30 April 2011
Ryan Mallett lands in New England
This is the best landing spot for Ryan Mallettbecause lands in a stable franchise. Mallett will have time to grow and learn like a pro. The Patriots have Randy Moss and nature are concerned that it worked fine.
Malllett should never start a game, but New England will probably get a good draft pick trade. No reduction for 1 year without a bad press can do a lot for a player. Mallett will stay out of trouble and a trading chip for the Patriots and maybe put in more than Matt Cassell. It's a bit like stock trading, buying cheap Mallett and I hope it brings more value.
And if the Patriots keep was the star next to New England. Note that many mobility problems Mallett, but Brady is not a sportsman.
29 April 2011
Prince William and Kate Middleton are now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
The Queen has given the title of the Duke of Cambridge to Prince William, his wife Kate Middleton will be Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Media speculates, that this title was chosen because the last Duke of Cambridge also married a commoner for love. Prince William will be the 3rd Duke of Cambridge.
Prince George, known as the 2nd Duke of Cambridge, was born in 1819. He was a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge.
William has also become the Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus, which means Miss Middleton will also become the Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus.
Williams Parents Charles and Diana were made Prince and Princess of Wales before their wedding. Prince Charles second Wife has the title Dutchess of Cornwall.
Prince George, known as the 2nd Duke of Cambridge, was born in 1819. He was a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge.
William has also become the Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus, which means Miss Middleton will also become the Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus.
Williams Parents Charles and Diana were made Prince and Princess of Wales before their wedding. Prince Charles second Wife has the title Dutchess of Cornwall.
How William and Kate’s wedding compares to Charles and Diana’s
Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton are set to wed on April 29. As the big day approaches, we look at the differences and similarities between the royal couple’s planned nuptials and the wedding of William’s parents Prince Charles and Diana Spencer.
The Date: Unlike Charles and Diana, who opted for a summer wedding (July 29, 1981), William and Kate are going in for a spring affair with their wedding set for April 29, 2011. It’s not known if the most recent couple chose the date because it coincides with St. Catherine’s Day (the palace has been referencing Kate as Catherine since her engagement). Despite being royals, both William and Charles have had to schedule their nuptials around parliament and Anglican holidays. William and Kate’s do is slotted between Lent, Easter and a busy political program in May and June.
Age: While she isn’t quite the “old maid” she has been pegged as by some of the tabloid press, 29-year-old Kate Middleton will be considerably older than 20-year-old Diana was on her wedding day. William, on the other hand, is on the young side, beating his father to the aisle by four years.
Engagement ring: The 18-carat oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds is the same ring that Charles gave Diana. William carried the ring in his backpack for three weeks, during a vacation in Kenya, before digging it out from under his socks and proposing to Kate. Priced at $60,000 when it was chosen by Diana, the ring was not without controversy. The British press quickly renamed the stone “commoner’s sapphire” because of its relative affordability to the rest of us plebs. Since Kate is a fellow commoner, the stone is additionally appropriate for William’s bride-to-be.
Engagement photos: Taken by the photographer who did many of Diana’s later photo shoots, the official photo captures Kate and William in a casual embrace very similar to Charles and Diana’s pre-wedding shots. Unlike his parents’ shot (deep gasp), William and his love were airbrushed. Both couples opted for casual clothing, with Diana and Charles in blue denim shirts, while Middleton sparked a surge in high street sales with her choice of a Whistles blouse.
Location: While Charles and Diana opted for the expansive St. Paul’s Cathedral, William and Kate have decided to follow in the Queen’s footsteps and have their nuptials at Westminster Abbey. The pair want a more intimate wedding than the ’80s opulence of William’s parents’ trip down the aisle. Prince William’s private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, told the BBC the couple chose the Abbey for its “staggering beauty,” 1,000-year royal history and its feeling of intimacy. In today’s tough economy, an Abbey that seats 2,000 over a Cathedral that seats 3,500 is considered downsizing.
Bachelor party: Prince Charles held his bachelor party at White’s, a 300-year-old gentleman’s club in London. William’s celebration of his last single days is expected to be wilder, with his brother Harry overseeing arrangements.
Coin: Apparently, The Royal Mint’s head of design, Matthew Bonaccorsi, took the old hag comments to heart, transforming Kate from a healthy woman in her twenties to a dour girl celebrating her upcoming big day with a steady stream of crisps. William doesn’t fare much better. He’s shown with a prominent Adam’s apple and a gaping mouth. Charles and Diana seem to have had a better rapport with the coin engraved by Philip Nathan – or at least didn’t annoy him enough for him to expand Charles’ infamous ears.
Officiators: Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Robert Runcie led the traditional Church of England service for Charles and Diana, accompanied by a team of assisted clergymen. Kate and William are lining up a similar team of the devout, but this time the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will only get to oversee the vows, while the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev. Dr. John Hall, will actually conduct the wedding.
Guests: William and Kate will be inviting 2,000 guests to their big day, 1,500 short of Charles and Diana’s mega-wedding. The engaged couple have said they only want people who have a personal connection to them, on top of 100 members of the public who have yet to be picked. On the foreign-leader front, this would suggest Stephen Harper and the Governor General are in (as both have met with the royals) but Barack Obama is out. Most of Europe’s crowned and elected heads attended Charles and Diana’s wedding, apart from King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was protesting the couple’s honeymoon stop in the disputed territory of Gibraltar and the Taoiseach over the dispute in Northern Ireland.
Wedding Gifts: In 1981, Charles and Diana received more than 6,000 wedding gifts. In an attempt to avoid unwrapping multiple matching towel sets, William and Kate seem to be opting to ask guests to give donations to charity.
Route: Although it crumpled the immense train on her dress, Diana rode in the royal carriage all the way to her wedding and back. In a break from tradition, Kate will be taking a car to the wedding, but she and William will hitch a lift in the horse-drawn carriage to get back to the palace.
Dress: Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel created Diana’s flowing silk taffeta gown with its eight-metre train. Speculation is rife over who will design Kate’s gown. Will it be Brazilian-born Issa designer Daniella Helayel? Or perhaps classic bridal label Phillipa Lepley? A recent surge of wagers and paparazzi shots of the bride and her family near the shop of Bruce Oldfield, one of Diana’s favourites, led to a suspension of betting. Don’t expect the dress designer to be revealed soon. After rumours spread that the Emanuels would be designing Diana’s dress, journalists rummaged through their garbage and attempted to bribe their staff for details.
Memorabilia: Tea towels, plates, kettles and pill pot, William and Kate’s wedding is sure to come with the same truckloads of tacky souvenirs as Charles and Diana’s. But those hawking royal wedding gear in 2011 have taken a more irreverent tone. If you want something more classic, don’t despair: The Royal Household has said they will print the official wedding tea towel that had been put on hold. For those of you still stashing away your Princess Diana thimble until you can make millions on eBay, there is a whole new deluge of commemorative oven mitts to buy.
Title: Diana became the Princess of Wales after her marriage to Charles, but Kate could be in for a much clunkier title if her hubby doesn’t take a dukeship offered by the queen. How does Princess William sound to you? Not that great. William is petitioning his grandmother to let his future wife be known as Princess Catherine, but as the Princess title is passed on only to those born into the royal family, it could prove to be a thorny issue for the tradition-bound family.
Music: Charles and Diana made their way out of St. Paul’s to the refrain of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance.” No news on what will play when Kate and William march down the aisle, but speculation is abounding over who will play at the couple’s wedding reception. Sir Paul McCartney is being pegged as their number 1 choice, but that hasn’t stopped other bands bidding for the role, with Kings of Leon drummer offering the band’s service. “Wills and Kate look like nice people,” he told the BBC, “but Harry is the dude. His is the wedding we would most likely play.”
After-party: Charles and Diana’s wedding was followed by a dinner that featured 27 wedding cakes, and a breakfast reception the next day with 120 guests. Kate and William seem set on a larger party, with hundreds of guests. Imagine how many wedding cakes they’ll need for that.
Honeymoon: Charles and his wife kicked off their honeymoon at Balmoral, the royal residence in Scotland, before travelling to Tunisia, Sardinia, Greece and Egypt (including a few official engagements) before returning to Scotland. While William and Kate’s post-wedding plans aren’t known, it doesn’t look like they’ll be stopping in Canada. Gaming house Ladbrokes puts the likelihood of a Canadian sojourn at 21-to-one (at least we’re beating the Falkland Islands, at 1,001-to-one).
Things that could go wrong: So far, a bishop has said William and Kate’s marriage will last only seven years and hairdresser Nicky Clarke has criticized Kate for her uninspiring locks. Charles and Diana didn’t escape gaffes on their wedding day. Diana confused the order of Charles’ names during their nuptials, calling him Phillip Charles Arthur George (the name of the Prince’s father). Charles also blundered, declaring “I will share all ‘your’ goods with you” instead of offering his earthly goods to his wife.
The Queen: When her son, Charles, wed Camilla Parker-Bowles on April 9, 2005, Queen Elizabeth II donned a cream suit, coat and hat. At his previous wedding, to Diana, on July 29, 1981, the Queen wore a turquoise blue dress and hat. Her outfit for William’s wedding? Well, for sure it will include a hat.
National holiday: Brits are rejoicing that the royal wedding means a day off, so go to the pub and maybe catch some of the wedding if it’s on the telly near the bar, just like Charles and Diana’s big day.
The Date: Unlike Charles and Diana, who opted for a summer wedding (July 29, 1981), William and Kate are going in for a spring affair with their wedding set for April 29, 2011. It’s not known if the most recent couple chose the date because it coincides with St. Catherine’s Day (the palace has been referencing Kate as Catherine since her engagement). Despite being royals, both William and Charles have had to schedule their nuptials around parliament and Anglican holidays. William and Kate’s do is slotted between Lent, Easter and a busy political program in May and June.
Age: While she isn’t quite the “old maid” she has been pegged as by some of the tabloid press, 29-year-old Kate Middleton will be considerably older than 20-year-old Diana was on her wedding day. William, on the other hand, is on the young side, beating his father to the aisle by four years.
Engagement ring: The 18-carat oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds is the same ring that Charles gave Diana. William carried the ring in his backpack for three weeks, during a vacation in Kenya, before digging it out from under his socks and proposing to Kate. Priced at $60,000 when it was chosen by Diana, the ring was not without controversy. The British press quickly renamed the stone “commoner’s sapphire” because of its relative affordability to the rest of us plebs. Since Kate is a fellow commoner, the stone is additionally appropriate for William’s bride-to-be.
Engagement photos: Taken by the photographer who did many of Diana’s later photo shoots, the official photo captures Kate and William in a casual embrace very similar to Charles and Diana’s pre-wedding shots. Unlike his parents’ shot (deep gasp), William and his love were airbrushed. Both couples opted for casual clothing, with Diana and Charles in blue denim shirts, while Middleton sparked a surge in high street sales with her choice of a Whistles blouse.
Location: While Charles and Diana opted for the expansive St. Paul’s Cathedral, William and Kate have decided to follow in the Queen’s footsteps and have their nuptials at Westminster Abbey. The pair want a more intimate wedding than the ’80s opulence of William’s parents’ trip down the aisle. Prince William’s private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, told the BBC the couple chose the Abbey for its “staggering beauty,” 1,000-year royal history and its feeling of intimacy. In today’s tough economy, an Abbey that seats 2,000 over a Cathedral that seats 3,500 is considered downsizing.
Bachelor party: Prince Charles held his bachelor party at White’s, a 300-year-old gentleman’s club in London. William’s celebration of his last single days is expected to be wilder, with his brother Harry overseeing arrangements.
Coin: Apparently, The Royal Mint’s head of design, Matthew Bonaccorsi, took the old hag comments to heart, transforming Kate from a healthy woman in her twenties to a dour girl celebrating her upcoming big day with a steady stream of crisps. William doesn’t fare much better. He’s shown with a prominent Adam’s apple and a gaping mouth. Charles and Diana seem to have had a better rapport with the coin engraved by Philip Nathan – or at least didn’t annoy him enough for him to expand Charles’ infamous ears.
Officiators: Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Robert Runcie led the traditional Church of England service for Charles and Diana, accompanied by a team of assisted clergymen. Kate and William are lining up a similar team of the devout, but this time the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will only get to oversee the vows, while the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev. Dr. John Hall, will actually conduct the wedding.
Guests: William and Kate will be inviting 2,000 guests to their big day, 1,500 short of Charles and Diana’s mega-wedding. The engaged couple have said they only want people who have a personal connection to them, on top of 100 members of the public who have yet to be picked. On the foreign-leader front, this would suggest Stephen Harper and the Governor General are in (as both have met with the royals) but Barack Obama is out. Most of Europe’s crowned and elected heads attended Charles and Diana’s wedding, apart from King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was protesting the couple’s honeymoon stop in the disputed territory of Gibraltar and the Taoiseach over the dispute in Northern Ireland.
Wedding Gifts: In 1981, Charles and Diana received more than 6,000 wedding gifts. In an attempt to avoid unwrapping multiple matching towel sets, William and Kate seem to be opting to ask guests to give donations to charity.
Route: Although it crumpled the immense train on her dress, Diana rode in the royal carriage all the way to her wedding and back. In a break from tradition, Kate will be taking a car to the wedding, but she and William will hitch a lift in the horse-drawn carriage to get back to the palace.
Dress: Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel created Diana’s flowing silk taffeta gown with its eight-metre train. Speculation is rife over who will design Kate’s gown. Will it be Brazilian-born Issa designer Daniella Helayel? Or perhaps classic bridal label Phillipa Lepley? A recent surge of wagers and paparazzi shots of the bride and her family near the shop of Bruce Oldfield, one of Diana’s favourites, led to a suspension of betting. Don’t expect the dress designer to be revealed soon. After rumours spread that the Emanuels would be designing Diana’s dress, journalists rummaged through their garbage and attempted to bribe their staff for details.
Memorabilia: Tea towels, plates, kettles and pill pot, William and Kate’s wedding is sure to come with the same truckloads of tacky souvenirs as Charles and Diana’s. But those hawking royal wedding gear in 2011 have taken a more irreverent tone. If you want something more classic, don’t despair: The Royal Household has said they will print the official wedding tea towel that had been put on hold. For those of you still stashing away your Princess Diana thimble until you can make millions on eBay, there is a whole new deluge of commemorative oven mitts to buy.
Title: Diana became the Princess of Wales after her marriage to Charles, but Kate could be in for a much clunkier title if her hubby doesn’t take a dukeship offered by the queen. How does Princess William sound to you? Not that great. William is petitioning his grandmother to let his future wife be known as Princess Catherine, but as the Princess title is passed on only to those born into the royal family, it could prove to be a thorny issue for the tradition-bound family.
Music: Charles and Diana made their way out of St. Paul’s to the refrain of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance.” No news on what will play when Kate and William march down the aisle, but speculation is abounding over who will play at the couple’s wedding reception. Sir Paul McCartney is being pegged as their number 1 choice, but that hasn’t stopped other bands bidding for the role, with Kings of Leon drummer offering the band’s service. “Wills and Kate look like nice people,” he told the BBC, “but Harry is the dude. His is the wedding we would most likely play.”
After-party: Charles and Diana’s wedding was followed by a dinner that featured 27 wedding cakes, and a breakfast reception the next day with 120 guests. Kate and William seem set on a larger party, with hundreds of guests. Imagine how many wedding cakes they’ll need for that.
Honeymoon: Charles and his wife kicked off their honeymoon at Balmoral, the royal residence in Scotland, before travelling to Tunisia, Sardinia, Greece and Egypt (including a few official engagements) before returning to Scotland. While William and Kate’s post-wedding plans aren’t known, it doesn’t look like they’ll be stopping in Canada. Gaming house Ladbrokes puts the likelihood of a Canadian sojourn at 21-to-one (at least we’re beating the Falkland Islands, at 1,001-to-one).
Things that could go wrong: So far, a bishop has said William and Kate’s marriage will last only seven years and hairdresser Nicky Clarke has criticized Kate for her uninspiring locks. Charles and Diana didn’t escape gaffes on their wedding day. Diana confused the order of Charles’ names during their nuptials, calling him Phillip Charles Arthur George (the name of the Prince’s father). Charles also blundered, declaring “I will share all ‘your’ goods with you” instead of offering his earthly goods to his wife.
The Queen: When her son, Charles, wed Camilla Parker-Bowles on April 9, 2005, Queen Elizabeth II donned a cream suit, coat and hat. At his previous wedding, to Diana, on July 29, 1981, the Queen wore a turquoise blue dress and hat. Her outfit for William’s wedding? Well, for sure it will include a hat.
National holiday: Brits are rejoicing that the royal wedding means a day off, so go to the pub and maybe catch some of the wedding if it’s on the telly near the bar, just like Charles and Diana’s big day.
Bears take OT Gabe Carimi
Lake Forest, Ill. (AP) - Need help the offensive line after watching the quarterback Jay Cutler was beaten by the Green Bay Packers in the championship game of the NFC, Chicago Bears went behind the lines enemy to help you.
Some Wisconsin offensive tackle Gabe Carimi with a selection of 29 Thursday night after the NFL draft is not an attempted exchange of three items with the Baltimore Ravens to win the Outland Trophy 2010 to choose.
"I had a great feeling that would end with the Bears," said the 6-foot-7, 314 pounds Carimi. "It's a great organization. I could not be happier to play for them. "
Carimi in 49 games for Wisconsin left tackle. Last season, Cameron Heyward Carimi against Ohio State, Purdue and Iowa Adrian Clayborn Ryan Kerrigan and held seven tackles, two for losses. The three Big Ten champions have been drafted in the first round.
"We loved Gabe from the beginning," Bears Lovie Smith said the coach. "Picking as late as we did not know if we were lucky to get it."
So I asked a Baltimore art. The case has never been down, and negotiations long enough for the time to pick up the Ravens at No. 26 was passed, allowing them to make a place behind Kansas City.
Bears general manager Jerry Angelo was to blame for the situation and called it a "technical problem" and said he apologized to the Ravens. Angelo said the Bears do not negotiate with the league to confirm time, an agreement in which Chicago would be selected 29 and the fourth for 26 choices.
"We had a couple," said Angelo. "There was something because they do not communicate with the league on the appropriate protocol. It was my fault. I cried and apologized Baltimore in Baltimore and told them it was our fault. "
Angelo said the Bears still Carimi.
"It was good," he said.
The Bears offensive line struggled throughout the 2010 season, allowing a league with 56 sacks. Cutler suffered a sprained knee in the loss of part NFC Championship at Green Bay and a concussion in a Week 4 loss to the New York Giants.
The Bears used Omiyale Frank, a former judge to address and left guard, and front left from 2010.
Carimi has a reputation for being reckless and said to the press in February, the NFL combine testing, "I am stronger physically and more starts in his career and a better understanding of the game than any other at around. C That is why is'm No. 1 in the front. "
At that time, Carimi also called himself more "turnkey" all judgments of others. Carimi was on the offensive against the fifth selected Thursday.
Carimi said Thursday he was confident in his abilities.
"I think it will be the strength of our offensive line," said Smith.
The Bears felt they had a good handle on trust Carimi as the son of the offensive line coach, Mike Tice, Nate, plays for Wisconsin.
"I can not wait to play Mike Tice," Carimi said. "I think it's a great coach and one of the best coaches in the National Football League and I am excited by what they play."
Carimi and the rest of the line New York has opened the way for a ground attack that was more than 4 feet below the production of three running back to 1000 yards last season. switching sides, so to speak, and play for the rival Packers Carimi no problems, whose family hails from Cottage Grove, Ill.
"This is not the enemy lines here if you look at my house," Carimi said. "I would say we have about 100 fans become fans of Packer Bear -. Where are they now "
Bears go to the second round on Saturday still need to guard against the receiver defensive and offensive, and perhaps broader and cornerback.
Some Wisconsin offensive tackle Gabe Carimi with a selection of 29 Thursday night after the NFL draft is not an attempted exchange of three items with the Baltimore Ravens to win the Outland Trophy 2010 to choose.
"I had a great feeling that would end with the Bears," said the 6-foot-7, 314 pounds Carimi. "It's a great organization. I could not be happier to play for them. "
Carimi in 49 games for Wisconsin left tackle. Last season, Cameron Heyward Carimi against Ohio State, Purdue and Iowa Adrian Clayborn Ryan Kerrigan and held seven tackles, two for losses. The three Big Ten champions have been drafted in the first round.
"We loved Gabe from the beginning," Bears Lovie Smith said the coach. "Picking as late as we did not know if we were lucky to get it."
So I asked a Baltimore art. The case has never been down, and negotiations long enough for the time to pick up the Ravens at No. 26 was passed, allowing them to make a place behind Kansas City.
Bears general manager Jerry Angelo was to blame for the situation and called it a "technical problem" and said he apologized to the Ravens. Angelo said the Bears do not negotiate with the league to confirm time, an agreement in which Chicago would be selected 29 and the fourth for 26 choices.
"We had a couple," said Angelo. "There was something because they do not communicate with the league on the appropriate protocol. It was my fault. I cried and apologized Baltimore in Baltimore and told them it was our fault. "
Angelo said the Bears still Carimi.
"It was good," he said.
The Bears offensive line struggled throughout the 2010 season, allowing a league with 56 sacks. Cutler suffered a sprained knee in the loss of part NFC Championship at Green Bay and a concussion in a Week 4 loss to the New York Giants.
The Bears used Omiyale Frank, a former judge to address and left guard, and front left from 2010.
Carimi has a reputation for being reckless and said to the press in February, the NFL combine testing, "I am stronger physically and more starts in his career and a better understanding of the game than any other at around. C That is why is'm No. 1 in the front. "
At that time, Carimi also called himself more "turnkey" all judgments of others. Carimi was on the offensive against the fifth selected Thursday.
Carimi said Thursday he was confident in his abilities.
"I think it will be the strength of our offensive line," said Smith.
The Bears felt they had a good handle on trust Carimi as the son of the offensive line coach, Mike Tice, Nate, plays for Wisconsin.
"I can not wait to play Mike Tice," Carimi said. "I think it's a great coach and one of the best coaches in the National Football League and I am excited by what they play."
Carimi and the rest of the line New York has opened the way for a ground attack that was more than 4 feet below the production of three running back to 1000 yards last season. switching sides, so to speak, and play for the rival Packers Carimi no problems, whose family hails from Cottage Grove, Ill.
"This is not the enemy lines here if you look at my house," Carimi said. "I would say we have about 100 fans become fans of Packer Bear -. Where are they now "
Bears go to the second round on Saturday still need to guard against the receiver defensive and offensive, and perhaps broader and cornerback.
28 April 2011
NFL draft offers hope in the vast ocean of bitterness Fan view
The contentious debate between the NFL owners and players takes a break April 28 when the springtime ritual of the NFL Draft occurs on live television. It will be one of the few times since the Super Bowl in February that NFL fans will have something to cheer about.
After months of seeing players at the combine and reports of college players having private workouts with teams, everything comes down to having teams on the clock to make their picks for the draft. The fun begins in primetime, live from Radio City Music Hall.
The Chiefs at home against the Saints in 2008.
Wikimedia Commons
Too bad the party may be muted this year. Instead of current NFL players being in the audience to greet their new teammates, they will be hosting a separate party across town in New York City.
The Los Angeles Times reports rookies will be ready to go no matter what. Training camp may be abbreviated and the season may even be shortened. Maybe they're just happy to be getting paychecks. No matter what happens, every team will be equally yoked by the proceedings. Until a collective bargaining agreement is reached, regular players won't sign contracts or have team training camp.
A federal judge sided with the players in a lawsuit saying the league must end the lockout. The owners appealed and wanted a stay of execution of the order. A plaintiff for the players countered with a motion to grant a $1 billion bond if the judge grants the stay.
Judge Susan Nelson's decision on legal motions and the appeal can come at any time. How ironic that this legal wrangling is coming to a climax on the geekiest day in NFL history when the draft commences.
The draft is the only thing that can happen without a working collective bargaining agreement because the incoming players don't belong to the NFL or any team yet. This year, it is the lone beacon fans can look forward to in a sea full of bull-headed sharks feeding on the frenzy. Innocent bystanders, the fans, get bitten in the process.
Greed drives everything in this fight, of course. Owners worth hundreds of millions complain they aren't making enough money. Players who get the crap beat out of them on a weekly basis gripe they need more money for the poundings they take.
Perhaps the NFL should look to the federal government and its deficit spending spree. When budget cuts loom in Congress, everyone should suffer equally. Owners and players should suffer equally. They both need to give up a little to regain the respect of fans.
Is this circus worth it? Every sports league came back from their previous work stoppages to have better attendance overall. The longer the battle, the more worn out the warriors will become. Eventually fans will get sick of the bickering if they aren't already. Are fans going to embrace their gridiron heroes every Sunday knowing they and the owners jilted the fans?
When you see Tom Brady shaking hands with Patriots' owner Robert Kraft the minute after players sign on to a new collective bargaining agreement, remember just months earlier those pearly whites where gnashed in a struggle for dominance to see who would be the Alpha male.
The Draft and the lawsuit are just the beginning of the show. Hold on for a long game that's not even midway through the first quarter yet.
After months of seeing players at the combine and reports of college players having private workouts with teams, everything comes down to having teams on the clock to make their picks for the draft. The fun begins in primetime, live from Radio City Music Hall.
The Chiefs at home against the Saints in 2008.
Wikimedia Commons
Too bad the party may be muted this year. Instead of current NFL players being in the audience to greet their new teammates, they will be hosting a separate party across town in New York City.
The Los Angeles Times reports rookies will be ready to go no matter what. Training camp may be abbreviated and the season may even be shortened. Maybe they're just happy to be getting paychecks. No matter what happens, every team will be equally yoked by the proceedings. Until a collective bargaining agreement is reached, regular players won't sign contracts or have team training camp.
A federal judge sided with the players in a lawsuit saying the league must end the lockout. The owners appealed and wanted a stay of execution of the order. A plaintiff for the players countered with a motion to grant a $1 billion bond if the judge grants the stay.
Judge Susan Nelson's decision on legal motions and the appeal can come at any time. How ironic that this legal wrangling is coming to a climax on the geekiest day in NFL history when the draft commences.
The draft is the only thing that can happen without a working collective bargaining agreement because the incoming players don't belong to the NFL or any team yet. This year, it is the lone beacon fans can look forward to in a sea full of bull-headed sharks feeding on the frenzy. Innocent bystanders, the fans, get bitten in the process.
Greed drives everything in this fight, of course. Owners worth hundreds of millions complain they aren't making enough money. Players who get the crap beat out of them on a weekly basis gripe they need more money for the poundings they take.
Perhaps the NFL should look to the federal government and its deficit spending spree. When budget cuts loom in Congress, everyone should suffer equally. Owners and players should suffer equally. They both need to give up a little to regain the respect of fans.
Is this circus worth it? Every sports league came back from their previous work stoppages to have better attendance overall. The longer the battle, the more worn out the warriors will become. Eventually fans will get sick of the bickering if they aren't already. Are fans going to embrace their gridiron heroes every Sunday knowing they and the owners jilted the fans?
When you see Tom Brady shaking hands with Patriots' owner Robert Kraft the minute after players sign on to a new collective bargaining agreement, remember just months earlier those pearly whites where gnashed in a struggle for dominance to see who would be the Alpha male.
The Draft and the lawsuit are just the beginning of the show. Hold on for a long game that's not even midway through the first quarter yet.
Less enthusiastic fans NFL draft Horny
Jacksonville, FL - The Jacksonville Jaguars are set to begin adding to form a team that should not be in 2011.
With the start of the NFL draft on Thursday, many Jaguars fans said they were less enthusiastic than they should be surrounded by a block from top to bottom.
For fans of Bob Sabourin, starting this season the press and the enthusiasm was poorly designed.
"(The accident) will influence the design a bit," said Sabourin.
With the lockout and the legal battle going back and forth that followed, fans Jaguars, said he is unsure what will happen. Sabourin said he is sure there will be a season, it's just a matter of when.
This uncertainty was indicated on the ticket. According to the website of the Teal team, the Jaguars have sold less than half the available tickets general, let alone in the club seats.
"We started very well, so it is clear that the blockade delayed," said spokesman Tony Boselli Teal team.
While the fans are a little uncertain and waiting to see if the teams play, Boselli said they have nothing to fear.
Ticket holders will receive a refund for games not played, "said Boselli.
Meanwhile, Boselli said, ticket sales are crucial for the formation of Jacksonville's reputation as a city in the NFL.
There is still a big problem for the Jaguars this season - the fatigue of fans. With everything that happens off the field, Sabourin said the issues in the area that matters most.
"It seems that we focus on bad things," said Sabourin staff team and the game "We did not come with some improvements. Every year is the same."
Sabourin echoed all Jaguars fans when he said he had a winning season with a trip to the playoffs. He hoped that the design will help you begin this process.
Boselli said he believes it is a year of delivery of the Jaguars, with plenty of young players and new faces, but said fans should be considered for the team really needs to win.
"We want to support this team," said Boselli. "We want a market in the NFL, and the only way is there (on field bank never) to fill the message to send across the country and the NFL is
With the start of the NFL draft on Thursday, many Jaguars fans said they were less enthusiastic than they should be surrounded by a block from top to bottom.
For fans of Bob Sabourin, starting this season the press and the enthusiasm was poorly designed.
"(The accident) will influence the design a bit," said Sabourin.
With the lockout and the legal battle going back and forth that followed, fans Jaguars, said he is unsure what will happen. Sabourin said he is sure there will be a season, it's just a matter of when.
This uncertainty was indicated on the ticket. According to the website of the Teal team, the Jaguars have sold less than half the available tickets general, let alone in the club seats.
"We started very well, so it is clear that the blockade delayed," said spokesman Tony Boselli Teal team.
While the fans are a little uncertain and waiting to see if the teams play, Boselli said they have nothing to fear.
Ticket holders will receive a refund for games not played, "said Boselli.
Meanwhile, Boselli said, ticket sales are crucial for the formation of Jacksonville's reputation as a city in the NFL.
There is still a big problem for the Jaguars this season - the fatigue of fans. With everything that happens off the field, Sabourin said the issues in the area that matters most.
"It seems that we focus on bad things," said Sabourin staff team and the game "We did not come with some improvements. Every year is the same."
Sabourin echoed all Jaguars fans when he said he had a winning season with a trip to the playoffs. He hoped that the design will help you begin this process.
Boselli said he believes it is a year of delivery of the Jaguars, with plenty of young players and new faces, but said fans should be considered for the team really needs to win.
"We want to support this team," said Boselli. "We want a market in the NFL, and the only way is there (on field bank never) to fill the message to send across the country and the NFL is
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Une vague de Tempête Frayer tornade le sud bombarding le mercredi, les bâtiments les plus durement Touche Eclat le long de l'Alabama, 72 personnes dans tuant quatre Etats.
Le président déclare Barack Obama mercredi une situation d'urgence dans l'Alabama.
Au moins 58 personnes sont en Alabama deaths, avec comme une plus 15 or tornade the desolate Tuscaloosa. Le maire Certaine parties that the dit de la ville, la maison de l'Université de l'ont été détruits Alabama et les infrastructures de la ville a été détruite.
Ont été enregistré Eleven deces dans le Mississippi, deux en Georgie et un dans le Tennessee.
New storefront paramédicaux des fragments d'un enfant dans raise une maison aplati to Tuscaloosa, avec nombreux bâtiments voisins dans la ville de plus de 83 000 ont également réduit to neant.
"La ville d'importants to climb dégâts d'une tornade chi to détruit une route dans le coeur de la ville Coupee", déclare le maire the Walter Maddox déclare dans un communiqué to.
Le système broadcast storm mardi et mercredi côté, du Texas à la Georgie. Le système est prévu d'atteindre les Carolines et ensuite sur Suivant plus à l'est.
"Aujourd'hui est le jour vous voulez faire attention to," said Greg Carbin the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center dans l'Oklahoma.
Gouverneur de l'Alabama, Robert Bentley déclare une situation d'urgence. Dans une déclaration Obama to declare mercredi qu'il Advaita to Bentley et parlé the approuvé sa demande d'assistance d'urgence fédéraux, y compris les Actifs de recherche et de sauvetage.
Alabama Power Co., plus de 260 000 foyers et entreprises étaient sans électricité.
Autour de Tuscaloosa, le traffic a été des arbres congestionnée mercredi par des lignes électriques et tumbles, et laisser leur voiture stilts certains dans le milieu.
Les fonctionnaires de l'Université de blessure n'était pas sur le campus significative, l'école et l'ouverture a été de son Centre de loisirs pour les étudiants comme un refuge.
Brian Sanders, le magasin gerant d'un changement d'huile to, ses filles a été DCH Regional Medical Center, parce qu'il serait qu'il pensait prudent. Il a dit son entreprise that expresses Advaita.
"Je ne peux pas qu'il a été Croire, dit-il.
La Tempête the frappé tôt dans la journée Birmingham, la compensation for nombreux arbres ont Thurs obstacle les services d'urgence et ceux Thurs essaient trop difficile a quitter les zones touches.
Craig Branch a été surpris par les dégâts.
"Toutes les rues de l'ensemble in lignes haute tension to kick the fin, les arbres c'est tout .. sur la façon dont je n'avais never rien vu avant tel" to declare
En Huntsville, ont été les prévisionnistes dans le chemin d'une et le tornade National Weather Service bureau ont dû evacuate.
En Choctaw County, Mississippi, la Louisiane, un policier a été hier matin dans un tue camping près d'une tour de l'arbre sur la gomme est tumble sucrée sa parce who try to protect AFIN sa fille son corps, Korthuis dit Kim, avec un superviseur National Park Service.
La jeune fille de 9 ans, n'a pas été bless.
Dans le Mississippi, un homme dans sa maison mobile coincident quand est un arbre fall pendant la Tempête, un chauffeur de camion est après avoir heurté I tried to un arbre sur une autoroute et tumble un membre d'une équipe provinciale sur la route tue quand a été il a été par un arbre abattu battu.
Le président déclare Barack Obama mercredi une situation d'urgence dans l'Alabama.
Au moins 58 personnes sont en Alabama deaths, avec comme une plus 15 or tornade the desolate Tuscaloosa. Le maire Certaine parties that the dit de la ville, la maison de l'Université de l'ont été détruits Alabama et les infrastructures de la ville a été détruite.
Ont été enregistré Eleven deces dans le Mississippi, deux en Georgie et un dans le Tennessee.
New storefront paramédicaux des fragments d'un enfant dans raise une maison aplati to Tuscaloosa, avec nombreux bâtiments voisins dans la ville de plus de 83 000 ont également réduit to neant.
"La ville d'importants to climb dégâts d'une tornade chi to détruit une route dans le coeur de la ville Coupee", déclare le maire the Walter Maddox déclare dans un communiqué to.
Le système broadcast storm mardi et mercredi côté, du Texas à la Georgie. Le système est prévu d'atteindre les Carolines et ensuite sur Suivant plus à l'est.
"Aujourd'hui est le jour vous voulez faire attention to," said Greg Carbin the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center dans l'Oklahoma.
Gouverneur de l'Alabama, Robert Bentley déclare une situation d'urgence. Dans une déclaration Obama to declare mercredi qu'il Advaita to Bentley et parlé the approuvé sa demande d'assistance d'urgence fédéraux, y compris les Actifs de recherche et de sauvetage.
Alabama Power Co., plus de 260 000 foyers et entreprises étaient sans électricité.
Autour de Tuscaloosa, le traffic a été des arbres congestionnée mercredi par des lignes électriques et tumbles, et laisser leur voiture stilts certains dans le milieu.
Les fonctionnaires de l'Université de blessure n'était pas sur le campus significative, l'école et l'ouverture a été de son Centre de loisirs pour les étudiants comme un refuge.
Brian Sanders, le magasin gerant d'un changement d'huile to, ses filles a été DCH Regional Medical Center, parce qu'il serait qu'il pensait prudent. Il a dit son entreprise that expresses Advaita.
"Je ne peux pas qu'il a été Croire, dit-il.
La Tempête the frappé tôt dans la journée Birmingham, la compensation for nombreux arbres ont Thurs obstacle les services d'urgence et ceux Thurs essaient trop difficile a quitter les zones touches.
Craig Branch a été surpris par les dégâts.
"Toutes les rues de l'ensemble in lignes haute tension to kick the fin, les arbres c'est tout .. sur la façon dont je n'avais never rien vu avant tel" to declare
En Huntsville, ont été les prévisionnistes dans le chemin d'une et le tornade National Weather Service bureau ont dû evacuate.
En Choctaw County, Mississippi, la Louisiane, un policier a été hier matin dans un tue camping près d'une tour de l'arbre sur la gomme est tumble sucrée sa parce who try to protect AFIN sa fille son corps, Korthuis dit Kim, avec un superviseur National Park Service.
La jeune fille de 9 ans, n'a pas été bless.
Dans le Mississippi, un homme dans sa maison mobile coincident quand est un arbre fall pendant la Tempête, un chauffeur de camion est après avoir heurté I tried to un arbre sur une autoroute et tumble un membre d'une équipe provinciale sur la route tue quand a été il a été par un arbre abattu battu.
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Repose en paix David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011)
He was the founder of the Global Challenge, pastor of the church famous Times Square and the author of one of the most influential books and evangelicals in the history of "The Cross and the Switchblade."
David Wilkerson died today in a tragic car accident, according to a report by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to Texas state police at the scene, Wilkerson was in front by a tractor that moves along its orbit. Although the truck driver saw the car and tried to avoid the collision, crashed and Wilkerson was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, Gwen, is still in critical condition.
Many outside the Church in the climax when Billy Graham goes home with the Lord. This accident and death, is a kind of loss for those within the church.Advertisement
Pastor Wilkerson was a general in the army of God. From teenagers to adults, whites, blacks and Hispanics, this is not a man of color - saw the souls. And that was clearly visible, with their immortal works, Teen Challenge, a pioneer church in the heart of the city of New York.
When I read this report, I thought for a moment that I met him almost. I was fortunate to meet many famous people, and although I do not meet Wilkerson pastor, I will never forget.
The five minutes waiting in the wings for an interview for a radio possible, I worked at that time was one of the most nerveracking in my young life. "That says to Moses:" I think.
Well, the answer was simple: "How do you feel about driving a whole nation of Jesus?" He did it at a time when it was needed, desired and is considered impossible. To this end, this loss will cause ripples in the waters of the grace of God worldwide.
His zeal, strength and passion are the hallmarks of his ministry. All other brands, it's classic - the amount of souls to Christ as Savior realized that God did not have a chance if not for this gentle man.
David Wilkerson is 79 years.
David Wilkerson died today in a tragic car accident, according to a report by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to Texas state police at the scene, Wilkerson was in front by a tractor that moves along its orbit. Although the truck driver saw the car and tried to avoid the collision, crashed and Wilkerson was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, Gwen, is still in critical condition.
Many outside the Church in the climax when Billy Graham goes home with the Lord. This accident and death, is a kind of loss for those within the church.Advertisement
Pastor Wilkerson was a general in the army of God. From teenagers to adults, whites, blacks and Hispanics, this is not a man of color - saw the souls. And that was clearly visible, with their immortal works, Teen Challenge, a pioneer church in the heart of the city of New York.
When I read this report, I thought for a moment that I met him almost. I was fortunate to meet many famous people, and although I do not meet Wilkerson pastor, I will never forget.
The five minutes waiting in the wings for an interview for a radio possible, I worked at that time was one of the most nerveracking in my young life. "That says to Moses:" I think.
Well, the answer was simple: "How do you feel about driving a whole nation of Jesus?" He did it at a time when it was needed, desired and is considered impossible. To this end, this loss will cause ripples in the waters of the grace of God worldwide.
His zeal, strength and passion are the hallmarks of his ministry. All other brands, it's classic - the amount of souls to Christ as Savior realized that God did not have a chance if not for this gentle man.
David Wilkerson is 79 years.
Therefore, Analysts Extinguish Hatred Sales Techniques
Herb Greenberg initiated an interesting discussion today, saying he was "very useful" Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter to go on CNBC today in his pessimistic view on Netflix, ahead of its results are announced this afternoon. David Wilkerson, Pachter details of the analysis, with the context:
With the stock hovering in the range of $ 80 in April 2010, Pachter lowered from underperform to play with a target price of $ 73. Even after seeing the action to capture the $ 240s, Pachter is sticking to its assessment, and a price target of $ 80.
It is a very aggressive price, Pachter said that Netflix is set to more than two thirds of impairment losses, despite a subscriber base of about 23 million Americans. But is this really a bold Pachter? It takes courage to tell him this, and if so, why?
Part of the answer to this question is buried in a symmetric market: the trend towards more investors corresponds to an upward trend on the side of the analyst. Most investors' long-only and even those who tend to move from one strategy to 120/20 or 130/30 short: almost always much longer than the positions they hold short positions. Consequently, the global market and prejudice against someone who has a "sell" recommendation.
And when it comes to screaming hot issues, such as Netflix, which is even more true. These files are usually not taken as part of a long-term diversified portfolio of names, which are held by momentum traders who want to buy and sell higher. They tend to be very emotional in their trade relations and the feeling of driving, and can be very aggressive towards anyone who might damage the feeling.
In addition, Wall Street is used to boil the pass / fail duality: when you say that the stock will fall, you're right when it does, and if it is not bad. Intelligence analysis, or the idea that all these things are probabilistic while rarely gets lip service. Therefore the technical analysis of Wall Street, see: no intellectual sense at all, but it works just as well as - or better - an analysis based on fundamentals. (Which, while not saying much). And it all matters.
It is also impossible for anyone to see the difference between the price of "buying and selling" first, and "long / short" on the other. A "sale" is not the same as a recommendation to go short. NFLX on the sale of $ 250 is a measure of risk aversion, you are a volatile and overvalued inventory, taking what is probably huge profits, and say they prefer to sell too early than too later. runs $ 250 NFLX, however, is a very risky decision which can damage very badly. But when an analyst says "sell", everyone starts talking about his "short" and says things like "how is your short coming with Netflix, Mikey?".
One thing that certainly has a "sale" is, of course, is to thwart the management company. And that is where the distinction between the issuance of a "sell" in a private report released on the one hand, and loudly proclaim her analysis on CNBC, on the other side. The television audience is not only experienced investors: it is a much wider audience than that, and business management to even think hate the idea that his company is ready for a wide audience . So if you go to a bearish case is presented on television, get ready for many, if not all of their access to trading losses.
If you have a public matter very bearish, on television, in a highly visible consumer brand with a lot of material, which is far from your neck if you are an analyst pointed. That is what Greenberg was, yes, to a level that the task Pachter opinion on Netflix and are willing to remember that the call on CNBC. But it is easy to see why most analysts of proof is not difficult to obtain in these situations. "Customers are always angry when you're wrong," Greenberg said in a brief interview this afternoon. "A big boy from the crowd is a value investor. A short takes his life in his hands. "
Finally, if not spectacular fall from Netflix - as calling a tenant seems to have noticed the top of the market, Netflix - still not a hero. Sufficient time is bad because people can say that I was sure that the law in time. And probably a credit if they followed his own advice perspicaciousness Pachter, then give him the credit he deserves.
So well done for the tenant to stick to their convictions. I hope you do not expect to get them.
With the stock hovering in the range of $ 80 in April 2010, Pachter lowered from underperform to play with a target price of $ 73. Even after seeing the action to capture the $ 240s, Pachter is sticking to its assessment, and a price target of $ 80.
It is a very aggressive price, Pachter said that Netflix is set to more than two thirds of impairment losses, despite a subscriber base of about 23 million Americans. But is this really a bold Pachter? It takes courage to tell him this, and if so, why?
Part of the answer to this question is buried in a symmetric market: the trend towards more investors corresponds to an upward trend on the side of the analyst. Most investors' long-only and even those who tend to move from one strategy to 120/20 or 130/30 short: almost always much longer than the positions they hold short positions. Consequently, the global market and prejudice against someone who has a "sell" recommendation.
And when it comes to screaming hot issues, such as Netflix, which is even more true. These files are usually not taken as part of a long-term diversified portfolio of names, which are held by momentum traders who want to buy and sell higher. They tend to be very emotional in their trade relations and the feeling of driving, and can be very aggressive towards anyone who might damage the feeling.
In addition, Wall Street is used to boil the pass / fail duality: when you say that the stock will fall, you're right when it does, and if it is not bad. Intelligence analysis, or the idea that all these things are probabilistic while rarely gets lip service. Therefore the technical analysis of Wall Street, see: no intellectual sense at all, but it works just as well as - or better - an analysis based on fundamentals. (Which, while not saying much). And it all matters.
It is also impossible for anyone to see the difference between the price of "buying and selling" first, and "long / short" on the other. A "sale" is not the same as a recommendation to go short. NFLX on the sale of $ 250 is a measure of risk aversion, you are a volatile and overvalued inventory, taking what is probably huge profits, and say they prefer to sell too early than too later. runs $ 250 NFLX, however, is a very risky decision which can damage very badly. But when an analyst says "sell", everyone starts talking about his "short" and says things like "how is your short coming with Netflix, Mikey?".
One thing that certainly has a "sale" is, of course, is to thwart the management company. And that is where the distinction between the issuance of a "sell" in a private report released on the one hand, and loudly proclaim her analysis on CNBC, on the other side. The television audience is not only experienced investors: it is a much wider audience than that, and business management to even think hate the idea that his company is ready for a wide audience . So if you go to a bearish case is presented on television, get ready for many, if not all of their access to trading losses.
If you have a public matter very bearish, on television, in a highly visible consumer brand with a lot of material, which is far from your neck if you are an analyst pointed. That is what Greenberg was, yes, to a level that the task Pachter opinion on Netflix and are willing to remember that the call on CNBC. But it is easy to see why most analysts of proof is not difficult to obtain in these situations. "Customers are always angry when you're wrong," Greenberg said in a brief interview this afternoon. "A big boy from the crowd is a value investor. A short takes his life in his hands. "
Finally, if not spectacular fall from Netflix - as calling a tenant seems to have noticed the top of the market, Netflix - still not a hero. Sufficient time is bad because people can say that I was sure that the law in time. And probably a credit if they followed his own advice perspicaciousness Pachter, then give him the credit he deserves.
So well done for the tenant to stick to their convictions. I hope you do not expect to get them.
David Wilkerson Killed in Car Crash
David Wilkerson, author of The Cross and the Switchblade and founder of World Challenge Ministries, died in a car crash today, Charisma and CBN are reporting.
CBN reports that Wilkerson was 79. The church that he founded, Times Square Church in New York City, has more than 8,000 members. His wife Gwen, was also involved in the crash and was rushed to the hospital where she is said to be in critical condition.
In 2009, Wilkerson posted a message warning of riots, fires, and economic collapse in New York City. CT wrote at the time about why Wilkerson's message received so much attention.
Update: Details about Wilkerson's memorial service will be posted on Times Square's website, which states that it will be streamed live.
David Wilkerson has been a top 10 trending topic on Twitter tonight, including tweets from Wilkerson's cousin and Joel Houston, leader of the Sydney-based youth worship band Hillsong United.
Rich Wilkerson: "The term LEGEND is often used to describe a person of extreme influence but what about a man that supersedes superlatives..david wilkerson"
Joel Houston: "The cross and the switchblade was the first book I ever read. Seeded NYC in my heart. So grateful for the life and legacy of David Wilkerson"
CBN reports that Wilkerson was 79. The church that he founded, Times Square Church in New York City, has more than 8,000 members. His wife Gwen, was also involved in the crash and was rushed to the hospital where she is said to be in critical condition.
In 2009, Wilkerson posted a message warning of riots, fires, and economic collapse in New York City. CT wrote at the time about why Wilkerson's message received so much attention.
Wilkerson has more credibility and name recognition than many other online prophets. He is the author of The Cross and the Switchblade, one of the most popular books in evangelical history. (It ranked #32 in Christianity Today's list of "Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals.") His Teen Challenge ministry is very prominent in discussions of drug treatment and social service partnerships between church and government. And Times Square Church, which he founded, reportedly draws 8,000 people weekly and is known for its many social service ministries.Wilkerson continued to write blog posts until his death.
Update: Details about Wilkerson's memorial service will be posted on Times Square's website, which states that it will be streamed live.
David Wilkerson has been a top 10 trending topic on Twitter tonight, including tweets from Wilkerson's cousin and Joel Houston, leader of the Sydney-based youth worship band Hillsong United.
Rich Wilkerson: "The term LEGEND is often used to describe a person of extreme influence but what about a man that supersedes superlatives..david wilkerson"
Joel Houston: "The cross and the switchblade was the first book I ever read. Seeded NYC in my heart. So grateful for the life and legacy of David Wilkerson"
Pastor David Wilkerson died in a car accident in 79 years
The legacy of Pastor David Wilkerson
I was really ready for bed (at the beginning of a change), when my mother sent me a text message informing me of what happened to Pastor David Wilkerson. Today we lost a great man of God - one of my heroes. Pastor David Wilkerson died after a tragic car accident at the age of 79. He built his legacy with strong messages that change the life, devotion to God sold out and a burden for people in need.
I first heard of David Wilkerson, after watching a video clip which was titled "Wake Up Church!" And "An appeal to fear." From there, I saw clip after clip, and read through several of its publications. Did not take long to realize that Pastor David Wilkerson was a jewel in the Kingdom of God, with several events that affected my personal life. There is something special about this man, no doubt. Proof of this can be seen in his life devoted to God and the people serving. The videos below. I encourage you to view, regardless of their faith ... or lack of faith.
The Reverend David Wilkerson, founding pastor of the church in Times Square in New York and author of The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a collision in Texas. He was 79.
"It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the sudden death of Pastor David Wilkerson, founding pastor," the Times Square Church Pastor Carter Conlon said in a statement on the church site.
Conlon added that details of the request of the family and a memorial service would be provided as information became available.
How Pastor David Wilkerson of the operation and impact your life?
Details of the accident
Wilkerson was headed east on U.S. 175 in Texas in the afternoon, and moved to the opposite lane in a tractor-trailer heading west. The truck driver saw the car and tried to leave the road, but collided with the senior pastor of the car, according to Public Safety Trooper Eric Lang.
It is not known what causes Wilkerson to meet the other way. His wife, Gwen, was also involved in the accident and transported to the hospital with the truck.
Wilkerson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Stay with NBC News for more details on this developing story. Also check your local listings for the Thursday edition of "The 700 Club" in search of additional coverage.
The last words
Wilkerson posted a blog dated April 27th - the day of his death. In the post titled "When All Else Fails Media, who are struggling to" hold "position and encourages strong in faith.
"Those in the valley and shadow of death, this word can be heard: Crying will be managed by a dark, terrible, and this darkness would soon be heard muttering Father:" I'm with you, "said Wilkerson . "Beloved, God has never stopped acting, but in the goodness and love. If all efforts do not love reign. Cling to your faith. Firm in his Word. There is no hope in this world. "
Read the latest blog Wilkerson.
Word of the accident began on Wednesday distributed social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. He urged Christians to pray for Ms. Wilkerson in critical condition.
Rev. impact Wilkerson
Wilkerson Rich Wilkerson nephew confirmed dead in Twitter.
"It confirmed my dear cousin David Wilkerson was killed in a tragic car accident this afternoon .. r Prayers needed now," said walk.
Rev. Wilkerson spent the first part of his ministry to reach gang members and drug addicts in New York, said in his best-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade.
"The word legend is often used to influence a person of extremes, but what about a man who superlatives .. David Wilkerson replaces, define" tweeted his cousin immediately after confirmation of his death.
In 1971 started World Challenge, Inc., as an umbrella for his crusades, conferences, evangelism and ministry of others. The Times Square Church was founded the group in 1987.
The church is now led by Rev. Carter Conlon and has over 8000 members.
Wilkerson also founded Teen Challenge, a Christian relief program for troubled youth.
"Forget the Wilkerson family in your prayers that our founder, Pastor David Wilkerson went to the Lord this afternoon," said Teen Challenge followers on Twitter.
He is survived by his wife, four children and 11 grandchildren.
I was really ready for bed (at the beginning of a change), when my mother sent me a text message informing me of what happened to Pastor David Wilkerson. Today we lost a great man of God - one of my heroes. Pastor David Wilkerson died after a tragic car accident at the age of 79. He built his legacy with strong messages that change the life, devotion to God sold out and a burden for people in need.
I first heard of David Wilkerson, after watching a video clip which was titled "Wake Up Church!" And "An appeal to fear." From there, I saw clip after clip, and read through several of its publications. Did not take long to realize that Pastor David Wilkerson was a jewel in the Kingdom of God, with several events that affected my personal life. There is something special about this man, no doubt. Proof of this can be seen in his life devoted to God and the people serving. The videos below. I encourage you to view, regardless of their faith ... or lack of faith.
The Reverend David Wilkerson, founding pastor of the church in Times Square in New York and author of The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a collision in Texas. He was 79.
"It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the sudden death of Pastor David Wilkerson, founding pastor," the Times Square Church Pastor Carter Conlon said in a statement on the church site.
Conlon added that details of the request of the family and a memorial service would be provided as information became available.
How Pastor David Wilkerson of the operation and impact your life?
Details of the accident
Wilkerson was headed east on U.S. 175 in Texas in the afternoon, and moved to the opposite lane in a tractor-trailer heading west. The truck driver saw the car and tried to leave the road, but collided with the senior pastor of the car, according to Public Safety Trooper Eric Lang.
It is not known what causes Wilkerson to meet the other way. His wife, Gwen, was also involved in the accident and transported to the hospital with the truck.
Wilkerson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Stay with NBC News for more details on this developing story. Also check your local listings for the Thursday edition of "The 700 Club" in search of additional coverage.
The last words
Wilkerson posted a blog dated April 27th - the day of his death. In the post titled "When All Else Fails Media, who are struggling to" hold "position and encourages strong in faith.
"Those in the valley and shadow of death, this word can be heard: Crying will be managed by a dark, terrible, and this darkness would soon be heard muttering Father:" I'm with you, "said Wilkerson . "Beloved, God has never stopped acting, but in the goodness and love. If all efforts do not love reign. Cling to your faith. Firm in his Word. There is no hope in this world. "
Read the latest blog Wilkerson.
Word of the accident began on Wednesday distributed social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. He urged Christians to pray for Ms. Wilkerson in critical condition.
Rev. impact Wilkerson
Wilkerson Rich Wilkerson nephew confirmed dead in Twitter.
"It confirmed my dear cousin David Wilkerson was killed in a tragic car accident this afternoon .. r Prayers needed now," said walk.
Rev. Wilkerson spent the first part of his ministry to reach gang members and drug addicts in New York, said in his best-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade.
"The word legend is often used to influence a person of extremes, but what about a man who superlatives .. David Wilkerson replaces, define" tweeted his cousin immediately after confirmation of his death.
In 1971 started World Challenge, Inc., as an umbrella for his crusades, conferences, evangelism and ministry of others. The Times Square Church was founded the group in 1987.
The church is now led by Rev. Carter Conlon and has over 8000 members.
Wilkerson also founded Teen Challenge, a Christian relief program for troubled youth.
"Forget the Wilkerson family in your prayers that our founder, Pastor David Wilkerson went to the Lord this afternoon," said Teen Challenge followers on Twitter.
He is survived by his wife, four children and 11 grandchildren.
26 April 2011
The Destruction of Smallpox Virus Proposed Creates Controversy
After the plague mankind for three millennia, the smallpox virus behind the face he deserves. In May, during a meeting of the World Health Organization, countries decide it's time to sterilize and burning into oblivion all other known samples of the virus.
Smallpox is sometimes described as the most devastating disease in human history, and eradication of the disease - no naturally acquired cases since 1977 - is considered probably the health service's most modern. But the road to destruction date is yet to come.
The debate on whether to destroy the samples held by the United States and Russia began in 1980. It focuses on whether or not we have enough information to prevent the virus from reproducing havoc.
"If it is destroyed, the ruling said that after that date, all scientists, all laboratories, a country that smallpox had been guilty of crimes against humanity," said Dr. DA Henderson, former director of Rowing campaign's disease and author of "Smallpox: The Death of a disease" (Prometheus Books, 2009).
Destroy the virus remains in eliminating the possibility of an accidental release. There is no precedent for this: in 1978, an accidental release at a British laboratory have resulted in death.
Others, however, warn that the labeling of the virus remained a crime against humanity is not in any way to deter terrorists, and that without the smallpox virus in vivo, smallpox called We will not be able to prepare for the worst.
"It would be very important to have something on the platform that could help prevent or treat a disease or virus is introduced by a terrorist nature or mother," said Dennis Hruby, Chief Scientific Officer of SIGA pharmaceutical company developing a treatment against smallpox. It is possible for people to another pox virus closely related to the capture, and it is also possible that smallpox could be repeated as in the rest of the smallpox virus, "said Hruby. [7 devastating infectious diseases]
Politics
That the two countries remaining populations appear to be pointing against setting a date for the destruction of them.
"The United States fully agrees that these samples are eventually destroyed. However, we believe that the timing of this destruction, we will determine whether the potential threat of viruses to kill or live with the risk of recurrence of the disease 'intentional abuse of the virus, "writes Bill Hall, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Affairs in an email to LiveScience." Therefore, we strongly believe that the WHA [World Health Assembly Health] should continue to recommend the retention of samples required until the investigation is complete. "
Reports indicate that the Russian leader for Health, Gennady G. Onishchenko, adopted a similar position. "It would be premature and even dangerous for the removal of these collections," Onishchenko told Interfax news agency of Russia.
The impulse to destroy the samples, under the leadership of African countries - which would be less able to respond to an epidemic - and with the support of countries of Asia and the Middle East, according to Edward Hammond, a consultant for the Network Third World, a nongovernmental organization that advocates the destruction.
"In theory, everyone agrees that to happen," said Hammond. "The debate is about time to do it. The truth is that the United States and Russia are holding."
World Health Organization delegates should discuss these and other issues in member countries of the annual meeting in May. 16 to 24 in Switzerland.
End of an illness
Smallpox, which causes smallpox, belongs to a family of camel pox virus to smallpox, monkeypox, smallpox, buffalo and others are doing. The smallpox virus is faithful to its human host, the animals have no further or spread.
Infection causes flu-like symptoms, followed by the appearance of lesions. Approximately one third of those who are infected die. [How Smallpox Changed the World]
"Smallpox is one of the most horrible things you can imagine," said Henderson. He saw the latter case, the spring of 1975 in Bangladesh. "What a horrible sight. These people seemed unhappy, who have good begging, but they could not drink water if you gave them, and they were horrible injuries, and of course, these hospitals have not been reviewed and flies were more ... There was a strong odor that permeated. It has been described as the smell of rotting flesh, the smell horrible. You could not do anything for them, and they came to you. "
In 1796, a country doctor, Edward Jenner in English obtained pus from a lesion in the hand of a milkmaid infected with cowpox, and used it for a young inoculate him against smallpox, a deadly disease. It was the first version of the vaccine against smallpox. The version used for smallpox worldwide was based on a virus different but closely related called the eradication of vaccine against smallpox, according to Jonathan Tucker, a biosecurity expert and author of "Scourge: The threat of a later date smallpox (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).
A decade of WHO global immunization campaign to eradicate smallpox was a success, the last natural case occurred in Somalia in October 1977. The destruction of the virus is the natural end of the eradication campaign, said Hammond.
"There is a moral and historical duty to see the eradication of the final," he said.
The checklist
In the years after eradication, countries destroyed their stockpiles of viruses or transferred until two designated areas for storage has remained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the State Institute for Viral Preparations Moscow. The Russian stock market was transferred to a facility Koltsovo, Siberia.
The debate over the destruction of the last two actions were initiated in 1980, but the virus has been a series of suspension of the operation, according to Tucker.
In 1993, the Americans to delay the destruction of plans to sequence the genome of the virus to comply. Since then, the United States rejects a virus in the case of undeclared stockpiles in countries like Iran and North Korea aside, Tucker said. These countries have refused to hold the virus.
The World Health Assembly decided in 1999 to the virus keeping close temporarily for research on defense against the improvement, including a more secure version of the vaccine, an antiviral drug that is already infected, and a means simulate a smallpox study in animals to be treated.
Scientists disagree about whether we should have the virus around to do the job.
Hruby works on antiviral treatment for people living too long, the vaccine is effective. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, could become a leading treatment for smallpox.
"The U.S. regulatory authorities under the guidelines that are pending approval of the drug showed activity against pathogens authentic look. In this case it is smallpox, "said Hruby.
The question of adoption is complicated by the inability of scientists to simulate a smallpox well in animals, an important step towards approval, since the tests were performed on other animals to humans.
Terrorism is an epidemic of smallpox likely source - more likely than 500 years of hurricanes, according to Dr. Kenneth Bernard, a senior expert of bio-terrorism, the Clinton and George W. George W. Bush. However, the population would be vulnerable to the release of the highly contagious virus (nonstandard vaccinations for decades), and the consequences can be enormous, "said Bernard.
In addition to preventing the destruction, antivirals and vaccines could be a disincentive side, "he said. "In fact, it took from the table as a biological weapon, because we would be as well protected against it would probably not be effective if used."
Meanwhile, to destroy the virus and the labeling of the destruction of a crime against humanity do not deter terrorists, "he said. "Are you sure of what is considered 09.11 terrorists thought, even for a moment that can not fly into the Twin Towers, and later be convicted of committing a crime under international law of West? "
A complication modern
In 2002, scientists built the first synthetic virus - one based on clues found on the Internet, nothing less. This development increases the likelihood that even after the destruction of smallpox virus could be created from scratch in a laboratory or well-intentioned scientists or bad terrorists.
One of the scientists behind the first synthesis, Eckard Wimmer, a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University in New York, calls for the destruction of the virus because the virus would be extremely difficult to synthesize.
"Not only do you have experience, laboratory space, high-containment does not pollute the environment, and expensive instruments, this is a barrier for malicious intent," Wimmer said, "If a government . I was doing, they have the resources. But with the scientific community hopes that this will not happen, because in a sense, someone who would release the virus over time would get hurt, because the virus again. Synthesis of people can be protected, but his family, friends and the community
Smallpox is sometimes described as the most devastating disease in human history, and eradication of the disease - no naturally acquired cases since 1977 - is considered probably the health service's most modern. But the road to destruction date is yet to come.
The debate on whether to destroy the samples held by the United States and Russia began in 1980. It focuses on whether or not we have enough information to prevent the virus from reproducing havoc.
"If it is destroyed, the ruling said that after that date, all scientists, all laboratories, a country that smallpox had been guilty of crimes against humanity," said Dr. DA Henderson, former director of Rowing campaign's disease and author of "Smallpox: The Death of a disease" (Prometheus Books, 2009).
Destroy the virus remains in eliminating the possibility of an accidental release. There is no precedent for this: in 1978, an accidental release at a British laboratory have resulted in death.
Others, however, warn that the labeling of the virus remained a crime against humanity is not in any way to deter terrorists, and that without the smallpox virus in vivo, smallpox called We will not be able to prepare for the worst.
"It would be very important to have something on the platform that could help prevent or treat a disease or virus is introduced by a terrorist nature or mother," said Dennis Hruby, Chief Scientific Officer of SIGA pharmaceutical company developing a treatment against smallpox. It is possible for people to another pox virus closely related to the capture, and it is also possible that smallpox could be repeated as in the rest of the smallpox virus, "said Hruby. [7 devastating infectious diseases]
Politics
That the two countries remaining populations appear to be pointing against setting a date for the destruction of them.
"The United States fully agrees that these samples are eventually destroyed. However, we believe that the timing of this destruction, we will determine whether the potential threat of viruses to kill or live with the risk of recurrence of the disease 'intentional abuse of the virus, "writes Bill Hall, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Affairs in an email to LiveScience." Therefore, we strongly believe that the WHA [World Health Assembly Health] should continue to recommend the retention of samples required until the investigation is complete. "
Reports indicate that the Russian leader for Health, Gennady G. Onishchenko, adopted a similar position. "It would be premature and even dangerous for the removal of these collections," Onishchenko told Interfax news agency of Russia.
The impulse to destroy the samples, under the leadership of African countries - which would be less able to respond to an epidemic - and with the support of countries of Asia and the Middle East, according to Edward Hammond, a consultant for the Network Third World, a nongovernmental organization that advocates the destruction.
"In theory, everyone agrees that to happen," said Hammond. "The debate is about time to do it. The truth is that the United States and Russia are holding."
World Health Organization delegates should discuss these and other issues in member countries of the annual meeting in May. 16 to 24 in Switzerland.
End of an illness
Smallpox, which causes smallpox, belongs to a family of camel pox virus to smallpox, monkeypox, smallpox, buffalo and others are doing. The smallpox virus is faithful to its human host, the animals have no further or spread.
Infection causes flu-like symptoms, followed by the appearance of lesions. Approximately one third of those who are infected die. [How Smallpox Changed the World]
"Smallpox is one of the most horrible things you can imagine," said Henderson. He saw the latter case, the spring of 1975 in Bangladesh. "What a horrible sight. These people seemed unhappy, who have good begging, but they could not drink water if you gave them, and they were horrible injuries, and of course, these hospitals have not been reviewed and flies were more ... There was a strong odor that permeated. It has been described as the smell of rotting flesh, the smell horrible. You could not do anything for them, and they came to you. "
In 1796, a country doctor, Edward Jenner in English obtained pus from a lesion in the hand of a milkmaid infected with cowpox, and used it for a young inoculate him against smallpox, a deadly disease. It was the first version of the vaccine against smallpox. The version used for smallpox worldwide was based on a virus different but closely related called the eradication of vaccine against smallpox, according to Jonathan Tucker, a biosecurity expert and author of "Scourge: The threat of a later date smallpox (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).
A decade of WHO global immunization campaign to eradicate smallpox was a success, the last natural case occurred in Somalia in October 1977. The destruction of the virus is the natural end of the eradication campaign, said Hammond.
"There is a moral and historical duty to see the eradication of the final," he said.
The checklist
In the years after eradication, countries destroyed their stockpiles of viruses or transferred until two designated areas for storage has remained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the State Institute for Viral Preparations Moscow. The Russian stock market was transferred to a facility Koltsovo, Siberia.
The debate over the destruction of the last two actions were initiated in 1980, but the virus has been a series of suspension of the operation, according to Tucker.
In 1993, the Americans to delay the destruction of plans to sequence the genome of the virus to comply. Since then, the United States rejects a virus in the case of undeclared stockpiles in countries like Iran and North Korea aside, Tucker said. These countries have refused to hold the virus.
The World Health Assembly decided in 1999 to the virus keeping close temporarily for research on defense against the improvement, including a more secure version of the vaccine, an antiviral drug that is already infected, and a means simulate a smallpox study in animals to be treated.
Scientists disagree about whether we should have the virus around to do the job.
Hruby works on antiviral treatment for people living too long, the vaccine is effective. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, could become a leading treatment for smallpox.
"The U.S. regulatory authorities under the guidelines that are pending approval of the drug showed activity against pathogens authentic look. In this case it is smallpox, "said Hruby.
The question of adoption is complicated by the inability of scientists to simulate a smallpox well in animals, an important step towards approval, since the tests were performed on other animals to humans.
Terrorism is an epidemic of smallpox likely source - more likely than 500 years of hurricanes, according to Dr. Kenneth Bernard, a senior expert of bio-terrorism, the Clinton and George W. George W. Bush. However, the population would be vulnerable to the release of the highly contagious virus (nonstandard vaccinations for decades), and the consequences can be enormous, "said Bernard.
In addition to preventing the destruction, antivirals and vaccines could be a disincentive side, "he said. "In fact, it took from the table as a biological weapon, because we would be as well protected against it would probably not be effective if used."
Meanwhile, to destroy the virus and the labeling of the destruction of a crime against humanity do not deter terrorists, "he said. "Are you sure of what is considered 09.11 terrorists thought, even for a moment that can not fly into the Twin Towers, and later be convicted of committing a crime under international law of West? "
A complication modern
In 2002, scientists built the first synthetic virus - one based on clues found on the Internet, nothing less. This development increases the likelihood that even after the destruction of smallpox virus could be created from scratch in a laboratory or well-intentioned scientists or bad terrorists.
One of the scientists behind the first synthesis, Eckard Wimmer, a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University in New York, calls for the destruction of the virus because the virus would be extremely difficult to synthesize.
"Not only do you have experience, laboratory space, high-containment does not pollute the environment, and expensive instruments, this is a barrier for malicious intent," Wimmer said, "If a government . I was doing, they have the resources. But with the scientific community hopes that this will not happen, because in a sense, someone who would release the virus over time would get hurt, because the virus again. Synthesis of people can be protected, but his family, friends and the community
Arrested on Charges of False Information About him Anthrax
An inmate was charged in a federal indictment, which advises the governor and other officials who have received packages containing anthrax, smallpox, or explosives.
An indictment in U.S. District Court in Pikeville charges 48 years, Marshall DeWayne Williams with 21 counts of federal judges'reports and a number of members of Congress from Kentucky, who opened a letter that would be exposed to anthrax or smallpox, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
Williams was locked up in Big Sandy penitentiary in Inez, Kentucky, in 2009 for killing his stepfather with a bomb in 1984 in Texas. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison by a federal court in Tennessee in 2009 for sending a white powder and a threatening message to federal court in Memphis.
The website of the Bureau of Prisons, said Williams, "In Transit" from prison, the newspaper reported.
An indictment in U.S. District Court in Pikeville charges 48 years, Marshall DeWayne Williams with 21 counts of federal judges'reports and a number of members of Congress from Kentucky, who opened a letter that would be exposed to anthrax or smallpox, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
Williams was locked up in Big Sandy penitentiary in Inez, Kentucky, in 2009 for killing his stepfather with a bomb in 1984 in Texas. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison by a federal court in Tennessee in 2009 for sending a white powder and a threatening message to federal court in Memphis.
The website of the Bureau of Prisons, said Williams, "In Transit" from prison, the newspaper reported.
The Destruction of Smallpox Virus is Controversial Proposed
After the plague mankind for three millennia, the smallpox virus behind the face he deserves. In May, during a meeting of the World Health Organization, countries decide it's time to sterilize and burning into oblivion all other known samples of the virus.
Smallpox is sometimes described as the most devastating disease in human history, and eradication of the disease - no naturally acquired cases since 1977 - is considered probably the health service's most modern. But the road to destruction date is yet to come.
The debate on whether to destroy the samples held by the United States and Russia began in 1980. It focuses on whether or not we have enough information to prevent the virus from reproducing havoc.
"If it is destroyed, the ruling said that after that date, all scientists, all laboratories, a country that smallpox had been guilty of crimes against humanity," said Dr. DA Henderson, former director of Rowing campaign's disease and author of "Smallpox: The Death of a disease" (Prometheus Books, 2009).
Destroy the virus remains in eliminating the possibility of an accidental release. There is no precedent for this: in 1978, an accidental release at a British laboratory have resulted in death.
Others, however, warn that the labeling of the virus remained a crime against humanity is not in any way to deter terrorists, and that without the smallpox virus in vivo, smallpox called We will not be able to prepare for the worst.
"It would be very important to have something on the platform that could help prevent or treat a disease or virus is introduced by a terrorist nature or mother," said Dennis Hruby, Chief Scientific Officer of SIGA pharmaceutical company developing a treatment against smallpox. It is possible for people to another pox virus closely related to the capture, and it is also possible that smallpox could be repeated as in the rest of the smallpox virus, "said Hruby. [7 devastating infectious diseases]
Politics
That the two countries remaining populations appear to be pointing against setting a date for the destruction of them.
"The United States fully agrees that these samples are eventually destroyed. However, we believe that the timing of this destruction, we will determine whether the potential threat of viruses to kill or live with the risk of recurrence of the disease 'intentional abuse of the virus, "writes Bill Hall, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Affairs in an email to LiveScience." Therefore, we strongly believe that the WHA [World Health Assembly Health] should continue to recommend the retention of samples required until the investigation is complete. "
Reports indicate that the Russian leader for Health, Gennady G. Onishchenko, adopted a similar position. "It would be premature and even dangerous for the removal of these collections," Onishchenko told Interfax news agency of Russia.
The impulse to destroy the samples, under the leadership of African countries - which would be less able to respond to an epidemic - and with the support of countries of Asia and the Middle East, according to Edward Hammond, a consultant for the Network Third World, a nongovernmental organization that advocates the destruction.
"In theory, everyone agrees that to happen," said Hammond. "The debate is about time to do it. The truth is that the United States and Russia are holding."
World Health Organization delegates should discuss these and other issues in member countries of the annual meeting in May. 16 to 24 in Switzerland.
End of an illness
Smallpox, which causes smallpox, belongs to a family of camel pox virus to smallpox, monkeypox, smallpox, buffalo and others are doing. The smallpox virus is faithful to its human host, the animals have no further or spread.
Infection causes flu-like symptoms, followed by the appearance of lesions. Approximately one third of those who are infected die. [How Smallpox Changed the World]
"Smallpox is one of the most horrible things you can imagine," said Henderson. He saw the latter case, the spring of 1975 in Bangladesh. "What a horrible sight. These people seemed unhappy, who have good begging, but they could not drink water if you gave them, and they were horrible injuries, and of course, these hospitals have not been reviewed and flies were more ... There was a strong odor that permeated. It has been described as the smell of rotting flesh, the smell horrible. You could not do anything for them, and they came to you. "
In 1796, a country doctor, Edward Jenner in English obtained pus from a lesion in the hand of a milkmaid infected with cowpox, and used it for a young inoculate him against smallpox, a deadly disease. It was the first version of the vaccine against smallpox. The version used for smallpox worldwide was based on a virus different but closely related called the eradication of vaccine against smallpox, according to Jonathan Tucker, a biosecurity expert and author of "Scourge: The threat of a later date smallpox (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).
A decade of WHO global immunization campaign to eradicate smallpox was a success, the last natural case occurred in Somalia in October 1977. The destruction of the virus is the natural end of the eradication campaign, said Hammond.
"There is a moral and historical duty to see the eradication of the final," he said.
The checklist
In the years after eradication, countries destroyed their stockpiles of viruses or transferred until two designated areas for storage has remained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the State Institute for Viral Preparations Moscow. The Russian stock market was transferred to a facility Koltsovo, Siberia.
The debate over the destruction of the last two actions were initiated in 1980, but the virus has been a series of suspension of the operation, according to Tucker.
In 1993, the Americans to delay the destruction of plans to sequence the genome of the virus to comply. Since then, the United States rejects a virus in the case of undeclared stockpiles in countries like Iran and North Korea aside, Tucker said. These countries have refused to hold the virus.
The World Health Assembly decided in 1999 to the virus keeping close temporarily for research on defense against the improvement, including a more secure version of the vaccine, an antiviral drug that is already infected, and a means simulate a smallpox study in animals to be treated.
Scientists disagree about whether we should have the virus around to do the job.
Hruby works on antiviral treatment for people living too long, the vaccine is effective. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, could become a leading treatment for smallpox.
"The U.S. regulatory authorities under the guidelines that are pending approval of the drug showed activity against pathogens authentic look. In this case it is smallpox, "said Hruby.
The question of adoption is complicated by the inability of scientists to simulate a smallpox well in animals, an important step towards approval, since the tests were performed on other animals to humans.
Terrorism is an epidemic of smallpox likely source - more likely than 500 years of hurricanes, according to Dr. Kenneth Bernard, a senior expert of bio-terrorism, the Clinton and George W. George W. Bush. However, the population would be vulnerable to the release of the highly contagious virus (nonstandard vaccinations for decades), and the consequences can be enormous, "said Bernard.
In addition to preventing the destruction, antivirals and vaccines could be a disincentive side, "he said. "In fact, it took from the table as a biological weapon, because we would be as well protected against it would probably not be effective if used."
Meanwhile, to destroy the virus and the labeling of the destruction of a crime against humanity do not deter terrorists, "he said. "Are you sure of what is considered 09.11 terrorists thought, even for a moment that can not fly into the Twin Towers, and later be convicted of committing a crime under international law of West? "
A complication modern
In 2002, scientists built the first synthetic virus - one based on clues found on the Internet, nothing less. This development increases the likelihood that even after the destruction of smallpox virus could be created from scratch in a laboratory or well-intentioned scientists or bad terrorists.
One of the scientists behind the first synthesis, Eckard Wimmer, a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University in New York, calls for the destruction of the virus because the virus would be extremely difficult to synthesize.
"Not only do you have experience, laboratory space, high-containment does not pollute the environment, and expensive instruments, this is a barrier for malicious intent," Wimmer said, "If a government . I was doing, they have the resources. But with the scientific community hopes that this will not happen, because in a sense, someone who would release the virus over time would get hurt, because the virus again. Synthesis of people can be protected, but his family, friends and the community they live in the state in which they reside will not be protected. "
Smallpox is sometimes described as the most devastating disease in human history, and eradication of the disease - no naturally acquired cases since 1977 - is considered probably the health service's most modern. But the road to destruction date is yet to come.
The debate on whether to destroy the samples held by the United States and Russia began in 1980. It focuses on whether or not we have enough information to prevent the virus from reproducing havoc.
"If it is destroyed, the ruling said that after that date, all scientists, all laboratories, a country that smallpox had been guilty of crimes against humanity," said Dr. DA Henderson, former director of Rowing campaign's disease and author of "Smallpox: The Death of a disease" (Prometheus Books, 2009).
Destroy the virus remains in eliminating the possibility of an accidental release. There is no precedent for this: in 1978, an accidental release at a British laboratory have resulted in death.
Others, however, warn that the labeling of the virus remained a crime against humanity is not in any way to deter terrorists, and that without the smallpox virus in vivo, smallpox called We will not be able to prepare for the worst.
"It would be very important to have something on the platform that could help prevent or treat a disease or virus is introduced by a terrorist nature or mother," said Dennis Hruby, Chief Scientific Officer of SIGA pharmaceutical company developing a treatment against smallpox. It is possible for people to another pox virus closely related to the capture, and it is also possible that smallpox could be repeated as in the rest of the smallpox virus, "said Hruby. [7 devastating infectious diseases]
Politics
That the two countries remaining populations appear to be pointing against setting a date for the destruction of them.
"The United States fully agrees that these samples are eventually destroyed. However, we believe that the timing of this destruction, we will determine whether the potential threat of viruses to kill or live with the risk of recurrence of the disease 'intentional abuse of the virus, "writes Bill Hall, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Affairs in an email to LiveScience." Therefore, we strongly believe that the WHA [World Health Assembly Health] should continue to recommend the retention of samples required until the investigation is complete. "
Reports indicate that the Russian leader for Health, Gennady G. Onishchenko, adopted a similar position. "It would be premature and even dangerous for the removal of these collections," Onishchenko told Interfax news agency of Russia.
The impulse to destroy the samples, under the leadership of African countries - which would be less able to respond to an epidemic - and with the support of countries of Asia and the Middle East, according to Edward Hammond, a consultant for the Network Third World, a nongovernmental organization that advocates the destruction.
"In theory, everyone agrees that to happen," said Hammond. "The debate is about time to do it. The truth is that the United States and Russia are holding."
World Health Organization delegates should discuss these and other issues in member countries of the annual meeting in May. 16 to 24 in Switzerland.
End of an illness
Smallpox, which causes smallpox, belongs to a family of camel pox virus to smallpox, monkeypox, smallpox, buffalo and others are doing. The smallpox virus is faithful to its human host, the animals have no further or spread.
Infection causes flu-like symptoms, followed by the appearance of lesions. Approximately one third of those who are infected die. [How Smallpox Changed the World]
"Smallpox is one of the most horrible things you can imagine," said Henderson. He saw the latter case, the spring of 1975 in Bangladesh. "What a horrible sight. These people seemed unhappy, who have good begging, but they could not drink water if you gave them, and they were horrible injuries, and of course, these hospitals have not been reviewed and flies were more ... There was a strong odor that permeated. It has been described as the smell of rotting flesh, the smell horrible. You could not do anything for them, and they came to you. "
In 1796, a country doctor, Edward Jenner in English obtained pus from a lesion in the hand of a milkmaid infected with cowpox, and used it for a young inoculate him against smallpox, a deadly disease. It was the first version of the vaccine against smallpox. The version used for smallpox worldwide was based on a virus different but closely related called the eradication of vaccine against smallpox, according to Jonathan Tucker, a biosecurity expert and author of "Scourge: The threat of a later date smallpox (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).
A decade of WHO global immunization campaign to eradicate smallpox was a success, the last natural case occurred in Somalia in October 1977. The destruction of the virus is the natural end of the eradication campaign, said Hammond.
"There is a moral and historical duty to see the eradication of the final," he said.
The checklist
In the years after eradication, countries destroyed their stockpiles of viruses or transferred until two designated areas for storage has remained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the State Institute for Viral Preparations Moscow. The Russian stock market was transferred to a facility Koltsovo, Siberia.
The debate over the destruction of the last two actions were initiated in 1980, but the virus has been a series of suspension of the operation, according to Tucker.
In 1993, the Americans to delay the destruction of plans to sequence the genome of the virus to comply. Since then, the United States rejects a virus in the case of undeclared stockpiles in countries like Iran and North Korea aside, Tucker said. These countries have refused to hold the virus.
The World Health Assembly decided in 1999 to the virus keeping close temporarily for research on defense against the improvement, including a more secure version of the vaccine, an antiviral drug that is already infected, and a means simulate a smallpox study in animals to be treated.
Scientists disagree about whether we should have the virus around to do the job.
Hruby works on antiviral treatment for people living too long, the vaccine is effective. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, could become a leading treatment for smallpox.
"The U.S. regulatory authorities under the guidelines that are pending approval of the drug showed activity against pathogens authentic look. In this case it is smallpox, "said Hruby.
The question of adoption is complicated by the inability of scientists to simulate a smallpox well in animals, an important step towards approval, since the tests were performed on other animals to humans.
Terrorism is an epidemic of smallpox likely source - more likely than 500 years of hurricanes, according to Dr. Kenneth Bernard, a senior expert of bio-terrorism, the Clinton and George W. George W. Bush. However, the population would be vulnerable to the release of the highly contagious virus (nonstandard vaccinations for decades), and the consequences can be enormous, "said Bernard.
In addition to preventing the destruction, antivirals and vaccines could be a disincentive side, "he said. "In fact, it took from the table as a biological weapon, because we would be as well protected against it would probably not be effective if used."
Meanwhile, to destroy the virus and the labeling of the destruction of a crime against humanity do not deter terrorists, "he said. "Are you sure of what is considered 09.11 terrorists thought, even for a moment that can not fly into the Twin Towers, and later be convicted of committing a crime under international law of West? "
A complication modern
In 2002, scientists built the first synthetic virus - one based on clues found on the Internet, nothing less. This development increases the likelihood that even after the destruction of smallpox virus could be created from scratch in a laboratory or well-intentioned scientists or bad terrorists.
One of the scientists behind the first synthesis, Eckard Wimmer, a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University in New York, calls for the destruction of the virus because the virus would be extremely difficult to synthesize.
"Not only do you have experience, laboratory space, high-containment does not pollute the environment, and expensive instruments, this is a barrier for malicious intent," Wimmer said, "If a government . I was doing, they have the resources. But with the scientific community hopes that this will not happen, because in a sense, someone who would release the virus over time would get hurt, because the virus again. Synthesis of people can be protected, but his family, friends and the community they live in the state in which they reside will not be protected. "
25 April 2011
In Derby, the row in the sewers
Vicky Broadus
Polly Singer and her business partner, Jan Yon, started getting ready for the Derby months ago, creating new designs for their business Polly Singer Couture Hats and Veils on Lansdowne Drive in Lexington.
Polly Singer hats turn heads in Millionaires Row and elsewhere
efore writing on hats at the Derby of the season and the wedding itself, it is essential to a background investigation. An excellent reference for fashion and everything Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, first published in 1981 - coincidentally the year of the last big royal wedding.
In his classic tome, Miss Piggy offers advice on his hat today as 30 years ago as "One of the opening is the perfect opportunity for a profound statement so that the cap should not just say. " Here's my head. "Indeed.
Be better informed this reporter introduced into the world of haute couture hats to explore and discover the surprise ending - Lansdowne hidden unit hats and veils Polly Singer Couture.
The singer and her business partner, Jan Yon has begun to prepare for the months in Derby, is the creation of new designs and updated their website. Every April, the pace becomes more intense. Soon will be held on fumes, order processing and responding to 911 calls of hat manufacturers fashion women caught in emergency situations.
"We know it's wrong when the guy goes online," said Singer. Get the smelling salts, the mistress of the house collapsed.
Brush bad hair day: Singer, a native of Georgetown, said he owes his career to make a hat that he refused to brush his head to go on a morning when I worked in New York. His efforts to hide it with a hat was congratulated by his colleagues and gave the impetus.
Interested in the hat, not only as a cover, but as wearable sculpture, studied fashion design hats at New York Institute of Technology and interned with famed designer Patricia Underwood. He started his Internet business in 2003.
Exposure slightly above Singer is full of soft color: electric blue one fascinating - a kind of small feathered hat - fuchsia feathers, a radical edge, lightweight straw hat with lavender organza silk magnolias. These hats say "here's my head, clothed in beauty." Twofer Some are: a large hat decorated with a fascination that can extract and use only board. This ensures that the Oaks and the Derby one day to another .
top hats and stories of horses, "Before the Derby, which often have four calls waiting on hold," said Yon. "One year we were in our seats at Churchill Downs and people kept calling our cell phones." Not that often go to Derby - when fatigue makes the prospect of seeing some uneven execution itself less exciting.
"Is Santa Claus enjoy?" Yon question. No, make that "to enjoy a turkey?
Just kidding, of course. Yon singer and love what they do. It's just that at this time of year, even with additional assistant directed, can the hands of a little more of each application: for all forms, sewing, turning and carving, for all to take orders and e-mail, packaging and especially the hand-holding, which is working very, very big.
It is even more sophisticated customers from Malibu to Manhattan can be plagued by doubts when the time came for her head dress Millionaires Row. Something in the Derby horses are best kept on their clothes earthquake pumps from Christian Louboutin.
And then there are the depressed girls baseball caps that are more comfortable in straw hats with feathers. "Many people shed blood of our children," says Yon. Did the first lady of Kentucky, Jane Beshear, among them. Singer supplies for the governor's house and designed a hat for Beshear, and she was like a haircut. This was designed to be viewed on television by millions, so the pressure was on.
Sombrero hat drawing names: For their Derby hats, straw singer starts with quality. Has been measured in gelatin, spread to a block, vapors and cables from the shore and head band. "It's enough manpower," he said. At this point, the hat is just a basic form: the Eliza (Doolittle), the Holly Golightly, stylish, and the latter form, a lightweight trowel used in a corner. This is called the girlfriend Kate Middleton Kate Royal, who favor the look.
Then comes the fun part: cutting. Most feathers Singer England, much of the floral tissue of a family business dating back several centuries in the garment district of New York. Everything is sewn by hand. After a new design was completed - and like any work of art that is a decision - which is Yon baptized with a name like the flap, White Mischief and Zenyatta. After the first hundred years, it becomes more difficult.
Google thinks highly of them: A large part of the year, so hats online search Kentucky Derby, the website Singer is usually one of great success. This is partly due to the attention of corporate blog Yon. The "meta tags" or keywords at the bottom of each message could be occasional visitors to walk in line to compare, for example, hats in the film speaks of the King of Helena Bonham Carter.
All the hats on the site, you can customize the size of the client. About 25 percent of the sewing society, or custom, the percentage is growing around Derby with the first principle of hats: "People do not want the hat to someone else to see "says Yon.
Couture clients to send photos of the dress or a dress that will. If it is someone who has never been to Derby, it can cause a quick answer: "I do not think you want to use it." Floor length dresses, for example, may become long if Disaster mud in a rainstorm.
Yon Singer and build a relationship with the buyer, and advise on what type of hat would be better to look ahead to face the client and his team. The singer made a demo and send a photo for approval. When the hat is finished, carefully place, like all caps Singer, in the case of a black and pink hat and sent a personal note of thanks to FedEx within.
Heads you win: Yon, who grew up in Arkansas, said his mother never leaves home without a hat. "And the hat, a trust in her."
singer Yon and hope their customers a level of confidence similar to open each hat and touching his hat.
And when it is, the hat say: "Behold my head and not look so good?"
Bridal Couture Week is a Glorious End
Randy Couture UFC 129: "I am the best boxer I was immediately "
The 47-year-old Randy Couture has certainly not demonstrated a lack of confidence when talking about what he says is his last fight in the UFC octagon 129.
When we talk about how his fight against Lyoto Machida Couture will think very simple.
"I do not think there is a secret about what I do and I do not think you get to your fighting style to change big week, or 10. It will not happen. I think we both know what to expect. "
Couture developed "He came out running and get out of this order that you want to try, and I will try to pressure and cut, and my hands on it."
"I think in the head. He is concerned about the battle and how it will be for him. Obviously, that has just two losses, their confidence is not as high as it was probably a year ago ".
Meanwhile, "The Natural" is mounted on a fight against the three winners of the meat, although two of those victories came against noise to 45 years, Mark Coleman and James Toney professional boxer, so that competition can certainly be more rigid.
However, "Captain America" says his presentation and amazing game fans still world class.
"I was focused on obtaining a black belt in the last two years, I can get more presentations I have ever had in my career. My striking has come a long way and really improve that part of my game. "
Couture told ESPN MMA Live: "I'm definitely the best fighter that I now have the tactics and techniques at this stage are perfectly fine for me .."
This was in response to a question of how it stacks up to Couture the fighter who beat Chuck Liddell in June 2006.
If there is doubt about how he felt heading Couture UFC event next pay-per-view, said he "never seen so many tools at their disposal for a battle."
The fans really privileged to see a new and improved Randy Couture at UFC 129?
The answer will come soon, but in the meantime, Nature has tried to stop any rumors that he may not, in fact, his last professional fight.
When asked if he would stay active for a long awaited dream fight with Fedor Emelianenko fellow legend, Couture responded with:
"I do not see that happening. I worked in the struggle for a while. I had to leave the UFC to happen, but without success. I agree with him. I do not think it happens. "
Thank you to ESPN.com to provide quotes Couture.
When we talk about how his fight against Lyoto Machida Couture will think very simple.
"I do not think there is a secret about what I do and I do not think you get to your fighting style to change big week, or 10. It will not happen. I think we both know what to expect. "
Couture developed "He came out running and get out of this order that you want to try, and I will try to pressure and cut, and my hands on it."
"I think in the head. He is concerned about the battle and how it will be for him. Obviously, that has just two losses, their confidence is not as high as it was probably a year ago ".
Meanwhile, "The Natural" is mounted on a fight against the three winners of the meat, although two of those victories came against noise to 45 years, Mark Coleman and James Toney professional boxer, so that competition can certainly be more rigid.
However, "Captain America" says his presentation and amazing game fans still world class.
"I was focused on obtaining a black belt in the last two years, I can get more presentations I have ever had in my career. My striking has come a long way and really improve that part of my game. "
Couture told ESPN MMA Live: "I'm definitely the best fighter that I now have the tactics and techniques at this stage are perfectly fine for me .."
This was in response to a question of how it stacks up to Couture the fighter who beat Chuck Liddell in June 2006.
If there is doubt about how he felt heading Couture UFC event next pay-per-view, said he "never seen so many tools at their disposal for a battle."
The fans really privileged to see a new and improved Randy Couture at UFC 129?
The answer will come soon, but in the meantime, Nature has tried to stop any rumors that he may not, in fact, his last professional fight.
When asked if he would stay active for a long awaited dream fight with Fedor Emelianenko fellow legend, Couture responded with:
"I do not see that happening. I worked in the struggle for a while. I had to leave the UFC to happen, but without success. I agree with him. I do not think it happens. "
Thank you to ESPN.com to provide quotes Couture.
Behind the scenes journey of the holy mountain. Athos
Producer Michael Karzi takes you on an adventure at high risk: the inclusion of a "60 Minutes" story in one of the holiest places on earth
"60 Minutes" producer Michael Karzai is the perfect guide for discovering the mountains behind the scenes in the series. Athos history. Karzai is the son of Greek immigrants and speak Greek. These things certainly helped when he and his producing partner Harry Radliffe tried to get permission to film a "60 Minutes" story on Mount supernatural. Athos, a peninsula of self-regulated in Greece, which is home to 20 monasteries and monks 2000.
But permission was not an easy task. "The parliament, which exists, the sacred community is the only parliament in the face of the earth continuously in session since the 10th century," said Karzai. "And these are the guys that we seek permission to shoot on Mount Athos get. "
Santo Community rejected calls for "60 Minutes." "They said:" Thanks, but a line, "recalls Karzai. I mean, the BBC is already knocking at the door for 40 years, the French, the Germans, they all wanted to come."
Then call the powerful abbots who run every monastery in the mountains. Athos and finally had a breakthrough.
Add one part and the second part of the report by Bob Simon.
"We built confidence," said Karzai. "And they knew we would do our best to capture the essence of monastic life, the beauty of the place of distillation, and what makes Mount Athos alone in this world. "
Once Karzi Radliffe and got their invitation, many more challenges ahead, you will learn in this program "60 Minutes extra" travelogue. It is located in Europe, but Mt Athos is very difficult to access. The peninsula is accessible only by boat and the surrounding seas are rough. It is believed that Mary saw the wreck, which is just one of many things that millions of tons. Athos so sacred to the monks and the thousands of pilgrims who visit each year.
The "60 Minutes" team was also stranded on the mountain. Athos affected by heavy seas after the session ended last two weeks. Now back in New York and Radliffe Karzi apparently still moved by his time in the mountains. If you are interested in visiting Mt. Athos, as a pilgrim, that "60 Minutes" videos are perhaps the best visual record ever made and the best place to begin your search.
Resource at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20056220-10391709.html
"60 Minutes" producer Michael Karzai is the perfect guide for discovering the mountains behind the scenes in the series. Athos history. Karzai is the son of Greek immigrants and speak Greek. These things certainly helped when he and his producing partner Harry Radliffe tried to get permission to film a "60 Minutes" story on Mount supernatural. Athos, a peninsula of self-regulated in Greece, which is home to 20 monasteries and monks 2000.
But permission was not an easy task. "The parliament, which exists, the sacred community is the only parliament in the face of the earth continuously in session since the 10th century," said Karzai. "And these are the guys that we seek permission to shoot on Mount Athos get. "
Santo Community rejected calls for "60 Minutes." "They said:" Thanks, but a line, "recalls Karzai. I mean, the BBC is already knocking at the door for 40 years, the French, the Germans, they all wanted to come."
Then call the powerful abbots who run every monastery in the mountains. Athos and finally had a breakthrough.
Add one part and the second part of the report by Bob Simon.
"We built confidence," said Karzai. "And they knew we would do our best to capture the essence of monastic life, the beauty of the place of distillation, and what makes Mount Athos alone in this world. "
Once Karzi Radliffe and got their invitation, many more challenges ahead, you will learn in this program "60 Minutes extra" travelogue. It is located in Europe, but Mt Athos is very difficult to access. The peninsula is accessible only by boat and the surrounding seas are rough. It is believed that Mary saw the wreck, which is just one of many things that millions of tons. Athos so sacred to the monks and the thousands of pilgrims who visit each year.
The "60 Minutes" team was also stranded on the mountain. Athos affected by heavy seas after the session ended last two weeks. Now back in New York and Radliffe Karzi apparently still moved by his time in the mountains. If you are interested in visiting Mt. Athos, as a pilgrim, that "60 Minutes" videos are perhaps the best visual record ever made and the best place to begin your search.
Resource at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20056220-10391709.html
Mount Athos - Monk Apollo Project - Update
Brad Nowak, N8SNM, Southeast Michigan DX Association (SEMDXA) Treasurer, wishes to clarify its position on donations to Monk Apollo project.
The SEMDXA not accept donations for "Project Apollo Monk"because of the sensitive nature of the "harvesting"of funds for the monk, because this is not allowed.
MFJ keyer SEMDXA donated to the monastery, but not for himself monk Apollo.
Rick NE8Z was not able to work on Mount Athos, but plan to spend time training Monk Apollo to use the manager / player to improve best opportunities for many deserving DXers SV / A to work on CW.
The SEMDXA not accept donations for "Project Apollo Monk"because of the sensitive nature of the "harvesting"of funds for the monk, because this is not allowed.
MFJ keyer SEMDXA donated to the monastery, but not for himself monk Apollo.
Rick NE8Z was not able to work on Mount Athos, but plan to spend time training Monk Apollo to use the manager / player to improve best opportunities for many deserving DXers SV / A to work on CW.
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