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Being Brenden
It?s a well-worn sports cliché, that football is a game of inches. But, for one Ellensburg 8th grade football team, this season has been about much more than just inches. What sets the Morgan Middle School Tigers apart are not inches ? but, feet; specifically, the 7?4.6? of wide receiver Brenden Adams.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brenden is the tallest teenage boy in the world. Playing football has been a lifelong dream, but one very few people thought possible. ?This is the first year my mom?s let me play,? says Brenden. ?She thought I was gonna get hurt or something. It?s my favorite sport and she said this is an opportunity she didn?t want me to miss.?
Brenden couldn?t have been a more average newborn. He weighed seven pounds, three ounces and was a very average 19.25? long. But, by the time he was five months old, doctors knew something wasn?t right. Brenden had all of his teeth by then. In five months, he gained 14 pounds. Doctors knew he was growing fast, but it would be years before they could figure out why.
?It was my 12th chromosome that broke in half and flipped over and reattached,? explains Brenden. No one knows why it happened, but they don?t think it?s ever happened to anyone else in the world. While doctors tried to figure out how to stop it, Brenden kept growing. At two years old, he was three and a half feet tall, about six inches taller than the average kid his age. By five years old, he was four and a half feet tall. By the time he turned 11, Brenden was six feet, eight inches tall. Everywhere he goes, people stare.
?When I go to a big city or something, I?ll always get somebody stopping me and saying ?do you play basketball??? But, despite his love for sports, Brenden is no athlete. He has serious health problems. His body is full of tumors, his joints are enlarged and he has a recently-discovered heart arrhythmia. ?I can?t run anymore,? Brenden explains. ?I can?t be active like I used to.?
His story has attracted national attention. Last year, he was a guest on the Oprah show and she introduced him to NBA star Shaquille O?Neal. They spent the day together and Shaq gave Brenden some hard-to-find size 22 shoes ? and, a lesson about being different. ?He said ?just keep your back straight and have fun,?? Brenden remembers.
Still, Brenden was desperate to play football. He didn?t want to the manager/waterboy like last year. ?This year he asked if he could play for the team,? says Brenden?s coach Kevin Wetzel. ?I said if you can get a doctor?s clearance, we?d be happy to have you.?
But, getting that doctor?s clearance wouldn?t be easy. Brenden?s blood counts were so abnormal, doctors worried a broken bone could cause him to bleed to death. But, a surgery to remove his enlarged spleen last year got his blood counts back to normal. His mom had no choice but to give her blessing. Now, he?s side-by-side with his best friend Ryan Secondi. They?ve been friends since they were babies ? now, they?re teammates. ?It?s great,? Secondi says. ?He?s part of the team. He works just like all the other people.?
The arthritis makes it hard for Brenden to even be on the field. It?s hard for him to catch the ball and when he gets cold, his joints ache even more. ?He can?t run, he can?t really jump,? says Wetzel. ?There?s not a whole lot he can do. If you want to get him some action, you have to be creative.?
And, they have. They designed a play just for Brenden. All he has to do is get out about five yards and the quarterback lofts up the ball. They call it their secret weapon, because no 8th grade defender can jump as high as Brenden can reach.
For Brenden, it?s not about winning. It?s not even about playing time, as Brenden has only been in the game for a couple of plays this season. For Brenden, it?s just about being on the team and on the field. Out there, he?s just another 14-year old kid in a jersey and shoulder pads. He?s taught his teammates and his community there?s more to him than just being the tallest kid in the world. ?Don?t think people are weird just by the way they look,? says Brenden. ?Because I?m a nice person.?
Medically, things are looking up for Brenden. Doctors gave him testosterone shots over the last several years; that process induced puberty so his growth plates would close. He hasn?t grown an inch since February.
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Reassured by Clinton, L.A.'s AIPAC Attendees Remain Nervous About Iran
Jon Drucker, a Beverly Hills lawyer, gleaned hope from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's remark early in her speech Monday morning to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) annual policy conference.
Clinton referred to conversations backstage with some friends in the organization. Its cultivation of relationships with lawmakers and federal government officials "is what impresses me so much about AIPAC" and bodes well for Israel-U.S. ties in the long term, Drucker said.
That is one reason for Drucker's confidence that bilateral relations will withstand the administration's displeasure over a Netanyahu government official's announcement of plans to proceed with building 1,600 apartments in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. The announcement came during Vice President Biden's visit to Israel two weeks ago and as presidential envoy George Mitchell pieced together plans for indirect "proximity talks" to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Biden's public condemnation, followed by additional criticisms by Obama administration officials — including Clinton, during her telephone conversation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu — ushered in the AIPAC conference ominously.
The diplomatic row had Los Angeles attendees concerned over the state of affairs between the two countries. AIPAC officials, Clinton and Netanyahu offered reassurances that ties remained solid.
"There are going to be disagreements between the U.S. and Israel. That's a past fact, a present fact and a future fact," AIPAC executive director Howard Kohr told a Los Angeles-centric session on lobbying tips, which followed soon after Clinton's speech. "The U.S.-Israel relationship transcends the peace process. That's the argument we need [AIPAC] members to focus on."
Jessica Hochman, a UCLA pediatric resident, compared the countries' relationship to a marriage in which "it's natural" to disagree and then to work things out.
Many Los Angeles attendees interviewed at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center said that they were gladdened by Clinton's presence and by her statement that the administration's commitment to Israel "is rock solid, unwavering, enduring and forever."
They expressed the need for the two governments to resolve the tension quickly and return an urgent matter to the front burner: Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons program.
Drucker called the dispute over the housing announcement "a mutual InsultFest," but added, "I hope that it blows over because, frankly, Israel and the U.S. have bigger fish to fry here, which is Iran."
With debate over the just-passed national health care legislation also dominating the executive and legislative branches in recent months, "our challenge" has been to keep the Iranian threat "on top" of the national agenda, Kohr told the Los Angeles delegation.
The 7,500 people attending the conference set a record for the organization. More than 800 were from Los Angeles, about half comprised of synagogue delegations, an AIPAC official said.
The Los Angeles-based Jewish Awareness Movement (JAM) brought 40 college students to the event, sandwiched between Shabbat in nearby Baltimore and a visit to New York. The trip constituted "a good opportunity to get them passionate about Judaism and Israel," said JAM's executive director Rabbi Brad Yellen.
Many Los Angeles area attendees interviewed said that they came to Washington to learn about Israel-U.S. relations in greater depth and to complement AIPAC's work in advocating for Israel.
"I feel that it's my responsibility to go and show my support," said Yula High School senior Jeffrey Kessler. "It's important for AIPAC for all these people to come from across the country to lobby their members of Congress. You come the first time and feel empowered. Now, I go because it's my responsibility."
Rabbi Spike Anderson said that his 150-strong delegation from Stephen Wise Temple is anxious about the Iranian nuclear threat. The group planned to lobby Congress on the need for economic sanctions against Teheran, which he said goes hand-in-hand with the congregation's campaign to promote divestment from companies doing business in Iran.
"Fifty percent of our congregants are directly or indirectly from Iran, so they obviously are concerned," he said.
"Iran is, without a doubt, foremost in the minds of many of our [L.A.] members," the AIPAC official said. "You talk to people, and the concern is real. Iran has focused [the L.A. community] in a way few things have."
On Tuesday — traditionally the conference's concluding day, when AIPAC members visit Capitol Hill to lobby their legislators — Los Angeles attendees were scheduled to gather en masse in the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee hearing room to meet Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), Howard Berman (D-Van Nuys), Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles), Jane Harman (D-Venice) and Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena). Earlier that morning, Senator Barbara Boxer was to address the group at the convention center.
In a session Monday that dealt with imposing sanctions on Iran, Sherman, a foreign affairs committee member, noted that all 10 of his addresses to AIPAC policy conferences have been on Iran.
Because time appears to be short for enacting sanctions to deter Teheran from completing development of nuclear weapons, the United States "now needs to put the pedal to the metal" rather than continue driving at five miles per hour, Sherman said. He urged AIPAC members to lobby for a sanctions bill "without any weakening" or "adulteration."
In the conference's kosher cafeteria, two Teheran natives also underscored the urgency of addressing the Iranian nuclear threat.
"We are playing a game of time. If we can delay the bomb enough, the regime will fall," said Saeed Hekmat-Niaz, an Encino real estate appraiser who was attending his fourth policy conference.
Hekmat-Niaz said that he was inspired moments earlier to have bumped into an Austrian activist from Stop the Bomb, a European organization seeking to prevent a nuclear Iran.
Frank Mesriani, a Woodland Hills delicatessen owner, was enjoying the "very positive energy" he felt at his first AIPAC conference.
"We came to support Israel and to give the message that time is running out for dealing with the Iran crisis," said Mesriani, who came in Sinai Temple's delegation. "It's very unsafe for the whole world. Iran could sell the weapons to the Palestinians and to terrorist organizations, and it would affect the United States."
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Although March tends to be a month of planting, there are still jobs that can be done in the garden before your plants go in, including feeding and turning over the soil in the vegetable beds, ensuring that a good amount of manure is mixed in (which acts like a natural fertiliser and can be purchased relatively cheaply).
It is also important to purchase at least an extra water-butt, particularly with the current water-shortage issues that are hitting certain parts of the UK (with the hosepipe ban coming into affect at the beginning of next month). Not only will you save on your water-consumption but it is also more natural for plants to be watered with rainwater that contains fewer chemicals.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Refugees Down, Internally Displaced Persons Up
The Economist has a good video on the latest developments in refugees (those who flee outside their country) and internally displaced persons (IDPs, those who flee but stay in their own country). The overall number of refugees are down; however, there are many more IDPs.
The reason for more IDPs is the turn towards internal, civil wars. There are now very few massive armies that sweep entire populations away from their homes. Now, much of the fighting is down by militia-like units which can only terrorize so much territory. This leaves many places in a country where there still is peace.
On the refugee front there is a negative trend growing. Many refugees do not want to go home. They have become use to aid and their new homeland (where they and other fellow refugees have created little national enclaves). This sadly can cause refugees to overstay their welcome like what happened to Zimbabweans in South Africa in May 2008. Either assimilation programs or an eventual boot-out is needed in these places. No one wants another Palestinian refugee situation where many refugees are forced into camps in neighboring states and feed hateful propaganda by everyone.
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No - Kaylen and Sofia were eliminated last week.
Dara is shown in next week's previews.
I know it's been said before, but I love seeing the judges/chefs helping the kids when they get in a mess.
Poor Sofia completely screwed up with her batter for the cakes and Gordon stepped in and helped her start over. She still got eliminated, but at least her confidence wasn't totally shot. Of course, she couldn't have won the challenge because that would have been unfair, but at least she was able to present a finished product.
Yeah, Kaylen. Thanks. (I have CRS and all these names just mess with me)
I think Kaylen should have stayed, plus I really like the kid.
I like Dara too, but I'm totally OVER that Minnie Mouse giant bow (or whatever that is). Looks like she has a whole wardrobe of those. Oh well - it's kind of cute. I just get bored with things that are done ad nauseam.
I hate cooking, but must be missing something "obvious". Why is a layer cake significantly harder than N * regular cake?
When you back a cake, it isn't flat on top. So when you put the layers on top of each other, you have to shave off parts of the layers to get them to sit evenly. That is tough to do. Usually folks end up with leaning towers of cake, like these kids did.
Additionally the icing has to be thick enough so when you put it between the layers it doesn't just squirt out the sides. But not too thick that it loses its creaminess.
Ouch not sure how I mixed Kaylen and Dara up. Either way Troy should've left instead of Kaylen.
It helps to put a drop of icing on the plate to hold it, then put the bottom layer upside down. That gives a flat surface on which to lay the icing and next layer.
What they said, plus it's three layers, not two, so more opportunity for mayhem.
When they announced the challenge, I instantly got a mental picture of the bakers on Cake Boss slicing the rounds to make them even.
The kids were incredible (as usual) in the restaurant takeover challenge, but what 's with the timeline trickery? When they got to the restaurant, they were told they'd be doing lunch service, but when it was done, they called it dinner service and it was dark outside.
Makes me wonder what happened on that day of production.
I think Troy should've gotten the axe. Too cocky and kind of a know it all.
^^ I agree. He was really annoying during the challenge.
It was tough to watch Sarah break down at the end.
I'm of mixed opinion on that one. Of those three on that team, Troy was, arguably, the strongest cook on the team, which should be the key factor. As bad as I felt for Sarah seeing her eliminated, and as good as she is for her age, she's not as strong as the other contestants... and Gavin let himself get run over by Troy.
Still, Troy was a bit of a bully to Sarah. I wanted to smack him by the end of the restaurant challenge.
I am praying for Jack to take it all and give Troy his comeuppance.
I don't think he was cocky, more like entitled. He should have gone.. alone.
I had figured that Troy was going to go just for his apparent bullying of Sarah. I figured that Gavin would be gone because he didn't take advantage of being the captain of the team and certainly didn't help to reign in Troy (which led to Sarah being upset and ignored when she shouldn't have been).
I don't know that Sarah could have won, but I don't think Troy deserved to stay.
I'm also finding myself disappointed more and more with Alexander. He seemed to have a decent chance of winning a few episodes ago, but in the last couple of shows he has not performed well at all and actually seems to have badly regressed.
I was very surprised that Sarah named Troy to win after he was so nasty to her through the whole episode. He wouldn't even let her talk!
Maybe it wasn't as bad in reality as it was made to look from the editing.
It was a rough team with a 9 and 10 yr old and Troy. The other team had a 12 and a 13 plus Jack.
While he should have spoken more civilly to her, I thought Troy just wanted it right while Sarah was doing things that would have been a mistake (didn't she want to put the fish in before the oil was hot enough?). Right or wrong, he also didn't have faith that she could replicate the plating. Remember, he's just a kid also; because they handle themselves so well in the kitchen doesn't mean they handle this kind of stress and pressure like an adult would (should).
Funny how they probably made it look like it was really close so that viewers couldn't totally see that the red team was kicking arse.
I agree that Troy should have probably gone home. Granted he was trying to fix things but hammering her relentlessly wasn't going any good. She's a little kid. Instead of getting a lightbulb (which she finally did later on) that if she just listen to the older kids and work as a team member, she was defiant and pouty. The team leader should have stepped up more, given tasks based on strengths, and kept things together. That might have held his spot but his weak leadership was his downfall.
I'll say I am glad that she is gone. Something about her I found grating.
I'd love to see Alexander and Jack as the final two. I think they are the best of the bunch. The hard part is that I would want them both to win. The other hard part is knowing that the two I consider the best two never seem to end up in the end.
ETA - I just had to come back to say that I think Sarah really held it together when she could have either gone off on a rage or just cried the whole time. When they were asked how everything was, she held her head high and just acted like everything was fine. Unfortunately, her young age didn't allow her to pull it the rest of the way together and perform. I need to realize that she was being stronger than I probably gave her credit for, all along.
One Sarah remark cracked me up - "I've been cooking for six years". That's 2/3 of her life so I could see what that meant to her. I don't know how you cook when you're 3, but these kids develop a lot earlier than we did back in my day.
I was reading when I was three. I don't see why a three-year old couldn't start learning how to do stuff in the kitchen. Baking, especially, since an adult can do the part that involves transferring the pans to and from the hot oven.
Apart from developing a palate, there are two cooking skills that need a little maturity -- knife skills, and fire safety skills. You need the dexterity to handle knives, and to work around hot things and not burn yourself. (I'll leave it to the parents to address the issues of how old their kids were before they showed this maturity.)
Kids too young for knife skills can still prep some vegetables (tearing salad leaves, snapping beans), learn to measure and stir, and learn to season and taste. Experimenting with combining flavors, and developing the palate, could easily start as young as three, and that's really what 'being a chef' (as opposed to following someone else's recipe by rote) is all about.
IMHO we hold kids back from doing a lot of things they could do, because we assume they can't do it, set them up to fail, or don't treat the failure as a learning experience.
Obviously these kids are the ones who are the equivalent of book-learners who would go on to graduate school, but that doesn't mean other kids couldn't learn some of these skills, too.
I think a lot of the show is faked or overly rehearsed myself.


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Marilu Henner Vanquishes Ashanti In Charity Cook-Off
Marilu Henner's culinary skills have won her $25,000 for charity after beating singer Ashanti in a TV cook-off.
The ladies went up against fellow celebrities like actors Lou Diamond Phillips, Carla Gugino and Kristen Johnston in the Grilling with the Stars competition on Live! with Kelly. A different star has cooked up their favorite summer recipes over the past few weeks in a bid to land the big cash prize for their chosen charity.
Viewers were invited to vote for the top celebrity chef online and Ashanti's Grilled Pineapple Chicken Kabobs earned her a final place against Henner, who served up Grilled Mushroom And Heirloom Tomato Summer Dish, on Friday.
And it was the former Taxi star who emerged victorious, landing a check for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - a non-profit which promotes preventative medicine and a vegan diet.
Appearing via video link to celebrate her win, Henner said, "I'm just so thrilled, you have no idea. Thank you so much for the opportunity... I'm just so happy for them (charity bosses), it's really a wonderful organization."
Runner-up Ashanti didn't lose out completely - she received $5,000 for the youth organization Boys & Girls Club of America.


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Milla Jovovich Sizzles In Campari's 2012 'It's The End Of The World, Baby!' Calendar
Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich is the new face of Campari. Last week the liquor company announced that the sexy model/actress was chosen for their 13th annual calendar, entitled "It's The End Of The World, Baby!" Her shoot was helmed by Parisian born photographer Dimitri Daniloff.
The theme for the 2012 calendar was inspired by the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on December 21st, 2012 because that's the last date on record in the calendar the ancient civilization created centuries ago.
We believe this prophecy almost as much as the nut who said the Rapture was coming this past May and then again on it's 'rain date' last week.
A "stunning visual voyage," Milla was shot in scenes depicting 12 different hypothetical ways the world will meet its end.
"Campari takes this opportunity to celebrate life creatively with optimism and energy, encouraging people the world over to join them in creating passionate, memorable moments to remember, by raising a glass together," reads the official press release, revealed last week in Milan, Italy.
"As a model and an actress, this was an exciting new challenge for me, combining the skills to bring to life each of the hypothetical events in a theatrical, yet sophisticated way," says Milla.
"What attracted me most to the project was the powerful inspiration behind it, as well as the positive approach of celebrating life with a special toast, with friends and family."
So just how are we going to go? Hurricanes? Volcanoes? Aliens?
Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think - but first, check out all 12 photos of Milla, from January to December, in the new Campari calendar below!


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Chicken Pie
|Plain flour
|1 Tablespoon
|Skinless chicken pieces
|4 , halved
|1 Ounce
|Olive oil
|1 Tablespoon
|2 , chopped
|Chicken stock
|1⁄2 Pint (300 Milliliter)
|Lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|Double cream
|1⁄4 Pint (150 Milliliter)
|1 Bunch (100 gm), chopped
|Shortcrust pastry
|8 Ounce
|Beaten egg/Milk
|1 (To Glaze)
|Sesame seeds
|1 Tablespoon
|To Taste
|To Taste
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C /400°F/ Gas Mark 6.
2. Into a polythene bag, add the flour season and chicken and toss until coated.
3. In a frying pan melt the butter and oil and fry the onions for 5 minutes, such that soft.
4. Using a slotted spoon remove the onions.
5. In the pan fry the chicken for 10 minutes, such that evenly browned.
6. Take a 1.5 litre / 2 1/2 pint pie dish and transfer the chicken to it using a slotted spoon.
7. Into the pan sprinkle the onions over the top, stir any remaining flour and cook for 1 minute.
8. Gradually add the stock with constant stirring such that the sauce is thick and smooth and scrape the base of the pan to incorporate any sediment.
9. Stirring in the lemon juice, then the cream, parsley and seasoning as per taste let it boil and pour the sauce over the chicken.
10. Roll out the pastry to a 5 cm / 2 inches circle such that larger than the pie dish.
11. Cut off a 2.5 cm / 1 inch strip all round and attach the pastry strip to the edges of the dish dampened with water.
12. Brushing the strip with water, cover the pie with the remaining pastry and press the edge to seal and make a hole in the centre to allow steam to escape.
13. Brush with milk or beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds and place in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.
14. Then lower the temperature to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4 and bake for a further 45 minutes.
15. Cover with foil if it becomes too brown.
16. Serve hot with desired garnish.
Recipe Summary
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 557 Calories from Fat 325
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 36 g56.1%
Saturated Fat 7.5 g37.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 167.4 mg55.8%
Sodium 333 mg13.9%
Total Carbohydrates 20 g6.6%
Dietary Fiber 2.6 g10.2%
Sugars 4.5 g
Protein 37 g74.3%
Vitamin A 48.3% Vitamin C 69.8%
Calcium 11.3% Iron 23.2%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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By the way just to let everyone I also posted my recent FR from Amex which i still have yet to hear back from.........
Length of credit history - 1 year 7 months
AAOA: 8 months
I am 22
2010 -
Had a BOA secured card - $10,000 limit ( fell to $3,000 after graduating in 11/2011)
Capital one - $500 ( now $750)
Care Credit - $1000
Lord & Taylor - $1200 ( now $3,000)
Macys & Bloomingdales
2011 - ( In Nov 2011 added 11 new accounts) Now have:
BOA Plantinum Plus - 3000 ( the card that unsecured from a $10,000 limit)
BOA CASH rewards - 2000
BOA Accelerated Amex- 2000
Discover- 1000
Amex SPG
Penfed Promise - 9000
PNC Bank - 1500
Chase Slate - 3000
Wells Fargo Plat - 1500
Affinity CU - 1000
Barclays - 1300
walmart - 700
I have been PIF since NOV 2011, and have used up the entire limit on most cards. In otherwords with my BOA cards in specific I have charged $2990 on the PLat and the the other two $1990 every month so far, but pay off the bill before the statement cuts. I want to hit the lov button so bad but dont think I will get approved.
Current score - 663 ( have about $8,000 in debt reporting Penfed - 5000 & Amex SPG ( 3,000), but will Pay off when the bill will come. I am waiting for the two new BOA cards to hit six months first and then request CLI, but wanted to know do you think it would be wise to request a CLI for the graduated card. I have the longest history with this card and had a $10,000 when it was secured. As of right now all my BOA cards together only have a 7,000 limit which is nothing. My brother and I use the cards for our business and charged almost $75K since NOV 2011 and paid off in full the entire amount..
Any suggestions ??
WOW. I'm surprised you were approved for that many cards without being declined over inquiries. I wouldn't lay low I'd bury myself to stay out of view with that many new accounts. At the same time you bring me some comfort knowing I didn't go overboard with my applications and new accounts.
I applied for 12 credit accounts and got approved on october 2012.they closed 2.The accounts closed was barcley and us bank
All the accounts that remain opened was a GE accounts 6 of them with a total limit of 15k
I calld the backdoor number 2 months later for cli and was approved for 3k more
fico currently due to new accounts 684
fico previously before new accounts 715
fico impacted due to a walmart discover card been close to the limit utl
fico was impacted 15 points due to the new accounts and aaoa(average account age)
Lenders do not like to see to many credit cards opened at once but if u manage to keep them opened they will help your score alot and each account will help your score by 2 points a month so many accounts will help the credit score in a long run(6months history)
It is absolutely time to lay low, under the garden, Lord of the Rings Hobbit Middle Earth style... With new accts and lots of cash flow some creditors get nervous just from the possibility that there might be money laundering activity. IMO it is time to consider getting a business credit card. They are not that difficult to obtain, and leaving large balances on them don't affect your PERSONAL credit score. Not sure about your bank, but Chase offers some cards, (Ink Business).
Congrats.. Good luck with your business!!!!
good luck
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The following is a speech given by actor Mark Ruffalo on Oct. 2 at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City.
Ruffalo spoke at an emergency meeting of World Can't Wait—Drive Out the Bush Regime held in response to passage of Bush's torture bill, and in preparation for protests on Thursday, Oct. 5, in over 180 cities nationwide. (Truthdig is reprinting it exclusively with the permission of WorldCantWait.)
Others speaking that night included actress Olympia Dukakis, Guantanamo prisoner lawyer Bill Goodman, and Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle on U.S.-sponsored torture. Also, Ruffalo read a statement from Sean Penn. Activist Daniel Ellsberg, author Alice Walker and hip-hop artist / activist Boots Riley spoke at a simultaneous meeting in Oakland, Calif.
Ruffalo's speech:
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I really don't want to be up here today.
I want to believe that the people we chose to lead our country are doing it in a way that is responsible, fair, and in the interests of the people who put them in office.
I want to believe that the checks and balances that our fore fathers sacrificed their lives and well being for, that document that has held this country together for so long and has guarded us from tyranny, the Constitution, would be upheld by those leaders and they would treat it with the same devotion that those who wrote it did.
I want to live my life and spend my time with my children and family and friends and go to sleep at night sweetly knowing that I live in America and that this system with all its problems works.
I want to believe that our government cares for the whole, represents the whole and not just a few. I don't want to be up here today, but I know that I have to be up here I am up here for my children and yours, I am here in service to my country, because this administration that has come into power by seemingly more and more questionable means does not represent the whole, is not devoted to the Constitution and ultimately does not represent the people.
I don't want to be up here today but I feel I have exhausted the way we have been taught to affect change in the way our government conducts itself. I'm here because we, the people, are not being heard.
I have voted, I have called, I have written letters, I have given of myself with my time and my money and still we have a government that refuses to respect the Constitution, a government that engaged in a war with illegal justification, a government that abandoned it's own during Hurricane Katrina, a government that now condones torture a government that favors big corporations before it favors my children or yours.
Step down, Mr. Bush, we are not torturers.
Step down Mr. Bush, we are not war profiteers.
Step Down Mr. Bush, we care for our children and our poor.
Step Down Mr. Bush, we uphold our Constitution.
Step Down, we are not Republicans or Democrats or Independents or Socialists or Communists we are not Black or White we are not Red or Blue.
We are Americans and we demand you step down.
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October 31, 2008
There's something happening here
On a stroll around the neighborhood to get some air this afternoon, I saw the grizzliest old white man you ever did see, wearing camouflage pants and a fishing hat. I could see he had a button on his hat and thought to myself "if there is a John McCain supporter on the upper west side, that's him." As I got closer I saw what the button actually was: A Cynthia McKinney button!
A few blocks later I walked by another man, this time a black guy wearing a Fairway apron, also wearing a McKinney button! I never thought I'd say this but, Go Cynthia McKinney!
I especially like this Pennsylvania website op-ed: Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction.
Nope, not at all. You should vote for McKinney particularly if you support Obama. Not a contradiction at all, in fact it's what you should do (particularly those of you in Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania.)Posted by Karol at October 31, 2008 05:51 PM | TrackBack
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Evidently the asylum was out on a day pass.Posted by: Casca at October 31, 2008 06:40 PM
Did you see the comments of the people at the link? Good Lord Have Mercy! Were these people raised by wolves?Posted by: Swink at October 31, 2008 11:56 PM
Actually, the article spells out the states where you can support Obama and vote McKinney:
There is not a contradiction between spending time to campaign for Obama in key swing states, and pledging your own vote to McKinney particularly in Democratic strongholds such as California, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Oregon, or Washington, where Obama will win landslide; or Republican states where McCain is assured of victory.
None of the states you list qualify. But I think it's awesome that in one day you write "Go Cynthia Mckinney." And vote mccain/palin '08. Ok, I just think it's awesome that you write "Go Cynthia Mckinney." That should be your tagline. There might be hope for you yet.Posted by: nds at November 1, 2008 01:17 AM
What's the surprise? Karol has an affinity for deranged psychotic black women.Posted by: Casca at November 1, 2008 02:58 PM
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Tech losses hit hedge fund returns
Hedge funds exposed to the technology sector lost money in March, following recent sell-offs in equity markets on both sides of the Atlantic.
Data from investment specialists eVestment shows that funds with exposure to technology equities offered negative aggregate returns in March, down an average of 1.3% in the month. This brought their first quarter aggregate return to 0.2%. This compares with an average 11.6% return in 2013.
These returns mirror a recent sell-off in technology shares, with the tech-weighted Nasdaq hit particularly hard by the retreat. By Monday this week it had posted its worst three-day loss since 2011, falling 4.6%, although it has since recovered some of those losses.
"Big name US tech stocks are on astronomically high valuations," Ishaq Siddi, a market strategist at ETX Capital said in a note to investors, adding that he expects further turbulence for the global tech sector.
In London many recently listed online companies have fallen back to levels below the original value of their flotation.
Online retailer Boohoo.com, which soared to 70p when it floated on the AIM index in March, has since fallen back to trade at 49.25p this morning. Shares in internet food delivery firm Just Eat, a stand out IPO last week when it saw a 9% rise at flotation to 283p, fell back to hit a low of 243p.
John Millar, director in equity capital markets at Espirito Santo Investment Bank, said: "The tech sector in terms of valuations probably got ahead of itself, largely driven by the success of tech stocks in the US, that is now correcting. Every time you have a sell-off in the states it catches on over here."
In a further sign of the headwinds facing the sector, Philippe Laffont's hedge fund Coatue Management is returning $2 billion to investors, the Financial Times reports today. The fund suffered losses during the technology sell-off last month.
There have been even sharper losses this year for hedge funds with exposure to emerging Europe, which have been weighed by the recent tensions between Ukraine and Russia. These dropped by an average of 13% in the first quarter, and 6.9% in March, eVestment's data shows.
Overall, hedge fund returns ended the first quarter on a low note, continuing to underperform the S&P 500. Aggregate performance dipped in March, falling to -0.1% to drag first-quarter returns down to 1.2%, lower than the S&P 500's return of 1.8%.
That compares with an 8.8% aggregate return for hedge funds last year, which itself lagged far behind the S&P 500's bull market return of 32.4%.
In contrast, there were good returns for funds with exposure to volatility and credit, which had lagged industry returns in 2013, but offered the best returns so far this year — rising by 3.1% in the first quarter.
Mortgage-backed securities were the lead sub-sector in the first quarter, with gains of 3.4%, while regional funds with exposure to India posted double digit gains on average — up 13% in the first quarter.


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October 6th, 2006
Authors Ian Errin-O'Connell, Eik Procko, Sze-Ling Ng and Rachelle Gaudet
Our experiments looked at the "engine" part of TAP, or nucleotide binding domain, which drives peptide transport. TAP has a pair of similar (but non-identical) nucleotide binding domains, which can be thought of as a two-cylinder engine. These domains bind and hydrolyze ATP, the cellular fuel, to provide energy for peptide transport.
The sequence of TAP is such that one nucleotide binding domain, or "cylinder", looks normal, whereas the second one looks defective. We were intrigued by this apparent asymmetry, and set out to determine whether the sequence asymmetry translates to asymmetry in function and whether it is important for the transport of peptides by TAP. We found that indeed, one cylinder is defective in structure and hydrolyzes ATP inefficiently. Surprisingly, our experiments further demonstrated that TAP functions best with this configuration of one good and one bad cylinder, where only one cylinder actually drives the transporter.
These findings impact fields beyond TAP and immunology. Many other human transporters from the same family display a similar sequence asymmetry. For example, the transporter mutated in cystic fibrosis patients has a similarly asymmetric "two-cylinder engine". Furthermore, several similarly asymmetric multidrug resistance proteins, MDR1 and the MRPs, excrete toxins from the liver. Many cancers become resistant to drug therapies by overproducing these MDR and MRP transporters. Our new understanding of the role of asymmetry in the TAP nucleotide binding domains serves as a framework for how all transporters from this family work and how to design better therapies.
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The life of a sports fan is bittersweet. On one hand, your entire week can be ruined by a bad loss—precious few fans have the luxury of counting themselves among those devoted to a dynasty.
On the other hand, any given day, week or month can be inspired by hope. Even if you are a long-suffering fan of a team like the Chicago Cubs, the history, the culture, the experience—these far out-value the negatives.
Then, there are the more superficial perks: beer and nachos at the arena, man-caves decked out in memorabilia, and tailgating—just to name a few.
While photobombs are all the rage when it comes to social media sites, there are plenty of fans who don't have to creep their way into a shot. From stadium "Kiss-Cams" to College GameDay's roiling-human backdrop, there are plenty of opportunities for diehard fans to get on camera when their antics are welcome.
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False Accusations of Racism
George Zimmerman, the Media and the Search for the Great White Racist
Coverage of the George Zimmerman trial gives ample demonstration that most of our agenda driven media today makes the facts fit the story and not the other way around. Cathy Young at Reason examines how the media has constantly attempted to falsely portray George Zimmerman as a white racist:
This narrative has transformed Zimmerman, a man of racially mixed heritage that included white, Hispanic and black roots (a grandmother who helped raise him had an Afro-Peruvian father), into an honorary white male steeped in white privilege. It has cast him as a virulent racist even though he once had a black business partner, mentored African-American kids, lived in a neighborhood about 20 percent black, and participated in complaints about a white police lieutenant's son getting away with beating a homeless black man.
This narrative has perpetuated the lie that Zimmerman's history of calls to the police indicates obsessive racial paranoia. Thus, discussing the verdict on the PBS NewsHour, University of Connecticut professor and New Yorker contributor Jelani Cobb asserted that "Zimmerman had called the police 46 times in previous six years, only for African-Americans, only for African-American men." Actually, prior to the call about Martin, only four of Zimmerman's calls had to do with African-American men or teenage boys (and two of them were about individuals who Zimmerman thought matched the specific description of burglary suspects). Five involved complaints about whites, and one about two Hispanics and a white male; others were about such issues as a fire alarm going off, a reckless driver of unknown race, or an aggressive dog.
In this narrative, even Zimmerman's concern for a black child—a 2011 call to report a young African-American boy walking unsupervised on a busy street, on which the police record notes, "compl[ainant] concerned for well-being"—has been twisted into crazed racism. Writing on the website of The New Republic, Stanford University law professor Richard Thompson Ford describes Zimmerman as "an edgy basket case" who called 911 about "the suspicious activities of a seven year old black boy." This slander turns up in other left-of-center sources, such as ThinkProgress.org. Continue reading
How Not To Be A Racist
I wish I could say the above video is an exaggeration, but it really isn't. Timothy Noah demonstrates this in The New Republic in a charming article entitled, Romney Cribs from the GOP's Willie Horton Playbook. In the article Noah somehow fails to note that in 1988 the first candidate to bring up the fact that Michael Dukakis as governor of Massachusetts defended a furlough policy for prisoners, including convicted first degree murderers serving a life sentence, was Al Gore. Willie Horton, a first degree murderer serving a life sentence, received a weekend furlough, did not come back, and committed the crimes of rape, assault and auto theft. Horton was sentenced to two life sentences plus 85 years in Maryland. The Maryland judge refused to return him to Massachusetts, saying, "I'm not prepared to take the chance that Mr. Horton might again be furloughed or otherwise released. This man should never draw a breath of free air again." Michael Dukakis as governor of Massachusetts thought that such furloughs were a great idea and defended the policy. Bush is accused by Noah of racism for bringing up these very inconvenient facts against Dukakis.
So much for history. How is Romney guilty of racism according to Noah?
Edsall sees the Romney campaign using race in two ways. Most overtly, the Romney campaign is accusing President Obama by of gutting welfare reform by dropping the work requirement—a gross distortion of an unexceptional waiver Obama granted several states allowing them to experiment with alternative ways to meet the work requirement. Two of the five governors requesting the waivers were Republicans, and among those who have denounced the workfare accusation as flat-out untrue is the Republican former congressman and current talk-show host Joe Scarborough. The second way Edsall sees the Romney campaign using race is more subtle. According to Edsall, Romney is conveying a racially-charged message in accusing Obama of taking money away from (mainly white recipients of) Medicare to fund (majority non-white recipients of) Obamacare.
According to Edsall, Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, have so far been leaving the race-baiting to ads on TV and the Internet while taking the high road in their own appearances. That isn't quite right, as TNR's Alec MacGillis has shown; Romney is not above integrating the welfare-based attack into his speeches. Now Romney has taken the game to a new level in an interview published today in USA Today. Romney tells USA Today's Susan Page that Obama issued the welfare waivers to "shore up his base. Continue reading


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According to an Eden Prairie news release Saturday morning, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner confirmed the death of 24-year-old David Roe.
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As president, one of Barack Obama's most important tasks is making appointments to the federal courts.
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Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Senate performed its role. Sotomayor, who had a long record of judicial service, now sits on the nation's top bench.


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August 28, 2007
Where's the 9/11 conspiracy episode?
John Hawkins compiles a list, including clips, of the ten best South Park episodes of all time.
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At least he had "Vote or Die" on the list. But jeez, the Rob Reiner/smoking ban episode is obviously the greatest of all time! The first Starvin' Marvin episode with Sally Struthers has to be way up there too. And of course the "Million Little Fibers" episode with Oprah's anthropomorphic private parts still leaves me convulsing in laughter.Posted by: Jim Lesczynski at August 28, 2007 at 11:21 am
The Indian casino episode was the best by far. For political humor? The Family Guy episode made me laugh, especially the part about everyone burying their heads in the sand.
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A 43-year-old Dublin youth-sports coach was caught in an Internet sting as he tried to arrange a sexual encounter with a 12-year-old boy, the Franklin County prosecutor says.
Ross E. Shane of 7543 Doolin Dr. in Dublin was indicted yesterday on one count of attempted rape.
He coaches a Dublin youth football team and is an assistant baseball coach, according to a news release from the prosecutor's office. The names of the leagues were not made available yesterday, nor was it clear whether he is still coaching.
Shane engaged in online conversations with an investigator who was posing as the father of a 12-year-old boy, Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said. He was arrested on Nov. 15 when he showed up at what was supposed to be the meeting site. He was released on bond two days later, court records show.
Shane solicited sexual activity that, if successful, would have constituted rape, according to the indictment.
The second-degree felony normally carries a sentence of two to eight years but, because it involved a potential victim under 13, Shane faces a mandatory sentence of five to 25 years if convicted, O'Brien said. A conviction on the charge also would require him to register as a sex offender every 90 days for life.
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|Sport, 1 pitch, 55'
|YDS: 5.11- French: 6c Ewbanks: 22 UIAA: VIII+ ZA: 22 British: E3 5c [details]
|Richard and Lisa Harrison, Michelle Locatelli, October 2005
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By Pete Bresciani
Dec 30, 2006
rating: 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
|This is a great route and a testament to the Richard's (and Lisa's!) eye for spotting lines! I'm not sure why it's listed as 5.11c here but a consensus grade I hear around town is 10d (for taller people) and 11a (for shorter types). I say this not to downgrade the route but to encourage everyone to try it since it's a fun climb with giant jugs the whole way.
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 4, 2007
rating: 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
Despite the grade, it'd be better to warm up on Glitter Gulch or something else to the right- the route is quite steep and the flash pump comes at you fast if this is the first route of the day.
Also, it being a new route- be careful toward the top- word has it that more than one rock has come off of it recently...
By Karsten
From: Sacramento, CA
Apr 9, 2007
rating: 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
I was there on the day they finished the route up and redpointed it. When I gave it a try I took a nice little winger when a "key foothold" broke off. I might add that despite the rock breaking, my fall was clean and all the bolts were well placed and in places where you would want them.
I would say that the rock quality is not quite as good as routes around it. That being said, it is still a fun route that is worth doing and may improve with age as loose stuff is cleaned off.
By Michael Kimm
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 18, 2010
rating: 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
|The wet winter proved to be too much for all the holds on The Gambler; the route has a new crux, and is probably 11b now if you're short. The climbing is far less pleasent now too... a shame...
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 22, 2010
rating: 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
Michael- can't say I noticed any broken holds, or a new crux- it's been awhile since I've been on the route, though. It was still loads of fun and pretty mellow- well worth doing. My partner also had no trouble at 5'4".
The first bolt on the route has been replaced.
By Zach.Moore
From: Minneapolis, MN
May 26, 2010
rating: 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
This route is awesome. In fact, every route to the right and left of it is also great.
Thanks bolters :)
By Nick Barczak
Oct 18, 2010
|Extremely Fun route. 5.10d, in my opinion, given the straightforward movement and large holds. It is possible to gain a no-hands rest by straddling the "prow" next to the 3rd bolt.
By Maeve Devlin
May 22, 2012
My friend climbed The Gambler earlier today, and he said that the second bolt hanger was spinning, the bolt itself was wiggling, and it moved when he pulled on the quickdraw to test it.
Just be safe when you climb it. Probably not the best route to climb if 11- is pushing it for you.
By Likeasummerthursday
From: Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug 4, 2014
|Climbed yesterday. Spinner 2nd bolt. Great route.
By Capple
Oct 27, 2016
rating: 5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c
|Super cool route. 2nd hanger is still spinning.


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Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 15 mins
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), plus more for drizzling
- 4 small 1- to 1-1/2-inch-thick strip steaks, at room temperature
- Salt and pepper
- 8 slices bacon
- 4 leeks, white and light green parts only, sliced 1/4 inch thick*
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped
- 2 beefsteak tomatoes, thickly sliced
- Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high. Drizzle EVOO over the steaks and season with salt and pepper. Grill the steaks, turning twice, 12 to 15 minutes for medium-rare. Let rest for 5 minutes.
- In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels and let cool. Pour off all but about 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings from the skillet, then add the leeks, cover and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until wilted, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.
- Crumble the bacon and transfer half to a food processor. Add the Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, mustard, some pepper and a splash of water. With the machine on, pour in the 1/2 cup EVOO in a steady stream.
- Arrange a bed of the romaine and tomatoes on each of 4 plates. Slice the steak against the grain and layer over the tomatoes. Scatter the leeks over the steak and pour the bacon dressing on the salad. Top with the remaining crumbled bacon.
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- Cut off the root end and the tough green top.
- Halve the white part lengthwise
- Soak the stalks in cold water for 10 minutes, then rinse to remove the grit.


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Columbus City Schools jumped headfirst into a major expansion of its busing operation last night by essentially firing its sole private contractor and voting to immediately purchase 300 new buses.
The school board voted 5-2 to spend $26.1 million to purchase 300 65-passenger school buses from Rush Truck Centers of Ohio. The board must now issue bonds to pay for the purchase, which will expand the district's in-house transportation department to 800 buses.
Voting against the purchase were board members Mike Wiles and Hanifah Kambon. Wiles proposed that the district extend private bus vendor First Student's contract for one year and call upon other local bus companies to help out.
But as has happened in the past, Superintendent Gene Harris warned the board that time was running out on a major decision and said the board needed to act or lose the most cost-effective option on the table.
"One of the options goes away," Harris warned. "It's no longer available to us."
The company will deliver the buses by July 31, leaving a month for them to be approved for service by the State Highway Patrol, she said.
Less than five weeks ago, Harris told the board that First Student's bid for a new three-year contract would increase the district's cost by $6 million: from $13 million to more than $19 million a year for busing service.
The firm's current three-year deal, which called for First Student to supply about 260 buses to transport all private- and charter-school students living in the Columbus school district, ends this summer.
Complaints about the bus service have been numerous during the past three years — and they continued at the board meeting last night. Lezlee Knowles, assistant superintendent of Tree of Life Christian Schools in Columbus, told board members that a driver recently took a young student into a McDonald's restaurant on Cleveland Avenue and told him to stand outside the restroom while the driver used it, asking the child to not tell anyone.
There also were two bus crashes in the school parking lot and "countless hours" waiting on hold on the phone with First Student to discuss late buses or missing children, Knowles said.
The district hired First Student to save money, "but we lost it all in the court of public opinion," board member W. Shawna Gibbs said.
The district said it can save $10.6 million over three years by taking the operation in house with union drivers.
Remaining to be seen is whether the district can hire and train the 300-plus drivers it will need by the time school starts in the fall.
"We are definitely going to try our best to do that," Deputy Superintendent John Stanford said, noting that the district will hold job fairs to recruit drivers and also reach out to First Student's drivers, who might be losing their jobs with the loss of the Columbus contract.
The district also must find a place to park 300 new buses. It's in discussions to lease a facility, Stanford said. The facility is large enough that it might allow the district to consolidate its other depots on the site, saving more money.


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iPad 3 Arrival Date
According to the usual wonderfully unreliable (and always anonymous) "sources," Apple may be poised to reveal the iPad 3 during an early March event, with in-store availability just a handful of days later. If you look at the booking information for the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, an Apple staple for this sort of event, it looks like Wednesday March 7th is being held open for an undisclosed booking (or at least this day is oddly empty among a cluster of other bookings). In 2011, Apple revealed its iPad 2 in an event at the center on Wednesday March 2nd, and the tablet was on sale March 11th.
Could Apple be planning something similar this year? Our money is right behind this rumor, as the timing feels just right—we're dubious Apple would delay the launch (like it did for the iPhone 4S) to adjust its launch windows, as it has plenty of competition from hot newcomers like the Kindle Fire.
iPad 3 Back-Shell, Camera, And Battery
Leaking out of Apple's eastern supply chain come several images claiming to be the rear shell of an iPad 3. Of course Apple is famous for inspiring knock-off designs of its products, some amazingly accurate, so it's plausible that these pieces of machined metal and plastic are destined for a jPad or a qPhone...
But if you look at the high-resolution photos of the metal "iPad 3" rear shell there are design traits that are so very similar to the iPad 2 we're inclined to believe they're the real deal, because they suggest Apple's followed its usual habit of evolving the internal components carefully (necessitating slight adjustments in things like screw holes and mounting points) rather than radical overhauls.
And what of these new components? Some analysis suggests a redesigned/repositioned motherboard is a little smaller in the iPad 3 and is shifted to allow more interior space for a bigger battery. This larger component has been long-rumored, and would be needed to give the iPad better (possibly class-definingly good) battery life and/or support the bigger power needs of a rumored retina-resolution screen. Slight tweaks to the mounts for the screen inside the back shells imply a new version is definitely on the cards, and there's even been a leak of what may be a Sharp-produced high-res screen for the device with 2,048 by 1,536 pixels—four times the total for the current iPad.
We don't know what camera the iPad 3 will use, but it looks like it's a different unit and may be slightly repositioned in the iPad 3 versus the iPad 2 ... and that could tally with a rumored 5-megapixel rear-facing unit.
Some suggestions from the source of the leaked back-shells say the new iPad may not be thicker than the super-skinny iPad 2, and a leak of the purported internal magnet setup suggests it's similar to the iPad 2's.
We're inclined to be suspicious of drawing too many conclusions from these leaked parts, but we're leaning toward believing these to be real components for an iPad 3 device. There's something to this volume of details. Of course, these unmarked parts may be part of Apple's normal design round, and represent mere prototypes ... but that would be a surprise.
A6 Quad-Core?
We'd been expecting Apple's A6 chip—the presumed powerhouse for the iPad 3 and iPhone 5, assuming Apple follows its usual habit—to be a quad-core unit. After all, the first Apple-designed iDevice silicon, the A4, was a single core unit and its successor the A5 was a duo-core chip. There are also plenty of high-power Android tablets on the market, and some competitors are even trying to appeal to consumers (who were suckered by the megapixel claims during the ascension of the digital camera) by touting quad-core chips in Android phones and tablets for 2012.
Now a fresh rumor says the iPad 3 will have a boosted CPU over the iPad 2, but it won't be quad-cored. Instead the beefier CPU will be accompanied by a significantly improved GPU to drive the bigger display.
We're not sure here. It's possible Apple took the design decision to follow this path, and a boosted GPU would definitely propel the iPad's gaming prowess to new heights (an important trick, as the device is already changing mobile gaming). But we're not sure for one main reason: The iPhone 5. Apple will presumably choose to benefit from design efficiency and economies of scale by putting an A6 chip inside the iPad 3 and the iPhone 5. We're expecting the iPhone 5 to be a significant overhaul of the phone because the iPhone 4S wasn't much of one—and such a market-leading smartphone, arriving in the later half of 2012 would look slow if powered by a dual-core chip compared to many of its peer quad-core devices.
iPad 2S?
Will the iPad 3 merely be an iPad 2S of sorts, following the way the iPhone 4S was introduced? It's almost possible. The iPad is still the market-leading device, and Apple has achieved nothing short of a clone-inducing iconic design with the iPad 2's look and feel—it would be foolish to depart too far from this position. Apple detractors would hail any such iPad 2S (even if it were named the iPad 3) as being the end of the iPad's reign.
But we're thinking Apple will call it the iPad 3 and it'll boast so much of a boost in internal features over the iPad 2 that these criticisms would ring hollow. It's all about that screen, you see. If it really is of so high a resolution it'll likely best the laptop screen you're staring at, and will deliver so much clarity for reading e-books that it'll banish much of the competition from e-Ink Kindles and possibly the inferior-specced Kindle Fire tablets, even though their price is less.
iPhone 5 Date And Design
Murmurs of the iPhone 5 have died down of late, as everyone's getting excited about the iPad 3. The latest rumors have suggested it will be a big overhaul of the device, with a 4-inch screen (possibly topped with Corning's new improved Gorilla glass) and a redesigned chassis. The body of the phone may or may not have the long-rumored tapered aluminum chassis, but there's a hot suspicion that Apple may try to include some form of waterproofing tech in the device. That'd be welcome news for many folk who've lost their precious phone—or at least, lost its warranty—through water damage.
We're keeping an eye on these rumors for you, and will update when the iPad furor has died down.
Why is this all important?
Some people dismiss the attention brought upon Apple's upcoming products as pointless, or fanboy activity. But with Apple's recent finances proving that the company is still aggressively growing, with its mobile devices literally changing the way many people around the world use the Internet and access 3G data (with knock-on effects for companies like Sprint that sell its tech), and with competitors literally breaking their own backs to compete with or outmaneuver Apple, like Nokia, the tech world and billions of dollars are literally hanging on the iPad 3 and iPhone 5.
Update: We think the iPad 3 i imminent, and now there are reports of in-store shortages of both the Wi-Fi and 3G models of the current iPad 2. That's typically the habit before a new product hits the shelves, as the complex layers of the supply chain change mode and gear-up to get the newer hardware out to stores. Some may think it casts doubt on the idea Apple will keep the iPad 2 on sale after the 3's launch, but this isn't necessarily so—the current shortages may just represent a high-level supplies strategy by Apple.
Meanwhile other reports are hitting that the Apple TV is also seeing supply constraints. Could this mean a new TV unit will also arrive at the same time or shortly after the iPad 3, perhaps in some way taking advantage of the iPad 3's power (with uprated CPU and graphics capabilities, surely).
Still more rumors suggest Apple is soon to radically overhaul its MacBook Pro lines, taking inspiration from its Air design as it does so. This is something we predicted for 2011, but it looks like it'll happen several months from now.
Update 2: More fuel for the Mac Pro rumor fire—Apple's now said to be planning a switch back to Nvidia's hot new graphics cards for the refresh, making the most of synergy with Intel's Nehalem chips. Whether or not it's true, the increasing rumors about the Pro update are unusual, and possibly a good sign.
Chat about this news with Kit Eaton on Twitter and Fast Company too.


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Thousands escape Iraq mountain attack
By Jean Marc Mojon, AFP
August 11, 2014, 12:01 am TWN
BAGHDAD--Thousands of displaced Iraqis who had been besieged on a mountain by jihadists escaped to safety Sunday while Western powers ramped up efforts to save those still stranded with air drops.
Three days after U.S. President Barack Obama ordered warplanes back in the skies over Iraq to avert what he said could be an impending genocide, France and Britain joined the humanitarian response.
An attack by extremist Islamic State (IS) militants on the Sinjar region a week ago sent thousands — many of them from the Yazidi minority — scurrying into a nearby mountain.
Stranded on Mount Sinjar in searing summer heat with little food and water, Yazidi lawmaker Vian Dakhil had warned Saturday that they would not survive much longer.
But on Sunday, she and other officials said at least 20,000 had managed to flee the siege, with the help of Kurdish troops, and cross into northern Iraq's Kurdistan region via Syria.
"20,000 to 30,000 have managed to flee Mount Sinjar but there are still thousands on the mountain," she told AFP. "The passage isn't 100 percent safe. There is still a risk."
An official from the Kurdish regional government in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing point between Syria and Iraq said 30,000 had crossed, mainly Saturday and Sunday.
Foreign aid groups operating in the region confirmed several thousand survivors of the Mount Sinjar siege had transited through Syria and crossed back into Iraq.
Kurdish forces from Iraq, Syria and Turkey have worked together in a bid to rescue the displaced Kurdish-speaking Yazidis and other civilians trapped on the mountain.
Air Drops
The breakthrough appeared to coincide with U.S. airstrikes on IS fighters in the Sinjar area on Saturday.
U.S. forces "successfully (conducted) four airstrikes to defend Yazidi civilians being indiscriminately attacked" near Sinjar, the U.S. military said late Saturday.
U.S. and Iraqi cargo planes have been air dropping food and water over Mount Sinjar, a barren 60-kilometer (35 miles) ridge that local legend holds as the final resting place of Noah's Ark.
Britain joined the effort overnight Saturday with its first air drop over Sinjar of food and water.
"The world has been shocked by the plight of the Yazidi community," said International Development Minister Justine Greening.
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There is a saying that goes, "If you wish to determine how great a club is, seek not the multitudes that flock there; instead, count the hordes that envy them."
And judging from the legion of opposition fans who speak of Manchester United in the bitterest of bile, surely the club is right up there with Jesus of Nazareth and Samuel Jackson in the race to greatness.
Just this past weekend, the Red Devils overtook Liverpool as the most successful club in England. Securing their 19th league trophy, the Old Trafford outfit officially cemented its reputation as the greatest English football club of all time (yes, Liverpool fans, you heard what I said...*wink*).
And a quick glance at our history proves that label is well-deserved. From its humble beginnings as Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) to their first league trophy in 1907-08, from the highs of three successive championships to the lows of the Munich Air Disaster, the club boasts a tumultuous history.
So join us as we examine 19 of the most radiant jewels adorning the lush fabric of Manchester United's history.