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Too good: Williams shows her affection for the crowd on Wednesday night. Photo: AFP
Serena Williams calls her history with Jennifer Capriati a "nice" rivalry and, for now, is it just about the best the women's game has got. But Wednesday's Wimbledon quarter-final was pleasant only for the defending champion, who humbled Capriati 6-1, 6-1 with a display so commanding, so exceptional, that a third consecutive title seems almost inevitable.
Williams booked a semi-final appointment with fourth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo, who crushed Paola Suarez 6-0, 5-7, 6-1 in the match played simultaneously on court one. The top seed will play Mauresmo at the penultimate stage of the tournament for the second time in three years, having wiped the grass 6-2, 6-1 with the Frenchwoman in 2002.
But what a brutal lesson for Capriati, and what an anti-climax of a match billed as the standout of an underwhelming women's tournament, as it was at the French Open. Without the ill and injured Belgians, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters, and with Venus Williams not quite the player she was, the ranks are thin.
Serena may be ranked 10th in the world but she is the moral No.1 and played like it against Capriati, whose serve was broken six successive times from 1-1. The third game, in which Williams converted her fifth break point, cleared the way for a rampage, and the much-hyped battle of two former No.1s was over in just 45 minutes.
The rather listless Capriati won only a single game of the remaining 12 after 1-1, and that was only because Williams lapsed just long enough to serve consecutive double faults from 30-30 at 2-0 in the second set.
Otherwise, having set a Wimbledon service speed record the previous day against Tatiana Golovin, the 22-year-old Floridian dominated in every way, moving smoothly, cracking 15 winners to Capriati's five, and again serving brilliantly, while brutalising her opponent's lacklustre delivery.
The ease of it all stunned even Williams, the six-time major champion, who appears poised to claim a seventh. "I was very surprised, but I think I was very focused coming out here," she said. "I knew what I wanted to do. I have some goals here and I'm just trying to reach them."
Having recorded her first victory over a member of the top 10 since her comeback this year from knee surgery, Williams will now be an almost unbackable favourite to become the first woman since Steffi Graf (1991-93) to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles.
"I have been thinking about that since the beginning of the tournament but I'm just happy to be in the semi-finals after coming off such a big injury," she said. "For me, it's a really big moment in my career."
And one to forget for Capriati. The pair was playing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second year in a row, and against each other for the 16th time in six seasons. Having beaten Williams - on clay - twice in the past two months, this was the most comprehensive result of all.
Capriati's grand slam consistency has been admirable - she has reached the quarters or better on 12 of her past 14 attempts - but the last of her three titles came at the Australian Open in 2002, and the latest opportunity was brutally wrenched from her grasp. No woman would have beaten Williams in Wednesday's mood, and Capriati fell a very, very long way short.
"Today was probably one of the best that she's ever played against me," Capriati said later, suggesting Williams was on a mission of revenge after her two recent losses. "I don't think I really had much of a chance to get into the match and play.
"I was just feeling so much pressure off her, coming off the baseline and the serve, and that's what her game plan was: to tee-off on everything. She was on. I just couldn't get the rallies going. If she can play like that every time, that's too good."
Meanwhile, the former men's world No.1 Andre Agassi is uncertain about when he will return to the ATP Tour because of the hip injury that forced him to withdraw from Wimbledon and might keep him from the US Open.
The 34-year-old American was eliminated in the first round of the French Open and had, for the first time since 1997, failed to win a match in three consecutive tournaments.
"The jury is still out on my hip and it's something I've struggled with on and off for a while now," Agassi said on Wednesday.
"I'm hoping this time off, combined with being back on the hardcourts, will be a good opportunity for me to feel a lot better."
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Congratulations To the WMC Progressive Girls' Voices Class of 2012!
| July 18, 2012
Congratulations to our Progressive Girls' Voices class of 2012! We are excited to meet our accepted trainees this weekend.
Progressive Girl's Voices (PGV) is the premier media and leadership-training program for girls in the country. Representing a range of expertise and diversity across race, class, geography, and generation, participants receive advanced, comprehensive training and tools to position themselves as media spokespeople in their fields, thereby changing the conversation on issues that fill the headlines.
Progressive Girls' Voices trainings and webinars help girls develop leadership, media, and activism skills. In 2011, Progressive Girls' Voices graduates represented the Women's Media Center at the Sundance Film Festival and interviewed Robert Redford, Geena Davis, Tiffany Shlain, and Danny Glover, as well as produced a video that has received thousands of views. Graduates also blog for the Women's Media Center, bringing their unique voices to the conversation. We have also trained girls and young women bloggers from SPARK Movement and the Arab American Association of New York, among other girl-serving organizations and institutions.
Introducing the PGV Class of 2012:
Emma Jacoby Axelrod
Emma is 16 and lives in New Jersey. She is the co-author of a Change.org petition for the Committee of Presidential Debates to choose a woman to moderate one of the 2012 Presidential Debates and has been featured on MSNBC, The Huffington Post, the Star Ledger, abcnews.com, and NPR for her efforts.
Sage Ayan Ora Gray
Sage, originally from Jamaica, is 19 years old and lives in New York. She is a passionate vegan who enjoys exploring her creativity and artistic expression through her dance, fine art, acting, and calligraphy. She is currently studying business and management and hopes to pursue a career in the media communications.
Margaret Rose Heftler
Margaret is a 16 year-old high school sophomore in New York City. She explores media through creative writing and has won many awards for her original poetry. She is passionate about expanding access to education and has volunteered her time for organizations such as Pencils of Promise and the Guggenheim family art education program.
Brianna Henry
Brianna is a rising sophomore studying anthropology and women's studies at UMass Amherst. She hopes to one day attend law school and work with international human rights issues that affect women and children.
Navya Lakkaraju
Navya is a student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where she majors in comparative literature in postcolonial and colonial studies and minors in South Asian studies. She serves as President of the Women's Center Coalition and is currently an intern for the Women's Rights Program at the American Civil Liberties Union.
Katherine Lazo
After experiencing firsthand how women of color are typecast in acting roles, Katherine has moved from being on camera to working behind the scenes and is now studying advertising and marketing communication at FIT in New York City. She has her own blog on sexism, racism, and advertising, and hopes to educate herself and her peers on sisterhood and feminism. Check out Kat's blog and youtube channel.
Taylor Palmer
Taylor is a former Teen Angel who was featured in Seventeen Magazine for her research surrounding cyberbullying. She currently attends Syracuse University and loves to discuss current events.
Briana Schwartz
Brianna is an aspiring actor at the Middlesex County School of Arts in New Jersey. She recently created a campaign at her school--the Binge Love Purge Hate campaign--to spread awareness about eating disorders in teens and women.
Emma Shakarshy
Emma recently graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a double major in English and women's studies. She has worked as a feminist youth worker in nonprofit organizations such as Girls Write Now, Strong Women Strong Girls, Teen Voices Magazine, and the Sadie Nash Leadership Project. Emma is the co-creator of the feminist humor blog Humorless Feminists and is a contributing blogger at AdiosBarbie.com.
Sofia Caballero Stafford
Sofia is the founder and chair of the Community Service Board at her high school in Manhattan. She became interested in journalism after she took a broadcast journalism class as a sophomore, and since then she has served as a teen reporter for Girl Up at the Social Good Summit in NYC and the Clinton Global Initiative and has blogged for Huffington Post Teen and MTV ACT.
Desiree Ann Wilson
Desiree works as an intern at Girl's Education and Mentoring Services and currently studies Human Services with the hopes of changing how the media affects youth.

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TAMPA — Cambridge won its home opener by thumping Bishop McLaughlin 48-21 in a quarterback's duel at Skyway Park.
Cambridge junior Garrett Young won the duel with a tremendous effort through the air and on the ground.
"We knew coming in (Young) was going to be dangerous," Hurricanes coach Derrick Alexander said.
Young was all that and more, completing 11 of 17 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns. He also had 128 yards on the ground and three scores, including touchdown runs of 18 and 36 yards.
Coach Bob Dare finally pulled Young on the last two offensive series only to put him in at corner to handle 6-foot-5 junior receiver William Potosky (four catches for 89 yards).
The Lancers played on a short field all night. Five of their first eight possessions started in Hurricane territory.
"When you're backed up like that there's only so much you can do," Alexander said. "We don't have the downfield speed so we have to grind it slowly down the field."
The Hurricanes did mount a few impressive drives with senior quarterback RJ Perciavalle leading TD drives of 80, 74, and 95 yards. Perciavalle scored all three Hurricane touchdowns in an 84-yard rushing effort. Perciavalle was also 17 of 35 passing for 228 yards.
"(Perciavalle) scares me more with his feet," Dare said. "There were times where we could've had him but he still completed the pass."
The Lancers got help from all over.
Eighth-grader Andrew Cunningham ran for a 40-yard score and finished with 92 yards. Junior Nick Stein had two 25-yard touchdown grabs, and junior linebacker Tanner Smelt had four tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble. Smelt's two sacks came on critical Hurricane third downs.


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Guilty on all counts: Ebbers faces 85 years
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Not happy, Bernie ... convicted billion-dollar fraudster Ebbers and wife Kristie leave the court on Tuesday.
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Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers has been found guilty on all charges against him of conspiracy, securities fraud and false regulatory filings for his role in the massive accounting fraud that led to the downfall of the US's second-largest telecommunications firm and cost investors billions of dollars.
Ebbers sat impassively with his fingers laced as the jury forewoman delivered a guilty verdict on all nine counts. He stared intently at each juror as the judge polled them individually.
The jury of seven women and five men held Ebbers, 63, responsible for filings that boosted WorldCom's reported earnings and hid the fact that its business had been deteriorating for nearly two years. WorldCom filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2002, later announcing it had uncovered $US11 billion ($13.9 billion) in fraudulent accounts.
The firm's collapse, combined with the implosion of Enron Corp, sounded the death knell for the 1990s stockmarket boom and prompted Congress to enact strict new laws holding corporate chieftains more accountable for their companies' financial reporting.
"It's a very sad day for Bernie Ebbers but it's a very good day for Wall Street and investors," said St John's University law professor, Anthony Sabino. "If you're the chief executive, you're the captain of the ship. You can't get in front of a jury and say, 'I'm not responsible'."
Ebbers, a former milkman and high school basketball coach who built WorldCom from a tiny Mississippi long-distance reseller into a national powerhouse, is the fifth and highest-ranking WorldCom executive to be convicted in the fraud. He now faces a maximum of 85 years in prison. It was a remarkable comedown for a former billionaire once hailed as the "telecom cowboy" for helping lead the telecommunications revolution.
His wife, Kristie, cried quietly throughout the reading of the verdict, and, after it was finished, Ebbers walked over and put his arms around her and their daughter. Then he and his family left the Manhattan courthouse, silently climbing into a taxi.
The conviction came after five weeks of testimony and more than 40 hours of deliberation over eight days. During that time the jury sent out more than two dozen notes and requested transcripts of the testimony of virtually every witness.
"We are all devastated. We profoundly believe in our client. We believe this case is riddled with reasonable doubt," said Reid Weingarten, Ebbers's lead attorney. Mr Weingarten promised to appeal.
Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales issued a statement: "Today's verdict is a triumph of our legal system and the application of our nation's laws against those who breach them. We are satisfied the jury saw what we did in this case: that fraud at WorldCom extended from the middle-management levels of this company, all the way to its top executive."
Juror Vincent Wright, 52, a Manhattan bus driver, said he personally concluded "three things" about Ebbers after hearing the case against him: "He was either incredibly stupid, incredibly naive or incredibly smart, and he's not stupid. Naive, maybe. The company was having problems, and he just didn't want to see it go down. It was his baby."
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Pediatrics could be model for adult cancer treatment
Nurse practitioner Christie Chaudry knows something about comforting children with cancer.
Twenty-one years ago, she was a patient herself. Chaudry was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, the most common childhood cancer, when she was 12 years old. She underwent three years of intensive treatment, including multiple rounds of chemotherapy.
Like about 80% of kids with cancer today, she was cured.
"That was the inspiration for me going into medicine," says Chaudry, 33, who works at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, where her cancer was treated. "I've been very lucky."
Yet Chaudry might not have fared as well had she been diagnosed as an adult.
For a variety of reasons, children are far more likely to survive cancer than adults, says Stanford pediatric oncologist Michael Link, Chaudry's former physician and current colleague.
Few adult cancer survivors dare to call themselves cured. Only about two-thirds of all adult cancer patients live five years or more after diagnosis, according to the National Cancer Institute.
That's led Link and others to ask a provocative question: Could doctors improve survival rates in adults if they treated them more like children?
"Progress in the management of children with cancer is one of the great success stories of modern medicine," said Link, outgoing president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a speech at the group's annual meeting in Chicago Saturday. "Pediatric oncology can serve as a model for the future, a future in which we achieve the goal of conquering cancer."
Oncologists' success with children is all the more striking given that virtually every new cancer drug is designed for grownups, not kids, says George Sledge, former president of the oncology group.
Pediatric oncologists raised the cure rate for Chaudry's type of leukemia from 20% in 1970 to 90% in 2000 — without the benefit of a single new childhood cancer drug approval, says Sledge, a breast cancer specialist at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
Instead, pediatric oncologists used old drugs — most developed during the Cold War— in new ways, carefully testing different doses and combinations, Link says.
Those slight alterations saved lives.
Today, pediatric oncologists "are more regimented in how they deliver care, and I mean that in a good way," says oncologist David Johnson, chair of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine in Dallas. "It's like flying a plane where they go through a checklist and they make sure every switch is flipped."
Pediatric oncologists also pioneered the field of "survivorship care," Link says. Because so many survive their disease, doctors have been able to study their health as they grow up and enter middle-age. Many larger hospitals are opening survivorship centers to address their needs, such as early mammogram screenings for women who received chest radiation as children, which increases the risk of breast cancer. Adult oncologists in recent years have begun to consider how toxic treatments affect patients long-term, addressing how the early menopause caused by some chemotherapy drugs and surgeries, for example, affects a woman's long-term risk of heart disease and bone fractures.
Most critically, pediatric doctors let no child die in vain.
They enrolled 50% to 80% of young patients in a clinical trial, sharing their research findings with colleagues around the country, Sledge says.
"Imagine if we could learn from every patient," Link said in his speech.
That's not happening today.
Only 3% to 4% of adult cancer patients join clinical trials, Sledge says.
That makes it harder for doctors to know what's working and what's not, and to find something better, Sledge says.
By necessity, pediatric oncologists had to collaborate, says Stephen Sallan, a pediatric oncologist and chief of staff at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
That's because cancer in children is mercifully rare, with about 12,500 cases in kids a year, compared with 1.5 million in adults.
Even at a big urban hospital, a cancer specialist might see only a handful of cases of a particular type of pediatric cancer a year, Link said. So doctors had no choice but to reach out to their colleagues across the country for guidance in finding the best treatment and in organizing research studies, Link said.
That sort of teamwork has become part of the culture, Sallan says.
Yet translating medicine's success with children into the adult world isn't simple.
Just enrolling adults in trials is more of a challenge, Sledge says.
That's because children tend to be treated at large university hospitals in big cities — the only places with enough specialists to treat a disease as rare as pediatric cancer — where doctors are expected to lead research, Link says.
Among adults, most patients are treated by community doctors who may have never participated in a clinical trial.
Many insurance plans refuse to pay for treatments provided through a clinical trial, Sledge says. Even when pharmaceutical companies provide experimental drugs for free, insurance companies often refuse to pay for other care that they might normally provide if patients weren't in clinical trials, such as surgeries, chest X-rays or other drugs, Sledge says.
Those policies could change soon. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover treatments provided through clinical trials, Sledge says. The Supreme Court is considering whether that law is constitutional.
Adult cancers also tend be tougher and more genetically complex, with more mutations than children's cases, making them harder to treat, Sledge says.
Children, whose resilience is legendary, can often withstand harsh treatments and high doses that elderly or even middle-aged adults can't tolerate, Johnson says.
Parents typically are devoted in caring for children with cancer, making sure they attend every appointment and take every pill on time, Johnson says. Adults rarely take equally good care of themselves.
Yet Link said he hasn't given up hope.
Over the past year, the oncology group has begun working to build a formal network for adult oncologists, much like the groups that children's doctors created decades ago, to make it easier for physicians to share data and learn from each other.
Link, 63, said he's been in practice long enough to have seen many of his patients grow up. He's attended their weddings. He's consulted with one, now a doctor, when the young man called to ask about tricky cases.
Saving those lives — and giving kids the chance to grow up — makes up for the pain of treating children who can't be saved, Link says. "These relationships are magical. These kids — they're well until they're sick," he says. "But then, you can do something about it, and hopefully, they go on with their lives."
Chaudry, Link's protégé, feels the same calling.
"The reason I love this is that kids always want to be kids," says Chaudry of Mountain View, Calif. "No matter how crummy they feel, they will make their best effort to get out of bed and do what makes them happy. I feel a certain privilege to be there and be with them and share the little bits and pieces of what I learned. … You just feel like you've really helped someone."
Chaudry has built special relationships with her patients.
She recalls talking to a 14-year-old who was depressed about losing her hair. Though she doesn't always reveal her cancer history, Chaudry decided to open up this time. "I said, 'My one regret is that I didn't take control of the situation and just get rid of it all.' "
When Chaudry saw the girl again, the teen had a freshly shorn head — and a big smile. She wore a beautiful, brightly colored scarf. "She was really proud of herself," Chaudry says. "Having any sense of control in such an uncontrolled situation is really powerful."
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Premier Oil PLC (PMO) Price Target Cut to GBX 80 by Analysts at Peel Hunt
Premier Oil PLC (LON:PMO) had its price target decreased by equities research analysts at Peel Hunt from GBX 90 ($1.18) to GBX 80 ($1.04) in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday. The brokerage presently has a "buy" rating on the oil producer's stock. Peel Hunt's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 38.53% from the company's current price.
Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank AG reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 56 ($0.73) target price on shares of Premier Oil PLC in a research note on Thursday, July 13th. Barclays PLC cut their target price on shares of Premier Oil PLC from GBX 70 ($0.91) to GBX 57 ($0.74) and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 22nd. GMP Securities reissued a "speculative buy" rating on shares of Premier Oil PLC in a research note on Friday, June 16th. Canaccord Genuity reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 65 ($0.85) target price on shares of Premier Oil PLC in a research note on Tuesday, May 16th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group reissued an "underperform" rating and set a GBX 60 ($0.78) target price on shares of Premier Oil PLC in a research note on Thursday, April 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. The company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 84.90 ($1.11).
Shares of Premier Oil PLC (PMO) traded down 0.43% during trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 57.75. 2,547,413 shares of the stock were exchanged. The stock's market cap is GBX 295.00 million. The firm's 50 day moving average price is GBX 52.41 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 66.12. Premier Oil PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 42.75 and a 52 week high of GBX 99.50.
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In other Premier Oil PLC news, insider Tony Durrant bought 226,868 shares of Premier Oil PLC stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 44 ($0.57) per share, for a total transaction of £99,821.92 ($130,349.86). Also, insider Richard Rose bought 25,000 shares of Premier Oil PLC stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 26th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 45 ($0.59) per share, with a total value of £11,250 ($14,690.52). Insiders bought 252,564 shares of company stock valued at $11,147,100 in the last quarter.
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Cutting company tax is good, as long as you can pay for it and it does not block more urgent priorities.
The first is the issue with the Coalition's plan: let's call it arithmetically challenging.
Some people think business is always rolling in money and does not need tax cuts. The reality is the reverse. Lower taxes make business more competitive, and better able to expand and take on workers.
The Henry review proposed to cut the company tax rate from 30 per cent to 25 per cent. The Coalition's move is a modest first step. It would be two years off. It would reduce tax just to 28.5 per cent. And, in fact, only small and medium businesses would get a tax cut: for Australia's 3200 biggest employers, it merely compensates them for being forced to pay for the Coalition's pricey parental leave plan.
But the numbers quoted by Tony Abbott yesterday present us with arithmetical challenges. For example:
■ Mr Abbott would cut the company tax rate by one-20th from 2015-16. He tells us that would cost $5 billion in its first two years. That implies that he expects the company tax take in those years to be $100 billion.
But Treasury estimates that company tax in those two years will raise $156 billion. If so, the cost of the tax cut is $7.8 billion. The Coalition says its costing came from the Parliamentary Budget Office, but could not explain why it was so different from Treasury's.
■ Mr Abbott said this tax cut and the abolition of the carbon tax and the mining tax from July 2014 would all be paid for from $17 billion of savings set out in his budget reply in May. But Treasury estimates that the taxes he plans to abolish would raise $22 billion in that period. It estimates that between 2014 and 2017, the mining tax would raise $4.7 billion, and the carbon tax $9.5 billion.
Add that to the $7.8 billion of company tax revenue forgone, and we get $22 billion.
That's $5 billion less than the Coalition estimates its own savings will yield (and Labor disputes some of them).
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Every time a new iteration of a flagship smartphone is released, the first question that comes to mind is whether it is worth the upgrade to the latest edition. That is certainly the case with the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S5, and I�m sure you�re curious to know how the latest and greatest from Samsung stacks up against its predecessor.
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The most significant difference between the design of both smartphones is the move away from the glossy feel of the Galaxy S4, with Samsung opting for a soft-touch back for the Galaxy S5, reminiscent of the texture of the Nexus 7 (2012).
The change from the slick glossy plastic is a welcome one indeed, with the grip-y plastic of the Galaxy S5 helping with handling. The Samsung Galaxy S5 isn�t a total departure from the Galaxy S4, but it�s easy to tell them apart because of the soft-touch back.
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You get the same faux chrome ring and button layout at the front of both devices. The Galaxy S5 is a slightly larger and thicker than its predecessor, due in part to its larger display, and is also 15 grams heavier than the Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S5 also has an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance, which requires the addition of a plastic flap to cover the micro-USB 3.0 port of the device.
Overall, you�ll be left disappointed if you were looking for a significant difference in design between the two smartphones, though there are certainly some changes.
Samsung galaxy s5 vs galaxy s4
The Galaxy S5 features a 5.1-inch 1080p display, compared to the 5-inch display of the same type of the Galaxy S4. They are essentially identical screens, but that�s of course not a bad thing, as the Galaxy S4′s display offers excellent performance and a great user experience.
There was no shortage of rumors that suggested that the Galaxy S5 would come with a Quad HD (2560 x 1440) display that would be boasted an amazing pixel density of 560 ppi, but the 432 ppi we got is excellent nevertheless. The Galaxy S4 holds the slightest edge is this regard with a pixel density of 441 ppi, but that difference is practically unnoticeable.
On both smartphones, you get the lovely deep blacks, vibrant colors, and great viewing angles that we all know and love about AMOLED displays.
Samsung galaxy s5 vs galaxy s4
While the Galaxy S4 has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor that�s still a great processor to this day, the Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with an impressive quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.5 Ghz, that�ll give you a smooth performance no matter what you throw at it. The Galaxy S5 also comes with 2 GB of RAM, which should be enough to cover your multi-tasking needs. Performance is generally snappy and smooth, though mileage may vary depending on usage.
Samsung galaxy s5 vs galaxy s4
There are just a few major differences between the hardware of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4, with the most important pertaining to the camera and battery capacity.
Samsung moved from the 13 MP rear shooter of the Galaxy S4 to a 16 MP ISOCELL sensor that can take pictures with less noise and less bloom, even in low light conditions. There�s also 4K video recording, which is limited to 5 minutes of video because of the very large files created by this type of recording.
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December 24, 2011 – 28 Kislev 5772
Annual: Genesis 41:1-44:17 (Etz Hayim p. 250; Hertz p. 155)
Triennial: Genesis 41:53-43:15 (Etz Hayim p. 257; Hertz p. 158)
Maftir: Numbers 7:30-35 (Etz Hayim p. 808; Hertz p. 598)
Haftarah: Zehariah 2:14 – 4:7 (Etz Hayim, p. 1270; Hertz p. 987)
Prepared by Rabbi Joseph Prouser
Pharaoh is disturbed by dreams his advisors are unable to interpret – seven fat, healthy
cows consumed by seven lean and sickly cows, with no effect on the latter; seven solid,
wholesome ears of corn, consumed by seven wilted, malformed ears. Pharaoh's cupbearer
remembers Joseph and his ability to interpret dreams accurately. Joseph, released from
prison and brought before Pharaoh, insists the dreams are a divine portent of seven years
of plenty, to be followed by seven years of famine. He advises Pharaoh to appoint "a man
of discernment and wisdom" to oversee conservation of Egypt's resources to prepare for
the famine. Pharaoh appoints Joseph, granting him all but unlimited power over Egypt.
Joseph orders the collection of grain in vast quantities. During this period he marries
Asenath, daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On. Two sons are born, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Their names reflect the dramatic changes of fortune in Joseph's life.
Jacob instructs his sons to travel to Egypt to acquire provisions. Ten sons go to Egypt,
leaving Benjamin with Jacob. When they arrive Joseph recognizes them, though they do
not recognize him and treats them harshly, accusing them of being spies. Hearing them
describe their family background, he insists that they bring their youngest brother to
Egypt, to demonstrate the truth of what they have told him. He imprisons the brothers,
releasing all but Simeon on the condition that they return with Benjamin, and he orders
that they be given grain and other provisions for their journey home. He also secretly has
their money returned. Finding the money, they fear they will be accused of theft. Arriving
home, the brothers tell Jacob their experiences, explaining Simeon's predicament and the
need to return to Egypt with Benjamin. Jacob laments the prospect of losing his youngest
The continuing famine impels Jacob to send his sons back to Egypt. Judah takes personal
responsibility for Benjamin's safety and receives Jacob's blessing. The brothers bring gifts
and the mysteriously restored money back to Egypt, to be presented to Joseph, whose true
identity remains concealed. They are received generously and brought to Joseph's home
for a feast. Joseph greets his guests, asks about their father's well-being, greets Benjamin,
and then, overcome by emotion, briefly absents himself. Several hints about Joseph's
identity go unheeded: he is served food apart from other Egyptians, in keeping with particularistic Egyptian taboos; Benjamin is given especially generous portions; Joseph has his brothers seated in age order. The brothers depart with generous amounts of grain.
In a final test, Joseph orders his silver goblet planted in Benjamin's sack, and the brothers
are arrested and returned to Egypt. The parashah concludes with a cliffhanger. Judah and
his brothers maintain their innocence, but submit themselves to Joseph's judgment as his
slaves. Joseph insists: "Only he in whose possession the goblet was found shall be my
slave; the rest of you go back in peace to your father."
"And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it. Now, I
have heard it said of you that for you to hear a dream is to tell its meaning.' Joseph
answered Pharaoh, saying, 'Not I! God will see to Pharaoh's welfare.'" (Genesis 41:15-16)
"Who needs this overweening talk of God before the unbelievers, this certainty he knows
God's plan, this erasing of human responsibility? Who needs a man willing to serve
Pharaoh because he's sure he is serving God? In the end, it seems, Jacob had similar
doubts. Jacob assigns kingship not to Joseph, but to Judah: a man who speaks rarely of
God and never of vision." (Gershom Gorenberg)
"It is inconceivable that the professional dream interpreters are unable to provide
'interpretations.' Their solutions do not satisfy him. The fact is that there is nothing in the
dreams that relates in a personal way to Pharaoh himself. This, incidentally, is in contrast
to all previous dreams in Genesis in which the dreamer plays a central role. It is therefore
clear to Pharaoh that his dream experience has a wider, national significance. The
customary fawning and flattering expositions of the magicians are therefore
unconvincing." (Nahum Sarna, JPS Commentary)
"Joseph again gives honor to God and at the same time makes it clear that he is not a
professional soothsayer." (Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, The Torah: A Modern Commentary)
"Joseph interprets to Pharaoh not his dreams but his duties." (Benno Jacob)
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he
sees the dawn before the rest of the world." (Oscar Wilde)
Does Joseph's "God talk" represent sincere spiritual fervor, beyond the believer's capacity
to contain? Or is Joseph inappropriately injecting private faith into the public realm in
order to gain political advantage? Beyond the spoken word, what scriptural evidence is
there about Joseph's piety? How do these issues relate to modern politics in western
Professor Sarna's insight about the dream "professionals" is well-taken. What (beyond the
content of the dreams themselves) might have motivated Pharaoh to look for a more
cosmic significance? What impelled an absolute autocrat and despot to look beyond
himself, perhaps for the first time?
provides the paradigm for the court Jew – the Jew who rises to a position of
considerable power and trust within the government of a "foreign" regime. Where else do
we see this in Scripture? In more recent history? In modern politics? How is the story of
Joseph instructive in understanding this familiar phenomenon in the halls of power?
How has Joseph's ability to interpret dreams changed or matured over the course of his
life? Consider his own dreams during his youth, those of Pharaoh's servants, and those of
Pharaoh himself. Why is this the last incident of dream interpretation in Joseph's career?
Does Joseph, as Rabbi Plaut posits, truly deny that he is a professional soothsayer by
attributing his interpretations to God? Or is he instead claiming divine insight, revelatory
power, and direct oracular ability?
"As they were seated before him, from the oldest in the order of his seniority to the
youngest in the order of his youth, the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Portions were served them from his table; but Benjamin's portion was five times that of
anyone else. And they drank their fill with him." (Genesis 43:33-34)
"They were seated before him: Joseph commanded that they be seated in this manner.
They were astonished: For all of them had been born within a seven year period and there
was no way to recognize who was older than whom." (Rashbam)
"From the oldest: Joseph struck his goblet and called out, 'Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulon, sons of the same mother: sit in that order, according to your birth.
And so the rest. When he got to Benjamin he said, 'This one has no mother just as I have
no mother. He shall sit by me.'" (Rashi)
"The brothers saw that Benjamin had received larger portions than they, and yet they were
not jealous of him. Hence they realized that they had already rid themselves of the sin of
envy." (Kav Chein)
"Acting either from impulse or calculation, Joseph sends portions of food from his table to
his brothers, seemingly confirming some kind of link between them. The brothers are
delighted by this turn of events and conviviality reigns. The brothers marvel over the fact
that the viceroy has magically divined their birth order, this time rejoicing over the
fivefold favoritism shown their youngest half-brother." (Leon Kass, The Beginning of
"Yosef arrives and says to Binyamin, 'May God be gracious to you, my boy.' References
to the one God by the viceroy of a pagan empire could not possibly be explained by the
brothers as anything but a near revelation by the Almighty Himself. Yosef specifically
acted in a manner so peculiar that the brothers could interpret it only as a direct
punishment by God. For the same reason, he seats them in age order, much to the brothers'
astonishment. Yosef saw to it that the brothers would immediately attribute their
experiences to the Hand of God." (Rabbi David Silverberg)
What was Joseph thinking? Did he have his brothers seated in age order to inspire them to
perceive Divine Providence? To see if they were capable of such spiritual insight? To hint
at his own identity, since only he would have known their ages? To establish his own
powers of divination (compare Genesis 44:5, 15)?
On what do Dr. Kass and the Kav Chein base their assertions that the brothers were not
bothered by the special treatment shown Benjamin? Was Joseph's fivefold generosity to
his younger brother yet another test? Yet another hint at his identity? An insidious
continuation of his father's fateful favoritism? A brash recompense for his older brothers' earlier betrayal? A device to manipulate their emotions, thereby asserting control over them? A sincere expression of love for his baby brother (compare Genesis 45:22)?
Dr. Kass writes that the meal shared by Joseph and his brothers was characterized by
"conviviality," perhaps because of the good food and ample drink. Of course, the brothers
hardly could have refused the Egyptian potentate's repast. What other mood or emotional
atmosphere might have been evident at this luncheon?
Joseph was seated alone at the meal he provided, apart from his brothers as well as the
Egyptians in attendance. How might his isolation and loneliness have guided his actions
and explain the strange seating and service?
At what point in the meal (or perhaps at some earlier point) did Joseph make a final
decision about how to treat his brothers? What factors impacted this decision?
Mishnah Gittin 5:10 prohibits giving assistance to fellow Jews who are engaging in forbidden
agricultural activities in the land of Israel in violation of the Sabbatical year. It is permissible,
however, to lend practical support to non-Jewish farmers during this period; they are not bound
by Jewish law. The Mishnah continues to say that we offer such non-Jews greetings and
encouragement, in the interests of peace and amity. In the Gemara (Gittin 62A), the rabbis
wonder if the stated permissibility of greetings is redundant – properly subsumed, as it were, in
the sanction for practical assistance and support. Rabbi Yeva, an amora of the third century,
answers: "The additional statement permitting greetings is necessary specifically in reference to
their holidays" -- in can someone would reason incorrectly that such holiday greetings are to be
avoided. That is, the sanctity and permissibility of offering our non-Jewish neighbors
appropriate greetings on their holy days is established with special emphasis at the earliest
stages of Jewish law's development. This Shabbat – and the day following – represents the ideal
time to fulfill this religious obligation. Rabbi Benjamin Bleich, professor of Talmud at Yeshiva
University, writes about the Christian majority culture and its holiday observances: "Our
greatest fear should not be those who worship in a different way but those who mockingly reject
the very idea of worship. Our children today are threatened by the spirit of secularism more than
by songs dedicated to proclaiming a holy night. We differ in countless ways. Yet Christmas
allows us to remember that we are not alone in our recognition of the Creator of the universe."
Parashat Miketz is read on December 24, 2011 – coinciding with the fourth day of Chanukah –
and celebrated by our Christian neighbors as Christmas Eve. On December 24, 1997, a
Chanukah menorah was lit at the Vatican for the first time in history. On December 24, 1968,
orbiting Apollo 8 astronauts read verses from the Book of Genesis. In Parashat Miketz, Pharaoh
appoints Joseph as his vizier: "Only with respect to the throne shall I be superior to you"
(41:40). On December 24, 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed General
Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of all allied forces.


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SHILO, Man. - From prehistoric spears to massive modern field guns, mankind has always found a way to launch projectiles at enemies. And if something can be fired, shot or hurled, chances are it's on display at The RCA Museum located at Canadian Forces Base Shilo in southwestern Manitoba.
Walking through the 2,230-square-metre building is like taking a trip through Canadian history as seen by members of the artillery, an army regiment with a long history of action at home and overseas. There's a cannon that was used against Louis Riel and other Metis in the Northwest Rebellion, a German mortar captured at Vimy Ridge, and a large wooden table on which Gen. James Wolfe is believed to have been laid after he died while his British troops captured Quebec.
But the museum — its official name is the Central Museum of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery — is more about the gunners than the guns. Each item has a story, and the aim is to get visitors to focus on people who fought in the forests, on the plains and in trenches, often during important turning points in Canadian history.
"War is a terrible event which we should avoid at all costs. However, the reality is that you can't always choose not to fight," museum director Marc George said during a recent tour.
"So you then rely on people coming forward and serving their country. And so that's what this is about. It's a place where we can tell all Canadians the story about the people who have chosen to serve Canada."
One of the first weapons visitors see is one of the four-kilogram (nine-pound) field guns used in the battles of Fish Creek and Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in what is now Saskatchewan. The battle at Batoche led to Louis Riel's surrender and later execution.
Alongside the gun is a picture of a nine-pounder in action at Batoche taken by Capt. James Peters, one of the world's first battlefield photographers. Peters was on the cutting edge, considering the technology of the day was not exactly user-friendly.
"What amazes me is, not only was he snapping these things under fire, but he was also busy giving orders, so I have this image in my mind of him yelling out, you know 'range 4,000 with high explosive load' and then 'look over here and smile, guys,'" George said.
"And then he was developing the photos under his blankets at night."
One of the better-known pieces in the museum is a German 17-centimetre trench mortar captured by Canadian troops at Vimy Ridge. It was one of three guns the museum loaned to the producers of the 2008 movie "Passchendaele" that starred Paul Gross.
On the smaller side, the museum also hosts rifles, pistols and muskets dating as far back as the 17th century. Most have been donated from private collections.
The oldest item in the museum is a prehistoric spear-throwing device called an atlatl, which dates back 7,000 to 9,000 years. It was found just 50 kilometres from where the museum sits.
"What I love about this is ... a human being was doing something 3,000-5,000 years before the great pyramid (of Giza, in Egypt) was built. He was sitting here in Manitoba making an atlatl," George said.
Most displays have mannequins next to them, to help visitors appreciate what the weapon-handler had to deal with in terms of the weapons' weight, portability and the conditions in which they were used. One exhibit shows a gunner's dugout in the First World War, where troops dealt with mud, fended off rats and lice, and slept underneath their cannon.
The mannequins are meant to be life-like. They have prosthetic eyes, dentures, and resin that makes their lips appear moist. Most look like young men, barely past their teens.
"What we want is, each time someone approaches an artifact in the museum, the first thing they're aware of is that could be a person standing there," George said.
Weapons are not the only items on display. There is other memorabilia that connects gunners to some true Canadiana.
Hockey legend Conn Smythe was a gunner in both world wars. He picked the stylized maple leaf that has been part of the Toronto Maple Leafs logo because it looked like the hat badges used by Canadian troops, George said, pointing to a badge on display beneath a photo of Smythe.
Nearby is a signed, handwritten copy of "In Flanders Fields," the war poem by longtime gunner Lt.-Col. John McCrae of Guelph, Ont., which has been taught to generations of schoolchildren. The display also includes a printing plate that adopted McCrae's handwriting style to make copies.
The end of the tour brings visitors to something of a mystery, called The Other Grey Cup. It's a small chalice of sorts that pales in comparison to the Grey Cup that is awarded annually to Canadian Football League champions.
Legend has it, George says, that it was the original cup designed for Earl Grey, Canada's governor general in the early 1900s — something he is still trying to determine through the British company that made it.
"The myth that goes with it is that it was made and the governor general originally intended it to be the football trophy, but he was a little bit underwhelmed. So he had it dedicated as an artillery practice trophy instead and got a better cup made for football."
If You Go...
— The museum at CFB Shilo is open year-round, Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Between Victoria Day and Labour Day, the museum is also open on weekends during the same hours. It is a two-hour drive from Winnipeg and a half-hour drive from Brandon, Man.
— Admission is $5 for adults.
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After 19 years, the Magic Kingdom this year is canceling its Super Bowl promotional series in which a star of the game proclaims he's headed next for the Florida theme park. (List: See entire list of who's gone to Disney World in ad campaign)
The loss of the promotion by family-friendly Disney (DIS) comes as the NFL is trying to clean up the Super Bowl's image — and restore it to a "G" rating — after Janet Jackson's breast-baring fiasco last year. The league, which had no comment, is wielding an iron fist over the costumes, songs and dances during the game.
A Disney official said Wednesday that the decision to bench the venerable "What's Next?" ads is limited to the 2005 Super Bowl, on Feb. 6. He left open the possibility of a comeback in 2006 when, as it happens, Disney's ABC network will televise the big game.
Craig Dezern, a spokesman for Walt Disney World in Orlando, said the move has "no connection at all" with the indecency uproar. He said the timing just didn't jibe with two new theme park marketing efforts now underway: the "Happiest Celebration on Earth" promoting the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, which begins on May 5, and a "Magic Your Way" plan offering more flexible prices and vacation plans for consumers.
"I wouldn't read anything into the future of the program. This is about where we need to put our focus right now," Dezern said.
Allen Adamson, managing director of image consultants Landor, suspects image-conscious Disney might be taking a pass this year to "avoid the risk of doing something live they can't control." But Ross Sutherland, executive creative director of Young & Rubicam, said the ads have become so routine that consumers are tuning them out. "I don't think anyone will miss it. I won't," Sutherland said.
The campaign kicked off in 1987 with Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms of the New York Giants. The phrase "I'm going to Disney World!" quickly "crossed over" to became part of pop culture. Disney expanded the campaign well beyond the Super Bowl, with 35 ads.
The Boston Red Sox trio of Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz and Curt Schilling appeared in the most recent spot after their World Series victory last fall.
The who's who of other top athletes who have touted Disney theme parks during their moment of triumph includes John Elway, Joe Montana and Doug Williams from the NFL; Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson from the NBA; Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire from Major League Baseball; Patrick Roy from the NHL; and ice skater Nancy Kerrigan during the Olympics. The list also includes Santa Claus and Miss America Gretchen Carlson.


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"Slipped Disc: Causes & Symptoms"
A slipped disc refers to a displacement of an intervertebral disc from its normal position. This disc displacement can put severe pressure on nerve roots.
Causes for a slipped disc can be degenerative, traumatic (such as a MVA or falling injury), or due in part to postural dysfunction in sitting.
Slipped disc symptoms are back pain, leg pain, lower extremity weakness, and numbness or tingling in one or both legs.
Well as we are being honest, your disc never actually slipped at all. The term slipped disc, is a layman's term usually meant to describe a bulging disc or herniated disc. People with a slipped disc usually present with back pain symptoms and/or sciatica.
There is however a big difference between a bulging disc and a herniated disc. Each condition is sufficiently painful enough to put you on your back side for awhile. Back pain therapy for a slipped disc can be quite simple, and in no way does the "disc" slip back into place. As it were that simple, chiropractors would be more effective in the treatment of a slipped disc.
Slipped Disc Treatment
You can render treatment for slipped disc back pain quite effectively at home. I would recommend a multi-disciplinary approach; however, whenever possible. This should include your physician, physical therapist, chiropractor, and perhaps even an acupuncturist.
Many back pain exercises can be beneficial for the treatment and relief of your slipped disc. Although care must be used to avoid an exacerbation of your symptoms secondary to improper use of technique and form with each selected exercise. Therefore, you may want to consult your physician prior to starting any slipped disc back pain exercise program.
I will warn you against performing back pain exercises for your Slipped Disc that institute a flexion pattern of your lumbar spine. Exercises like crunches, single knee to chest and double knee to chest are contraindicated for your slipped disc. Instead, focus treatment on extension exercises for your spine like those of the "prone press up".
1. McKenzie Method for Slipped Disc: These types of extension exercises are often referred to as the "McKenzie Method" of exercises. Some physical therapists are even "McKenzie" certified. It is possible to learn these types of back pain exercises on your own, and an excellent "how to" book by Robin McKenzie is available called "7 Steps To A Pain Free Life". Look for it as you are interested in learning more on how to cure your slipped disc from home via a self treatment option.
2. Positional Distraction Treatment for Slipped Disc: Another viable treatment option for your slipped disc is positional distraction. This is sort of like traction, but not as aggressive. And in my experience, much more beneficial since results typically are improved over those achieved by a traction table. That is just my clinical experience talking as I do not have statistical data to back that up. You may want to try positional distraction for yourself to determine how much or how little it actually helps your slipped disc.
3. Cold Pack Treatment for Slipped Disc: It should be of no surprise that many people with a slipped disc reach for a hot pack for symptomatic relief. As a physical therapist for over 14 years, I strongly urge against such a practice. My clinical experience strenuously begs to differ. A majority of the time, a cold pack or ice pack is the best course of action due to the enormous amount of inflammation taking place surrounding the slipped disc and possibly corresponding nerve root.
In conclusion, Healing back pain due to a slipped disc is possible with proper attention to a few of the above mentioned points. I do caution you to quiet your activities and show patience during your recovery process. It takes time, any you should take your "slipped disc" condition seriously.
It is always best to contact a qualified healthcare professional for the proper diagnosis and treatment of your condition.
Good Luck,
Tommy Hoffman
"Prone Press-Up" or "Upward Dog" Variation
Purpose: Decompress the lower lumbar spine. Great back pain exercise for a slipped disc. Works to drive the disc forward and away from the spinal nerve(s).
Lie face down on stomach, elbows bent, hands along side face.
Push up onto elbows, keep hips on the floor.
Do not force movement or go into pain.
Exhale completely at top position.
Return to start position.
Perform this technique for a slipped disc between 10 to 15 times.
By Tommy Hoffman, Licensed Physical Therapist


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On a Saturday morning in the spring of 1989, I sat in my bedroom with my headphones on, the revolutionary lyrics of Public Enemy blaring into my pre-teen ears.
My mother didn't tolerate loud music. The headphones allowed me to blast the cacophony of cymbal splashes, drum kicks, car horns and snippets of Civil Rights Era speeches clipped together like pastiche art by Public Enemy's production team the Bomb Squad.
I repeated a Frederick Douglas quote sampled into a Public Enemy record from a Bar-Kay's recording. "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude."
My mother heard the words, and pushed opened the door to my room. I awkwardly explained who Public Enemy was, and why I was so fascinated with the Long Island rap group.
My mother's childhood was split between the Jim Crow South and New York. While her politics were born out of lunch counter sit-ins, vicious police dogs, segregated buses, political assassinations, Bull Connor and the threat of southern white mob violence, my generation's politics were sharpened by the cocaine epidemic, HIV/AIDS, Reagonomics, urban decay and the closing salvos of the Cold War.
Public Enemy provided the score for the political discourse of my generation - Gen X.
What Marvin Gaye did with his four octave vocals, Chuck D (the D is for Dangerous) did with rhyme couplets and free verse.
Flavor Flav added the occasional "yeah boy" to remind us that as revolutionary as the lyrics were, it was still music and still fun.
Chuck was the bass; Flavor the treble. Accompanied by a wall of sound that would have given Phil Spector chills, Public Enemy tackled every cause celebre of the 1980s.
"Night of the Living Bassheads" reported on life from the front lines of the drug war; "Meet the Needle G That Killed Me" addressed the possibility that HIV/AIDS was biological warfare; "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" shone a light on the prison industrial complex before the term had been coined, and Chuck D let loose a lyrical attack against Arizona politicians for refusing to recognize Martin Luther King Day in the group's 1991 song "By The Time I Get To Arizona."
Public Enemy, which now joins the pantheon of legendary American music acts enshrined in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, shaped my politics as much my politically active parents did. I learned about Huey P. Newton, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Assata Shakur and the Black Panthers from Public Enemy.
P.E didn't just unleash black rage, they aimed that anger with precision.
Public Enemy played the Greek Chorus in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing." The band's pulsing "Fight the Power" anthem followed Radio Raheem throughout the movie and tipped off the riot at the climax of the film.
It should come as no surprise that Chuck D - the Hard Rhymer - and Flavor would lend their voice to Lee's movie, which depicts the racial tension of the hyper-tribalistic Ed Koch era in New York City.
The movie and the song came at a time when warring factions in New York used violence to protect the neighborhoods from nonexistent boogeymen, and when politicians pandered to those cross-cultural anxieties and fears.
P.E. gave voice to that America, the uglier America that still hadn't sorted out all the changes brought about by the Civil Rights Movement.
For me personally, Public Enemy taught me to challenge authority and question everything. They taught me that things aren't always what they seem - pretty important stuff for any citizen.
In short, they taught me "don't believe the hype."
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The North West Company has reported a 4.2 per cent jump in sales and a 2.2 per cent increase in profit for the final three months of its 2013-14 fiscal year.
The Winnipeg-based retail chain said sales for the three months that ended on Jan. 31 climbed to $402.9 million from $386.6 million in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year.
Net earnings for the quarter rose to $15.9 million from $15.5 million, while diluted earnings per share was unchanged at 32 cents.
"Our international performance reflects gains we have made in reducing product costs and a general improvement in economic conditions," said Edward Kennedy, the company's president and CEO.
"In Canada, the retail market continues to be more challenged and we are responding with more innovation in getting sales and in building our store network capability."
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DORCHESTER Town will have to put the disappointment of Saturday's single-goal defeat to Bath City behind them as quickly as possible with tonight's trip to Essex their next big challenge.
The Magpies face Chelmsford City (7.45pm) at Melbourne Stadium this evening, starting the game three points adrift at the bottom of the Skrill South table.
A 1-0 loss at Bath on the weekend, coupled with wins for the likes of Gosport, Tonbridge and Hayes & Yeading, dealt Phil Simkin's men a massive blow in their attempts to stay up.
Missed chances early on ultimately proved costly for Dorchester at Mayday Trust Park as the hosts took the lead just after the interval and were rarely threatened in the rest of the game – Nick Crittenden was also sent off for two bookable offences to hinder the visitors' cause even further.
"We played really well in the first half and should have been clear at half-time," said Simkin. "But we gave away a goal early in the second half and we more or less fell apart.
"They scored two or three minutes into the second half which got their tails up, they pinned us back and we couldn't make much ground going forward.
"We played really well and took the game to them, but when they scored they began to ooze with confidence out of them and it was hard to get back into the game.
"We couldn't get our noses in front when we had the chance and they did – I think that's what the difference was. Once they got in front they dominated the game."
Looking ahead to tonight's key clash, Simkin added: "It's never easy at Chelmsford and if you've been there you'll know why.
"We've got a bit of work to do and will have to get a side together with players missing."
Steve Walker, Clive Makoni and Dan Munday are all unavailable to take on Mark Hawkes' side, who sit 16th following a 4-2 reverse at Eastbourne Borough on Saturday.
The Clarets, then managed by former Wimbledon striker Dean Holdsworth, were beaten 2-0 by the Magpies at the Avenue last September.
Goals from Danny way and Crittenden saw Dorchester claim their first win of the season at the eighth attempt.
Since then there have been mixed fortunes for the Essex outfit, with heavy defeats to Boreham Wood, Bromley and Dover countered by victories over Bishop's Stortford, Concord and Bromley in the reverse fixture.
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Taylor Swift & Harry Styles Hit the Tattoo Parlor!
He's the consummate bad boy among his One Direction peers, and Harry Styles scored yet another tattoo in the company of his girlfriend Taylor Swift last night (December 18).
The "What Makes You Beautiful" hunk and his "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" gal showed up at the Shamrock Tattoo Parlor in Los Angeles where Harry went under the needle.
Styles selected a large seafaring ship as his latest piece and had it permanently etched on his left upper arm next to a pre-existing tattoo.
An eyewitness told press, "Taylor spent one hour in the parlor with Harry while he was getting a new piece from his favorite artist at Shamrock Tattoo Shop. During the time they were inside, Harry's security moved his suitcases into the car Taylor arrived in. They left together and were happy to speak to a few dozen fans who had waited to meet them."


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Glasgow Rangers skipper Craig Moore will wear the captain's armband for the Socceroos for the first time when Australia takes on Venezuela in Caracas tomorrow morning (Melbourne time).
But Italian-based midfielder Vince Grella, the man earmarked to take former captain Paul Okon's midfield spot, is struggling to beat injury and take his place in the starting line-up.
Socceroo coach Frank Farina, still battling to put out fires in the wake of the Mark Viduka no-show, said National Soccer League players Simon Colosimo and Ahmed Elrich would get game time in the match against the South Americans, an important part of the Socceroos' World Cup preparations.
Speaking from Venezuela yesterday, Farina tried to talk up his team and the players who had made it.
But not surprisingly, he was faced with a host of questions about missing striker Viduka, who did not arrive in Caracas on Monday with eight of his teammates who flew in from London.
While the other absentees have signed medical certificates to authenticate their unavailability, Viduka has not, although his club, Premier League relegation battler Leeds, is now suggesting that he might be injured.
As a result, the Australian Soccer Association will act within its rights and invoke FIFA strictures allowing it to ban Viduka from playing for Leeds in its crunch clash with Manchester United at the weekend.
For most of his four-and-a-half years in charge, the Socceroo coach regularly has had to face a grilling over key players when they do not front for friendly matches, and he has honed a dead-bat style that would have done former England Test opener Geoff Boycott proud.
"I have never questioned Mark Viduka's passion as I have never questioned any player's passion," Farina said. "I know how wonderful it is to play for the national team."
Farina said talks were still taking place between the ASA and Leeds over Viduka's absence, but the coach admitted that the big front-man would not arrive now.
With the withdrawals and injuries, Farina will send out a half-strength side for a match that could be a dress rehearsal for the all-important World Cup qualifier in 2005.
Farina intends to treat it in that vein. "We will be going out there to try to get a result.
"That's not to say we won't try to go out there and play attacking football, but in November 2005, we may get a chance to come here and play the away leg first . . . it's a bit like Uruguay when they came to Melbourne in 2001 - they were content to sit behind the ball."
New skipper Moore, a veteran of the past two failed World Cup campaigns, brings vast experience and considerable skill to the job. "I would like to impress tomorrow and do the job well. Whether that means in the long term, so be it," Moore said.
"This game will be an experience for us, it will be a very important game. (Harry) Kewell and Viduka are big players for us and it's disappointing that they won't be playing, but that's how it is."
Moore will leave Caracas straight after the game, arrive back in Glasgow on Friday evening and then play for Rangers against Hibernian the next day.
Possible team: Mark Schwarzer (goalkeeper); Lucas Neill, Craig Moore, Tony Popovic, Tony Vidmar; Mile Sterjovski, Vince Grella/Simon Colosimo, Marco Bresciano, Stan Lazaridis; David Zdrillic, Scott Chipperfield.
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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs echoed President Obama's pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, despite a prominent Democrat's suggestion to consider holding civilian trials of suspected terrorists there.
Gibbs could not put a time frame on the closure of Gitmo, something Obama had pledged to do his first year in office.
"I'm willing to commit to closing it as soon as possible," Gibbs said today. "I think I said last week that no one expects this to be easy. But I know that the president has not and will not give up on the goal."
Gibbs responded to a question about comments by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who said the administration could hold military or civilian trials at Gitmo.
The Obama administration and its critics have clashed for more than a year over how to try terrorist suspects held at Gitmo, particularly accused 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
A year ago, the administration proposed a civilian trial of KSM in New York City, but that plan is in limbo amid heavy political opposition.
The administration has had trouble getting other countries to take some of the 174 prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay.
Speaking Sunday on CBS' Face The Nation, Hoyer said, "I think under the Constitution, we could clearly impanel a Title III (civilian) court to dispose of these cases in a proper way in Guantanamo itself."
"Juries, as you know, are sequestered in many cases," Hoyer said. "So it wouldn't be much different. And it's a Caribbean island. It's not like you're sending them to an archipelago or Siberia."
Hoyer noted that once the Republicans take control of the U.S. House, it is likely they could block U.S.-based civilian trials of KSM and other terrorism defendants: "Bringing them to the United States given the current concerns and makeup of the Congress, probably not going to happen."
The administration isn't opposed to military trials. But Gibbs said terrorists use the Guantanamo Bay prison as a "recruiting tool," and the Obama administration wants to close it.
"We're not giving up on that goal," Gibbs said.
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PDF: Nintendo Power #1 – Jul-Aug 1988
I'm following up on the first issue of Sega Visions magazine with the first issue of the beloved Nintendo Power. I can still remember when this issue first came out. I would have just been starting the third grade and I could help but be fascinated with the infamous claymation representation of Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom.
The original Super Mario Bros was still filling our little elementary school minds and after flipping through this magazine, we were impressed yet fairly confused about this new Super Mario Bros 2 game. It seemed so different from the original game, but of course, Nintendo Power knew how to spin the remake of Doki Doki Panic into something we would all anticipate like nothing before.
In addition to the huge SMB2 preview, there is also a good walkthrough of Zelda and a ton of other Nintendo nostolgia to be found.
Enjoy Issue #1!
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Despite the fact that is was completely cheesy, it was still as enjoyable now as when it was first released.
This SendSpace thins is really lame.
Thanks racketboy! I download these at work and since I can't email them to myself, I upload them to my webserver. You can check them out here. I'll probably keep them there for a week or two, so you wouldn't have to go through SendSpace.
Thanks rmal
I've added you as a mirror and also added it to my webserver.
I only do the SendSpace thing because I don't have a ton of bandwidth. The Sega Visions scan got submitted to Digg and had 100s of people downloading it. That can really add up.
Hey, it's no problem. I can mirror most of them, and at this pace I can keep them up for quite a while. I don't use the web server for much other than development and then it's only me so I've got plenty of space and bandwidth.
This thing about scanning and providing old gaming mags is just genius. Thanks.
I'd like to let you know that there's a great site out there already which is helping to propogate scans of Nintendo Power issues and has already scanned over 100 issues in. Go check out:
I'd love to get all of us together to combine efforts.
Did anyone else notice that the number one spot for Super Mario Bros in players forum belongs to Cliff Blizinski with a score of 9,999,950? He is the programer for gears of war. Check it out on page 99. His website confirms that he grew up in North Andover till he was 15
Technically weren't there thinner Nintendo Powers for about 5 or 6 issues before they released this "first" issue with Mario 2 on it?
Anon, that was the Nintendo Fun Club Newsletter. Nintendo Power replaced it.
Yeah I'll host it also, I have 100gb transfer that I don't use.
The link will be: http://www.jorsher.com/uploader/files/jorsher/nintendomag.zip
Thanks for the additional mirror!
No problem. I just checked and 8gb of transfer was used so far today, but turns out I have 500gb of transfer instead of the 100gb I thought I had.
I only use my site for development also (which there isn't much of going on right now) so if you'd like me to host other magazines in the future just drop me a line, jorsher at gmail.
At 13 years old his handwriting is better than mine at 28…!
I actually have the first issue of Nintendo Power and EGM. I have NP issues 1-75.. or something like that.
Yeah, I have this issue – ordered the first six issues when Nintendo Power used to actually have back issues. Was really enthralled with it. Good times.
The Final Fantasy Players Guide through that nintendo power subscription deals was AMAZING. That thing was my bible back in the day.
I have that one!!! And all the Nintendo Club corporate mags before it.
Have you guys seen the Nintendo Amusement Park? It's pretty funny:
Isn't that King K Rool from DKC on the cover?
thanks for this
i lost this issue by 1990 probably
i got this issue from my mom at 7 years old
(easter 1988 ) glad to see it again…
I cant seem to get the issue to download, it says
Invalid Quickkey. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.
Has the issue been taken off the site or am I a nerd.
Damn! it says invalid quickkey!
can you like reupload this or something? file sharing websites have limits.
Looks like the MediaFire link is down. Any chance someone can re-upload it?
Hi there, Im only 15 years old so i was unable to get it when it first came out but, I saw this on eBay and i just had to have it and Im a big fan of Nintendo, so I brought it from America for $33.00 about £21.00 and I framed it and now its hanging on my wall and everytime I look at it I smile and say to myself 'I cant believe I have issue 1'. (Abit sad, but it makes me feel good)…. =D
this is really cool! I read the new and the old just because im geeky
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Why will it not download?! I was really looking foward to reading this!:{
Retro mags service used to download the magazines has been shut down on the 1/19/12, since most of the magazine use the links from Megaupload, you can't download them anymore
Remaked and smaller version of Nintendo Power #1 from retromags.com:


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She is the author of Get to Work: A manifesto for Women of the World, and a columnist at DoubleX.com.
The first report was welcomed by many whose views on Islam overlapped or bordered those presented by Breivik in his manifesto.
The single sentence, set off as a paragraph announced that this was not so much an opening as a manifesto.
After police uncovered the manifesto, the LAPD's Metropolitan squad was sent to protect the dozens of people he named.
The manifesto of that famous League was dated on the 16th May.
Here is a Bolshevist manifesto to the Turkish masses, published in the summer of 1920.
This has been done, and I here transcribe, as a programme, the first announcement or manifesto of this association.
To this manifesto was appended another from the King of France.
Cuba, emancipation in, 108;annexation of demanded in Ostend manifesto, 128.
"public declaration," 1640s, from Italian manifesto "public declaration explaining past actions and announcing the motive for forthcoming ones," originally "proof," from Latin manifestus (see manifest (adj.)).