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Shabaan Abdul Rahim hates everyone who does not love Bill Gates
American billionaire and owner of Microsoft International Company, Bill Gates was recently in Egypt to attend the Governmental leaderships first conference in Cairo sponsored by Microsoft and under the patronage of Egyptian president Husni Mubarak. Gates arrived in Cairo and met with the Egyptian president to discuss faces of cooperation between the computer software giant and Egypt.
According to the London based Elaph, Gates delivered a speech in the closing session of the conference; and he had also participated in Middle East developers conference. Gates visit to Egypt caused for the bringing back of a song created by Egyptian folk singer Shabaan Abdul Rahim's over one year ago. The Song expresses Shabaan's admiration and love to Bill. The song talked about most of Microsoft applications and its benefits in a satirical way. Shabaan also goes on in the song saying that he loves Bill Gates and Hates those that do not.
Recently, Shabaan has realized that his success in the music world depends mainly on him creating political songs, especially those that criticize the United States of America and Israel. His songs have found popularity mostly due to there simple language that is easily understood by everyone, and because they express the hatred common people have towards the US and Israel.
Shabaan's latest creation is a song about the "Road Map", and the words in it are the same that were said by Bush himself when he released it. The song goes on to describe how the US and Israel are spit images of one another and they work for each other's benefit.
Shabaan daringly states in the song that the US is behind the September 11th attacks and that they purposely brought it down to create a scenario about how Arabs and Muslims are terrorists. The singer goes to say that the US just wants any reason to put the blame on a Muslim country in order to give them an excuse to act in any way they want. The song is part of the new album released by Shabaan and is expected to find enormous success in the Arab world.
Shabaan was able through his simplicity in style and manner to reach the hearts of many people throughout the Arab world. Shabaan has risen from a poor ironer to well-known singer with his songs reiterated throughout the streets and people anxiously waiting for the opportunity to see him perform.
Shabaan has stressed that he is not ashamed of the fact that he is an illiterate and comes from such a poverty stricken background, but he is rather proud of his success and popularity and is mostly proud of how his simple songs that are filled with strong feelings have reached the hearts of people. Shabaan revealed that he is not afraid to express himself through his music and is always willing to say what is on his mind.
With regards to filming music videos with female dancers in the background, Shabaan stressed that he is totally against the idea and finds it a shameful manner. He feels that it is degrading for women to be used as background ornaments and dance in extremely revealing outfits. He added that he has never used women dancers in any of his clips and does not intend on ever doing so.
Previously, Shabaan along with his business manager and the writer of his songs are undergoing extensive negotiations with the Egyptian Opera House in order to organize a number of performances. The singer is hoping to reach some form of agreement that will allow him to sing at the opera house alongside other Arab singers like Hani Shaker, Ali Hajjar, and Asalah, in an attempt to prove his stardom. Shabaan has stressed his dream of taking part in different international music festivals in order to represent Egypt, in addition to winning awards like Egyptian singer Amr Diab. – Albawaba.com
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KATE Rice was so brilliant, she could have done anything.
Her family was so wealthy, she could have done nothing at all.
One hundred years ago, the adventurous, tough-as-nails beauty from southern Ontario set out for the rugged Manitoba wilderness with a shotgun and snowshoes in search of treasure.
She never struck it rich, but she did discover the first nickel deposits in the province and made headlines across the continent as Canada's first "girl" prospector.
"Living in the middle of nowhere, depending solely on yourself... I know how hard it is to work in a man's world," says Toronto businesswoman Linda Rice, 60, who recently found the mining legend's name on a branch of her family tree.
'Here's this Angelina Jolie sleeping in this cabin, and he's coming over with intentions. She picks up her axe and her rifle and puts the axe down between them. And she says, "Just don't touch my axe or I'll have to shoot you" '
She says she can't even imagine what life would have been like for such a woman a century ago. "I was gobsmacked... I was very excited that I was related to such a pioneer."
She is proud she and her father will be attending a ceremony in Toronto today, where her ancestor will be formally inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Kate Rice died in 1963 at 80.
She is the second woman to be honoured by the mining industry. Viola MacMillan, a prospector in the 1930s and the driving force behind the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, was inducted in 1991.
MaryAnn Mihychuk, president of Women in Mining Manitoba and a former provincial mining minister, lobbied for the past two years to get Rice into the Hall of Fame.
"There were all kind of roadblocks. Many people said she didn't deserve it. She hadn't found the mega-mine," said Mihychuk. "But what she did in terms of social change and her vast experience... was just amazing."
Kathleen Rice was raised in St. Marys, a town in southwestern Ontario, where her family owned a mill. Her father taught her to camp and canoe but also encouraged her studies. She majored in math and was awarded a gold medal at the University of Toronto.
First she worked as a teacher, taking jobs in towns in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. But she made only half the salary of her male counterparts and wrote in her diary about how it was frustratingly unfair, says Mihychuk.
She got a taste for adventure after climbing mountains in Alberta and knew her future did not lie in a classroom. In 1912, she homesteaded near The Pas, but because a woman was not legally considered a person, her brother had to sign the paperwork for the land.
Rice studied geology books and, by making friends with local aboriginals, learned to shoot, trap and speak Cree. She travelled the northern wilderness on her own, dodging dangerous rapids by canoe and navigating the bush by dogsled.
Rice was renowned in the area because she had such control of her dog team she never had to lash the animals.
She was "no dummy," says Mihychuk, adding Rice introduced the use of borax in metal testing in the West. She also designed a hydroelectric dam, which she had hoped would power one of her mines someday.
She penned scientific papers about the northern lights and dabbled in journalism by writing articles for the Toronto Star. She later added commercial fisher and market garden grower to her list of accomplishments.
To top it off, she was a stunner. Mihychuk recalls a tale of a how a burly Frenchman once starting inching over to Rice while they were sleeping in a shared cabin.
"Here's this Angelina Jolie sleeping in this cabin, and he's coming over with intentions. She picks up her axe and her rifle and puts the axe down between them. And she says, 'Just don't touch my axe or I'll have to shoot you.' "
Rice never married. She once had a prospecting partner named Dick Woosey, a retired British army officer, and the pair built a cabin together near Snow Lake. There were rumours of romance, but Mihychuk has found no evidence it was anything more than business.
Together, Rice and Woosey discovered deposits of vanadium, zinc and gold, but they ended up having to settle with mining companies for far less money than they believed the sites were worth. Mihychuk says it was typical for prospectors, even successful ones, to end up penniless.
Snow Lake's mayor, Clarence Fisher, will accept Rice's award today.
"She's a mining story, but she's really an adventure story," he says. "I think it's important that we make sure that story doesn't get lost.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood's biggest black stars, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 65.
Pryor died shortly before 8 a.m. after being taken to a hospital from his home in the San Fernando Valley, said his business manager, Karen Finch. He had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system.
Recognition came in 1998 from an unlikely source: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington gave Pryor the first Mark Twain Prize for humor. He said in a statement that he was proud that, ''like Mark Twain, I have been able to use humor to lessen people's hatred.''
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The board of the embattled Bethania Group Personal Care Homes is upset that Health Minister Theresa Oswald has gone public over the government's dispute with the company.
The board said Sunday Oswald should have treated the matter confidentially -- but if it did have to go public, Oswald should have been fair and accurate in what the province said.
"A difference has arisen with the government over the contractual terms arrived at between Bethania and a valued employee," the board said in a news release from its lawyer. "Bethania hoped to resolve this matter through good faith and mutually respectful discussions, and in a manner respecting the privacy rights of all concerned. It still hopes that the government will return to this method of resolving matters."
But Oswald said she has nothing for which to apologize.
"The very reason we passed Bill 6 was to achieve better accountability and transparency in the health-care system, and ensure taxpayers' money is used responsibly. In that spirit, the full audit that uncovered the August 2012 'retire-rehire' of Bethania's CEO has been posted online, including the board's response as part of that audit," Oswald said.
"We remain optimistic that the board will decide to comply with provincial law and follow the direction from Manitoba Health, and they have until April 2 to respond."
The dispute became public on Thursday.
The provincial Health Department ordered a Winnipeg personal-care-home group to terminate what the government believes is an illegal contract with its chief executive officer. Oswald said Thursday her department is demanding the contract be voided and any illegal payments returned to the government.
Bethania, which operates facilities on Pembina Highway and Concordia Avenue, has until April 2 to comply with the order. If it fails to do so, the province could replace its board of directors.
The order was made following an audit of Bethania Group -- which receives $9.5 million in provincial funding annually -- in December, Oswald said. Investigators found a new contract between the group and CEO Ray Koop violated a government-imposed pay freeze as well as legislation passed last year.
The audit found Bethania's board of directors allowed Koop to retire from his $160,000-a-year position last July 31, collect a preretirement payment worth nearly half his annual salary on Aug. 1, and start a new contract in the same position on Aug. 2 with a salary increase -- all while a government-imposed executive salary freeze was in place.
Oswald said that the independent audit is posted at www.wrha.mb.ca/bethania.
Bethania board responds
The Bethania board emphasized several points Sunday it contends the government has ignored.
-- When the valued and respected executive in question moved to a different role in the corporate family, the cost of his overall employer cost did not increase. It went down, because it was no longer necessary for an employer to pay pension contributions. Furthermore, the employee no longer received preretirement leave allowance.
-- The employee would have received his pension, earned over a course of three decades of employment, in any event. The contract would have paid him remuneration, apart from his pension, for service apart from his previous work.
-- Bethania concluded that a legally binding new contract was made with its employee before Bill 6 was announced. Bethania is ethically and legally obliged to honour its contractual commitments. Legislation is generally interpreted as not taking away contractual rights that had already been created before it comes into force.
-- Bethania's mission is to provide the best possible care for its residents. In the course of doing so, it seeks to follow the principles of good internal governance, co-operate with government and use both private and public funds properly and efficiently.


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The questioned authenticity of celebutante Kim Kardashian's backside may have caused a media rumpus recently, but Kim's detractors are most likely making a molehill out of two big, jiggly mountains.
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INTERVIEW - Bolivia To Tap Huge Lithium Deposit In Salt Lake
Date: 28-Oct-08
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Stretched between distant Andean peaks like a shimmering white carpet, the Uyuni salt lake is home to pink flamingos, 1,000-year-old cacti, rare hummingbirds and hotels built entirely from blocks of salt.
The lake may also hold one of the world's biggest deposits of lithium, and the government is investing $6 million in a pilot plant to help it figure out the best way to mine the soft alkali metal used in rechargeable batteries.
A pilot plant currently under construction in Uyuni, which is some 12,100 feet (3,700 meters) high in the Andes, might lead to the construction of a $250 million lithium facility, mining director Freddy Beltran told Reuters late on Friday.
Beltran said the extraction of lithium from Uyuni should have only minimal environmental impact, but activists are likely to raise concerns about the plan.
Leftist President Evo Morales laid the cornerstone of the pilot plant in May this year, which is scheduled to come on stream before the end of 2009.
Lithium batteries are used to power laptops, hybrid vehicles and cell phones, and demand could rocket if carmakers develop electric cars on a big scale.
The mining ministry says Uyuni, in the central Potosi region, holds at least 9 million tonnes of lithium.
Beltran said the progress of the plan will depend on the final investment, the success of the pilot project and demand for lithium products.
"We think we need an investment of approximately $250 million for the industrial plant. We are going to produce some 2,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate (per year), but that will depend."
Beltran said that a number of mining companies, chiefly France's Bollore and Japan's Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are pushing for contracts to set up lithium plants in Uyuni.
The companies want to mine lithium and export it as a raw material, said Beltran, whereas the Bolivian government wants to produce lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, metallic lithium and even batteries in the Andean country so they can generate jobs and maximize revenue from the mineral.
Beltran said the government is in talks but not yet near reaching an agreement with any of the companies and that they need to "advance" their proposals if they want to tap into Uyuni's lithium reserves.
"Maybe the state could have (at some point) the capacity to invest the $250 million to build the plant," said Beltran.
Argentina, Chile and Bolivia are thought to have most of the world's lithium deposits.
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Baked Peach Pancake Recipe
- 2 cups fresh or frozen sliced peeled peaches
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Ground nutmeg
- Sour cream, optional
- 1. In a small bowl, combine peaches, sugar and lemon juice; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs until fluffy. Add the flour, milk and salt; beat until smooth.
- 2. Place butter in a 10-in. ovenproof skillet in a 400° oven for 3-5 minutes or until melted. Immediately pour batter into hot skillet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until pancake has risen and puffed all over.
- 3. Fill with peach slices and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately with sour cream if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece (calculated without sour cream): 149 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 105mg cholesterol, 272mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 medium-fat meat, 1 fat, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit.
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"Sooooo Good! Did not have sour cream so topped with vanilla yogurt."
"YOUR MOTHER RAISED AND TRAINED A GREAT COOK.Next time I am going to use fresh apple slices from our apple tree and brown sugar.Mmmmmmmmmmm."
"Super yummy! I think I would use a bit of vanilla and nutmeg in the batter next time, but it was delicious!"
"This was wonderful. I used fresh peaches, but I also warmed them up."
"I prepared this recipe today and easily gives it five stars. I did use Splenda and skim milk but you would never have known it. The nutmeg gives it a nice pop of flavor. No syrup needed. Will we have this again? Definitely YES! Husband and I ate the whole thing. I highly recommend this recipe as a Volunteer Field Editor for Taste of Home."
"What an awesome recipe! Instead of serving it with sour cream, I drizzled the peaches with whipping cream...YUM! It was so good that my husband and I ate the whole thing for brunch!"
"So easy to make but people will think you spent hours in the kitchen. Delicious!"
"Delicious and beautiful. I added a teaspoon of almond extract to the peach mixture."
"Simple and luxurious fare! I would add a little cinnamon to the peaches and a touch of whipped cream!"
"Great! The whole family loved this."
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Ladies and gentleman, it is a glorious time in our lives; Assassin's Creed III has been unleashed upon the world for us to enjoy, and by God, will you enjoy it (at least until December 21st). Below you will find my review of the single player campaign, in all its splendour. Please be aware that this review will contain spoilers, so do not say I didn't warn you.
So, without further ado, let us begin.
The End Days have come. December 21st, 2012, the world will end in a ball of flames, as earthquakes tear the world asunder and civilisation as we know it comes to a screeching halt; at least, that is what we've been told. With Desmond and company unable to access the Inner Sanctum of the Grand Temple, the group are forced to, once again, delve into history and explore the memories of his ancestor; the Native American Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton.
With only days left till the world burns, will Desmond have enough time the find the Key and save the world?
This game has been a long time coming, development started not long after the release of its numbered predecessor (that's three years ago!) and has slowly, but surely progressed, despite the diversions of Brotherhood and Revelations fueling the misplaced belief that the beloved Ezio Auditore da Firenze was going to fight his war against the Templars singlehandedly. With the game's new protagonist, comes a whole heap of new weapons, animations, locations, characters and, most importantly, gameplay. Unfortunately, however, it's not all smooth sailing for the game which shows us what the current, if aged generation of consoles can do when an experienced developer is behind the scenes.
The game starts Desmond awaking from his coma at the doors of the Grand Temple, in New York; by his side are the exuberant (and staunchly British) Shaun Hastings, the tech-savvy Rebecca Crane and everybody's favourite omnipotent celestial being:
Q William Miles (you might know him as Desmond's father). Entering the Temple, the Assassins are greeted by the aged and decayed, but still impressive, extravagance of First Civilization architecture. Forced into the Animus once more, Desmond must view the memories of his ancestor – Haytham Kenway – to locate the Key that, ultimately, saves the world. Hold on a second! Do you say Haytham!?
Yes I did. Believe it or not, Ubisoft pulled a real shocker here by opening up the game, not with the dude seen brutalising Redcoats, flaunting the American flag and acting in a staunchly uncivilised way, but with his father: Haytham Kenway, who is already and aged, experienced Assassin, and a thoroughly English gentleman. It's through him that we get to grips with the controls once more, introducing us the one of the series' new features - the ocean – and opening up the world of Colonial America to us. Eventually however, as is inevitable, we move on from Haytham and begin to explore he memories of his son: Ratonhnhaké:ton (or Connor, by his adoptive name).
It is with Connor that this game truly shines. Native American, born and bred, the high reaching trees of the American Frontier are Connor's playground, just like the cities of Italy were Ezio's. Connor's ability to smoothly, skilfully journey through the trees above his enemies and his prey is evident from the get go, and certainly one of the biggest draws of the game. Just as Ezio's ability to swim drew awe from all who watched, Connor's ability to travel almost the entire length of the very lengthy Frontier without ever touching the ground will keep gamers glued to the trees for days to come. Hell, we might even be calling the next game "Tarzan" at this rate. But it's not all trees for Connor, who must eventually travel to the heart of European culture in the New World, the cities of Boston and New York.
Unlike the cities of Constantinople, Rome and Florence before them, the new cities feel much more alive. The wide streets and busy market places throng with a form of life not witnessed in a game before. Whether it be a man buying his supper, or orphans waylaying well suited gentleman, or a band of British Regulars marching along the beat of a military band, you get the sense that life in Colonial America extends further than the draw distance available to your machine. The side-missions available to you in the cities only help to accentuate that feeling. Missions vary from the simple "Boston Brawlers" (read: fight club (Can't really talk about it though)), to protecting a farmer from encroaching soldiers, or even saving locals from the firing squad. Often time you will be rewarded with a new member to add to your roster of aspiring Assassins, although this aspect of the game is almost entirely optional and has no effect on the story per se.
When he's not visiting the cities of the European colonists, Connor helps to develop the Davenport Homestead from a lonely Manor in a field to a fledgling town in its own right. Bringing people from all backgrounds and professions, Connor is able to, through a dedicated set of side missions, improve his town's infrastructure and, resultantly, the quality of goods he is able to trade throughout the American North East and Caribbean Sea. Early on in these missions, Connor is introduced to another of the game's more important characters.
Robert Faulkner is First Mate of the Protagonists own warship, the Aquila introduces us to what is, undoubtedly, the biggest and most well thought-out addition to the series to date: naval warfare. A game all in itself (seriously, a standalone game using this engine and gameplay would own!), the extraordinary power afforded to game by its AnvilNext engine allows for a truly immersive seafaring voyage; and whilst you won't be fighting undead skeletons or journeying to World's End (pun not intended) anytime soon, battling the Royal Navy on the high seas, protecting against tidal wave and cannon fire is an exhilarating affair and one you will undoubtedly be wanting to replay time and time again.
Unfortunately, it's not all rosy for gamers over in the New World. Along with a slew of new features, this game re-introduces a few that were lost to the ether early on. Remember those cutscene glitches from Assassin's Creed, well they're back. But unlike the originals, which changed our view and allowed us to see things from a different perspective, this games glitches lets us see men pirouetting above the stalls, or a horse and cart melded into the side of a wood cabin down the way. At one point, an unfortunate Patriot soldier fell to the ground after being hacked to death by my tomahawk, and twisted in such a way that he undoubtedly broke every single bone in his body. To call my laughter a little twisted at this sight is, indeed, quite fitting. Other glitches, like disappearing NPCs or custom markers deactivating are also prevalent. Whether these bugs comes as a result of the AnvilNext engine struggling against the confines of the Xbox 360's dated hardware, or sloppy bug-hunting on Ubisoft's behalf is unknown, but one would hope such things will be fixed in future.
Other faults in the game lay with its lacklustre and often confusing story. Several times in the playthrough I found myself wondering just how exactly certain characters had got into that particular situation. A good example being the introduction of Lafayette: we are never introduced to him, yet as soon as Connor and he meet, the two are sharing their life stories (and their true allegiances) to no end. It's not just Lafayette either, but I'll admit that my confusion my may stem as much from my rather spotty knowledge of Patriot characters in history, as to the story itself.
That said, the lack of any real gravitas to the story, whether it be Connor's or Desmond's modern-day sequences, is evident throughout, and gives the impression that story took a back-seat to gameplay in the eyes of the developers.
One thing of particular note, and something that should be subject to serious praise, is the portrayal of the father-son relationships between Desmond and William, and Connor and Haytham. Both relationships were fractured at an early age (Desmond's by his fleeing the Order, Connor's by his father's true allegiance), but in the end it becomes clear that, despite their differences in opinions and believes, each is proud of the father/son's achievements and commitments to their cause.
All in all, Assassin's Creed III is a worthy end to the story of Desmond Miles; offering fans of the series a satisfying, if not entirely awe-inspiring conclusion. The game does stumble at times, with the story falling flat throughout and that ever nagging feeling of "the British Imperium" being so closely entwined with the Templar Order that, pears or apples, they're both fruits, but it makes up for it in terms of gameplay, character and sheer stunning beauty.
Assassin's Creed III is, without a doubt, a game that must be played, and soon. Some may be happy that Desmond's story has come to an end, others not so much, but whatever your preference, you cannot deny that his story has been an exhilarating one to follow and an honour to be a part of. The End Days are coming. All of this has happened before, and it will happen again. Won't it?
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What Happens When You Get A Hockey Puck in the Face? [Photo]
Hockey is the best. But not because of this. This Grand Rapids Griffin sure puts the 'face off in 'face-off.'
Check out this grotesque photo of Mitch Callahan, who got popped in the face with a puck by one of his teammates with the Grand Rapids Griffins during a game on Wednesday night.
Brace yourself — it ain't pretty. He's truly got a face now that only a mother could love.
"The dentist will see you now"
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Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
The iPad Air has a 5 MP camera, while the Galaxy Tab 3 has a 3 MP camera. In terms of camera UI, the iPad stays true to Apple's overly-simplistic design approach, and thus presents you with the bare necessities only. In contrast, the Tab 3 lets you do whatever you want with that 3 MP snapper – it has a rich set of options allowing you to tweak a lot of things, if that's what you want.
Naturally, the iPad Air has the benefit of the higher resolution, as it manages to pack slightly more detail with its images, though the difference isn't really that big. Colors are also a bit more realistic with the iPad Air most of the time, although, once again, the Galaxy Tab 3 doesn't lag too much behind. Indoors, the difference is much bigger, as the iPad Air takes well-exposed, usable images, while the Galaxy Tab fares much worse.
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The Galaxy Tab 3 takes fluid 720p video, which is fine, but the 1080p footage of the iPad Air is better in terms of both resolution and quality.
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Even though its display is inferior, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 does have a more suitable aspect ratio for video playback. You can achieve the same image size with the iPad Air, should you decide to stretch the video so that it fills the screen, but this would mean that the leftmost and rightmost edges of the video will be cut out.
The Galaxy Tab 3 has stereo speakers positioned nicely on the opposite edges when the device is held in landscape mode. The iPad Air also has stereo speakers, but their positioning next to each other practically eliminates the stereo effect. Even then, we prefer the iPad's speakers, because they sound way better, especially in the lower frequency range.
15 Comments
1. olamba333 (Posts: 5; Member since: 17 Oct 2013)
I think samsung tab 3 is better
2. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Yes Tab 3 is better. PA thinks every iStuff is premium.
8. silencer271 (Posts: 254; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Iphonearena has apple so far up its butt its not even funny anymore.
3. mr.techdude (Posts: 571; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
@itsdeepak4u2000, just cause PA is finding istuff is premium, there only saying that in comparison to the plastic devices which therefore makes the iPad or istuff premium. Where as if u had a HTC one vs iPhone 5s, PA is not that ignorant to say only I stuff is premium they'll say BOTH are premium.
4. darkkjedii (Posts: 24906; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Good post +1
7. Diezparda (Posts: 889; Member since: 23 Oct 2013)
"that Apple does a fabulous job of making plastic look cool!", that exactly what they saying on 5c review. Seriously? 5c is made of plastic and it's colorfull and glossy which is even worst and it's look like a toy (an expensive toy)
Just saying althought i'm agree the iPad looks better when it compared to Galaxy tab, it is premium (literally) since it's more expensive as well. But i think debating over premium material is kinda pointless since you gonna put some case on it.
9. silencer271 (Posts: 254; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
see what I mean about the iphonearena lol
5. JMartin22 (Posts: 2013; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)
It's kind of pointless and idiotic to compare a flagship tablet to a midrange device that no one is talking about.
15. john23523 (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Jan 2014)
lol, people are talking about it.
6. baller23 (Posts: 23; Member since: 18 Apr 2013)
And the Samsung wins !!
10. oNEWorld (Posts: 140; Member since: 01 Aug 2013)
I wanna see an Lg gpad 9.7
11. verty (Posts: 125; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Seemingly biased review. Ray S loves apple too much don't do comparisons no more.
12. Mubarak (Posts: 1; Member since: 06 Dec 2013)
I wonder what Appleboy will say when I tell him I bought the Tab 3 10.1 for $290 at Bestbuy on Black Friday.
I use my tablet as a GPS, among other things. As Appleboy said, the WiFi version of the iPad has no GPS receiver. Also, as he says, there is no SD card slot on the Air. As you can see, suddenly we are spending $700+ for all the wonderful advantages of the iPad Air.
In truth, I use my tablet to surf the web in the bathroom. For real work, I use my docked notebook with 3 24" 1920x1200 monitors, Core i7 CPU, 32 GB RAM, SSD drive etc etc. Spending $700+ on a tablet to me is madness.
There is room in the market for a fine 10" tablet under $300, and that is what I have.
14. john23523 (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Jan 2014)
A Core i7 with 32gb of ram? That is so unnecessary for "work".
13. john23523 (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Jan 2014)
This review is deliberately bias, and noncritical of the Ipad air. The reviewer focused on only criticizing the Galaxy Tab 3, while pointing out more cons than positives, while pointing out absolutely NO cons about the Ipad. An unreliable "article".


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I've been running a spreadsheet on the 2011 heating season and the 2012 heating season for the Central Bucks area.
Degree Days:
October 2011 - 341.5
October 2012 - 302.5
November 2011 - 513.5
November 2012 - 735
December 2011 - 804.5
December 2012 - 819
Long range forecast for January looks like we'll be warmer than usual, but last year was pretty warm in Jan-Feb also. To date, I've used almost 2 full tons of coal, and I expect I'll be using ~2.5 tons to get through to the end of the Summer hot water season. Which is just about what I used last year, not counting the waste I had starting up my unit.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
People walking
A few tips and tricks from my course: bodies tall and slim; heads small, faceless and leveled; feet and legs not too detailed; variation in postures as well as in spaces between the individuals.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Laminatu cooking
My sister-in-law cooking plasass in our kitchen: spinach, peanut butter, chicken and some wonderful spices. This is a demo painting at my watercolor course, where we did interiors on Monday.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Canarian landscape
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Grey shrike
I know the Great grey shrike as a white dot on a telephone wire in a snowy landscape. Here I met it in a sunbaked valley on an island off the northwest coast of Africa, where it chased down a huge grasshopper and then returned to its cactus perch. The local subspecies koenigi will belong to the Southern grey shrike if the species is divided, which is being discussed.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Tove and I are back from Gran Canaria. We were in a heavily touristed area but nature started just across the road. These Sanderlings were born in the Arctic a couple of months ago and obviously winter on the Playa del Aguila right outside our hotel area. They spent the nights among the pebbles, the mornings on the sandy beach and the days on some flat rocks. I love their swift jumps and rushes to avoid the waves and their ability to snap any minute creep that the waves wash up on the shore.
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A 25-year-old Georgia law school graduate has been accused of killing a classmate who was discovered dismembered outside the apartment building where they lived.
Stephen Mark McDaniel was charged with murder in the death of Lauren Giddings, a 27-year-old from Laurel, Md., who was last seen after a night out with friends June 25. Five days later, police discovered her torso wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin beside her apartment building. Authorities are still searching for other remains.
McDaniel, who was Giddings' next door neighbor, has been in jail for a month on unrelated burglary charges. His attorney said he will fight the new charges.
"He insists he's innocent of these charges and he will enter a plea of not guilty and demand a jury trial," Floyd Buford said.
Macon Police Chief Mike Burns said his department has gathered more than 200 pieces of evidence, conducted dozens of interviews and were confident with their case, but he refused to talk about a motive.
"I hope this is a comfort for her family and our citizens," he said at a news conference Wednesday.
The killing shocked the tight-knit community of Macon in central Georgia. Giddings' family and friends were baffled at why the tall, popular woman was targeted. She graduated from Mercer University Law School in May and then traveled to Maryland to be in her sister's wedding. She returned just long enough to study for the bar exam, consider job offers and pack her belongings.
After she was reported missing, officers found her keys, cell phone and wallet inside her apartment, with no sign of a break-in or struggle.
They also found an email she had sent her boyfriend, an Atlanta lawyer, saying she feared someone had tried to break into her apartment the week before, said police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet.
Police quickly identified McDaniel as a person of interest early, and shortly after Giddings' death he was arrested and jailed on burglary charges involving two break-ins at the apartment complex. Authorities also identified several other persons of interest, but Burns would not say whether additional charges are expected.
McDaniel, who is from the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, was known as a quiet student. Bill Giddings, the slain woman's father, has said he met McDaniel a few times during his visits to campus. McDaniel "seemed to be a light-weight, kind of a bookworm," he said.
After Giddings' body was discovered but before he was charged, McDaniel told reporters that he and her friends helped search for her when she was missing. He said she was "as nice a person as could be, she was personable, she was always nice to talk to."
"I don't know why anyone would do this," he said.
Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Laurel, Md.
Giddings' family recently sent a dive team into a nearby river to scour for her remains, and police encouraged residents to call in with tips of foul odors or freshly disturbed patches of dirt.
"We are happy that the case is moving forward to some type of closure," said Giddings' mother, Karen. "I certainly was hoping that there was somebody that Lauren did not know, but that would mean a killer could be walking the streets."
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Miller pens Dons deal
Aberdeen striker Lee Miller has ended speculation about his future by signing a new two-year contract.
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Last Updated: 13/05/08 7:42pm
Aberdeen striker Lee Miller has ended speculation about his future by signing a new two-year contract at Pittodrie.
It had been feared the 24-year-old, who was out of contract this summer, could leave the club on a free transfer.
However, Miller is enjoying his football with Aberdeen and is pleased to commit his foreseeable future to the SPL club.
"I'm really happy to be staying with Aberdeen for two years as I am very settled here and I am really enjoying playing football with this side at the moment," said Miller.
Bit of time
"It has taken me a bit of time to come to this decision as I had to weigh up my other options in different places but the decision has been made and I am an Aberdeen player for the foreseeable future."
Manager Jimmy Calderwood believes retaining Miller is one of the most important transactions the club will do all summer.
"I think with Lee signing this is probably one of the most important things for Aberdeen this summer as we have a huge rebuilding project and Lee is a huge factor in this," he told the club's official website.


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Official circles said here today that President de Gaulle's wide-ranging attack on Israel at his Paris press conference yesterday would have been more appropriate coming from "a Kosygin, Gomulka or Ulbricht" and must not be confused with the views of the French people.
It was indicated that an official reply to the French leader could be expected at the first opportunity but that a diplomatic break between the two countries was not likely. Sources close to the Prime Minister called de Gaulle's speech, in which he charged that Israel was a "warlike state bent on expansion" a "complete falsification of history and of the aspirations of Jewish settlement in Palestine" which ignored the background of events that led to last June's Six-Day War.


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by LT Marie
So, I started with a story concept and years later have a final product I can share with everyone. Three Days is my first completed work and let me tell you the process is long and detail oriented. The story concept began with my little adventure in Vegas and blossomed into a story set in the very same town between two women who are like night and day. I tried to build a couple of strong characters and plot a storyline. Added a lot of sexual tension and drama to hopefully make the reader keep reading. Then a team of talented people ripped everything to shreds in the hopes of helping Three Days be the best story it can be. So what's left–The Feet–The sum of all parts coming together in one extraordinary package.
Yes, Three Days can finally stand on it's own feet. In fact, when I receive my first copy, I'll place it on my bookshelf to prove it 🙂 I can't wait to hold that first book in my hand. Maybe then, I'll finally believe I got my chance at being an author.
Come October 17th 2011, I hope you pick up a copy and enjoy!


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Oh, Adell.
You're going to hell.
Royal Robertson wedged this prophecy into his Bible verse-filled calendar, something he felt he had to say.
Well, more like something he couldn't resist saying.
Because Adell's leaving him for another man spiraled him into a rage, and he never got over it.
He'd been having visions of God, who came to him in a spaceship. And he interpreted those visions through this artwork, many times using calendars as his surface.
Maybe the calendars had something to do with time, predicting the world's end with Jesus' second coming.
Bible verses fill the calendars' squares, most of them imploring his viewers to turn to the Lord before all hope is lost. That is, all viewers except for Adell.
Robertson's random prophecies predicted only one destination for her.
Adell. Hell.
The rhyme would be a good opening line for a blues song. Which would be more than appropriate when considering that Robertson's artwork is among a selection of more than 100 pieces from the House of Blues' collection of Southern vernacular artwork.
This selection has been carefully chosen and assembled for the exhibitWhen You're Lost, Everything's a Sign: Self-Taught Art from The House of Blues, which runs through Sunday, July 21 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.
It all makes perfect sense: the artwork, the musical genre, even the exhibit's title.
See, there's really no separation between the artists who created the pieces showing in the Ogden Museum's fourth-floor gallery and the men and women who sing the blues. Listen to the music; everyone's lost something along the way.
Love, money, self-respect, hope. Even Adell.
True, Robertson wasn't singing about Adell. Then again, what's the difference between his version of the blues and, say, that of B.B. King singing about how he gave his woman seven children and now she wants to give them back in "How Blue Can You Get?"
The House of Blues makes that connection, linking its artwork with American vernacular music traditions. The Ogden is digging a little deeper by looking at the stories behind the artwork, those of the artists' lives, the inspiration behind their work, the stories told by each piece.
And the recurring theme of signs binds them.
"I looked at the different definitions of a sign when I was putting this show together," Bradley Sumrall said.
He's the museum's chief curator, guiding the way through the gallery on this particular day. He also curated this show, which required searching through the House of Blues' art collection of more than 10,000 pieces and whittling that number down to 200 works by 48 artists representing the country's southern region from Texas to Maryland.
Which wasn't easy. Sumrall is familiar with most all of the artists in the art collection. He's visited with many and talked to friends and family who knew those now deceased. He's seen their houses and listened to their stories.
The artwork isn't complete without the stories.
Take, for instance, James "Son Ford" Thomas, whose name blues fans will recognize. Thomas made his living digging graves in Leland, Miss., an activity that seems to have served as an inspiration for his art.
For he started shaping skulls from gumbo clay. His pieces are sunbaked, some with teeth made of pebbles, others whose mouths are inlaid with actual human teeth.
"They're so delicate because they weren't baked in a kiln," Sumrall said. "One was sent to us in the mail once, and it had crumbled by the time it came here. So, I made sure I went to where the art is stored and personally carried the skulls back."
The storage facility is in Jefferson Parish. This isn't storage for artwork only at the House of Blues in New Orleans' French Quarter; it serves as the archive for all artwork in the entire House of Blues network. So, though the drive to and from Jefferson Parish was relatively short, it also was tension-filled, for one wrong move would have left Sumrall with a pile of dried clay, leaving only Thomas' story.
And one always works best with the other.
Such as in the case of the prophet himself. Royal Robertson was 14 years old when he received his first vision of God.
"He saw God driving a spaceship in this vision," Sumrall said. "He believed that aliens gave him visions of the end of days through a complex system of numerology. He believed that his art was divinely sanctioned as a warning to humanity."
Robertson's numerology theory might explain why he chose calendars as surfaces for his drawings of God wearing a space suit, sometimes in the spaceship, sometimes outside of it. And below the pictures, the calendar day squares are filled with scripture.
Well, save for that occasional prophecy regarding Adell.
Robertson was born in St. Helena Parish and later moved to Baldwin. He married Adell in the 1950s. They were parents to 11 children.
"When you'd drive by his house, you'd see all of these signs in his yard," Sumrall said. "A lot of them were about Adell. We left a lot of that out and kept his part of the show pretty tame."
Robertson died in Houston in 1997. And here's an interesting twist to this story — he made his living not as an artist but as a sign painter.
He could be the poster artist for this show, because at the end of his life, everything was a sign.
"One definition of a 'sign' is something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition or quality," Sumrall wrote in an essay accompanying this exhibit. "The works in this collection can be viewed as a visual document — a sign pointing to the existence of a culture, the same culture that created vernacular musical forms championed by the House of Blues."
Sumrall also points out that a sign also is "an indicator, a footprint, proof that something existed in a particular place and time."
"Several artists included in this exhibition — Leroy Almon, Roy Ferdinand, Herbert Singleton and Archie Byron — depicted their environment with an unflinching eye," Sumrall wrote. "They not only documented their community, but portrayed history, and shed light on the pressing social issues of their time."
Then there are the signs that are signs from God, warnings to lead the lost to salvation.
"Reverend Howard Finster was told to 'make sacred art' by a giant in a vision that Finster believed to be God," Sumrall wrote. "Bessie Harvey saw the natural world around her, especially the trees, as having a spiritual element … through her art she has tried to portray her visions of the spirits within these natural objects. Dr. Bob's describes the Loup Garou as a ladder to the spirit world, made partially from objects collected under the house of a deceased necromancer in Memphis, Tenn. It is a powerful object, a fetish, a bridge to a world beyond our own."
Finally, signs also can be displays with letter and symbols identifying a place.
"Many of the artists in this exhibition — including James Harold Jennings, B.F. Perkins, Prophet Royal Robertson, L.V. Hull, R.A. Miller and most notably, Reverend Howard Finster of Paradise Gardens and W.C. Rice with his Cross Garden — created art environments," Sumrall wrote.
"The works of art become signs that could be seen from the road, directing visitors to the location where the artists could sell their wares, be it art objects or salvation."
All of the artists mentioned by Sumrall are represented by work in the exhibit that, again, is part of the House of Blues' vast art collection that grew from founder Isaac Tigrett's passion for blues music and the culture that created and sustained it.
Tigrett opened the first House of Blues in Cambridge, Mass., in 1992. The idea, of course, was to showcase both the music and food of the South. He decorated his club with artwork that derived from the same culture, artwork that now serves as the decor of the House of Blues' 131 locations.
"What began as a collection of works chosen to decorate the venue has grown into an important collection of self-taught, outside and visionary and African-American folk art," Sumrall said.
"This visual work developed outside of formal art institutions. It's a visual document of the culture that created the music."
Let's back up for a moment to Sumrall's earlier mention of the artist W.C. Rice and his cross garden. One of Rice's crosses is displayed at the exhibit's entrance. It's small and rough in nature, but it packs a powerful story.
And again, there's always a story.
Rice lived in Plattville, Ala. He began making the crosses after his mom and dad died, posting them around his parents' grave sites in the local cemetery.
"Some of them were the size of telephone poles," Sumrall said. "He'd go to his parents' graves every day and place the crosses."
Then came the inevitable complaints from other cemetery visitors who may have thought Rice to be a little obsessive-compulsive. They didn't appreciate what they probably saw as clutter.
"So, he just went to the cemetery, dug up his parents and reburied them in his front yard," Sumrall said.
"He would never sell his crosses; he would only trade them for something else. So, when we saw that the House of Blues had one of his crosses, we were very excited."
Next up is Jon Bok's "Padlock Throne Table." This is a throne-like chair that converts into a table. It's decorated with padlocks and license plates, and it's a favorite of schoolchildren visiting this show.
"It's interactive," Sumrall explained. "We invite people to sit in it. And, as you can see, you can fold it into a table."
The amazing story behind this piece is that Bok is legally blind. And one day, he just stopped making art and disappeared.
"Nobody knows where he is," Sumrall said.
He continues guiding the way, pointing out Jimmie Lee Sudduth's painting, "Man on a Proud Horse."
Sudduth was descended from a mixed African-American and Native American heritage and used his fingers to paint with such natural materials as mud and berries.
Then there's Reginald Mitchell's distorted painting of a paddlewheel boat. Mitchell was mentally disabled, and his paintings always came out distorted.
"Reginald Mitchell was taught by James Michalopoulos before Michalopoulas started distorting his own paintings," Sumrall said.
Next up is the Rev. Howard Finster, who was in his 50s when he began painting. Finster was a Baptist minister from Georgia, and like the Prophet Robertson, also had visions of God and connected them to space aliens.
Finster's is one of the best-known names in this show. His artwork came to widespread notice in the 1980s, when he designed album covers for such bands as R.E.M. and the Talking Heads.
"He was even a guest on The Tonight Show," Sumrall said. "He created over 75,000 works."
And these works are a mixture of figures and carefully printed text.
Which is another reminder of the prophet's work. But Finster includes no reference to Adell.
Those blues belong only to Robertson. And he sang them through his art.


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Replay: Saturday Church?
Three years ago, I wrote a post called "Saturday Church." In the post, I describe several opportunities that we had to meet with the church on a Saturday. A Saturday? Yes, a Saturday. In Scripture, we see more examples of the church meeting day-to-day than we see the church meeting only on Sunday. Plus, these "church meetings" may not have looked like what you expect…
We met with the church several times last Saturday. Several times? Yes, several times. Saturday? Yes, Saturday. And, in a couple of instances, we were meeting as the church going into the world, instead of meeting as the church separated from the world. (See my post "The church meets here".)
Saturday morning, our family and some friends went to a low income neighborhood where one of our friends lives. (See "Opportunities to serve" and "God works through my wife too".) Did someone lead singing? No. Did someone "preach a sermon"? No. But, when the church met, we dealt with people's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. We only introduced ourselves to some people, and spent alot of time with other people. We helped people understand Scripture, and we prayed with people. Some people reacted with tears, some with smiles, some with gratitude, some with indifference. We attempted to demonstrate God's love regardless of the people's reactions.
Saturday afternoon, our family and some friends went to the nursing home to visit with Mrs. Jenny. (See I think we've been adopted" and "She said, 'I'm very close'".) Again, no one led us in songs, and no one preached a sermon. But we all loved on her and listened to her talk about her week. After a few minutes, everyone left except Margaret and me. We talked to her a little longer, giving her the opportunity to ask us questions about Christ and faith. For the most part, she did not want to ask questions that day. However, she spent several minutes telling us how God had been drawing her to himself. It was almost as if she were evangelizing us!
Saturday evening, some friends invited us and another family to their house for a pancake dinner. Each family brought a griddle, and cooked piles of pancakes, sausage, and bacon. After everyone ate their fill, we sat around and talked about what's going on in our lives. It is amazing to see how God is at work, in different way in the lives of different people. Again, there was no organized singing or preaching. But, this was certainly an edifying time.
No singing… no preaching… and yet when we met together, we met as brothers and sisters in Christ, with a desire to build up one another toward maturity in Christ and with a desire to demonstrate the love of God toward each other and toward others. I came away from these Saturday meetings with a song in my heart and being taught by word and example how to better follow Jesus Christ – with a better understanding of the Scriptures and what it means to trust God – with a better understanding of what the Spirit of God is doing in my brothers and sisters and in the world around us.
"Whenever you come together… let everything be done for edification." (1 Cor 14:26)


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Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favorite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said.
When Australian aid worker Danielle Noble first saw conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna in a Bangladesh orphanage, everyone assumed they would die.
Twin Bangladeshi girls who were joined at the top of their heads and shared blood vessels and brain tissue were successfully separated Tuesday after 25 hours of delicate surgery, hospital officials said.
A marathon and risky operation to separate Bangladeshi twins joined at the head, which they have only a one in four chance of both surviving, was going well Monday, surgeons said.
Breast implants are not exclusive to young women anymore, even grandmothers are going under the knife for more beautiful bosoms.
Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.
A 10-day-old baby born with a heart on the outside of his body is recovering in an Indian hospital after undergoing surgery to create space for the organ, reports said Friday.
More than 65 percent of all transplanted organs in China come from executed prisoners, a situation that a senior health official has condemned as improper, state media reported Wednesday.
Spain's first face transplant patient -- the first anywhere to get a new tongue and jaw -- has been so pleased by his new appearance that he smiled, hospital officials said Saturday.
The Transplantation Society of Taiwan urged the government to take effective measures and actively cultivate the sources for donated human organs to help more needy patients and reduce overall medical costs.


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This image shows two spots at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, at the bottom of a ventilation stack between the No.1 and No.2 reactors, where radiation levels are still high enough to kill a human being. I'm talking about the quick-death-by-radiation-poisoning sort of "kill," not the possible-death-by-cancer-at-some-point-in-the-future sort. At the colored spots, radiation levels were measured at 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour.
The image was captured using a gamma ray camera, the same sort of equipment that researchers use to track radioactive isotopes in the human body as part of medical treatments.
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He would come out of his thatched hut in the country's north-eastern state of Assam and light a bundle of hay every evening to honour the independence won in 1947.
On Tuesday, the 83-year-old Paduram passed away, but his mission did not.
His fellow villagers have vowed to keep the tradition alive.
Independence may have changed little of Paduram's way of life in the village of Dipila Kamargaon, 70km from Assam's capital, Guwahati, but it certainly left an indelible impression.
Since the 1980s, the state has been gripped by a violent separatist movement that has left thousands dead.
Thousands of young Assamese men left their homes to join the underground United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) to fight Indian security forces.
Mr Sarmah said many young men from the village had gone to join Ulfa.
But Paduram believed in India. For him, Assam was part of it.
Community elder, Bhabesh Talukdar, says the villagers of Dipila Kamargaon, have decided to keep Paduram's flame burning forever.
He said one villager would light a bundle of hay every day near the local temple, called Namghar, to keep Paduram's spirit alive.
Last year, Assam's Congress government, fighting separatist forces, claimed Paduram as an icon of Indian nationalism in Assam and rewarded him with 50,000 rupees ($1,100).
Paduram did not want to take the money but his villagers persuaded him to accept it.


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text: Culture 18 September 2000 Fokine marvellous The Russian choreographer Michel Fokine revolutionised the art of dancing, and then he was eclipsed Sign up for our weekly email * News comes of the escalating spat between the violinist Nigel Kennedy and the impresario Sir John Drummond. Kennedy has played Berg's funereal Violin Concerto dressed in a black cape; Drummond hates the cape as a gesture of pandering to the masses - although I haven't seen too many black capes in my local supermarket lately. Kennedy accuses Drummond of "elitism". In one way, this is no more than another round of Britain's favourite sport, class warfare. Kennedy has lost this round, because that black cape is, in fact, a little gesture of contempt. It betokens the assumption that difficult or demanding art can't be served to the general public straight; high art needs to be "presented", "explained" or, in this case, dressed up. The black cape has sharpened my memories of the season given this summer by St Petersburg's Kirov Ballet at Covent Garden in London. There were, indeed, few representatives of the great unwashed or the young in the lower reaches of the house - ticket prices of up to £70 a seat ensured that. But the Kirov programmes, especially those devoted to the choreographer Michel Fokine, presented to us work that once sought, and succeeded in, speaking of new and strange things directly to a large public. Michel Fokine (although Russian, he preferred the French spelling of his first name) was trained as a dancer in the strict rules that governed St Petersburg's Imperial Ballet at the end of the 19th century. By the age of 24, in 1904, he had set about revolutionising the art of dancing. Nineteenth-century choreographers focused on the movements of the legs, whereas Fokine used the whole body. Fokine's predecessors trained the dancer's legs to turn out; he turned them in or folded them. Before Fokine, choreographer, set designer, costumer and composer each worked in isolation on a dance; Fokine set about bringing these arts together. He aimed, with painterly collaborators such as Alexandre Benois and Leon Bakst, and eventually under the presiding genius of the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, at total dance theatre - just as Richard Wagner aimed single-handedly in Bayreuth to create total opera theatre. The first collaboration between Fokine and Benois, the one-act ballet Le Pavillon d'Armide of 1907, made use of new music by Nikolai Tcherepnin; Benois co-ordinated costumes with the stage sets; and the choreography daringly makes the dancers' shoulders as expressive as their toes. A year later, Les Sylphides was a dance work that managed to look backward and forward at once: backward to the era of the great ballerina Maria Taglioni in the middle of the 19th century; forward in giving the corps de ballet a new unity of movement tying the piece together as a whole. These early works provided a foretaste of the revolution in dance that Fokine and his collaborators would launch at the Ballets Russes in Paris. Fokine's story, once he allied himself to Diaghilev's troupe in 1909, is, however, both glorious and sad. In four years, he created a spate of masterpieces - Scheherazade, Firebird, Le Spectre de la Rose, Petrouchka, Daphnis et Chloe. How he did so has been recovered for us by Drummond (whom history will remember as a dance researcher, rather than a class warrior). In Speaking of Diaghilev (Faber and Faber, £14.99), Drummond drew out, for instance, the aged ballerina Tamara Karsavina, who recalled Fokine as a man of "terrific tempers", but no disciplinarian: instead, "he was like a sculptor. Sometimes he wanted a pose, he wouldn't explain very much, he would show it and then come and arrange it . . ." All the Paris ballets show traces of that working method, the hard work of composition subsumed in art's greatest illusions: spontaneity and simplicity. Vaslav Nijinsky is a large part of what went wrong for Fokine. The young dancer dislodged Fokine's place as premier choreographer when he undertook L'Apres-midi d'un Faune in 1912 and, more famously, Sacre du Printemps in 1913. At 34, Fokine was suddenly, and mys-teriously, a spent force. He broke with Diaghilev and returned to Russia, only to begin wandering the world, a man restaging the triumphs of his youth, but adding nothing substantially new. My teacher Pierre Monteux, who conducted the premiere of Petrouchka in 1911, said that Fokine, after the rupture with the Ballets Russes, was "homeless in his soul". He died in 1942. In its time, Fokine's work had all the marks of avant-garde modernism; a theory even lay behind it - a concept of bodily "signs", which Fokine eventually wrote out in the Russian journal Argus in 1916. The work should have shocked, disoriented and disturbed audiences - here was an "elite" project hewing to the highest standards, a new concept of dance theatre presented straight out. If the rules of the game in modern Britain had prevailed a century ago, Fokine might been obliged to come out in front of the fire curtain before a performance in order to "prepare" the audience for what they were about to see. But the artist had a better, more honest relation to his public. He struck an immediately enthusiastic response. Sophisticated audiences in St Petersburg knew they were watching an art changing before their eyes. Jaded Parisians knew something radical was afoot, if not quite what was happening. Even Britain, so deficient in dancers and so starved of dance at the time, took in the work of Fokine and of the Ballets Russes enthusiastically and intelligently. The first performance in London, in 1911, of Le Pavillon d'Armide, for instance, was greeted by the Morning Post as "fresh and attractive [in] character"; the British public, who had seen nothing like it, only wanted to see more. If this connection across the footlights surprises us, it is because, I think, we understand quite badly the reception of the performing arts in the past. In part, our models are too literary. The genius unrecognised in his or her garret - Chatterton dying alone, Melville toiling as a clerk, Rimbaud remembered by only a few cognoscenti - is a literary model that cannot serve in the performing arts: a singer or dancer nurturing his or her genius in secret is merely rehearsing. Before the age of the university artist, or the grants-funded artist, performing had an all-or-nothing urgency for the stage artist; equally, it elicited an intensity and concentration of attention in the spectators. Nineteenth-century audiences lacked our technology of familiarity, of recording and television; live art was all they knew. The immediacy of performance shaped their taste; they wanted more than to be reminded of what they had already seen or heard. Certainly, audiences a century ago could be conservative, but "conservative" did not translate to "indifferent". Fokine's gift was to make this involvement with the stage total, coherent and so compelling. How could this lost world be recreated, if at all, a century later? The Kirov lets us see almost all Fokine's great works. The company can trace its own origins back 250 years in St Petersburg. Its character was defined for modern times by the arrival of the dancing master Marius Petipa in 1847; the troupe was installed in the Maryinsky Theatre, which is still its home, in 1886. Even in the darkest moments of communism, the Kirov remained a treasure house of dancing, although the authorities confined its modern repertoire to Soviet schlock. The Kirov's past decade forms a shaming contrast to Convent Garden's. The London house, awash with cash, nearly sank due to the incompetence of the fat-cat contributors controlling it. The leader who most recently might have saved it, the American Michael Kaiser, quietly but quickly announced his departure once he had seen the lay of the land. The Russian house, on a much leaner diet, has performed miracles. The great conductor Valery Gergiev unified the artistic direction of the Kirov Opera and Kirov Ballet in 1996; the ballet master Mahar Vaziev built on the foundations established by the unfairly maligned Oleg Vinogradov, who began to open the repertoire up to the west in the Brezhnev years of Soviet decadence. The company we saw in London has no star dancers to equal Natalia Makarova or Rudolf Nureyev, who fled Russia in the bad old days. Indeed, the Royal Ballet, which has managed to survive the chaos of its Covent Garden masters better than the Royal Opera, dances some of the Ballets Russes repertoire as well or better than the Kirov - our home-grown Firebird is a marvel. The Russian company glories still, however, in the unity of its execution. In Petrouchka, the co-operation between musicians in the pit and dancers on stage was total; Scheherazade, a work that hovers on the edge of erotic kitsch, did not fall into that abyss, thanks to the disciplined restraint of the corps de ballet. The company is Fokine's company in its spirit, its parts welded into one solid, expressive whole. Although, with the passage of time, the shock of unity inevitably fades, still the Kirov managed to command the public. The Covent Garden audience has become accustomed to applauding every star turn; as these evenings from the past unfolded, however, that habit fell away. The purity of the Kirov performances, their uncompromising character, exerted a different power. No black capes and no explanations were necessary. The Kirov trusted in Fokine's art, and so, again, did we. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 18 September 2000 issue of the New Statesman, Let the poor seek a place in the sun More


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The 136th Annual Isanti County Fair runs Wednesday, July 24, through Sunday, July 28, and with a theme of "Oktoberfest in July," this year's fair is packed full of education, cultural events and traditions.
Wednesday, July 24
The Fair opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday with "Military Appreciation Day," and all military service members and veterans will receive free admission. Opening ceremonies and flag raising will begin at 6 p.m. at the Legion building, and all rides on the Midway will be $1.
Thursday, July 25
On Thursday, all seniors 62 and older will receive discounted gate admission with the Seniors Day Program beginning at 1 p.m. The program will feature "Down Home," Sac's Red Hatters and Outstanding Seniors awards and will be followed by the Elk River German Band, performing folk songs and polkas in the band shell. Fair visitors will also have the opportunity to enjoy a traditional German dinner, which will be served at the band shell for those who want to try an authentic taste of the Old World. They also can participate in a German chocolate cake contest sponsored by the Open Class Department.
Friday, July 26
Kid's Day Events will begin on Friday at 8:30 a.m. with free games, activities, contests, prizes, a Lego Creation Competition and a Pedal Tractor Pull for the kids.
Saturday, July 27
On Saturday, the Concord Singers along with Narren from New Ulm, Minn., and the Edelweiss Dancers of St. Paul, will be performing authentic German selections and traditional dance.
You will not want to miss this opportunity to experience the Concord Singers' extensive repertoire of current and traditional German popular standards and "Volksweise." Traveling with the Concord Singers will be Narren, which consists of characters, like jesters, in traditional German wooden masks and colorful costumes.
Narren attends festivities where merrymaking and dancing take place, getting the crowd involved, leading snake dances and having fun. Also on Saturday, the Edelweiss Dancers from St. Paul will perform and promote history, bringing to life the folk dances that originated in Austria and Germany.
Sunday, July 28
Sunday will bring back the Isanti County Fair classic car show along with the famous Burn Out competition and the talent contest, The Nieghberz Band, Cowboy Church Service and more.
Featured entertainment
Band shell entertainment includes the Vulkan Band performing '80s rock on Wednesday and the Mystery Mountain Boys with bluegrass on Thursday evening. Friday night will bring the return of the Chris Brooks Band and the Shaw Brothers Band on Saturday, providing great dance music.
If motor sports are your interest, there will be great grandstand events each night, starting with Wednesday and Thursday, admitting children 12 and under free to the grandstand with a paid adult.
The Moto-Cross will start the action on Wednesday night, and Thursday evening will be the "Night of Destruction" including a Spectator Drag Race for fair visitors. Participants will bring their own personal vehicles and race one lap around the Isanti County Fair Racetrack for cash and a trophy. There will also be a Street Survivor Race, Chain Race, Appliance Races, Dukes of Hazard Jump and death-defying stunts by "Wildman" Clay Gallagher. A highlight of the night will again be the Figure 8 Trailer Races.
The annual Isanti County Fair tractor pull will be held on Friday, with the demo derby on Saturday, featuring both compact and full-size cars and trucks along with the addition of two pro-stock heats for Full-Size Cars and Compact Trucks and Mini-vans.
If you are looking for something new and completely different, Michael Griffen, "America's Escape Hero," featured on "America's Got Talent," "Ripley's Believe it or Not," multiple episodes of "Masters of Illusion," and a is a two-time winner of the World Magic Awards, will perform several times daily throughout the week. Also planned on Friday and Saturday are performances of Griffen escaping from the fairgrounds pond after being chained to a cinder block and submerged in 10 feet of water.
Returning attractions
Other returning attractions include The Old West Society of Minnesota with their 1800s campsite, complete with 1800s cooking and re-enactments of legendary gunfights; free trolley rides daily; donkey races; Pork Chop Derby pig races; the Cock-a-doodle Zoo exotic animal exhibit; children's farmyard and pony rides; bingo; the beer garden; 4-H and Open Class exhibits; demonstrations and competitions.
Amusement Attractions is returning and will offer daily ride specials, special advance-sale carnival ticket prices and Armband Days, along with new games and rides. Visit www.isanticountyfair.com for complete information on advance sale tickets and on the fair.
For more information, call the fair office at 763-689-2555.
Detailed Schedule of Events
Wednesday, July 24
Free Admission for all Service Personnel & Veterans
9 am 4-H Dog Show
Kennel Club Shelter
2 pm 4-H Pet and Cat Show
Kennel Club Shelter
4 pm Beer Gardens open
Noon – 6pm The Historical Society Opens
4:15 pm 4-H Dairy Goat Show
East Show Arena
5 – 9 pm FREE Trolley Rides
5 – 9 pm Cock-a-Doodle Zoo & Pony Rides
Children's Farmyard
5 pm MIDWAY OPENS
5 pm Open Class exhibits open
6 pm Flag Raising – Color Guards
6:30 pm MOTO-CROSS – Grandstand
7 pm "Vulkan" Band – Bandshell
7:30 pm 4-H Horse Training Show
Horse Arena
7:30 pm The Escape Guy
Kennel Shelter
Thursday, July 25
Senior's Day – Seniors 62 & over $2 off gate admission
8 am 4-H Pleasure Horse Show
Horse Arena
8:30 am 4-H Poultry Show – Poultry Barn
9 am – 9 pm Cock-a-Doodle Zoo &
Pony Rides – Children's Farmyard
11 am Robotics demo – Bandshell
12 Noon Beer Garden Opens
12 Noon Drill Team Quad Performance
full drill team performance after the 4-H pleasure show
Noon – 6pm The Historical Society Opens
Noon – 8 pm Winter Adventure Opens
1 pm – 9 pm FREE Trolly Rides
1 pm 4-H Performing Arts
4-H Exhibit Bldg.
1 pm MIDWAY OPENS
1 pm – 4 pm "OUTSTANDING SENIORS" PROGRAM AND CENTURY
Bandshell; "Down Home" Band,
SACS Red Hatters
2:00 – Award Presentations;
3:00 – Refreshments
2 pm – 6 pm John Deere County Fair Giveaway
Isanti Cty Equip. Booth
3 pm Old West Society Performance
3 pm German Chocolate Cake Contest
Open Exhibit Building
4 pm Authentic German Dinner
Beer Garden
4 – 6:30pm Elk River German Band
4 pm The Escape Guy – Kennel Shelter
4 pm Bingo – Sons of American
Legion – Legion Building
5 pm Old West Society Performance
5 pm Challenged Rider Horse Show – imm. following the 4-H pleasure show
6:30 pm 4-H Swine Show
East Show Arena
6:30 pm Horseless/Cloverbud
Horse Barn
6:30 pm Night Of Destruction
7 pm MYSTERY MOUNTAIN BOYS
8 pm The Escape Guy
Kennel Shelter
Friday, July 26
8 am 4-H Horse Game Show
Horse Arena
8 am 4-H Lamb Lead & Wool show
East Show Arena
8:30 am 4-H Sheep Show
Imm. following Lamb Lead
8:30 am Kid's Day at the Fair
-Noon Cock-a-Doodle Zoo; Prize
Drawings; Magic Mike;
Ronald McDonald Magic Show.
9 am – 9 pm Cock-a-Doodle Zoo & Pony Rides – Children's Farmyard
10 am – 9 pm Winter Adventure Opens
10 am – 9 pm Free Trolley Rides
10 am – 2 pm Armband Day on Midway
11 am Robotics Demo – Bandshell
11:30 am Open Class Beef Show, then Jackpot Steer Show–
Beef Show Ring
Noon – 6pm The Historical Society Opens
Noon Beer Garden opens
Noon-3 pm Timberwolves Promo
Noon 4-H Rabbit Show
East Show Arena
1 pm Old West Society Performance
1 pm Lego Creation Contest
Open Class Building
1 pm – 4pm The Escape Guy
Kennel Shelter
1 pm – 5 pm 4-H Demonstrations & Performing Arts 4-H Building
2 pm Children's Pedal Tractor Pull
2 pm – 6 pm John Deere Cty Fair Giveaway
Isanti Cty Equip. Booth
2 pm – 5 pm Ken Krona & Friends
Beer Gardens
3 pm Old West Society Performance
4 pm Bingo – Sons of American Legion –
Legion Building
4-6 pm BOB 106.1 Live from the fair
4:30 pm The Escape Guy
5 pm Old West Society Performance
6 – 7:30pm FREE Dance Line Lessons
in front of Bandshell by Acclaimed instructor – Sherri Busser
6:30 pm 4-H Drill Team Demonstrations
Horse Arena
6:30 pm TRACTOR PULL – Grandstand
7 pm 4-H Fashion Review
4-H Bldg Stage
8 pm Chris Brooks– Bandshell
8 pm The Escape Guy – at the Pond
Saturday, July 27
8 am 4-H Beef Show – Beef Show Ring
8 am Llama and Alpaca Show
East Show Arena
9 am O-Mok-See Horse Show
Horse Arena
9 am – 9 pm Cock-a-Doodle Zoo & Pony Rides – Children's Farmyard
10 am – 9 pm FREE Trolley Rides
10:30 am 4-H Dairy Show; Beef Show Ring; then Open Class Dairy show
11 am Robotics Demo – Bandshell
11am – 2 pm John Deere County Fair
Giveaway – Isanti Cty Equip. Booth
Noon Concord Singers and Narren
Noon Beer Garden Opens
Noon The Escape Guy – Kennel Shelter
Noon Midway Opens
Noon – 6pm The Historical Society Opens
1 pm Old West Society Performance
1 pm Open Class Sheep Show
East Show Arena
1 pm Bingo – Sons of American Legion
Legion Building
1 pm Edelweiss Dancers – Bandshell
2 pm Concord Singers and Narren
3 pm Old West Society Performance
3 pm Jackpot Market Wether Show
East Show Arena
3 pm Edelweiss Dancers – Bandshell
4 pm The Escape Guy – at the Pond
4 pm Concord Singers and Narren
5 pm Edelweiss Dancers
5 pm Drill Team Demonstration
5 pm 4-H Gymkhana – Horse Arena
5 pm Old West Society Performance
5:30 pm 4-H LIVESTOCK AUCTION
East Show Arena
6:30 pm DEMOLITION DERBY
8 pm The Shaw Brothers Band
8 pm The Escape Guy – Kennel Shelter
Sunday, July 28
$2 off gate admission until
Noon/kids 1/2 price
8 am Classic Car Show & "Burn Out" exhibitions Pit area of Grandstand
9 am – 6 pm Cock-a-Doodle Zoo &
Pony Rides – Childrens Farmyard
9 am 4-H Western Heritage demonstration
9:30 am Sunday Church Service by Open Range Cowboy Church
10 am – 6 pm FREE Trolley Rides
10 am – 6 pm Winter Adventure Opens
11 am Old West Society Performance
11 am Mutton Bustin – Horse Arena followed by Sheep Dog Demo
Noon The Escape Guy – Kennel Shelter
Noon Beer Garden opens
Noon – 4pm The Historical Society Opens
Noon – 5 pm Armband Day on Midway
12:30 pm "NEIGHBERZ" BAND – Bandshell
1 pm Bingo by Sons of American Legion
Legion Building
1 pm Old West Performance
1 pm Donkey Races
Horse Arena
2 pm 4-H Round Robin Showmanship
(begins at Beef Show Ring)
3 pm ISANTI COUNTY FAIR TALENT CONTEST -Bandshell
3 pm Old West Society Performance
4 pm The Escape Guy
Kennel Shelter


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Embarkation: Passau
We all agreed it was the perfect way to travel. From the time you are met as you arrive at the dock until you reluctantly disembark, your every need is met by a friendly, helpful, & fun staff. It is wonderful to just walk off the ship into historical, beautiful places - no waiting for tenders or being part of a mob scene which overwhelms the site you are visiting as happens on the big ocean liners. Its such a civilized way to travel.
The shore excursions /tours were all excellent, the personal service exemplary & I don't have enough superlatives to describe the food .It was decadently delicious... .We had great fun with the dining room staff who seemed to truly enjoy their jobs, the guests & working with each other. Julia & Ali deserve special mention.
Our cabins were very comfortable (French balcony) with wonderful changing More views. The only negative is you occasionally have to raft with another longship because of scarce docking facilities which obstructs the window view on half the ship. We had a very funny incident happen because of this rafting practice. . One of the passengers from our ship went down from the deck to the buffet & wound up at the buffet of the ship we were rafted with. He was seen wandering along the deck of that ship not realizing he was on the wrong ship till his wife started calling to him "You're on the wrong ship". Everyone was in stiches laughing as was he when he realized his mistake.
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