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At its most intense, The Dark Knight Rises is blacker than black, with scenes so bleak and intense that you may have to remind yourself to keep breathing steadily. Thanks to the magnificent composition by Hans Zimmer, the bleakness is well accentuated by a haunting crescendo of rhythmically beating tribal drums that nearly overwhelm your senses. This is fitting, because the villain in The Dark Knight Rises, the malevolent Bane (Tom Hardy), is a real psychotic beast.
This monster is introduced in a stunning James Bond style opening, involving a breathtaking plane stunt sequence. Here, we learn that Bane is a heartless terrorist who commands a crazed militia with an eerie level of loyalty. We also immediately note that Bane curiously breathes through a masked apparatus, which gives his voice an almost inaudible pitch, and adds to his mystique. While purists may find Bane's revised origins and his more realistic physical proportions out of sync with the comic books, they should appreciate the real world feel he has been given in typical Christopher Nolan fashion.
The Dark Knight Rises, the third instalment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, is set seven years after the tragic events of The Dark Knight (2008) where billionaire Bruce Wayne, as the masked vigilante superhero Batman, took the blame for the crimes committed by Two-Face/Harvey Dent in order to protect Gotham City. Now, still haunted by the murder of his parents and the woman he loved (and dogged by the police to boot) Wayne is shown to be a man with both a battered body and soul.
This is fitting because this film is as much about Batman as it is about Bruce Wayne, and is a fine characterisation of a man who finally completes the emotional and spiritual journey which started in Batman Begins (2005). Christian Bale has continually given great performances in the last two Batman movies and I can safely say that he doesn't disappoint.
The father figures in the film are Bruce's loyal butler Alfred (Michael Caine), and Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman), who are played in fine performances as men with some heavy guilt to bear themselves. Some of the other performances are also top notch. Anne Hathaway is very feline in her unexaggerated movements as the sultry cat burglar Selina Kyle, who comic book fans will recognise as Batman's on-again, off-again love interest, Catwoman. Interestingly enough, she is never referred to as 'Catwoman' in this movie. While her characterisation of the 'unwilling rogue' archetype isn't particularly original, she steals most of her scenes with her engaging performance. The other strong character is John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who plays an ever-evolving cop with enormous potential and heart. He has some really absorbing scenes with Bruce Wayne/Batman that one will find more enriching on a repeat viewing.
The film's plot sees the destruction of half of Gotham City and you know it's serious when the Batman is forced to try and save the day in daylight. In typical Nolan fashion, there are plenty of surprising twists in The Dark Knight Rises, which to some may seem abrupt, but which are clearly foreshadowed throughout the movie.
The Dark Knight Rises isn't without fault however, with a few plot points that feel contrived or illogical. The most glaring one is how Bruce Wayne escapes a prison and travels between continents in an instant, without any resources to speak of. I surely would like to meet his travel agent. And while at nearly three hours long, the film is admirable for being highly cohesive in spite of the complex plot and the bloated cast, an unwelcome casualty are the citizens of the Gotham, who are not given much focus in the midst of the tragedies which befall their city.
But while The Dark Knight Rises doesn't quite rise to the narrative near perfection of its predecessor, it certainly soars above any Batman film in terms of action. The mixed martial arts fight sequences between Batman and Bane are superbly choreographed, and are unlike those of any other superhero film in terms of style or effect. Furthermore, the last thirty minutes of The Dark Knight Rises are an amazingly emotional ride, which brings the film, and the trilogy, to a conclusion that is highly satisfying, albeit uncharacteristically conventional. But that's alright, because if there is one trilogy that deserves a touch of the conventional, it is Christopher Nolan's Batman.
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PART of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year has collapsed, killing two people.
The accident could delay the delivery of the stadium in Sao Paulo by FIFA's December deadline to have all 12 venues ready. Work was immediately halted at the Itaquerao Stadium, which was practically completed before the collapse.
Television images showed a huge metal structure buckled atop the stadium, destroying part of the stands in the east side of the venue. A LED panel installed outside the venue also was hit.
Brazilian club Corinthians, which owns the stadium, released a brief statement "lamenting" the accident.
Former Corinthians President Andres Sanchez told a news conference that two people were confirmed dead. Local media reported a third person was hospitalised in serious condition. A fire department official had said earlier that three people had died.
The accident apparently happened when a crane collapsed on top of the metal structure. The crane was installing what was the last part of the structure.
The accident happened at lunchtime, so not a lot of workers were on site at the time.
It wasn't the first problem with World Cup stadiums in Brazil.
One worker died during construction of a stadium in the capital Brasilia last year and another in the Manaus venue in March. Also in March, heavy rains flooded the construction site of the Maracana Stadium, forcing the cancellation of a FIFA inspection visit at the time. In May, a small part of the roof at the Salvador stadium fell in after it wasn't able to sustain the large amount of water that settled on top of it.
The $360 million stadium will seat nearly 70,000 people for the opener on June 12, when Brazil will play, with about 20,000 seats temporary. The venue is scheduled to host other five matches, including a semifinal. It was initially expected to be built for the Confederations Cup this year, but delays with financing for the venue prompted authorities to scrape the stadium from the World Cup warm-up tournament.
Constructor Odebrecht said it was already investigating what happened.
Brazil is running against time to deliver the last six World Cup stadiums by the end of the year, although work at the Itaquerao was advanced compared to the other venues.
FIFA said it would not accept the same delays that plagued stadium construction before the Confederations Cup, when only two venues were delivered in time.
"FIFA and the LOC have learnt of the death of workers at the Corinthian's Arena site in Sao Paulo with great sadness," FIFA said in a statement. "We wish to send our heartfelt condolences to the family of the workers who tragically died today."
Football's governing body said the "safety of workers is the top priority" to World Cup organizers.
"We know the safety of all workers has always been paramount for all the construction companies contracted to build the 12 FIFA World Cup stadiums," it said in a statement. "The local authorities will fully investigate the reasons behind such a tragic accident."
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was "deeply saddened by the tragic death of workers" at the Corinthians stadium. "Our heartfealt condolences are with the families," he said.
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said he was "extremely shocked by the news from Sao Paulo."
"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims of this accident," he said.
A total of close to 6000 people will be employed either directly or indirectly over the course of the construction process.
Originally published as World Cup stadium collapse kills two

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Marketplace Apps
Google has launched its very own marketplace apps store and offers plenty of apps in the business genre. These Google smartphone business apps are popularly known as "marketplace apps." They can be used in conjunction with existing apps to utilize resources (email and spreadsheets) effectively. You can access Google smartphone apps on your phone by logging into your Google account credentials and installing these apps. Here's the scoop on the top Google smartphone apps for your business:
marketplace apps top list
AdSense Dashboard
As a free app, this one provides four pages of valuable information. On the first page, you can view your earnings or CTR/RPM statistics for the current and previous day. The second page displays the top 10 URLs you have visited in the past week. On the third page, you can view colored graphs that are used to mark trends of each category. The last page shows a list of your earnings that's recorded on a day-to-day basis. AdSense Dashboard is also equipped with a widget that constantly updates the details of all of your earnings.
Marketplace Apps-Analytix
Unlike AdSense Dashboard, this app isn't free. Analytix is priced at approximately $2, if you're purchasing the full version. With this app, you can check your stats with ease and choose from 6 widgets. Each widget gets automatically updated! Once the full version of Analytix is purchased, you can keep track of your earnings, stats, traffic sources, and much more.
Rhino Accounting
This is a free Google smartphone app that is basically a double-entry accounting app, similar to QuickBooks. Rhino Accounting allows you to monitor your income against expenditures, generate invoices, and also generate paychecks. If you're aware of the basic accounting essentials, then this app will be very useful to you.
Project management is a component of every business manager's life. Managing all aspects of a project can be a daunting task. RapidTask is a specialized to-do list that is centered on project management. It gives you the power to share tasks among your team members and assign tasks.
Google smartphone apps offer this amazing app wherein there's a page for users to click on a date and time to seek an appointment with you. This appointment is directly loaded onto your Google Apps calendar, along with an email notification about the details regarding the appointment. Marketplace Apps.


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Los Angeles - US authorities said on Tuesday they had broken up an international online child pornography ring using a bulletin board called "Lost Boy" and charged 20 people in five countries.The internet forum was used by some three dozen members trading thousands of "images and videos of child pornography depicting young boys in sexually explicit situations", some of which the members made themselves.Sixteen of the suspects are in the United States, while the others are in France, Germany, Belgium and New Zealand, according to US justice authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).Five have already pleaded guilty in the United States to charges including producing child pornography, conspiracy to transport child pornography and participating in a child exploitation enterprise."The Lost Boy case represents a global subculture that exists for the purpose of trading of child pornography and other tools used to sexually exploit children," said assistant FBI director Steven Martinez.The five who have pled guilty in the United States were identified as David Michael Fagerness, aged 44; Andrew Neil Scott, aged 30; Anthony Jasso, aged 46; Justin Lee, aged 33, and 65-year-old Woodrow Tracy.Unprecedented co-operationThe four named in indictments but still abroad are: Gregoire Byvoet, aged 34, of Belgium; Sven-Gregor Meyer, aged 46, of Germany; Raymond Ruelle, aged 50, of France, and Robin Lopez, aged 29, of New Zealand.US Attorney for California's central district Andre Birotte Junior said the Lost Boy bulletin board "allowed members to access pornographic images of hundreds of boys who were victimised for sexual purposes"."As a result of this investigation, authorities also discovered individuals who abused children, made their own child pornography and shared their disturbing product with others on the internet," he added.US Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said the group was uncovered "through unprecedented co-operation with foreign law enforcement partners"."We are committed to pursuing these perpetrators wherever they are through international investigations and prosecutions like the one we are highlighting today," he added.
Death penalty for these perverts!!! Hang them in public for all to see.
Will watching them hang give you a better erection? What would be the excitement?
Your username suits you perfectly BABOON. DEATH to child abusers !
It's all about humiliation Mr Baboon, and the world needs to see that this is not allowed in society.
Maybe stoning would not be a bad idea, send them to Iran.
It's wonderful that these people have been publicly named and shamed. Where is the "transparency" in this country??????? All people participating in these crimes and many others should be stripped of the privilege of personal privacy.
No surprise there, to get rid of these scums and filthy bastards from Poland, Germany, Sweden, France, Belgium and New Zealand they must be given a death penalty. A child molester profile is a middle class white male between the ages of 25-50, be careful out there with your children.
Nah death is too easy for them. Let them get to their cells and they will see what happens to child rapists in prison. (evil grin) let them sit and think about that one for a while….
The death penalty is too good for filth like these. Castrate them in public without the aid of anaesthetics, then brand them with a hot iron on their foreheads with the words "CHILD RAPIST" and let them loose among the public...


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Off‐Board Trading of NYSE‐Listed Stocks: The Effects of Deregulation and the National Market System
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- Author(s): JAMES L. HAMILTON
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 1331-1345
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1987.tb04369.x
An econometric time‐series model of off‐board trading of NYSE‐listed stocks shows that high NYSE commission rates were an incentive for third‐market trading but that trading on the regional exchanges, which is most of the off‐board trading, has been affected very little by commissions or their deregulation. The effects of some changes in the trading organization and rules are estimated, including several that are part of the emerging National Market System. The estimates imply that the NMS has increased competition for the NYSE, as Congress intended, and has prompted the NYSE to improve its performance to retain market share.


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The impact on Carlos Quentin's knees was nearly immediate. Tuesday, two pitches into the bottom of the first, in Quentin's first major league game in nearly 10 months, Cincinnati's Billy Hamilton sliced a fly ball to left, toward Quentin, toward the outfielder whose knees have in no small part affected the fortunes of an offense.
Quentin raced to his right. The ball kept slicing, through the muggy air at Great American Ball Park … and over Quentin's head. He veered and chased it to the corner. Hamilton, the league's fastest baserunner, flew around the bases for a leadoff triple.
What impact Carlos Quentin's bat can have in this developing season remains to be seen. In a 2-1 victory over the Reds, Quentin went 0-for-3 with a walk. His long-anticipated return coincided with a blast from the bat behind him. Chase Headley's ninth-inning fence-clearer, his second in three games - a redirection of a 99 mph Aroldis Chapman rocket, no less - hammered the winning run inside the left-field foul pole.
"He's a guy that's throwing with tremendous velocity, so you can't try to do too much," Headley said. "If you're able to get the barrel to it, he's throwing so hard, it really supplies some power for you. ... I was just trying to get on top of the fastball. Fortunately, I did it well enough and it went out."
Moments later, as a small group of reporters began to disperse from his locker, Headley called them back.
"Also, say something about the fires. Just tell San Diego we're thinking about them," he said, referencing the wind-fueled blaze that Tuesday prompted the evacuations of thousands of homes within San Diego city limits.
Indeed, it was a day for perspective. Across the country, albeit in a less significant sphere, the Padres provided some of their own:
- Headley's homer was one of three hits they managed all evening, the other two from Seth Smith. And yet...
- The Padres extended their winning streak to four games, a season-high. They improved to 19-21, this despite...
- A suddenly upstart offense cooling on a balmy night, against native San Diegan Mike Leake, with Andrew Cashner again operating minus support. This time, the Padres scored a single run for Cashner - an entire run more than he'd received in his previous three starts combined.
It came in the fourth, with Smith doubling, Quentin moving him to third on a groundout and Jedd Gyorko scoring Smith on a sacrifice fly. That tied the score at 1-1, Hamilton having cruised home on Brandon Phillips' first-inning single.
Outside of that, Cashner both avoided and eluded trouble. Immediately following Phillips' run-scoring knock, Joey Votto lined a single to right and attempted to stretch it into a double, only to be cut down by Smith's throw. Over the next four innings, Cashner scattered three hits and no walks.
In the sixth, Phillips led off with a double. Votto walked on five pitches. Catcher's interference on Rene Rivera loaded the bases with one out.
From there, Cashner executed the slip. He smothered a groundball and fired it home for one out. Then he induced an inning-ending popup.
"I think that changed the game," said Cashner, who finished with seven innings of one-run ball. It was his best start since an April 11 one-hitter against the Tigers.
Meantime, Leake, aside from yielding to Smith's drumbeat production in the fourth, did not allow an extra-base hit. Leake, the product of Valley Center and Fallbrook, twirled eight innings of two-hit ball before giving way to Chapman in the final inning.
Huston was perfect in that frame, nailing down his 12th save in as many chances.
Not quite as automatic will be Quentin's playing time. The Padres, manager Bud Black said, plan to rest the left fielder on Wednesday before playing him again Thursday.
"We've got to build him up, but we like when he's in the lineup," Black said.
"He had three really good at-bats," Headley said. "He's a huge piece for us. If we can get him in there, keep him healthy, it really makes everybody else's job easier."


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The pace of cloud growth and adoption remains inextricably linked to the pace of cloud education. Whether it's due to security concerns being allayed or cloud definition confusion being reduced, the small- and medium-business space seems ripe for education-based growth. Add in the continued cost-efficiency-based adoption of public cloud by SMBs that are priced out of significant infrastructure capital expenditures, and the growth trend is reinforced. With this overall trend in mind, here are additional predictions for 2014 in the cloud marketplace:
- Cloud providers will increase cloud security education. Gartner's Predicts 2014 document notes that "while cloud is becoming part of the fabric of IT, confusion is still rampant, and longstanding beliefs about security and operations continue to 'cloud' opinions and approaches." Cloud companies will serve themselves by fostering understanding of cloud in the SMB space. And education always focuses on security concerns. The basic perception of cloud, for many people, inherently bears a stain of unregulated information access. This nebulous term must be better defined for people to adjust to the idea of a secure, compliant cloud.
- SaaS will continue to make significant headway. Multiple analyst projections place cloud growth in the coming five years at approximately 25 percent. One must note, however, that much of that increase is in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, and not infrastructure virtualization. While every company has its own specific needs, SaaS packages address many of those needs, and the simplicity of SaaS drives its adoption. Including SaaS in the definition of cloud further strengthens the SMB portion of cloud space growth but lends itself more heavily to the S of SMB.
- Windows Server 2012 R2 will level the virtualization playing field. Windows Server 2012 R2 should draw more Microsoft-based businesses into the virtualization space. The new MS release closes the gap significantly between Microsoft and VMware, and with the portion of SMBs running windows, this robust virtualization offering should make a real difference in terms of cloud adoption.
- BCDR adoption will be a top leader in virtualization adoption. The decreasing expense of legitimate disaster recovery plans will help replication technology adoption outpace growth of other virtualization technologies. While many businesses lack in their DR plans, the urgency of the message - combined with the growing financial accessibility and the regulatory demands in several industries - is driving accelerated adoption. For any decision-maker aware of the business impacts associated with a disaster, the idea of getting up and running within minutes after a catastrophe will yield traction.
- Healthcare and financial sectors will face the biggest decisions around migrating to the cloud. The medical and financial sectors remain significant growth areas due to regulatory issues. Electronic Health Records mandates are generating an amount of data - and a term of storage - that lends itself to cloud usage, and prohibitive capital expenditures on infrastructure force companies to the cloud. Similarly, SEC and IRS regulations regarding records maintenance simply guide many financial businesses to cloud by necessity.
- IT knowledge will be the biggest hurdle for virtualization technologies. For many other virtualization technologies, the remaining adoption hurdle for SMBs is lack of IT savvy. True virtualization requires true competency, and paying for true cloud competency isn't within reach of some businesses, especially those that have only one true IT professional. This feeds back into the education idea in general: With so many companies popping up offering cloud, and defining cloud in so many different ways, the concept gets muddled in the mind of the average corporate decision-maker, who must figure out which solution fixes his or her unique problem.
- Desktop-as-a Service will make its mark toward the end of 2014. The largest unknown in this equation is Desktop-as-a-Service, an option that has received a great deal of lip service in the previous four or five years as the next big wave, but has yet to fully materialize. Many companies have sprung up for this portion of the market, and this service remains the biggest pain point for the IT staffs of many SMBs, especially medium-sized businesses. The adoption surge for Desktop-as-a-Service should finally come towards the end of 2014.
Finally, because of the nature of the business, revenue growth remains predicated on customer experience - and as the industry's competence grows, customer satisfaction should follow suit. Customer retention, especially in a service-driven industry, is essential to keep cloud companies afloat. Better education in customers can mean higher expectations of their service - and that service can become a true differentiator in cloud company success.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Haren pitched six solid innings and sparked the go-ahead rally with a single, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to another win over the skidding Atlanta Braves, 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Haren (10-9) allowed a fourth-inning homer to B.J. Upton that put the Braves up 2-1, but the light-hitting pitcher came through with a one-out single to right in the fifth. Carl Crawford followed with a double, and Haren scored the tying run on Yasiel Puig's grounder to third.
Matt Kemp hit a little blooper to right that just got over the glove of second baseman Tommy La Stella, bringing home Crawford.
That was enough for the Dodgers.
Mike Minor (4-8) matched his longest outing of the past month after being skipped his previous turn in the rotation. The Atlanta lefty went 6 2-3 innings, allowing eight hits and all three Dodgers run.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Edinson Volquez allowed two runs over six innings and the Pirates jumped on the Tigers early in a victory.
Volquez (10-7) struck out five and walked two against five hits to improve to 6-1 in his last seven decisions.
Travis Snider went 2 for 4 with an RBI for the Pirates. Gaby Sanchez and Ike Davis added RBI doubles and Jordy Mercer chipped in a run-scoring single.
Alex Avila hit his ninth homer of the season for Detroit.
Robbie Ray (1-2) gave up four runs in five-plus innings while making a spot start for the weary Tigers. Detroit has lost six of seven as it battles surging Kansas City for the lead in the AL Central.
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Kyle Hendricks pitched 7 1-3 innings of six-hit ball in his third consecutive win, and the Cubs cooled off Wily Peralta and the Brewers.
Hendricks (4-1) struck out five and walked one in his third consecutive win, continuing an impressive opening run for his major league career.
Anthony Rizzo hit his 26th homer for Chicago, which had lost three of four.
Trying for a major league-high 15th win, Peralta (14-7) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Taylor homered in his big league debut, setting off a silly sequence to retrieve the souvenir, and the Nationals backed Doug Fister with four long shots in a romp over the Mets.
Bryce Harper homered early, then Anthony Rendon, Ian Desmond and Taylor connected in the sixth inning as the NL East leaders won their ninth straight at Citi Field.
Promoted from Triple-A over the weekend, Taylor singled in his first at-bat and later hit a two-run drive the opposite way at one of the majors' most spacious parks.
Fister (12-3) came back from a 25-minute rain delay and pitched seven shutout innings. He gave up seven hits, walked none and struck out three.
Rafael Montero (0-3) was tagged for three homers and five runs in five-plus innings.
MIAMI (AP) — Jarred Cosart pitched seven innings in a duel with Adam Wainwright to earn his first victory for the Marlins, who beat the Cardinalsy.
Cosart allowed three hits and one walk to win for the first time since July 7. The victory came in his second start for Miami after being acquired from Houston in a trade for prospects.
He's 1-1 with Miami and 10-7 overall this year.
Wainwright (14-7), making his first start against the Marlins since 2010, missed a chance to became the first 15-game winner in the majors. He went seven innings and allowed three runs, with two coming on a home run off the foul pole by Donovan Solano.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Red Sox to a win over the Reds.
One pitch after ducking away from Jonathan Broxton's high-and-inside fastball, Cespedes launched a no-doubt, 433-foot drive to center field with two outs and Brock Holt on second base to give Boston back-to-back victories for the first time since a five-game winning streak from July 13-20.
Cespedes hit his 19th homer of the season and second with Boston — one in each of the last two games.
Tommy Layne (1-0) got the final out of the seventh inning for the win. Broxton (4-1) was the loser.
Mat Latos retired 11 straight batters before Daniel Nava led off the seventh with a double. Xander Bogaerts snapped a 0-for-15 slump with an RBI single.


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NewsMay 18, 2010 - Updated on January 20, 2016
Need for press freedom reforms
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the level of violence to which journalists continue to be exposed in the Philippines. The latest incident is the attempted murder of radio presenter Jerome Tabanganay, who was shot twice outside his radio station in the northern province of Kalinga on 14 May, four days after the country went to the polls.
"The toll from physical attacks on the press continues to mount in the final weeks of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration," Reporters Without Borders said, calling for a thorough investigation into Tabanganay shooting. "A total of 137 journalists have been killed since she took office nine years ago. This shows that reforms aimed at promoting media freedom and protecting journalists are essential in the Philippines."
The press freedom organisation added: "We hope that the incoming government will do what is necessary to end the culture of impunity. We also appeal to President-elect Benigno Aquino to reestablish a positive climate for the media as soon as he takes office on 1 July."
The host of a news programme on state-owned Radyo ng Bayan, Tabanganay was approached by a gunman as he arrived outside the station on the morning of 14 May. He immediately started to run but the gunman managed to shoot him in the legs as he fled.
The attack came on the same day that Esmael Mangudadatu was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in Maguinadao, a province at the other end of the Philippines. Mangudadatu's wife and two sisters were killed in massacre on 23 November 2009 in which 32 journalists lost their lives.
The massacre made the Philippines the world's deadliest country for the media in 2009.
Reporters Without Borders also voices its strong support for the call by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines to the outgoing government to bring forward a parliamentary vote on legislation that will decriminalise press offences.


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On March 31, his department will release all the rules governing Arizona's medical marijuana program. On April 15, patients will be able to begin having medical pot recommendations certified, and on May 1, hopeful dispensary owners will be able to submit their applications for dispensary and cultivation operation licenses.
As Humble puts it, "It's crunch time," and the pressure is high to get the rules right. Humble said he hopes that Arizona's medical marijuana program will achieve a couple major goals, not the least of which is ensuring that legitimate patients will have access to pot and that recreational users will be kept out of the system.
Then he and his department can go back to worrying about all the other duties the Health Department normally is responsible for.
Interest in what the final rules will look like has been high since the November passage of Prop. 203. From potential patients and dispensary owners to those who think medical marijuana is a black mark on the state, the Health Department has been inundated with more than 3,000 comments on two drafts of the rule package, released in December and January.
Humble said it's been a challenge to try to accommodate those who will be served by the medical marijuana program, as well as those who have opposed it, but he feels the final rules will ultimately lay the groundwork for the sort of system he's hoping to achieve. Recently, he outlined one of the key changes to expect in the final rules that will be released March 31.
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Respol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso hung on to his first MotoGP career win at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
The specter of rain colored the race from start to finish. Before the race started the Ducati Marlboro team made a huge gamble by placing both Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden on wet tires when most of the other riders were on slicks or some combination of harder dry-weather tires. It became clear that the choice was not the right one as the full-slick riders quickly took to the front, with Honda Gresini's Toni Elias taking the lead from Factory Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo after Lap 1, followed by the other Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi in third. The Respol Honda duo of Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa proceeded in fourth and fifth.
Lorenzo recouped the front but soon lost it to Dovizioso a lap later as the two Factory Honda riders made their way forward through the Fogarty esses. The young Italian couldn't hold the position however, and Lorenzo and Pedrosa moved forward one position to claim first and second. Meanwhile, Rossi had overtaken Elias at McLeans to reclaim fourth.
Dovi and Rossi than dropped Pedrosa to fourth through the Melbourne hairpin, with the Championship points leader overtaking Dovi on the following left-hand corner at Goddards.
The spotty rain showers were causing water to collect along the white lines on the edges of the track. The following lap Elias crashed out of fifth as he hit the white line coming into McLeans. Then Lorenzo crashed out of the race as his front tire slipped on the edge coming into Goddards corner. This left Rossi and Dovizioso running in front with Pedrosa two seconds back in third. Though rain was collecting in some places it was not enough to warrant wet tires, meaning Stoner and Hayden were running nearly a minute behind the front-runners.
LCR Honda's De Puniet overtook Respol Honda's Pedrosa for third despite the Spaniard having the newer Factory engine.
Pedrosa then relinquished third to Randy de Puniet, but the two Honda riders would swap the position throughout the 11th and 12th laps of the race. However, De Puniet proved he could outpace the Spaniard on the faster portion of the track.
Rossi and Dovi then lapped the two Ducati Marlboro riders as Dovi continued to pressure Rossi up front. With 11 laps to go the two Italians had a ten second advantage on third-placed De Puniet. Then the unthinkable happened. Rossi went down at the Fogarty esses and handed the lead over to the 23-year-old Honda rider. Rossi rejoined the fray in 11th.
Pedrosa was left as the best placed rider among the championship contenders in third. However, the Spaniard was losing traction fast on his slicks and unwilling to forfeit time to change bikes. Colin Edwards and Honda Gresini's Alex de Angelis were the first to take advantage of the slowing Pedrosa to slip-stream into third and fourth. Edwards teammate James Toseland and the recovering Rossi also dispatched the Factory Honda rider in the next few laps.
Rossi passed James Toseland on the last lap to claim fifth after dropping to 11th after his crash on Lap 11.
De Puniet and Edwards closed Dovizioso's gap to 1.4 seconds with three laps to go. The American got the better of De Puniet coming into the hairpin, but the Frenchman retaliated on the subsequent turn at Goddards on the penultimate lap.
The front three were all racing for their first season podium and career MotoGP win. In the end, Dovizioso was able to hold onto first by over a second, but Edwards slipped past De Puniet on the final turn at Goddards to take second for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team. They were followed over the line by De Angelis in fourth, while Rossi got the better of Toseland on the final lap to take fifth. Meanwhile, Dani Pedrosa had dropped all the way to ninth behind Hayate Racing's Marco Melandri and Pramac Racing's Nicolo Canepa.
The two ill-fated Ducati Marlboro riders finished a lap back from the finishers in 14th and 15th place.
Honda riders Dovi (left) and De Puniet (right) each take their first podium of the 2009 MotoGP season at the British GP.
MotoGP Donington Park Results
1. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda), 30 Laps
2. Colin Edwards (Yamaha), +1.360
3. Randy de Puniet (Honda), +1.600
4. Alex de Angelis (Honda), +8.958
5. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), +21.622
6. James Toseland (Yamaha), +22.465
7. Marco Melandri (Kawasaki), +35.284
8. Nicolo Canepa (Ducati), +38.769
9. Dani Pedrosa (Honda), +42.112
10. Mika Kallio (Ducati), +45.845
11. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki), +53.190
12. Gabor Talmacsi (Honda), +1'12.315
13. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki), +1'20.398
14. Casey Stoner (Ducati), +1 lap
15. Nicky Hayden (Ducati), +1 lap
DNF. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
DNF. Toni Elias (Honda)
British Grand Prix, Post-Race Rider Quotes
Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda – 1st
"It's a fantastic feeling to win my first MotoGP race because this is the top series in the world with the best riders and so to win is a fantastic emotion. I'm very pleased with my performance today as the conditions were so difficult. It was like three different races – riding hard at the start when it was nearly dry, following Valentino as it got wetter, and then judging the pace once I was in front. I rode well in every section and managed the very tricky situation, so it's really satisfying. This is also important for my confidence after the last three races. In the first three laps I took a lot of risks to maintain my position with the leaders because the tires need two or three laps to get up to temperature. Once I was following Valentino it was quite easy because it's not so difficult to follow someone in these conditions since the leader has to judge where it's wet and where it's dry. But when he fell it was clear from his crash that the tires were very cold and this was scary because now I had to set the pace. Colin and Randy closed the gap quickly in the last five laps and at this point I was being careful and wasn't pushing to the limit, but in the final two laps I pushed as hard as I could and they weren't able to get close enough to try and pass. I'm so happy with this win, and we'll use it to move forward. The important thing is to fight with the best riders in normal dry conditions, so me and the team will work really hard to repeat this victory in the dry."
Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda – 1st
Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – 2nd
"That was a pretty intense 48 minutes but at the start there was no way I thought I was going to be on the podium. I'm not sure what happened at the start but I just had guys coming by everywhere. I was using a front tire I'd not used all weekend and it took me a while to get a feel for it. Once I got some momentum going and I started to understand how the front tire was feeling I started pushing my way through. But with about seven or eight laps to go I started having some big moments because it was hard to know where it was raining and where it wasn't. And all the time you're trying to figure out where there's grip and where there isn't. It was easy to mistake and the left side of the rear tire was pretty cold and that just helped make it even more mentally draining because you need to concentrate so hard. I could see I was catching Randy really quick and we got into a good battle. He was faster than me in some parts and I was better in others but luckily I passed him on the last lap and made it stick. By that time though Andrea was too far ahead to think about pushing on for that first win, but second is a great way to finish at Donington. I've got to say a big thanks to my guys at Tech 3 because they always give me great support. Yamaha and Bridgestone too were just awesome today, so I'm really happy."
Randy de Puniet – LCR Honda – 3rd
"It's like a dream for me and the team! It was a very stressful race and I was very nervous on the grid as the conditions were pretty bad. I took a good start on slick tires and was very aggressive in the first laps. I got into sixth place but the gap on the front riders was too wide and I thought to keep my pace without taking any risks. Elias crashed in front of me and Pedrosa did not seem very confident on his machine. When he started to lose time I took my chance to pass him and we battled for several laps. I could overtake him because my machine was working well and I suddenly realized that I was holding third position. After Rossi's crash I took second place and tried to remain focused because the surface was very slippery. Then Edwards came up quickly, giving me the chance to reduce the gap on Dovizioso, but it was too late and too dangerous, so I kept my position and we battled for the second place until the last corner. I am so happy for this result and want to thank everybody especially Lucio. We are sharing an amazing moment together!"
Randy de Puniet – LCR Honda – 3rd
Alex De Angelis – San Carlo Honda Gresini – 4th
"I am absolutely delighted. That was one of the most difficult races in my whole career because when you're on a bike with so much power in those conditions, on a circuit like Donington, which everybody knows is particularly slippery, it's tough! The hardest thing was finding a compromise between attacking for a good position and defending it by staying upright. I could see I had a good pace and I was closing the gap to the guys in front of me but the most important thing was to finish and get a good result. I think that shows how much I have matured because it is the kind of mistake I made last year. I hope that is a good sign for the future and I think it proves the way myself and my chief mechanic have kept working and kept trying to improve without losing faith."
Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha – 5th
"Once Jorge had crashed I was riding to win, as is always my style. In hindsight maybe I should have let Dovizioso pass me for a while but it was difficult to judge in such strange conditions. Riding in the rain with slick tires is always a risk and it was quite slippery, the turns on the left were all wet which made the left side of the tire cold and that's why I crashed. Luckily it was a slow fall and my bike wasn't hurt much. In fact, my bike was 'bravissima' today, both before and after the crash! After that we made a great recovery, I chose to remain with slick tires despite the rain and the result was eleven points, which are like gold dust for us because we have extended the lead despite what happened here and we're going on holiday with a good advantage over our rivals. Finally I want to say well done to Dovi but especially to Colin, who rode like a devil today!"
Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha – 5th
James Toseland – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – 6th Niccolò Canepa – Pramac Racing– 8th
"I don't know where to start after a race like that. It was so difficult for the entire race to gauge how much rain was falling and where it was falling and it took incredible concentration. I got my head down and was fifth on the first lap but just after halfway I was back in tenth because I was struggling for temperature in the left side of the tire. I was wondering whether to pull in or not and change for the rain tires at one point but I carried on and kept my lap times as consistent as I could because it was so easy to make a mistake. With some of the other guys stopping to switch bikes, I made up a few places and was fifth for the final few laps and thinking I was going to get my best ever MotoGP result. That would have been amazing to do that in front of my home crowd, who were absolutely magnificent with their support today. But at the end Valentino (Rossi) came through so strong on the last lap. He passed me at The Esses but I managed to dive back under him, but he was phenomenal on the brakes at the Melbourne Loop. I wasn't going to try and do anything that might take us both out but it's another sixth place and it definitely makes amends for the big disappointment of last year. Congratulations to Colin too because he rode a great race and deserved a podium."
"Today has finally gone well. It has been a particular race because the track has remained humid from the first to the last lap. At one point it was very complicated to remain on the bike. The riders with more experience than me in this championship have a small advantage on the dry, but with this condition maybe a bit of madness and sensibility on the bike is needed. Also on the dry track I am improving race after race reducing my distance from the best riders. This result makes me go on vacation a bit more serene and ready to start with even more enthusiasm in Brno."
Niccolò Canepa – Pramac Racing– 8th
Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda – 9th
"First I have to congratulate Andrea on his win because he rode a great race from beginning to end in very difficult conditions. For me, the result today is obviously disappointing because I have been fast all weekend and I couldn't keep that up during the race. At the beginning I was feeling good on the Bridgestone slicks and was able to judge my pace well according to the conditions. As the rain came, however, I couldn't maintain the temperature in the tires and when this happens the grip really goes away and I wasn't able to control the bike as I wanted. On the grid I was sure my tire choice was correct, but with 10 laps to go I thought that maybe I should go into the pits and change to wets, but it wasn't worth losing 20 seconds for the bike change because the lap times of the riders on the wet tires were the same as the times on slicks. It was a frustrating race in strange conditions, but we'll still have confidence going into the next race in Brno because we've been making progress recently and I'm feeling strong on the bike."
Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing – 10th
"I am not very happy because we expected a lot more from this race. With the dry track we were fighting for sixth position but when it started to rain I thought it would have been better to change bike. After only a couple of laps rain has basically stopped and I couldn't improve my prior lap times on slick tires. In these conditions is never easy to make the right decision also because you don't have much time to think about it. Tuesday I will have surgery to close the cut at the injured finger and after a few days of vacation I will be back at the top for Brno race."
Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing – 10th
Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki – 11th
"Today was a big gamble on many things with the way the weather was behaving. We started with slicks but just couldn't get enough heat in the tires, especially in the left-hand-side. I was in group battling for sixth place and when it started to rain heavily I thought it was a good time to come in and change to the wet bike and try to take advantage. Then it stopped raining and within two laps I had destroyed the tire. It is sometimes so difficult to guess what the weather will do at Donington and really it was unfortunate because in those kinds of conditions we need some luck, but we just didn't get any today."
Gabor Talmacsi – Scot Honda – 12th
"I'm really happy. I'm happy because of the race, for the result we got and because we chose the best strategy. At the beginning, I was not sure about what tires to ask for: the weather was changing second by second. We decided for slicks and that was the right choice. A key point in the race was when I decided to stay out and not to come into the pits to change bikes, in spite of the increasing rain. I calculated that it would not gain time, so I decided to continue on rain tires, and this too was a good move."
Chris Vermeulen – Rizla Suzuki – 13th
"It was very tough out there today and the conditions seemed to change on every corner, making it very hard to keep heat and grip in the tires. Everything was difficult and then I had a big slide and went off the track, causing me to lose a lot of time. Towards the end of the race it started to rain harder and it was difficult to ride out there. I came in and changed my bike thinking it would rain heavier, but it stopped and it proved to be the wrong decision. It was a difficult Grand Prix for all concerned so congratulations to everyone that stayed up because it was hard work out there."
Chris Vermeulen – Rizla Suzuki – 13th
Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – 14th
"Everybody knows I've been struggling for the last few races in the dry so I was praying for the rain to come today. Every single lap we were out there it threatened to pour down and we were very close to having the perfect situation. Unfortunately, even though it got heavier, it didn't come soon enough and our tires were destroyed so it ended up being the wrong decision. For us, in our current situation, I still think it was a risk worth taking because it could have worked out fantastically but obviously we're disappointed it didn't. I'm sorry for the team because they've done a great job to give me a bike capable of winning races at every circuit we've been to lately, even though for one reason or another I haven't been able to get the best out of it. I'm looking forward to a break now and hopefully we come back a little bit stronger at Brno."
Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – 15th
"We took a big gamble, it backfired and it's frustrating because we made a big change to the bike for warm-up this morning and I had a great feeling with it in the wet. The track was damp for the sighting lap and it was spitting with rain on the grid and since my pace on slicks hasn't been great all weekend we took a big gamble. I had nothing to lose so we rolled the dice. The odds were against me but it was so close to paying off. It rained throughout the race but the track was so warm the moisture wasn't accumulating on the ground and unfortunately that spelt disaster for us. I take full responsibility for the decision. We agreed on it together with the team but it was my shout, I thought 'let's try and be a hero here!' The tire was pretty much destroyed after seven or eight laps but there was no point coming in to pit and it came apart five laps from the end. To be honest it's amazing how it held together for that long! I don't want to say it was a mistake; it was just a gamble that didn't pay off and we'll learn from it."
Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – 15th
Toni Elias – San Carlo Honda Gresini – DNF
"The crash was a real shame because I felt we were capable of a good result today. I'm really disappointed for everybody in the team. I got a great start and my pace was really strong, but unfortunately my rear wheel ran slightly onto the white line and it was so slippery that I crashed. It was nice to at least run at the front for a while and even lead the race, and when I was behind Rossi I was comfortably able to follow his pace. That's what makes me so convinced I could have kept it up to the end. I don't want to think about the negatives or what might have been because the good news today was that we ran with the front guys and we know we can do it. That gives a great confidence boost for the future."
Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha – DNF
"I got a good start and the first few laps went well, I was feeling quite comfortable in the lead. Unfortunately on the final corner of the ninth lap I made a small mistake, got my line wrong and touched the white line and there was nothing I could do; it was very slippery. I was okay and wanted to carry on but my bike was too badly damaged. Of course I'm sad and disappointed but this is racing and these feelings don't help, you just have to learn from a mistake like this and look forwards. Valentino was lucky that he could continue after his crash, but it wasn't our day. I am going to enjoy the break now despite this and take the chance to do plenty of training so we can come back at full strength in Brno."
Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha – DNF


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Mayor Adrian Fenty is fond of references to the take-charge mayors of big cities like Chicago and New York, and Fenty's own policies mirror those of the big cities.
He is seizing control systematically of every city agency, board and commission by appointing folks who are loyal to him, regardless of whether the previous occupant was doing a good job.
That's not bad or unusual politics if it's done well and if his appointees are qualified.
Just this past week, the mayor sacked Elizabeth Noël, who has served as the city's "people's counsel" for 18 years. Her office represents the "little man" in often-contentious rate cases before the city's utilities commission.
Unfortunately for the mayor, there is a consistent drumbeat around town that he's overdoing it with his "I'm in charge; you're not" frame of mind.
Even discounting the criticisms from people who have lost their jobs or who are tied to the old-school way of doing things, there still seems to be too much grumbling about this mayor's ABC's -- arrogance, bullying and cronyism.
On Monday, WTOP's Mark Segraves reported an "arrogance" story of how our mayor, who is particularly athletic (basically a good thing), is using police vehicles to clear busy roads and parkways for his daily biking trips (a bad thing). The video also shows the mayor riding in places the general public cannot go.
The police motorcades for biking stand in sharp contrast to the mayor's willingness to drive himself around in his tiny Smart Car without a police escort.
The mayor told NBC4 Monday that if he's doing anything wrong, he won't do it anymore.
Back to public policy, on WAMU radio last Friday, Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas said that neither the mayor nor his staff consults nor respects council members. It's a line we've heard from a majority of the council members up to and including Chairman Vincent Gray, who's mulling a race for mayor.
Privately, Fenty has dismissed much of the grousing as "politics" that will sort itself out in the campaign next year. And we've certainly written that we don't see much political advantage to aligning oneself with the teachers who have lost their jobs in the Michelle Rhee upheaval.
But education could factor into a political mass forming against the mayor, in part because of questions about contracts awarded to his cronies. (There's that "c" again.) The mayor's contention that he doesn't involve himself in awarding contracts is simply not believable to most people.
In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also has a reputation of bullying his city council and treating it with disdain, just spent $33 million on his re-election bid and barely won a third term. His opponent spent about $3 million.
After the election last week, Bloomberg was openly courting the council members he had arrogantly ignored in the past.
The New York Times quoted a local political consultant as saying the mayor, who "used to swat away a handful of gadflies on the Council each year, must now prepare for 'mounting opposition from people who are less extreme.'"
Only Chairman Gray has made more than a little noise about possibly challenging Fenty next year. There are a few yard signs up saying "Kwame Brown for Mayor," and former D.C. businessman R. Donahue Peebles is hinting he may jump in.
But right now, every serious observer says the race is still the mayor's to lose.
How he spends the next five or six months will help determine whether he does.
• Somebody Ask Joe
Vice President Joe Biden will be in the District speaking at the 25th anniversary gala for The Lab School of Washington.
Apart from the good work the Lab School does, it would be fun to go to the gala just because it's at the magnificent National Building Museum downtown. The vast open space and soaring columns there never fail to impress.
But while the veep is there, maybe someone will sidle up to him and ask about D.C. voting rights. The city's legislation in Congress remains stuck and appears to be going nowhere.
Maybe good 'ole Joe will have something good to say about voting rights.


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"Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn." John 21:11
This is my favorite story in the Bible. In case you've ever sat there wondering, Hmmm, what's K's favorite story, well, now you know.
There's so much to love, starting with the beginning of the story, where Peter, still recovering from the horrific loss of his friend and teacher, still not sure what this resurrection thing means in his life, tells his friends, "I'm going fishing." Basically, 'I'm rewinding things, I'm baffled by everything I don't know and I'm going back to something I do know.' Fish. Continue reading


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Do three games without a win for Everton mean expectations are coming down to earth a little.
I owe a little of an apology to Everton fans. I fear I cursed your team by asking an innocent question a month back.
With the Toffees sitting in second place as September closed, I posed the query over whether Everton could end October in first place.
Four points behind Chelsea, the argument was logical, with the league leaders facing tough ties against Spurs and Manchester United.
Everton meanwhile had two winnable fixtures against Wigan and QPR, and a home derby against Liverpool.
Now the good news is, Everton stayed unbeaten through those matches (with thanks to a generous linesman call yesterday perhaps?), but the bad news is three successive draws has seen their league position slump from second to fifth over that period.
Some may argue that the natural order of Premier League football is simply balancing itself out, and Everton were never destined to be title contenders anyway. That is of course correct, but there is every reason the Toffees should be aiming to do far better than my original pre-season prediction of an eighth placed finish.
That was factoring in a strong Newcastle and rejuvenated Liverpool. Three months into the season, little has suggested that Liverpool have what it takes to finish above Everton, while Newcastle's injury problems to key players suggests they will not feature as prominently as they did last season in challenging for a Champions League place.
David Moyes said he wouldn't consider Champions League qualification until October was out, and the table had started to take shape.
Well it's now October, and it's certainly achievable. The top three of Manchester United, Chelsea, and Manchester City, have started to pull away, on 22 and 21 points, with Tottenham on 17 in fourth.
Everton and Arsenal both sit one behind on 16. There is no reason why Moyes should not believe his Everton side can contend with the North London duo based on what we have seen so far this season.
Tottenham are getting stronger by the game, but Arsenal remain inconsistent. Everton meanwhile have lost just the once, a narrow away defeat to West Brom, the season's surprise package.
The fear is that both Arsenal and Spurs will spend in January, in an attempt to secure the all important fourth spot and even catch the top three. Can Everton afford to? It's unlikely they could on the same scale as the Londoners, who both have substantial funds from selling star players over the summer which remain unspent.
Perhaps the simplest thing for Everton is to simply forget about the bigger picture at present, and get back to winning games. They are three without a league win, and need to get back into the form of the previous month. The return of Marouane Fellaini from injury was a nice bonus yesterday, as was Steven Naismith's first league goal.
Their upcoming games are away to Fulham, at home to Sunderland, and away to Reading. All three should hold no fear for the club, but they will be difficult. A total of just two points from matches against West Brom, QPR, and Wigan underlines the challenges Everton have faced at times this season in matches they are perceived to be 'favourites'.
It's a new type of pressure for Everton, as the attention on their fast start has quickly seem expectations increase. It's time to put those expectations back in the box for now, get back to winning ways and see where it takes them.
What do you make of Everton's performances over the last month, and their prospects for the season?
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My mom was diagnosed with bone cancer about a month ago, the doctor told her she has cancer in every single bone in her body including her skull. She has started chemo on Monday but has been sick all week and we don't know if it is the chemo or the cancer making her sick...she doesn't want to continue with chemo if she is going to be sick all the time. I have read that some patients of bone cancer go into remission, is this possible for someone who has bone cancer all over?
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A version of Cronopuncture Open Point can help even at such stage, of course doesn't 100% guarantee recovery, but suitable for whatever bad condition and can't do harm.
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Developments to watch: Google Glass
Intelligence in your eyeglasses: Readability, interface, and batteries may take some getting used to and could benefit from improvements. Still, the idea behind Google Glass has a lot of potential. Have you tried them? Do you have a pair? See photos, short video clip, and add your comments.
Thinking this might be a possible future for human-machine interfaces, I finally tried Google Glass, after seeing several demonstrations. (See short video clip above and images and comments below.)
Our local Gail Borden Public Library bought a pair of glasses for $1,500. During heavy use by many patrons during a three-hour session, it needed to be charged twice. When it was my turn, I asked Google Glass to go to the Control Engineering website. It searched for troll engineering. I obviously started speaking before it was ready. I found the images in the viewer to be small and especially difficult for me to see, without squinting. (I'm near-sighted and would need Google Glass with my prescription included.) I regret not being able to try more mobile compatibility functions, such as pairing with an Android or iOS device, before passing it to the next patron.
Nonetheless, wider use of mobile, Internet-connected computers integrated into eyewear or headgear is a development to watch. Beyond just being cool, it's likely to improve productivity in an increasing number of manufacturing applications. More than a year ago, I watched a demonstration of a Motorola wearable headset computer. It was larger and more suited to industrial applications. I'm sure that product have progressed in capabilities since then, as well.
Learn more about Google Glass: https://support.google.com/glass
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- Mark T. Hoske, content manager, CFE Media, Control Engineering, email@example.com, with thanks to Denise Hoske for holding the video camera, while I tried them on and tried to focus. (We didn't record the parts with the squinting, scrolling, and navigation.)
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
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The Foundation year prepares students for university level study. Successful completion of our Foundation course permits access to any of our Humanities or Media BA (Hons) degree courses, which include English, English Language, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Media, Philosophy and Religious Studies — many of which can be taken singly as specialist degrees or together as 'joint' degree routes. The Foundation year begins with modules aimed at providing transferable study skills and then, in the second semester, gives students the opportunity to study more specialist modules, with a focus on various aspects of Humanities and Media.
TESOL & Linguistics seeks to equip you with the practical and theoretical knowledge and skills you need to work in the contemporary ESOL/EFL classroom. It also aims to develop in you the personal and professional values needed to achieve academic and practical success in the area of linguistics. We use humanistic teaching methods and a flexible and vocationally relevant curriculum that is flexible, responsive to student need and vocationally relevant.
The study of TESOL & Linguistics gives you the opportunity to develop a detailed understanding of the nature of language and how it works. You will look at the processes involved in language learning, and current language teaching approaches, and will put these approaches into practice. You will also look at language and society, language and gender and language and the mind, as well as examining the building blocks of language – syntax and morphology.
At the end of your studies, you may have the opportunity to gain the Trinity College London CertTESOL qualification.
The TESOL & Linguistics course consists of a suite of closely linked modules that build on each other.
Year 1 introduces the fundamental concepts of linguistics and language study. You explore the sounds of language, the key design principles which underpin word and sentence structure and a range of issues in applied linguistics. You look at the process and practicalities of learning foreign languages, and start to develop your practical teaching skills.
Year 2 deepens your appreciation of how language works, and develops your practical teaching skills. You acquire a better understanding of the use and analysis of learning and teaching methods, and you also undertake short periods of teaching practice. You continue to investigate the process of second language acquisition, and the structure and use of language in a variety of real-life contexts, with particular reference to English.
Year 3 explores in greater detail aspects of structural and applied linguistics, and takes your teaching skills to advanced levels. You develop competence in designing learning activities and materials. You are given the opportunity to undertake a research project of your choice either in Linguistics or TESOL, and to opt for an extended teaching placement, and the Trinity College London CertTESOL.
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"As always, I have found the marking consistent within individual modules and across modules. There is good evidence of a dialogue between first and second markers and my judgement has been sought in relation to one piece of assessed work. Markers provide extensive feedback which guides students towards addressing their weaknesses. What is also good practice is the provision of extensive notes within each assignment. Student work is of good quality with some very impressive independent research being carried out. The range of exam questions and essay topics is stimulating and reflects the high quality of the teaching".
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We got into the practical side of teaching early on in the degree. Although this seemed daunting at the time, most people in my class were in the same boat and supported each other throughout."
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Graduates from the TESOL & Linguistics programme have also gone on to careers in speech therapy, management & administration, publishing, journalism and personnel. A degree in Linguistics gives you the perfect grounding for any career requiring critical thinking, literacy competence, and a range of analytical and presentation skills.
The optional Trinity College London CertTESOL is recognised internationally as the entry-level teaching qualification, and can be used to teach in the UK and abroad.
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The TESOL course matches the Trinity College London CertTESOL guidelines for initial teaching training. If you make good progress on the course, you may be given the opportunity to be entered for the CertTESOL at the end of your final year, for which we charge a fee.
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Cincinnati Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal
In the Spring of 2012, the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Law approved the creation of a new student-edited scholarly journal to be published at the College. The Cincinnati Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal addresses matters of importance both to the scholarly community and to the bench and bar.
The subject-matter coverage includes doctrinal subjects traditionally included within the broad domain of intellectual property (including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrecy issues), as well as both short- and long-form scholarship on entertainment, media and free expression, telecommunications, privacy, sports law, and computer and technology subjects.
The Journal is published online and takes full advantage of the unique advantages of electronic publication. In keeping with the College's customary practice, the Journal is published under the supervision of faculty advisor Professor Timothy K. Armstrong.
Members of the Journal in the 2016-2017 year include the following students:
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Managing Editor: Sydnee Fields
Publications Editor: Devonte King
Associate Members:Brianna Carden, Morgan Keilholz, Colleen Reilly, Derek Tucker, Samantha Rheingold, Kathryn Cornelius, Richard Noell, Pamela Cates, Anthony Kremer, Kendall Jent, Devonte King, Rebecca Knight, Sydnee Fields, Jennifer Wickman, Brock Caley, and Jonathan Trotta
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