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The 2010 elections are here, and at no time in recent history has Washington been so divided. Less than two years ago, then-Senator Barack Obama led a movement united by the desire for change. Voters wanted a new era of bipartisan cooperation, openness and an abandonment of "politics as usual." We are again at an election crossroads in which many voters are seeking "change." That's what this issue of the magazine is about-an opportunity to consider how actions being taken by federal and state lawmakers impact you, the auto enthusiast. The need for the enthusiast community to stay informed and become involved is greater than ever. From emissions to auto equipment standards, the government is making decisions about your current and future car.
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Hercule Poirot (in French) is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters: he appeared in 33 novels and 51 short stories.
Poirot has been portrayed on screen, for films and TV, by various actors including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, and David Suchet.
Poirot also bears a striking resemblance to A. E. W. Mason's fictional detective – Inspector Hanaud of the French Sûreté-who, first appearing in the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose, predates the writing of the first Poirot novel by six years. In chapter 4 of the second Inspector Hanaud novel, The House of the Arrow (1924), Hanaud declares sanctimoniously to the heroine, "You are wise, Mademoiselle… For, after all, I am Hanaud. There is only one."
Christie's Poirot was Belgian. Unlike the models mentioned above, Christie's Poirot character was clearly the result of her early development of the detective in her first book written in 1916 (though only published in 1920). Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany (which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house),, but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians – since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized and exagerated the "Rape of Belgium".
By 1930, Agatha Christie found Poirot 'insufferable' and by 1960, she felt that he was a 'detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep'. Yet the public loved him, and Christie refused to kill him off, claiming that it was her duty to produce what the public liked, and what the public liked was Poirot.
This is how Agatha Christie describes Poirot in The Murder on the Orient Express in the very initial pages:
In the later books, the limp is not mentioned. Poirot has dark hair, which he dyes later in life and green eyes that are repeatedly described as shining "like a cat's" when he is struck by a clever idea. Frequent mention is made of his patent-leather shoes, damage to which is frequently a subject of (for the reader, comical) misery on his part. Poirot's appearance, regarded as fastidious during his early career, is hopelessly out of fashion later in his career.
Among Poirot's most significant personal attributes is the sensitivity of his stomach. He suffers from sea sickness, and in Death in the Clouds believes that his air sickness prevents him from being more alert at the time of the murder. Later in his life, we are told:
Poirot is extremely punctual and carries a turnip pocket watch almost to the end of his career. He is also fastidious about his personal finances, preferring to keep a bank balance of 444 pounds, 4 shillings, and 4 pence (The Lost Mine).
In The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Poirot operates as a fairly conventional, clue-based detective, depending on logic, which is represented in his vocabulary by two common phrases: his use of "the little grey cells" and "order and method". Irritating to Hastings is the fact that Poirot will sometimes conceal from him important details of his plans, as in The Big Four where Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax. This aspect of Poirot is less evident in the later novels, partly because there is rarely a narrator so there is no one for Poirot to mislead.
As early as Murder on the Links, where he still largely depends on clues, Poirot mocks a rival detective who focuses on the traditional trail of clues that had been established in detective fiction by the example of Sherlock Holmes: footprints, fingerprints and cigar ash. From this point on he establishes himself as a psychological detective who proceeds not by a painstaking examination of the crime scene, but by enquiring either into the nature of the victim or the murderer. Central to his behaviour in the later novels is the underlying assumption that particular crimes are only committed by particular types of person.
Poirot's methods focus on getting people to talk. Early in the novels, he frequently casts himself in the role of "Papa Poirot", a benign confessor, especially to young women. Later he lies freely in order to gain the confidences of other characters, either inventing his own reason for being interested in the case or a family excuse for pursuing a line of questioning.
In the later novels Christie often uses the word mountebank when Poirot is being assessed by other characters, showing that he has successfully passed himself off as a charlatan or fraud.
All these techniques help Poirot attain his principal target: "For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away …
It must also be said that Hastings was a man who was capable of great bravery and courage when the road got rough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by The Big Four and possessing unwavering loyalty towards Poirot. However, when forced to choose between Poirot and his wife in that novel, he initially chose to betray Poirot to the Big Four so that they would not torture and kill his wife. Later, though, he told Poirot to draw back and escape the trap.
The two were an airtight team until Hastings met and married Dulcie Duveen, a beautiful music hall performer half his age, which was not objectionable in the late Victorian, Edwardian world. They later emigrated to Argentina leaving Poirot behind as a "very unhappy old man." Poirot and Hastings are at last reunited in Curtain: Poirot's Last Case. They are also reunited in The ABC Murders when Hastings arrives in England for business.
She has authored over fifty-six novels and she has a great dislike of people taking and modifying her story characters. She is also the only one in Poirot's universe to have noted that "It's not natural for five or six people to be on the spot when B is murdered and all have a motive for killing B." She first met Poirot in the story Cards on the Table and has been bothering him ever since.
It is difficult to draw any concrete conclusions about Poirot's family, due to the fact that Poirot often supplies false or misleading information about himself or his background in order to assist him in obtaining information relevant to a particular case.
In chapter 21 of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, for example, we learn that he has been talking about a mentally disabled nephew: this proves to be a ruse so that he can find out about homes for the mentally unfit … but that does not mean that Poirot does not have such a nephew.
In Dumb Witness, he regales us with stories of his elderly invalid mother as a pretence to investigate the local nurses. In The Big Four Hastings believes that he meets Achille Poirot who (in an apparent parody of Mycroft Holmes) is evidently his smarter brother. On this occasion, Achille is almost certainly Poirot himself in disguise (Poirot speaks in Chapter 18 of having sent Achille "back to the land of myths"), but this does not conclusively demonstrate that Poirot does not have a brother, or even a brother called Achille.
Any evidence regarding Poirot for which Poirot himself is the source is therefore most unreliable. Achille Poirot is also mentioned by Dr. Burton in the prelude to The Labours of Hercules. Here Hercule Poirot replies that he has had a brother called Achille "only for a space period of time", so the existence of this brother remains unconfirmed even by Hercule Poirot himself.
Poirot was apparently born in Spa, Belgium and, based on the conjecture that he was thirty at the time of his retirement from the Belgian police force at the time of the outbreak of the First World War, it is suggested that he was born in the mid 1880s.
This is all extremely vague, as Poirot is thought to be an old man in his dotage even in the early Poirot novels, and in An Autobiography Christie admitted that she already imagined him to be an old man in 1920. (At the time, of course, she had no idea she would be going on writing Poirot books for many decades to come.) Much of the suggested dating for Poirot's age is therefore post-rationalisation on the part of those attempting to make sense of his extraordinarily long career.
Poirot is a Roman Catholic by birth, and retains a strong sense of Catholic morality later in life. Not much is known of Poirot's childhood other than he once claimed in Three Act Tragedy to have been from a large family with little wealth. In Taken at the Flood, he further claimed to have been raised and educated by nuns, raising the possibility that he (and any siblings) were orphaned.
As an adult, Poirot joined the Belgian police force. Very little mention is made in Christie's work about this part of his life, but in "The Nemean Lion" (1939) Poirot himself refers to a Belgian case of his in which "a wealthy soap manufacturer […] poisoned his wife in order to be free to marry his secretary". We do not know whether this case resulted in a successful prosecution or not; moreover, Poirot is not above lying in order to produce a particular effect in the person to whom he is speaking, so this evidence is not reliable.
Inspector Japp gives some insight into Poirot's career with the Belgian police when introducing him to a colleague:
In the short story The Chocolate Box (1923) Poirot provides Captain Arthur Hastings with an account of what he considers to be his only failure. Poirot admits that he has failed to solve a crime "innumerable" times:
It was also in this period that Poirot shot a man who was firing from a roof onto the public below.
Poirot had retired from the Belgian police force by the time he met Hastings in 1916 on the case retold in The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
It should be noted that Poirot is a French-speaking Belgian, i.e. a Walloon; but there can hardly be found any occasion where he refers to himself as such, or is so referred to by others. At the time of writing, at least of the earlier books where the character was defined, non-Belgians such as Agatha Christie were far less aware than nowadays of the deep linguistic divide in Belgian society, assuming that all Belgians were French-speaking.
After the war Poirot became a free agent and began undertaking civilian cases. He moved into what became both his home and work address, 56B Whitehaven Mansions, Sandhurst Square, London W1. It was chosen by Poirot for its symmetry. His first case was "The Affair at the Victory Ball", which saw Poirot enter the high society and begin his career as a private detective.
Between the world wars, Poirot traveled all over Europe and the Middle East investigating crimes and murders. Most of his cases happened during this period and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life. The Murder On the Links saw the Belgian pit his grey cells against a French murderer. In the Middle East he solved the cases of Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia with ease and even survived An Appointment with Death. As he passed through Eastern Europe on his return trip, he solved The Murder on the Orient Express. However he did not travel to the Americas or Australia, probably due to his sea sickness.
It was during this time he met the Countess Vera Rossakoff, a glamorous jewel thief. The history of the Countess is, like Poirot's, steeped in mystery. She claims to have been a member of the Russian aristocracy before the Russian Revolution and suffered greatly as a result, but how much of that story is true is an open question. Even Poirot acknowledges that Rossakoff has told several wildly varying accounts of her early life. Poirot later became smitten with the woman and allowed her to escape justice.
Although letting the Countess escape may be morally questionable, that impulse to take the law into his own hands was far from unique. In The Nemean Lion, he sided with the criminal, Miss Amy Carnaby, and saved her from having to face justice by blackmailing his client Sir Joseph Hoggins, who himself was plotting murder and was unwise enough to let Poirot discover this. Poirot even sent Miss Carnaby two hundred pounds as a final payoff before her dog kidnapping campaign came to an end. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd he allowed the murderer to escape justice through suicide and then ensured the truth was never known to spare the feelings of the murderer's relatives. In The Augean Stables he helped the government to cover up vast corruption, even though it might be considered more honest to let the truth come out.
After his cases in the Middle East, Poirot returned to Britain. Apart from some of the so-called "Labours of Hercules" (see next section) he very rarely traveled abroad during his later career.
There is a great deal of confusion about Poirot's retirement. Most of the cases covered by Poirot's private detective agency take place before his retirement to grow marrows, at which time he solves The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It has been said that twelve cases related in The Labours of Hercules (1947) must refer to a different retirement, but the fact that Poirot specifically says that he intends to grow marrows indicates that these stories also take place before Roger Ackroyd, and presumably Poirot closed his agency once he had completed them. There is specific mention in "The Capture of Cerberus" to the fact that there has been a gap of twenty years between Poirot's previous meeting with Countess Rossakoff and this one. If the Labours precede the events in Roger Ackroyd, then the Roger Ackroyd case must have taken place around twenty years later than it was published, and so must any of the cases that refer to it. One alternative would be that having failed to grow marrows once, Poirot is determined to have another go, but this is specifically denied by Poirot himself. Another alternative would be to suggest that the Preface to the Labours takes place at one date but that the labours are completed over a matter of twenty years. None of the explanations is especially attractive.
In terms of a rudimentary chronology, Poirot speaks of retiring to grow marrows in Chapter 18 of The Big Four (1927), which places that novel out of published order before Roger Ackroyd. He declines to solve a case for the Home Secretary because he is retired in Chapter One of Peril at End House (1932). He is certainly retired at the time of Three Act Tragedy (1935) but he does not enjoy his retirement and comes repeatedly out of it thereafter when his curiosity is engaged. Nevertheless, he continues to employ his secretary, Miss Lemon, at the time of the cases retold in Hickory Dickory Dock and Dead Man's Folly, which take place in the mid-1950s. It is therefore better to assume that Christie provided no authoritative chronology for Poirot's retirement, but assumed that he could either be an active detective, a consulting detective or a retired detective as the needs of the immediate case required.
One thing that is consistent about Poirot's retirement is that his fame declines during it, so that in the later novels he is often disappointed when characters (especially younger characters) do not recognise either him or his name:
Poirot is less active during the cases that take place at the end of his career. Beginning with Three Act Tragedy (1934), Christie had perfected during the inter-war years a sub-genre of Poirot novel in which the detective himself spent much of the first third of the novel on the periphery of events. In novels such as Taken at the Flood, After the Funeral and Hickory Dickory Dock he is even less in evidence, frequently passing the duties of main interviewing detective to a subsidiary character. In Cat Among the Pigeons Poirot's entrance is so late as to be almost an afterthought. Whether this was a reflection of his age or of the fact that Christie was by now heartily sick of him it is difficult to assess. There is certainly a case for saying that Crooked House (1949) and Ordeal by Innocence (1957), which are not Poirot novels at all but so easily could have been, represent a logical endpoint of the general diminution of Poirot himself within the Poirot sequence.
Towards the end of his career it becomes clear that Poirot's retirement is no longer a convenient fiction. He assumes a genuinely inactive lifestyle during which he concerns himself with studying famous unsolved cases of the past and reading detective novels. He even writes a book about mystery fiction in which he deals sternly with Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins. In the absence of a more appropriate puzzle, he solves such inconsequential domestic problems as the presence of three pieces of orange peel in his umbrella stand.
Poirot (and, it is reasonable to suppose, his creator) becomes increasingly bemused by the vulgarism of the up and coming generation's young people. In Hickory Dickory Dock, he investigates the strange goings on in a student hostel, while in the Third Girl he is forced into contact with the smart set of Chelsea youths. In the growing drug and pop culture of the sixties, he proves himself once again, but has become heavily reliant on other investigators (especially the private investigator, Mr. Goby) who provide him with the clues that he can no longer gather for himself.
The Poirot books take readers through the whole of his life in England, from the first book (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), where he is a refugee staying at Styles, to the last Poirot book (Curtain), where he visits Styles once again before his death. In between, Poirot solves cases outside England as well, including his most famous case, Murder on the Orient Express (1934).
Hercule Poirot became famous with the publication, in 1926, of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, whose surprising solution proved controversial. The novel is still among the most famous of all detective novels: Edmund Wilson alludes to it in the title of his well-known attack on detective fiction, "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" Aside from Roger Ackroyd, the most critically-acclaimed Poirot novels appeared from 1932 to 1942, including such acknowledged classics as Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders (1935), Cards on the Table (1936), and Death on the Nile (1937). The last of these, a tale of multiple homicide upon a Nile steamer, was judged by the celebrated detective novelist John Dickson Carr to be among the ten greatest mystery novels of all time.
The 1942 novel Five Little Pigs (aka Murder in Retrospect), in which Poirot investigates a murder committed sixteen years before by analyzing various accounts of the tragedy, is a Rashomon-like performance that critic and mystery novelist Robert Barnard called the best of the Christie novels.
For a list of novels and short stories featuring Hercule Poirot, please see Hercule Poirot in literature.
Trevor reprised the role of Poirot twice, in Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies. Trevor said once that he was probably cast as Poirot simply because he could do a French accent.
Albert Finney played Poirot in 1974 in the cinematic version of Murder on the Orient Express. His portrayal was considered by many to be the definitive Poirot until David Suchet took up the role. It was a very faithful adaptation of the novel and was, at the time, the most successful British film ever made. It received the stamp of approval from Agatha Christie herself. Finney is, so far, the only actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for playing Poirot, though he did not win.
Peter Ustinov played Poirot a total of six times, starting with Death on the Nile (1978). He reprised the role in Evil Under the Sun (1982) and Appointment With Death (1988).
Had she still been alive, Christie might well have been less sanguine about Ustinov's portrayal, given that Poirot, written as short, slim, and with coal-black hair, bore little resemblance to the tall, heavy, grey-haired Ustinov. When Christie's daughter, Rosalind Hicks, observed to Ustinov that Poirot did not look like him, Ustinov quipped "He does now!
He appeared again as Poirot in three made-for-television movies: Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986), and Murder in Three Acts (1986). The first of these was based on Lord Edgware Dies and was made by Warner Brothers. It also starred Faye Dunaway and David Suchet as Inspector Japp, just before he himself played the famous detective. (Ironically, it is reputed that David Suchet highlights his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career.")
The series, adapting several of the best-known Poirot and Marple stories, ran from July 4, 2004 through May 15, 2005, and is now being shown as re-runs on NHK and other networks in Japan. Poirot was voiced by Satomi Kōtarō and Miss Marple was voiced by Yachigusa Kaoru.
Poirot was also parodied in The Goodies episode"'Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express."
The British television show Count Duckula features a parody of Hercule Poirot (in passing) known as Mr. Hercules Parrot, arm in arm with a character called Miss Marbles.
Although not strictly a reference to Poirot, the new series Christé and Doyle will feature a lead role similar to that of Hercule Poirot. With the name of the character being similar to that of Poirot's creator Agatha Christie and his being half Belgian, Christé also shares many of Poirot's methods and characteristics, the series is expected to begin filming in the late summer in Sandhurst.
An episode of Animaniacs featured Yakko Warner as "Hercule Yakko". The episode involved the theft of a diamond on a train, involving much of the series' cast as suspects.
In the movie Spiceworld, Hercule Poirot (Hugh Laurie) is about to blame a weapons-packing Emma Bunton, but after she flashes him an innocent smile, Poirot instead accuses an innocent man of the crime.
In Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, Poirot appears as a young boy on the train transporting Holmes and Watson. Holmes helps the boy in opening a puzzle-box, with Watson giving the boy advice about using his "little grey cells", giving the impression that Poirot first heard the line here. Poirot would go on to use the "little grey cells" line countless times throughout Agatha Christie's fiction.
In an episode of Muppets Tonight, Jason Alexander played Hercule Poirot, believed by the Muppets to be Hercules Poirot, with superhuman powers.
The Belgian brewery Brasserie Ellezelloise makes a highly rated stout called Hercule with a moustachioed caricature of Hercule Poirot on the label.
Dave Stone has created two parodies of Poirot named Dupont. The first, Andre Dupont, appears in the Detective-Judge Armitage story Dowager Duchess of Ghent. The second, Emile Dupont, appears in the Bernice Summerfield novel Ship of Fools.
The "decipherer of enigmas" in José Carlos Somoza's novel The Athenian Murders is named Herakles Pontor.
In the English version of Geronimo Stilton series, the main protagonist has a friend named "Hercule Poirat".
In the anime and manga series Detective Conan, Mouri Kogoro's detective agency is located above the Poirot cafè. A profile summary of Hercule appears at the end of volume 3 of the manga.
In the Israeli sitcom 'The Pajamas', one of the characters of Kobi is a grotesque policeman named 'Marcel Fuero', as a reference to Poirot ('Poirot' and 'Fuero' are written the same way in Hebrew, פוארו).


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One item we found is a program guide dated April 1970. In it, there's a report about the then-Governor of Arkansas, Winthrop Rockefeller, who invited a delegation from SCETV to make a presentation to the Arkansas Legislature in Little Rock. The purpose? To talk about South Carolina's ground-breaking educational television services in the Palmetto State. The article refers to South Carolina being a model for the nation in the area of education and technology.
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In the 1960s, ETV broadcast live to classrooms via telco landlines. I've heard from a number of you who learned French or algebra from ETV with this method! In a way, ETV was a "virtual school" before the term was even coined.
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THE Vagabonds have continued their mammoth walking tour of South Cumbria with the help of a friend who stepped in to push their cart after one half of the entertainment duo suffered an injury.
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The storytelling duo stopped off at the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole on Monday on the latest leg of their adventure.
Their tour began on May 3 and is due to end in Barrow on Sunday.
Gary "Gacko" Bridgens tore his calf muscle while pushing Dolly the cart in Windermere on Saturday and has been forced to travel by car.
But in stepped Damian Rose, of Barrow, who did a shift to help Gacko's sidekick Phill Gregg push Dolly – which carries all the equipment and transforms into a puppet theatre – around the, at times, demanding route.
Mr Rose, 22, said: "I just swapped some shifts and I was able to get up here to help. It's been good.
"My arms are killing already and I've only done something like 2.4 miles.
"I've been to see a couple of the shows in Bardsea and Grange, but it changes every time. It's excellent. Today's the first time I've seen the Magic Porridge show, which is a really nice little touch. There's some really nice energy to it."
Mr Rose was due to step down from his duties last night as Gacko should soon be capable of walking again.
The trip has been years in the making and has been inspired by the travels of Walter Wilkinson, a famous showman and puppeteer, who toured the British Isles and the US during the 1920s and 1930s.
Gacko said: "I would have been truly devastated if I couldn't walk (for the remainder of the journey). I always said, if need be I would just sit and do the show. The show would go on.
"But to think we have spent so long starting it up, I've spent 15 years dreaming of it – to miss it because of a stupid accident would have been awful, but I'm going to be all right. I'm going to start pushing again as of Broughton and hopefully return triumphant to Barrow bandstand on Sunday."
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Just seen the Vagabonds at Kirkby-In-Furness tonight. They were superb. Setting was perfect, performing in a corner of the cricket field in front of St Cuthbert's Church on a sunny (if cold) evening, to an audience of more than 50 locals, including a group of Brownies. The Vagabonds deserve a medal for their three-week walking journey through Furness and South Cumbria. Great advert for the area with their local stories, songs and humour. Askam and Dalton performances on Saturday before their homecoming on Sunday. Come on Barrow, let's give them a fitting homecoming to Barrow Park.
Fantastic-went to watch them at Broughton tonight, their enthusiasm and talent shone through, my 10 year old really enjoyed it and all the stories and songs were excellent. Hope they have a dry journey home and that lots of people welcome them back to Barrow.
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Sony NWZ-A845 Walkman
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Sony's current range of Walkman MP3 players caters for everyone, from true music buffs to kids and karaoke fans (you can read our review of the Karaoke-equipped NWZ-E453 here). The NWZ-A845 is Sony's flagship model and is also the Japanese technology giant's thinnest Walkman yet. Equipped with a large 2.8-inch OLED screen, the gadget has 16GB of memory along with EX noise cancelling headphones and a full S-Master digital amplifier.
Measuring a razor-thin 7.2mm in depth, the device has a truly svelte profile and weighing in at just 62g, it offers genuine portability and can easily be stuffed into a pocket. Sporting a glass-fronted fascia, black surround and silver detailing around the main controls, the player's slinky finish exudes class and leaves you in no doubt that this is a premium product. While the Back and Option buttons have a shiny silver finish, the surrounding multi-direction control and play/pause button feature a ribbed metallic texture making navigation that bit easier. On the side of the player you'll find the well-placed volume up and down buttons, along with a Hold switch to lock the buttons so that your music doesn't skip around while the device is in your bag or pocket.
On the bottom of the device, you'll find a socket for hooking it up to your computer's USB port with the supplied cable. One of our only gripes with the player is that you have to charge it through your computer as there is no separate power adaptor. The headphone socket is also located on the bottom, which we think is a simple, but effective, stroke of design genius. As it's on the bottom, it means that you don't have to contend with the headphone wires dangling in front of the screen when you're trying to seach for a track to listen to.
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Magical specialists called banganga use sculptures such as this male half figure known as a mukishi as devices for protection and divination. A mukishi is infused with magical substances drawn from the wild, which activate the spirit force of the object. This figure derives its power from a small medicinal charge in the cranium, a "skirt" of monkey fur, a tiny horn worn on the right arm as an amulet, and a small gourd filled with magical substances, as well as from its sacrificial coating of palm oil.
- Culture: Zimba
- Medium: Wood, fur, cord, horn, gourd, metal, palm oil
- Place Made: Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dates: 19th century
- Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 x14.0 cm) (show scale)
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- Caption: Zimba. Divination Torso Figure (Nkishi), 19th century. Wood, fur, cord, horn, gourd, metal, palm oil, 7 3/4 x 4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 x14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society in memory of Sylvia Williams, 1996.21. Creative Commons-BY
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MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, has today commenced a second service between Delhi and Dubai enhancing its connectivity to the UAE with a day time flight. The airline has deployed its new generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft offering twin configuration of 16 seats in Premiere and 138 in Economy. This new frequency to Dubai will complement the night flight presently operating between the national capital and the financial hub of the United Arab Emirates.
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About Jet AirwaysJet Airways currently operates a fleet of 99 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 11 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 2 Airbus A330-300 aircraft 59 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft, 16 ATR 72-500 and 1 ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.66 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 73 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Milan, Muscat, New York (Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.
About JetKonnectThe new JetKonnect service is a dedicated product designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment. JetKonnect will also offer guests a Premiere service on nearly all domestic routes. With its mixed fleet of Boeings and ATR aircraft with over 500 daily flights connecting 52 destinations across India, JetKonnect provides more flexibility and choice to its guests. JetKonnect's convenient schedules, reliable service and low fares promise to bring greater value and a seamless flying experience to our customers.
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 27, 3:30 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: Kenan Memorial Stadium (63,000) -- Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Television: ACC Network. Home Record: NC State 3-0, UNC 4-0. Away Record: NC State 2-1, UNC 0-3. Neutral Record: NC State 0-1, UNC 0-0. Conference Record: NC State 2-1, UNC 2-2. Series Record: UNC leads 63-32-6.
GAME NOTES: For the second straight week the North Carolina Tar Heels will take on an instate rival when the NC State Wolfpack pay a visit to Kenan Memorial Stadium for an Atlantic Coast Conference bout.
It wasn't the prettiest win of the season for NC State last weekend but thanks to a 43-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining by Niklas Sade, the Wolfpack escaped from College Park with a 20-18 win over Maryland. The win was the second straight for the Wolfpack. The other win in that streak also came in thrilling fashion as the Wolfpack overcame a 16-0 halftime deficit to lay a 17-16 defeat on the then No. 3 Florida State Seminoles.
A trip down Tobacco Road ended in disappointment for North Carolina last weekend as the Tar Heels dropped a 33-30 decision to the rival Duke Blue Devils. It was the first loss on the road to Duke by the Tar Heels since 1988 and the first time UNC has ever allowed Duke to score more than 30 points. The loss put an end to a four-game winning streak and put the Tar Heels at an even 2-2 in conference play this season.
This long-time rivalry has been dominated by North Carolina, with the Tar Heels having almost twice as many wins in the series as NC State (63-32-6). However in recent years the Wolfpack has been the dominant side with wins in five straight, all coming under the five-year tenure of head coach Tom O'Brien. The streak includes a 13-0 shutout win for NC State in Raleigh last season. It was the first shutout by the Wolfpack since a 14-0 win over South Florida in the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl.
NC State's offense has been solid this season ranking near the middle in the ACC in both total yards (414.3 ypg, seventh) and scoring (26.9 ppg, seventh). The Wolfpack are efficient in the red zone, scoring on 21-of-24 attempts for the fourth best conversion rate (87.5 percent) in the ACC.
The success in the red zone has come despite a less than stellar rushing attack. The team has only amassed 912 yards on the ground to 1,988 through the air. Leading the aerial assault is Mike Glennon who has thrown for all 1,988 yards, while completing 58.3 percent of his pass attempts. He also has twice as many touchdowns (14) as interceptions (seven). Glennon is coming off a 307- yard effort against Maryland, which raised his ACC-leading yards per game average to 284.
At the end of many of Glennon's passes is Quintin Payton, who has team-highs in both receptions (29) and yards (551) for an impressive 19.0 yards per catch average. However Payton has only caught one touchdown pass. It is Bryan Underwood who has been the most dangerous in scoring situations, bringing in eight touchdowns this season. That is the second most in the conference behind Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins.
In terms of running the ball the Wolfpack are led by a tandem of backs in Tony Creecy (337 yards, 81 carries, 3 TDs) and Shadrach Thornton (284 yards, 55 carries, 2 TDs). Although Creecy is more of a workhorse, Thornton has been more explosive averaging team highs in yards per carry (5.1) and per game (70.5).
NC State does not allow teams to score at a high rate when it is on defense. The Wolfpack are the third best scoring defense in the ACC this season (20.3 ppg), while ranking sixth in total defense (394.1 ypg). The Wolfpack have also gotten to the quarterback well with an ACC-leading 22 sacks.
Earl Wolff (57 tackles) and Brandan Bishop (54) have each eclipsed the 50- tackle plateau for the Wolfpack, while Rickey Dowdy has been a force up front with a team-high nine tackles for loss. All-American David Amerson has recovered from a slow start with 12 tackles in each of the last two games along with four interceptions this season.
There are a number of weapons on offense for North Carolina especially in the backfield. Giovani Bernard has been stellar this season racking up 795 yards and eight touchdowns on 103 carries. He is averaging 132.5 yards per game and 7.7 per carry which are both team highs and conference highs among players with at least 40 rushes this season. Bernard has also contributed in the pass game with the third-most receptions (24) while tied for the second most touchdown receptions (three) on the team. Bernard isn't the only back that has been tough to stop, with A.J. Blue (339 yards, 6 TDs) and Romar Morris (321 yards) each averaging 5.3 yards per carry.
The Tar Heels can also pile up yards through the air, led by Bryn Renner. Renner has thrown for 2,028 yards and 17 touchdowns, completing 62.3 percent of his pass attempts this season. His passing touchdown total is the highest in the ACC.
Renner is spreading the ball around effectively. Erik Highsmith (39 rec., 395 yards) has been a solid possession receiver while Sean Tapley has been an explosive deep threat with a team-high four touchdowns passes and 18.6 yards per reception average. Four different receiver have collected at least 23 receptions for the Tar Heels this season.
The Tar Heels have been an even better defensive team than the Wolfpack. UNC ranks third in the conference in total yards (349.9 ypg) and second in scoring (19.3 ppg). In fact along with Florida State, the Tar Heels are the only team in the conference to allow fewer than 20 points per game. North Carolina does a great job in forcing negative plays, with an ACC-leading 60 tackles for loss.
Kareem Martin (10.5 tackles for loss), Kevin Reddick (9.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks) and Sylvester Williams (8.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks) have been the anchors of a powerful front seven for the Tar Heels. Meanwhile, Tim Scott (31 tackles, 3 INTs) and Tre Boston (52 tackles, 3 INTs) have played well in the secondary.
This matchup is exactly what anyone could want out of a rivalry game. What this game will come down to is which offense can be more explosive and with Bernard leading the charge, the Tar Heels have the edge.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: North Carolina 28, NC State 21
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By Michael Rushton, Contributing NFL Editor
(Sports Network) - The 2011 New England Patriots began their 11th straight winning campaign with a record-setting performance in the season opener.
If they can duplicate what happened in their last meeting with the Tennessee Titans, more records could fall on Sunday.
The Patriots hope to begin defense of their AFC championship with their ninth straight season-opening win and give the Titans' Jake Locker a rude introduction to life as a starting quarterback when the two teams square off at LP Field.
New England has not posted a regular-season mark under .500 since 2000, three seasons before it last suffered a Week 1 loss. That 31-0 setback at the Buffalo Bills was one of two defeats the club suffered over the 2003 season's first four weeks, but New England rebounded to go 14-2 and win the first of back-to-back Super Bowl efforts.
The Patriots are coming off a 13-3 season, their ninth straight year with at least 10 wins, but they lost for the second time in five years in the Super Bowl to the New York Giants, this time by a slim 21-17 margin.
New England would love to get its 2012 season off to a similar start as last year, when the franchise opened with a 38-24 win over the hosting Miami Dolphins in which it set a club record with 622 total yards of offense.
Quarterback Tom Brady also set a franchise record with 517 passing yards to go along with four touchdowns through the air, one a 99-yarder to wide receiver Wes Welker.
Brady had an even better game the last time he faced the Titans, which occurred on Oct. 18, 2009 in New England.
Playing in snowy conditions, he led a 59-0 Patriots' rout with six touchdown passes, including five in the second quarter alone to set an NFL record. New England's 45-0 advantage at halftime also set a new league record.
Welker caught 10 passes in that game for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
"We obviously made some big plays. It was a crazy game in terms of conditions," Brady said this week in remembering the meeting. "It was raining in pregame warmups and it turned into snow. It was the sixth game of the year, so that's never happened up here. Last year it didn't snow at all, and that was mid-October and we had a huge snowfall. They're memorable games when the weather is as inclement as it was that particular day. I'm glad we executed well. It was a fun day to be on offense."
Mike Munchak was an offensive line coach for the Titans in that game, but enters his second season as the franchise's head coach. He led Tennessee to a 9-7 mark and second-place finish in the AFC South a year ago, with the club just missing out on a playoff spot.
Munchak is ready to roll the dice in 2012 and is going with second-year Locker as his starting quarterback over veteran Matt Hasselbeck.
"It's exciting for him, it's exciting for the franchise," Munchak said of Locker's start. "You're playing against a pretty darn good football team to start your career. I think we have to be smart on what we will ask him to do, what we will have him do. I don't think we really have to limit him. He just has to do things that he should, that he's good at right now."
With such a young signal-caller, veterans such as first-year Titan Steve Hutchinson, who steps in to start at left guard, wide receiver Nate Washington and running back Chris Johnson will need to be leaders.
Should the Titans get routed by the Pats again on Sunday, at least they'll have the 2009 season to fall back on as a learning tool. The blowout loss to New England capped an 0-6 start before Tennessee went 8-2 to finish out the season at .500.
This weekend's opener will also feature a matchup between twin-brother starting cornerbacks Devin and Jason McCourty. Devin enters his third year with New England, while Jason -- a fellow Rutgers product -- is in his fourth campaign with the Titans.
"Yeah, I mean there are definitely some similarities, as you would expect," noted Pats head coach Bill Belichick of the twins. "They're both fast [and] they're both aggressive, good tacklers, good solid players. We'll never get a better look at a guy than we will this week from Devin. It's about as close as it gets."
Patriots lead 21-15-1
Streak: Patriots have won last three meetings Last Meeting: Patriots 59, Titans 0 (Oct. 18, 2009 at New England) Last Meeting at Site: Patriots 40, Titans 23 (Dec. 31, 2006)
Patriots HC Bill Belichick vs. Titans/Oilers: 8-7 overall, 4-1 with Pats Titans HC Mike Munchak vs. Patriots: 0-0 Belichick vs. Munchak Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Notes: Tennessee's last win in series came in 2002 (24-7 at home). Franchises have met twice in the postseason, with Patriots earning 17-14 home decision in 2003 AFC Divisional Playoffs and Houston Oilers posting 31-14 home victory over New England in 1978 AFC Divisional Playoffs.
2011 Offensive Team Rankings
New England: 2nd overall (428.0 ypg), 20th rushing (110.3 ypg), 2nd passing (317.8 ypg), 3rd scoring (32.1 ppg)
Tennessee: 17th overall (335.1 ypg), 31st rushing (89.9 ypg), 12th passing (245.2 ypg), 21st scoring (20.3 ppg)
2011 Defensive Team Rankings
New England: 31st overall (411.1 ypg), 17th rushing (117.1 ypg), 31st passing (293.9 ypg), 15th scoring (21.4 ppg)
Tennessee: tied 18th overall (355.1 ypg), 24th rushing (128.3 ypg), 14th passing (226.8 ypg), 8th scoring (19.8 ppg)
2011 Turnover Margin
New England: +17 (34 takeaways, 17 giveaways) Tennessee: +1 (23 takeaways, 22 giveaways)
2011 Red Zone Touchdown Percentage (offense)
New England: 65.3 percent (72 possessions, 47 TD, 18 FG) -- 2nd overall Tennessee: 59.5 percent (37 possessions, 22 TD, 11 FG) -- 5th overall
2011 Red Zone Touchdown Percentage (defense)
New England: 55.7 percent (61 possessions, 34 TD, 16 FG) -- tied 21st overall Tennessee: 47.9 percent (48 possessions, 23 TD, 18 FG) -- 10th overall
New England used a top-rated pass attack to score over 500 points for a second straight season in 2011. Brady led the charge with 5,235 passing yards -- the second most in NFL history -- while completing 39 touchdown passes to 12 interceptions. He needs just 21 yards to become the 14th player in league history to reach 40,000 in a career and has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 32 straight games. The two-time NFL MVP loves to look for Welker (122 receptions, 9 TD) out of the slot and also helped Rob Gronkowski (90 receptions, 17 TD) put together one of the best seasons ever by a tight end. His 1,327 receiving yards, 17 touchdown catches and 18 total scores were all single-season records at the position, and he finished second in the AFC in receiving yards to only Welker's 1,569. Fellow tight end Aaron Hernandez was third on the club with 79 receptions, 910 receiving yards and seven scores. With the Pats parting ways with both Deion Branch and Chad Johnson, free-agent pickup Brandon Lloyd (70 receptions, 5 TD with Broncos and Rams) becomes Brady's new deep threat. Though New England moves the ball through the air, it doesn't have a problem putting it on the ground to score touchdowns. Gronkowski scored a rushing touchdown in 2011, while BenJarvus Green-Ellis -- who signed with the Cincinnati Bengals this offseason -- had 11 rushing scores. Stevan Ridley (441 rushing yards, 1 TD) takes over as the No. 1 back, running behind a line that lost left tackle Matt Light to retirement this offseason.
It is no surprise that the Titans struggled at times on defense last year given that they got 39 starts from rookies, including 16 from strongside linebacker Akeem Ayers (76 tackles, 2 sacks) and another 15 by defensive tackle Jurrell Casey (52 tackles, 2.5 sacks). Both return to their starting roles this year and no rookie is slated to start on the defensive side of things in Week 1, though second-round pick Zach Brown could be a key contributor at linebacker. The strength of the unit figures to be pressure brought by ends Derrick Morgan (30 tackles, 2.5 sacks) and free-agent signee Kamerion Wimbley (63 tackles, 7 sacks with Raiders), a former first-round pick who has 16 sacks over the past two seasons. Weakside linebacker Will Witherspoon (56 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT) offers a veteran presence alongside Ayers and second-year middle man Colin McCarthy (68 tackles, 1 INT). Cornerback Cortland Finnegan left as a free agent, leaving Alterraun Verner (49 tackles, 1 INT) to start opposite leading tackler Jason McCourty (103 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT). Free safety Michael Griffin (75 tackles, 2 INT) is also a key part of the unit and tied McCourty for the club lead in interceptions last season.
The Locker era begins on Sunday despite Hasselbeck (3571 passing yards, 18 TD, 14 INT) almost leading the Titans to a playoff spot last season. Still, Tennessee drafted Locker to be the future and sees no reason keeping him on the bench now. Though it will be the 24-year-old's first NFL start, he did get into five games a season ago while completing 34-of-66 pass attempts for 542 yards, notching four touchdown passes without a pick. However, Locker will have to wait one more week to begin building chemistry with No. 1 wide receiver Kenny Britt, who was limited to just three games last year due to a torn ACL. Though he is now healthy, he'll sit out Week 1 to serve a one-game suspension handed down by the league for a July 20 arrest for driving under the influence. That leaves Locker's main targets as wide receivers Nate Washington (74 receptions, 7 TD), Damian Williams (45 receptions, 5 TD) and rookie first-round draft choice Kendall Wright. Washington set career highs in receptions, receiving yards (1,023) and touchdowns last year and Williams was solid filling in for Britt last season. Tight end Jared Cook (49 receptions, 3 TD) also looks to take another step forward. Tennessee allowed just 24 sacks last season, tied for the second-lowest total in the NFL, and added a seven- time Pro Bowler in Hutchinson. He'll join a line that will try to make more space for Chris Johnson (1047 rushing yards), who is coming off a frustrating 2011 campaign in which he rushed for the lowest total of his career. He also scored just four touchdowns after finding the end zone 25 times on the ground in his previous two seasons.
New England's defense aims to improve on its bend-not-break style from a year ago, as opponents racked up yards against the unit but didn't find the scoreboard with the same vigor. The Patriots turn to a pair of 2012 first- round draft choices to help in defensive end Chandler Jones and linebacker Dont'a Hightower as the club shifts to a 4-3 scheme. Former linebacker Rob Ninkovich (74 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 2 INT) also drops down to an end spot alongside tackles Vince Wilfork (52 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 INT), a four-time Pro Bowl pick, and Kyle Love (33 tackles, 3 sacks). Outside linebacker Jerod Mayo (95 tackles, 1 sacks, 2 INT) also is a key piece to the unit, which could feature a solid secondary if cornerback Kyle Arrington (88 tackles, 7 INT) can build off a 2011 campaign that saw him tie for the NFL lead in interceptions. Even with a step back by fellow corner Devin McCourty (87 tackles, 2 INT) following an excellent rookie campaign in 2010, New England led the AFC with a plus-17 turnover margin last year and added veteran Steve Gregory (67 tackles, 1 INT with Chargers) in the offseason to start at free safety next to Patrick Chung (62 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT).
Regular-season success is nothing new to the Patriots and Locker has a mighty task ahead of him, as he needs to keep pace with Brady and company. Moving the ball against the New England defense won't be the hard part; that will be matching an offense primed for another big season thanks to Brady, Welker, Lloyd and returning offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. The veteran unit should have no problem finding the holes and forcing Tennessee's young players into mistakes. The Pats should find their season-opening win streak extended by weekend's end, while the Titans will get a gauge on how they stand heading into a tough opening schedule that features some other talented offenses on deck over the next few games.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Patriots 31, Titans 17
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