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Coverage: FSN
6:01 PM ET, March 8, 2012
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
LOS ANGELES -- Arizona and UCLA weren't their usual high-scoring selves, with neither getting the kind of easy baskets that come when the offense is flowing.
Instead, it came down to defense and free throws -- lots and lots of 'em by the Wildcats, who won 66-58 in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals Thursday despite going 8 1/2 minutes without a field goal in the second half.The fourth-seeded Wildcats (22-10) were 24 of 27 from the free-throw line in the second half, and they needed those when their shooting dipped to 30 percent over the final 20 minutes and the Bruins briefly took the lead.Solomon Hill scored 25 points, Jesse Perry added 16 points and Kyle Fogg scored 13. Arizona went 31 of 36 from the line, with Perry making 12 of 13 and Hill 12 of 14. Hill and Perry had 12 rebounds each."As often is the case in March, you ride the coattails of the individual players playing better than they've played before," Wildcats coach Sean Miller said. "The only thing you have to do is look at the stat sheet and the meaning of Jesse, Solomon and Kyle is immense. These three guys are the heart and soul of our team."Arizona, seeking its first tournament title since 2002, advanced to Friday's semifinals against ninth-seeded Oregon State, which upset top-seeded Washington 86-84 earlier at Staples Center."The objective in March is to just keep winning and don't stop," Miller said. "Hopefully tonight is the first of a couple more."The fifth-seeded Bruins (19-14) were led by guards Lazeric Jones with 17 points and Jerime Anderson with 14."It hurts and I'm sad knowing that we're done," said Jones, a junior college transfer who played two seasons with the team. "It's not the way we wanted it to be."UCLA played the final 11:03 without big man Joshua Smith, who fouled out in nine minutes after totaling seven points and three rebounds. Travis Wear, who had 10 points and six rebounds, fouled out for the first time this season with 2:52 remaining."I'm upset with myself," Smith said. "I realize my numbers aren't what they should be and not what they were last season. I'm definitely going to come back to UCLA. I know the work I have to put in during the offseason. There is no way I could leave on a note like that."The loss snapped UCLA's three-game winning streak and all but guaranteed the Bruins will miss the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years.Asked whether the team would accept a possible NIT bid -- they haven't played in it since 1986 -- coach Ben Howland said, "We would not snub our nose at the opportunity."Fogg's 3-pointer to open the second half stretched Arizona's lead to nine points, and the Wildcats led by seven when the Bruins made their big push with 10 1/2 minutes left. Anderson led a 15-8 run with seven points, while Tyler Lamb's steal and layup gave UCLA its first lead, 46-45, since the game's opening minutes.The teams traded baskets during a furious up-and-down sprint, capped by Anderson's 3-pointer that tied it at 51 with 6:16 to play."We had our opportunities to win this game and did not seize the moment," Howland said. "You've got to make those free throws in those tight situations. You've got to take better care of the ball."Arizona ran off seven straight points despite briefly losing its shooting touch again, but the Wildcats' defense came up with big stops, with Fogg blocking Jones and Travis Wear picking up his fourth foul."Rebounding, staying together, and having an attack mentality," Perry said, summing up the Wildcats' approach. "Always when you get a little bit of opening, attacking. Attacking the glass, attacking the defensive glass and the offense just attacking period. It's opened up a lot of shots for us."The Wildcats kept going to the line and sinking free throws, driving the final dagger into UCLA's season of dysfunction that included top player Reeves Nelson getting kicked off the team and an unflattering portrayal of the vaunted program in a Sports Illustrated story last week."It's been an extremely hard season with losing Reeves and all of the media hype with us being ranked," Smith said. "Now our season may be over. But we stuck together through thick and thin."Anderson endured his own early-season suspension after stealing a laptop on campus."I really feel that I came here with a big (recruiting) class and a lot of hype," the senior said. "Just thinking about it, I don't really think we lived up to it that greatly."The Bruins were the ones held to a lone field goal over the final 6:16.The Wildcats improved to 2/3 against UCLA in conference tournament games, while their 20 victories and four titles are tops in the tourney's history.They won without Josiah Turner, who was suspended indefinitely before the tournament for the second time this season after he violated unspecified team rules."I'm disappointed for Josiah, and hopefully this latest incident or lesson will really serve him well moving forward," Miller said.Arizona led virtually the entire first half, with its largest lead of 10 points coming from a 14-5 run that included 3-pointers by Fogg and Hill. Jones took an elbow to the face and briefly went to the bench with a bloody nose. He returned to hit a 3-pointer during a 12-8 spurt that left UCLA trailing 29-23 at halftime.Both teams combined for 20 turnovers in the sloppy half, when they were even on the boards and in steals. The Bruins were held to 34 percent field-goal shooting, with Arizona's defense forcing them into taking off-balance shots with only a few seconds left on the shot clock. The Wildcats finished with 19 turnovers and the Bruins had 13.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
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Team Stat Comparison
Points | 58 | 66 |
FG Made-Attempted | 23-59 (.390) | 15-43 (.349) |
3P Made-Attempted | 2-12 (.167) | 5-15 (.333) |
FT Made-Attempted | 10-16 (.625) | 31-36 (.861) |
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) | 24 (0/0) | 15 (0/0) |
Largest Lead | 1 | 10 |
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California | 13-5 | 24-9 |
Oregon | 13-5 | 22-9 |
Arizona | 12-6 | 23-11 |
Colorado | 11-7 | 23-11 |
Washington | 14-4 | 21-10 |
Stanford | 10-8 | 21-11 |
Oregon St | 7-11 | 19-14 |
Washington St | 7-11 | 15-16 |
Arizona St | 6-12 | 10-21 |
Utah | 3-15 | 6-25 |
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15 September 2014 |
International tourism up by 5% in the first half of the year International tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Destinations worldwide received some 517 million international tourists between January and June 2014, 22 million more than in the same period of 2013. |
11 September 2014 | Republic of the Union of Myanmar launches new e-visa system |
2 September 2014 |
IRENA and UNWTO to promote renewable energies in Islands' tourism sector The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), an intergovernmental organization dedicated to supporting countries' efforts to adopt renewable energy, and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations specialized agency for tourism, have joined forces to promote the use of renewable energies in Islands. |
4 August 2014 |
UNWTO Awards 2014 – Open for Applications UNWTO has opened the call for applications for the 11th edition of the UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism. Interested candidates can apply until the 31 October 2014. The Award Ceremony will be held during the Madrid International Tourism Trade Fair FITUR in Spain on 28 January 2015. |
29 July 2014 |
UNWTO welcomes travel facilitation measures by Mongolia Easing visa restrictions to stimulate travel is one of UNWTO's recommendations to promote the growth of the tourism sector and its positive impact on the economy. The Government of Mongolia is one of the most recent examples of countries advancing travel facilitation by removing visa requirements for citizens of 42 countries. |
22 July 2014 |
UNWTO and Australia's Griffith University join forces to advance tourism knowledge Disseminating tourism knowledge, enhancing the expertise on tourism and climate change and advancing sustainable tourism in Asia and the Pacific are some of the areas of cooperation agreed between the Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT) and UNWTO (Madrid, Spain, 21 July 2014). |
21 July 2014 |
International tourism: strong peak season anticipated Demand for international tourism remained strong in the first four months of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by 5%, the same rate as during the full year 2013. Prospects for the current peak tourism season remain very positive with over 460 million tourists expected to travel abroad in the May-August 2014 period. |
18 July 2014 |
UNWTO shocked by the tragic loss of Malaysia Airlines flight UNWTO is deeply shocked by the tragic crash of Malaysia Airline flight MH17. On behalf of the international tourism community, UNWTO conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims. |
2 July 2014 |
Spain to host UNWTO Conference on Religious Heritage and Tourism The city of Elche in Spain will host the UNWTO International Conference on Religious Heritage and Tourism. The Conference, to be held on 27-28 November 2014 in collaboration with the State Secretariat of Tourism of Spain, will highlight best practices in sustainable development of religious tourism and how this segment can contribute to product diversification. |
23 June 2014 |
World Tourism Day 2014: Celebrating tourism and community development 'Tourism and Community Development' is the theme of this year's World Tourism Day (WTD). The theme underscores the potential of tourism to promote opportunities for communities around the world, as well as the role that community engagement has in advancing sustainable tourism development. The official celebrations will be hosted by Mexico in the city of Guadalajara (27 September 2014). |

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Im just happy to see people have backed the f**k off the guy.
I was someone that was calling for Rivera's head at 1-3, but I'm happy about this too. I don't think even his harshest critic thought he wasn't a really personable, great guy. Everyone is rooting for him. It's easy to see why players like him so much.


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PUTTING OFF GOODBYE wins NYSCA grant!!
Sara Cooper and I are so excited to have been awarded a New York State Council of the Arts Theatre Artist Commission for PUTTING OFF GOODBYE and Adirondack Theatre Festival! Can't wait to share more of it!!
Fort Worth Opera to showcase SUSAN SMITH!!
I'm so excited to announce that excerpts from SUSAN SMITH (libretto by Mark Campbell) will be showcased this May at Ft. Worth Opera as part of their Frontiers Festival.
I will also be traveling to Ft. Work Opera in February to present some of my other music with their young artists!! More information on that soon! |
MOVIN' UP IN THE WORLD presented at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
SUSAN SMITH (Opera)
Sara Cooper and I won the 2014 Jonathan Larson Award!
We are so honored to win this year's Jonathan Larson Award. Can't wait to share performances from the April 7th Awards Ceremony!
Congrats to Shaina Taub for also winning a Larson Award this year!! |
A Song for Susan Smith
On February 1st, Brittney Redler brilliantly premiered the opening aria, which acts almost like a monodrama, from a new opera librettist Mark Campbell and I are writing about Susan Smith.
I am so excited for my first short opera commission from Opera Memphis for GHOSTS OF CROSSTOWN to be premiered in April 2014 with a libretto by Jerre Dye. It's about a 26 year old elevator operator in Memphis in 1968. I'll be posting some sneak peaks soon!
Sara and I so psyched to have the first workshop production of our second musical together LOVING LEO. This production stars Lauren Mufson and Winther, is music directed by Travis Horton and is directed by Noah Himmelstein! We're soooo lucky to work with this brilliant team!
Check out this lovely article in the Rutland Herald!!
And Here's a great interview with Lauren and my good friend Etai Benshlomo (starring in Weston's incredible production of Next To Normal) on WAMC!!
Check out this lovely article in the Rutland Herald!!
And Here's a great interview with Lauren and my good friend Etai Benshlomo (starring in Weston's incredible production of Next To Normal) on WAMC!!
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March 25, 2013
Transmission electron microscope image of Strongylocentrotus drobachiensus [sea urchin] pluteus. This freeze fracture replica of a septate junction at the apical end of an epithelial cell, shows 8-11nm particles on the E face and cooresponding grooves on the P face. Apical end of the cell is at the bottom of the image.
The straight, unbranched septate junction is present throughout embryogensis and may act as a permeability barrier, as well as having adhesive properties.
Class Echinoidea
Superorder Echinacea
Order Echinoida
Strongylocentrotus drobachiensus
Credit: Louisa Howard, Evelyn Spiegel
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Fatal Crash leaves Woman Dead
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 11:28am
HARLINGEN - A deadly crash has left one woman dead and two others injured.
It happened around 2-30 this morning on the frontage road east of Dixieland roa, near logan's Roadhouse in Harlingen.
Police say the driver a 20 year old woman hit a palm tree and died on scene.
Two passengers in the car were rushed to a nearby hospital, their condition is not known at this time.
Police suspect the passengers weren't wearing a seat belt.
The woman killed in the crash has not been identified.
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For My Mom ....
As some of you know I have been dealing with many medical/health issues with my mom lately. To give you a brief history she had a pacemaker and last year received a defibulator because her heartbeat would never stay in sync.
She has suffered so much lately with massive amounts of swelling/water retention, the dr's say it is a leak in one of her valve's causing this. However in the last 3 weeks she has gained 20 more pounds and her liver and kidneys have been working against one another as different specialists have tried playing with her meds to get some fluid off of her. This has been going on since July and still no resolution. She just completed a 2 wk hospital stay and returned to her dr for a check up. She was admitted into Duke Hospital on Thursday. Her kidneys arent functioning properly, her liver function is detoriating and she is tired and worn out.
I took her to Duke Thursday and watched as she struggled to get into my expedition. She can't hardly walk anymore and was unable to make the trip in my car so we took her's. We stopped and it took her 20 minutes to walk to the restroom and back.
It is killing me watching the woman who sacrificed for me when I was a kid to make sure all my needs were met. She was a single mom with at one time 3 jobs. She has always been a vibrant, active woman who was always on the go. On the car ride up she told me she knew something 'bad' was wrong and she needed to say goodbye to me. She told me she was proud to have been my mother, she had watched me mature over the years into an independant woman and I had given her two healthy, happy grandchildren. She was proud of what I had achieved in my career and it was more than she had ever taken a chance on herself. Listening to her all the while holding back my tears and trying to stay positive for her. I have had so many doubts, so many fears of my own lately. Although, we may not agree on everything I have always felt the love of my mom.
As I watch this weak, sick and tired woman lie in her bed waiting for the next battery of tests I cant help but think of all she has meant to me over the years. I wouldnt be the person I am today if it werent for her...
You are dealing with so much, and God Bless your mother. I think that as children, a thing in us is awakened when we see a parent suffer. Dialysis is very, very, very hard on our bodies...you expressed your sorrow and tremendous love; this was moving. I hope that she is comfortable...

Hey...I am always around...someplace. Just laying low, making some emotional space...trying. If you ever need me...you know where I am, Snow.

It will not get easier until her task, and yours are finished. Hopefully she can rally, and have some quality time...you Both Are Angels Now. To be gentle and compassionate with those that are suffering is the highest form of worshipping "god", whether it is a stranger, mother, lover or closest friend...
Then I have been useful for good :-)

And that makes me feel the best-

Thank you for giving me the opportunity.
Just read your story. I have an elderly mother and lost my dad a few years ago. There is nothing like that of love for family and friends. Any up-dates hun? You and your mom are in my thoughts and prayers.
I'm sorry to hear this SB

It's never an easy thing watching someone you care about hurting.
I've been where you are and it is not easy to watch someone you love beyond life struggle. My Mother also had heart problems and had valve replacement, she continued to care for my father, who had Parkinson's. She litterly worked herself to death, no matter what I did she would not stop caring for him. Then came that phone call you know is coming but don't want to answer. I rushed home, but was to late, she was gone.

So please, let he know how much she is loved and somehow have the strength to say good-by. I'll always regret not having that chance.
I love you, Sis. If you need me, I'm here.
Thursday is so on!!
I know what you are going through. My mom was also a vibrant, life loving, enthusiastic, motivated, and single mother. She was so full of life and when it was slowly taken away from her, it was the hardest experience I have ever dealt with. She had colon cancer and we were in and out of the E.R. week afte week, failed tests after failed surgeries. But now I hold on to the memory of her with every ounce of me. And everyday I strive to be more like her, to make her proud, wherever she is now. I wish the best to you and your family in these hard times.
I'am sorry of what you are going through.

a mothers love can never be replaced. I know this is a difficult time for you. My thoughts and prayers are with you. ...
wow thats a hard story i have lost both parents and it is hard to see the one you love suffer but you need to know you have to be strong for you and her she gave you your strenth show her you know how to use it.god bless you.
During the bad days always remember that there are many who care and are here for you :)
with love and prayers for you and your mum xxx


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Trilateral meeting between the European Commission, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle chaired a trilateral meeting of the European Commission with delegations of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Foreign Ministers Vesna Pusič and Zlatko Lagumdžija to discuss the issues related to the forthcoming accession of Croatia to the EU and its impact on Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the Commission's side the meeting was also attended by Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, Johannes Hahn, Sim Kallas and John Dalli.
The Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli asked his Services to continue providing technical assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the alignment of the legislation relating to food safety, as well as veterinary and phytosanitary affairs. The Commission encouraged the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to speed up their work in order to meet all necessary EU requirements, including the upgrade of the administrative control structures and clarification of the chains of command and control, in order to allow the export of agricultural products of animal origin to the EU.
The Commission committed itself to launch very soon the necessary procedures for a Commission Decision through which the transit of many agricultural products of animal origin between Metković and the Port of Ploče would be ensured.
The Commission took note of the various interests of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Neum/Ploče area and recalled the importance of ensuring full acquis compliance at the EU's future external border.
The Commission called upon Bosnia and Herzegovina to make all possible efforts to accelerate the work relating to the planned access road to the new Border Crossing Point at Metković II.
A pre-feasibility study funded by the EU will be launched in order to assess various transport infrastructure options, including sealed road corridor, ferry and bridge, to ensure a reliable and sustainable connection between the area of Dubrovnik and the North-West Croatian mainland. Bosnia and Herzegovina will be associated to the preparation of this study. The assessment of the progress on these issues will be done at the next trilateral meeting to be held in Brussels at the beginning of December.


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Working with URL aliases in Drupal 7
Drupal allows you to further customize your website by setting up search engine optimized URLs called aliases. In this tutorial, we'll explain further what URL aliases are and how you can use them in your Drupal 7 website.
What are URL Aliases
URL aliases allow you to provide a more understandable URL to content such as pages and articles in Drupal. On our site, since we have not set up an alias for "Our test page" it's actual URL is "node/5". URL aliases allow us to customize the URL with a more meaningful URL so we can actually change the URL from "node/5" to "our_test_page". So let's take a look at an example:
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The Wet Seal, Inc. Elects Two New Independent Directors To Board
The Wet Seal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTSLA), a leading specialty retailer to young women, today announced that Kathy Bronstein, retail consultant and former CEO of Wet Seal, and John Goodman, most recently Executive Vice President of Apparel and Home at Sears and former CEO of Charlotte Russe, have joined the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Bronstein and Mr. Goodman bring extensive retail experience including expertise in fast fashion merchandising.
"We are very pleased to welcome Kathy and John to our Board of Directors," said Hal Kahn, Chairman of the Board, and Sid Horn, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. "We're excited to have new additions to the Board who have demonstrated significant success leading companies that sell to Wet Seal's specific young teen customer demographic. Kathy and John's insights will bring great value to the company as we continue to work to revitalize the business and build value for shareholders."
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Ms. Bronstein spent eighteen years at The Wet Seal, including 11 as CEO, and under her leadership the company increased its number of stores from just over 100 to over 600 and revenues grew from approximately $150 million to over $600 million. Most recently, Ms. Bronstein has advised numerous large public and venture capital-backed businesses, including Guess, Inc., Charlotte Russe Holdings, Seven for All Mankind Jeans and Brighton.
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MTS Appoints Two New Directors To The Board
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that it has elected two new directors to the Board of Directors, effective June 14, 2013.
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Fairfield, Iowa | |
City | |
Main Street | |
Location of Fairfield within Jefferson County and Iowa | |
Coordinates: 41°0′26″N 91°57′57″W / 41.00722°N 91.96583°WCoordinates: 41°0′26″N 91°57′57″W / 41.00722°N 91.96583°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Jefferson |
Incorporated | May 14, 1875 [2] |
Area[3] | |
• Total | 6.42 sq mi (16.63 km2) |
• Land | 6.26 sq mi (16.21 km2) |
• Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) |
Elevation[1] | 774 ft (236 m) |
Population (2010)[4] | |
• Total | 9,464 |
• Estimate (2012[5]) | 9,476 |
• Density | 1,500/sq mi (570/km2) |
Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 52556-52557 [6] |
Area code | 641 |
FIPS code | 19-26445 [1] |
GNIS feature ID | 0456465 [1] |
Website | fairfieldiowa.com |
Fairfield, Iowa | |
City | |
Main Street | |
Location of Fairfield within Jefferson County and Iowa | |
Coordinates: 41°0′26″N 91°57′57″W / 41.00722°N 91.96583°WCoordinates: 41°0′26″N 91°57′57″W / 41.00722°N 91.96583°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Jefferson |
Incorporated | May 14, 1875 [2] |
Area[3] | |
• Total | 6.42 sq mi (16.63 km2) |
• Land | 6.26 sq mi (16.21 km2) |
• Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) |
Elevation[1] | 774 ft (236 m) |
Population (2010)[4] | |
• Total | 9,464 |
• Estimate (2012[5]) | 9,476 |
• Density | 1,500/sq mi (570/km2) |
Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 52556-52557 [6] |
Area code | 641 |
FIPS code | 19-26445 [1] |
GNIS feature ID | 0456465 [1] |
Website | fairfieldiowa.com |
Fairfield is a city in, and the county seat of, Jefferson County, Iowa, United States.[1] It has a population totaling 9,464 people according to the 2010 census.[7][8] It is a Midwestern city surrounded by rolling farmlands filled with corn, soybean, cattle, and hogs with a median family income of $46,138 (10% of families below the poverty line). The city became the county seat in 1839 with 110 residents and grew to 650 by 1847. Its library was established in 1853, and it held its first fair in 1854. Early architecture includes work by George Franklin Barber and Barry Byrne, who trained under Frank Lloyd Wright.
The city has an "abundance of start-up companies" and has been called "one of the state's economic superstars." It has received The Grassroots Rural Entrepreneurship Award, been nicknamed "silicon valley," and was featured in a 2012 episode of the TV show, Oprah's Next Chapter. It has been the home of Maharishi University of Management (formerly Maharishi International University) since 1974 and has been referred to as "the world's largest training center" for practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The city includes the $6 million Fairfield Arts & Convention Center (FACC), built in 2007. In 2010, it was named one of six Iowa Great Places. It was named by Smithsonian magazine as one of "The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013."[9]
The city has 12 public parks and recreation areas consisting of more than 1,300 acres and is governed by a seven-member city council. The Fairfield Community School District is home to nearly 2,500 students, teachers, administrators, and staff, with three elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The city has two private schools, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and Cornerstone Primary School. Fairfield has its own municipal airport, several radio stations, a local public-access television station, and a daily newspaper.
The area now known as Jefferson County was first settled in 1836, and became Jefferson County in 1839, with the new community of Fairfield as the county seat. The name was suggested by Nancy Bonnifield, one of the settlers, because it aptly described the fair fields of the area. But also author Susan Welty suggests it was a play of words on her own name (bonny field).[10][11] By 1840, Fairfield had a population of 110 and grew to 650 in 1847.[12] The city was the site of the first and second Iowa State Fairs.
Fairfield's library was established in 1853, and was the first library in the state of Iowa. It was first housed in a rented room off the city square. Fairfield's library became the first Carnegie Library outside of Pennsylvania or Scotland [13] funded by Andrew Carnegie, who donated $40,000 to build the library.[14] The Carnegie building on the corner of Washington and Court streets became the library's home on November 28, 1893. Then in May 1996, the library moved to its present location on West Adams Street. The library has over 220,000 items and received accreditation from the State Library of Iowa in 2009.[15][16]
The first fair was held October 25–27, 1854 on 6 acres (24,000 m2) of land surrounded by a 10-foot-high (3.0 m) fence. The total cost to hold the fair was around $320, and public admission was 25 cents per person. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 10,000 fair goers attended this historical event.[17] Parsons College was founded in 1875.[10] In 1893 the Carnegie Library was completed, the first west of the Mississippi.[11] During the time leading up to the American Civil War, Fairfield was a stopping point for the Underground Railroad. Ultimately, over 1,600 residents of Jefferson County served in the Union Army.[11]
Early architecture in Fairfield includes Victorian houses designed by George Franklin Barber[18] as well a 1915 house designed by Barry Byrne, who trained under Frank Lloyd Wright.[19] A 1930s bank building was designed in the Streamline Moderne style.[20] Commercial and institutional architecture were influenced by the Louden Industries, including the Louden Foundry.[21] Fairfield is the site of the prototype Carnegie library. In 1892 Senator, James F. Wilson met with Andrew Carnegie and secured a grant to build the first community-based library in the U.S. This served as the model for 2,700 libraries worldwide. Parsons College later received a grant to build a Carnegie Library. Fairfield became one of the few cities that had two Carnegie Libraries. The Richardsonian Romanesque work is now operated by Indian Hills Community College as a satellite campus building, as a new library was built in 1996.[22]
Fairfield's geography is typical of the great plains of the American Midwest: around the city is rolling farmland specializing in corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs. Running west-east through the city is U.S. Route 34; the city of Burlington is to the east and Ottumwa to the west. North-South is Iowa Highway 1, leading north to Iowa City and south to the Missouri state border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.42 square miles (16.63 km2), of which, 6.26 square miles (16.21 km2) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) is water.[3]
Historical population | |||
Census | Pop. | %± | |
1850 | 909 | ||
1860 | 1,692 | 86.1% | |
1870 | 2,226 | 31.6% | |
1880 | 3,086 | 38.6% | |
1890 | 3,391 | 9.9% | |
1900 | 4,689 | 38.3% | |
1910 | 4,970 | 6.0% | |
1920 | 5,948 | 19.7% | |
1930 | 6,619 | 11.3% | |
1940 | 6,773 | 2.3% | |
1950 | 7,299 | 7.8% | |
1960 | 8,054 | 10.3% | |
1970 | 8,715 | 8.2% | |
1980 | 9,428 | 8.2% | |
1990 | 9,768 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 9,509 | −2.7% | |
2010 | 9,464 | −0.5% | |
As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 9,464 people, 4,201 households, and 2,218 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,511.8 inhabitants per square mile (583.7 /km2). There were 4,650 housing units at an average density of 742.8 per square mile (286.8 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 90.3% White, 2.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 3.9% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.6% of the population.
There were 4,201 households of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.2% were non-families. 39.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.76.
The median age in the city was 46 years. 18.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.9% were from 25 to 44; 35.3% were from 45 to 64; and 15.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.7% male and 50.3% female.
As of the census[23] of 2000, there were 9,509 people, 4,063 households, and 2,372 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,657.4 people per square mile (639.6/km²). There were 4,463 housing units at an average density of 777.9 per square mile (300.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.35% White, 0.99% African American, 0.16% Native American, 2.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.
There were 4,063 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city, the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,202, and the median income for a family was $46,138. Males had a median income of $34,750 versus $24,830 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,673. About 10.1% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
There are 4,437 total housing units in Fairfield, 33.3% were built before 1939, 20.4% between 1940 and 1959, 12.7 between 1960 and 1969, 9.2 between 1970 and 1979, 15.5 between 1980 and 1989, 4.6 between 1990 and 1994, 2.5 between 1995 and 1998, and 1.8 between 1998 and 1999. The median home value in Fairfield is $73,200.[24]
According to an article in the New York Times, the city "thrives largely on its abundance of start-up companies".[25] Members of the community have established over 400 businesses in areas such as software, manufacturing, and trading.[26] The Agri-Industrial Products company was founded in 1978 and became one of the nation's largest manufacturers of construction warning barrels and other products made of plastic.[25] The city is also home to Creative Edge, a ceramic tile manufacturer.[27]
In 1990, Iowa Governor, Terry Branstad, called the city "one of the state's economic superstars".[28] A 1997 report said the city had a significant number of entrepreneur businesses including a tofu company, several software firms, a chimney supplies wholesaler, wholefoods grocery store, an oil brokerage, and a telecommunications company.[29] These new companies were reported in 1999 to have "created up to 1,500 jobs in high tech businesses ranging from telecommunications companies to Internet providers to PC-oriented magazines".[30] Later, the city was dubbed "Silicorn Valley" because of the preponderance of new businesses that were Internet and information based founded by practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique.[25][30]
In the 1990s, Fairfield had an average of $10 million in new construction each year. Some of the construction was in the Maharishi Sthapatya Veda style of architecture[31][32] and included entrances that face either due east or due north[33] causing some businesses and homeowners to close their south and west facing entrances.[34] Eco friendly, subdivisions that border Fairfield and also use the architectural principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda include Cypress Villages, a 145-acre (0.59 km2) development north of the city, and Abundance Ecovillage, an off-the-grid community of 14 homes built in three clusters,[35] north of Fairfield. The Fairfield City Council declined petitions for annexation from Cypress Villages.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] In addition, nearby Maharishi Vedic City, located two miles (3 km) north of Fairfield, began as a subdivision and incorporated as a city in 2001.[43] The city sponsors an annual Eco-Fair and has more solar energy homes and green building than any other city in Iowa.[44]
In 2003 a report by the National Center for Small Communities selected Fairfield as a recipient of The Grassroots Rural Entrepreneurship Award, saying that the city "has become recognized as one the nation's most entrepreneurial small towns." The report said that Fairfield had created over 2,000 jobs in the previous 15 years and that new construction averages $10 million per year.[45] That same year it received the Community Vitality Center's Entrepreneurial Community of the Year award.[46] According to City officials, Fairfield received investments of over $200 million in venture capital from approximately 1990 to 2004.[47] A 2004 National Public Radio report said that over the past 20 years "TM proponents" had created thousands of jobs and more than 200 businesses.[31]
In 2008, the city was the "home of 40 software development and telecom companies"[48] and according to a 2009 report from the University of Iowa's Community Vitality Center, Fairfield has had more than $250 million invested across 50 different companies since 1990. These companies have included various financial services as well as those in marketing, software and telecom. This has created 3000 local jobs plus "12,000 jobs globally, and nearly $1 billion in new equity".[49]
In 2009 the Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association (FEA) celebrated its 20th year. In 2011, the FEA published the Fairifield Edge magazine that contains profiles of over 40 businesses and organizations and describes the entrepreneurial culture of Fairfield and "asset quilting" to support civic and social entrepreneurship. In 2003, the city began hosting National Rural Entrepreneurial Gatherings, which are now called the FRED Conference (Focus on Rural Entrepreneurial Development). An article in the IEDC Economic Development Journal described Fairfield as a Rural Renaissance City because of its entrepreneurial population.[50]
A 2011 article in The Atlantic reported that newcomers to the town had founded more than 400 new businesses in the fields of marketing, computer programming and manufacturing including 40 telecom and software companies. The city's " largest employer" was reported to be the national, broker/dealer services firm called Cambridge Investment Research, with about 400 local employees.[26]
Fairfield is home to the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center (FACC), a 32,000 square feet (3,000 m2) building that cost $6 million to build.[31] The complex consists of a 522-seat proscenium theatre, a business pavilion, meeting rooms, executive conference suite, art gallery, commercial kitchen, offices and outdoor plaza. The convention center features 7,700 sq ft (720 m2) of exhibition space and 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of meeting space. The facility opened on December 7, 2007 with a theater named the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, after the American composer, Stephen Sondheim.[51][52] As the first theater named after Sondheim, its opening production included seven Broadway actors connected with Sondheim's plays.[51][53][54][55] In May 2010, the FACC facility became "essentially" city-owned, following a citywide vote.[56]
On the first Friday night of every month, Fairfield hosts the 1st Fridays Art Walk,[57] which attracts more than 2,500 visitors and showcases local and national artists in downtown galleries and occasional live, outdoor music.[58] In 2005, the city's Friday Art Walk was named Iowa's Tourism Event of the Year.[59] In 2006, the city was named one of the "12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of" by Mother Earth News magazine, which cited its notable health spa and high number of restaurants and art galleries. It characterized the city as a "sustainable and cosmopolitan town".[44] In the same year, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs designated Fairfield as one of the Iowa Great Places.[60][61]
In 2009, a concert by The Beach Boys and The Nadas was held on the Fairfield Middle School grounds, as a benefit for the FACC and the city's Green Sustainability Plan.[62] The concert was sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation. This was the 40th, and final performance of The Beach Boy's summer tour of 2009.[63] Fairfield was selected by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to be one of six Iowa Great Places to participate in new program to revitalize the cultural arts in 2010.[64]
Fairfield has been described as an "international center" for Transcendental Meditation;[31][65] a "national magnet" and "the world's largest training center" for practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique.[66][67][67] Many of its current residents moved there to participate in the group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi program inside one of the two golden domes built in 1981 and 1982 on the Maharishi University of Management campus. Locally, TM practitioners are sometimes called "roos", slang for gurus, a term they have appropriated, although they "refer to themselves as meditators".[30][34][68] Fairfield natives are sometimes known as "townies". Yogic Flyers living in Fairfield who are not part of the university are said to be members of the "Town Super Radiance" (TSR) community.[69] In 2004, National Public Radio reported that "after 30 years, many in Iowa are comfortable with Fairfield's TM community"[31] and a 2008 article in the Wall Street Journal said "natives lived uneasily with the outsiders...but the election of Mr. Malloy [in 2001]... helped ease those tensions".[70]
Author Jack Forem wrote in 2012 that Fairfield is home to one of the largest synagogues in Iowa and one of the largest Liberal Catholic Churches in the nation.[71] That year Oprah Winfrey visited Fairfield to interview citizens and was given a tour the town.[72] An account of her visit titled "America's Most Unusual Town", was broadcast in March 2012 via the Oprah Winfrey Network.[73][74]
In 2013 Fairfield was named by Smithsonian magazine as one of "The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013" [9] and was visited by actor Jim Carrey,[75] who visited again in 2014.[76] Past celebrity visitors include film director David Lynch,[77] singer-songwriter Donovan, musician Moby,[78] musician James McCartney[77][79] psychiatry professor Norman E. Rosenthal,[80] CNN correspondent Candy Crowley,[81] and actor Jim Carrey.[82]
Fairfield has 12 public parks and recreation areas consisting over 1,300 acres (over 5.5 km2) and a "master trail plan" underway that includes a 17-mile (27 km) trail system.[83] Some of the trail is paved, five miles (8 km) of trail is covered with lime chips while other areas include traditional wooded paths. The trail system connects several areas of interest including the Neff Family Wetlands dike, and the BNSF Trail segment, which crosses a new bridge that joins Walton Lake with Chautauqua Park. The final trail plan includes a "heritage path" leading to historical sites and a water trail that connects the area's river and three lakes.[84][85] In 2012, Fairfield was selected" as one of ten finalists" in the Blue Zones community, "small city category" primarily because of its "many walking trails and outdoor activities".[86]
Fairfield is governed by a seven-member city council headed by a mayor. The current mayor, Ed Malloy, was first elected in 2001.[70] City council members serve staggered four-year terms. The council consists of one representative from each of the city's five wards, plus two at-large representatives. As of 2014, city council members are Jessica Ledger-Kalen (at large), Doug Flournoy (at large), Martha Rasmussen (Ward 1), John Revolinski (Ward 2), Tony Hammes (Ward 3), Michael Halley (Ward 4), and Daryn Hamilton (Ward 5).[87] As of April 2014, the city's position of City Administrator was unfilled.[88]
Fairfield's grassroots efforts to create a sustainable community that focuses on reducing energy and protecting resources have been supported by a position created by Iowa State University extension services and the City of Fairfield.[89]
In 2009, Mayor Malloy, was named by MSN.com to a nationwide list of 15 "green" mayors.[90] Malloy describes the city's agenda for sustainability as aggressive, and includes a Green Strategic Plan covering everything from conservation, local farms, local food, alternative transportation, and bike paths and trails.[91] The hope, according to Malloy, is that Fairfield will become a model community and a "virtual template" for small cities interested in creating a sustainable city environment.[90] In 2009 the city qualified for an $80,000 grant from the state Office of Energy Independence as funding for a sustainability plan scheduled to be completed in 2020.[92][93] The city was one of 21 locations to receive the state Governor's Environmental Excellence Award in 2013 after it reduced its energy consumption by more than 8% in one year.[94] Fairfield has installed $60,000 worth of solar panels on its public library building and through state and local funding the city has created a $4 million "energy-efficiency loan fund."[94]
The Fairfield Community School District is home to nearly 2,500 students, teachers, administrators and staff, with three elementary schools (Pence Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Libertyville Elementary), a middle school, and a 3A high school. The high school has approximately 630 students and 75 staff members. The current high school building was built in 1939 on 23.2 acres (94,000 m2). The total cost of the construction was approximately $550,000. In 1984, an addition to the school provided a commons area, new library, new kitchen, a counseling office, and an expansion of the gymnasium. In the 2001-2002 school year, the district added a new transportation building.[95]
In 2010, Lincoln Elementary school was closed due to budget cuts. Also, all fifth grade classes were moved to the Fairfield Middle School.[96] The Fairfield school board voted to use the building for Fairfield High School's alternative school in 2010-11.[97] Fairfield was also home to Fairfield Christian School for a number of years.[95][98][99]
Fairfield also has two private schools, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and Cornerstone Primary School.[100] The city is home to Maharishi University of Management (MUM), a private university that moved to Fairfield in 1974 after purchasing the former campus of Parsons College.[10][31] Following a national conference held in 1979, about 800 people moved to Fairfield at the urging of MUM's founder.[84]
Fairfield has several radio stations including KHOE 90.5 FM, KKFD-FM 95.9, KRUU-LP 100.1 FM and KMCD 1570 AM. Fairfield's "all volunteer", community radio station KRUU-LP, is said to be the only radio station in the midwest that uses solar energy for its operations and radio signal.[9][36]
Fairfield's local television station is called FPAC (Fairfield Public Access).
Fairfield's local newspaper is called the Fairfield Ledger. The Ledger is a five-time-a-week afternoon newspaper.
The nearest commercial airport is in Cedar Rapids, approximately 90 miles (140 km) to the north. Fairfield has a small airport north of the city, which was built in 1967 and renovated in 2006. The Fairfield Municipal Airport is a general use, public airport. It offers 5,550 feet (1,690 m) of concrete runway.[95] Bus service to Fairfield is provided by Greyhound Lines affiliates Jefferson Lines and Burlington Trailways.
Amtrak carries passengers west-east on the California Zephyr, with passenger stations in Mount Pleasant, (25 miles to the east) and Ottumwa (20 miles to the west). Rail service is by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BSNF) railway.
The Rock Island Line also passed through Fairfield, but closed in the late 1970s. The old steel trestle has been removed from its crossing, and the walking trail that circumnavigates the city uses part of the old roadbed.[101]
Evidence of other long-forgotten rail lines can be found in the woods around the city. A section of narrow gauge roadbed can be found cutting its way through Whitham Woods, a park on Fairfield's western edge.[102]
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Live 9 clicks on tempo changes
I have big problems using Live 9 together with some M4L Devices and tempo changes. A Sampler playing back some midinotes plays just fine before and after a tempo ramp. During the ramp I listen to glitches and clicks. CPU goes up, too (significant change). I admit, that I often use CPU "heavy" sets, but the behavior starts at about 10% CPU, which should be absolutely no problem.
Maybe someone here experienced this, too? Or do you have any tips?
A strange thing is, that the glitches/noises aren't recorded, they only occur during playback.
I tested with 32/64 Bit release (9.0.6) and beta versions, with many different audio interfaces (internal, Firewire, USB) – but always the same.
Could you try the attached set to reproduce the behavior? I would be very thankful to know, if there is something wrong with my MBP/System (OSX10.8.5) or if it's a bug, which occurs also on other machines (I'm already in touch with cycling and Ableton support, but with ambiguous/unclear results).
Thank you, Martin
I just downloaded your files and tested them out, even with a buffer size of 128 samples there are no clicks and pops. so I think its your buffer size settings, to try it out put the buffer size for your soundcard on 2048 samples. Having an external soundcard is a must with heavy sets.
I use osX 10.6.8 with a presonus firestudio card. Live.9.05.
Soi its not a bug.
Stick with 32 bit (thats what i used) 64 bit is still flakey with other VSTS and so on..
Also disable all the inputs and outputs you don't use with your soundcard.
Try it with all external usb devices not connected as well.
Hope this helps
I'm not saying you're wrong, Andro, but you are using a different version of live than Martin is; it *could* theoretically still be the issue.
Hi Andro, hi Wetterberg,
thank you very much for testing!
My standard interface is a fireface 400 (I installed newest firmware and drivers). So I use an external soundcard already. I tried different buffersize settings, too – it sounds better with a higher setting, but should work also with a lower setting. E.g. with 64 bit it doesn't click, when the tempo change is over. Today I tried my set on another machine running OSX 10.8.2 with Live 9.05 64 Bit without any problems!
That's why I believe now, that this problem is OS related. I personally run the newest OSX (10.8.5) and I experience these issue since a while, maybe since 10.8.4.
That would explain, that Ableton support couldn't reproduce it (maybe they use another version), but cycling74 support could reproduce it at the end with the 32 bit Version of Live 9(!). You, Andro couldn't reproduce it with 32 Bit – quite confusing. I shall ask them, which OS versions they use and post it back here.
So thanks again,
Cycling74 support uses 10.8.5, too. So it seems to have nothing to do with different OS versions.
The initial point for my support request to cycling74 were problems with the line~ object, which definitely has a bug on tempo changes. It puts out bangs on the right outlet without any purpose. This seems to trigger CPU spikes and could lead to the clicks (even, if the bangs are filtered). This was introduced in Max 6.1.3 (I'm not totally sure). Cycling takes a look on it and I hope, that this is the main reason for this issue. In my dummy-set in the original post I included lots of dummy devices with line~.


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These look super cool. Too bad Hasbro isn't still employing these guys to make SW figures.
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Technically all of these figures are "Saga Legends". I think the carded samples for Vader and Snowtrooper are errors as they should only have the Star Wars logo at the top and not the SWR.
I play, my kids got me hooked. I've been in a clan for a while.
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It is also inside Disney Hollywood Studios park in Tatooine Traders.
And honestly, the ridiculous BIN auctions are not as annoying to me as the people who write to me asking me to sell stuff below my asking price when it is not a Best Offer auction. Don't waste my time.
Really? Not to poke fun, but I would love to have the annoyance of people offering me money on a regular basis! Isn't this is a win-win scenario? If your item is not selling for the price listed, you have someone making an alternative offer that might still be agreeable to you...especially if you're able to subtract out the added Ebay and Paypal fees you endure from a completed auction. Heck, in some cases you might take home more than a completed auction sale. I would love to get offers like that on my Ebay sales, provided their not all outrageous low-ball offers and even then it just takes a few seconds to read and delete.
Word is that the SSD was quietly retired, so whatever is left out there is it.
I noticed the poster showed they are making a Rebels animated Obi-Wan. Could this mean a story arc could take place on Tatooine? Could we perhaps see a young Luke on the show?? That to me adds excitement to the upcoming debut of the cartoon
Probably old news to the brickheads here, but I stumbled upon this today.
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A controversial inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by the UK's security services is being scrapped.
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said the inquiry into the treatment of detainees could not continue because of a new Metropolitan Police investigation.
These follow fresh allegations that officials assisted the rendition of men to Libya, where they were tortured.
Mr Clarke said the government was committed to holding a judge-led inquiry once these were investigated.
The Detainee Inquiry, headed by retired judge Sir Peter Gibson, was launched by the prime minister to get to the bottom of claims that MI5 and MI6 had aided and abetted the rendition and ill-treatment of terrorism suspects in the wake of 9/11.
In July 2010 when he announced the "fully independent" inquiry, David Cameron had said that to ignore the claims of wrongdoing would risk secret operatives' reputation "being tarnished".
But the inquiry had been widely criticised by campaign groups and lawyers representing detainees who were refusing to take part, saying it lacked transparency and credibility.
Preliminary reportSpeaking in the Commons, Mr Clarke said the inquiry could not continue because the new police investigations would be so lengthy.
He told MPs: "There now appears no prospect of the Gibson Inquiry being able to start in the foreseeable future.
Governments don't tend to set up expensive inquiries only to scrap them at the first sign of difficulty. But the Gibson Inquiry always faced huge challenges because transparency and secrecy don't sit well together.
When Gibson proposed a mixture of open and secret sessions, it was no surprise that former detainees said they would rather boycott than attend hearings in which they could not find out all the facts for themselves.
The inquiry did not have the final say on what would be published - a power that would be in the hands of the Cabinet Secretary - prompting campaigners to say it would not meet international standards for such investigations.
David Cameron set up Gibson to deal swiftly with what then appeared to be a limited number of allegations. It was meant to help the security agencies move on.
But then came the dawning realisation that the police had more claims of wrongdoing to investigate than first thought.
"So, following consultation with Sir Peter Gibson, the inquiry chair, we have decided to bring the work of this inquiry to a conclusion."
He added: "The government fully intends to hold an independent, judge-led inquiry, once all police investigations have concluded, to establish the full facts and draw a line under these issues."
Scotland Yard took three years looking into the cases of Guantanamo Bay detainees, he said.
Sir Peter said he regretted the inquiry would not be completed but agreed it was not practical to continue for an indefinite period.
He said a large amount of preliminary work had already been completed, including the collation of many documents from government departments and the security and intelligence agencies, which it would draw together in a report.
"This task now set for us remains an important one: it will ensure that the work we have done is not wasted and we hope that it will materially assist the future inquiry that the government intends to establish," he said.
The move was welcomed by campaign groups including Amnesty International, which said it was "time for the UK government to come clean about the past, and to be seen to do so".
Its Europe and Central Asia director Nicola Duckworth said: "The detainee inquiry was never fit for purpose, and fell short of the UK's international human rights obligations to fully and independently investigate allegations of UK involvement in torture and ill-treatment.
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"We therefore look forward to working with the government to ensure that an inquiry with real clout and real independence is established once these investigations have concluded," she said.
In the Commons, Jack Straw, foreign secretary from 2001 to 2006, said Mr Clarke's decision to end the current inquiry was "absolutely right" and added that he "perhaps had no alternative".
The new police investigation follows claims by Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a commander of the former rebel forces in Libya, who says he was tortured after being arrested in 2004.
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In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Mr Belhadj welcomed the new investigation by British police.
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David Beckham has revealed Michael Owen's knee injury has strengthened the resolve of England's players to win the World Cup.
Owen is likely to spend at least six months on the sidelines after damaging the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the 2-2 draw against Sweden in Cologne on Tuesday.
The injury has left England short of strikers, but Beckham believes they have enough firepower in midfield to ensure that Owen finishes the tournament with a winner's medal.
"The players would like to win the World Cup for Michael," said the England captain.
"That's what we felt at half-time against Sweden when we came in and knew, from speaking to the doctors and physios, it was a bad injury.
"We wanted to finish the job for Michael and we have done the first part but it doesn't ease any pain for him. He has not had the best of years with injuries and we all feel for him.
"To lose Michael is devastating for all of us. In big competitions, including World Cups, you want proven goalscorers and great players in your team and he is one of those.
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He added: "It is important Wayne got the time he did under his belt and it was also right he came off when he did.
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