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Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J., May 6 -- The zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed by fire and explosions here at 7:23 o'clock tonight with a loss of thirty-three known dead and unaccounted for out of its ninety-seven passengers and crew.
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Three hours after the disaster twenty-one bodies had been recovered, and twelve were still missing. The sixty-four known to be alive included twenty passengers and forty-four of the crew. Many of the survivors were burned or injured or both, and were taken to hospitals here and in near-by towns.
The accident happened just as the great German dirigible was about to tie up to its mooring mast four hours after flying over New York City on the last leg of its first transatlantic voyage of the year. Until today the Hindenburg had never lost a passenger throughout the ten round trips it made across the Atlantic with 1,002 passengers in 1936.
Two Theories of Cause
F.W. von Meister, vice president of the American Zeppelin Company, gave two possible theories to explain the crash. One was that a fire was caused by an electrical circuit "induced by static conditions" as the ship valved hydrogen gas preparatory to landing. Another was that sparks set off when the engines were throttled down while the gas was being valved caused a fire or explosion.
Captain Ernst Lehmann, who commanded the Hindenburg on most of its flights last year and was one of tonight's survivors, gasped, "I couldn't understand it," as he staggered out of the burning control car. Captain Max Pruss, commanding officer of the airship, and Captain Albert Stamp were also among the survivors.
Captain Lehmann was critically burned and injured; the other officers were also burned, but less seriously.
Experts in lighter-than-air operations who saw the accident said tonight that when the two landing lines were dropped by the dirigible at 7:20, they were immediately made fast to the mooring cars on the circular track about the mooring mast. The crew began to make the line taut, but the ship had gathered too much momentum, according to three observers, and drifted several hundred yards past the mast. The starboard line pulled hard as the nose of the ship passed over the mooring mast at the top.
Order Not Heard
Captain Pruss, making his first trip in command of the dirigible, signaled and shouted, "Pay out!"
This order was heard by the operator on one mooring car, but not by the other, as the shout went against the wind and could not be heard. Consequently, one mooring car paid out and the other did not. The result was that the ship was thrown off its balance and lost the perfect equilibrium it had previously had.
Its nose dipped, forward ballast was dropped and the elevators were set to raise the ship. Instead the ship was held tight by one yaw line. The nose was pulled over and the elevators had an effect opposite to that which they were intended to have, according to this version. The tail dropped sharply and the bottom rudder hit the earth. The ship bounded up again, then suddenly burst into flames and dropped to the ground.
It is understood that this version of the accident will be investigated by the naval board of inquiry convened for tomorrow and the Department of Commerce. The official investigation will also look into conflicting reports as to whether the fire was accompanied or preceded by explosions. Although most observers reported hearing a series of explosions, some insisted that there were no explosions until after the ship was almost destroyed by fire.
F.E. Fagg, head of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce, flew in from Washington late tonight and conferred with Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, in charge of the air station. Mr. Fagg announced that Commander Rosendahl would preside over the board of inquiry to open tomorrow.
Commander Rosendahl, together with the 200 members of the ground crew, which had started to walk the dirigible to its mooring place, narrowly escaped injury when the Hindenburg fell in flames.
The catastrophe was witnessed by several hundred spectators, including several who had booked passage on the return trip of the Hindenburg to Germany, which had been scheduled to start at midnight tonight.
Delayed on Voyage
At the time of the crash, the Hindenburg was more than twelve hours late, having been due here at 6 o'clock this morning. Head winds delayed it coming across the Atlantic and down the coast from Labrador. On its last day it flew at reduced speed along the coast, waiting for dusk, as landing conditions are best at dawn and dusk.
After its scheduled landing tonight, it was to have been refueled quickly in preparation for the return voyage.
The airship was sighted here about 4:15 o'clock this afternoon. It flew over the landing field at a good altitude, but because of a strong wind, did not try to land. After circling the reservation, it pointed toward the coast again and disappeared. Shortly afterward thunderstorms blew up over the field and continued until about 7 o'clock.
A light rain was falling and the ground was well soaked when the Hindenburg reappeared, flying in from the coast at an altitude of about 500 feet.
Too high to land, the Hindenburg circled the field and came back at an altitude of about 150 feet. It flew over the mooring mast, doubled back and came in again heading slightly southwest, against the wind, with two lights in its bow against the gathering dusk.
During this turn over the field, the ship had begun to valve gas slightly and had dropped ballast twice to lighten its load for mooring. It was exactly 7:20 P. M. daylight saving time, according to official timing by company and naval authorities, when it dropped two lines to the ground crew.
Observers here said that the wind shifted just before the Hindenburg attempted to land, and that this made it difficult for the ground crew to manoeuvre her. A company representative said that normally the ship would nave been expected to be perfectly safe the moment she dropped her lines.
Lined up on the field below the silvery cone-shaped airship, the ground crew grasped the line and began to walk it the 100 yards to the mooring mast.
Muffled Boom Heard
At 7:23 o'clock those on the ground heard a low report or boom from the ship. Almost simultaneously there was a flash which lighted up the twilight, and sent a thrill of terror through the onlookers.
This was followed quickly by the bursting of flames from the rear gondola on the port side, where the engines had been throttled down in preparation for mooring. Then the flames spread forward, and in a moment the gigantic ship seemed to be enveloped in fire.
Horror gripped the spectators as the airship buckled aft of midships and began to settle slowly down to the ground in a mass of red flames and black smoke.
There was no sound from the ship except the crackling of flames as they crept forward and ate up the outer fabric so that her duralumin ribs could be seen before she struck the ground.
As the stern struck the earth there was another explosion. Then there was a series of explosions as the ship crumpled up and lay burning on the ground, with leaping forks of flame and billowing clouds of smoke rising into the air. There was something strange about the slow and gradual descent of the blazing ship. She came down so deliberately and settled upon the earth so quietly that spectators said afterward that they could not realize for a moment that a tragedy was taking place before their eyes.
This was but a momentary impression, for the shock of the sight, together with the scorching heat from the flames, drove the crowd running back several hundred feet. There were screams from women spectators, inlcuding Mrs. Roendahl, who feared that her husband had been struck and killed by the falling ship.
Running around the ship until they could approach with the wind and not against the flames, rescuers dashed toward the burning dirigible. They included naval officers and sailors, company representatives and newspaper reporters and photographers.
Many of the survivors owe their lives to the heroic work of the volunteer rescue battalion. Others climbed out of the airship unaided, or were thrown clear when the ship grounded.
Some were hurled through the long isinglass strip on the side of the airship, through which passengers in the observation salon formerly looked out to see the country over which they were flying.
It was explained that the three ranking officers of the airship were saved because they were in the control car forward, whereas the original explosion or fire occurred aft,as did the buckling of the ship just before she dropped to the ground.
Because of this, the stern struck the ground first, and the flames, which enveloped the after part of the ship almost instantaneously, were comparatively slow in reaching the bow. This gave the officers in the bow, and more than half of the passengers, who were standing forward to watch the landfall, their chance to escape.
Had the slow fall of the ship taken much longer, however, nearly everybody aboard might have been burned to death, for a few moments after the bow struck the earth the whole ship was a mass of fire and soon nothing but a skeleton framework could be seen.
Can't Tell What Occurred
Passengers and crew members who were interviewed after the accident were unable to give much information as to the cause of the accident or the manner in which it occurred. Most of them said that it happened too quickly, and they were too stunned by the crash, to be able to tell exactly what had happened.
Commander Rosendahl took charge of the rescue work and summoned ambulances and fire engines from a wide area. Late tonight ambulances filled with doctors and nurses were still arriving here, from as far distant points as Jersey City.
While firemen fought the scorching flames rescuers dragged out injured persons and bodies of the dead. The burned and injured were carried from the wreck to a near-by road, where ambulances pulled up and took them aboard for hurried trips to the naval hospital here and hospitals in nearby cities. As the bodies were recovered they were taken to an improvised morgue on the naval reservation.
At midnight, although the flames had been put out, the embers were so hot that the rescuers were unable to complete their search of the wreckage. It was believed that additional bodies would be discovered tomorrow when the search is finished.
Coroner Raymond A. Taylor of Lakewood came here tonight and made plans for an inquest, which probably will he held tomorrow after all the bodies have been recovered. A hangar was being used as an impromptu morgue.
Commander Rosendahl ordered a cordon of sailors around the wreckage to keep sightseers away, and also set up guards outside the reservation to keep everybody out who did not have business inside. State troopers and marines were stationed at all cross-roads within a one-mile radius of the air station, closing the roads to all except police, officials, rescue workers and newspaper men.
Immediately after the disaster, special details of police cleared all highways to make way for doctors and nurses speeding to the scene from other points, Heavy fire engines and police emergency trucks clanging to the scene helped to keep the roads clear.
But while the rescue work was under way thousands of motorists converged toward the scene on all highways leading to Lakeshurst. Before many of the injured had been taken from the first-aid stations on the field, lines of automobiles clogged the road, for nearly ten miles on the main arteries to the north and south of the air station.
Harassed rescue workers and ambulance drivers complained that the press of the advancing crowd was so great that it was seriously hampering their work. As many policemen as could be spared were sent from the scene to patrol the surrounding roads and keep them clear.A detail of National Guardsmen from Fort Monmouth took up stations on the main highways several miles from the air station and ordered motorists to turn back.
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NL DIVISION SERIES: CARDINALS v PADRES
October 5, 2006
Bruce Bochy
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Game Two
Q. Boch, two things, your thoughts on Boomer, for one, and then the other one, on the run down, the run down, how important was that for him getting to second base?
BRUCE BOCHY: I thought David threw all right. Just in that kind of game I had to take him out there. He threw all right. He gave us a chance to win. We just messed up a run down there. And you know, we're in a tough spot there, lead-off double. And obviously my decision to pitch Pujols didn't work out, but we're in a tough situation there.
They had a lot of options if we put him on. It's fourth inning. I just didn't want to try to open up a big inning there. I felt confident we would score some runs, and unfortunately we didn't.
And as far as the rundown, we just didn't execute. Could have been a one-run ball game, but we made a mistake there.
Q. Whose mistake was it? Is it Blum's job to get back after taking --
BRUCE BOCHY: At some point Walker has to realize that he's not there.
Q. Bruce, you've seen Jeff Weaver pitch a number of times. How important was it for him to get out of that first inning or disappointment for your ball club without a ball on that inning?
BRUCE BOCHY: Weaver is the guy that beat us. We scored one run in two games. That's not going to work. I felt confident about the offense today but he shut us down. And their bullpen did the same and that's tough when you're not getting a big hit when you need it. And it's the only thing that's going to get us out of this is start swinging the bats a little better.
Q. Bruce, do you think your hitters are taking any different approach now? You see any signs of problems beyond the final score?
BRUCE BOCHY: I don't think so. You know, that's tough to answer, whether the pitching is that good or we, you know, tightened up a little bit offensively. We've been through this during the course of the year where we don't put runs on board and really felt good today.
I thought we would. That's why I, in the fourth inning, went the way I did is I felt like we would get some runs and then potentially have a big inning there on us. And you know we -- we only gave up two runs. And if I would have known that before the game, I would have taken it. But you know, we have pitched great in the bullpen, shut us down.
Q. Bruce, you pretty much had success in Busch a couple weeks ago. What's the confidence level now going Busch, down 2-0, having to win the next two games?
BRUCE BOCHY: We've certainly had more an uphill climb, no question. Our backs are to the wall. And the only thing we can do is go down swinging and hopefully we loosen up here, go to St. Louis and get these bats going a little bit.
You know, our pitching did a pretty good job. They gave us a chance today, but somewhere along the line we'll have to put some runs on the board. That's the only way you're going to win ball games, and you know, we've been down before during the course of the season. We've been very resilient.
Hopefully we show that in St. Louis.
Q. You've seen an awful lot of curve balls in the first two games. Can you speak to the effectiveness of slow-breaking pitches and the (inaudible) by a lot of hard breaking stuff, and particularly Jeff Weaver today using that kind of setup, the fast ball against the left-handed lineup?
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah. I mean, we've seen a lot of them. They still have to get them over the plate, you know. In Major Leagues you have to hit a breaking ball, and we've seen our share of them. We know it.
Comes down to us taking good swings at those, too. But you give them credit. They've executed their pitches and they've gotten out of it when they've had to.
We are getting some chances. We're just missing that big hit to really get us going and hopefully get the team rolling.
Q. Weaver kind of pitching backwards today?
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah. I mean, he used all his pitches. Changeup, curve balls, fast ball. I mean, they're mixing it up well, and I thought we did, too. We did a pretty good job out there.
Q. Bruce, how much did you know about their bullpen, having seen them just about a week ago, and the young guys and what kind of scouting reports can you get on them or what can you learn from them just in general?
BRUCE BOCHY: We know quite a bit about them. We've seen them. We have reports on them. They're pitching like we thought. We're just not getting base hits.
Give them credit, they're making pitches and getting us out. And the only thing that's going to change is, you know, we gotta get a big hit, put some runs on the board. That's what it comes down to. Pretty simple game, really. And today we just got shut down completely.
Q. Boch, the last couple of weeks of the season, the team really turned it on at home. How disappointing, got a home field advantage, is it to come without a win?
BRUCE BOCHY: No question disappointed. We felt good coming into the series. We've been playing well, scoring runs swinging the bats. And we've been shut down completely.
So we're going to St. Louis frustrated, sure. And the guys are, too. But now we have to wash this off and hopefully show some intestinal fortitude here in St. Louis.
Q. Bruce, you talked about your decision to pitch to Pujols there, that early in the game. I know it's coming out of the series the way you said you would do it do you even think about it or --
BRUCE BOCHY: I'm going to have to start thinking about it. I had a guy out there that can locate the ball as well as anybody. Made some great pitches. Got ahead in the count. Just got a ball up there a little bit that he could handle. Nice to get him in that run down, but we did keep it to a one-run ball game. But overall, you know, I think our staff's been doing a pretty good job. Just comes down to putting some runs on the board.
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I bought a new car but it keeps having problems. I'm tired of going back and forth to the dealership only to have something else go wrong. Someone suggested that this car might fall under the "Lemon Law." How does that work?
I am an attorney specializing in "Lemon Law," the colloquial term for automobile warranty law. This has been the focus of my practice for 23 years and I have handled thousands of actions against manufacturers on behalf of consumers who bought bad cars, along with various suits over defective RVs, boats, personal watercraft, and even things which were not transportation, like sewing machines and furniture. If a consumer product comes with a warranty that is not being honored, I'm the guy you call. At least in Michigan. Sometimes I handle other car cases as well.
Here is a quick overview of how Lemon Laws work. All 50 states have laws which protect buyers of new cars. They are often known by names such as The New Motor Vehicle Warranties Act. They vary from state to state so what follows here is a generalization. For instance, some states do not cover anything but cars and passenger vehicles. Other states cover RVs or larger trucks. A few states cover used cars but that is less common. If you are in a state with a lemon law that does not cover your product, you might still have coverage under a Federal law called the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which is a topic for another day.
The typical Lemon Law stipulates that the car buyer is entitled to a remedy if one of two or three circumstances occur. 1) The car is out of service for a set number of days in the first year, usually around 30 and it remains defective. 2) The car is serviced a set number of times for the same problem, usually three or four within a set time frame, and it remains defective. Typically, the problems must occur within the first 18 months or two years of ownership. Or, 3) The car suffers a set number (less than #2) of catastrophic defects – such as brake failure – and remains defective. #3 is the one which is adopted by fewer states. For example, Michigan does not have this. So, my client whose steering wheel FELL OFF IN HIS LAP while driving down the freeway did not qualify under the lemon law the first or second time it happened. He had to wait until it happened a couple more times.
Typical example: man buys car and the engine fails. The shop has it for 35 days to repair because they are "waiting for parts." We have a lemon. Or, the engine fails, is repaired, fails again, is repaired . . . when you hit your state's magic number, you have a lemon.
What qualifies as a defect? Again, this will vary from state to state. Most states say that the defect or condition must "substantially impair" the use, value or safety of the vehicle. Some defects are obvious (no-start, engine failure, transmission failure etc.) while others fall in a gray area (wind noise, water leaks, excessive tire wear etc). There is no bright line on this so you may need to speak to an attorney (see below).
Most states require you to write a Last Chance Letter to the manufacturer to notify them of the impending lemonhood of the car. Note that this goes to the manufacturer and not the seller. Lemon Laws make the manufacturer step up and take care of this. You can usually send the last chance letter before your car outright qualifies. In Michigan, you can send the letter after the car has been in the shop 25 days in the first year or three times for the same problem. You send the letter and the manufacturer usually ignores it. But, if they offer to fix the car one last time, you let them try. They will fail. If they knew how to fix it, it would have been fixed long ago.
However, as noted above, the defect must continue to exist for your car to qualify. If it gets repaired and stays repaired then you don't have a case. If the last repair, however, does not "take," then you are in business. I have had potential clients who suddenly realized that their car – after the tenth or fifteenth repair attempt – might be a lemon. They call and tell me that the car is now running fine. The last repair did it. At that moment, they have no case. If they had called a few repairs back that would have been quite different. The problem must still exist for the vehicle to qualify.
When your car qualifies as a lemon, you are entitled to a replacement (non-defective car of equal value) or to have the car bought back (or, if a lease, to have the lease canceled and unwound). A refund entails the money you put into it, less a mileage offset, usually for the mileage you put on the vehicle before the first repair attempt. In Michigan, the law prorates the value of the car over 100,000 miles so you lose 1% of the purchase price for each 1,000 miles you drove before that first repair. You will also be charged mileage for any miles over 25,000 if the car makes it that far. If the vehicle is being financed, the loan will be paid off and the law requires the bank to cooperate with the transaction.
As a practical matter, many cases settle for cash. The manufacturer offers the consumer money to go away and for attorney's fees. If the consumer is paid enough to make it worth his or her while, this will often make everyone happy. (Manufacturers prefer to not buy back vehicles because of the ramifications of having to dispose of them which is another story altogether).
In a successful action, your attorney fees and court costs will usually be paid by the manufacturer. (The language on whether fees and costs are permissive or mandatory also varies from state to state.) That is how attorneys like me can afford to take these case. Most of the time, my clients couldn't afford to pursue these cases without the statutory fees.
In light of the above, here is what you need to do if you are a new car buyer. Save your purchase documents. Then, if the car acts up, bring it to the dealer and make sure they write it up properly. Get a copy of the repair order and save it. I have had great cases which were severely harmed by a client who brought a car in and was told, "It was covered by warranty. You don't need an RO."
Some states make you go through a state mechanism first – like an arbitration process – before you can file suit. Other states have punitive damages for a successful action. But, as I tell my clients, the courts aren't here to make you rich; they are here to make you whole. The goal is to unwind the deal and get you back to square one. If you think you have a lemon, do a few minutes of research and find an attorney in your state who specializes in this. Ask around. Ask the attorney how many of these suits they have filed. Attorneys who handle these cases WILL talk to you for free because if the case is good and worth taking, they will be paid for their work at the end by the manufacturer. And when you call the attorney's office, make sure you are speaking to an attorney. Some offices let clerks, paralegals or secretaries "screen" incoming calls. If the attorney won't speak to you directly, keep looking. (There is an easy test for this: Ask the person you are speaking with "Are you an attorney?")
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Steve Lehto has been practicing consumer protection and lemon law for 23 years in Michigan. He taught Consumer Protection at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law for ten years. He has been quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and has appeared on CNN and the BBC. His writing has appeared in the Michigan Bar Journal. He has testified before the Michigan legislature several times on consumer-related topics. He wrote The Lemon Law Bible and hosted two different radio call-in talk shows to answer legal questions.
Steve Lehto also wrote Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation and The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift Device both published by Chicago Review Press. Follow him on Twitter: @stevelehto


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Over the years, the success of Ask the Plant® has been proven countless times, over many thousands of acres, in terms of actual field results to growers around the World.
This success is accomplished by allowing the grower to furnish the crop with the correct balance of fertilizers in the amounts the crop needs, when it needs them.
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Without Ask the Plant®, you will have little idea how much of what of the fertilizer you applied actually got into the plant.
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With Ask the Plant®, crop nutritional problems can be identified seven to 21 days before they are visually detected, allowing deficiencies/toxicities to be corrected before they impact the crop.
Once symptoms of nutritional problems physically appear, your crop cannot deliver its full potential.
The analytical methods used by Ask the Plant® are the standard methods used by most laboratories.
The unique difference of Ask the Plant® is the interpretations and recommendations furnished with every report. Your report will not be only numbers, but will also include a clear guide to improved crop performance.
These interpretations and recommendations were initially based upon agronomy standards that were published in the 1950s. Since the early 1960's, this laboratory has been adjusting those standards to reflect actual field performance, changing soil quality and improved crop varieties. As a result, the standards used by Ask the Plant® today are now proprietary. These plant standards continue to be developed following new research and are periodically adjusted to reflect current field conditions and new crop varieties.
By closely following Ask the Plant® recommendations, it is possible for you to see superior crop performance which no other laboratory can rival, given identical growing conditions.
The other difference is the wide scope of the tests that are a part of every Ask the Plant® report, with particular attention being paid to Micronutrients and Trace Elements. There is much more to plant nutrition than just N–P–K.
In addition to the very many other essential functions that Micronutrients/Trace Elements play in the plant, they are crucial to plant and livestock disease and insect fighting ability. Many common plant and livestock diseases can be traced to Micronutrient/Trace Element deficiencies.
Some crops have special nutritional requirements. Accordingly, we continue to develop special Ask the Plant® tests for some specific crops to address these needs.
How Ask the Plant® Works –
Pre–Season –
Start with an Ask the Plant® Comprehensive Soil Test to determine initial deficiencies or toxicities, and fertilizer requirements. Because the Ask the Plant® Comprehensive Soil Test extracts nutrients in the same way as do plant roots for analysis, it is accurate for every soil type. The test is calibrated (not correlated) to actual plant uptake. If lime was applied in the Fall, or you have calcareous soils, the test will tell you what nutrients have become plant–unavailable or otherwise lost since the Fall test. Turnaround time for the Ask the Plant® Comprehensive Soil Test report is typically five working days after receipt of sample, with the report being sent by E–Mail.
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Petiole or leaf samples are taken periodically at various critical times of plant physiological development. This can be from two to four (or more) times a season, depending upon the crop. See our Agronomy Notes for your crop for details.
Ask the Plant® plant analysis report turnaround times from receipt of sample are 24 hours for petioles and 48 hours for leaves, with the report being sent by E–Mail.
The turnaround time for an Ask the Plant® Comprehensive Soil Test report is typically five to seven working days after receipt of sample, being sent by E–Mail.
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Finish the season with an Ask the Plant® Comprehensive Soil Test. This will determine what nutrients have been removed or have become unavailable so you can start planning your next year's fertility program. If you need lime, it will tell you how much you need to put down, immediately.
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El Pinar
It is located in the southwest of the island of El Hierro and includes the villages of El Pinar and La Restinga. It is in an exceptionally beautiful setting, with a mountainous landscape of volcanic origin.
El Pinar offers numerous opportunities for nature, culture and sport. Practically 80 % of its territory lies inside the Frontera Rural Reserve, and a broad stretch of its coastline forms part of the Punta de la Restinga Mar de Las Calmas Marine Reserve. In short, it is an ideal place for enjoying activities such as hiking, climbing, scuba diving and sailing. A good way of seeing the volcanic landscape of El Pinar is to head for any of its viewing points. Two of the most exceptional are the viewing points of Las Playas and Tanajara. There is also a place where you can see a range of unique volcanic formations: El Lajial, a space which could be from another planet, with various different types of lava flows. In order to learn more about the island's past, visitors should not miss a trip to El Julan, one of the most important archaeological sites in the Canary Islands. Other visits of interest are the Orchilla lighthouse (the westernmost point in Spain), Tacorón (ideal for enjoying a day on the beach, with spectacular sunsets), Meridian 0 (a point that was for centuries considered to be the end of the world), and El Morcillo park (the only space on El Hierro where camping is permitted).
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Chopped, channeled, chompered – this Deuce hot rod certainly was cut from similar cloth as Chili Catallo's Little Deuce Coupe, but it has its own unique history sans Californian pop-surf princes. It seems the seller both understands and appreciates the car's history and wants to find a buyer who will do likewise. He writes:
Back in 1956 Mr. **** Roy of Windsor Ontario and one of the founding members of the Tecumseh Push Rods took on the task of building a 1932 Ford deuce 5 window coupe show car. Adopting the East Coast style of chopping and channeling, he created a menacing look and stance that still looks great today. Present are the original 1953 303 Olds Rocket with Edelbrock tri power with 94's and hydro transmission that Mr Roy installed back in 1956. Mr. Roy stayed competitive with the car for 12 years. He finally retired the car in 1968, not quite finishing his final creative phase. Forty years later I was fortunate to cross paths with this great survivor and took on the task with John and Rob Kouw of Cruisin Customs to bring her back to life and preserve it's as found REAL patina. While under restoration, the brakes, suspension and steering were refreshed. The unfinished rear fenders were completed to compliment the car as it competed in the mid 1960's. The engine was rebuilt before it was stored away and still runs like new. While under restoration the original trophies, club plaque and original photos documenting the many phases of the car were also secured and are included with the sale. A 32 truck grill as originally used and Guide headlights are also included if a buyer would like to change the car back to an earlier phase of it's history. Forty years on this car still steals the show winning best preservation class at the 2009 Detroit Autorama Extreme and was honored as the 2009 #8 event T-shirt at the Hunnert Car Pile-up.
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HRT is missing from the FIA's official entry list for 2013.
It was already known that the Spanish team has not signed the crucial Concorde Agreement for next season and beyond, and that staff had been told in Brazil the outfit will fold within a week if a buyer is not immediately found.
A brawl reportedly broke out at HRT's Madrid headquarters after the Brazilian grand prix, when mechanics returning from Sao Paulo were due to receive redundancy compensation.
F1's other eleven teams were all listed on the FIA's 2013 entry list, published by the governing body on Saturday evening.
It is not the final version, however, as several teams have yet to inform the FIA of their driving lineups.


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Recipe from Victoria Farrish of Virginia
1 whole cabbage
8 large white potatoes or 10-12 small white potatoes
4-6 slices of freshly cooked bacon or bacon grease
Salt and pepper
Wash cabbage and pull off dead leaves.
Cut cabbage in half, then slice each half of cabbage into about 1/4 inch slices.
Peel potatoes and rinse in cold water.
Cut small potatoes in half or large potatoes into thirds.
Put into big pot just enough water to cover the potatoes.
Add bacon slices or one big scoop of bacon grease.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
On high heat, bring to a rapid boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium/high and let cook at least 30-40 minutes.
If cabbage is tender enough for your likings eat then; if not let cook another 15-20 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
Enjoy with a little butter!
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The Skills Academy has been established with the combined vision of making India a true "Knowledge Economy" by bringing credible investment in the job related skills, and aims to provide employment opportunities to youth across the country, thus, making them job ready. They aspire to enhance workforce effectiveness by leveraging in-depth industry experience to develop innovative skills and training solutions along with a sustainable impact to the industry and society. Their vision is to build a scalable, for-profit Skills and Livelihood Development business that significantly enhances earning capacity and thereby creates social impact. They work holistically with the 3C's – Communities, Colleges and Corporates. At The Skills Academy, have designed "Science of learning" combined with an industry proven toolkit. This helps to match student aspirations with necessary skills required by the industry, build domain experts, enhance industry-academia partnerships, provide "paths to progress" through continuous education and skilling and build strong placement networks.
They have trained and placed over 500 learners in the last 8 months across geographies catering to the employment needs of a wide range of industries including Banking, BPO, Hospitality, Quick Service Restaurants, and Retail. Astric has partnered with Skills to commence the "STAR" Scheme under the National Skill Certification and Reward Scheme branded as the STAR (Standard Training Assessment & Reward) Scheme has been formulated to encourage skill development for youth by providing monetary rewards for successful completion of approved training programs. It aims to increase productivity of the existing workforce and align the training and certification to the needs of the country. To provide Monetary Awards for Skill Certification to boost employability and productivity of youth by incentivizing them for skills training. Reward candidates undergoing skill training by authorized institutions at an average monetary reward of Rs.10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) per candidate. Benefit 10 lakh youth at an approximate total cost of Rs.1,000 Crores.
Astric offers various programs in field of Training & Capacity Building for students, people, government officials from all age groups. With help of government bodies like NIESBUD & NIELIT, we have been providing training courses on various subjects in IT - both Software and Hardware. With age group ranking above 18 years and 35 years. Let have a look what we have to offer:
- For youth and Unemployed:
We are associated with National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD, Noida, UP) under Ministry of Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India and are conducting several IT related skill development programmes under its aegis. We conduct vocational training for the under privileged students above the age of 18 years who have not been able to secure a job, so as to either secure a job or become self employed. We also conduct training for students in the field of Computer Science and IT in summer and winter where in we partner with Hewlett Packard Education for training in specialised courses like Java both Core and Advanced, Robotics, Multimedia, Animation, Tally, Web Designing, Programming languages, Linux, Server Adminstration etc. We are an Authorized Training Centre for Centre for Development in Advanced Computing (CDAC) to conduct The Diploma in Advanced Software Development Methodologies (DASDM) course which is targeted towards students who wish to venture into the domain of computing. The DASDM course aims to groom the students to enable them to work on current technology scenarios as well as prepare them to keep pace with the changing face of technology and the requirements of the growing IT industry. After the completion of the course, students can work as developer/programmer/System Analyst in IT industry and associated service sectors.
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We are partners to National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT, New Delhi) under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITy), Government of India earlier known as DOAECC for conducting the CCAC (Course on Computer Application & Concepts). This Course is specially designed for Bihar State Govt. Employee and Group "C" Employee, Assistants employed as part of the State Government Secretariat. We are partners to the State Government of Bihar to conduct Training and Capacity Building for departments and run multiple courses for employees with BELTRON since 2010 one such initiative took off with Sainik Kalayan Nidheshalaya, under Department of Home – Govt. of Bihar which is to help in resettlement and re-employment of ex servicemen and their dependents. Job is not a problem today but the companies are in search of professional with honesty and Integrity. The huge pool of ex-servicemen in Bihar has a growing need and demand to fulfill their needs post retirement as they retire at their peek when their children or dependents are studying or of the age of getting married hence they require job to fulfil the ambitions for the family. Since they are not IT skilled our job is to train them as per the modules set by Government of Bihar and help them earn a livelihood once again, the state government also helps in recruitment for its internal needs.


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Guitar Tablature
Learning how to understand music is essential if you're considering a career in the music industry. That's where guitar tablatures come in handy. There are a lot of advantages to guitar tabs. By using musical notation rather than musical pitches to indicate where you need to place your fingers, a tablature is quick and simple to interpret and there's no extensive training needed. Another advantage to guitar tablatures is that the fretboard visual is very similar to your stringed instrument so it eliminates the guesswork of finger positions. And tablatures often clearly identify the chord to make the note easily recognizable for guitarists. If you're looking to master some Zeppelin tracks, consider the Alfred Led Zeppelin Box Set I-V Guitar Tab Platinum Edition Books. Songbooks from their first 5 albums include every guitar solo, slide and bend with tab transcriptions. You'll be ripping riffs like Jimmy Page in no time. Songs from the greatest rock and roll band in history are always a hit around the campfire so teach yourself how to play some well-known refrains with the Alfred Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks Guitar Tab Book. It features detailed instructions to all 21 tracks from their best-selling compilation, including "Satisfactionâ€, "Ruby Tuesday†and "Let's Spend the Night Togetherâ€. A Hal Leonard Brad Paisley Tab Book includes notes and tabs for 16 tunes so you can get in full country mode at your next kitchen party. Or Slowhand fans can master 36 Clapton hits by reading the note-for-note tablature transcriptions in the Hal Leonard Eric Clapton Complete Guitar Tab Songbook. Whether you're a self-taught guitarist or you've learned the basics from a friend, guitar tablatures can help hone your skills and expand your musical repertoire. No matter what genre you're trying to play – jazz, country, pop, folk or classic rock and roll - there are variety of guitar tablatures to choose from that will easily guide you towards becoming a better musician.


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By Richard H. Weisberg
The recent Hobby Lobby decision, which ruled that corporations with certain religious beliefs were no longer required to provide insurance that covers contraception for their female employees — as mandated by Obamacare — hinged on a curious piece of legislation from 1993. In a law that was unanimously passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) stated that "Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion." The intention of RFRA was to offer an opportunity for religious people to challenge ordinary laws, state or federal, that had some adverse impact on their faith. The RFRA was a direct response to a case three years earlier, when the Supreme Court decided that laws that applied to everybody were acceptable even if they burdened a religious community. RFRA was Congress' scream of protest to the Supreme Court's jurisprudence.
By passing the RFRA in 1993, Congress was trying to steal the Supreme Court's thunder. It was not fixing physical infrastructures; it was fixing a fellow branch of government. It was not over-ruling what it considered to be a faulty judicial reading of its own statutes; it was changing an interpretation of the Constitution itself. But isn't the Court, for better or worse, the ultimate authority on the First Amendment? Didn't the principle of separation of powers prevent the legislative branch from amending, by mere majority vote within its own chambers, the Constitution as understood by the justices at any given time?
Indeed, the Supreme Court went on to strike down RFRA in 1997, but only in part. It ruled that the states were not covered by RFRA's change, but that the federal government was. This provided the opening for the Hobby Lobby decision, where several for-profit closely held corporations sought to defeat a federal regulation about contraception that applied generally to businesses, but offended their own belief systems.
Most discussion of Hobby Lobby, including even Justice Ginsburg's dissent, has flexibly adapted to the idea that RFRA is constitutional, despite its extraordinary usurpation of judicial power. Her dissent correctly points out that her colleagues in the majority go even further than Congress in permitting religious belief to trump democratically passed legislation. Yes: the majority went much too far in holding that a corporation can "believe" anything or that free exercise rights are violated even when the central beliefs or practices of the religious are not directly implicated; but far worse was its acceptance, without discussion, of Congress's power grab under RFRA. And the dissents doubled down on that departure from firm and fine traditions we call separation of powers.
Two examples of flexibility, however otherwise opposed, do not add up to the uncompromising defense of our Constitution needed at all times and perhaps especially now. The Supreme Court needed intransigently to re-assert its own power as a separate branch of government. Hobby Lobby's attempt to veto part of Obamacare that offended its "corporate faith" would and should have been shut down immediately. Our Constitutional system of checks and balances required a clear statement. The Court, on both sides of Hobby Lobby, gave us the ambiguities that muddy the waters when compromise replaces principle.
Richard H. Weisberg, professor of Constitutional Law at Cardozo Law School, is the author of In Praise of Intransigence: The Perils of Flexibility.
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EA Sports cites quality concerns
It seemed pretty crazy to me that a high-profile release like NBA Elite 11 would get canceled so close to its launch date. I suppose the decision must have been the right one -- or at least not so disastrous that it could not be repeated -- because another major basketball game from Electronic Arts, NBA Live 13, has just been canned.
"After a lot of consideration, we have made the decision to not launch NBA Live 13," writes EA Sports executive VP Andrew Wilson in a blog post. Despite "moving the game to a new studio" and "[launching] an even deeper level of engagement with our community to gather more feedback directly from fans," it simply wasn't enough given the team's time frame.
"We also made a commitment to deliver a high quality experience -- this is what our fans expect and what we demand of ourselves at EA SPORTS. But making great games is not easy, and we're just not there yet on NBA Live 13," he continues. "Having continued to look at the game over the past few days, it's clear that we won't be ready in October. And rather than launch midway through the season, we're going to sit out the full year and stay focused on making next year's game great. This decision puts us on the right track for success well into the future in a rapidly changing industry."
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ESA hands over weather satellite for operations
Since the launch of MSG-3, ESA's mission controllers have been working to ensure that this latest weather satellite's voyage to 36 000 km above the Equator runs smoothly. With MSG-3 healthy and now in its place of work, ESA has handed operations over to Eumetsat.
The third Meteosat Second Generation satellite took to the skies on an Ariane 5 rocket on 5 July from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Once fully operational, it will deliver essential information from geostationary orbit to monitor the weather over Europe, Africa and parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
ESA is responsible for developing the series of satellites and performing the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) on behalf of Eumetsat, the European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, who then commission the payload and carry out routine operations.
The 11-day LEOP has involved several critical tasks for the team at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
The mission controllers have completed four engine burns to put the satellite in the correct orbit. These consumed almost 800 kg of propellants, about 80% of the total available.
As a result, the satellite is nearly in its geostationary orbit, drifting slowly east toward its final orbit position.
In addition, the meteorological instrument covers have been released, safely outside geostationary orbit. The instrument has been heated to drive off any contaminants and water vapour from the sensitive surfaces.
ESA's MSG-3 Spacecraft Operations Manager, Chris Watson, said, "This is the third MSG we have launched, so you could say that we are familiar with the behaviour of the spacecraft.
"Nonetheless, MSG-3 managed to find a few minor surprises for us.
"Overall, though, this early phase has been extremely smooth and we are happy that this resource for weather forecasting has been brought safely to its place of work."
Eumetsat now takes responsibility for MSG-3 and will commission it over last about six months. This includes checking that the imaging service is fully functional and delivers high-quality products for weather forecasting.
When fully operational, Eumetsat will rename MSG-3 as Meteosat-10.
Meteosat-10 joins its predecessor Meteosat-9 to keep a constant watch on developing weather systems.


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The second coming of MacHeist is almost over, but the crew hasn't finished unveiling surprises and breaking records. Originally offering a bundle of 10 popular Mac OS X apps, MacHeist has now expanded to 14 applications, as well as two more if you simply refer a friend to the MacHeist site.
When MacHeist II first opened almost two weeks ago, CSSEdit, Snapz Pro X, and Pixelmator were the three "locked" applications set to only become available once specific bundle sales goals were met. The event has proved to be so popular this time around (no doubt helped by snagging a decent-sized booth last week at Macworld) that the three locked apps were made available not long ago, and extra apps have been added for all MacHeist II customers.
Last week Tiki Magic Mini Golf, Wingnuts 2, and Speed Download gained their places in the bundle, and now VectorDesigner, a $70 Macworld '08 Best of Show app, has joined the party. To sweeten the deal even further, users can score licenses for LaunchBar (a Quicksilver alternative) and NoteBook 2.x if a friend referred to the site ends up purchasing a bundle. That's over $550 worth of software for just $49, but the bundle is only available through the end of Wednesday (and remember: you can always gift licenses to a friend for any apps you already own or simply don't want).
Another major MacHeist accomplishment this time around is that over $330,000 has been raised for charity, shattering last year's record of $200,000. With about $12.25 from each $49 bundle going to one of 10 charities, that makes for about $1.3 million in sales so far.
Though quite a bit of ruckus was stirred during the first MacHeist event over the portion of each bundle that participating developers actually get from sales (the terms for participating MacHeist developers are private), things appear to be a bit smoother this year. The debate over MacHeist's worth to developers hasn't resurfaced, perhaps in part because the few participating developers who offered insight into their decision last year typically cited the brand recognition advantages of getting their apps into more hands. Further, MacHeist versions of apps typically are not upgradeable, and a good number of customers reportedly end up paying for new versions of some of the MacHeist apps they have come to depend on.
Regardless of politics and drama, MacHeist is a pretty obvious success again for getting more third-party software into the hands of Mac users, and we're pretty sure the participating charities and developers are pleased with how well this second event has come along. If you're still on the fence over springing for a bundle, you have just over a day to come to your senses. Demos of all the apps, if you need them, are available from their MacHeist sections.


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In the Hollywood film 'Zombieland' it was the zombie apocalypse that decimated the supply of Twinkies, in the real world, it was just the bakers union.

In one of my favorite scenes from "Zombieland" the character Tallahassee risks life and limb to enter a zombie-filled supermarket for the hope of snagging a Twinkie, "There's a box of Twinkies in that grocery store, not just any box of Twinkies, the last box of Twinkies that anyone will enjoy in the whole universe. Believe it or not Twinkies have an expiration date."

"Someday very soon, life's little Twinkie gauge is gonna go empty."

Life and limb may not be at risk, but there's reportedly high priced internet bidding battles for Twinkies now that Hostess brands has announced it's winding down operations, selling off it's assets and laying off most of it's 18,500 workforce.


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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel out; Ryne Sandberg takes over
The Philadelphia Phillies on Friday made a change at manager. Charlie Manuel is out, and Ryne Sandberg will take the reins for the rest of the season.
"I did not resign and I did not quit," Manuel said at a news conference at Citizens Bank Park. "I think it was an agreement."
MORE: Sandberg's first job is with one of MLB's worst teams
Manuel's tenure that began in 2005 and included a 2008 World Series championship.
"I didn't see any reason to have him go through the last 40 games knowing he wasn't going to be back," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "That wouldn't have been fair."
Friday's changes included moving Juan Samuel to third base coach and Wally Joyner replacing him as first base coach.
The team announced Manuel had been offered another position in the organization. Sandberg joined the club this season. He said he was considering his options.
"Do I like the decision? No," Manuel said. "But they are doing the best thing they think is right for this team."
The move was not a surprised. Manuel managed Wednesday knowing it would be his last game after days of discussion.
PHILLY.COM: Manuel not to blame | Werth, Victorino saddened by firing
"We talked about everything," Manuel said. "Our club, our organization. Myself. I will say the decision came from our organization, but I definitely wanted to put the team above myself."
Amaro said the decision was not easy, "but it's a change we need to make as we look toward the future."
Plus, "This gives us a chance to see what we have in Ryne Sandberg and see what he can do as the manager of the Phillies," Amaro said.
Both men appeared close to breaking down during the news conference.
"I can't explain to you guys what the last nine years have meant to me," Manuel said. "I have had some of the best times of my life here. Philadelphia has been the high light of my career."
The Phillies are mired in a miserable slump that crushed any thoughts of making a playoff push to salvage what had already been a disappointing season. They have lost 19-of-24 since last month's All-Star break and are 20½ games out of first in the NL East. This will be Manuel's only Phillies season with a losing record.
Jim Salisbury, a long-time Phillies beat writer working for CSNPhilly.com, first reported that the team would announce a managerial change.
Manuel, 69, has been the Phillies' manager for nine seasons, compiling a 780-636 record with the team. His 2008 squad won the World Series in five games over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Manuel got his 1,000th career managerial victory Monday in Atlanta. The Phillies were to honor him before Friday's game.
The Phillies enter Friday's home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at 53-67, ahead of only the Miami Marlins in the NL East. They have been plagued by injuries, including to slugger Ryan Howard and pitching ace Roy Halladay. Tonight's first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 ET.
Manuel's job had been on the line, and MLB.com reported team officials discussed a move in recent days.
Asked this week if he planned to retire at season's end, Manuel told media members: "We'll see about that."
In spring training, Manuel said he had no plans to retire after this season.
Manuel played for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers between 1969 and 1974, and then finished his career in Japan. He was Cleveland Indians manager before taking over the Phillies.
His Phillies became the National League's first team in a decade to repeat as champions, but they lost the 2009 World Series to the New York Yankees in six games.
Sandberg began his Hall of Fame playing career with the Phillies but is best known as a second baseman with the Chicago Cubs. He was a manager in the Cubs minor league system from 2007-10 before leaving to rejoin the Phillies organization. He managed the team's Triple-A affiliate before being named third base coach.
Sandberg, 53, was 439-409-1 in the minor leagues.
Manuel's teams won five consecutive NL East titles. Only Bobby Cox won more; his Braves dominated the division between 1991 and 2005, winning 14 times.


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Saving For Terramundi Pots
Here you will find a selection of Terramundi terracotta money pots which are all similar in that they are all dedicated to Saving For ... in various colours. This section would be ideal for saving for that Special Holiday, Special Car, or just Shopping!!
They can all be personalised, if required, in various colour texts, from Silver, Gold, Black, Green, Red, Pink, Gold or White. You can request which colour you would prefer when ordering, or just leave it to Terramundi to choose the colour most suitable to the pot.
These Amphora's come from Italy as rough clay pots and are then sanded until smooth and painted several times to make them into beautiful pots, standing approximately 17 - 19cms high and ready to be fed with all your coins! Once full they have to broken open whilst you make a wish.


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Jonathan Kite
Born and raised in Chicago, Jonathan Kite was immersed in the world of comedy theater at a young age. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while concurrently studying with the improv group, Second City. In 2003, Kite moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.
Kite's television credits include "Raising Hope" and the upcoming series, "In the Flow with Affion Crockett."
In 2010, Kite was a part of the Cage Match Competition with iO West Theater, performing head-to-head long-form improv. His team set the national cage match record, winning 52 weeks in a row.
Kite is an avid writer and is finishing his first full length feature film, "The Walk On," which he will also star in and produce. He is an expert mimic, boasting more than 50 impressions and dialects that include Vince Vaughn, Tom Hanks, Seth Rogen, Liam Neeson and Robert Downey Jr. He is an active supporter of various autism and breast cancer charities.
Currently, Kite resides in Los Angeles. His birth date is Sept. 2.
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The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting. Once the news was announced, it felt like the social space exploded with royal baby comments, maternity from Alexander McQueen and the Duchess' illness. So of course we're going to write about it.
Royal watchers have been waiting for the Duchess of Cambridge to get pregnant for almost two years and now that the announcement has been made, let's see what's going on. I searched using "Kate Middleton" AND "pregnant" AND "Duchess" AND "baby" and took a look at the last two days.
You would expect a lot of tweets but there were only 1,009 mentions using our search terms.
The primary source of tweets comes from the United States. The US media has been obsessed with covering the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and were ready to leap on the announcement of the pregnancy.
As we can see from the blogs, more than half the blogs about the Royal pregnancy come from the United States (cue jokes about them being obsessed with royalty.) After the US, the next county is the UK, which makes sense, then other followed by most countries in the Commonwealth such as Canada and Australia, which has the Queen as head of state, and India, which is part of the Commonwealth.
When we look at the BuzzGraph, the most common words were "hyperemesis," "gravidarum" and "Cambridge." The Duchess of Cambridge is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which was probably the most looked up word yesterday.
Now if you really want to follow news about the royal pregnancy on Twitter, then you need to follow the hashtag #RoyalBaby. When I did a search using the hashtag, there were 192,163 tweets in the last two days averaging 4,003 an hour. This time, most of the tweets came from the UK.
The blogs skewed towards the US with 45.1 per cent talking about the #RoyalBaby:
Now that the media is on royal baby watch, that's the next seven to eight months of US, Life & Style, and Daily Mail coverage sorted. Some of the words to expect in their coverage can be seen in the WordCloud:


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Orioles run into loss against Red Sox
Boston tops Baltimore 5-4 on Saturday
Mike Carp and Jonny Gomes homered to back an effective pitching performance by John Lackey, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Orioles 5-4 Saturday to end a five-game losing streak in Baltimore.
After dropping the first two games of the series, the Red Sox fell into an early 2-0 hole before bouncing back. Carp's home run snapped an 18-inning scoring drought in the fourth, and Gomes made it 5-2 in the sixth with a solo shot that chased Baltimore starter Freddy Garcia (3-4).
The victory increased Boston's lead over second-place Baltimore in the AL East to 2½ games. The Red Sox lost three games at Camden Yards last September and were 0-2 this season, their longest dry spell in Baltimore since a seven-game stretch in 1969-70.
Lackey (4-5) gave up two runs, seven hits and a walk in seven innings to improve to 12-4 lifetime against the Orioles. It was the right-hander's first win since May 25, even though he's allowed three runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts this season.
Former Oriole Koji Uehara struck out the side in the eighth and Andrew Bailey gave up a two-run homer to Matt Wieters in the ninth before securing his eighth save.
The game ended when pinch-runner Alexi Casilla took off from first base on a one-out liner to right by Ryan Flaherty. Shane Victorino made the catch without much difficulty and threw out Casilla for the double play.
Baltimore's Manny Machado extended his career-high hitting streak to 13 games and hit his major-league leading 31st double. Despite the loss, Baltimore has won 13 of its last 18 games against the Red Sox.
The Orioles took a 2-0 lead before Lackey got an out. After Nate McLouth singled off the pitcher's foot and scored on a double by Machado, Nick Markakis singled and Adam Jones drove in a run with an infield hit. Lackey avoided further damage by retiring Wieters and J.J. Hardy with runners at second and third.
David Ortiz led off the Boston second inning with a liner to center that bounced off the wall and eluded Jones. The husky man known as "Big Papi" legged it out for his second triple this month; the last time Ortiz had two triples in a season was 2006.
With Ortiz on third, Carp drew a walk before Garcia got three straight outs.
The Red Sox ended their season-high scoring drought with a three-run fourth. After Dustin Pedroia singled and Carp homered to tie it, Gomes singled and Stephen Drew ended a 4-for-31 skid with an RBI double.
Carp has been playing recently in place of Mike Napoli, who was sent back to Boston to determine the nature of an illness that has kept him sidelined since the third inning of Thursday's game.
Boston made it 4-2 in the fifth. Jacoby Ellsbury led off with a single, his first hit in 12 at-bats during this series. He stole second, advanced on a bunt and scored on Pedroia's grounder to shortstop.
Baltimore put runners at the corners with no outs in the bottom half, but Lackey worked out of the jam. The threat began with an infield hit by Taylor Teagarden, who was 0 for 21 this season before that at-bat.


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John Ibbitson was born in Toronto and has received numerous awards for his talents in the dramatic arts and extended media, specifically for film and video production.
Despite being dyslexic, John built a successful academic career at York University in Toronto, where he graduated in 2005 with a BFA.
John is an emerging filmmaker with a bulk of accomplishments under his belt. He has written, directed and solely produced four shorts: The View From Here (2010), Behind Closed Doors (2005), For My Father (2004), and Lost and Found (2002). His films have screened at several festivals throughout Canada and the US. After working with and observing professional crews, John is finally ready to develop his own voice as a emerging Canadian writer and director.