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Maytag was one of the Iowa firms that stopped producing consumer goods and started making war supplies. In 1943, 19 year-old Hollys "Pat" Harrison from Albia, formerly Hollys Tarbell, had been working for a local dentist taking care of domestic chores. Harrison saw a newspaper advertisement placed by the Maytag Company in Newton.
(Hollys "Pat" Harrison) All the guys were doing something, they were fighting, going to service, enlisting and what have you, that we knew and we thought it would be a good idea for us to do something too, while we could and the money was good.
The company, famous for its clothes washers, started making air craft parts. Harrison was hired to make exhaust systems for B 26 Marauder Bombers. To help finance the creation of war goods, the government began to offer bonds. The investment strategy was not lost on Maytag employees together they purchased a B 26 Marauder for the war effort.
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August 25, 2016
WhatsApp on Thursday announced an update to its terms and privacy policy -- the first in four years. Among other things, the changes will affect the ways users can communicate with businesses while continuing to avoid third-party banner ads or spam messages, according to the company. However, WhatsApp will begin to share some personal details about its 1 billion users with Facebook.
Google Cracks Down on Intrusive Mobile Ads
August 24, 2016
Google has announced that it soon will downgrade mobile pages in its search rankings if they carry ads that obscure content. Such ads "provide a poorer experience to users than other pages where content is immediately accessible," explained Doantam Phan, a product manager at Google. Techniques that reduce the accessibility of content include showing users a popup that covers the main content.
Google Fills Nexus Devices With Rich Nougat Features
August 23, 2016
Google on Monday began rolling out its long-awaited Android 7.0 Nougat release to Nexus smartphones and tablets. The new operating system became available as a beta release, known only as "Android N," earlier this year. The experiences of developers and other users led to more than 250 new features, including improved multitasking, stronger battery life and tighter security features.
Verizon Toys With Risky App Revenue Plan
August 23, 2016
Verizon's reported consideration of a plan to preinstall mobile apps from major retailers and financial firms on users' smartphones has drawn sharp criticism. The carrier reached out to numerous retail and finance brands with an offer to preload mobile apps on its Android phones for between $1 and $2 per device, according to unnamed ad agency executives.
From the Olympic Non-Robbery to Ford Getting Out of Cars, to Evil NSA: A Strange Week
August 22, 2016
There were three stories that caught my eye last week that I think deserve some additional discussion. One is the alleged robbery of U.S. Olympians followed by questions of whether it really happened because their phones weren't stolen. There may be a legitimate reason for that, and it's one that suggests a lot of folks will be getting huge cellphone bills next month.
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August 17, 2016
Internet of Things cloud platforms offer device makers and companies the opportunity to greatly expand the value of products and services. These devices are reshaping the value chain by altering product design and development, manufacturing, marketing, supply chain management and service after the sale. They also generate new support activities, such as product data analytics and security.
Google Duo Aims to Make Video Calling Super-Easy
August 16, 2016
Google on Monday launched Google Duo, a one-on-one video calling app that runs on iOS and Android. The app will be available worldwide in the next few days, said Justin Uberti, principal software engineer at Google. Duo switches from cellular service to WiFi, and transitions from high-speed to lower speed wireless service smoothly, promising to let users continue video calls uninterrupted.
Tim Cook Devotes a Lot of Words to Saying Very Little
August 16, 2016
Tim Cook talked about his five years at the helm of Apple in a wide-ranging interview published Saturday. Apple fans looking for juicy morsels about new products won't find them in the Q & A, however. Among other things, Cook discounted the bleak claims of those analysts who maintain the smartphone market is in decline -- and Apple's fortunes with it.
Russian Regulators Scoop Apple Into Price-Fixing Probe
August 12, 2016
A Russian regulatory authority earlier this week named Apple, along with more than a dozen Russian retailers, as a target for an investigation into price-fixing activities. The Federal Antimonopoly Service, or FAS, has seen signs of price-setting coordination among iPhone resellers in Russia, according to a notice published on the agency's website.
TCP Flaw Opens Linux Systems to Hijackers
August 11, 2016
A flaw in the RFC 5961 specification the Internet Engineering Task Force developed to protect TCP against blind in-window attacks could threaten Android smartphones, as well as every Linux computer on the planet. The flaw is described in a paper a team of researchers presented at the 25th Usenix Security Symposium, ongoing in Austin, Texas, through Friday.
Nintendo Investors' Futile Hunt for Pokémon Go Profits
August 4, 2016
Nintendo investors who thought they would score big returns after the successful launch of Pokémon Go found that actual profits were more elusive than the colorful characters. Nintendo last week made it painfully clear that The Pokémon Co. and Niantic were far better positioned than it was to reap financial rewards. Much of that revenue potential lies in a wealth of in-app purchases.
Samsung Hones Galaxy Note7 to a Fine Point
August 4, 2016
Samsung on Tuesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7. It has an iris-scanning feature that combines with Samsung Knox for security, as well as a fingerprint scanner. The Galaxy Note7 has a water resistant body, a 5.7-inch QHD Super Amoled screen with a front-to-back symmetrical dual-edged curve, HDR video-streaming capabilities for immersive entertainment.
Uber's China Strategy Shifts Into Reverse
August 3, 2016
Didi Chuxing on Monday announced a historic deal to acquire the Chinese ride-sharing operations of rival Uber, which threw in the towel after years of unsuccessful efforts to grow its business in what may prove to be the world's most challenging technology market. Under the agreement, Didi Chuxing acquired all of Uber China's assets, including its brand, data and business operations.
Fixing Apple's Problem
August 1, 2016
Apple last week reported earnings, and with the exception of a strong showing from the iPad Pro, the key financial metrics were all down -- and for the third quarter running. So what's wrong with Apple? The company had been growing alarmingly well until last year, but growth suddenly has become elusive. It isn't going out of business, but it also isn't the performance king anymore.
Why 1 Billion iPhones Sold Matters
August 1, 2016
Sales of the iPhone for the current quarter may be down, but sales for the decade are up, way up. Apple last week announced that it had sold its billionth iPhone, a historic feat for a consumer electronics product from a single vendor. "We never set out to make the most, but we've always set out to make the best products that make a difference," said Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Apple Earnings Sag on Lower iPhone Price Points
July 28, 2016
Apple on Tuesday reported lower earnings in the third-quarter as the global saturation of smartphones continued to put pressure on its core iPhone business. However, officials remained upbeat. The company reported stronger-than-expected metrics and has been able to grow its software and services business while expanding into key overseas markets. Apple reported net income of $7.8 billion.
BlackBerry Offers Android Users a Secure New Smartphone
July 27, 2016
BlackBerry on Tuesday made a play for security-conscious Android users with the announcement of its new DTEK50. Running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and BlackBerry security software, the new unit is the "most secure Android smartphone" in the world, the company claimed. Many Android users have concerns about the their phone's security, according to a recent survey.
Nintendo's Q1 Reflects Struggles Unrelated to Pokemon Go Success
July 27, 2016
Nintendo shares fell sharply in Tokyo on Wednesday, following its release of a first-quarter earnings report that disappointed analyst expectations. The company reported a drop of 31 percent in net sales and an operating loss of about $48 million, which it attributed to growing strength in the Japanese yen but which likely had more to do with dismal sales of the Wii U, which it is phasing out.
Google Beefs Up Phone App's Spam-Fighting Skills
July 27, 2016
Google on Tuesday released an updated version of its Phone app for Android with a new spam protection feature that warns users when an incoming call is likely to be spam. It also lets them block numbers and report spam. The app is available on Google Play. The spam warning feature works on Nexus and AndroidOne devices on the T-Mobile USA, Project Fi and Orange France networks.
Yahoo Deal Could Put Verizon in Google and Facebook's League
July 25, 2016
Verizon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo's operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash. The deal, which comes on the heels of Verizon's $4.4 billion AOL purchase last year, will allow it to expand its digital advertising business. The purchase will provide Verizon with Yahoo's ad tech tools, search, email and messenger assets.
Android, Chromebook Make a Sweet Couple
July 23, 2016
Chrome OS and Android Apps now run together on some Chromebooks. Many, but not all, Chromebook models will get the operating system update that allows it as fall approaches. The Asus Chromebook Flip C100P -- the first Chromebook to get the upgrade -- is an impressive example of what will come with the hybrid integration of Chrome OS and Android apps.
Uber by the Billions
July 20, 2016
Uber just celebrated its two-billionth trip in a 147-way tie, CEO Travis Kalanick announced Monday. Each of the drivers and riders who began their trip at 4:16 a.m. GMT on Saturday, June 18, got a $450 gift from Uber -- the number is significant because Uber now operates in 450 cities across the globe, Kalanick said. The company's growth trajectory is impressive.
Softbank Strong-ARMs Its Way Into Internet of Things
July 19, 2016
Softbank Group has agreed to buy British semiconductor maker ARM Holdings for about $31.4 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday. Softbank agreed to pay a hefty premium for ARM, with a price of about $67.28 per ARM share, which is a 42.9 percent premium over the $47.08 closing price as of Friday, the last business day before the deal was announced. The surprise move will help Softbank gain a solid IoT foothold.
Verizon Customers Get No Respect
July 15, 2016
Why do customers seem to overreact when Verizon announces changes? Verizon's latest price hike has been causing angst in the marketplace -- at least on social sites like Twitter. Why does Verizon keep shooting itself in the foot? The short answer is poor marketing. Verizon's marketing moves show no care for the customer base, and that comes with at cost to Verizon.
Facebook's OpenCellular Offers DIY Wireless Access for Remote Regions
July 14, 2016
Facebook last week introduced OpenCellular, an inexpensive, open source wireless access platform. Telecom operators, entrepreneurs, OEMs and researchers will be able to build, implement, deploy and operate wireless infrastructures to serve people living in remote areas. The platform is available in various options, ranging from a network in a box to an access point.
Nintendo Shares Surge on Pokemon Go Juggernaut
July 12, 2016
Nintendo shares soared on Monday after its new augmented reality mobile app, Pokemon Go, burst out of the gate over the weekend in the U.S and in key markets around the globe. The company's shares rose 36 percent in two days, after downloads of the Pokemon Go app raced to the top of iOS and Android charts in the U.S. The wave of demand exceeded expectations, said Morgan Stanley MUFG analyst Mia Nagasaka.
Airbnb Fights City Hall Over San Francisco Registration Rule
July 8, 2016
Airbnb recently filed suit against San Francisco over a new rule governing short-term rentals, which the city's Board of Supervisors approved last month. An Airbnb-supported law adopted earlier this year requires short-term rental hosts to register with the city, but it's estimated that only about 20 percent of them have done so. The new rule requires services like Airbnb to enforce the law.
Mobile Ransomware Has Mushroomed: Report
July 8, 2016
The number of mobile ransomware victims across the globe has increased fourfold compared to a year ago, suggests a Kaspersky Lab report. Kaspersky software protected 136,532 users targeted by ransomware from April 2015 to March 2016 -- up from 35,413. "The growth curve may be less than that seen for PC ransomware, but it is still significant enough to confirm a worrying trend," the report notes.
BlackBerry Lets Go of Its Classic Phone
July 5, 2016
BlackBerry on Tuesday announced it will cease manufacturing the BlackBerry Classic. "The Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone in today's market," noted COO Ralph Pini. "To keep innovating and advancing our portfolio, we are updating our smartphone lineup with state-of-the-art devices." BlackBerry intends to continue supporting its BlackBerry 10 platform, however.
Amazon, Walmart Gear Up for Summer E-Commerce Throwdown
July 1, 2016
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With Google+, people can endorse and share your content by '+1'ing it. Here's how to make the most of this by connecting your website, Adwords, YouTub channel and Google+ page.
What is a '+1'?
With Google+, people who see your brand's content – be it your website, a blog post, a video, your Adwords ads, your Google+ page, or a Google+ post, photo or comment, even a Google search result* – can click to '+1', or endorse it, and share it with their Google+ circles.
How can I make +1'ing work for my brand?
Set up a Google+ Page. If you haven't already, then set up a Google + page. You can start right here: and here's some advice on set-up
Link & verify your Google+ Page and your website Add your website URL (and your social media links), link and verify the website. Here's a video on how to do it, and Google's own advice. Google reckon you'll start seeing an uplift in traffic straight away.
Put a Google + badge on your site. Then people can either visit your Google+ Page from your site – or actually add it to their circles without leaving your site. Visit the Google+ badge configuration tool to customize your badge and generate the code snippet to add to your page. Google claims that brands who do this are seeing a 38% increase in followers.
Add '+1' as part of your social sharing options on content
Add social extensions to your Adwords campaigns. Once you've built a Google+ Page, you can link your page to your AdWords account using social extensions. By default, AdWords ads that appear on Google or the Google Display Network all have a +1 button. A web user +1'ing your ad endorses your specific landing page, and vice versa. If you add 'social extensions' to your Adwords campaigns, then a +1 on your ad applies to your Google+ Page, and all the +1's from your Google+ Page are also applied to your AdWords ad.
This creates a larger social web presence for both your ads and your Google+ Page, making it more likely that someone who sees them will see an annotation.
In this highly recommended video of a recent presentation to PR companies, Google claims a search performance uplift of between 5 and 10%. Since these 'endorsements' make your ads more relevant, they may also improve your click through rate (CTR) and save you money.
To do this, go to your Adwords account and select a campaign. Then choose Add extensions > View social extensions > Add new.When prompted, paste in the ID (URL) of your Google+ page, ignoring anything after the number. Example: https://plus.google.com/101408157362052603690 . It may well say 'pending' in the status for a while before it changes to 'eligible'. If you want to see what kind of impact this has on the CTR, then
- Click in to one of your campaigns that has enabled social extensions
- Click on the "ads" tab
- Click on the "segment" drop down and select "+1 Annotations". Your ad should look like this now:
Link your YouTube account to your Google+ page. If you produce videos, make sure that a) you upload the video to YouTube and b) that your YouTube account is also linked to your Google+ account. Here's some help on this from UpYourPlus.
Once again, I highly recommend this Periscopix Google Event video (although it's lengthy – and you'll want to start at about 13 mins in) and Google's own information – starting with the basics here.
*A note on Search
It used to be that people could '+1' a post or a website straight from the search page, giving their endorsement to the content.
… the idea being, of course, that you are much more likely to click on the content recommended by people you know.
However, that option of 'passively endorsing' content, and seeing a tally of how many in your circles had recommended it has now been removed (much to the ire of some, who would like to be able to recommend content without spamming it as 'news' in their Google newsfeeds, and appreciated the 'scoring' element of seeing how many +1'd it). The option now is only to 'share' the content with those who have you in their Google circles, which in my opinion, really isn't the same thing at all.
This post forms part of a series on social media for SMEs, and originally appeared in Social Media Today. Many thanks for the editors' permission to republish them here. Other posts in the series:
Tips on social media for small business: No.1 – Why you need social media
Tips on social media for small business: No.2 – You need a Social Media Policy
Tips on Social Media for Small Business: No. 3 – Organisation of your social media channels


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Metro Board approves Fiscal 2013 budget to support safety, reliability and improved bus, rail service
The Metro Board of Directors approved Metro's $2.5 billion operating and capital budgets for fiscal 2013, which fund critical projects to enhance safety and reliability, as well as customer service. Metro's fiscal year begins July 1.
"The fiscal 2013 budget reaffirms our strong commitment to building a better Metro system—one that is safe and more reliable," said Metro Board Chair Catherine Hudgins. "The budget enables Metro to continue its efforts to rebuild the system and introduce new service initiatives to improve the traveling experience of our customers."
Metro General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles said, "In addition to continuing the ongoing efforts to rebuild the Metro system with new and upgraded equipment, and increased preventive maintenance efforts, the newly passed, balanced budget provides funding for better bus service and more rail service for thousands of Metro riders."
The $1.6 billion fiscal 2013 operating budget allows for expanded rush hour Metrorail service, better bus service, additional police officers, improved escalator preventive maintenance, advancement of the worker fatigue management program and continued compliance with National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, and preparation for the start of Silver Line service in late 2013.
Specifically, beginning June 18, Metro will introduce Rush+ service, which benefits more than 100,000 Metrorail riders with increased, rush hour rail service. Rush+ will provide more frequent train service at 21 stations and new transfer-free commute options for many customers on the Orange, Blue, Yellow and Green lines.
Also, beginning June 17, Metro will implement "Better Bus" -- the largest improvement in bus service in five years, including enhancements along priority corridors to improve on-time performance and reliability, and reduce crowding. As a result, more than a third of Metrobus customers will benefit from more frequent bus service and bigger buses on select Metrobus routes, expanded hours of operation for limited-stop MetroExtra service and improved reliability this summer. Over the next year, Metro will invest a total of $3.1 million to advance its Priority Corridor Network, benefitting more than 200,000 customers with improved service and increased capacity.
Metro's capital budget supports Metro Forward, the massive rebuilding effort to improve safety and reliability including major projects to replace tracks and track components, repair tunnels and infrastructure, upgrade stations and facilities, rehabilitate or replace escalators and elevators, and purchase new buses, railcars and MetroAccess vehicles.
The nearly $1 billion capital budget for fiscal 2013 includes a slate of projects directly related to improving safety and reliability, and better service for customers. The capital budget consists of contributions from the federal government and Metro's jurisdictional partners. Passenger fares are not used for capital projects.
Major capital projects for fiscal 2013 include:
The Metro Board of Directors also approved the six-year, $5.7 billion Capital Improvement Plan (fiscal 2013-2018), which includes projects to advance NTSB recommendations, including track circuit replacements and the replacement of Metro's oldest railcars, the 1000-series fleet, with new 7000-series cars. Additional projects will include replacement of MetroAccess vehicles, replacement of 88 escalators throughout the system and a new electronic payment program that will allow customers to pay transit fares directly at the faregate or farebox using contactless Smartcards.
In developing the fiscal 2013 budget, Metro weighed public input from riders through a series of public hearings in February and March, as well as an online survey. The balanced budget proposal approved by the Board today includes cost sharing measures, with fare increases and increased investment from the jurisdictions.
New fares and parking fees will go into effect on July 1, the start of the fiscal year. Metro's Board of Directors approved changes to simplify the fare structure, including elimination of the peak-of-the-peak surcharge for Metrorail trips and removal of peak-period restrictions on the Metrorail One-day Pass. In addition, based on customer feedback, the Board held steady the $7 maximum fare for MetroAccess trips. Other changes include introduction of a new 28-day pass, a $1 surcharge for Metrorail trips using a paper fare card to encourage SmarTrip use, a 10-cent increase in local bus fares, a 25-cent increase in parking fees and a decrease in bicycle locker rental fees.
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Wisconsin governor spent $16m on recall TV ads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker spent $16 million on television advertising after Democrats and their allies began circulating recall petitions against him last fall.
Walker's campaign finance reports show Walker spent $33.4 million between Nov. 15 and June 30. More than $15.9 million of that went toward TV ads.
The governor's Democratic challenger, Tom Barrett, spent $6.6 million, including $4.2 million on TV, between March 30 and the end of June.
Democrats upset with Walker's plan to strip almost all public workers of nearly all their union rights forced the governor and five other GOP officeholders into recall elections. Walker easily defeated Barrett in the June 5 election.
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Some residents in Westcliff Neighborhood have decided to give the neighborhood a little bit of a makeover.
The first move is to get a new fence.
Project organizers say homeowners in the area have shown interest and even submitted pledges to get the beautification project rolling but they've still got a lot of work to do.
Community Organizer Holly Spears says, "Right now we're just collecting donations from the neighbors, um, that have interest in seeing the fence replaced. The goal to replace the fence the quote is forty three thousand, five hundred and forty five dollars, we have over fifteen thousand dollars pledged and we're collecting checks now made out to the fence company."
Spears says they're having a neighborhood garage sale to raise funds for the fence.
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Since linalg123 hasn't got back to us, I will continue myself.
Every Calculus text I have ever seen has defined "polar coordinates" with the formulas
Strictly speaking, "polar coordinates" is defined only in two dimensions but and immediate extension is "cylindrical coordinates" using 'z' as the third variable,
Spherical coordinates are defined by the formulas
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
Now I'm cross-eyed
Fun game, but short. Need high scores.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I cheated
liked the fact that the game doesn't penalize you for the hint button, played twice, second time, I just hit the hint button over and over, collecting the differences in record time, but every so often, i'll go too fast and I had to find one on my own *Scary* but I liked it, found the music soothing and kept my attention on the screen
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
One too many
On level 4 there are actualy 6 differences.
The right eye on the bookshelve is not in the same position.
Its not counted as a legal difference though.
Funny but simple, and some trully devilish differences.
Played it twice, good time waster ;).
7 for the 10 mins it helped me pass.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
nice music
final score : 4420
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Nice job
I checked the credits before playing, and there was no way to get rid of them! They blocked the play button and I had to refresh.
Also, I don't see any negative effects of using hints. If there's a limit to them I didn't find it.
Did you see the "close this box" button in the credits? It's possible you missed it it's at the bottom of the box. I don't penalize people for getting lost in the game but if a lot of people want this I can add a minor incentive to click it less frequently.


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Hotel Sofitel Legend
Old Cataract Aswan
History, review and photos of
Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
Article added on May 1, 2012 at 23:48 Egyptian time
Rebirth of a Legend: impressions of the
completely renovated Old
Cataract Hotel
Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan is one of the world's legendary
hotels. Before the 2008/11 renovation, the original building was much more
attractive than the so-called New Cataract, which had been referred to as
the "hospital" by both staff and regular guests. After the renovation, the
historic Palace Wing, the new name for the Old Cataract, still looks great. However, the New Cataract, now renamed Nile
Wing, with its fabulous balconies overlooking the Nile, has become the
place to stay in style.
In the renovation process, the number of rooms has been reduced from 275 to
just 138. Today, the hotel is more luxurious than ever. All Nile Wing rooms
enjoy Nile view and feature a balcony.
In April 2012, I stayed in the Prestige Suite 2703 on the seventh floor of
the Nile wing. It does not get better than that, although the Opera Suites
in the corners enjoy Nile views to two sides, with windows in the living
room too.
My room 2703 was one of 14 Prestige Suites in the Nile Wing with a surface
of 67m². Take one like mine in
the upper floors and you will not regret it. The rooms, bathrooms and
balconies are decorated with furniture in beech
wood from Dubai. The room doors are made of Zen wood. The rooms, bathrooms
and balconies are floored with teak wood from Dubai.
In the bathroom of the Prestige Suites, you can enjoy a great view from the free standing bathtub by Villeroy & Boch.
In addition, the bathroom is equipped with a separate walk-in shower, two
sinks and a toilet. The appropriate bathroom amenities were Un Jardin
sur le Nil, created by Hermès in 2005.
The large balconies in the Prestige Suites are equipped with two deck chairs
as well as a sofa, two chairs and table. The upper floors balcony is giving
you some welcome shadow, the location high above the Nile the necessary
2703 was equipped with a tea and coffee making facility; in fact a coffee
making machine as well as a kettle. In addition, the hotel offers in all
rooms a red and a green button next to the bed to indicate whether you
prefer not to be disturbed or whether you would like your room to be made
up. That's exactly as it should be; no more unfashionable hanging out of
signs that may fall down. Only very few hotels offer this service (yet).
On my site inspection, I have not seen a single boring room. The French
interior designer, Sybille de Margerie has created a calm atmosphere,
inspired by the Arabian style décor of the 1902 restaurant. Colors
vary from one room to another. The style is fresher in the Nile Wing and
more traditional in the Palace Wing. In the Nile Wing, Sybille de Margerie
used crimson, cream, gold and sienna, whereas the Palace Wing is dominated
by emerald, ecru, anis and aqua.
The bathroom colors vary too. I remember the Indian green marble in the
Agatha Christie Suite, which could be found in some other bathrooms too. The
Agatha Christie Suite was more feminine, more elegant in my opinion than the
Winston Churchill Suite, which in return has the great advantage of an
enormous terrace situated directly over the hotel's main and bar terrace.
Breakfast on the Nile terrace was served in style on a three-tier stand,
reminding me of an elegant English Afternoon
Tea. The second day, the attentive staff brought everything I had requested
in addition to the basics the day before: a muesli with soymilk,
sliced mangos, freshly squeezed orange juice, loose green tea with a
removable strainer as well as some falafel. At Hotel Sofitel
Legend Old Cataract Aswan you will enjoy a breakfast that you won't forget,
Nile view inclusive!
The spa is situated on the ground and on the first floor of the Nile Wing.
It includes a state-of-the art gym with Technogym exercise machines as well
as a sauna and a very recommendable Hamam
with two rooms, one warm and one hot; thanks to a staff member, I found out
that some 10 minutes in the Hamam after one hour in the gym was the ideal
combination for perfect relaxation.
The Spa features eight treatment rooms, in one of which I enjoyed a one-hour traditional, oriental massage by Tuk, the excellent Thai
masseuse. Nefertari and Cinq Mondes are the two brands chosen
for the Spa treatments. I went with sesame oil, scented with lemon grass.
Last but not least, let's mention
Dominique Ferchaud, the French chef who is
cooking on a Michelin-star level. In short, Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan with its 138
rooms, including 82 suites, is currently second to none in Egypt.
A history of the Old Cataract in Aswan,
Upper Egypt
The Old Catarat Hotel
Aswan was finished in the last year of the 19th century and opened,
according to The Egyptian Gazette of January 3, 1900 in the first
month of the new century. It was not fully finished until a few years later.
Thomas Cook & Son, present in Egypt since 1869, had offered beds in a decent
hotel in Aswan since 1892, but just two seasons later, they were forced to
employ a moored boat as a floating hotel again to satisfy the demand
Situated on a granite bluff overseeing the Nile, the Old Cataract Hotel
became an instant success. It was designed by the Englishman Henri Favarger,
who had already added some fairy-table Arabian magic to the existing
Mena House by the Locke-King family in Giza some thirteen years earlier.
At the Old Cataract Hotel, Henri Favarger built Moorish horseshoe arches and
decorated it with Mashrabiya screens and brass hanging lanterns. The success
of the hotel was such that tents had to be erected to cope with the influx
of travelers. In 1902, a third story with additional 60 rooms was added,
bringing the total number of rooms to 220. The hotel was already equipped
with a hydroelectric elevator.
For the dining hall at the Old Cataract Hotel, inaugurated on December 10,
1902 Henri Favarger was inspired by the Mamluk mosques of Cairo. The base of
the central dome was decorated with carved "stalactites" and
punctuated by windows covered with grills modeled on the those of Cairo's
Ibn Tulun Mosque; it cost the equivalent of $1.2 million today! Present at
the opening, which was coupled with a ball in honor of the opening of the
Aswan Dam, were Khedive Abbas, the sovereign of Egypt, the former British
consul-general Lord Cromer, the contractor of the Aswan Dam, John Aird, as
well as the Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria, together
with his wife.
At the Old Cataract Hotel, guests indulged in sitting on the Nile terrace,
playing bridge, crocket, golf, tennis, polo and witnessing donkey and camel
races by locals.
Al-Ahram newspaper criticized Henri Favarager for an act of
vandalism, because his workmen had come across 200 mummies while leveling
the driveway to the hotel, which they simply destroyed with their picks.
The general manager and leaseholder of the Old Cataract Hotel was Ferdinand
Pagnon, who co-owned the Upper Egypt Hotels Company, established in 1905,
mainly with the Swiss hotelier Charles Bähler aka Baehler
(1868-1937) and the Cypriote George Nungovich in collaboration with Thomas Cook & Son.
Born in Bourgoin near Lyon in 1847, the Frenchman Pagnon had moved to Egypt with
his parents in 1855. After his father's death, he took over the family's
Hotel Pagnon in Ismailiya. After managing hotel Victoria in Venice, John
Cook persuaded him to return to Egypt to organize the Thomas Cook Nile
In 1877, John Cook had decided to build Hotel Luxor, first managed and later
owned by Ferdinand Pagnon. With money lent from Cook, the Frenchman even
bought two other hotels in Egypt. While still under constructing, the Old
Cataract Hotel was leased to him too. John Cook, who had built the Egyptian
travel business, died in March 1899 well before the opening of the Aswan
luxury hotel. Ferdinand Pagnon himself died from pneumonia in Aswan in 1909.
Since 1905, the Old Cataract had become part of Charles Baehler's Upper
Egypt Hotels Company, of which Pagnon was just a small minority
stakeholder. With the exception of the Savoy in Aswan, the company
controlled all major hotels in southern Egypt.
In 1937, Agatha Christie's novel Death on the Nile was published, best interpreted
on screen by the unforgettable Sir Peter Ustinov
(German article) The Cataract
hotel was named and
described in her murder story. The author had visited Egypt as a debutante
in 1910, again in 1931 and in 1933, then in company of her second
husband, the archeologist Max Mallowan, as well as the daughter by her
first marriage, Rosalind. In 1934, Agatha Christie had already published a novel entitled Death on the Nile,
but with a different plot and cast of characters.
For the movie starring
Peter Ustinov as detective Hercule Poirot as well as Bette Davis,
David Niven, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith as well as other stars, scenes were
shot on the hotel terrace as well as in the restaurant 1902. In the
movie, the hotel entrance was on the side of the terrace. In reality, no
barouche ever approached the Old Cataract from that side. The movie director
took other liberties to make it more colorful, for instance adding a souk to
Nile side of the hotel. However, the paddle steamer which stopped in front
of the hotel was real, one of three still functioning on the Nile today.
The shooting of the Death on the Nile scenes at the hotel took
several weeks, with the Old Cataract still receiving guests. All leading
actors stayed at the nearby
Mövenpick Resort Aswan, then an Oberoi hotel.
Another movie shot on the hotel ground was the 1980s Awakening,
starring a Pharaonic princess who awakened after thousands of years.
More celebrities, anecdotes and details
Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, first stayed at the Old Cataract in 1937
on his honeymoon trip. Subsequently, he reserved a suite every winter. Before
his death in 1957, he requested to be buried in Aswan, with his mausoleum
facing the Old Cataract Hotel from the other side of the Nile.
A lesser-known regular guest at the Old Cataract Hotel was Lord Benbrook. He
annually booked a room and was not amused when his favorite table on the
terrace was taken. He informed the seated party that the table was reserved.
"Since when?", an American in a comfortable chair asked. "Since 20 years",
Lord Benbrook coolly replied (Humphreys).
In 1941-2, King Farouk reserved an entire floor for himself and his guests.
He was said to have enjoyed taking potshots from his balcony at Nubian boys
paddling their boats on the Nile below. In the gastronomic restaurant
1902, you will see four balconies above you. Two were destined for
musicians who entertained Farouk, the other two for women of whom the
notorious playboy would later chose one for his very private entertainment
[Added on August 4, 2015: This is a legend, since two sources confirmed to
me independently from each other that, through their parents, they know that Farouk was not that
kind of a playboy. He had not been blessed by nature. His penis measured
only some 5cm].
Incidentally, over the Royal Table at 1902 hangs the hotel's oldest
chandelier, dating back to 1898. According to the restaurant manager,
1902 features Egypt's oldest piano (?), signed "1900 Paris" and "1904
St. Louis".
The longtime hotel manager Karim El Ghoul, who had arrived at the hotel in
1975 aged 16, told me several stories and showed me many photographs as well
as Golden Book entries. His father had been a famous chef nicknamed
"Meshmesh" (apricot), who had worked many years at the Old Cataract, at the
Winter Palace in Luxor as well as abroad. Karim El Ghoul's grandfather had
even worked at the Old Cataract since its opening!
The hotel manager told me that the New Cataract had not been constructed for
the Russian engineers who built the High Dam. In fact, there had already
been a pre-existing four-storey hotel dating from 1963, which was simply
enlarged for the Arab Summit of 1966 to the present nine floors.
Karim El Ghoul told me that not everything at the hotel was so glamorous in
the great old times. Until the 1980s, just 16 room had a private bathroom!
All rooms had sinks with hot and cold water, but most guests had to share
public baths together. [Added on July 27, 2012: Incidentally, many of the
not so fancy rooms without bath were of course occupied by the servants of
wealthy clients].
Karim El Ghoul also remembered the frequent guest François Mitterrand. I
found his last signature dated February 28, 1995. He died in January the
following year. The manager remembers the former French president sitting
all day long on the terrace of the Churchill Suite just one week before his
death. He was accompanied by his daughter Mazarine, fostered out of wedlock
and whose existence had been a state secret until just two years before his
Among the many politicians and celebrities found in the Golden Book and/or
documented on photographs let's mention Nicolas Sarkozy (as minister of the
interior), President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Jospin, Princess Diana
in 1986, whose pink dress Karim El Ghoul remembers as if it had been
yesterday, many kings, queens and presidents, sixteen alone for an event
organized in honor of the opening of the new Alexandria Library.
A quasi historic document is the Golden Book entry by the later Israeli
president Ezer Weizman, who came in context with the Peace accords between
Israel and Egypt. His entry is all in Arabic and a kind of peace manifesto.
Maybe Karim El Ghoul will later translate if for me.
The Golden Book is endless. And we are talking only about the last one.
Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan has a great past, an impressive present
and surely a great future!
Sources, literature, further reading:
Andrew Humphreys: Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel,
The American University in Cairo Press, 2011, 215 pages.
Andrew Humphreys: Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel,
The American University in Cairo Press, 2011, 215 pages. Order it from
Amazon.com, Amazon.de.
This book was a valuable source for my article.
L. Gaulis, R. Creux: Pionniers suisses de l'hôtellerie, 1975.
F. Ammann: Schweizer Gastgeberfamilien, 1980.
Manager Karim El Ghoul.
Egyptian art books from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de.
The bar with its contemporary, yellow chandeliers. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
Al Saraya Restaurant. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
View of the hotel, its pool and the Nile from one of the hotel's fabulous Nile
Wing rooms.
Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
The fabulous Terrace, where breakfast is served; behind the separation in the
background, you can find the bar terrace. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
- Egyptian art books from
Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de.
A Nile Prestige Suite as mine (2703) with a green, contemporary chandelier over
the bed. In the foreground you would find a large sitting area. The Nile view
from the balcony is spectacular. Behind this window, you have the sofa, a table
and two chairs, which have been removed for the photo. To the right on the
balcony, you would find another large space with two deck chairs. In the room to
the right is the spacious bathroom with Nile view. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
A bathroom as of my Prestige Suite 2703 on the seventh floor of the Nile Wing.
To the left of the bathtub is a floor-to-ceiling window front with doors which
open to the elegant balcony in beech wood. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
Andrew Humphreys: Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel,
The American University in Cairo Press, 2011, 215 pages. Order it from
This book was a valuable source for my article. - Egyptian art books from
Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de.
An in-room dinner on a lower floor in the Nile Wing. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
A Palace Wing Cataract Suite. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
The Library. The design by Sybille de Margerie is new, many of the books old.
Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
View of a Palace Luxury Room. There are only recommendable rooms in the hotel.
Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
View from the Oriental Kebabgy Terrace, where you can for instance enjoy
Lebanese food. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
The large pool area. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
The indoor pool. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.
The reception area. Photos © Hotel Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan / Fabrice Rambert.


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Samsung NF210-A01AU netbook
Samsung NF210-A01AU review: A 10in Samsung netbook with excellent battery life and an interesting design
- Excellent battery life, very good keyboard, comfortable to use, matte screen, interesting design
- Sometimes sluggish performance, lots of preinstalled software, balance could be better
Bottom Line
The Samsung NF210-A01AU is a great netbook. It feels comfortable to use, it's light and it looks good. Best of all, its battery life is tremendous! It lasted over six hours when playing videos with its screen at full brightness, and over 10 hours when performing basic tasks. We recommend it to anyone who wants a netbook with excellent battery life.
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The Samsung NF210-A01AU is a 10.1in netbook that possesses a unique style and a very long battery life. It's perfect for anyone who wants to type documents or watch videos for hours on end while travelling. Even though it's a small, 1.37kg netbook, it doesn't feel uncomfortable to use. The downside is that it's still a netbook, so it will perform sluggishly in certain situations.
Samsung NF210: Specifications and performance
The Samsung NF210-A01AU isn't new — it's already been around for a few months — so it doesn't feature a dual-core Intel Atom CPU like the Acer Aspire One Happy, for example. Instead, it features a single-core Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz CPU with Hyper-Threading. The rest of its configuration is standard, too: you get 1GB of DDR3 SDRAM, Intel GMA 3150 graphics, and a 250GB hard drive. It recorded times of 7min 12sec and 8min 3sec in our Blender 3D rendering and iTunes MP3 encoding tests, respectively, which is approximately what we expected of a netbook with these specifications. To put its performance in perspective, the HP Mini 5103, which runs a faster Atom N475 CPU (1.83GHz) and 2GB of RAM, finished the Blender 3D test in 6min 21sec, while the afore-mentioned Aspire One Happy finished Blender in 4min flat.
While using the NF210-A10AU, it didn't feel annoyingly slow. We were able to browse the Web, watch standard-definition videos and create documents without wanting to tear our hair out (what's left of it). The only time the netbook became sluggish was when we had lots of active Web pages open in Firefox. Sites with lots of JavaScript and Adobe Flash elements (lots of ads, for example, or live scores from a sports site) consumed lots of CPU cycles and made the netbook unresponsive at times. Samsung has installed Norton Internet Security for Netbooks, which actually issues a pop-up to let you know when an application is using too much memory or hogging the CPU so that you can do something about it — i.e. kill that application. For the most part, though, the Samsung NF210-A01AU felt great to use, and we used it a lot.
Samsung NF210: Battery life
The large 6-cell battery allowed us to use the netbook away from an outlet for a very long time. Of course, how long it lasts for you will depend on the type of tasks being undertaken and the level of the screen brightness; if you just use the netbook for basic Web browsing, reading ebooks or writing documents, and if you use the lowest screen brightness setting, it will last longer than 10 hours. In our standard battery rundown test, in which we disable power management, enable Wi-Fi, use maximum screen brightness and loop an Xvid-encoded standard-definition video, the battery still lasted for an exhausting 6hr 10min. This is one of the best results we've seen in a netbook to date, and it means you don't have to worry too much about charging it often.
Samsung NF210: User comfort and other features
The Samsung NF210's battery life is definitely the standout feature, but its looks are also a selling point. It has an interesting style that we think is very nice (although some people in our office disagreed); a few curves and funky little mouldings either side of the keyboard give the netbook a profile that a 1950s car designer would be proud of. The touchpad is very smooth and has almost the same texture as the 60mm deep palmrest; it was responsive and accurate in our tests. We love the keyboard, which has isolated keys that offer good bounce-back and feel crisp when you hit them. While it's a 10.1in netbook, the keyboard doesn't feel cramped and is very comfortable to type on. You can type with the netbook on your lap for prolonged periods of time and it won't get overly warm and uncomfortable. We'd go as far as saying that the NF210 is a pleasure to use.
The balance of the netbook is a little questionable as it feels a little top-heavy; it never tipped over backwards while resting on our laps, but it's something you should be weary of when you use it, as it will tend to rock back when your hands lift off it. The battery protrudes under the netbook's chassis and it sits one centimetre in from the spine of the netbook (rather than actually on the spine), which helps to give the netbook a better centre of gravity. Its height also gives the NF210 a bit of a forward slant.
We like the matte 10.1in screen (1024x600 resolution), which won't reflect lights and it has good brightness and contrast for viewing photos and videos. We wish it didn't have such a wide bezel around it, but if it didn't then that would also make the unit smaller overall, which would diminish the netbook's overall ease of use. It has a built-in webcam, and the lid feels very smooth to open and close.
Around the edges of the NF210, you will find VGA, USB (three ports), 10/100 Ethernet, microphone and headphone ports, as well as an SD card slot, and you also get built-in Bluetooth and 802.11n Wi-Fi. These are all standard features for a netbook.
Samsung Conclusion
Overall, long battery life and an interesting design separate this netbook from others on the market and, despite it using older Intel Atom technology, we think it's a #winner. We'd recommend it to anyone who wants a light and long-lasting ultraportable for basic Web and document tasks.
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Environmental Management Advisory Board
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Waste Review
Report Number TWS #003
EMAB EM-TWS SRS / Hanford Tank Waste
June 23, 2011
This is the second report of the Environmental Management Tank Waste Subcommittee (EMTWS) of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB). The first report was submitted and accepted by the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM-1) in September 2010. The EM-TWS responded to three charges from EM-1 regarding the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at Hanford (WTP) under construction in Richland, Washington. EM's responses were timely, and efforts have been put in place to address the recommendations that EMAB made.
This report addresses eight charges given to the EM-TWS earlier this fiscal year. The current version of this report addresses fully the first seven charges, and it is anticipated that the eighth charge will be fully addressed by the close of the fiscal year.
The EM-TWS extends its compliments and thanks to EM-1 and Headquarters staff and field offices at the Savannah River Site and the Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site for their willingness to support the Subcommittee's efforts as well as to provide timely responses to data requests made of them. We particularly want to thank the support staff in EM's Office of Public and intergovernmental Accountability.


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As an animal lover, I was saddened to learn about how inhumanely breeding pigs are raised in small "gestation crates," which are barely larger than their own bodies.
But I was inspired to learn about how Bob Evans is working to change this by committing to buying pork only from farmers that don't use the cruel crates ("Bob Evans Farms to pork suppliers: Give pregnant pigs enough room," Dispatch, Bottom Line blog, March 13).
The fact that, each year, millions of pigs are crammed into these crates shows how far we need to go in improving animal welfare in our society, and how we all need to support the work being done to improve the lives of farm animals. Ending their extreme confinement seems like the best place to start.
Thankfully Bob Evans, dozens of other companies and nine U.S. states are doing just that.
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The AICPA's Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) developed a number of practice aids to assist auditors in performing engagements under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (Circular A-133)—also referred to as single audits. Practice Aids developed by the task forces are described below. These Practice Aids are nonauthoritative and their use is not required. However, they may help you understand and apply certain auditing standards. The GAQC believes that audit quality will be further enhanced by their use. Auditors that already have their own internal guidance in these areas and do not wish to use the GAQC Practice Aids are encouraged to compare them to such internal guidance to ensure that there are not any areas that are lacking or need to be enhanced.
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Practice Aids
The GAQC developed three Practice Aids to assist auditors in determining whether the SEFA includes all required elements, is accurate and complete, and that the auditor's procedures relating to the SEFA are appropriately documented. The Practice Aids have been updated and expanded to reflect the issuance of the Clarity Standards, including AU-C section 725, Supplementary Information in Relation to the Financial Statements as a Whole.
Further, because preparation of the SEFA is an auditee responsibility, the GAQC also developed two Practice Aids intended to assist auditees in their important role of ensuring that the SEFA includes all required elements and is prepared accurately and completely. Note that auditors should refer to Chapter 7, Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards, of the AICPA Audit Guide, Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Audits, for a description of the various requirements relating to the SEFA for both the auditor and the auditee, as well as for additional guidance.
The three Practice Aids developed as auditor tools by the GAQC are available in PDF (available to the public) or Word (available to GAQC members only). The Auditor Practice aids are as follows:
The two Practice Aids developed as auditee tools by the GAQC are available in PDF or Word (both versions available to the public. The Auditee Practice Aids are as follows:
Please also note that the GAQC has posted report illustrations, which provide examples for auditor reporting under Circular A-133. The illustrations include revisions to the schedule of expenditures of federal awards reporting in order to comply with AU-C section 725. The report illustrations are available to the public.
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Internal Controls and Compliance Practice Aids
The GAQC Internal Control and Compliance Practice Aids are temporarily unavailable. They were originally developed based on Part 6 of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Compliance Supplement which was removed by OMB from the 2015 Supplement as it needed revisions for updated internal control guidance, as well as for the OMB's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 CFR 200. The three Practice Aids (1) Major Program Risk Matrix; (2) Controls Overview Documents (Narrative and Checklist): and (3) Dual Purpose Testwork, will be available on this page after an update to Part 6 is available and the GAQC team can make the related updates to the GAQC Practice Aids. The GAQC will send a GAQC Alert to members once the Practice Aids are re-posted. If you need access to the old Practice Aids based on OMB Circular A-133, please send a request to the GAQC at email@example.com.
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Sampling in a Single Audit Environment
Chapter 11, "Audit Sampling Considerations" of the the AICPA Audit Guide, Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Audits (GAS A-133 Guide) addresses sampling in a single audit environment. This Chapter does not set new requirements but rather provides recommendations on the application of the existing auditing standards, including AU-C section 530, Audit Sampling, to this topic area. Before its issuance, the Chapter was cleared by the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and federal agency representatives. Tools for the auditor related to sampling in a single audit include:


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Today happens to be a day that ends with a "Y" so you know what that means—an news item about a movie studio with plans to remake a film or to reboot an old TV show as a film. And lo, today you get both, as Warner Bros. is now hard at work on rebooting the Scooby-Doo film franchise, itself based on the animated TV series.
Warner Bros. has hired newcomer Randall Green to pen the thing, which, at this point, could be either live action, animated, or a combination of the two.
12 years ago, the Scooby-Doo live action film scored nearly $300 million in worldwide box office receipts; however, its sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed didn't do quite as well, making nearly $100 million less. So what's that mean? Reboot, reboot, REBOOT. Right?
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Army officials are conducting a criminal investigation into newly revealed photographs showing U.S. troops posing with body parts of dead Afghan suicide bombers. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for U.S. and other foreign forces in the country to hand over security to his government's forces sooner than planned, following the publication of photographs showing American troops posing with the body parts of dead suicide bombers.
In a statement issued by the presidential palace statement to NBC News and other media outlets Karzai said he strongly condemned the "inhumane and provocative" act.
"It is such a disgusting act to take photos with body parts and then share it with others," he said, according to the statement.
The statement noted "similar incidents of odious nature in the past that sparked angry reaction by the Afghans and the international community at large."
US condemns troops for allegedly posing with dead suicide bombers in Afghanistan
"The President underlines that the only way to put an end to such painful experiences is through an accelerated and full transition of security responsibilities to Afghan forces, so Afghanistan can take over its own destiny and, thus no such things can be repeated by the foreign forces in Afghanistan," it added.
The acts shown in the photographs, which were first published by the Los Angeles Times, were condemned by U.S. officials and the commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John R. Allen. "The actions of the individuals photographed do not represent the policies of ISAF or the U.S. Army," Allen said.
On Wednesday, the LA Times ran an article in which it explained the decision to publish the pictures, which were taken in 2010.
"We considered this very carefully," Editor Davan Maharaj said. "At the end of the day, our job is to publish information that our readers need to make informed decisions. We have a particular duty to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the American mission in Afghanistan."
NBC's Sohel Uddin reports live from Kabul about the deadly attacks in Afghanistan over the weekend. MSNBC's Alex Wagner and the NOW panel discuss the effects of the violence on the withdrawal of American military troops, and what the attacks could mean for national security in the Middle East.
"On balance, in this case, we felt that the public interest here was served by publishing a limited, but representative sample of these photos, along with a story explaining the circumstances under which they were taken," he added.
Slideshow: Afghanistan: Nation at a crossroads
The Times said that the the Defense Department had asked the paper not to run the photos.
The paper's article said that the safety of troops was among The Times' concerns.
"When we made the decision to publish, the Pentagon asked us to wait 24 additional hours to protect troops depicted in the photographs," Maharaj said. "We agreed to push back our publication date until the Pentagon told us they had taken the necessary precautions. In fact, we waited more than 72 hours after their request."
NBC News' Akbar Shinwari and Sohel Uddin in Kabul contributed to this report.
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Brookmere Cemetery
3615 Broadview Road, Cleveland, OH 44109
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cleveland So., Lat: 41°26.36N, Lon: 081°42.37W
This is not a complete listing of burials! The records below were provided by contributors to Cemetery Records Online. Total records = 5.
Contributor's Index:
- [KH] Karen Hauserman [email@example.com] Our Genealogy Page
Hausserman, A., d. 28 Oct 1896, Aged 69y 6m, [KH]
Hauserman, Children, At Rest, c/o Dorothea and John in family plot, no grave stones found, [KH]
Hauserman, Dorothea, no dates, in family plot, [KH]
Hausserman, F., d. 28 Jun 1891, Aged 67y 7m 25d, [KH]
Hauserman, John, no dates, At Rest, w/Dorothea and children, [KH]
Hausserman, John L., b. 1911, d. 1938, "Rest In Peace", [KH]
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