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SYDNEY, Jan 15 (Reuters) - MMG Ltd said on Thursday the sell-off in copper markets had done nothing to discourage completion of one of the world's biggest copper mines, costing $7 billion.
The massive Las Bambas mine in Peru acquired by MMG and minority partners in August is capable of yielding more than 2 million tonnes of copper in its first five years and will begin production in early 2016, according to Andrew Michelmore, chief executive of MMG, an arm of China's state-owned Minmetals.
Michelmore is counting on copper prices rebounding from current half-decade lows by then as consumers in China and elsewhere chip away at surplus inventories, creating strong demand for copper and lifting prices.
He said the mine was 80 percent finished, with the relocation of whole communities to a newly-built town to make way for the operation underway.
"My own view is that copper (supply) will be tightening and sentiment changing in the second half of 2015," Michelmore told a media conference.
"If anything, Las Bambas will be coming into the market just when the market needs those tonnes."
Analysts blame copper's descent to its lowest price since January 2009 on a mounting supply glut amid a sharp drop off in demand for the metal, found in everything from water taps to high-tech gadgetry.
Michelmore's comments echoed those of Anglo-Australian miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton
Both companies are amassing vast copper holdings in a push to capture a greater chunk of the $140 billion world market.
Separately and in joint ventures, Rio and BHP intend to mine millions of additional tonnes in coming years, despite seeing a market in oversupply.
Michelmore said falling oil prices was a boon for mining companies such as MMG that buy vast quantities of diesel.
"Declining oil prices? You take it and smile," he said. (Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Joseph Radford)


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Sabah, Malaysia (SPX) Mar 20, 2006
World Wildlife Fund today released the results of a field survey from the island of Borneo which found that poaching has significantly reduced Borneo's population of Sumatran rhinos, but a small group continues to survive in the "Heart of Borneo," a region covered with vast tracts of rain forest.
The survey found evidence of at least 13 rhinos in the interior of the Malaysian state of Sabah in northeast Borneo. It was conducted in 2005 by teams of more than 100 field staff from the Sabah Foundation, the Sabah Wildlife Department, WWF, Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah Parks, S.O.S. Rhino, Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project, University Malaysia Sabah and Operation Raleigh.
WWF and Malaysian authorities have launched rhino protection units to patrol the area where the rhinos were found.
"If this band of rhinos is to have a healthy future in Borneo the poaching must be stopped immediately. Their numbers are so small that losing one or two rhinos to a poacher could upset the remaining rhinos' chances of survival," said Sybille Klenzendorf, lead biologist of WWF's Species Conservation Program. "Conservationists and Sabah government agencies are hopeful that there is a chance to save this group of rhinos and are diligently working to protect them."
In addition to the 13 rhinos found in the interior of Sabah during this survey, a few individuals still survive in other parts of the state that weren't covered in this survey. Previous estimates of rhino numbers had suggested there were 30 to 70 rhinos on the island of Borneo. Populations in other parts of the island are believed to be extinct.
There are believed to be fewer than 300 Sumatran rhinos left in the world and they are considered one of the most endangered rhino species because of the intensity of poaching. Sumatran rhinos are only found in widely scattered areas across peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Rhino numbers globally have been devastated because rhino horn carries a high price on the black market, where it is predominantly sold for use in traditional Asian medicines.
As poaching is such a threat to this species, the survey results were not released until strong protection measures could be put in place in the areas where the rhinos are found. Those security measures were recently installed. WWF and partners last month launched a five-year project called "Rhino Rescue," which will organize rhino protection units and other activities to deter poaching.
"The results from the survey of Borneo's rhinos are crucial additions to our scientific understanding of the species," said Dr. Christy Williams, of WWF's Asian rhino program. "We believe this population may be viable and could recover if their habitat is protected and the threat of poaching is eliminated."
Sabah and the forests of the "Heart of Borneo" still hold huge tracts of continuous natural forests, which are some of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth, with high numbers of unique animal and plant species. This is one of the world's only two places – the other being Indonesia's Sumatra island – where orangutans, elephants and rhinos still co-exist and where forests are currently large enough to maintain viable populations.
WWF aims to assist Borneo's three nations (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) to conserve the "Heart of Borneo" – a total of about 84,942 square miles of equatorial rain forest – through a network of protected areas and sustainably managed forest, and through international cooperation led by the Bornean governments and supported by a global effort.
There is one species of rhino in Borneo, commonly called the Sumatran rhinoceros, with the scientific name Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. The Borneo form of this rhino is considered to be a separate subspecies (D. S. harrissoni) from the rhinos on Sumatra island and mainland Asia.
They feed on the leaves of a wide variety of seedlings and young trees. Unlike other rhino species and other large herbivorous mammals in Borneo (elephant, wild cattle, deer), the Sumatran rhino is a strict forest-dweller that ventures out of forest cover only in unusual situations. Sumatran rhinos are currently found in peninsular Malaysia, and on the islands of Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia)."
The survey of Sabah's rhinos involved about 120 people in 16 teams. It was undertaken by the Sabah Wildlife Department, Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah Parks, the Sabah Foundation, WWF-Malaysia, the Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project, SOS Rhino, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Operation Raleigh. Also participating in the effort to protect Borneo's remaining rhinos are the Sabah Wildlife Department, the Sabah Foundation, S.O.S Rhino and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Other threatened wildlife in Borneo includes clouded leopards, sun bears, and three species of leaf monkeys found nowhere else in the world. The island is also home to 10 primate species, more than 350 bird species, 150 reptiles and amphibians and 15,000 plants.
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The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, Ori must journey to find courage and confront a dark nemesis to save the forest of Nibel. Winner of several prestigious awards, Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios. Featuring hand-painted artwork, meticulously animated character performance, a fully orchestrated score and dozens of new features in the Definitive Edition, Ori and the Blind Forest explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.
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Desperate Dan goes digital as Dandy comic axed
II is one of the world's longest-running comics but after this week The Dandy in its current form will no longer appear on newsagents' shelves.
Seventy-five years after children began exchanging their pocket money to read the latest adventures of Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat, they will shortly be clicking online.
Dundee-based publisher of the Dandy, DC Thomson confirmed earlier this year that tomorrow's edition of the comic will be the last before the title's much-loved characters go digital.
It follows a drop in circulation in recent years but the publishers insist the show will go on.
Ellis Watson, chief executive of the company's newspaper and magazine publishing operations, said: "Dan has certainly not eaten his last cow pie."
The announcement that this week's edition will be the last in print will likely see copies fly off the shelves as collectors vie for a piece of history.
During its peak circulation in the 1950s, the Dandy sold two million copies each week.This figure has dropped in recent years to around 8,000.
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It is the spectacular vision of how your dream wedding can become a magnificent reality.
Stunning saris, Bollywood dancers and fire jugglers are among the exotic displays at Southampton's first ever Asian Wedding Show.
The south's leading wedding suppliers, caterers and entertainers are teaming up for the premier event at the Grand Harbour Hotel on May 7.
The Southampton Showcase, open to people of all backgrounds, is also the chance to meet the luxury hotel's wedding co-ordinators.
It is being organised by a team consisting of Angel Cakes Hampshire, Mrs Bouquet Weddings, premier Asian caterer Sanjha Catering and Hampshire Chocolate Fountains.
Its centre-piece will be a sari catwalk show with a packed schedule of top Asian entertainment including Dholi Drummers, decorated tuk tuks, intricate ice shows and a magician.
Visitors can browse exhibitions of towering wedding cakes, delicate flower arrangements and decorations and a collection of stretch limos.
There will also be henna artists, a Lamborghini and even a white wedding horse.
The showcase team and other experts will be on hand to discuss their packages and individual services with brides and grooms wanting to organise their big day.
Jayne Morris from Angel Cakes said: "We are very excited and looking forward to the show.
"It is something that will meet the Asian community's needs but is also open to anybody who wants something a little bit different and a more colourful day.
"Many people in Southampton's Asian community have often had to go to London and Birmingham for ideas, but this is the chance to introduce them to people providing services in the Hampshire area."
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Ex-Marine, Father Who Plotted Sexual Abuse of Own Children With Wife Before They Were Born Gets 2 Life Sentences
Jonathan Adleta, 26, a father who plotted with his wife, Sarah, 29, to sexually abuse their children before they were born, received two life in prison sentences in an Orlando federal court for his deeds.
"This defendant is guilty of … the destruction and scarring of his own children," said U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr., who also called the crime "heinous," according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Adleta was convicted of transporting minors across a state line to engage in a sex act and conspiracy last September.
Judge Dalton explained that even though he could have given the father as little as five years in prison, he agreed with the recommendation of Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Gable that what Adleta did was "despicable and egregious. … The defendant is a grave danger to children."
Dalton felt Adleta would offend again.
"This defendant is guilty of the sexual exploitation of his own children," Dalton stressed.
Adleta was found guilty of abusing his son and daughter, as well as the child of another woman, and none of them were older than 4. He also had his wife and girlfriend record him performing the sexual acts on the children and he distributed the images as child pornography.
When asked if he had anything to say on Monday, Adleta replied: "No, your honor."
Not even Adleta's military service could earn him leniency in Dalton's courtroom.
Dalton told defense attorney Matthews Bark that his client brought "dishonor to the Marine Corps."
Leonard Lippy, Adleta's ex-father-in-law, told the judge to "make sure he never touches another child." His daughter, Sarah, was sentenced to 54 years in prison for her role in the abuse of her children.
Dalton was moved by Lippy's testimony and felt justified in the recommended sentence. He also apologized for the pain his family was put through.
The children are being placed for adoption and Lippy now has no contact with the children. Even after the judge handed down the sentence, Lippy was still unappeased.
"He gets time, but it didn't bring my family back," said Lippy after the hearing. "You're going to tell me two life sentences makes this right?"
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As a student, I can say "The New School Prayer" read by Cedar Shoals High School Principal Tommy Craft is wrong on many counts. It is not illegal to pray in school. And every morning, we have a "moment of silence." It can be argued this is not religious, but it is a perfect time to pray.
The poem also states we study "witches, vampires and totem poles," but "no word of God must reach this crowd." We spend at least a week talking about world religions, but never do we mention totem poles. And I bet the only mention of witches is a discussion of the Salem "witch" trials.
One of my main concerns is the offense directed toward our relatively small, but thriving, population of "freaks" with dyed hair, piercings, and an eccentric sense of creative expression. Self-esteem is generally low in adolescence, and when the person running your school publicly says he doesn't approve of people like you, it might make you feel a little unwelcome. And it's certainly not Christian to be intolerant.
If the principal wanted to read us something, he should have read about the poverty levels that help explain the high dropout rate. Or maybe an essay challenging "abstinence-only" health classes. But reading a religiously inspired poem, with incorrect facts, is maybe something he should have thought twice about.
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It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of a member of the 98.1 WOGL family. Our friend and radio legend Don Cannon passed away peacefully on Friday morning, August 22.
Don Cannon got his start at WNLG-AM in Sag Harbor, New York. His voice was a top rated morning radio fixture in Philadelphia spanning five decades starting in 1969 with WIBG (WIBBAGE) through his retirement in 2004 from WOGL 98.1. "Cannon in The Morning" entertained millions of people each day for thirty five years as the handsome and entertaining radio star on WIP, WFIL, WIFI, and WSNI and Oldies 98.1 WOGL.
Don also spent time on the management side of the industry as Program Director of WSNI and WPGR. From 1990 until his retirement in 2004 WOGL FM 98.1 was home to the legendary "Cannon in the Morning."
Cannon, born Dominic Canzano is considered by many as one of the main originators of conversational, irreverent humor based personality morning radio that opened the way for future talent like Howard Stern. First to release top selling comedy albums based on his on-air humor and listener pranks, Cannon is a member of The Broadcast Pioneers who regard him as the "Dean of Philadelphia Morning Radio" because of the benchmarks, success and contributions he made to the community and industry. Throughout his career and into his retirement, Don worked with hundreds of charities, raising millions of dollars throughout the region and was awarded the March of Dimes Lifetime Achievement Award. Cannon, an avid golfer, was also the host of "Inside Golf" on Comcast Sports Net.
His signature voice and style that was a morning staple for 35 years in Philadelphia is also a part of motion picture history. Cannon's signature voice with a smile was part of a pivotal scene from the original "Rocky" motion picture. As Sylvester Stallone readied for his run throughout the city it was Don Cannon's energetic voice on then WIBG that was Rocky's soundtrack to Rocky drinking his signature raw egg drink. Don often joked that people missed his cameo because they were so grossed out by the drinking of the eggs that they were yelling during the scene and missed some of his announcing!
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Thurston House, the only North Orlando bed & breakfast accommodation in the Maitland/Winter Park area, has partnered with local businesses and attractions to provide a LivingSocial Escape deal – "Summer Solace on Lake Eulalia". This Escape deal went live at 5am, July 13th.
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Liz Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney's other daughter, said Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry had no business dragging her sister's sexual orientation into the presidential debate and said it should not be an issue in this year's election.
"I was surprised that Senator Kerry would raise it, and I think it is unprecedented for a candidate for the presidency to sort of exploit the child of one of his opponents for political gain. That did surprise me. I thought that was out of bounds, and I think what you have seen as a result of that is a lot of folks across the country really wondering what sort of a person would do that. It was sort of an insight into the character of Senator Kerry," she said in an interview with the Associated Press.
Liz Cheney said her sister Mary's sexual orientation should not be an issue in this year's election. "I don't think Mary should be part of this campaign. I think issues having to do with the war on terror, having to do with the economy, having to do with health care--those are all critically important issues, and those are the ones we 're spending a lot of our time focused on," she said.
Mary Cheney, 35, has lived for years in Conifer, Colo., in the foothills west of Denver, and runs operations in her father's campaign office. Liz Cheney said her sister is currently living with her parents in Washington, D.C., and commutes to Denver on weekends. Prior to that, Mary Cheney worked as a gay and lesbian outreach coordinator for Golden, Colo.-based Coors Brewing Co. She quit that job before her father's 2000 campaign.
Liz Cheney, who is 38, was appearing at a University of Denver forum about the need for women to vote. President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, were also at the forum.
On Monday, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, said she was troubled by the Republican backlash over comments made by her husband and Kerry about Mary Cheney's sexual orientation. "I'm distressed that what it did was distract from what should have been a
dialogue over issues that were raised during the third debate--domestic policy issues like health care and jobs and education," she said at a campaign stop in Denver.
During a debate with the vice president, John Edwards said he respected the Cheneys because they are willing to acknowledge they have a lesbian daughter and are willing to embrace her. Debating President Bush last week, Kerry referred to Mary Cheney when asked by the moderator whether he thinks homosexuality is a choice. "We're all God's children," Kerry said. "And I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was. She's being who she was born as. I think if you talk to anybody, it's not a choice."
In an interview with Fox News Channel to be broadcast Wednesday night, the vice president called the comments made about his lesbian daughter "offensive" and "part of a political strategy" and suggested it was "just one more example of a candidate who is prepared to say anything in order to advance his political cause." Elizabeth Edwards said it was President Bush who tried to politicize the gay rights issue by supporting a constitutional amendment that would ban legal recognition of gay marriages.


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Horley's Archway Theatre will present Eric Chappell's play, Theft, a thriller in which a burglar tries to trick his way out of being caught red-handed by a returning couple by pretending to be a policeman, at the Archway Studio Theatre in The Drive, Horley, from next Tuesday (March 25) until Saturday, April 5, with performances at 7.45pm. There will not be performances on Sunday, March 30, and Monday, March 31.
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Myanmar hits new obstacles on road to democracy
Calls grow for past wrongdoings to be brought to justice
Former political prisoners Ye Naing Win (left) and Zaw Myint.
ucanews.com correspondent, Yangon
August 11, 2014
After Ye Naing Win was arrested by officers of Myanmar's military intelligence in 1997, he was handcuffed on a chair in the middle of a large, empty room.
"They wouldn't let me sleep. The officers each questioned me for two hours, taking it in turns without stopping," he recalled in a recent interview in Yangon. "They shone a bright light at me. I was punched and slapped."
A construction worker and part-time political activist, Ye Naing Win had helped organize demonstrations at Yangon University. He served nearly nine years in jail for his links to the activist underground that worked to organize resistance against the country's military junta.
Now 46, Ye Naing Win is among as many as 7,000 people in Myanmar who were detained for political activities during military rule. The country is undergoing a stuttering transition toward democracy, and, as speech and politics become freer, one question is inevitably asked more and more - what would justice mean, and is it possible?
Nearby Cambodia is bringing a kind of justice to the perpetrators of past atrocities via a UN-backed tribunal, which passed down two guilty verdicts last week. And there is no shortage of allegations of human rights abuses against previous Myanmar regimes, which, as well as locking up political opponents, fought bloody wars with ethnic rebel armies, employed forced labor and oversaw large-scale evictions.
"Calls for acknowledgement and remedy from former political prisoners and democracy activists are gaining voice, amid a flourishing of general civic activity," a report from the New York-based International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) said last month.
"The plight of those who have lost the most productive years of their life to torture, inhuman treatment, and political imprisonment is spurring support for rehabilitation efforts and ways of honoring their suffering."
After 21 days of "interviews" with intelligence officers, Ye Naing Win was swiftly convicted and moved to Mingyan prison, in the dry plains of central Myanmar, where he began three years of solitary confinement with limited food and water.
The military government justified its harsh treatment of political opponents by characterizing them as insurgents in a country wracked by dissent after a popular uprising toppled dictator General Ne Win in 1988, only to bring to power more generals. They were subjected to cruel and unusual punishments that suggest unchecked sadism on the part of their jailers.
"We were ordered to catch flies. Some people who were poor, their families couldn't bring them food, so they didn't have any flies in their cell," Ye Naing Win said. "We had to use a plastic bag and just grab them out of the air. They demanded that we catch 50 flies per day. If we didn't please them, they would beat us severely … A lot of us went mad."
When he regained his freedom in 2005, he was weakened -- struggling to carry heavy loads in his construction job -- and traumatized. "I couldn't cross the road myself. I couldn't judge how fast the cars were coming," said Ye Naing Win, who now works as a labor rights activist.
The former head of Myanmar's military intelligence, Khin Nyunt, is seen as responsible for much of the abuses meted out to political opponents during the 1990s. Khin Nyunt, also a former prime minister, was later purged from the junta and placed under house arrest, but now lives a free and prosperous life in Yangon, running an art gallery.
"I don't want to say specific words for those people," said Ye Naing Win when asked if he is seeking any kind of revenge against his jailers. "The main offenders are the military dictatorship and the higher officers.
"I would like to demand that all the cronies and military officers take responsibility for it."
The current government of President Thein Sein, a general-turned-reformer, has released hundreds of political prisoners in mass amnesties since it took power in 2011. The government has collaborated with civil society groups to review prisoners' cases and discuss which inmates should be deemed political prisoners.
ICTJ has been working with the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), conducting workshops with former political prisoners in Yangon and Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmar, border to identify what "justice" might mean for them.
Ruben Carranza, the director of the ICTJ's reparative justice program, said that most "see acknowledgement of their experience as political prisoners as decisive in terms of how they see justice".
"There is still a degree of denial on the part of government that they were political prisoners," said Carranza. "[An apology] should mean recognizing them as political prisoners: that their imprisonment was unjust because it was based on suppressing the political beliefs that they exercised."
But as well as wanting acknowledgement, former prisoners also talk about the tangible impacts of their incarceration, in terms of their health and the loss of economic and educational opportunities, he said. "Whenever they talk about those impacts, they clearly also aspire to have those impacts addressed."
The ICTJ has discussed examples of how other transitional governments -- including post-junta states Argentina, the Philippines and Chile -- provided reparations to former political prisoners. However, with Myanmar's transition still uncertain, many consider it dangerous even to mention justice, for fear of spooking those implicated in past crimes that still cling to economic or political power.
"There is some hesitation in expressing that expectation that the government will come forward and provide help. And there is even greater hesitation if you talk about anything that involves individual accountability, beside the government," Carranza said. "That's very understandable given the situation where releases have been made but re-arrests are still possible."
Although President Thein Sein claimed that with a high-profile New Year amnesty he had met a commitment to release all political prisoners by the end of 2013, the AAPP says that many remain behind bars and the number has been "steadily increasing" since the start of this year.
"By the end of July, there were 70 political prisoners incarcerated in Burma, with approximately 114 accused activists awaiting trial," the AAPP said in an update last week.
Although many of those people are jailed for holding demonstrations without the permission of local authorities, public gatherings are now commonplace in Myanmar. Activists now memorialize past government atrocities, notably the August 8, 1988, massacre of protesters against one-party rule, which was marked last week in Yangon.
Former political prisoners have also begun marking important dates, like the 1989 suppression of protests in Tharrawaddy prison, Bago Region.
"We refused to work because we were political prisoners, not common criminals," recalled one of the prisoners, Zaw Myint, now 49. "We were told to lie on our front and they hit us with bamboo canes and batons."
The so-called "anti-labor protest," in which three political prisoners were killed in the prison authorities' response, was publicly commemorated last year by survivors, in a sign that such events will not be easily forgotten, the ICTJ said.
"Survivors called for their experiences to be acknowledged by the government and society at large, for younger generations to learn lessons from their experiences, and for activists to guard against the recurrence of such atrocities," the group's report said.
Zaw Myint, who now works as a journalist, said he valued an apology above all and rejected the idea he should receive compensation or monetary reparations.
"We don't want material support from the government, but we want out dignity," he said. "The most responsible people should own up to all the people in the country. They have to confess and apologize to all political prisoners."
Bishop of China's Fengxiang Diocese dies aged 96
Bishop Luke Li Jingfeng will be remembered for having helped build more than 50 churches
Indonesian Catholics turn backs on detained house speaker
Setya Novanto from Christian majority East Nusa Tenggara Province is embroiled in US$170 million corruption scandal
Vietnam archdiocese marks World Day of the Poor by giving food
In his message for the day, Pope Francis said sharing with the poor enabled Catholics to understand the truths of the Gospel
Bishop criticizes politicians for branding India's secularism a lie
The issue was raised to distract peoples' attention from matters of more pressing concern, says Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas
The rise of radical Islam in Bangladesh
The legacy of war is strongly ingrained in the psyche of most Bangladeshis


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Australian Open: Rory McIlroy still driven to reach the top again
RORY McIlroy is driving as well as ever but his putting has let him down in the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.
The world number six's problems since changing his equipment this year have been well documented and he arrived in Sydney this week still searching for his first title of 2013.
After home favourite Adam Scott's brilliant opening round – a record-breaking 10 under par 62, seven ahead of the Ulsterman – McIlroy's chances of success in Australia already appear remote, and the Holywood star was left ruing four missed short putts that could have made a huge difference to his score.
"Missed three or four short ones out there," he said. "Wasteful, yeah. I felt it could have been a lot lower.
"Off the tee, I'm driving the ball the best I ever have, it's just a matter of being more efficient and scoring better.
"That's really it. I only played the par-fives at one-under and the way I'm driving it, I should be playing those at four-under," he said.
A missed birdie putt at the seventh and three-putt from the edge of the green at the 16th were the most obvious wasted opportunities, while a pair of bogeys shortly after the turn halted his momentum after a solid front nine.
"I got the most out of it, especially after bogeys on 10 and 11, so to get in the 60s was decent," he said.
"It was nice to finish with a birdie at the last, makes up a little bit for not making birdie at 16," he added.
McIlroy felt conditions may have been a little trickier for the late starters after US Masters champion Scott had posted his stunning round early on.
"The wind might have got up for us a little bit this afternoon but still 62 on that course is great going," McIlroy added.
"When I was sitting over breakfast, I saw he'd birdied the first six holes and thought, 'oh nice'."
Scott has had an incredible year, following up his Augusta triumph with a win at the Barclays and claiming the Australian PGA and Masters title before helping Jason Day win the World Cup of Golf for his country last weekend.
For McIlroy, it was a reminder of his 2012 season when he became world number one and won the US PGA and a string of other tournaments.
"He's doing what I did last year and (world number three Henrik) Stenson's doing the same thing," the 24-year-old said.
"I've been in that position before, I know what it's like. That's what I'm trying to get back to."
Scott, meanwhile, rated his course-record round as one of his best ever – but maintained that his picture-perfect swing was not quite where he wanted it to be.
The world number two lost his rhythm midway through his round and had to settle for eight straight pars.
He bounced back with a superb tee shot on the par-three sixth and sunk the short putt, however, to spark another run of four straight birdies and smash the previous course record by three shots.
"I can't sit here and complain about anything but, a bit like last week in the first round, the swing wanders on a couple of shots and it did it again," Scott said. "It's not quite in the slot. It's not as free-flowing as the first couple of weeks (at the Australian PGA Championship and Australian Masters)."
Scott, looking to become the second man to win Australia's Triple Crown in a single season, led little-known Canadian Ryan Yip and American John Young Kim by three shots heading into round two after the pair posted classy 65s.
Meanwhile, Ballyclare's Gareth Maybin is just four shots adrift of leader Morten Orum Madsen after the opening day of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in South Africa.
Maybin's three-under-par 69 left him sharing eighth, four behind the Dane who bagged his first European Tour win at last week's South African Open.
Belfast's Michael Hoey shot a 76 after suffering a double bogey and two other dropped shots in his last five holes.
Defending champion Charl Schwartzel, the former Masters winner, is on four under.
Madsen said: "It seemed easy but it definitely wasn't, it was pretty tough out there and the course was playing long with the wind."
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Phil Mickelson birdied the ninth hole a day too late and missed a chance to break the PGA Tour's 36-hole scoring record when he finished with a double bogey after driving into the water.
Mickelson followed his opening 60 with a 65 on Friday in the Phoenix Open to reach 17-under 125, a stroke off the tour record for the first two rounds of a tournament set by Pat Perez in the 2009 Bob Hope Classic and matched by David Toms at Colonial in 2011.
"Unfortunately, I made a double on the last hole and didn't finish the way I wanted to," Mickelson said. "But I think it's a good example of what can happen on this course. You can make a lot of birdies and eagles, make up a lot of ground, but there's a lot of water and trouble there that if you misstep you can easily make bogeys and double."
He still tied the Phoenix Open record set by Mark Calcavecchia in 2001, but history slipped through his hands for the second straight day on the last hole.
On Thursday, Mickelson had a 25-foot birdie putt for a 59 on No. 9 that caught the right edge, curled 180 degrees and stayed out. A day later with little at stake on the par-4 hole, he hit to 4 feet and rolled the downhill putt into the center of the cup.
"You always remember kind of the last hole, the last putt," Mickelson said. "But I think it's very possible that's going to help me because it's got me refocused, that I cannot ease up on a single shot. I've got to be really focused. These guys are going to make a lot of birdies and I've got to get after it and cannot make those kinds of mistakes."
Mickelson parred the first six holes, and played the next 11 in 8 under before making a mess of the par-4 18th. His drive bounced into the left-side water hazard and, after a penalty drop, he hit an approach that landed on the green and rolled off the front edge. His chip ran 7 feet past and his bogey putt slid by to the left.
"I hit a good shot, I thought," Mickelson said. "I tried to start it right down the middle and hold it into the wind. It just leaked a little bit left. I still thought it was up. ... Then I hit a poor wedge from there. But the tee shot I didn't think was going to be in the water at any point."
The double bogey left him four strokes ahead of Bill Haas and five in front of Keegan Bradley and Brandt Snedeker. Haas shot 64, Bradley 63, and Snedeker 66.
Mickelson will play alongside Haas and Bradley in the third round.
"Bill and I have played on a Presidents Cup team, and Keegan and I have been partners in the Ryder Cup and had an incredibly emotional and fun experience together as partners," Mickelson said. "We're going to have a fun day tomorrow."
Mickelson was cruising before the lapse on 18.
The 42-year-old former Arizona State star, who won at TPC Scottsdale in 1996 and 2005, overpowered the par-5 15th for an eagle, hitting to 4 feet after a 358-yard drive.
"I felt really comfortable on the tee box, so I kind of let one go and caught a hold of it and ended up having 191 to the pin," Mickelson said. "It was only 186 to the front, and I hit a hard 8-iron. There was a little bit of helping wind."
After a par on the par-3 16th that drew boos from the rowdy fans on the stadium hole when his tee shot trickled into the fringe, he drove the green on the 344-yard 17th and two-putted from 70 feet — leaving his eagle try a foot short — for birdie.
Bradley also eagled the 15th, hitting a 350-yard drive and a 7-iron approach to 8 feet.
"I just smashed a driver down there," Bradley said. "I had been hitting 3-wood and I'm driving the ball so well that I just decided to rip driver down there."
He birdied the 16th, hitting to 5 feet.
"It reminds me of when I go to Fenway Park," Bradley said. "There's always like a murmur. ... It's really cool. I dig it. I wish there was more holes like that out here."
He birdied Nos. 5-8 on his back nine, holing putts of 10 15, 20 and 8 feet.
"It was such a relief to shoot a good number," Bradley said. "I've been playing so well this whole year and haven't made many putts. Today, the putts started to go in."
Haas also began play on No. 10 and made the turn at 6-under 30.
"We all know the way the course is playing, if there's no wind on the weekend, you've just got to keep making birdies," Haas said.
Last year in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera, Haas beat Mickelson and Bradley with a 45-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff.
"It's just another day. It's moving day," Haas said. "Hopefully, I can move up the leaderboard and he (Mickelson) doesn't go too crazy."
DIVOTS: Jason Dufner, paired with Mickelson and Rickie Fowler, missed the cut by a stroke, ending the tour's longest active streak at 22. Dufner shot 68-71, leaving Ian Poulter with the longest current streak at 16. Fowler also shot 68-71 to drop out. ... Mike Weir failed to advance a week after ending a streak of 17 missed cuts that dated to July 2001. He shot 69-73. ... Golf Channel will have "spotlight" coverage" of the 15th, 16th and 17th holes Saturday and Sunday, opposite the first two hours of NBC's regular broadcast. The sister networks will stagger commercial breaks. ... Masters champion Bubba Watson was 8 under after his second straight 67. He played through strep throat to tie for fourth in the season-opening Tournament of Champions and withdrew last week in San Diego because of the flu. ... Defending champion Kyle Stanley made the cut by a stroke at 4 under.


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Mike Borzello enters his fourth season as the Dodgers' bullpen catcher following 12 seasons in the Yankees' organization.
Borzello, 40, was a member of four World Championship teams with New York (1996, 1998-2000). He had two stints as a bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher after joining the Yankees in 1996. He also spent two seasons operating the radar gun and charting pitches.
Borzello was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1991 First-Year Player Draft and spent five years in their minor league system before joining the Yankees' staff. He served on the field staff for the American League All-Star Team in 1997, 2000, and 2001.
In 1999, Borzello appeared as John C. Reilly's catching double in Universal Pictures' "For Love of the Game" with Kevin Costner, which also featured Dodger Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully. He earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from California Lutheran University. He resides in Tarzana and has a daughter, Emily.


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Things are not looking good for my not-so-secret favorite new show. Last night's episode of Detroit 1-8-7 pulled in only 5 million viewers—its lowest of the season. But I thought the episode was as solid as ever. Am I the only one who's still watching this terrific show?
Because I shouldn't be. Here are five reasons to add Detroit 1-8-7 to your Tuesday-night TV-watching lineup:
1. Michael Imperioli
Even though his Detroit 1-8-7 character, Detective Louis Fitch, is on the opposite side of the law from The Sopranos' Christopher Moltisanti, Imperioli is no less compelling. Fitch is a great cop and a "fascinatingly odd" man, the details of whom we're learning bit by tiny bit.
2. The music
Detroit best known for Motown—but Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Eminem, the White Stripes, and Kid Rock also got their starts in Motor City. Detroit 1-8-7 is well aware of the Detroit's musical history, and incorporates several local tunes into each episode.
3. The dynamic cop duos
I'm not just talking about Longford (James McDaniel) and Mahajan (Shaun Majumder), though those two seem like they've been friends for 20 years. There's also the veteran-new recruit pairing of Fitch and Washington (Jon Michael Hill) and the URSTy Stone (D.J. Cotrona) and Sanchez (Natalie Martinez).
4. The slow release of information
Instead of telling us right away that Fitch is divorced and has a son named Bobby, Detroit 1-8-7 first let on that he was lonely. Then we saw him warm up to Washington's infant son. After that, a few of the cops caught a glimpse of a photo in his wallet. Finally, he uttered Bobby's name—while on the phone with his ex-wife.
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Cops screw up in real life—and so do the cops on this show. They can't run as fast as the men they're chasing, they fumble with their handcuffs, they screw up interrogations, and they are not at all eloquent during press conferences. They're also enforcing the law in a run-down, high-crime city—and Detroit 1-8-7 takes care not to cover up even the least-flattering shots of Detroit.


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Calgary's second Caffe Artigiano opened a couple of weeks ago in the Shell Centre at 4 Ave and 3 St SW; there is an outside entrance to the cafe on the NE corner of the building which is actually at 3/3 SW. Today, the only way to access it was from this outside entrance which is not yet signed and this may account for why, despite 12,000 people at the Folk Fest a few minutes walk away at Prince's Island Park, I was one of only three customers there today around 4pm while the original location 2 blocks south was relatively packed.
This new location does not have a clover but otherwise the menu is the same. I prefer it to the original because even though the first one is in the glorious Centrium building it is always too hot in there in all seasons; this new location is not as pretty but it has both excellent airflow and palpable AC. Hours at both locations are the same incl 8-5 Sundays, so check it out.


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From what I saw from the reveal it's actually moving into the Minecraft area. It wa one of those "Don't mention …" presentations. Landmark even more so but I'm intrigued by server specific persistence, i.e. events might happen on one server which might never on the other. Only problem is if there are server merges, how are they going to reconcile them?
BTW, SOE already has a competitive sort of MMO in PlanetSide 2 so focusing on adventuring with EQNXT is a smart move. No use in one company offering 10 mmo's with the same type of content. In regards to server merges, there have been a few already with PlanetSide 2 so I hope they have a gameplan in regards to the differences between the server worlds (maybe the one with the largest pop gets to go on while the other is destroyed).
I do hope PlanetSide 2 gets worked into a bit less of a Tug of War game and we will finally be able to lock-out factions, as that one is now it's just a shooter with gigantic scale.
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Center City residents received a rude and wet interruption to their Holiday shopping due to a water main break. It happened Saturday afternoon on 16th and Walnut. Water from a broken 12-inch main buckled the asphalt.
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The break caused flooding in the popular shopping district. Walnut Street was closed between 15th and 17th streets. 16th street was also closed between Moravian and Locust Streets.
16th street as well as the 1500 block of Walnut have both reopened. The only closures are currently Walnut Street between 16th and 17th streets.
Officials say the 12-inch water main in the area has been shut down. Crews are currently making repairs. No property damage has been reported.
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Rivals.com makes push into e-commerce
Published May 22, 2006
Rivals.com, flush with new traffic thanks to recent syndication deals with AOL and Yahoo!, is expanding into e-commerce in hopes of grabbing a share of the fragmented licensed college apparel market.
|A redesigned storefront went live last week.
A redesigned storefront with the moniker RivalsFanShop.com went live last week. The shop site now carries 20,000 items with an aim to grow to 75,000 by mid-2007. The company projects nearly $2 million in e-commerce revenue this year and $6 million next year, a sum that would be about one-seventh of all Rivals.com revenue.
"We have an opportunity to be a major player in this space," said Shannon Terry, Rivals.com chief executive. "Right now, there's not that one major dominant player in merchandise for the college market, like you have in the major leagues. We want to be that entity."
Much of the fractured nature of the market for licensed college merchandise stems from the large number of licensees: Individual schools often work with their own vendors rather than operating with a pro-style system in which a small number of manufacturers service an entire sport. More than 800 companies hold some type of college merchandise license, according to the Collegiate Licensing Co.
"The Internet has fueled quite a lot of growth in this market, serving to that displaced fan," said Tim Hawks, CLC retail marketing manager. "Before, that fan wouldn't buy anything, and now we're seeing tons of repeat business because of that increased accessibility."
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underpinning of Rivals.com's new venture is its own growth in user traffic. The
site drew a company-best 2.04 million unique visitors in April, according to
NetRatings figures, 47 percent higher than March and 81 percent higher than its draw in April 2005. Rivals.com signed content distribution deals with AOL in November and Yahoo! in April, moves that exposed the company to thousands of new fans.
Rivals.com's average user stay last month of 48 minutes, 6 seconds, topped all sports sites, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
Rivals.com developed the e-commerce site internally and, for now, also will handle its own fulfillment for the college market. The site also offers major league merchandise — an element that will remain a small part of the venture — with assistance from third-party fulfillment agencies.


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Five new images from Paul Haggis' crime thriller "The Next Three Days". By now you already know the story: everyday dude tries to break his wife out of jail. Did she do what they said? Maybe, maybe not. But hey, love knows no law. Unless you get caught, that is, then, well, you're kinda stuck like Chuck.
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
Starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy, Olivia Wilde, Jonathan Tucker, RZA, Cristina Aloe, Lennie James, Jason Beghe, Moran Atias and directed by Paul Haggis.
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Gaza Strip: Final Israeli settlement to be evacuated Monday
Netzarim, the last Israeli settlement left to be dismantled, will be evacuated on Monday, putting an end of an era of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops reportedly entered the town early in the day asking the settlement's inhabitants to leave their homes, marking the final stage of the removal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip, according to Haaretz daily.
The settlement has been a symbol of Israeli-Palestinian strife over the years, and was the site of many attacks. The nearby juntion marks the spot where 12-year old Muhammad Dura was killed during the first month of the Al Aqsa intifada.
Israeli miiltary sources stated that they expect the pullout to proceed without disruption of protesters, which marred the evacuation process at several other settlements in recent days.
However, about 200 pullout opponents have reportedly entered the settlement illegally in recent hours, raising fears that the evacuation many not go as smoothly as planned.
The evacuation from Netzarim follows the evacuationon Sunday of seven other settlements: Slav, Katif, Dugit, Neveh Dekalim, Atzmona, Elei Sinai and Nisanit.
Meanwhile, the demolition of evacuated settlement buildings continues. Currently, nearly 200 bulldozers await demolition orders from Israeli commanders in the area.
On Sunday, 50 bulldozers operated in Gaza tearing down evacuated structures in the settlements of Nitzanit, Dugit, Peat Sadeh and Ganei Tal, where some 40 houses came down in one hour.
More than three-quarters of the rubble from demolished homes will be recycled for use as future building material by Palestinians. The rest will most likely be shipped out of the Gaza Strip to Egypt, where it will be disposed of in the Sinai.
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- 38 years of Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip comes to an end
- Settlement evacuation in Gaza Strip continues "faster than estimated"
- Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian near evacuated Gaza Strip settlement
- Gaza Strip: One settlement remains, as bulldozers start to raze buildings
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After endless rumors before the release of iOS 5.0, FaceTime still doesn't support 3G networks. This means that you would need a Wifi network in the midway if you want to video chat with other iDevice. There is no reason why Apple has kept these restrictions for the FaceTime. But with the help of FaceBreak, you can enable it under settings and surpass the restriction through a tweak.
FaceBreak has been recently updated to support iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1. Needless to say, it would support iOS 5.0.2 because the upcoming software will not have major changes except battery fixes. Though, nothing can be said right now. There are many other way with which you can enable FaceTime over 3G with some changes in the system files. Those who don't want to enter these complexities, they can definitely try out the tweak which is convenient and simple to use.
FaceBreak is available in Cydia under BigBoss repository. It comes at a price tag of $1.99. If you use FaceTime regularly and doesn't care about your 3G data, this tweak is meant for you. In addition to iOS 5 support, many other bugs have been fixed in this version. Do you think that Apple will enable the functionality official in the upcoming software updates? Let's know in the comment section.


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Polyhydramnios occurs when too much amniotic fluid builds up during pregnancy. It is also called amniotic fluid disorder, or hydramnios.
Amniotic fluid is the liquid that surrounds the baby in the womb (uterus). It comes from the baby's kidneys, and it goes into the uterus from the baby's urine. The fluid is absorbed when the baby swallows it and through breathing motions.
While in the womb, the baby floats in the amniotic fluid. It surrounds and cushions the infant during pregnancy. The amount of amniotic fluid is greatest at 34 to 36 weeks of pregnancy. Then the amount slowly decreases until the baby is born.
The amniotic fluid:
- Allows baby to move in the womb, promoting muscle and bone growth
- Helps baby's lungs to develop
- Protects the baby from heat loss by keeping the temperature constant
- Cushions and protects the baby from sudden blows from outside the womb
Polyhydramnios can occur if the baby does not swallow and absorb amniotic fluid in normal amounts. This can happen if the baby has certain health problems, including:
- Gastrointestinal disorders, such as duodenal atresia, esophageal atresia, gastroschisis, and diaphragmatic hernia
- Brain and nervous system problems, such as anencephaly and myotonic dystrophy
- Achondroplasia
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
It can also happen if the mother has poorly controlled diabetes.
Polyhydramnios also may occur if too much fluid is produced. This may be due to:
- Certain lung disorders in the baby
- Multiple pregnancy (for example, twins or triplets)
- Hydrops fetalis in the baby
Sometimes, no specific cause is found.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you are pregnant and notice that your belly is getting large very quickly.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
Your health care provider measures the size of your belly at every visit. This shows the size of your womb. If your womb is growing faster than expected, or it is larger than normal for your baby's gestational age, the provider may:
- Have you come back sooner than normal to check it again
- Do an ultrasound
If your provider finds a birth defect, you may need amniocentesis to test for a genetic defect.
Mild polyhydramnios that shows up later in pregnancy often doesn't cause serious problems.
Severe polyhydramnios may be treated with medicine or by having extra fluid removed.
Women with polyhydramnios are more likely to go into early labor. The baby will need to be delivered in a hospital. That way, the doctors can immediately check the health of the mother and baby and give treatment if needed.
Carlo WA. High-risk pregnancies. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 89.
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, et al. Amniotic fluid. In: Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Spong CY, Dashe JS, Hoffman BL, Casey BM, Sheffield JS, eds. Williams Obstetrics. 24th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2014:chap 11.
Gilbert WM. Amniotic fluid disorders. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, et al, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 33.
Review Date 4/15/2015
Updated by: Irina Burd, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Big Casting News for Jessica Jones, Once Upon a Time, And Orphan Black!
The list of possible Jessica Drews includes someone already playing a comic book character on TV. Once Upon a Time adds an Alias alum as a villain, and there's a picture of her in costume. Keanu Reeves may be starring in another thriller. And when will get answers on Agents of SHIELD? Spoilers now!


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Adia Alive, an emerging local band is Matt Bratton (vocals and guitar), Zach Heise (bass), Jay Klingel (drums) and Tyler Melvin(lead guitarist)
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Stats: They're all students or graduates of the Academy of Richmond Count -- Matt, 18, senior; Jay, 19, 2010 graduate; Tyler, 16, junior; Zach, 18, senior.
Bragging rights: Adia Alive is a talented band made up of members from the Academy of Richmond County. They have been playing together for about a year and six months but started getting serious in August. They currently practice and record in ARC's newly built recording studio, where they use professional equipment to produce great music so be looking out for them at local venues.
What is your favorite genre to play? Punk-We experiment with other stuff, but punk is definitely our favorite.
What are your future plans as a band? "We already have six original songs and hope to have a completed album recorded by the end of the school year."
What is the hardest part of creating a new song? Lyrics come naturally, but getting everyone synchronized is the hardest part.
How did you pick your band name? Matt had dreams about a girl named Adia, and the name seemed right for the band.
Do you have any pre-show rituals? "Nothing weird, we just try to get our nerves out so we can play."
What is your long term goal as a band? Making it to Warped Tour.
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UTV presenter Rita Fitzgerald and husband John share their special family relationships
Rita Fitzgerald is used to early starts as a television presenter at UTV. She lives in Belfast with her husband, John, an architect, and their daughter, Ellie (5).
Name: Rita Fitzgerald
Age: 45
Occupation: TV presenter at UTV Relationship to John: Wife
My job at UTV involves presenting the news and weather on Good Morning Britain and other programmes, as well as continuity.
My job is very varied and I love it. When I am not working, I am at home in Belfast with my husband, John, and our daughter, Ellie (5).
I was 40 when I had Ellie and I work part-time, so I can pick her up from school and be there for her in the afternoon.
Before I became a journalist I did a host of jobs, including teaching English as a foreign language in France, Australia and America.
That was an amazing experience and I got to travel and see some wonderful places and enjoy different cultures.
I felt my work was like interviewing people and thought perhaps I would enjoy journalism, so I enrolled on a post-grad course in Leeds in broadcast journalism when I was 34.
I was planning to stay in England and work when some freelance work came up at the BBC in Belfast. I returned home and that's when I met my husband, John.
John and I met at a mutual friend's coffee shop. When I went in one evening, he was there in full tuxedo, waiting to go to a school reunion. We hit it off straight away and there was a real spark. He was very charming and had a great sense of humour - two of the qualities I still love about him - and he is handsome.
John is a good listener - which is just as well as I love to talk.
He is an amazing architect and so passionate about his business, as well as being a great dad to Ellie.
When you meet someone, you don't know what sort of parent they will make, but he is wonderful with her and I love to see the two of them together. We have a home in Donegal and love nothing better than putting the wellies and warm coats on and going for a long walk along the beach.
Family time and being together is very precious to us."
Name: John Fitzgerald
Age: 50
Occupation: Architect
Relationship to Rita: Husband
As a career, I didn't really know what I wanted to do until we were making choices in upper sixth and, suddenly, I started asking my dad about his work as an architect.
It seemed like something I would enjoy so I applied to Queen's University, Belfast and it's the best decision I ever made, as I absolutely love what I do. I tell my daughter, Ellie, I colour in buildings for a job just like she colours in. And what a job - I get to do something which I love all day.
There is such a sense of achievement when I pass buildings, such as the Irish Linen Centre in Lisburn, and know I had a part to play in creating such a beautiful place.
I love that my work brings together history, art, writing and drawing - it still fascinates me. I remember meeting my wife Rita one night in a coffee shop on my way to a school reunion. She was cheeky and feisty and I liked that about her. In fact we talked so much, I was late for my event.
I knew pretty early on that she was the one but it took me a while to propose as I was in my mid-forties. I planned it all out, though, and took her to one of our favourite places in Donegal and got down on one knee on the beach and asked her to marry me.
We differ in that Rita is the life and soul of the party, whereas I like to stand back and observe.
We complement each other well. Rita is unstoppable and has a real passion for life.
She gets up at 4.30am most days to go and read the news and has no qualms. She could stand in front of a crowd of 1,000 people and give a speech and just take it in her stride.
For us, though, the best times are when we are all together and enjoying the outdoors."
A well-grounded presenter
- Rita Fitzgerald is a presenter and journalist for UTV. She has presented the popular six-part archaeology series, Ulster Unearthed
- She regularly presents UTV's flagship news programme, UTV Live at Six, and is the local breakfast news presenter for Good Morning Britain
- Following her initial degree in Social Sciences, Rita later completed a post graduate diploma in broadcast journalism
- Before joining UTV, she presented a mid-morning radio current affairs talk show at 7fm (now part of Q Network) and freelanced at the BBC
- Rita hosts events across Northern Ireland as an ambassador for the Tiny Life charity
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Tivoli residents to deliver petition to PM
The police have reportedly granted permission for Tivoli Gardens and West Kingston residents, to stage a march to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller tomorrow.
The residents plan to march from Half Way Tree Square to Jamaica House, to deliver the petition demanding an international enquiry into the May 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion.
The march is being organised by Lloyd D'Aguilar on behalf of the Tivoli Committee and the Campaign for Social and Economic Justice.
The organisers say the petition was signed by at least 2,000 residents.
The march is expected to begin at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, Speaker of the House of Representatives Michael Peart has told The Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre that he should be in a position to make a statement on the completion of the report into the 2010 incident by next week.
The Office of the Public Defender is responsible for producing the report but has faced harsh criticism for missing several deadlines.
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A young woman has been beaten, tortured and locked in a shipping container in an alleged domestic dispute in Queensland.
A woman was heard screaming by neighbors at a property in Tallai. Police were called to the property about 11.15pm on Saturday.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reports when police arrived they were met by a man claiming to be alone at the residence.
After police searched the property they discovered a young woman bound and gagged and locked in a shipping container.
It was not known how long she had been held there.
She was taken to hospital in a serious condition for injuries sustained from being beaten and tortured.
The 29-year-old man was arrested and allegedly resisted, kicking out a patrol vehicle's window as he was being taken to the watchhouse.
The man has been charged with torture, deprivation of liberty, attempted murder and wilful damage to a police vehicle.


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NWN2 - 1 Up 'Review' Pulled & Recanted @ 1 Up
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space captain your proabably right and I did mention I would give more of a try
I thnk a great RPG is unmistakable, now not being finished or buggy is certianly a problem but if its great you can feel it in its core, whether its Tutorial or mid game.
Examples of this are Gothic, Bloodlines and System Shock 2 there are more but you get the picture.
You guys are proabably right about this review not being of a quality for a published and never should have been considered, but honestly I feel let down by the game.
The reason I was willing to buy it without waiting for reviews is the Coop and the other reason is the same I bought Oblivion the Editor because those are worth supporting.
I hope the game gets better but honestly with games like Gothic around this is only good not great.
The camera will not lock, at least for me even after using settings offered in the NWN2 forum, the crappy camera AI either spins the long way around or just half turns.
Maybe its just a bug but it is extrememly annoying to constantly babysit this crap, it certinaly takes a certian amount of fun potintal out of the game.
Look I want to like it, I reallly do.
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text: Conversations between children and their caregivers decrease measurably when a television is on nearby, even if no one seems to be watching it, a new study says. More than 300 children, ages 2 months to 48 months, wore small tape recorders for an entire day once a month for up to two years. For each hour a television was on, the children on average heard 770 fewer words from an adult and spoke less themselves. The study is in The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.


text: Back in the days, everything was grandfathered. How long after 1994 were pre-ban magazines still sold by the major online retailers? I can't remember but I thought it was forever. I think the 30 round magazine is the lightening rod of the antis vs. the pro 2As against te tyranny of the Govn't. Don't think they will be grandfathered next time around.


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SDLP in warning over budget cuts
The DUP and Sinn Fein have been warned not to play politics with the impending crisis over cuts facing the Northern Ireland Executive.
SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie said the two largest parties needed to form a genuine partnership with their Government colleagues and co-operate for the greater good.
She claimed they had allowed political advantage to shape their economic priorities to date, but her criticisms came as Sinn Fein and the DUP were at loggerheads over how best to handle the impending cuts from London.
DUP Finance Minister Sammy Wilson made a thinly veiled attack on Sinn Fein after the party called for a greater effort to oppose the cuts.
The comments came ahead of Monday's first full sitting of the Assembly since the end of its summer recess.
Ms Ritchie said: "As the Assembly resumes its work, it faces some heavy responsibilities. The full implications of the spending cuts and their effect on Northern Ireland will not be known until the comprehensive spending review in October.
"However, all the warning signs are there and have been for a long time - yet no real decisive action has been taken.
"In the face of this threat we can't afford to have our Assembly and Executive tied down in the sort of dysfunctional, self-serving, carve-up politics we have had from Sinn Fein and the DUP over the last couple of years."
Last week First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson said ministers had to prepare for the cuts of up to 25% that he said faced the Executive.
But Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin accused Mr Robinson of caving-in to the demands of central Government and said republicans wanted to see parties unite against unfair reductions in the Stormont purse.


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Moscow stock market falls by 10pc as finances take a hit over Ukraine crisis
Russia took a financial hit over its military intervention in neighbouring Ukraine, with its markets and currency plunging as President Vladimir Putin's forces tightened their grip on the Russian-speaking Crimea region.
The Moscow stock market fell by 10pc and the central bank spent $10bn (€7.2bn) of its reserves to prop up the rouble as investors took fright at escalating tensions with the West over the former Soviet republic.
Mr Putin has declared he has the right to invade his neighbour to protect Russian interests and citizens.
The Russian central bank raised its key lending rate by 1.5 percentage points to the highest level since 1998 after the rouble fell to all-time lows against the dollar.
Gazprom, which supplies Europe through Ukraine, was down more than 13pc.
Gazprom's finance chief warned Ukraine that it may hike gas prices from next month, accusing Kiev of a patchy payments record, but said gas transit to Europe was normal.
"There is a risk of international backlash against Russia at a time when the economy faces an increasing need for foreign capital inflows," said Gillian Edgeworth, chief economist for emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa at UniCredit in London.
"This uncertainty risks a further escalation in domestic capital outflow."
Yesterday's decision by Russia's central bank "is intended to prevent inflation and financial-stability risks connected with the recent high volatility in the financial markets", it said. The board will meet on March 14 as planned, according to the statement.
It was the biggest increase in a Russian benchmark rate since June 1998, less than two months before Russia defaulted on domestic sovereign bonds and devalued the currency.
The refinancing rate used to be the central bank's main reference.
In February, the regulator signalled it was prepared to tighten monetary policy if rouble weakness adds to inflation risks, while extending the interest-rate pause to 17 months.
Foreign reserves fell to a three-year low of $490bn on February 7, a week after Deputy Economy Minister Andrey Klepach said that capital outflows may reach $35bn in the first quarter, more than half of the $63bn that left Russia in all of 2013.
"The escalation of the Ukraine crisis... represents a major shock to sentiment towards risky assets," Benoit Anne, head of emerging-markets strategy at Societe Generale in London, said in a note.
"We doubt at this stage that this will be enough", he said of the rate increase.
Investors across the globe scurried for relative safety yesterday, pushing stocks down sharply and lifting gold to a four-month high. (Bloomberg and Reuters)
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