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Decisive moment: the happiness in the innocent faces of the African children...
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rushandy (214) 2007-03-25 11:13
What smiles!
bdayer (489) 2007-03-25 11:28
Hi Jorge,
These smiles are fantastic! I really enjoy seeing such smiling faces..
Nice shot,
Best regards
Funny to discover a picture of my own photo camera on trek !
The smiles of these children are wonderful.
Very nice picture.
hatti52 (12786) 2007-03-25 12:01
Hi Jorge
They are laughing so lovely
Colours and sharpness r perfect
portojo (233) 2007-03-28 13:11
Oh, yes... that's the magic and touching moment wich all travelers in Africa we dream. I didn't took yet, but I will have one day. Muito Obrigado! ;-)
pellegrina (83) 2007-04-23 15:54
esta foto me gusta muchissimo y encuentro la idea muy originale. la incudratura es sin duda muy buena y las sonrisas de los ninos quedan el el corazon!!
Muito Obrigado!
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text: Caribbean Tourism Cares chief joins Clintons, others in Haiti delegation By Gay Nagle Myers / October 29, 2012 Share 1 -- Bruce Beckham, executive director of Tourism Cares, arrived in Cap Haitien in northern Haiti on Oct. 22, landing on a just-completed runway on a charter flight from Miami to help celebrate the opening of an industrial park that marked a step forward in Haiti's recovery.Beckham was in good company that day. Heading the delegation were Clinton Foundation founder and former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; actors-activists Sean Penn and Ben Stiller; World Travel & Tourism Council President and CEO David Scowsill; Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson; Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova; and American fashion designer Donna Karan, as well as U.S. State Department officials, USAid representatives and U.S. business leaders. "It was a star-studded delegation, but it was not window dressing," Beckham said. "Everyone there was involved and engaged in helping Haiti. "Tourism Cares was there because board members Brad Finkle of TripMate, Don Hawkins of George Washington University and Robin Tauck of Tauck World Discovery, who is joining the board in December, set the stage for our participation," he said. "It is a tribute to Tourism Cares' work and the Clinton Foundation's belief that we can be a part of Haiti's restoration and renaissance."Centerpiece of the "New Day in Haiti" daylong event was the opening of the $300 million Caracol Industrial Park, a venture led by Sae-A, a South Korean clothing manufacturer.The opening of the 600-acre park, which has provided jobs for 1,000 Haitians, with 10,000 more jobs when the park is fully built, signals a major success in Haiti's rebuilding efforts, according to Beckham."Haiti's President Michel Martelly said that it demonstrates that Haiti is open for business," Beckham said.(Hurricane Sandy, which caused mudslides and flooding in Haiti two days later, did not damage the new park, although it claimed two lives in Haiti.)Beckham toured the massive building, which he described as large as a Costco or a Walmart Superstore."People were busy working on sewing machines," he said. "The conditions were excellent. There were fans going and another kind of system, not air-conditioning, to cool the air."A project to build 750 concrete-structure basic homes near the park to house the workers is in the works. "Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin and I spoke about how Tourism Cares could collaborate with the Clinton Foundation and Haiti in providing advice and intelligence on tourism practices, service standards, infrastructure help. That's what we can bring to the party," Beckham said.Villedrouin is "very excited that Tourism Cares is interested in helping Haiti evolve its tourism product," Beckham said. "She has a lot of tourism knowledge and is enthusiastic about the industry. "While Tourism Cares gives out grants and is involved in cleanup projects here in the U.S., our giveback project in Haiti is really about giving help and hope," he said. "We have made a proposal to the Clinton Foundation to provide knowledge and expertise in partnership with WTTC."The Haiti program would be part of the Global Outreach initiatives that Tourism Cares launched in May in a program in Peru."Haiti is one of a few destinations we are looking at where we could do the most good," Beckham said.He acknowledged that this would all take a while. "This trip was exciting and the experience eye-opening. Everyone was enthusiastic, but there is a lot to be done. As my mother would say, it's wee steps and slow," Beckham said.For Caribbean and Mexico news, follow Gay Nagle Myers on Twitter @gnmtravelweekly.


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Jennifer Tilly may have one of the most distinctive voices in the business, but for horror fans, she also has one of the most distinctive faces...one that's been molded in plastic.
Tilly starred in "Bride Of Chucky" in 1998 as the little ginger-haired killer's love interest and again in 2004's "Seed Of Chucky", and now she's back for "Curse Of Chucky" in a role that's more dysfunctional than loving.
"She is helping him in his nefarious ways. There are people he forgot to kill and he's a perfectionist," says Tilly. "He will not stop. He's not going to stop painting the Sistine Chapel before he's finished. He's tying up loose ends. But their love continues. I think Tiffany will always be in love with Chucky no matter how horribly he treats her."
Tilly doesn't get much screen time in the film--it's more of a cameo--but she says she was still excited to get back into the old role.
"It was really fun to drag out the push-up bra, the seven-inch heels and put on the blond wig again," Tilly said. "Every 10 years or so they let me make another Chucky movie...I mean, it was like coming home again."
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Im at 54% currently...
edit: O.... M.... G....
Uhh... yeah.
That looks frickin'' fantastic!
Excellent. I am now imposing a media blackout so that I dont get sick of it before I see it. A big part of the first Matrix for me was seeing it before it became ""big"", I didnt know what the Matrix was, let alone how much it kicked ass. I want to try to get as much of that as I can from the second and third ones, and it looks like theres plenty to suprise me with.
My wife will get crazy when she`ll come back home from work and I`ll show her the trailer. We`re both such a Matrix junkies
This movie is gonna kick ass! Wow, what a great trailer. Can''t wait.
Hmm. I''m a bit worried. The fight scene with neo and the thousand agent smiths looks too CG...
And when the agent falls on top of the car, in the highway, that looks ... well, not bad, but not up to ""Matrix"" standards. I mean, I could tell it was CG in the first viewing, on a tiny screen...
Mex, the problem is - when we first saw the Matrix - it had never been done before (not on such a constantly high level all the way through movie at least), today we have seen lots of FX rip-offs from Matrix, CG has entered even damn teen comedies. We are becoming more and more saturated with fantastic-visuals-stuff.
and come on, how coud one make agent Smith believably jumping from car to car, smashing them? i`m fine with the feeling that it is unbelievable (entering theatre I`ll simply block the parts of my brain responsible for ""geez, its ridiculous, it simply cant be"" thoughts).
""and come on, how coud one make agent Smith believably jumping from car to car, smashing them?""
Um, the same way they made the ""Trinity crashing into building hanging from an helicopter"" scene believable?
Morpheus kicks ass on that jump in the trailer too, and trinity falling with her butt towards the camera.... well.. oh yeah.
Maybe they ran out of time
I relatively recently watched Matrix at home and tell you what - ""Trinity crushing in building hanging from an helicopter"" scene isnt that realistic at all.
We`re simply becoming old...khm..khm...
Not to kirk out or anything, but can I just ask how many of you loved The Matrix because of it''s believability? I liked it because I got to exercise my suspension of disbelief gland for two hours. That whole scene when they pull the scorpionbug out of Keanu''s belly button? Yeah, there''s no way that was live action. The scorpionbug was overacting way too much to be a real actor. For me, I enjoyed The Matrix because every other scene allowed me to do my own Keanu ""WOAH!"" impersonation. It was just cool...exceedingly so. The trailer for Reloaded was the same way. You guys can keep arguing about how CG everything may or may not look. I''ll be the one pointing at the screen saying, ""WOAH!"".
Well, my point is that there''s a certain level you have to achieve so that the movie does not break the ""suspension of disbelief"", and those two scenes I mentioned are below such level.
I''m not sure about the whole Superman thing either, but we''ll see.
I recently saw the crashintowall part, and I still liked it quite a bit.
I also noticed something else - did The Oracle make an appearance in the video? Because I read months ago that the actress had died.
I also noticed something else - did The Oracle make an appearance in the video? Because I read months ago that the actress had died.
Did some whacking of imdb and it looks like you''re right. Gloria Foster died Sept. 29, 2001. I did see her in the Reloaded trailer, though. Before I could remember who the Oracle was I thought you may have been referring to the role Aaliyah was slated to play. I''m guessing she has been replaced by Jada Pinkett Smith in the trailer. I''m sure I would have preferred Aaliyah, but it is an interesting substitution. Jada and Carrie-Anne seem very similar to each other to me.
Still trying to reattach my jaw.
It looks like it will be Matrix squared. More cool awesome stunts and effects.
As for reality, I never really get bothered by how realistic movies are or aren''t, just lucky that way I guess.
I just enjoy the story that the movie makers are trying to tell.
Sure just about every movie I watch has things that I would change or make different or even stuff I think is plain stupid.
Though, I still like hearing/watching the story and each one has its own little flaws just like each person does.
Those flaws become part of the movie, just like all the mistakes in Star Wars have their own character and to remove them would change the movie IMHO.
I have no problem with the Neo flying stuff. I think it looks much better than the scene at the end of the Matrix. On a whole I think Keanu has been practicing.
Sorry, couldnt resist, it simply looks too nice out of context
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I have no problem with the Neo flying stuff. I think it looks much better than the scene at the end of the Matrix. On a whole I think Keanu has been practicing.
Sorry, couldnt resist, it simply looks too nice out of context :D
I was trying to keep myself from buying the hype with the new Matriz movies, but damn if the new trailer doesn''t look amazing. There was an article recently with an interview with the effects guys and they talked about how they were going to have to out-do themselves for the new films, since ""bullet-time"" wasn''t going to impress anymore. I''d say they did a pretty good job. Sure it will have the same silly plot and goofy story the first one did, but it looks good, and they''re fun movies. If you want completely believable, go watch a documentary.
Hmmm, I didnt think that Matrix had a silly plot. It might be not a Supa Grand Plot That Will Live For Centuries, but I didnt find it silly as well. I mean, how can one make silly plot, borrowing so much from various literal masterpieces?
Me either... I have never given a thought that matrix plot was silly and goofy story. I found the plot a bit philosophical with a good story to go with it. May be the visual representation might have it seem like it''s a goofy and silly, but I sure don''t think so...
Ahh! The Matrix brought me the same joy that I got when I first saw the Blade Runner...
Don''t get me wrong, I liked The Matrix too, but I never really thought of it as ground-breaking, story wise.


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i've been doing a manga for sometime now and i was thinking for drawing my characters more anyway this is ryou he's one of the mane characters in my manga that's a scene from volume 4 ^_^
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I want to read your manga like right effign now D8 5/5
I simply adore his eyes X3 I've always loved blue eyes lol Hes cute altogether though The marks under his eyes are smilar to one of my characters too :3 5/5 ^^
I love the cheetah pattern on his cat ears and the red lines under his eyes! xD His expression looks so cool. I really like his blue eyes, hairstyle and his necklace. :D I could never make a manga. :p (too lazy) 5/5 hearts.


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Yah yah? Thats me, right? LOL i never had a funny friend like you xD yah-yah ? New nickname for me? Aw how sweet! And its awesome that this is pink! LOL my 'face' color or my 'fave' color? :p hehe. Anything would do as long as i FAVE this drawingMeow


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On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:42 PM, rodrigo.bonifacio <email@example.com> wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm trying to use the quick-check library for checking some properties of a user defined data type. Bellow the target data type:

 data Feature =
 Feature Id Name FeatureType GroupType Children Properties |
 FeatureError

 where:

 Id = String
 Name = String
 FeatureType = int
 GroupType = int
 Children = [Feature]
 Propertyes = [String]

 I've written the following quick-check property:

 prop_AlternativeFeature :: Feature -> Feature -> QuickCheck.Property
 prop_AlternativeFeature fm fc = length (children fc) == 0 ==> length (checkAlternativeFeature fm fc) > 0

 When I try to check such property, the result is:

 ERROR "./EshopModelChecking.hs":11 - Type error in instance member binding
 *** Term : arbitrary
 *** Type : Feature
 *** Does not match : Gen Feature

 I think that I need to write some arbitrary or generator functions, but I didn't realize how to do that with the availalble quick-checking documentation.

 Any help will be welcome.

You use the available functions to build up a generator for your data type.

First, let's give the instanc itself. For this I'm just going to use the frequency function to use "featureGenNormal" five times more often than "return FeatureError". This means that will get a FeatureError every now and then, but mostly you'll get featureGenNormal (see below). You can change these frequences, of course.

instance Arbitrary Feature where
 arbitrary = do
 frequency [ (5, featureGenNormal), (1, return FeatureError) ]

In order to write featureGenNormal, we need to be able to generate random values of each of the parts of the data type. Often these types will already have Arbitrary instances, so generating an isntance for your type is quite often just a matter of calling "arbitrary" for each component, and then returning a datatype. However, there is no Arbitrary instance for String, which is a bit annoying, so let's write our own generator for strings.

First a generator for a single letter:

letterGen = oneof $ map return $ ['a'..'z'] ++ ['A'..'Z']

Then a combinator for generating a list of values given a generator for a single value:

listGen :: Gen a -> Gen [a]
listGen g = do
 x <- g
 xs <- frequency [ (1, return []), (10, listGen g) ]
 return (x:xs)

And then we use this to build our "stringGen" generator.

stringGen :: Gen String
 stringGen = listGen letterGen

Now, we have all we need to write the featureGenNormal generator:

featureGenNormal = do
 id <- stringGen
 name <- stringGen
 featuretype <- arbitrary
 grouptype <- arbitrary
 children <- arbitrary
 properties <- listGen stringGen
 return (Feature id name featuretype grouptype children properties)

Note that we use "arbitrary" to generate the list of children recursively.

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Yes, the Ethiopian Wildlife Department out of the blue closed down Nile crocodile hunting on Lake Chamo as of July, 2007. This is not a big surprise to us because we knew from the start that the amount of hunting on Chamo would be limited. I just did not expect it to be limited to only three years.
The crocs on Lake Chamo are very special, and when you are shooting 80- to 100-year-old animals, very careful management has to be put in place to make sure that over-harvesting does not happen and that trophy quality does not drop. Chamo still has plenty of big crocs left, and the wildlife department has clearly stated that there is a very good chance they will let us start hunting the crocs there again on a limited basis once a complete crocodile management plan is put in place for the entire lake.
I have been in contact with the folks at the IUCN croc specialist group, who have said that they will be the ones who will aid the Ethiopian Wildlife Department in creating a croc management plan for the Lake. The people there are not anti-hunting, so a limited harvest of crocs by sport hunters is very possible in the future. Until the plan is complete, we intend to be supportive and cooperative, as all of us involved have the same goal: namely, the protection and conservation of the crocs in Lake Chamo.


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raise your hand if you ever saw that Olympus camera before!
Ok, the E-P3 has been discontinued and Olympus is likely going to announce a new MFT cameras with a very "different design" (so say the rumors I got). Was looking at possible design inspiring cameras form the Olympus film history. Particularly cameras with a rangefinder design. And I found an auction having a camera that 99% of you will likely never have seen before. It is the Olympus ECRU (Click here to see the auction).
Olympus Global writes: " "Ecru" is French for "unbleached." The name of this concept camera was chosen to symbolize its intended role as a tool for living an intellectually enhanced life as natural as unbleached cloth. This concept is symbolized in the white body of the camera, which was sold as a limited edition of 10,000 units in Japan and 10,000 overseas."
I am pretty sure Olympus will not use that kind of design for their next MFT camera :)
List of all Olympus rangefinder can be found on eBay (or via Slidoo eBay if you prefer)


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Using a Part-Time Administrator to Oversee an ASC: 5 Thoughts From MedHQ's Tom Jacobs
Before Mr. Jacobs' surgery center was converted to a hospital outpatient department, it functioned as a two-procedure room GI center, performing about 4,000 cases a year. The original administrator had been with the surgery center for about three years when he received another job offer, prompting the center to look for a replacement. Because the center had assembled a strong team of staff members — including a nurse manager with over 15 years of experience — and achieved operational success under the old administrator, it was a relatively simple process to bring in a contracted administrator.
"It was a different situation than what you usually hear about," Mr. Jacobs says. "Usually the administrator is full-time. This was different because we had a very strong clinical manager with a business office staff that did a great job of running the center's processes." Instead of someone to handle day-to-day operations, he said the surgery center needed an administrator to look at the big picture: contract negotiations, hiring, board meeting supervision and strategic direction.
Here, he discusses five points on appointing a contracted administrator to assist in running your ASC.
1. Clinical and business leaders must be top-notch. The day-to-day management for Mr. Jacobs' center was mainly left up to the nurse manager, who oversaw the clinical staff, and the office manager, who ran the business office. A GI tech was additionally responsible for material concerns, such as purchasing and inventory. "The previous administrator had gotten things into a normal routine, so the center was very efficiently run," he says. "The office manager made sure the schedule was kept up, and the clinical manager oversaw all clinical issues."
He says instead of day-to-day operations, the surgery center needed "coaching and guidance" in other areas. For example, as the contracted administrator, he was responsible for presenting the monthly financials, running the board meeting, and dealing with any out-of-the-ordinary employee problems. He also took care of contract negotiations and dealt with the billing company if problems arose. When industry changes impacted the center — such as the new Medicare Conditions of Participation — Mr. Jacobs lead the center in implementing the new requirements, though the staff members handled the inspection. "They just needed some leadership to get them through those changes," he says.
2. Administrator salary can be reduced considerably. According to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011, the average administrator salary for all multi-specialty surgery centers is $109,184. But a contracted administrator, who visits the surgery center on a regular basis but does not work full-time, can cost around half that, Mr. Jacobs says. "It was a great way for the facility to benefit from the administrator role without paying for the role full-time," he says.
3. Weekly office hours are helpful. As well as being available by phone and email every day, Mr. Jacobs says he spent one day a week holding office hours at the surgery center.
"I committed to being there once a week, so Wednesday I would work a normal day at the center," he says. "It worked well as a regular check-in, because most issues could wait until that day, and if anything else came up in the meantime, they could call me or go to the clinical or business office manager."
He says because day-to-day operations were mostly handled by the clinical and office managers, the administrator only needed to step in regularly to check on any serious issues or hold staff and board meetings.
4. A strong medical director makes a difference. In addition to the leadership of his clinical and office managers, Mr. Jacobs benefitted from a strong medical director in the facility. "The medical director was very hands-on and had a strong leadership role in the center," he says. "If you have a doctor who is very involved in the center and has great pride in ownership, that's a good situation for a contracted administrator."
He says this made it easier to facilitate good physician relationships even without the presence of a full-time administrator. If issues arose among the physicians, the medical director could handle them unless they needed to be escalated. He says it also helped that the physician practice was located next door to the surgery center. "The physician practice was in suite A of the building and the endoscopy center was in Suite B, so they're separated but in very close proximity."
5. Single-specialty ASCs are best-suited for the model. Single-specialty surgery centers, especially those that perform a limited set of procedure types, are probably best-suited for a part-time, contracted administrator. Mr. Jacobs' center performs about 10 different procedures, which he says helps.
"When you get into lots of different procedure codes and different supplies, there's more complexity in the operation," he says. "I think most multi-specialty facilities — or even single-specialty facilities with higher volume — have to deal with a lot more complexity in the higher-acuity cases."
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Chernobyl Diaries has good credentials: It was co-written and produced by Oren Peli, the filmmaker behind Paranormal Activity, and one of its stars is the bosomy Olivia Dudley. Bouncy breasts are, of course, de rigueur in the horror genre.
The film's nuclear mutants storyline may be a titch derivative, but Chernobyl Diaries is still full of things to like. The characters are fully three-dimensional, the dialogue is believable and most of the action stems from logical circumstances.
And it's scary.
The film opens with a little tourist behaviour from the four main actors. Olivia Dudley, Devin Kelley and Jesse McCartney play Americans on a European tour, and Jonathan Sadowski plays McCartney's brother, now living in Kiev. The quartet decide to take an extreme vacation at Pripyat, the bedroom community that housed workers from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Pripyat, evacuated completely in 48 hours after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, is a bona fide ghost town.
Or maybe it isn't.
Joined by a pair of tourists, our intrepid travellers are now six. They go off with a local tour guide (Dimitri Diatchenko) and are actually refused entry into Pripyat but they soon find a way to sneak into the area. Their tour is fascinating and a bit creepy, and when the van that's going to take them home refuses to start, it's tough not to feel creeped out. As soon as night falls, they're in trouble. There are packs of wild dogs around Pripyat, and packs of … something else that attacks. Our heroes begin dying off, one by one.
The filmmakers behind Chernobyl Diaries are smart enough not to get too close to their villains, and never show the faces of the walking wounded mutants. You're just aware of them, hovering in the background, and somehow that's waaaay more frightening than anything the camera wants to show you directly. This film was not screened in advance for most press; that's generally a bad sign, but Chernobyl Diaries must be an exception to the rule. It's entertaining.
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million bribery case involving a former unit of oil services firm Halliburton.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday summoned the country chief of Halliburton and last week detained 10 Nigerian and expatriate Halliburton staff for questioning after raiding its Lagos office.
"We are filing charges against Cheney," EFCC spokesman Femi Babafemi told Reuters, but declined to give any further details on what the charges were, or where they would be filed.
Securing the Washington Monument from terrorism has turned out to be a surprisingly difficult job. The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking vehicles, but there's no visually appealing way to house the airport-level security mechanisms the National Park Service has decided are a must for visitors. It is considering several options, but I think we should close the monument entirely. Let it stand, empty and inaccessible, as a monument to our fears.
An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what they could do. They're afraid that by speaking honestly about the impossibility of attaining absolute security or the inevitability of terrorism — or that some American ideals are worth maintaining even in the face of adversity — they will be branded as "soft on terror." And they're afraid that Americans would vote them out of office if another attack occurred. Perhaps they're right, but what has happened to leaders who aren't afraid? What has happened to "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
An empty Washington Monument would symbolize our lawmakers' inability to take that kind of stand — and their inability to truly lead.
The international bankster machine seeking to colonize Western nations through debt is now meeting resistance from Greece, to France, to Ireland, to Italy, to Spain, to Portugal, and to the U.K.
The protesters are getting support from someone who is experiencing the outcome of resisting public bailouts of private banking debts. The President of Iceland recently remarked that they're in much better shape than Ireland because they let the private banks fail and their currency naturally devalued, allowing them to regain some competitiveness relative to their neighbors:
"The difference is that in Iceland we allowed the banks to fail," Grimsson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television's Mark Barton today. "These were private banks and we didn't pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks."
UK's Libertarian politician, Nigel Farage, once viewed as a fringe player, is now getting international recognition for forewarning his European comrades about the troubles in the system. He's quickly becoming a hero to the banker resistance as his credibility reaches new heights for being proved right — much like his U.S. counterpart Congressman Ron Paul. His rants in the European Parliament are going viral on YouTube as the people are waking up to their servitude to banks and a lack of true democracy and sovereignty.
When Wikileaks released thousands of classified US diplomatic cables this week, a familiar criticism was repeated by the project's foes: these leaks could harm innocent people. There's no evidence of that yet, but within the documents there is evidence the American government has harmed innocent people.
One of them is Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, and a victim of so-called "extraordinary rendition." He was a car salesman in Germany, a father of six. The CIA kidnapped him by mistake (his name sounds and looks identical to that of an actual terror suspect), and sent off to receive months of torture in Afghanistan.
When the CIA realized he was innocent, he was flown to Albania and dumped on a back road without so much as an apology.
El-Masri's futile efforts at receiving justice in the U.S. are well-known, but the cables published this week by Wikileaks include revelations the U.S. also warned German authorities not to allow a local investigation into his kidnapping and abuse.
WASHINGTON – House Republicans have temporarily blocked legislation to feed school meals to thousands more hungry children. Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend the $4.5 billion bill, which would give more needy children the opportunity to eat free lunches at school and make those lunches healthier. First lady Michelle Obama has lobbied for the bill as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.
House Democrats said the GOP amendment, which would have required background checks for child care workers, was an effort to kill the bill and delayed a final vote on the legislation rather than vote on the amendment.
Because the nutrition bill is identical to legislation passed by the Senate in August, passage would send it to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. If the bill were amended, it would be sent back to the Senate with little time left in the legislative session.
McDonalds probably objected.
The City watchdog today ruled out action against former bosses at Royal Bank of Scotland after finding no evidence of fraud or dishonest activity in the lead-up to the financial crisis.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) cleared the firm and individuals, including former chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin, but warned that their competence would be taken into account in any future applications made by them to work at FSA-regulated firms.
In its investigation into the bailed-out bank, the FSA said RBS made a series of bad decisions in the years immediately before the financial crisis, most significantly the acquisition of Dutch bank ABN AMRO and the decision to aggressively expand its investment banking business.
But it added: "The review concluded that these bad decisions were not the result of a lack of integrity by any individual and we did not identify any instances of fraud or dishonest activity by RBS senior individuals or a failure of governance on the part of the board."
So that leaves incompetency as an explanation. Why do these people still have a job?
The Obama administration went to the mat to defend its predecessors from a torture prosecution in Spain last year, a leaked State Department cable shows.
The cable, released by WikiLeaks this week, shows that senior US diplomats teamed with Republican lawmakers — including a former Republican Party chairman — to put pressure on Spanish officials to drop a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's use of "enhanced interrogation techniques."
Bush is a far bigger criminal than Assange will ever be.
An expert in the fight against child sexual abuse is raising the alarm about a technique the TSA is reportedly using to get children to co-operate with airport pat-downs: calling it a "game".
Ken Wooden, founder of Child Lures Prevention, says the TSA's recommendation that children be told the pat-down is a "game" is potentially putting children in danger.
Telling a child that they are engaging in a game is "one of the most common ways" that sexual predators use to convince children to engage in inappropriate contact, Wooden told Raw Story.
Do your kids feel safer yet?
Look at who's complaining the most about Wikileaks and you realize that it's the people who benefit from not being held accountable for their actions.
On Tuesday, President Obama said a bunch of high-minded things about a new era of bipartisan cooperation between Republicans and Democrats. On Wednesday, all 42 Republican senators signed a letter declaring that they would block Congress from any action at all until tax cuts for the wealthy have been safely extended.
Dear Obama, for once, call their bluff.
You know your country is in trouble when the banks get a 2nd bailout, the unemployed get their benefits cut, and the rich continue to get a tax break.
Sarah Palin, who is widely tipped as a possible Republican candidate for president in 2012, has said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be hunted down in the way armed forces are targeting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
I don't understand why she wants to spend billions of dollars on not catching him…
Yep, you read that right. Today, YouTube is officially launching TrueView, a new ad format that lets users skip over ads they aren't interested in — and advertisers are actually okay with it.
It's a new format that YouTube has been testing for a while now, and it's a bit different than what you're probably used to. When a TrueView ad unit begins playing, you'll notice a five second countdown timer — as soon as that's up, you'll see an arrow that will let you skip the remainder of the ad and get back to the content you wanted to see, or you can choose to keep on watching the ad.
So at 5 seconds everyone participates in a no-opt-out survey on whether or not the ad interests them. No wonder advertisers like it! They get to sell their products to everyone for 5 seconds at a cut rate, to known-interested parties for X seconds at a normal rate, PLUS info on which ads get the most dropouts, least dropouts, and presumably WHEN they drop out.
Pardon me for configuring AdBlock to filter this shit out.
WikiLeaks, the nonprofit site that publishes leaked government documents, was booted off, Amazon.com's cloud computing services today following political pressure from Senator Joe Lieberman.
If Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books.


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Circumstances were not good for the Suns, and the team was in a state of decline. Beset by injuries and poor draft positions, Phoenix had gone from Western Conference finalist in 1984 to only 32 wins in 1986.
MacLeod had five rookies on his club during the '86-87 season, including William Bedford, the team's first round pick (sixth overall), Jeff Hornacek, Rafael Addison, Grant Gondrezick and Kenny Gattison. But the youth wasn't paying dividends, as the Suns juggled starting lineups and rested at .500 for the last time on Dec. 17.
During a pre-game interview with Al McCoy before a Feb. 25 game against the Lakers in Los Angeles, MacLeod seemed irritated and edgy. The constant frustration of losing, injuries and lack of depth was taking its toll.
Several hours later, following a 99-91 loss to the Lakers, MacLeod received a phone call from General Manager Jerry Colangelo. The two met that afternoon.
"It was a very painful decision," Colangelo told reporters, "but the team needs a change in attitude. John got a great opportunity here in Phoenix and he did an outstanding job overall."
Colangelo wanted a man who personified hard-nosed play as MacLeod's predecessor. He didn't have to look any further than down his hall for a candidate.
Colangelo appointed former Phoenix guard and the "Original Sun" Dick Van Arsdale as interim head coach. Van Arsdale's brief stint as a coach was successful, even though he inherited a team that managed only 22 wins in 53 games.
A former color analyst for the Suns, "Van" had no coaching experience and decided to leave the strategy work to assistant coach John Wetzel. Somehow, the duo seemed to improve all facets of their team's game and the Suns rolled off a seven-game winning streak.
Van Arsdale handed over the reigns of the team to Wetzel after compiling a 14-12 record to finish the season. Walter Davis led the team in scoring with a 23.6 average and appeared in his sixth NBA All-Star Game. Larry Nance chipped in 22.5 points-per-game.
But before the final stats were tabulated, controversy swept through the organization. One day before the season was over, Maricopa County Attorney Tom Collins and Phoenix police chief Ruben Ortega called a news conference to announce that a grand jury had indicted five current or former Suns players on drug charges. Six other current or former players were linked to the case as well.
Immediately after the indictments were announced, Davis returned to the NBA's treatment program. Condemnation of the Suns by the news media was immediate and devastating, but much of the case was found to be based on rumors, gossip and hearsay. Drug tests administered to the Suns proved negative. No drugs were confiscated. No trials were held, and no jail time was served.
"We will not let this setback prevent this franchise from achieving, once again, the respect of its fans and followers here and throughout the country," Colangelo said. "This is my commitment."
Although the Suns would eventually regain the support of their fans, the summer of tragedy was not over. On Aug. 16, Phoenix-bound Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed on takeoff in Detroit, killing 157 passengers. Among the victims was a young, promising center named Nick Vanos. Drafted by the Suns out of Santa Clara in 1985, Vanos was a 7-2, 260-pound performer with great potential. Sadly, the crash took his life and career before he reached his peak.
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David Stustman - Athens Academy
Roberto Alva - Athens Academy
David Stutsman, sr., & Roberto Alva, Jr., Athens Academy (No. 1 doubles): With their booming serves and consistent volley play, the duo stomped its way to the finals and helped Athens Academy capture its eighth straight state title.
Jake Alford - Madison County
Trevor Lanier - Madison County
Jake Alford, fr., & Trevor Lanier, fr., Madison County (No. 2 doubles): The Red Raider tandem posted a productive season with a 16-1 record They went 1-1 in the postseason.
Bob Klein - Athens Academy
Bob Klein, Sr., Athens Academy (No. 1 singles): One of three singles players for the Spartans to win state title matches, Klein was one of the best high school players Northeast Georgia had to offer. He had a thunderous serve and consistent baseline shots.Hunter James, sr., Morgan County (No. 2 singles) The SMU signee went 20-1 during his final season at Morgan County. His only loss came to state-ranked Providence Christian's Steven Nash in Round 2 of the Class AA postseason.
James Dunleavy - Athens Academy
James Dunleavy, sr., Athens Academy (No. 3 singles): Thanks to natural talent, the senior was dangerous when on the service line. What's more, Dunleavy was a superb player at the net. He helped the Spartans win their eighth consecutive state championship.
Boys coach Dan Gruetter - Oconee County
Boys coach Dan Gruetter, Oconee County: The consummate motivator and teacher, Gruetter guided the Warriors to the quarterfinals of the Class AAAAA postseason. Gruetter kept his team focused and the Warriors produced subsequent wins over Wheeler and Lassiter, respectively.
Boys Second Team
Jordan Gailey, Jr., Franklin County (No. 1 singles) Austin Roebuck, Soph., Oconee County (No. 2 singles) John Allen, Sr., Oconee County (No. 3 singles) Adam Howe, Sr., & David Fleming, Sr., Oconee County (No. 1 doubles) David Hou, Fr., & Will Cowsert, Fr., Athens Academy (No. 2 doubles)
Adrienne Elsberry - Athens Academy
Adrienne Elsberry, soph., Athens Academy (No. 1 singles): One of three sophomore singles players for Athens Academy this past year, Elsberry was an aggressive baseliner who had a knack for coming up with shots that often frustrated her opponents. She boasted a 21-2 mark, en route to runner-up honors at state. With her consistent serve, Elsberry was tremendous at winning long points.
Oana Vlad - Clarke Central
Oana Vlad, sr., Clarke Central: (No. 2 singles): Blessed with power and a dab of quickness, Vlad was difficult to handle for opposing players. She went 13-2 during the season and helped Clarke Central win its first region crown in school history. Vlad, who is the daughter of a former Romanian Davis Cup player and the younger sister of former Georgia player Ion Vlad, also guided the Lady Gladiators to the first playoff victory in Clarke Central history.
Jordan Dean - Madison County
Jordan Dean, fr., Madison County: (No. 3 singles): It was an impressive first year for Dean. The multi-talented player went 14-4 and led the Lady Red Raiders to a 9-1 record in sub-region play. Dean was a relentless with her volley play, and used her speed and quickness to track down baseline shots. Dean was named the Athens Banner-Herald/Pepsi player of the week on April 20. Up to that point in the season, Dean had dropped just two sets and had improved to 14-0.
Anna Tedder - Oconee County
Jessica Vanderkooi - Oconee County
Anna Tedder, sr., & Jessica Vanderkooi, sr., Oconee County (No. 1 doubles): The athletic duo, which had played together since kindergarten, posted an impressive 11-1 mark during the season, losing to North Gwinnett during the postseason. The twosome helped the Lady Warriors record remarkable postseason wins over Duluth and Kennesaw Mountain.
Bonny Spurlock - Athens Academy
Jessica Foster - Athens Academy
Bonny Spurlock, sr., & Jessica Foster, fr., Athens Academy: (No. 2 doubles): With Spurlock's experience and Foster's energy, the tandem was a major factor in getting the Lady Spartans to the state championship final. Spurlock and Foster were strong hitters. The duo helped the Lady Spartans in playoff wins over Whitefield Academy, Aquinas, Landmark Christian and Savannah Country Day.
Girls coach Avery Moore - Clarke Central
Girls coach Avery Moore, Clarke Central: Five years after he took over the Lady Gladiators' program, Moore guided Clarke Central to its first region title in school history and a first-round playoff win over North Atlanta. Moore managed to utilize the individual strengths of his three singles players, Alice Yu, Oana Vlad and sophomore Brooke Tata. Also a basketball coach, he worked well with his young doubles team of Merin Yu and Kelly Lanier.
Girls Second Team
Amanda Kavouklis, Sr., Oconee County (No. 1 singles) Lauren Nickerson, Soph., Athens Academy (No. 2 singles) Kristen Harris, Sr., Franklin County (No. 3 singles) Sara Lloyd, Sr., & Kara Downs, Sr., Athens Academy (No. 1 doubles) Merin Yu, Fr., & Kelly Lanier, Fr., Clarke Central (No. 2 doubles)
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Telepath Tactics - Hands-On @ Destructoid
Destructoid had a look at Telepath Tactics and mentioned things like this:
The game itself mixes the traditional SRPG elements that the fans know and love with some pretty interesting and fresh mechanics to keep it from feeling all too similar. Throwing and pushing enemies is possible, which makes a character's proximity to cliffs, water, and lava way more important.
It is also possible for certain classes to build bridge tiles, connecting two previously separated areas. It's a simple addition with complex implications. If the enemy can bridge two areas and get their fighters across in a single turn, you had better be ready.
I didn't get to play with any of the editing tools, but it looks like the map-editing tool will be easy to use and understand. Creating a new NPC or scripts seems a bit more complex, but you can always be like me and just appreciate the content that other, way more skilled people create. As if it wasn't wonderful enough that there is going to be an intense and classic SRPG on the PC, it's also playing to the platform's strength by including mod support!
Information aboutTelepath Tactics
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: Strategy-RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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Gonzalez diagnosed with knee fracture
Gonzalez has fracture in left knee
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The odds that injured Reds shortstop Alex Gonzalez would be ready for Opening Day just became a long shot. Gonzalez was diagnosed with a compression fracture in his left knee Friday. He will be examined again in three weeks before the club decides how to proceed. "There's no surgical procedure," Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky said. "He'll do his conditioning but no baseball activity."
Gonzalez, 31, underwent an MRI test on Monday after he complained of soreness and has not participated in any Spring Training games. A second scan was ordered on Thursday and team medical director Dr. Tim Kremchek examined him after returning to town. Shortly before the Reds made the announcement of the diagnosis, Gonzalez said he had a bone bruise. He had been walking around the clubhouse on crutches. "[Kremchek] told me to rest," Gonzalez said. "I'll be on the crutches for a week to not put pressure on my leg. It was nothing serious. I'll just let it heal." Even if Gonzalez is cleared to resume playing in three weeks, that would take him to March 21. The regular season opens only 10 days later on March 31. "He'll need some time to get back into baseball shape," Krivsky said. Last season, Gonzalez batted .272 with 16 home runs and 55 RBIs in 110 games. He was limited to pinch-hitting for much of September because of a bone bruise on the same knee. "It's in a different spot," Krivsky said of the fracture. The Reds signed Gonzalez as a free agent to a three-year, $14 million contract on Nov. 20, 2006.
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For now, the Reds will fill in at shortstop with what they already have in camp. Much of the playing time could go to Jeff Keppinger, who picked up the team when Gonzalez was often out last season.Keppinger batted .332 in 67 games as a utility player. He started at five different positions in 2007, including 43 at shortstop. He doesn't have as much range as Gonzalez but committed only two of his errors at shortstop. Other shortstop candidates in camp are Juan Castro, Paul Janish and Adam Rosales. However, Castro is coming back from August Tommy John right elbow reconstruction surgery. Neither Janish nor Rosales have any Major League experience. "We'll see who plays the best and who we think can help us the most will be the one who goes and takes his place," manager Dusty Baker said.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ulster Rugby fans wrong over Jared Payne red card
Telegraph Sport: where the debate starts
Am I the only proud supporter of the Ulster rugby team who's willing to admit that Jared Payne deserved to be sent off against Saracens?
I've been reading a lot about a burning sense of injustice Ulster fans are feeling but I'm not buying it.
In the fourth minute of the Heineken Cup quarter-final Payne clattered into Alex Goode when the Saracens full-back was in the air.
Payne was shown a red card by French referee Jerome Garces and despite some fierce resistance from the hosts, Mark McCall's side closed out a 17-15 win.
It was easy to feel sorry for Payne. There was nothing malicious or cynical about the challenge but that's irrelevant.
It was still dangerous and the fact neither player was seriously injured is a blessing.
Perhaps Payne's emotions got the better of him in the early stages of a highly charged game.
The consequences of the challenge were severe but the referee is there to enforce the game's laws.
We can look at these incidents with our Ulster goggles on or accept that the ref had no option but to send off Payne.
Of course, had a Saracens player taken out Payne when he was in the air and been dismissed, then most of us would be saying 'he had to go'.
Referee Jerome Garces is no cheat.
The only man who made a catastrophic error at Ravenhill was Payne.
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Police said yesterday they would not reveal more details of an accident in Oxford which left a cyclist in hospital.
Police sealed off Kennington Road under the Southern Bypass in Oxford on Wednesday night following a serious accident involving a cyclist.
Paramedics were called to the scene at 8.38pm and found a male in his 40s who had come off his bike lying in the road.
He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital and was described as being in a serious condition.


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(CBS) In the wake of Illinois' 23-point loss to unranked Wisconsin, the Fighting Illini took a major plunge in the rankings.
Ranked No. 12 before Saturday's road loss to the Badgers, the Illini fell 11 spots to No. 23.
The Big Ten features three teams in the top 10. Indiana rose to No. 2, Michigan fell to No. 5 and Minnesota is ranked No. 9.
Louisville is now ranked No. 1 after previously unbeaten Duke, Michigan and Arizona all lost.


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How to Buy Taxidermy
Examine eyes, ears, and noses.
The overall quality of animal mounts has risen considerably in recent years, thanks to improvements in the quality of pre-made mannequins. When creating a mount, taxidermists purchase an animal skin ("a cape," in taxidermist parlance) and then find a polyurethane-foam form that closely matches the shape and size of that particular creature. The next step is simple: Fit the cape over the mannequin like a sock over a foot. More accurate mannequins mean better defined musculature and better skin fit.
"But you still have got to deal with the antlers, the eyes, the nose, and the ears," says Dr. Dan McBride, president of the Texas Taxidermy Association. "Those are still four areas that you can goof on." If you're buying a piece, McBride advises, make sure "that the ears aren't loose, that the seam down the back of the head and neck isn't popping open, that the eyes aren't cracked, and that the nose isn't pulling apart."
Ex-Smithsonian taxidermist Rhymer counsels that examining those areas is also the best way to ascertain the condition of the hide itself. "You want to look at the places where the skin is really thin – the ears, the nostrils, and around the eyes," says Rhymer. Does it look faded? Is it peeling? Are there cracks? That'll give you an idea of what kind of shape this thing is in."
And an ear, eyes, and nose examine can also alert you to exemplary work. "Absolutely A-plus taxidermy gets all the detail work right around the eye and the nose," McBride says. If you notice anatomically accurate, but often forgotten details, like a flesh color inside a deer's nostrils, then you're probably looking at an excellent piece.


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On Monday, some 500 university students from Steubenville, Ohio, will board a line of charter busses bound for the nation's capital, where they hope to bear witness to the sanctity of human life.
Two days of pro-life activities at the school will commence with a prayer vigil on the evening of Sunday, January 22nd, marking the thirty-third anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized abortion in the U.S.
The service will include a presentation by pro-life activist Liz Brown, who will speak personally about the pain caused by her own abortion, as well as a candlelit procession to the campus's "Tomb of the Unborn Child."
Tom Sofio, spokesman for the school, said that around midnight, students will board the busses to join thousands of other pro-life advocates in Washington D.C. for Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the annual March for Life.
Likewise, Tom McFadden, Director of Admissions for Christendom College in Virginia noted that the entire student body and faculty of that school will make the short trip east to the capital, where they will join March as well.
Organizers have noticed a marked increase in the number of young people attending the March in recent years, as more colleges and college groups, many inspired by the late John Paul II, have begun voiced their own disdain for what the late Pope coined as "the culture of death.


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Among my must reads are the Sunday New York Times Book Review and other book reviews I come across in various media outlets. There are too many books being published that I would love to read, but just don't have the time. So, I rely on reading book reviews as one way of keeping in touch with what's being written.
Here are my picks in this week's books of interest:
By Steve Coll, Reviewed by Moisés Naím
How ExxonMobil bent Washington to its will.
"Private Empire" is a big book about big oil, big money and big government. It chronicles how ExxonMobil — the energy behemoth that recently displaced Wal-Mart atop the Fortune 500 list, with more than $450 billion in revenue — operates in failed states, keeping the oil flowing when no one else can, and how it handles hapless bureaucrats charged with regulating it, scientists challenging it, rival companies trying to outsmart it and activists bent on changing it.
By Paul Preston, Reviewed by Adam Hochschild
In Paul Preston's history of the Spanish Civil War, the atrocities under Franco mirror those in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
With Hitler and Mussolini supplying arms to Franco, and the Soviet Union to the embattled Spanish Republic, the death toll of the 1936-39 war was enormous. Some 200,000 soldiers died in battle, and a further large but unknown number of civilians were killed by Franco's bombing of Spanish cities and of vast columns of refugees in flight. But Preston's subject is something else: the approximately 200,000 men and women deliberately executed during the war, the 20,000 supporters of the Republic shot after it ended, and the additional tens of thousands of civilians and refugees who died in concentration camps and prisons.
Duane Shank is Senior Policy Adviser for Sojourners.
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Born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol was a key figure in pop art and revolutionized artistic production during the 20th century. Through the 1960s, Warhol created more 20 silkscreen paintings of the same Marilyn Monroe image after her death in August of 1962. Marilyn x 100, currently on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, is the largest of these Marilyn paintings.
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Take an in-depth look at Yoga: The Art of Transformation with Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, the Cleveland Museum of Art's George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, in this audio podcast.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is proud to be a community partner of Gay Games 9 (GG9) and very pleased to host Night Before 9: Out in Art on Friday night, August 8. In the meantime, get to know some of the museum's sports-related objects from the collection, highlighted in this blog post.
This month, the Cleveland Museum of Art will welcome Dr. William M. Griswold as its tenth director of the museum. During the summer, we caught up with Dr. Griswold to get his first reflections on a number of topics, including his thoughts on the role that innovation in technology, communication, and programming plays at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
During the run of the Cleveland Museum of Art's exhibition, Conservation in Focus: The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew, we invite you to ask questions in the gallery via our interactive Q&A and online with the hashtag #Get2KnowCaravaggio. Each week, we will feature five different questions, answered by one of our museum experts. Here are this week's five featured Q&A's!
On Monday, June 9, 2014, Dr. William M. Griswold, incoming director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, came to the museum to visit the staff before beginning his position as director in late summer. While here, we sat down with Dr. Griswold to get his first thoughts on community engagement at the Cleveland Museum of Art in part two of this video series.
At almost any given time, objects from the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection are on view at other cultural institutions across the country and the world. Currently, our collection is on view from Japan to Los Angeles and New York to Spain. To illustrate, we've created an interactive map on the museum's Pinterest page that visually expresses the scope of our current objects on loan.
In part two of the Cleveland Museum of Art's blog series focusing on the conservation of Rembrandt'sPortrait of a Woman, we take an in-depth look at the treatment issues surrounding the work in this illustration of the process on our blog. In honor of Rembrandt's birthday today, take a look at the final stages in bringing this important work of art back to life.
Roman Signer is thought by many to be Switzerland's most important artist and undoubtedly one of the major figures in international contemporary art since the early 1970s. On Saturday, July 26, Signer will present a selection of his films, with commentary, at his only public appearance in the United States at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In the meantime, if you aren't familiar with Roman Signer, here are five things you need to know from the CMA's Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Reto Thüring.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is proud to present Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The exhibition, which opened today at the Kyushu National Museum, introduces the Japanese painting collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Heidi Strean, the Cleveland Museum of Art's Director of Exhibitions and Publications, shares her photos from opening day!


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* FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.1 pct, Euro STOXX 50 down 0.1 pct
* Weak start on Wall St provides no boost for euro shares
* Tenaris, Vallourec pummelled by U.S. import tariff ruling
* Carlsberg, Lafarge shrug off EM hit with strong updates
By Alistair Smout and Joshua Franklin
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - European shares edged lower on Wednesday, led by Italy's Tenaris as a U.S. tariff ruling hurt the region's steel pipe industry, although buoyant updates from brewer Carlsberg and Lafarge helped limit market losses.
The FTSEurofirst 300 opened slightly higher, but gave away gains as the session went on, unable to mount a recovery as caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes and weak housing data prompted falls in U.S. stocks.
"The weaker housing market data coming out of the U.S. could indicate towards a prolonged slowdown of momentum," Kash Kamal, research analyst at Sucden Financial, said.
"European equities will take the lead from Wall Street and if today's (Fed) meeting minutes fail to provide the necessary reassurance we could see a subsequent pull back."
Seamless steel tube maker Tenaris fell 6.4 percent to the bottom of the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index after U.S. trade authorities decided not to impose tariffs on South Korean imports of oil and gas pipe. French peer Vallourec fell 4.6 percent.
Tenaris and Vallourec, which respectively generate 49 percent and 29 percent of their sales in North America, had signed a petition complaining that manufacturers in South Korea and other countries were selling pipe in the United States at unfairly low prices.
"Many people in the market were thinking that the key for improving the pricing power would be some reduction in the imports coming from South Korea," said Julien Laurent, energy equity analyst at Natixis.
"I assume that the consensus will have to downgrade its estimates (of future earnings per share) a bit. I would say for Tenaris it would be more than 5 percent."
The Italian blue-chip FTSE MIB underperformed peers even as optimism over a new government kept yields at 8 year lows, with the drop in Tenaris accounting for half of its decline.
At 1455 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 0.1 percent at 1,335.38 points, while the euro zone Euro STOXX 50 index was down 0.1 percent at 3115.25 points.
Both indexes were retreating from overbought territory based on their seven-day Relative Strength Index, a momentum indicator, after rising for eight of the last 10 sessions.
The FTSEurofirst 300 has gained roughly 5 percent over the past two weeks.
"The indices right now are somewhat toppish and we're looking for a short-term reversal, possibly before the end of the week," Valerie Gastaldy, head of technical analysis firm Day-By-Day, said, adding that the Euro Stoxx 50 could hit 3,050 by Friday.
"(It's) not necessarily that deep but we had a very steep rise."
Better earnings news helped to support the market. Shares in Carlsberg surged 6.3 percent as the world's fourth largest brewer raised its dividend by a third thanks to growth in Western Europe and Asia offsetting sluggish sales in Russia, where the economy is slowing.
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Black Tiger
Review by Berserker_Blade
Reviewed: 01/02/07
So....Where are the Black Tigers?
Did you know that Black Tiger is called "Black Dragon" in Japan? Anyways, Black Tiger is an old arcade game back in the late 80's. It was another Capcom arcade that was great back in the day.I managed to stumbled this classic arcade game in my local college. Anyways, this platforming game is pretty amazing. It's still great in today's modern gaming.
Story: 3/10
Basically, it's about 3 dragons is ravaging throughout the land and it is up to a Barbarian to slay the three dragons and bring peace to the land. It is obviously cliched and generic. However, it is not the main focus of the game.
Gameplay: 9/10
Now, this is where the game shines. The concept of the game is very similar to the Ghost and Goblins series. The player's objective is to get through the end of the stage before time runs out. There, the player will encounter monsters, treasure chests and traps. There are small dungeons in every stage. Every dungeon can give the players to rack up extra points. Throughout the game, there are many hidden symbols. Most of them resemble iconic symbols such as Yashichi. Also, in every level players can accumulate money or "Zenny" and spend it on armor or weapon upgrades. Like Ghost and Goblins, if the character get damaged by enemies the character's armor is destroyed and ,must fight half-naked. The level design isn't so bad. The first few stages are a bit bland. As you progress, the stage gradually gets crazier. More traps and obstructions will go all over the place. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of variety on the boss and monsters. Some of the bosses are just pallette swap of the beginning bosses.
The controls are very simple. The joystick is to move. One button is to attack and the other jump. However, the jumping is a bit clunky. In order to reach certain platform, one must hold upwards of the joystick and jump at the same time. It can be tricky in certain situations. Overall, despite the simple controls, the controls can be a bit tricky at times.
The overall difficulty is pretty challenging for first-time players. There are many traps all over the place. It can be in the treasure chests or even out of nowhere. At times, falling boulders will fall on you in certain areas and give the player instant death if unprepared. Triggering a trap can happen very often. Also, being surrounded by enemies happens a lot. It can really overwhelm you if you are not prepared. The overall game mechanics is intuitive and interesting.
Graphics and Visuals: 10/10
All I can say that he visuals look fantastic. It still looks good in today's standard. The color and the designs suits the fantasy theme. This game's visual is able to stood well over a couple of decades.
Music and Sound: 8/10
The music is very solid. Although it is very catchy, it lacks variety. Several stages have variations of the same beat. It's gets a bit repetitive. Despite of that, the music was able to intensify the atmosphere. The sound effects are bit outdated in today's standards. The mace clash with the goblin shield sounds off. However, it's really not that big of a deal.
Replayability: Low
Once you beat the game, there's not a lot of things to do other than getting the high score.
Where can I find this game:
If your local arcades does not have the game, you can always buy Capcom classics Collection Vol. 2 for the PS2. Also, you can find Black Tiger on the Capcom Classics Collection for the PSP. If none of the following options work, there's always the emulator.
Final Word:
Overall, it is a very solid platformer. First time players maybe overwhelmed by the challenge itself. However, the concept and interesting level design will keep you hooked for quite a while. Black Tiger is great for new-comers and old-school gamers alike. I wished there's tigers in this game.
Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
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LACONIA — Lakes Region Community Services (LRCS) was called upon to fill a service gap in 2012, which lead to the creation of HomeAssist services to people in southern Grafton County. The highly successful program recently expanded to cover all of Belknap County when the previous service provider, Central NH VNA, declined to pursue their contract with the State Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services (BEAS).
HomeAssist provides non-medical hands-on services for aging seniors such as meal planning and preparation, light housekeeping and laundry, escort and transportation, medication reminders, assistance with personal care, household responsibilities and general companionship. Experienced personnel from the Central NH VNA program have joined the LRCS HomeAssist assuring a smooth transition of services and increasing the capacity to serve more clients in Belknap and So. Grafton Counties The program enables Lakes Region seniors and individuals living with chronic illnesses in Belknap and Southern Grafton Counties to access the supports they need to be able to stay in their homes.
"The HomeAssist Program is grounded in the values and experience that LRCS brings as a local provider that knows first hand how to support families. We understand the importance of building relationships and our approach is both resourceful and flexible. We treat people how we would want to be treated," said Shannon Kelley, Director of Community Support Services.
Whether one can pay for the services privately or qualify for the Medicaid Home and Community Based Care Choices for Independence Program, the BEAS Title 20 Block Grant or have long term health insurance options, the LRCS HomeAssist Program provides the framework and supports to meet the individual's needs as directed by the individual or their representative.
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Roogoo Now Available on Microsofts Xbox LIVE Arcade
June 4, 2008
Roogoo Now Available on Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade
Fuel Your Puzzle Craze While Saving the World in this Action-Packed Story-Driven Brainteaser
SouthPeak Games today announced that their newest puzzle sensation Roogoo is now available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360. As the last remaining Roogoo, your mission is to collect meteors by rotating platforms in this extremely addictive, original, fast-paced puzzler.
"Everyone I have seen play Roogoo doesn't want to put it down," said Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak Games. "Its colorful palette, simple control scheme and intense 3D puzzle gameplay make it one of those rare pick-up-and-play titles that anybody can play. It's tremendously fun and all the while conveys a compelling tale."
In the game, players must turn platforms in order to align falling blocks with the correct shapes. However, with every level you conquer comes a new set of obstacles even more treacherous than the last. New shapes will appear along with other challenges like evil Meemoos blocking platforms, shapes traveling up rather than down, and even more fun and exciting trials.
Developed by SpiderMonk Entertainment, Roogoo features five creative worlds, loaded with over 45 frenzied puzzles. Play four-player co-op in Party Play and finish levels jointly with friends, or compete against each other head to head over Xbox LIVE in Race mode. Race to correctly pair blocks and shapes to get combos while filling up your combo bar to attack your opponent's platforms with hungry Meemoos. Every mistake you make will add damage to your health bar; receive enough damage and your opponent will be victorious.
Roogoo has a free demo available now, and the full game can be purchased for 800 Microsoft points. For more visit www.southpeakgames.com.


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What a spectacle Mother Nature treated us to on Sunday night. We built a fire in the backyard, got sleeping bags out on the lawn and watched the super moon get totally eclipsed and turn red. I felt a personal connection to her, as close as could be and bleeding beautifully for us. So like a woman.
Now if only the rest of the world would celebrate menstruation the way they celebrate the Super Blood Moon. Here are a handful of links to what the world thinks of menstruation:
The U.N. is still afraid of the "M" word. It's 2015, and the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals still only alludes to addressing the needs of menstruating girls and women. We've only been menstruating for the entire history of human existence. How about a source of clean water and a private place to wash ourselves and our linens in?
Swedish teens' menstruation-theme photo goes viral after principal bans it from high school yearbook. When will grown-ups learn? Banning something is the best way to have a global news article explode in your face. Also, the kids used fake blood, no different from a Halloween costume. Nervous much?
Women around the world are challenging menstruation stigma. This article is an excellent wrap up of current events that bring the topic of menstruation front and center in the public consciousness.
Menstruation 101 for Men. Or a refresher course, depending on your knowledge and level of experience.
"Period Barbie" misses the target. Let's start with the target user: girls approaching menstruation, approximately 10 to 15 years old. I don't want to generalize, and if you or someone you know is an exception, more power to you, but I don't personally know any girl this age who still plays with dolls. And I know because my daughter falls in this age bracket. (My husband, on the other hand, loves dolls. Go figure.) So if you want to look like an idiot in front of your tween, like the parents in their ad, then you're the target market for the Lammily Period Party doll. Or you can just be real, communicate openly and honestly, so that your daughters can trust you to be a supportive resource for information about all the physical and social changes that are about to take place.


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Elizabeth Olsen says people can think what they want about her and Tom Hiddleston.
The stars have set tongues wagging over the last couple of months, stepping out for dinner together on several occasions.
However, Elizabeth insists people shouldn't jump to conclusions about their relationship.
"I mean, we definitely are friends and we've known each other for about four years. And we happened to be at a restaurant at a wrong time having dinner. We all go out to dinner," she shrugged to Refinery29.
"Well, apparently, I'm dating Chris Evans, and apparently, I've dated Jeremy Renner, so I guess that… I don't react to it. No [I'm not dating Tom]. I mean, people can think what they want to think."
As well as both being a part of The Avengers franchise, Elizabeth and Tom appear opposite each other in upcoming Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light. Tom steps into the shoes of the late musician while Elizabeth portrays his wife Audrey Mae, and the 26-year-old actress was won over by the couple's chemistry.
"The first thing that drew me to the relationship was how passionately they hated each other and how passionately they loved each other. I think the way [writer/director] Marc [Abraham] wrote the dynamic of the marriage and their dysfunctional relationship was very honest," Elizabeth explained. "It wasn't judgmental. That was something I found very interesting. I really love characters that people assume you're supposed to not like and then defending them."
Audrey was Hank's business manager and collaborator as well as his wife. To get more of a feel for the late singing sensation and his spouse, Elizabeth visited the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville where there was an exhibit dedicated to him. Upon going through old family collages which weren't part of the display, the actress was surprised to learn Audrey still followed Hank's career with dedication even after their divorce in 1952, a year before he died.
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From the pen of the author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, comes a collection of lesser known yet equally magnificent supernatural stories! Volume two features "A Terribly Strange Bed" (read by Luke Harrison), "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost" (read by Murray Melvin), and "Blow Up with the Brig" (read by Phil Reynolds). Be prepared to be terrified and entertained as Wilkie Collins' disturbing tales of ghosts, deadly visions, and family curses come to life in this fantastic new collection from Fantom Films.
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