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WORCESTER, Mass. - Holy Cross senior softball player Mandy Correale (Peabody, Mass.) has been selected as a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award announced today. Thirty NCAA softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were named as candidates for the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be a NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence; classroom, character, community and competition.
Correale led last year's Crusaders on the field at third base, starting in 46 games, and in the batter's box with a .265 batting average. She was named to the 2009 All-Patriot League second team at third base and to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I team. Active in the Holy Cross community, Correale serves on the Executive Board of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and volunteers with Best Buddies.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four C's of classroom, character, community and competition.
This marks the fourth year for the softball division of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. University of Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson received the award for the 2009 season and Virginia Tech pitcher Angela Tincher took home the 2008 honor. In 2007, University of Arizona outfielder Caitlin Lowe won the inaugural softball award.
Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award winner at the NCAA Women's College World Series in June.
Check out Correale's profile and view other candidates at www.seniorclassaward.com.
The 2010 Crusaders are set to kick off the season on March 1 at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla.


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The reviews for "X-Men: The Official Game" and "The Da Vinci Code" should be in tomorrow's paper. Two stars … combined.
Next up should be "Jaws Unleashed," where players take control of the monster Great White shark and choose to either follow missions or cause general mayhem, a la "Grand Theft Auto." You can do stuff like capsize boats and chew on divers and swimmers to your black heart's delight. The most intriguing (or disturbing) feature of the game is the "dismemberment engine," which basically means you can realistically tear things — and people — apart, piece by piece. Not one for the children.
The game was put together by the same people who created the old "Ecco the Dolphin" series, so I'm geeked about seeing some well-done underwater environments and shark movement.
And not to sound morbid, but I want to see the dismemberment engine in action. Given the fact that shark attacks and maulings really do happen (there was a bear mauling in Ohio today), this game mechanic is bound to make a few people angry. We'll have to wait and see.


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Canada welcomes medical tourists
Stacey Vanek Smith
Nov 28, 2007 Canada is getting in on U.S. "medical tourism," making it easier for Americans looking for more affordable health care to visit the country for treatment. Stacey Vanek-Smith looks into the trend's growing profitability.
Seedy workings in U.S. farm subsidies
Nov 19, 2007 Canada and Brazil are asking the World Trade Organization to look into whether the U.S. is violating international law by giving too much in subsidies to its farmers. Paul Brandus has more.
Some still pass on passport
Jeremy Hobson
Oct 1, 2007 A new passport rule goes into effect today for Americans -- they'll need a passport from now on to travel to Canada or Mexico. But Jeremy Hobson reports that some people still need to get their hands on one.
Dollar's drop falls both ways
Alisa Roth
Sep 21, 2007 With the dollar weakening against the euro, trips across the pond are even more expensive than they were. North of the border it's another story. We asked Alisa Roth if she could find folks who are feeling the pinch -- and finding a good fit.
U.S. dollar drops to loonie level
Sep 19, 2007 The U.S. greenback is within a penny of the Canadian dollar -- something that hasn't happened in decades. Alison Myers reports that it could mean a lift for American retailers.
Long commute home for Canadian oil worker
Sep 22, 2011 Most of Canada's crude oil is out west, in the oilsands of Alberta. Thirty-thousand people work there. Blair Ghent lives in Newfoundland, on the other side of the country. He makes the long commute alone, but he's not the only one dealing with the hardship. Chris Brookes brings us the story of this Canadian oil worker.
Don't pass Go, don't collect 200 yuan
Tess Vigeland
Sep 1, 2007 Foreign investors have been bullish on the billion-strong Chinese market, but passage of a new anti-monopoly law may cool things down a bit. China bureau chief Scott Tong talks with Tess Vigeland about the scope of the law.
Few takers for Vietnam's visa offer
Sep 1, 2007 Vietnam is offering five-year visas to countrymen who live abroad. But many potential applicants fled the country after the war, and anti-communist sentiment is still very high. Jordan Davis reports.
A working tribute to Diana
Stephen Beard
Sep 1, 2007 Politicians, pop stars and royalty from around world will descend on London today for a memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. But one shopkeeper pays a small tribute to the People's Princess every day. Stephen Beard has his story.
Should Mexican truckers hit the road?
Scott Jagow
Sep 1, 2007 Right now Mexican trucks can only travel about 25 miles inside the U.S. The Bush administration and many companies on both sides of the border want to lift that limit, but you might be surprised who isn't on board.


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Last week-wow that Utopian time when I had all the accouterments of civilization seems a long time ago!-we had done a piece that argued that Obama was not a slight but a big favorite for this Tuesday. I had gotten the impetus for it in part by Sam Wang, no doubt that has had him for at least a 90% favorite for the last few weeks.
This last week, however, has given considerably more breadth to this point-though, of course, I've largely missed this week. The good news today is that the Baldwin Public Library is finally up and running again so I actually will have much more regular access to the Internet even though we're still living in the dark ages at home.
Overall, it's been a good week for the President. He's responded very well to our national disaster as even detractors like Chris Christy and Donald Trump admit.
Trump kind of cut Romney off at the knees by making this comment:
"Even Republican supporter and billionaire Donald Trump told CNBC's "Closing Bell"
Thursday that the hurricane may have shifted the momentum towards
"I think it would have absolutely been Mitt Romney except for
the Hurricane," Trump said of Tuesday's election. "I think the Hurricane has had
a profound effect and it's going to help President Obama a lot."
Romney's been mostly pushed into assuring us that he loves Fema he really does, and he always has-he never suggested anything like cutting their funding or that they are a fiscal drag on the economy.
Just like he never called for Detroit to go bankrupt: he advocated what the President had exactly-only better. Even if even the conservative Detroit Press doesn't see it this way.
"Don't assume that it was a no-brainer for a conservative newspaper to endorse a
conservative presidential candidate. We recognize and are grateful for the
extraordinary contribution President Obama made to Michigan in leading the
rescue of General Motors and Chrysler… "
"We have said in past editorials that
while Romney rightly advocated for structured bankruptcies in his infamous "Let
Detroit Go Bankrupt" New York Times op-ed, he was wrong in suggesting the
automakers could have found operating capital in the private markets. In that
article, Romney suggested government-backed loans to keep the companies afloat
post bankruptcy. But what GM and Chrysler needed were bridge loans to get them
through the process, and the private credit markets were unwilling to provide
"Had Obama done as well with the rest of the economy, it would be
hard to deny him a second term."
It doesn't get more damning for Romney's strained Michigan narrative than this supposed endorsement-that does much more harm than good coming from a conservative newspaper which would have endorsed him no matter what. Are you listening Governor? They needed bridge loans and the private markets were not available for them.
This week has seen Obama's probability of winning the electoral college at Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight Forecast rise from 73% to almost 84% in the last 3 days. At this point Silver's forecast is closing in on Sam Wang's at the Princeton Consortium.
As Nate says, at this point, the only thing a Romney supporter can hang their hat on is that there is some systematic bias for Obama on the part of all the myriad, various state polls from different groups.
"President Obama is now better than a 4-in-5 favorite to win the Electoral College, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast. His chances of winning it increased to 83.7 percent on Friday, his highest figure since the Denver debate and improved from 80.8 percent on Thursday."
At 83.7%, the President has now made up virtually all the ground he had lost in the post-
Denver debate gains of Romney-that topped out on October 12, when the President saw his odds drop to 60% according the FiveThirtyEight.
"Friday's polling should make it easy to discern why Mr. Obama has the Electoral College advantage. There were 22 polls of swing states published Friday. Of these, Mr. Obama led in 19 polls, and two showed a tie. Mitt Romney led in just one of the surveys, a Mason-Dixon poll of Florida."
Even in that poll, while it showed Romney leading in Florida by 6, it's a total outlier-as both Maris and Ipsos showed the President actually leading in Florida by 2 points in each poll. Maris also showed Obama up by 6 in Ohio.
So Nate is moving closer to Sam. And we have Nate's awesome challenge to Joe Scarborough this week for a bet on who wins Tuesday. Sam however wasn't about to be bested by Nate even here. He's now promised to eat a really big bug on camera if Obama loses Ohio, PA, or Minnesota.
God, I love the "twilight of the horse race pundit elites."
Don't get me wrong. I like horse races as Josh Marshall says he does. Yet, the beauty of the rise of poll analysts like Silver and Wang is it drives the pundit class crazy-and the Republican party. The pundits have lost their perch as the fount of received wisdom on what's going to happen election day. With the scientific approach of the analysts we can make an end run around the noise. In the past, we would have kind of been at the mercy of the media narrative that Romney continued to enjoy some earth shattering "momentum" 3 weeks after Denver.
However, the poll analyses show us that in fact Romney's bounce ended on October 12. The pundits are kind of reduced to what they really are-spectators. Spectators with sometimes interesting opinions or analysis-but certainly there's nothing scientific about the way they cover elections.
In the future we won't be at their mercy so much-and the GOP will have less ability to high jack the media narrative-as the polls can tell us where things really stand.


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Quirk Books' president pairs the irreverent and entertaining with a dead-serious (though somewhat unorthodox) business model and brand.August 2009 By James Sturdivant
"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" was the brainchild of Jason Rekulak, editorial director at Quirk Books, a small publisher headquartered along a genteel block in the Old City section of Philadelphia. "We thought it was hilarious," recalls company President and Publisher David Borgenicht. "I was a little uncertain as to whether it would find a market, who it would appeal to, but we all agreed the idea was too crazy not to try it."
Combining a Jane Austen classic with schlock horror may be unpalatable to some, but such unorthodox pairings have proven a recipe for success at Quirk Books, which has also gained notice for an unconventional sales and licensing strategy designed to put its books, in the words of Borgenicht, "in the world at large."
"I think it's the attitude that the books we create need to be as compelling as iPhones," he says. "If you are thinking about books that are going to sell in places other than bookstores, then you are not just competing with other books. You are competing with t-shirts and fart makers and candlesticks and music and DVDs and all these things."
In an era of platform-neutral thinking, the most radical notion Quirk brings to the table is not that of dropping zombies into classic fiction. It's seeing the printed book itself as central to a business model. If conventional books are like letters, nice to have, but losing ground to electronic delivery, then Quirk books are like singing telegrams—flashy, attention-grabbing and irreplaceable.


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Murray scores two goals to lead Broncos to victory.
BOISE, Idaho (9/11/09) - Jayne Murray scored two goals for Boise State in a dominating Bronco victory over the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the second match of the Holiday Inn Classic Friday evening in Boise. The Broncos outshot the Lady Lions 30-1 during the match and 15-0 in shots on goal as Boise State repeatedly forced the action into the UAPB defensive third throughout the contest. Joining Murray on the score sheet for the Broncos were Shannon Saxton and Erica Parks as Boise State recorded its first shutout of the 2009 campaign.
Boise State took an early lead in the third minute when Maureen Fitzgerald won a 50/50 ball at midfield then played a through ball to Shannon Saxton. The junior from Beaverton, Ore., broke free on a fast break with the keeper sending a low shot off the far left post into goal for the 1-0 Bronco advantage.
Jayne Murray extended the Boise State lead two minutes after entering the match. Erica Parks drove down the right flank in the 33rd minute when she crossed the ball to Murray at the top of the Lions' 18-yard box. Murray took a step then fired the ball from 18 yards out that deflected off the far left post into goal for her first career goal and a 2-0 Boise State lead.
The third Bronco score came on a penalty kick in the 55th minute. The PK was setup when Boise State charged down the center of the field with Parks attacking into the penalty box. As Parks tried to make a move towards goal she was fouled by a defender. The freshman from Nampa, Idaho, stepped up for the penalty kick sending it uncontested into the right side of the net to give the Broncos an 3-0 lead early in the final period.
Murray scored her second goal of the match in the 70th minute to give the Broncos a four goal advantage. Erica Parks started the play by driving to the right end line where she turned crossing the ball into the six-yard box. Murray headed a shot at goal where it deflected of the keeper back to Murray who volleyed the rebound back into goal from three yards out for the final 4-0 Boise State victory margin.
During the match Boise State had numerous chances to extend their lead hitting the wood work three more times and had a final fifth goal by Malia Hendrix in the 87th minute called off for an off sides violation.
On the day 20 Broncos saw action in the match. Redshirt freshman Megan Blanchard came in as goalkeeper for the first time in her career in the 64th minute and faced the only shot taken by the Lady Lions during the game. The Broncos held UAPB without a shot in the match until the 80th minute. Liz Ruiz started in goal for Boise State and picked up her second win of the season.
The victory improves Boise State to 4-3-0 overall with a match against the University of Northern Colorado on the slate for 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Boise at the Boas Tennis and Soccer Complex. UAPB fell to 2-2-2 on the season with the loss. The University of Northern Colorado (3-2-0) defeated the University of Idaho 1-0 in the first match of the Holiday Inn Classic, Idaho fell to 3-3-0 with the loss. Idaho will play UAPB at 11:00 a.m. in the third match of the classic on Sunday morning prior to the Boise State-Northern Colorado match.
Final Game Summary
Holiday Inn Classic (09/11/09 at Boise, Idaho)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2-2-2) vs. Boise State (4-3-0)
Date: 09/11/09 Attendance: 397
Weather: Low 90's, sunny w/breeze
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Arkansas-Pine Bluff. 0 0 - 0
Boise State......... 2 2 - 4
1. 2:39 BSU Saxton, Shannon (4) (Fitzgerald, Maureen) - Fast break one-v-one low shot to left post.
2. 32:49 BSU Murray, Jayne (1) (Parks, Erica) - Scored off cross from 19 yds
3. 54:32 BSU Parks, Erica (3) Penalty kick
4. 70:13 BSU Murray, Jayne (2) (unassisted) - socred off rebound off keeper from 4 yds
Shots: UAPB 1, BSU 30
Shots on Goal: UAPB 0, BSU 15
Saves: UAPB 11 (KLEIN,Chelsea 6; LAYPOOLE,Bre-Ann 4;
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Flo Rida's manager gets booted from NBA game in GIF form
Justin Bieber wasn't the only person to cause a stir at game 7 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers. Flo Rida also made headlines when his manager, who goes by the name Lee "Freezy" Prince, was asked to leave the game.
It seems Prince got a little too excited during a shoving match between the Pacers' Jeff Pendergraph and Miami's Norris Cole. Both players were ejected from the game, but not before "Freezy" exchanged some words with Pendergraph near Indiana's bench.
When Prince wouldn't calm down, arena security asked him to leave and Flo Rida actually sided with them, according to reporter Craig Sager. He says Flo told Prince, "You're my manager, but you've got to get out of here now."
Naturally, "Freezy" had some words about his ejection. When emailed about the situation by MTV, he replies, "The feeling of the Miami Heat win became too much for them, so when they got physical I got vocal."
Miami won the game, though it's not clear how much the basketball actually matters at this point. After all, Bieber didn't seem too impressed and if he doesn't care, so goes the world.
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The Supreme Court has upheld the appeal by the suspected assailant of the former Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora akunyili, Jude Ugwu.
A seven-man panel of the court presided over by Justice Datijo Mohammed upheld Ugwu's case that there was no enough evidence linking him with the crime.
Ugwu alias "Agada" and four others were charged before an Abuja High Court for attempted murder of Akunyili in Anambra State in 2003 when she was the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
According to the charge, a bullet tore through her headgear when the accused persons fired at her car.(Track up), but Ugwu subsequently challenged the competence of the charge against him.


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- One of the following items may be carried in lieu of one suitcase so long as carriage is in accordance with other policies herein: boogie board, bowling equipment, fishing equipment, hockey/lacrosse sticks, golfing equipment, oars, scuba-diving bag, skiing/snowboard equipment, shooting equipment, or a second wheelchair.
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- An infant or child-safety seat. For use on-board please see "Wheelchairs & Other Assistance-Related Devices" for requirements.
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- For each ticketed customer, Cape Air will transport, subject to available space and additional fees up to two (2) additional bags per passenger.
- Any checked bag, gate checked bag or personal item that causes a passenger to exceed the standard baggage allowance in number, size or weight, but which is not overweight/oversized, will be transported as excess baggage.
All excess baggage is carried on a space available basis and is subject to an additional charge. Any bag that is excess because it exceeds the number of bags permitted as standard bag allowance and/or the weight or size will be subject to cumulative excess charges. Additional or different charges may apply when levied by a partner airline through interline, code share or other airline partner agreements.
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For Transport in the Cessna 402 and Britten Norman Islander: Bicycles, surfboards, canoes, kayaks and other such large pieces of sporting equipment exceed the capacity of the compartments and are not accepted for transport. For large boxes or other large items, it is best to consult a reservations representative when booking your flight regarding the maximum limitations or additional charges that may apply based on the aircraft, the region, or pursuant to code share agreements.
For Transport in the 46-Passenger ATR42: Compartments may accommodate more unusually shaped objects, but it is best for the transport of bicycles, surfboards, large boxes or other such pieces to consult a reservations representative when booking your flight regarding the maximum limitations or additional charges that my apply based on the aircraft, the region, or pursuant to code share agreements.
Other Special Items for carriage in the Cessna 402 and Britten Norman Islander: One of each of the below items will be accepted free of charge in lieu of one checked bag under the standard baggage allowance. If space limitations apply, this item or another piece of the customer's baggage may be required to travel as space is available. For travel pursuant to interline or codeshare agreements, a more stringent policy may apply:
- Golf equipment of typical size (76 – 81 linear inches)
- Scuba equipment consisting of empty scuba tanks and dive gear
- Skis and snowboards of typical size (62 – 71 linear inches)
Additional seasonal or route-specific baggage restrictions, or "embargoes," may also apply depending upon the aircraft size and/or the code share partner policy in place at any point in time.
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For Transport in the 9-Passenger Cessna 402 and Britten Normal Islander: It is not permissible to transport cabin baggage in any aircraft by strapping the item to a passenger seat.
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However, I felt it was lacking. The original version was supposed to come with a mini drone tank, and I really wanted to give that back to ol' Cobra Commander. I also noticed after prying off his mask that Hasbro actually went to the trouble of sculpting a face underneath the mask even though nobody would see it and it was clear the mask wasn't meant to be removed. The face wasn't painted of course, it was just the same black as the rest of the head. I wanted to rectify this.
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To give him his tank I took one that came as an accessory to a previous G.I. Joe figure from the Rise of Cobra line. I painted it completely with flat black, then drybrushed silver over it, and finally painted it with clear red. The silver underneath the clear red gives it a mettalic look that matches the original tank that was supposed to come with this version of the Commander and matches his chestplate. I also painted the missile that came with it flat black with a silver drybrush. Then I wanted to give the tank treads realistic wear so I drybrushed some Testors leather and sand over them.
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Windhoek — Absa is realigning its Namibian operations to concentrate on the sales and service elements of its corporate office in the country. However, the re-alignment would affect five of its employees in Windhoek.
"A total of five local employees will be impacted while we increase the roles in the sales function, and make other internal changes in resourcing. However, measures have been put in place for the impacted colleagues to consider other opportunities within the group. Absa will continue to put every effort in ensuring the best outcomes for colleagues in every situation," the company said in a statement this week.
The re-alignment will see a new operating model being implemented effective from January next year, which will result in a change in resourcing needs as the bank concentrates on the sales and service elements of the Absa strategy.
"The re-alignment of our operating model will benefit our existing and prospective customers and clients in Namibia. The changes we have announced today are aimed at increasing our capacity to serve them with agility and the level of excellence that they have known for some time now," the company announced.
Absa and the main shareholder, the United Kingdom's Barclays, announced a fortnight ago that they have put off plans to acquire shares in Bank Windhoek. "Given that the potential acquisition in Namibia has now been postponed, it has been decided to realign the business with the wider operating model associated with the Africa strategy," Absa said in the statement.
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Close encounter with Peking opera masters
Hong Kong audiences can expect a close encounter with the artists when they get tickets for the experimental Peking opera "King Chu Bidding Farewell to His Concubine".
Four renowned Peking opera performers, Chen Lincang, Shi Hongmei, Shu Tong and Wang Xiaoyan will soon perform in the Studio Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The performances will be held at 7.30pm, from September 24 to 27 (Wednesday to Saturday).
Shu and Wang will lead the cast on September 24 and 26 while Chen and Shi will perform in the other two performances. The Peking opera, produced by the Beijing Arts Creative Centre, is directed by Lin Zhaohua and written by Chen Yaxian. Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese and English surtitles will be available for each performance.
The opera tells the story of Xiang Yu, King of Chu, and his beloved concubine. Told by the historian-narrator Fan Zeng, it chronicles the battle between the kingdoms of Chu and Han. Xiang and his 800,000 men were ambushed at the mountain-hold of Gaxia by the Han army led by Liu Bang and his general Han Xin. Provisions were getting low and Xiang's troops were greatly diminished.
Xiang was at a loss as to what to do. One night, he heard the Han soldiers singing a Chu song and thought that the Han must have vanquished Chu land to have learned such a song. Crestfallen, he returned to his camp and sang a song of woe to his favourite concubine, Lady Yu, who consoled him with the words that "victory and defeat are both in the life of a soldier", and that there was no reason to be despondent.
But the narrator, Fan, reminded Xiang what a fatal mistake he had made when, at a state banquet years before, instead of seizing the chance to get rid of Liu, he had ordered Lady Yu to sing and dance for him. Xiang, showing his true noble spirit, disagreed, saying, "It should only be on the battlefield that Liu be killed."
Lady Yu performed her last sword dance in the marshalling camp of the King of Chu. She sang and danced to the accompaniment of drums, and expressed her love for her great King before she drew the sword and killed herself.
Liu and Han succeeded in forcing through the Chu defence line. Xiang could only flee. When he and his horse came to Wujiang River, there was no escape. The keeper invited Xiang to get into his boat, but Xiang's faithful steed suddenly jumped into the river, determined not to return home in shame. Xiang turned and shouted to the Han soldiers in close pursuit to come and take his head. But no one dared to come forward. Xiang laughed loud and long, then pulled his sword and cut his throat.
It was only after Xiang was gone that Liu and his generals dared to enter his camp. They stopped short because there they came upon Xiang's spear, coming out of the ground, upright and rigid, as if daring them to touch it. Several people tried to pull it loose, but they could not budge it. The mighty kingdom of Chu was gone, together with its mighty king.
Under the management of the Beijing Municipal Cultural Bureau, the Beijing Arts Creative Centre is responsible for the production of large-scale arts projects. The centre joined up with the Peking Opera Theatre of Beijing to present the first experimental Peking Opera, "What is Done Can't be Undone". It also participated in planning the Kunqu musical, "The Royal Concubine Sails East", the Ping Opera "As Zhang Damin Happily Rattles On" and Kunqu Operatic Theatre, "The Peony Pavilion: A Spoiled Romance".
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, tickets priced at $180 and $140 are now available at all URBTIX outlets. Half-price concessions will be granted to senior citizens, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited student and CSSA tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis). A 10% discount is also available for Friends of Leisure and Cultural Services performing venues. There will also be various ticketing concessions: 10% discount for every purchase of four to nine tickets, 15% for 10 to 19 tickets and 20% for 20 tickets or more; 10% discount for each purchase of "King Chu Bidding Farewell to his Concubine" and "Regional Operatic Arts Theatre of Hubei Province" or 15% discount for each purchase of three or more performances, including "King Chu Bidding Farewell to his Concubine" and "Regional Operatic Arts Theatre of Hubei Province". Patrons can receive only one of the above discounts for each purchase.
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After parents and friends "browbeat" them about where to apply, what really influenced their decision about where to go?
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Fatigue occurs when muscles become weaker with repeated or intense exercise, or as a result of an illness.
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Muscle-fibre cells contract when calcium ions are released inside them, under the control of ion channels called ryanodine receptors.
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An aerial view of the NSA's Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, June 6, 2013. The government is secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect such records, but critics are calling it a huge over-reach. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday, a demonstration of the international scope of America's top-secret espionage program.
The Guardian said it had seen documents showing how the British signals intelligence agency GCHQ has had access to America's "PRISM" electronic eavesdropping system since at least June 2010, adding that the data had generated nearly 200 intelligence reports over the past year.
GCHQ declined to comment on the story Friday, saying only that it takes its legal obligations "very seriously."
The Guardian said evidence for GCHQ's involvement came from the same 41-page Powerpoint presentation cited Thursday by both that paper and The Washington Post as the basis for their reports on PRISM, a heretofore-unknown eavesdropping program used to collect emails, documents, audio, video, and other data from major Internet companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple.
While PRISM is theoretically targeted at data belonging to foreigners on foreign soil, the Post said that the spies merely have to believe there's a better than even chance that the target is foreign before scooping up its data. The paper also cited training material as saying that inadvertently spying on Americans was "nothing to worry about."
It's not clear whether British officials would be subject to the same restrictions with respect to their own citizens, and the traditionally close links between GCHQ and the NSA have already worried some in the U.K. who fear that British spies may be eavesdropping on their own citizens through American espionage programs.
"The U.K. government must tell us what they knew about PRISM," said Jim Killock, who directs the London-based Open Rights Group. In a statement released earlier Friday, Killock called for an investigation into "whether the U.K. government or intelligence agencies were in any way involved with any related invasion of U.K. citizens' privacy."
More information: The report: www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism
GCHQ: www.gchq.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx
Open Rights Group: www.openrightsgroup.org
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NOTE - this rom is obsolete - please use my cm10.2 rom instead.
md5sum ecb9fe6d8c554ffe0ec29fe24ad5fa98
see the KonstaT page for gapps.
- you will need >196MB in /system to flash this rom (my .au Optus v9 has 220MB), and initial boot will take ~5mins
- this ROM is for the resistive screen V9's only. capacative V9c touch screens don't work.
- in general cm10.1 is bigger and maybe a little bit slower than cm7 but it has more shiny features, so you pays yer money and takes yer choice. there is also my cm10 rom which is somewhere in between.
everything seems to work. specifically all those listed on KonstaT's page.
AFAICT the only thing that's regressed from cm7 on V9 is
- multi-touch (pinch to zoom) emulation from cm7 makes the default browser go crazy on cm10.1, so it's disabled
known issues specific to this ROM
- pre-surfaceflinger boot animation is wrong aspect and off centre
- ElectronBeam power-on animation doesn't work (power-off does)
known issues from upstream (AOSP or CM or KonstaT or ZTE or ...)
- AOSP keyboard gesture typing doesn't (won't ever?) work on armv6 devices
- the voice search app works but perhaps not in the way it's supposed to (something armv7-only again)
- no movie preview images
- bluetooth scanning works but is unreliable
- livewallpapers don't work
suggestions and patches are welcome for all the above issues!!
ah, bluetooth. sigh. there goes a week of my life. so the best way to scan to find a new bt device is to turn on bt from the main Settings screen and wait until bt is on for a few seconds before going to the Bluetooth devices screen. if scanning doesn't start immediately on that screen then it has failed, so go back to Settings and turn off bt and try again. be patient. scanning works about 30%-50% of the time using this method. once paired, bluetooth devices are ok - it's only this initial scanning stuff that's dodgy.
- all sources are on my github
- build instructions (see also KonstaT's 3rd post)
- security update that includes cm10.1.2
- update to latest CyanogenMod (includes Privacy Guard, Privacy Guard Manager, and cm10.1.1)
- fix native bluetooth tethering (thanks to zeelog)
- fix usb id string to allow usb mounting again (my fault. thanks to falcon4fun for noticing this problem)
- now that lowmemorykiller is fixed, set dalvik config back to 128MB
- trim kernel fb allocation to actual used size (saves 744kB of ram)
- lowmemorykiller improvements - greatly improved responsiveness
- nfs, cifs back into kernel, but as modules
- re-enable limiting number of processes via sys.mem.max_hidden_apps (CM folks reverted it)
- allow Kernel Same-page Merging (KSM) which can save ~15MB of ram at the expense of background scanning
- back to smartassV2 governor
- use a lower 32MB dalvik profile
- allow a choice of no wallpaper to save ram in Trebuchet
- workaround slow wifi reconnections due to ar6000.ko binary module by using 5s wpa_supplicant scan timeout instead of 30s - please let me know if this causes wifi scan problems - 10s might be a safer default, but 5s works fine for me
- doubled the area of the home/menu/back buttons - now extends well above and to the side of the silver printed icons
- took nfs and smb support out of the kernel as ram and cpu is scarse
- max hidden apps set to 10
- other updates from CM and KonstaT
- use Android 'legacy' VelocityTracker strategy which means less random jumps from the touchscreen
- improve kernel msm_ts touchscreen driver - ignore noisy landing/takeoff touches, use real pressure
- PIE, navbar, and partition info from cm10.1 upstream and KonstaT patches
- FM volume control should be fixed
- Effem (FM radio app) included
- my statusbar/flingtracker fix is now upstream in cm (also fixed in Android 5)
- zoomhack (pinch to zoom) improved in kernel msm_ts, but it's still not ready for daily use
- changed default cpu governor back to ondemand as the VelocityTracker and msm_ts fixes seemed to improve lag & interactivity
- fix for the StatusBar / SystemUI hang - turned out to be an AOSP bug with events that report identical times
- initial release
- changed governor to smartassV2
- backported uhid driver from 3.8 kernel so that BT keyboard etc. work
- ...
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Johnson & Johnson announced another Tylenol recall due to a musty moldy odor linked to a trace chemical, according to the Associated Press. The company''s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit is recalling one product lot of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets made in February 2009 and distributed in the U.S. The recall totals 60,912 bottles, each of which has 225 caplets. McNeil said it has received a small number of reports about the pills'' odor, which has been linked in past J&J recalls to the presence of trace amounts of "2,4,6-tribromoanisole." TBA is a byproduct of a chemical preservative sometimes used on shipping pallets. Besides causing an unpleasant odor, TBA has been associated with temporary and non-serious gastrointestinal symptoms. Since September 2009, New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson has had about two dozen recalls of prescription and nonprescription medicines, replacement hips, contact lenses and diabetes test strips, including tens of millions of bottles of children''s and adult Tylenol and Motrin.


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Along with the Cookie Crook came Officer Crumb (1985 – 1997). Officer Crumb (sometimes known simply as the Cookie Cop) is a police officer, who was always trying to thwart the attempts of the Cookie Crook from stealing the Cookie Crisp. He is dressed in a standard blue police uniform, has a big nose, with a brown, thick mustache underneath it, and a unibrow hanging over his eyes. He spoke in an Irish accent and often was a diminutive character. At first, he was portrayed as a bit of a dupe, always losing out to the Cookie Crook, but eventually it was decided that having a criminal constantly thwarting a police officer was sending the wrong message to kids. So for the majority of their tenure as mascots, Officer Crumb would consistently come out on top, preventing the Crook from stealing the cereal time and again. A typical ad would begin with the Cookie Crook attempting to steal the cereal from a live-action breakfast table (often he and Officer Crumb were portrayed as no larger than mice, so their pictures on the cereal bowl were "life size.") The Crook would have some new gadget or scheme to steal the cereal, but then the Officer would arrive and save the kid's cereal in the nick of time. Despite his heroics, Officer Crumb was a secondary character, with the ever-failing Cookie Crook as the main mascot for the cereal. Eventually the format of the ads changed to full animation, with the duo portrayed as the size of normal humans and a more slapstick approach (similar to Looney Tunes) was used.
Later in 2005, a peanut butter-flavored variety of Cookie Crisp was introduced, titled Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp.
In 2006, a double chocolate flavored variety of Cookie Crisp was introduced, titled Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp.
In some foreign boxes of Cookie Crisp, the mascot is a panther, who's light gray in color and wears Chip's clothing and that resembles a mix between Bagheera and the Pink Panther. His team consist of him, The Trix Rabbit, Koko, a brown koala, Stars, an astronaut bear and Snow, a cool looking polar bear who also have their cereals.


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Uncontrolled usage and/or release of chemicals in Lebanon may increase the risk of developing cancer. Successive wars on Lebanon, usage of excessive amounts of pesticides and fertilizers, smoking of cigarettes and pipes, combustion of low-quality fuel, diesel exhausts, and dust from quarrying locations are among the main sources of these chemicals.
Scientists have discovered clear evidence linking different types of cancer to air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, sooty and fine particles and nitrogen oxides.
Pollutants in Beirut's air have reached concentration levels so high the substances are now toxic for human health, The Daily Star published last month.
In the corresponding article, professor Jocelyne Adjizan Gerard and Christelle Bakhache mentioned that the average concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) peaked at the alarming levels of 50 to 60 micrograms per square meter between 2003 and 2010.
They also notified that "the values we found for Beirut were well above norms defined by the World Health Organization regarding air pollution."
Moreover, a study has found that the risk for childhood cancer is heightened by exposure to the particular air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by car exhaust fumes. This in fact reflects how serious the consequences of air pollution on public health in Lebanon are.
To date, no direct link was established between air pollution and cancer in Lebanon.
However, researchers in the US, UK and Canada have identified a link between air pollution and pneumonia, peptic ulcer, coronary and rheumatic heart diseases, lung and stomach cancers. In this context, the chairman of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP), professor Jon Ayres said: "The evidence that exposure to air pollutants has important effects on the cardiovascular system is of public health and calls for greater research."
Similarly, professor George Knox from Birmingham University found an exceptional link between high rates of fatal pneumonia and exhaust fumes. He suggested that fine carbon particles largely generated by diesel exhausts are leading to the damage of the lungs and cause harmful changes in blood vessels and clotting.
In Lebanon, the levels of air pollution and the number of patients diagnosed with cancer are increasing also. These findings underline the need to further reduce levels of air pollution in Lebanon in order to protect public health.
Air pollution does not discriminate between young and old. It is therefore essential that we all work together to minimize pollution levels.
The Lebanese government is directly responsible for decreasing air-pollution levels. Obviously, it does not need to introduce new rules and regulations to control this problem. Only rules issued previously by consecutive governments need to be respected and implemented.
For instance, annual tests of vehicle safety, road-worthiness aspects and exhaust emissions must be strictly applied with no exceptions.
On the other hand, according to the Association for Forest Development and Conservation, forest fires between 1993 and 2005 amount to 70.600 fires in different parts of the country.
The number of burned areas yearly tremendously increased in 2006-2007 due to the July 2006 war and to the October 2007 fires, which burned huge forested areas in only a few days. Therefore, the government must take action today to reforest Lebanon before it's too late. Many other actions could be taken by the government to control pollution and reduce cancer.
Finally, controlling air pollution could help cut the Public Health Ministry's cost of treating patients with cancer. This would also bring other benefits such as cutting emissions causing climate change.
Professor Ismail Abbas is a Lecturer of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the Beirut Arab University.
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YIELD: Makes 6 servings
Whisk first 9 ingredients in medium bowl. Place lamb in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Pour 1 1/2 cups marinade over, turning to coat. Cover. Chill 4 to 6 hours, turning occasionally. Reserve remaining marinade for endive and romaine; cover and chill.
Spray grill with vegetable oil spray. Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Remove lamb from marinade, reserving marinade in dish. Grill until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 125°F for medium-rare, basting often with reserved marinade and turning occasionally, about 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.
Brush endive and romaine with marinade from bowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill until wilted, 8 minutes. Slice lamb; serve with endive and romaine.


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Lee Myung Bak Group Accused of Pushing Inter-Korean Relations to War
| Pyongyang, April 24 (KCNA) -- The Lee Myung Bak group of traitors committed the thrice-cursed act of seriously hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK. This is nothing but a hysteric rampage which can be perpetrated only by those keen to provoke a war against the north, steeped in extreme hostility and confrontation with compatriots to the marrow of their bones.
Rodong Sinmun Tuesday observes this in a bylined article.
The hideous provocations of the Lee group betray its sinister aim to rattle the nerves of the DPRK and escalate the north-south confrontation and tensions and they are an inevitable product of its scenario for a war against it, the article notes, and goes on:
The history of the inter-Korean relations was characterized by its complicated nature. But never has there been such increasing danger of war due to the extreme pitch of confrontation as now.
Peace on the Korean Peninsula is seriously disturbed and the outbreak of a war is a matter of time due to the puppet warmongers' reckless provocations.
The final conclusion drawn under the present grave situation is that the Korean nation cannot live in peace even a moment as long as the rat-like Lee Myung Bak is allowed to go scot-free.
The three services of the revolutionary armed forces of Mt. Paektu are anxiously waiting for an order to wipe out the Lee group of traitors, the sworn enemy.
One's evil doings will rebound on oneself and evil acts are bound to invite merciless punishment.
The enemies whoever they may be and the rat-like group wherever it goes will not be able to escape retaliation of the army and the people of the DPRK.
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This means no change: one website, one account, one password…in other words, no Qwikster.
While the July price change was necessary, we are now done with price changes.
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