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The spiritual leader of the Anglican Church has warned that the fellowship will be in "grave peril" if another gay bishop is consecrated before the troubled church has time to heal.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Sunday pressed for a moratorium as he called on church leaders not to consecrate any more gay bishops.
He said Anglicans needed "space for study and free discussion without pressure" about whether to accept changes in traditional biblical understanding of same-sex relationships.
"If the North American churches don't accept the need for moratoria, then to say the least, we are no further forward," he said at the once-in-a-decade Lambeth conference in Canterbury.
"That means as a communion we continue to be in grave peril."
Williams also asked Anglican church leaders after concluding the 20-day assembly to refrain - for now - from adopting official prayers for blessing same-gender unions.
Deep divide
More than 200 theologically conservative bishops boycotted the Lambeth gathering in a row over the gay clergy issue.
Last month conservative Anglican leaders staged their own conference in Jerusalem where they pledged to form a council of bishops as an alternative to churches who they say are preaching a "false gospel" of sexual immorality.
The 650 bishops at Lambeth said in a statement that "there is widespread support across the communion" for an extended moratorium on gay bishops and on blessing ceremonies for same-gender couples.
Williams also faces another battle in the Church of England, the Anglican mother church, over plans to ordain women bishops that have sparked threats of a mass walkout by conservative clergy.
The Anglican communion is the third-largest religious group in the world, behind Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
Many Protestant churches are also struggling with how they should interpret what scripture says about gay relationships and other issues.
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In spite of the way fans embraced the first InFamous back in 2009, it had a few glaring flaws that kept some critics (myself included) from fully recommending it. As fun as the morally ambiguous superhero-sandbox game could be, it suffered from too-sticky platforming, a limited repertoire of powers, repetitive city design and exploration that was hampered by near-constant gunfire from ever-present death squads. Underneath those problems were the beginnings of something great, however, and with InFamous 2, that promise is finally realized.
Where the first game's Empire City was a bleak sprawl of same-y rooftops, plazas and alleyways, InFamous 2 moves the action to New Marais, a stand-in for one of America's most unique cities, New Orleans. You'll still be magnetically drawn toward the nearest platform or ledge while jumping around, but it's been fine-tuned to the point where you'll no longer be sucked onto a nearby lamppost every time you try to jump away from a grenade.
Enemies pop up frequently, but not constantly, and the powers you can use to dispatch them are much more diverse and interesting than they were in the first game. Even the close-quarters combat's gotten better, provided you have a high tolerance for its 300-style, slow-fast-slow presentation. In short, there've been a lot of improvements, and most of the irritations from the first game are gone. So how does InFamous 2 stack up on its own?
Picking up a few months after InFamous left off, the sequel once again follows morally challenged superhero/villain Cole MacGrath, who flees to New Marais after The Beast (a monstrous, superhuman force of nature foretold in the first game's ending) appears and reduces Empire City to a cinder. If he's going to take on The Beast – an ever-approaching threat whose distance from New Marais pops up onscreen periodically – Cole will have to become more powerful, something he can only do by collecting battery-like "Blast Cores" hidden around the city.
Of course, The Beast isn't Cole's only problem. In the chaos following Empire City's destruction, a redneck militia – simply called The Militia – has taken control and vowed to stamp out superhuman "deviants" like Cole. Also of concern are rampaging swamp monsters and a small army of mercenaries with ice powers, who add a bit of diversity to the opposing forces and ensure that you'll have to deal with more than just being shot at all the time. They're also an excuse to throw in some monstrous bosses, at least one of which is a towering beast that looks like something out of Lost Planet, complete with glowing weak points.
Like its predecessor, InFamous 2 is set in a sprawling open world, which you'll get around mainly by climbing buildings and grinding on power lines (there's no fast-travel feature, though, which can make getting from one end of the city to another kind of a chore). As a human Tesla coil, Cole's ammunition and health are replenished by electricity, and the city's filled with convenient power sources for him to drain when things get dire. Also, like in the first InFamous, parts of the city need to be "powered up" before you can safely operate in them. The difference is that now, instead of activating electrical transformers in repetitive sewer levels, Cole charges up several above-ground ones using remote-controlled "Tesla Missiles" (which can also fry enemies mid-flight).
As a game world, New Marais is a lot more interesting than the crumbling Empire City; for starters, it features a lot of diverse areas, ranging from neon-drenched urban centers to miles of swampland and a completely flooded suburb (this is a city patterned after New Orleans, after all). There's also plenty of stuff to do and see, even when you're not paying attention to the story missions. Like in the first game, there are side missions to pursue (which help you reduce Militia influence in chunks of the city) and energy-boosting Blast Shards to ferret out, but there's incidental, karma-affecting stuff as well, like street musicians you can terrorize, or muggers you can stomp mid-holdup. (You're free to ignore this stuff, of course, but it does help keep New Marais from ever feeling empty or boring.)
Lucky for Cole, he's not going it alone this time. In addition to his annoying buddy Zeke (who actually manages to become likable and sympathetic this time around), Cole gets some help from two women: Kuo, a by-the-book NSA agent who starts the game as Cole's handler, but eventually gets superhuman abilities of her own; and Nix, a swamp-dwelling sociopath with flammable, oil-based powers.
As you can probably guess, Kuo and Nix are a big part of the game's morality system, and each major decision tends to come down to which one you want to side with. Nix favors plans that are destructive, devious and guaranteed to get people killed, while Kuo pushes Cole to do the "right" (and frequently boring) thing. Should you earn the trust of anti-Militia rebels by letting Nix put on a Militia disguise and attack them (thus enabling you to swoop in and save the day), or by helping Kuo drive an ambulance loaded with medical supplies to them? Should you help Nix take control of an army of monsters, or help Kuo expose the people who already control them?
Your choices register on Cole's karma meter, and they affect not only which missions you're offered, but also Cole's appearance, which powers become available to him and, ultimately, the ending of the game. (You'll still be offered a decision, but one of the choices will be locked unless you want to go off and help/hurt enough people to push your karma into good or evil status.)
You're free to dart back and forth between good and evil decisions, but it's in your best interest to be consistent. New powers take some doing to acquire, as you'll now have to A) make it to a point in the story where they become available; B) perform a set task to unlock them (i.e. getting six headshots, or destroying four cars in as many seconds); and C) spend experience points to buy them. And because some of those powers are locked to good or evil karma, going back and forth will effectively bar you from using some of them.
As for the powers themselves, Cole has the same standard, gun-stand-in attacks that he did in the first game (most of which get stripped from him at the start), including pistol-like lightning shots, energy grenades, force-wave "blasts" and lightning rockets. This time, however, there are a lot of variants, which you can quickly switch between using a d-pad menu. Rockets can split into bolo-like pairs, connected by a string of lightning. Grenades can be powered up to stick to enemies or bounce into the air before exploding. And Cole's basic lightning can be augmented in a number of different ways, from adding rapid-fire to focusing the blasts into slower, magnum-sized bolts.
Melee abilities can be beefed up as well, with quicker combos and showy finishers built around Cole's new, two-pronged Amp weapon, and some of the new powers can even help Cole get around quickly, such as the grappling-hook-like Lightning Tether (which is a lot of fun to use, but sadly doesn't show up until near the end of the game). Probably the best addition, however, is the ability to telekinetically pick up objects – up to and including cars – and hurl them at enemies, into the sides of buildings or simply far into the distance. (Strangely, this doesn't seem to affect your karma at all, even if you explode the car with a driver inside.)
Above: You'll also unlock a few devastating "Ionic" super attacks, which are great for when you're grossly outmatched
Interestingly, there's plenty of content to play around with even after you've finished the story, provided you have a high tolerance for user-created missions. After hitting a certain point in the story, players get the ability to create their own content with a surprisingly simple to use (but complicated at first to learn) system that combines freeform logic switches with a rubber-stamping tool. Missions can be set anywhere on the game map (by simply going there before you switch over into User-Generated Content mode), and every monster, object and person in the game is at your disposal to edit however you like. It's even possible to add rudimentary, voiceless cutscenes, if you really want to get a story across.
Making your own UGC is fun, but like in LittleBigPlanet (which a lot of the UGC elements seem to be lifted from), it's easy to dick around, but harder to create something of value. Luckily, you can filter other players' created missions – which appear on your map as green mission markers – so that only the newest or most highly rated (by either developer Sucker Punch or the community) show up. It's also possible to turn them off entirely, which isn't a bad idea if you just want to focus on progressing through the game without any confusing distractions.
Fortunately, the UGC is what it should be: an optional add-on that wasn't made at the expense of the rest of the game. Even without it, InFamous 2 is fairly beefy, with 40 story missions and around 16-20 hours of gameplay, depending on whether you decide to pursue side missions or just charge straight through to the end. (An end which, we can't help but notice, blatantly cribs story elements from Watchmen and X-Men.)
More importantly, InFamous 2 is simply a lot of fun; more so than in the first game, there's a great feeling of freedom in being able to clamber up to high points, skate across the skyline, plummet to the ground unharmed and whale on monsters with a big metal cattle prod.
Crackdown 2? Yes. While some might be tempted to lump them together (probably because InFamous was seen as the PS3's answer to Crackdown), the differences are huge. Crackdown 2 is more of an expansion than an actual sequel, giving players the same city (albeit in ruined form) and adding annoying monsters. And while InFamous 2 also adds monsters, those monsters are more interesting, its city is new, and its story is more interesting than Crackdown 2's razor-thin narrative. Arguably, Crackdown 2's multiplayer is more fun than creating and sharing missions, but as a solo experience, InFamous 2 is much more enjoyable.
Prototype? Yes. While InFamous 2 – even at its most "evil" – still doesn't have the anarchic, brutal sense of fun that Prototype does, it tells a more interesting story and arguably plays better than its two-year-old rival. It also has more to offer players, even if none of those things is disguising yourself as a soldier and calling in an airstrike on a military base before running up the side of the Empire State Building and then elbow-dropping into the crowd on the street below.
Just Cause 2? No. InFamous's story is better and more complete than Just Cause 2's (really, what isn't?), but when it comes to the sheer fun of getting around its game world, swinging around with a grappling hook and stealing jetliners easily beats grinding on power lines. Also, using JC2's grappling hook to creatively grief enemies is ridiculously entertaining, and it's something that hasn't really been attempted or equaled by any other sandbox game, InFamous 2 included.
A huge improvement over its flawed predecessor, InFamous 2 injects more variety, personality and explosive fun into the first game's promising formula, while removing or fine-tuning its most irritating problems.
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The world's first electric ferry will operate across the Sognefjord fjord in Norway starting in 2015. With the capacity to carry 360 passengers and 120 cars, the ferry will run on batteries that take just 10 minutes to recharge between trips. The design was developed in collaboration between Siemens and Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand. After winning a competition organized by Norway's Ministry of Transport, the project was picked up by shipping company Norlend, who have been granted the license to operate the electric-powered car ferry on the route until 2025.
The vessel's shape itself was designed to minimize resistance in the water. In order to reduce the ferry's weight, the designers have made the hulls much lighter than usual, using aluminum instead of conventionally-used steel. The 10-metric-ton battery powers two electric motors, and can be recharged in only 10 minutes.
Compared to the ferry that covers the same route at the present, equipped with a 1.500-kilowatt engine (more than 2000 horsepower), the new electric-powered car ferry will have an output of 800kW. This, with a battery power of 400kW and a speed of 10 knots, will be enough for the vessel to operate efficiently in normal weather conditions. Because the villages the ferry will connect have weaker local grids, batteries have been installed at each side of the fjord. The batteries will recharge the ferry during its turnaround and then themselves, using the power from the local grid.
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She's no ordinary bear she's a super cute and fashionable little panda! The Precious Panda Toddler Costume features zip up petticoat dress with attached panda hood. Hand wash. Polyester. Imported.
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Reviewed by: Domi
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Title: Cute but small
Date: Oct 02, 2012
This panda suit is really cute. I got it because i thought it would keep her warm but the arms are thin and the middle is fleece but also thin. It is for my 22 month old who is 25 lbs. and 34 inches and 2t was too small for her. For $25 it should have been a lot thicker and warmer. I will have to put clothing underneath.
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Reviewed by: PandaMom
Location: Manchester, CT
Title: Adorable but small
Date: Sep 19, 2012
This costume is SO cute but I thought I'd help some moms out there with some feedback on the sizing. My daughter is 27 months old and small for her age. This costume fits her like a glove (not at all baggy and not at all long). She's about 24 lbs and 33 inches tall. If you have a 2-3 year old that is normal sized or big for their age you may want to size up. Also, the quality didn't blow me away, but the cuteness makes up for it.
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Title: Runs very small
Date: Sep 15, 2012
My daughter is 3 years old and we both fell in love with this costume the minute we seen it. She is in between a 3T and 4T right now and since the biggest size available was 3T/4T that is the size we ordered. It runs very small. It barely fits her. When she wears it she needs leggings underneath so that her underwear do not show. Also in the picture the white parts on the hood and belly appear to be fluffy, kind of teddy bear like, but it's actually fleece which was a little disappointing. But overall it is still a cute costume and I still recommend it as long as you have a smaller child so it will fit properly.
Reviewed by: PandaGirl
Title: Runs Small
Date: Sep 13, 2012
I have a 2.5 year old soon to be 3. She skinny for her age but has long legs and is in between size 2T and 3T right now so I went with the 3T/4T size to be on the safe side (or I thought it would be the safe bet) and it barely fits. Where it is to small is the bottom of the skirt part it almost to short she will get to use it this year but definitely not as a 4T. That and have to make sure she doesn't bend over too much and wears white underwear to match her tights just incase she does bend over. I would suggest buying 1 size up on this outfit. I thought for sure since i went with the bigger 3T/4T it might be a tad big but i was shocked to see how short it was on her. But it is a very cute custom. I paired it with the fuzzy boot covers and it looks amazing. My daughter loved the outfit and especially cause it was a tutu. It did arrive fast.
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The man who lived there, James Szczuka, 49, told police he shot Eledge after finding him asleep with his girlfriend in her bed. Szczuka claims when he woke Eledge up, Eledge became aggressive and threatening.
According to Szczuka, when Eldege refused to leave, he retrieved a .40 caliber handgun for protection. Szczuka says he shot Eledge when the 40 year-old came at him.
Authorities have also question Szczuka's girlfriend, 24 year-old Dena Harris.
Police have not filed any charges against Szczuka.
Eledge had a lengthy criminal history in Knox County dating back to 1997. His offenses range from DUI, traffic violations, aggravated burglary, assault, possession of legend drug without prescription, theft, and reckless endangerment. According to detectives, Eledge had just been released from the state prison in Rutherford County on Sunday.
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Working on my Folkways project since the Alabama Community Scholars' Institute of 2008 has been an exciting journey. On day one of ACSI I came in planning to work on documenting how living from seafood harvest to seafood harvest influenced daily life in a Bayou la Batre family. As our classes progressed at the Institute, my outlook on my personal project did also. By the time I left ACSI 2008, my project had changed focus, and now had a title: "Bayou Gumbo: Recipes and Family Stories from Bayou la Batre."
Since ACSI I have cooked gumbo with two families, and enjoyed a meal and story telling session around the kitchen table. Three personal interviews have followed. One of the families I had gumbo with was the Raley/Johns family: Tavia Lowery Raley (gumbo cook), Steve Raley (her son), Lois Johns (her daughter), and J.T. Johns (her son-n-law).
Tavia Lowery Raley moved to Bayou la Batre as a child when she was five years old. Her father, John Thomas Lowery, had hurt his back helping a friend pull a truck out of a ditch in Wallace, Alabama (Escambia County); and came to Mobile County to "Get his back fixed at the hospital." His back could not be fixed, and he lived out the rest of his days working in the fish camps in Bayou la Batre with his family.
At the age of 21 Tavia married her sweetheart, Henry Elroy Raley. He was a WWII vet who made his living in the Bayou by shrimping and oystering. His family had been a "fisher family" since his Great-grandfather, Nathaniel Green Raley, moved into the Bayou la Batre area during the 1860s. After working in fish camps as a young woman, then being married to a shrimper/oysterman for most of her life, Tavia perfected recipes not only for seafood gumbo, but shrimp & spaghetti, fried oysters, and shrimp creole.
One of the lessons I learned about cooking gumbo and life from Tavia Raley is to slow down, take your time, and enjoy the process. "Hurried gumbo is bad gumbo. Slow gumbo has time to blend, and the flavors of the ingredients touch your mouth better after they've had time to marinate."
This philosphy is also reflected in her family. When the family gathered around the table, there was no "hurry" to them. They enjoyed each other just as much as the savory gumbo placed before them, and listened with interest and good humor to the stories shared at the table. Long after the gumbo was gone the family still sat sharing life and remembered stories with each other.
Please check back with me: I will be posting interview excerpts and pictures from Tavia's house and others.
On a side note: I have been cooking historical recipes from the Gulf City Cook Book published in 1878 for a local news station: WKRG 5. It has been a pleasure giving history lessons to the viewers in Mobile County while cooking with the anchor, John Nodar. Below are posted the links you can view the cooking segments at:


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Going back as far as I can remember ( some thirty five years), the casino craps personnel have been warning players to hit the back wall. Some times I think it is a automatic reaction to any throw that misses the back wall.
I remember one time when I missed the back wall with one die and the dealer in a bored monotone says, "you have to hit the back wall". The stick guy came right back with,"wake up, this guy has been playing for two hours and hasn't missed the back wall till now".
Another time in a downtown casino where I swear the table was only a ten footer, I missed the back wall while try to adjust to the short toss. This older stickman says, "try and hit the back wall sir". After my next toss the stickman whispers to me, "thanks for hitting the back wall".
I wouldn't consider either one of these occurrences "heat".
Heat is when they, the table crew or pit vipers add a remark to the back wall warning, such as, "or you will have to pass the dice". That's the start or real heat.
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New Zealand Energy moves even closer to closing Origin deal with plans to raise up to $15 mln through private placement
New Zealand Energy Corp. (CVE:NZ) (OTCQX:NZERF) has managed to secure the $15 million it needed to complete the acquisition of three petroleum mining liceneses in the Taranaki Basin from Origin Energy (ASX:ORG), putting the junior oil and gas play one step closer in its transformative strategy to improve cash flow and production.
The company told investors Thursday it will undertake a non-brokered private placement of up to $15 million, with the offering of up to 45.5 millon subscription receipts scheduled to close by the end of this month.
New Zealand Energy, which has been strategizing to improve its operations, is working to close the acquisition of the Tariki, Waihapa and Ngaere (TWN) petroleum licenses from Origin Energy as a means to generate substantially higher cash flow and production.
The $33.5 million acquisition, which includes the TWN licenses, as well as the Waihapa production station and associated infrastructure, has been underway since last year, with the company recently entering a 50/50 split joint venture agreement with L&M Energy Limited to explore, develop and operate the assets it is about to acquire. The deal would see L&M invest $18.25 million, to be put toward the acquisition of the assets from Origin.
The proceeds from the subscription receipts, which would be issued at a price of 33 cents apiece, would also go toward completing the purchase of the Origin assets, as well as to general working capital.
Each subscription receipt would be convertible into units of the company, consisting of one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant. Every whole warrant would be good for one additional share at a price of 45 cents each, for a period of one year following the closing of the offering.
The new funds will be held in escrow and released on closing of the acquisition, New Zealand Energy said, adding that if it is unable to close the deal, the proceeds will be returned to subscribers. The private placement still needs the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
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The Canadian junior oil and gas play already controls 2.2 million acres of exploration permits on New Zealand's North island (including one permit pending), where it is producing oil from four wells. Earlier this year, the company announced the decision to delay further drilling to focus on the completion of the Origin acquisition, while also undertaking a number of reservoir and production tests in recent months with the aim of optimizing output and recovery from its existing wells.
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SummaryA vulnerability in the command-line interface (CLI) of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco UCM) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read the contents of arbitrary files.
The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command on the CLI. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the local file system.
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US Navy Takes Out Medium-range Ballistic Missile Target -- For First Time Using Both Raytheon-made SM-3, Space Sensor
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator ( STSS-D) satellites.
"This test further expands our confidence in the SM-3's ability to engage targets using remote, netted sensor targeting," said Wes Kremer, Raytheon Missile Systems' vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems. "Launching on remote is important because it extends the engagement range of the missile, allowing ships with the SM-3 to expand the battlespace and eliminate threats sooner."
The MRBM target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility. As it rose above the horizon, the target was acquired and tracked by STSS-D. Threat data was then relayed through the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system to the ship. The ship's crew fired the SM-3 based on STSS track data and before the ship's radar acquired the target.
"STSS-D's unique vantage point in space allows the sensor payload to see the threat early in its trajectory and provide launch quality data sooner than nearly any other option," said Bill Hart, vice president of Space Systems for Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business. "We can give our naval warfighters extra time to analyze and respond, by providing target data before the ship can track the threat. That's a tremendous advantage."The test proves the "launch on remote" concept, which was first demonstrated during testing in April 2011 when a U.S. Navy destroyer used track data provided by a Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radar deployed on Wake Island to engage and destroy an intermediate-range ballistic missile target using an SM-3 Block IA. About the Standard Missile-3The SM-3 guided missile is designed to destroy incoming short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats by colliding with them in space, a concept sometimes described as "hitting a bullet with a bullet." The missile does not contain an explosive warhead, but instead destroys the threats using sheer impact, equivalent to a 10-ton truck traveling at 600 mph.
- More than 135 SM-3s have been delivered to U.S. and Japanese navies ahead of schedule and under cost.
- Raytheon is on track to deliver the next-generation SM-3 Block IB guided missile in 2014.
- SM-3 Block IB guided missile will be deployed in both afloat and ashore weapons systems.
- The test marks the 22nd successful intercept for the SM-3 program.
- STSS-D consists of two satellites carrying sensor payloads in a low-Earth orbit.
- The satellites demonstrate the value of space-based sensors to missile defense.
- The STSS-D payloads are able to detect infrared and visible light.
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US, not China, key to Peninsula issue
Updated: 2014-06-24 08:32
By Zhu Ping (China Daily)
A Republic of Korea solider went on a shooting spree in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at a time when Seoul is lamenting the nearly seven-decade division of the Korean Peninsula. Making things worse, some Western media outlets have reported that China is against the Korean reunification. This, among other things, has raised Seoul's concerns ahead of the visit of President Xi Jinping to the ROK.
The truth, however, is that China has never shied away from its responsibility to maintain peace in the region and thus it is ridiculous to blame it for "blocking" the Korean reunification process.
Before accusing China, the Western media should ask one vital question: Which power benefits most if status quo is maintained on the Korean Peninsula? The answer: The US.
The dramatic shooting incident in the DMZ on Saturday night highlights the tensions prevailing in the world's most militarized border. The ROK has launched a nationwide search for the suspect, surnamed Yim, who fled with weapons after killing five of his fellow soldiers; the soldier was surrounded and captured alive on Monday after an attempt to commit suicide. And there is no evidence that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was involved in the incident. But the incident has once again reminded people of the Korean War (1950-1953), in which US-led UN forces joined the ROK and forced China to support the DPRK.
Last week, I happened to visit Panmunjom, the village where an armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, establishing the DMZ and cutting the Korean Peninsula roughly in half. The DMZ, which many refer to as the last Cold War frontier, is about 250 kilometers long and 4 km wide. Technically speaking, the Korean War has not ended because no peace treaty has been signed to that effect, although the two parts of the Peninsula want national reunification.
My trip to Panmunjom was part of an international conference organized by Korean Journalists' Association, and it took us only an hour's drive (about 50 km) from Seoul to reach it. No wonder, the ROK is sensitive to any untoward incident in the DMZ. After all, Seoul is home to nearly one-fifth of the ROK's total population of about 50 million and accounts for about a quarter of its GDP.
Starting from the first check point on the road to Panmunjom, the military facilities and warning signs of "No Photos" made it clear that we were approaching the most dangerous border in the world. But the DMZ had a surprise in store: it is an idyllic landscape with huge swathes of lush green paddy fields, where farmers from both sides of the Peninsula are said to work on each other's side. The DMZ should be a dreamland for environmentalists and nature enthusiasts, and it is home to some rare species of cranes. In fact, the DMZ looks more like a nature reserve park and attracts about 1,000 tourists a day.
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Smashing up a Honda (is hard work)
When reviewing a car, I always do my best to assess how well built the thing is. Mostly, this involves poking at it until bits fall off.
Sometimes, though, I like to try new methods… Like the time I took a hammer and spade and beat the living batshit out a perfectly innocent hatchback.
I used this unusual technique for the first time recently on a 1996 Honda Civic. Gadget Geeks co-presenter Colin Furze and I bashed the thing to within an inch its life and, although it'll never pass another MOT, it gets my thumbs up for being one of the sturdiest cars on the planet.
Its windscreen is particularly solid, as the video below will illustrate. It took Furze and I a good 10 minutes of smashing, whacking and kicking, interspersed with some wheezing and catching of breath, before we managed to cave it in.
It turns out it was made of laminated safety glass, which consists of two layers of glass with a freakishly tough plastic layer between providing extra strength.
Why were we hacking at a Civic? All will be revealed in a forthcoming episode of Gadget Geeks (every monday at 8pm on SKY1) but I figured I'd share this behind the scenes footage as it shows, in no uncertain terms, that glass can be a lot tougher than it appears.Read More
Gadget Geeks kicks off Monday Jan 16th on Sky 1 HD
For the last few months, I've been busy filming a TV show called Gadget Geeks. When we started shooting more than five months ago, I wasn't allowed to tell anyone when the show would air or exactly what it would feature, but now the shackles are off and it's time to spill the beans.
Gadget Geeks will air every Monday at 8pm on Sky 1 HD in the slot that used to be occupied Steven Spielberg's highly popular Terra Nova (no pressure there, then). In it, I play Rory Reid, debonair superhero and sometimes technology expert (the superhero bit is a lie, but anyone that says I'm not suave is asking for a fight). My main powers are solving people's gadget problems and blowing things up. I star alongside fellow journalists Ian Morris and Emma Barnett, and inventors Colin Furze, Charles Yarnold and Tom Scott.
The premise of the show is pretty simple. Every week, members of the general public will step nervously into our studio to present us with a technology quandary. If it's a problem that can be solved with an off-the-shelf gadget, the reviews team (Ian, Emma and myself) will show them a selection of suitable gadgets and take them somewhere to test said gadgets to figure out which is best for them. If their dilemma can't be solved with a gadget that exists, Charles, Tom and Colin will invent and build them a gadget from scratch.
When you watch it, you'll discover it's very different to that other gadget show, y'know, The Gadget Show. Don't take my word for it, though. Tune in every Monday at 8 . The show's also repeated on Saturday at 7pm on Sky2 and Sunday at 3pm on Sky1 so you have no excuse to miss it. Unless you don't have Sky, of course.
While you wait, have a gander at this trailer of the reviews team in action.
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Gadget Geeks: Like a TV show, but starring yours truly
I'm filming a TV show for Sky 1.
Before you ask — no, I haven't blown a TV executive. Nor have I done a 'Guy Goma' and accidentally stumbled into the wrong studio at the wrong time.
What I have done is spent nearly a decade of my life making oft-janky, low-budget Web videos talking about everything from computer games to laptops to cars and popping up as a talking head "expert" on your favourite — or least favourite TV and radio shows.Read More
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I have good news and bad news. The bad news is I made a blog! Sorry — it's not like the world doesn't have enough already.
But the good news is, unlike most personal blogs, I'll try to avoid boring you shitless with mundane ramblings about what sort of breakfast I had today (none, I like to maximise every sleeping second) or what colour socks I'm wearing (one's white, the other's a slightly different sort of white and is a bit tight, so it might actually belong to a girl, in case you're wondering).
Instead, I'm going to use this blog a sort of metaphorical, Web-based bucket into which I'll vomit my thoughts and tell you about the coolest stuff that happens in my life. Some of it will be about my work (I test cars and consumer technology), and some of it might even be about stuff that actually matters — like love, life and whether leprechauns actually exist (minus the bit about leprechauns).
Anyway — read it if you like. Or don't. Whatever.Read More
If I die, I'm announcing it on Facebook first
I love Facebook. Ask anyone that knows me and they'll tell you I'm one of those people that updates their status and posts images far too often.
I do it while I'm at home, while I'm at work, and now it seems I'll be able to update my burgeoning profile when I'm dead. Yes, when the last breath has left my frigid corpse, I'll be able to unleash one last missive on my unsuspecting friends (and those random people I've added who I don't actually know).
It's all thanks to a Facebook app called If I Die. Once installed, it lets you leave a pre-written goodbye after you've kicked the bucket. It'll automatically fire off a text update or, better still, a video message that contains your final goodbyes. Creepy, huh?
How does it know when you're dead? Well, during installation, it asks you to appoint particular friends as the executers of the app. Once you've been committed to the Earth, burnt to oblivion, or cast out to sea in a Viking longboat (that's how I'm going out), they can hit the publish button and your profile is updated with your final ramblings.
A minimum of three of your trustees have to click the "yes, he is in fact dead" button before the app's makers will publish your last words, though you can appoint more than three people as the guardians of your social media estate — which is handy in the event you end up outliving the default set.
The content of your final message is entirely up to you. The folks who make the app suggest you might want to tell a joke, say a simple goodbye, reveal a secret or slag off anyone you hated whilst occupying the real of the living.
Some might say it's morbid — I say it's pretty dope. The only thing it's missing is an 'if-then-else' function that allows you to post final messages based on the circumstances of your death. Like, if you're murdered by someone, your last message could say "It was probably Ian Morris". Or it could say "I wish those bastards hadn't turned my life support machine off. Please avenge me".
Maybe they'll stick that in version 2.0.Read More
My old showreel
I do a lot of standing around in front of a camera. Often, someone bothers pushing the record button and sometimes I'll do and say things of vague interest — or so I hear.
Once, to help me remember a few of these occasions, I made what some might refer to as a showreel. I, personally, wouldn't go as far as calling it that — it's far too long and features too many lingering shots of me spinning through the air in zero gravity (so what, it was cool) but if you fancy seeing some of my antics and you've got a couple of minutes spare, there hit the damn play button and prepare to be Rory-entated.
Rory Reid's Showreel from Rory Reid on Vimeo.Read More


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There has been a lot of news lately about whether BP will settle all of the legal claims against it stemming from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe two years ago, or whether the company will end up in court. As is typical of most things surrounding the oil spill issue, much of the information that has come out in recent weeks has done little more than muddy the waters.
First of all, despite a settlement announced late last Friday, most of the legal claims against BP have not been settled. The recent $7.8 billion settlement only represents the private injury claims brought by local residents, fishermen, tourism companies, and the like whose businesses and livelihoods were devastated by the oil spill. That's important, but it's not even close to half of the story. The remaining claims -- what BP owes the American people -- could amount to many times that amount.
BP has yet to settle with the Federal Government, which represents "we the people," and it hasn't settled with the affected states. The Feds have already brought one suit seeking civil penalties and natural resource damages from BP, and could bring more in the future. Estimates of the total amount that BP owes us just for those federal claims have varied from $20 to $60 billion.
These numbers might seem large, but the truth is they don't come close to the total amount that BP could -- and should -- be required to pay. Our nation's environmental laws allow the Justice Department to seek damages and penalties against BP that could be as high as $90 billion. But recent discussions in the press of a possible future settlement between BP and the Federal Government have focused on much lower amounts in the $20-25 billion range. Compared to what BP could be asked to pay -- and what we have the right to demand -- that's not a deal the American people should be happy about.
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Meet Holby and Harly: The Long Paw of the Law15 November 2012 | news archive
TWO crime-fighting canines were in the classroom at Leeds City College this week developing the skills to become fully trained police dogs.
Holby and Harly, a pair of Labradors training with West Yorkshire Police, were at the Keighley Campus showing groups of Level 3 Public Services BTEC students how they help tackle drug-related crime.
And as students got to discover more about the amazing work of the police force's four-legged friends, the dogs themselves were learning plenty too as they trained in tackling drug crime in crowded environments. PC dog handlers, Matt van Bellen and Tim Yates, were also using this experience as part of their own training.
Mark Walker, dog trainer at West Yorkshire Police, said: "Holby and Harly are both three years old and have been training for around 18 months. They are passive search dogs, which means they don't bite or bark but just stare at the drugs when they are identified.
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In the classroom, students volunteered to have a substance placed in their pockets or footwear by police for the dogs to try and find. Matt and Tim then brought in Holby and Harly to search for the contraband.
Upon finding the drugs, the dogs stopped, became absolutely still and stared at the student. They were then rewarded by their handlers, who threw them a tennis ball to catch.
Jodie Kay, one of the students who volunteered for the training, said: "It was fun, really interesting."
Victoria Turner, Curriculum Leader for Sport and Public Services at the College, said: "Bringing the dogs here does help the students to gain an understanding into the role of police dog handlers and how the dogs are trained.
"Students also get the opportunity to work with the dogs handlers on assessments outside college. The first is at the train station where the dogs have to identify drugs planted on students as they walk through the turn styles. The final assessment is at a nightclub through the middle of the day in Leeds city centre where a bar scene is set out and the dogs have to identify the students with drugs planted on them. Some students are asked to try and sneak out or cause distractions to prevent the dogs from finding the drugs."
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CORPUS CHRISTI - An alert was sent out to all law enforcement in South Texas about a federal prisoner who escaped near Three Rivers this morning.
U.S. Marshals are looking for Jose Guadalupe Aguilar. As Aguilar is a federal prisoner, officials are not releasing any information about the incident. We are not aware of his age, a detailed description, or why he was in federal custody.
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I have an intense desire to own a Shun chef's knife. They're sold in the states at Williams-Sonoma, but they are hand made like samurai swords in Japan. Does anyone know anything about getting them in Japan or something similar?
I have an intense desire to own a Shun chef's knife. They're sold in the states at Williams-Sonoma, but they are hand made like samurai swords in Japan. Does anyone know anything about getting them in Japan or something similar?
I have a feeling you should maybe wait till you get to Japan to buy a knife. I love cooking and I intend to have a little field trip to Kappabashi in Tokyo and get myself a nice knife.
The selection might be better and the prices also. I'm bringing a small Opinel petty knife, a peeler and a brand new wooden spoon from Dehillerin cooking store in Paris.
Which Shun were you interested in?
finally, a cooking enthusiast. It's the Shun Classic MD0707 10" chef's: http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=255 that I'm after. I'd never heard of the Opinel before; I think I need one now. I normally carry a Benchmade pocket knife for utility uses, but I'm going to leave it behind because I don't think the Japanese would appreciate it.
How much would one (or even a set of these) go for in Japan? My dad is a mad chef and a samurai kitchen knives would make the ideal christmas present for him, provided I don't have to sell a kidney to afford them.
well Kochi is meant to make good knives, they used to make swords but now changed over to making knives instead.
They're pretty cheap in the states; the knife I was talking about above goes for about $125. I'd be surprised if you could find a better deal in Japan, now that I think about it. But you might be able to find variety or something rare.
Opinel is a French brand, the folding knife is just amazing to cook on the road.
It's nothing fancy, but it's well made and doesn't attract attention.
I might also leave my Leatherman Squirt S4 that I carry with me all the time.
I'm not sure if I've seen Shuns in Kappabashi, but you can definitely pick up some great knives there. In fact, if you're not completely set on the Shun I recommend that you pick up a Japanese made knife instead. You can get something really unique and it will cost you about half as much as you'd pay in your home country. I really like the multi-layered ones (Damascus steel), and you can get them in high carbon or stainless (I recommend stainless unless you are really on top of the high carbon it will rust). I'm still looking for the perfect one, because I'm left-handed, so finding a Japanese knife that works for me is a little harder-for now I'm using a 9" Global Pro that I picked up at Union several years ago. Some good shops in Kappabashi are Union Commerce, Kama Asa, and Tsubaya. You can also get some great knives at Aritsugu (they have a small shop in Tsukiji or a really nice one in the Nishiki-koji market in Kyoto. If you live in Osaka, there is also a kitchen supply area near Namba station where they have some good knife shops.
chef knives in Japan....................there are millions of brands, going from a local maker to major companies. I got myself one and made by a smith in our local area and it was about 24000 yen......................for a decent one it is between 10 000-30 000 yen
i bought one for 105 yen, it was made by an ancient blacksmith called daiso-sama
i also bought a sharpening stone for 105 yen, and now it slices through anything, even cats and chair legs
I got an awesome ceramic knife from the local home centre. Cuts like a dream, including through your fingers the first few times.
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I bought a fairly cheap ($10) all-purpose knife in the store here and was astounded by what a good, sharp knife it proved to be. It just falls right through.
Shuns are made in Seki-city, from that crazy "1000 fold" samurai sword metal, not Damascus. I'm pretty sure anything claiming to be true Damascus is lying because human beings only recently rediscovered how to make the stuff.
I am really interested in locally-made knives, however. Pandi and Swedeinshiga, what cities did ya'll get those in?
If you read Pandi's post carefully, you'll see that he actually bought his at the 100 yen shop. Although they'll get you by during your time in Japan, they're certainly not something that you'll want to take home. If you're a knife enthusiast (and it sounds like you are) I wouldn't bother with the 100 yen shop at least not for cookware)
I was wondering about those ceramic knives. Wanted to buy one for my father, but I think he said they could not go in the dishwasher or somethingOriginally Posted by andreyla
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No, pretty sure they can. It's awesome, no rust, no blunting, and it's pretty, pearly white.Originally Posted by Narnia
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Just like any knife, of course you can put them in the dishwasher, and they won't fall apart or anything, but it still isn't good for them. They will dull faster if you wash them in the dishwasher. Any high-quality knife should be washed by hand (and super-abrasive sponges like Scotch Brites should be avoided too, since they'll scratch the steel).
If you're interested in Japanese knives, check out this recent article from Saveur magazine http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitche...Japanese-Knife but beware, the deba and usuba are switched in the picture (that is, the deba is the one on the left)


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