ISLAMABAD – A week of terror strikes across Pakistan, capped by a stunning assault on army headquarters, show the Taliban have rebounded and appear determined to shake the nation's resolve as the military plans for an offensive against the group's stronghold on the Afghan border.
The 22-hour raid on Pakistan's "Pentagon" in the city of Rawalpindi, which ended with 20 dead Sunday, was the third terror attack in a week to shake this nuclear-armed nation. It demonstrated the militants' renewed strength since their leader was killed by a U.S. missile strike in August and military operations against their bases.
The attack followed warnings from police as early as July that militants from western border areas were joining those in the central Punjab province in plans for a bold attack on army headquarters. The suspected ringleader in Saturday's raid, known as Aqeel, also was believed to have orchestrated an ambush on Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team in Lahore this year.
The U.S. has long pushed Islamabad to take more action against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, who are also blamed for attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, and the army carried out a successful campaign against the militants in the Swat Valley in the spring.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Republicans both assail, applaud Nobel award
By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — To Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an opportunity to exploit conservative outrage and raise funds. To John McCain, the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee, it's cause for national pride.
OBAMA'S WORDS: Attracting global attention
"Americans are always pleased when their president is recognized by something on this order," the Arizona senator said Sunday on CNN. William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, is not among them. On Fox News Sunday, he said Obama should have turned down a prize from "an anti-American committee."
The sharply different GOP responses to Friday's surprise announcement reflects deeper divisions within a party that must decide whether to cooperate with Obama as he faces tough decisions about Afghanistan and health care — or press its political advantage. Recent public opinion polls by Gallup show a majority approve of Obama's handling of foreign affairs but rate him lower on the economy and health care.
On one side, conservative hard-liners: Talk show host Rush Limbaugh's website featured the headline "Our president is a laughingstock" and portrayed Obama as the darling of "European leftist elites."
Steele echoed that notion in a letter sent within hours of the Nobel announcement that mockingly announced Obama won for "awesomeness."
"Democrats and their international leftist allies want America made subservient to the agenda of global redistribution and control," Steele wrote in an e-mail that invited contributions of up to $1,000. "And truly patriotic Americans like you and our Republican Party are the only thing standing in their way."
Joining McCain at the other end of the GOP spectrum: former secretary of State Henry Kissinger. A 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to end the Vietnam War, Kissinger offered "warm congratulations" for the award, "which, beyond the tribute to your person, honors America and the cause of peace."
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WASHINGTON — To Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an opportunity to exploit conservative outrage and raise funds. To John McCain, the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee, it's cause for national pride.
OBAMA'S WORDS: Attracting global attention
"Americans are always pleased when their president is recognized by something on this order," the Arizona senator said Sunday on CNN. William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, is not among them. On Fox News Sunday, he said Obama should have turned down a prize from "an anti-American committee."
The sharply different GOP responses to Friday's surprise announcement reflects deeper divisions within a party that must decide whether to cooperate with Obama as he faces tough decisions about Afghanistan and health care — or press its political advantage. Recent public opinion polls by Gallup show a majority approve of Obama's handling of foreign affairs but rate him lower on the economy and health care.
On one side, conservative hard-liners: Talk show host Rush Limbaugh's website featured the headline "Our president is a laughingstock" and portrayed Obama as the darling of "European leftist elites."
Steele echoed that notion in a letter sent within hours of the Nobel announcement that mockingly announced Obama won for "awesomeness."
"Democrats and their international leftist allies want America made subservient to the agenda of global redistribution and control," Steele wrote in an e-mail that invited contributions of up to $1,000. "And truly patriotic Americans like you and our Republican Party are the only thing standing in their way."
Joining McCain at the other end of the GOP spectrum: former secretary of State Henry Kissinger. A 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to end the Vietnam War, Kissinger offered "warm congratulations" for the award, "which, beyond the tribute to your person, honors America and the cause of peace."
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Pluromed, Inc. Signs Agreement with Boston Scientific
Woburn, Massachusetts (PRWEB) October 8, 2009 -- Pluromed, Inc. has announced that it has entered into an alliance with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) regarding Pluromed's BackStop™ product, a device used in ureteroscopic kidney stone management procedures. Boston Scientific has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to BackStop. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Kidney stone disease is estimated to affect millions of people worldwide. A common method of treating these stones is intracorporeal lithotripsy where the stones are fragmented using a laser or other energy modality in a minimally invasive procedure. Backstop™ is based on Pluromed's proprietary Rapid Transition Polymers™ (RTP™) that are liquid at low temperature and transition to a gel at body temperature; the transition is reversible via cooling and the gel is completely dissolvable. The BackStop gel forms a plug above the stones in the ureter and is designed to prevent stone migration during the procedure. After stone fragmentation is complete, the gel is dissolved with saline and exits the body. The BackStop product offers the potential to reduce operating time and complexity, and improve "stone free" rates for patients.
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Kidney stone disease is estimated to affect millions of people worldwide. A common method of treating these stones is intracorporeal lithotripsy where the stones are fragmented using a laser or other energy modality in a minimally invasive procedure. Backstop™ is based on Pluromed's proprietary Rapid Transition Polymers™ (RTP™) that are liquid at low temperature and transition to a gel at body temperature; the transition is reversible via cooling and the gel is completely dissolvable. The BackStop gel forms a plug above the stones in the ureter and is designed to prevent stone migration during the procedure. After stone fragmentation is complete, the gel is dissolved with saline and exits the body. The BackStop product offers the potential to reduce operating time and complexity, and improve "stone free" rates for patients.
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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Courtney "The Genius" Foley Takes Celebrity Collectibles To A New Level as she sells her Celebrity Brother's Body
1888PressRelease - Foley will put the cherry on the top of the Bodies of Art project in this Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM when she cast's the final sculpture in the series, the "Venus de Jeremy." The headless, armless, legless torso of her celebrity brother(Jeremy Foley star of such movies as Dante's Peak, Soccer Dog, Action News at 5 and Caitlin's Way). The Bodies of Art collection is based on an interesting process in which the artist, Courtney "The Genius" Foley casts select body parts of celebrities in plaster. Sculpture: From the Bodies of Art project, created by Courtney "The Genius" Foley: Bodies of Art Sculptures are the only celebrity collectable where art aficionados can actually own single edition original cast pieces of the celebrity.
Expert Witness Guide to be published by State Bar of Arizona in March 2010
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (1888PressRelease) - Qualified expert witnesses who are interested in more engagements in Arizona are invited to advertise in the Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide, which will be distributed to more than 18,000 lawyers, judges and law firm adiministrators.
The State Bar of Arizona is compiling the eighth annual edition of its official guide to expert witnesses for distribution to every licensed attorney and judge statewide in March 2010.
The Expert Witness Guide will be published as a special advertising section in Arizona Attorney magazine, the official bar journal for the state. The cost of each of the listings in the Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide will be $165. Expert witnesses who purchase display ads in this special section will receive 1-3 listings at no extra charge, depending on the size of the display ad purchased.
The Expert Witness Guide offers greatly discounted rates on our display ads, which include the use of full color at no extra charge. In 2009, more than 90 expert witness firms advertised in over 80 different categories in the Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide.
In addition to the print edition of the magazine, the Expert Witness Guide will also be published online in our digital edition at no extra charge. The digital edition of the 2009 Expert Witness Guide received 2,366 page views in just six months! To view the Expert Witness Guide online, please visit the magazine homepage at http://www.myazbar.org/azattorney/ and then click on the “Expert Witness Guide” link in the right hand column.
To find out more about advertising in the 2010 Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide, please contact Drew Williamson at 602-340-7230 (voice) or 602-416-7430 (fax).
The State Bar of Arizona is compiling the eighth annual edition of its official guide to expert witnesses for distribution to every licensed attorney and judge statewide in March 2010.
The Expert Witness Guide will be published as a special advertising section in Arizona Attorney magazine, the official bar journal for the state. The cost of each of the listings in the Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide will be $165. Expert witnesses who purchase display ads in this special section will receive 1-3 listings at no extra charge, depending on the size of the display ad purchased.
The Expert Witness Guide offers greatly discounted rates on our display ads, which include the use of full color at no extra charge. In 2009, more than 90 expert witness firms advertised in over 80 different categories in the Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide.
In addition to the print edition of the magazine, the Expert Witness Guide will also be published online in our digital edition at no extra charge. The digital edition of the 2009 Expert Witness Guide received 2,366 page views in just six months! To view the Expert Witness Guide online, please visit the magazine homepage at http://www.myazbar.org/azattorney/ and then click on the “Expert Witness Guide” link in the right hand column.
To find out more about advertising in the 2010 Arizona Attorney Expert Witness Guide, please contact Drew Williamson at 602-340-7230 (voice) or 602-416-7430 (fax).
Stunner Baby Magazine Beauties
(PrWeb) Stunner Baby Magazine is the World's largest online urban fashion and general interest magazine to invade the internet. Since its launch the magazine has produced (9) issues; (15) cover models; written over (170) featured articles and interviewed over (70) beautiful stunner babies worldwide. In (7) short months Stunner Baby Magazine has over 1,800,000 hits and over 50,000 unique visitors to view and study the background of our array of stunner baby models. In changing gears in the devastating advertising slump, the online E-Magazine is a refreshing alternative for readers and advertisers.
Stunner Baby Magazine provides cutting edge marketing and focus of beautiful urban models worldwide. The magazine is the brainchild of Claude Julian (CEO/Editor-in-Chief). This dedicated former professional runway star, print model, fashion editor, music video model expert, actor and professional makeup artist
http://www.modelmayhem.com/crashadj provides 25 years of experience in the world of fashion and beauty.
Claude Julian states ...
"It is important to provide a media communications platform to change the current perception of urban models. For too long our beautiful and talented women have had the fashion doors of opportunity "slammed" in their faces. No longer can the fashion industry ignore these curvy, shapely, exotic and intelligent models that don't fit the under 5' 10" and size 2 syndrome of skinny success. Hip hop music and their innovative music videos allow these urban beauties the opportunity to catapult their name-to-fame.
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RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame "Recognizing The Grass Roots of Auto Racing" Announces Induction Schedule and Primary Sponsorship
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (1888PressRelease)- RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame will induct fifteen in its inaugural class on October 10, 2009. This new hall of fame is located inside the fabulous antique race car and memorabilia exhibit that is Memory Lane Museum on Highway 150 in Mooresville, NC. The first class of ten living and five posthumous inductees, all participants in the early years of auto racing, made their impact on the sport before the days of multi-million dollar sponsors, luxurious motor coaches, personal airplanes, and teams the size of factories.
The ten living and five posthumous inductees are: Paul Goldsmith, Buddy Arrington, Dink Widenhouse, Sam Ard, Marvin Panch, Dave Marcis, Paul Lewis, Neil Castles, Jake Elder, James Hylton, Wendell Scott, Herman Beam, G.C. Spencer, Elmo Langley, and Gene Glover. All living inductees will be in attendance except for Sam Ard, Jake Elder, and James Hylton. Ard and Elder are in poor health and unable to attend, but the seventy-five-year-old Hylton’s absence is due to his refusal to yield to age as he continues his racing career and will be qualifying for the American 200 ARCA Championship event at Rockingham Speedway.
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The ten living and five posthumous inductees are: Paul Goldsmith, Buddy Arrington, Dink Widenhouse, Sam Ard, Marvin Panch, Dave Marcis, Paul Lewis, Neil Castles, Jake Elder, James Hylton, Wendell Scott, Herman Beam, G.C. Spencer, Elmo Langley, and Gene Glover. All living inductees will be in attendance except for Sam Ard, Jake Elder, and James Hylton. Ard and Elder are in poor health and unable to attend, but the seventy-five-year-old Hylton’s absence is due to his refusal to yield to age as he continues his racing career and will be qualifying for the American 200 ARCA Championship event at Rockingham Speedway.
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