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POLICE investigating a crash in which a father was killed and his wife and young daughter were badly hurt have made a renewed call for witnesses.
A 28-year-old man from Taunton was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the collision, which happened on the A31 between Winterbourne Zelston and Bere Regis in Dorset, shortly before 6pm on Monday, March 24.
He was the driver of a Subaru which was in collision with a Skoda being driven by a 43-year-old man from the Wimborne area who died from his injuries.
The Skoda driver's wife and daughter, who were passengers in the car, were seriously injured.
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The driver of this car did not stop, possibly because they were unaware of what happened a few moments later.
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DETROIT - Thursday morning's Lake Effect Snow Warning for Sanilac and St. Clair Counties has been canceled. One to four inches of snow fell north of Detroit. Although snow has stopped falling, it very cold and wind chills are near or below zero.
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A downpour this morning has led the Mets to decide to scratch their regulars from today's game against the Braves.
Nelson Figueroa was slated to start. The Major Leaguers who are in the lineup are Gary Matthews Jr., Chris Coste and Mike Jacobs.
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The Final Update: Flash Video Performance on Ionby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/26/2009 12:00 AM EST
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extremsparen - Thursday, June 04, 2009 - linkDoes anybody know, if the new hardware revision is out now which supports Wake on USB? If so, has the new IONITX-D series this feature from the beginning of production? How should I check the revision elsewise before buying such a board? Reply
Fanfoot - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkToo bad, as in many ways an Atom-based TV-side Media Center PC would be a great choice. Cheap enough that they might become more common, low power, quiet. With Ion you get the HDMI interface you need. Yet even then full screen scaling defeats things.
I don't see the point in trying other browsers. I would instead try the new Hulu windows application, though I suspect things won't be any different.
It does sound like a combination of things can be done to make this acceptable--overclocking, shrinking the screen size, an SSD drive (see jkkmobile's review of the new RunCore Pro IV SSDs, another one using the indilinx controller), or some combination thereof.
Or maybe we'll all just have to wait. Will the 2.0GHz Pineview's do the job in the fall? Will Adobe fix this anytime soon? I guess we'll see.
Thanks for keeping the heat on the issue though. Reply
icrf - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkAnand, can you try the Hulu Desktop Beta that was released yesterday? I suspect that may get around a lot of the in-browser performance issues, especially with full-screen scaling. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to shortly. Reply
icrf - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkScratch that, it's still just flash, so all flash scaling issues remain. I just tried it at home and my E6600 is still sufficiently unhappy with WQXGA scaling, so I wouldn't expect much different on the Atom. I did find that if I right click and drop flash's quality from "high" to "low" that it plays perfectly smoothly, but as expected, the image has jaggies. Honestly, I'll take jaggies before dropped frames. From looking at it, it's almost as if the jaggies I'm seeing is the real resolution of the source video, "high" quality is just trying to smooth it out. Apparently it does this badly, so it's not too surprising it drops frames in the process. Reply
crabnebula - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkEven on my Athlon dual core HTPC, full screen Flash Video upscaled to 1080p is painful.
Those of you who want to overcome this might want to try PlayOn. It is a DLNA media server that can serve up Hulu and others to any DLNA compatible-device or software, such as a PS3 or an Xbox 360. There are at least two DLNA clients available for Windows Media Center (PlayIt and Tubecore), and WMP also works. Reply
mode101wpb - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkThe Atom 230 with GMA950 can handle 720P if it's devoid of flash. I had the same issues with youtube and hulu in HD mode. I can also play DVDs with no issues.
Flash just sucks the life out of it.
The only solution for youtube is to download the HD content and watch it. Reply
jonbach - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkI have one of the Zotac samples as well. Hulu is fine in windowed mode, but not full screen. While I agree that is certainly a problem, I personally feel this is neither a NVIDIA or flash problem, but a Hulu problem. I've had the same problems on my home PC and laptop -- full screen Hulu is problematic. As far as I understand, the video playback is indeed GPU accellerated, but the upscaling to fullscreen is not. My laptop runs 1680x1050, and even with a 9650GT video card and dual core P9600 CPU, it can't reliably handle full screen playback. But its buggy -- it will play fine until I pause, and then following that it is choppy. ION definitely has the firepower to do it, evidenced by that fact that there is only ~10% CPU usage while playing 1080p blu-ray content. I personally think Hulu has some work to do, because other sources of HD content play just fine, even on flash. It plays this video ( http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandth...">http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandth... ) just fine, with under 20% CPU usage, which points me to the possiblity -- is Hulu encoding in something other than H.264? And whatever that codec is, perhaps it does not support accellerated scaling.
BUT until Hulu does make improvements, that's a moot point. The fact is, if you're getting the ION for Hulu playback, ION isn't going to cut it at this point in time. I have to think that Hulu is working on this though.
shiznit - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkAnand, thank you for all the work informing us about the Zotac Atom 330 + Ion board, you have covered almost all of my bases in regards to deciding if this board will be good enough for my first HTPC build which is long overdue.
I have one more question though. I will still be watching many dvds and I need to know if the Atom 330 can handle upscaling to 1080p through ffdshow. I know some of the post processing filters can hog even a quad but if you could test resize to 1920x1080 with some NR that would be fantastic and answer the final question many of us have about using this platform for HTPC. Thanks. Reply
Rainman200 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkFlash HW acceleration is really a poor choice of naming for what it actually does which is GPU composting and scaling, that is not GPU based video decoding in the sense of DXVA.
Flash is not just video that's the problem, its a framework that is a pig when it comes to performance any way its being used, I've seen CPU spikes just from flash banner advertisements.
What might be worth checking out if yo update your article with tests is the silverlight HD video demos, MS have used them in a few sites and the performance is much better than Flash video.
http://roland-garros.france2.fr/?page=exclusif_HD Reply
danwallie - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkRainman200, I agree, we need to see how this board can handle Netflix's excellent Silverlight application. Reply
BikeDude - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkCPU spikes from banner ads? I've seen full blown 100% CPU usage for as long as the web page was open.
I used to work on an application that displayed stock exchange information for users. Part of the application was a news feed with links to web pages. I.e. the app integrated IE using ActiveX.
That application required a certain amount of CPU. Without CPU power, it would sometimes lag behind and display old quotes.
So whenever users inadvertently hit a webpage with a maverick banner ad... Bye-bye sanity. And of course, our process was the one pegged with 100% CPU usage (since IE was at the time hosted inside that process space). At one point we told users to open those news outside our application, which helped a bit, because then they could identify that someone else was the culprit.
Such banner ads is a form of DoS-attack. The victims will often be clueless about what is going on, and are unable to use their computers normally. Reply
AndreasM - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkI wonder if it would be capable of running HTML5 based video smoothly, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/html5">http://www.youtube.com/html5 Reply
BernardP - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkThe thing is, Flash Video is resource hungry. On my Athlon dual-core 5400+ NVidia 8200 IG, I average 30% to 40% CPU utilisation when streaming YouTube HQ (not HD) video at full-screen (in my case, a custom rez. of 1384x864). No wonder the Atom is struggling. Reply
gwolfman - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - link..."If NVIDIA wants a good case for CUDA, give us smooth FLV playback at any resolution and I'll be happy :) ..."
Do it Anand, you can make it happen! Reply
alpensiedler - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - link[quote]so I'm not sure we can really blame the Atom or Ion for its performance limitations here[/quote]
let's blame adobe for a crappy standard. imo flash is very crappy. still no x64? runs poorly on decent hardward? bloatware with the windows install? seriously flash is garbage, i wish we'd adopt a better standard. Reply
lwatcdr - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkThere is an X64 build of Flash. It just happens to be for Linux. Which makes me wonder if the X84 build running under Linux would do any better?
I can play Hulu on my Linux box... Hey don't put that ION system away just yet. Time to fire up Ubuntu X64 and give it a shot.
robhancock - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkThe x64 build of Flash seems to still be crap, last time I checked. It performs even worse than the 32-bit version since hardware acceleration (what little there is) isn't implemented.
Flash is just a CPU pig in general. You can take the exact same Flash video that takes 80% of the CPU in Flash and play it in Totem or VLC and it will use a tiny fraction of that amount of CPU time. It's really unfortunate that so much video on the web is using such a crappy player.. Reply
sprockkets - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkBetter than Real, Windows only Windows Media, or the plague of Quicktime. Reply
icrf - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkYeah, what he said. My goal is to boot XBMC off a USB flash stick, so some linux tests would be nice. Reply
B3an - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkI know you wouldn't think that using a different browser would make a difference with Flash performance, as the browser is just a container, but it does.
I've been a Flash developer for years and have noticed how different browsers have different performance and CPU usage with Flash. Normally upto 15% perfromance difference at most, and some browsers have tiny micro stutters in the frame rate every now and again (which is only really noticable with something running at a high frrame rate, like a Flash game).
So maybe update this with a couple of other browsers? Although i very much doubt it will make a dramatic difference. Reply
mschira - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkTotally. I have an Asus EEE 1000, and typically I have the machine in the max performance mode (super hybrid engine) - I think 1.8Ghz.
Web browsing using firefox was painfull at times, when more than one tab open and the web site had a lot of flash
Typically the flash is nothing but advertising stuff - so they drain your battery for annoying you. Brilliant.
So I got the flash blocker add on. What a relief!
Not only does all the annoyance disappear, but also the battery lasts longer, many tabs work fine all good.
M. Reply
nubie - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkI agree on that flashblock, the last few Flash updates (past year or two) have been so badly optimized it grinds even 3ghz machines to a halt.
I consider flashblock a necessity, it is installed right after FF on every system I set up.
Blame Adobe, they need to get Flash fixed, there is no call for this kind of poor performance (delivering simple content that consoles 2 generations ago could deliver, while grinding new PC's to a halt.) Reply
sprockkets - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkZotac should just do what everyone else does: Put a jumper to enable or disable 5V support for USB. But, then again, real estate on those boards is quite a premium.
Seeing as how Newegg is out of stock already, getting one should be easy.
But hey, Anand, is Zotac fixing this on the LGA board too? Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkI've built several computers for work, and the only Motherboard I have seen one of those jumpers on is an old nForce4 DFI board. Reply
Sunraycer - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - link
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that Flash Video on Hulu is using the VP6 CODEC? What about the stuff from ABC and FOX .com that use Move Networks's On2 VP7 CODEC, think we'd expect the same performance? (Note I don't think the Move Player will run in Chrome yet.)
I've got the Intel board with the Atom 330 running as an HTPC. My resolution is set 1360x768 to my TV. When running in full screen it stutters a bit when it starts and then once in a while. However, I'm running my OS (XP) on an old SSD (OCZ Core2). I'm not sure if that plays into it or not... Reply
kuli - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkSo I too, have been playing around with an atom PC. Albeit, with one of the intel-based N330 mobo's.
I experienced frame droppage on hulu full screen as well. However, I found that if I dropped the resolution to 800 x 600, it was 100% watchable. I also noticed that it didn't seem to be very well multi threaded, as the processor usage of only 2 of the 4 logical cores went up significantly while watching video. Since Hulu is 480p, dropped resolution on the monitor will not affect the quality of your video stream, although it's really annoying to have to switch resolutions just to watch television. I can only assume that the scaling of the video must be being done entirely in software, and in an extremely inefficient method of doing so. If I can play a full 1080p movie without the aid of nvidia GPU, there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to play lowly 360 or 480p streaming content in full screen. Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkWhy don't they add a PS/2 mouse port, instead of wiring the USB to standby power? The PS/2 mouse port is more efficient on CPU cycles, and on the Atom, that's important. There aren't too many other devices you'd connect to USB that you'd use to wake up a computer, so it's a good idea. The PS/2 port is probably the oldest part of the PC still around. AT-Bus, and Microchannel are gone, processors have all changed, power supplies are different, cases are different, parallel and serial ports are long gone. The last vestige of the best computer line ever made, the PS/2, is the little ports. I guess the 3.5 floppy disk could be too, but others used that before IBM did with the PS/2.
I still remember the logo from 22 years ago ...
How're you going to do it? PS/2 it!
They were wonderful machines. Reply
FaaR - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkWut?
Where do you even FIND a PS/2 mouse today, and how many cycles exactly do you think it'll save you? Is it even going to be measureable, even on a stinker of a CPU like the atom (performance-wise anyway)? I seriously doubt that.
I have a PS/2 mouse tucked away in my closet, a Logitech Mouseman+, kept for nostalgic reasons because it's the best damn old-style ball mouse I ever used. Got a mouse wheel, 4th thumb button and everything. But it's more than ten years old now. Nobody makes PS/2 mice anymore. Why bother? Let PS/2 die, it's old crap. We don't need dedicated ports for a single type of device anymore. Reply
mindless1 - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkIn normal everyday use most people would find it impossible to accurately guess whether their mouse was hooked up to PS2 or USB. That makes it anything but crap.
Get rid of a port only when something better replaces it. USB does not replace it because the board can have BOTH. USB suppliments it.
As for your idea about the old Logitech Mouseman, it's invalid. Plenty of mice have came out since then that were dual port capable, with no good reason to plug them into USB for most people unless they have an illogical bias.
More importantly there are support issues. If someone has a lot of USB peripherals you don't necessarily want them all powered by a tiny PSU's 5VSB rail, so you either make it harder for the user to figure out which ports remain powered, put jumpers on the board to switch each port pair (which I felt was the best solution but they didn't) but that also poses the possibility someone will try to power a lot of devices off a dinky PSU's 5VSB rail, or provide a PS2 port so IF someone wants to use it they can.
If they don't want to use it, guess what? Most people do not use every single port, slot, and connector on a system already. That you personally wouldn't use it is not a good reason to deprive someone else from having it. Reply
sprockkets - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkIt's considered legacy. The only reason why some boards still have a keyboard port is because the BIOS is iffy when using a USB keyboard. Not impossible, but just iffy. Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkIt's considered legacy is an important reason? How does that make sense? It does the job, and better (since it is more efficient) and someone decided it's legacy, so we should stop using it and use the newer, less efficient way, just because it's new?
Do you work for Microsoft? Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkLook, when USB came out, we had PII processors in the 233-300mhz range. Now we have processors in the ghz range, USB 2 and soon to come USB3.
Are you really, really that short on CPU cycles for your, *gasp*, mouse? Do you understand that no laptop uses PS/2 anymore for anything? For that matter, they don't even use PATA anymore.
Your line of reasoning is 10+ years old. Once we kill the old BIOS, we will have no need whatsoever for BIOS floppies, PS/2 mice or keyboards or any other legacy scum from the 80s. I wish that motherboard makers start offering EFI which is still backwards compatible for those old OSes. Reply
mindless1 - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkHis line of reasoning is timeless. Don't fix what isn't broken, don't change things only for the sake of change. Don't remove features unless you're adding others to replace them, which isn't the case where as an onboard USB pin header or external hub would allow more USB devices than any sane person would care to connect.
I will agree that the difference in CPU cycles for a keyboard or mouse is negligible, but there can be other reasons of practicality like already owning the PS2 peripheral or a KVM you'd like to use with the board, it isn't the same situation as buying an entire Dell system complete with everything from keyboard to speakers to monitor. Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkWell, USB fixes the quirks of PS/2, namely, putting the mouse and keyboard in the wrong ports, unplugging the mouse or keyboard and finding it not work until a reboot, or having to align the plug in.
Can't mess up which USB plug you put it in, and I find it easier to put in a USB port than a PS/2, but only slightly. tell. Plus, you can use ports in the front of your computer for your mouse or keyboard. Never had that option with PS/2.
OK, so none of these was solving a really big issue, but it is nice to use the same port for everything.
MrPoletski - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkumm, a PS2 mouse would require a PS2 controller which would require a bridge over to the PCI bus. This alone is about 10x as much effort as adding a single extra USB1 port. Reply
mindless1 - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkIt doesn't require anything not already including in chipsets and super IO chips. It's not a matter of having another USB port for the mouse, it's a matter of, well actually there was no point to the argument in the first place as whether it's USB or PS2, either way it still has to have the 5VSB routed to it which was the design mistake Zotac made.
Therefore, I'm in favor of it having a PS2 port because it already has USB too. More ports are generally better than fewer, especially when an inexpensive USB hub can be used when more are needed and it may actually be the better solution than loading down a small form factor PSU's 5VSB rail with several always-powered USB devices. Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkI'm surprised there is any super i/o in this board. I guess nVidia puts it in their chips. Most others ditched it long ago and use external chips (Intel).
Of course, you could fit around 3-4 USB ports in the space of two PS/2 ports :) Reply
TA152H - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkNot sure if you noticed, but they already have a PS/2 port for the keyboard. Reply
Depeche - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkI agree with the PS/2 port. He makes a very good point. Those things were awesome and never fail. :)
"A few readers requested that I look deeper into the Ion's FLV performance, especially when the Ion was overclocked. I had some spare time today so I did just that."
Spare Time? I just read your bio you get 3 hours of sleep a day and you have spare time?! :)
Thanks for all the reviews on the board. I have been very anxious to get one. Keep up the good work. I am not going to get one until its been all worked out :) Reply
tdktank59 - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkWhat about Firefox... or Chrome... or some other light weight browser...
I haven't looked into how lightweight IE is compared to FF... But most technically inclined people will be using other browsers than the default hideous IE... Reply
iFX - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkFirefox 3 and Chrome are not lightweight by any means. Of the three (IE, FF and Chrome) FF is easily the most resource intensive. The footprint with several tabs open can be north of 300 MB. Reply
vol7ron - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkThis depends. Without add-ons, IE has more memory leaks, but if you start using FF add-ons, there are also considerable memory leaks.
I might consider Chrome to be lightweight at the moment. You have to understand that early IE was integrated with Windows. Even some of the later versions still use operating system files, so there are hidden costs that might not be reported. Whereas the standalones are more wysiwyg. Reply
ICBM - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkAgreed, Firefox is the opposite of lightweight. I prefer using IE on older machines that are limited in regards to ram. Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkIt wouldn't make a difference. The problem is that Flash is doing the scaling. The browser is little more than a container for Flash in this case. Reply
vol7ron - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkWhile that's true for the most part, it's not entirely true. Background processes and resource use do effect both cpu and gpu performance. Additionally, there have been noticeably differences when using standalone flash player and an embedded flash player. Also, the streaming performance over one browser over another may also effect.
Though, I agree with your hypothesis that it probably wouldn't matter.
One thing that I would like to see is possibly a smaller resolution. Granted that didn't work with a larger resolution, but how about a kitchen monitor, or possibly something you would use on a boat? Reply
mindless1 - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkWhat new monitor would one want to use that's less than 360p? Reply
vol7ron - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkSorry, I did not mean as far as quality, I meant for desktop resolution. For instance 1280x1064, 1152x864, 1024..
360p is just quality resolution, meaning it provides a 1:1 between video and screen pixels. 480p is just a little more progressive, like EDTV, not HD. Generally when you go above 480 it is considered HD.
I don't consider myself an expert, so forgive me if this is wrong, but going down to a smaller desktop resolution, should enhance the video playback performance, right? The test is using a desktop resolution that is 1360x768. This has me wondering about a couple things:
«1» is that the maximum resolution of the monitor? As in, is it usually that small, or is it scaled down that small. This is important because for LCDs the maximum resolution seems to be the best performing - I'd like to see the test done on a monitor that is actually that small.
«2» This test is using a really small widescreen resolution of 1360x768, which is unusual to me -- I've seen 1366, but not 1360. Not to mention, it is really wide. I'm curious if a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor might also improve performance. So possibly 1024x768. Granted, you would lose the wide screen enhancements, but if it works, it might make this system seem more lucrative. Reply
Pandamonium - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkAll I can say is "damn it" and "thank you Anand!"
I was really hoping that Flash 10 would allow the ION-A to handle full screen Hulu. It looks like I'll be waiting for a faster Ion combo. Reply
MrPoletski - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkcheck out the pandora
openpandora.org Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkHave you thought about getting a Penryn based Pentium and underclocking it and undervolting it? You could probably get really low power that approaches the Atom/Ion platform with much better performance.
You could look at the Centaur Nano processors too. They are much more advanced than the Atom, although their power use is not really that impressive with the higher end models. But, it's worth looking into to see if they have one that has the performance you need at a power use you can live with. The high end ones aren't impressive though, but, maybe the lower end ones have considerably lower power use. No one ever tests them though, they just test the Atom, or they test the fastest Nano. Reply
plonk420 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkSocket P is looking more interesting (until we see Atom's performance with integrated video (ew) and integrated memory controller):
up to 2.5ghz C2D at 25 watts, but there are no mobos by The Major Brands... or RECENT ones, at least. Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkYou need to check this board out then:
Of course, it is $239. I'd rather just use the Zotac Board for $100 less. Reply
aj28 - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkToo bad they're way too expensive to be considered for low-cost applications. I mean, if you're willing to invest a bit of money in your HTPC, alright, but when you start dropping $200/300+ on a dual-core processor... It's going to take a long time for the energy savings to account for the extra investment, and no amount of energy savings can make up for the lack of computing power versus similarly priced LGA775 models. Reply
sprockkets - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkI like the Nano, but a 2 Core ATom with hyperthreading seems to trump it. Though I would like to see soon a dual core Nano. I think Via said that was going to be saved for the 45nm generation.
As bad as the 945G is, I would rather take an ION or that over anything VIA, especially for Linux. Here's to seeing an ION for Nano.
If you really want to just undervolt and underclock a Penryn, just set Vista to always be in battery saver mode w/o short idle times to standby, and the board will auto underclock and undervolt. Reply
AndrewKoransky - Sunday, April 18, 2010 - linkSmooth Adobe Flash playback now seems to be available:
I tried version 10.1 RC 040510 and things Adobe flash runs much smoother upscaled to 1080p resolution on my Zotac ION. Reply
JeetD - Friday, September 10, 2010 - linkDivX put out a new beta that improves CPU performance on Flash Player sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc... it's called DivX HiQ
here are some screen shots:
more info here:http://www.anandtech.com/show/3539#
http://labs.divx.com/node/14711 Reply


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But little Mayilah Washington-Gonzales had other ideas, coming into this world on 12/12/12 at exactly 12:12 pm.
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Meanwhile, up in Humble, another 12/12 celebration.
Harry "Cliff" Barthow was enjoying his 91st birthday with family and friends at a Walmart where he works as a greeter.
"My emotions are taking over," Barthow said as his eyes began welling up. "That's what the tears are - my joy flowing over."
Sitting with his granddaughter and his 65-year-old son, Barthow recalled a few memories from his youth.
"I remember when I was a kid," Barthow said between bites of birthday cake. "We used to get (my car) out by the lake and we'd run around with a Model T Ford. That was a new car at that time."
He also took time to reflect on his unique birthday. "It's incredible," Barthow said. "I'm impressed with that 12/12/12 myself."
It's also impressive that Harry still has an older brother, with wedding plans.
"My older brother is 92," Barthow said with a smile. "And he's gonna marry his sweetheart on January 16 and I plan to make it to his wedding. (She's) a young girl about 85-years-old and we've been telling him about robbing the cradle."
In the cradle back at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, little Maliyah slept, as her mom will one day tell her all about 12/12/12.
"My favorite number used to be 2," Delia Gonzales said. "I guess now it's going to be 12."
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Michael, Sam and Fi travel to Venezuela to capture John Kessler, the last player in a group of government officials who burned Michael.
Madeline helps Michael rescue a woman being trafficked by the Yakuza; the CIA assigns Michael the task of keeping tabs on a nuclear physicist.
Nate recruits Michael to scare off a loan shark who's been harassing an old friend's widow.
With the life savings of hundreds of teachers at risk, Michael helps Barry's brother retrieve a stolen computer hard drive; Max recruits Michael to steal tech secrets from a foreign agency.
Michael shows a US veteran some tricks of the spy trade as he attempts to bring down a con man; Michael helps the CIA track down Max's killer.
Sam goes undercover as a heroin dealer as Michael and the CIA attempt to retrieve an aerial surveillance drone stolen by the Serbian mob; Fi and Madeline search for Max's killer.
Michael comes to the aid of a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped their son and took refuge in an anti-government compound run by extremists; Jesse and Fi keep tabs on a day laborer unwittingly entangled in Max's murder.
Michael and Agent Pearce attempt to extract a man from a Caribbean island surrounded by a mercenary army; Fiona turns to an old associate in an attempt to find the man who framed Michael for Max's murder.
Sam and Michael interrogate a Romanian man linked to Max's murder; Jesse and Fiona perform surveillance for a pharmaceutical executive.
Michael goes undercover to infiltrate a group of white collar criminals targeting an airport"only to become caught up in a high-jacking scheme targeting a billionaire.
The CIA sends Michael and Fi to Venezuela to extract a bioweapons expert; Sam and Jesse set a trap for the man who murdered Max.
After arresting Michael for Max's murder, Agent Pearce allows Michael to question a Romanian assassin whom Sam and Jesse blame Max's death; Larry forces Michael into helping him steal documents from the British consulate.
Michael travels to Puerto Rico to obtain a computer virus for Anson; Jesse and Sam train Madeline to retrieve sensitive information from the police.
When Michael's childhood friend is murdered, Michael joins forces with the victim's brother to find the killer; Michael is instructed to infiltrate a CIA database that holds incriminating evidence against Anson.
Sam and Jesse help a weapons engineer being held prisoner by a Liberian warlord; Michael and Fi stumble upon evidence linking Madeline's boyfriend to Anson.
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As an aspiring writer (and a lazy one at that) I'm constantly falling in love with each Chuck book I pick up.
My first was Survivor. Then Damned. Then Lullaby (my current favorite). I am on page 395 of Haunted, and holy shit, this stuff is genius.
So, hello. My name is Jordan. I happened to stumble upon this site during my researching some behind-the-scenes stuff for Haunted. There's a lot of insight on this website, and I can't wait to read more of his novels so that I am able to contribute. In the meantime, I'm glad I can finally be a part of the Cult.


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Benjamin Edes the Baltimore Printer 1784-1832
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Benjamin Edes, born 25 April 1784, Boston Massachusetts, died 5 September 1832, Baltimore Md.
was a printer, like his father Peter, of Bangor and Augusta, Maine and his grandfather Benjamin of Boston, his business being that of a Book and Job printer in Baltimore. During the War of 1812, he was a Captain in the 27th Regiment of the Maryland Militia, later to attain the rank of Major, and later to attain the rank of Brigadier-General. In his printing business, one of the newspapers that he printed was the 'Baltimore Minerva and Emerald' being published from 1829 to 1830. Other printing included handbills and job printing.
His wife, Mary Ann Cuming had come from Ireland, as indicated in the census, but no town or location is listed.
Benjamin Edes' Grandfather, Benjamin Edes the Boston Printer, of Boston Gazette and Country Journal fame, was one of the Sons of Liberty.


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Yep. With that kind of preparation, focus, and consistency, I don't foresee any need to worry about the rinky dink marathon coming up next month.
Thunder smash!
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
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But not Amy, she rocks. Congrats, partner.
It's true she really really does!!!!
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Parts of Ohio got nearly a foot of snow this week, and the operators of the state's ski resorts are celebrating.
After all, last year's mild weather and lack of snow made for a tough season for some.
Greg Fisher, general manager of Mad River Mountain ski resort in western Ohio, tells The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/W5bLzV ) that 10 inches of snow allowed the opening of all but one of the 24 trials Thursday. Last year, just five trails were open after Christmas.
The slopes at Boston Mills resort, between Cleveland and Akron, are opening Friday. The nearby Brandywine resort opens Saturday, and Alpine Valley in Chesterland is opening this weekend.
Other ski resorts are already open, thanks to snow-making machines. But skiers know that nothing beats the real thing.
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February's snow totals across the Plains are staggering, with some areas having reported more than 20 inches of snow from back-to-back winter storms. Despite the welcomed snow, the drought continues to persist.
Nationally, drought conditions are improving slightly. According to the latest Drought Monitor report released Thursday morning, 53 percent of the contiguous United States is in moderate or worse drought, down from 56 percent two weeks ago.
Some of the hardest-hit states, namely Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, bore the brunt of the winter storms. But, even then, there is a long ways to go.
As CNN Meteorologist Dave Hennen told WQAD News, snowfall is "definitely a benefit, but not a drought-buster."
What these areas covered in drought needed was a foot of rain, not snow.
The Drought Monitor map shows just how little the storms did for the Plains:
- Nebraska: Drought conditions this week remain virtually unchanged from last week's minimal improvement. Ninety-six percent remain in extreme or worse drought, making it the driest states across all 50 states.
- Kansas: Snow is still melting across the state, but it has done little to replenish soil moisture. Improvements made last week were short-lived. Seventy percent of the Sunflower State is still in extreme to exceptional drought, unchanged from the last report.
- Oklahoma: The Sooner State was one of the few states to report a change in drought conditions. Ten percent of the state is in exceptional drought, down from 12 percent last week.
The drought has also increased in other key agriculture states, including Iowa and Minnesota. To see how your state is doing, click here.
In Minnesota, where just 25 percent of the state is in extreme drought, officials have warned that "even flooding at this point won't alleviate a drought."
Read, "Plentiful snow does little to reduce drought."
Despite the grim news, the Climate Prediction Center had one piece of good news: an improving drought outlook. The latest U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook, released on March 7, noticed some improved for some areas in the northern Plains and western Corn Belt.
The Outlook reported, "regarding the large area of extreme to exceptional drought in the Nation's midsection, precipitation normals increase significantly later in the forecast period, and precipitation then will be the primary driving factor behind the Drought Monitor depiction for the end of May. Still, with significant precipitation forecast in parts of the central and upper Plains through mid-March - on top of the rain and snow observed in late February - it seems likely that at least some surface moisture increases will be observed. Therefore, some improvement was forecast for much of the northern half of the Plains. With only one month of the wet season included in this forecast period, more substantial, longer-term improvement is unlikely.


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Never mind a text that meekly asks "will u go 2 prom w/me?"
Today's teenagers are taking a cue from elaborately staged wedding proposals, inviting each other to prom with flash mobs, scavenger hunts, homemade music videos and even airplane banners flying over the beach.
And while coming up with clever or romantic ways to ask someone to prom isn't an entirely new concept, the effort and expense going into the big ask these days has given rise to a new term: Prom-posal.
"This year is the first time we've done prom invitations," said Remy Colin, owner of Aerial Messages, a company that charges $600 for a plane to fly a banner with a message on it. "It's expensive as hell for a high schooler who doesn't have any money, but we've done two in the past three months," one in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and one in Tampa, Fla.
Alex Chichkov, 17, arranged for a plane trailing "Come to prom with me, Kayla?" to fly over a student event his girlfriend Kayla Bennett was attending at King High School in Tampa in March.
"I've seen it for weddings and I wanted to do something huge or unique," said Alex, who paid for the flyover with money he earned working at a family business. "I didn't want to do anything generic. In the history of the school, no one has done anything that big. It's going to be my only prom, first time ever, last time ever, with someone who's been my girlfriend for 2<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2years, so it deserves to be that big."
Rebecca Leet, 17, had an audience for a prom-posal from her boyfriend, Joe Nelson, 18. Rebecca and Joe both worked on a school performance of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at Collierville High School in Collierville, Tenn. At the end of the show, Joe came out on stage, got down on one knee and pulled out a box with a ring in it. "It's not what you think!" Salter quickly assured the audience, as some gasped, thinking it was a teenage marriage proposal.
Then Joe popped the question - the prom question. "She got all teary and said yes," Joe said. "It made my day just knowing I did something memorable and she really enjoyed it."
Nancy Darling, an Oberlin College professor of psychology who studies adolescent development, said teenage relationships go through stages, one of which is taking the romance public. "It's a public declaration of `I really want to go to the prom, and I like you!"' she said.
She added that despite stereotypes of teens "as sex-driven and aggressive," data shows kids are now becoming "more conservative" socially, with less sexual intercourse than previous generations. "We're back to being romantic," she said.
And while some prom-posals come from girls, most are planned by boys, letting them show off "this whole sweet side that doesn't get a lot of chance to come up," said Darling. "We've really underestimated the romance of guys."
The Heart Bandits, a "romance event coordinating company" that usually arranges marriage proposals, has, for the first time this year, gotten requests for help with prom-posals, said Michele Velazquez, co-owner of the company. The Heart Bandits created a scavenger hunt in Santa Monica, that led a girl to a classroom with candles, rose petals and her prospective date holding a "Will you go to prom?" sign.
"A lot of times you'll see notes written on kids' car windows with markers," said Will Sherwood, a student at Plant High School in Tampa who hid his prom invitation in a bouquet of flowers.
He added that "people like to take pictures of it and put it up on Facebook, and then other people will say, `You have such a good guy!"'
Just be careful where you hang those signs. Last year, James Tate, a student at Shelton High School in Shelton, Conn., was barred from his prom because he had put the invitation in big cardboard letters on a school wall. Fortunately, after the story made national headlines, the school headmaster relented, and Tate was allowed to go.


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A dedicated volunteer working with both the elderly and children in the community, described as a lifeline for some, has been nominated for a Merton Civic award.
Janet Watkins, a homemaker, began volunteering when she saw an advert at the Volunteer Centre Merton asking people to give an afternoon a week to help others with such things as delivering library books, helping with shopping and befriending the elderly.
Mrs Watkins has helped Helen Brett, 104, of Westcroft Gardens, Morden, for the past five years, first through the delivery of library books.
She takes Mrs Brett, as well as many others who use the library service, audio books as she is unable to get out by herself, meaning Mrs Watkins is a lifeline for her.
For the past year she has also helped Mrs Brett's husband, Stanley, 89, who must regularly attend to St George's, St Thomas's and St Guy's hospitals for different appointments.
Mrs Watkins, of Abingdon Close, Wimbledon, drives to their home and stays with Mr Brett on his journey to and from the hospital, which can take up to six hours on some occasions.
Mr Brett said: "She has helped us well and has always been there if we want her, she is absolutely invaluable a lifeline.
"She is a very good help because we are both elderly and helps us tremendously."
Her volunteering extends to helping those who are hard of hearing and have learning difficulties. She also helps children's reading at St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School, Mitcham. She said: "People say I have to learn to say no, but if someone needs help I have to help and you never know when you will need it."


text: As the once and future kings of modern pro golf, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy invite constant comparison. Side-by-side assessments of their techniques are irresistible, especially with the driver. The big stick is at the core of their games, strategically, psychologically and emotionally. For McIlroy and Woods—quintessential power players—the driver is an offensive, birdie-inducing weapon that works to their advantage (usually) and serves as a springboard for their genius in other departments of the game.\nThe two players have taken divergent routes to the driver swings they possess, and they are in radically different places developmentally. McIlroy, 23, has essentially owned one swing since taking up with coach Michael Bannon at age 8. Woods, 36, has retooled his swing at least three times, most recently with Sean Foley. Instructor Jim McLean says their philosophical approach to the swing is, in some ways, miles apart.\n"Rory's swing is what Jackie Burke calls 'untouched,' " he says. "It's free-flowing, natural, and doesn't have a technical look to it, especially when seen in motion. It's predicated on rhythm, length, speed and feel. There's a lot of 'let go' in his swing. He's reminiscent of Tiger at the same age."\nWoods, meanwhile, has evolved from the unstructured, let-it-fly youth who came to Butch Harmon at age 17 in 1993. "Hints of a more mechanical approach are evident in many parts of Tiger's swing," McLean says. "His right arm kept so close to his side at the top of his backswing is an example. This is not better or worse, but it's a distinction he has from Rory."\nTheir technical departures produce varying results. McIlroy averages 310 yards off the tee; Woods is almost 13 yards shorter. Tiger is more accurate, ranking 53rd on tour in driving accuracy to Rory's 151st. Their clubhead speeds, however, are identical at 120 miles per hour. "They're very alike in how violently they go after it," McLean says. "In terms of strength, flexibility and range of motion, they're similar, too. Their swings are a bit different, but their commonalities are their strong points." —Guy Yocom


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This article was published 12/2/2013 (1653 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A judicial inquest called Tuesday into the death of a 68-year-old woman will examine if there is a shortage of acute-care beds in Winnipeg hospitals.
Heather Brenan was sent home in a taxi from Seven Oaks General Hospital in January 2012. She collapsed on her doorstep and died the next day.
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra said the inquest was called, in part, to examine if a lack of acute-care beds contributed to Brenan being sent home prematurely.
"There are far-reaching implications here," Balachandra said.
"Ordinarily, doctors and nurses want to treat patients, but in this case, we're wondering if there were constraints. There were no beds and we want the judge to determine if there are sufficient beds to accommodate all the patients in Winnipeg."
Specifically, he said the inquest will look at whether acute-care beds were taken up by long-term patients waiting for placement in care homes.
Balachandra also said the inquest into Brenan's death will examine the hospital's policy regarding the discharge of patients at night, particularly those who are elderly, frail, or live alone.
Dana Brenan, the woman's daughter, said Tuesday night she's happy with the scope of the inquest she asked for nearly a year ago.
"...My experiences with both (Seven Oaks) management teams and the WRHA's investigative services has led me to seriously question the capacity of both organizations to accurately assess the catastrophic failings in my mother's care by (Seven Oaks) emergency department," she said.
"As well as the failings of the particular doctor who discharged her late at night without her house keys, on a -19 C winter night, without adequately assessing her condition."
Brenan had multiple medical problems and had complained of weakness, difficulty swallowing, pain when attempting to eat solid food and continuous weight loss since December 2011.
On Jan. 24, 2012, just after 2 p.m., she was taken by a friend to the emergency department of the northwest Winnipeg hospital.
Brenan was kept in the hospital from Jan. 24 to 27 on a gurney in the emergency room. She was never admitted. She underwent numerous tests and was assessed by occupational therapy, social work, and home care regarding a plan for when she was medically stable for discharge.
On Jan. 24, Brenan had gone for a gastroscopy in which a long, flexible tube is passed through the mouth and back of the throat into the upper digestive tract to examine the lining of the esophagus, stomach and the first portion of the small intestine.
She was too weak for the procedure and the doctor sent her to Seven Oaks General Hospital to be admitted for more tests.
Three days later, she returned to the Victoria General Hospital to undergo the gastroscopy but her oxygen levels were so low the procedure had to be stopped.
She was sent back to Seven Oaks for further testing but instead was put on a gurney. That evening, another doctor looked at her chart, saw her oxygen levels had improved and discharged her without examining her.
A nurse sent her home in a cab without any house keys and left a message for a friend of Brenan's, saying the patient was being discharged.
Brenan arrived in a cab and using a walker, she walked as far as the front doorway before she collapsed.
An ambulance was called and Brenan was taken back to the ER just after midnight Jan. 28, 2012. Although her pulse was restored, Brenan was found to be non-responsive. She was transferred to the intensive-care unit and her condition deteriorated.
She died just before noon the same day.
The cause of death was a bilateral pulmonary embolism from one of several blood clots in her calf due to deep vein thrombosis of the lower legs.
Dana Brenan credited the media for drawing attention to what happened to her mother.
"Thank you for your early championing of my mother's case as it instigated the media frenzy that followed, all of which I am convinced helped in the decision to call an inquest."
No date for the inquest has been set yet.
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THIS is not the first time Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra has called an inquest into the quality of medical care in Manitoba.
The most notable is the pending inquest into the 2008 death of Brian Sinclair at Health Sciences Centre's emergency waiting room.
Sinclair, a 45-year-old double amputee, was found dead in his wheelchair on Sept. 21, 2008. He died of a treatable bladder infection caused by a blocked catheter after waiting 34 hours for care.
Balachandra has said Sinclair's death could have been prevented if the infection had been treated. A hospital security video showed Sinclair speaking to an aide at the emergency-room triage desk before wheeling himself into the waiting room.
The inquest is scheduled to begin in August.
Balachandra said he also called an inquest into the 2011 death of two-month-old Drianna Ross of Gods Lake Narrows to examine health care on remote Manitoba First Nations.
Ross was taken to a northern nursing station with a fever on Nov. 22. 2011. Her parents were sent home with Tylenol for her. During the next few days, her condition worsened. On Nov. 25, 2011, she was taken to the nursing station three times and arrangements were made to have her transferred by air ambulance to Thompson General Hospital, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia.
Her condition did not improve and she died the next day.
A date for the inquest has not been set.


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CNBC Debate Ad Asks "How" GOP Candidates Will End "War On Wealth"
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In a promo for the upcoming "Your Money, Your Vote" Republican debate on CNBC that aired on today's edition of Squawk On The Street, a voiceover asks, "How will candidates end the war on wealth?" During the voiceover the ad shows images of the Occupy Wall Street protests:
By framing the debate this way and adopting conservative rhetoric on income inequality, CNBC seems to be running counter to president and CEO Mark Hoffman's promise that "CNBC will deliver a substantive and stimulating dialogue that challenges the candidates and provides the answers voters deserve."
Previously, CNBC's Rick Santelli claimed that traders on Chicago's Mercantile Exchange were "the silent majority," while CNBC host Jim Cramer claimed that President Obama was "taking cues from Lenin."
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Watching a pilot succeed is supremely satisfying, though curiously, so is watching a dam fail. Feel the rush with this GrouponLive deal.
The Deal
- One ticket to see Wings Over North Georgia air show
- When: Saturday, October 12, or Sunday, October 13, at 9 a.m.
- Where: Rome's Richard B. Russell Regional Airport
- Door time: 9 a.m.
- Ticket values include all fees.
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- $10 for General Admission (up to a $20 value)
- $17 for Blue Sky–Bleacher Seating (up to a $35 value)
Though Wings Over North Georgia sometimes features a discounted price online, as well as military and student discounted tickets, this Groupon offers the best deal available. Children 5 and under are free.
Wings Over North Georgia
Wings Over North Georgia fills the sky with thunder and covers the ground with smoke. Headlining the list of altitude-climbing performers, The Black Diamond Jet Team arcs through the sky with rocket-fueled panache as they show off what their arctic-camouflaged L-39s are capable of. Kent Pietsch Airshows' jelly-bean-decorated 1942 Interstate Cadet then tumbles through the clouds, cutting off its power, stalling, and launching skyward again. But to watch something fall from the sky for good, visitors need only look to the Lucas Oil Parachute team, the members of which have a combined 9,600 jumps.
Back on the ground, smoke billows from the the Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Car as it speeds across the tarmac at up to 400 mph. Smoke of a different flavor entices taste buds from the Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic, where competitors show off their winningest recipes and the aprons they've tie-dyed with barbecue sauce as they compete for $15,000 worth of prizes. Tykes, meanwhile, can find clear air by heading to the Kids Zone where inflatables shaped like airplanes help them mimic the pilots overhead.


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This article was published 21/6/2013 (1521 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
FARGO, N.D.: In the 1970s and 1980s, Winnipeg women seeking safe and legal abortions often travelled to North Dakota for the procedure. An underground railroad system was in place, transporting pregnant women across the border.
There were two state physicians known to offer abortions in their offices and, rather than go through questioning by a panel of doctors to determine if their physical or mental well-being was threatened by the pregnancy (a requirement before an abortion could be performed at a Manitoba hospital) some women headed south.
That trend diminished with the 1983 opening, although at the time illegal, of Dr. Henry Morgentaler's Corydon Avenue clinic. When abortion became legal and funded at free-standing clinics in 2004, there was no longer a need to leave the country.
The historic flow of women going to North Dakota for abortions may soon reverse. The state recently introduced the most repressive abortion legislation in the United States, banning abortion after six weeks or when a fetal heartbeat can be heard. That's earlier than many women know they're pregnant. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
In April, American president Barack Obama said "an assault on women's rights" is underway, with bills introduced in more than 40 states to limit or ban abortion or restrict access to birth control or other services.
The bills are signed but don't go into effect until Aug. 1.
Tammi Kromenaker, director of Fargo's Red River Women's Clinic, says it's a perfect storm. North Dakota has a budget surplus due to the oil boom in the state's northwest corner, so they have the money for a legal battle. Legislators are worried about their jobs. Personhood USA, a powerful Christian anti-abortion organization, has threatened to target politicians who fight the new laws.
The Fargo clinic, which opened in 1988, is the only place in North Dakota a woman can legally have her pregnancy terminated. Kromenaker, 41, says they're not going down without a fight.
The clinic has received legal defence donations from supporters, enough to pay the cost of a local attorney for two years. The United States Centre for Reproductive Rights is paying the majority of the costs.
There were 1,333 abortions performed at the Fargo clinic in 2012. Almost half the patients were between the ages of 18 and 24. Nine per cent were over 35. They saw 58 minors, who have to notify both biological parents or have a judicial ruling before they can have an abortion. That's difficult for teens in foster case or for girls whose parents are estranged.
Kromenaker said the demand for services was obvious from the start.
"When we first opened, the very first day, three women came in. One was too far along so we had to turn her away. We completed two procedures that day."
There are about 25 abortions a week performed at the clinic. State law demands every woman have an ultrasound before an abortion. Kromenaker says about 35 per cent of the women choose to look at the ultrasound.
"For some people it's curiosity," she says. "When they see they're seven weeks pregnant and there's nothing there it can be a relief."
There are sometimes tears.
"Just because something is difficult or hard doesn't make it wrong," says Kromenaker.
Patient fees keep the doors open. A medication abortion is $550 (see box), as is a vacuum aspiration up to 11 weeks. The cost of the vacuum aspiration increases with the length of the pregnancy, topping out at $850 at 15 weeks.
There were protests and fire-bombings at an earlier Fargo abortion clinic, where Kromenaker also worked. The owner had death threats. The Red River Clinic has biometric keys, using fingerprints for entry. Security cameras tape the sidewalk activity at the clinic. There are between five to 25 protesters every Wednesday. Kromenaker trained a cadre of patient escorts to protect women entering the clinic. The sidewalk is where the battle line has been drawn. And the fight over the sanctity of life is one that can dirty, mean and ugly.
"I got a call recently from a woman," she says, "who said she was pleased with how we'd treated her 'but when I walked by the woman who said 'let me adopt your baby, you bitch', that was hard'."
"I come to work and people I don't know say, 'Hiiii, Tammi'. If I worked at Walgreens and strangers came up to me in the parking lot and called me by name, I'd call the police. It's an attempt to intimidate us."
And like any war, truth is often the first casualty. She says the posters of aborted fetuses carried by protesters look like they were full-term babies delivered with forceps in a botched birth. "I don't know where they get them, but they're all the same pictures carried at every protest."
The clinic where the abortion are performed was a real estate office on the second floor and restaurant on the main level. Skylights brighten the public areas. The ORs have flower-painted panels over the ceiling lights, an attempt to prettify the rooms for patients.
The word "relax" is spelled out in glitter letters on the side of an ultrasound machine. The radio is set to an easy-listening station.
The recovery room has recliner chairs and heating pads for women who need them. Journals are provided for women to share their post-abortion thoughts if they wish.
"I'm thankful I'm here with such supportive people and I'm blessed to have the support of my sister," one woman wrote.
"I feel very nervous to get this done," reads another. "I have a 12-month-old baby. This is the first time for me ever doing something like this but it is the best thing for me. All I gotta do is stay strong and think positive. I pray that God forgives me for my decision."
Valerie Wadephul is a walking advertisement for her pro-life beliefs.
The 69-year-old Winnipeg woman has two 'What Would Jesus Do' pins attached to her suit jacket. She wears another shaped like a lighthouse, a reference, she says, "to Christ's light being the light of truth." She has a Catholic Women's League insignia and two small sets of bronze baby feet pins on her lapels.
The director of Life's Vision Winnipeg wears a crucifix around her neck. Her greying hair is pulled back in a ponytail. She speaks only for her pro-life affiliate and not for Life's Vision Manitoba (formerly League for Life Manitoba).
Wadephul is a devout Catholic. She walks in front of the HSC Women's Pavilion, carrying gruesome photos of aborted fetuses to protest the hospital's policy of providing pregnancy terminations. She is frontline and in-your-face when she decides it's necessary.
Hers is a God-given calling, she believes.
"It (the hospital protests) is just something that needs to be done. Some people are scared to stand there and hold up a sign."
She says the turnouts for "life chains", the organized protests, is "pitiful".
"A lot of people don't like being there in public," she says. "We have to just smile at the people who give you the finger when they drive by. They'll come by and shout obscenities. They usually get rowdy and loud but we try to show respect to people."
When Wadephul was young, she says, it never occurred to her that abortion rights would be enshrined in law. She says abortion was "almost safer" when it was illegal.
"When abortion was illegal doctors wouldn't do it. But if a woman said 'I'm desperate, I'll try to abort myself" the doctor would sometimes say 'OK'. Now that it's legal, it's lackadaisical. They don't have the rules and regulations. They're not being inspected."
(A WRHA says the Women's Health Program is accredited by Accreditation Canada. The WHC is accredited by both the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba as well as the National Abortion Federation. Both are subject to provincial standards and inspections. Abortions are performed in Manitoba up to 20 weeks gestation. There is no limit under the Criminal Code of Canada.)
Wadephul is opposed to abortion under every circumstance.
"With today's medicine, if you speak to a doctor with integrity, he will tell you there is no reason to resort to abortion for a woman's health. Our philosophy is you try to save them both. In this day and age with medicine there's no need for abortion."
But what of women who are raped or the victims of incest? "It's wrong under any circumstances."
She calls abortion providers "the industry" and says they're only in it for the money. She says women are tricked into having abortions by unscrupulous men and "post-abortive" women never recover from their decision.
"Women are talked into being promiscuous by men who have hormones. If their pill fails, if they get her pregnant and they don't want a baby or (to) get married, they say 'get an abortion'."
(Women seeking abortions in Manitoba are interviewed alone to ensure they aren't being coerced.)
She says pregnant women should ask themselves "What does God want me to do? Why am I here?"
She goes back to her faith to support her position.
"It's easy to love the loveable, the easy, the planned."
She suddenly contorts her face into a snarl and raises her middle finger. It's a startling transformation.
"You're saying, 'God, you're stupid. We're fixing your stupid mistakes.'"
Her face relaxes.
"I personally believe the person who was supposed to cure cancer was aborted a long time ago."
Wadephul says the restrictions on abortion in North Dakota are terrific.
"I think it's a great start for women really to be free of being exploited."
She believes the liberal media refuse to give voice to the pro-life cause, pointing to the case of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell, found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in May after he botched several abortions. Babies were born alive and Gosnell snipped their necks. He is serving life in prison. Wadephul argues the outside world knew nothing of the trial until anti-abortion activists pushed for media coverage.
"They don't want us to know this is how it works, that doctors are killing babies after they're born."
The day after the interview, the Winnipeg March for Life is held. Wadephul is one of hundreds of people gathered at The Forks.
Trish Schellenberg, her husband Kevin and their two preteen children wait in the warm sun.
"We're here to be a voice for the unborn," she says. "We want to make people aware of what's going on in Canada. A person's a person, no matter what."
Her seven-year-old son wears a T-shirt emblazoned with his ultrasound images.
"There's no time a human being becomes a human being," his mother says. "It happens at conception."
People hold signs that read: 'Women Do Regret Abortion' and 'Men Regret Lost Fatherhood.' Organizers sell $20 T-shirts with the slogan 'I Speak For Those Who Can't.'
Anicka Loewen, 14, says she doesn't mind if she's harassed walking in a pro-life march.
"I think the babies' lives are worth it. It's not like I'm being killed."
Elizabeth Andrzejczak, 26, has painted her pregnant belly with the words "We Are Pro-Life." She's 34 weeks along.
"I'm doing this because I really believe all life is sacred," she says.
After an opening prayer, several hundred people march down Broadway to the Legislative Building. There are at least twice as many people as were present at an anti-PST increase rally days earlier.
There's no media coverage of the march that night or the next day.
Dr. Suzanne Newman was an accidental pro-choice activist. She lived in the Corydon area where Dr. Henry Morgentaler opened his abortion clinic in the early 1980s. The stay-at-home mother was out for a walk with two of her kids when she saw protesters shouting and blocking the entrance to the clinic.
"I went over to tell them they shouldn't be doing this," recalls Newman, 66. "We saw the craziness at the clinic. People with distorted faces, those awful signs. I started shouting back at the protesters. I was a mother of four and a woman and what they were doing was wrong."
Clinic nurses pulled Newman and her children inside, fearing the confrontation would become physical.
She became a volunteer, eventually applying to medical school in 1988. She was jailed three times for her work at the clinic. Police raided and seized the clinic's equipment. The clinic eventually stopped doing abortions.
She put pregnant women in her car and drove them to North Dakota.
Newman and a group of other women bought the Corydon clinic from Morgentaler. Abortion was legalized in free-standing clinics soon after.
Lori Johnson, executive director of Klinic, ran the Morgentaler clinic in the early days.
"I was directing that clinic during some of the worst anti-choice violence," she said recently.
In 1998, New York abortion doctor Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot and killed in his home. A year earlier, Winnipeg doctor Jack Fainman was shot in a similar attack. In 1993, Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, Fla.,was fatally shot during a protest. On May 31, 2009, Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed at church in Wichita, Kan.
In 1992, a firebomb destroyed Morgentaler's Montreal clinic.
In 1994, doctor Garson Romalis was shot at his home in Vancouver. In July 2000, he was stabbed outside his medical office.
"It was a very violent time," says Johnson.
Her young children were approached and photographed at a playground. The photographs appeared on anti-abortion literature. "I feared for my family," she says.
Joan Dawkins, executive director of the WHC, says abortion is still not consistently available here.
"If you're a young woman in Northern Manitoba, good luck to you. If your community's not supportive or your family's not supportive or transportation's an issue, it can be very difficult. You have to be able to get to a facility where abortions are performed."
Newman believes the changes to American abortion laws are an attempt to make abortion disappear.
"That will never happen," says the doctor. "There will always need to be a place for abortion, sadly."
Newman offers a tour of the WHC facility. There are cameras and visitors must be buzzed in. The WHC clinic is spit-and-polish clean. The recovery room has comfy recliners and boxes of Kleenex. She says the abortions are generally done in under 10 minutes.
"It's very quick," she says. "The hardest part is the decision."
She says most women aren't anxious before the procedure.
"Most women go through a lot of thought before they come in. Their anxiety is mostly about whether or not there will be pain."
An IV is inserted before the abortion starts. Patients can have a Valium-like drug and a painkiller.
If a woman is less than nine weeks pregnant she'll have a manual vacuum aspiration.
"I love it because it's easy, it's simple," she says. After nine weeks a suction machine is used.
She says she will not perform an abortion if a woman is wavering. She concedes "nobody likes abortion."
Indeed, in the freighted language around abortion, no one uses "pro-abortion." They prefer "pro-choice" or "in favour of a woman's right to reproductive choice." Those who oppose abortion prefer "pro-life" to "anti-abortion."
When the battle lines were drawn in Winnipeg in the '80s, there were two clear camps. On one side was Henry Morgentaler and his supporters. On the other were people like the late Pat Soenen, head of the Manitoba League For Life.
In an email after Morgentaler died late last month, lawyer Rocky Kravetsky, who worked with Greg Brodsky to defend the doctor in Winnipeg, discussed the relationship between the pair.
"She was in some ways Henry's exact opposite, in others not that different from him at all," Kravetsky wrote. "She was opposite in her position on the abortion issue and also in her public persona, to the extent she had one. She didn't seek out publicity but when it came she spoke honestly, clearly and reasonably.
"When court judgments went against her and her cause she led her organization to focus more of its efforts on preventing unwanted pregnancies and on public information. Like Henry, she respected the process and the rule of law. In a debate that was too often reduced to people screaming slogans at each other she made her points calmly, with reason and respect. She never, never attacked the women who sought out abortions. She and Henry agreed that unwanted pregnancies should be prevented. She reached out to women faced with unwanted pregnancies and helped to establish the Pregnancy Distress Service. She understood choice and wanted to provide one...
"Abortion is a tough issue. For those who face the decision it engages the very question of what makes a person. On the legal level it engages also questions of the rights and freedoms. Those who champion one side or another (and there are more than just two sides) are often too overcome by the confidence of their faith in the right of their point of view to allow them to hear another opinion. Worse, as happens with many issues, they lose sight of the humanity of their opponents. Slap a label on someone and they are reduced to that. Henry Morgentaler and Pat Soenen were on opposite sides of this issue at a moment in time, but neither ever lost respect for those who made different choices or held different views. I never heard one say a bad thing about the other."
Mike Soenen agrees with Kravetsky's appraisal of his mother, who died in 1999.
He remembers listening to his mother practice late-night speeches. He remembers how she sacrificed to be the public face of the pro-life movement.
"My mom was Roman Catholic. Mom just felt it (the abortion issue) required her attention. She felt compelled... She basically devoted her entire married life to this."
He and his siblings are all pro-life, but he's never been as committed as his mom.
"I don't think standing in front of an abortion clinic and yelling at her is the way. I think you can pray. I would never subscribe to berating someone in that way."
He agrees that his mother had a certain respect for Henry Morgentaler.
"The thing that she said was he was committed to his cause. He believed he was doing good for the benefit of women."


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The Sotho clans were melded into a kingdom by King Moshoeshoe in the early 19th century.
It is estimated that there are approximately seven million Sotho people living in South Africa, making them the second largest ethnic group in the country. There are another three million or so who live outside the country, mainly in neighbouring Lesotho.
The Sotho people are generally divided into three distinct tribes: Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho (or Pedi) and Tswana. Like those of their Nguni cousins, Sotho traditions have relied on a combination of livestock and crop cultivation for food.
Many Sotho still herd livestock, usually on horseback and display exceptional riding skills, making them the cowboys of the southern African plains.
The men are also skilled artisans using metal, leather and wood, while reeds and grasses are used to weave baskets. A man's status is determined by his relationship to the chief, his age and his standing in the community. Women, meanwhile, are responsible for the homestead and agriculture.
Though polygamy is no longer as common as in the past, Sotho culture does allow a man to have more than one wife. Each wife has her own homestead, ranked in order of seniority.
The Sotho people live in villages divided into kgoro − where different households are built around a central area in which the kraal, graveyard and ancestral shrine are situated. These villages, ruled by a chief, can grow to accommodate thousands of people.
The Sotho are recognised for their thick blankets and conical hats. Wherever you go in traditional villages the men wrap themselves in a blanket, covering their trousers and shirt. These blankets carry great significance, closely linked to the important moments and milestones of a family's life.
As with other African tribes, there is a wide belief in the ancestral spirits who are honoured at ritual feasts. In a corner of each lapa in a Pedi village, where a symbolic flower grows, a man will sprinkle home-brewed beer and snuff on the ground to invoke the ancestors for help and good fortune.


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Cook noodles as package directs, rinse, drain and set aside. Meanwhile, in a wok or large skillet warm the sesame oil. Sauté the garlic, onion, burdock, carrot and celery for about 7 minutes or until tender. Add and briefly sauté the soba. Season with shoyu, toasted sesame oil and brown rice vinegar. Mix well. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot.
Per serving - 332 calories, 12 gram fat (32% calories from fat), 9 gram protein, 48 gram carbohydrate, 4 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 191 milligram sodium