--nfl.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 201px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="201" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ztW9dwRwILVHUvcrBbQZ2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401112219803958451" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck pinches his nose as he watches the action from the sideli …</div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5676" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We had our chances, man, to make plays and get our offense back on the field,'' Colts safety Antoine Bethea said. ''Last game, we were able to do that, but it was a great quarterback, a great offense and a great team we were facing (Saturday).''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Colts trailed 21-12 at halftime, then cut the deficit to 29-22 on a 35-yard pass to Brazill with 5:01 left in the third. The Patriots dominated the rest of the way.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We just had to keep our foot on the gas pedal,'' Blount said, ''and make sure that they didn't to us what they did to Kansas City.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount's first touchdown came on New England's first offensive play after Alfonzo Dennard's interception. He scored again on the Patriots' second series.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Luck responded with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Brazill. 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The Patriots also got a break that the Colts didn't get a touchdown out of it after Allen failed to concede the safety.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Allen fumbled into the air and Indianapolis' Jeris Pendleton slapped the ball out of the end zone.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Ryan probably wasn't sure how close they were to him,'' Belichick said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Allen hurt his shoulder on the play and placekicker Stephen Gostkowski punted the rest of the game. Brady took over Allen's holding duties.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="17" data-uuid="c3fbc9a6-c065-3fa6-ac76-4effdf3f1678" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/blount-2-td-runs-patriots-photo-020257972--nfl.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 200px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="200" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iwMoeIRNIpx51T_UyeBb2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401111945711207527" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) hands off the ball to running back LeGarrette Blount …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Indianapolis got the ball on the free kick, but the drive ended with Luck's second interception.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Vinatieri's 21-yard field goal early in the third quarter made it 21-15.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Then the Patriots took a 29-15 lead on Ridley's 3-yard run and his carry for a 2-point conversion.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But Luck came right back with his second touchdown pass to Brazill.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We didn't accomplish the ultimate goal,'' Colts running back <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="18" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/9291" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Donald Brown</a> said, ''but there are definitely some positives to look back on.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Brady completed 13 of 25 passes for 198 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. Luck was 20 for 41 for 331 yards.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Notes: Former NBA star Charles Barkley was in the Patriots' locker room after the game. ''I'm a big fan of his,'' Belichick said. ... A moment of silence was held for 17-year-old Sam Berns of Foxborough, whose battle with a rare and fatal genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired Patriots players and was the subject of an HBO documentary ''Life According to Sam.'' He died Friday. He had been invited by Patriots owner Robert Kraft to be the team's honorary captain Saturday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5709" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">---</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5699" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org</div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9k5oanQCEwXnbhcsqUXjG-taV8O57L8skcTZG8dQaRHBKn2mPzkK5Wjt6uLVeDZqUHSrgb50eSPE04SjO7snVgIkOOvpF_pgPzzLHfyoKCfsKGgeBDYjjH5yP3X9hw2aWrwbIckrdxk/s1600/solar-cars-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9k5oanQCEwXnbhcsqUXjG-taV8O57L8skcTZG8dQaRHBKn2mPzkK5Wjt6uLVeDZqUHSrgb50eSPE04SjO7snVgIkOOvpF_pgPzzLHfyoKCfsKGgeBDYjjH5yP3X9hw2aWrwbIckrdxk/s1600/solar-cars-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_12_0_1_1389546257374_707" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">A solar vehicle is primarily powered by direct solar energy. Photovoltaic cells (PVC) are installed on the car to collect and convert solar energy into electric energy. Made of silicon and alloys of indium, gallium and nitrogen, the semiconductors absorb light and then release it, creating a flow of electrons that generate electricity.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">The first solar car was introduced in 1955 at a Chicago auto show. It was 15 inches long, featured 12 PVC cells and was called the Sunmobile. Its solar-power-operated, 1.5-volt motor turned the driveshaft and transferred the energy to propel the wheels.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Seven years later, the first full-size solar-powered car, a 50-year-old Baker, was unveiled as a concept car. But it was never mass-produced. Numerous other solar-powered cars, some with odd names like Bluebird and Quiet Achiever, had their moments of fame in auto shows and competitions.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">In more recent years, several Japanese and American carmakers have also introduced solar-powered hybrid cars. The concept-only vehicles have ranged from using solar power to run accessories to cells installed inside headlights. In the mid-1980s, Mazda’s solar offering was the Senku, while Ford unveiled the Reflex and Cadillac had the Provoq.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">None of the manufacturers’ solar-powered cars made it to the public. And likewise, the ambitious French-made Venturi Electric, which combined a solar-, wind- and battery-powered engine, didn’t make it. The Venturi held only three passengers and had a maximum speed of 30 mph.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Transforming concept solar cars into publicly available solar cars poses a few questions. How does the car travel at night? Is the solar car only feasible in states where the sun shines a majority of the time? Ford aims to solve these issues with the introduction this week of the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept car.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Yahoo</div></div>

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Indian diplomat tells of anguish at leaving US without children (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDYtFlq2k1gyYaPx7yA6s1dsaxdgEbUnGVt8zejN6YaZZkqMvlN5JWl05NEbIGD0ViatdkFF7udPk6pe3bMH5ss1O4ywsJ9iiZuHHnNDiAezwrl_qP6MTf78OR5a7L4k9z5_zqhohc_4/s1600/15f7490a1dd5b51630cf9c97b192363f440b5a8a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDYtFlq2k1gyYaPx7yA6s1dsaxdgEbUnGVt8zejN6YaZZkqMvlN5JWl05NEbIGD0ViatdkFF7udPk6pe3bMH5ss1O4ywsJ9iiZuHHnNDiAezwrl_qP6MTf78OR5a7L4k9z5_zqhohc_4/s1600/15f7490a1dd5b51630cf9c97b192363f440b5a8a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">New Delhi (AFP) - An Indian diplomat at the centre of a bitter row with the United States told Sunday of her "immense stress" at leaving behind her young family in New York, and vowed to clear her name.<br />Indian consulate official Devyani Khobragade was allowed to leave the United States on Friday after a month-long dispute over her arrest and strip-search on suspicion of visa fraud involving her domestic servant.<br />Khobragade was granted full diplomatic immunity and allowed to fly back to India -- just hours after charges were filed in court alleging she lodged false documents to obtain a visa for her servant and then underpaid her.<br />Khobragade, 39, told an Indian newspaper of her anguish at leaving behind her daughters, aged seven and four, in New York along with her husband, a US citizen, who works as an academic.<br />"I wonder if I will be able to ever reunite with my family, my husband, my little kids. I miss them," Khobragade told The Sunday Express.<br />"What if my children choose to study and work in the US? What if I can never return to the US, which I cannot now. Does it mean we will never be able to live together as a family again?" she said.<br />"I know I am honest, and I will come out clean. But we do not know how much time it will take and for how long my family will have to suffer due to this," she added.<br />Her arrest on December 12 outside her children's school and treatment in custody, where she said she was subjected to a cavity search, outraged India which claimed she benefited from full diplomatic immunity.<br />US prosecutors disputed this, and filed charges in New York accusing Khobragade of sometimes forcing the Indian maid to work 100-hour weeks, even when sick and often without a day off, for pay as little as $1.22 an hour.<br />Khobragade did obtain diplomatic immunity when last week New Delhi asked Washington to grant her a G1 visa given to diplomats at India's UN mission, which is also in New York.<br />The row between the two countries, which had embraced each other as strategic partners, saw weeks of feisty exchanges that strained bilateral ties and left resentment on both sides.<br />India has removed extra security barriers at the US embassy in New Delhi, demanded contract details for domestic staff employed by American diplomats and even stopped the mission importing duty-free food and alcohol.<br />On Wednesday, it ordered an embassy leisure centre popular with American expatriates in the capital to stop admitting non-diplomatic members, while scheduled visits by US officials to India have been cancelled.<br />In a fresh retaliatory measure late Friday, India asked the United States to withdraw an embassy official in New Delhi.<br />The expelled American diplomat was a "similar rank" to Khobragade and is thought to have helped the family of her maid travel to America where they were granted protection by prosecutors.<br />US prosecutors say the family of the maid were evacuated to the United States because of attempts to intimidate them.<br />In her newspaper interview, Khobragade said she would continue a legal fight to clear her name, including attempting to have her case in New York officially dismissed in a federal court.<br />"I have come to India but my stand still needs to be vindicated. And of course, I have been separated from my family, and I am under immense stress for my children," Khobragade said.<br />"I spoke to my kids for hours last night, and they are already missing me. The four-year-old asked me, 'Mommy, when will you be back home', and I had no answer."<br />She cannot return to the United States unless she surrenders to the court on arrival, and her name is being placed on US immigration watch lists "to prevent the routine issuance of any future visa", according to US officials.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">YahooNews</div></div>

Indian diplomat tells of anguish at leaving US without children (BLOG)

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Body of Israel's Ariel Sharon lies in state (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwf0DR4SkdhZCZFf_YBmVENtEfmVymjAT-TOkrAo1H8ouXIk-jTFivcvFcW-p1EXEGsQRvPYbY0rYL4qgBMzdVAVDpggCPn4vxOVbIvumCGl1J31TRcS3GhCqOjFbKiq0kfQFnxFdArA/s1600/APTOPIX%2520Mideast%2520Israel%2520Obit%2520Ariel%2520Sharon.JPEG-0ba19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwf0DR4SkdhZCZFf_YBmVENtEfmVymjAT-TOkrAo1H8ouXIk-jTFivcvFcW-p1EXEGsQRvPYbY0rYL4qgBMzdVAVDpggCPn4vxOVbIvumCGl1J31TRcS3GhCqOjFbKiq0kfQFnxFdArA/s1600/APTOPIX%2520Mideast%2520Israel%2520Obit%2520Ariel%2520Sharon.JPEG-0ba19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2590" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis lined up outside Israel's parliament building on Sunday to pay their last respects to Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging former prime minister and general who died over the weekend.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2641" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 85-year-old Sharon, one of Israel's most iconic and controversial figures, died Saturday, eight years after suffering a stroke that left him in a coma.Sharon's coffin was displayed in a plaza in front of the Knesset, where a stream of visitors passed by to snap photos and say farewell. A funeral service to be attended by dignitaries from around the world, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is scheduled for Monday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2661" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"My heart is broken. Israel lost the King of David. There is no other word to describe this man, they don't make people like this anymore," said Uri Rottman, a mourner who said he once served in the military with Sharon.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2733" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I feel committed to share the very last moment before they're going to bury him," said Eliav Aviram, another former army comrade.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sharon was a farmer-turned-soldier, a soldier-turned-politician, a politician-turned-statesman — a leader known for his exploits on the battlefield, masterminding Israel's invasion of Lebanon, building Jewish settlements on war-won land and then, late in life, destroying some that he deemed no longer useful. To his supporters, he was a war hero. To his critics, he was a war criminal.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="8" data-uuid="91535c50-9658-3317-b0ba-8adb9c09d01c" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/file-sunday-may-16-2004-file-photo-israeli-photo-153503199.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 204px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="204" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3xUHbhckTaTr86fVRjwo2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwNDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/42b6652f8f7c9d01480f6a706700ba19.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during a n …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Israeli authorities closed off streets around the parliament in anticipation of huge crowds Sunday. Visitors were asked to park at lots in and around the city and were brought to the site by special buses.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">President Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who succeeded Sharon after the 2006 stroke, was among the visitors. Olmert crossed past a roped-off area to stand silently next to the flag-draped coffin.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A state memorial is planned Monday at the parliament building. In addition to Biden, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and others were expected.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Afterward Sharon's body will be taken by military convey for burial at his ranch in southern Israel.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2706" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">News of Sharon dominated Israeli newspapers and broadcast reports, and Israel's three main TV stations all broadcast live from the memorial. Radio stations were filled with interviews with former officials and military men who shared stories of Sharon's exploits.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="58709f1d-28ce-331b-b571-2a2ac0dc266e" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/military-vehicle-coffin-israeli-prime-minister-ariel-sharon-photo-092107081.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="A military vehicle with the coffin of the late Israeli&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 200px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="A military vehicle with the coffin of the late Israeli&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="200" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vh6YwFsOQPEhkqTyQrSgBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/64773096b286b101480f6a706700c7b1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">A military vehicle with the coffin of the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heads to Jerusale …</div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2696" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sharon's career stretched across much of Israel's 65-year existence, and his life was closely intertwined with the country's history.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2686" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Throughout his life, he was at the center of the most contentious episodes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, starting as a young soldier fighting in the 1948 war over Israel's creation.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2671" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In the 1950s, he led a commando unit that carried out reprisals for Arab attacks. In 1953, after the slaying of an Israeli woman and her two children, Sharon's troops blew up more than 40 houses in Qibya, a West Bank village then ruled by Jordan, killing 69 Arabs, most or all of them civilians.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Residents in Qibya on Sunday remembered the village's darkest hour. Qibya resident Hamed Ghethan was just 4 years old when the raid took place. He said he could remember older residents placing their hands over the children's mouths so they wouldn't make a sound.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Sharon's name reminds me of... martyrs from my village," said Ghethan, 65, as he surveyed the ruins of buildings destroyed in the military action.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="10" data-uuid="2cb138da-023c-3f82-928b-e9e42ca72d89" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/workers-prepare-gravesite-israeli-prime-minister-ariel-sharon-photo-112123861.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Workers prepare the gravesite for late Israeli Prime&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 200px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Workers prepare the gravesite for late Israeli Prime&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="200" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ytp6.dIkJ25IviUk.yGjDw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0baf1b70b2cab201480f6a706700b71a.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Workers prepare the gravesite for late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who will be buried next  …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As one of Israel's most famous generals, he was known for bold tactics and an occasional refusal to obey orders.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Historians credit him with helping turn the tide of the 1973 Mideast war when Arab armies launched a surprise attack on Israel on the solemn fasting day of Yom Kippur, causing heavy Israeli casualties.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sharon became a minister in Menachem Begin's government in the late 1970s, and voted against the historic 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. But when it fell to Sharon to remove Jewish settlements from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, he obediently ordered protesting settlers to be dragged away and their homes bulldozed to rubble.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2738" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As defense minister in 1982, Sharon launched the invasion of Lebanon, where he became complicit in one of bloodiest incidents of the Lebanese war, when Israeli-allied forces systematically slaughtered hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps in September 1982. An Israeli judicial inquiry found Sharon indirectly responsible for the killings, and he was forced to step down as defense minister.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Yet over the years, he gradually rehabilitated himself by holding a number of Cabinet posts.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="11" data-uuid="6cf72663-c1a6-35bc-9d57-19cca4686d09" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/members-knesset-guard-carry-coffin-former-israeli-prime-photo-112123300.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 200px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="200" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vRUWeWLl9cypBYMlqmdITw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2e5bd729b2d0b201480f6a7067009156.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the K …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As opposition leader in September 2000, Sharon demonstratively visited a contested Jewish-Muslim holy site in Jerusalem, setting off Palestinian protests that quickly lurched into an armed uprising that ultimately killed hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Several months later, he was elected prime minister. While Sharon ordered a tough crackdown on the Palestinian uprising, he made a dramatic about-face in 2003 when he announced his plans for a unilateral withdrawal from occupied lands.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In 2005, he directed a unilateral pullout of Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip, ending a 38-year occupation.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2770" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He later bolted from his hard-line Likud Party and established the centrist Kadima Party, with a platform promoting further territorial concessions and support for a Palestinian state alongside Israel.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2759" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It seemed he was on his way to an easy re-election when he suffered the stroke in January 2006.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2759" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389545764231_2759" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Yahoo News</div></div>

Body of Israel's Ariel Sharon lies in state (BLOG)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis lined up outside Israel's parliament building on Sunday to pay their last respects to Ariel Sharon...

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Planning de la semaine du 14 au 18 janvier 2014

<br /><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong><br /></h2><ul><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 14 janvier de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 15 janvier de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 16 janvier de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 17 janvier de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 18 janvier de 13h30 à 17h.</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2009/01/egee-nouveau-partenaire-la-maison-de.html">EGEE</a></strong> - lundi 14 janvier de 13h30 à 17h (sur rendez-vous)</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a></strong> - mercredi 16 janvier de 10h à 12h30</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> - vendredi 18 janvier de 09h à 12h30 (sur rendez-vous)<br /></li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>CV</b> - mardi 15 janvier de 09h à 12h30</li><br /><li><b>Lettre de Motivation</b> - mardi 15 janvier de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 18 janvier de 10h à 11h30</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 18 janvier de 14h à 16h</li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Informations collectives</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2014/01/reunion-dinformation-sur-le-dispositif.html">Couveuse d'Entreprises PES45</a></b> - mardi 15 janvier à 09h30</li><br /><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/p/plan-local-pour-linsertion-et-lemploi.html">PLIE</a></b> - mercredi 16 janvier à 09h00</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 14 au 18 janvier 2014

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 14 ja...

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The Cone of Employment Pain

The following chart shows the annual job growth using the quarterly average of the equally weighted government <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qSy">establishment</a> and <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qSz">household</a> employment surveys. I'm using the quarterly average to filter the noise out a bit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_K5HPrSHj01HOpSGI6WU9qoGihsp6sZ02kd4DowaZlaB6Bx9yIl8fqF_bi3ZcYIffWo8MABeVAgTnR6mBw0uFKBRcq2kP61qrUMpyYNfRPrjo4w9POEacYKIRyQffU7BOi9y9tdBhEI/s1600/The+Cone+of+Employment+Pain.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_K5HPrSHj01HOpSGI6WU9qoGihsp6sZ02kd4DowaZlaB6Bx9yIl8fqF_bi3ZcYIffWo8MABeVAgTnR6mBw0uFKBRcq2kP61qrUMpyYNfRPrjo4w9POEacYKIRyQffU7BOi9y9tdBhEI/s320/The+Cone+of+Employment+Pain.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Perhaps an optimist can find something good in that chart, but I certainly can't (at least over the long-term and/or full business cycle anyway).<br /><br /><b>May 18, 2012</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/recession-prediction.html">Recession Prediction</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>They say that predicting the next recession is a fool's game. Well, sign me up. Why not!</i></div><br /><div style="color: red;"><i>I'm going to predict the next recession will hit on or before October 2014.</i></div><br />For what it is worth, the odds of me turning optimistic any time soon are somewhere between slim and none. Just so you know, slim left town. Put another way, I see little reason to change my long-standing prediction.<br /><br />This is not investment advice. Predicting the future is a fool's game. That said, it might be even more foolish to ignore the risks entirely. It's certainly easy and popular these days though. I'll give you that.<br /><br /><b>January 6, 2014</b><br /><a href="http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc140106.htm">Hussman Funds: Confidence Abounds</a><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Confidence abounds. Last week, Investor’s Intelligence reported a surge in advisory sentiment to the highest bullish percentage since October 19, 2007. The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) reported that the 3-week average equity exposure among its members increased to the highest level on record.</i></div><br />Hey, what do you know? No sarcasm this time, unless sheer unadulterated long-term employment chart terror counts. I don't think it does but it is certainly open for debate.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-overleveraged-cone-of-shame.html">The Overleveraged Cone of Shame</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qSw">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Cone of Employment Pain

The following chart shows the annual job growth using the quarterly average of the equally weighted government establishment and household ...

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Good Morning

While all you nice folks are just gettin' up and around, I'm gonna go to bed finally. I have only had four hours of sleep since Friday.<br />My sleep schedule is on the fritz again.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrstWvZ7uIaaaqq_qi8-SnT6zmqDV6trP0M3GtDoJX1y3elNTWkL3_3K5zOAkOcztMYLUtIKGErMLnltEm2-bCD95I6XvnO0A7MRy7Zd3l1qSkgmCA5Uq4IXHVHjvecAb22zb2i83O6Ce/s1600/1038e40cf20356673907822b3a55e673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrstWvZ7uIaaaqq_qi8-SnT6zmqDV6trP0M3GtDoJX1y3elNTWkL3_3K5zOAkOcztMYLUtIKGErMLnltEm2-bCD95I6XvnO0A7MRy7Zd3l1qSkgmCA5Uq4IXHVHjvecAb22zb2i83O6Ce/s640/1038e40cf20356673907822b3a55e673.jpg" /></a></div>

Good Morning

While all you nice folks are just gettin' up and around, I'm gonna go to bed finally. I have only had four hours of sleep since Frid...

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Doctors Change Names of Diseases When Vaccines Do Not Work

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-10653" height="300" src="http://vactruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vaccine-disease-change-name-e1335353265903.jpg" width="400" /></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>'When vaccines do not work, the creative way to cover it up is to change the name of the disease.'</b></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Doctors around the world are being faced with children catching the diseases they have been vaccinated against. Rather than diagnosing these children correctly, professionals have discovered that the doctors are giving the diseases new names. This suggests a cover up is going on and the vaccinations we are all being told are safe and effective are in fact completely useless.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Vaccinations are now being given to children to keep them safe from every disease known to man. There appears to be a vaccination for everything from polio to a broken finger nail. However, many professionals now believe that the vaccinations are actually causing the diseases they are supposed to prevent.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://vactruth.com/2012/04/25/change-names-of-diseases/">more... </a></span>

Doctors Change Names of Diseases When Vaccines Do Not Work

'When vaccines do not work, the creative way to cover it up is to change the name of the disease.' 'Doctors around the world ar...

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Red Clover Blocks Damage from Excitotoxins

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="244" id="fullResImage" src="http://alignlife.com/files/2013/10/excitotoxins.jpg" style="height: 327px; width: 435px;" width="300" /></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">'Why is there such an increase in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases? One answer is excitotoxins, chemicals added to food that kill brain cells . One of the most deadly of this group is neurotoxic monosodium glutamate (MSG), found in many processed foods and used heavily in almost all restaurants. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">So what can you do when friends or family want to eat out and this knowledge can spoil the fun? A recent study has found that pre-treating yourself with a supplement of red clover (Trifolium pratense) before eating food laced with this neurotoxin can block damage from MSG. This is good news indeed.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://alignlife.com/articles/toxicity/red-clover-blocks-damage-from-excitotoxins#lightbox/0/">more... </a></span>

Red Clover Blocks Damage from Excitotoxins

'Why is there such an increase in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases? One answer is excitotoxins, chemicals added to food...

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Ginger Treats Osteoarthritis with Topical Application

<img alt="Ginger Treats Osteoarthritis with Topical Application" src="http://cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/Sayer%20Ji/images/ginger_topical_pain.jpg" style="height: 397px; width: 600px;" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Research from Australia's Edith Cowan University has confirmed an ancient treatment - that osteoarthritis pain and mobility is reduced with the application of ginger root topically.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The researchers recruited 20 adults between the ages of 35 and 90 years old – average age of 64 years old. All of the volunteers had been diagnosed with osteoarthritis. 85% of the patients had osteoarthritis of the knees and/or hips.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The researchers randomly divided the patients into two groups, and treated half of them with a ginger (Zingiber officinalis) compress, and half with a ginger transdermal patch – a patent-pending product from New Zealand.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The patients applied the patch or compress daily. They were monitored weekly with a Health Assessment Questionnaire throughout the 24 week study.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/ginger-treats-osteoarthritis-topical-application">more... </a></span>

Ginger Treats Osteoarthritis with Topical Application

'Research from Australia's Edith Cowan University has confirmed an ancient treatment - that osteoarthritis pain and mobility is redu...

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Hearty Vegetable Stew

<img alt="http://www.forksoverknives.com/wp-content/uploads/HeartyVegetableStew570x299.jpg" class="decoded" src="http://www.forksoverknives.com/wp-content/uploads/HeartyVegetableStew570x299.jpg" /><br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div>Photo Credit: Forks over Knives<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'A classic vegan slow cooker stew filled with delicious root vegetables such as yams, potatoes, turnips and carrots is just what you need on those cold, snowy days! This recipe makes great leftovers for a healthy lunch and is perfect for serving at a winter potluck.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/hearty-vegetable-stew/">more... </a></span>

Hearty Vegetable Stew

Photo Credit: Forks over Knives 'A classic vegan slow cooker stew filled with delicious root vegetables such as yams, potatoes, turnips...

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OK Angel, Close Your Eyes And Pucker Up

<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://hotforginger.com/blog/international-kiss-a-ginger-day"><br /> *Smooch!*</a>

OK Angel, Close Your Eyes And Pucker Up

*Smooch!*

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So Fahran The Afghani Goat Fucker Stopped By Looking For Boobs?

Naughty boy Fahran.<br /><br />You been busted.<br /><br />(Click to embigify)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd10BeO0OvekBgQuU9Nbj6kXKHaWRwbjecVv-Y4S3hqH5VGMyRVyE3wBjIvoYZevsUhEXK2W10_ksYT1jhBdXbQnG0WNfcCZANMaUr_ytMnDnafePwQGKapnbTDM0uHXvpJ2kSITINEitw/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd10BeO0OvekBgQuU9Nbj6kXKHaWRwbjecVv-Y4S3hqH5VGMyRVyE3wBjIvoYZevsUhEXK2W10_ksYT1jhBdXbQnG0WNfcCZANMaUr_ytMnDnafePwQGKapnbTDM0uHXvpJ2kSITINEitw/s640/Capture.PNG" /></a></div><br />And what was it that our nasty little fellow was looking for?<br /><br />This,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSI7brCqUlFLp4HsFkTOX5lT08x1WvW6nWFGscgcVYrpU-D6E8RD77Ie7sgFlVRczakTPcX33JWP-jEkeq16Lq1aHpo8hlSVoSd__ohKjb_mg8o6zrdGRKqTCtHi7eYXek3Rq4rdtIpnC3/s1600/Boobs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSI7brCqUlFLp4HsFkTOX5lT08x1WvW6nWFGscgcVYrpU-D6E8RD77Ie7sgFlVRczakTPcX33JWP-jEkeq16Lq1aHpo8hlSVoSd__ohKjb_mg8o6zrdGRKqTCtHi7eYXek3Rq4rdtIpnC3/s640/Boobs.png" /></a></div><br />Like I said earlier, I have been getting a ton of foreign visitors the past few weeks and that's what every damn one of 'em comes by here for.<br /><br />Boobs.<br /><br />The best part is when I look this crap up, it's all been translated into whatever native language they speak there.<br /><br />This time it was <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCyrillic_script&ei=fU7SUuD5FoyIogTc5IKgBw&usg=AFQjCNGwltTuBEBy-tYHA7pvrOF-4rc7fA&sig2=gABsTdNYr918YcONm2OM5g&bvm=bv.59026428,d.cGU">Cyrillic</a>.<br /><br />Whassa matter Fahran?<br />The local talent not cutting it anymore?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRK3HnMXKhex9mB2jEMlIp_EF6HTJ9aVD_hIncooahIXYVDsoTN6nbZQq54ufszrwWzTmN7-FvBh3Jdqc8f2x0ks_YZIPwMH7_SMcymgpDleFHsBeQEihFGKtFtnKIVBU-gdSp8L4vL-N/s1600/hairy-woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRK3HnMXKhex9mB2jEMlIp_EF6HTJ9aVD_hIncooahIXYVDsoTN6nbZQq54ufszrwWzTmN7-FvBh3Jdqc8f2x0ks_YZIPwMH7_SMcymgpDleFHsBeQEihFGKtFtnKIVBU-gdSp8L4vL-N/s640/hairy-woman.jpg" /></a></div>

So Fahran The Afghani Goat Fucker Stopped By Looking For Boobs?

Naughty boy Fahran. You been busted. (Click to embigify) And what was it that our nasty little fellow was looking for? This, Like I said ear...

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IWS Person of the Week...Ariel Sharon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It is with very heavy hearts that Jay, Matt, and the staff of IWS Radio pile on the condolence machine with the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister and the embodiment of male Hebrewliciousness, Ariel Sharon.<br /><div><br /></div><div>And, in honor of his passing, IWS Radio has honored him as our <i>IWS Person of the Week</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>A true Israeli patriot, he cut quite the dashing figure in his early years as a military stud...<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdrp-TT96Wzhd1vv2NyYDm1P_dALPiAXSm4qjinTNcEnk2EuMh2WtUlruaLC_9uFKeGmpwDJ667GTHB7I6zxk3K5i1FmIkDS5yprd8v-uzihbg1jrm_kEDg4emKkaBCZBD_IUioJU8Nt3/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Military.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdrp-TT96Wzhd1vv2NyYDm1P_dALPiAXSm4qjinTNcEnk2EuMh2WtUlruaLC_9uFKeGmpwDJ667GTHB7I6zxk3K5i1FmIkDS5yprd8v-uzihbg1jrm_kEDg4emKkaBCZBD_IUioJU8Nt3/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Military.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>His diplomatic skills were unmatched as well as he gave a wink and a nod to Lebanese Christians who slaughtered defenseless, yet ill-tempered Palestinian folks who resided in a refugee camp...<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N0X3ergmnZFHP5bEdqLbovLONfSfCQ2K9IIrEpBpwRklFZbtX19NQtk8B4uDDT1ewTbXkJ42gNjddTRaiWcIPTAjmA1dDt4Wk5KTHCrsS3uTtIJv2H0fN2413TxwOJFEEc9utgsNErth/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Palestinians+War+Criminal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N0X3ergmnZFHP5bEdqLbovLONfSfCQ2K9IIrEpBpwRklFZbtX19NQtk8B4uDDT1ewTbXkJ42gNjddTRaiWcIPTAjmA1dDt4Wk5KTHCrsS3uTtIJv2H0fN2413TxwOJFEEc9utgsNErth/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Palestinians+War+Criminal.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /></div><div>In spite of him slipping into a coma some years ago, Ariel Sharon checked in with us nearly every show in the past couple of years thanks to our IWS Israeli correspondent, Masada Schlongstein...<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXHH59ifLtkH5ULKuh3_ENC2wzaXCsy3X8_l4ijXu46SwviORARXpBSao2zO1TLSE8lyuboD5qKvkpZBORMq61jpqhvaKbXLi4qnaZIXscABoEGjTB9XL5_1P6dlAqBKodLC_TR11Picn/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Death+Coma+IWS+Radio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXHH59ifLtkH5ULKuh3_ENC2wzaXCsy3X8_l4ijXu46SwviORARXpBSao2zO1TLSE8lyuboD5qKvkpZBORMq61jpqhvaKbXLi4qnaZIXscABoEGjTB9XL5_1P6dlAqBKodLC_TR11Picn/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Death+Coma+IWS+Radio.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Even our former hot, bi-sexual curious correspondent Kim Fragile would spend hours in and out of Ariel Sharon's coma bed...<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJRZKE3quUR-64sKIg6uv6pqSv3FKgycdnxM2b1qtgkxrinzmbp5W6hGXItMhE4pJQAqh_TE4X-npPc0KptFxGCpSL1aPlxJ1kEWUEqKa-kWNomubXsnzjFLddSiNRmEMtcTF6bbhi2tb/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Ladie's+Man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJRZKE3quUR-64sKIg6uv6pqSv3FKgycdnxM2b1qtgkxrinzmbp5W6hGXItMhE4pJQAqh_TE4X-npPc0KptFxGCpSL1aPlxJ1kEWUEqKa-kWNomubXsnzjFLddSiNRmEMtcTF6bbhi2tb/s1600/Ariel+Sharon+Ladie's+Man.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Ariel Sharon was very near and dear to the hearts and souls of all us here at IWS Radio, and in addition to naming Mr. Sharon our person of the week, we send a hearty, hail and farewell to the Great Whitish Yahwhale who wails no longer...<br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4oagjGqsQlJqaMZ4UdvUsxYGclReS1BrsTHG0Y3qU7fLJMU2fYmzVOMxCW9G4SMAF0pgQTSpl-bUvo6OmoBQ1YM0cfPy5FrJhYJH1OlfjJ6zBAhnyUgUEKg-OG1HecONkHFckiY3FOkk/s1600/ariel+sharon+death+wailing+wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4oagjGqsQlJqaMZ4UdvUsxYGclReS1BrsTHG0Y3qU7fLJMU2fYmzVOMxCW9G4SMAF0pgQTSpl-bUvo6OmoBQ1YM0cfPy5FrJhYJH1OlfjJ6zBAhnyUgUEKg-OG1HecONkHFckiY3FOkk/s1600/ariel+sharon+death+wailing+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Here's to Ariel Sharon, may his faculties return when he enters the Kingdom of Heaven.</div><div><br /></div><div>And in other news...</div><div><br /></div><div>Jay, Matt, and the IWS Radio team are bringing the funny tonight as they cut down some self-involved big shots like a mob of pissed off Christians mowing down a Palestinian refugee camp, as <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/01/13/hit-me-with-your-best-shot" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>IWS Radio broadcasts LIVE from 8-10 PM ET</i></span>.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Join us LIVE tonight on Blog Talk Radio as we broadcast our <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/01/13/hit-me-with-your-best-shot" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Hit With Me Your Best Shot</span></i></a> Show LIVE from 8-10 PM ET.</div><div><br /></div><div>To join the fun, frivolity, and satirical decapitation of assholes in politics and media, click <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/01/13/hit-me-with-your-best-shot" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>HERE!!</i></span></a></div><div><br /></div></div>

IWS Person of the Week...Ariel Sharon

It is with very heavy hearts that Jay, Matt, and the staff of IWS Radio pile on the condolence machine with the passing of former Israeli Pr...

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New Record: Restaurant Employees per Capita

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABbYztJOlt8PyrOQs826MLy0nGn_hrFGKQQYdwwW9d_WVuphE4iUb9djsfMfu_ctSi9FyG3PqpxRs0-Ojt7XRgxpeAgq2gH2BHYfZDjHfaGiUSBEFl8Zb2GzKnDpg_FeDyE_WE8FkK_8/s1600/Restaurant+Employees+per+Capita.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABbYztJOlt8PyrOQs826MLy0nGn_hrFGKQQYdwwW9d_WVuphE4iUb9djsfMfu_ctSi9FyG3PqpxRs0-Ojt7XRgxpeAgq2gH2BHYfZDjHfaGiUSBEFl8Zb2GzKnDpg_FeDyE_WE8FkK_8/s320/Restaurant+Employees+per+Capita.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />As of November of 2013, 3.28% of our population works in the food services and drinking places industry. That's a new record. Can't ever have too many highly compensated restaurant workers in this brave new world!<br /><br />As clearly seen in the chart (red trend line), it will only grow exponentially higher from here. Just look at that 0.990 correlation!<br /><br />What's that blue line you say? Oh, that's an old trend that you need not concern yourself with all that much. With a lower correlation of just 0.988 it was surely doomed to fail at some point. And what a pathetic growth rate it had. That 1.78% annual growth rate pales in comparison to the new and improved 2.42%.<br /><br />And to think, all we needed to get here was a Great Recession to speed things along. It's only a matter of time before every man, woman, and child in America will be flipping burgers for a living! Hurray! What could possibly go wrong?<br /><br /><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/meet-the-robot-that-makes-360-gourmet-burgers-per-hour">Motherboard: Meet the Robot That Makes 360 Gourmet Burgers Per Hour</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Yeah, robots are taking our jobs, and it’s not a question of if, but when and how. Economists often treat the service industry as some last bastion of downsize-proof labor, but, clearly, robots will make sandwiches and take orders, too.<br /><br />A future where we can get gourmet burgers, cheaply and on the quick, sounds pretty nice. But that future will also have structural unemployment, unless we start taking major strides to rethink and reform how we work in a world where robots are doing much of the heavy lifting.</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qSd">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

New Record: Restaurant Employees per Capita

Click to enlarge. As of November of 2013, 3.28% of our population works in the food services and drinking places industry. That's a new ...

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