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by George Malik on 06/04/11 at 06:53 PM ET
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Of Red Wings-related note this sticky Saturday afternoon:
The Red Wings attempted to trade Kyle Quincey's rights before waiving him at the start of the 2008-2009 season, but were unable to complete a deal with the Dallas Stars once it was revealed that Quincey had a herniated disc in his back which would eventually require surgery. As we prepare to watch the second game of the Bruins-Canucks series, the CBC's Cup Final blogger reveals that the Boston Bruins wanted to snag Quincey on waivers, but lost out to the LA Kings:
The Bruins traded [Andrew] Alberts to Philadelphia on Oct. 13, 2008, for Ned Lukacevic and a 2009 fourth-round pick. Part of the reason the Bruins traded Alberts was to open a roster spot. Kyle Quincey had been placed on waivers by Detroit a day earlier, and the Bruins were hoping to submit a claim. But Los Angeles nabbed Quincey off waivers.
• I believe that Paul posted this quite a while ago, but Mustang Evolution's Amie Williams points out that the Ford Performance Group made a visit to Jimmy Howard after the Red Wings goaltender unveiled his Ford Mustang-adorned mask;
• Since we're going from "small to large" here, let's stick this one in: the Detroit News's RoNeisha Mullen reports that Danny Cleary tossed out the first pitch at Livonia's Miracle Field earlier today;
• Via Pro Hockey Talk's James O'Brien, the, "Zdeno Chara is no Tomas Holmstrom" talk continues;
• And finally and most substantially, Hockey's Future's Jonathan Henkelman profiled the Red Wings' pro hockey-playing prospects in the ECHL and AHL. Two dark horses and one new member of the Wings' crop of Grand Rapids Griffins prospects merit your attention:
Joakim Andersson, C, 22: This has been a season of transition for the first-year pro as he adjusts to North American life and hockey. Another prospect mined out of Sweden under the watchful eye of super scout Hakan Andersson, the 6'2 198-pound center offers a solid game in all three zones, has good size, plays a physical game, and has a great work ethic. Next season he should display more of his scoring touch and look to improve on the seven goals and 15 assists he put up with the Griffins. The attention he pays to defense, evidenced by his even plus/minus rating, will give him an opportunity to take on a checking center role if required in the future. Foot speed and mobility are the two areas of his game which need attention and could really add to his overall improvement. He'll be back with Grand Rapids next season and will be given the opportunity for more ice team in an expanded role.
Brian Lashoff, D, 20: The Red Wings have done a good job of identifying free agents undrafted out of the junior ranks to supplement their draft picks. The 6'3 208-pounder was signed out of the OHL and has at the tools needed to develop into a two-way defenseman. This season was his third stint with Grand Rapids as he previously joined the Griffins on an amateur tryout following the last two campaigns with the Kingston Frontenacs. As is the case with many players, his first year in pro hockey was a challenge; first finding ice time and then sidelined by a couple of injuries for extended periods. Lashoff was sent to Toledo for a brief spell to get some playing time and finished with a combined four assists in 40 games between the AHL and ECHL. The organization feels they have a diamond in the rough given his mobility and puck-moving ability combined with his potential as a defensive stopper based on size and defensive aptitude. The future appears bright for Lashoff and next season he will be given an opportunity to show the organization more of what he can do with the Griffins.
Both Andersson and Lashoff are something most Red Wings are not—physically imposing—and Andersson's status as a checking center in the making and Chris Chelios's high regard for Lashoff suggest that these gents' names might not find a place among the Tatars and Smiths, but still represent players who could and should evolve into big parts of the team's youth movement…
And then there is, in theory, anyway, an ace in the hole:
Gustav Nyquist, C, 21: The Red Wings organization is very high on their recent signee who had just completed his junior season with the U. of Maine. Originally drafted out of the Malmö club in Sweden, he was a Hobey Baker candidate in each of the last two seasons. The intense Nyquist totaled a goal and three assists in eight games with the Griffins following another impressive campaign in the ECAC with the Black Bears where he totaled 19 goals and 33 assists. The hard-working Swede always keeps his feet moving and offers a full array of fine offensive skills that are equaled by his persistence and determination. His mental make-up and strong two-way game are an ideal fit for the Red Wings who project him to potentially fill either a second or third line role for the big club in the future. Next season will find him in Grand Rapids looking to secure a center position on one of the scoring lines where adding strength to his 5'10 170-pound frame will give him an opportunity to progress further and eventually on to the NHL.
Henkelman's story profiles a total of seventeen Grand Rapids Griffins and/or members of the Toledo Walleye, and it's worth your time.
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Via Pro Hockey Talk's James O'Brien, the, "Zdeno Chara is no Tomas Holmstrom" talk continues;
HAHA Using Zdeno Chara as a net front presence on the power play? HAHA That's like, that's like… benching Nicklas Lidstrom during the penalty kill. NOBODY COULD POSSIBLY BE SO STUPID.
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Bookings open for Addo Birding Weekend!
04 May 2010
Avid birders should not delay in making their bookings for the Sasol Addo Birding Weekend which will be held in Addo Elephant National Park from 15 to 17 October 2010.
The weekend of birding will offer a wonderful opportunity to experience the diverse biomes of Addo Elephant National Park and the chance to spot over 200 bird species.
Organised by the Addo Honorary Rangers, birding activities will feature a choice of excursions which include trips to the marine area of the Park around St. Croix Island. Birders will join groups birding in different areas of the ecologically diverse Addo. Other excursions include a trip through the Nyathi area of the Park, while another group will lazily float up the Sundays River on a ferry spotting darters and different species of kingfishers. The group visiting the marine area around St. Croix Island by boat will view the African penguin colony on the island as well as pelagic birds such as skuas, petrels and shearwaters.
Other groups will depart for Kabouga section of the park, which is situated close to Kirkwood for the chance to walk on the 'wild side' or take a ride through Addo game viewing area and see parts of Addo that are not open to the general public.
Prizes will be presented at an evening function on Saturday evening. A variety of accommodation units, as well as camping facilities are available in Addo Elephant National Park and bookings should be done well in advance to avoid dissapointment.
Sasol has provided sponsorship for logistics and prizes while SAB Miller and Stretton's Gin have sponsored some prizes. Funds raised by the Honorary Rangers birding weekend will go towards funding conservation support work, research and upgrade of facilities for the benefit of all visitors to the Park.
Bookings for the birding weekend close on 25 August 2010.

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Mine distribution: This immense galaxy in the stone, there are still 15 years after a bright shining light of Venus, it is India's Black Galaxy Granite. The granite produced in India, there are other good reputation, such as "Silver Star", "Galaxy granite," "Black Galaxy" and so on. Over the years, people have been dumping her unique charm. So far, total sales of up to one million cubic meters.
"Black Galaxy" granite plaque. Gold plaque formation because it contains a mineral called enstatite, enstatite are rich in iron, this granite school called "anorthite gabbro", and its Mohs hardness (Mohs) 4.5 degrees. As a medium-hard, so excellent polishing degree, suitable for use in interior decoration. According to the different sizes of gold spot, "Black Galaxy" granite can be divided into three types:
1. Daikin spot "Black Galaxy" granite;
2. In the gold spot, "Black Galaxy" granite;
3. Xiaojin spot "Black Galaxy" granite.
"Black Galaxy" quarry in India, Ongole region Chimmakurthi Andhra Desa Bang town, from the southeastern port city of Madras, India, 350 km. By train from Madras (6 hour trip) first Ongole, then via road to reach the mining area. 400 acres in the range of radius, there are 40 quarries in the area of each quarry between 2-20 acres, and a high degree of mechanization. Constantly updated its equipment, the latest generation of machinery and equipment in there everywhere.
Most deposits is the main headache for the serious shortage of quarry stone extraction. In almost all the quarry, the quality of mine is very limited, so that greatly increased the cost of granite mining. However, despite many unfavorable factors, the output of the color of the granite is still relatively high, because it is the world's one of the most expensive granite. Most of the minerals in the subsurface. Stone in white or black stripes, almost all the quarries have this problem. In recent years, these flaws affect the price of stone, but also to the quarry yields.
"Black Galaxy" in the 3500-4500 cubic meters of granite per month, which contained only 40% of large stone blocks. Rock is often called "cutting machine specifications stones," that is 2.4 x 1.2 x 1 meter. The price per cubic meter of 1350-1600 dollars (FOB port of Madras.) The main buyers of the major companies in Europe and India, plant. These plants have been in the United States, Europe and Australia have their own "Black Galaxy" sheet market. In these countries, it is usually processed into this stone cabinet table. In recent years, due to processing plants in India in the "Black Galaxy" plate sales strategy to take a strong offensive, so greatly affected plants in Europe.
Relatively small size of the plates and blocks are mainly exported to China. China's market demand for this plate is very large, resulting in nearly 95% of these plates are sold to China. Now people can always see the quarry from Chinese traders in the test this stone. Chinese people do not care whether the stone in white or black stripes, so the purchase of stone with this defect, always able to discount. Even the ingenuity of a quarry owner, the address written in his own quarry in Chinese. Sands of small black blocks in the 650-950 dollar price / per cubic meter. But now sold to China's large size the number of blocks and boards more and more.
"Black Galaxy" a major exporter of granite stone blocks for the Madras port, nearly 85% of the steady stream of stone shipped from here all over the world. 10 million people in the area of direct or indirect employment opportunities.
However, despite the good prospects for Black Galaxy granite, but one of the most worrying thing is - almost exclusively Black Galaxy only rely on a Chinese market. Most of the quarry mainly by the survival of Chinese customers, which is obviously very dangerous. The situation we had to red granite with India compared, because the color of the granite is almost entirely dependent on the Chinese market (currently in China, the color of the granite market has been very small, because it has the color tired - It is actually not as the original author put it, the red granite sales in China is still very large, the real reason is because the radiation level of India exceeded the red granite. In the last five years, China's eyes turned to "Black Galaxy." We expect the interest of Chinese people can last longer duration and more.
"Black Galaxy" granite quarry distribution:
"Black Galaxy" granite quarry-site scene:
Different types of "Black Galaxy" Granite:
India MARMI BRUNO ZANET Daikin Stone's spot, "Black Galaxy" granite.
India POKARNA GRANITES granite company in the gold spot, "Black Galaxy" granite.
Oscar Group Indian INGEMAR GROUP spot "Black Galaxy" granite.
(The reason why the Indian black granite Sands will appear mainly due to the different types caused by different origin, that is actually a strict different granite stones of different kinds.)
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Thanks for tuning in this evening. Stay with Sky Sports for the full match report and all the reaction.
It looks like Chelsea are heading into the last four after surviving the late threat from Rubin. We're into the dying seconds now...
A late chance for Chelsea as Oscar tries a shot from just inside the box but it's a tame effort and goes straight to the keeper.
Oscar kicks the ball away and gets a yellow card for his troubles as we move into stoppage time, with three minutes added.
Natkho puts in another ball, looking for Dyadyun, but Cech's steady hands are there to grab it to safety.
Kaleshin makes a run down the right and attempts to put in a cross but doesn't catch it right and skies his attempt.
Time is running out for Kazan to pull off a shock comeback and the Blues are edging closer to the semi-finals...
Torres tries to break through the Kazan defence but Eremenko snatches the ball away from the onrushing Spanish striker.
Terry intervenes in a Rubin attack and breaks, with Lampard picking up the ball and feeding Oscar, but Navas puts it behind.
The minutes are trickling down as Eremenko charges forward and unleashes a long range shot but it's turned wide by Cech.
An Oscar corner is cleared by the home defence. He plants the ball back in immediately but the Rubin keeper charges to collect.
Rubin have had six attempts on target to Chelsea's three so far. Oscar gets forward as the Blues try a rare attack.
Another chance for Rubin Kazan as Rondon clips in a free header from close range and Cech is forced to make a quick catch.
Ansaldi tries his luck with a fizzing shot from range but it goes wide of the left post and doesn't trouble Cech.
Chelsea aren't home and dry yet then as Kazan ensure they need to stay awake in these dying stages. It's worth pointing out that Rubin need to score two more to put Chelsea out.
It's a great penalty from Natkho as he sends Cech the wrong way and fires coolly into the roof of the net.
PENALTY! The ref points to the spot after a push on newcomer Ryazantsev by Azpilicueta! A little wink from the Russian as it's given...
Karadeniz attempts to slip the ball through for Dyadyn down the right but he can't prevent it from going out.
Rubin are set to make a third and final change but first try another attack as Karadeniz plants a ball in the box for the arriving Kasaev but Azpilicueta is there to head clear.
Navas knocks the ball out to subdue a Chelsea threat down the right and Azpilicueta takes the resulting throw.
There's a little push on Terry in the lower back by Kasaev and the whistle goes to hand Chelsea a free-kick in their own end.
Moses makes a run for Chelsea but is frustrated down the left by the Kazan defence and the home side win the ball.
Benayoun gets his head to the delivery to clear but seconds later Marcano rises to meet another cross into the box and the Blues are lucky as he plants it wide.
Chelsea give away a free-kick inside their own half after a high boot from Mikel and Rubin's set-piece specialist Natkho steps up to take.
A cross scooped into the box by Kasaev is greeted by the head of Karadeniz as he heads home Kazan's second of the night.
Kasaev tries to plant a cross into the box but it takes a deflection and goes out for a Kazan throw on the left of the Blues' half.
Lampard loses out to goalscorer Marcano down the right of the Kazan half and appeals to the ref but he's unmoved.
It's Ramires that makes way - maybe with one eye on Sunday's FA Cup semi-final - as Chelsea bring on Mikel.
Chelsea prepare to make a change, with John Obi Mikel warming up. It's the Blues on the ball as Torres gets forward.
A long Luiz ball finds Moses who picks out Lampard in the box but he can't hold onto it as the hosts hook it away.
It's definitely a more lively half so far as Chelsea go back ahead again. Back on the attack, Kasaev can't quite keep on his feet in the box as he tries to weave away to try a shot.
There's a lovely one-two between Moses and Ramires before the former lifts a great shot over the keeper for Chelsea's second.
Chelsea regroup after that leveller, trading passes at the back. Torres trips Ansaldi to hand the hosts a free-kick in midfield.
So there's a glimmer of hope for the home side as they pull it back to 2-4 on aggregate. The sparsely populated stadium has woken up a bit.
Orbaiz's free-kick from range on the right is well-taken and Marcano makes a run from a deeper position before leaping to nod it home for his second goal of the season.
Rondon gets the better of Terry, prompting him to pull off some emergency defending to hook the ball away.
Benayoun is bundled over by Kasaev on the left of the Blues' half and the advantage goes to the visitors as Cech lofts a goal-kick upfield.
Kasaev battles to find a way into the box on the left but is crowded out by Azpilicueta and the attack fizzles out.
It's looks like the masked Torres took a knock to his face off Marcano right across his broken nose but he seems to have shrugged it off.
Torres looks a little dazed and stops playing momentarily, holding his nose, but he seems to recover after a few seconds.
We're back underway in Russia and Chelsea are 45 minutes away from the semi-finals of the Europa League. Can Kazan find a way back?
It's almost time to get back underway in Moscow. Thanks for all your feedback - sorry I couldn't publish everyone's!
Chris Green - "Chelsea have performed very good so far..I think Chelsea are easily capable of scoring at least 2 more goals before the night is over.. 3-0 Chelsea my prediction."
Aaron Tugwell - "I could have really been more wrong about my prediction, now I think it will be 1-2 with Torres getting another. Glad to see us winning."
Alan Sams has written in - "Apart from one early chance for Rubin and the late one a deserved lead, Lampards vision with the goal was stunning...#love lamps!!"
The whistle blows and that half ends Chelsea 1 Rubin Kazan 0 thanks to Fernando Torres' opener, with the tie poised at 1-4 to the Blues on aggregate.
There's drama to end the first half as Cech is called upon to make a really good save off Karadeniz.
We're into the final minute of regular time this half and as it stands Chelsea are strolling steadily to a win.
Moses picks out Torres on the edge of the box and the Spanish striker does well to get back on his feet and keep the ball under pressure from Ansaldi but Kuzmin snatches it away seconds later.
The minutes are trickling down in this half as Lampard pairs up in a one-two with Moses but can't keep the ball from going behind.
Chelsea are looking comfortable as they pass at the back, in no hurry to make their move. Luiz eventually looks for Torres with a long pass.
Cech's takes the resulting goal-kick but Lampard loses possession in the Kazan half. The visitors reclaim it when Azpilicueta takes a throw moments later.
There's more exchanging of passes from the hosts in midfield until a ball breaks to Ansaldi on the left - but he's offside.
Kasaev's misplaced pass on the edge of the box is pounced on by Ake as Chelsea manage to diffuse another threat.
The Blues continue to frustrate the hosts as Luiz gets his head to a long ball into the area, then Cech claims the rebounded effort.
Kazan exchange passes as they continue to look for a way through but Ansaldi's ball goes high and behind as he struggles under pressure from Benayoun.
Cech does well as he comes out to claim the ball as Rondon rushes forward to meet a long pass into the box.
Kasaev makes a tidy run but gets crowded out in the box so flicks a neat backheel to Eremenko, whose shot prompts a diving save from Cech.
Ake and Luiz both put in clearances to subdue the hosts as they continue to push forward. An Eremenko ball goes straight to Cech.
Moses does well to control an awkward ball from Lampard down the left but can't get a cross into the box, where Torres loiters.
Natkho finds Karadeniz out on the right and he picks out Rondon but he can't get his shot on target as a Kazan chance goes begging.
Torres chases a long ball down the left but Navas just gets to it ahead of the Chelsea striker to head it out for a Blues throw.
A long Moses ball in from the left finds the head of Lampard but Ryzhikov makes a neat catch to deny the midfielder.
There's another throw for Chelsea but Kazan are straight back on the ball through Rondon until Azpilicueta gets it away from the striker.
Rubin are struggling to find a way through as Chelsea's defence sit back and deny them any space. Kasaev's effort from the left evades his team-mates for a Blues goal-kick.
Back on the ball, Chelsea comfortably trade passes at the back, with Luiz picking out Azpilicueta on the wing.
Chelsea take another throw in midfield but Kazan reclaim possession. Getting forward again, Rondon and Karadeniz pair up on the edge of the box.
Rondon tries his luck with a strike from range after a one-two with Natkho but it goes well wide and doesn't trouble Cech.
Kazan pass their way forward until Ferreira cuts out a ball intended for Rondon on the edge of the box.
Chelsea win a throw inside their own end which Azpilicueta takes. Eremenko manages to snatch possession back in midfield.
Moses tries his luck with a scuffed shot from the edge of the box which bounces towards goal over the uneven surface and into the waiting gloves of the kneeling Ryzhikov.
Lampard's delivery sails in but the onrushing Navas jumps to clear seconds before the whistle blows to rule Luiz offside.
Moses goes down on the left of the Kazan half to earn Chelsea a free-kick from range, which Lampard steps up to take.
Torres lifts a decent ball in from the right for Benayoun waiting in the box but he can't quite get a clear header away under pressure from the Kazan centre halves.
There's more build-up from the home side as their defenders trade passes and the ball slips through to Natkho but he gives it away to Lampard.
Marcano slips in a challenge on Azpilicueta to put the ball out for a Chelsea throw. Lampard tries to cross into the box but his high effort goes over the net and behind.
Azpilicueta and Benayoun link up down the right channel, looking for a way through as the Blues press.
Kuzmin tries to plant a cross in the area from the left but it lands straight on the head of Ake, who clears to it safety.
Rubin are on the ball looking for a way back but Cech collects easily as Rondon tries to pounce on a long ball in the box.
A solid start to Chelsea then as they inch closer to the semi-finals. The Blues win a throw in midfield.
Famous last words! Lampard does well to pick out Torres and the masked man is able to lob home from distance after goalkeeper Ryzhikov comes far out of his goal.
Terry gets his head to Ansaldi's ball as he attempts to plant it in the box. It's been all the Russia side so far..
Ferreira hoofs the ball out of danger as the hosts press in these early minutes. Eremenko gets away Rubin's first shot but fires straight at Terry from close range. Lucky for Chelsea there.
Spanish pairing Marcano and Navas trade passes in central defence early on before passing the ball forward, looking for Rondon.
We're underway on a chilly evening in Russia and it's Chelsea that get things started on the artificial pitch.
The teams are out at the Luzhniki Stadium (where there's plenty of empty seats) and it's almost time for kick-off. Enjoy the first half!
Not long now until we get underway in Moscow. Thanks for all your pre-match comments - keep your feedback coming at the break.
Rafa Benitez has done well with his team selection tonight, according to Chris Jolly - "Rafa has definitely made the right team selection as the Europa League is the lowest priority for the club this season. PL first and FA Cup second. A strong bench means he can bring on game winners if he needs them!"
@kelvinediale tweeted - "I see Chelsea coming through this one easily, hope Nathan Ake takes his opportunity well today."
Tom Reading feels Kazan's move to the Moscow venue could work in Chelsea's favour - "I see a comfortable Chelsea win here. Mata Oscar and Hazard on the bench will come on second half. The game is at a neutral venue witch will be almost empty. A training exercise for the champions of Europe."
You can back Torres for a brace at 12/1 with Sky Bet Chris, while he's 2/1 to score in the 90 minutes. Chelsea are 7/4 for a win this evening and 1/9 to qualify. Head over to www.skybet.com for all markets.
Chris Green feels Chelsea have to be quick off the mark - "This match will be tough for Chelsea, but I'm sure they'll make it through to the semi-finals if they score early.. My prediction: Rubin Kazen 1-2 Chelsea. Ps. What are the odds of Torres scoring a brace?"
Rafee Ahmed is expecting a Chelsea upset - "Just hope Rubin Kazan do something special this match and kick Chelsea out of the competition just like in the Champions League, Rubin will give Chelsea a good game tonight, just hope it's a entertaining game...2-0 to Kazan-WHY NOT!"
Aaron Tugwell isn't feeling too optimistic over Chelsea's chances of a win - "Don't see anyone winning here, if anyone, Rubin to win. Wouldnt believe I was a Chelsea supporter. Our form has been difficult to watch, but 3 wins in a row, maybe a fourth? I predict a 2-2 draw, Torres and Moses with the goals in the second half."
Captain John Terry, Frank Lampard, Victor Moses and Fernando Torres, who scored twice in the first leg, are also included against a Rubin side showing three changes from Stamford Bridge.
Looking at that Blues side, 18-year-old Dutchman Nathan Ake makes his second senior start for Chelsea at the Luzhniki Stadium, while Paulo Ferreira steps in at left-back due to the absences of Ashley Cole (hamstring) and Ryan Bertrand (illness).
Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Terry, Luiz, Ferreira, Ramires, Ake, Moses, Lampard, Benayoun, Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Hazard, Marin.
Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Kuzmin, Marcano, Cesar Navas, Ansaldi, Karadeniz, Orbaiz, Natcho, Kasaev, Roman Eremenko, Rondon. Subs: Arlauskis, Ryazantsev, Kisliak, Kaleshin, Dyadyun, Tore, Sharonov.
We've got the team news coming up for you very shortly but first why not get in touch with your thoughts ahead of kick-off? You can email firstname.lastname@example.com or Tweet me @SkySportsRachG.
Chelsea go into the second leg of their quarter-final tie boasting a commanding 3-1 lead and will be hoping to finish the job in Russia.


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Attorneys for former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent have maintained during his intoxication manslaughter trial that prosecutors had no evidence he was drinking inside a nightclub shortly before a crash that killed his best friend and teammate.
But Thursday, surveillance footage from Club Privae showed Brent drinking alcohol from a bottle just before the one-car December 2012 wreck that killed Jerry Brown Jr., 25.
In addition to showing the video, prosecutors called current Dallas Cowboys Barry Church and Danny McCray to the stand before resting their case on the fourth day of Brent's trial.
In the video, Brent, 25, is seen raising his arms with a bottle in each hand.
Brent, Brown and other teammates were at three private tables. Patrons of the upscale club must buy a bottle to have a table.
Servers are instructed to pour the alcohol because "we wouldn't want someone to overserve themselves," waitress Emerald Khan testified.
But she said sometimes people do serve themselves.
Church testified that he served himself alcohol that night but that he only saw Brent with one glass of champagne.
Khan and other waitresses who testified Thursday said they didn't think Brent was intoxicated that night.
"He appeared to be in better shape than those standing around him," Khan said.
Tests show Brent had a blood alcohol level of 0.18 percent after the crash. That's more than twice the legal driving limit of 0.08 percent. Previous testimony showed that Brent, who weighs 320 pounds, would have to drink 17 standard-size drinks to reach that blood alcohol content.
Prosecutors also called Maria Fimbres, who served several of the players at Club Privae that night, but not Brent. She said that she did not think Brent was intoxicated that night and that she had seen him drunk in July 2012. He did not drive that night, she said.
"His behavior, his characteristics were different than that night at Club Privae," she said.
Defense attorneys have questioned the tests that show Brent was intoxicated but don't dispute he was driving at least 110 mph in a 45-mph zone.
Jurors briefly saw a photo of Brown on a gurney at a hospital. Prosecutors also showed photos from Brown's autopsy, which revealed he suffered a broken neck and brain hemorrhaging.
When the photos were projected onto a screen, Brent closed his eyes and hung his head. One of his attorneys handed him a tissue so he could wipe his eyes.
Brent faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He is also eligible for probation.
The defense is expected to begin presenting its case Friday. It is unclear whether Josh Brent will testify in his defense.


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Poem: "Wynken, Blynken," by Gerald Locklin from Go West, Young Toad (Water Row Press).
Wynken, Blynken
I've been having a little trouble with my eyes of late;
the most obvious symptom is that I blink a lot.
What I've found, however, is that people think
I'm winking at them.
And, invariably, they wink back.
They seem to conclude that I have put my finger
on that rare hidden quality of theirs
that sets them above all other people in the room.
They respect my perspicacity, my unparalleled taste.
We sit out the whole party
signalling across the room our brother or sisterhood
in the secret order of winkmanship.
If I had known about this little gimmick in my youth,
I'll bet it would have taken me a lot farther socially
than did my crushing handshake and my piercing
It's the birthday of poet Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio (1952)Poet Laureate of the United States, 1993-95. Starting with the National Merit Scholarship she won in high school, she has received scores of awards, including Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller Foundation grants and many honorary degrees. Her poem cycle Thomas and Beulah (1986Pulitzer Prize in Poetry) traces the history of her maternal grandparents, born in the Deep South at the turn of the century. The poems are arranged in two sequences, one devoted to Thomas, born in 1900 in Wartrace, Tennessee, the other to Beulah, born in 1904 in Rockmart, Georgia.
It's the birthday of novelist Robertson Davies, born in Thamesville, Ontario (1913). For most of his life he lived in the Toronto area but started his career in London, England, as an actor at the Old Vic in the early 1940s. Then he returned to Canada to edit his family's newspaper, The Peterborough Examiner. In his own column, he came up with a character he called Samuel Marchbanks, an irascible old bachelor who issued blistering opinions about Canadians from his home in Skunk's Misery, Ontario. Among Davies's 30 volumes of fiction are three trilogies. The most highly regarded is the Depford Trilogy, written in the 1970s: Fifth Business (1970), The Manticore (1972), and World of Wonders (1975).
It's the birthday of bird expert Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York (1908). In his first years of school, he was known as a loner, a boy who would doze off in class, who was rebellious and was seen as strange by classmates. But when he was 11, a teacher started a Junior Audubon Club; for a dime, a member received a set of bird leaflets to study and color. Young Roger was soon obsessed with birds and watched for them wherever he went. Encouraged by other wildlife painters and ornithologists, he compiled his first Field Guide to the Birds, which came out when he was 26. It was an immediate success. Before Peterson, bird manuals had been over-embellished with confusing detail, and had grouped birds by species; he grouped them by their resemblance to one another.
It's the birthday of poet and architecture critic Sir John Betjeman, born in the Highgate section of London (1906). He was knighted in 1969; three years later he succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate of England, where he remained for many years.
It's the birthday of novelist Count Leo Tolstoy, born to a landed family at Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province of Russia (1828). After leaving the army he went to France, Switzerland, and Germany, writing short stories about his travels. Back at his estate he started a school for peasant children, then returned to Europe and published magazines and books praised for their practical views on schooling. At 34 he married a well-educated girl to whom he seemed devoted; they had 13 children. Setting his interest in education aside, he spent the next six years writing War and Peace (1869), an epic tale that follows five Russian families during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. His other masterpiece, Anna Karenina (1877), examines a married woman who confronts society with her adulterous passion. But within two years of its publication, Tolstoy suffered a severe spiritual crisis (1879), and wrapped himself in a mystical, anarchic Christianity. He gave up his estate, gave away his personal possessions, and tried living as a poor and celibate peasant under his wife's roof. Within a decade, the Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated him (1901); nine years after that, he left home secretly with his youngest daughter and a doctor. Within a few days, he died in a remote railway station, 82 years old.
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You've heard of solar cars, but what about solar companies? Google has just announced plans to convert its Mountain View, CA headquarters (AKA the GooglePlex) into a mainly solar-powered facility. In an effort to set an example for other large companys hogging electricity, they will line the rooftops of their main buildings with solar panels, which will produce a mere 1.6 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power 1,000 California homes – the largest solar installation in the US, and maybe the world. To make it all happen, they've announced plans to partner with California-based solar company EI Solutions. Not only will the installation allow Google to save money on power-consumption, but it will also make them more environmentally friendly as a whole. For a video preview of the installation, check out EI Solutions' website.
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NU shorthanded in players and points in loss to Baylor.
Lincoln — Nebraska's Lindsey Moore scored a team-high 18 points, but No. 1 Baylor ran to a 69-45 women's basketball win over the Huskers at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Wednesday night.
Nebraska slipped to 12-11 overall and 2-7 in the Big 12, while the Lady Bears improved to 22-1 and 9-0 in the league.
Moore led the Huskers with 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-8 three-pointers, while adding four rebounds and five assists. Freshman forward Jordan Hooper pitched in 15 points and five rebounds, despite hitting just 5-of-19 shots from the field, including 3-of-11 three-pointers.
All-American Brittney Griner led all scorers with 23 points and four rebounds. The 6-8 sophomore hit all 11 of her free throws in the game, as Baylor went 15-for-16 from the line on the night. Freshman Odyssey Sims added 14 points and three assists, while Brooklyn Pope pitched in 12 points and eight boards for BU.
Baylor opened the game with a 10-0 run after Nebraska missed its first six three-point attempts in the game's first five minutes. The Lady Bears kept the lead in double digits throughout the game, but the Huskers were still within 16 at 46-30 with 12 minutes left after eight straight points from Moore and a jumper from Harleen Sidhu.
Nebraska could get no closer, as Baylor extended the lead down the stretch to secure their nation-leading 19th consecutive victory.
As a team, Nebraska shot just 27.9 percent (17-61) from the field, including just 21.9 percent (7-32) from three-point range. NU also hit just 4-of-6 free throws, while being outrebounded, 44-34, by the Lady Bears. BU also won the turnover battle, 11-9.
Baylor hit 42.9 percent (24-56) of its field goal attempts, including 6-of-16 threes (37.5 percent).
Nebraska, which has been hit hard by injuries this season, had another player miss a game on Wednesday, as freshman Kellie McCann-Smith sat out her first game of the season with a back injury. Katya Leick and Harleen Sidhu also continue to battle injuries, but still saw time in the game.
Senior Jessica Periago, a 6-4 center from Toulon, France, earned her first career start at the wing for NU, which is down to two healthy guards - Moore and Kaitlyn Burke. Adrianna Maurer, a 6-3 freshman center, saw her most extensive action of the Big 12 season with 15 points. She scored NU's first point of the night at the free throw line to stop Baylor's 10-0 run to open the game.
Baylor jumped to a 40-21 halftime lead thanks to 15 points from Griner, who went 9-for-9 at the free throw line. Sims added 10 first-half points, including a pair of three-pointers for the Lady Bears. Kimetria Hayden added seven points in a perfect shooting half for BU, while Brooklyn Pope added five points and five rebounds off the bench for the Lady Bears.
As a team, BU went 13-for-31 from the field in the first half, including 4-of-9 from three-point range, while knocking down 10-of-11 free throws. Baylor outrebounded the Huskers, 24-16, and won the turnover battle, 7-4, in the opening period.
Moore led the Huskers with 11 first-half points, including a trio of three-pointers. Catheryn Redmon added six points and five rebounds in the first half. NU hit just 8-of-29 shots from the field, including just 4-of-19 from three-point range.
Nebraska returns to Big 12 road action by taking on Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Saturday. Tip-off between the Huskers and Cowgirls at Gallagher-Iba Arena is set for 2 p.m. with live audio coverage from the Husker Sports Network on Huskers.com.
Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.


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Since I shoot on a daily basis, I see and hear some strange things. Some people, wishing to do well, get performance anxiety. Some people know it all, and some know nothing. As part of this learning process, I qualify each lecture I give with a couple of things. First, I don't know everything. Second, while at school their brain and a parachute have something in common—they will both work best if they are open.
Actually, I did have a brain surgeon in a class. Besides being a nice guy, he was a little naïve about some aspects of shooting. He felt he could align the sights on the target, yank the trigger and the bullet would be clear of the barrel before his push affected the bullet strike. We bantered this about some, and then I showed him a few things he wasn't aware of.
Correctly, this is a pre-ignition push. So, with our doctor weighing in at 180 pounds and the pistol at a about 2 pounds, who do you think wins the pushing contest?
When we push in anticipation of the pistol being fired, we move the sights off the point of aim before the bullet leaves. This is the reason so many right-handed students have hits in the lower left of the target. When the pistol is recoiling and the push is happening at the same time, there is often no sense of pushing the pistol. I know this because I've done it.
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at A Noise Within
he first half of Eugene O'Neill's gripping drama finds the master playwright in an uncharacteristically comic mode. There are laughs to be found in even the darkest O'Neill works, such as Long Day's Journey Into Night; but in Poet the scribe crafted with an extra measure of satiric amusement his glimpse at emotionally tortured souls. Following intermission, we are back into angst-filled dramatic terrain, and the segue feels seamless. Director Michael Murray's staging of this powerful play glistens in a handsome and consummately performed revival.
Posthumously produced in 1958, this is the only surviving complete play from O'Neill's unfinished 11-play cycle. (The partially completed More Stately Mansions was also posthumously mounted.) His familiar themes of severe family dysfunction and self-delusion as a survival mechanism for broken dreams are much in evidence in this tale, set in a Massachusetts tavern in 1828. Irish American Cornelius Melody (Geoff Elliott) is a dishonorably discharged British army major and a failed innkeeper who drowns his disappointments in booze and mistreats his wife, Nora (Deborah Strang), and daughter, Sara (Brigetta Kelly). He revels in drunken pretensions of being an aristocratic Byronic hero. When Sara sets her sights on seducing and marrying the son of a wealthy family and the boy's parents disrespect the socially undesirable Melody brood, the festering tensions in the Melody household lead to shattering confrontations.
Elliott's mesmerizing performance is graced by his eloquent delivery of O'Neill's soaring text and a profoundly tragicomic interpretation of the boisterous impossible-dreamer Cornelius. In a subtler but also superbly nuanced turn, Strang gives an intelligent and heart-rending portrayal of the devoutly religious wife trapped in a marital hellhole. Kelly is a powerhouse as the strong-willed and empathetic daughter. Other standouts in the brilliant 10-member ensemble include Jill Hill as the potential fiancé's uppity mother and Stephen Rockwell as Cornelius' devoted wartime comrade.
Dialect coach Andrea Morgan achieves impeccable results. Michael Smith's set, Soojin Lee's costumes, Ken Booth's lighting, and Ron Wyand's sound conjure a richly authentic ambiance in this enthralling production.
Presented by and at A Noise Within, 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Repertory schedule. Sep. 30-Dec. 3. (818) 240-0910, ext. 1. www.anoisewithin.org.
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While eating in an Arkansas restaurant, a man stood up at his table and began shouting the names of people at whom he was mad, slamming his steak knife into the table after shouting each name and yelling "dead" each time.
When another person made this same man angry, the man mailed the subject of his anger a decomposing fish. One of this man's friends calls his style a "cross between a hemorrhoid and a toothache."
You might think I'm talking about a man in our local prison, but I'm talking about Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for White House chief of staff. I guess the "change" Obama's been talking about is a change to far-left crazy people running our country.
Emanuel, a Democratic Illinois congressman, has a 98 percent record of voting with Democrats in the U.S. House. Where's the bipartisanship and change there? I thought Obama ran for president on a promise of bringing in people from outside of Washington and cleaning things up. Forget governing from the center, forget Obama caring for people who didn't vote for him.
I guess when this letter makes it to print, I better warn my neighbors not to worry if there's some awful stench in my mailbox. It will just be a gift from Obama's chief of staff.
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In response to recent Any Answers questions, Simon Hurst and Robert May have collaborated on an introductory guide advising accountants about their computer networking options.
Two recent Any Answers questions brought computer networking to the fore on AccountingWEB.co.uk. One member sought advice on upgrading a small network while a second question extended the horizon to larger server-based networks to support remote workers.
Both threads contained useful advice came from AccountingWEB.co.uk members and they inspired IT trainer Simon Hurst and networking expert Robert May to put their heads together to update members on the options and issues facing accountants and businesses that need dependable access to their applications and data.
The guide is published in two parts. Based on his experiences running an organisation "just slightly smaller" than the 2-5 person outfit mentioned in the second question, Simon Hurst looked at the low-end options.
Robert May, meanwhile, works for ramsac, one of the world's biggest managed IT service providers. His guide considers the more complex demands created when you rely on a central server to support people working in multiple sites. He also touches on emerging technology trends such as virtualisation and using terminal servers.
But before getting your teeth into the nuts and bolts of networking, Hurst offers some general advice. Having a network can boost productivity, whatever the size of your organisation, and it is always worth employing a qualified professional to help set it up.
"Although the initial investment might seem painful, getting good advice, tailored to your own circumstances, could save you a great deal of time or, even more significantly, could prevent a data loss or security breach," says Hurst.
"In addition, it's important to think about the future maintenance of a system. In a small organisation it's probable that much of the time you spend on implementing, maintaining and trouble-shooting your computer systems is going to be time that you could have spent on generating income instead. If you want to go the do-it-yourself route you need to be sure that you can save more money by managing your own system than you could generate by devoting that time to the rest of your business.
"If you don't have the expertise then there's good reason to outsource your computer system in some way. If you do have the expertise then that's probably an even better reason to outsource as you won't be so tempted to fiddle with computers when you should be doing chargeable work…"
Cloud Computing is another option worth considering. By relying on application servers and storage facilities on the internet, the Cloud offers the possibility of letting you or your associates, colleagues and clients access data from anywhere at any time. It also holds the promise of transferring nearly all the system management and update requirements to the host, freeing the end-user to concentrate on the business. To accompany the plentiful supply of information already available about the Cloud on AccountingWEB.co.uk, Hurst and May are collaborating on a follow up guide.
For those who prefer to remain in the client/server world with servers on their own premises, these are your main options
Network for one - Simon Hurst
Simon Hurst used to run a "real" client/server network at The Knowledge Base using Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange. This configuration allowed the team to share not just applications, but email, contacts, appointments etc. Even though he now works on his own, there are still advantages to having a computer network.
"Having all my data files in a central location that I can connect to from wherever – even remotely if required – is convenient. If I'm reasonably disciplined, I have one location that I can keep backed-up to secure all my data," he says.
These days, however, rather than running a Windows-based server, Hurst satisfies all his networking needs with a £300 Network Attached Storage device, which can host a website and act as a server for applications such as MySQL, with remote access and user security controls.
Small business server for remote working
From ramsac's point of view there are a number of angles on the remote network/server discussion. Microsoft's Windows Small Business Server (SBS) is marketed at users between 5 and a maximum 75 (either users or machines depending on how you license). However, in our experience the tipping point for buying separate software server components (rather than the bundled offering of SBS) is between 25 and 30 users. At this point it becomes cheaper to unbundle. There are two versions of SBS, Standard and Premium. Premium includes SQL Server which is now required for many practice management and CRM systems.
When it comes to supporting remote workers on the network (for serious amounts of work rather than occasional "GoTo" sessions, the choice comes down to either Windows Terminal Services or Citrix. Depending on your processing needs and the types of user support, they both have merits. During the past six months, we've done some comparisons to assess which is best for particular situations.
Further reading
- Computer networking articles and Any Answers queries on AccountingWEB.co.uk
- Focus on remote networking
About John Stokdyk
John Stokdyk is the global editor of AccountingWEB UK and AccountingWEB.com.


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Council officers 'monitoring the situation' with travellers on Moreton Hall say they will not be there longer than six months.
The travellers left the Orttewell Road site in March, as agreed, but returned in April and are being granted a second temporary toleration agreement because a welfare issue affecting the council's enforcement powers has been identified.
The council will hold an 'all options' review meeting 16 weeks after the agreement is signed and say any extension 'will not surpass six months'.


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Escribá succeeds Marcelino as Villarreal coach
After parting company with Marcelino on Wednesday, Villarreal have named Fran Escribá as their new coach.
The 51-year-old, who left Getafe in April, has penned a 12-month deal. His first fixture in charge of the Yellow Submarine will be the opening leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie against Monaco on Wednesday.
"It's very important for the club to qualify for the UEFA Champions League," Escribá said at his unveiling on Thursday. "The feeling in the dressing room is good and despite the absences we have I think we've got a good chance of getting through the play-off."
While acknowledging that his appointment has come as something of a "surprise," he also spoke of his confidence in being able to help last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finalists move forward. "It's a big opportunity for me," he said. "I've got high hopes and want to help. We want to have a good year and carry on being successful."
Escribá played youth football for Valencia, and though he never made a professional appearance for the Mestalla outfit, he began his coaching career with their youth sides in 2002.
He then worked as understudy to Quique Sánchez Flores at Valencia, Getafe, Benfica and Atlético Madrid between 2004 and 2011 and took his first frontline position with Segunda team Elche in June 2012. After guiding them to promotion in his debut season, he helped the Franjiverdes retain their Liga status before joining Getafe last summer.
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Friedrich Paulsen serves as a Professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Member of the Faculty Council, Corresponding Member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Honorary Member of the Romanian Anatomical Society, Secretary of the German Anatomical Society, and Secretary General of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists. He acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Anatomy and serves as the Chairman of a professional development center for virtual microscopy. Paulsen first worked as a medical doctor in otorhinolaryngology and then became anatomist. He has been studying already at the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel the roles of peptides and proteins in innate immunity at the ocular surface and lacrimal apparatus, articular joints, and upper aerodigestive tract including the larynx, corneal wound healing, dry eye syndrome, corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells in pathogenesis of inflammation, organ dysfunction, and stem cells. He served as the principle scientist and global advisor of scientific advisory boards for national and international research organizations and pharmaceutical companies. His current research focuses on roles of mucins, antimicrobial peptides, TFF peptides, and surfactant proteins in the development of organ dysfunction and potential interaction between drugs and epithelial cells. Moreover, he is interested in education related research.
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Garton & Vogt, PC
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Garton & Vogt, P.C. is a law firm based in Clinton Township, Michigan which has served clients throughout the state for over twenty years. The firm's attorneys have expertise in criminal defense, family law and personal injury with an impressive track record of acquittals, effective...
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Jarboe & Pfeil is located is located in Traverse City and provides a variety of legal services to clients throughout the Northern Michigan region. Practice areas include criminal defense representation for OWI/DUI, drug charges, domestic violence, sex crimes, and driver's license...
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Bankruptcy & Criminal Defense Attorney in Mount Clemens, Michigan(586) 228-6523
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Climate scientists at the University of Reading say there is a 60% chance of El Nino conditions in Brazil this summer.
They warned the phenomenon would "increase the risk of uncomfortably hot and dry conditions" during the tournament - a blow to European teams used to playing in cooler conditions, who have traditionally struggled in the searing heat of South American competitions.
The areas likely to be worst affected by El Nino are southern and eastern parts of Brazil, where England play their second and third group games.
Roy Hodgson's team face Uruguay in Sao Paulo on June 19 and Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte five days later.
"The venue for England's first game, Manaus, where they take on Italy, is in the tropical north of Brazil and is already likely to be very hot and humid, so conditions are unlikely to be made worse by El Nino," Dr Nick Klingaman, of the University of Reading, said.
"However, if players and coaching staff were hoping for milder and more favourable conditions for their remaining matches, it looks more likely they could be disappointed."
The average maximum temperature in Rio during the World Cup months is 25.5 degrees Celsius, with a record of 36.0.
On average, El Nino increases June and July temperatures near Rio de Janeiro by 0.9C.
Cloud cover would also be lost, increasing the likelihood of "heat-related fatigue", according to scientists.
El Nino refers to unusually warm ocean temperatures near the equator in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and is linked to drought and heatwaves in India, southeast Asia, eastern Australia and eastern South America.
The phenomenon occurs every two to five years.


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Stories of Timorese Struggles
The Crossing: A Story of East Timor
by Luís Cardoso
Published by Granta, UK, 2002
East Timor hit the world's newspaper headlines in August 1999 after its bloody, brave vote for independence from Indonesia—one of the great expressions of a people's democratic spirit. Luis Cardoso's beautifully lyrical memoir of growing up in East Timor portrays a people and a culture struggling to form their own identity under successive waves of colonialism. Exquisitely crafted and evocative, Luis Cardoso's personal history of his homeland takes as its central image a crossing—from child to adult, Portuguese to Timorese, tolerance to repression, colonialism to independence.
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Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles, and Secrets from Timor-Leste
by Gordon Peake
Published by Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2013
Beloved Land picks up the story where world attention left off. Blending narrative history, travelogue, and personal reminiscences based on four years of living in the country, it shows the daunting hurdles that the people of Timor-Leste must overcome to build a nation from scratch, and how much the international community has to learn if it is to help rather than hinder the process. In Timor-Leste, "small" does not necessarily mean "simple." Beloved Land shows that the story of Timor-Leste as much more than the narrow litany of conflict and violence often presented in the media.
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The Redundancy of Courage
by Timothy Mo
Published by Paddleless Press, 2002
In The Redundancy of Courage, East Timor becomes the fictitious country of Danu. Fretilin, the East Timorese guerrilla resistance movement, becomes FAKINTIL, and the Indonesians become the malais. Although the characters are fictional, they are closely based on people involved in events in East Timor during 1975. During this time, this tiny society threw up various ordinary people who were asked to do extraordinary things and delivered. The narrator of The Redundancy of Courage is not one of these heroes. Adolph Ng is one of life's cowards. A homosexual educated at a Canadian university, he returns to his homeland and opens one of the only hotels on the island. He is resented by his countrymen because he is of Chinese origin, and he is apolitical until he is swept into the resistance movement by accident.
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East Timor: Genocide in Paradise (The Real Story Series)
by Matthew Jardine
Published by Odonian Press, 1996
This book tells the story of East Timor's heroic struggle against impossible odds and explains why you so seldom hear about it in the western media. Matthew Jardine's concise account of the circumstances preceding the confrontation between Indonesia and East Timor aims to counter the inadequate media attention and dispenses with lengthy theoretical analysis in favor of a journalistic clarity fitting the urgency of the situation. An installment of The Real Story Series, a collection of works including and inspired by the de-mythologizing writings of Noam Chomsky, East Timor: Genocide in Paradise is produced for a particular historical moment and is intended to motivate immediate action among its readers.
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The Devil's Tears
by Steven Horne
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, 2010
The Devil's Tears is a confronting, absorbing story of the human suffering in Timor during its occupation. In 1975, when their tiny half-island nation is invaded, Cesar da Silva flees Timor along with his wife and children. But in their desperate bid for freedom, amidst the chaos and devastation, the family becomes separated. Believing his wife and two daughters dead, Cesar finds passage to the Portugal of his heritage and later to Australia. In 1997 Australian journalist Abby is determined to visit Timor and show the world the terrible suffering of the Timorese people. Her quest, along with her photographer friend David, takes her into horrifying danger. When their paths cross those of Ana da Silva, the story of Cesar and his family is gradually revealed.
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By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, August 27, 2004; Page E01
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- When Sandro Batista smashed his banana truck into a tree in April, leaving him with two hideously shattered legs and a broken arm, his orthopedic surgeon sent his sister shopping.
The country's largest public hospital, Hospital Dario Contreras, didn't have painkillers or the steel pins, screws and plates needed to put Batista's bones back together, or even the blood to get him through the operation. So the surgeon gave Alicia Batista a list and sent her on her way.
"The quality of our medical care has deteriorated tremendously," said Guillermo Garcia Lorenzo, the surgeon who operated on Batista. "A year ago, we had a storeroom filled with everything we needed, but now, nothing."
Batista's ordeal, which cost his family about six times his monthly income as a truck driver, illustrates how quickly this country has been transformed from the envy of Latin American economies into a nation in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades. Analysts here trace the fall largely to a single event: a banking scandal that last year cost the government $2.2 billion, or about 15 percent of the country's gross domestic product, which sent inflation soaring and severely devalued the peso, the national currency.
The result has been an almost overnight reversal in fortunes in this steamy Caribbean country, a top U.S. tourist destination just east of Cuba that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. What was until recently a dependable bright spot in a region of economic and political uncertainty is now another vulnerable nation on the U.S. front porch.
So many Dominicans are trying to flee the desperate conditions that the U.S. Coast Guard is intercepting far more Dominicans at sea than Cubans or Haitians. Nearly 5,000 Dominicans have been picked up trying to reach the United States since October, compared with 1,748 in the entire year before that and fewer than 200 two years before. Earlier this month, 55 Dominicans died at sea trying to reach Puerto Rico in a small open boat.
After a decade of strong growth, the Dominican economy shrank in 2003 for the first time since 1990. Joblessness is soaring and inflation has averaged 56 percent in the past year, according to the central bank. The peso has lost more than half its value against the dollar, causing deep pain in a nation that imports most of what it consumes. Prices have more than doubled in the past year for food, milk, propane gas for cooking and other daily necessities. Worker strikes and fuel shortages are adding to the sense of paralysis.
The government inherited by President Leonel Fernandez, who was sworn in Aug. 16, is hobbled by nearly $6 billion in foreign debt, making it nearly impossible to provide even the most basic services, from medical supplies at public hospitals to trash pickup.
Power outages lasting up to 20 hours a day are causing growing frustration as the cash-strapped government is unable to provide $400 million in past-due payments to private energy companies. Without reliable power, families are unable to keep food refrigerated or fans running. Traffic lights are dark, babies are often delivered by flashlight at the country's largest maternity hospital, and surgeons at Dario Contreras said they often must stop in the middle of operations when the lights go out.
"The country is drowning," said Jorge Cela, a Jesuit priest who works in the poor neighborhoods of this capital city, where nearly a quarter of the country's 8.8 million people live.


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CLEVELAND (AP) - Browns president Mike Holmgren says general manager Tom Heckert underwent heart surgery last week.
Heckert had surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to repair a blockage. Holmgren said Monday that Heckert wasn't feeling well and went for a checkup, when the blockage was discovered. Holmgren said Heckert, who has been with the Browns since 2010, is recovering well and is expected to be back in his office Tuesday.
Holmgren stressed that Heckert ``will be an integral part of the draft process.'' The Browns have the No. 4 overall pick and three of the top 37 selections in April's draft.
Heckert did not attend the NFL combine in Indianapolis last week, but coach Pat Shurmur said the GM participated in player interviews via his computer form home.


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|July 25, 2013, 11:44 AM
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Does anyone know if you can buy only barrels for these rifles? I have a .44 mag and sure would like to have a .357 mag barrel to play around with.
|July 25, 2013, 12:35 PM
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A lot of it is based on when your handi rifle was manufactured. If it was manufactured before marlin took over the company than they will not fit a new barrel to it. If it was manufactured after the takeover then yes, you can have accessory barrels fit. There are two different receivers made by H&R though and the one you have will determine which caliber barrels they will fit. A list of barrels and explanation on how to determine which receiver you have can be found on H&R website. As are directions in how to prepare and ship your current receiver to the company if eligible. Good luck.
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|July 25, 2013, 09:27 PM
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Contact New England Firearms (NEF) customer service and give them the serial number of your rifle.
If you have a .44 mag, they will install a .357 barrel on it. Ask them to do a trigger job on the rifle while they are installing the new barrel. It is usually free.
If you get a .357 barrel installed, have the chamber reamed to .357 MAX (if you can find brass). The MAX will give .35 Remington ballistics with 180 gr. bullets from a 16 inch barrel (the factory barrel is 22"). After reaming, you are still good to go with shooting .357 MAG and .38 Special rounds through it.
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What letters are in your serial number? This will give a manufacturing date.
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This page has nearly everything you need to know:
For more information (including "insider" information), you can head over to the Greybeard H&R forum, if you'd like.
For good measure, I'll mention one thing...
Used barrels are a great way to get what you're interested in. However, you'll usually run into one of two situations: 1. It doesn't lock up tight enough. Or, 2. It's way too tight, and doesn't lock up at all.
For case #1, the barrel might be suitable for use if it's shimmed (but there's no guarantee).
For case #2, the barrel can be fitted to your receiver. Whether you want to do it yourself, or through a gunsmith, is up to you.
But, the easiest method, that will include warranty support, is to go through H&R and get a brand new barrel fitted at the repair center.
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Let's look at these main equity indexes as they struggle to stay above the 50 day EMA – we'll also be on guard for a "repeat scenario" from June.
Here's the S&P 500:
Let's start with the basics and build from there.
In November price broke forcefully under the rising 200d SMA only to form a V-Spike reversal that took the index back above not only the 200d SMA (locking in a Bear Trap), but the 20 then 50 day EMAs.
The focal point now is how price behaves ABOVE the 50d EMA – either it sustains support above and continues through the visual "Open Air" toward 1,430 then the 1,460 level, or else we see a "Repeat Scenario" where price behaves similar to the June 2012 pattern (a reversal back under the 50 EMA to trap the bulls).
These scenarios will form the basis for our game-planning (trade planning) strategies on the intraday and short-term levels.
The key inflection point for the S&P 500 remains at 1,410 as I highlighted from the November 27th update.
The NASDAQ reveals a similar picture:
I think 3,000 is the simple reference/inflection level but technically it is 2,993 (50d EMA) then 2,987 (200d SMA).
A break-back under 3,000 then 2,990 suggests that we should be playing the "Repeat Scenario" Thesis of a breakdown possibility similar to that of mid-June.
The "Bullish" thesis instead continues as long as the index is above (preferably) the 3,000 level.
The Russell 2000 small cap index aligns with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ:
June 2012 saw a similar big-burst day above the falling 50d EMA (the rcent burst was an upside gap) but June failed to hold initially above the 770 level.
The focal point here aligns near 810 with the 50d EMA resting at 813 while the rising 20d EMA now trades at 808, quickly approaching 810.
Again, the scenario planning calls for a "Repeat Situation" or "Continued Bullish Breakthrough" tradable outcome depending on what happens this week.
The Black Sheep of the US Equity Indexes currently is the Dow Jones which didn't break the 50d EMA:
The Dow Jones reminds us why it is very important to look at other indexes, even if we're solely S&P 500 or Russell traders.
At the moment, the chart picture from the S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Russell suggests clear skies ahead from a successful breakout situation into Open Air.
However, the Dow Jones shows a market retracing up into a known resistance target with reversal candles forming into the EMA resistance.
In other words, the Dow Jones suggests caution while the other indexes hint at a breakout buy.
To be fair, a breakout above the 50d EMA at 13,060 would confirm a likely breakout and suggest real-time bullish plays (or a bullish trading bias) from there.
But until we see that breakout impulse, it may be best to be cautious and apply similar caution to the other indexes until we see a resolution from this key level.
Remember, June provided a similar upside breakout AFTER a similar V-Spike reversal and recovery back above the 200d SMA.
Take a moment and study the June scenario and put these current charts in context for your trade-planning.
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"The first-ever panoramic video from open space is a revolution both for VR technology and for exploration of the universe," said Eduard Chizhikov, the head of RT's Space 360 project. "Thanks to the project any person on Earth may feel what being in space is like right at home. Our video offers an opportunity to get closer to the infinite."
The video was produced in collaboration with the Russian space agency and leading spacecraft producer Energia. It will premiere on October 3 during a special event at a VR theater at Moscow's Museum of Cosmonautics commemorating the launch of Sputnik-1, the first artificial satellite of Earth, in 1957.
Cosmonauts Sergey Ryazansky, who is currently on board the ISS, will tell the audience via a direct link how he shot the panoramic video during a spacewalk he conducted with Fedor Yurchikhin in August.
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I Finally managed to get it up and running using the tutorials mentioned here (Thanks!:o:confused:). My harddisk is now having a few ISO's to enjoy playing.
When I now start up the WII, the Gamecube logo is visible as it should be. But when I select it, the screen turns green and nothing else happens after that and it looks like the system is frozen:confused::confused:. I need to shut power off to get out and start again.
I Installed Menu V3 and V5, but get the same result.
By the way, only installer V2.04 works. Newer versions keep mentioning the disk needs formatting.
Any thoughts? Thanks so much!!


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AK Sen: Operation Chaos Produces Hundreds of Write-In Candidates
The last week of the Senate race in Alaska has been pretty chaotic. Continuing revelations about Joe Miller have led to him tumbling in the polls. Sarah Palin returned home to throw some Mean Girls-inspired insults at Lisa Murkowski, calling the Republican incumbent an "out-of-touch" liberal. With the dynamics of the race changing so fast, Murkowski started attacking Democrat Scott McAdams and so did the NRSC on behalf of Miller; the polls show McAdams surging more than anyone else in the race. (Murkowski is also still targeting Miller down the stretch; the most recent ad hits Miller for his goon squad handcuffing a journalist.)
Meanwhile, yesterday was the deadline for write-in candidates to register with the Division of Elections. Because Alaska officials say that they'll determine a write-in vote based on the intent of the voter, one right-wing DJ had the notion that a lot of people should sign up as a write-in to confuse that intent and also make it harder for Murkowski to be found on write-in ballot listings. That's just what happened:
In a movement one pro-Sarah Palin website is calling "Operation Alaska Chaos," at least 100 people filed paperwork Thursday to register as write-in candidates in the U.S. Senate election, according to the Division of Elections.
A stream of would-be senators filtered through the elections office in Midtown Anchorage late in the day, many saying the effort is meant to protest an order by the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday allowing a list of write-in candidates to be shown to voters who ask for assistance.
The court action is expected to aid Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in bid and amounts to electioneering by the state, say supporters of Republican nominee Joe Miller. The idea of a mass registration is to create a long list of potential write-in choices and make it harder for voters to find Murkowski's name.
At last count, there are now about 150 Alaskans filed as a write-in candidate for Senate. They include these names:
Lisa M. Lackey
Lyn Marcum
Tom M.
Lee Hamerski
A misspelled "Lisa Murkowski" is unlikely to bear too much resemblance to any of those names, but you can bet that some lawyer will try to argue that.
Meanwhile, McAdams, who has benefited from being above the fray in this race, responded strongly to Murkowski's attack ad belittling his service as Mayor of Sitka:
She's changed. Voting against everything from dredging Alaska's harbors, to suicide prevention in the Arctic.
Now she's attacking Scott McAdams because he takes a low mayoral salary. She thinks unless you collect a big, taxpayers' salary, your job isn't worth anything. But Scott McAdams increased school funding, saved a hospital, and created jobs.
Lisa, public service is measured in results, not a paycheck.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is reportedly going up with last-minute ads, sensing an opportunity. It's going to be a wild finish.