Signs and Portents

Darfur and Sudan aren't going anywhere. One must continue blogging.





The word "WEST" looks like a packet. Or a bottle, I guess.

Obvious
Western Sahara
Northwest Territories
North by Northwest
West Virginia
West London
West Village
West Germany
West Berlin
West Indies
West Palm Beach


Asian
Shaanxi
Shanxi
Jiangxi
Guangxi
Xi'an
Tibet (Xi Zang)
Saigon
Siberia

Phonetic
Seattle
New Jersey
Spain
Sicily
Mexico
Brasil
New Zealand
Simon Bolivar

Other
The Atlantic Ocean
The word "thing", translated literally as 'East-west'. "Are you going to the seminar at the East-West Center?" -- No, I have another thing to go to.

Far Fetched
Paul Westerberg
Wes Unseld
Paul Westphal
Dianne Wiest

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What are the Chinese doing all day, anyway?

"Only then, grasshopper, will you be able to snatch the pebble from my hand."

"Go west, young man."

"Rock of the Westies"

"West Side Story"

"And I'm standing at the gates of the west, blah blah blah, standing in the shadows, of the perfect crime."

Right.




Ex-‘Sopranos’ actor faces murder charge
Off-duty police officer killed in gunfight with burglars


I am pro-legalization. Why is this dude from The Sopranos messing with the global effort to relax various drug laws, along the lines of the Netherlands model? I would think that a person associated with The Sopranos could at least pretend to take this drug issue seriously. If a Soprano is acting like a spaz, what kind of example does it set for the rest of us?

If we liberal centrists don't manage the DEA, then the DEA will manage us, it sounds very uncomfortable, it is so obvious. DUH.

Why don't we manage Hollywood instead? Let's clean house! Why should Pat Buchanan have a perfect reason to cry on TV every Sunday morning?

This whole issue gets so very boring. It's like that question that men must answer: "Do you think this dress makes me look fat?" The answer to that question always involves a trip to a science website. If one is up against it as regards the future of "substances that should have the same legal status as Sam Adams Winter Ale" with people who are just being unreasonable, then please try to get some serious reading done. Just google "peer review anesthesiology". The result should look something like this:

Anesthesiology. 107(2):239-244, August 2007.

Reversal of Rocuronium-induced (1.2 mg/kg) Profound Neuromuscular Block by Sugammadex: A Multicenter, Dose-finding and Safety Study.

Clinical Investigations

Background: Reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade can be accomplished by chemical encapsulation of rocuronium by sugammadex, a modified [gamma]-cyclodextrin derivative. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of sugammadex in reversing rocuronium-induced profound neuromuscular blockade at 5 min in American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II patients.

Methods: Forty-five American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II patients (aged 18-64 yr) scheduled to undergo surgical procedures (anticipated anesthesia duration >= 90 min) were randomly assigned to a phase II, ..............

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Why should one be a juvenile delinquent when there are so many thousands of articles like this available for free on the internet?

Take care.

In the case of petroleum, rock looks like an open end of a pipeline and oil looks like an oil derrick or refinery tower.

Sudan supports UN troops

From Taipei Times' site/NYT News Service, dated today:

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, DAKAR, SENEGAL
Friday, Aug 03, 2007, Page 1
Sudan's foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday that his government supported the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force for Darfur, as authorized by the UN Security Council, while a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Europe volunteered to send troops to join it.

Nigeria, which already makes up the bulk of the 7,000-member African Union force in Darfur, pledged a fourth battalion of troops, and Senegal also said it would consider sending more troops if the soldiers had adequate means to protect themselves. Senegal had threatened to withdraw from the African Union peacekeeping force after five Senegalese soldiers were killed in an ambush earlier this year.

France, Indonesia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway also indicated that they were considering sending troops to bolster the force, which is expected to begin deploying late this year.
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In other news:allAfrica:


Uganda: GTV Unveils Shs8.3 Billion 5-Year Sponsorship

The Monitor (Kampala)

4 August 2007
Posted to the web 3 August 2007

Douglas Bugingo, Lambert Rusoke, and Zohran Mamdani
Kampala

PAY television service providers GTV and local football governing body Fufa, yesterday launched a five-year partnership that will see GTV inject US$5 million or Shs8.3b into local football as part of their sponsorship deal.

The package, which is the biggest ever in local football, was officially unveiled at Serena Hotel. Big names present included GTV founder Mr Julian McIntyre, General Manager Daniel Kagwe, Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi and Fufa President Lawrence Mulindwa.


GTV, which recently acquired rights to eighty percent of English Premiership matches telecast in Africa and was launched on June 22, will broadcast all Cranes, Kakungulu Cup, and National Super League games in the coming new season that starts in October.

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Girabola

Espectacular !!! Petro Atlético bate Midle Earth 30-09-2006 23:25:17

Simplesmente espectacular, a equipa do Petro Atlético conseguiu bater o Midle Earth por uns expressivos 6 golos com 2 de resposta. Foi perante um estádio de 22994 adeptos a puxarem pela equipa da casa. O Petro não se intimidou por estar na condição de visitante e dominou o jogo, vencendo com uma certa facilidade.

Em conferencia de imprensa o treinador do Petro declarou: "Há males que vêem por bem, o nosso avançado lesionou-se e tivemos que optar por sustitui-lo, entrando Yannick Tetzel que resolveu o jogo com um hattrick. Na proxima jornada o calendário inverte-se e vamos poder receber já em nossa casa o Middle_Earth, o resultado de hoje não dá vantagem para a semana. Temos que respeitar o adversário sempre."

Resultado final: Middle_Earth 2 - Petro Atlético 6

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Stonehenge 2 - Aston Villa 6

"JK Rowlings' Stonehenge Crusaders have been promoted to the Premier League."


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http://petro-atletico.planetaclix.pt/

Yang said China supports the U.N. Security Council resolution on authorizing the deployment of a hybrid force in Darfur.

From the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company, dated July 29:

Chinese, British Foreign Ministers discuss Darfur over phone

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his British counterpart David Miliband on Sunday

exchanged views on the situation in Sudan's Darfur region during a telephone conversation.

Yang said China supports the U.N. Security Council resolution on authorizing the deployment of a hybrid force in Darfur.

The Chinese foreign minister said the resolution should fully represent the consensus of the United Nations, the African

Union (AU) and the Sudanese government and help deploy a mixed AU-U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur as soon as possible.

Yang stressed that the international community should continue to support its "double track" strategy -- a balanced combination of political processes and the peacekeeping mission -- and to promote a complete settlement to the Darfur conflict.



SOURCE : Sudan.net