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John Tortorella didn't say much this afternoon in a conference call with reporters, but don't take that as a lack of confidence for Game 7.
"I have a ton of optimism about our club," Tortorella said. "Our club has gone through a lot of different things as far as momentum."
As our buddy Carp is wont to remind us of, momentum is a figment in the NHL playoffs. For the Rangers, the season has been more about dogged consistency than sustaining — or reversing — momentum. They lost two straight just six times all season, including Games 4 and 5 against Ottawa in the first round. Only once did the streak extend to three.
Tortorella wouldn't discuss much else, namely what his club had in mind to awaken a sleepy offense. "We've discussed that as a team," he said (actually twice). "We'll keep that in the locker room."
Chris Kreider had provided a boost, but he's been relegated to the fourth line after defensive struggles in Games 3 and 4. Could he return to an increased role in Game 7? You'll have to wait until Saturday night to find out, of course.
"He's a young man trying to learn the game," Tortorella said about Kreider's defensive adjustment. "I think he's improving and we'll see where it goes."
For the rest (and there isn't much), check out the audio below.
The team returns to the ice for practice at 11 tomorrow morning.
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EARLY steps have been taken to commemorate the centenary of the First World War with the siting of a new memorial.
The military sacrifice during the Great War will be honoured from August this year to November 2018 and beyond, with particular focus on the role of the Worcestershire Regiment at the Battle of Gheluvelt in 1914, who have already been honoured.
Eagle-eyed visitors to Worcester's Gheluvelt Park may have noticed a new memorial stone recognising the efforts of all the regiment's ranks who served their country at home and overseas.
The memorial will be officially unveiled during a Gheluvelt Day service on Friday, October 31 and the special event will form part of an ambitious campaign of exhibitions, parades, concerts, church services, remembrance events and more across Worcestershire.
Gheluvelt Park was opened on June 17, 1922 to commemorate the achievement of the 2nd Battalion of the regiment on a critical day in the fighting in Belgium in 1914.
A few hundred men from the Worcesters advanced through 1,000 yards of shell-swept ground to recapture Gheluvelt from the Germans at a cost of almost 200 men.
Had Gheluvelt fallen, the way was open for the German army to push on to Ypres and the channel ports not far away.
The programme of events, organised by a large number of local organisations and councils, will also look at the Home Front and the impact of the war on the people left back at home in the county.
For more information, go to WW1worcestershire.co.uk.

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We Have Jennifer Aniston's Wedding Dress All Picked Out!
Jennifer Aniston can thank us later; we've found 10 stunning wedding gowns that fit her style.
-PJ Gach
After dating actor/screenwriter Justin Theroux for a little over a year, Jennifer Aniston is engaged! They became an officially engaged couple last Fridaywhen Justin flew down to North Carolina and proposed to Jennifer during his birthday dinner!
Now, we've pretty much figured out Jen's personal style. She prefers clothing that has clean lines, is simply tailored and shows off her (enviable) figure. Occasionally Jennifer's experimented with color (we've seen pics of Jen in orange—not a pretty sight), but generally she sticks to four colors: Black, white, gray and navy.
Keeping her past red carpet, casual looks and color palette in mind, we've picked 10 wedding gowns that we think Jen would rock on the white carpet … the wedding aisle.
1. Marchesa
Long known for red carpet looks, Marchesa's sleek wedding gown would look pretty good on Jennifer. Or would she think the bottom's too fussy?
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2. Lanvin
This deceptively simple looking brocade linen and silk-blend gown ($5945, net-a-porter.com) is similar to column gowns Jennifer's worn in the past.
3. Christina Boutique
You can find the loveliest things on Etsy, like this one-of-a-kind ivory model dress with silk chiffon overlay can be worn a few different ways, so Jennifer, if she wants can turn it into a halter and wear it as a red carpet dress. If you're interested in it, Check the gown out in Christina Boutique ($198, etsy.com) in Etsy.
4. Jenny Packham
From UK designer Jenny Packham's 2011 collection, we think this soft grey and white strapless gown studded with sparkles would look truly amazing on the Horrible Bosses star.


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Yay! It's the first day of fall and I can't wait for the weather to change. I'm already thinking about cold weather accessories! Go ahead and blame it on the new Bloomingdales catalog.
I saw this yummy-licious MICHAEL Michael Kors Twist Neck Warmer that is definitely on my shopping list.
I know it's L.A. and it doesn't get that cold, but it doesn't hurt to be fashionably prepared. LOL. Me and my excuses to shop!
Here are a few more MICHAEL Michael Kors accessories that wouldn't hurt to have.


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If you're a young, good-looking woman, Army Capt. (Dr.) James Robinson says he's willing to pay you $7,000 every two weeks to be his sugar baby. He has $300,000 in Army bonus money to spend on taking you to fancy restaurants and all kinds of pampering.
But you'll never meet him if you don't join Sugardaddie.com or another of the many websites that bring together men and women in what are termed "compensated relationships." Translation: Sugar daddies lay out what they're looking for, and sugar babies say what they want in return.
Of course, Capt. Robinson might not be real.
Three of the biggest names in the brave and brazen new world of "sugar daddies" and extramarital dating websites say military membership is on the rise, and they all have different takes on why.
"People have affairs when they don't have attention at home," whether that's the partner's fault or not, says Noel Biderman, CEO of AshleyMadison.com, a website that specializes in hooking up clients for extramarital affairs — and keeping those relationships secret.
You're wondering: How many military men have registered with "the world's leading married dating service for discreet encounters"?
Nearly 250,000 over the past 10 years, Biderman claims — and "military" ranked fifth among all occupations listed in a 2011 survey of more than 100,000 male members.
Military women also appear to be interested. The front office at sugar-dating website SeekingArrangement.com say they see more military women signing up than military men.
Of course, cheating on your spouse is punishable under military law, but military legal experts say even the sugar daddy sites can get you into trouble.
This is a gray area at best, downright illegal at worst, says one top military prosecutor OFFduty talked with. Like "50 Shades of Grey" meets "Pretty Woman," except instead of a happy ending, you can go to jail.
Troops are doing this — really?
You may be starting to realize that some things have changed in online dating — and not just for married people. In addition to the startling numbers from AshleyMadison.com — which claims a year-over-year increase of 60 percent among military men for the past three years — two of the biggest names in sugar daddy dating claim they're seeing trends in military membership, too.
Officials with Sugardaddie.com say the number of military sugar daddies has jumped 23.8 percent since 2010. More than 42 percent of those "military" sugar daddies are married, but that's "not too far off from typical sugar daddies," says Stephan Smith, the website's public relations chief.
No one verifies those profile claims, however. And embellishing one's profile on a dating website — doesn't everybody?
Capt. Robinson, who at the request of Sugardaddie.com volunteered to speak with us, said he's spent about $45,000 so far on the two sugar babies he's met through the site over the past seven months.
"I'm focused on my career and growing my own personal net worth. That's my main focus," he said. He said he didn't have time for traditional dating, but "Sugardaddie provided an easy way to get the companionship that I was lacking and missing."
Except that Army officials could find no record of anyone matching his name and description. When asked about his identity, "Robinson" suddenly stopped returning phone calls.
But Sugardaddie.com says Robinson was one of its 3,242 sugar daddies who registered using a .mil email address.
So who are these supposed troops?
"Our typical military sugar daddy profile is created by somebody who is between 25 and 45 years old," Smith says. "There are some who are older than that, and the older they are, generally, the more annual income they make. If they're an officer, they're generally pretty open about who they are and what they do and who they're looking for.
"They're usually pretty clear that their career comes first and that, at this time in their life, they're not looking to make a long-term commitment. In their profiles, they focus on what kind of woman they're looking for in terms of not just physical traits but her character. Character is very important to them."
Neither Biderman at AshleyMadison.com — whose parent company, Avid Life Media, also owns two sugar daddy dating sites — nor SeekingArrangement.com, reported similar experiences of military men flocking to register.
Biderman says he doesn't perceive military men to fit the sugar daddy profile but acknowledges that incomes on those websites are often "grossly exaggerated."
Backing the claim
But Sugardaddie.com's reported spike in military membership doesn't surprise Steve Pasternack, the former Wall Street executive who founded it in 2002.
"The work schedules of servicemen [are] very harmonious with the sugar daddy dating lifestyle," he said. "There are men from many branches of the service in various paygrades [who] are sugar daddies. There are officers on the site who earn more than $100,000 a year, and there are new recruits who earn between $30,000 and $45,000 a year [who] are looking for mutually beneficial relationships.
"Many women on the site consider men in the military to be ideal sugar daddy candidates because they're familiar with long-distance relationships and generally know how to treat a lady right," Pasternack says.
A search on Sugardaddie.com turned up one member claiming military affiliation who describes himself as an officer looking for a casual relationship.
"I am a career Army Officer, personal trainer, women's self defense instructor and wanna be chef! I recently moved to Atlanta and would like to meet new people. I'm NOT ready to make the 'other' ultimate sacrifice and meet my wife, but a fun more casual relationship would fit well."
Another, who describes himself as 38-year-old naval engineering officer, wrote in his profile, "I consider myself very financially stable with an excellent career. I like to go out, laugh, and have fun. What am I looking for? I would like to find a woman who wants to get dressed up and hit the town. Wine tasting? A theater production? An expensive restaurant?? Want to know more? Just ask!"
Typically the women — dubbed sugar babies — are looking for someone to pay their bills, help buy them a car, pay for vacations or just provide a monthly allowance in exchange for sex and other forms of companionship. Many say they prefer dating military men, Smith says.
One sugar baby quoted in a recent Sugardaddie.com news release said: "A lot of the sugar daddies around where I live are in the military. My last sugar daddy was an officer and our arrangement was for a whole year. He bought me a car and took me out shopping and even helped me pay my rent for several months."
The average sugar baby looking for someone in the military is typically between 20 and 30 years old, Smith says.
"Sugar babies that like the military guys are generally those who would otherwise go for married sugar daddies. ... I've read many sugar baby profiles who are very clear: They're in it for college tuition help or seeing the world and getting a chance to travel, and that's what they expect," Smith says. "We don't like to use the term 'negotiated,' but they are kind of negotiated relationships. That's one of the things that make it unique."
The relationships
The people running SeekingArrangement.com say that in their experience, military men don't have the means to "support a sugar relationship."
There are "far more sugar babies in the military looking for relationships with wealthy men/women than the other way around," said PR Manager Jennifer Gwynn. She says the company has seen more military men joining affiliated website WhatsYourPrice.com, which claims to be the world's only first-date auction site.
Liz Nistico was a student at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., when she and a research partner spent a summer in New York City studying the sugar daddy-sugar baby relationship through a grant from the school's anthropology department.
"It definitely is a relationship that evolves — people get close," says Nistico, who met the people she studied by trolling the sugar daddy websites, hanging out at bars that were known sugar daddy haunts, and going to "mixers" where sugar daddies and sugar babies got together to meet. In New York, most of the "dads" were in finance, and some of the women who aspired to jobs in that industry used the dating sites as a networking opportunity.
But it still came down to the bottom line:
"[The websites] ask you questions about what you want, how much you're willing to interact, your desired allowance," Nistico says.
About their desired sugar babies, they ask the men "what they want her to be like, what they want her body to be like, and the budget they have to allot" to a relationship.
She views it as couples reverting to traditional gender roles, but with a modern twist: "People get out there and say whatever it is they want."
Prostitution 2.0?
Smith insists that the sugar daddy relationships "are not transactional" — that would make it prostitution.
"We don't allow any kind of transactional relationships to be sought for or advertised. This is definitely not — NOT, all in caps — prostitution. [Sugar daddy] relationships are for people who want a relationship, but the relationship is catered around their honest expectations."
Still, that leaves a lot of gray area, Smith concedes.
"It is a slippery slope in a lot of ways, but I don't think people are afraid nowadays to blatantly look for a sugar daddy or a sugar baby."
At AshleyMadison.com, where experts have "thought through the perfect affair ad nauseam," Biderman also challenges long-held beliefs.
"The military, I think, lags behind the rest of society in these notions of relationships and sexuality," he says, adding that the military will have no choice but to revisit the "archaic" system that prosecutes troops for "this kind of behavior."
Company policy, when the military asks for evidence in an adultery case, is to have its workers refuse to comply.
"Our servers don't sit in America, and we're not governed by the U.S. military," Biderman says. "The approach we take ... caters to that level of discretion."
But military legal experts don't want you to think using any of these websites is safe, especially not arranging for compensated relationships.
"This can very easily slide into pandering and prostitution," according to the military prosecutor.
Indeed, in 2009, the FBI busted a Mississippi doctor for allegedly using one sugar daddy site to pay women for sex. More recently, police arrested a 61-year-old Chicago-area man on charges of raping underage girls he met through a sugar daddy site.
Just goes to show you, all might not be as it seems.
OFFduty editor Amanda Miller contributed to this report.


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New Book HighlightsTuesday, September 14th, 2010
Ain't nothing like the real thing : how the Apollo Theater shaped American entertainment edited by Richard Carlin and Kinshasha Holman Conwill
"The Apollo Theater has provided a stage for performers and a setting for the creativity of black American music that has hugely influenced American music in general. Recognizing the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Apollo Theater, this book offers essays by entertainment historians, critics, and journalists chronicling the legacy of the storied theater." –Booklist
How to grow a school garden : a complete guide for parents and teachers by Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle
"In this groundbreaking resource, two school garden pioneers offer parents, teachers, and school administrators everything they need to know to build school gardens and to develop the programs that support them." –Publisher's information
Sayyid Qutb and the origins of radical Islamism by John Calvert
"Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue who established the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the postcolonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb's moral purpose with the aims of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. He is often portrayed as a terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, and advocate of murder. An expert on social protest and political resistance, John Calvert rescues Qutb from misrepresentation and follows the evolution of his thought within the context of his time." –Publisher's information
Three sisters by Bi Feiyu ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin
"In a small village in China, the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable novel. From the small-town treachery of the village to the slogans of the Cultural Revolution to the harried pace of city life, Bi Feiyu follows the women as they strive to change the course of their destinies and battle against an "infinite ocean of people" in a China that does not truly belong to them. Yumi will use her dignity, Yuxiu her powers of seduction, and Yuyang her ambition—all in an effort to take control of their world, their bodies, and their lives." –Publisher's information


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Conditions InDepth: Viral Upper Respiratory Infections (Colds and Influenza)
Viral upper respiratory infections come in every degree of severity and cause symptoms in the ears, sinuses, throat, and nose. This report will cover 2 of the most common respiratory infections: the common cold and influenza (the flu).
|The Upper Respiratory Tract
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In the United States, the broad category of viral respiratory illness is responsible for many school and work absenteeisms.
Influenza travels around the globe in yearly winter epidemics of varying magnitude. Major epidemics occur every 10-15 years and may kill upwards of 40,000 people or more in the United States. Most of the deaths occur in the elderly and those weakened by chronic illnesses, such as heart and respiratory diseases.
The common cold is characterized by nasal congestion, a runny nose, sneezing, and perhaps a sore throat, headache, and malaise (not feeling well). A fever is unusual. Symptoms resolve on their own usually within 1-2 weeks.
There are at least 200 known rhinoviruses responsible for the symptoms of a common cold. Some of these may also affect the lower respiratory tract and cause other conditions. Other viruses, such as respiratory syncytial virus can cause severe pneumonia in infants.
Influenza is a very specific illness caused by influenza viruses. It has a characteristic seasonal cycle that peaks in the winter. It also has typical symptoms, although they vary greatly in severity among cases. It may feel similar to a common cold, but it usually causes a high fever (102°F-104°F), significant malaise, and a dry cough along with a runny nose, headache, muscle ache, and sore throat.
Influenza viruses are divided into three groups: A, B, and C. Influenza A is the cause of the worst epidemics. This is because it changes its identity often, so that a person's previously developed immunity may not recognize the new variation.
International organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (CSR) team are constantly searching the world for new variations of influenza viruses. Each year they attempt to identify the strains most likely to cause epidemics and make recommendations for developing vaccines against them.What are the risk factors for colds and influenza? | What are the symptoms of colds and influenza? | How are colds and influenza diagnosed? | What are the treatments for colds and influenza? | Are there screening tests for colds and influenza? | How can I reduce my risk of colds and influenza? | What questions should I ask my doctor? | Where can I get more information about colds and influenza?
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Some PS3 users are are reporting problems with their saves from the original edition of Fallout 3 not working with the Game of the Year Edition. It seems that it does not affect players in the US, but it does affect those in some other countries, like Canada and Sweden. It is caused by the game's ID in original and GotY versions being different. Hopefully, Bethesda will fix this issue through a patch.
Matt Grandstaff, Bethesda's community manager, says "We're aware of that and looking into it. We also know right now it's not an issue in the US."


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Minutes from this morning's hour:
- I am so glad the block preventing article creation in foreign scripts is still working.
- I am so glad I like chicken more than I like Turkey.
- I am so glad I missed out on the peak activity.
Can we agree that one or more sysop needs to be given access to Special:Protectsite? Or some other approach? ~SnapperTo 17:19, October 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Words in that language wasn't included in the filter, it was actually generally meant for a different purpose. We do have AbuseFilter. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Oct 13, 2010 @ 17:25 (UTC) 17:25, October 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Special:Protectsite is now usable by sysops. Keep in mind that protection for creation and editing is separate, so in a case like before you could actually probably simply set it so that you have to be a registered user to create a page to mitigate the attack. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Oct 13, 2010 @ 23:48 (UTC) 23:48, October 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Not really, it can protect uploading, editing, moving, account creating and page creation from IPs and registered users as well. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:15, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Yay for useful non-obtrusive features :) SimAnt 00:23, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
- I mean, creation and editing are separate, so ideally if possible it's a good idea to try protecting creation of new pages by anons without restricting general editing. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Oct 14, 2010 @ 02:49 (UTC) 02:49, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Could you poke them to separate page creation from image uploading? SimAnt 21:27, October 21, 2010 (UTC)


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HOUSTON - Flying out of Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport will be faster for some passengers. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced the start of TSA Pre Check at the airport.
At Bush Intercontinental (IAH), select United Airlines frequent flyers and members of U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trusted Traveler programs are now eligible to participate, and may receive expedited screening benefits when traveling domestically. Travelers must be flying through terminal C to be eligible.
"I just got through in 30 sections instead of waiting 45 minutes," traveler John Heenay said. "It's a lot easier."
TSA Pre is a passenger prescreening initiative. If TSA determines a passenger is eligible for expedited screening through the TSA Pre Check prescreening process, information is imbedded in the barcode of the passenger's boarding pass. TSA reads the barcode at the designated checkpoint and the passenger may referred to the TSA Pre Check lane. There, passengers may be allowed to leave on their shoes, keep their laptop in its case or keep their liquid/gels in a carry-on bag.
"The addition of TSA Pre Check at IAH allows our Transportation Security Officers to help move our agency to a more effective, counterterrorism organization," said Ann Testa, Federal Security Director for Houston Intercontinental Airport.
To date, more than 1.8 million passengers have experienced TSA Pre Check. TSA Pre Check is now available in 19 airports for Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways frequent flyers.
Eligible passengers include U.S. citizens flying on participating airlines as well as those who are members of CBP Trusted Traveler programs, including Global Entry, SENTRI and NEXUS. IAH has a CBP Enrollment Center on site. Individuals interested in applying should visit www.globalentry.gov.
For more information about TSA's risk-based security initiative, visit www.tsa.gov.
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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 200 Additions - MSM8x10 and MSM8x12by Brian Klug on 6/24/2013 8:40 PM EST
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j_newbie - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkmediatek is getting to them :D
I love the competition in the ARM space. Reply
aryonoco - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkYes, these seem to be squarely aimed at MT6589.
Of course those mediatek quad core Cortex A7 SoCs have been on the market for a good 6 months, and will have probably around 9 months headstart over these Snapdragon 200 parts by the time they come to the market. Who knows what mediatek will have brewing in a few months time, they have already hit 1.5 Ghz with the MT6589.
OTOH, the mediatek chips are very weak when it comes to cellular connectivity. At best they offer 2 band WCDMA support, and they don't offer DSDA, which is a huge added bonus in these markets. Qualcomm can again leverage its cellular mastery and offer a tri-band or quad-band WCDMA solution and make life difficult for mediatek. Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'd rather have 2 weak cores at 1.5+ GHz than 4 weak ones at 1.2 GHz. Even better are 2 strong cores, of course.. Reply
FwFred - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkAgreed, though 1.2GHz seems to be the reasonable limit of an A7 on 28nm. ARM really has a big gap in their core lineup for smartphones. Reply
designerfx - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkas a matter of functionality, a matter of how ARM devices function, and a matter of performance - I disagree entirely. A dual core environment is a gigantic hamstring on performance, whereas at least with 4 cores you have more flexibility of independent processor threads.
higher frequency cores ensure that: the processor does more. It also ensures that: battery drains faster, which is contrary to the explicit focus of ARM - battery efficiency. No thanks. Reply
designerfx - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkbattery (power) efficiency) Reply
Parag0n - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkWhy (and where) are dual sims used? And why might someone choose DSDS over DSDA? Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkDual Sims are common in asia; where it's cheaper to use multiple sims to send all your texts at lower on network rates even though not all of your friends/family use the same network is common. Reply
madmilk - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkDSDA means two transreceivers. It's more expensive, takes more power, and emits twice as much radiation. Reply
McSherry - Friday, July 12, 2013 - linkI don't see why you mentioned "twice as much radiation." Microwaves, radio waves, and infrared are all non-ionising, and so pose no threat, unless you meant it clutters up the airwaves with one phone emitting what two phones may previously have emitted. Reply
Krysto - Thursday, July 11, 2013 - linkThis is getting pretty confusing. They are giving several different chips the same brand name, but different codenames? What the hell Qualcomm? Reply


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FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a snowplow clipped an orange road reflector off a rural road in northwest Ohio, sending it flying through the windshield of a minivan and injuring the driver.
The Hancock County Sheriff's office says the reflector struck the 53-year-old driver of the van on Thursday morning.
Media reports say the driver, Philip Beatty, of Findlay, was flown to a Toledo hospital. His condition wasn't immediately available.
Investigators say the road reflector was in the middle of the road when it was hit by the snowplow and flew into the air.


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Mackenzie Phillips and her dad used to do it
Former child actor Mackenzie Phillips reveals in her upcoming memoirs that she had a "long-term incestuous relationship" with her father John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, People reports:
"On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it," writes Phillips, who was 19 and a heavy drug user at the time. "I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad's bed."
"My father was not a man with boundaries. He was full of love, and he was sick with drugs. I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father."
"Had this happened before? I didn't know. All I can say is it was the first time I was aware of it."
Phillips' life began to spiral out of control. In 1980, she was fired from One Day at a Time because of her constant drug use. That same year, she went to rehab – with her father. Her sexual relationship with him had become consensual.
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The 10 Skankiest Halloween Costumes of The Year!
Here are 10 "costumes" that shouldn't leave the bedroom on Halloween!
-Diana Denza
Finding the perfect Halloween costume can take a good amount of effort–especially when stores are stocking shocking, barely-there getups. Think your neighbor's bikini-babe ensemble screams skank? Here are 10 costumes that'll give viewers the impression that the only taste you have is in your mouth. Yup, they're that cringe-worthy.Ladies, forget the horror movies and haunted houses –these outfits will give you quite the fright!
1. The Sushi's on Me costume ($98, patriciafield.com). Yeah, we get the Samantha from Sex and the City reference, but even she had the decency to stay inside. We would rather not be forced to endure mental images of you and your beau doing things we won't mention here.
2. Sexy scout costume ($49.50, flirtcatalog.com). Gee, there's no place to hang your merit badges!
3. Fairy tale heroine costume ($69, fredericks.com). Costume manufacturers, you're ruining the fond memories of our childhoods! Why is Snow White in her bra? And how the hell do we explain this to the kids?
4. Head Referee costume ($40.95, attractivewear.net). We're going to have to call foul on this getup (or lack thereof).
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5. Vinyl Naughty Nurse costume ($64.95, 3wishes.com). At least vinyl is stain resistant.
Versions of Harry Potter, nuns and other famous people's costumes up next!


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NVIDIA 7800 GT Mini-Roundupby Josh Venning on 12/8/2005 12:05 AM EST
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MadAd - Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - linkStill no word on the comparitive fan noise? Reply
semiconductorslave - Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - linkIf you look in the GTX 512 Mb review here:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2607...">7800 GTX 512MB
you see in Battlefield2 1600 x 1200 with 4xaa the stock 7800GTX is getting 42.9 fps compared to this article where the EVGA gets 43.6 fps! Also the GT was running on a FX-55 2.6GHz and the GTX was on a FX-57 (2.8GHz)
I own this card and think its a great value, to be able to come so close to and even sometimes outperform the GTX at $450. I can't wait to add card #2.
I didn't see what drivers were used in this review, but the other review used nForce4 6.82. Also this review showed 1 Gb of ram, other review doesn't mention ammount of ram used. Am I the only one who looks between diferent benchmarks to compare, would be great to see more comparisons (graphics cards) on same test bed, like the other posts mentioned. That way you can really show what value the cards are. Reply
jiulemoigt - Friday, December 09, 2005 - linkthere was only 2000 asus led version cards made most went to review sites. I was looking back when they came out I even called and got the model number and a second internal number found out only 2000 were made kinda like a paper launch... and all the sites say this is a sweet looking card, yet 90% of the people reading the reviews will end up with a boarding green pcp... so I bought a bfg and used nonconditive uv paint to paint it bright green. But review sites should point out that people will not get a cool looking slow card from asus with crappy warrenty compared to bfg, xfx, evga. Reply
yacoub - Friday, December 09, 2005 - linkUp to what level of temperature (Celcius) is safe for a GPU to maintain without impacting its expected lifespan and performance (ie, lockup/failure)? Reply
fbrdphreak - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkDiscussion thread on this article:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid...">http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid... Reply
Slaimus - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkIf anyone is shocked by the power usage numbers, remember that the system is using a notoriously inefficient PowerStream. The DC power draw is probably close to 200W, which is how power supplies are rated. Reply
segagenesis - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkIs that too good to be true... the EVGA is barely over $300 on newegg? I hope I'm not, because I think I just found my new video card. Reply
Visual - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkyou are dreaming, yes. i see two eVGA models on newegg, N515 for $309 (actually 289 after MIR) and N518 for $379. Well guess what, the cheaper variant uses a cheaper aluminium cooler, which doesnt give you much hope for further overclocking :/ None of those two variants are the "CO" edition from this roundup, the CO's clocks are said to be 470/1100, the two models on newegg are clocked 445/1070.
this is what i was talking about in my above post... the roundup doesn't really show you the differences between the various cards :/ and i bet other people will make the same mistake as you and confuse one card with another.
still, for the $289 price that card is a bargain. i just want to be sure you realise it's not the same one reviewed here. Reply
segagenesis - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkThanks, yet its still not bad at all for a 7800GT even if its stock. I was under the assumption still that 7800GT cards were still $400 or so. Reply
Spacecomber - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkIs there any difference in the fan noise generated by these three models? Reply
ElFenix - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linki would like to know the volume and character of the fan noise as well please. Reply
Night201 - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI have the XFX 7800 GT. I took this one over the other because it came with an additional game - Call of Duty 2 (free after you submit a rebate form - took only about 2 weeks!)
It's the full DVD version and that right there saved me $50 - so the total cost of the card to me (since I was planning on getting COD2 anyway) was about $275!
Can't beat that (at this time at least)! Reply
Visual - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linka roundup of cards that are virtually identical... oh how interesting.
well. they aren't really identical. but i'd appreciate an article that shows me the differences more clearly, focuses on the differences. like which cards are using the stock cooler and which use custom ones, what are the memory ratings for the various brands etc... even what games/extras are included in each brand's package. a single good comparison table can speak much more than your numerous benchmarks. after all, benchmark results are just proportionate to the clock/mem speeds... the way you structured this roundup, i have to hunt around it for the real differences among these cards. Reply
bob661 - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI think this would be a good idea. Reply
ashegam - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkwhy isn't newegg showing on the Anandtech price finder? the e-vga can be had for $309 and that's before a $20.00 rebate which drops it to $289. So add newegg to your price engine thingy :) Reply
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkYou mean this one right?
Kristopher Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkIt is fully understandable that the EVGA and XFX cards get the nod in this test. I would be willing to bet that some owners of these cards will be frequent visitors to the AT forums complaining about "graphics" problems(artifacts/ripping tearing). Both of these cards come from the factory apparently OC so close to the max line the it is inconcievable that they are all going to behave themselves in the real world environment once volume numbers of these cards are in the hands of the buying public. You can bet that not every card that goes out the door at these clock speeds has been thoughly burned in to confirm they can actually run at these speeds for an "extended" duration of time. There are bound to be chipsets and memory modules in finished products that will not perform well at those clock speeds for extended periods. Perhaps the saving grace here though is that you can always lower the clock speeds back towards the referance points and probably fix the issues that "may" occur. Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkInteresting that Newegg sells a version of this card that is clocked at 445/1070. Reply
Leper Messiah - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkPerhaps but stastically, the portion of cards sold vs. cards that have problems will be small (hopefully) and with their lifetime warranties, you can always send it back, ableit at the cost of your own shipping. C'est la vie I suppose. But I think christmas time is going to be bringing me a XFX 7800GT and some kind of NF4 mobo. :) Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkSanta is going to be kind to you...have you been a "good" boy? Reply
Sunrise089 - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI appreciate this write up - the holidays are here, and many of us are in the market for a video card, so this comparison is helpfull. Your comparison of the cards, and your power and overclocking results were nice to see. Nice choice of games for a quick review as well. That said:
1) Why did you overclock the cards, and then not test the overclocked cards in the three games you choose? This is especially important considering the plateau issue with OC'ing the cards - maybe the eVGA would have jumped to the next level of performance, making it the clear choice.
2) Why oh why does Anandtech insist on not including any other cards in so many of its video articles. PLEASE PLEASE just add a 7800GTX and a X850XT to the chart. If you really went all out and showed us the 3 7800GTs, the same cards OC'd, the 7800GTX, the X850XT, a 6800GS, and either a X800GTO or an X800XL then this comparison might actually help someone decide whether or not to upgrade and what card they should buy to get their desired level of performance.
Seriousely AT, just comparing the overclocked 7800GT to a GTX and a 6800GS would be so helpfull for someone buying a card this month, you all should have been able to realize that. Reply
Zenbeatnik - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkDitto. I also wouldn't mind seeing a few other processors that more or less reflect the average user thrown into the review. You know maybe like a 3700 E4, an X2 3800+, or an Opteron would be useful for a lot more people that are thinking about adding a 7800GT. Reply
ksherman - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI am NOT likin the little circuit city popup... dont tell me AT is getting into popups... Reply
icepik - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkAgreed. The flashy adds on either side of the article are plenty and should generate sufficient revenue. There is no justification to throw annoying pop-up ads into the mix especially on an enthusiast site. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkHi,
The banner ad is rogue - some 3rd party advertiser has it inserted in one of their streams. We are working on getting rid of it ASAP.
Kristopher Reply
shabby - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkFirefox + adblock = no ads, period Reply
bupkus - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkDitto. I really hate those things. I tried to tell myself that it costs to run this site but can't help how I feel about pop-ups. Reply
bupkus - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI guess the close button on the pop-up is timed to stay open for a specified time. IOW, it doesn't work. Reply
phaxmohdem - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkNo sh8t I hate those stupid animated pops as well. Come on anand, WTF???
Back on topic, that Asus card looks frickin sweet IMO. Would be a great centerpiece for a flashy system build. Reply
toattett - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkI don't think the picture of Anandtech's eVGA 7800GT CO is correct. Reply
Josh Venning - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkYou are absolutely right, that was the image of a normal eVGA 7800 GT. We've updated it with an image of the eVGA 7800 GT CO. Thanks for pointing that out. Reply
tjpark1111 - Thursday, December 08, 2005 - linkhmm a 7800gt roundup now?? anyways, how bout some temps? ive heard XFX cards run all too hot... Reply
ghd nz - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkhttp://www.ghdstraightenercanada.org Reply


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Locally, the Eastern Cape Highlands are known as the 'tail of the dragon'.
The United States has its legends about the giant Paul Bunyan and his blue ox called Babe. South Africa, in particular the Eastern Cape Highlands, has an equally vivid set of legends, of the legendary Cloete brothers who lived in the mountains near Lady Grey village.
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Who to contact
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Mobile: +27 (0)79 536 3996
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How to get here
Drive to the town of Barkly East in the Eastern Cape. Here, you can plan to meet your hosts at Wild Mountain Adventures (if that is where you choose to stay) and they will lead you to their Wildside camp. Otherwise, find the coordinates of the camp – and full directions – on the listed website.
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Spend some time in the pubs of Rhodes and Lady Grey and get to meet the locals.
Tours to do
Contact Wild Mountain Adventures, let them know what your preferences are and they will tailor-make a week's experiences you will never forget.
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You can arrive at Lady Grey in a hired sedan car, but then de-camp to your adventure company's vehicle. You can take on the passes yourself, but just be sure to hire a sturdy pick-up (4x4 advisable but not necessary). Some of the passes are easier than others. Always heed local advice on conditions.
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Length of stay
This glorious area is worth several days of your time if you have it, but even two to three days would be well worth it.
What to pack
The local advice is to bring layers of clothes, because the weather is unpredictable. Also, sunscreen, fishing rod, medications and food, if you're self-catering.
Where to stay
You have a choice of farmhouses, guest houses, mountain chalets and tented camps at riversides – most offering some of the most spectacular mountain views in the country. See the listed Wild Mountain Adventures website.
What to eat
You can shop for your self-catering holiday in Lady Grey or Barkly East, before driving on to your accommodation. Don't forget the red wine and chocolate.
What's happening
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- Report Finds Gradual Fall in Female Genital Cutting in Africa
Report Finds Gradual Fall in Female Genital Cutting in Africa
By Celia W. Duggar
A comprehensive new assessment of the ancient practice of female genital cutting by the United Nations Children's Fund has found that it is gradually declining in many countries, even some where it remains deeply entrenched.
The authors of the report, released Monday, describe the practice as "remarkably tenacious, despite attempts spanning nearly a century to eliminate it."
But they also say teenage girls are now less likely to have been cut than older women in more than half of the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where it is concentrated. In Egypt, where more women have been cut than in any other nation, 81 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds have undergone the practice, compared with 96 percent of women in their late 40s.
"The numbers aren't huge, but they're going in the right direction," said Bettina Shell-Duncan, an anthropology professor at the University of Washington who was a consultant on the report.
Over all, Unicef estimates that more than 125 million girls and women have undergone the practice and that 30 million girls are at risk of it over the coming decade. The report is the first in which Unicef assessed the practice among all age groups based on household survey data from all of the 29 countries.
In addition to Egypt, where 91 percent of those ages 15 to 49 have undergone the practice, countries with the highest percentages of women who have been cut include Somalia, at 98 percent; Guinea, at 96 percent; Djibouti, at 93 percent; Eritrea and Mali, at 89 percent; and Sierra Leone and Sudan, at 88 percent.
Unicef, in its first major report on the practice since 2005, found that the deepest declines in the prevalence of female genital cutting, also known as female genital mutilation, have occurred in Kenya, one of Africa's most dynamic, developed nations, and — most surprising — in the Central African Republic, one of its poorest and least developed.
Researchers now say the prevalence of the practice in these two countries began to fall four or five decades ago and has declined over three generations of women. They said the progress in Kenya, a modernizing country where efforts to stop female genital cutting stretch back to the early 1900s, made sense, but they were at a complete loss to explain why cutting had plunged in the Central African Republic, to 24 percent in 2010 from 43 percent in the mid-1990s.
"We have no idea, not even a guess," said Professor Shell-Duncan, who has done field work in Africa since 1996. She said researchers needed to get to the Central African Republic soon to figure out what is happening there.
The country has received no significant foreign aid to combat the practice that Unicef researchers knew of, and it has been the subject of no scholarly study that they could find.
While experts were amazed about the Central African Republic, they were disappointed that no significant decline had been detected in Senegal between the surveys done in 2005 and 2010-11. Tostan, a nonprofit group, has led a much-hailed and growing social movement there to stop the practice, with support from Unicef and other donors. Thousands of villages working with the group have declared their intent to abandon genital cutting.
Molly Melching, Tostan's executive director, said in an e-mail that the momentum in Senegal had accelerated in the past five years and that changes in prevalence would probably become visible only in 2020, as girls who would otherwise have been cut grow old enough to be interviewed in household surveys. She also noted that the national surveys had not specifically sampled the villages where Tostan worked or evaluated the group's impact.
Claudia Cappa, the lead author of the Unicef report, acknowledged Ms. Melching's points but said "the real surprise for Senegal" was that support for continuing the practice among women and girls had not noticeably declined between the surveys.
The new report identifies intriguing trends in who is performing the cutting, the severity of it and people's attitudes toward it.
In most countries, traditional circumcisers still do the cutting, but in Egypt a troubling shift has occurred as people have become more aware that girls can die from the procedure: the number of girls and young women cut by medical professionals, mostly doctors, has risen to three out of four from just over half in 1995.
"Women know more about the harms, but there is still social pressure to conform, and so they medicalize the procedure because the option is there," said Francesca Moneti, a senior child protection specialist at Unicef.
Across all countries, one in five of the women and girls genitally cut has undergone the most severe form of practice, known as infibulation. It usually involves cutting and stitching together the vaginal labia, nearly covering the urethra and the vaginal opening, which then must later be cut open for intercourse and child birth.
But a trend toward less radical forms of genital cutting has taken hold in some countries, including Djibouti, where 83 percent of women in their late 40s report being infibulated — sewn closed — compared with 42 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds.
The report also found that support for the practice is similar between the sexes, though it is often seen as evidence of a patriarchal effort to control women's sexuality. Often it is women who organize genital cutting and carry it out. In a few countries, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Chad, more men than women support its abandonment. And significant numbers of women do not know what boys and men think about the practice and often underestimate the proportion of them who want it to end, survey data show.
"In the United States, how many husbands and wives talk about sex?" asked Stanley Yoder, a senior qualitative researcher with ICF International, a consulting firm that advises governments, who has been involved in demographic and health surveys in Africa for 15 years. "Some do, but many don't. There are things people don't talk about."
The most common reason women give for continuing genital cutting is to gain social acceptance. United Nations researchers for the first time cross-tabulated data on women's views of the practice and whether their daughters were cut. They learned that many mothers who opposed genital cutting reported having had their daughters cut.
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William Maxwell "Bill" Gaines, also known as Jerry Garcia from 1967-1992, (b. 1922, d. 1992, res. 1992) was the greatest criminal mastermind of the latter part of the 20th Century. Or just a humble comic book publisher, depending on who you believe.
edit Early Life
William Gaines must have had an unremarkable childhood. No one can be found who remembers what he was like. Even his parents have… disappeared.
edit A Career Begins
It is believed that William Gaines began his career as a rum runner during prohibition, assembling one of the largest illegal liquor distribution rings in the United States. But this is only unsubstantiated rumor. Anyone who looked into this story or attempted to write about it would suddenly vanish, leaving behind neighbors who would only say, "oh, he/she moved to San Diego for their health," before quickly closing the door.
edit Service to God, Country and Queen
During WWII, William Gaines was the most decorated soldier in the United States Army. He is known to have killed 2,723 German soldiers with his bare hands, and he single handedly captured the island of Saipan from a defending force of over 30,000 Japanese troops. He was also involved in a secret military program in conjunction with the CIA that used psychotrophic drugs to enhance the fighting ability of American troops, and to weaken those of foreign troops. This experience would prove important later in his career as a criminal mastermind.
edit Return to Civilian Life and the Greatest Invention of All Time
After the war, Gaines returned to an America that was fraught with decency and well-meaning. People were no longer buying his liquor. To counter this, Gaines invented the horror comic, a brightly colored piece of clever brainwashing. The horror comic's true purpose was to lure the reader into a sordid life of crime. As we all know, criminals and delinquents all drink, so the more criminals and delinquents, the more customers for Gaines' demon liquor.
The plan was successful even beyond what Gaines anticipated. By the early 1950's, crime rates had escalated above 1200% in most parts of the country. It is estimated that nearly 80% of American males between the ages of 13 and 24 had becomes criminals. Gaines built a network of publishers who distributed his horror comics throughout the nation. The country slowly sank into a lawless state of anarchy, with crazed bands of delinquents roaming the highways, stopping in cities and towns to drink, smoke marijuana, gamble, mug little old ladies, rape women on the streets, and become liberals. On the backs of these reckless youth, Gaines became the richest and most powerful man in America.
edit The CCA and Gaines' Downfall
Finally, the United States Congress had enough and decided to put a stop to Gaines and his criminal empire. Hearings were held into the dangers posed by the horror comic. Gaines, with his vast wealth, was able to hire the best lawyers money could buy and made a mockery of the hearings. Realizing that the U.S. Constitution lacked the power to bring down Gaines and his vast criminal enterprise, in 1954 Congress replaced the Constitution with the Comics Code Authority (CCA), which essentially made anything even remotely fun illegal.
In less than a year from the ratification of the CCA, Gaines' criminal empire was in ruins. Young males went back to being decent, clean-cut all American boys who drank Coca-Cola, smoked cigarettes, played marbles, helped little old ladies across the street, only raped girls in the back of their grandfather's Buick, and joined the Young Republicans. Faced with the rapid loss of his power and wealth, as well as a nasty case of syphillis contracted during the war from a prostitue in Thailand, Gaines went insane.
edit The Lean Years
Gaines, in a desperate attempt to retain his sanity, used what little money he had left to hire a slew of psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals. At Gaines' urging, his group of doctors and clinicians, referred to as "the usual cast of idiots," gave Gaines copious amounts of LSD to probe the inner recesses of his mind. Gaines was familar with the drug from his military service and felt it would restore his superior mental powers. The doctors then published the results of their research in the journal "Mental Attribute Diagnoses Magazine," or MAD.
edit Resurgence as a Smelly Hippie
The LSD helped Gaines to regain some of his mental capacities, and he began a new plan to build a criminal enterprise. This plan would be built around the LSD given to him by his doctors. Much as with his horror comics, he would devise a way to corrupt the youth of America, creating a reliable market for the drug. Recruiting contacts from his days in the military, his plan culminated in a folk-rock band called The Grateful Dead. Drawing on his years of experience as a criminal mastermind of comic books, Gaines created a new identity for himself: that of Lt. Colonel Jerry Garcia, Special Ops. This alter-ego borrowed heavily on his experiences as a CIA operative in WWII. Although the plan was successful, only those afflicted with the genetic defect called "the hippie gene" were susceptible to its influence. The Grateful Dead never did bring Gaines the wealth and power he had as a comics publisher.
edit Death
In 1992, William Gaines died.
edit The Undead William M. Gaines
Much like a character from one of his comic books, it is alleged that Mr. Gaines rose from the dead as a zombie about three months after his death. His partially decayed corpse now wanders the land, looking for revenge on the families and descendents of those responsible for the downfall of his empire, and against anyone who seeks to defame his character and portray him as anything other than a kindly, benevolent, if slightly anti-establishment comic book publisher.
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Burmistrov is talented -- an asset. But not if the coach won't use him. A gifted player, no matter his perceived shortcomings, is useless in the press box.
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Westport thankfully did not overlook the importance of keeping the crew well tended to. Just aft of the engine room lie two good-size staterooms, a double-berthed captain's cabin to port and an upper-and-lower-berthed room to starboard, each with private heads. The captain even has a small Corian-topped workspace adjacent to his berth, with a drawer for paperwork and related items. Westport also installed an LCD panel touchpad for its proprietary Vessel Information and Control (VIC) system in the crew area. The VIC panel monitors items such as bilge pump, tank gauges, heat sensors and carbon-monoxide alarms that are installed throughout the yacht, and the security system.
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Bloemfontein was the site of one of the world's first concentration camps. The National Women's Memorial there pays homage to the 45 000 women and children who died in a British concentration camp set up during the Anglo-Boer War.
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