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It is the only residential school run by the State government for boys with visual impairment in the city, but it could certainly do with more care.
Along the highway on Poonamalle, tucked away amid trees is the Government Higher Secondary School for Blind. A little before noon, children run around happily as a holiday has been declared. "They would otherwise be in class. Today, they all went to a rally so they are tired," assured a teacher. Not many are seen in uniform because most children have just one pair, which, in most cases, is torn. "These are children whose parents are not much interested in their studies. Most come from very poor families," the teacher added.
Till 2010, the school which had very few teachers, used to have disastrous results in class X and class XII. A teacher recollects how two years ago, almost 90 per cent of students failed in one subject alone. "We have more teachers now, so the situation has improved. Getting teachers to work here is always a problem. Even now, we need teachers for geography and several other subjects," another assistant said.
The students are more forthright though. "We have classes but our seniors don't have regular sessions. They have more free periods because they have few teachers," one boy said. Infrastructure is also a key concern as demonstrated by the leaking ceilings in many classrooms. Many of the hostel rooms are also in need of immediate attention, say students. Teachers are hopeful though of things improving. "We have been granted Rs 2 crore. Soon, the problems will get solved with the renovation," a teacher added.
Special provisions ensure that even students above the age of 20 study in the school. "There is wide disparity in every classroom and few teachers understand that. Our struggle is to just get them to class and make them learn a few things so that they clear the board exams," said another teacher. "Now that the government has given them an extra hour in the exam, we hope they will all pass," he added.
The State government runs ten other residential schools for children with visual impairment across the State including one exclusively for girls in Tiruchi.
"Children join us very late here. You have ten-year-old boys studying in class II and so on. We don't have many trained teachers to motivate them," said another teacher. Many students are from rural parts of the State such as Dharmapuri, Erode and Cuddalore. The students don't drop out but many remain absent for many days when they go home, said a helper at the school.


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Choose and share albums or photos of your choice with friends over a wireless network.
PictoShare is not a social sharing tool; rather it streamlines sharing images between your device and that of another iOS device owner. It works well, finding devices with the same app on a wireless network and allowing you to share them with a couple taps onscreen, but it does little more than the already built-in PhotoStreaming or one of the many other apps that will share more than just images.
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From the biggest schools to the smallest, Oakland County girls golf will be on display at the county tournament Sept. 19.
To many coaches, it is the perfect tuneup to the postseason, which is just around the corner.
Division 1 plays at Pontiac Country Club, while D-2 teams play at Pontiac Municipal Golf Course. Both tournaments start at 8:45 a.m.
"Oakland County, I think, is one of the majors, one of the big ones," Seaholm coach Leon Braisted said. "It's two or three weeks before regionals, so you're doing your work, trying to pick your best players. It gives you an idea of what direction your team is going."
Defending champion Rochester Hills Stoney Creek highlights the field. Rochester High, Rochester Adams, Clarkston High, Farmington Hills Mercy, Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills Andover, South Lyon High, South Lyon East, Novi High, Troy High, Walled Lake Central, the North Farmington and Farmington Hills Harrison combined team, Lake Orion High, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood and Milford High join Seaholm in D-1.
The field features eight teams that are ranked in the state, according to the Sept. 8 Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association poll.
Troy is one of the ranked squads, sitting at No. 7, and with one returning starter from a squad that finished fifth in the state last season, coach John Getzan sees this tournament as a chance to gain valuable experience.
"We have a lot of growing up to do, so we'll see where we finish. We don't set goals like, 'We want to finish top five or top 10.' Our goal is to go out there, be smart and play our best. At the end of the day, count them up, and hopefully, we like the result," he said. "Oakland County always is well-represented at the state final. This is a good tournament. It's a little different environment, because the girls get out of school for the day, and it really helps them get a feel of what (regionals) is all about."
Teams send out five golfers and count their top four scorers. Country Day coach Peggy Steffan said she treats it like any other tournament, but enjoys taking on larger schools.
"We have been playing a lot of the bigger teams in tournaments and in a few matches. I feel that it prepares to the girls to take on more competition," she said. "The girls realize they can kind of make a name for themselves if they do well in this tournament."
As is tradition, the teams that finish in the bottom two spots of the tournament will move to D-2 next season, and the top two teams in D-2 move up to D-1.
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Last season, Berkley finished 12th overall, a spot coach Sue Ciaravino hopes to improve upon.
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Jul 7th, 2011, 11:20 PM
This may have been covered but I didn't see it. Did I hear NBC right that they will no longer have Breakfast at Wimbledon after 43 years? Who is going to do it next year? :confused:
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Chi White Sox leads 1-0 (as of 5/18)
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2:20 PM ET, May 18, 2012
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
CHICAGO -- On a wild day at Wrigley Field when Kerry Wood retired, Paul Konerko got hit in the face with a pitch and manager Dale Sveum was ejected, the Chicago White Sox added to their recent success against the Cubs.
Gordon Beckham hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cubs 3-2 on Friday, their 16th win in the past 22 interleague games against their crosstown rivals."I think that was more than the typical game. It seemed like there was a lot of stuff going on," Beckham said.Beckham's solo shot and a two-run drive by Konerko in the first were the only runs allowed by Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija (4-2).Konerko sustained a laceration above his left eye and swelling when he was hit by Samardzija's pitch in the third inning and had to leave the game. He was to have more tests to determine the extent of the injury and his status for the remainder of the series."You never want that for anybody that you're playing with or anybody on their team. You never want to see anybody hit in the head. It was pretty scary. He walked off, so we figured he was OK," Beckham said.White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said he went to the clubhouse to check on Konerko."I saw him before he left," Pierzynski said. "His eye was pretty swelled up, but he was pretty cognizant, didn't say he was dizzy or anything. I've seen him get hit before and go to first. I was a little scared when he didn't get right up, but he seemed fine and we'll see how he feels tomorrow."Samardzija, who came to the plate to check on Konerko, said he wasn't trying to hit the White Sox star."It's unfortunate. There're a lot of superstars that put up big numbers, get paid a lot of money and Paulie's one of those guys who is a superstar and does it the right way. There's not too many of those guys out there. He's not about show or about himself," Samardzija said."Paulie's a good guy and that ball got away and unfortunately hit him up high. If I could take it back, I would. The only thing that makes me OK about it is he's a tough guy. I hope he'll be all right."White Sox starter Philip Humber threw high behind Cubs cleanup hitter Bryan LaHair in the fourth, prompting a warning from plate umpire Tim Timmons.Sveum, ejected in the fifth for arguing a call at second base, reiterated the Cubs weren't trying to hit Konerko, especially since it was a splitter from Samardzija. And he said if Humber's pitch was indeed retaliation, he would have appreciated it being thrown much lower."That one just got away from me and just one of those things that happens during a game," Humber said.Wood, who began his major league career with the Cubs in 1998 and struck out 20 Houston Astros batters in his fifth major league start, took the mound to rousing cheers after word got out that he intended to retire after the game. When he struck out Dayan Viciedo on three pitches -- the only batter Wood faced -- he was taken out as teammates congratulated him on the mound and Dunn doffed his batting helmet and clapped from first base.The 34-year-old Wood, hampered by injuries this season and throughout his career, left to a standing ovation and was hugged by his son as he reached the dugout. Moments later, Wood emerged for a curtain call, waving his cap to fans as James Russell threw warmup pitches.Wood played slightly more than 13 seasons in the big leagues, most of them with the Cubs."It's time," he said afterward.Konerko's 19th career homer in 66 games against the Cubs came one out after a first-inning single by Beckham and made it 2-0.But the Cubs responded in the bottom half. David DeJesus led off with a fly-ball double into the ivy in left field and Tony Campana had a bunt single when Humber slipped down trying to field it. Campana then stole second before Starlin Castro's long sacrifice fly made it 2-1 and sent Campana to third. Humber then struck out LaHair and got Alfonso Soriano to fly out.The Cubs tied it in the seventh when Ian Stewart led off with a single and one out later Darwin Barney doubled to finish Humber after just 66 pitches. Matt Thornton (2-3) came in and Samardzija bounced his first pitch through the left side for an RBI single to tie the game and put runners at first and third. DeJesus popped out and so did Campana on a bunt attempt, ending the inning.Samardzija allowed six hits and three runs in 7 1/3 innings with two walks and eight strikeouts.Humber gave up five hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings. He is 0-2 with three no-decisions since pitching a perfect game against Seattle on April 21.Addison Reed got his fourth save in four chances with a scoreless ninth that included a double by Barney when White Sox right fielder Alex Rios lost his two-out fly in the sun.Game notes
White Sox 3B Brent Morel was a late scratch with a sore back that has bothered him off and on this season. He was replaced by Eduardo Escobar. ... Cubs C Geovany Soto will have surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee and will miss three to four weeks. ... The Cubs called up catcher Blake Lalli from Triple-A Iowa and optioned struggling right-hander Chris Volstad (0-6) to their top farm club.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
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Scoring Summary
1st | P Konerko homered to left (399 feet), G Beckham scored. | 2 | 0 | |
1st | S Castro hit sacrifice fly to center, D DeJesus scored, T Campana to third. | 2 | 1 | |
7th | J Samardzija singled to shallow left, I Stewart scored, D Barney to third. | 2 | 2 | |
8th | G Beckham homered to left (367 feet). | 3 | 2 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
Attendance | 34,937 (85.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:34 |
Weather | 76 degrees, sunny |
Wind | 7 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Marty Foster |
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With Kerry Wood making his final career appearance Friday, it's worth mentioning that he is one of four pitchers ever to strike out 20 batters in a single game. Roger Clemens did it twice, while Tom Cheney's 21 strikeouts game in an extra-inning game. [+]Most Strikeouts In Single Game - MLB History
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Editors' Review
+Media players have reached the point where free ones all offer pretty much the same performance and features, and, in many cases, the same source code and codecs. To stand out from the crowd, you've got to break out of the box, and in video that means 3D. Ramka's 3D Video Player is a shareware video player than not only plays regular and 3D videos but also converts videos to 3D anaglyph stereoscopic playback. You'll need your 3D glasses to view video in 3D, of course. The trial version of 3D Video Player is free, but the 3D conversion feature is disabled: it will play existing 3D stereoscopic videos, though with a watermark on output. Of course, 3D Video Player also handles most of the regular and HD video and audio formats you're likely to encounter. It doesn't have all of the many options and features of the well-known open-source free players, though few if any of those we're aware of have 3D Video Player's special talent.
As a media player, 3D Video Player has a stylish but simple interface, with no options or settings we could find. It has basic controls, starting with a large, central Open button and including full screen, repeat, playlist, a volume slider, and a mute button. But there's also a prominent 3D button, and clicking it applies red-cyan 3D processing to the sample image, a vivid demonstration of what this simple but interesting player does. We started by playing a few ordinary 2D videos from our collection, each of which played just fine in 3D Video Player. Clicking the 3D button produced an onscreen notice that the 3D feature is disabled in the trial version.
We downloaded a 3D stereoscopic video freely shared on YouTube. It opened and played normally in 3D video player, though clicking 3D placed a watermark over the image. Nevertheless, it clearly showed how well 3D Video Player works at displaying 3D videos, and how simple it is to use. If you like the idea, we definitely recommend trying 3D Video Player. The full version is inexpensive, especially considering what it does.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of 3D Video Player 3.3.8.
Publisher's Description
+3D Video Player is a consumer media player that delivers spectacular 3D experiences combined with a slick performance. Its main feature is a 3D button that enables you to activate 3D playback instantly. 3D media player uses classic anaglyph stereoscopic technique, which makes it easy-to-use 3D video software. All you need to watch video in stereo is to download and install a player, choose a "flat" 2D video file, activate 3D mode by clicking on "3D" button and put on your red-cyan glasses - the program will play your video in anaglyph 3D format in real time. 3D Video Player is a professional software with laconic and intuitive interface. This program supports most video formats: AVI, MKV (.mkv) , MP4 (.mp4, .m4v), FLASH (.flv), WMV (.wmv, .asf), RealMedia (.rm, .rmvb), QuickTime (.mov, .qt, .m4v, .mp4), 3GP (.3gp2, .3gpp, .3gp, .3g2), HD video (.m2ts, .mts, .tod, .wmv, .mpg, .mov), DVD (.vob, .ifo) and, of course, 3D videos. You need 3D Video Player to experience 3D video to the fullest.
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What did he die of anyway? Voice still sounds beautiful at that point....
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Unable to get a team in Chicago, Norris bought Olympia Stadium and the Falcons franchise in 1933. He immediately changed the team name to the Red Wings and began building a champion.
With Jack Adams as coach, Norris purchased Scotty Bowman and Syd Howe from the St. Louis Eagles.
The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1936 and were the first American franchise to repeat as champions in 1937.
Um... am I reading this wrong, or was Scotty Bowman purchased when he was 3 years old?
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Um... am I reading this wrong, or was Scotty Bowman purchased when he was 3 years old?
Ralph "Scotty" Bowman (June 20, 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – October 17, 1990) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Eagles and Detroit Red Wings.
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I saw that and thought of... well, you know who I thought of.
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Thanks, rrasco.
I saw that and thought of... well, you know who I thought of.
I had no idea. I think it's kind of odd that we have two 'Scotty Bowmans' in Wings' history. Wonder if there is any relation?
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Why oh why didn't I take I take the blue pill.
I for one do not see what I want. Every day I search my environment for hope. Hope that people will care for others well being over shiny things and electric gizmos. That people will take control over their own faculties of reason and grasp a truth so obvious that when spotted it becomes almost comical. That the people espousing their various religious doctrines will actually live by those principles instead of using them as a weapon against others. I keep my gazed fixed for this and it remains elusive.
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The Client (1993) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is Grisham's fourth novel.
The novel begins when eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother, Ricky, are in the woods near the mobile home park they live in with their mother, Dianne. A man driving a Cadillac arrives by where they are smoking cigarettes. W. Jerome "Romey" Clifford, a 44-year-old lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana, gets out. It quickly becomes apparent that the noticeably drunk Clifford is intending to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning when he inserts a garden hose into the car's exhaust pipe and runs it to the car window. Mark sneaks up and keeps pulling the hose from the tailpipe causing Clifford to get out of the car several times and reinsert it. Clifford eventually sees Mark and grabs him, pushing him into the car. Clifford tells Mark he wants to kill himself because he believes Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, will murder him, and he prefers dying on his own terms. Clifford is defending Muldanno, the nephew of a mob boss, for murdering U.S. Senator Boyd Boyette. Unfortunately, the prosecutors, led by "Reverend" Roy Foltrigg do not have the body. Muldanno previously told Clifford that he buried Boyette in concrete in Clifford's detached garage.
When Clifford passes out, Mark escapes. Clifford comes to shortly after and shoots himself, sending Ricky into severe shock from witnessing it. Mark calls the police and is later found at the scene. Police and the FBI discover that Mark was in the car and suspect he spoke with Clifford. Because Clifford knew where the body was buried, the FBI want to question Mark. Ricky, who has been hospitalized, is unresponsive and unable to provided information. Mark hires Regina "Reggie" Love, a lawyer and recovering alcoholic, to help. Meanwhile, Barry the Blade's cohorts burn the Sway's trailer and threaten Mark, leaving him reluctant to reveal anything to the FBI.
Mark is placed in juvenile lock-up (partly for protection, and partly to get him to talk) but he escapes. He and Reggie go to New Orleans to verify that the body is buried on Clifford's property, but Mafia henchmen are already there to move it. Mark creates a diversion and a neighbor emerges with a shotgun, scaring the men off. Mark and Reggie find Boyette's body. Reggie makes a deal with Foltrig enabling Mark and his family to enter the United States Federal Witness Protection Program in exchange for revealing to the FBI where the body is located. Before the Sway family flies to Phoenix, Mark and Reggie bid each other farewell.
Reggie Love: A lawyer who has been practicing for five years. Her original name is Regina Cardoni. She divorced her husband and spent time recovering from a nervous breakdown before becoming an attorney. She is a recovering alcoholic. She is an older woman in the novel, but the movie incarnation played by Susan Sarandon is slightly younger.
Barry Muldanno: Mafia member who is accused of killing a senator. A cold-blooded man, he plans on killing eleven-year old Mark.
Roy Foltrigg: U.S. government lawyer with political aspirations. His job is to prove that Barry Muldanno murdered the senator. He tries everything to make Mark talk and eventually proposes taking Mark to court in New Orleans where he thinks Mark can be persuaded to cooperate. He is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Louisiana.
Slick Moeller: A crime reporter who works for the Memphis Press. His real name is actually Alfred but nobody in the book knows this. He never reveals the names of anyone who entrusted him with information. He knows everything about every crime committed, even before the police.
Paul Gronke: A close associate of Barry Muldanno. He is a tough thug, but not a killer like Muldanno.
Mac Bono: A close associate of the Sulari family. He is a convicted murderer and participates in the search for Mark Sway.
Gary Pirini: A close associate of the Sulari family. He helps search for Mark Sway.
Jack Nance and Calvin "Cal" Sisson: So-called "security specialists", they are actually thugs for hire. They are employed by Paul Gronke to help find Mark Sway.
Thomas Fink: An assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Louisiana. He argued a case before the Tennessee juvenile court to have Mark placed in the juvenile detention center.
George Ord: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. He helped Thomas Fink argue the case to have Mark placed in the juvenile detention center.
Dr. Greenway: The doctor that treats Ricky Sway.
Clint Van Hooser: Secretary to Reggie Love and a former drug abuser.
Harry Roosevelt: A judge of the Tennessee Juvenile Court. He tries to protect children because he was a neglected child.
Johnny Sulari: Boss of the Sulari family. An aging gangster, he nonetheless rules with an iron fist. Uncle of Barry Muldanno.
Jerome Clifford: An influential lawyer who represented Barry Muldano. Clifford commits suicide, which is witnessed by Mark and Ricky.
Chester Tanfill: President of Ark-Lon Fixtures, where Dianne Sway works.
A 1994 film based on the novel was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker and newcomer Brad Renfro. The film was released on July 20, 1994.
For her work in the film, Susan Sarandon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role .
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It's pretty good. I like the way you deal with homophobia in this story.
Constructive criticism: I sort of got lost as to their location, whether they're at the top or the bottom of the stairs. Also, the others in the crows seemed a bit confusing.
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A VERY thoughtful analysis of our special report on food this week in Poverty and Power, a blog run by Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam GB. (An outstanding blog, by the way. Bookmark it now).
Mr Green gives the report "top marks on biology, botany, chemistry, ecology and the other natural sciences"; and zero marks on the "humanities – people, power and politics". There's nothing in the report, he says, on who does the farming (smallholders or large commercial farms); nothing on how they exercise influence over their governments and large food processing and distribution companies; and nothing on trade (as he rightly says, an "odd absence" for The Economist). "The bottom line for The Economist," he concludes, "is that all that tricky power and politics stuff is just too difficult."
The basic characterisation of the report is absolutely fair (though I don't agree with the conclusion). So let me explain why the report takes the approach it does, and then respond to some of Mr Green's specific points.
The report sets out to answer the question how will the world feed 9 billion in 2050? To do that, it concentrates on the basic constraints on food supplies – land, water and so on - and asks how they might be overcome. The report is only secondarily concerned with politics, policies and trade. This is not the only way of looking at the food business. One could look at other questions, such as why are a billion people hungry? Why are prices rising? Or one could say – as Mr Green does – that prices and other incentives influence how basic constraints are dealt with, and since these things are influenced by politics and policies, the distinction between constraints on the one hand and politics on the other is artificial.
All true. But in looking at the question of feeding 9 billion, the most useful thing The Economist can do is lay out some of the basics: land, water, climate, seed technology, etc. This seems justified in itself: farmers start with these things. It seems helpful because public debate on such matters is sometimes rather confused: the debate on GM technology, for instance, rarely makes a distinction between using genes from a different organism (GMOs) and changing – hopefully improving – the existing genetic base of plants through marker-assisted breeding. I thought such an approach would add to the sum total of human knowledge because there is already quite a lot about trade, small holders versus large farms and so on. I'm certainly not saying these things don't matter. But even in 14 pages, you have to make choices. Above all – and I was surprised by this – there really is a problem of declining yield growth. Yields are growing more slowly than population for the first time in over 30 years. This seems a big deal and deserves more attention than it usually gets.
So the report concentrates on the "what" of food (what's gone wrong; what needs to be done), rather than the "how" (how to do it). Obviously these aren't contradictory approaches. But starting with the "what" seems justified because it is the prior question.
So much for the basic approach. Let me turn to a few of the holes in the argument that Mr Green points out. Because the problem of boosting yields is such a big one, it seems to me one can make too much of the trade-offs between small and large farmers. These do exist but because the problem of failing yields is so large, I suspect we will need better productivity from both large and small farmers. Neither can do it alone. Which will dominate will vary from place to place. Two of the great successes in agriculture have been Brazil and Vietnam. Brazilian farming is dominated by large commercial exporters; Vietnam's by smallholders who also export. I'm agnostic about whether large or small farms matter most, though I suspect that in practice people will want to leave farming so consolidation of plots is inevitable.
On gender, Mr Green is right: because women do most of the farming in many developing countries, sexual discrimination in things such as credit policies is a big problem. Getting rid of it is desirable in itself and would boost output.
Mr Green takes me to task for saying "Pushing up supplies may be easier than solving the distributional problem" and says this is a complete cop-out. Maybe. But the sentiment is supposed to be a straightforward statement of fact. It will be easier to provide extra food to the have-nots by growing more, than by switching it from the haves by transforming distribution systems. Damaging trade barriers have persisted for decades. We can't stop the biofuels lunacy. I'm certainly not against boosting producer organisations or tackling vested interests that skew government decision-making (The Economist has been railing against trade distortions for 150 years). But I fear that, unless we boost yields of staple crops, the current spike in food prices won't be a spike at all but will turn into an endlessly sustained period of high and rising prices.
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P&G is a powerhouse in the U.S., but it's courting growth opportunities abroad. With burgeoning middle-class populations in emerging market countries, Procter has a big opportunity to increase its footprint by selling them on the kinds of products that have become mainstays here at home. That said, the firm isn't without competition -- private labels have provided a big challenge for the Cincinnati-based firm, as consumers have become more willing to eschew their favored brands for lower prices at the register. Procter's best defense is a good offense, and a massive advertising budget should help to remind consumers of why they should buy brand names.
The firm has been working on costs too. Procter & Gamble has been working on an initiative to reduce its costs by around $10 billion, a move that would expand the firm's already impressive margins and leave more flexibility in competing with price leaders like store brands. With rising analyst sentiment in this stock right now, we're betting on shares.
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Government forces are continuing to persecute Muslims in Burma's Rakhine state after failing to protect them during deadly clashes in June, Human Rights Watch has said in a report.
Security forces had killed and raped members of the Rohingya group and arrested hundreds of others, it said.
The 56-page report is the second in a fortnight to draw attention to abuses in Rakhine state.
The UN has sent an envoy to investigate the violence that killed at least 78.
''To demonstrate its seriousness in addressing abuses, the government should grant the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomas Quintana, full access to investigate abuses on all sides and take action to hold perpetrators accountable,'' Human Rights Watch said.
In the weeks since the worst of the violence the Burmese authorities have stopped journalists and aid workers from getting to most sensitive parts of the state, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Bangkok, so getting accurate information is extremely difficult.
Burma denies its security forces are guilty of human rights abuses in Rakhine. A presidential adviser responded to the Human Rights Watch allegations by saying the government had responded to the violence there as quickly as it could.
The Human Rights Watch report was based on 57 interviews in both Burma and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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The United Nations describes Rohingya as a persecuted religious and linguistic minority from western Burma. The Burmese government, on the other hand, says they are relatively recent migrants from the Indian sub-continent. Neighbouring Bangladesh already hosts several hundred thousand refugees from Burma and says it cannot take any more.
It said that security forces had failed to stop the unrest, which led to houses being razed and tens of thousands of people losing their homes.
"Burmese security forces failed to protect the Arakan (Rakhine) and Rohingya from each other and then unleashed a campaign of violence and mass round-ups against the Rohingya,'' said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
The findings in the HRW report are similar to an earlier report by Amnesty International - dismissed by a government spokesman in the state as "groundless and biased".
Long-standing tensionA state of emergency was declared in Rakhine in June after deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims.
Violence flared after the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman in May, followed by an attack on a bus carrying Muslims.
Communal unrest continued in parts of Maung Daw as Muslims attacked Buddhist homes. Reprisal attacks then targeted Muslim homes and communities. The attacks left many dead and forced thousands of people on both sides to flee their homes.
There have been long-standing tensions between Rakhine people, who are Buddhist and make up the majority of the state's population, and Muslims, many of whom are Rohingya.
Many Rakhine Buddhists have said that much of the violence in June was carried out against them by Rohingya groups. Rohingyas say they have been forced to flee because of the violence.
Burma's President Thein Sein has said that the "solution" for the Rohingya was deportation or refugee camps.


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In preparation for a presentation I'm making next week, I've been talking to a number of retailers who have integrated Facebook's Like button onto their sites. Nearly every retailer tells the same story—the integration is relatively simple (although almost all include the caveat that it is not as easy as Facebook claims) and it has boosted traffic—and often sales—on their sites.
Take, for instance, outdoor gear and apparel retailer Giant Nerd, which placed the Like button on all its product pages. The result? Traffic coming from Facebook grew 100%. Moreover, the number of those consumers who placed an order jumped 30% and the average order value rose 50%.
Similarly, children's clothing site Tea Collection added the Like button to individual dresses as a promotional tool. The dress with the most Likes at the end of the day is then offered at a discounted price the following day. Within 12 hours of launching the campaign the site recorded more than 3,000 Likes and site visits rose 300% above average.
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