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From feature films to applications, the team at Duncan Studio continues to provide high-quality animation while also expanding into new ventures. In late 2012, the studio successfully launched its first iPad app, My Beastly ABCs, while also working on projects such as Despicable Me Minion Mayhem (Universal Studios) and Barneys New York: Electric Holiday (Disney). As the company continues its work in the animation industry at large, the talented team at Duncan Studio is busy planning its next app production, which they hope will reach even more animation fans.
Established in 2007, Duncan Studio is the realization of Ken Duncan's vision of having his own animation studio. With a focus on outstanding character performances, projects animated by Duncan Studio have earned a 2011 Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production, a nomination for the 2012 Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production (winner to be announced February 3rd), a 2012 THEA Award for Ingenious Use of Technology, and a 2010 VES Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture.
With the release of My Beastly ABCs in December, Duncan Studio was able to reach a new audience by providing families worldwide with an interactive storybook app that contains captivating animation and striking artwork. The app has received glowing reviews from around the world and USA Today named it one of 2012's top ten apps for children.
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Drawing upon considerable performing and recording experience, Nelson Foltz and Tom Lynn attempt to bypass formulaic musical solutions and pursue a more adventurous context for instrumental expression. Together they have produced recording sessions with Gerry Leonard, Kenny Werner, Jim Pugh, Kristin Berardi, Carolyn Leonhart, Ken Ascher and Mary Anne Marino as well as co-producing Nelson's critically acclaimed debut solo cd "The Longing Hours". Foltz and Lynn created the Still Life series in an effort to explore quiet, slow music that is organic in character as well as origin
Musician/Composer Nelson Foltz has worked with such artists as Steely Dan, Barry White, Aretha Franklin, Juliette Commagere, Dave Liebman, Tony Williams, Roberta Flack, Josh Ritter and the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra. His credits include music for film, television and radio as well as performing in the orchestra for numerous broadway shows.
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Zucchini Latkes with Tatziki Sauce
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Zucchini Latkes with Tatziki Sauce
- Prep Time : 10 min
- Cook Time : 20 min
- Ready Time : 30 min
- 2 large zucchini (about 1-pound), shredded
- 1 small onion, shredded
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup matzo meal
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- canola oil for frying
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped dill
- 1/4 cup diced cucumber
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
In a large bowl, combine zucchini, onions, eggs, matzo meal and salt and stir to combine. Heat ¼-inch oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Drop by 2 tablespoons full and lightly press down to flatten. Fry for about 4 to 6 minutes per side or until nicely browned. Remove and drain on paper towels. Continue with remaining batter.
In a small bowl, combine yogurt, dill, cucumber, lemon juice and salt and stir. Serve Tzatziki alongside Latkes.
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This recipe looks great! I was wondering if you have any tips for baking these instead of frying. With a 15 month old hanging on me, it would be much easier and safer to bake them.


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About the author: Dr. S. Chemonges — Kasumbein is a Ugandan born Companion Animal Surgeon. He has extensive research experience on animal related issues. He can be reached on: firstname.lastname@example.com The New Vision Editorial "The Need For Guns" of August 13th 1999, brought to the attention of Ugandans the genocide the people of Karamoja have committed to their neighbours.
In Uganda, the Sabiny people of Kapchorwa are the most affected and are nearing extinction. Aren't the Sabiny people not citizens of Uganda? Can the rule of law be extended to this part of Uganda to curtail atrocities caused by the Karamojong to their neighbours? I hope we shall come up with useful and applicable solutions through Inter- Governmental Authority On Development (IGAD) as suggested by the editorial. Does everyone understand Cattle rustling and related evils? Let us examine the crux of the matter.
Historical perspective of role players. In the past, when people talked about cattle rustling, it looked as though it was something one had to be proud of, because it supposedly built stamina and strength in the raiding community. Those who believe in raiding get vindicated after a successful attempt.
Today, cattle rustling in the great lakes region (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) has not changed much, at least according to known history, though the modification in methods of attack and probably newer players in the field, have lead to increased loss of human lives and property.
Rustling has some history. To some extent, documentaries have tended to associate cattle rustling with the Nilotic communities in the great lakes region. The Nilotic speakers are mainly pastoralists and most communities that fall in this category practise both crop farming and animal husbandry. The name nilotics is associated with River Nile, where some live and others are thought to have come from. The nilotes are mainly in three groups; the Highland, or Southern Nilotes, the River-Lake, or Western Nilotes, and the Plains or Eastern Nilotes.
It is believed that the Nilotes arrived in Kenya about 2000 years ago and entered Kenya from somewhere near the edge of Southern Ethiopian Highlands perhaps around the region North of L. Turkana. They are also thought to have arrived from the direction of South East Sudan. The highland Nilotes have settled in the fertile Highland regions adjacent to the Rift Valley and several tribes fall under this group. The Highland Nilotes arrived in Kenya a long time prior to the Plains and the River Lake Nilotes. They receive the collective term Kalenjin. The Kalenjin were a result of intermingling and intermarriage between the newly arrived Highland Nilotes and the Southern Cushites. The Kalenjin Culture incorporates several Cushitic as well as Nilotic traits. Circumcision as a rite of passage from child hood to adult hood and a prohibition of fish eating are Cushitic traits, and the extraction of the lower incisors of adolescents and cattle husbandry are distinct Nilotic traits. The Kalenjin are related to the Tatoga of Tanzania and the former Kenya Kadam who were assimilated by the plain Nilotes in the first Millennium A.D.
The Lake (Western) Nilotes inhabited regions around the Lake Victoria region, generally known as the Luo.
The Plain (Eastern) Nilotes have two linguistic branches, the Bari dialects that inhabited the Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda; the other is the Teso- Maasian peoples who differentiated into Karamojong-Teso group. The differentiation lead into the emergence of several distinctive groups; Karamajong, the Jie and the Turkana and the Iteso.
Todays' complexity of rustling. Cattle have all along been seen as symbols of wealth and respect. Indeed it is a source of valuable food; meat, milk and blood. There have been conflicting reports and false claims on what ethnic group of people should be regarded as the 'cattle keepers'. To be regarded as a 'cattle keeper' is a contentious issue in Uganda, even if answers are well, available in history. It is known that in the past, especially in Uganda, being called a cattle keeper was tantamount to an insult, as opposed to being called a crop farmer or land tiller so to speak. Today, the story is the reverse, it is fashionable to be regarded as having evolved from a cattle keeping community. Some ethnic groups on the other hand, for example the Karamojong of Uganda, assume cattle that do not have upper teeth, belong to their fore fathers, so they (the Karamojong), are the legitimate owners of all cattle under this category. The result from this definition is that all cattle species actually belong to the Karamojong! Then the Hima of western Uganda proclaim that the long horned nsanga cattle are theirs. Similar claims with slight variations exist in other nilotic communities of Kenya and Uganda.
Certain communities today, still solely depend directly on cattle products. The Karamojong of Uganda, and Turkana of Kenya for instance, have preference for blood and milk, than meat. The Hima of Uganda use milk and milk products predominantly to supplement millet bread at meals. On the other hand, the mountain Nilotes such as the Sapiny of Eastern Uganda and the Kony of Western Kenya benefit indirectly from cattle by using oxen to till land for crop production. From the form of animal usage, there seem to be a close relationship between direct dependency on cattle products (milk, blood and meat) and the tendency to rustle or raid as opposed to secondary dependency (use of oxen).
The role of insecurity and conflict: Who are the new players in cattle rustling? In many communities, stressors and more particularly shock associated with political insecurity and conflict may lead to both unavailability and decline in entitlement of property especially for pastoralist communities. Fluctuation in income and other livelihood sources are more severe for the poor and the vulnerable since they do not have sufficient assets (including entitlements like participatory governance), to guard against the threat of destitution.
The role of insecurity and conflict in this aspect of impoverishment has until recently, been very much neglected. On the other hand, insecurity and conflict influence what happens to the people in these places, by creating a highly uncertain and disabling structure within which to make resource amendment and other decisions. On the other hand, are emergent literature on the personal dimensions of conflict. In the recent past, there seem to be evidence from several reports of the press that non-nilotic groups especially the Bantu with the advent of sophistacation of weaponry and modernization of rustling are the new players in the field of cattle rustling. The linkages may appear known, but in my view are poorly understood, yet fundamental in seeking possible solutions for this century long catastrophe. This calls for extensive research in this area.
Like in the study of Leach and Means (Poverty and environment in developing countries), the varied consequences of war for human life, health and environment; insecurity associated with current or impending warfare, cross border conflict, which deters people and governments induced by conflict, which often creates unexpected large demands on resources in the receiving areas. Cross boarder cattle raids as a means of head restocking following drought related losses, has long gone between the Turkana and the Karamojong pastoralists in Kenya and Uganda respectively. This invariably has escalated into armed conflict as a result by gun-running across several international boarders in the region. In Uganda for example, the active role of national politicians in cattle rustling is an ongoing controversy as reported by Mearns. The targeting of natural resources in war as a weapon against people of Teso, for instance proved very successful.
Several reports in local press (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) in the past decade, have attempted to suggest that newer communities are involved in the cattle raiding at different levels. In the olden days, cattle rustling was something done stealthily, usually in the night with the use of basic weapons as spears, machetes (pangas) and stones. But with the advent of the gun, the trend has tended to be a little sophisticated with resultant massive human casualties. These days, rustlers strike at any time of the day. Much as the rustled cattle were meant for traditional rituals and fame, these days they are quickly converted into cash. The availability of road transport next to raiding fields has hastened the speed at which this is done. It has been asserted that, cattle are quickly loaded on trucks so that it is difficult to trek them on foot. There is further evidence to suggest that, even when the cattle are trekked, hardly are they found, suggesting that there are alternative destinations, unlike the traditionally known ones. In fact it has been said cattle have been seen on transit across communities that are not affected by rustling to "cattle loving destinations". This is a strong point supporting the argument that there seem to be new players aided by modernisation of rustling. From the eighties to date, trends of rustling have changed a great deal and these changes are largely or at least in part due to government participation.
Is cattle rustling clearly understood? There are key concepts that need to be understood when considering the complex problem of cattle rustling: Does poverty or the environment play a role? Is vulnerability an ethnic relevant dimension of poverty and do people have the capacity to cope generalised slurs to be associated with rustling? Of what role is ownership, production or membership of a particular ethnic, social or economic group play? Are there strategies for dealing with shocks and stressors, whether socio-economic or otherwise? What are the long term implications to peoples health, education and personal development?
How can central governments annul the cattle rustling nightmare? Although the causes of cattle rustling seem obvious, it has, at least up to today proven difficult to contain. Perhaps there is need for further understanding. As an outcome, certain arguments do arise, for instance people who find themselves victims or unwilling agents of the rustling circumstance, seem to be unwilling to change attitude. But is there justification for change? There are strong links between poverty, access to sophistication in weaponry and the tendency to raid, this probably justifies why rustling is becoming a lot easier to accomplish.
Individuals, household or village, access to labour, social relations, including gender, capital endowments and technology, appear to have a relationship with the spatial distribution of the rustling setback. One may suggest that sub-national, national or global level, decisions on incentives technologies institutions and regulations tend to favour some social groups and some geographical areas seem to play a major role in this respect than others. For instance donor and development agency approaches to poverty alleviation and environment; agricultural research governance and political conflict seem not to make use of existing problems to develop strategies to solve them.
The current approaches to cub cattle rustling are insufficient on their own. To deal with imperatives of attitude change for the poor people, may imply a need for additional policy interventions to address particular problem in particular places.
Thoughts for potential solutions. The major thrust in policy strategies to reduce rustling and to ensure sustainable and productive neighbour management should be aimed at widening the range of choices available to the people concerned, not prescription from inexperienced legislators. The problems seem to be very specific and are subject to geographic and demographic distribution. An ideal guiding principle would be what could be done to avoid a certain cause, contrary to what should be done to stop the effect of the cause. For example arming communities involved in rustling as a measure of policing seem to be a primer of aggression that increases the potential animosity between the parties. To illustrate is, it is widely believed that the Karamojong of Uganda were armed by the National Resistance Movement to police their boader against the Turkana of Kenya, instead, the Karomojong terrorised the neighbouring districts Kapchorwa in particular and most recently, themselves.
The differences in the localities and the common nature of the problem to the concerned governments may mean involved governments must tailor strategies to take different, but uniform policies to curtail rustling. A useful topology for such policies could be to observe that the involved communities are already poor and live in ecologically vulnerable rural and urban ('poverty reserves'). A true distinction between resource-poor and resource-rich low potential areas(like Karamoja) and high potential' enhancement areas (like Mt. Elgon) and the resilience and sensitivity of the different environments, would be a guiding principle in developing a control strategy.
Approaches such as 'helicopter gunships' that emphasise pounding the raiding group, are very inferior compared to the use of management decisions of the local communities, community policing that tend to offer promising complementariness between familiarity with the so called enemy, yet sustainable and cost effective, need to be employed. Indeed intervention by the military has only led to much blood shed compared to what the locals do to protect themselves.
Object oriented solutions emphasising problem solving may well be investigated and employed. In other words research in this area is worth undertaking. For instance it is known that cattle rustling is associated with shortage of water and grass. This leads to movement of stock and may well be difficult to police activities that are due to occur along side animal movement. There is a tendency to 'conquer and occupy' lush territories during the search for water and lush grass. Some problems seem to have immediate solutions, but ways of application are remote. For instance the plain communities can benefit from the highland terrain by exploiting the natural topography of the highland areas by damming the massive gouges of river valleys. A practical example can be that of Mount Elgon region and the plains adjacent to the Mountain. There have been cattle raids and counter raids between communities in those regions. Mount Elgon Highland region receives high density rainfall during certain seasons of the year. Large amounts of water gets wasted as run-off into the low lying swamps and finally drains into L. Kyoga, L.Victoria, and L. Turkana. There are several areas with deep valleys that could easily be dammed to provide huge water reservoirs for the plains. The benefits from such a thought would be enormous. First of all, there would be a sure source of water for the lower lying plains, secondly animals will thrive, there may be a possibility of power generation (not really crucial, but good, talking politically for donor funding). The water from the reservoirs could be channelled to long distances, without significant losses. The resulting reservoirs could be make excellent fish farms- a resource lacking in the high altitude areas like Kapchorwa District in Uganda and an unchallengeable source of animal protein. This would as well be an alternative to keeping the most stalked animal 'the cow'. Dam construction may take the use of simple materials, not the mania of thinking of expensive foreign projects and machinery (these could be required, but minimally).
The factor that seem to provoke and promote cattle raiding apparently is numbers and probably the ability of the local stock to walk long distances. Avenues should be explored that emphasise on husbandry of large sized animals, yet both resistance to environmental constraints, diseases and those that walk long distances. This could possibly discourage raiders. In fact the small East African Zebu (EAZ) tends to be a hardy animal and walks long distances without water or food, no wonder it is the ultimate target for rustlers! The EAZ has been known to gallop for long hours without tiring, neither drinking nor eating, this probably explains why they are a target for rustling. Some communities actually claim that such animals were God given to a particular ethnic group, not the other, and those groups have the right to own such animals under all odds, usually by rustling.
Issues to be investigated that may well lead to cattle deprivation and loss of human life are four fold; the component dimensions of geographical entitlements, their relative importance under different conditions for different groups of poor people and appropriate ways of taking them into account in development interventions that aim to reduce poverty and or ensure sustainable co-existance within the hostile communities.
Economic analysis of the incentives for poor people to manage personal resources sustainable, given the natural disasters that tend to deprive parties of property. For instance people should be encouraged to breed animals rather than consume the would be parents of cows of the next generation.
There is need investigate implications of possible investments in poverty reduction strategies and to examine the 'effectiveness', practicality and appropriate forms of policy targeting to 'animal reserves'; Investigate viable alternatives for the already highly competitive, yet less productive livestock.
Investigation of the ways in which political change, instability and conflict affect communities and their behaviour or attitude vis a vis cattle rustling, laying emphaisis for set alternatives.
There is need in forming operational planning approaches such as 'sustainable livestock' production through analytical debates around state versus civil society institutions and institutional innovation which is crucial at this stage. Governments should have a multidisplinary approach towards handling the problem of cattle rustling, not only by use of security personnel. For instance Animal Industry ministries in the various governments would have problem solving workshops geared towards establishing lasting solutions for animal production. Health ministry, community development and Social service sectors would develop the of attitude change. As a result, defence would just be there as a watch dog, since experience has shown that it can't work independently.
It is thus not worthwhile to point fingers at each other as being responsible for cattle rustling without understanding the ramifications that it has in the community. There is urgent need for the Government concerned and the affected communities to have a detailed study and come out with proposals that are feasible other than exterminating the culprits of rustling.
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Hailing from Wroclaw, Poland, electronic trio Kamp! make dance music steeped in '80s synthpop and '90s balearic. The band's new Baltimore EP was released by Cascine in August and you can stream the whole thing below.
Kamp! will be in NYC next month, playing Glasslands on October 12. Tickets are on sale now. No word on other tour dates.
EP stream below...
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Rush Midnight remixed Selebrities (stream); both play Northside Festival tonight with Kisses (who have a new video)
by Bill Pearis
As mentioned, Brooklyn synthpop act Selebrities have a new album, Lovely Things, out June 25 on the Cascine label. You may have already heard first single "Temporary Touch" and we've got the premiere of a remix of that track by their labelmates Rush Midnight (aka former Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning). As you might expect from a bassist, Russ replaces the more driving line of the original with a fatter, funkier one, emphasizing groove over atmosphere. You can stream it below.
Both Selebrities and Rush Midnight will play tonight (6/13) at Cameo in NYC as part of the Cascine / Newtown Radio Northside Festival showcase. It's one of the more sonically cohesive nights of the fest, with every band mining some facet of early '80s electropop, including the romo-leaning Ice Choir, and the UK's Chad Valley. Tickets are still available or you can try to get in with your Northside Badge. Flyer for the show is below.
Also playing are Los Angeles duo Kisses, whose new album, Kids in L.A., was apparently based on Bret Easton Ellis' Regan-era classic, Less Than Zero, and is quite good. Carrying on with that vibe -- and pretty much nailing it -- is the video for their song "Huddle" that is only missing an Andrew McCarthy cameo. You can watch it below too.
If you can't make it tonight, Kisses will be back next month at Mercury Lounge. Stream, video and Northside showcase flyer below...
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Selebrities & Kisses ready new LPs, playing Northside together w/ Rush Midnight who plays NYC this week (dates, streams)
by Bill Pearis
Brooklyn quartet Selebrities will release their new album, Lovely Things, on June 25 via the Cascine label. You can stream the crystalline first single, "Temporary Touch," and check out album art and tracklist below.
The band have a couple local shows coming up. They'll play Glasslands on May 23 with oOoOO and Dark Sister (tickets); and then Cameo on June 13 for what is an extremely stacked bill if you like '80s style synthpop. Chad Valley headlines, and the line-up also includes fellow Cascine artists Kisses, Rush Midnight and (non-Cascine band) Ice Choir, plus DJ sets from Airbird and Chocolate Bobka (there's a name we haven't heard in a while). Tickets to that show, a Cascine & Newtown Radio showcase which is part of the 2013 Northside Festival, are on sale now or you can try and get in with your Northside badge if you have one of those.
Speaking of, Rush Midnight (aka onetime Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning) just released a new single, the laid back and sultry "Don't Give Me Your Love," while he finishes up his debut album. You can check out the video for the song and a remix by Lemonade, below. Rush Midnight plays Friday night (5/3) at Mercury Lounge with Candide and Rioux. Tickets to that show are still available.
And more related news, Kisses (which is Jesse Kivel of Princeton and Zinzi Edmundson) will release their second album, Kids in LA, on May 14 which is also on Cascine. The album was produced by Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs, and the two bands certainly share a love of classic pop and vintage synthesizers. This is superior modern synthpop with big hooks and fresh production and you can stream a couple tracks (including terrific single "The Hardest Part") below.
Kisses and Chad Valley tour dates are listed, along with previously mentioned song streams, below.
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Twin Shadow in Austin earlier this month (more by Tim Griffin)
Twin Shadow and Niki and the Dove have been on the road together for a few weeks now, and their sold out two-night run in NYC begins tonight (9/27) at Webster Hall and continues Friday (9/28) at the smaller Music Hall of Williamsburg. As mentioned, you can also catch Twin Shadow DJing the official after party on Friday at Brooklyn Bowl. Entry is free with your ticket stub from the Music Hall of Williamsburg show, and otherwise $8 tickets are still available.
You'll also have another chance to catch Niki and the Dove in the NYC area when their tour supporting Miike Snow hits United Palace (10/19) and Wellmont Theatre (10/23). Tickets for United Palace and Wellmont Theatre are still available.
Rush Midnight
If you're going to Twin Shadow's shows this week, you won't be seeing bassist Russ Manning. As mentioned, Russ has left the band to focus on his solo project Rush Midnight. He's releasing his debut EP, +1, on October 30 via Cascine. The EP was produced by Twin Shadow main man George Lewis Jr. and features guest vocals on a track by Doe Paoro, who Russ has remixed in the past. You can watch the video for EP single, "The Night Was Young Enough," below.
Rush MIdnight has a few upcoming shows including one in Brooklyn this Friday (9/28) at Cameo Gallery with Splash and Rarechild (tickets) and the Ghostly/Cascine CMJ showcase at Le Baron on October 17. After that, he'll kick off a short tour in November which begins in NYC at The Studio at Webster Hall on November 9. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
A list of all Rush Midnight dates and that video are below.
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As it is now, any mobile phone owner who will not have registered his or her Subscriber Identification Module (Sim) card by close of business on Thursday February 28, will not be able to make or receive calls.
The Uganda Communications Commission has told this newspaper that there will be no rethinking of the deadline, as Ugandans have had a whole year to register their cards.
In a sense, UCC has a point. One year is a long time. Indeed, some telecom companies are reporting that up to three quarters of their subscribers have already registered. One question to ask, in such cases, is: what has happened to the remaining quarter?
While some Ugandans have foot-dragged and procrastinated about the registration exercise, the truth is that telecom firms could have been better organized, to say the least. At The Observer, for instance, at least two staff members registered at an MTN outlet at Lugogo months earlier; but this month they had to register again, after being persistently told that their cards were not registered.
An Observer reader writes today to complain that despite registering his utl Sim card twice, he is still told that he has not registered. There are many customers like that. Some of the casual labourers who were hired to conduct the registration exercise have left many a customer praying that the registration will succeed even as they hand in their information and photos - because of the sloppiness and sheer lack of professionalism.
And when one is told, months later, that the registration failed, the casual labourer is nowhere to be seen and the information can hardly be traced. Instead, one is told to register again. This shows lack of respect for the Ugandans who fulfilled their statutory obligations.
UCC has a duty to ensure that subscribers register their Sim cards. Indeed, the commission has done well to publicise the exercise. But some of its partners, the telecom firms, have performed dismally. Perhaps they needed more time than the one year. We urge UCC to consider extending the deadline so as not to punish Ugandans who are already victims of inefficient service providers.


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Waverly-Doug Snook got his first taste of working on a golf course during his high school days in Newton. He knew right away he enjoyed it and he ended up making it his life's work.
Snook has been a golf course superintendent for 37 years, the last 30 at the Waverly Golf Course.
He enjoys maintaining the course and mentoring young people getting into the profession.
Snook has been active in the Iowa Turfgrass Institute and the Iowa Golf Course Superintendents Association.
His work and dedication have earned him many honors, but one of the highest comes May 21st when he will be inducted into the Iowa Golf Association's Hall of Fame.
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'Real Housewives of New Jersey': Teresa Giudice brings the drama in Season 4
Viewers of "The Celebrity Apprentice" may be surprised not to have seen any of Teresa Giudice's table-flipping antics thus far on the series, but luckily (?) for fans, she's back in top form for Season 4 of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," as seen in the first-look clip above.
Last season, Teresa was at odds with her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, brother Joe Gorga and cousin Kathy Wakile, as well as costar and former friend Caroline Manzo. And now she can add Jacqueline Laurita to the growing list.
"There are evil people out there -- and sometimes they come in the shape of your friends," Teresa says in the preview.
Bonus: Dina Manzo, Caroline's sister and former cast mate, makes an appearance, Caroline wears a hat, and Kim D. has long hair!
Season 4 premieres April 22 at 10 p.m. on Bravo. Are you excited for the new season?
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Greivis Vasquez scored 19 points, Al-Farouq Aminu added 16, and the New Orleans Hornets snapped a four-game losing streak with a 93-84 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Vasquez, who scored 15 points in the first half, was 8 of 9 from the field and had 12 assists in his 19th double-double of the season. Ryan Anderson added 14 points and Robin Lopez 11 for the Hornets, who were making a rare appearance in New Orleans Arena. Because of the Super Bowl this past week, the Hornets were playing only their second home game in the past eight and fourth in the past 13. Eric Gordon was 3 of 14 from the field and finished with nine points. Marcin Gortat and Jared Dudley each scored 14 points for the Suns, who came in off a win at Memphis on Tuesday night. Goran Dragic added 13 points, and Luis Scola and Michael Beasley had 11 apiece for Phoenix. Jermaine O'Neal returned to the Suns' lineup and scored seven points to go along with thr...
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The following video was released by Askar Kazeboon ("military liars") campaign in commemoration of the forty-day anniversary of the Port Said massacre and the events that followed it. At least seventy-four individuals died in the clashes that ensued in Port Said stadium on 1 February 2012, and at least fifteen were killed in related country-wide protests between 2 and 6 February 2012. To date, no one was held responsible for these deaths. The video includes footage of ...Keep Reading »
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Although Mint records indicate a delivery of 12,000 business strikes in June 1895, no examples have ever turned up in any collection. If the 1895 business strikes were indeed produced, they must have been melted in the Pittman Act meltings of 1918 and afterward. (And a quantity of 12 bags [1,000 coins each] of 1895-dated dollars would scarcely be noticed among the 270,000 bags of dollars, all told, melted at that time.) Another possibility is that the dollars produced were dated 1894; although researchers such as Roger Burdette have put extensive time and effort into this numismatic conundrum, we may never know the answer with certainty.
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Stand up and be counted: Make this one of your New Year's resolutions. Revel in your courage to stand up for truth and justice and be counted.
If you have been paying attention to what is going on in this country, you know that the 9/11 attacks have been used again and again as the justification for policies that contradict core American values. Endless war, torture and warrantless surveillance do not reflect the values of the overwhelming majority of people who inhabit the land of the free and home of the brave. These policies echo the values of a morally bankrupt elite who control our governing institutions.
Our government repeatedly violates the self-evident truths expressed by our Declaration of Independence: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The contradiction between word and deed produces an intentional societal paralysis. Individuals feel helpless. Powerlessness and apathy make it possible for authoritarianism to flourish. Manufactured divisions obscure our common interests from ourselves, shifting our attention away from those who benefit and wield unchecked power.
If you have educated yourself about 9/11, you know that the issue tends to act as a portal through which you discover a hidden history. It is one of many rabbit holes that can lead to a re-evaluation of what passes for "history."
911Truth.org has been educating the public about the events surrounding the 9/11 attacks for… Continue reading
Originally published at NEWS8 by on 11/19/14
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (WTNH)– New Canaan's Mary Fetchet lost her son Brad on September 11, 2001. He had called her husband right after the first tower was hit; he was on the 89th floor of tower 2. That was the last time they heard from their 24-year-old son.
Fetchet, a social worker by trade, though grieving, started mobilizing to help other families and founded a 9/11 advocacy non-profit organization called Voices of September 11th.
She also launched the 9-11 Living Memorial Project so that the stories of those who perished could be told.
"We've collected over 70,000 images telling the story of the life of the person who died, not focusing on death, and it was a very therapeutic process for the families because with each photograph came a story or a remembrance of their loved one and the life that they shared with them," said Fetchet. "I think that is one of the most important projects that we've worked on, and we've shared copies of each of those photographs with the museum, so it's a major contribution to the memoriam exhibit that's at the 9/11 Museum in New York City."
"When somebody dies they're with you every moment," said Fetchet. "It's different somebody's alive, they're with you when they're with you, so I certainly feel that Brad and other people have provided some guidance along the way."
Fetchet also campaigned for the creation of the independent 9/11 Commission… Continue reading
Originally published at The Corbett Report by James Corbett on 9/10/14
William Binney was a 30 year veteran official of the National Security Agency who resigned in October 2001 to blow the whistle on the NSA's deliberate violation of the constitution. Now, 13 years after the events of 9/11 that helped the NSA justify its total surveillance dragnet, Binney has signed the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth's petition calling for a new investigation into 9/11. Today we talk to Richard Gage, founder of AE911Truth.org, and William Binney himself, about this petition, its significance, and the ongoing quest for 9/11 truth and justice.
CLICK HERE for the full mp3 audio of this interview.
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9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out
Originally published at Here & Now by Jeremey Hobson on 9/10/14
Thirteen years after the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York City, thousands of first responders continue to struggle with health problems, some which are just being diagnosed.
Respiratory illnesses like asthma and sinusitis are common among those who participated in the World Trade Center recovery efforts. And studies show that the incidence of cancers for 9/11 first responders are 15 percent higher than the general population.Thyroid cancer was 239 percent higher.
John Feal was severely injured on the Ground Zero site when an 8,000 pound steel beam crushed his foot.
He started the FealGood Foundation, which advocates for physically and emotionally injured first responders and helps them get compensation.
Feal tells Here &Now's Jeremy Hobson that he believes post-traumatic stress disorder is the number one killer of 9/11 responders.
On chronic illnesses 9/11 first responders face
"My injury pales in comparison to those who are sick and dying — or who have died from their 9/11-related illness. These invisible diseases are literally killing these men and women on a daily basis, and sadly 2,749 innocent lives were killed on 9/11, because of senseless violence but we're losing people all the time.
"As a nation, we are going to pay homage and remember those who died on… Continue reading
Originally published at PaulCraigRoberts.Org by Paul Craig Roberts on 9/10/14
The tragedy of September 11, 2001, goes far beyond the deaths of those who died in the towers and the deaths of firefighters and first responders who succumbed to illnesses caused by inhalation of toxic dust. For thirteen years a new generation of Americans has been born into the 9/11 myth that has been used to create the American warfare/police state.
The corrupt Bush and Obama regimes used 9/11 to kill, maim, dispossess and displace millions of Muslims in seven countries, none of whom had anything whatsoever to do with 9/11.
A generation of Americans has been born into distain and distrust of Muslims.
A generation of Americans has been born into a police state in which privacy and constitutional protections no longer exist.
A generation of Americans has been born into continuous warfare while needs of citizens go unmet.
A generation of Americans has been born into a society in which truth is replaced with the endless repetition of falsehoods.
According to the official story, on September 11, 2001, the vaunted National Security State of the World's Only Superpower was defeated by a few young Saudi Arabians armed only with box cutters. The American National Security State proved to be totally helpless and was dealt the greatest humiliation ever inflicted on any country claiming to be a power.
That day no aspect of the National Security State worked. Everything failed.
The US Air Force for the first time in… Continue reading
Join Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance at the beautiful Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for this one day film festival where we critically examine the most world transforming event of our times.
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Originally published at Reason.com by Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein on 4/12/14
Much of Morris' work explores, as he puts it, "how people prefer untruth to truth" and how they're "blinded by their own spurious convictions."
"Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism", by Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein, was released on April 3, 2014. The original writeup follows:
Donald Rumsfeld's "war crime," says Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris, is "the gobbledygook, the blizzard of words, the misdirections, the evasions…and ultimately at the heart of it all…the disregard and devaluation of evidence."
The former secretary of defense's complicated relationship with the truth is the subject of Morris' new documentary, The Unknown Known, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, April 4.The Unknown Known is an extended conversation with Rumsfeld, tracing his long career through the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush administrations, and focusing on his role in leading U.S. military forces into Iraq to fight a bloody and senseless war.
In the film, Morris engages in a verbal sparring session with Rumsfeld in an effort to break through the linguistic "evasions" and "gobbledygook" for which he's known.
The title of the film comes from Rumsfeld's response to a question by NBC reporter Jim Miklaszewski at a Pentagon news conference on February 12, 2002. When Miklaszewski asked Rumsfeld if there was any evidence that Iraq was supplying terrorists with weapons, Rumsfeld replied:
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because… Continue reading
Julian Charles interviews Kevin Ryan on The Mind Renewed on 8/16/14
In 2002, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was tasked by the US Government with "determin[ing] why and how WTC 1 and WTC 2 collapsed following the initial impacts of the aircraft and why and how WTC 7 collapsed." After years of work, the final reports were released (in 2005 and 2008 respectively) with the conclusion that all three had collapsed primarily due to fire. But just how "meticulous, exhaustive, and very realistic" was this research? Had it really answered all the questions and provided a trustworthy explanation that supported the official narrative of 9/11?
This week we welcome to the programme once again Kevin Ryan, co-editor of the Journal of 9/11 Studies… Continue reading
Originally posted here on 8/1/14
It's the kind of rare opportunity that members of the 9/11 Truth Movement wish would come more often.
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth founder Richard Gage, AIA, was invited to bring the evidence for the explosive demolition of the three World Trade Center towers to viewers of C-SPAN today on its morning program Washington Journal. His 45-minute appearance — which can be viewed here by those who did not see it live — is enabling the 9/11 Truth message to reach a national television audience of millions.
Gage explained to viewers that his organization, representing more than 2,200 architects and engineers, is focused on the science of the event and on calling for a new, independent investigation. He encouraged viewers to visit the AE911Truth.org website and watch the landmark video 9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out.
"Every one of our [C-SPAN] viewers today should be calling their Congressmen and Senators and finding out why they're not investigating the worst act of mass murder in U.S. history and the third-worst structural failure in modern history," Gage said. "This is an extraordinary and unacceptable situation."
Host Peter Slen told viewers that Gage was brought in as a guest because Washington Journal had received so many calls in recent months asking its other guests to address the issue of how Building 7 fell on 9/11 when it was not hit by a plane. The invitation shows that the continuing efforts of 9/11… Continue reading
By Elizabeth Woodworth
With polls consistently showing that approximately 50% of Canadians and Americans doubt the official story of 9/11, the feat of keeping the lid on a public debate for over 12 years has been nothing short of miraculous.
This article presents a simple case study showing that this miracle is being performed with the assistance of Google and YouTube search engine interference.
On September 8, 2013, the popular Russia Today "Truthseeker" program, with over a million subscribers on YouTube,[1] published a 13-minute newscast entitled "The Truthseeker: 9/11 and Operation Gladio (E23)."
Below the video frame ran the caption:
Bigger than Watergate': US 'regular' meetings with Al-Qaeda's leader; documented White House 'false flag terrorism' moving people 'like sheep'; the father of Twin Towers victim tell us why he backs this month's 9/11 campaign on Times Square and around the world; & the protests calendar for September.
This paragraph was followed by a list of interviewees, including four people representing three scholarly research organizations: Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth,[2] the 9/11 Consensus Panel,[3] and The Journal of 9/11 Studies.[4]
The "Truthseeker" video immediately started to gain popularity on YouTube, reaching 131,000 views in the first three days.[5](The history of the viewing statistics may be seen by clicking on the little graphic symbol under the video frame, and to the right)
Truthseeker posted its program to YouTube on Sept. 8. Russia Today tweeted the YouTube link to its 546,000 followers and to the… Continue reading
Did you know that a 3rd building fell on 9-11? That bill board is today over Times Square. It was placed there through donations to a campaign called Rethink 9/11.
In fact, that group has placed posters and signs across the world, from Australia, to Canada, from San Francisco to right here in New York City.
So what is Rethink 9/11? Wouldn't only a fringe group of people would still question 9/11? Perhaps not, because today we will tell you about new polling that shows a majority of those polled either question the official 9/11 story or don't believe it at all. Is that possible?
The first step toward truth, is to be informed.
Here in New York City, today at the site of the 9/11 Memorial, promises to never forget what happened the morning of September 11th, 2001. But never forgetting doesn't mean that you don't rethink what you have been told.
Rethink 911 is the first ever global 9/11 anniversary campaign. Sponsored by a coalition of more than 40 organizations, ReThink911 is placing ads in 11 major cities around the world this September 2013.
But what is there to rethink? According to a group called Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, you need to start by rethinking the third building that fell that day.
Building 7, behind me. That rectangular building is the new building 7. It stands a little smaller but in the same place where the original World Trade Center 7 once stood.
To… Continue reading
Video: Comments by family members of TWA Flight 800 victims regarding the new documentary "TWA Flight 800″ and the petition to reopen the investigation.
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Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has been deemed credible by the Department of Justice's Inspector General, several senators (free subscription required), and a coalition of prominent conservative and liberal groups.
The ACLU described Edmonds as:
The most gagged person in the history of the United States of America.
And famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg says that Edmonds possesses information "far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers."
Edmonds translated terror-related communications for the FBI right after 9/11. In that capacity, she read communications between terrorists and other radicals.
Edmonds said last week that Bin Laden – and his number 2 Al Qaeda lieutenant – Ayman al-Zawahiri – worked with the U.S. government for 3 months after 9/11 to coordinate destablization in the Caucus region:
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Mark your calendars: Thursday, December 6, 7:00 PM Pacific
Screening of OPERATION TERROR: 9/11 Fact and Fiction
Diablo Valley College, In the Forum next to the Library, 321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, California 94523
A benefit for No Lies Radio. Sponsored by DVC-SDS.
$10 donation at the door.
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Operation Terror: The 90 minute Hollywood 9/11 fictional thriller that is banned from the theaters because it bites too close to the truth.
Plus: Bonus short, 'Solving the Mystery of WTC7′, a 15 minute factual documentary about the 3rd tower not hit by a plane that collapsed just like a controlled demolition that same day.
Plot: James McCullough from the mysterious "Council" gives a special assignment to CIA agent Aaron Delgado to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and pin the blame on Muslim Terrorists. Delgado and fellow agents, Phillip Singer and Chase Jordan, work with a group of unsuspecting engineers to develop unmanned jets that will hit their assigned targets. The Army and the FBI begin to uncover the plot, forcing Delgado to intervene. The CIA agents also have to deal with an increasingly suspicious George Poole, the lead engineer working on the drones, who becomes skeptical on how the remote controlled planes will be used. A battle between good and evil ensues as the plot to attack America becomes a hard-hitting reality.
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Northern California Premiere of "Operation Terror" in Berkeley, California
The Hollywood 9/11 Thriller that is Banned from the Theaters
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James McCullough from the mysterious "Council" gives a special assignment to CIA agent Aaron Delgado to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and pin the blame on Muslim Terrorists.
Delgado and fellow agents, Phillip Singer and Chase Jordan, work with a group of unsuspecting engineers to develop unmanned jets that will hit their assigned targets. The Army and the FBI begin to uncover the plot, forcing Delgado to intervene.
The CIA agents also have to deal with an increasingly suspicious George Poole, the lead engineer working on the drones, who becomes skeptical on how the remote controlled planes will be used. A battle between good and evil ensues as the plot to attack America becomes a hard-hitting reality.
Commentary isn't even needed here … just watch this: (Every War Starts with a False Flag Operation begins at 7:22)
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In the regular season finale at Huron last Friday, in a game that had a home playoff game at stake for both teams, the Flier defense held the Tigers to just 92 yards of total offense, including minus-6 yards in the first half.
Huron (7-3) — a Division V playoff qualifier — managed eight first downs on the night. Tiger quarterback Cody Thompson, who came into the game with 2,368 all-purpose yards, was held in check. He finished with just 22 yards on 20 carries, and went 10-of-18 for 65 yards through the air.
"Playing in a playoff-type game in Week 10, there is nothing else that can get you prepared for the playoffs than something like that," Clyde coach Ryan Carter said. "Our defense played lights out. Our focus all week was pursuit of the ball and keeping him (Thompson) boxed in and making open field tackles.
"The kids simply executed it exactly the way it was drawn up. Coach (Ray) Long had very good defensive game plan and was able to limit what they could do offensively, which in turn allowed us to move the ball pretty consistently the first couple drives of the game."
Conversely, the defensive effort allowed the Fliers to establish an early identity on the ground, going 85 yards in 19 plays over 7:36 of the first quarter to get an early lead on the Tigers. Clyde went 89 yards in 14 plays on its next drive in to establish control.
"We had 17 running plays on that drive and were able to convert on a few third and shorts and a fourth and short to keep the drive going," Carter said. "Contrary to what we had been doing all year with the big plays, we were really able to sustain some drives. It kept their offense off the field, and it also allowed for our defense to be able to do what they did.
We really came after it up front, and our kids really responded."
There was more motivation than usual for the Fliers to earn home playoff game No. 5 in a nine-year span since 2005.
"We really wanted to host a home game and our kids bought into that thinking," Carter said. "The seniors wanted one more home game because we only had four this season with the way the schedule was set up. We had to win at Huron to get it, and we were able to do that against a really solid team."
On Friday, Buckeye will be led by running back Cody Fortney, who has rushed the ball 184 times for 1,207 yards and 10 TDs. The Bucks don't throw the ball much, but when they do,
QB Christian Petek is 45-of-83 passing (54 percent) for 591 yards and 4 TDs. He's added 364 yards and 4 TDs on the ground.
Buckeye is making its fifth playoff appearance, all since 2002. The Bucks
are yet to win a game in four previous tries, including in 2002 when they lost to an area team, Willard, by a 42-21 score.
"They have a very good running back who sets the tone for them, but they are more of a shotgun, spread-type team," Carter said of Buckeye. "They do have some good athletes, but are not overly big. I think we match up with them pretty well size-wise."
Another interesting aspect for Carter and the Fliers last weekend was the start of daylight savings time, which means winter is on its way. Which also means so is basketball season, as Friday was the official first day of practice statewide for boys basketball.
Also the head basketball coach in his first year also doing football, Carter said it is making for some interesting days thus far.
On Monday, Carter was at football practice from 3-6 p.m. and shifted over to the gym for basketball practice from 7-9 p.m. That will be the normal schedule most nights as long as the football team continues to play.
"It makes for some long days, and I'm not sitting here saying it's easy, but I told the football guys it's football season," Carter said. "And I told the basketball guys for two hours, you have my undivided attention. My staff is really stepping up for me with preseason paperwork, bus schedules, things like that.
"It's just been doubling up practices. Understanding it's preseason, we don't even have everyone because of football kids. I'm not pretending its not hard, but we'll make it work. Every other year I'm chomping at the bit to get my kids in the gym, wondering when am I going to get them and if we are moving any games around because of the football playoffs … this year I was told I got no one to blame but myself."


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New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein dives headfirst into a scandal of Olympic proportions in this exciting sports mystery.
Teen sports reporter Susan Carol is competing as a swimmer at her first-ever Olympic games. It's the opportunity of a lifetime, and her best friend Stevie is both amazed and envious. Usually they cover sporting events together, now he's covering her. But Stevie can't shake the feeling that something's not right. Everyone wants a piece of Susan Carol's success—agents, sponsors, the media. Just how far will they go to ensure that America's newest Olympic darling wins gold?
John Feinstein has been praised as "the best writer of sports books in America today" (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.
About the Author
John Feinstein is the author of many bestselling books, including "A Good Walk Spoiled "and "One on One." He writes for the "Washington Post" and "Golf Digest" and is a regular contributor to the Golf Channel.
Praise For…
Booklist, May 1, 2012:
"As in his earlier books in the series, the popular Feinstein takes readers inside a major sports venue, supplies fascinating details, and serves up a satisfying mystery."
Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2012:
"As is his wont, Feinstein salts the cast with real athletes and other figures from Michael Phelps to Bob Costas. He folds plenty of dramatic sports action as well as behind-the-scenes banter and personal and family conflict into a plot that moves smoothly to a suspenseful climax...A fast-paced caper."


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The M6 is the ber-Bimmer, a car so full of technology and capability that it makes your head spin, yet it has real soul. One of the M6's key features is the naked carbon-fiber roof, which is significant more for what it represents than for what it achieves. It saves only about ten pounds, but it lowers the center of gravity, thus helping the driving dynamics, and shows just how serious BMW is in using the M division to pioneer technologies that will find their way down the food chain. The front and rear bumper structures are also made of the exotic material, fractionally lowering the polar moment of inertia.
The rest of the car showcases BMW technology, too, just as the M5 does. The 5.0-liter V-10 engine uses double-VANOS variable valve timing, has ten individual throttle butterflies, spins up to 8250 rpm, and sustains piston speeds that are close to those of a current F1 engine. The engine makes 394 hp and 384 lb-ft of torque when you're puttering around, but you can liberate all 500 ponies by pressing the power button. The speed-sensing differential lock can transfer 100 percent of the available torque to either rear wheel. There's even a head-up display that shows speed, gear selected, and a tach dial so you can keep your eyes on what's going on outside rather than glancing at the instruments--fundamental when the V-10 is roaring away and the scenery is flashing past.
The engine is to die for. It lacks the low-down thrust of a supercharged Mercedes-Benz AMG V-8 but has an entirely different character. Thanks to a relatively flat torque curve that gives 80 percent of maximum pulling power over a 5500-rpm range, there's decent grunt from low revs, but overall it's racier and more hard-core than the Benz. And it definitely produces the goods, because the 3771-pound M6 will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 4.4 seconds, reach 100 mph in less than 10 seconds, and go on to a top speed of 155 mph. Without the speed restrictor, we are told that it will hit more than 200 mph.
The engine's racy feel is perfectly matched by the seven-speed SMG, but we wish that BMW would follow Ferrari and mount the levers on the column rather than the wheel, because remembering which paddle is which when you have an armful of lock isn't that easy. The shifts are sensationally fast in their optimal setting, but it seems as if the driveline is taking a beating.
Grip from the Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires-255/40ZR-19s at the front and 285/35ZR-19s at the rear-is impressive, and the car eats up the miles at very high speeds in a relaxing fashion. With the dampers in the sport setting, the ride becomes borderline unacceptable on anything but the smoothest blacktop or a racetrack, and the steering weights up to give more feel and feedback. At this point, the M6 has been transformed from a suave gran turismo into a ferocious sports car.
Although it's heavy, the M6 can be thrown around a track or a twisting road in the manner of a much smaller car. You're always mindful of the car's weight and have to remember to set it up into turns by using the throttle pedal or a touch of brake to dial out incipient understeer. The skid-control system limits sideways activity, even when it is supposedly switched off. If the yaw angle gets too great, the brakes come in to steady the car. Burkhard Gschel, BMW's R&D chief, says that the car is so big and heavy that it would take a lot of room to slow it down if it spun. Sure, you can power slide the M6, but you can't steer it through the side windows. We suspect that the tires just can't cope with all this power and mass, because they were feathering quite badly after fifteen laps of the private Ascari racetrack.
The M6 certainly feels special, and it should given its $15,000 price premium over the mechanically similar M5 (the M6 will cost $96,795 when it goes on sale in the spring of 2006). Our only complaint about the sumptuous interior after driving more than 300 miles was with the iDrive system interface. Despite BMW's best efforts to tidy up the system, it is still infuriating to use.
The M6 has plenty of competitors, from the Porsche 911 Carrera S at the lower end of the scale to the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti at the very top. The softer Bentley Continental GT, the more conventionally good-looking Aston Martin DB9, and the super-quick Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG are even more expensive, while the slightly cheaper Mercedes CLS55 AMG four-door coupe is perhaps its most direct rival. You could argue that the BMW M5 sedan is also a competitor, but the shorter-wheelbase M6 is even sharper, faster, and harder-edged. If you're in the market for a flamboyant 2+2 supercoupe, the M6 does a great job of providing practicality, usability, and sheer performance. Sure, it costs more than both the 911 and the CLS, but its polarizing style is a major selling point, while younger tech-savvy buyers will love the way you can change its character by pushing a few buttons.


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Ablation Catheter Provides Latest Cure for Atrial Flutter
World's First Volumetric PET/CT System Unveiled
Information Solution Brings Safer Decisions for Patient Care
Imaging Systems Provide Faster Acquisition, Flexible Accommodation of Various Detectors
The PlatinumOne series, comprised of premium in-room digital acquisition systems, provides advanced imaging capabilities required for complex interventional procedures.
System Upgrade Demonstrates 3-D Volumes
Balloon Catheter Treats Infrapopliteal PAD
Platform Enhances Procedural, Cost Efficiencies
Flexible Neck Improves Maneuverability in Cardiac Ablation
Stroke Prevention Device Obtains Favorable Results
An implantable device designed to prevent strokes and serious complications from common cardiac procedures received positive results in a preclinical study on sheep that measured safety and performance.
System Addresses Demand for Defibrillation Energy
Guidant Corp.'s VITALITY HE implantable cardioverter defibrillator combines the small, physiologic profile and exceptional longevity with the capacity to deliver more energy to defibrillate the patient. It also provides excellent diagnostics and fast charge times.
Safety Device Protects Workers from Needlesticks
New Features Enhance Left Ventricular Function Assessment
System Offers Flexibility, Patient Access
Diagnostic Tool Utilizes 3D Data Sets
Focused for CRT applications, the 4D LV-Analysis software is a new diagnostic tool to address problems and to help clinicians to quantify left ventricular dyssynchrony and identify responders reliably. Newly established dyssynchrony (SDI) cut-off values now allow better patient selection as well as the identification of patients who are currently not considered for CRT but may also benefit.
Advanced Cardiac X-Ray System Addresses Cath Lab Needs
Enhancing clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat heart disease and enable more precise placement of interventional devices such as stents, balloons and filters, the Innova 2100IQ was unveiled at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual meeting in Washington, DC.
New Real-Time Link Boosts Efficiency in the Cath Lab
Outfitted with the new real-time link, the Allura Xper FD 10 and 10/10 cardiovascular X-ray systems help interventional cardiologists better control and manage procedures by providing important functions, such as StentBoost and Allura 3D-CA, at their fingertips.
Product Line Provides Improved Productivity, Enhancements to Meet Variety of Needs
GE is showcasing a number of its Centricity products, including Centricity Physician Office, Physician Office Mobile and PACS SE.
Comprehensive Product Portfolio to Streamline Workflow, Digitize Patient Record
Disease Management, Cardiac Solutions Improve Treatment
Siemens Soarian Cardiology is a dynamic information solution designed to address the clinical, financial and operational workflow challenges of the cardiac care team.
Enhancements to Enterprise Imaging Software Showcased
Major enhancements to the PicomEnterprise software that provide a robust foundation for enterprise imaging will be showcased at the HIMSS conference. Central to the system is the PicomTSM, a high throughput and fault tolerant transaction service manager that can handle clinical and nonclinical data objects.
Closure Device Reduces Infection Risk
FDA Approves Heart Stent Study
The FDA granted Conor Medsystems Inc. full approval to enroll up to 1,700 patients in its heart stent clinical trial.
Excellent Lesion Support, Coverage
Stent Trials Show Low TLR, MACE Rates
Ultra Coverage for Large Coronary Arteries
Carotid Artery Stent Reduces Plaque Release
Cell Design Allows for Optimal Strength, Flexibility
A self-expandable stent made of nitinol, the Zilver stent incorporates a Z-stent design with opposing Z-shape configurations segmented out across a flexible fine mesh slotted tube.
Stent Specifically Designed to Prevent Restenosis
Hemostasis Management: Walking the Line
Hemodynamic Monitoring: Hospital Information Technology and Intensive Care: An Inseparable Duet
Intensive care units are highly dependent on the efficient transfer of physiological data to multiple healthcare providers. In the delivery of healthcare in 2006 there exists a strong rationale for a tight relationship between critical care and information technology (Celi, Hassan, Marquardt, Breslow, & Rosenfeld, 2001).
Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitors: Considerations for Intensive Care Patients
Harnessing the Power of HIT
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Real and Present Danger
Creating the Cardiologist's Cockpit
What factors are driving increased adoption of healthcare information technology, otherwise known as HIT? Clinical IT and technology in general are getting a lot of focus from the government, from the industry, from clinicians — and the drive to make healthcare safer is what's driving overall growth of clinical IT and technology adoption.
Electrophysiology: A New View on Cardiac Ablation
Artists on the Fly
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been around for nearly 20 years, they gained notoriety in 2001 when Vice President Dick Cheney became a high-profile patient who underwent the implantation procedure.


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Plans to make four new islands in northern Sumatra to accommodate orang-utans that are unable to be reintroduced into the wild have been announced
Dr Singleton – a UK conservationist who is behind the plans – believes the islands would free the sick or injured orang-utans from the life-long confinements of a cage. The islands will be specially designed to imitate the animal's natural habitat, with plenty of grass, shrubs and trees, and would allow the orang-utans to roam independently.
The procedure of securing the land is currently under-way. Local contractors will be employed to operate diggers carving up the ground in order to create moats thereby surrounding the land in water.
"Depending on the site, it shouldn't take us too long to create the islands, as long as the moats don't leak," Singleton told the Guardian. "The biggest challenge is finding the right land that has the right security and a water supply that isn't full of effluent."
Based in Sumatra since 2001, Singleton leads the country's Orangutan Conservation Programme and is funded by a Swiss NGO, PanEco. With the help of his team, he has successfully reintroduced more than 150 orang-utans into the wild over the past decade.
The project's principal aim is to protect and rehabilitate the captive orang-utans, although Singleton also hopes an education centre and guided walks will help improve the local population's understanding of these shy creatures.
The most serious threat to orang-utans is deforestation. In the last 20 years an estimated 80% of their habitat has disappeared, and only around 2% of what remains is legally protected. Listed as endangered, it is thought that approximately 65,000 orang-utans remain in the wild, limited to rainforests in Borneo and Sumatra.
"I fluctuate between cautiously optimistic (and) very pessimistic," Singleton added.
"One minute the government will say that it wants to protect the forest and then they will grant a permit to clear 15,000 hectares of forest. Very few people are prosecuted for keeping an orangutan as a pet."
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Communal violence by groups of people demanding benefits from concession companies is impeding investment, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has warned.
"Community issues relating to land and benefits have too often resulted to violence and destruction, which continue to undermine not only the operations of the investments but also the renewed confidence that Liberia is still a good destination for investment," she said.
The have been protests at the Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) by community residents accusing the company of encroaching upon tribal lands belonging to the people of Butaw and Nimopoh clans in Kpanyan Statutory District, Sinoe County and desecrated ancestry shrines. The situation reportedly affected the smooth operation of the company with. Also, citizens of Sinoe County filed a complained to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an overall body of Palm Oil Worldwide, for the company to stop Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) operations of land clearing in their towns and villages.
Fire destroyed about 200 hectares of an oil palm plantation owned by Malaysian firm Sime Darby in the northwest of Liberia by unknown individuals.
Community residents have resisted Sime Darby's efforts to expand its operations, accusing the company of not properly informing them of the scale and implications of the project.
But addressing the nation on Wednesday, President Sirleaf warned against communal violence recalling that the issue of fraud and abuse in the forestry sector is resulting to significant loss of budgeted revenue and community benefits.
"Natually therefore, when we block the paths to the successful completion of a phase of an investment - when we disrupt the progress of a company on account of a matter which could otherwise be easily resolved through dialogues; when we delay in concluding negotiations to get a committed investment to become operational; or when we unfairly portray our country to the rest of the world as unworthy of external investments - we actually strain the engine of our bus and reduce the speed at which we could possibly travel," she said. She added: "It hurts all of us. It makes it harder to find jobs - harder to care for family members, harder to pay school fees, harder to pay hospital bills, harder to reach out to friends, and harder to climb out of poverty. This is the interrelatedness of our actions on the economy for which we must continue to be aware."
She said with many constraints and challenges, the country's economy has performed well over the past 6 years, averaging annual growth rates of 7 percent.
"Our annual growth rate exceeds the average growth rates of the West African region. Estimates from the IMF indicate the growth rate in 2013 to be 8.7 percent. This performance was based on an activation of operations in the traditional sectors of iron ore and rubber. At the same time, efforts are underway to reactivate other traditional sectors such as cocoa, coffee and oil palm," she said. She said in the oil palm sector, government is inviting the best from Malaysia and Indonesia not only to invest but also to transfer knowledge as to how these countries succeeded in transforming their economies through oil palm productions. Simultaneously, efforts are underway to diversify into agriculture and fisheries, and to accelerate petroleum exploration.