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The Sydney Morning Herald's 'Spike' column previews an upcoming dinner address by Alan Jones: "It's heartening to see last week's claims that Alan Jones was "instructing" the PM on how to run the country haven't dampened his obvious affection for senior Liberal Party ministers. An invitation to join a "celebration dinner" to mark Tony Abbott's 10 years in Parliament lobbed on Spike's desk yesterday. What made the invitation all the more tantalising (even though it was not actually addressed to us) was the news that the Parrot will be guest speaker at the dinner. For the bargain price of $50 a person, guests will dine in the salubrious surrounds of the Austrian Club in Frenchs Forest on June 9. The invitation implores people to "bring along your friends and colleagues and give your support to a great parliamentarian". Our calls to Abbott's office yesterday requesting a few more details about what's being planned for the big night (like whether Danna Vale will be jumping out of the celebration cake) failed to shed any more light on the affair. However, prospective attendees can get a taste of what to expect from Jones's speech by reading a recent interview between the Parrott and Abbott on 2GB. Abbott was on Jones's show spruiking his Pollie Pedal charity bicycle ride, which he is in the midst of. Jones introduced Abbott as "a remarkable man". "You've heard me say this before, I think we're lucky to have people like this serving the public in politics," Jones gushed.
Spike also hears NSW Liberals sent out invitations weeks ago for the Prime Minister's dinner. And who has been lined up as MC? Yes, that old tart himself, Jones, who will doubtless be scrupulous in his communications with the guest of honour, John Howard. The "special event" is a big Liberal fund-raiser, with people willing to shell out $8000 getting no less than a seat at the head table, a priority table elsewhere, and four invitations to pre-dinner VIP drinks. The cheap seats are $245 a piece for the gala dinner to be held in Sydney on May 20."


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Cape Town - A 5-year-old Delft girl is to undergo surgery to remove a bullet lodged in her foot after she was wounded during an argument her uncle had with another man.
Firous Lodewyk and her mother Shamiela Lodewyk were visiting her uncle, Samuel Delaney, in Leiden on Monday when an alleged gangster, known to the family as Staggie, entered the house and demanded that Delaney pay him money he owed him.
"We were sitting in the bedroom when he shot Samuel in the leg. He walked away and we heard a second gunshot. We then realised Staggie had shot through the (wooden) wall and the bullet hit Firous," Delaney's girlfriend, Bahia Isaacs, said on Tuesday.
Firous was wounded in her left foot, she said.
Shamiela Lodewyk said the child was on her lap when she was shot.
A shocked Lodewyk said she realised how close her daughter had come to death.
"Things could've ended very differently," she said, and added she had been at her child's bedside since.
Tygerberg Hospital spokeswoman Laticia Pienaar said they had admitted Delaney and the little girl – both in a stable condition – on Tuesday.
Firous's father, Sean Kroutz, a self-proclaimed gangster, said Delaney had wanted to withdraw from business dealings he had had with Staggie. He did not elaborate, but said Staggie allegedly "wanted to send a message".
"Once you start business with him, there's no way you can stop," Kroutz said.
Anyone with info can contact Wiseman Hagile on 021 954 9062, or CrimeStop on 08600 10111 or SMS Crime Line 32211.
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For many, spring practice is an opportunity to cement themselves in starting positions for the following season. For others, it could be a last ditch effort to show their worth in the program.
Ohio State lost over half its starters from a team that went 12-1 and beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl New Year's Day. The majority of them are about to head to the NFL, leaving a host of starting spots available in Urban Meyer's program.
The youth movement in Columbus will be evident with another highly ranked recruiting class coming in this summer, but there are a slew of older players that are running out of chances to show they belong in one of the nation's top programs.
Injuries happen to hinder the growth and development of players more often than they or Meyer want to see, but the start of spring practice presents a clean slate. That holds true even more so this year with so many spots available in Columbus.
Here are five Buckeyes who need to show something this spring to either make or break their careers in Columbus — will they step up and perform? Or slide back in the shadows behind the younger talent?
Johnnie Dixon, Wide Receiver
His third spring in the program, Dixon has yet to live up to his four-star classification as a burner from Florida due to knee problems.
Tendonitis and other issues led to surgery and ultimately a redshirt in 2014, even though he tallied four carries and 20 yards in Ohio State's 66-0 win against Kent State. He sat out the majority of last spring and missed the spring game as he continued to battle knee problems, then faded down the depth chart after recording his first career catch against Virginia Tech.
Dixon's a terrific athlete when healthy. With so many spots open at the position after the departures of Braxton Miller, Jalin Marshall and Michael Thomas, if he can stay on the field and compete for playing time he willll likely play a big part for Ohio State in 2016. If not, young, eager talent at wide receiver held back a year ago will move by him.
Chris Worley, Linebacker
Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell said Worley would start alongside Raekwon McMillan and Dante Booker at the position if the Buckeyes had to run out for a game in January. Worley is a redshirt junior and needs to show he can step in for Darron Lee or risk seeing Jerome Baker or others pass him on the depth chart.
Lee isn't someone easy to replace, but Worley will get the first crack at it. After all, he started the season 2014 season opener against Navy before Lee burst on the scene and became a key cog in the team's national title run.
Ohio State's talent at linebacker is stout due to a pair of strong recruiting classes, so it should be able to withstand the exits of both Lee and Joshua Perry. Will Worley hold onto the starting spot?
Kyle Trout, Offensive Line
Trout's first two years with the program were spent on the scout team. He redshirted in 2014 after coming to Ohio State as a four-star prospect from Lancaster, Ohio, and didn't crack the two-deep a year ago.
So where does Trout fit in? Ed Warinner and Co. signed a massive offensive line haul in 2015 (four players) and added three more for 2016. One is junior college transfer Malcolm Pridgeon, who likely has the early line to start at one of the tackle spots. Will Trout make a push to separate himself from Jamarco Jones, Demetrius Knox or others?
Plenty will be learned about the 2016 version of Ohio State's offensive line this spring, but we should also get an idea of where Trout sits in the program with such a wide breadth of skill sitting behind him.
Evan Lisle, Offensive Line
Lisle falls in the same category as Trout, though he is a year older. He backed up Pat Elflein at right guard in 2015, but could fall through the cracks like Trout if new offensive line coach Greg Studrawa likes what he sees from younger players when practice starts.
Lisle has great size at 6-foot-6 and 305 pounds, but as a redshirt junior is expected to make a dent this fall. There are three starting spots available on the offensive line, so if he's going to do something to earn significant minutes at Ohio State now is the time.
In some ways, it is fortunate for guys like Lisle and Trout that Warinner is moving to tight ends coach, so they can sort of wipe the slate clean as Studrawa enters. Who will take advantage?
Marshon Lattimore, Defensive Back
Lattimore played significant minutes in 2015 after taking a redshirt the year before. He was a huge part of the 2014 recruiting class, but dealt with nagging hamstring injuries and eventually underwent surgery.
Lattimore has a ton of talent, but needs to separate himself from the other players on the back end of Ohio State's defense with three open starting spots available. Gareon Conley has one cornerback spot locked down. Is Lattimore next in line at the other? Or will he move to safety? Who will play nickel?
Those holes could be filled by the Glenville product, but also by others like Denzel Ward, Eric Glover-Williams, Damon Webb, Joshua Norwood or Damon Arnette. Lattimore was thought to be among the best of the bunch as a recruit. If he can't stay healthy and show it this spring, he risks falling down the depth chart.


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Kushal Tandon is spending sleepless nights these days. He doesn't even feel hungry and resorts to day-dreaming. Don't worry fans. He is not suffering from some grave disease, but he is struck by Cupid. Yes, the model-turned-actor who is currently seen on Star Plus' daily soap Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hain, confirmed to Tellychakkar.com that he is in love.
"Her name is Elene Boeva and she stays in New York, USA. She is an actress and a model," says Kushal.
The lovebirds met at the New York Film Academy and love blossomed in the campus amidst green trees and chirping birds. "We studied in the same class. It was love at first sight and I went ahead and proposed her. It has been a year since we are in a relationship," smiles Kushal.
Kushal keeps flying in and out of New York and Elena too comes down to Mumbai.
"I have been to New York twice till now," informs the talented actor who won the title of Grasim Mr. India in 2005.
Though in a relationship, Kushal says he is in no hurry to get wed. "I am just 26. There is still time for marriage. Not for the next five years," laughs Kushal.
But Kushal has a message for all his female fans, "Well, I am yet to get married. So I am very much single till I get hitched," winks Kushal.
Hmm…smart move, Kushal. You are keeping your options open. But for now, we hope you and Elene have a great time together!!!


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As snow stacked up at Colorado ski resorts recently, skiers and snowboarders renewed their devotion to the state's signature sports. Absolving doubts that variable conditions were keeping skiers involved in other pursuits, Colorado Ski Country USA resorts were greeted with booming weekend traffic. The onslaught of new snow along with the opening of more terrain and a broad menu of creative deals from resorts made it hard for skiers and riders to stay indoors last week.
Several Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) member resorts are reporting that weekend visits exceeded expectations. CSCUSA's President and CEO, Melanie Mills, weighed in: "This past weekend was a non-holiday weekend and the Super Bowl, so we were really pleased with the large enthusiastic crowds. Colorado delivered powder galore and idyllic conditions the way only Colorado can." Resorts across the state saw strong visitation during the weekend.
Part of the weekend revelry in ski country could be attributed to recent snowfall. Blankets of snow covered resorts throughout Colorado last week with as much as 6 feet reported in some areas. Every resort received fresh snow, many in the double digit amount category. The new snow enabled several resorts to open 100 percent of their terrain.
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Southern Exposure
By: R K Faust
Faust & Associates
Square FootageTotal living area: 2599' Basement: 4201' Main Level:1602' Upper Level:997' Basement:1602' Footprint: 71' 8" W x 57' 0" D
RoomsBedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2.5 Master suite location: Main Floor
AttributesLevels: 2 Parking: Garage Number of car stalls: 2 Foundation: Lot type(s):
- Covered Porches
- Upper Family Room
- Optional Basement
- Office/Guest Rm.
- Upper Storage
- Upper Rec Room
- Shop/Storage
This southern style home features a wrap–around porch at the front and a covered porch at the rear, which create a quaint exterior aesthetic, as well as additional living spaces. Abundant windows finish off the exterior, and bring in plenty of natural sunlight to the interior rooms.
After coming off the covered porch, you enter a foyer space with a central staircase and a coat closet. To the left is an office/den, which may be used as a guest room, and to the right is the formal dining room. Straight ahead is the great room, with a fireplace and a breakfast nook. Windows look out to the covered porch at the rear, and a door from the great room leads to the porch space. The great room is open to the kitchen, which has an extended counter for eating, and French doors to the dining room. From the kitchen, a small hall leads to a coat closet, a laundry room with a utility sink, a powder room, and a two–car garage with a shop/storage area. From the great room, a door leads to the master bedroom suite, which has a 10' tray ceiling, and doors that lead to both the front and rear porches. The master bath has a private toilet room, a Jacuzzi tub, a separate shower, and a walk–in closet.
On the upper floor, the stair landing opens into a vaulted room with a nook for reading, and a larger open recreation room. A door from this room leads to an unfinished bonus room, which has access to a storage space under the sloped roof. Three more bedrooms with a shared full bath are located on this floor.
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There is another version of this plan – Southern Exposure 2 – that is available on this website. For easy access to this other version, click on the Architects button on the left side of any page in our website, and scroll down until you see R K Faust's name and photo. Red links to each of his plans appear below his bio.
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Yes, I thank my Mom (may she rest in peace) for my common sense, ambition, survival skills and compassion. When I mess up, I blame myself.
Myself only, until just recently. My wonderful friends here on EP for helping me accept who I really am, now
Just Me, Myself and I
I was molested as a child, and it made me afraid of people. So I found my passion in life early on, and have been self-employed since I was 17. <br />
So, thanks for taking away the distraction of relationships!
Sorry to darken the mood but I got attacked (hate the R word) 6 years ago. Moved towns as couldn't face bumping into him and since then my life has just got better and better. Great job, own house, fun hobbies, good friends- I guess thank you attacker I wouldn't be here otherwise :s
Mostly myself.... I'll give my Mama a little credit too.
No. My life is the way it is because of a variety of factors, many of which are my own response to what others did, but not ALL of what others do can be completely negated by one's reaction.
Henry David Thoreau. I wish I could thank him.
Everyone I have ever met has had an effect on who I am today :)
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Looking To Become A Celebrity DJ?
These days celebrity DJs like Lindsay Lohan and DJ AM (shown below at Pure Nightclub) just carry their shiny PowerBooks and MacBook Pros with them whenever they go out in case they get a chance to show their skills. If you're looking to become the next big thing it might be time to invest in some gadgetry that has been approved by the pros and is just as compact as carrying your laptop. TMZ recently suggested DJs with Hollywood dreams check out the Numark mixing console for the iPod. "Being a DJ is a surefire way to get into the Hollywood hotspots," says TMZ. "Plus, you're more likely to hook up with a smokin' hot starlet if you're a DJ than if you're a bouncer. For example, DJ AM and Mandy Moore."
Okay so, it's a long shot, but the iDJ is a sleek 2–channel mixer that enables mobile DJs and iPod enthusiasts to seamlessly integrate their portable music libraries with other music, video and sound reinforcement systems—transforming the iPod from a personal music player into a source playback device. I say that's as glamorous as it gets.
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Townhall.com - Townhall.com sits down with Gov. Romney
By: Mary Katharine Ham
MKH: Thanks, Gov. Romney, for taking some time to hang out with us at Townhall today. I'm in D.C. Where are you today?
MR: I'm in Iowa City, IA, which is the home of the University of Iowa, and I just met with 3 or 400 people who were interested in what I'm up to, so it's a pretty exciting time.
Form Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney signs an autograph for Yvonne Stockseth, of Humboldt, Iowa, after arriving at the Republican party of Iowa's Abraham Lincoln Unity Dinner, Saturday, April 14, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
MKH: Let me jump right into this with the Va Tech tragedy, which is of course, what's on everyone's minds this week. A lot of our readers are upset that NBC went ahead and showed the Cho video. Should they have taken that step?
MR: Well, I hope that at some point there's a level of care and responsibility that's gonna be shown by the members of the mainstream media not to in any way encourage copycat-type activity. And, the attention being given Mr. Cho is, I think, beyond any reasonable level. I certainly wish we could have been far more discreet in what we decide to show the world and keep these copycats from popping up all over the country.
I'd rather show a lot more coverage of people like Liviu Librescu, the fellow who barred the door to keep the gunman from getting to his students. These are the kind of stories we should be hearing.
MKH: Now, one of your claims to fame is that you came into the Utah Olympics and turned around the security situation. Lots of folks are talking about security changes that need to happen on college campuses in light of this. Do you have any thoughts on what those might be and what, if any, role the federal government should be playing in making them happen?
MR: Well, every time something bad happens in the country, there are some folks who say, OK, there oughtta be a federal law put in place to change it.' And, I'd rather start by saying let's let individual states and communities decide what they think is best.
In some cases, federal laws help, but I don't think at this stage it makes sense for us to come up with some federal law to somehow change all this. I do believe the governor of Virginia is right by gathering a group of experts, including Tom Ridge, to take a full review of the law-enforcement response and the decisions made at Virginia Tech, and, I think that'll be instructive to other universities and other law enforcement agencies around the country. And, we'll learn from this experience, but I'm not sure if a federal law is called for. Time will tell.
MKH: We've already dived head-long, here in Washington, into the inevitable and tacky gun-control debate. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has already introduced a bill. What's your take on the battle lawmakers are gearing up for and just how fast they're gearing up for it?
MR: I realize people will always take the occasion of a major news event to push their agenda. There are people in this country who fundamentally believe that people in our country should not be allowed to have guns. They're wrong. The Second Amendment protects the rights of individual citizens to bear arms to protect themselves, and I will defend the Second Amendment. I think efforts to politicize this tragedy are mistaken and misdirected.
MKH: Now, you supported an assault weapons ban in Massachusetts. This tragedy is being used to push the renewal of the federal assault weapons ban. What would your stance be if that comes up again?
MR: Well, you know, the weapon used here was not an assault weapon, so I'm not sure what the relevance is. And, that's what we have to recognize. The people who want to remove Second Amendment rights will look for everything they can. You know, if there's a weapon that puts our police at risk, like machine guns, of course, then that's something I would, of course, consider. But, look, we've gotta fundamentally recognize the need to protect the right to bear arms and the fact that there are people who are trying to remove that right inch by inch, and we're gonna have to defend against that.
MKH: One of the quotes of the week, which doesn't even really need attribution at this point is, "The war is lost." Your thoughts and what you're hearing on the trail about that?
MR: Well, first of all it shows a remarkable lack of understanding by Harry Reid. The first phase of the war, the war to knock down Saddam Hussein was won by the United States, solidly, handily, decidedly, and Harry Reid is simply wrong. We won the war to take down Saddam Hussein, and to remove a sponsor of terror.
We're now in a stage of conflict, which is to help the Iraqi people rebuild their own country. That's a long process. The jury is out on that. But for him to come out and say we lost the war shows a lack of understanding of the fact that we won taking out Saddam Hussein.
And, secondly, it shows that he just doesn't understand the nature of the conflict, which we currently are engaged in. And, I go back and think about George Washington. Can you imagine how different our nation would have been if, when the troops were having a tough time at Valley Forge, he just said, "well, we've lost." Or, if Winston Churchill, when the British citizens were hiding in subway tubes, if he said, "Well, we've lost." That is not the American way.
I'm afraid there are some Democrats who can't get the word victory or success out of their lips. They see loss behind every corner, and instead of looking for our successes and our achievements, they're always looking for the losses.
Shame on Harry Reid for saying something which will be dispiriting for our troops, and used as propaganda and rallying cries for jihadists around the world.
MKH: What are you hearing from Iowans about it?
The response I've had as I've made my comments about Harry Reid's comments today in the three venues where I spoke, was overwhelmingly positive. The largest applause I received was talking about the misguided words that he used to say that America has lost. Did he not remember that we did knock down Saddam Hussein's government? Has he forgotten that? It's really a remarkable lack of understanding.
MKH: Speaking of Harry Reid, he and the Dems are also cooking up abortion legislation this week in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on the partial-birth abortion ban.
MR: I was pleased with the decision, of course, to permit states to outlaw partial birth abortion. But it underscored something else. Four justices disagreed with the majority. And that means that if the next president were to be a Democrat like Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, and they appoint more judges like the four who were in the minority, they would say, in effect, that there's a constitutional right to partial-birth abortion. Late-term, very late term abortion, which is simply a very offensive practice, and it simply underscores the importance of electing a conservative Republican to be the next president.
MKH: When it comes to winning, you've got one of the keys going strong for youfundraising. But there's a discrepancy with your poll numbers. Now, I've read and heard from folks that this is the way a Romney campaign works, building cred over a long period, so that eventually the numbers will catch up with the money. But in this accelerated election cycle, how does that work for you?
MR: Well, first of all, the places where I've spent my timelike I am today in Iowa City, Jackson County, and in Jones Countythese are the places where the first primaries and caucuses are held, and the polls here are very encouraging. The New Hampshire poll, for instance, two weeks ago that Zogby put out, had me tied for first place.
The poll that the University of Iowa did just last week has us all in a statistical dead heat for first place, so I'm doing well in the early primary states, which are the ones that count to get the momentum going.
And, of course, I'm not a household name. Not at this point. Win a couple of these primaries, and I become a household name pretty darn quickly. But early on, of course the names people will know, and will acknowledge in the polls, are the names that have become famous from the past. And I anticipate becoming famous by virtue of my message. It's a message that is catching on across the states that have spread it, and I expect that more and more people in this country will come to my camp and I'm gonna win this thing.
MKH: I've been reading this week about your ability to tap new donors. Now, that's something that always gets politicos talking. Hillary and Obama were the ones who were supposed to tap new donors and new constituencies, and yet you've come out as a bit of surprise in your ability to do it. Tell me about how that happens.
MR: Well, we're really pleased with the message that I've been able to carry to people throughout the country. We got fundraising from all 50 states in the country. I've gone after young people. I've gone after some old folks, like myself, that is. I just turned 60. I've gone after our veterans, and we're bringing people into my camp that are really allowing me to get the kind of support I need to win these primaries.
MKH: I work in the blogosphere where a lot of have noticed your campaign's pretty considerable online savvy. In particular, I remember you're doing a podcast with Instapundit and videotaping it for YouTube at the same time. It really sent an early message that you "get" the new media, which is not all that common among Republicans. What's your strategy?
MR: Traditionally, everyone has assumed that the way to build support in a political sense is to cotton to the mainstream media. But the truth is, if you want to get support among young voters, increasingly, they don't get the newspaper. They get their news from the Internet, from the web.
And, as a result, a major part of my effort is to make sure we're communicating with young people, that we're getting our message across to people who get their information in new and more up-to-date manners. And so, yeah, we have a very active effort. My son Tagg is one of those who plays a leading role to make sure we're up-to-date with what we're doing and we're gonna continue to get our message out through the Internet. I spend a lot of time with folks that are bloggers and webcasters, and I want to make sure that we're connecting to all Americans, not just the people who read the New York Times.
MKH: Now, in the past, McCain has suggested he'd have blogger conference calls as president. What would be the role of bloggers in a Romney administration. Conference calls, White House press passes. We're always curious about things like that.
MR: The truth is that I haven't spent enough time to lay out a media strategy yet for what I would do if I were president. But clearly, it's important for a president and important for a political party and an administration to communicate with the people of the nation. And, there's a lot of folks that just don't get newspapers anymore, don't watch the TV evening news, and their information comes from the Internet, from blogs and from other webcasts. And, we're gonna have to find the very best way to communicate with those that are getting the message out.
MKH: I'm sure you've got a lot of experience having to find alternative media, since your hometown MSM is the Boston Globe.
No question about that. And, fortunately, the world of alternative media has really come alive in the last few years. I mean, I have five sons. I don't think any one of them gets the newspaper. Every single one of them gets their information from the web. That being the case, it's critical to meI recognize that in my campaign strategy, and if I'm lucky enough to become president, in my presidential plansto be able to communicate to those folks who get their news in the new media.
MKH: Have any horror stories, worst moments with the MSM?
MR: You know, I'm sure I do. There's probably more than one, but I've never liked people who engage in too much whining, so I'll skip telling you about the worst that's happened.
MKH: One last quick one for you. Who has the best hair? You, Sanjaya, or John Edwards?
MR: Well, that's quite a grouping. I'll tell you one thing. I don't spend $400 to get mind cut, so it's not a comparison I'd like to make. I'd just like to keep as much of it as I can."
Source: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=exclusive_townhallcom_sits_down_with_gov_romney&ns=MaryKatharineHam&dt=04/20/2007&page=full&comments=true


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Microsoft is going to have to pull off some serious damage control to avoid the backlash from developing an "Avoid Ghetto" patent for the GPS. What argument could Microsoft possibly use to rationalize the meaning beyond calling such an ap "Avoid Ghetto". The name is more than irresponsible. Bill Gates, we are so disappointed!
According to CBS News, Gates' company didn't mean it that way. They built the GPS ap to keep pedestrians from straying into the wrong area or THE GHETTO as the patent claim states. The report says that Microsoft explained the patent for the Windows7 Smartphone as:
"As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures," Microsoft stated in their patent claims. "A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter as a situation of a user changes; for instance, if a user wants to add a stop along a route."
Close but no cigar Microsoft! You still got some 'splainin' to do. That statement doesn't address the use of language for the patent and we have got to hold your feet to the fire for this one. Whether you live in the "ghetto" or not, the objectivity of an area of people and the racist undertone it suggests, but maybe not intended, has to be clarified. Microsoft is one of the biggest companies in the world. Do they really not know that this isn't right? And where was Bill Gates when they cooked this one up in the lab?
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I think it would be cool if Jeff Probst officiated rather than Chris. He could bring out the Vote Urn to see if anyone objected to the marriage, then at the conclusion, Ashley and JP could snuff their torches as a sign of commitment to a real life together. :teeth
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New Zealand have called four players into their squad as cover for Saturday's Rugby Championship return match against Australia after suffering a number of injuries in the Sydney opener at the weekend.
Tom Taylor and Colin Slade were called in as cover for Beauden Barrett, who sustained a calf injury in Saturday's 47-29 win over the Wallabies, and his fellow flyhalf Aaron Cruden, who is nursing a sore knee.
Loose forwards Luke Whitelock and Brad Shields come into the squad as cover for Luke Romano and Liam Messam, the latter a late withdrawal from the side for the Sydney test who will miss Saturday's return match with a hamstring injury.
Lock Romano will undergo a scan to determine the extent of the groin injury he sustained in the Sydney test.
Title-holders New Zealand have already lost talismanic flyhalf Dan Carter for up to a month with a calf injury.
Victory over Australia in Wellington on Saturday would see the All Blacks retain the Bledisloe Cup, the symbol of trans-Tasman Sea supremacy, for an 11th straight year.


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If you're located in the LA area, take a moment to enjoy legendary director David Lynch giving you the local weather each day. It's not really a web app (in fact just a QuickTime movie link), and I don't live in LA anymore- but I must admit I'll still probably check it out daily- just in case he breaks out an oxygen mask. Only thing missing is an eerie Angelo Badalamenti soundtrack droning in the background, if you ask me. :)
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The only problem for Wachusett skiers will be choosing the right pass before prices go up Oct. 29.
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text: Culture 24 May 1999 Sticky wicket Both flummoxed and outflanked by football, cricket in Britain is at a low ebb. Stephen Moss wonders Sign up for our weekly email * The public talk of little else; there are games taking place in every park and on every street corner; it is on TV around the clock; its leading player is the country's biggest star. Cricket is a national obsession. In India, that is. On a recent visit to Varanasi, the holiest shrine of Hinduism, I was amazed and inspired to see dozens of late-afternoon games being played on the ghats beside the Ganges - games involving up to 20 youngsters, playing beautifully correct shots, bowling venomously, appointing umpires to ensure fair play. You will never see children acting as umpires in such games in the UK; in fact it is now a rarity to see children playing cricket here at all, unless some cricket-mad father has drawn a pitch on a wind-blown beach and is compiling a patient double hundred against his son's looping leg-breaks. Cricket in the UK has lost its confidence and direction; the danger now is that it will lose its audience, too. Godfrey Evans died recently and the loving obituaries summoned up a mistily remembered age. Evans the great wicketkeeper, the great drinker, the great womaniser - alert, alive, a fixture in the world-beating England sides of the 1950s, a natural force. When Denis Compton died in 1997, obituarists and feature writers hymned his presence and his passing in similar terms - a sportsman who captivated a nation, whose talent lit up austerity Britain. Somehow it is hard to imagine similar encomia to Alec Stewart or Mark Ealham. Cricket in the UK has become drab. I first saw a cricket match when I was seven. I had been to the beach at Barry in South Wales, got a sun-induced headache and was sitting in the cool of a cafe which overlooked the local ground. Figures in white were scurrying about in a way that gradually started to make sense. My headache went. I was hooked on this lovely, ludicrous game. C L R James, the philosopher of cricket, likens the movement of the fielders as the bowler approaches to breathing: in, out, in, out, hundreds of times in the course of the innings. Cricket allowed me to breathe that day, and has been helping ever since. I can get as dewy-eyed as the next man about cricket, and if the next man is Joyce, Beckett or Siegfried Sassoon, all of whom loved cricket, so much the better. It is a game with a history, a literature, a poetry; it is a game that is not an adjunct to life, but life itself. W G Grace didn't merely play cricket; his life was cricket. He played for 50 years; as soon as he retired, he died, surely not coincidentally. He died during the first world war, failing to get his due: the ultimate enthusiast dying during a war that killed optimism and ended cricket's golden age. Now we have a leaden age - of identikit professional cricketers in their sponsored saloons, and administrators who don't quite believe in the pulling power of cricket. Soccer is an 11-months-a-year juggernaut crushing any rival that dares to block its path. The county championship is dying on its feet - who can spare four days to watch a match, who relates to counties any more? The game is desperate to be accessible in this "people's age" but doesn't want to alienate its core supporters: is it a one-day game or a four- or five-day game? Is it serious cricket or pyjama cricket? Is it Radio 4 or Talk Radio? The BBC or Channel 4? Sybil Ruscoe or E W Swanton? The Daily Telegraph employs both these august commentators: the whizzy would-be new face of cricket and the old retainer. E W ("Jim") Swanton is 92 and has been writing about cricket since 1926; legend has it that the three-month-old Swanton was present when the ageing W G scored a century for London County at Forest Hill in 1907. Ruscoe, 38, is the fresh face of cricket on TV: the woman chosen by Channel 4 to make the game accessible. Accessibility was Channel 4's watchword when it ousted the BBC as the home of terrestrial TV cricket coverage last October. The financial difference between the two bids was minimal and the BBC said it would have happily upped its offer. But, after 60 years with the Beeb, the cricket authorities wanted a change. According to Lord MacLaurin, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), it was time to "relaunch cricket in a fresh and exciting way". Enter Sybil, saying all the right things. "If you went to a secondary modern school and you are a woman and if you haven't played Test cricket, then you felt excluded from the coverage," she told one interviewer recently. "It was like stepping into the East India Club in St James's Square, whereas I'd like to think that cricket coverage on Channel 4 is like stepping into a club where everyone is welcome, male or female, black or white." She was actually talking about the BBC's radio coverage - with its public-school antics and accents, its obsession with cakes and buses, its nicknames and non sequiturs - but its dry-as-dust approach to cricket on TV was also in her sights. Channel 4 successfully painted the Beeb as boring and exclusive, and convinced the ECB that it was damaging the game. "Women have been excluded from the coverage of televised cricket for far too long," said Channel 4's controller of sport, Mark Sharman, who promised that the station would be at "the forefront of the revolution that cricket is undergoing". He also drew a parallel between Channel 4's overturning of the established order and the MCC's decision to admit women members. The age of Swanton is over; that of Ruscoe is at hand. Or is it? The fact that the Telegraph employs both suggests it is not quite sure. Talk Radio has outbid Radio 4's Test Match Special and will have broadcasting rights to England's Test series against South Africa in the autumn, but it promises not to depart too far from TMS's larky ball-by-ball coverage. The ECB tried hard to inject some populism into its World Cup launch - the model Caprice, the grinning cook Ainsley Harriott and the cricket-mad weatherman John Kettley were enticed into the nets at Lord's, and ex-Eurythmic Dave Stewart penned a World Cup song - but it had a desperate lack of conviction. Cricket wants to be soccer. David Graveney, the chairman of the England selectors, has said he wants the atmosphere during the cricket World Cup to be like Euro 96. Whereas cricket used amicably to share the sporting year with football, in the 1990s it has been rolled over. As soccer has become a year-round soap opera filled with fabulous characters and fuelled by satellite TV's millions, cricket has languished, falling behind financially, relegated from the back pages to the inside pages, played less and less in schools, losing its street cred and park prominence. Hence the ECB's quest for accessibility and talk of revolution. At the moment, there is no evidence that the revolution is working. This year's season has had a feeble start, overwhelmed by the culmination of the football season, disrupted as always by weather, undermined by the complexities of the fixture card. It demands considerable detective work to establish when championship matches and one-day games are actually being played. The World Cup might generously be described as slow-burn: the competition will take six weeks to determine a winner from among 12 teams, which is nothing if not leisurely. By starting early the organisers, in effect, accepted that the first fortnight would be played in the shadow of football, in the hope of getting the contest its place in the sun in June. In theory, it would have been more logical to stage it in June and July, but apparently the organisers feared the competition from Wimbledon and golf's Open championship. Therein lies cricket's problem. When the first World Cup was played in England in 1975, it lasted a fortnight and culminated in a marvellous Lord's final between the West Indies and Australia. In the age before marketing, before administrators worried about audience levels or attention spans, it was a triumph and no doubt did the game a power of good. Now, it seems, the public mind cannot accommodate all these sports: something has to give, and what has been giving in recent years is starless, benighted cricket. It retains its loyal, Swantonian following - how else could Dickie Bird's autobiography sell 350,000 copies in hardback? But it is no longer attracting the casual sports fan who once, between May and August, would have followed the game, watched it on TV, perhaps even gone to the odd match. Whether Ruscoe can win them back, let alone convert those who have previously felt excluded from the sport, is the conundrum now facing the ECB. My hunch is that cricket can't have it all ways: it can't be all things to all men (or women), it can't be warm beer and chilled chardonnay, it can't happily marry the Ruscoeites with the Swantonians. It is what it is: bizarre, tedious, metronomic, mad, sometimes magnificent; it can't be rewritten for a cool crowd. What makes cricket barmy also makes it great: the fact that after five days' play and hundreds of man hours, it rains and the game's a draw, even if one side holds a massive advantage. For me, cricket's defining game is the so-called Timeless Test against South Africa in Durban in 1939, when England, after ten days' play and needing 696 to win, abandoned the chase at 654 for five because their boat home was about to leave. What, I often wondered, did the fans make of that? Modern sport, cheered on by the marketers and schedulers, wants logic, drama, guaranteed resolution - even football games aren't allowed the luxury of replays any more: penalty shoot-outs are the goal. For cricket, that means the shorter version of the game is preferred to the longer and the county championship is seen as antediluvian. Clearly the game must innovate - better facilities at grounds, big screens for replays, more public information, activities for children which recognise that a day at the cricket is a lengthy undertaking. But it must remain true to its traditions; it must keep faith with cricket's essential barminess, because therein lies its charm and beauty. The one-day game is a pale imitation of the real thing; the rules should not be tampered with in an effort to liven the game up; grass-roots cricket is worth cultivating or the game will never flower at the top. Cricket's administrators have been thrashing around over the past few years, doing more harm than good, obsessed with the structure of the game rather than its spirit. I remember going to Canterbury to report the Saturday of a county game, which had been scheduled - this is a frequent occurrence - as the last day of the match. The game was finished before lunch, leaving one boy and his dad to eat their soggy lettuce sandwiches in the outfield with no further prospect of cricket. How are children supposed to see first-class cricket if there is little or no play on the only day on which they can attend? A question - one of many - for Lord MacLaurin. Cricket is a beautiful, generous game, and worth defending, not as a museum piece beloved of cricket-mad Telegraph-reading colonels, but as a sport that is played, watched and followed widely, that is accessible, but not in the rather patronising way that broadcasters sometimes suggest. A knowledge of the game's traditions is important to understanding and enjoying its appeal, and no amount of graphics and camera angles and alternative ways of describing silly mid-on will replace that. In that sense, the long, rambling conversations that used to fill the damp afternoons on Test Match Special did have a point. Cricket was always as much about reflection as action. Will it survive? Can it flourish again? It faces an uphill struggle; it urgently needs some charismatic players, and it must rediscover its self-belief and somehow combine the best of Swanton and Ruscoe, gravitas and openness, past and present, without losing its integrity. I might have been tempted to join the chorus of despair, predicting that the circle cannot be squared. But one morning just before the World Cup began, I was on a train into Waterloo when it was joined by a group of boys - aged about 11 or 12, clutching bags, laughing, shouting, very excited. I heard the name Ambrose, and I suddenly realised where they were going: to the Oval, for the warm-up match between Surrey and the West Indians. They still believed in "the product'', even if cricket's chiefs sometimes appear not to. They got off at Vauxhall and headed for that tatty, terrific ground; how I wished I could have joined them. Stephen Moss is writing a cultural history of sport for HarperCollins Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 24 May 1999 issue of the New Statesman, Luvvies, stop moaning More


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African National Congress National Executive Committee member Malusi Gigaba says the country needs more manufacturing capacity to create more jobs.
He says, "We need to intensify the struggle for economic freedom to solve the problem which have remained unsolved."
The Public Enterprises Minister was addressing hundreds of residents of Makgoba in Kgapane outside Tzaneen in Limpopo.
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There has been a big hue and cry about Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's proposals for increasing the tax burden on those that are resident in the UK but not domiciled for tax purposes in the UK.
As the law stands today, the remittance basis of income taxation applies when an individual is resident in the UK but non-domiciled for income tax purposes. Tax domicile is a fuzzy concept. Even if you live most of the year in the UK, you could be considered domiciled in another country if you were born in that country and express the intention of being buried there. You can be non-domiciled for income tax purposes even if you live in the UK and have British nationality. Under the current law governing non-domicile status, certain non-UK income is excluded from UK income taxation if it has not been remitted to the UK. It's a pretty strange part of the income tax code, but as it is a free option for those eligible, you would be mad not to sign up for it if you could. I certainly did when I returned to the UK in 1994, even though I had/have negligible non-UK income and remit to the UK what little there is.
The government proposes that from April 2008 on, when an individual has been resident in the UK in at least 7 out of the 9 tax years immediately preceding the relevant tax year, they will be subject to UK income tax on their worldwide income unless they pay a £30,000 annual charge. For me that makes it easy. As of April 2008, I shall no longer claim non-dom status.
The £30,000 annual charge is per person, not per family unit, so a couple of Greek ship owners with three adult kids working in the business would have to pay £150,000 extra per year. If they own just a few small ships, this may well cause them to consider relocation to Athens.
In addition to the £30,000 annual charge, the proposed new legislation also closes a lot of loopholes that in the past made it possible to effectively remit income earned abroad to the UK without incurring income tax. For instance, it would make subject to UK income tax (even when they accrue to non-doms) income in kind and gifts remitted from abroad as well as capital gains on UK assets parked in non-resident (offshore) trusts. This appears to be the part that truly upsets non-doms with serious amounts of assets that are currently beyond the reach of the UK tax authorities.
From the among of media noise generated by the issue you might infer that millions of unfortunates are about to be take to the cleaners and that the foundations of British prosperity are being undermined. It turns out the number of those directly affected is tiny, about 130,000. But the people in question are often very wealthy and well-connected. They lobby very effectively and can orchestrate/pay for an explosion of unrest bordering on hysteria in the media, amidst the representatives of the UK tax avoidance industry and among the UK-based providers of luxury goods and services who would lose business if the non-dom community were to become non-res as well.
So up to 130,000 (most likely far fewer) non-domiciled residents (quite a few of them high earners) would leave the UK. Would they be missed? Is it on the contrary mostly a case of good riddance to bad rubbish? Or doesn't it matter very much? Probably a bit of the first two and most of the third on balance. Would I be sad if Roman Abramovitz were to leave, or other conspicuous consumers and beneficiaries of wealth of possibly questionable provenance? Probably not. I am an Arsenal supporter after all.
The main indirect effect of the proposed increase in taxes on the non-doms (if they were to leave and not spend as occasional or even regular visitors as much as they now spend as residents) is through their consumption of non-traded goods and services, including charitable giving – a form of conspicuous consumption unless it is double-blind. The demand for magnums of 1961 Petrus (at £18,000 a bottle) would suffer. So would a few luxury shops, restaurants and studs. Upper bracket property prices in London and the home counties would fall. With a bit of luck, the fall in property prices would spread more widely.
Anything that lowers London house prices is probably a blessing from a social point of view. For the quality of life in this city, it is much more important that its key workers (teachers, police, fire fighters, nurses, bus drivers and train drivers etc.) be able to afford a home reasonably close to their places of work than that a few millionaires/billionaires be willing to honour us with their presence.
The effect of the proposals on the supply of highly skilled (or at any rate highly paid) labour (financial wizards, star lawyers, fashion designers, pop stars and tennis gods etc.) is likely to be limited. You only get hit if you have had non-dom status for at least 7 of the last 9 tax years. Most financial geniuses suffer burn out in less than seven years. Tennis and pop careers are even shorter.
The notion that if the non-doms were to be taxed the same way everyone else is, there would be some massive brain drain from the UK that would make those left behind in this country noticeably worse off is laughable, self-serving cant.
The manifest unfairness of a tax regime that favours the rich and the internationally mobile through loopholes and strange domicile rules is likely to undermine tax compliance and respect for the law among the population at large.
If I were the Chancellor, I would not bother with the £30.000 annual non-dom fee. Instead I would simply abolish non-dom status. I would also actively pursue the closure of as many offshore trust loopholes as possible. It would of course be preferably if this could be done in an internationally coordinated manner, beginning, say, with the EU, the US and Canada.
UK residents should be taxed on their world-wide income, regardless of there they keep the assets/earn the income. That's the sensible principle applied in the US (the US then rather goes and spoils it by taxing US citizens – even green card holders, I believe – who are not resident in the USA, on their worldwide income anyway.)
Let the non-doms who don't like this take off to their tax havens. They can have the tedium of Monaco, the bland boredom of Switzerland, the stifling autocracy of Singapore and the expatriate bubble-wrapped society of Dubai. I'll stay in London.


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December 14, 2012
Caritas prepares for emergency response as Samoa hit by Cyclone Evan
By Angela Ford Caritas emergency response teams in the Pacific are preparing for emergency relief as one of the most powerful cyclones to hit Samoa in 20 years devastates Apia. Cyclone Evan made landfall on Thursday 13 December, with winds up to 160 km per hour. At least two people have died, and many are missing. Samoa has declared a state of disaster with widespread structural damage to outlying buildings, homes and critical infrastructure. Locals have been left without power and food shortages are possible. Caritas Samoa report that flooding in Apia is widespread, powerlines and trees are down and many homes are destroyed. Flooding is the major cause for concern in the short-term, with water levels up to 8ft in areas. Mr Puletini Tuala Caritas Samoa Director reports, "the most urgent need at this stage is for water and tinned food. We are planning for an initial assessment of damage in coastal areas [...]
June 23, 2010
A community responds in SamoaThe newest member of the confederation, Caritas Samoa, found itself coping with a major emergency when a tsunami hit the Pacific Islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga in September.
March 1, 2010
After the tsunami: Voices from SamoaOver 150 people are reported dead as a result of massive tsunami waves which hammered the South Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, after a huge earthquake at sea.
February 2, 2010
Typhoon Ketsana and Samoa tsunami
Caritas emergency officers are at full stretch bringing aid to the survivors of a series of humanitarian disasters. Typhoon Ketsana appeal Tyhpoon Ketsana (known locally as Typhoon Ondoy) has made 600,000 people homeless in the Philippines and left 1.8 million people in need. The storm has left a trail of destruction across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Caritas is providing aid to the most vulnerable in the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. Caritas and the Catholic Church in the Philippines has already helped survivors with food and shelter and is rushing to do more. For the Philippines, Caritas has launched an appeal for US$ 980,216.29 (Euros 666,813.80) to provide food, medicine, shelter materials and other aid items for 50,000 of the worst affected people for a month. In Cambodia Typhoon Ketsana caused extensive damage. It forced 20,000 people from their homes and destroyed scores of buildings and some infrastructure. Caritas will provide a one month food ration [...]