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Apple's iPhone 5 page has gone live, along with all of its full specifications. Let's see if we can find a few surprises that weren't in announcement...
Size and weight:
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English (U.S.), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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Do we know yet if the iPhone 5 on verizon will allow talk and data at the same time?
It's seems you are unfamiliar with LTE, but yes. Data and voice at the same damn time! Lol...
But only when my phone is on LTE right? If I'm on 3G coverage with Verizon, not talk and date at the same time right?
Let's c... but last time only GSM networks does that and not CDMA
Hush, man... I have the iPhone and droid 4 on Verizon... It's how it works.
Actually, some Verizon phones do support 3G data + voice simultaneously.
CDMA rev. B allows simultaneous voice & data
Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
Storage and travel case
nice to see we get a case....
My man at my carrier-that-shall-not-be-named promised to save 4 iPhone 5s for me. Early Xmas presents for the whole fam damnly. :-)
This increment really is a disappointment. Just a longer screen and a minor camera update. Good bye for now iPhone..
and 4G and better processor and sexy look...
You just defined 95% of all the new phones coming out this year. Look at Nokia Lumia 920, It has the same processor, LTE 4G, NFC technology (missing in iPhone), better HD+ screen, better PureView camera with mechanical stabilization, Video capture within a picture, City Cam, etc etc. That phone makes the iPhone 5 look like its from the stone age.
Actually, I really think that white iPhone 5 looks sexy. But the black one, not so much. Plus, that camera from Lumia 920 beats iPhone 5's camera even though they're both back-illuminated.
Lumia 920 - f2.0 aperture (bigger)
iPhone 5 - f2.4 aperture
This means more light coming in to the camera sensor, also more color. Also, Lumia 920 has that incredibly convenient wireless charging.
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I really dont like android, especially UI wise.
BlackBerry 10 4tw!!!
Fail...omg fail
On both this and the Nano. Ipad only game in town.
Android = POS I'm sticking with Windows Phone for now.
im deffinately hitting up the lumia 920 for the holidays preorders for the iphone 5 can suck my balls
Ah yes. This is one of the signs that a company (Nokia) is deep into its death spiral.
Bitter fans lashing out.
Sorry but that's just you being an ignorant isheep in denial of facts lumia 920 outperforms in every aspect sorry to burst your fanatic bubble
Except for that pesky application count. And peripheral support. Oh yes, and apparently the iPhones handle punctuation better as well.
If you have an argument to make, then give us some specific areas that you think Nokia has beaten Apple. As for "80% of the masses are using Nokia", well...
"Nokia too faces a torrid time, with a collapse in sales of its older Symbian smartphone OS not being replaced yet by sales of newer devices running Windows Phone. The first quarter of 2012 marked the first three months in which Nokia's Lumia was available in the UK, but it did not go on sale in the US until after the first quarter.
"Symbian sales have dived around the world, according to both Gartner and ComTech: Gartner said total sales fell from 27.6m in the year-ago quarter to 12.4m this year, while ComTech saw its share fall to single digits everywhere but Italy - where it more than halved, from 47.1% to 16.9%. But Windows Phone shipments have barely budged. Though Gartner does not distinguish between the now-deprecated Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, the latter is reckoned to be the overwhelming majority of Microsoft licences - but Gartner puts its figure at just 2.7m this first quarter, compared to 2.6m in the same period in 2011. As the smartphone market is expanding, that amounts to a fall in share."
So, at BEST, a market share of 17% in Italy. Go Nokia! :P
Listen the Nokia is faster better display camera technology higher specs unique os unique looking hardware NFC wireless charging lte that was in its first high end WP spec wise you know it's better throwing out numbers based on people who bought the product doesn't change the fact that there is innovative stuff in the lumia it just shows that converting people is harder than it looks don't let your preference cloud facts sales are one thing and facts are facts. im not saying the iphone is a bad phone but this lack of innovation from apple is saddening it shows that they care less and less everytime they dont even try anymore, if your really a technology enthusiast you would accept that nokia is more innovative this time around.
Do you even know who Nokia is? Go to China, India, Pakistan and the arab countries (most population of the world outside your safe haven USA) and you will find 80% or more Nokia phones in the masses.
i want the black one..
Pretty much in line with expectations. Extremely impressive, considering how much smaller and lighter the 5 is with supposedly slightly better battery life than the 4S.
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I am not that impressed....oh well...
iFail....big time
I haven't seen anything yet about the SIM - are they sticking with MicroSIM for now or moving in NanoSIM?
I doubt you do.
It's not in the 5 items 'in the box'.
Just, wow!
Welcome to 2011 Apple. There isn't a feature on this phone that Android doesn't already have or has had for a long time now.
Are Android and Nokia forums so boring that you all need to come here and read about what you claim to hate? Keep moving and keep your comments to yourselves.
Dear Lord having lots of issues with my old 1!!! Can I please win this?? Please?


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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
February 24, 1970 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE S2~07
Mr. YOUNG of Ohio. Mr. President.
conscription of our youth in time of
peace is an abomination. It should never
be tolerated. We should seek to have a
purely volunteer a.rmy, though an increase
in pay would probably be necessary.
Only in times of grave national
emergency and when Congress has declared
war should our youth be conscripted
into the Armed Forces. Under
our former selective service Jaw the lives
of yotmg men were disrupted due to uncertainty.
Under our present selective
service policy, a 19-year-old boy if he is
not summoned before his 20th birthday
'llill not be drafted except in time of
'II ar. The old draft law of taking the
oldest first needlessly disrupted countless
homes, maniages and careers.
The Armed Services Committees of the
Congress also have a duty to recommend
a maximum 18 months' senice for
In that connection, may I say that
e\·ery one of our European allies has conscription
for a lesser period than 2 years.
West Germany has a consc1iption for
18 months.
Belgium conscripts for only 12 months.
France and Norway conscript for 12 to
15 months ; Denmark from 12 to 14
We alone have 2 years.
The United Kingdom and Canada have
r.o draft whatever.
It is high time that we do away with
this abomination except in a time of
gra,·e national emergency or in a period
when Congress has declared war.
other"'ise, we must haYe a purely volunteer
~tgainst the draft law. ~tnd 1\S one ~·ho
\'Oted against the lottery affectm~r the
19-ycar-olds, which I think in itself was
tilso inequitable.
I am del1ghted that we have come to
this pass wb.ereby a Commission appointed
by the President of the United
States has made some sound and solid
I would hope most sincerely that even
though the draft does not expire until
next year, the Armed Services Committee
would start hearings on the Gates
proposals this year. The way needs to be
paved without further delay, leading to
a better situation as far as armed service
personnel are concerned than is the
case today or has been the case for a
good number of years.
It is my understanding that one of the
recommendations of the Gates Commission
:s that a means will be created
'-''hereby a stand-by will be in operation
in case of extreme emergency.
A most significant and most important
part of that proposal is that the decision
will be up to Congress, the elected repr
esentatives of the people. They will be
responsible once again for putting it in
operation and to me that means a return
to constitutional normalcy and congressional
intent. In a sense, it will be
an application related to Congress' wardeclaring
The Senator mentioned the draft. His
figures were COlTect. He also mentioned
the fact that 18-~ear-olds had been
called up over the past several deeades.
Maybe some of them are still eligible.
It would be fitting and I would hope that
the hearings now being conducted by
the Committee on the Judiciary relative
to giving the voting fra.nohise to the 18-
year-olds would beoome a part O!f the
law of this land, either through a constitutional
amendment or through attachment
to another bill which may
come to the floor of the Senate.
I think it is about time, because the
18-year-olds are considered adults; they
are subject to criminal action; are subject
to the draft; are subject to paying
taxes; are allowed to marry at that age.
However, they are not allowed to participate
in the makt.ng of a policy which
has a vital control over their lives for
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President,
the Senator yield?
Mr. YOUNG of Ohio. I yield.
will a certain period of time in the application
of the draft. Because of this and
the other factors mentioned they should
be given the right and the responsibility
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I to vote.
want to express my approval of what the
dis tir..guished Senator has just said and
a..lro exp::ess my wholehearted support
for tJ:e Gat-es Comm.i.ssion report on an
all - volunteer am1y.
I Ulillk that the figure set by the Gates
Comnnssion is too Wgh . Instead of being
:C 5 million, the figure ought to be around
2 mil)ion or a little less.
I think we are long overdue in giving
these young citizens the right to participate
in the exercise of the franchise.
I would hope that if they are continued
to be denied that right-incidentally.
they have that light in the State of
Georgia-that we would consider seriously
in any future draft or conscliption
legiSlation, a provision that no man
I certainly approve their suggestion wili become eligible for the draft until
and their recommendation that the pay he has the right to vote. That would
of the lower grades be increased con- mean, generally speaking, at age 21. The
~iderably and that those who become \\'a;v to face up to this question and overmembers
of an all-volunteer army be come it is to gi\'e the 18-year-olds the
subject to veterans' benefits. I think t~s r ight to vote now or as soon as possible
L~ a step in the right direction. ~~ so that they can determine in some small
I applaud the recommendations of the ·,~art the policy of this country that they
Gates Commission. I think the present *e called upon and have been called
draft law is most Inequitable and most uporl. to execute over the last several
unfair. I say that as one who voted decades.
Mr. YOUNG of O:u o :VI r. Pl'(·.,ldrnt. I
thank U1e distinguished maJority leader
very much for his remarks and commrno
him for the statement he has made today.
I am so glad that the disLiu.;uis lJ cd
majority leader and I are in con Jplt l•
Mr. GURNEY. Mr. Presiden t. \\ tll th<
Senator yield?
Mr. MAl'c!
senior Senator from Ohto. I woulcl lllcf'
to add one thought.
People who run for public office maL•
many promises and sometimes extr.n lgant
promises. Sometimes I think t he:1··
is no intent to live up to some of l ht'
One of the gratifying things al.Jo;11
the present incumbent in the Whtte
House, President Richard Nixon, is t h•'
fact that he has carried out ot· has tried
to carry out many of the major campaign
promises he made in 1966. 1967.
1968. One of the campaign promises tha t
I recall was that we should have a volunteer
army. So I am gratified that the
Commission has come up with this StH;gestion
and also that the President's a t titude
has received the very strong support
and, of course, the very important
support of the distinguished majonl:;
leader as well as the distinguished Senator
from Ohio.
Mr. President. I might also make a
fw-ther remark that if the granting of
the franchise to 18-year-olds and up Js
in the mainstream of America's thinktll"
then , too, the present incumbent in the
White House, President Richard Nixm,.
also advocated this many years ago.
I would also like to say, in passing-, that
I think these attitude on lowering the
voting age, coupled with draft reiornh
already made and coupled with his attitude
on a volunteer army, cer t ainly
are factors why there is less youth unrest
in the country today and a greater
acceptability by the young people of the
present incumbent of the White House
Mr. MANSFIELD. I think It also
should be pointed out that the initial
legislation in this body for an all volunteer
army was in Record with what. the
President advocated during the campaign;
and if I remember col'l'cc t.ly, tlle
initiators of the legislation were the distinguished
Sena tor from Oregon t l\1J.
HATFIELD) and-! believe l am COITC'Ct in
saying this-the distinguished Senat.or
from Arizona tMr. GoLDWATER' joim·c
him, and also a number of Senators 0'1
t.his side, including the Senator from
Wisconsin !Hlcr for 11\s furLhet·
contribution. rnrtecJ'l.ed for ll lonM· tlme t.hP. COliC<'Pt of
1\ volun L<'CI" army as soon aH we n l'<' nbk
Lo move in that direction.
Mr. ST~::VENB. Mr. Pt"<'sldent, 1 wlsll
tu Join the distinguished majority leader
;;nd to congratulate him for holding out
hope to the 18-year-olds that we may
take the step to extend to them the voLmg
privilege. My State has the 19-yearold
law. Our 19-year-olds may vote. TI1ey
han~ bft>n respon~ible in exerc1sing t.h1s
r would like to urge that we make this
a bipartisan effort and that we do not
hold out. a' carrot to these young people
to let them believe we will finally take
this action and then not take it.
I think one of the great causes of unn::
st R.mong the young people in this
country is that they have not had an
opportunity to really have a piece of the
action. so to speak, as far as participation
in Government nationally is concemed.
I would hope we will do this.
I notice the suggestic n that the matter
might be tacked on to the civil I;ghts
legislation. I think that would be a good
place to put it; but, in any event, it
1\'ould seem to me that once we start t11e
ball rolling we must keep the ball rolling
because our young people have been disappointed
with us all too often because
we start things and then do not finish
I think the majority leader will find he
has a lot of Young Turks who will be
behind him in his efforts to extend the
voting privilege to 18-year-olds.
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. President.
anent the suggestion that the
franchise be accorded to persons under 21
years of age, ma.y I say that my colleague
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The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.
William Arrowsmith's translationa lively, modern, unexpurgated textrecaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Gitonthree impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.
II. Giton, Ascyltus, and I
III. Lost Treasure Recovered
IV. The Priestess of Priapus
V. Dinner with Trimalchio
VI. Giton, Ascyltus, and I Again
VII. I Meet Eumolpus
VIII. Old Loves and New Rivals
IX. Lichas and Tyrphaena
X. Discovered
XI. The Pleasures of Peace
XII. Shipwrecked
XIII. The Road to Croton
XIV. Eumolpus on the Writing of Poetry
XV. Life at Croton
XVI. Circe
XVII. A Second Attempt
XVIII. I Take Myself in Hand
XIX. Oenothea
XX. Interlude with Chrysis
XXI. Philomela
XXII. Restored
XXIII. Matters at Croton Come to a Head
XXIV. Eumolpus Makes His Will
Notes "This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."
"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.
A classic of literature."
"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation
at one stroke renders every other version obsolete."


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From Cuba With Auto Parts
MARLBORO, VT – Dan McArthur had always wanted to go to Cuba, but not as a typical tourist. And he didn't pack a typical suitcase when he left for the country. Instead, he filled his bags with auto parts.
He wound up trading car parts with the locals, on the news program Nightline, and headed back to the country with supplies.
After taking a class on Cuba at Marlboro College, McArthur went to Cuba. With his interest in cars to guide him, McArthur brought and exchanged auto parts with the Cubans.
The Trade Embargo makes the automobiles in Cuba antiques of the United States. McArthur, a self-described "gear-head" can name a car's maker and year as it goes down a Cuban street. A Vermont native, McAuthor says he spends his days in America fixing up antique cars while his trips to Cuba have allowed him the opportunity to put his skills to good work.
He explained the trade system as a win-win one. He traded the parts with the Cubans allowing them the opportunity to better fix their cars. At the same time, he was able to find rare auto parts for his cars back in Vermont.
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The chaplain is in the House
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These things are real
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The Status of Casinos in Iowa
By Ben Kieffer
In 2007 the state of Iowa allowed casinos to move from riverboats to land. Since that time several communities around the state have sought a piece of the casino action. But how many casinos are too many for Iowa?
"River to River" looks at current casino proposals in Warren and Linn Counties. We'll also examine why communities like Davenport and Sioux City are in the process of moving their casinos from riverboats to land.
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Woman accused of assaulting toddlerFebruary 13,2013Woman denies assault on child
NORTH BENNINGTON A woman who is staying at the Bennington Coalition for the Homeless shelter at 6 Bank St. was charged with two misdemeanors on Tuesday after police said they believed she had assaulted an 18-month-old child.
Adrienne Bowen, 22, pleaded innocent in Bennington criminal court to misdemeanor charges of domestic assault and cruelty to a child younger than 10.
In an affidavit, Detective Anthony Silvestro, of the Bennington Police Department, said he had begun to investigate Bowen because of a report made to the Vermont Department of Children and Families by an unnamed employee of the shelter.
On Monday, Silvestro and an investigator with the Department of Children and Families met with a person living in the shelter who was also not named in the affidavit. The resident claimed Bowen had picked up a child, who was born in August 2011, by the hand.
The resident said the child was held high enough to be swinging in the air and said Bowen twisted the childs arm and dropped her on the floor where she hit her head. The resident said Bowen kicked the childs foot before walking away.
On other occasions, the resident told investigators, Bowen dragged the child up some stairs by her arm.
Silvestro said Bowen told him that she gets stressed out very easily. She denied dropping and kicking the child but admitted to picking the child up by her arm.
She also told investigators she didnt want to have the child taken away from her.
Bowen was released without bail but ordered to observe a curfew and obey a safety plan created by the Department of Children and Families. She was also ordered not to use corporal punishment on the child.
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Late in the day, her two-course meal is ready. She ladles the broth into bowls and spreads the marrow on toast. And follows with a table-side magic act: pulling from the caldron turnip, potato, pork, beef, sausage and hen — entertainment for a cold night and hearty appetite.
We like to arrange the sharp turnips, smoky sausage and earthy leeks in earthen bowls, ones shaped and glazed by the family's newest potter. After all, pot au feu can also mean the pot itself. The earnest homemade meal looks at home in its earnest homemade pot.
Pot au feu
Prep: 45 minutes
Cook: About 1 hour, 45 minutes
Serves: 6
2 pounds boneless pork shoulder (butt), rolled and tied
2 cloves garlic, peeled and trimmed
1 onion, peeled, trimmed and quartered
1 bouquet garni (thyme, parsley and bay leaf tied into cheesecloth)
1 tablespoon coarse salt
10 peppercorns
3 smoked sausages, such as andouille
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Oh boy! A themed pattern! Isn't it about time some one wrote up a pattern so you can cover your Christmas in monsters this year? Don't forget, monster ornaments make great holiday decorations everywhere else, too! And, they make great gifts!
Meet Holly, Ivy and Steve, a trio of Christmas hooligans! This new knitting pattern from Danger Crafts will show you how to knit all three Christmas Ornaments out of sock yarn. Since it doesn't take much yarn to knit these ornaments, this is a great stash busting project for all those times you've bought a ball of sock yarn (with the best intentions) because it was pretty, or you were planning to knit all your socks in the future, or make a gift, or heard socks were easy, or....well you know how it goes. This pattern is very fun and once you knit one set of ornaments, you will find you want to knit enough monsters to decorate every house on your block!
Skill Level: Easy
Yarn: One 1.8 oz(50g) skein each of three colors of sock/fingering weight yarn.
Gauge: About 28 sts and 40 rows= 4"x4" square in Stockinette Stitch on Us Size 1's
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Maybe what is needed among NFL players trying to plead their case is a little "PR 101″ training. Because I was on their side until Adrian Peterson made his major "oops" statement Friday likening the NFL salary negotiations break down to slavery.
Peterson's rant started because he wanted the team owners to open their books. While I think an employee normally doesn't have the right to ask for this, since NFL salary and bonuses are sometimes tied to revenue it's a valid point.
Peterson said, ". . . If they have nothing to hide, just give us the information. Why not? Obviously, there's a lot to hide."
So far so good. But then he kept talking, saying, "It's modern-day slavery, you know?"
No Mr. Peterson, it most certainly is NOT modern-day slavery.
Peterson continued to show ignorance by saying, "…there are people working at regular jobs who get treated the same way, too. With all the money . . . the owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money."
Yes. All we little workers of the world have to deal with crappy deals. We work long hours and don't get paid what we should. But if we honestly believe our situation is akin to slavery? Come on, already.
Peterson showed just how out of touch he is with the average worker, which happens to buy the tickets to his games. If he was trying to endear himself and his cause to fans, he fell short.
Some folks are saying, "well he didn't mean it that way" and "it's just a word" but you know what? It's a word that has some incredibly painful history to it. It's not one to be used lightly, and it's certainly not meant to be thrown in the same sentence with million dollar salaries.
The thing I find most ironic is that Peterson wants the NFL owners to treat players with the respect befitting a business partner, and yet with his latest rant he has showed that he doesn't deserve it.


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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above,
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Simone Weil (February 3, 1909August 24, 1943) was a French philosopher and mystic.
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Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love - and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Anthills of the Savannah (1987), Achebe's candid vision of contemporary African politics, is a powerful fusion of angry voices. It continues the journey that Achebe began with his earlier novels, tracing the history of modern Africa through colonialism and beyond, and is a work ultimately filled with hope.
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Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son.
Chike and the Riverby Chinua Achebe
The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped.Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he doesn't have the sixpence he needs to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of his friend S.M.O.G., he embarks on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he is exposed to a range of new experiences that are both thrilling and terrifying, from eating his first skewer of suya under the shade of a mango tree, to visiting the village magician who promises to double the money in his pocket. Once he finally makes it across the river, Chike realizes that life on the other side is far different from his expectations, and he must find the courage within him to make it home. Chike and the River is a magical tale of boundaries, bravery, and growth, by Chinua Achebe, one of the world's most beloved and admired storytellers.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Collected Poemsby Chinua Achebe
A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human relationships.
The Education of a British-Protected Childby Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe is one of the towering figures in world literature, whose writing forged new ways of expression and overturned perceptions of Africa permanently. This unprecedented volume of autobiographical essays, many of which have never been published before, is one of his most powerful and personal works to date. The pieces here span reflections on personal and collective identity, on home and family, on literature, language and politics, and on Achebe's lifelong attempt to reclaim the definition of 'Africa' for its own authorship. For the first thirty years of his life, before Nigeria's independence in 1960, Achebe was officially defined as a 'British Protected Person'. In 'The Education of a British-Protected Child' he gives us a vivid, ironic and delicately nuanced portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its 'middle ground', interrogating both his happy memories of reading English adventure stories in secondary school and also the harsher truths of colonial rule. In some pieces Achebe's extraordinary family come to the fore, such as 'My Dad and Me' and 'My Daughters'. Here too are writings on Achebe's complex and often tense relationship with his native land over the last half-century, such as 'What is Nigeria to Me?', which criticizes the failures of the post-colonial nation. There are also many opinionated and heartfelt political pieces tackling racism and the world's view of Africa, such as 'Travelling White', describing his experiences of segregation on buses in Rhodesia, and 'Africa is People', a positive call for the West to cancel Third World debt. Infused with wry, self-deprecating wit, honesty and passion, these writings give us a new and unique insight into Achebe the writer, and the man.
La flecha de Diosby Chinua Achebe
Ezeulu, el sumo sacerdote del dios Ulu, es reverenciado en las seis aldeas de Umuaro, pero empieza a ver amenazada su autoridad por sus rivales de la tribu, por el gobierno de los blancos e incluso por su propia famila. Sin embargo, se siente intocable: ¿acaso no es él la flecha en el arco de su dios? Armado con sus creencias, está dispuesto a dirigir a su pueblo aunque eso conlleve destruir y aniquilar, pero quizá el pueblo no se deje dominar tan fácilmente.«El escritor en cuya compañía cayeron los muros de la prisión.»NELSON MANDELA
Girls at Warby Chinua Achebe
Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.
Girls at War and Other Storiesby Chinua Achebe
Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.
Un hombre del puebloby Chinua Achebe
odili, un maestro de escuela, visita a su antiguo maestro, el jefe Nanga, convertido ahora en el todopoderoso y corrupto ministro de Cultura. La riqueza y el prestigio de Nanga seducen a la novia de Odili; para vengarse, Odili empieza a insinuarse a la prometida de Nanga, y se involucra en la formación de un partido opositor. Cuando triunfe un golpe de estado militar, Nanga caerá en desgracia y Odili se convertirá en el nuevo todopoderoso y corrupto ministro.«Muchos de nosotros vivimos, o hemos vivido, bajo regímenes cuya moralidad nadie ha descrito mejor que Chinua Achebe en su novela Un hombre del pueblo.»NADINE GORDIMER
Home and Exileby Chinua Achebe
More personally revealing than anything Achebe has written, "Home and Exile"--the great Nigerian novelist's first book in more than ten years--is a major statement on the importance of stories as real sources of power, especially for those whose stories have traditionally been told by outsiders. In three elegant essays, Achebe seeks to rescue African culture from narratives written about it by Europeans. Looking through the prism of his experiences as a student in English schools in Nigeria, he provides devastating examples of European cultural imperialism. He examines the impact that his novel "Things Fall Apart" had on efforts to reclaim Africa's story. And he argues for the importance of writing and living the African experience because, he believes, Africa needs stories told by Africans.
Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essaysby Chinua Achebe
One of the most provocative and original voices in contemporary literature, Chinua Achebe here considers the place of literature and art in our society in a collection of essays spanning his best writing and lectures from the last twenty-three years. For Achebe, overcoming goes hand in hand with eradicating the destructive effects of racism and injustice in Western society. He reveals the impediments that still stand in the way of open, equal dialogue between Africans and Europeans, between blacks and whites, but also instills us with hope that they will soon be overcome.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Man of the People: A Novelby Chinua Achebe
By the renowned author of "Things Fall Apart", this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds.
Me alegraría de otra muerteby Chinua Achebe
Obi Okonkwo es un joven idealista que, gracias a los privilegios de haberse formado en Inglaterra, regresa a Nigeria para trabajar en la administración pública. Sin embargo, se encuentra con un gobierno que opera con maniobras sucias y sobornos. Cuando -para disgusto de sus padres- se enamora de la muchacha equivocada, se sumerge en un caos emocional y económico. El dinero fácil es ahora irrechazable, y Obi cae en una trampa de la que le resultará muy difícil escapar.«La literatura africana sería impensable y estaría incompleta sin las obras de Chinua Achebe. En pasión, intelecto y prosa cristalina, no hay escritor que lo haya superado.»TONI MORRISON
No Longer at Easeby Chinua Achebe
The second book in Achebe's "African trilogy": A classic story of personal and moral struggle as well as turbulent social conflict. When Obi Okonkwo--grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart--returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. He's become a part of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. Forced to choose between traditional values and the demands of a changing world, he finds himself trapped between the expectations of his family, his village, and the larger society around him. With unequaled clarity and poignancy, Chinua Achebe's No Longer at Ease remains a brilliant statement of the challenges facing Nigeria today.
Termiteros de la sabanaby Chinua Achebe
Chris, Ikem y Beatrice son tres estudiantes que comparten opiniones políticas y tratan de sobrevivir bajo la dictadura de un presidente educado en una academia militar británica. Unidos por la lucha contra la tiranía, la relación entre los tres jóvenes da un giro radical cuando cambia el régimen político y Chris y Beatrice pasan a trabajar para el gobierno, mientras que Ikem se convierte en redactor de un periódico opositor. Pero en un mundo en que cada nuevo día conlleva una nueva traición, Beatrice se niega a rendirse y a renunciar a la esperanza.«Un libro sabio, estimulante y necesario, un poderoso antídoto a los comentaristas cínicos que, desde la otra orilla, jamás ven que salga nada nuevo de África.»Financial Times
Things Fall Apartby Chinua Achebe
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Things Fall Apart (Adapted)by Chinua Achebe Sandra Widner
Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.
Things Fall Apart and Related Readingsby Chinua Achebe
A book containing Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and other great poems, stories and essays.
Things Fall Apart, with Connectionsby Chinua Achebe
The classic novel Things Fall Apart along with related materials: a poem, interviews, a speech, fables, a short story, and a short biography of Achebe.
Todo se desmoronaby Chinua Achebe
Okonkwo es un gran guerrero, cuya fama se extiende por todo el África Occidental, pero al matar por accidente a un prohombre de su clan es obligado a expiar su culpa con el sacrificio de su hijastro y el exilio. Cuando por fin puede regresar a su aldea, la encuentra repleta de misioneros y gobernadores británicos. Su mundo se desmorona, y él no puede más que precipitarse hacia la tragedia. Esta apasionada parábola sobre un hombre orgulloso que, desamparado, presencia la ruina de su pueblo fue publicada en 1958, y desde entonces ha vendido más de diez millones de ejemplares en cuarenta y cinco idiomas.«Sus sólidas obras sobre la vida que fue destruida a consecuencia del mandato colonial son modélicas como reconstrucciones históricas y también como pruebas de su maestría estilística.»WOLE SOYINKA
The Trouble with Nigeriaby Chinua Achebe
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.
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Do not use the current economic crisis as an excuse to attack intellectual and academic freedom, or to de-emphasize the role of accurate, rigorous and scientific studies in shaping sexuality policy, health promotion and intervention.
Lawmakers in Georgia and Florida are beginning to use 'budget cuts' as an excuse for targeting programs and courses on sexuality, queer and women's studies. Georgia State University is being forced to testify TODAY in front of the state senate about 'questionable' faculty research and course offerings on sexuality. At Florida Atlantic University, the administration is trying to suspend the Women's Studies program.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not: Sword Swallowers Day
Let's get to the point: The Oscars aren't the only spectacle to behold this weekend. It's World Sword Swallowers Day on Saturday, February 23, and this (literally) jaw-dropping celebration will be going on at Ripley's Believe It or Not on Hollywood Boulevard starting at 1:30pm sharp! (Sharp, get it? Thought you would.)
Whether you're a professional sword swallower or just like to watch, you're invited to join the festivities in front of Ripley's and pay homage to this ancient and dangerous art. But before you do, make sure to take a look at our video featuring the incredible Brett Loudermilk and Amy Amnesia. The show is free. Witness it your own risk. PS: If you don't like to swallow, don't worry. There's a new Ripley's Believe It or Not! app featuring iSword, which allows you to enjoy all the fun of sword swallowing without any of the danger!
Venice Beach Freakshow: Sword Swallowers Day
It's World Sword Swallowers Day on Saturday, February 23 and there's no better way to celebrate than with the cast from AMC's new reality series "Freakshow," which follows Todd Ray's quirky family business -- the Venice Beach Freakshow. (www.amctv.com/shows/freakshow/about) Along with strange artifacts and the world's largest collection of two-headed animals, the Venice Beach Freak Show is the only place on earth where you can enjoy the spectacle of sword swallowing all year round. And they brought their eye-popping, jaw-dropping party to our studio this morning. Prepare to be amazed with the death-defying feats of 20-year-old sword swallower and fire eater Asia Ray, Brianna Belladonna (who holds two world records in sword swallowing), and Morgue, a performance artist who takes sword swallowing to an entirely new level of extreme. (Seriously. You have to see it to believe it.) Watch the Ray family and their curious cast of characters Thursdays at 9:30pm on AMC.
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Back Pocket Press is a zine distro based out of Ypsilanti, MI, started in the fall of 2013. They carry zines that are personal, political, or that explore the overlap of these themes. They focus on zines that "provide useful and beautiful information, speak the truth about lived experiences, tell secrets about yourself to your face, and bring only whispered words to paper. [T]he kind of zines you can keep in your back pocket for later, for when you need them, on a bus ride full of strangers or in the early morning air." They carry zines in English and Spanish, take pay pal or a check/money in the mail, and accept submissions.
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I have been working at New World IT Solutions full-time for more than 5 years
Pros – Best in class pay and bonuses. Flexible work hours and option to work from home office. There are currently branches in Kottayam, Bangalore and Cochin. This helps the management of deliveries to most of the Kerala Regions. Another plus is the option for educating the customer about how the product is best for them, given as default.
Cons – Long hours you need to put in weekly take away from time spend with family. Although i still haven't received any complaints from any of our clients till now, the company currently don't support delivery to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Punjab thus loosing out on orders worth millions of rupees.
Advice to Senior Management – Please recruit more employees and open new branches since the demand is greater than what the current employees can handle. The professional management needn't be so strict as to impose sales predictions and targets for such a low profile company.
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by Kaye Bennett
Just two years after graduating from Kalamazoo College, Sarah Allexan '11 has already co-authored a paper that not only caught the attention of the news media, but has also clarified a long-standing question embedded in a classic children's book. Not a bad start to her medical career.
Allexan, a native of Englewood, Colorado, majored in biology at K, captained the cross-country and lacrosse teams, and sang with the women's a capella group. Her study abroad program was in Ecuador, and she did an externship at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and an internship at the Seattle Aquarium. Her Senior Individualized Project was based on research she did at the University of California San Diego in the area of anti-inflammatory hormones used to treat sepsis. An impressive "more in four!"
After graduating from K, Allexan worked for a few months in the emergency department of a Littleton, Colorado, hospital, before getting a job as a research assistant in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor.
That was when Allexan met Beth Tarini, M.D., a pediatrician, professor, and researcher at the University, and started (though she didn't suspect it at the time) on the road to the media spotlight.
In Ann Arbor, Allexan's primary job was to interview parents of newly diagnosed cystic fibrosis patients, with the goal of helping medical providers communicate better, helping parents understand the devastating disease they and their child were facing. But, says Allexan, her workload was slow at times, so she asked Tarini if there were additional tasks she could be doing.
Tarini saw Allexan's offer as a way to help her finish a project she had started ten years earlier. "Beth brought in an old dilapidated brown box," remembers Allexan. "She said, 'I have job for you to do.'"
While she was a medical student at the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Tarini told Allexan, she had asked an instructor, "Can scarlet fever cause blindness?" Without hesitating, the professor told Tarini that no, scarlet fever does not cause blindness.
"But," Tarini had persisted, "It happened in Little House on the Prairie." Like all fans of the classic series, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and detailing her childhood in mid-West America in the last third of the nineteenth century, Tarini knew full well that Laura's sister Mary had become blind following a bout of scarlet fever.
No, the instructor insisted, that's not real; scarlet fever does not cause blindness. But Tarini was not convinced, and now, ten years hence, as a pediatrician, she had seen the real fear on parents' faces after their child was diagnosed with scarlet fever (or scarletina, a friendlier-sounding term, which is more commonly used today). If the parents were familiar with the Little House books—and many of them were—they feared their child might become blind as a result.
So Tarini still had it in the back of her mind that she wanted to explore the disease and the books; what she didn't have was the time to do it. Allexan's offer was her answer.
"I really got into it," says Allexan, who had also read the Little House books as a child. "It was my job to gather all the information I could."
Despite a lack of encouragement from colleagues, who told them that no one really cared what the answer to the old question was, they kept working on it. "We kept it up because we liked it," says Allexan.
Allexan tried to track down all the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She worked with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Association in Minnesota, finally locating Wilder's diary. Allexan learned that, by the late 1920s, Wilder feared that people were forgetting the stories of the American pioneers, so she and her daughter, Rose, wrote Wilder's memories down and sent them to a publisher. The publisher wanted the memoir re-written, in the form of children's stories. That's when the Little House on the Prairie series was born and, says Allexan, that's when the particular statement she was researching, attributing Mary's blindness to scarlet fever, came into being.
Earlier references in Wilder's diary, she found, referred to Mary's disease as "brain fever" or as a "spinal sickness," but along the way, editors apparently wanted to give the disease a name that readers would be more familiar with. Allexan says the change to scarlet fever appears to have been an "editing artifact."
Along with co-authors ophthalmologist Jerome Finkelstein, M.D., and infectious disease specialist Carrie Byington, M.D., Tarini and Allexan compiled their work and their conclusions and submitted it as an historical perspective to Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, where it was published in February 2013. By this time Allexan had started medical school at the University of Colorado.
To the authors' surprise, the study caught the eye of both news media
"She said, 'I have job for you to do.'"and the medical community. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the University of Michigan issued press releases about the study, and the media frenzy began.
In early February 2013, Allexan recalls, she was studying in the university library in the morning and being interviewed by USA Today, The Associated Press, and Health Day (a syndicator of medical news) in the afternoon. Tarini was also interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered, and the story was ultimately covered in news media around the world.
Physicians, says Allexan, agree with the study's conclusions, despite records from the late 1800s indicating that scarlet fever was the fourth leading cause of blindness. Physicians now believe that Mary Ingalls's blindness was most likely due to viral meningitis, which can cause damage to the optic nerve. That would explain why the memoirs say that, after Mary became blind, her eyes did not look any different. Other causes of blindness might have left external evidence, which could be seen on the patient's eyes by others.
Despite its esoteric nature, both Allexan and Tarini see a real value to their labor of love. As Tarini said in the New York Times (Feb. 4, 2013), "If I say 'scarlet fever' and a mother is thinking 'Mary Ingalls,' then, if I don't pull that out, I'm not doing my job." Allexan agrees, but she has also found personal value in the work. Tarini, she says, "taught me clinical reasoning skills. It's helped me out in medical school already."
Little House fans, colleagues, friends and family are urging Tarini and Allexan to keep up the detective work. They've been invited to speak at the next LauraPalooza, a conference for Laura Ingalls Wilder fans, educators and academics, in 2015, and people are asking them to figure out what health issues dogged Almanzo, Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband, throughout his life. But Allexan is busy with her medical studies now, just as Tarini had been ten years ago, so questions like that may take awhile--and possibly a new K graduate with time on her hands--to answer.
Photo 1 - The preparation of a medical detective is quite liberal arts-ish. It includes canoeing (with the Kalamazoo Outing Club and first-year roommate Tova Berg '11).
Photo 2 - Study abroad in Ecuador.
Photo 3 - Running for the K cross-country team (Sarah is second from left).
Photo 4 - Sarah and boyfriend Caleb Kline '13 on campus.
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Williamson Medical Center announced today a proposal to expand its facility to include upgraded surgical suites and an adjoining tower for pediatric services that will be named the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Williamson Medical Center.
"As more families move to the area and the needs of our community continue to expand, we must broaden our services to meet those expectations," said Don Webb, F.H.F.M.A.,
WMC chief executive officer. "When it comes to the health of their children, parents want to know their young ones will be treated with exceptional specialized care. Through our affiliation with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, we will be able to provide the highest quality pediatric care right here in Williamson County at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Williamson Medical Center."
Pending approval from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency,
Williamson Medical Center's multi-phase, multi-year project will mark the first major campus expansion in eight years and the second time since moving to its current location in 1986.
Webb served as chief financial officer in 2004 when WMC successfully completed a $200 million expansion that included two additional floors on the main building and the construction of an adjoining medical office building and outpatient surgery center.
"We are thankful to have the support from a forward-thinking group of leaders that understands the important role quality health care plays in the prosperity of the communities we serve," Webb said.
Surgical suites
One component of the construction project includes renovation and expansion of the surgery suite and surgical support areas that will add two operating rooms and reconfigure six existing rooms. The new operating rooms, which will increase WMC's total number to 12, will be located on the north side of the building.
Pediatrics tower
In addition to the surgical suite renovations, WMC's proposed project includes construction of a three-story tower connected to the Medical Center's existing Emergency Department on the west side of the building. The bottom floor of the tower will provide access to an adjoining but separate emergency department dedicated to children, the top floor will serve as a pediatrics wing to include 12 pediatric inpatient beds and four observation beds, and the middle floor will remain vacant for future expansion of WMC's Labor and Delivery Department.
With more than 6,000 children already being treated annually by Emergency Department staff, WMC's leaders determined a need to provide additional pediatric services to families in Williamson County and surrounding areas.
As a result of the strategic affiliation agreement signed last September with Vanderbilt, the new pediatric tower will provide a collaborative approach to care between WMC and Vanderbilt physicians and staff.
"Our affiliation with Williamson Medical Center created this important opportunity to expand the scope of pediatric services in Williamson County," said C. Wright Pinson, MBA, M.D., deputy vice chancellor for Health Affairs for Vanderbilt University and CEO of the Vanderbilt Health System. "We hope the families of Williamson County will be pleased to learn they will be able to more conveniently receive a broad scope of children's services currently available only at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital."
Williamson Medical Center is a 185-bed hospital fully accredited by The Joint Commission that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care including emergency services, with credentialed physicians in 53 specialties and sub-specialties. The community focused hospital offers a wide range of wellness services, screenings and classes.
For information about Williamson Medical Center, visit www.williamsonmedicalcenter.org.
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text: I am trying to install a 60" tub and there is barely enough room to fit it in. I have no room to maneuver it in the baseboard heat and finished tile is stopping me for laying it flat of the floor and installing it? Are there any tricks or suggestions on how to get this in?


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Ooo Skyblock?
Erm. Sure. Cool beans. You still doing that skyblock thing? I dunno when you guys wanna go on through. Or how the smeg you go about finding somebody on the server.
Ooo Skyblock?
The kombucha mushroom people, sitting around all day.
ya i want to find a good pvp one
ya. if you guys want to play right now, im not doing anything until later
Going on now is cool with me. Just tryin' ta find a decent/active server. Suggestions? '_'
how about this 1? mc.legendcraft.beastnode.net
Last edited by Evil_Cake; 11-17-2012 at 03:38 PM.
ok im gonna go on that one. I'll see you guys on it then?
edit: I can't seem to connect to it
Yeah. Me neither.
Might be overloaded, I think that's what error 503 means...


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Who We Are
The Harbourfront Restaurant is situated right on the harbour at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI). It offers the perfect setting for either a casual lunch or an elegant dining experience. The varied menu features a selection of the freshest fish and seafood and dry Aged Meats with a wonderful selection of specialty dishes created with the utmost care and attention. We also offer a sushi and tempura Bar. In addition, we can cater to groups for special occasion.
You can book online using our online reservation form by clicking here.
Check out the article about Harbourfront on korin.com
Lunch: From 11:45am to 3:00pm
Dinner: From 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Sushi: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Happy Hour: Monday through Friday 5:00pm-6:30pm
Take out available from sushi and à la carte menu
Dress Code
Smart Casual
General Manager: Pierangelo Lanfranchi


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Over 550 cubic inches of gear capacity.
Dimensions: Main compartment: 9" W x 7" D x 9" H.