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BEIJING – China and Russia will hold joint naval exercises in the East China Sea amid regional tensions over island groups and airspace.
A notice on the Chinese Defense Ministry's website Thursday said the "Jointly At Sea 2014" drills would begin in late May near Shanghai.
It said the latest in a series of joint drills aimed to deepen practical cooperation and boost their abilities to work together to respond to seaborne threats.
The East China Sea includes a string of uninhabited islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, which regular dispatches patrol boats to confront Japanese coast guard vessels in the area.
China also sparked denouncements from Tokyo, Washington and others over its announcement in December of an air defense zone encompassing much of the airspace above the sea.


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Will the Padres compete in 2012?
Forecasting Prince
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Evaluating a strange offseason in San Diego
Josh Byrnes has been busy in San Diego
Rearranging the Red Sox bullpen
Post-Papelbon, Boston searches for its next closer.
Evaluating the Jed Hoyer era in San Diego
The departed GM has left the Padres in excellent shape
Reviewing the indefensibles
A look at the early returns from five moves made last offseason
Offseason decisions: Should the Padres rebuild?
Jed Hoyer has left new San Diego Padres GM Josh Byrnes in good hands
A look back at the best moves of last offseason
Five of the best deals of the 2011 offseason; some have worked out better than others.
Indefensible deals
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Five winning moves of the offseason
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The Padres have made a flurry of offseason moves in an attempt to stay competitive in the short-term while also building for the future.
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Extending Big Papi
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This afternoon the Atlanta Braves traded shortstop Yunel Escobar and minor league lefty Jo-Jo Reyes to the Toronto Blue Jays for shortstop Alex Gonzalez and prospects Tim Collins and Tyler Pastornicky. Shortly thereafter my Twitter feed erupted with instant-analysis of the deal, with most sabermetric-friendly folks calling it a steal for the Toronto. Just focusing […]
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A model for the spark gap in spark machining with relaxation generators is proposed. The model employs a thyristor and a voltage source. This is used to calculate the minimum charging resistance of the relaxation generator for various supply voltages. Experimental values agree with the theoretical predictions.
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Misinformation pandemic: Conservative media use H1N1 to oppose health care reform
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Since President Obama declared the H1N1 pandemic a national emergency on October 24, conservative media figures have accused the Obama administration of attempting to, in the words of Rush Limbaugh, "create panic and chaos" in order to "sell health care." These charges ignore the prevalence of the disease, which, along with the consequent need to "enable U.S. health care facilities to implement emergency operations plans," were factors Obama specifically cited when he declared the national emergency.
Conspiracy theory: Obama fearmongering about H1N1 to pass health reform
Limbaugh: government might be "hyping the number" of H1N1 cases to "[c]reate panic and chaos, sell health care." During the October 28 edition of his syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh asserted "if that's true" that the government is "hyping the number of" H1N1 cases, "that doesn't surprise me. Create panic and chaos, sell health care, keep general unrest out there amongst the population -- it's right out the Obama formula."
Limbaugh fill-in Davis suggested White House hyping flu to "make us feel oh-so-good about government handling a health issue." Filling in for Limbaugh on October 26, guest-host Mark Davis noted that "since the swine flu issue has arisen and it happens to be alongside the massive health care debate," then asked if there is "an effort on the part of this White House to make it seem worse than it is so that we are all just thinking and worrying and gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands over the kind of coverage we have and to make us feel oh-so-good about government handling a health issue."
Beck co-host Gray: Obama is "just declaring a national emergency so [they] can take power." On the October 26 edition of Glenn Beck's radio program, during a discussion of Obama's decision of declare the H1N1 pandemic a national emergency, co-host Pat Gray asserted of the Obama administration: "We're just declaring a national emergency so that we can take power, but we don't really want you to panic."
Conservative media's charges ignore reality of the H1N1 pandemic
Obama declared "national emergency" to waive federal requirements, facilitating hospitals' emergency operations. Obama announced that he declared the pandemic a national emergency because "the rapid increase in illness across the Nation may overburden health care resources and that the temporary waiver of certain standard Federal requirements may be warranted in order to enable U.S. health care facilities to implement emergency operations plans, the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the United States constitutes a national emergency."
CDC reported H1N1 has caused at least 20,000 hospitalizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has attributed at least 20,000 hospitalizations and more than 1,000 deaths to the virus, according to a Washington Post report about Obama's national emergency declaration. From the article:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that the flu was spreading widely in at least 46 states and had already caused the hospitalization of at least 20,000 Americans. More than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the virus and more than 2,400 additional deaths were probably associated with it, officials said. [The Washington Post, 10/25/09]
Media still using H1N1 vaccine distribution to suggest government can't manage reform
Breitbart, Examiner claimed vaccine distribution indicates government can't handle reform. As Media Matters for America has noted, Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com highlighted a piece by Washington Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott which blamed the H1N1 vaccine shortage on the government and suggested that the shortage is indicative of the government's ability to reform health care.
Fox Nation, Hannity, Pat Robertson follow Breitbart's lead. Like Breitbart, Fox Nation highlighted Tapscott's Examiner piece, linking to it with the headline: "Vaccine Shortage Not Best Advertisement for Obamacare."
Similarly, on the October 26 edition of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity noted the "severe shortage of the H1N1 vaccine" and asked: "[D]oesn't the government's success at providing the nation with flu vaccines, does it give you a lot of faith about their ability to take over the entire health care system?" Also, on the October 27 edition of The 700 Club, host Pat Robertson suggested that the number of people lining up to get the H1N1 vaccine should be "enough to scare you away from this public option." He added: "They think the government is now -- is going to handle your health. They can't even get out vaccines for people, and they've had, they've had a good year or better to get the supply together, and they don't have it yet."
CDC, Sebelius say manufacturers' projections of available vaccines were too high. CDC director Dr. Thomas Friedan said that vaccine supplies were below the number predicted because the estimates from the vaccine manufactures -- presumably the experts in flu vaccine manufacturing -- were too high. Friedan stated: "What we have learned more in the last couple of weeks is that not only is the virus unpredictable, but vaccine production is much less predictable than we wish. We are nowhere near where we thought we'd be by now. We are not near where the vaccine manufacturers predicted we would be." And Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called the projections the government received from the manufacturers "overly rosy."
Hannity's anti-reform crusade: Fox host uses H1N1 to fearmonger about rationing
Hannity used H1N1 to fearmonger seniors will be denied care. On September 21, Hannity suggested during both his radio and Fox News shows that the CDC's list of priority groups to receive the H1N1 vaccine places the elderly "last on the list" and thus amounts to "a form of government deciding rationing." Hannity, who has repeatedly fearmongered that health care reform will lead to rationing of care, linked the H1N1 vaccine to health reform and asked "why would you expect Obamacare to be any different?"
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Theft of vehicles is a lucrative crime, so many cars and trucks are vulnerable to being stolen or burglarized no matter where they are. "While there are many different vehicle-security alarms out there, I thought that there needed to be a better way to prevent this from happening," said an inventor from Mount Juliet, Tenn.
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Australia will get an indication of where Shane Watson's fitness is at on Friday when he trains in Brisbane, but the all-rounder has admitted he does not want to risk injury again by returning to bowling prematurely.
Watson, who is recovering from a minor hamstring strain he sustained during the one-day series in India, will stick to batting as some of the national squad assemble in Queensland, and it is highly doubtful he will roll his arm over before the first Test starts next Thursday.
The 32-year-old has returned to running and will be put through his paces under the close watch of physiotherapist Alex Kountouris and coach Darren Lehmann at Brisbane's Allan Border Field and the adjacent new $29 million National Cricket Centre on Friday.
Watson will bat alongside Michael Clarke, and fast bowlers Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle and Mitchell Johnson will also begin their preparations for the Gabba Test.
Watson hopes to bat and bowl in the first Test but the top brass do not want to risk further injury.
"It's an exciting time to be heading up to Brisbane," Watson said. "Hopefully everything continues to progress the way it has been over the past 10 days and I'll be fit and ready to go for the first Test.
"It really depends on pushing a limit to make sure I'm ready to go as a batsman and maybe a bowler but not risking it to re-injure it, which means it puts me out for batting as well. It's just trying to find that balance."
Watson and the medical staff know what can go wrong if he is pushed too hard. Two summers ago, he was trying to overcome a hamstring strain to take his place in the Boxing Day Test against India, only to suffer an injury to his calf and miss the rest of that series.
He might be able to bowl in a limited capacity in the first Test, but is unlikely to be used as the fourth seamer Clarke would normally have at his disposal with a fully fit Watson.
Jackson Bird, who is also returning from injury, is in Brisbane to train with the Test side. James Pattinson, whose return from a stress fracture continues as well, is using the facilities at the National Cricket Centre to assist in his recovery.


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Peggy Tishman, president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, said today that the rally it coordinated opposite the United Nations last Sunday in protest against the 1975 General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism was a "most successful rally"
She said that it "was just one segment in an on-going series of events that we hope will create an atmosphere in which honesty will prevail and the anti-Semitic propaganda war, utilizing the Zionismis-racism resolution as its justification, will end."
More than 1,000 people attended the rally which preceded the conference on Israel, Zionism and the UN, held at the UN headquarters under the cochairmanship of two former U.S. Ambassadors to the UN, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D. NY); Israel's UN Ambassador Binyamin Netanyahu; and Kenneth Bialkin, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
As a follow-up to these public events, the JCRC is developing a program of visitations to UN delegations in the coming weeks to urge them to join the U.S. in repudiating the Zionism-is-racism resolution.
Tishman asserted that the rally "underscored the vital importance that people understand the ramifications of this odious resolution in that it has acted as a camouflage for unchecked anti-Semitism, hatred and prejudice for the past decade."


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Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid will toss the coin this morning with much upon their minds. Of course, it will be an easy task to say "we'll bat" upon the rupee falling correctly, for the pitch is expected to turn. By then, too, the teams will have been named, with India likely to play three spinners and Australia resisting the temptation to rest the old blokes and to blood youngsters. Baggy green caps have to be earned.
Otherwise, the respective captains approach the match from different angles. Ponting will be desperate to score runs and to preside over a victory, otherwise he will feel fraudulent when history describes his team as the first from Australia in 35 years to beat the Indians on their own soil. Not that his contribution can be ignored; both Ponting and John Buchanan played substantial parts in creating the strategies and attitudes that helped Australia to dominate its opponent. Still, a victory is needed, not least for the captain's peace of mind.
Ponting also will be anxious to score a few runs. Judging by the experiences of Sachin Tendulkar in the previous Test, it might not be easy. Admittedly, Tendulkar rushed back, was using a lighter bat and facing a fierce attack on a pitch that was not entirely to be relied upon.
Tendulkar's hasty return provided further evidence of the unease evident in the Indian camp throughout the campaign. Sunil Gavaskar's urgent appointment as batting consultant suggested that nerves were taut and confidence low and events have confirmed the point. At such times, teams are inclined to look for an outside saviour, whereas, of course, the answer always lies within.
Contrastingly, the Tasmanian has taken his time. On the other hand, he has not batted in a match for ages and cricket changes as soon as the bowlers become hostile, fielders turn into predators and the first mistake is the last. Still, he will be leading a team at the height of its powers and a squad whose pecking order has been settled during the course of this impressive visit.
India had a lopsided team and its fortunes rested upon ... a handful of players.
Dravid has not been able to summon the technical and mental powers seen in recent series and now finds himself captaining a team low on morale and apparently in a state of shock. He is a thinking cricketer and cannot simply throw caution to the wind in an attempt to recover lost momentum. Thought is not the enemy of action, merely an indication of the correct course to be taken. Dravid's game depends upon inches, not instinct. At such times, it is usually wise to check the positioning of the back foot. The solution to losses of form is invariably simple, yet devilishly hard to isolate.
Fresh faces were needed to revive the spirits of Dravid and other senior players obliged to carry an unfair load in recent campaigns. India had a lopsided team and its fortunes rested upon the performances of a handful of players, none of them a machine. Belatedly, the newly appointed selectors have broken up the side patiently built by Sourav Ganguly. Of course, it is ridiculous that an entirely new panel was created a month ago, one of many absurdities in Indian cricket.
Ganguly himself lost more than his fitness and a series last month - he lost several of the players he has been nurturing, including Partiv Patel, Ajit Agarkar, Aakash Chopra and Yuvraj Singh. Suggestions that Ganguly himself has been hiding from the Australians are demeaning. In the long run, the changes may assist Indian cricket because some of the departed are lightweights and others have lost form. Dropped youngsters should take a look at an Australian outfit full of men who rose early, faded and returned as mature cricketers.
Injuries may be a nuisance but they are also an opportunity. Australia has discovered Michael Clarke. Now it is time for an Indian to introduce himself. Considering the state of the series and the struggles of the senior players, it will not be easy. Ponting must hope that Australia's luck with the toss continues and that his players have retained their focus. Dravid must hope that his game clicks and that his players rise to the challenge.


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I'm not usually one to spend much time focusing on smartphone cases -- heck, I don't even believe in using 'em, personally -- but HTC has created something so unusual for its new HTC One (M8) phone that I couldn't resist showing it off.
It's called the Dot View case, and it brings a refreshingly original and functional twist to the standard smartphone case. The case itself looks deceptively simple, with a hard plastic back that the phone snaps into effortlessly and a rubberized plastic front that protects the phone's face.
That front is where the magic lies, though: The surface is taken up by tons of tiny pinholes. When the case is attached, the phone displays cool retro-looking graphics that shine through those holes to show pertinent info.
You can activate the Dot View display by tapping on the front of the case twice. Doing so will pull up the current time and weather (first as an icon, then as a specific temperature). Or, if you have any pending notifications from compatible apps, it'll pull up those instead. With some notifications, you can swipe down to dismiss and move on to the next one in the queue.
The notifications are the Dot View's biggest limitation: As of now, the display will show only a very limited set of notifications from core system apps -- the Phone app for missed calls, the Mail app (not to be confused with Gmail) for new emails, and the Messages app (not to be confused with Hangouts) for new texts. Broader support for Android notifications would sure go a long way here.
One final function worth mentioning: When a call comes in, the Dot View case shows the caller's name and instructs you to swipe up or down to accept or reject the call. If you swipe up, you can then just hold the phone to your ear and talk normally without ever having to flip the case open.
You can also make calls through the case by swiping down on it when the phone is off, then following the voice prompts to speak the name of the person you want to dial. Not too shabby.
Here's the catch: The HTC One (M8) Dot View costs 50 bucks. Whether a spiffy interactive case is worth that much -- and whether you want to cover up your new phone in the first place -- is something you'll have to decide. But as far as smartphone cases go, this is definitely one of the most interesting and innovative concepts I've seen.
More One (M8) coverage:
• HTC One (M8) deep-dive review: Smartphone sophistication, refined
• Hands on: The first things you notice about the new HTC One (M8)
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Orchestra of St. Luke's To Begin 2011-12 Season
On February 16, 2012, Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) will welcome back its first music director, the visionary Sir Roger Norrington, in Haydn's Symphony No. 39 in G minor and Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major. Hailed by The New York Times as "a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs," Jeremy Denk will make his OSL debut in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major.
Since opening The DiMenna Center for Classical Music in March 2011, OSL has used its new home to expand community programs and to engage the public in its artistic process. The Center has already hosted free concerts, arts education programs and a radio broadcast as part of the new OSL@DMC series. Throughout the 2011/2012 season, OSL will expand OSL@DMC to include musician coaching programs, lectures, open rehearsals and more.
On September 8 and 9, 2011 OSL will join forces with its building partner Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) for the first time since moving in to its new home at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde OSL and BAC will present Das Lied at 100: Mahler by Schoenberg, a performance of Schoenberg and Riehn's chamber arrangement of the work conducted by George Manahan, with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano and tenor Paul Groves.
On September 10 and 11 OSL will take part in two free performances presented by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. This special presentation will feature performances by OSL with Paul Taylor Dance Company; the Limón Dance Company with Voices of Ascension; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Matthew Rushing and Musicians Yacouba Cissoko and Sam Dicke. The program will also include a world premiere by Jessica Lang featuring Clifton Brown and Jamar Roberts. Under the direction of composer David LaMarche, OSL and Paul Taylor Dance Company will present Brandenburgs, Paul Taylor's 1988 uplifting masterwork set to Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 6 and Sonata for Violin and Continuo. The work displays Taylor's special affinity for the music of Bach-also seen in such works as Esplanade, Musical Offering and Promethean Fire. OSL will also perform Purcell's Chaconne in G minor for strings.
On April 24, 2012, OSL will perform in a special one-night-only concert of The Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall. Presented with full orchestra, cast and chorus performing the timeless score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Gary Griffin will direct the production, and Rob Fisher will serve as musical director. Additional cast members will be announced. This performance is part of a gala benefit to support the music education programs of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. The Sound of Music gala event is sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP.
On February 12, 2012, OSL will perform in Carnegie Hall's 2011/2012 Carmina Burana Choral Project. This unique choral program recruits 200 high school and 40 middle school students from throughout New York City to perform Carmina Burana on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. The concert will also feature three new compositions written by high school age composers, sung by a separate choir of 150 high school students and inspired by Carmina Burana. New composers will be chosen through a national application process and commissioned to write for a full symphony orchestra and chorus.
On May 9, 2012 OSL will accompany Young Concert Artists (YCA) for its gala concert, featuring the music of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Edward Elgar at AlIce Tully Hall. OSL and YCA have collaborated on concerts for several years, supporting YCA's mission to help launch the careers of exceptional young musicians from all over the world. This year's gala concert soloists include Narek Hakhnazaryan, Ran Dank and Hahn-Bin.


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Cory Monteith and Taylor Swift Are Totally Just Friends, C'Mon You Guys!
Taylor Swift and Corey Monteith? Super-duper close, totally not-hooking up friends. Or so they're saying.
Sources tell E! that while the two were indeed spotted together this past Friday at Jerry's Deli, they're "just friends." Adding to their denial is the fact that the Glee star was spotted looking very friendly at West Hollywood hot spot Voyeur with a mystery blonde after him and Swift parted ways that night.
"Cory showed up to the club with a girl who definitely looked like his date," an eyewitness tells us. "Mark Salling showed up with the two as well, but Cory spent the evening attached to the girl at the hip." We're told Monteith and his lady friend spent most of the night holed up in a corner, where the Glee star gave the gal cute kisses on her forehead throughout the evening. "They looked like they were into each other and having fun," our spy says. We're told the two left the club and hopped into Monteith's black Honda Civic at about 1:30 am.
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Battlefield 1's Winter Update brings ribbons and higher level caps
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(CNSNews.com) - Imagine a Christmas card where Santa Claus makes a pre-emptive strike on terrorists, by firing a fully automatic firearm mounted on a reindeer-powered sleigh. Santa's target: militant, Islamist, suicide terrorists.
That's the gist of the Christmas card that gun lobbyist John Michael Snyder said he is sending to Members of Congress, the Bush administration, and others this year.
Snyder, the public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, issued a statement describing his card.
"We've known since childhood that Santa puts coal under the Christmas trees of bad children," said Snyder in the press release. "It's just another stretch of the imagination to consider Santa delivering multiple doses of hot lead to wicked terrorists."
Snyder said his card shows armed, bearded terrorists, with explosives strapped to their waists, scurrying about in an effort to escape the hail of bullets from Santa's machine gun.
The card includes the following verse from St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians: "Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil."
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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013 Fusion doesn't have the same track record of power steering failure as the previous 3 model years. Of course, those owners said their steering failed at 60k–100k miles. So this appears to be a classic "wait and see" scenario.
In the meantime, there's plenty of interior accessory problems to complain about. By themselves, each is a barely a blip on the radar. But combined, they give you that feeling of what the hell have I gotten myself into?
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I don't see the semantic problem here. > > This was the recommended way to use the timer routines. If the semantics > > have changed, there should be new names for the changed semantics. > > There doesn't seem to be anything in 2.2.x to prevent this sort of race > at del_timer time. It always seemed to me like a driver-specific wait > queue was needed for certain points in the close() process, like this. There is no "wait queue" that can cover broken semantics. The expected semantics must be "remove this timer from the kernel timer control". After calling del_timer(&timer), - kfree(timer.data) is safe - a module with the timer.function() code may be immediately removed. It's possible for each driver to add locks so that #1 is true, but there is no work-around if #2 does not hold true. The timer function might have released its lock, but still be exiting. Donald Becker becker@xxxxxxxxx Scyld Computing Corporation 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Annapolis MD 21403
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Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks Goes Solo [Video]
It's been ten years since the Dixie Chicks' scandal rocked the country music world. It was March 10th of 2003 that Natalie Maines told a London audience that was she "ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas." And since that time, it's been a mixed bag. There have been major successes and major disappointments for the trio. Among the successes, fivetrophies at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Their comeback effort, Taking The Long Way, was named Best Album and Best Country Album. Their defiant anthem "Not Ready to Make Nice" was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year. And the group won the award for Best Country Vocal Duo or Group. Among the disappointments, the Accidents and Accusations Tour, which launched the same year. Ticket sales were strong in some parts of the country . . . a total bust in others. Some dates were moved from arenas to smaller venues. Some dates were canceled outright. While the industry had welcomed them back with open arms, many of their fans had not. For the Chicks, things just haven't been the same. And now, Natalie Maines, the group's lead singer, is branching out on her own.


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Palestinian Leader Freed, Several Others Arrested
Palestinian Leader Freed, Several Others Arrested
Al-Khalil: Occupied Palestine
Israel on Wednesday freed Nayef Rjoub, 55, from administrative detention lasting for 28 months without charge or trial.
Rajoub, a prominent Palestinian Islamic leader and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council was arrested on 1 January, 2011, on flimsy and vague charges alleging that he constituted a "security risk" to Israel and the Jewish people.
All in all, Rajoub spent more than ten years in Israeli jails and dungeons, mostly on concocted charges stemming from his non-violent opposition to the Israeli occupation.
According to his relatives, it was widely thought that both the PA security apparatus and the Israeli domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, connived to put him behind bars for a period as long as possible "to keep his mouth shut."
Rajoub, brother of the former Palestinian Authority (PA) strongman Jebril Rajoub, is an outstanding critic of the PA.
In 2010, PA security personnel stormed a mosque in the town of Dura, where Rajoub was giving a homily, causing tension in the small town as his family and supporters moved to protect him.
Rajoub, an eloquent orator, is quite popular in the al-Khalil ( Hebron ) district, considered the largest and most populous in occupied Palestine .
Several thousand people gave Rajoub a hero welcome as he arrived home in Dura Wednesday before noon.
Among those who came to congratulate him were Speaker of the Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Duweik and a number of lawmakers including Azzam Salhab, Nezar Ramdan, Maher Badr, uhammed Abu Juheishe as well as numerous other dignitaries from al-Khalil and surrounding areas.
Decorating his large reception tent were the portraits of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yasin as well as numerous portraits and green banners glorifying the Palestinian Islamist movements. Yasin was murdered by the Israeli army in March, 2003.
Others rearrested
A few hours before the release of Rajoub, the Israeli occupation army rounded up several Islamic community leaders and lawmakers in al-Khalil.
The detainees included lawmaker Muhammed Jamal al-Natshe, Abdul Khaleq Natshe, Muhammed Tahseen Shawar, Dr. Amjad al-Hamouri and Jawad al-Jaabari.
The arrests took place in the quiet hours before dawn as Israeli military vehicles roared through the streets of Hebron without any resistance from PA police and security personnel.
All those arrested had been arrested several times in the past and are likely to be held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
A political analyst from Hebron, who asked that his identity remain anonymous, apparently for security reasons, said the arrests were "part of the Israeli policy of persecuting Hamas for refusing to capitulate to Zionism or Jewish Nazism."
"These people have done absolutely nothing wrong, they violated no laws, hurled no stones, and indulged in no incitement. Yet they were nipped out of their homes and families so that the Israelis could prove they are masters and us slaves.
"I challenge the Israeli justice system to bring them before a genuine court of law. But Israel is a jungle of oppression and injustice, not an oasis of justice as Zionist and pro-Zionist media circles in the West keep claiming," said the Political analyst.
Muhammed Rajoub, a graduate student from Dura, opined the arrests were probably a preventive or preemptive measure to forestall a possible resumption of peace talks between Israel and the PA leadership.
It is widely thought that Israel is the impeder of Palestinian reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas.
Israel already vows to arrest all pro-Hamas candidates who may take part in representative elections in the West Bank.
This led many pundits to conclude that it is virtually impossible to organize fair and democratic elections under the Israeli occupation.
The PA leadership is demanding that Hamas and Fatah resolve their 7-year rift through elections.
Hamas is arguing rather convincingly that an election in which Israel has the final say is not worth contesting.
Islamists also argue that in the absence of true guarantees that Israel wouldn't round their candidates, fielding candidates for elections in the West Bank would only be an exercise in futility as Israel would seek to swell the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and detention camps.
There are already between 4000 to 45000 Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails and detention camps, many of them administrative detainees or "hostages" held indefinitely without charge or trial.
The administrative detention policy is considered a sword drawn against Palestinians' throats as inmates have no way to seek redress and prove their innocence.
The Rajoub story epitomizes the life of most Palestinians under the Israeli occupation. According to reliable statistics, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned by Israel at least once since 1967.
The number makes up one fourth of the entire Palestinian population of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Never the less, the persecution meted out to the Palestinians has utterly failed to make them budge to Israel's will.
According to Israeli Jewish demographer Bella Porgoini, non-Jews already constitute a majority of the population west of the River Jordan.
Israel views the "demographic problem" as the most existential danger facing the Zionist project in Palestine.


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Or as John Cohen says, "At this time of year if you're not playing, your focus goes in another direction."
Mississippi State does have some extra time to re-focus this June. Time everyone would much rather be investing with preparation for another College World Series experience. The Bulldogs fell short of that ultimate ambition, or for that matter making the super regionals round. Their campaign ended on the first post-season weekend, at the Lafayette Regional.
Since then a few fortunate Dogs have been drafted and either are headed to pro ball or negotiating in that direction. Most of the varsity and redshirts are already playing summer league baseball; others recovering from or having surgical fixes for injuries. So they have their focus for now.
Cohen and staff? "It goes immediately to recruiting, first," the head coach said. "Recruiting, and camps." Which are also underway. In fact, camping would be going on even if the team was in Omaha since there are only so many summer weeks to get pre-college kids on Dudy Noble Field. As Cohen noted today, during two of the previous three seasons campus campers were also watching the big Dogs play games elsewhere. Not so this post-season.
"But we're focused on recruiting, we're focused on camps, and you really don't have a lot of time." Cohen has naturally done his share of CWS build-up interviews with national media, since State played ¼ of this year's field and has seen two other entrants either first-hand or in Omaha last season too. Even while talking about other clubs, though, "Really my focus is on the group of 30 or 40 guys for 2015, '16, and '17 that we're focused on in the recruiting process."
Cohen's usual end-of-season review was held to this week so Mississippi State could judge results of the Major League Draft on the varsity and rookie rosters. No surprises came. All-American lefty Jacob Lindgren has already signed with New York after his second round selection; closer cohort Jonathan Holder is expected to join him in the Yankees farm system soon. Brandon Woodruff has also inked, with Detroit.
Of the recruits, only catcher Chase Vallot was drafted…and since it was a first-round call the elite prospect won't be coming to college, something State never really expected. Otherwise Cohen's seventh signing class should be unscathed.
The 'scathed' are Bulldogs with summer health situations, a list that just grew by one. "(3B/DH) Reid Humphreys is having a minor surgery to displace a nerve, a lot like Nick Routt's surgery a couple of years ago. He's going to be fine, it's going to be four or five weeks before he's back. (OF) Jacob Robson had a similar type of nerve displacement, they're moving the nerve to make it more comfortable throwing. Jacob is going to be playing in the next week or two."
A trio of pitchers were sidelined for or during 2014, beginning with RHP Paul Young's lengthy return from ligament surgery a year ago. The touted soph tried throwing some preseason scrimmages before everyone agreed to play things safe for another year. Now, "Young is progressing nicely, I'm told he is ahead of schedule," Cohen said.
"(RHP) Will Cox's surgery, he had a little bit more repair to do, it's a ligament. And John Marc Shelly is way ahead of schedule, he's already throwing a baseball. So we're excited about all those guys."
Fans still frustrated about some 2014 aspects, especially offense, are finding some summer reasons for excitement or at least optimism. A lot of this season's order and lineup have graduated, most obviously leading batter 2B Brett Pirtle and OF C.T. Bradford as well as other regulars who had disappointing senior seasons. No underclassmen hitters and fielders were drafted—itself a clue to scoring struggles in 2014—but Cohen is counting on those returning as seniors to be better. More than that, for rising juniors and sophomores and the redshirted freshmen to put some punch back in Bulldog bats.
The first step for them is how they can hit in summer games against unfamiliar pitching. So far, Cohen said, so good. "Gavin Collins gets to the Cape (Cod League), as a freshman he has an immediate impact. Seth Heck has done well. Daniel Garner has had three home runs in three games. So our kids are doing well, and they all know there's a mission; that's to go get better and to make our team better."
"We have guys scattered all the way from California to the east coast, I think we have 22 guys playing summer baseball right now." That count grew this week as 1B Wes Rea heads to Maryland where former roommate Hunter Renfroe spent his final college summer. It could be the fresh start an old Dog needs before a senior season.
"There's no doubt Wes needs to go out and have a great summer," Cohen said. "I think he's excited about it, he kind of wants to re-invent himself a little bit. He's disappointed in the year he had but I'm really proud down the stretch he played some of his best baseball. He's going to work on some things in his game and he's going to come back and hopefully be able to help our ball club."Cohen and staff try to catch games by their varsity personnel whenever possible in summer leagues, to see for themselves what is happening. Pitching coach Butch Thompson might be the busiest of the bunch because with the aforementioned draft losses to the bullpen he has to find another set of middle relievers and closers. Or make that, the next set? That's how the head coach sees it, even allowing that nobody has to replace the sort of one/two and right/left punch Holder and Lindgren gave State.
"We have some holes in our bullpen for sure," Cohen said. "We're going to have to have some guys step forward. We have really good candidates for that but until they step forward you don't know. Our bullpen has been our strength for a while and I think it can continue to be. Guys like Vance Tatum have stepped forward, we have a kid we redshirted, Jacob Billingsley, who has a wipeout breaking ball. We had him velcro'd to Jonathan Holder the entire year!"
Woodruff did try starting stints too. On the whole though all pitchers who opened games are back…and that guarantees nobody nothing for 2015. Mississippi State has not had a true 'rotation' for several years now, preceding Cohen's tenure too. The seventh year might be right time for one to develop.
Besides the returning starters like RHP Trevor Fitts and LHP Ross Mitchell, "We have several candidates for that. We need Dakota Hudson to have a great summer and step forward, I mention him because he's the 'stuff' guy who can throw 95 with a plus-breaking ball. We need a guy like that to log 90-to-100 innings and he wants to be. We have other candidates as well, and some new guys we like."
Officially those 'new guys' are not known; Mississippi State has not announced the fall signees and will not, per program policy. Informal listings, most obviously the one kept and updated by Gene Swindoll on the baseball message board, are available along with anticipated spring signings and transfers. And there will be more pups signed. Or committed. Or offered. When Cohen says the focus is on recruiting right now, he's saying nothing new.
This coaching staff is obsessed with recruiting year-round. Even at Omaha last June, Bulldog coaches were staying in touch with signed players and tracking prospects. When Cohen returned to campus in 2008 he found a program which had not developed any advance recruiting plans for the future; a practice that worked OK enough in the 1980s but is a recipe for modern disaster. This staff has caught up, even made-up most of the old lost ground…but memory of what it was like at the start drives State coaches on even harder today than ever.
"Our staff is pretty scattered around the country trying to find the right guys for the right fit for our program," Cohen said today. "You talk about changing and altering our program. That's what we're doing right now, we're getting commitments from kids who we think can change our program. We have a saying in the recruiting process: we will add to the top of your talent pool and program."
"I think it's important to note our sport is so different. We're literally getting commitments form kids right now who will not step on this campus for three years. And when you're recruiting at the highest level that's how it has to be. I feel like we're at a point we're making really good decisions."
Decisions are further complicated for the latest change-of-game coming to college baseball. The NCAA makes equipment rules for a sevearl-years stretch to accommodate the companies who have to invest in new or alter old production equipment. The 'dead' bats which arrived in 2011 will remain the rule for a while longer. But in 2015 college pitchers will begin throwing the minor league baseball, with seams a reputed 50% lower.
Implications for pitchers, especially those who throw big curves and break sharp sliders, is pretty obvious. At least many of them can throw a similar ball this summer in league play, albeit against wood bats. The hitters? That is the great question for summer 2015, and nobody really knows the answers.
Yes, Cohen said, he's been told the new ball will fly 10-to-20 feet farther on average when struck the same as the current ball. "Which still remains to be seen, that's what everybody as saying. As soon as we get those 200,000 baseballs (at schools) and start hitting them every day we'll see what difference it makes." By the way, Cohen wonders if the low-seam ball might produce more blistering on pitching fingers gripping harder.
Fall scrimmaging will be enough time to evaluate and adjust, Cohen figures. It's a safe bet Bulldog fans who come to watch will show up hoping to see something else different. Something better. 2014 was an agonizing offensive season in almost every respect. Not so much the average itself, which was smack-middle of the SEC standings; or even the on-base rate which was also competitive.
But all this produced were a whole lot of stranded Bulldogs, most notably on second and third bases. Statistically the 'RISP' numbers were not so bad; the eye-test was a whole 'nother matter. And Renfroe took just about all the realistic home run potential the team had, which in this dead bat era wasn't much.
Cohen heard the critiques, definitely. He does offer fresh hope in this area too. "I think we do have a lot of young kids who do have power that don't fit into the runner/defender type of mold. (Dylan) Ingram is off to a good start this summer, he's a redshirt guy who can fit into that (power) mold. Certainly Garner fits into that mold a little, Humphreys fits into that mold." Then there are other redshirts like Joey Swinarski and Brent Rooker who showed last fall they could sting a baseball. In 2015 there are positions and order spots to compete for.
Rea will still stand out, literally, but Cohen does agree that in general the squad will be somewhat bigger than before. "We'll have more physical pieces to it for sure. I think we're going to be a better offensive club but again I want to defend at the highest level."
And there is the fine line a Bulldog coach has to walk at Dudy Noble Field. Changes to the venue are in store; Cohen has seen proposals for a rebuilt Polk-Dement Stadium but is leaving such decisions to the administrators who have to sign-off on plans and fund the process. As of June, indications are a new stadium can be in place—the same place, too—in less than a year after starting the tear-down. 2017 seems a practical target date though with a great big individual donation or naming-rights deal 2016 would not be impossible.
That is something that Cohen can't afford to focus on. Recruiting for the immediate future is his priority today, and until or unless the venue changes radically the roster will continue to tile towards pitching and defense…just not quite as much as this year, it appears.
"In our ballpark we still put a premium on being able to defend and cover. Do we need to be a more successful offensive team, no doubt about it. But I don't want to trade what we're doing defensively and on the mound to be able to hit 20 more home runs, that's not going to help us in wins and losses. Do I want more doubles, do I want more home runs, do I want more runs, yes. If you ask every coach in the SEC, maybe with the exception of Kentucky, they're probably going to tell you the same thing. And how we're all going to adapt to this new ball…?"
See why whether his team is still playing in maroon-and-white, or scattered across summer leagues, Cohen has to keep focused on recruiting? Credit this coaching staff for making it clear, that for all they can and will do to develop players the best way to play is with the best ball players.
"You have to do that," Cohen said. "I felt in the beginning we were a little behind but I feel at this point we're in a very good position from a recruiting standpoint. And I think people know and trust where we're going from here."


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Rep. Judy Chu, D-El Monte, is headed back to Congress for a third term, defeating Republican challenger Jack Orswell for the 27th Congressional District.
The newly-drawn district favored political veteran Chu, who remained confident throughout the race. Chu received 63.4 percent of the vote. Orswell had 37 percent.
Chu issued a "victory statement" early Wednesday, thanking voters for another vote of confidence.
"Tonight, voters from this region placed their trust in me again. I will honor that trust by fighting for their needs each and every day in Congress," Chu said. "While my district has changed, my commitment to serve the people and my core values remain the same."
Orswell, a businessman and retired FBI agent, ran on a small-government platform, asking voters to make a change in the deadlocked politics of Washington D.C.
After viewing initial results Tuesday, Orswell said he was proud of his campaign's uphill battle against a entrenched incumbent. "We gave the campaign our best shot, we communicated with Democrats and Republicans and the voters decided based on information they had," Orswell said.
The new 27th Congressional District is a sprawling geographic mass. The district wraps in a large swath of the Angeles National Forest; it includes the tree-lined western San Gabriel Valley cities of Pasadena and San Marino; the Asian-majority political strongholds of Monterey Park and Alhambra; and the cities to the east like Upland that benefited greatly from the real estate bubble of the last decade.
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"I never pillaged you, repton," said Niel, with a sarcastic smile.
I'm ashamed to say, Mr. repton, that my knowledge of the Herman Merl class may be greater than yours.
repton has a copy of it, too, with Catty's signature,—old Catty Broon.
"Vacuus sed non Inanis," replied repton, laughing good-humoredly.
"I'd have given fifty pounds to be in at it," broke out repton.
They had not proceeded more than half of the first post ere repton began to feel the incipient symptoms of this discontent.
repton just reached the door as Mr. Nelligan drove up to it.
"Here's more of it, repton," said he, filling and drinking off his glass.
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US Airways has faced historic problems with weak hubs, while American has been penalized by European regulators.
the U.S. Department of Justice said it has filed a law suit to block the planned merger of US Airways and American.
US Airways mechanics voted decisively to remain in the IAM, which immediately called for contract talks to resume.
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AWARDS: The Achievement Medal for Civilian Service
The Achievement Medal for Civilian Service consists of a medal, lapel button, and citation certificate. It is awarded for noteworthy achievements that are of a lesser degree than those recognized by the Commander's Award. Any commander (lieutenant colonel and above) or civilian equivalent may approve this award. A nomination normally covers either a period of sustained superior service or a level of achievement sufficient to warrant this recognition or both. This medal is comparable to the military Army Achievement Medal.


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MandM Direct is one of the UK's leading fashion and sports retailers selling your favourite top brands - Bench, Firetrap, Timberland, Fred Perry, adidas, Nike, Puma, Henleys, Berghaus and loads more, all with savings of up to 75% off UK recommended retail prices.
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Sinningia hybrid (from 'Redcoat')
by Dale Martens
Grown by Dale Martens
S. 'Redcoat' has been an interesting parent, producing Sinningia hybrids in unusual colors, with large attractive flowers. This particular hybrid was produced by P. Cummiskey. A similar plant has a tubular calyx of the same color as the corolla, producing an interesting "doubling" effect.


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Ex-rebel leader is newest member of Congress-A A +A
Thursday, May 29, 2014
A FORMER leader of the "rejectionist" faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is newest member of the House of Representatives.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Wednesday night swore in Joseph Stephen Paduano, as the chamber's 290th legislator representing the farmers' group Abang Lingkod party-list.
Paduano is a former national commander of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB), which is breakaway faction of the CPP-NPA). He is known in the group as Carapali Lualhati.
The former communist leader is the first nominee of Abang Lingkod, which was earlier disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Earlier, Comelec barred Abang Lingkod from participating in the 2013 midterm polls after it submitted to the poll body digitally altered photographs of its activities, as proof of its track record as a group.
"Photoshopping images to establish a fact that did not occur is tantamount to declaring unlawful statements," Comelec said.
The Supreme Court stopped Comelec from implementing its order and issued a status quo ante order to allow the group to take part in the May 2013 elections.
Abang Lingkod garnered 260,215 votes out of the overall 26,722,131 votes, which entitles it a seat in the House of Representatives.
The high court recently ordered the Comelec to proclaim the group. (Sunnex)
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Philippines: Water Supply Back to Full Capacity in Tacloban
18 November 2013
Water Supply Back to Full Capacity in Typhoon Hit Devastated Tacloban
International donors, aid agencies and Philippines government get life-saving clean water back on tap
UNICEF NZ Emergency Appeal. Donate at: www.unicef.org.nz/philippines or call 0800 800 194
At least 200,000 people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippine city of Tacloban and six surrounding districts are now receiving clean water for cooking and drinking, as the first water treatment plant came back to full operating capacity last night.
Critical negotiations involving UNICEF, the Philippine armed forces and USAID have resulted in an initial emergency supply of fuel from the Philippines military to run the plant for four days, with USAID pledging to maintain the supply of required fuel on an ongoing basis.
Since Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines just over a week ago, the water treatment plant for Leyte district was only operating at one-fifth of its normal capacity, leaving survivors of the storm vulnerable to disease and sickness.
"It's critical that we provide at least 15 litres of clean drinking water per day for each individual if we are to prevent diarrhoea and other water borne diseases," said UNICEF Representative in the Philippines, Tomoo Hozumi.
"What we have seen today is vital collaboration between government, donors and UN agencies that will literally save lives. Because of these efforts, hundreds of thousands of people will now have sufficient clean water to meet their basic needs for cooking, cleaning and good hygiene."
Full operation of the water treatment plant will restore access to chlorinated water to 30,000 water connections. The increase of volume from 15,000 cubic litres to now 60,000 cubic litres also means shorter queues at public taps.
In the last 48 hours, UNICEF has also been trucking and airlifting water and sanitation supplies to Tacloban and other affected areas including Roxas, in an ongoing effort to restore clean water supplies, and reduce the threat of diseases caused by poor sanitation and contaminated water.
The next steps will be to repair water distribution lines and provide water in the harder to reach areas.
Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director at UNICEF NZ, said "We have just heard that more than 12 million people are now estimated to have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan – this includes 5 million children.
"Damage to water and sanitation systems puts many of these children at serious risk of malnutrition and disease. The progress we, working with the government and partners, have made in getting water systems up and running again in Tacloban is absolutely vital.
"We are continuing to work around the clock to make progress in getting supplies in and systems operational. Protecting children from the risk of exploitation is also a big priority for us and we have staff on the ground working to care for unaccompanied children and reuniting families.
"UNICEF's funding needs for our work in this emergency have just almost doubled to a new total of US$61m required, so donations from New Zealanders are vital to ensure we can continue this progress. New Zealanders are helping us to make our response happen and we thank all those who have contributed so far."
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Rebecca Davis worked as the Audience Development Officer for Craft Scotland from March 2010 to 25 May 2012.
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I'm the Audience Development Officer at Craft Scotland, which means that I create the strategy and resulting audience development activity that Craft Scotland delivers.
Put in less jargony terms I come up with ideas for projects to bring more people into contact with, and learn more about Scottish craft. To support this I spend a lot of time researching information to inform what I'm doing. This includes getting out and about speaking to organisations and makers, seeking support from the craftscotland team, commissioning new research, attending conferences, symposium etc, as well as undertaking and analysing our own project evaluation. I'm a bit of a sponge when it comes to information and have particularly enjoyed getting to grips with the Scottish craft sector, which is excitingly broad, since I started with Craft Scotland in 2010.
I really like working with people and I'm always looking for opportunities to work with new project partners to bring craft to new audiences. In the last year this has resulted in several partner exhibitions with Timespan in the Highlands, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Collins Gallery Glasgow.
How do you help Scottish craft or makers?
By engaging more people with craft and educating them about the makers that live and work in Scotland, I aim to instil the value of craft across a broad range of audiences. By delivering a variety of activities I aim to provide different 'entry points' to craft for different audiences, to enable them to develop an appreciation of craft and aspirations/desire to own craft pieces.
Through the projects I deliver I also like to include opportunities for makers to develop their practise and engage in new thinking and debate. For example: hosting a symposium as part of Conserving Ecologies: Craft and Biodiversity, and a Makers Day as part of the Unite exhibition.
I am supporting the collection of research to help inform the sector, particularly with regards to markets and potential audiences, which we can share with our members.
I also enjoy bringing makers together through projects and have been happy to see long term collaborations happen as a result of makers meeting through presenting their work.
By supporting the rest of craftscotland's activity and working with the team I enjoy supporting makers through providing opportunities and sharing resources and information.
What are your top three craft moments?
What's your background?
Studying Fine Art until Foundation Level, I married my love of art and penchant for organising by completing a degree in Arts and Event Production in Bournemouth. I spent three years learning strategic marketing and business planning; delivered my own projects and supported myself with a variety of administration and retail jobs.
After graduating I worked at Somerset's Arts Development Agency, Take Art. My role developed to include providing administrative and accounts support; co-ordinating the biannual Theatre showcase; creating and delivering marketing strategy; maintaining and developing the website and programming and co-ordinating the rural touring scheme. I also did freelance graphic design, worked for Glastonbury Festival and explored developing my own artistic practice with under fives.
I have been on a bouncy castle with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Finally, what's your favourite beverage?
Gin and Tonic or a nice hot herbal tea.
This week marks my last at Craft Scotland, in what has been a fantastic and varied two years (and a bit).
Rebecca's reflections on Jeanette Sendler's Cutting Through Time exhibition at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
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|From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 20 11:48:40 EDT 2011
At Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:56:01 -0400, Guillaume Marceau wrote: > When I was doing it earlier, I was skipping the 'raco setup -D' step. > I was under the impression that the 'raco link' operation updated the > necessary info-domain/compiled/cache.rktd files automatically. When I > add or remove a directory from PLTCOLLECTS, I don't need to re-run > 'raco setup'. So long as the tool's collect has been compiled once > before, it loads correctly. I was expecting the same behavior from > 'raco link' > > We can either fix 'raco link's behavior to match my brain, or fix my > brain to match raco's. Either-or. When you add a directory to PLTCOLLECTS, then the `info-domain' information is stored with the added directory. When you use `raco link', then the `info-domain' information goes into the default user-specific collection directory or the installation's collection directory (depending on whether it's a user-specific link or an installation-wide link). That's why tool lookup behaves the current way. The intent of the `info-domain' cache is to avoid querying all collections; there's one cache per PLTCOLLECTS element, because the intent was to have a few PLTCOLLECTS paths. In contrast, `raco link' is expected to be used to link many collections, and so all user-specific or installation-specific collections are grouped together. But maybe the choices could be different. For what it's worth, while setting PLTCOLLECTS lets DrRacket see a previously built tool, but it doesn't let the documentation search see the associated documentation. In that case, `raco setup' is needed for both PLTCOLLECTS and `raco link'. Of course, you're using `raco setup -D', so documentation isn't an issue for your purposes, but it's another illustration of how parts of Racket expect `raco setup' for an installed collection.
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There are many thousands of games for iOS, and a lot of them are available for absolutely nothing.
The tiny snag is figuring out which ones are any good, given that quite a few freebies are so awful they'd embarrass a type-in listing for a 1980s home computer. However, the standouts are some of the finest games available for mobile; and that's what we're interested in here at Stuff: the very best free iOS games.
To help you find what you're after, we've grouped our games into sections, starting with racing games, ending with puzzlers and taking in pretty much everything you can imagine on the way.
And if you can't find something you like from that vast selection, you must be picky, dead, or an ex-Amstrad CPC owner.
Racing games
Best free racing game for iPhone and iPad: Asphalt 8: Airborne
There's a point where arcade racers lose all connection with reality and they're all the better for it. Asphalt isn't bothered by trivial concerns such as an actual car's inability to fly hundreds of metres through the air, or drift seemingly endlessly around gloriously sweeping bends; instead, it's all about the need for speed, zooming around beautifully rendered and inventive courses, occasionally smashing your rivals into a wall, just because you can.
It's a touch shoppy and grindy, but there's hours of exhilarating racing here without spending a penny.
Pico Rally
If virtual D-pads and tilt controls make you fume in iOS racers, Pico Rally's a better bet. It hones down the racing experience to a single button, used to step on the gas.
The experience feels a bit like slot-racing, with you carefully timing when to accelerate and brake to most efficiently overtake, scream round bends, and improve lap times. But since cars have the freedom of the entire track, races are more frenetic than any Scalextric set. This is even more so when scrapping with cops on skiddy backstreets, or blazing about maze-like road systems in Asia, trying to catch rivals rather unsportingly given a sizeable head-start.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed
Seemingly bored of scooting about in traditional karts, Sonic and chums are now equipped with transforming vehicles that soar into the air and scythe through water. In Transformed, you're therefore as likely to barrel roll towards After Burner aircraft carriers and splash about in murky Panzer Dragoon waterways as zoom along colourful roads.
The vibrant visuals are to be expected from Sega, but we're happy the company nailed touchscreen controls. Rarely has a racer felt so right on iOS, enabling you to drive, dive and drift with ease, before unsportingly flinging weapons at the opposition. The whiff of freemium sadly pervades, along with irritatingly linear events unlocks for the 'World Tour' mode. Even so, there's no better kart racer on the platform.
Presumably, caRRage depicts what all the nutcases in the Mad Max flicks do on their days off. In a ravaged wasteland, battered armoured vehicles zoom about post-apocalyptic circuits, aiming to smash up the opposition in a manner that would even give the dirtiest F1 drivers pause for thought.
Now and again, the game changes tack for a bit, sending you on a supply run where you drive a huge lorry to its destination, desperately fending off hordes of hostile vehicles intent on taking your cargo for themselves. Sadly, you can't then use the lorry in the next race — that'd probably be a bit unsporting, even in this future (racing-obsessed) hell.
Sports games
Best free sports game for iPhone and iPad: Super Stickman Golf 3
Super Stickman Golf 3's ancestor is the same Apple II Artillery game Angry Birds has at its core, but Noodlecake's title is a lot more fun than catapulting birds around.
It's a larger-than-life side-on mini-golf extravaganza, with you thwacking balls about giant forests, space stations distinctly lacking in gravity, and strange fortresses with a suspiciously high deadly laser count.
The single-player game's fun, but SSMG 3 comes into its own in multiplayer, whether you're taking the more sedate turn-by-turn route or ball-smacking at speed in the frenetic race mode. Note that the free version has some restrictions (limited courses; fewer simultaneous turn-based games), but there's still plenty of genuinely crazy golf here to take a swing at.
WGT: World Golf Tour
With EA having deserted 'proper' golf games on mobile for the arcadey nonsense of King of the Course, WGT thwacks a ball and gets a realism hole-in-one. This really is a quite astonishing game, from the delicate controls through to the eye-popping photo-realistic courses you play on.
A word of warning: it also takes no prisoners. There's no nonchalantly spinning a ball in mid-air when you fluff a shot. Here, you'll end up in the bunker, then overshoot the green, before multiple putts leave you embarrassingly over par. But put in the practice and you'll be a virtual golfing superstar before long.
Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
"Show-Off Billiards" would be an appropriate alternative name for this game that forces you to unlearn and relearn how to smack balls around a pool table.
Here, there are no pockets — instead, you play the craziest possible trick-shots (bounce off table edges; 'buzz' nearby balls) to score big points. As like-coloured balls stick together, you can create shapes for bigger bonuses.
You get a bunch of tables for free, and more are available via IAP.
New Star Soccer
If you've ever fancied yourself as the next Wayne Rooney, you can work your way through the footie leagues in New Star Soccer.
The simplified abstraction of life (keep everyone happy via success in minigames; buy all of the things) and matches (score goals; intercept passes; grumble as your teammates lack barn-door hitting abilities once again) are perfect for mobile play.


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davidliebovitz's recommendation
My Bialetti Moka pot keeps me fueled all day long. There are similar looking coffee pots, but only the Bialetti are truly the best.
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stephdavispotter's recommendation
Don't leave home without it. It makes crema!
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goeranjerstroem's recommendation
Making a good espresso or caffe latte doesnât have to cost a fortune and need an expensive machine. Take the time and enjoy the process with some self involvement time with one of these classic cheap coffee makers and than whisk some warm milk in a pot.
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Phantom79's recommendation
The little man with the moustache is not wrong. I'm sure that those large, complicated and expensive machines are great but probably best to be left for coffee shops. This does the job and as it's the style that most Italian's have in their home it can't be that bad.
seantimberlake's recommendation
I've always been on the hunt for a stovetop model that produces crema.
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seantimberlake's recommendation
It's the classic!
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kxgen's recommendation
Cheap. Simple. Easy. Fast. I love my espresso in the morning, and this classic household coffee-pot always makes an excellent cup of espresso. Sometimes, I indulge and add hot frothy milk for a latte. I can also splurge on premium blends with the money I save because this pot will last you a lifetime - except for a few minor replacements.
ApartmentDweller's recommendation
Whenever I find myself with a craving for a pricey Starbucks latte, I turn to my Bialetti instead. It cooks up terrific tasting espresso at a fraction of the cost of a store-bought latte.
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JennDiPiazza's recommendation
This is the household coffee maker in Italy. Bialetti is known the world over as the best manufacturer of stovetop espresso machines. It is the number one coffee maker in the world and it is available in a number of sizes. This is the perfect little machine for making your own espresso drinks at home! Perfect for the change of seasons!
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josieinthecity's recommendation
I cannot be spoken to until I've had my first cup of espresso in the morning! Grrrrrrrr!
chicca84's recommendation
Unique!!! I love Bialetti!!
Tastyone's recommendation
I hear the french drink all of their coffee out of these. I have one and love it - now I just need to make it to the other side of the pond to see how the french live. :-)
CoolestKitchenPicks's recommendation
The Italian way to my heart!