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Angst over net surveillance on Hill
Federal law enforcers say they have their hands full with criminals who skirt legal surveillance by using hard-to-wiretap services like Google and Facebook.
Now they're about to inherit a new foe in the fight: Capitol Hill.
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Some of the top lawmakers closely aligned with civil liberties and Silicon Valley interests are expressing early umbrage with the Obama administration as it weighs legislative proposals to track criminals who, in the government's view, are "going dark" by communicating online.
The White House hasn't signed off on a plan, which could impose fines on Internet companies that lack the capacity to comply with federal wiretapping orders. If history is any guide, however, it eventually may be a steep climb for the Justice Department, the FBI and its allies, which already are under siege this week for pursuing the phone records of Associated Press reporters.
Federal law enforcement agencies have pushed Congress on the issue for years, always to no avail, and lawmakers appear more reticent than ever to expand federal surveillance authorities — especially to the Web. Internet companies, meanwhile, certainly aren't warm to the plan.
To Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who often allies with her fellow California tech companies, it's simply a "bad idea."
"Political regimes come and go," she told POLITICO, "but the aggression of career people to create tech mandates to collect phone calls and text messages … never seems to abate."
The early furor follows reports last week that the administration is committing more seriously to updating the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, or CALEA. The New York Times and The Washington Post first reported on the draft plans.
As it stands, CALEA already covers wireless communications. Under the still-tentative proposal under consideration by DOJ, however, the law would be expanded to online communications like those services operated by Google and Facebook.
To many in the administration, it's critical that Congress soon act — but top officials are keeping their plans close to the vest. DOJ did not comment for this story, and a White House spokeswoman only acknowledged the debate on going-dark remains under way.
"The so-called going-dark issue and how best to ensure our legal authorities keep pace with technological advancements have been discussed for some time now," the spokeswoman told POLITICO. "DOJ is working with other agencies on a way forward that protects privacy, preserves corporate innovation and provides the tools our law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals require."
Leading civil-liberties experts, however, identify significant legal and security impediments in the feds' latest thinking. It would require a "fundamental re-architecting" of many Internet services, said Greg Nojeim, senior counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology, as it tried to establish "a point of wiretap ability."


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The question is why are they so bad??
The bearings are the same size as HTII and they are inside the frame so you would assume they are more protected. Also you don't have to worry about frame facing issues.
Know what you mean but they must - de facto - be more poorly sealed than other bearings. My non-engineer's brain thinks it's something to do with the fact that when laid flat on a table and viewed from above they are wide in circumference but the actual bearing is narrow ie the outer and inner circumferences are quite similar. In my opinion that gives a small area in which to put an effective seal and it is therefore too difficult to engineer an effective one?
Could of course be that PF BBs were just brought across from road bikes without modification (ie expense), or is that being cynical?
Edit: the Hope system looks ok but still puzzles me why we have to buy aftermarket systems to get any longevity from a standard that is supposed to improve our lot.

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"I'm here! Cosmo wanna go up!" These are the words to which I happily awaken at sunrise. Cosmo, my African grey parrot, is calling me from her cage. She expects me to take her to her perch in my bedroom, where she can poop and watch me get a few more minutes of sleep.
"Helloooo," she says softly and sleepily, as I open her cage door. She stretches, extending one leg and spreading her wings.
I admire her glorious gray and red feathers. "Whatta good bird!" I say.
She steps carefully onto my hand and holds up her beak for a kiss.
This morning I thought about how much I love her, and how much I like all birds. Even though I know they can bite, I'm not afraid of birds, not even hawks — not the way I'm afraid of snakes.
But I've learned that not all humans like birds. Some folks my age saw Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie "The Birds" in their formative period, and they've never recovered.
Are they prejudiced against birds? Am I prejudiced against snakes? Are readers of "Little Red Riding Hood" prejudiced against wolves?
I suspect our prejudices have led to our mistreatment of other animals and our underestimation of their intelligence. But it's impossible to look at the world without prejudices of some kind or other.
Think of our language. When we're being uncomplimentary, we call people "bird-brain," or "catty," or "jack-ass," or "snake" or "chicken" or, worst of all, "rat." What did these animals do to deserve comparison with individuals we don't like? We call irresponsible people "flighty," unintentionally insulting the avian community. We also say "got gypped," insulting the Gypsies, "go Dutch," insulting the Hollanders, and a host of other words and phrases that emerged out of our ancestors' prejudices against people different from themselves.
And remember all the parrot jokes, which depict parrots as mindless repeaters of what they've overheard.
Fairy tales, movies, novels, textbooks, newspapers, sermons — all that our culture teaches us — make us think one way or another about birds, snakes, wolves, other humans, everything under the sun. We inherit prejudices. Unwittingly, we humans "parrot" thoughts embedded in our culture and pass them on to future generations.
When I got Cosmo, I had no idea what I was in for. I had learned that African greys are smart and capable of mimicking the human voice. I hoped that Cosmo would communicate with me in language and that she would think for herself. But I did not imagine that she and I would form a deep friendship — that a human and a bird could become as dear to each other as a human and a dog. I'd never heard a parrot called "man's best friend."
I overcame my inherited views of parrots by getting to know Cosmo as an individual. That's what we do when we love our pets. We get to know them as individuals.
My Maine friends Valerie and Bob have recently acquired chickens, whom they named Rosie, Emily, Edie, Penny Louise and Buffy Marie. Buffy Marie is the leader of the flock, Rosie is aggressive and Emily, Edie and Penny Louise are very affectionate to each other and to their human caregivers. The chickens look alike to folks who don't know them, but to Valerie and Bob the chickens are unmistakably different from each other. They each have their own distinctive, delightful personalities. To Valerie and Bob, who love them, they are not cowardly. Neither are they "poultry."
I've spent my life as a teacher, so I believe in book-learning, but I recognize that the best way to overcome prejudices is to get to know individuals in the flesh, individuals of all species, human and non-human. Children who have rats for pets don't hate them. Children who care for snakes, non-poisonous ones, don't fear them.
Only recently have I realized that animals can worry about the future. Last night when I locked her in her roost cage at her bedtime, Cosmo appeared anxious. She asked me a slew of questions, in a slightly garbled English — something like this:
COSMO: "Where Betty Jean gonna go? Cosmo wanna go up be a good please go up?"
BETTY JEAN: "Betty Jean gonna stay home."
COSMO: "Betty Jean gonna stay Cosmo wanna go up please? Go up?"
BETTY JEAN: "Betty Jean wanna shower. Cosmo and Betty Jean go to bed."
COSMO: "Cosmo wanna cuddle!"
We had already cuddled. I coaxed Cosmo onto her roost perch with sweet reassurances. She was obviously concerned about what would happen after she went to sleep. She must have had as much on her mind as I had on mine.
Of course. Every animal alive has something on his mind.
• Betty Jean Craige is professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of Georgia and the author of many books, including "Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot" (2010). Her email address is email@example.com. Cosmo's website address is www.cosmotalks.com.


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SANTA CLARA -- Aldon Smith's finest game in college -- the one that started to draw national attention his way -- came against an offensive lineman who would later become a first-round draft pick.
On Sunday night, Smith again matches up against left tackle Nate Solder. In 2009, Smith, as a redshirt freshman, recorded three sacks against the highly touted Solder in Missouri's 36-17 victory over Colorado.
The combination of speed and power that Smith demonstrated in making life difficult for Solder helped convince the 49ers last year to select the pass-rusher with the No. 7 overall pick. In the same draft, the New England Patriots chose Solder at No. 17 overall.
"I'm sure he's improved," Smith said Thursday. "He made it this far. He's starting, so I assume so. I haven't watched that game in a long time, but I was able to get past him and create pressure back there."
Smith has been creating pressure ever since, too. Smith has 19.5 sacks in his second NFL season to set the 49ers' franchise record. He is just three sacks shy of Michael Strahan's NFL single-season record, which was set in 2001.
In that meeting in 2009, Smith had four total tackles for loss, in addition to taking down the Colorado quarterback three times.
"I was very impressed with Aldon Smith," Solder said afterward. "He's big, tall, athletic, strong and has real long arms. We had a real tough time with him."
Patriots coach Bill Belichick has confidence in Solder, who stepped in to protect Brady's blind side after the retirement of Matt Light. Solder will face one of his biggest assignments of the season against the NFL's top sack artist.
"Sure, big challenge, but at that position, those guys see them every week," Belichick said on a conference call this week with Bay Area reporters. "Smith has a good combination of skills. He's strong. He can power rush. He can rush the edge. He's quick. He's got a good up-and-under move. He's got an outside move. He's got an inside move. And he can run over those guys.
"That's three pretty good pitches right there. It's hard to block them all. Nate's a good player in his own right. He's competed against a lot of good rushers this year and last year."
The Patriots top-ranked offense offers a big challenge for the 49ers on Sunday night in Foxboro, Mass. But Smith said he is confident that the 49ers' strength will make things rough on New England, too. The 49ers already have compiled road victories against Aaron Rodgers' Green Bay Packers and Drew Brees' New Orleans Saints.
"We can stop them," Smith said. "We've played good offenses before. This isn't our first offense we've played that has talent. Tape shows what happened. So we'll just put it back on tape again."
Smith has quickly emerged as one of the 49ers' marquee players. When NBC promoted the 49ers-Patriots game last week, they showed pictures of Tom Brady and Smith together on a graphic for Sunday Night Football.
"My friend sent me that picture, and I had just one word: 'Wow,'" Smith said. "It's Tom Brady. He's won Super Bowls. He's been in the league for 13-some years. And me. I just got here."


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A new report from St. Paul-based Wilder Research finds the number of homeless veterans -- both men and women -- in Minnesota has reached an all-time high.
Female military veterans are still a relatively small portion of the homeless population. But Wilder Research scientist Greg Owen says their numbers have increased sharply from years past.
"I do think that reflects the recruitment strategies the military have used, and the larger number of women serving in an all-volunteer army," said Owen. "The fact we're seeing them as part of the homeless population, with some of the same distress and injuries as their male counterparts, is not surprising. It's distressing, but not surprising."
Owen says many of the homeless military veterans participated in the Gulf wars and the war in Afghanistan, and they report trauma and head injuries common to those wars.
Wilder estimates homelessness in Minnesota has increased 25 percent from 2006.


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HELENA, Mont. - State regulators have granted condemnation powers to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline across eastern Montana, but not until its developer agreed Montana has power to regulate local oil producers' access to the line.
Now, eastern Montana oil producers who want to use the pipeline to ship their product are comfortable that the state can regulate the terms of "interconnecting" with the pipeline, one of their attorneys said on Aug. 10.
Continental Resources Inc. "believes that the Keystone Pipeline has recognized its obligation to comply with state law, including matters of interconnection," said John Alke, a Helena attorney representing Continental, one of the largest oil producers in the state.
If the pipeline is built, oil producers in eastern Montana and North Dakota plan to negotiate with Keystone and its owner, Canadian energy giant TransCanada, to ship their oil at interconnection sites near their wells.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Gov. John Hoeven of North Dakota have said local producers currently must sell crude oil to refiners at a discounted price, because of a lack of pipeline capacity in the production area along the Montana-North Dakota border.
If negotiations on interconnection break down, producers say Montana law gives the state Public Service Commission authority to regulate interconnection terms for pipelines that cross the state.


text: Yoko Ono isn't known for her voice, but it's still a hot commodity. The famously off-key singer and wife of John Lennon has the number 1 single on the dance chart. "Everyman Has a Man Who Loves Him/Everywoman Has a Woman Who Loves Her (Basement Jaxx Club Mix)" is a mix of techno beats and her screeching vocals. It's her second number 1 dance song this year. Ono says once she allows someone to remix her song, she is hands-off and gives them rein to create beats and rework the song. But she isn't planning on grooving to any of her beats in the clubs soon. "I don't think I'm the type of woman who can walk into a club by myself. I'm inhibited, I suppose," she told AP Radio. Ono, 71, is already working on her next single, a version of "Give Peace a Chance." She says she's putting contemporary beats on it and that she updated the words after the September 11 attacks. (AP)


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1Then I said, "Hear now, leaders of Jacob, and officers of the nation of Israel. You should know what justice is! 2But you hate good and love evil! You tear the skin off the people. You tear the flesh off their bones! 3You are destroying my people! You take their skin off them, and break their bones. You chop their bones up like ˻meat˼ to put in the pot! 4So, you might pray to the Lord, but he will not answer you. No, the Lord will hide his face from you. Why? Because you do evil things!" 5Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord's people. The Lord says this about those prophets: "These prophets are led by their stomachs! The prophets promise peace for people who give them food. But they promise war against people who won't give them food. 6That is why it is like night for you. That is why you don't have visions. You can't see what will happen in the future, so it is like darkness to you. The sun has gone down on the prophets. They can't see what will happen in the future, so it is like darkness to them. 7The seers are ashamed. The fortune tellers are embarrassed. They won't say anything because God will not speak to them! 8But the Lord's Spirit has filled me with power, goodness, and strength. Why? So I can tell Jacob about his crimes, and so I can tell Israel about his sins!" 9Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me! You hate the right way of living! If something is straight, then you make it crooked! 10You build Zion by murdering people. You build Jerusalem by cheating people! 11The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes to help them decide who wins in court. The priests in Jerusalem must be paid before they will teach the people. People must pay the prophets before they will look into the future. And then those leaders expect the Lord to help them. They say, "The Lord lives here with us. So nothing bad will happen to us." 12˻Leaders,˼ because of you, Zion will be destroyed. It will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks. Temple Mount will be an empty hill overgrown with bushes.
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Tottenham Will Be Very Difficult To Beat – Willian
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Brazilian mid-fielder, Willian has warned Chelsea teammate to respect the threat of Tottenham to ending the club's Premier League winning streak. Last Saturday, Chelsea beat Stoke 4-2 at Stamford Bridge with two goals from the winger to extend their run to 13 straight top-flight victories, and six points ahead of second-placed Liverpool. Spurs are desperate to cut into Chelsea's lead at the top of the table heading into Wednesday's London derby at White Hart Lane, and the Brazilian pointed out that they must keep up the effort in order to collect another win which would set a new League record.
He told club's official website, "It will be a very difficult game, we are playing away so we have to prepare to make sure we keep going in the same way. "We are going there to try to win the game.
"We did a great job because it was a very difficult game for us against Stoke. "It's now 13 victories in a row but we have to continue working hard. We feel very confident.
"We conceded two goals but we continued to play, which was the most important thing for us, and we did well." "There is no doubt about [it]. I feel much better now, I scored two goals and I'm very happy."
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Hacker help: How to maximize space in this room?
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Description: Hi all, as you can see I'm an Ikea buyer from the study tables to the shelves. However, these items are pretty worn out and I need new ones. At the same time, my room is so tiny yet it has to fit my sister and my beds and study tables. I'm very stressed out and confined to designs such as a bunk bed, because of the ceiling fan and the large wardrobe that cannot be removed by rule of my parents. My sister and I have a desire for L shaped desks like the micke corner workstation. I'm considering hacking the loft bed for us to put our many bags. Also, we want to have at least a bench or some sort by the window so we can chill. And the current bed layout makes it difficult for me to open my wardrobe.
Please help I'm desperate to tears.
I'm starting school in a week and got to get his done by then.
~ Miserable sisters
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Another solution could be to double up on the beds but keep them low to the ground, using the IKEA kura bed. Here is a page of pinterest ideas for using/modifying kura beds. http://www.pinterest.com/minikim/ikea-kura-bed-ideas/
Also raising the existing beds to Window-sill height gains storage space below…
I'm thinking Murphy beds hacks. What are the dimensions of the room? Can you make a little chart, or make more pictures?


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American Learning Corporation Announces Voluntary Delisting From NASDAQ
Mar 05, 2013, 16:51 ET from American Learning Corporation
JERICHO, N.Y., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Learning Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: ALRN) announced today its intention to voluntarily delist its common stock from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ"), in part due to the Company's non-compliance with the minimum closing bid requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
On October 10, 2012, the Company received a letter from NASDAQ stating that for the prior 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of its common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on NASDAQ. The letter further stated that the Company had been provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until April 8, 2013, to regain compliance. The Company is currently not in compliance with such minimum bid price requirement.
The voluntary decision to delist from NASDAQ was taken following the Board of Director's detailed review of numerous factors including: the aforementioned NASDAQ letter, the applicable NASDAQ rules and regulations, the benefits generated by the maintenance of the listing, the Company's current share price, the feasibility of proceeding with a reverse stock split to maintain the listing and the effect on the Company's share price to proceed with a reverse stock split. The Board of Directors delegated authority to Gary Gelman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, to make the decision to delist the Company's common stock from NASDAQ.
The Company intends to file Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on or about March 15, 2013 to effect the voluntary delisting of its common stock from NASDAQ. The official delisting of the Company's common stock will become effective approximately ten days thereafter. The Company will continue to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Company is working with several market makers and anticipates that following its NASDAQ delisting, ALRN's common stock will be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board ("OTCBB"), a centralized electronic quotation service for over-the-counter securities operated by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. The Company expects that its common stock will continue to trade on the OTCBB so long as a market maker demonstrates an interest in trading the common stock.
American Learning Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Interactive Therapy Group Consultants, Inc. and Signature Learning Resources, Inc., offers a comprehensive range of services to children with developmental delays and disabilities.
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text: Hi, I live in the USA, and I am thinking of purchasing an S4, but want to see how many different body kits/styling pieces, as well as engine mods there are before I make my decision. I did a search, and found a few pieces, but not much. So my question is, what are some good sites to buy pieces in America? Someone told me the A4 kits fit the S4, is that so. If you cannot give me any sites, some body kit names will do, thanks guys. Josh


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Toshiba aims new 64-Mbit pseudo-SRAMs at wireless, portable systems
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TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. today claimed to be the first to introduce a 64-megabit pseudo-SRAM series, which is aimed at memory applications in next-generation wireless and portable systems.
The new PSRAM memories are fabricated with 0.175-micron design rules and packaged in 48-ball fine-pitch ball grid-arrays. The memories are both configured 4-Mbit-by-16 and support 80- or 85-nanosecond access times.
Toshiba said the pseudo-SRAM devices are designed to bridge the gap between conventional SRAMs and DRAM memories--containing the most desirable features of both types of memory architectures. These memories are based on a high-density one-transistor DRAM-like cell, while providing SRAM interfaces.
"Toshiba's 64-Mbit PSRAM meets the high-density memory requirements traditionally satisfied using a DRAM solution, while providing the design flexibility and low power essential for wireless and portable applications," said Paul Liu, manager of business development for SRAMs at Toshiba's U.S.-based subsidiary in Irvine, Calif. He said the increase in portable applications was driving designs to new features that require greater amounts of storage.
The new 64-Mbit series supports two clock configures. One has address input pins latched by the falling edge in each read/write cycle. Another new clock scheme has input pins latched by falling edges of two pins--one in the read cycle and the other in the write cycle--for more of a "seamless SRAM-like" operation."
Samples of Toshiba's 64-Mbit PSRAM will be available in October, priced at $42 each. Full production is scheduled to begin in January 2002.


text: Here it is! Plastic Plates long-awaited new single "Things I Didn't Know I Loved." We're in love since the first moment we heard it. Definitely the LA producer is one of our favorites of 2012. Besides this brilliant single, the EP also includes "Toys" and "More Than Love". You can buy the entire package on Beatport. Also, stay tuned for a free download of an Amine Edge and DANCE remix. Really good news!


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This new nanimarquina project not only covers the floors but the walls as well, proposing a series of headboards for beds and decorating the wall of the bedroom with the same keys of innovative design, craftsmanship and fine materials as in the rest of the brand's products. This series comprises three models, which leave an intimate and welcoming mark on the sleeping area. They are all held up on a support, designed by Gonzalo Milà, whose system is as simple as it is effective: a fine, anodized aluminum rail that is attached to the wall and upon which the textile headboard is placed.
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Garden tour at Steam Pump is Thursday, Sept. 30
A tour of the Native American heritage garden at Steam Pump Ranch in Oro Valley is being offered Thursday, Sept. 30.
The Oro Valley Historical Society, in partnership with the Oro Valley Public Library, offers the visit. It is free and open to the public, but space is limited. To register, call the Oro Valley Public Library at (520) 229-5300.
The garden features corn, beans, squash and other crops that have been grown in this region for thousands of years. Joyce Rychener, a volunteer with the Oro Valley Historical Society and the heritage gardener, is going to be on hand to explain the significance of the garden and answer questions.
Ironwood site clean-up, grass pull Saturday
Clean-up of an illegal shooting site and removal of invasive buffelgrass on the Ironwood Forest National Monument is taking place this Saturday, Sept. 25, which is National Public Lands Day.
Volunteers are needed for the event, which runs from 8 a.m. to noon.
To get there, exit I-10 at Cortaro, follow Cortaro west until it turns into Ina, continue west, go south on Wade, follow Wade until it turns into Picture Rocks, take Picture Rocks to Sandario, take Sandario south to Manville, and follow Manville west to the project site.
Sponsors of hands-on restoration at the El Cerrito Represso area are Friends of Ironwood Forest, Tucson Audubon Society, Town of Marana and the Bureau of Land Management.
Contact Lahsha Brown, Friends of Ironwood Forest, firstname.lastname@example.com, 520-628-2092, or Kendall Kroesen, Tucson Audubon Society, email@example.com, 520-971-2385.
Marana has opening on adjustment
The Town of Marana has an opening on its board of adjustment.
The board is a decision-making body with the authority to grant variances, some code interpretations and other relief from certain provisions of Marana Land Development Code, a release said.
The board hears all cases as public hearings, which are regularly advertised.
The board meets as necessary, but generally on the second Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m.
For more information, visit www.marana.com.
Arts, crafts in Sun City Vistoso Saturday, Oct. 2
Sun City Vistoso holds its community-wide art and crafts fair on Saturday, Oct. 2, with more than 70 artists and designers showing their works.
The Arts and Crafts Festival 2010 runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sun City Vistoso Mountain Vista Recreation Center, 1495 E. Rancho Vistoso in Oro Valley.
Admission is free. There are art demonstrations, and food. Many of the show's participants have donated art for a raffle.
Catalina Food Bank is going to be accepting food donations. "Please help support them," a release said.
Hosts needed for CDO student
PAX Program of Academic Exchange is looking for a family to host an exchange student from Ghana on scholarship at Canyon del Oro High School.
The young man, 16, is living temporarily in a home. His prospective permanent family has had a family emergency, and can no longer take him in, a release said.
He is a top student who enjoys sports, volunteer work and debate. Residence is needed effective Oct. 1 through the end of the school year.
Interested individuals may contact Kat Conour at 205-1744, or e-mail email@example.com.
Fountains group knitting show this Friday, Sept. 24
The Fountains Knitters, a "well-seasoned group with fast-working fingers and a long history of warming hearts," present the 18th annual sweater show and knitters reception this Friday, Sept. 24.
The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. in the in the main lobby of The Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road.
Every year, the knitters assemble several hundred children's sweaters for donation to needy children throughout Tucson before the autumn chill.
Guests can meet the knitters and see their colorful handiwork, a release said. People are asked to RSVP to 1-877-470-6550.
Melvin holding town halls meets on Sept. 25
District 26 State Sen. Al Melvin is conducting quarterly town hall-style meetings this week in the Northwest.
Melvin is available:
Saturday, Sept. 25, 9-11 a.m., Mountain View Clubhouse in SaddleBrooke; 1-3 p.m. Catalina Vista Center in Sun City Vistoso.
He has a number of subjects to discuss with constituents, a release said.
In Marana, it's 'click it or ticket' Sept. 25-Oct. 1
The Marana Police Department is joining state and local law enforcement agencies and highway safety groups in supporting a zero-tolerance "Click It or Ticket" seat belt enforcement campaign Sept. 25-Oct. 1.
Police are ticketing unbelted occupants and drivers whose children aren't properly restrained in safety seats. Funding is provided by a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant designed to increase and sustain seatbelt use in Maricopa and Pima counties.
Marana is placing signs ahead of time in areas where enforcement will be concentrated, a release said.
Regular seat belt use "is the most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes," the release continued. "When worn correctly, seat belts have been proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans."
NHTSA studies show nearly one of five Americans does not wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle.
Inspections of child seats are this week
Northwest Fire District is offering free child safety inspections the week of Sept. 19-25.
Certified technicians at Northwest Fire District can inspect a child safety seat to ensure it is in good working order, is not a recalled model, is compatible with your vehicle and is appropriate for the size of your child, a release said.
Technicians "will teach you to correctly install your car seat into your vehicle and answer any questions about the use of child safety and booster seats," it continued.
The service is free, by appointment only, and takes 20 to 30 minutes. Call 887-1010, extension 5000, to schedule an appointment or for additional information.
When properly used, child restraint systems reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers in passenger cars. Seven out of 10 child safety seats are incorrectly installed or are the wrong size for the child, and will not work effectively in an accident, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
OV keeps second call to audience
The Oro Valley Town Council has voted unanimously not to eliminate the second call to the audience scheduled during regular meetings.
Councilman Joe Hornat originally requested the council consider eliminating the second call to the audience, which follows voting items.
"This council is, I can safely say, one of the strongest proponents of public participation," Hornat said at last week's meeting. "It was never intended to restrict anyone's ability."
Vice Mayor Bill Garner said the second call to the audience was a way for people who can't get to the meetings on time address the council with concerns about items not on the night's agenda.
"It's just another way for the public to address the council," Garner said.


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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. --- Sometime late Monday afternoon one of the grandest of baseball traditions will end -- and only the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres will be able to boast -- or lament -- that they played the final Hall of Fame Game.
Kristian Connolly still can't believe Major League Baseball is ending the lone exhibition game left on the schedule and one so closely linked to the game's beginnings. So he's working to save it.
"I love my hometown, I love baseball, and this was a decision that was going to hurt both," said Connolly, a 30-year-old who grew up in Cooperstown and interned at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "Simply throwing in the towel on a nearly 70-year-old tradition, rather than making it work -- in the interest of what is best for the sport -- should be embarrassing for those making that decision."
Soon after the decision was announced in late January, Connolly created the Web site savethefamegame.com. He's also sent letters to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, players' union leader Donald Fehr, a select group of major leaguers from all 30 clubs, and the owners and front office leaders.
Connolly said he's received a supportive response from Phillies chairman Bill Giles and a letter from Dave Dombrowski, president, general manager and CEO of the Detroit Tigers. Dombrowski's June 4 letter on Tigers letterhead said the players association "negotiated this change in (the) recent basic agreement settlement."
There have been no replies from any players, nor has Connolly received word from any Hall of Famers. At least one has voiced an opinion, though.
"It's all money, isn't it? I think it's a shame," said 89-year-old Bob Feller, a Hall of Famer since 1962. "It's an insult to the Hall of Fame and to the Hall of Famers. I just think that they should do it for the fans. What do they do for the fans, anyway? Take their money? Raise their prices?"
Naturally, some politicians have entered the fray.
"At a time when the reputation of professional baseball is in jeopardy because of the negative attention surrounding recent scandals, the last thing Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association should be doing is ending a tradition that everyone can rally around," New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey wrote in a letter to Selig and Fehr. "Surely, at a time when Major League Baseball is taking in record profits and has the ability to charter private jets for teams, it isn't asking a great deal to keep this important tradition alive."
Selig responded in a letter to Hinchey, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and other members of Congress who have objected to the cancellation of the game.
In it he said: "As you know, our teams play 162 games in 180 days. With interleague play and interdivision matchups, finding two teams that could be scheduled into Cooperstown during an off day has become exceedingly difficult."
How times have changed.
In 1941, National League president Ford Frick instructed the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians to play in a driving rain so the thousands of fans in attendance would not go home disappointed. And two years later, because of the strain World War II was exerting on the nation's gasoline reserves, the Brooklyn Dodgers rode into Cooperstown on horseback.
Connolly scoffs at the notion that it's too hard to coordinate.
"It's not about the schedule," he said. "Major League Baseball can schedule games in Japan, China, Mexico, Memphis, Orlando and Puerto Rico, so isn't it likely that they could find a way to hold a game in Cooperstown? I think if this game were anywhere near a major league city or if the Hall of Fame were in a major league city they would find a way without even thinking twice about it."


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Thursday night a proposed concealed carry bill was struck down by the Illinois House. The proposal received 64 votes, only lacking a mere seven votes to obtain the 71 of 118 needed to make the bill a uniform state law that would replace home-rule regulations in larger cities such as Chicago.
If passed, the bill would make Illinois a "shall-issue" state, allowing residents to carry firearms, concealed or otherwise, provided the resident meets certain requirements, including background checks and firearms training. However, the bill would limit carrying firearms to such places as public transportation systems, while still banning firearms from many places, such as schools, stadiums and government buildings.
Tempers erupted, professionalism was set aside and personal attacks proceeded, as the Illinois lawmakers scrambled to come up with a last-minute decision on concealed carry privileges for the state.
Rep. Brandon Phelps, concealed carry advocate and sponsor of the bill, calls the proposal's requirements reasonable parameters, while Rep. Frank Mautino, who also supports the bill, calls it a "meaningful, sensible bill that meets the requirements of the courts."
However, Rep. Kelly Cassidy, who recently proposed a New York-style "may-issue" bill, only to have it shot down with an embarrassing 36 votes, argues that the proposed concealed carry bill is written too loosely and would result in more violence and gun deaths.
Currently, Illinois is the only state that does not allow residents concealed carry rights of any type. Incidentally, Chicago has been at the center of much of the current gun control debate. Pro-gun supporters state the reason, in part, for the epidemic crime in the area is due to the lack of residents' ability to adequately protect themselves. While gun control activists claim that more guns within the population, even in the hands law-abiding citizens, will do nothing but increase violence, ultimately suggesting that guns have an influential role in the violence.
One thing that is apparent from both sides of the argument is that common ground must be found, as the federal appeals court deadline of June 10 for Illinois to approve a concealed weapons law quickly approaches.
Rep. Phelps states, "We keep giving and we keep giving and we keep giving," all to no avail.


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LAHORE – A Punjab-wide operation against the banned militant outfits including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is underway and many of their activists have been detained, a top police officer told TheNation on Wednesday.
The police and intelligence agencies conducted joint raids in different districts of the province and picked up several key activists linked to LeJ, and ASWJ. The arrested men are being grilled in connection with the recent sectarian killings in Lahore, Quetta and Karachi at an undisclosed location.
An important arrest came in Chiniot district, police sources said without naming the person arrested. Another important LeJ member Ghulam Rasool was detained in Bahawalpur District for 30 days under 16 MPO (maintenance of public order), a police officer confirmed.
"What can I confirm at this moment is that three diehard members of a banned outfit (most probably the LeJ) have been arrested," Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khan Baig confirmed to this reporter Wednesday evening. However, he did not give any names citing confidentiality of the matter.
Sources in Punjab counter-terrorism department (CTD) said that Abdul Hafeez Makki, a leading member of the ASWJ, and Malik Ishaq, founder of the banned terror outfit LeJ were among those arrested during the Wednesday raids. But this could not be confirmed through other sources.
Intelligence sources informed that raids were underway to nab Malik Ishaq, and ASWJ Chairperson 'Maulana' Ahmed Ali Ludhianvi in different districts of the Punjab province. Khan Baig, who is leading the country's largest law enforcing agency –the Punjab Police- as Acting IGP, further said that Ludhianvi and Malik Ishaq could be detained any time as the police are hunting for them.
The security and intelligence agencies had warned all provincial governments, especially the authorities in Punjab , to act quickly against the militants linked to the banned outfits. Following the bombings in Quetta and assassination of Shia leaders in Lahore and Karachi, they had sent a stern warning to the provincial governments, urging them to take all necessary steps against the militants linked to banned outfits and their 'supporters'. Security agencies further informed that the foreign sponsored terrorists were behind the recent high-profile assassinations and massive bombings to set off sectarian strife in the country. However, the security agencies successfully foiled the nefarious designs of the anti-state elements. According to some intelligence operatives, extremists linked to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan from the southern Punjab were carrying out sectarian assaults not only in the Punjab but also in the Balochistan province.
Experts say the government launched the crackdown and detained several activists and supporters of the LeJ and ASWJ after the security agencies reported that they had links to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the terror organisation blamed for most of the terrible bombings across Pakistan.
LeJ chief Malik Ishaq has spent more than 10 years in Jail and was released in 2011. Reportedly, ASWJ head Ludhianvi had convinced Ishaq to lay down weapons and join the mainstream religious parties after being de-radicalised. Earlier, Abdul Hafeez Makki helped resolve the misunderstandings between Ludhianvi and Ishaq last year.
LAHORE – A Punjab-wide operation against the banned militant outfits including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is underway and many of their activists have been detained, a top police officer told TheNation on Wednesday.


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Bolt torque considerations and procedures: Quick tips to help improve overall quality in motor repairs
Many progressive end users require validated precision in the manufacturing of new motors they purchase as well as with the motors they have serviced. As repair service providers to these end users, EASA service centers are often required to comply with the standards as implemented by the original equipment manufacturer. This holds true for the most basic components of an electric motor: the bolts. The basic motor assembly and the integral parts are normally secured via a specific type and grade of bolt. Therefore, validated bolt torque procedures and referenced bolt torque values are necessary to address general compliance issues.


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Amazon Tupana Jungle Lodge offers accommodation in Tupana. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Some rooms feature a seating area for your convenience. Views of the lake, river or garden are featured in certain rooms. Every room comes with a private bathroom equipped with a bath or shower. There is a shared lounge at the property. You can play table tennis at the guest house. more


text: If you like your indie rock literary and a little bit leftist (as you should), then you couldn't ask for much better than Winnipeg's the Weakerthans. Singer-songwriter John K. Samson, formerly of agit-pop punks Propagandhi, spins folky, personal ballads and barricade-holding punk anthems, filling both with heartfelt emotion and small but weighty lyrical details (the cruddy interior decorations of "Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist," the garage sale of memories on "Everything Must Go"). Live, the band are like veteran members of the Rock Machinists Local 426: reliable, hardworking, and skilled. They should get time and a half for encores. (Neumos, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $15, all ages.)


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A Look Inside Kittywood Studios, Where All Those Internet Cat Videos Come From [VIDEO]
Famous internet cats are made, not born. In fact, all your favorite cat videos were meticulous storyboarded by a team of writers, and then produced in a high-tech studio using puppets and the latest in CGI animation?
Actually, that's not true. But it's the basis for the hilarious mockumentary, 'Kittywood Studios: Cat Videos Incorporated,' in which we learn the surprising origins of feline flick favorites like 'A Very Angry Cat' and 'Keyboard Cat.'
Taco Bell Employee Handcuffed Himself to Coworker Who Declined His Advances
Taco Bell employee Jason Dean thought he had found love among the Gordita supremes and cheesy nachos when he developed a crush on his 18-year-old coworker.
State Boots Student With Down Syndrome From High School Football Team – Help Get Him Back on the Field!
While Down syndrome student Brett Bowden rarely got on the field, he was popular member of Hobbton High School's football team due to his enthusiasm and positive attitude.
Everybody expected Bowden to be on the team again for the 2011 season, but, in a controversial decision, the state of North Carolina has ruled him ineligible.
John Stamos and Bob Saget Teach You How to Cuddle [VIDEO]
While John Stamos could probably just get by on his good looks and 'Full House' residuals, the famous Lothario is also an expert cuddler, who — along with aide Bob Saget — generously shares tips on spooning and light petting in the College Humor short, "John Stamos' Guide to Cuddling."
What's the Key to Living to 100?
According to a new study, people live to 100 because of good genes and luck, not healthy living habits.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York interviewed 477 Ashkenazi Jews between the ages of 95 and 112 on their lifestyle choices. They found that this long-lived group was just about as likely to smoke, drink, eat poorly, be obese and shun exercise as a control group of about 3,000 people who had been born around the same time, but didn't end up living as long.
The Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries Wedding Will Be Televised
On October 9 and 10, E! will be airing a two-part special on the wedding of reality star Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Net forward Kris Humphries.
'Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event,' will, according to the network, feature "every step of the process, from wedding planning and partying to the moment when they say 'I do.'"
Bride and Groom Pose With New Batmobile on the Set of 'The Dark Knight Rises' [VIDEO]
'The Dark Knight Rises,' the much-hyped new installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman series, is currently shooting in Pittsburgh where paparazzi and fans have swarmed the set. Over the weekend, Steel City residents — including one lucky pair of newlyweds – got a good look at the camouflage-edition Batmobile that will be featured in the movie.
Researchers Pinpoint the Saddest Movie Scene of All Time
Is Apple Wealthier Than the US Government?
According to the latest daily statement from the US Treasury, as well as Apple's latest earning report, the tech company now has more cash on hand than the US government.
Almost Half of Men Would Dump Their Girlfriend If She Got Fat
When it comes to looks, we now have further evidence that man are more shallow than women.
Comedian Finds Out Just How Much You Can Get Away With in an Apple Store [VIDEO]
After realizing there are hundreds of YouTube videos of people singing and dancing inside Apple Stores without the intrusion of staffers, comedian Mark Malkoff set out to test the limits of what one could get away with in the land of iPads and Genius Bars.
Malkoff's stunts include a pizza delivery, donning a Darth Vader costume and wining and dining a date. See how they were received below:
Crowne Plaza Hotel to Remove Loud Snorers from Certain Floors
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We all know that when you snooze, you lose, but who knew you could lose the very spot where you're resting your head?
Snore Monitors are patrolling the halls of Crowne Plaza hotels in England, in an attempt to maintain the integrity of the chain's "quiet zones."


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Week Four Health Care Financial Terms Worksheet
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Week Four Health Care Financial Terms Worksheet
Understanding health care financial terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course.
Complete the worksheet below according to the following guidelines:
· In the space provided, write each term's definition as used in health care management. You must define the term in your own words.
· In the space provided after each term's definition, summarize a health care management scenario that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool to which the term refers. . In the scenario, you may wish to consider the following:
o Why is the skill, concept, procedure, or tool necessary for accurate record keeping, operational efficiency, excellent patient services, employee management, regulatory compliance, reducing costs, forecasting, and so forth?
o What successes are enabled by an adequate understanding or appropriate application of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool?
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What Snooki Can Learn from Other Reality TV Pregnancies
Snooki's life is about to change in a big way. With the pregnancy speculation and engagement hype (see left) still underway, this Jersey Shore star needs to start considering her plans for the future both as a wife/mother and a reality TV icon. As we've noted, this pregnancy could have negative consequences on her Shore career, so we suggest she look to her pregnant Reality predecessors for guidance. While pregnant Snooks won't be able to amuse us with her usual drunken antics, here are a few lessons for using that baby bump to her filming advantage.
Children Change Your Priorities
Right now Snooki's main priorities consist of smushing, booze, and pickles, but once that baby arrives her perspective on life is bound to change — just look at Kendra Wilkinson. Here's a girl who started off as a popularly wild Playboy bunny and is now all about her family. Her transformation from The Girl Next Door to a Midwest wife and mother is clear with her priorities drastically shifting from party girl to striving to be mommy of the year. Her series Kendra is packed with family-heavy episodes focused on her life as a married woman and devoted mother. So Snooki can pledge her allegiance to drinking all she wants, but like it or not, this baby could very well change her entire outlook on life. But hey, there's always Dancing With the Stars.
Babies Can Be a Marketing Gold Mine
After go-to stylist to the stars, Rachel Zoe, gave birth to her first son, Skyler, she immediately began talking about launching a kids' clothing line. Snooki could take a leaf out of her fashion book and do the same exact thing, only adding her own personal flair into the mix. Think about it: baby clubbing outfits, baby rhinestone sunglasses, baby bouffants; it'd be a unique franchise unto itself and you know there are people out there who would buy into it. So even if Snooki does lose some of her party girl appeal, she can make up for it in profits with a unique clothing line, making sure the essence of Snooki never goes out of style.
Baby Cameos Are Always a Crowd-Pleaser
Whether we're Keeping Up with her or simply watching her Take New York, reality star Kourtney Kardashian always manages to spotlight her son, Mason, in occasional cameo appearances. Granted, his adorable charms aren't the core foundation for the Kardashian franchise's success, but it does add a cuteness factor that's pretty hard to resist. Snooki would do well to feature her little meatball as often as possible, playing off fans' inability to resist fawning over celeb babies like so many moths to a tiny flame. Not to mention the potential that could come from launching her own blog. Kourtney created a Mommy Blog as a way to give advice to fellow mothers, and I think we'd all like to hear Snooki's motherly insights. She could definitely develop quite the following.
A Spin-off Can Still Happen
Just because a life of Jersey Shore partying may no longer be in the cards doesn't mean we can't find reasons to watch her on TV. Look at the show Teen Moms, which has earned a respectable fan base during its run. Snooki could be the new Amber Portwood, struggling to shed her drinking ways in order to focus on parenting and finishing her education. Just watching Snooki make such an emotional (and physical) journey would be worth tuning in for.


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As a follow up to this newsbit concerning the dissolving of Pandemic Studios and the acquisition of Might & Magic series creator Jon Van Caneghem by Electronic Arts for the Command & Conquer brand, those following Mr. Van Caneghem's career may be interested in this interview that Gamasutra has posted discussing online gaming and social interactivity for the strategy genre.
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I am having trouble to share the internet after upgrading to Windows 8. i use to share my wired connection using an App called Peer network which was pre installed in my windows 7 by Dell. Now after upgrading i am unable to share the internet ( wired via
Wifi). i tried sharing in Network>Ethernet > Properties > Sharing, But no UUID option is available.
is it Possible to share the wired connection via wifi in Widows 8?
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Generic Verical Handgrip Strap from eBay
I was in the market for a vertical grip strap for my camera, but I wasn't sure if I'd like it so off to eBay I go. I found this from tons of China-based sellers and the cost was a measly US$2.99 + US$4.50 for shipping. Sounds like a steal to me.
I received the item in less than two weeks from the seller, which as magnificent. His prices are very reasonable and doesn't rip you off in shipping.
Let's move on to the strap itself.
A hand-grip strap basically frees you from the traditional neck strap while allowing you to securely hold the camera with little physical grip from your hands as possible.
This hand-strap is made of synthetic leather for the outer part and a soft, comfortable, padded fabric for the inner portion. The straps are made of standard nylon, while the base is made of hard plastic with a metal screw-mount thread.
The whole assembly is reasonably well built for what it's worth. The plastic is sturdy and the threaded knob is well molded for easy attachment and removal.
That's pretty much where the positive stops, though.
As a grip, it fails miserably to keep your cam firmly cradled to your arm. It offers little to no support, making the cam feel pretty much the same as holding it bare without any harness. That doesn't instill any confidence when you're holding a moderately weighted lens up front with a magnesium body camera like my old EOS 10D. That doesn't work, a strap of any type should be able to make the user feel that the item they're holding is lighter than it should be with a good design, this feels exactly the same with an annoying loose strap fiddling around your hand.
The totally unnecessary bulk of the whole assembly at the bottom covers my Canon's battery compartment making battery replacement a "shift and open" affair for my battery compartment door.
Speaking of the base, there's a small 1/4″ high, 3/4″ long "stub" that's supposedly there to keep the strap's base in line with the base of your camera. That little knob is intrusive enough to cause scratches over time since it doesn't really lock into position and will move back and forth as the thread loosens (like when you need to attach your cam on a tripod or change battery.
The fabric that makes contact with your hand doesn't offer any grip whatsoever even if you've adjusted the strap to its tightest possible length.
My verdict is that even at <$10, it's a waste of money unless you rarely carry your camera around town for hours or you're using a really small and light camera (which really won't need a hand strap in the first place).
With straps and grips, stick to good brands.
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Perhaps it's just me, but one of things I most want to encounter on a safari is "differentness." I'm not simply after more of what I get at home, which is why things like sleeping in a tent, or under the stars, or trying new foods are so appealing. So it's no surprise that experiencing a different culture is one of the most rewarding things you can do in Africa. And yet, the term "Cultural Tourism" has a hollow, almost oxymoronic, ring to it. It raises expectations of exploring a culture in depth, but all too often it only scratches the surface. Visiting cultural centres, or watching staged performances, may be entertaining and make good commercial sense. But in the same way that watching the changing of the guards probably tells you less about British culture than an hour in a supermarket, this perhaps isn't the best way to reveal anything particularly meaningful. Ultimately there is no getting away from the fact that this is theatre…and you're the audience. But of course, if you aren't after theatre, and you don't have much time, you have to accept the flip side. Which is that people are people. If you turn up on a day when no body feels like hunting, dancing or circumcising, things might seem a little pedestrian. So the question is how, in only a few days, can you gain an insight into the way a culture works? Short of setting off on your own and simply moving in with a "Tribe" - Bruce Parry style - it's not easy. But spending a few days in a small camp, which runs in conjunction with a community is a great way to begin. Many small camps across Africa now work closely with local villages. Training staff and guides from the community and employing them to work in the camps. The great thing about this is that you can overcome the performer / audience thing. You get the chance to meet people properly (including your guide), over time, to ask questions and to be asked questions and – in my experience this is far more revealing than any organized event. For me a particularly memorable day was a walk with San guides in the Northern Kalahari in Botswana. We had no language in common, and while they were friendly to a fault, thankfully they we're far too busy chatting amongst themselves to pay too much attention to us. What followed was a decidedly low key meandering ramble through the bush, casually harvesting snacks; roots, berries and some (understandably) rather perplexed looking beetles. The walk culminated in building a fire (no matches of course) and cooking the hapless beetles (we weren't offered any). The men who took us then spent the best part of half an hour playing something, which looked and sounded like Rock-Paper-Scissors. But to me, this is where the interest lies. Time and again when I've met people with a life experience so dramatically at odds with my own, the thing that really stands out is not so much the differences, but the things which it seems we have in common. Watching the San playing rock paper scissors, and howling with laughter every few minutes when some one was caught out, you didn't need a common language to see that at the very least, slapstick is something that transcends cultural boundaries. Hardly an anthropological revelation, but an unusual way to spend an afternoon. You should try it.
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Two killed in factory mishap in MP
Mhow (MP), Nov 15 (PTI) Two persons were killed and six others injured after they suffered acid burns in a soya oil factory in Pithampur here, police said. The mishap took place when about a dozen workers started their daily work at about 8 AM in Divya Jyoti factory situated near Indorama factory in Sector III. Around 9.30 AM, one of the workers slipped into the acid tank meant for cleaning the soya seeds before processing for refined oil manufacturing. Another worker tried to help him out but he also lost his balance and fell inside the tank. Thereafter, both of them were taken out from the tank, in which six others were also injured. All of them were brought to a private hospital here where two were declared brought dead while others are undergoing treatment.


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Ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or conditions of the ear, nose, and throat. They may also be called otolaryngologists (say "oh-toh-lair-un-GAWL-uh-jists") or head and neck surgeons.
ENT doctors perform surgery for sinus and sleep problems, remove tonsils and tumors, help with hearing and balance problems, and more. Some ENT doctors also do cosmetic and reconstructive surgery (plastic surgery).
ENT doctors can be certified through the Board of Otolaryngology, which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
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English Rugby
Rees injury could spell trouble for England
January 7, 2009
Wasps and England flanker Tom Rees has re-injured his Anterior Cruciate Ligament © Getty Images
Wasps' 24-18 win over Harlequins at Adams Park could provide a turning-point in the struggling champions' season, but it may have come at a severe cost for England.
With Wasps boss Ian McGeechan already set to take umbrage to Martin Johnson's request for Paul Sackey to be withdrawn from the game, England will be without Wasps openside Tom Rees for the Six Nations and may also be without Harlequins pair Nick Easter and Ugo Monye after the trio limped from field with injuries.
Rees damaged his left Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in a collision towards the end of the game after coming on as a late replacement, a recurrence of a previous injury according to Wasps' Head Coach Shaun Edwards. "He has re-injured an old injury. Sometimes when you do that it is not quite as bad but he was pretty disconsolate in the dressing room afterwards," he said.
A scan performed on Tuesday confirmed that Rees had sustained a moderate tear to his ACL, with a recovery time of two months.
"I've been here before with this type of injury so I know the score," Rees told The Daily Telegraph. "It's the same thing all over again. My knee got forced inwards and I felt a little pop. I'm looking at six to eight weeks. It's a sickener."
Wasps will be without Rees for crucial Heineken Cup games with Leinster and Castres and will also miss him as they attempt to climb the Premiership table, where they currently lie eighth.
"It is gutting given that we've got a big few weeks coming up," Rees said. "I'll just have to get on with things."
Quins No.8 Easter lasted only 20 minutes before retiring with back-spasms while Monye also failed to make it to the break.
England's first Six Nations game is just over a month away when Italy visit Twickenham and with two front-line back-row players potentially missing, Johnson will soon have to be looking elsewhere.
England are fortunate to have a great number of options in the back-row, but few players with Easter's experience or Rees' battling skills on the floor.
Wasps fielded James Haskell at No.8 at Adams Park, while at Welford Road blindside Tom Croft was powering Leicester to victory over Bath. Bath skipper Michael Lipman will also be looking to pin down the England seven shirt during the Six Nations and Lewis Moody is slowly regaining form with Leicester after a long time on the treatment table.
In recent weeks London Irish openside Steffon Armitage has also impressed, and will be a good bet to join his brother Delon in the England squad for the Six Nations when it is announced by Martin Johnson on January 14.
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An Open Letter to Chris Brown: Act Your Age
In light of the widespread reports that Rihanna and Chris Brown were teaming up on the remix of her "Birthday Cake" track, we (The Juice's Erika Ramirez and Assistant Editor Jason Lipshutz) decided to compose open letters to each the Barbadian pop singer and controversial R&B star. Read our message to Chris Brown below, and click here to check out our message to Rihanna.
Dear Chris Brown,
Sweet baby Jesus.
Faint whispers laced with your name emerged when people realized you would be attending -- and performing -- at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards along with your ex-girlfriend, pop singer, Rihanna. The same award's show which three years ago you were scheduled to perform, but didn't, because of a violent assault that changed both of your lives. And unfortunately, brought us to this place, this letter.
Grammy night arrived on Sunday, Feb. 12. Whispers were no longer whispers. Full-formed doubts and questions resonated loud through people's timelines and favorite blogs after you won for Best R&B Album. "Did he deserve the win?" "Have we forgiven him?" "Have we forgot?"
Did you deserve to win? Yes. It's undeniable that you've polished your artistry with every project, despite your indiscretions. You're a talented singer, songwriter, dancer and to be honest you can rap better than some well-known rappers. You triumphantly returned with revealing synth-heavy album "F.A.M.E." which marked your first Billboard 200 No. 1 album. Your name resonated louder than the other nominees.
Rihanna herself said she was glad to see you "succeed again." But as you know, in this universe we call the music industry, hate rings louder in people's ears than love.
Have we forgiven you? Some have, some haven't. Have we forgotten? No. Never will, sadly. Which is why you'll be an artist oft-maligned, specifically pertaining to those two questions.
But my concerns are your habitual stunts of anger. You don't let us forgive and not turn back.
One minute you're crying at the closing of a Michael Jackson tribute at the 2010 BET Music Awards and the next you're throwing chairs out the "Good Morning America" window. One minute you're grabbing your first Grammy for your first No. 1 album. The next you're cursing everybody and their mothers on Twitter AND reportedly saying it was someone who controls your tweets. Really?
You can't get mad at us for not forgetting. It happened, it's written. But when you get aggressive and act out, what do you think people are going to reference? For every person that is waiting for your fall, there are those cheering for you to win, but it's hard for those who want you to thrive because when you take one step forward, you inevitably take two steps back.
Take a note from Jay-Z's words to Kanye West, in your own song coincidentally, "Deuces," "But I won't get my drama on/ What I'm dealing with is too real for me to comment on/ Jay finally got it through my head not to run my mouth/ So when y'all talking about you know who/ I don't know who you talking 'bout," 'Ye rhymed.
Write it down on iNotes, Evernote… wherever but not Twitter.
As much as we like to quote 2pac, people judge. We're imperfect and carry insecurities of our own. Which is why many believe you deserve a second chance. We know, as you have also admitted, what happened three years ago was disturbing, heartbreaking and simply unjustifiable. Yet, you're growing, learning and bettering as an artist. Personally? That's for you to show us. And recently it's as if you don't care to.
As for your rumored reunion with Rihanna, personally and professionally? Why don't you stroll through Billboard Editor, Jason Lipshutz's open letter to her right here.
All the best,
The Juice's Erika Ramirez.


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I recently attended the Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) at the Pomona Fairplex, home of the Los Angeles County Fair. You know the GNRS but you probably remember it as the Oakland Roadster Show. That was years ago before it moved to San Francisco and briefly San Mateo before heading to a larger audience in the greater Los Angeles area.
This was my second visit to the LA version of the GNRS. In so many ways it is a better venue. The Fairplex is a big place; the show takes up a bunch of buildings and some of the grounds. The core cars are still the best hot rods and customs in the world.
I was only able to hit the show on the last day, Sunday, because of other obligations. I got there just before the gates opened at ten in the morning. I kind of sped through the show so that I could get back to LAX for my late afternoon flight home. But I'm pretty sure I saw just about every single car there. I didn't spend much time looking at the motorcycles; they just are not my thing.
One thing I did notice was the age of the paying customers. I'd guess the average age was well north of 50. That's a shrinking audience. A sign of the age of the attendees was the vendor renting electric scooters.
The weather this year hurt attendance. It was cold and threatening rain most of the weekend. Attendance was light on Sunday but I overheard a couple of vendors talking about how it was busier than it had been Saturday.
Something has to be done to reinvigorate these shows, something to make them appeal to a younger crowd. I don't know what, though.
One change that has occurred over the years is the inclusion of rat rods. I am not a big fan of rat rods or that culture. It seems to me that the cars are caricatures of a time gone by. I wouldn't call them rat rods, more junk rods. It seems to me that the hot rodders of yore worked very hard to upgrade the image of the "sport" from that backyard junk to hand crafted works of art.
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Safety Safari worked hard to educate rodders about the importance of a safe vehicle. I'm not saying the rat rods are unsafe but they do look it. Years ago the GNRS would not allow a car into the show with primer paint. Now they allow cars that are purposely made to look like they've been in someone's barn for years.
I noticed this year cars labeled as home built. I thought that was pretty cool. That's the way it often used to be done. A guy would buy something, dream how it should look, work away for months or years in his garage until it was the piece of art he dreamt of, doing all or almost all of the work alone or with just the help of family and friends.
So many of the rods are done by companies now; they look good — the work is first class. It's just that the cars are moving out of the availability of the average guy (or girl).
Due to the weather there were fewer cars outside. I liked the outside cars last year; often the owners sit with the cars and you can chat with them and find out about the cars. Many of the cars outside are driven to the show while many inside the buildings are brought in on a trailer. Yes, they all have to have all the legal requirements and they must drive in and out of the buildings, but they are not daily drivers.
I've looked through my pictures and I have to say my favorites are what are known as Track Roadsters, or Track Ts. By coincidence last year's and this year's winners of America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) were both Track Roadsters.
The 2013 AMBR is the John Mumford owned 1927 Track T powered by a Ford V8-60 with Ardun heads built by the South San Francisco's Roy Brizio Street Rods. It is a beautiful, period perfect piece. Just about the only thing I'd quibble with are the red, clear plastic fuel lines. Yes, they are period but they were dumb then and I think they are dumb now.
Last year's AMBR winner was also a '27 Track T, this one built by the SoCal Speedshop for Bill Lindig of Texas.
For more pictures go to www.brucehotchkiss.com. Next month I'll review a 2013 Buick Verano.


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If Winslow can't play, backup Steve Heiden and third-stringer Darnell Dinkins would move up the depth chart. Crennel said rookie Martin Rucker, who recently returned to practice following knee surgery, isn't ready to play.
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New York, Oct 1 (IANS) US stocks ended sharply higher as Wall Street cheered over a strong rebound in overseas stock markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 235.57 points, or 1.47 percent, to 16,284.70. The S&P 500 surged 35.94 points, or 1.91 percent, to 1,920.03 on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
The Nasdaq Composite Index spiked 102.84 points, or 2.28 percent, to 4,620.17.
In Asia, Japanese stocks surged 2.70 percent on Wednesday, as investors moved to reclaim Tuesday's steep losses amid speculation that a surprise downturn in Japanese industrial production may push the Bank of Japan closer to further monetary easing.
Chinese shares closed higher on Wednesday, the last trading day before the country's seven-day National Day holiday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.48 percent.
European equities soared on Wednesday following a positive lead from Asia overnight, with French benchmark index CAC 40 leaping 2. 57 percent, as the stabilisation in commodities soothed anxious investors.
Some analysts suggested the global rally was likely due to traders chasing momentum stocks.
On the economic front, US private sector employment increased by 200,000 jobs from August to September, beating market consensus of 190,000, according to the September ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday.
The ADP figure is watched closely as a pre-indicator for the nonfarm payrolls report due on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Business Barometer declined 5.7 points to 48.7 in September, well below market estimates, according to the ISM-Chicago Business Survey on Wednesday.
"There is little doubt an emerging market recession and strong dollar have hurt manufacturing. Volatility and even outright weakness in manufacturing activity may be inescapable," chief economist at FTN Financial Chris Low said in a note.
Despite Wednesday's rally, the three major indices still saw big losses for the volatile month, with the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq falling 1.5 percent, 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively.


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Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (DK2) Are $350, Expected July
Subject: General Tech, Displays, Shows and Expos | March 22, 2014 - 01:04 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: oculus rift, Oculus, gdc 14, GDC
Last month, we published a news piece stating that Oculus Rift production has been suspended as "certain components" were unavailable. At the time, the company said they are looking for alternate suppliers but do not know how long that will take. The speculation was that the company was simply readying a new version and did not want to cannibalize their sales.
This week, they announced a new version which is available for pre-order and expected to ship in July.
DK2, as it is called, integrates a pair of 960x1080 OLED displays (correction, March 22nd @ 3:15pm: It is technically a single 1080p display that is divided per eye) for higher resolution and lower persistence. Citing Valve's VR research, they claim that the low persistence will reduce motion blur as your eye blends neighboring frames together. In this design, it flickers the image for a short period before going black, and does this at a high enough rate keep your eye fed with light. The higher resolution also prevents the "screen door effect" complained about by the first release. Like their "Crystal Cove" prototype, it also uses an external camera to reduce latency in detecting your movement. All of these should combine to less motion sickness.
I would expect that VR has a long road ahead of it before it becomes a commercial product for the general population, though. There are many legitimate concerns about leaving your users trapped in a sensory deprivation apparatus when Kinect could not even go a couple of days without someone pretending to play volleyball and wrecking their TV with ceiling fan fragments. Still, this company seems to be doing it intelligently: keep afloat on developers and lead users as you work through your prototypes. It is cool, even if it will get significantly better, and people will support its research while getting the best at the time.
DK2 is available for pre-order for $350 and is expected to ship in July.
correction: it uses a single 1080p AMOLED screen, which then displays two images side by side
What games would this support at the moment?
That the thing. It's for developers so they make some experiences for it. So far there is nothing released excluding "ports" or "mods" of regular games. Don't buy it now - wait for consumer version.
Im tempted this game a lone makes it worth it
MIRROR'S EDGE with the OCULUS RIFT
Just a fallow up
No way hell im getting this shit now.
Ouch, $460 after shipping and tax.
What do they want to change before they release a consumer version?
Dont bother
VR is dead once again. I had really thought nothing could kill it this time.
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Na, I prefer flying my kite.
Digging: Slowdive - Pygmalion
Is this really that good? I couldn't get into dead throne much save for a few songs
Great to actually see some diversity in TDWP material.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffTransgress is phenomenal
Album Rating: 4.0I don't know, I liked it but I didn't find that interesting.
Really hate this review.
Just listened to some of it off youtube and it sounds bad. Really bad
Album Rating: 4.0@WhiteTieBlackJacket, why? If you could point out why you don't like, it would help me improve for the next one.
@FearThyEvil9, what songs did you hear? It's kind of a grower.
Album Rating: 3.5It's actually a pretty solid record(so far).
Album Rating: 4.0Dem negs >.>
I listened to a few songs off of this and I didn't hate it. So much other new music I need to check out from this year since i've been reclused to music i've been familiar with for years.
I threw you a pos
Album Rating: 2.0Rust in peace = endgame
That sir is an insult
Album Rating: 2.0Lol this band has always sucked. Listened to the first two tracks, had to shut it off.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffI appreciate a fellow Technician, but you're speaking blasphemies.
Album Rating: 2.5not digging these vocals...even though mike said they are supposed to have more "emotion"
City In The Sea does this a lot better
Album Rating: 4.0Not really, I didn't dig Below the Noise all that much,but yeah, their screamer is way better.
Album Rating: 4.0At least Mike doesn't drag out every word like he did on Roots. That bugged the hell out of me.
this record sucks and I haven't even listened to it yet.
Pos'd because I dunno.
Album Rating: 4.0Uh, thanks?
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