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These early readers feature two lovable and funny characters: an optimistic (and sometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the plunge with these books to start reading on their own. These sweet and surprising stories are a breath of fresh air. In Today I Will Fly! Piggie wants to fly. But Gerald knows that she cannot — or can she?
"Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!) introduces two best friends in the paper-over-board Elephant & Piggie books: a nay saying gray bespectacled pachyderm and an optimistic pink porker, whose opposing temperaments serve as the bases for sparring and mutual understanding alike. When Piggie declares, 'Today I Will Fly!,' Elephant responds, in Green Eggs and Ham fashion: 'You will not fly today./ You will not fly tomorrow./ .../ You will never fly!' 'I will try!' Piggie asserts. She gets assistance from a mock-ferocious bulldog, whose barking does help her to jump (but not fly), and an amiable pelican who demonstrates how friends can lend a hand (er, wing). Energetic Piggie dons a series of costumes (cowboy, clown, robot) to boost sulky Elephant's spirits in My Friend Is Sad. Elephant does not cheer up until Piggie shows up sans disguise: 'I saw a cowboy!... But you were not there to see him!' Elephant laments. 'I need my friends!' 'You need new glasses....' Piggie whispers in an aside to readers, ending on a sly note. Willems treats each page (or spread) as one panel, so the action unfolds briskly against white backgrounds. He provides the emphatic dialogue in varying font sizes and keeps the design details simple but effective: Piggie's words appear in powdery rose-colored voice bubbles, Elephant's in pale blue-gray. Nevertheless, even inexperienced readers will not be busy long, whether or not they pause to chuckle at the dueling characters' changing facial expressions. Compared to Willems's more nuanced character studies, these episodes feel all too brief. Still, readers will likely clamor for more." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Its time for fun on the farm with the Geisel Award-winning author of Up, Tall, and High!
Why is Pig inside Chickens coop? How many animal friends can fit on top of a tractor?
Lift the flaps to find out in three easy-to-read stories that will take readers all over the farm!
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
Today, I Will Fly! is the funny introduction to the characters. Piggie is determined to fly. But Gerald the elephant knows that's impossible--isn't it?
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Mo Willems is a six-time Emmy Award winning writer and animator for Sesame Street and the creator of Cartoon Network's Sheep in the Big City. He is the author of groundbreaking picture books, including; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Caldecott Honor winner 2004); Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Caldecott Honor winner 2003); Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say "Please"!; Leonardo, the Terrible Monster; and Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. Mo lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
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Benin — As retrenched workers of the moribund Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) grumble over lack of payment of their redundancy benefits one of them is complaining that he has been overpaid.
The sacked NITEL worker, Gabriel Omorodion told newsmen in Benin on Thursday that he was one of the beneficiaries of the redundancy benefits paid to sacked NITEL staff after the organization was sold.
Omorodion said he was entitled to the sum of N974,123.50 which he was duly paid.
He said but to his surprise, five days later another payment of the same amount, N974,123.50 was paid into the same account. This he said he believed was an error.
Omorodion said he had since written the office of the Accountant General of the Federation and copied the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) asking them to recover the excess money paid into his Firstbank account no 3006665905.
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Palm Beach State's Ruffo Gets 300th Career WinJanuary 15, 2014
Palm Beach State women's basketball coach Kris Ruffo collected her 300th career victory Saturday, Jan. 11th on the road with a 70-57 win over St. Petersburg. The Panthers, ranked 16th nationally, started slow as they trailed at the half 32-26. Palm Beach State finally caught the host school with about 14 minutes to go in the game and then completely dominated the last 12 minutes extending their lead to 19 points. Ashley Jones came up with her 10th double - double of the year with 27 points and 12 rebounds while Tashi Thompson collected 17 and Alana Arias had 10. In addition, steady point guard Veronica Ryan dished off for 9 assists with only 1 turnover.


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Did Louis C.K. jerk off in front of two female comics? And why are these ladies squandering an opportunity to learn from a comedy legend?
Elliot said my breakup must have been due to the sweater curse, an unexplained phenomenon where anyone who gives their significant other a hand-knit sweater gets dumped. The only way to break the curse, Elliot said, was to destroy the sweater.
Just in time for Shark Week, a barrelful of fishy cinematic horrors!
Goon-made alternate Confederate and 'Don't Tread on Me' flags: Put THAT on your pole and salute it!
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National Zoo releases 'Endangered Song' by Portland band for Earth Day
- A Sumatran tiger at the National Zoo in D.C. holds the jacket of a copy of 'Endangered Song,' released on Earth Day to draw attention to the endangered breed. (Photo: Connor Mallon, National Zoo)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Zoo wants to highlight the dwindling number of 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild by launching an "endangered song" on Earth Day.
On Tuesday, the zoo is releasing "Sumatran Tiger," a song from the indie rock band "Portugal. The Man."
The song was recorded on 400 polycarbonate records that were designed to degrade after a certain number of plays. The only way to save the song is to digitize and "breed" the music by sharing it through social media. It's is being released to 400 participants to share.
Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson says it's a new way to demonstrate how endangered tigers are in the wild.
Zach Carothers of the Portland-Ore.-based band says they're asking radio stations and other musicians to spread the word.
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Sketchbook Of Sketches *(includes sketches)
May contain NSFW images and/or rendered nudity. All right, you have been warned.
I hope this is a good way to receive critique and commentary. Please consider going easy on a noob, willya lol We'll see how it goes. To get the ball rolling, here is a sketchbook page featuring several horror and science fiction doodles. These sketches were based on images fround in one of those "history of horror films" hardcover books from a few decades ago.
Here are some details from that page.
This image was created using a simple ball point pen. It is on a comic book backing board, those white cardboards you buy by the hundreds to protect comics from becoming creased or damaged. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that many people here are familiar with them. It is on the vellum side of the board instead of the smooth, coated side.
This is one of my favorite images. It is just an idea I had and thought it was fun at the time. It is based on a well known drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci titled "Five Grotesque Heads". This image is actually from a few years ago.
For the sake of convenience, here is the original image.
I was trying to use image attachment to post instead of img tags, but was not having much luck with it. Apologies for the quality of the scans, and thanks for looking.
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I attempted to hand color this pencil drawing of an elephant using markers and acrylic paints. It was essentially an attempt to copy a photo. I didn't finish it because I really wasn't getting the results I wanted.
This was a concept drawing for a tattoo a friend was thinking of getting.
An original idea for a dragon and rider. Just trying to think up an original creature.
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I used a fine tip sharpie style marker on this one. People familiar with the different types of pens can probably tell the difference.
This page was done just to see the results I'd get with a very fine tip pigma micron marker without "trying".
Another page with the fine tip marker.
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So, what's the best tiny car in America? More importantly, does Lilliputian transport even make sense in the United States? To find out, the boys pick the three smallest cars sold in America and head to the Bayou.
Adam chooses the Fiat 500, Rutledge squeezes into the Scion IQ and Tanner stretches out in the Smart Fortwo Passion. The find out how these cars fare in their natural urban habitat, the boys meet up in the French Quarter of New Orleans, and their first challenge has them mouse through The Big Easy's maze of streets and warehouses.
If you want to find out whether a small car works for the average American, you need to leave the well-paved, washed and exercised confines of the city. The boys head to the swamps, where the relationship between car and owner is just as often about survival and income.
Only locals can correctly pronounce the name of their playground, the Atchafalaya Swamp, where they drive trucks three times taller than the host's cars are long. The New Orleans natives agree to gives the host's micro machines a chance by having them help hunt for dinner: Nutria, which are rodents of unusually large size and apparently tasty.
The boys decide that they should make a few modifications to up the cars' macho quotients before the hunt. Think camo, gun accessories and polyurethane testicles. Hitting the trail with loaded weapons, blood lust, and very small cars, our hosts attempt to impress the locals. No dead nutria result from the effort– only damage to egos and undercarriages.
Failure means having to pick up protein for a BBQ; on offer are local delicacies like dead gators and live mudbugs. After an intimate ride with deceased, large reptiles, the locals offered one more chance for small car redemption: Tug of war with an airboat. Said airboat's V8 displaces more cubic inches than the engines in all three cars combined.
The loser of the small car challenge, Rut, is given the opportunity or punishment, depending on how you look at it, to drive one of the smallest cars in the world around their hometown. Rut sees the upside and establishes the Peel Trident as the smallest pace car in history.
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Fedora 15 Xfce review
Package Management: Managing applications on Fedora is accomplished by using yum, a command line utility, and the gpk-application, a graphical package manager. Many package management tasks are possible only via yum, that is, from the command line. I find the graphical package manager to be, compared to other graphical package managers, slow, especially when using the search feature. Gpk-application does not require authentication to start, so every attempt to install an application requires authentication. It does, however, allows you to queue applications for installation.
Out of the box, the system is configured to check for updates once per day, and to install security updates automatically. Most distributions are also configured to check for updates daily, but only notify you of updates, and not install them, even security-related updates.
Be default, only official Fedora 15 repositories are enabled. That limits the number and types of applications available for installation.
By installing RPM Fusion's repositories, you can make many more applications available. Also, enabling Adobe's Flash repository makes applications other than the Flash Player Plugin available. For example, Adobe AIR, a developer-component of the Adobe Flash Platform, is also made available for installation.
Graphical Administrative Tools: The desktop-specific graphical administrative tools are available from Applications Menu > Settings, and the system-wide tools are accessible from Applications Menu > Administration, and Applications Menu > System.
Security: Like other Fedora 15 editions, this comes with the firewall enabled. There is a graphical firewall installed and configured. Out of the box, the firewall is configured to allow ssh traffic (port 22) in – from all hosts and networks. Thankfully, the Secure Shell server is installed, but not active by default.
Aside from the ports and services listed on the main window, additional ports from a list of more than 60,000+ tcp and udp ports may be added from the Other Ports window. Like the ssh service, any port you add and enable from here will be accessible to all hosts and networks.
You can add custom rules from the Custom Rules window. However, adding custom rules requires loading the rule(s) from a file, which in turn requires that you know how to write IPTables rules.
New to Fedora 15 is FirewallD, a firewall daemon with a D-Bus interface, which is being designed to provide a dynamic frontend to the firewall application, so that reloading is not required when a change is made to the firewall rules. It is not installed by default, but if you do, you also need to install its applet. With the applet installed, you can make changes to the firewall from the panel, without needing to launch another application. And if it lives up to its billing, you will not need to reload or apply changes when a new rule or service is added.
If you look closely at the image below, you will see a "Panic Mode" checkbox. I could not determine exactly what enabling that mode is supposed to accomplish, but the applet crashed every time I clicked on the checkbox. I could not find any reference to a "Panic Mode" in FirewallD's official page.
FirewallD has a very user-friendly command line utility called by firewall-cmd. For example, to enable access to the Secure Shell server, all you need to type is, firewall-cmd –enable –service=ssh. And to enable the same service for, say, 30 seconds, you would type firewall-cmd –enable –service=ssh –timeout=30.
FirewallD is expected to be the default on Fedora 16 onwards. You may read more about it here.
Another new security feature in Fedora 15 is the removal of setuid applications. These are applications that run with the permissions or privileges of the applications owner or group. Potentially, they can be a security nightmare. More about this feature here.
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Fedora has a clear no-mono by default policy. AFAIK, cairo dock requires mono as dependency. In fact, they went so far as to include gnote as an alternate for tomboy by default.
So your wish is probably not going to come true anytime soon 😉
Currently I'm using Fedora 15 LXDE with an old laptop.
Quite happy with it.
I think LXDE is a better choice if you're looking for a light desktop.
I continue to be disappointed by LXDE because every so often you come across a panel or configuration box where the text is ABNORMALLY HUGE.. like the "I'm blind as a bat can you make the text bigger?" feature has been turned on for just that element.
It just felt too 'not ready for prime-time.'
As for me, I adore XFCE: the ability to click anywhere on the desktop and get ALL my system in the resulting dropdown (when I'm not using launchers like Gnome Do, that is) is a hugely unappreciated feature. And I'm trying to maximize real estate on my screen: docks and panels just get in the way of work.
Gnumeric in the Education category has nothing to do with Xfce. It is a Gnumeric bug: the Categories field of the gnumeric.desktop file contains both Office and Education.
Install Gnumeric for GNOME and it will appear in the Education category there, too.
"… behind the times"
In what sense? Do you mean that it fails to fix what is not broken? IMHO, the "traditional" Applications menu tree is much more usable than KDE4 Kickoff or GNOME Shell's Activities, which follow the click-more-for-more-fun philosophy. Why would you want to click a gazillon time if you can simply hover the mouse pointer over a menu tree and only click when you have found the application you want to launch.
Point-and-click is so broken in Kickoff and GNOME Shell's Activites that you had better type to launch an application. A nostalgy for the pre-GUI era?
Maybe the Team's focus is primarily on Gnome and then KDE. I have been using Fedora KDE since FC12. Easylife is the best way to install all propriety stuff not shipped by fedora.
The DVD ISO of Fedora 15 actually includes Xfce, LXDE and KDE.


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Grab your club and get ready for the hunt in this classic Cave Girl Cutie adult womens costume! With a tiger striped bra top, jagged mini skirt, plush fur corset vest, matching fur trim boot tops, arm cuffs and tiger print headband this sexy womens costume blends in with the jungle's best.
Party prehistoric-style when you wear this Goin' Clubbin adult womens costume and get back to basics. The bold animal print mini dress of this cave woman costume comes complete with matching arm and leg wraps. Crawl out of your cave and into this sexy womens costume.
Me hunt. You gather. Me strong. You pretty. Me hungry... get primitive and have fun this Halloween as a Cave Man in this classic and comfortable animal print costume. Cute couples costume when she dresses as a Cave Woman.
Get primitive and party in this Cavewoman adult costume. The animal print dress of this Stone Age womens costume features a jagged-edged hem and comes complete with a black faux fur bandana and a faux bone headpiece. Come out of your cave on Halloween with this womens costume.
This officially licensed Flintstones Pebbles teen costume has you dressed and ready for the Stone Age! Make no bones about it, this is one adorable outfit with a funky animal print top and sawtooth trim on the garments accompanied by a pink wig and matching leg warmers.
Bone Hair Clips come complete with two white dog bone shaped clips inspired by unique primal costumes. So bone up wearing this accessory if you're going as a cave woman or cannibal on Halloween.
If you are feeling pre-historic, like a hungry cannibal or just seasonally festive, these are the ultimate accessories for you! One way or the other, these playful novelty bone earrings will complete the mood, whether cryptic or plain spooky fun.
Party Pre-historic style in this officially licensed Flintstones Wilma Flintstone adult women's costume. Step out of the Stone Age and into the signature tattered dress with faux zebra trim, complete with famous orange wig and boulder necklace.
Go pre-historic when you dress your little one in this cute as can be purple and green Dinky Dino Baby costume with snaps for easy diaper changes and skid-resistant feet. Cute when you dress like a cave man or cave woman. Don't forget to take picture!
Maybe back in the Stone Age before a woman carried mace on her key chain she carried a club for protection. That's our story and we're sticking to it. Stick it to the man when you complete your cave lady costume with this pink plastic prehistoric Princess club.


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In the summer of 2010, Escondido's Mike Dolbow was working three jobs and doing everything he could to provide for his family.
When he wasn't working, he was fishing, scuba-diving or sky-diving. He was an adventurer and went at life the only way he knew how, hard.
On Aug. 24 of that year Dolbow's life turned upside down. Dolbow said he was carrying 268 pounds on his 5-foot-10 frame. He said all the energy drinks he powered down daily took their toll on his system. He suffered a heart attack and a stroke and nearly died.
Dolbow spent the next two years in a wheelchair, trying to recover and rehabilitate from the trauma. He went on disability, SSI and struggled mightily.
"I lost my career, my life, my wife, family, everything," Dolbow said.
His wife left him because he said she grew weary of caring for a man in his condition. The former electronics manufacturing teacher hit bottom.
It all forced Dolbow, who is 46, to reach deep into his soul and gather the strength to carry on. Today, Dolbow is back. He says he's not as mentally sharp as he once was. But considering where he was at his worst, he's fine. And he has a project, a boat, one he plans to use for commercial fishing and to take returning Wounded Warriors or financially-strapped people out fishing. The one-time deckhand plans on getting his captain's license and fishing for a living and for others.
"I weigh 172 pounds, and I'm healthy now after completely changing my lifestyle," Dolbow said. "I still have problems with my memory, with math, too, but I've learned to get past that with the help of my new supportive and loving family. I'm proof that it doesn't matter how far down in life you go, you can pick yourself up."
He moved in with his fiancé, April Villa Vicencio, after trading his RV for a 1977 30-foot Century sportfishing boat.
"I met April two months after I got out of the wheelchair," said Dolbow, who lives in Escondido. "Her family always wanted to get into the fishing business. And it's something I always wanted to do, too. She has three sons, and Joshua (19) will be one of the captains. His friend, Bubba Burton, sells fish at Major Market. And April's other son, Jacob, is in the Navy and always dreamt of owning a boat. And April's oldest son, John, is a salesman who will help us market the operation. We've developed a network of family and friends that will all help."
They've already named the boat. "Overcome."
"Our first year we'll commercial fish with her," Dolbow said. "But we plan on taking people out who have never fished, but live hungry. It's that old saying, 'Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, but teach him to fish, and feed him for a lifetime.' We'll always have two spots for people like that on the boat."
Dolbow said his captain's license alone is $1,800, and that's part of the $6,000 or so he needs right now to finish his project. As the holiday season neared, the family was tapped financially. They were all-in on the boat and are looking for help, investors or sponsors.


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Kulula Airlines, more popularly known as Kulula.com started their travel life in August of 2001. Owned and operated by Comair, Kulula Airlines are one of South Africa's Top 3 low cost airline operators and based in Johannesburg. Kulula Airlines operates domestic flights to all the major cities in South Africa together with regional services to Mauritius, Zambia, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. The name 'kulula' is Zulu for 'it is light' or 'it is easy/simple'. With this range of first class aircraft, guests on a kulula flight will be guaranteed safety, security, and comfort, not to mention the best personal assistance from staff who is leaders in their fields.
Kulula Airlines are known for their humorous advertising and on board staff and frequently provide amazing flight discounts on domestic flights that all of us provide our customers upon their announcement. In fact, most of the time you will find some sort of special included in our pricing as the airlines often vary their specials according to each other. So, for example, last month South African Airways ran a great special, next month might be mango and so on…..
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Each passenger is allowed one free checked bag not exceeding the following weights and dimensions:
Maximum dimensions: 90 x 75 x 43cm (35.5 x 29.5 x 16 inches)
Maximum weight: 20kg
Anything in excess carries a heavy bag fee of R350 per bag at the airport.
Kulula Adults
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Extra bags can be purchased
Kulula Infants (under 2 years old)
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No additional bags may be purchased
Kulula Children (between 2-12 years old)
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Buying Extra Bags On Kulula
You can save and buy extra bags online with your credit card 2 hours before flight departure at R245 per bag, or through the Kulula Airlines Contact Centre 0861 KULULA (585852). If you change your mind please notify them as you will not be refunded at check-in.
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Yesterday,some fat eighths of Anna Maria Horner's new fabric line "Little Folks" arrived in my mailbox. I had won them from Pink Chalk Studio...what a lovely treat!
Since these fabrics are in colors I'm not likely to use in a quilt, but are so lovely and soft on their own, I folded each eighth in half and stitched them into hankies.


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We've created a special page on our site where you can follow our stories, photos and video of Laina Harris' ongoing battle to lose weight.
The Columbian will be hosting a live chat Monday at noon with Laina Harris of Camas about her efforts to lose weight. In the past year, she has lost more than 100 pounds and has her sights set on losing a lot more. Our health reporter Marissa Harshman has been covering Harris' battle, one that many Americans also wage these days.
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What happens on Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 21: "Sleeping Monster"? A new preview gives us a first look.
While we're happy to have a look at what's to come, this preview leaves us more worried for Bailey (Chandra Wilson) than ever. In it, we hear that patients (yes, plural) have died, presumably of the post-op complications that began in Episode 20. All the board members (aka, half the cast) appear to be arguing about what to do about the situation.
"We need to stand by our doctors!" Meredith declares. Of course she's on Bailey's side in this. She fights for her friends.
Richard, on the other hand, tells Jackson, "It's not the hospital, it's one doctor."
Could this be the end of Bailey's career? Here's the full synopsis of the episode:
Bailey finds herself at the center of a CDC investigation surrounding the death of several of her patients, as Jackson and the rest of the board members argue over how to address the crisis with the public. Meanwhile, Cristina teases Alex about his unspoken feelings for Jo, and Owen continues to take special care of Ethan as the condition of his parents remains uncertain.
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When You're Fighting Fires At Work, You've Still Got Nothing On This 'Stanger.
A Stout Frame
Beyond the engine, Mark takes a balanced approach to performance and has reworked the chassis and suspension to his specifications. That portion of the development began with a set of Max-Cros subframe connectors, Eibach Pro-Kit springs and Pro dampers. Saleen was called on to provide the caster/camber plates that allow wheel alignment adjustments, as required. BBK upper and lower control arms help keep the rear end in shape, while their sway bars were used to flatten out the car during cornering. The SAAC events that Mark attends do have an emphasis on open track performance and this led him to revise the suspension a second time, in search of even more giggles. A Sean Hyland Motorsports tubular K-member and tubular A-arms replaced the heavier OEM components. Along with that came new Koni adjustable struts and shock absorbers, as well as a Strange Engineering coil-over conversion for the front end. An Optima battery has been relocated into the trunk, courtesy of a Taylor kit.
Responsibility for keeping the 'Whoa' in balance with the 'Go' falls to Pro-Racing and their brake kits. Thirteen-inch slotted rotors in the front are clamped, when needed, by dual piston calipers. The rear binders were also upgraded. Russel stainless-steel braided brake lines are used to maintain a solid feel and consistent response from the hydraulics. Bolted on to those rotors are 17 by 9-inch chromed Cobra R-style rims. BF Goodrich supplied the G-Force KD tires in Cobra-sized, 275/40R17 versions for all four corners. Keeping with the Shelby-inspired theme of the car, Mark replaced the wheels center caps with Shelby versions. Ford Racing supplied the needed pieces to have the rear axle 'built', including 3.73 ratio gears, rear axle girdle and driveshaft safety loop.
Inside the coupe, you'll find that safety is supplemented by a 6-point roll cage and 5-point restraints. When it comes to driver information aids, you'd swear that Mark got used to flying a plane at some time in his past. Auto Meter Lunar series instruments abound. The factory instrument cluster has been replaced with their special version, while a matching Monster tach, boost gauge, oil pressure, nitrous pressure and water temperature gauges keep the data flowing. A ScanGuage ODB-II code scanner, as well as a G-Tech Pro performance meter are present and accounted for. There's not much that's going to get by this driver! Well, that is unless he's listening to the tunes that can be pumped out by his Pioneer DEH-4600MP receiver unit. A pair of MTK Thunder 564 amps pump up the output and feed into JBL speakers in the front, Pioneer 3-ways in the back and a Bose Audio 12" subwoofer with its enclosed box in the trunk.
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There's little doubt that Mark Blankensop loves all things Shelby and he's not afraid to show it. He's added a few more Shelby bits on the exterior, including the quarter window scoops from a 1967 Shelby. The distinctive Banshee SR-71 hood and Ram Air system add a particularly aggressive edge to the car's stance, as does the Team Shinoda front spoiler. If it never rains in California, there's likely even less chance in Nevada, so Mark has replaced the windshield wipers using a delete kit from UPR, who are also responsible for the shortened antenna.
This car owner's enthusiasm is hard to hide... and hard to miss. For Mark Blankensop, his pony has provided a great deal of pleasure and gratification. "I enjoy going to car shows and Shelby American Auto Club meets," he told us. When you're busy fighting fires for a full season, you'd have a lot to look forward to enjoying this and other Mustangs in the cool, verdant meadows.


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New Scientist visits the lab where brains are sliced in search of the underlying mechanisms of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's
FOR 12 years, the man in front of me lived with Parkinson's: he had a stammer; he dragged his left foot. At 79, his mental faculties were slowing - but strangely, he didn't have the tremors we normally associate with the disease.
When I say he is in front of me, what I mean to say is that his central nervous system - his brain and spinal column - is laid out before me. I am in a dissection room at the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London.
Neuropathologist Steve Gentleman rotates the man's brain in his gloved hands. With a scalpel he removes the olfactory bulb at the base - sometimes this is smaller in Parkinson's patients, and if it is, they lose their sense of smell. Gentleman points out a slight thickening in the cranial carotid artery, one of the main blood supplies to the brain. "A bit of atherosclerotic build-up, to be expected in a man of this age."
Next, Gentleman locates a couple of bits of tissue under the brain called the mammillary bodies. Using them as a kind of grid reference, he slices the brain in two with what resembles a large bread knife. It opens like a walnut.
"Straight away I can see that the ventricles are very wide," says Gentleman, who has dissected around 1000 brains in his career. "It is consistent with the long progression of the disease."
In the laboratories around us is a small but valuable bank into which about 900 people have made a deposit - one might say the ultimate deposit. The UK Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Tissue Bank contains more than 100,000 individual samples of frozen brain tissue. Some 9000 people have pledged to donate their central nervous systems when they die. The bodies are returned to families for funerals; even an open casket funeral is possible as the brain and spinal cord are removed from the back.
Neuroscientists from around the world apply to the bank for samples, and if successful, they only have to pay for postage. "There's a growing demand, as animal models aren't mirroring the diseases too well," says David Dexter, director of the bank.
Parkinson's disease affects 1 in 1000 people, and in the over-60s, 1 in 100. Multiple sclerosis on the other hand is more likely in younger adults, affecting between 2 and 150 people per 100,000. Both are debilitating neurodegenerative disorders. Drugs can treat the symptoms but in both cases the underlying trigger is unknown. Damage to the insulating cell sheaths in MS cannot be halted or reversed, nor can the death of dopamine-producing cells that are a hallmark of Parkinson's. "The holy grail is to develop neuroprotection," says Dexter.
That is what Dexter is working towards. In his latest publication, he and colleagues examined brain bank tissue and found that the X chromosome is less active in the brains of people with neurological disorders (Frontiers in Neuroscience, doi.org/j8p). Dexter also wants to look at links between epigenetic factors and disease. These chemical modifications of DNA play an important part in controlling how genes are expressed. From donated brain tissue, Dexter has found that part of the epigenetic modification system can inhibit the tightening of the coils of DNA. This seems to protect against Parkinson's.
"As we live longer, more and more of us are going to be affected," Dexter says. "If you look at the 'normal' brains that come into the bank, about 15 per cent actually aren't normal - they've got early stages of a neurodegenerative disease."
Thirty minutes or so later, Gentleman has finished the dissection. Brain tissue is spread out over the table in neat 10 millimetre slices, like some kind of macabre deli counter. "The convolutions of the brain are like fingerprints - no two are the same," he says. "These were individuals. I still see it as a privilege to dissect them. But I have to have a practical disconnect, and I still have no idea how a pile of fat - a lot of lipid membranes - can represent a person."
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Since 2009 an estimated 2,800 people have died as a result of Boko Haram's insurgency and the military response by the Nigerian government. After a recent spate of killings by security agents, some Maiduguri residents feel this destruction now overshadows the menace of the Islamist sect.
Thirty young men were killed last month and another 40 publicly shot last Thursday by operatives of the Nigerian Joint Task Force (JTF).
"What is happening in Maiduguri is very disturbing and heartbreaking," says a young grains trader, who prefers to remain anonymous. "I lost three cousins in one of these killings. The murderous activities of soldiers and policemen who kill senselessly must be stopped. The thirty young men who were killed last month had no trial to prove their guilt. I swear: if the youths get angry, not even the soldiers can stop them."
Government patience gone
The administration of Goodluck Jonathan has apparently run out of patience with the Islamist sect after repeatedly failing at establishing communication.
"You can't blame the soldiers," says a civil servant from Maiduguri who is spending his annual leave in Jos in the Plateau State. "The government has tried to talk but the sect refuses to come to the dialogue table and they continue to wreck havoc on Nigerians. It's very unfortunate that innocent Nigerians are caught in the crossfire but I'm happy with what the soldiers are doing. I think the use of force is the only option the Nigerian government has."
'Terrorist ties'
"I think the destruction and killings by soldiers in Maiduguri are avoidable," says David Bah, a student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi. "The soldiers are very angry with the residents because they often accommodate and shield the terrorists. If community members cooperate with the soldiers I'm sure some of the extrajudicial killings will be avoided."
"I was born in Gwange area of Miaduguri," says the grains trader who conducts his his work between Bauchi, Gombe and the south of Nigeria. "I don't look forward to going home because almost daily I get phone calls from home about my peers being killed by soldiers. They're supposed to protect us. But if they keep killing us, how can we trust them or even offer help?"
Lack of community cooperation
The effectiveness of counter-terrorism depends largely on the level of cooperation between government forces and local communities. In Maiduguri, the main base for Boko Haram, the JTF is apparently failing to inspire the required confidence and trust among locals. Besides improving the conduct of JTF agents and their intelligence gathering and interagency cooperation, the government must also address general living conditions, many locals say.
"Whether we admit it or not, Boko Haram is a reflection of government's insensitivity to the plight of poor Nigerians," says Sani, a young graduate assistant at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
"The so-called terrorists are poor Nigerians who are tired of poverty, deprivation and the lack of basic social amenities as a result of corruption among government officials. The government and JTF must know that the use of force is very counter-productive in this context because the people are only crying out for a better life. So give it to them instead of killing them."
Taking orders
"One of our profession's key principles is the respect for higher authority," says a young police officer, who prefers to remain anonymous, serving with the Special Task Force in Jos. "Once an order is given, you risk a query or some form of punishment if you disobey. I don't look forward to spilling innocent blood and I'm sure no security agent in his right senses enjoys it. But sometimes as a rank-and-file you don't have any choice than to do what you've been ordered to do."


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DWTS' Cheryl Burke Is Single Again, Shopping New Reality Series
Well, the bad news is, Cheryl Burke is back to being "so single."
The Dancing With the Stars pro told the New York Post she and hockey player Joffrey Lupul had "a fun little summer thing" but nothing came of it and they are now friends. The good news is, that puts Cheryl back in the running to be The Bachelorette, should ABC go for another DWTS/Bachelor Nation crossover. "If they offer it to me," Cheryl said. "I would love to do it."
But The Bachelorette usually tapes when DWTS is airing its spring season. So, if they picked Cheryl, she would probably have to skip a season. It's not unheard of — pros have skipped seasons before — but Cheryl has been with DWTS every season since her debut on Season 2.
Cheryl said it would be nice to take a little break from DWTS, even though she's under contract for several more seasons. Maybe she's like Maksim Chmerkovskiy. He told On the Red Carpet "I'm leaving when my contract expires [at the end of next year]. I think everybody's going to leave then."
Cheryl also revealed that she is shopping her own reality TV series. Her rep told the Post it "won't stray far from her roots." But that sounds like something for after, or at least not in conflict with, her DWTS career.
What do you think about Cheryl's future TV plans? Would you watch her reality TV series? What about Cheryl as The Bachelorette? Or do you only care to see her on DWTS?
Catch a new episode of Dancing With the Stars Season 15: All-Stars on Monday, November 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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Morgan, who was picked by county voters during the November general election, took office on Dec. 1 after Pat Kight made the decision to step down before the end of the year due to health issues. The early transition meant Morgan had to jump in with property tax collection on his very first day.
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Daisy Scouts Bridge to Brownies
Ceremonies mark special Girl Scout events throughout the year. They can celebrate major transitions, such as bridging to another level or getting your Girl Scout pin, commemorate your accomplishment when you earn awards, or simply make the beginning or end of your group's meeting special. We would like to congratulate the young girls in Mahopac, New York Troop #2655 for such an accomplishment. Every Girl Scout in the Troop participated in a special ceremony that enabled the girls to create their own special memories to remember their year as a Daisy Girl Scout. This ceremony bridges them to their next level in the Girl Scout Heart of the Hudson Council as a Brownie.
Troop 2655 just celebrated their bridging ceremony to mark a milestone in the lives of a Girl Scout. It is symbolic of the changing of rank from one level to another. The levels in Girl Scouts are Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors. Advancing from Brownie Girl Scouts to Junior Girl Scouts is called "Flying Up". For all other age levels (Daisy, Junior, Cadette and Senior), it is called Bridging.
The ceremony began from their weekly meeting cabin at the Girl Scout Rockhill Campground. Their leaders (Mrs. Ginger Conlin, Mrs. Elaine Baranowski and Mrs. Sue Bauer) escorted the girls to a clearing in the woods surrounded with family and friends and Brownie Troop #1117. In the clearing is a bridge and "pond" which was actually a mirror surrounded by greenery, artificial flowers and animal seen in the woods and ponds. The girls wore their Daisy uniform and a wreath of Daisies in which they made at a prior meeting.
The story is about a little girl trying to learn how jobs were finished- as if by magic. As the story goes, a wise old owl told her she could find out who the Brownie was by going to a magic pool and looking in the water. What does she see? She sees that she is the Brownie.
Troop 2655 was the asked to: Cross your little fingers, stand upon your toes, That's a bit of magic, every Brownie knows. Now we all are standing in a forest glade, Listen very carefully, see what the magic has made. The new Brownies pretend to knock on a door.
The leader with the troop asks: "Who comes to the Brownie woods?"
Brownies-to-be answer: "We do"
Leader: "What do you want?"
Brownies-to-be: "We want to be Brownie Girl Scouts"
With the co-leaders assistance, the girls were assisted over the bridge alphabetically:
Alexandra Baranowski, Sophia Bauer, Megan Citarella, Olivia Conlin, Miranda Cristofaro, Isabella Eppolito, Brianna Golia, Mackenzie Gordon, Mary McDermott, Samantha Meir, Alexandra Moros and Mackenzie Ryan.
With the assistance of the older Brownie Troop #1117, the girl bridging receives a Brownie vest to wear and the experienced Brownie places the Brownie Pin on the girl who bridged removing each girls pin from a wooden box the Girl Scout made at a prior meeting. The pin was placed on her uniform upside down. The Girl Scout handshake was performed with the leader and she is welcomed to Brownie Girl Scouting by all the spectators: Family, friends, and fellow Girl Scout members. The girls were told the Girl Scout Slogan is "Do a Good Turn Daisy". Go now and do three good turns for your family- one for each part of the Girl Scout Promise. When your good turns are done, have a member of your family turn your pin right side up. This was done for each girl individually.
The girls lined up opposite the older Brownie troop and received a container filled with a heart patch stating "Sister Troop". The girls receive a bag filled with memories from their year in Daisy's from their leaders: a Bridging certificate, a notebook "My Book About Me" filled with pages colored by the scout every week about themselves, a painted frame done by the scout with a photo taken in front of tents during one of a meetings hikes, and a Girl Scout tin filled with Brownie vest insignia : American Flag, Troop Numbers, Brownies Can Do Anything Patch, a Membership Star pin with a blue disc and bridging rainbow patch.
The ceremony ended with Girl Scout Songs and light refreshments for all.
Story written and submitted by Mrs. Elaine Baranowski.
Photographs by Mr. Nick Scafidi, Grandfather of Miranda Cristofaro.
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Katie Holmes makes her much awaited Broadway return alongside Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) in Dead Accounts, a new family comedy written by Theresa Rebeck (the creator of "Smash") and directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien (The Coast of Utopia).
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Jack's (Norbert Leo Butz) unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his sister Lorna (Katie Holmes) needs answers. Is he coming home or running away? Where is his wife everyone hates? And how did he get all that money? Theresa Rebeck's new comedy tackles the timely issues of corporate greed, small town values, and whether or not your family will always welcome you back…with no questions asked.
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Weekly performance schedule November 3-December 2: Mondays at 8:00pm, Tuesdays at 8:00pm, Wednesdays at 2:00pm and 8:00pm, Thursdays at 8:00pm, Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
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'The eruption of the mountain, - or - the horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'
20 of 64 portraits of Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
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'The eruption of the mountain, - or - the horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 July 1794
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- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), Scientist and politician; MP for Wycombe. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
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Discussion in 'Manchester United Forum' started by TheReligion, Jul 21, 2010.
I highly doubt they could afford him.
Because the rumoured interest was a loan, which isn't going to happen. Never been particularly worried about Valencia poaching our best talent.
I can't wait to see how this thread turns out when Hernandez inevitably has his downturn in form. I'm predicting a lot of 180 degree turns with plenty of "I said he wasn't that good anyway"
What are odd comment? It appears are you hoping for a drop of form from him. Inevitable? Says you? I just wonder what really makes you happy....
This is bizarre.
He's got a point though. Lots didn't know what to make of the signing and still were eager for a bigger name. It's not unprecedented that people will turn on a player that has a dip in form after at first showing a lot. Evans is a good example of how he did really well and then has had a poor season and a bit and a lot of people losing faith in him or saying he isn't good enough.
Can only imagine if god forbid Chicha does go through the sophomore slump - not only will the media hounds be after blood but, can be a good bet on here there will be more than a few that will be as well.
"25 goals".
According to a guy on twitter who basically knows everything about Mexican National Team
Hernandez will play in the gold cup and then will not play in the Copa America.
That's a very good news for us and good to see the Mexican NT Coach acting sensibly over it.
United can hold him out of Copa America as Mexico is playing as a guest and isn't a member of CONMEBOL. It's essentially like a friendly where he doesn't have to be released. When the US played in both a couple years ago we took what was essentially a C-team to Copa America because clubs wouldn't let players go for both and our priority was the Gold Cup.
Hernandez will score hundreds of goals for Man Utd
He only has 3 games left to score those 5...
I'm not hopin for a drop in form. But it happens to all players eventually. Whether it lasts a month or 20, it will arise. And when it happens I just winder will all the well wishers still be that. I'm basically questioning fanbois true loyalties.
The fact that people who are fans of particular players are now labelled as "fanbois" by some is quite ridiculous.
Now wouldn't that be a great way to end a season.
I'm not generalising anything. Just implying that the true fans of Hernandez will still back him when hes not playing so well. And the rest will either criticise or merely disappear. I'm glad of the nuthugging in a sense, means he's doing well
I don't see Hernandez getting a lot of flack even if he hits a rough patch. He's not a love/hate figure as Ronaldo was, or a hard-to-love as many found Nani, or even as expensive enigma like Berbatov.
If he's not scoring will be still be giving the team enough to keep his place? Maybe not, but I reckon everyone will still be on his side.
Nice to read that stuff from Neville as well. He adapted fast to us and if he's training like that then it's all good news.
Hope so
Neither are Evans, Carrick, O'Shea, Gibson, and Park. Half the board turns on everyone at least once, whether they deserve it or not. Quite honestly I don't think it'll matter. Playing for Mexico is always going to be the highest-pressure situation for him and he's already proven to handle that. Naysayers during a slump in form aren't going to phase him.
Poor bloke, bet he hasn't got many friends
Thats a girl, JP.
Saving them for Wembley. Cheeky bastard isn't he?
Not in the human world it isn't, it is a sea monster
Should we call for godzilla?
Isn't that a poster in the newbs? You bunch of cnuts.
Promote ASAP.
Dont be mean - she's got Spina Bifida.
Aw. Why stop there instead of making it a full-blown movie poster.
Love this guy. Great debut season. Hopefully he will be here for years to come!
No reason why he shouldn't be after his comment after the game - "best club in the world"
heeeere's chicha!
his interview after the whistle yesterday
Why do the commentators keep calling him Chircharito Hernandez? One or the other, please.
Just Hernandez would be good
Would love it if he starts wearing shirt with Hernandez on the back, not that i am not happy now but still Chicharito still sound a bit weird.
thats brilliant
Where did you get that? It's fantastic.
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With just 16 games left in the season and three new players on the roster, the Vancouver Canucks are in the midst of a chemistry experiment, tinkering with their lines, pairings and power play as they prepare for the playoffs.
The biggest change heading into Tuesday night's battle of division leaders with Dallas comes up front, with newcomer Zack Kassian being promoted to the second line.
Kassian's move up comes at the expense of a struggling Mason Raymond, who drops to the fourth line, and could find himself out of the lineup entirely should the Canucks choose size and grit over his speed and go with either Dale Weise or Byron Bitz, who figures to be called back up from the AHL come playoff time.
"I'm trying to figure out where the pieces go," coach Alain Vigneault said. "We have a short focus on the game, but I'm also keeping a big-picture approach with the pieces and how they best help us move forward to get into the playoffs. I've got an idea, but I don't know. The players are going to decide for me."
Kassian is off to a good start since arriving from Buffalo as a key component to a four-player deadline day deal. The big winger started by showing a physical presence on the fourth line, then made the most of a promotion to the second line during the third period of a 5-3 loss to his ex-Sabres team, scoring once and setting up new linemate David Booth for another as they combined with center Ryan Kesler for two goals and several dominant, often physical, shifts.
"They've got speed, size and skill, and two of three have a little edge," Vigneault said. "If it works out, it's a good line. Our scouts felt really highly that Kassian has the potential to be a top-six forward and get there fairly quick. How long that's going to take, I'm not sure. He obviously caught our attention as far as the skill level and physicality that he can bring. Like any young player, can he maintain it and will it continue? Those are the questions we're going to get answered."
Part of the questioning includes what to do with Raymond, who lost an entire offseason and preseason to broken vertebrae from an awkward hit into the boards during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, and hasn't been able to rediscover his 25-goal form of two seasons ago.
Vigneault stressed patience given all Raymond had to overcome -- both physically and mentally -- and has so far ignored calls to drop him from the lineup altogether for failing to use his considerable wheels to take the puck to the net. Raymond, who has 8 goals, 8 assists and a plus-8 rating in 41 games since returning in early December, remains in the lineup to help a second-unit power play that lost its playmaker when Cody Hodgson was dealt to acquire Kassian, and as a top penalty killer.
"I am trying to do what is best for the team, and at the same time also looking at his challenges," Vigneault said. "I know we are going to need him down the road. We are going to need that 25-goal scorer, but at the same time I have to look at the big picture right now. For now, obviously I am looking at some other people in that second-line spot and we'll see how that goes and how it affects our team."
The other tinkering involves the power play. Marc-Andre Gragnani, who was the other player coming to Vancouver in the trade with Buffalo, is getting an extended look -- perhaps in part because he needs 12 more games this season to avoid becoming a Group 6 unrestricted free agent this summer -- on a first-unit power play ranked third in the NHL, but with just one goal in seven games.
That dry spell helps explain why top-line twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin have one assist combined in the last five games and over the last six weeks have fallen well off the pace that saw them combine to win the last two NHL scoring titles.
"I've got a lot of confidence in the people we use in that situation," Vigneault said, pointing out the number of chances has also dropped significantly. "For whatever reason there doesn't seem to be as many power plays as there was before, and considering the fact we've played a lot of games in a short amount of time we haven't been able to spend a lot of time in practice working on it, which keeps our execution and momentum good. We have a pretty good month to practice it."
That includes 11 games in March -- and 13 of the last 18 overall -- at home.
That's plenty of time to practice -- and to tinker – before playoffs.


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While they wouldn't be in the same boxing weight class, George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte square off in the third-season premiere of Spike's "Deadliest Warrior" on Wednesday, July 20.
"I find it fascinating to see great warriors who go on to become great generals," says new show host Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL.
"Deadliest Warrior" tests the weapons available to the two larger-than-life (figuratively, in Napoleon's case) military leaders -- from cannons to muskets to swords -- looks at their different leadership styles and tactics and then examines their most famous battles.
All of those factors are assigned a numerical value and fed into a specialized computer program to see which general has the combat advantage.
Machowicz has his own idea of what gives a warrior his edge.
"Discipline is what makes the difference on the battlefield," he tells Zap2it. "Discipline over your fear; discipline in the moment, not over-committing, not putting yourself or your troops in a bad position. Washington is incredibly disciplined.
"This is going to be a fantastic first match-up, when you're looking at Washington vs. Napoleon. They're two great generals, very different guys. They produced very different results."
After all, Washington became a president who knew when to walk away, but Napoleon became an emperor who was ultimately taken away.
"You see the whole picture," says Machowicz, "and that's the challenge. When you look at a person's life, especially like Washington, it's interesting to see his journey as a man and as a warrior, as a general and as a leader, the values that he brought to it, the love that his men had for him. It's incredible."
Season three also features the show's first female warrior, Joan of Arc, and its first fantasy match-up, "Zombies vs. Vampires."
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The goal of the Prosperity Expo was for Rwanda to expose its goods and also to acquire knowledge from the foreign exhibitors, Mr Christophe Bazivamo, Vice Chairperson, Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) has said. Mr Bazivamo made the remarks during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Prosperity Expo at Gikondo Expo Grounds yesterday. The expo started on December 7.
He said, "You should copy from them (foreign exhibitor) because we cannot always be dependent. We have to aim for development as a nation."
The 12-day expo was among the activities that have been carried out over the months throughout the country to mark the 25 years of RPF. The expo provided entertainment for the old and young and there was also a lot to learn. There were 250 exhibitors and the organizers reported a turn up of 20,000 people.
According to Ms Rosette Rugamba, co-ordinator of the expo, that was a low turn up considering the fact that the last expos pulled bigger numbers.
She explains, "People got to know in the last days before the expo started and when it had already started."
Because the public learnt about it a bit late, she says they were asking for an extension; however, time couldn't allow them to do so.
The exhibitors blamed the low turn up on the different timing from the usual. For those that have always come here for international fairs, say they (fairs) have always been in August rather than December. December is a month where people are planning for holidays and the exhibition is the last thing in their plans.
The exhibitors came from Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia.
However, there was a smooth running of the expo, which Rugamba says its because of the peace and stability.
Mr Hannington Namara, CEO Private Sector Foundation, said before any expo/fair is done, as the organizers they have to be careful. And for each day that passes, they have a check list of all the things that could hinder the ongoing expo.
He encouraged the business people not to stop doing business at the expo but also continue interacting after the closure. He advised, "The closure of the expo doesn't mean business should end there."
During the expo, various businesses that performed well were given awards and certificates of appreciation in different categories. These included, Retail and distribution - Braliwa brewery, Handcraft- Craft Africa, Agri Business- Pedro's Café, Hospitality- Rwanda Tourism University College, Financial services- Bank of Kigali, Manufacturing and equipment- Mutara Enterprises, Best foreign exhibitor - Fubisun Malaysia.


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We will defeat terrorists, Bashir Billor
Peshawar: giving our view on war against terrorism, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Provincial Minister Bashir Ahmad Billor said on Friday that the security forces clear 40% area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from terrorists, and we continue fight against these terrorist.
He expressed these views when he was talking with the journalist in Peshawar Press Club.
He said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province people are familiar of these bombing, and this is not new for them and they are struggling to win this fight from terrorist.
Billor said that we negotiated with terrorists for peace and accepts there all demands but they had refused to accept the government writ. So the government decides to start operation and fight against them and the day will come when the government will successful to defeat them.
He appreciates the media role in war against terrorism and said that journalists gave a lot of sacrifices for this land in this war.
Bashir said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was first produced electricity but now in Karak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa District) Oil and Gas reserves are also discovered and on daily basis 40 thousand barrels of oil produce from these reserves.
The government increase 10% royalties amount from 5% in respect of oil and gas in district Karak, and it can eliminate the poverty in this area, he added.


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Widespread smuggling and utter manipulation of customs rules are costing Uganda trillions of shillings, a new report points out. Titled, Hiding in plain sight; trade mis-invoicing and the impact of revenue loss 2002-2011, the survey looks at illicit financial flows in five countries - Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique. Global Financial Integrity (GFI), an American-based research firm, carried out the survey released recently.
According to the report, "trade mis-invoicing due to import over-invoicing in Uganda increased significantly from 2002 to 2011 and could undermine the benefits of future oil sales if left unchecked."
The report noted that the average annual value of trade mis-invoicing during this period was $884 million, and that government might have missed out on $243m each year on average in tax revenue.
The study points out that when goods are brought into the country at highly inflated prices it leads to import overinvoicing. This practice is usually driven by a desire to manipulate foreign exchange controls, escape corporate income taxes, and accumulate money in tax havens abroad. The report places tax lost from trade mis-invoicing at 12.7 per cent of Uganda's total government revenue, the highest among the countries studied.
"Uganda has the smallest amount of trade, but the largest percentage thereof flowing out through trade mis-invoicing -18.2 per cent - on average over the full 10-year period [surveyed]," says the study.
It adds that "Illicit financial flows of this form are particularly insidious, as they deprive both the government of revenue and the economy of needed capital and suggest that Uganda faces a serious and pressing issue with trade mis-invoicing."
Illicit outflows from Uganda through import over-invoicing have been steadily increasing from $275m in 2002 to $1.75bn in 2012, the study says. This amount is almost equivalent to the money received from donors.
The study shows that while Uganda got $14.19bn in foreign aid between 2002 and 2011, about 70 per cent ($8.31bn) of this money went back in illicit flows. The money that left Uganda, the study says, represents both a loss of capital that could have otherwise been used for development as well as a substantial loss in tax revenue.
"Illicit outflows are significantly hindering development efforts in the country."
Since Uganda is a landlocked country, smuggling across its borders remains the largest source of capital flight, rather than the misinvoicing of trade at ports as in the other countries, the report notes.
Recently, Allen Kagina, the Commissioner General at Uganda Revenue Authority, said the country was losing hefty sums of money to corporate companies through such manipulations. She particularly singled out the fact that many companies were using subsidiaries or branches in countries like Uganda to dodge taxes.
"With the digital economy today, with the means that require no physical presence, multinational organizations can shift their profits to tax havens where they don't pay or pay 'little' taxes," Kagina said. "The oil and gas industry is entirely dominated by multinationals. It's critical to get information from where they are residents."
URA continues to train its staff on how to understand the mechanisms of transfer pricing in order to tax multinational companies that might have tendencies of evading tax.
Oil escalated fraud
GFI President Raymond Baker said: "the consequences are simply devastating. The capital-drained from trade mis-invoicing means that local businesses in Uganda and Tanzania have less money to grow their companies and hire more workers." The study observes that as Uganda moves ahead to develop its extractive industries, there might be increased manipulation of tax invoices and fraud.
"Laying effective, efficient groundwork now is necessary for a robust and efficient regulatory regime in the future," the study advised.
Kagina said that as the oil and gas industry attracts bigger companies, with huge amounts of money and experienced staff, they could operate with effortless sophistication. Consequently, the host country could lose more money in tax evasions.
Uganda has so far discovered 3.5 billion barrels of oil from just 40 per cent of the area expected to hold hydrocarbons. The government estimates that the value of Uganda's oil is $150bn, which is more than seven times the current size of the economy.
Uganda's tax-to-GDP ratio remains the lowest in the region - at just 12 per cent, compared to Kenya, which is at about 19 per cent, placing further pressure on the government to borrow more money or run to donors to beg for funds.
"It is deeply disconcerting that illicit financial flows are taking such a serious toll on the economies of Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda," noted Mogens
Jensen, Danish minister for Trade and Development Cooperation. The ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark funded the study.


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The Best and Worst States to Raise Your Kids: Does Yours Make the List?
Say what you will about the Snooki's crew and their table-flipping neighbors — it turns out New Jersey is the best state to raise children. And yes, we're totally serious.
The Foundation For Child Development released its annual Child Well Being Index (CWI), a report rating states in as many of the seven domains that the CWI considers relevant factors, such as family economic well-being, health, education attainment, and social relationships.
So which states joined Jersey as the best of all 50? The top six that had the highest child well-being scores were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Utah, Connecticut, Minnesota, and, of course, Jersey baby!
Now for the not-so-great news: The lowest scoring states were Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nevada, and Arizona.
Coming in at 50th out of all 50 states was New Mexico — it might have delicious food and gorgeous landscape, but its kiddo conditions showed it coming in dead last. And while the South may rise again, we're still waiting on that. After all, the data showed that the states in the South and Southwest did poorly when it came to overall ranking, while the North and Northeast proved to have pretty awesome scores.
Despite the rankings, it should be noted that 33 out of 50 states showed improved child well being in past years, so things are looking up across the country for our kids, although Connecticut, South Dakota, Kansas, and Maine deteriorated a bit during the same timeframe.
Source: Foundation For Child Development
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