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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck
14 December 2011
Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric (earlier post)—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 kWh).
A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas. Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up.
The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; and Washington, D.C.
Focus Electric is powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion (li-ion) battery system (with cells from LG Chem/Compact Power) with an advanced active liquid cooling and heating system to precondition and regulate the temperature.
The active liquid system heats or chills a coolant before pumping it through the battery cooling system. This loop regulates temperature throughout the system against external conditions. On hot days, chilled liquid absorbs heat from the batteries, dispersing it through a radiator before pumping it through the chiller again. On cold days, heated liquid warms the batteries, gradually bringing the system's temperature to a level that allows it to efficiently accept charge energy and provide enough discharge power for expected vehicle performance.
The Focus Electric offers faster charging with 240-volt outlets; the battery can be recharged in just more than three hours using a 240-volt charging station, about half the charging time of the 2012 Nissan Leaf, Ford notes, adding that faster charging with 240 volts also can extend range as drivers can more quickly recharge between stops—up to 30 miles per charge hour.
Ford's rollout of electrified vehicles began in December 2010 with the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric—a small commercial van built in collaboration with Azure Dynamics. Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. (Earlier post.)
Ford's near-term electrification plan calls for the company to triple production capacity of its electrified vehicle range by 2013. The C-MAX vehicles will be built on the company's global C-segment platform and are two of five electrified vehicles Ford plans to launch in North America in 2012.
The C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi use the company's next-generation powersplit hybrid technology in combination with a lighter, smaller lithium-ion battery system. Both models provide maximum fuel efficiency by pairing the high-voltage lithium-ion battery and electric traction motor with a high-efficiency Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine.
Ford is targeting the C-MAX Hybrid to deliver better fuel economy than the Toyota Prius v and the C-MAX Energi to deliver better MPGe in electric mode than the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid and to achieve more than 500 miles of driving range using the battery and engine.
When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America's largest maker of hybrid transmissions. Among the new hybrid transmission's features:
- Electric motors capable of operating at higher electric speeds
- A new, efficient cooling system that enables higher speeds in electric drive
- Optimized gear ratios enabling improvement in fuel economy
- More precise controls to deliver higher levels of refinement as the powertrain transitions between engine and electric drive
- Reduced weight to help increase fuel economy
This is the first hybrid transmission to be designed and built by Ford. Production is moving from a supplier in Japan to the Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., which also will assemble battery packs for Ford's hybrid and electric vehicles.
Ford transformed Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., into a workplace with flexible manufacturing capability. With the new electrified vehicles and the new Focus ST performance model also coming in 2012, Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant is the first facility capable of building a full array of vehicles—gas-powered, EcoBoost, electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid—all on the same production line.
The plant also features one of the largest solar power generation systems in the state as well as several electric vehicle charging stations, allowing the facility to operate on a blend of renewable and conventional electricity.
Renewable energy collected by the solar panels directly feeds the energy-efficient microgrid, helping power the plant. When the plant is inactive, such as holidays, the stored solar energy will provide power during periods of insufficient or inconsistent sunlight. Projected energy cost savings are approximately $160,000 per year.
The plant also has 10 electric vehicle charging stations that recharge the electric switcher trucks that transport parts between adjacent facilities—saving an estimated 86,000 gallons of gas a year.
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"This is the first hybrid transmission to be designed and built by Ford. Production is moving from a supplier in Japan to the Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich."
Finally!, that should drop the cost quite a bit.
This is excellent news from Ford. They have made a rather large breakthrough in halving the Level 2 charging time of Nissan Leaf to just 3 hours. While Leaf is promoting Level 3 charging at under 30 minutes - there are no charge points for public use as of yet (Nissan claims a few Level 3 chargers at dealers.)
Overall MPGe for EV PHEV seems about the same: VOLT 93MPGe, Leaf 99MPGe, Focus 100+MPGe. It is becoming ever more apparent to automakers their future lies in electrification. Next year's Tesla Model S with 300M AER will set the standard for gas-range equivalence. And with new graphene technology from Northwestern U, Li-ion batteries will increase capacity 10X and shrink to 1/10th the current size. Amazing.
Honorable mention.. http://www.ecoseed.org/component/resource/article/138-news-briefs/12064-los-angeles-extends-byd%E2%80%99s-plugin-hybrid-testing-for-a-year
Automakers are not building product based on the current state of batteries. They're putting pieces in place so they'll be ready when battery tech improves.
Similar to the way the software industry aimed their products at the powerful cpu's still two/three years in the future.
Future higher efficiency BEVs will have mpge well above 100++ due to much lighter bodies and batteries etc. Km per Kwh will be a better guide post soon. A mid-term goal could be about 10+ or so.
Present batteries are good enough, just drop the price a bit more and mass production will take of the rest to bring total costs down to the ICE level.
Its understandable that most companies are being cautious.
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William Dartmouth – Our politicians have handed over UK justice to a foreign power
A warrant for EU
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William Dartmouth – Our politicians have handed over UK justice to a foreign power
This is really interesting but you may know already! but the peoples do not!
We are likely to see more of this when the TTIP is signed, why have UKIP not exposed the rudiments of the TTIP, Especially the Investor-State Dispute Settlement clause? The fact they are planning to turn us over to corporates and have ALL our democratic rights removed, would surely guarantee a landslide?
The way I see it, the new ASBO law that the House of Lords overturned in January, IPNA, is the law they need to control us with PCSO's? http://t.co/oaDmGxdS8H Come on UKIP, start speaking up for the people!
Besides the Investor-State Dispute Settlement clause, there is also legislation that controls our government too. The fact that we can no longer REVERSE policies, made by previous governments and that LEAVING the EU, becomes ILLEGAL?
When are these FACTS going to be relayed to the people, After it's signed?
Come on UKIP, OUT WITH THE TRUTH!

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As the dawn grew brighter we withdrew from the window from which we had watched the Martians, and went very quietly downstairs. The artilleryman agreed with me that the house was no place to stay in. He proposed, he said, to make his way Londonward, and thence rejoin his battery–No. 12, of the Horse Artillery. My plan was to return at once to Leatherhead; and so greatly had the strength of the Martians impressed me that I had determined to take my wife to Newhaven, and go with her out of the country forthwith. For I already perceived clearly that the country about London must inevitably be the scene of a disastrous struggle before such creatures as these could be destroyed. Image credit Between us and Leatherhead, however, lay the third cylinder, with its guardingRead More »
After breakfast, instead of working, I decided to walk down towards the common. Under the railway bridge I found a group of soldiers–sappers, I think, men in small round caps, dirty red jackets unbuttoned, and showing their blue shirts, dark trousers, and boots coming to the calf. They told me no one was allowed over the canal, and, looking along the road towards the bridge, I saw one of the Cardigan men standing sentinel there. I talked with these soldiers for a time; I told them of my sight of the Martians on the previous evening. None of them had seen the Martians, and they had but the vaguest ideas of them, so that they plied me with questions. They said that they did not know who had authorised the movements of the troops; theirRead More »


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You can find now over 250 HQ pictures of Sandy during the Gravity photocall at the Venice Festival earlier today. She was wonderful in a tri-colour Alex Perry Resort 2014 dress which is the most colour I have ever seen her wear. Check it:
You can find now over 250 HQ pictures of Sandy during the Gravity photocall at the Venice Festival earlier today. She was wonderful in a tri-colour Alex Perry Resort 2014 dress which is the most colour I have ever seen her wear. Check it:
The first photos of Sandra attending the "Gravity" photocall with co-star George Clooney during the Venice Film Festival are added in our gallery. Stay tuned for more additions and come back later today for the first premiere pictures.
I have added over 200 HQ pictures of Sandy while attending The Heat photocall in Germany, a few more of Cinemacon, new pictures of an event Sandy attended back in March and finally photos of her interview on The Grahan Norton Show, back in June. Enjoy!
Finally I found time to upload some pictures of Sandy attending the Teen Choice Awards last Sunday, 11. She won Choice Summer Movie Star and Choice Movie Chemistry (with Melissa McCarthy) awards for The Heat. I also have screen captures of the show, thanks to Brianne.
As announced, Sandy presented last Saturday the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards. She and Neil Patrick Harris presented the Favorite Movie Actress and Butt Kicker award to Kirsten Stewart. I didn't find the whole Sandy video, but here's the KStew acceptance, here:
You can find over 100 pictures (MQ and HQ sized) in our gallery:
Sandy was announced today as a presenter to this year Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, to be air live next March 23rd.
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Today people are fascinated by spirituality, and they have lots of questions. Who better to talk with them than Christians? Trouble is, many of us don't know how to talk about our faith or are uneasy about religious salesmanship and canned evangelistic formulas. We are afraid of button-holing others, being offensive or saying something wrong. We simply don't know how to express our faith naturally---in everyday language.
In Holy Conversation Richard Peace teaches us how to engage in easy and comfortable conversation about the good news of Jesus---the pressure is off. Using small, easy steps, he explains the gospel in common terms and encourages us in practical ways to share our faith with friends, neighbors and colleagues.
Written as a guide for small groups, Holy Conversation is designed to be completed in twelve weekly sessions (other options are provided). Not only do group members read about holy conversation, they actually engage one another in spiritual conversation. This is the ideal resource for helping laypeople to become competent and confident Christian conversationalists!
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What Do The Recent Changes Announced In Cuba Mean For US Cuba Relations?
Robert Lorei
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Cuba is calling workers across the island to special meetings so labor leaders can brief them on half a million government layoffs coming in the next six months and suggest ways that those fired can make a living.
Cuba announced two weeks ago that it would lay off 500,000 workers by March and loosen state controls on private enterprise so that many of those fired can find new jobs. It said it would also beef up the tax code and revamp state pay scales to better reward high job performance.
President Raul Castro warned in April that as many as 1 million Cuban state employees â a fifth of a total island work force of 5.1 million â may be superfluous. In a subsequent speech in August, he warned job cuts were coming.
The president has not commented publicly since the reforms were announced, though he has said authorities have no intention of abandoning the socialist state they spent decades building.
An internal Communist Party document detailing the unprecedented overhaul envisions a radically reshaped economy, freshly legalized private cooperatives and a state payroll trimmed of many idle or unproductive workers.
The document says many laid-off workers will be urged to form private cooperatives. Others will go to work for foreign-run companies or set up their own small businesses in fields such as transportation, food and house rental.
Already, 144,000 Cubans work for themselves and 823,000 overall are part of the private sector, though that includes vast farm cooperatives run in accord with state administrative decisions. The government still employs the other 84 percent of the official work force.
Government workers take home an average of about $20 per month, though the state provides free education and health care and subsidizes housing, utilities, transportation and food.
Weâre joined now by two local people who pay close attention to Cuba.
Al Fox is a long-time advocate against the U.S. embargo and founder of The Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation(813 632-3319). And Johannes Werner is editor of Cuba Trade and Investment News in Sarasota and he runs the Cuba Standard web site.comments powered by Disqus
Commentsgreat info on Cuba
Excellent guests who gave the real lowdown. Thank you for this show!


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Staff Sgt. Rojas offers up several ways to increase strength in the abdominal area.
"As you go along with these exercises, increase the amount of reps," explained Staff Sgt. Rojas, a 2001 Jefferson High School graduate. "Always seek improvement and challenge yourself."
Bent-leg raises
Lying on your back and placing the fingers of both hands underneath the small of the back, raise your feet off the ground until both hips and knees flex to a 90-degree angle.
Slowly straighten the legs.
Repeat every 60 seconds.
Side bridge
Lie on your side with your legs straight out. Hold up your body with your elbow, which should be directly below the shoulder.
Raise your hips up while staying parallel to the floor.
Keep your abs tight up to a minute each time.
Back bridge
Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Keep your arms to your sides with palms down.
Squeeze your gluteal muscles and raise your hips off the floor to get into a bridge position, forming a straight line from your shoulders to your knees.
Kneel on your hands and knees. Place hands directly below shoulders and align your head and neck with your back while tightening the abdominal muscles.
Raise your right arm and reach ahead, holding for a few seconds.
Lower your right arm and repeat with the left.
Raise your right leg off the floor while tightening your trunk muscles for balance.
Lower your right leg and repeat with the left.
Lie on your back with your knees bent.
Curl your shoulders toward the pelvis while keeping your hands behind or beside the neck or crossed over the chest.
Bicycle crunches
Lie on your back, placing your hands behind your ears without clasping your hands behind your head.
Lift your legs in the air and bend your knees so that your legs form a 90 degree angle.
Move legs in a bicycle motion. When the left knee is closer to your body, reach your right elbow to it. When the right knee is closer to your body, reach your left elbow to it.


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Every once in a while, when people where I work send me attachments,
either their client (most likely Outlook of some flavor) or some mail
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into this seemingly unreadable "winmail.dat" file.
I quick Google.com search hit a message saying it's possible to exract the
actual files out of these "TNEF" (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format)
A quick search at Freshmeat.net came up with "Fenton", a little GUI program
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I thought I'd share it here, in case anyone else had ever come across
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"The new Cosmic Spring will prosper eternally"
Sun Myung Moon, April 4, 1976
Words of Sun Myung Moon
"America's responsibility is a grave one. America should not only unite the Christian religions in this country, but united with other religions America should also restore the communist world. America should bring the God centered ideology and be in the restored elder son's position. (12/24/1978)
"You can't listen to God's Words but I can. The Words I heard are the contents of my speech books which become textbooks and teaching materials for Hoondokhae." SMM (1/9/2012)
Since the establishment of "The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity" in 1954, Rev. Moon has been teaching us how to establish a world of peace, unity, harmony, and True Love based on mind and body unity, and ideal families of true love which live for the sake of others. Father Moon has taught us God's Original Blueprint for the Ideal of Creation. By following this plan we will have the power of True Love which will unite all of humankind on a higher level, enabling us to be co-creators with God, and be in God's sacred lineage. On three historic days in 2010, Rev. Sun Myung Moon bequeathed his teachings to all of humankind in the form of textbooks and teaching materials. In his teaching we will discover the original plan that was in God's mind before He created. Knowing this plan and following this plan, we can build the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
Rev. Moon is constantly telling us to read and study and embody his textbooks because they contain God's substantial words and God's absolute ideology to build the kingdom of Heaven. The "Eight Great Textbooks and Teaching Materials" of Rev. Moon (see Bibliography) will guide us establish the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth and in the Spirit World. On this site, you will find:
Thank you for visiting this website which has come to you via the clouds of heaven, the internet.
Jim Rigney Editor, NewCosmicSpring.org
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The New Ecology
11 Aug
Here in Austin, TX, 3500 scientists have gathered for the annual Ecological Society of America meeting. They've come to share their research and discuss the 21st century's greatest problems including climate change, overpopulation, and the loss of biodiversity. Coincidentally, it's the hottest and driest summer on record in the region.
KUT news correspondant Lindsay Patterson is at the conference where she interviewed my colleague Camille Parmesan, a conservation ecologist at the University of Texas at Austin. They discussed how modern ecology involves collaborating across disciplines because a team of experts from a diverse range of professions like architecture, economics, and policy will be best equipped to find solutions.
Exactly. And it's not just ecology, but science in general. Boundaries must continue to blur if we are to become truly global citizens able to tackle the tremendous challenges ahead.
Listen to the audio at KUT and follow updates from the meeting by using #ESA11 on Twitter.


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Completing a B.S. in Biological Engineering will prepare you for a variety of careers in traditional as well as emerging biotech fields. Graduates have accepted engineering positions such as designing process equipment and systems for biological production and treatment, or implementing site preparation for construction or bioremediation of environmental contamination. They are prepared to help engineer systems to develop renewable sources of energy, and to improve the value of natural products produced in Hawaii for food and therapeutic applications. Increasing numbers of graduates from BE are meeting demands from growing biotech industries in Hawaii, for example for the production of systems for culturing human tissues for medical replacement and for screening, extracting, and producing antibiotics and other pharmaceutical compounds from Hawaii's unique natural biota. Many Bioengineers are employed with forward thinking institutions like NASA that are interested in engineering self-sustaining habitable environments in space as well as on Earth.
A degree in Biological Engineering prepares students for graduate school, not only in Biological Engineering but also in Medicine, Law, and Business which all value the versatility and analytical rigor of the field. Graduates also fill vital research and regulatory needs of state and federal governments to preserve and enhance the value of our natural resources.
The introductory part of the Biological Engineering curriculum is similar to other engineering fields, e.g., calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer programming. Students in Biological Engineering take additional courses in biological sciences such as biology, organic chemistry, and biochemistry. During the latter part of the program, students take basic engineering courses such as mechanics and thermodynamics as well as Biological Engineering courses with emphasis given to solving practical engineering problems involving biological systems. The mission of the Biological Engineering Program is to provide students a unique opportunity to study the fundamentals of engineering and biology and the application of engineering to biological systems. To fulfill this mission the BE Program has three educational objectives, each associated with several outcomes:
The Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering is the only undergraduate degree offered by the program. Students benefit from small class size and one-on-one interactions with faculty. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
General Education Core Requirements including the
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Facing war history
Publication Date : 29-09-2012
The Yoshihiko Noda administration is not seeing the wood for the trees devoting all its energy to the Diaoyu Islands. It is letting its country's diplomatic relations with China stagnate.
By putting these islands under Japanese government control, the Noda administration is trying to fool people into thinking that Japan has a legal right to them.
However, its claim of sovereignty over these islands, also known as Diaoyutai in the Taiwan region of China and as the Senkakus in Japan, is untenable on two historical fronts.
China discovered and controlled the islands from the 14th century. For several centuries the Diaoyu Islands have been administered as part of Taiwan and have always been used exclusively by Chinese fishermen as a base for fishing, both before and after World War II.
In 1874 Japan took the Liu Chiu Islands, known as the Ryukyu Islands or as represented by its biggest island Okinawa in Japan, by force when the Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was at war with several countries. The Diaoyu Islands, however, remained under the administration of Taiwan, an inalienable part of China. Following its defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, the Qing government was forced to cede Taiwan including the affiliated islands of Diaoyu to Japan under the Shimonoseki Treaty.
After WWII the Japanese government accepted the terms in the 1943 Cairo Declaration and 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, including the one "that all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa (as Taiwan was referred to prior to 1945), the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China".
On Sept 2, 1945, the Japanese government accepted the Potsdam Proclamation in explicit terms with the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and pledged to faithfully fulfill the obligations enshrined in the provisions of the Potsdam Proclamation.
All the documents shatter Japan's justification for its claim of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands. The Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation enabled the victorious nations including China to create a post-war international order.
The San Francisco Peace Treaty, which was signed between Japan, the United States and some other countries in 1951 without China being present, placed the Nansei Islands south of the 29th parallel of North Latitude under United Nations' trusteeship, with the United States as the sole administering authority. This arrangement was protested by the Chinese government.
The Nansei Islands placed under the administration of the US did not include Diaoyu Islands. The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) issued Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands on Feb 29, 1952 and Civil Administration Proclamation No 27 (defining the "geographical boundary lines of the Ryukyu Islands") on Dec 25, 1953, arbitrarily expanding its jurisdiction to include China's Diaoyu Islands.
In 1972 the administration of the islands were reverted illegally to Japanese control under the Okinawa Reversion Treaty between the US and Japan.
This control does not necessarily entitle Japan to sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.
China decided that its contemporary relations with Japan should not be held hostage to history. So in 1972 - 27 years after Japan's surrender, which marked the end of Japanese aggression - China established diplomatic relations with Japan.
To make this happen, the leaders of the two countries were forward-looking and wise. They agreed to put aside the territorial dispute of the Diaoyu Islands.
The minutes kept by the Committee on the International Relations of Japan's House of Representatives on Aug 18, 1978 reveal Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda's proposal on joint development of the Diaoyu Islands.
Today's Japanese leaders have the nerve to say there is no dispute on the islands.
Burden of history
Japan has been confused about its place in the world since the late 19th century. In an editorial in 1885, Fukuzawa Yukichi urged his nation to "escape from Asia", where he found bad friends. In his hopes for a strong Japan, Fukuzawa promoted the development of Japan's imperialism through military buildup.
Japan began its expansion in East Asia in 1931 with the invasion of Northeast China and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on other parts of the Chinese mainland. It made a long series of aggressions into Southeast Asia.
Japan was defeated and surrendered in 1945. The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal prosecuted 28 Class A war criminals, including Toujou Hideki, the former Japanese prime minister and the prime war criminal of Japan, for crimes against peace, conventional war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Out of the 28 Class A war criminals, seven were finally sentenced to death by hanging, including Toujou Hideki; 16 to life in prison; two to imprisonment of 20 and seven years respectively.
In addition to the central Tokyo trial, various tribunals sitting outside Japan judged some 5,000 Japanese guilty of war crimes, of whom more than 900 were executed.
The trials and executions spoke volumes about the brutality Japan inflicted on Asian countries.
Japan has been trying hard to be a normal country since WWII.
After one and a half centuries of efforts to "escape from Asia", former prime minister Hatoyama Yukio wanted to shift Japan's focus from a more America-centric foreign policy to a more Asia-focused policy.
Japan, however, fails to lead Asia as it aspires to. It can't win trust from its neighbours because it is unwilling to do any soul-searching about its past.
Compared with Germany, Japan has allowed a lot of ambiguity to creep into its attitude toward its aggression in WWII.
Take the Yasukuni Shrine, for example, which is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, war criminals are also enshrined there.
This is perceived by East Asian countries as a failure of integrity in Japan - a failure to observe the universal standards of right and wrong.
These countries protest when Japanese officials pay homage to the shrine. But the controversy doesn't bother Japan. More than that, some politicians demonstrate a political attitude by visiting the Yasukuni deliberately.
Without a clearly radical departure from its military past and sincere apology for the aggression, Japan can't find a place in Asia in the way Germany has in Europe.
As its moral ground is shaky, Japan is not likely to play a leading role in the region politically.
Up until now Japan has leeched on to its former enemy, the United States, closely. This is a price Japan has to pay.
Japan has made the Diaoyu Islands issue a mine in the bilateral relations step by step in the past six months. The role the uninhabited islands and islets are playing in China-Japan relations and, more broadly, in East Asia is more than people in the West can imagine.
The Japanese government needs to know that its "nationalisation" of the Diaoyu Islands does not have the legal validity in terms of international law.
Its "nationalisation" plan can't bury the dispute.
For Japan and China, these islands and islets are no longer the issue that they can afford to leave for future generations. Now leaders have to set their wits to the dispute with cool-headedness and reason.
The author is the Tokyo bureau chief of China Daily.
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NEW YORK (June 24, 2011) – M-1 GLOBAL announced today the addition of feared German submission specialist Daniel Weichel (26-7) versus NCAA Division I collegiate wrestler Beau 'Blackjack' Baker (8-4) at the mixed martial arts (MMA) event titled M-1 Challenge: Bennett vs. Garner. The bouts from The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California will air LIVE on SHOWTIME on Friday, July 8 at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
The event, headlined by the rematch between the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas Tournament heavyweight finalists Pat Bennett (4-2) and Kenny 'Deuce' Garner (6-3), is promoted by M-1 GLOBAL.
"Daniel Weichel is one of the most experienced and versatile fighters in M-1's lightweight division and is a welcome addition on our second televised event on SHOWTIME," said M-1 Global Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan.
Tickets are priced at $75 for the front row and all other seats at $50 and can be purchased online at www.fightcluboc.com, or by calling Roy Englebrecht Promotions at (949) 760-3131.
Weichel heads to California having won eight of his last nine bouts including an exciting striker's war TKO over Yuri Ivlev and a textbook triangle submission over Magomed Khasbulaev. With experience that has been hard-fought and earned through international passage with organizations including Shooto, King of the Cage, Cage Warriors and the UFC, one of his most notable victories comes against Dennis Siver.
Weichel has proven he prefers to avoid the judges' scorecards in favour of finishing in exciting style. He possesses exceptional athleticism and can scoop the single or double leg takedown effortlessly as a precursor to a submission or devastating ground-and-pound; from his feet, his striking is equally as dangerous.
"I'm taking things step by step but my ultimate goal is winning M-1 Global's Lightweight belt and it doesn't matter who I have to go through to get it. On July 8th, fans will get to see me fight at my best and I will put on a great, statement-making performance," said Weichel.
Beau Baker made his debut with Europe's leading MMA promotion this past March, opening M-1 Global's first televised event on SHOWTIME against the undefeated Alexander Sarnavskiy ; the former NCAA Division I collegiate wrestler from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga took a tough second round submission loss and is eager to return to action and steal Weichel's spotlight.
A well-sized lightweight standing 5'9″, Baker favors fighting from the ground. The 31 year old freestyle fighter out of the MMA Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia possesses a methodical and tactical style with sound wrestling and scrambling abilities, big assets he leverages to score take downs and unleash a relentless ground and pound.
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Prime Minister Najib Razak's statement confirmed days of mounting speculation that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to Beijing more than a week ago was not accidental. It refocused the investigation into the flight's crew and passengers and underlined the massive task for searchers who already have been scouring vast areas of ocean.
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Investigators now have a high degree of certainty that one of the plane's communications systems — the Aircraft and Communications Addressing and Reporting System — was disabled before the aircraft reached the east coast of Malaysia, Najib said. Shortly afterward, someone on board then switched off the aircraft's transponder, which communicates with civilian air traffic controllers.
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More people in Africa's poorest countries have mobile phones than have bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking market by enabling migrants from these countries to transfer funds back home to their families.
Sending such remittances by mobile phone can be a cheap, efficient and safe alternative to the usual channels of employing money transfer companies or acquaintances traveling to the home country. Money can be sent to even remote rural areas quickly, so long as the recipient has cell phone access or can go to a participating business that pays out cash.
The market is a potentially lucrative one, Pieter Verkade, an executive at the MTN telecommunications company, told Africa Renewal. Such transfers already are "a well-beaten track, with a lot of migrant remittance money coming into Africa for some time through other channels."
The technology is taking hold especially in countries where established transfer services charge high fees. Kenya's Safaricom and the UK telecommunications firm Vodafone blazed the trail in 2007 when they launched M-Pesa (M for "mobile" and pesa meaning "money" in KiSwahili). Initially just a domestic mobile money service operating in Kenya alone, it has since expanded into an international transfer service for migrants in the UK sending money home to Kenya. Growth of mobile money services in the Kenyan market, where M-Pesa is still the predominant player, has been rapid. By the end of 2010, four mobile phone operators had signed up more than 15.4 million subscribers - more than half of Kenya's adult population - to their mobile money transfer services.
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M-Pesa's rapid growth is particularly astonishing since the service was, at first, "virtually ignored by the financial institutions," recalls Bernard Matthewman, chief executive of Paynet, which developed software for M-Pesa that allows cardless transactions at ATMs.
Part of the early challenge in launching the service, says Mr. Matthewman, was convincing banks that people outside major cities were potential customers. "Most importantly, in launching the Paynet cardless ATM service, we had to have an education campaign," Matthewman explains.
There was no reference point for this kind of service. Many of the people M-Pesa hoped would sign up had never used an ATM before, let alone used an ATM without a card. But a cardless ATM transaction can be very straightforward, requiring just a PIN code that is texted to the user and kept active for only a few hours to safeguard the security of the transaction.
In the short time since the launch of M-Pesa, some $100 million has been withdrawn by remittance recipients from PesaPoint ATMs, without the need for bank cards or bank accounts.
Teaming up
The use of mobile money transfers for remittances and small payments, such as school fees and utility bills, has expanded beyond Kenya to other African countries. In South Africa, Vodacom recently teamed up with Nedbank to offer the service for domestic transfers. "Vodacom's existing penetration into the target market - its distribution coverage through outlets even in rural areas - was attractive to us," says Ilze Wagener, an executive at Nedbank.
Mobile money transactions can offer banks a way to reach people in rural markets without the expense of building new branch offices or agency outlets. By May 2011, nine months after its launch, the Vodacom-Nedbank partnership had signed up 140,000 customers in South Africa and set up more than 3,000 M-Pesa outlets and 2,000 ATMs throughout the country. In a country like South Africa, which has people both with and without bank accounts, as well as a range of retailers from very sophisticated to simple, "we have to think about M-Pesa in a very different way," adds Ms. Wagener. The service "has its own unique set of new opportunities and challenges."
In some countries, banks are forming partnerships with multiple telecommunications companies. "The mobile money network we now have in place, through partnerships with four different telecoms companies in Ghana, has enabled us to extend our services to reach customers in every part of the country," Owureku Osare, Ecobank's head of transaction banking in Ghana, told Africa Renewal. Mr. Osare described Ecobank's development of a mobile money network throughout Ghana as part of a larger strategy to build up the bank's client base.
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There are increasing signs that traditional banking and other financial services are adapting to this new technology and new market in ways that increase financial access for those without bank accounts, the "unbanked." Banks offering mobile money services are encouraging people who may have some money left over from remittances to hold it in "mobile wallets," basic electronic accounts linked to a mobile phone.
"By making it easy for unbanked people to hold money in the mobile wallets linked to their mobile phone numbers, the hope is that eventually the money will find itself in an actual bank account," explains Mr. Osare. In May, Ecobank introduced a mobile savings account that can be linked to a mobile wallet for customers in West Africa.
M-Pesa also provides an interesting case. Last year it formed one of the first partnerships in which a telecoms company and bank teamed up to offer a basic interest-earning savings account, known as the M-Kesho M-Pesa Equity Account. By mobile phone, an M-Pesa user can move money from an M-Pesa mobile wallet to an interest-bearing electronic M-Kesho account, held with Equity Bank.
According to a 2010 report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, M-Kesho attracted 455,000 new account holders within its first three months, taking off at a faster rate than the M-Pesa service itself had in its earliest stages. In addition to providing a full virtual account managed from a user's cell phone, M-Pesa offers the M-Kesho account holder the opportunity to take out a microloan after several months.
From insurance to 'cash-lite'
Beyond savings accounts and microloans, banks have also begun introducing prepaid debit cards and insurance services to this new market. Insurance policies that cover funeral costs are now an important financial service in many African markets, but so far they have usually been confined to cities, according to MTN's Mr. Verkade.
With mobile money transactions catching on rapidly in Ghana, Hollard Insurance and Mobile Financial Services Africa joined with MTN in early 2011 to launch mi-Life, a mobile "micro-insurance" service available by mobile phone. "These insurance services make complete use of our technology, so that the entire registration process also happens over the mobile phone," Mr. Verkade explains. With very small premiums, the idea is first to tap into the strong unmet demand for this kind of service in Ghana, including in underserved rural areas, and then to extend the service to other African markets, such as Rwanda.
Partnerships between telecoms firms and banks and other financial service providers can be expected to increase, to serve a rising number of African countries and markets.
Another logical step is to move more in the direction of "cash-lite" - transactions that eliminate or greatly reduce cash in the money transfer system, says Mr. Matthewman. "We're beginning to see that already, where you can buy your prepaid airtime on an M-Pesa phone and send the airtime to another phone user, eliminating the need for paying in cash." In that way, a remittance sender could send prepaid airtime to a recipient, who in turn could exchange the airtime directly for goods or services at participating retail shops.
For mobile transfers, headaches remain
Despite the rapid takeoff of cross-border money transfer services by mobile phone, companies providing them face a number of difficulties. These include:
Existing market conditions: One factor in the rapid growth of M-Pesa in Kenya was that when Safaricom introduced it, the company was able to capitalize on its near-monopoly position in Kenya's telecommunications market, which gave it a high level of brand awareness. But M-Pesa and other telecoms services have not been able to replicate such rapid growth in some other markets.
Liquidity: In more remote, rural areas, money transfer services may not always have enough cash on hand to pay out to people receiving remittances. To deal with the problem, Owureku Osare of Ecobank in Ghana says that his bank is looking at partnering "with a microfinance institution that already understands that terrain to get the liquidity support to the agents in these areas." In Kenya, Paynet's system of using cardless ATM transactions offers another solution.
Mistrust and unfamiliarity: Many rural inhabitants mistrust or have no access to banks, and are therefore not accustomed to using them. But taking advantage of the wide popularity of mobile phones, some banks and telecoms providers are literally taking their show on the road, sending staff from town to town in even the most remote rural areas to demonstrate how mobile money transfers work. Others train local spokespeople, who earn commissions for signing up customers.
Technical obstacles: Although Ecobank in Ghana operates in 30 African countries, it has not yet been able to find a telecoms company with a single platform hub that would enable the bank to provide mobile money services across national borders.
Varied national regulations: Laws and regulations for sending small cross-border payments vary by country and can be unclear about sending such payments by mobile phone. Kenya's central bank is currently developing draft regulations for electronic money issuers and electronic retail transfers, and Tanzania's central bank has also announced that it is preparing a new draft law to regulate such transactions.
Monitoring: In South Africa, mobile money transfers are so far available only within the country, and all cross-border transactions, even very small ones, must be monitored. Under the country's anti-money-laundering law, only banks and other authorized dealers may carry out cross-border money transfers. This excludes retailers, which are a core part of the banks' mobile money strategy in the domestic market. Meanwhile, the banks themselves are reluctant to engage in multiple small cross-border transactions because it can be costly to report them to regulators.


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21 Dealers and Techs from Scandinavia, Cyprus, and Holland attended the recent dealer tech class in Stockholm, Sweden. The class was hosted by Ash Chaplen, Head of European Technical Support, who explained the principals and troubleshooting solutions of the DM9, PMR '09, SLG '09, and the all new Rotor Loader. Everyone had a great time dismantling and rebuilding the guns and loaders to see exactly how they functioned and as a result the following dealers are now fully accredited, Authorized DYE Tech centres.
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South-facing gardens: pick the best plants
Plants to pick for all-day sun, which isn't always as lovely as it sounds
Passion flower (Passiflora caerulea), Tamarix ramosissima Pink Cascade', rosemary, Euphorbia characias subsp wulfenii, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Cistus x purpureus, cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus), Nepeta Six Hills Giant', Chamaerops humilis
Light and bright, the south-facing garden will receive sun all day long. Which isn't always as lovely as it sounds - soil is quick to dry out and plants can get scorched. Give this space over to Mediterranean plants, a gravel garden or more tender plants that love to be baked.
Plants to pick for a south-facing garden
South-facing walls get limitless warmth, so choose plants that love the sun. The passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) basks in hot sunshine, and, although it prefers moist, rich soil, it will tolerate dry ground. The fig, Ficus carica, loves the shelter of a sunny wall - and the large leaves form a pretty backdrop to the sun-ripened fruit. Mediterranean plants are also ideal for a sunny garden. Tamarix ramosissima Pink Cascade' is a small tree with graceful arching branches and a cascade of feathery pink plumes that would look great centre-stage amid rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Euphorbia characias subsp wulfenii and olives (Olea europaea is the most hardy).
Try these: Gardening in hot, dry conditions brings a range of textured plants to the gardener. Grasses, such as Pennisetum alopecuroides, tall Stipa gigantea and Melica altissima would mix gracefully with show-stopping Cistus x purpureus, a voluptuous shrub with large pink flowers splashed with purple. Cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus) forms mounds of silvery grey feathery foliage, erupting with pinheads of yellow bloom in July, while felty spires of Onopordum acanthium, towering above the foaming blue froths of Nepeta Six Hills Giant', would look sensational.
Jungle-style architectural plants will evoke warmer climes, but be warned: it can become an expensive obsession! Essential plants include Agave americana, Phoenix canariensis, Chamaerops humilis, Echium fastuosum and Callistemon citrinus.
Tip: Drought-tolerant plants are perfect for low-maintenance gardening. Reduce weeding and watering by planting them through a weed-proof membrane disguised with a gravel mulch.
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As all of your outside space might not face the same way...
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March 22, 2013
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2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session IV
Site: Wells-Fargo Arena (Des Moines, Iowa)
Live Stats & Updated Brackets: TrackWrestling.com
NU in Team Standings: 14th/32.5 points
2013 NCAA Wrestling Brackets
Remaining Northwestern Schedule
Session VI (Finals) – Saturday, March 23, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Two Northwestern wrestlers will compete for NCAA titles on Saturday evening after winning their semifinal bouts at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Wells-Fargo Arena. Top-seeded Jason Welch (157) and No. 5 seed Mike McMullan (285) are NCAA finalists and will wrestle live on ESPN Saturday night at 7 p.m.
"We're happy right now but tomorrow, it will start all over again," Northwestern head coach Drew Pariano said. "We'll enjoy this for a little bit but tomorrow, the whole process will start again. The weigh-ins in the morning and then the warm-up midday, nothing's going to change. Right now we're excited but tomorrow it will be completely focused. The job's not done for either of the guys."
Northwestern is one of just four teams with at least two wrestlers in the finals. Penn State has five while the 'Cats, Iowa and Oklahoma State each have two in the finals.
No. 1 seed Jason Welch will wrestle for the 157 lbs. title after recording a 7-1 victory over unseeded David Bonin of Northern Iowa in Friday night's semifinals. This was the second meeting of the season between the two wrestlers with Welch winning during the dual season to secure his 100th career victory. Friday, Welch jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and racked up 2:19 of riding time before the frame expired. He started the second period down and gained more separation with a reversal and two nearfall points. Bonin began the third period down and scored his lone point of the match late in the period with an escape but Welch tacked on another point with 3:09 of riding time punched his ticket to the finals with the 7-1 win. Welch was the first wrestler this tournament to score points on Bonin as the UNI grappler had shut out three straight opponents to reach the semifinals.
Wrestling in his first NCAA championship match, and final bout in a Northwestern singlet tomorrow evening, the fifth-year Wildcat meets a familiar foe, No. 2 seed Derek St. John of Iowa. Welch will look for his first victory against the Hawkeye on the biggest stage as St. John took the previous five meetings (two in 2011-12, three in 2010-11).
"I think we're wrestling really well right now," Northwestern head coach Drew Pariano said. "Jason always progresses in tournaments and he just keeps getting better and better as the tournaments go. We're very confident with what he's going to bring to the table tomorrow night and he's due."
Welch officially locked up his third All-America honor during Session III and will end his NU career with his highest placement at NCAA's after finishing sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2012. He also is the first Wildcat to reach the NCAA finals since Jake Herbert won his 184 lbs. title in 2009.
Fifth-seeded Mike McMullan defeated No. 1 seed Dom Bradley of Missouri in overtime to punch his ticket to the finals at 285. After a scoreless first, each wrestler traded escapes in the second and third period to knot things up at 1-1 after regulation. Late in sudden victory, McMullan went in on a shot and after a scramble with Bradley, scored the winning takedown with 23 seconds remaining to advance to the finals for the first time in his young Wildcat career. The redshirt sophomore will match up against his 2013 Big Ten finals opponent, No. 2 seed Tony Nelson of Minnesota in tomorrow's championship bout
"I'm excited for Mike because he's put in so much hard work," Pariano said. "At the heavyweight level, to move guys around that are that big is impressive and to beat an accomplished guy like Dom Bradley, who won a World title in freestyle. If that doesn't give you confidence I don't know what does leading into tomorrow's match against Nelson."
McMullan, a two-time All-American, gives Northwestern two NCAA finalists for the first time since 2007 when Jake Herbert (184) and Ryan Lang (141) wrestled in the championship matches.
Be sure to tune into ESPN at 7 p.m. CT Saturday evening to watch Welch and McMullan wrestle for titles. The finals will begin at 174 lbs., meaning McMullan will be the first Wildcat on the mat.
Semifinal Matches
157: No. 1 Jason Welch (NU) dec David Bonin (UNI), 7-1
285: No. 5 Mike McMullan (NU) dec No. 1 Dom Bradley (Missouri), 3-1 SV
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National WASP Museum Board Member Bill Johnson recently represented the museum at the 40th annual National Stearman Fly-in at the Galesburg, Ill., Municipal Airport. Bill joined new friends of the museum, Marie and Pete Spear, there to enjoy flying in their vintage Stearman and marvel at the other 138 WWII biplanes.
Along with the Spears, Bill and the other enthusiasts toured the flight line, took airplane rides and enjoyed performances by pilots of this classic that have served in roles from military trainer to aerial applicator to show aircraft since 1934.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 42 calls for service, issued three citations and made three arrests on Oct. 13, 2011.
The SPD received 20, 911 calls.
Arrested by SPD:
ŌĆó Kendrick Buchanan, 38 ŌĆö Warrants.
ŌĆó Christopher Hayes, 34 ŌĆö Possession of a controlled substance.
ŌĆó Merced Flores, 29 ŌĆö Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) had 14 calls for service, served one civil paper and made no arrests on Oct. 13, 2011.
Calls for service:
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ŌĆó Medical emergency ŌĆö┬ĀBrother English Road.
This month Region 14 Education Service Center Head Start and others like it across the country will join together to celebrate and strengthen the nationŌĆÖs awareness of the Head Start Program.
TSTC Sweetwater recently announced a series of culinary classes for the community.
"A Tour of Italy: Learn the Art of Italian CuisineŌĆØ is a series of four classes that will take place on Monday evenings from 6-9:30 p.m. The classes will meet on Monday, Nov. 7, 14, 28 and Dec. 5 in Room 127 of the Temple Dickson building at TSTC Sweetwater. Participants can enroll in just one class or all four. Each class costs $50 and will be taught by TSTC Sweetwater chefs.
Margaret Evelyn Hiscock Adams, 86, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, at her home.
One of the basic necessities of life is water, but there are still nearly 1 billion people who have no access to sources of pure drinking water, making way for water borne illnesses to end the lives of nearly 5 million people a year.
To fix this problem sounds like a huge undertaking, but Dr. Ted Mettetal from the small town of Athens, Texas felt called to do something about it. It all started when Dr. Mettetal began going on short-term medical mission trips in the mid-1970s. ŌĆ£I found that everywhere you go, peopleŌĆÖs biggest problem is getting clean water,ŌĆØ he said.
The Sweetwater City Commission met for their first meeting of the fiscal year on Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, 2011 at City Hall.
In attendance at the meeting were this year's Leadership Sweetwater participants, a civic program sponsored by the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce. Jacque McCoy, executive director of the Chamber, presented the group as a whole before each member gave a personal introduction to the commission.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 51 calls for service, issued one citation and made three arrests on Oct. 12, 2011.
The SPD received 19, 911 calls.
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Calls for service:
ŌĆó Identity theft ŌĆö 200 block of E. Fourth.
ŌĆó Information only ŌĆö 1400 block of Hughes.
Arrested by SPD:
ŌĆó Ashley Bohall, 26 ŌĆö Warrant.
ŌĆó Kari Southern, 33 ŌĆö Public intoxication.
ŌĆó James Wiens, 56 ŌĆö Public intoxication/possession of controlled substance.
Archie J. Hunter ŌĆō Husband, daddy, papa, veteran, plowboy went to be with the Lord on Oct. 13, 2011. Archie was born May 27, 1932, to Harvid and Bertha Hunter. He graduated from Roscoe High School and attended UT Arlington on a football scholarship. He then served in the U.S. Army and played on the all Army team with Heisman Trophy winner Billy Vessels. He met and married Sherry L. Hunter while stationed at Fort Sill, OK, on Feb. 25, 1956, and loved her all his life. He then returned to college at Hardin Simmons University and was a star player for football great Coach Sammy Baugh.
Local sports fans will be treated to a double dose of Sweetwater vs. Big Spring today.
The schoolsŌĆÖ volleyball teams will meet in a Dis-trict 5-3A matchup that tips off at 5 p.m. at Mustang Gym, and the football game ŌĆö also a District 5-3A contest ŌĆö kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at Mustang Bowl.
Both Sweetwater teams need victories to keep realistic playoff hopes alive. The Sweetwater volleyball team brings a 1-3 district record into the match with four games remaining, while the football team is 0-1 in district and has three games left to play.


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What Does Shakira's Boyfriend Do For A Living?
Shakira's boyfriend/baby daddy, Gerard Pique, has a PhD in Looking Hunky and a MA in Staring at Shakira's Non-Lying Hips, but when he isn't busy with all that jazz, he moonlights as a professional football player! Which is "European" for soccer player, FYI.
Gerard plays centre-back for FC Barcelona, and is one of just four soccer players to have won the UEFA Champions League two years in a row while on two different teams. We're not entirely sure what that entails, but apparently he's really good at kicking balls and running around a field. Plus Gerard helped The Spanish National Team win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is a huge achievement in the sporting world!
And by the way Shakira's hit "Waka Waka (It's Time For Africa)" was the official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup –– and she and Gerard met while making the music video! Yep, it's alllll coming together.
Nowadays, Shak and her man live in Barcelona with their beautiful son, Milan (who was born on January 22, 2013), and they couldn't be happier!
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Hostel Franz FerdinandSarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina
The hostel is fantastic, it is unique ... I do travel a lot and it became one of my favorite hosatel ever, has the high quality as the best hostel in Berlin, but with a cosy and friendly atmosphere... and it gaves you are change to experince Sarajevo in a way that you can not experience in other place... it was not just a great place to stay, but is change me and teach me so much about history and Sarajevo... and the staff, oh God, you can not ask for better one. I will be back for sure
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Madness HostelBelgrade, Serbia
Serde it is the man, he is the hostel, he is the madness , he is great! Andf the place was cool too. I will be back
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Clown and BardPrague, Czech Republic
A place with soul!!! I highly recommend this hostel ! It is so nice to find a place where the people that work are friendly, not in a superficial way, I came as a guest and I left as a friend! They told me where to go, what to see, but it was hard to leave the hostel and I ended up stay longer and I will go back one day! The hostel it is safe and clean... and it is a hostel as a hostel should be, a place from travellers to travellers!
Citadel Youth HostelJerusalem, Israel
DONT GO THERE,we got the double roon,and we could not sleep because the noise,there is another W.C wall to wall,so you will listen every person that goes to the W.C.and I mean REALLY listen.The place was dirty,and the room horrible,you can get a much bhetetr place for the same price!DO NOT STAY THERE!!!!!
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Penguin VillageDahab, Egypt
I have a great time there,the place was really clean,the people really friendly,special Tayab in the reception,he helped me always with a big smile... The food was really good,nice view from the terrace,and they have great deal for trips and bus....I will come back for sure,I really recommend it!
Horus Hotel AswanAswan, Egypt
Bob Marley House HostelLuxor, Egypt
Just the Best place,clean,funny,safe,and the best Staff,special Amr,he helped me to find everything,from trips,to relax,and when I did booked the boat trip from aswan,the people ripped me off in 500 pounds,and he called and ask and get the money back to me! For me my favor hostel in egypt by far!!!I really recomend!!!!
Dahab HostelCairo, Egypt
Pousadas Hilda-LinaSalvador, Brazil
The place dont have hot water,is dirty,the people that work there is not polite,and you will not get a nice sleep there.The worste place I stay in 3 mon ths vacation! O lugar eh sujo,nao tem agua quente e o pessoal que trabalha la eh miuto grosso,nao recomendo de forma alguma!


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Firebrick in So Cal
Does anyone know a source of firebrick in Southern California.
Where can I buy some?
Google will find Fire Bricks; Search within results.
Results 1 - 10 of about 7,620,000 for bricks southern california. (0.42 seconds)
Try clicking on http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ia&btnG=Search
Once that opens, go to the bottom of the page: Search within results
and enter the name of your city, e.g. Anaheim, or Thousand Oaks.
I'm sure there are many masonry supply dealers available to you. But be certain you get the right kind of brick. There is a primer on this forum to guide you at:
Thanks Marcel,
I had tried that several times and still no luck.
I have not started yet and I am planning out my build. I was going to build a barrel type oven until I found this site.
I am eve tempted to buy the oven and just put it on a base.
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Collaboration achieves first deployment of Denroy brackets in commercial aircraft, with a weight reduction of at least 40%.
Spine stabilisation system made from PEEK-OPTIMA® polymer expands proven track record in replacing metal implants in the treatment of clinical conditions of the spine into China.
7,000 tonnes total capacity will help to underpin 'mega growth' programmes.
Global meeting in Washington, D.C. puts spotlight on latest advances in the implementation of PEEK polymers for medical applications.
"Becoming part of a team of pioneers" – the second FDA clearance of a device composed of PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced
Unique processing technology allows for part consolidation and efficient manufacturing: Combination of Egmond Plastic's Fusible-Core Technology and a VICTREX® PEEK polymer solution result in more than 30% cost and up to 50% weight reductions
The two companies expect that PAEK products will penetrate the markets in both countries rapidly as a result of this distributor collaboration. "We explicitly wanted to partner with Victrex, due to the company´s outstanding know-how and technical experience which, across the globe, has resulted in PAEK-based solutions for a broad range of industries," explains Jwan Meier, General Manager at Lenorplastics.
HuanTian Industrial and Victrex are developing a parts material standard for China's reciprocating compressor industry.
New platform with clear device predicates in the US and Europe enables medical device manufacturers to expand their trauma offering beyond metal technologies.
As a high quality, innovative product that was specially designed to be used in digital technology, JUVORA is the only dental PAEK made from material with a 15 year clinical history in the PAEK high performance polymer family and therefore ideal to complement the Ceramill product range and creates a new opportunity for them to offer a metal-free solution for removable restorations and crowns and bridges.


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Monica Denise Brown, simply known as Monica (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980), is an American singer, producer, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Guided and developed by record producers Dallas Austin and Tim & Bob, Monica signed with Arista at age thirteen and released her debut album Miss Thang in 1995. It sold 1.5 million in the US, while its first two singles "Don't Take It Personal" and "Before You Walk out of My Life" made her the youngest recording act to ever have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the Billboard Top R&B Singles chart.
In 1998, Monica's second album The Boy Is Mine earned her major international chart success. Pushed by its Grammy Award-winning number-one hit title track, a duet with singer Brandy, it spawned two further chart-toppers, "The First Night" and "Angel of Mine", and established her position as one of the most successful of the urban R&B female vocalists to emerge in the mid to late-1990s. Monica also ventured into acting, with a supporting role in Boys and Girls (2000), and starring roles in television film Love Song (2000). During the production of her third album, All Eyez on Me (2002), Monica experienced personal struggles and her career went under hiatus. In 2003, her fourth album, After the Storm, was released, and after an unsuccessful period, she scored her fifth number one single, "So Gone". Her sixth album, Still Standing, which recording was tracked by a reality series of the same name, was released in 2010 and produced the hit single "Everything to Me", which became Monica's sixth number one hit.
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