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By Ahura Mujuni Mark
Comedian Paddy Bitama was on Monday laid to rest at his father's home in Mitala Maria Mpigi district.
The body of Bitama arrived at the home of Peter Kasozi Njegula on Sunday amidst heavy security.
The burial on Monday saw different families, Sam Tamale's family and Njegula reconcile over figure pointing and disagreements since Bitama died last week.The burial was attended by different artistes and opposition politicians Bitama was attached to.
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Winter flounder fishing
The association between big winter flounder and the estuaries of Devon and Cornwall is a strong one, built up over the years on reports of fish averaging 3lbs and, on occasions, topping 5lbs. Many believe that it's the areas southern exposure to milder winters keeping the shore crabs peeling that keeps the flounder fishing standard so high. This certainly is a factor, but there is another area that gets an equally good run which gets no publicity and sees very few anglers targeting flounder. It's also argued that the fish are smaller, though evidence suggests this may not be the case. Where is this flatfish mecca?
Wales! Look at the map of the principality and from north to south you'll see a coastline frequently interrupted by estuaries of differing sizes. These are full of fat winter flounder that rarely see a hook.
In North Wales, the Dee Estuary at Mostyn gives consistent catches but the fish rarely top a genuine 2lbs, though overall numbers taken can be excellent with upto a dozen fish per rod. Likewise the Conway Estuary at Deganwy which can give equal numbers of fish, but with a better chance of a 2lb plus specimen. However, neither of these estuaries could be classed as the top marks.
The Mid Wales coast of Cardigan Bay has no less than four major estuaries flooding into the sea along a 60 mile length as the crow flies. Working north to south these are the Traeth Bach at Porthmadog, Mawddach Estuary at Barmouth, Dovey Estuary at Aberdovey and the Teifi Estuary at Cardigan.
Not to be outdone, South Wales also has it's winter fisheries inside the Tywi and Loughor between Carmarthen and Swansea.
All these estuaries have a makeup incorporating muddy creeks and saltmarshes, giving onto clean sandy gullies leading into the main channel. Crabs are common along the weed filled edges, with rag and lugworm resident in the mud and sand, cockles in the sand banks, and extensive mussel beds both in the mid tide level and below the low water line. Food is not a problem.
These are the estuaries to concentrate on if it's both quantity and quality you seek, without the need to fish shoulder to shoulder with like minded anglers. Also, your single bait has more chance of being picked up by a big fish than when having to compete with scores of others.
It's the early winter floods that start to make the flounder work back down the estuaries from their summer feeding in the headwaters towards the deeper main channels adjacent to the sea. It is not the melting snow from high moors and mountains that sparks this off as so many past books and written works have suggested. This migration is gradual, beginning in October, accelerating in November and December, peaking in January and falling away to nothing during February and March.
Though the acidic high level rain washing down into the estuary moves the flounder on, they do not feed well during such spate conditions. It's when the flood waters have passed through and a fresh sea tide has revitalized the estuarine waters that the flounder once more eat.
If it's simply numbers of fish you're after, then fish in October, November and early December. This is when the bulk of fish are feeding up around the mouth of the estuary and are concentrated in tight groups inside the deeper channels. By mid December the quantity has gone.
From Christmas through until mid to late February is when the biggest fish come. The Traeth Bach has seen rod caught fish to 3 lbs, the Mawddach 3 lbers, a 7lb fish in excess of the British record was netted at the Dovey mouth during 1989. The Teifi, Tywi and Loughor also hold 3lb plus flats. All these are post Christmas fish. More angling pressure at this time when the more attractive cod elsewhere take precedence would yield bigger fish still.
Tides and their size do have a bearing on catches, but not to such a degree as on other species. Flounder in the autumn and winter tend to feed best on the low water and early flood of a spring tide. This is because the heavy concentration of freshwater is diluted quicker with the strong tidal push. Neap tides and weaker currents keep the dilution factor delayed and it's the middle flood period before fish really start to bite.
The bigger post Christmas fish adopt a different behaviour pattern. They feed best during the last two hours of the ebbing tide and the first two hours of a new flood, but in clear water. Fewer big fish over 2lbs are taken when the water is dirty and full of suspended sediment. Also these bigger fish are not necessarily taken from the deeper channels. Often they sit in the mouths of shallower side creeks in only a foot of water, half buried, sunning themselves. They are less easy to catch though, when living in the creeks.
Daylight against darkness is an arguable point. Daylight definitely gives the greater number of fish, but the size is down. Dawn is poor, but dusk, this being the last two hours of daylight for our purposes, gives a high chance of a 2lb plus specimen, especially if the tide falls exactly low as the light starts to fail.
Flounder do not like dead calm conditions with a glassy estuary and a clear sky that will inevitably lead to frost. Clear skies, yes! But a ruffling breeze to take the clarity off the waters surface gives them the confidence to move. Without it, they sit tight camouflaged by the sand over their backs.
This can be noted by dour periods of sport that suddenly come alive as a light breeze off the sea comes with the flooding tide and puts small wavelets on the estuaries surface.
Surprisingly, fresh falling rain after a dry period of frosts can put both the smaller and bigger fish very much on the feed. But only if the rain coming into the estuary is light. Once a downpour or prolonged bout of rain occurs and makes it's presence felt down towards the mouth, then catches again decrease.
These winter fish will stay in the deeper main channels and in the mouths of the main tidal creeks that feed from the shallow saltmarshes. This helps protect them from the dramatic climate changes of air and water temperature that can occur at this time. This applies to the pre Christmas period.
The post Christmas spell sees fish only in the parent channel of the estuary with a direct link to the open sea. In all cases pick out the deeper holes and gutters, work baits along the bottom edges of sandbanks, and around eddies that cause a build up of waterborne debris and food.
We've already mentioned mussel beds. Unlike the spring and summer fish the winter flounder work only along the edges of the beds and not over the top of the shellfish. They're looking for vulnerable broken mussels mugged by the storms.
A classic mark for bigger fish is the lower edges of rocks where the sand starts, especially if the water is deep, over ten feet. A generalization is that sandy marks fish better than muddy bottoms.
Winter flounder are not as greedy as those easy to catch spring fish fresh from the rigors of spawning. They are more choosy, bite less vigorously, and take time swallowing the bait which has to be smaller than the spring and early summer baits.
Crab does continue to peel in North and Mid Wales through November and in South Wales almost until Christmas, but then disappears. If you can get it, use the crab! This is the best bait for the slightly coloured water. Use just enough to fill the shank of a Mustad Limerick 1/0 or Mustad Viking in the same size. When this section has been bound on with thin elastic thread used sparingly add a peeled claw over the point and barb as a disguise, but keeping the point clear. Some anglers fish bigger baits on 2/0′s and 3/0′s but it makes no difference to the size of the fish hooked.
Lugworm is the other coloured water bait. Fish a single worm slid over the hook shank and up the line a little tail first. Keep the head section with all it's scent and juice near to the hooks point. Lug tends to fish better for the smaller fish anyway and is not a first choice bait.
King rag is reliable as the first fish are coming down the estuary with the first autumnal floods. Deep into winter and it catches fewer fish. To present it, break a couple of sections of the body and slide them up the hook, adding a little length of tail to the point to move in the tide. Fishes best as waters have cleared.
White rag is not a good winter bait for flounders. It takes too many smaller flounder and attracts the unwanted school bass that still remain around the estuary bars. However, it can be good as a tipping to lug when fish are finicky. Mustad Aberdeen blue hooks are a better hook pattern when using worm, though for more strength try a Kamasan in sizes upto 1/0.
One of the best and most under rated baits is mussel. This is especially so and surprise when used close to mussel banks after storms. Fish it on size 1/0 hooks using a single mussel with a little thread for security.
Cockle can be taken with gusto at all times, though does fish best in clear water tight in to the waters edge in fading light. You'll need three or four slid round the shank and bend of the hook. A single cockle also proves a much better tipping than anything else used in conjunction with lug, king rag, and mussel.
Lastly, and this will surprise a few, don't neglect mackerel strip. A surprising number of big flounder have and will be caught on mackerel. Cut the strips about 2ins long and half an inch wide leaving plenty of scent holding flesh on the skin. Wrap the bait around the shank with the flesh on the inside with thread. This slows down the release of scent and gives the bait a longer fishing time for the lethargic flounder to find it. Aberdeen hook patterns are best for this.
Light tackle used in summer, such as spinning rods and 6 to 8lb line, is not always suitable for this winter period. Weed in the water after storms, and the need to get a bait out into the deeper holes, tends to need a more powerful rod and heavier lead. Light bass rods throwing 2-4ozs are a better choice used in conjunction with a small multiplier or fixed spool reel and line between 10 and 15lbs, depending on the type of ground you're fishing.
Try to keep these as simple as possible. This is not a fish that needs state of the art match rigs to be caught. A simple single hook flowing trace rig with a hook length about 18″ long is a consistent fish taker. Mount the hook length close behind the lead to keep the bait close to the seabed. This rig is the best choice for the bigger 2lb plus flatties.
When the water is coloured with limited visibility, revert to a two hook rig with short 9″ snoods. The close proximity of two baits with their added scent trail puts more fish in the bag. Space the hook snoods equally between the lead and the main top trace swivel.
Hook lengths should be made from 15lb line. Going heavier does not mean you'll not catch fish, but certainly the finer lines do get more hook ups than the heavier diameters.
Providing you've picked out a good spot that holds flounder, then simply static ledgering will get some fish, but flounder do like a moving bait and the bag will be doubled if you work with the tide letting the bait roll into all the gutters and holes that harbour the flounder.
Use the lighter leads between 2 and 3ozs that will go with the tide, but don't do this from a static position yourself. Having cast out, walk with the tide, keeping pace with it. You'll realise that the line stays directly out from you and does not swing inshore. Bites from a flounder hitting a moving bait are far more aggressive than when taking a static one. When they "pounce" keep the bait moving a little and they'll hook themselves.
Flounder cannot be classed as fighting fish, but even on the bass rod they can twist and turn in the tide, and have a habit of pushing their bodies against the sand and increasing their weight on the rod tip and hook hold. A fun fish rather than a sport fish.


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CCBC Athletics administrators Marc Ershler and Greg Witkop announced that a total of 22 CCBC student-athletes were recognized for their play in various sports this fall, according to a news release.
From the Catonsville campus, Adam Byrnes and Tyler Farrell were picked to the All Region XX Second Team in men's soccer. And Danielle Southwell was named to the All Region XX First Team and All MD JUCO Second team, it states.
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Mew-Genics developer Team Meat released the second track, "Dirty Mittens," for its upcoming cat-breeding game. The game's music is being produced by two-man band Ridiculon. "Dirty Mittens," is an upbeat, brassy track available to download for $1 via Ridiculon's Bandcamp page. According to Team Meat co-founder Edmund McMillen, the song is one of 12 "jukebox" tracks that will loop through the game. "They change with the weather, so when it starts to rain it will cue up the slow moody tracks, or when it gets really hot the more fast paced tracks appear," McMillen wrote. You can listen to the track above. Team Meat released the first song from the game's soundtrack, "The Ballad of D. Claude," earlier this year. Mew-Genics is currently being developed for Android, iOS and Steam. A...
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A new video teaser for Team Meat's upcoming game, Mew-Genics, offers viewers a look at the process behind the game's music, all of which is written and produced by Ridiculon. Ridiculon is two-man band made up of Matthias Bossi and John Evans. Bossi and Evans talk briefly about how they got involved with Mew-Genics and give viewers a more in-depth look at their music-making process. The game will feature 10 songs with lyrics, including "Black Pussy," "Butch's Alley," "D Claude" and "Cat Chase." Team Meat continues to release new information about Mew-Genics on a weekly basis. Last week, Ed McMillen revealed that the game will include cat races. Mew-Genics does not yet have a release date.
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The latest teaser for Team Meat's upcoming cat-centric title, Mew-Genics, has arrived, and this week brings the musicals fruits of the title theme, "Cat Chase." According to Edmund McMillen, who posted the update, the game's music is being penned and composed by Jon Evans and Matthias Bossi, who voiced the narrator in The Binding of Isaac. Mew-Genics will feature a full album with more than 20 studio-recorded tracks, half of which will contain lyrics. "We really wanted to make the game's music feature extended themes of the game or small stories within each song, kind of how Katamari did it in a way, except all our songs are about cats!" McMillen wrote. Team Meat continues to reveal details about Mew-Genics on a weekly basis. Last week, McMillen wrote that players will never get the...


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Cons: Maintenance and parts you have to find someone who knows how to work on this car. Most BMW dealers do not have the right technicians that can handle it. This was a 1980's Formula 1 hand built engine and if anything happens to it... you're gonna pay. Sound, the 4-banger is just loud with a stock exhaust, it will wake your neighbors or give you a migraine after an hour of driving. This car is not for everyone.
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A True Classic by Jay on 08/01/2004. Trim: 1988 BMW M3 Coupe, Owned more than 10 years.
Pros: Handling and ability to attract attention. I fell in love with this car the day I saw it. I have owned one for 10 years now and I will never give it up. I don't drive it much, but when I do, I feel like I am a little kid who just got a go-kart for his birthday.
Cons: Expensive to maintain -- lots of people add fake wings and body kits and badges to make their 325 look like an M3, I hate that.
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Pros: This is the only true M3 race car. Imitated by automakers, street racers and the supposedly fast and furious. Will still smoke anything on a treacherous winding mountain road.
Cons: Not for the weak-hearted. Novices please stay away for your own sake...play with your hondas, acuras, subarus, mazdas and toyotas for a decade and then re-apply. To the affluent wannabes--stick to the new, anesthetized M3's...you'll be happier and everyone will be safer.
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Cons: Not too many people actually know how to work on these cars anymore, even the dealer. But there is a large support group on-line. The parts can be very pricey and hard to get even for a BMW (ie. the spark plug tool). If your looking for a luxury car look to one of the newer M-series this is a race car.
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There was a television show back in the fourteenth century called "Sea Hunt," starring Lloyd Bridges (he the uberly nervous air traffic controller in the movie "Airplane,"..."I picked the wrong day to quit drinking") where the lead character named Mike Nelson (there's a name that couldn't offend anyone) spends the entire show underwater, searching for lost treasure, wading through seaweed over galleons of long sunken pirate ships. Once in a while a diving companion might run low on oxygen (her tanks' regulator minfunctioning) and Mike would have to share his air supply with the inevitable blonde bomshell (who seemingly already had magnificent lungs). He might also free a squirming dolphin from a bad guy fisherman's net...give Jacques Cousteau a diving lesson...spear a shark with a blowgun...and solve an international marine crisis.
In any case, by show's end, God would be in his heaven, the blonde would be very grateful, and Mike would be on dry land.
I sure hope Mike Rutherford breaches the surface soon. Gets back on dry land. Strides through the beach, his floppy finned footsteps leaving huge prints in the sand, as he stops to shake out his water soaked laptop. Soon he's on his tush, firing up his keyboard, as a picknicing family looks on astonished.
What will his first words be?
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I will admit that the HHS contraception rule does ask these Catholic clerics to sacrifice something. But what is this sacrifice? Simply to allow the women who work for their organizations to be offered contraceptive coverage by their insurers. To refuse this sacrifice is not to uphold civil society. It is to refuse to participate in it.
Toward the end of their statement, the 15 bishops who signed this statement called on every U.S. Catholic to join in a "great national campaign" on behalf of religious liberty. More specifically, they called for a "Fortnight for Freedom" concluding with the Fourth of July when U.S. dioceses can celebrate both religious liberty and martyrs who have died for the Catholic cause.
As Independence Day approaches, I have a prediction. I predict that rank-and-file American Catholics will ignore this call.
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1. Br. Michael wrote:
This quite simply is a lie. The Catholics will still be required to pay the premiums. And if the insurers are truly being required to offer this coverage with out any compensation then it is an unconstitutional taking of property. In addition those organizations that are self insured will still have to pay.
What then? Why the big deal about offering a little incense to Caesar? It doesn't cost much.
The very gall in this person deciding another person's conscience!April 17, 3:46 pm | [comment link]
2. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:
This is a very dangerous logic to follow: "To refuse this sacrifice is not to uphold civil society. It is to refuse to participate in it."April 17, 5:04 pm | [comment link]
3. MichaelA wrote:
Errr, what else is a bishop supposed to do? Doesn't a CEO or General Manager speak on behalf of their organisation? If some RCs don't agree with their bishops, they are equally entitled to say so. But that is not a reason to infer that the bishops are not entitled by their office to speak out on behalf of their church.
Firstly, no it isn't. And secondly, the right of each person (and group of persons) to challenge laws which are not in accordance with their conscience is part of every western system of law.
Stephen Prothero's problem is that he can't cope with laws which he supports being challenged or protested. In a word, he is against free speech except when its in support of a principle he likes. Sorry Stephen, but Western pluralism doesn't work that way.
Well, they haven't, so get used to it. You are fully entitled to disagree with them. What you are not entitled to do is force them to stop objecting.
Think for a moment of the sort of "civil society" we would have if people like Stephen Prothero succeeded in gagging any form of political protest (except for those he agrees with).
I personally don't share the RC bishops' concern about contraception. I do share their concerns about abortion. But whatever, the RC bishops have every right to protest laws, challenge laws, and call for their removal or change. Stephen Prothero's article is not arguing in favour of the laws; rather, he is arguing that the RC bishops should not be permitted to protest. This protest-ant disagrees!April 17, 6:54 pm | [comment link]
4. Charles52 wrote:
Simply to allow the women who work for their organizations to be offered contraceptive coverage by their insurers.
Well, no, the Church is being required to pay for contraceptive coverage (which includes abortion-inducing drugs).
I find interesting the utter lack of understanding of Christian ministry shown in the phrase "who work for their organizations". Heck, even from a non-religious understanding of organizational structure and dynamics this is a desperately impoverished construction. I wonder if Prothero considers his teaching career to be nothing more than working for a (historically) Methodist organization (Boston University).
The HHS regulations represent not only a major advance in the power of government over conscience, but also an advance in the pro-choice agenda of murdering unborn children whenever and however those with the power wish to do so. This is anything but a "civil society", and decent (not to mention reasonable) people will indeed to refuse to participate in it.
Br. Michael expresses it perfectly well: in all times and places, Caesar demands his pinch of incense. We all decide how to respond.April 17, 7:19 pm | [comment link]
5. driver8 wrote:
This is simply false. Any Catholic employee who wants contraception is free to nip down to CVS or any other provider.
If religious freedom means only that you are free to follow your religious beliefs only until the state declares it illegal, then it isn't really a freedom at all.
(Compare this - your right to free speech means that you are free to communicate your views only until the state declares your speech illegal. On this kind of view China is a bastion of free speech).April 17, 7:59 pm | [comment link]
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"Long after the news crews with their cameras and their lights and their well-coiffed anchors head to the next disaster; long after the first wave of deployed NGO expats rotates out; and long after the long-timers (the UN staff and some INGO gluttons for punishment) lose interest in the place and retreat to the relative solitude and well-stocked refrigerators of their team houses, it is competent, dedicated local people…laboring on without a replacement or hardship pay, who care for their own people and rebuild their own countries out of the rubble, one community at a time." –J., author of Disastrous Passion
Nothing says "Welcome back to Haiti" like the intense heat of Port au Prince, staggering mountains flooding the skyline, and the unique songs of the city, led by car horns and goat 'bahs' – couldn't have been happier to be back.
I was picked up at the airport by Evans who drove me to Leogane. Haiti looks good. Really good. I first came to Haiti 4 months after the earthquake. When I returned a year later, clear progress had been made. And now, 3 years since the earthquake, I can't believe some of the changes I am seeing. On the main streets of PAP there is very little trash, no more rubble or tents along the roads, nor are they littered with pot holes. Then again, when we drove into the neighborhoods of PAP, the scene changed a bit; more rubbish, still pockets of people living in tents, worse roads, but progress was still visible.
This was probably one of the fastest I've ever gotten from PAP to Leogane though, and that was a result of the improvements to Route 2. I didn't get to see loads of PAP, but Leogane looks incredible. All of the main roads are paved, there is an ATM that works some days, there are lots of new stores and markets that supply a much wider variety of goods, there are guardrails on one road (which for some reason makes a very big difference visually), and in the center of town there is this massive community recreation center that is almost finished and looks really beautiful. Bon bagay!
Klinik Kominote – La kay mwen
I am staying at Klinik Kominote where my friend Jolinda has been living for over two years while she works for GOALS. A lot of misc. activities go on at Klinik Kominote. The organization Building Good Foundation (BGF) operates out of here so a few of their employees live here and occasionally volunteers come through. The clinic is open Monday through Friday and random other projects come and go as well. I feel pretty fortunate to have been able to stay here as it is much cheaper than if I were to have stayed at a hotel.
I feel like I'm living in the lap of luxury here compared to what it was like living in Belval Plaza the last two times I was here. We have 24 hour electricity, real mattresses, running water, a flush toilet (but you can't put TP down it), and most exciting of all A REFRIDGERATOR! I say that with excitement, but I don't even use it. Most people living here didn't expect to be here for so long, but over time they began 'nesting' (i.e., really settling in). I live in a very little t-shelter type building that I have to myself. Besides people there are two dogs, Leo and Pap-pap, a very annoying Parrot, 2 cats, and 3 very adorable kittens. I could literally just sit and watch the kittens play and be adorable all day.
Living at Klinik Kominote sort of makes me feel like I'm living in the film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, except this film would be called Cloudy with a Chance of Mangos. The compound here is littered with mango trees and about every 3-5 minutes one falls from the sky. They are SO loud and it's taking some time to get used to. They fall and make a very loud noise when they hit the roofs of our houses or the concrete – it was a bit startling at first. The challenge is finding the ones that have not broken open with the fall and been attacked by flies.
Day 1 – Arriving
On my first day here I got a quick tour from Jolinda and then she dragged me out to Destra, a community GOALS works in, because she had to go do some activities with the kids. We hung out, but I was so tired from my flight I had a difficult time functioning and well, stringing together sentences that made sense. It was cool to see the little beachside village where GOALS started though and the kids were great. I told my friend Junior I would call him when I arrived, but I hadn't gotten a chance to get a SIM card because we went straight to Destra and got back home a bit late. As Jolinda and I were chatting in the gazebo that night, there was someone banging at the gate which we ignored for quite some time until Junior called Jolinda and said it was him at the gate. He came to see me because I hadn't called. He tried to be angry, but that didn't last long because he was happy to see me.
Day 2
Within two hours of waking up I got to see four old friends. Alex and Yves work on the compound I am living on doing construction work. So I woke up, walked out of my little house, and Yves was about 20 feet away – so great to see them. Then, not even an hour later who shows up, but two old friends Emmanuel Jean and Tony Mix. They had finished their school exams the day before so they decided to come visit Jolinda at 8am because they had nothing else to do. I had told Emmanuel that I was coming back to Haiti, but not the exact date so when they got here they were surprised to see me.
Later in the morning I met with Berlyne, a friend who I worked with at All Hands to talk to her about the research project I am doing here so she can translate for me during my interviews. As it turns out, Berlyne had translated for an evaluation of one of the organizations I am studying so she knew where to find a bunch of the t-shelters. Probably the best investment I made for this research project was the giant maps I printed out. We were able to look at the maps and find all the little communities we wanted to go to.
In the afternoon I hung out with Junior. I went and picked up a new SIM card, changed my money to Gourdes, and we walked around Leogane so I could see how much it has changed. It was great because we ran into so many people I know: Pierre, Valcin, Charles, Job, Jean, and we got Cherilus on the phone and chatted with him until my phone credit ran out. He just had a baby boy named Sonle and he told Junior and me we are the Godparents. Junior and I are going to try and go to Gonaives to visit Cherilus in a few weeks. I was also invited by my friend Robinson to come visit his English school and help teach. Another thing I noticed while walking around Leogane was that nobody yelled "Hey you!" at me or asked me for money or really paid any attention to me at all. I was pretty much just treated like everyone else and 8 times out of 10 given fair prices. I can't even begin to describe how nice it was. I guess three years later, a lot of the NGOs have left so there are much fewer blans and the novelty of blans has worn a bit. Either way, it's nice.
Day 3 – Research
Berlyne came at 8am and we headed out to the first community, Nerette. We looked at t-shelters provided by NGO A, a small Christian organization that provided t-shelters to 300 families in the Leogane Commune (and I think a few communities in Grassier as well). The majority of their shelters were in more rural areas and although they were labeled as "transitional" they were constructed to be as permanent as possible and meant to last 15-20 years instead of the typical 3-5. According to a former staff member from NGO A, the organization created a model that they were able to justify and label as a t-shelter because donors were only interested in funding t-shelter projects. Because NGOs were working in rural areas, land tenure was less of an issue because the majority of people owned their own land and it was easy to identify with the community what land belonged to whom. Therefore, they could make the shelters more permanent because they wouldn't need to be moved.
NGO A went in to communities and did an assessment then made a list of the most vulnerable people in the community who would be eligible for a t-shelter. Then, the Casec, the community leader, held a community meeting so everyone could decide who from that list would get the limited number of shelters NGO A could provide. Most people said that NGO A came once for the assessment, built the t-shelter, and never came back even though they had promised to come paint it. I think this has to do with running out of funding and how far out and difficult these rural communities are to get to.
In Nerette, NGO A built seven t-shelters and one school. We interviewed four families and spoke to the Casec about two of them because they were no longer there. The last house was over an hours walk away so we didn't go. I won't go into every little detail, but I'll give a brief overview of some of the key things that beneficiaries said and any interesting tid-bits. I also posted photos on Facebook with some comments. Most of the beneficiaries said the same things: they were grateful for the shelter because they really needed it and as much as they would like to make improvements to it, such as replace the plywood on the sides that were getting damaged by the rain, they could not afford it. I am somewhat skeptical about some people's ability to afford replacing materials. While it was clearly explained to them that I was not with NGO A or any organization, that I could not give them anything, nor was talking to me going to help them get any additional support, it still seemed as though they were telling me in hopes that I might tell someone else they need more help.
One of the shelters, which is no longer there, was lived in by the recipient for a bit, but he passed away. His family came from PAP to sell it and the people who bought it took it a part and sold the materials. The other t-shelter that is no longer there has a more interesting story. It was built for a family on land where there were believed to be voodoo spirits. The family moved into the shelter, but not long after they started having bad dreams, which they attributed to the voodoo spirits. Then, one day the mother was outside the house doing something and when she came back in there was a giant snake next to her baby on the bed. Apparently, there are no snakes in that area and it is believed the snake was from the voodoo spirits. The family moved out right away and hasn't moved back. They sold the shelter and land to people who disassembled it and sold it for parts, then planted corn on the land.
There was a school built in the community, but it looks unfinished. According to the headmaster (who is also the community Casec), the school was used for one year, but it hasn't been used since because students can't afford to pay the teachers. There are lots of kids in the community, but it is difficult to get teachers when the families can't pay. I think they were also unhappy using the school when it wasn't finished. They also built a latrine for the school that was completely finished and looked really nice and I saw a bio-sand water filter in the school which wasn't being used. The bio-sand water filter (BSF) was most likely built by my friends Quinn, Paddy, and their BSF team from All Hands Volunteers, the organization I was in Haiti with the last few times. It looks like it was used while the school was in use, but you can't stop using it and start using it again. I won't get into all the details, but you have to run water through the filter for quite some time before you start using it again, and even still it is better not to stop using it at all because it will likely not be as effective.
In the second community we went to, Marie-Chal, we found much of the same. That community had received 6 t-shelters and 2 shelter repair kits. While in both communities, most t-shelters had good foundations, a few had very bad ones. One man said that it was because the people who built them took some cement bags to sell for themselves. Although there is no way to know for sure, it wouldn't surprise me if it was true. Additionally, a few beneficiaries had missing 2 by 4 braces and pieces of their shelter. They claimed that they did not take it, not enough materials were brought to construct it. Two beneficiaries said that the plywood that divided the two rooms in the shelter were very bad so they took them down and burned them (for cooking) and have been replaced them with tarps or new plywood. NGO A provided two families with repair kits which included plywood, nails, 2 by 4s, and 2 bags of cement.
There is a lot more other interesting information I could add in, but it would be interesting to a very limited amount of readers, so I'll save it for my dissertation. All in all it was a very successful first day of interviews. We covered 14 t-shelters out of the 30 I am hoping to get from NGO A. So far, the majority of this information is JUST from beneficiaries and a little is from one interview I had with a Tearfund employee. After I do more interviews, with additional NGO staff and more beneficiaries, I will have a better understanding of the entire t-shelter program.
Another side note:
In Marie-Chal, Berlyne and I noticed a BSF outside of a woman's house (not a t-shelter beneficiary). Out of curiosity (because I worked on the program that made them in 2011 and my friends ran the entire program start to finish), we asked about it because it didn't look it was being used. The woman said that in a recent storm the house had been flooded very badly so they took it outside. They knew they weren't supposed to move it, but they had to. She said she will move it back in the house soon once they can find a way to raise it higher up. She also said she remembers all the training given to her about how you need to put water in for a few weeks over and over before they can start drinking it again. While it is unfortunate that the BSF is not being used right now, I think what she said about remembering all the training she got from the BSF crew on how to use and maintain the BSF is a testament to the great job the BSF team did in working with and training communities.
Day 4
We didn't go out to do more interviews again on Saturday because I didn't know where to go next. Since then I have made some phone calls and sent some emails and found out where more t-shelters are located. So on Monday morning Berlyne and I will be off to a rural community called Comier for more NGO A t-shelter interviews and in the afternoon we will be doing interviews in the center of Leogane where NGO B t-shelters are located.
Saturday night Jolinda and I went and hung out on a roof of a friend's house, then went to a party that was apparently on Junior's street. But that ended up being dead so we went to another club/party thing across town, but the generator had broken so we hung out there for three hours in the dark with about 30 other people while they tried to fix the generators. Ridiculous. But it was still a good night.
Anyway, back out tomorrow for more interviews and I am headed to PAP on Tuesday to meet with NGO B staff members.
One last thing..
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who donated soccer equipment to GOALS (Global Outreach And Love of Soccer). Specifically, thanks to Matt Kalmin, Connor Rusinko, the Scanlan family, the Neistat family, the Evans family, Julia Flower, and Clark Doninger! If you did not have soccer gear to donate, but would still like to help a wonderful organization, please consider contributing a monetary donation: here.
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FAQ: VAT - A beginner's guide for businesses
Do I have to register for VAT?
What are input tax and output tax?
Why would I want to register for VAT if my taxable turnover is below the threshold?
What if all my goods are zero-rated?
I'm a small business - is there anything that will make VAT simpler?
Where can I find more detailed information online or in print?
What is VAT?
Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax charged on most business transactions made in the UK or the Isle of Man.
It is also charged on goods, and some services, imported from places outside the European Union and on goods and some services coming into the UK from the other EU countries.
All goods and services that are VAT rated are called 'taxable supplies'. You must charge VAT on your taxable supplies from the date you first need to be registered. The value of these supplies is called your 'taxable turnover'.
Some examples of taxable supplies:
- selling new and used goods, including hire purchase
- renting and hiring out goods
- using business stock for private purposes
- providing a service, for example hairdressing or decorating and
- charging admission to enter into buildings.
If you are VAT registered, you will charge VAT on many goods and services you supply to customers in the UK and Isle of Man.
VAT does not apply to certain services because the law says these are 'exempt' from VAT. These include loans of money, some property transactions, insurance and certain types of education and training. Supplies that are exempt from VAT do not form part of your taxable turnover.
There are three rates of VAT in the UK:
- 17.5 per cent (standard-rate)
- 5 per cent (reduced rate) and
- 0 per cent (zero-rate).
You will probably have to register for and charge VAT if:
- your taxable turnover reaches or is likely to reach a set limit, known as the VAT registration threshold
- you have taken over a business as a going concern or
- you acquire goods from other European Union countries.
The current VAT registration threshold is £64,000. But you can opt to register for VAT if your taxable turnover is less than this, if what you do counts as a business for VAT purposes. Turnover is the amount of money going through the business, not just the profit.
Do I have to register for VAT?
If you are in business and your taxable turnover, not just your profit, goes over the registration threshold you become a 'taxable person'. You must then register for VAT. If you don't register at the correct time you could be fined.
The supplement to Notice 700/1 Should I be registered for VAT? sets out the current and past registration thresholds.
You must register for VAT if:
- at the end of any month the total value of the taxable supplies you have made in the past twelve months or less is more than the current threshold - £64,000 and
- at any time you have reasonable grounds to expect that the value of your taxable supplies will be more than the current registration threshold - £64,000 - in the next thirty days alone.
These rules also apply when you take over a business as a going concern (see Notice 700/9 Transfer of a business as a going concern). It doesn't matter whether the last owner was registered:
- if the business is trading at a level above the limit then you'll need to register and
- your date of registration will be the day you take over the business.
To register for VAT you must complete Form VAT 1, which you must send to Revenue & Customs within 30 days of any of the above.
What is taxable turnover?
All goods and services which are liable to VAT at the standard, reduced or zero-rate are called 'taxable supplies', whether you are registered for VAT or not. The total value of these supplies is called your 'taxable turnover'. If you are in business and your taxable turnover reaches or is likely to reach the registration threshold you will probably have to register for VAT. You must charge VAT on your taxable supplies from the date you first need to be registered.
If you receive certain services from abroad, for example advertising, data processing, consultancy or legal, accounting or professional services, these will be treated as if you supplied them and you must include the value in your taxable turnover.
For a full list of these services, see Notice 700 The VAT Guide section 31.
What are input tax and output tax?
Input tax is the VAT that you pay out to your suppliers for goods and services that you purchase for your business. It is VAT on goods or services coming IN to your business. Input tax is the VAT that registered businesses can reclaim.
Output tax is the term used to describe the VAT on your sales of goods or services. Output tax is the VAT on goods or services going OUT of the business. Output tax is the VAT you collect from your customers on each sale that you make.
Why would I want to register for VAT if my taxable turnover is below the threshold?
If your taxable turnover is below the registration threshold you can apply for 'voluntary registration', if you can prove that what you do is a business for VAT purposes. There are advantages and disadvantages to registering voluntarily. Before you apply weigh up carefully whether it will benefit you.
Benefits include increased credibility for your business and, if your business makes standard or zero-rated supplies, you'll be able to claim back input tax.
However, once registered for VAT, you'll have to:
- account for output tax on all your taxable supplies
- keep proper VAT records and accounts and
- send in VAT returns regularly.
For more information call the C&E National Advice Service 0845 010 9000.
What are the exceptions?
No VAT is charged on taxable supplies made by a business which is not, and is not required to be, registered for VAT. These are known as 'outside the scope' supplies.
VAT does not apply to certain services because the law says these are 'exempt' from VAT. These include loans of money, insurance, certain types of education and training and some property transactions (selling, leasing and letting land and buildings, but not garages, parking spaces, hotel or holiday accommodation).
Supplies that are exempt from VAT do not form part of your taxable turnover.
If the only services you supply are exempt supplies, you can't normally be registered for VAT. If you are registered for VAT and have some exempt supplies you may not be able to get all your input tax back.
What if all my goods are zero-rated?
If you only supply goods that are zero-rated, you may not have to register for VAT even if your taxable turnover goes above the registration threshold, but you do have to tell HMRC first and apply to be 'exempt from registration'.
I'm a small business - is there anything that will make VAT simpler?
There are a number of simplified arrangements to make VAT accounting easier for small businesses:
- Annual accounting
If you use the annual accounting scheme you pay monthly or quarterly instalments towards an annual VAT bill. This evens out VAT payments and helps smooth cash flow. At the end of the year you submit a single annual return and any balance due. See Choose the right VAT scheme for your business for more information about the benefits.
- Cash accounting
If you use this scheme, you account for VAT on the basis of payments you receive and make, rather than on invoices you issue and receive. This means you don't pay us VAT until your customers pay you. See Choose the right VAT scheme for your business for more information about the benefits.
- Flat rate scheme
This makes VAT simpler by letting you calculate your VAT payment as a flat rate percentage of your turnover. The percentages are decided according to the trade sector your business is in. Under the scheme you won't be able to reclaim any of the VAT you pay, as this is taken into consideration as part of the percentage calculation. See Choose the right VAT scheme for your business for more information about the benefits.
- Retail schemes
If you sell direct to the public you may find it difficult to issue a VAT invoice for each sale. There are several retail schemes available that may help. See Choose the right VAT scheme for your business for more information about the benefits.
- Bad debt relief
If you make supplies of goods or services to a customer but you are not paid you may be able to claim relief from VAT on the debts.
Where can I find more detailed information online or in print?
Revenue & Customs also produces a range of leaflets called Notices, which give more specific help and guidance. All the leaflets below are available on our website, or you can get copies from the National Advice Service on 0845 010 9000.
The VAT Guide: Notice 700 tells you more about what you should and shouldn't charge VAT on.
Should I be registered for VAT?: Notice 700/1 explains in more detail who should register for VAT and shows you how to fill in form VAT 1.
Filling in your VAT return: Notice 700/12 provides helpful hints on completing your VAT return.
The Ins and Outs of VAT: Notice 700/15 gives a simple introduction to output and input tax.
Keeping Records and Accounts: Notice 700/21 explains what records you will need to keep.
How to correct errors and make adjustments: Notice 700/45
Retail schemes: Notice 727
Cash Accounting Scheme: Notice 731
Annual Accounting Scheme: Notice 732
Flat rate scheme for small businesses: Notice 733
Catalogue of Publications: Notice 999 provides a list of all the current publications issued by Revenue & Customs.
Can I speak to someone for more help?
Yes! Contact the Revenue & Customs Contact Centre.
- If you need general advice from HM Revenue & Customs ring the Revenue & Customs Contact Centre on 0845 010 9000.
The service is available from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm Monday to Friday.
- If you would like to speak to someone in Welsh, ring 0845 010 0300. The service is available from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm Monday to Friday.
- If you have hearing difficulties please ring the Text phone service on 0845 000 0200.
All calls are charged at the local rate within the UK. Charges may differ from mobile phones.
HMRC offer lots of support to help you on the track with your VAT. Shortly after you have registered they'll contact you and explain more about the options that are available, including:
- Seminars - offered locally, both during and outside normal office hours, which include a basic introduction to VAT; and HMRC offer special seminars to importers and exporters on the basics of international trader facilitation and procedures.
- One-to-one consultations - individual appointments during office hours, giving you the opportunity to discuss your particular business.
To take advantage of these services ring the HMRC National Advice Service 0845 010 9000. You don't have to be VAT registered to call! All services provided by the teams are optional and free of charge.
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Dennis Green Flips (via styles354)
I never really understood Coach Green until yesterday. Auburn was indeed who we thought they were. A team centered around 2 players and nothing more. We had these m'fers on the ropes and from every account should have blown them off the field. WE allowed them back into the game, WE took the pedal off in the 2nd half, WE didn't make the adjustments, WE didn't take advantage of the late game fumble recovery, WE! WE! WE! WE! WE!
Now give credit to Auburn for taking advantage of OUR mistakes. They didn't give up and played till the end. But just like Dennis said, we let them off the hook. Sure they'll destroy South Carolina and more than likely Oregon on the way to their first legit NC. Cam will win the Heisman blah blah blah. This is what happens when you let teams off the hook. And that PISSES me off. I can handle losing but its the way and to whom (cheaters) that hurts.
IMO this loss is on everyone, except the defense. Holding Auburn to 28 should of been enough, especially since we scored 21 in the 1st freaking quarter. I was angry at Barron for giving up two big plays that resulted in TD's, but given his injury I give that MAN a complete pass. We contained Cam like no one has all year and outside of a few plays I believe the defense did their job and then some. So if anyone wants to bitch, sling your arrows towards the offense that left about 17 points on the field...6 FREAKING POINTS AFTER THE 1ST QUARTER???? REALLY?????
We will look back on this season and this game as one of complete disappointment. At worst we should be 11-1 and not 9-3. The bowl game will be nothing more than a pay day and one more game for those seniors and juniors who are moving on. Speaking of those Juniors, I don't think Hightower is leaving. I could even see Dareus staying given his disappointing year.. Ill even go as far as to say Barron might even stick around depending on this injury. Ingram and Julio are gone and its terribly frustrating that we wasted their talent this year. At least we got a NC and a Heisman out of them last year. If they all leave, next year could be just as frustrating.
So again, we gave Auburn this game, Cam the Heisman and a National Title...so basically, Auburn just 09 Alabama'd us. Ill go and puke now.


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A graduate with a bachelor's degree in this field might:
With a master's or doctorate degree, teaching at a college or university is also an option.
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Post 153 installs new officers
American Legion Post 153 of Auburn installed new officers recently. Pictured here (l. to r.) are Commander Dan St. Pierre, 1st Vice Commander John Pape, 2nd Vice Commander Phil Brushwein, Adjutant Ken Winter, Finance Levite "Tibby" Dupuis, Service Officer Alan Aliberti, Chaplain Claire Poirier, (second row) Sergeant-at-Arms Paul "Bud" Caouette, Americanism Officer David Jacobs Pratt, Trustees Carl Douglas, Fern Labbe, Keith Davis, and Bill Watson, State Historian Ron Caron, and State Adjutant & Post Judge Advocate and National NEC Officer Paul L'Heureux.
Dunn walks away with National Championship
Spencer Dunn, a sophomore at Edward Little High School, won the one-mile race walk on Friday, June 13 at the New Balance High School Outdoor National Championships in Greensboro, NC. Dunn took the lead halfway through the first lap and never looked back, finishing the race in a time of 7:10.44, missing his personal best by 3 seconds. Dunn, who is coached by Dr. Tom Eastler of Farmington, earned his fourth high school All-American in his two-year high school track career and returns to Maine as the National Race Walk Champion.
Public Theatre performs for 100,000th student
The Public Theatre achieved a significant milestone recently when it performed for its 100,000th student.
This was no accident. In response to the nationwide challenges of widespread budget cuts in arts education, as well as demographic trends yielding a "graying audience" for the performing arts, The Public Theatre has redoubled its efforts in recent years to bring the performing arts into the hearts and lives of Maine students by making school field trips to the Theatre more affordable, inspiring, and educational.
For instance, in 2010, they created a special youth-priced ticket that allows anyone age 18 or younger to attend any performance for only $5 – the lowest price for professional theatre in New England. This effort was made possible by generous support from a variety of community businesses and foundations.
Bishop blesses new Garden Mausoleum in Lewiston
Bishop Robert P. Deeley recently blessed and dedicated the new St. Louis Garden Mausoleum at St. Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston. The mausoleum contains 76 single crypts and 64 companion crypts, as well as 284 cremation crypts. The planning process for the mausoleum began nearly three years ago and construction began last autumn.
The Garden Mausoleum is located near the cemetery's larger mausoleum and chapel and is named for the recently closed St. Louis Church in Auburn. During Saturday's dedication ceremony, Georgette Berube, a former parishioner, presented a brief history of the parish.
Those who gathered for the dedication also heard Laurier Raymond, Jr., chairman of the cemetery's board of directors, speak about the cemetery's rich history. Originally known as the French Cemetery, St. Peter's opened in 1876. At the time, it was just eight acres, but it has since grown to 70 acres of developed land.
The Dominican Fathers owned and operated St. Peter's Cemetery from 1881 until 1994, when it became a diocesan cemetery.
Lisbon Class of 2021 leaves legacy
The fifth graders of Lisbon Community School were pleased to present Principal Carlene Iverson with a flowering crab tree as their legacy gift to the school. Members of the future Lisbon High School Class of 2012 were assisted with the presentation by Ed Bush of Maine Landscape-Bush's Bushes of Lisbon Falls. Bush planted the tree during the presentation, with assistance from Lisbon H.S. Class of 2010 alumni Joe Doughty. Bush also extended his services beyond the planting to include perpetual care of existing shrubs on the school campus.
Enough is Enough: Lewiston is in a Catch-22 over illegal aliens
By Robert E. Macdonald
Mayor of Lewiston
It appears the City of Lewiston finds itself in a Catch-22 situation. Foreign tourists, carrying legal visas issued by the United States government, have entered our beautiful country and are smitten by her beauty.
While this is a compliment to our city, the fact that they no longer wish to return to their native land presents Lewiston with a problem. They have no funds to support themselves. Presently, they are relying on the generosity and benevolence of Lewiston taxpayers to totally support them in order to fulfill their infatuation of our city.
Enough is Enough: Graduates will fill the void left by the Greatest Generation
By Robert E. Macdonald
Mayor of Lewiston
This week my wife and I attended our favorite yearly mayoral function, Lewiston High School's graduation ceremony. It is heartening to watch these graduates approach the stage as children and exit, diplomas in hand, as adults.
During the ceremony some members of the graduating class were honored for their academic achievement. Several of these awards were very prestigious. Those in attendance were informed that many of these award winners would be attending top rate colleges in the fall.
Lewiston man becomes youngest priest of the Diocese
The journey for Kyle Doustou began at home in Lewiston, where as a nine-year-old he used to "play Mass" using a plug-in Christmas candle, crackers, and Kool-Aid.
On May 30, the child's dream became a reality when Doustou was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert P. Deeley at the Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul in Lewiston. The first priest ordained by the bishop since his installation in February, Doustou, at age 26, also become the youngest priest in the Diocese of Portland, which covers the entire state of Maine.
"It's really the one thing I've always wanted in life," said Doustou of his ordination.
Lady Her-ricanes get back to championship game
The 2013 State Champion Lewiston Lady Her-ricanes softball team, coached by Mitch Poulin and Greg Smith, took second place honors in the ASA 2014 Bulldog I Invitational Tournament for ages 14 and under, contested recently in Waterville. After playing seven games, the Lady Her-ricanes lost 5-4 in the title game against the North Country Explosion.
The Lady Her-ricanes outscored their opponents 81 to 28 in the tournament. Team "Player of the Tournament" honors went to Giana Russo for her batting performance, making a total of 24 plate appearances without a strikeout.
Founding LAC faculty member awarded emerita status
Among the sixteen retiring University of Southern Maine faculty and staff members who were awarded emeritus or emerita status at USM's 134th Commencement this year was a founding faculty member of Lewiston-Auburn College.
Betty Robinson of Auburn, associate professor emerita of leadership and organizational studies, was an original faculty member when the college was founded in 1988. She later served as dean of the college from 1996-2003, a longer tenure than any other LAC dean. Her strong vision for LAC included developing a faculty committed to interdisciplinary learning, community connection and career preparation.


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The Reason smaller phones fail?
It's the OEM's im looking at you guys Samsung,HTC i'd name some others but they arent worth it.
It's these guys' fault that smaller phones dont catch on, why? because they neuter them at birth ,whether it be a weak and feeble SoC, or a shit screen, or a camera that would make first gen iPhone owners laugh, or internal memory that's barely enough to hold Android it'self, reasons like this, are the reason that they dont catch on.
but it's a bit of a catch 22 "yeah but no one is buying the small phones so how do they know the small high end phone will sell"
there is a reason the smaller phones they tried to sell before didnt sell, they all had a compromise, lets have a look shall we :
HTC First : appalingly bad camera and low internal storage
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini : Bad screen,bad camera,weak-ass SoC,low internal memory & a battery that barely lasts
HTC One S : that screen, and the storage again, and the battery again
Motorola RAZR M/i : That screen again
companies are neutering the smaller phones because they either dont know they will sell, or they dont want them to sell, lets take the long awaiting HTC M4 , i can almost guarantee you it uses a snapdragon 400, i can also almost guarantee it'll have 1GB of RAM, essentially it's going to be a first with BoomSound.**
"but that doesnt sound so bad, everyone loved the first" yeah but its not the point, the first hasnt got high tech specifications, if the M4 is the One in a smaller body, and i mean spec for Spec (apart from the screen obviously, that'll be the 4.3" 720p panel), Snapdragon 600, 4UP Camera , 32GB of on-board storage, 2GB RAM "unibody Aluminium shell" the lot of it, if it is quite litterally an HTC One with a 4.3" screen, then write off this post, but, even if we dont want to admit it we all already kinda know that the M4 is a First with boomsound in a shrunken down One body, and that sucks.
imagine if the Galaxy S III Mini was actually a Smaller Galaxy S III like was rumoured, could you imagine a 4.3" 720p AMOLED (i dont care for Pentile at that PPI i'll take it) screen ,and a Quad-Core Exynos processor and 1GB of RAM, that great 8MP camera all in a slimline body, that would have been worth something getting excited over.
but unfortunatly we might see the same trend over with the GS4 Mini , 4.3" qHD screen,Dual-Core SoC, 8MP camera. Again, imagine if the GS4 Mini was just a shrunken Down GS4? what if it had the Snapdragon 600, or the Exynos 5 Octa? and a 13MP camera, and 2GB of RAM what if it was litterally a smaller GS4?
there is a reason that smaller phones dont sell well, it's the OEMs , they Neuter it
Or maybe im ust a dude with tiny hands and think things should get better not bigger
**I forgot to mention, theres a reason HTC wont want to stuff the M4 full of specs, because it'd compete with the One, their Flagship, and in the state HTC are in they cant afford to be cannibalising anything at the moment, so they'll make a few compromises here and there and effectively, turn it into a Firstwith BoomSound, and it wont sell as well, and HTC can say "well we made a smaller phone and people didnt buy as many of them as they did the One" and then they wont want to make a smaller phone again, because of what happened this time round, and he cycle starts again.


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By Debbie Cai
Program-trading activity and overall volume increased on the New York Stock Exchange last week, according to data from NYSE Euronext (NYX).
Daily program-trading volume for the week ended April 26 was 358.1 million shares, or 24.5% of the average daily volume. In the week earlier, program-trading volume was 351.1 million shares, or 25.1% of the average.
Total average daily volume in the latest week was around 1.46 billion shares, up about 4.5% from the week before.
Program trading encompasses a wide range of portfolio-traded strategies involving the purchase or sale of a basket of at least 15 stocks.
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Getting Your Preschooler to Eat Vegetables
Getting kids interested in vegetables at a young age offers them lifelong benefits nutritionally, and allows you variety in planning and preparing meals. Pediatricians agree that the sooner kids are exposed to veggies, the more inclined they are to like that food group as part of their daily diet.
Whether or not you include vegetables in your menu right away, patience, persistence, and creativity are key. Dieticians have found that kids often need to be exposed 15 to 20 times to a food before they like it. So, instead of consistently serving a vegetable the same way, vary how you prepare it.
Henry Legere, M.D., author of "Raising Healthy Eaters," suggests "camouflaging" the vegetable. For instance, steamed broccoli might get a thumbs down, but broccoli soup just might work. Also consider adding a new vegetable to a dish they already like: try butternut squash risotto, if your child enjoys risotto.
If you're ready to move beyond peas and carrots to the slightly more exotic eggplant and artichokes, studies in the Pediatric Clinics of North America point out that kids often follow their parents' lead at the table. So, eating what you want your kids to eat should help boost a vegetable's popularity.
You might also try starting a vegetable garden with the kids -- a fun outdoor activity -- or let them participate during grocery shopping outings. When you cook the vegetables they've either nurtured or chosen at the store, it offers kids a keen sense of participating in meal planning, and they?re likely to enjoy the fruits of their labor.


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R.I.P. Paul Cyr
Just 48. Too young, too young. That link above goes to some news, but Joe Pelletier's hockey legends site has much more on Cyr's drafting and career, which was shortened by various injuries -- but also produced the draft pick used to select Alexander Mogilny. (Didn't see this elsewhere on DBTB yet, apologies if I missed it.)


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The Cubs snapped a 1-1 tie with two out in the second against Sox left-hander Chris Sale. Junior Lake drew a walk, stole second base, and Edgar Gonzalez hit a drive that carried over the left field fence for a two-run home run.
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the first on a double by Alfonso Soriano and a single by Darwin Barney.
"The first inning, not so bad," Sale said. "In the second inning, it goes to show how much walks can kill you. You get two outs, then walk a guy, miss a spot in and it unravels on you. It's something you have to pay attention to and it's the first one, so I'm working out the kinks and I'll be ready in a few days."
The Sox countered in the bottom of the first against Travis Wood when Alexandro De Aza reached first on an infield hit and advanced to second on a throwing error by Wood.A.J. Pierzynski hit a single, and De Aza scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex Rios.
Marlon Byrd and Steve Clevinger each hit home runs off reliever Nate Jones.
Nestor Molina, acquired in the Sergio Santos trade from Toronto, pitched two scoreless innings for the Sox.