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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could "take thousands of people out of harm's way" and improve the safety of millions more.
But a day ahead of a meeting with the National Rifle Association, which has sunk past gun control efforts and is opposing any new ones, Biden signaled that the administration is mindful of political realities that could imperil sweeping gun control legislation, and is willing to settle for something less. He said the administration is considering its own executive action as well as measures by Congress, but he didn't offer specifics.
"I want to make it clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion that unless we can do everything, we're going to do nothing," Biden told an array of gun control advocates, crime victims and others at the White House. "It's critically important we act."
Shortly after last month's slaughter of schoolchildren at Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama tasked Biden with heading a commission to come up with recommendations on gun policy by the end of this month. Obama supports steps including reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and closing loopholes that allow many gun buyers to avoid background checks.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says that some 40 percent of gun sales are made without background checks, such as at gun shows and over the Internet.
The tragedy in Newtown, in which 20 young children and six adults were gunned down by a man with a military-style semiautomatic rifle, has prodded the administration to act. Obama had remained largely silent on gun control after the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and wounded 12 others including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the Colorado movie theater killing of a dozen people and wounding of many more last July.
Connecticut is moving cautiously on gun control, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo in neighboring New York proposed a wide-ranging package of restrictions on Wednesday. He called for loopholes to be closed in a New York ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets. The Democrat also wants to require holders of handgun licenses to undergo follow-ups to make sure they are still qualified to possess a weapon, and he is calling for increased sentences for certain gun crimes.
Biden, referring to the Newtown shootings, said at the White House: "Every once in a while, there's something that awakens the conscience of the country, and that tragic event did it in a way like nothing I've seen in my career."
"The president and I are determined to take action. ... We can affect the wellbeing of millions of Americans and take thousands of people out of harm's way if we act responsibly."
Biden said that the administration is weighing executive action in addition to recommending legislation by Congress. Recommendations to the Biden group include making gun-trafficking a felony, getting the Justice Department to prosecute people caught lying on gun background-check forms and ordering federal agencies to send data to the National Gun Background Check Database.
Some of those pieces could happen by executive action, but congressional say-so would be needed for more far-reaching changes such as reinstating the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Congress let the ban expire in 2004 under heavy pressure from the NRA. Democrats blamed a backlash against some lawmakers who voted for its enactment 10 years earlier for steep election losses that year.
Since then Democrats have been wary of legislating on guns, and efforts have fizzled in Congress. Already there are signs any new legislative effort by Obama could face tough going. Some pro-gun Democrats have voiced doubts, and the Senate's top Republican has warned it could be spring before Congress begins considering any gun legislation.
Obama has said that his efforts on guns can be successful only if he has the support of the public, and advocates who attended Wednesday's Biden meeting said part of the White House message was for participants to spread the word and keep up pressure on Washington.
"They have made clear that they're in this for the long haul and they want us to be in this for the long haul," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Advocates participating in Wednesday's meeting, some of whom have been critical of Obama's silence on guns in the past, said they were optimistic that the president and Biden are committed to the effort this time around.
"I think it's for real," said Shira Goodman, executive director of CeaseFirePA.
Biden also held a call with Wednesday with more than 30 governors, mayors and other state and local officials to get their input on ways to curb gun violence.
For Biden, Thursday will bring a tougher audience when the NRA joins a meeting at the White House along with other gun-owner groups and retailers including Wal-Mart. NRA officials didn't return messages for comment Wednesday but the group's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, has dismissed the assault weapons ban as "a phony piece of legislation" and has recommended putting armed guards in all schools as a way to stop another school shooting.
Biden said he wanted to hear from "all parties, on whatever side of this debate you fall."
The president hopes to announce his administration's next steps to tackle gun violence shortly after he is sworn in for a second term on Jan. 21.
Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Julie Pace contributed to this report.


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Aight, im new to Unix/Linux, but ive learnt quite and made a nice tut for the newbies .
Just some basic commands.
File attached.
Don't wanna start another post on this, so here :
How to print out files in the (.pdf) format
PDF format is a file that is independent on the computer. A PDF file can be printed and viewed, but one cannot get the source. [according to me]
% cd - to get to your home directory if you are not already there.
% ls *.ps - to see if the file was really saved. In that case you'll find it among the output names.
% lpr name_of_file.ps - to send the file to the printer. Instead of the "name_of_file" you should type the actual name of the file you wish to print out.

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The monumental short selling on COMEX on Friday and Monday had the desired effect — it took out key technical levels and precipitated a cascade of further selling as traders who were long the June contract capitulated. The selling begat more selling and the rest is history. A classic short squeeze executed to perfection.
The trading decision to short gold was taken, we think, after successful smaller attempts by a few hedge funds in January and December who had "cased the joint" following what appeared to be a 'normalizing economy,' an argument strengthened by gold's apparent failure to rally on Cyprus, Bank of Japan QE and of course North Korea. It was then a question of timing... On the gold futures exchange, the traders have a gearing of about 20:1 over the physical traders aided in great part by a reduction in the margin requirements by CME last November (they have since reversed that position).
Since then, the Q1 economic growth story has faded fast, but the trap had already been set. The selling on COMEX was large and fast — a really spectacular display of shock and awe. There is no other way.
With gold falling to a low of $1,335, physical demand started slowly but has picked up momentum. The Indian market was the first to respond as prices bottomed (no surprise there — they are always adept at spotting bargains), followed soon after by Dubai, Japan, Europe and now China. Sourcing small denomination bars is now proving difficult as stocks evaporate and dealers can expect to wait between 4 and 6 weeks for fresh stocks from the gold refiners. Premiums on bars, as one might expect, are rising fast.
Rarely has the gold market seen such a clear split, with the paper traders heading south while the physical heads north. The former has the advantage of leverage (via the futures) while the latter has scale.
Most encouragingly for gold bulls has been the resoluteness of gold ETF buyers — a hybrid if you will of physical and paper — who are the real investors and appear to be largely unshaken by the decline; in the week to April 17, ETF holdings have fallen by only 1.8 moz to 80.21 moz in holdings — a decline of about 2%. Figures from the CFTC have not yet been released but we would expect futures selling to outweigh this by a factor of about 300-fold.
Disappointingly on the other hand for gold bulls has been the price reaction to the decline, which again can only be described as lackluster — we would have expected prices to rise to $1,450 (a 50% retracement on the move lower) and then the key technical level of $1,540.
This leaves the market with a large long and large short position — and they cannot both be right — gold is therefore set up over the next few weeks as specs take on investors. Place your bets please ...


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Today I've got some observations on the free book strategy as well as some solid and anecdotal sales figures from October.
We need a term for the marketing strategy of offering an ebook free for a short time. I propose adding "freebooking" to the publishing lexicon.
After about 72 hours of being free on Amazon, Spoil of War has done better than I anticipated. For the last 60 hours, it's bounced between #37 and #42 in the overall free store and has continued to be #1 in Fantasy. In Historical Romance, it's moved back and forth between #7 and #8. And in overall Romance, its been between #17 and #19. Right now its rankings in the categories are the same as they were when I posted on Thursday. Only the overall rank is different.
#1 Historical Fantasy
#1 All Fantasy
#7 Historical Romance
#17 All Romance
#40 Overall in the Amazon Free Store
Times Downloaded: 7102
I really expected it to start taking a nose dive yesterday and am very surprised it held its rank this long. It'll probably start falling today. Needless to say I'm quite delighted so many readers have taken a chance on the book despite the handful of low ratings on Amazon.
It's also free in the Apple iTunes/iBooks store. I distribute there through Smashwords, but won't get the results from its time being free there for awhile yet. Silly me didn't download the iTunes app so I could watch sales in that venue until late Friday night, after Spoil had been free there for a week.
Right now, after a week, Spoil is, in the Apple free store:
#3 Fantasy
It also has 18 ratings on Apple -- all given since it went free -- with a solid 4-star average. There are no text reviews there yet, but this gives me a better idea of how average readers who likely haven't seen the 1-star reviews on Amazon are actually reacting to the book on its own terms and not on what other people think of it.
I'm afraid folk who grabbed a copy because of the kerfluffle on Amazon are going to be disappointed that the book isn't nearly as controversial as those low raters make it out to be ;o).
I am a bit disappointed to see it's still free on Apple. I changed the price from free on Smashwords on Wednesday as soon as Amazon made it free since Amazon will keep it free for as long as it remains free on another site. Smashwords should have fed them the unfree price on Thursday or Friday. I'd hoped that Amazon would have have it back to 99c by tonight (Saturday night). Not sure when it will lose free status now.
Theoretically, the timing could not have been better for the book to go free, climb the ranks then be made unfree while it still has visibility. It's frustrating to do everything right and on time on my part yet not be able to influence the vendors to follow through in a timely fashion. All the feeds and bots to do this should be automated.
The real test of the marketing strategy of free, of course, is to:
1) Help sell other books in the same series as the free book (Spoil is a stand-alone).
2) Help sell other books the author has in the same genre (My other book is a near-future thriller and my next book will be Part 1 of the Vet Tech Tales, so no help there -- although I have seen a small spike in sales in the UK where Spoil is not free)
3) Drive enough residual interest in the book so when it goes from free to paid, readers will be willing to splurge real money on it and keep it selling (which is where I hope the free strategy helps Spoil -- so having it go back to paid status while it's still high on the lists is the most important bit of the strategy, apart from the visibility it gains)
More updates to come on the freebooking experiment (go ahead, use "freebooking" in your own sentence -- you know you want to).
Like in August and September, sales continued to be pretty divisive between those doing OK and those doing GREAT.
Both Spoil and SECTOR C fell into the OK category. They both had more sales, but I also lowered the price on them mid-month, so the net gain was less.
Spoil of War:
39 Amzon US
10 Amazon UK
1 Amazon DE (Germany)
1 Smashwords
56 Total
61 Amazon US
5 Amazon UK
72 Total
I also gave away 35 copies of SECTOR C through a LibraryThing contest, and 28 folk claimed the book (the totals above are all paid copies). I've gotten a couple of short reviews from a couple of the LT winners so far, so that's nice.
As for more broad-spectrum sales, anecdotal sampling over in the Kindleboards forums yields some good info as always. Special thanks to Jason Letts for doing some of the compiling this time around so I didn't have to :o)
Again, some people reported by the book and some people aggregated their totals. My aggregated total, for instance, is 56 + 72 = 128 sales across 2 titles. All figures exclude free downloads.
1-9 = 10 (Note 3 reports of zero sales)
10-99 = 19
100-499 = 14
500-1000 = 4
1000-2800 = 2
2800-4399 = 1
4321 = 1
5800 = 1
29 single titles sold fewer than 100 copies vs 23 that sold more. That's 56% of this sample of 52 titles.
1-99 = 8 across 2-11 titles
100-199 = 4 across 2-3 titles with one other across 14
200-499 = 15 across 2-6 titles with one other across 9 and another across 17
500-999 = 8 across w-7 titles with one across 11
1000-1499 = 6 across 2-25 titles
1500-2499 - 3 across 2, 10 and 23 titles
2500-5000 = 7 across 2-33 titles
5001-10,000 = 7 across 2-14 titles
10,001-15,450 = 3 across 3,4 and 8 titles
29,500 = 1 across 43 titles
Again, this is very anecdotal and a random sampling of folk who chose to respond. Don't read more into than just some fun with numbers and a tiny glimpse into what people are selling via self-publishing venues.
Freebooking (just had to say it one more time).
Saturday, November 5, 2011
October Sales and Freebooking
Today I've got some observations on the free book strategy as well as some solid and anecdotal sales figures from October.
3 comments:
- Bradley Convissar said...
I'm also very curious to see how my free book affects future sales. I published a horror short, 3K words, on Amazon on Tuesday and it has surpassed 10,000 downloads since then and has bounced between #40 and 50 on the free titles. It has pretty much stayed in #1 for free horror and free short story since Thursday. And I want to see if this translates into sales, though it can take a while because people (and I am one of them) don't usually get to reading free stuff for weeks
- 06 November, 2011 18:17
- Sarah Laurenson said...
Always interesting to see what's going on in the stats. Also interesting to hear your particular journey and what different methods you're trying.
- 06 November, 2011 20:08
- Phoenix Sullivan said...
Thanks for stopping by, Bradley! I popped over to your site. Your doxie Friday is a real cutie!
I'm surprised how quickly some people do get around to reading free work. My novel is 112,000 words, and it's already gotten 28 ratings/reviews between Amazon and Apple (25 ratings on Apple). I've seen a small spike in sales for SECTOR C, which is a totally unrelated genre. I'm betting there would be some nice cross-over sales if I had a similar-genre title on tap. There does seem to be a reported halo effect for about a week after being free where people will buy the book because of the additional visibility it's gained. We'll both find out, I guess :o) Good luck!
@Sarah: Thanks! If you think it's interesting from your side...
I also have a major-ish project completion announcement for Tuesday *sly wink*
- 07 November, 2011 16:57


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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire women's volleyball team defeated 18th-ranked and No. 2-seeded UW-Whitewater 3-1 in a semifinal match of the 2012 WIAC Championship at Berg Gymnasium in Stevens Point today.
With the win, the Blugolds will now compete in the title match of the WIAC Championship against either UW-Stevens Point or UW-Oshkosh at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Blugolds got off to a good start against the Warhawks, winning the first two sets with scores of 25-23 and 25-18, respectively. But in the third set, the Warhawks defeated the Blugolds 25-13 before Eau Claire won a long fourth set 32-30 to take the match.
In the opening set, Whitewater held a lead the majority of the match but the Blugolds tied it up at 18 after using an 11-5 run. The teams then went back and forth and Eau Claire took its first lead of the set at 21-20 and went on to win 25-23.
The second set started similar to the first, and after Whitewater led early, the Blugolds tied it up at eight and then took a lead they would not give up the rest of the way. Eau Claire won the set 25-18.
In the third set, while it was close early, the Warhawks steadily increased their lead throughout and built a 20-9 lead and went on to win 25-13.
The fourth set was an exciting one from the start. The teams went back and forth initially but the Blugolds began to pull away a little, taking an 11-5 lead. Whitewater chipped away at the Blugolds' lead and tied it at 19, and the teams then went back and forth again before the Blugolds finally pulled off the 32-30 victory.
Amy Bomgren (Sr.-Woodbury, Minn.) led the Blugolds with 17 kills. Lauren Sutherland (Jr.-Dayton, Minn./Meadow Creek Christian) led the team with 16 digs and Emily Neave (Sr.-Salem, Wis./Westosha Central) had a team-high 45 set assists.
Both Eau Claire and Whitewater are now 24-11 on the season. In the match between the two teams earlier this year, the Warhawks won 3-2.
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What made the Buddy series so uneven was a lack of character development. Buddy's age seemed irrelevant, he was sometimes portrayed as a young boy, others a childlike, almost Pee Wee Herman-like adult. Here, unseen by most of the world for a very long time, is one of my favorite Buddy cartoons. In "Buddy's Adventures", Buddy's ultra-happiness and love of music is used as a plot device rather than an an accepted constant. In the more run-of-the-mill entries in the series, Buddy doesn;t have to make much of an effort at anything. In this one, directed by Ben Hardaway (later a key player in the development of Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker), Buddy runs up against a whole kingdom full of people who don't like happy, musical cutesy characters like him...and I think it works pretty well.
Too bad cartoons like this were the exception rather than the rule.
Buddy's Adventures
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University makes pact to reduce its impact
By Albert Amateau
It could be the end of years of bitterness between New York University and its Village neighbors.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and New York University President John Sexton on Jan. 30 signed what they characterized as historic town-gown principles that set guidelines for the future expansion of N.Y.U. for the next 25 years and take into account neighborhood concerns about the scale of development.
The planning principles are the result of more than a year of meetings between N.Y.U., local elected officials and community associations in Stringers Community Task Force on N.Y.U. development.
Everyone came to the table with an agenda but also with an open mind, said Stringer. That allowed us to hammer out a set of principles that will serve the universitys need to expand to meet its academic needs and local residents desire for real input into development that directly affects their lives and their neighborhood, he said at the Jan. 30 ceremony in the N.Y.U. School of Law across the street from the southeast corner of Washington Square Park.
I believe that today we are turning a corner toward a new and harmonious relationship between N.Y.U. and its neighborhood, said Sexton. This is a step to correct some of the errors of the past on both sides. Trust has begun to develop.
Under the new planning principles, the university, which projects a need for 6 million more square feet of new space for the coming years to 2031, will pursue reuse of existing buildings before building new ones and will actively pursue academic and residential centers outside the Washington Square area. In addition, the principles emphasize contextual development and commit to mitigating the impact of construction on the neighborhood. The principles also call for community consultation and for N.Y.U. support of community sustainability, including preservation of local retail business and affordable housing efforts.
Elected officials who took part in the drafting of the principles include State Senators Tom Duane and Martin Connor, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilmembers Alan Gerson and Rosie Mendez, Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Brian Kavanagh and Congressmember Jerrold Nadler.
Community Boards 2 and 3 were involved in developing the principles, along with the American Institute of Architects, the Carmine St. Block Association, the Coalition to Save the East Village, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Soho Alliance and the Noho Neighborhood Association. Other endorsers of the principles are the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce and the NoHo NY and the Village Alliance business improvement districts,
We on Community Board 2 have been grappling with N.Y.U. for 25 years, and this agreement may mean were beginning a more harmonious relationship, said Brad Hoylman, C.B. 2 chairperson. He recalled the conflict seven years ago over the demolition of the Poe House on W. Third St. to make way for the Law School annex. Hoylman noted that Sexton, then the Law Schools dean, was instrumental in preserving the Poe Houses facade in the Law School annex.
Andrew Berman, executive director of G.V.S.H.P., commended Stringer for organizing the Community Task Force and creating a dialogue between the public and N.Y.U.
Change is long overdue, and while not yet providing final resolution to all the societys concerns about N.Y.U.s ongoing expansion, we recognize that this is a first step which will hopefully lead to further progress, Berman said. We also expect that N.Y.U. will be accountable to not just the letter but the spirit of these principles.
Sexton said N.Y.U. is committed to maintaining New York City as the worlds greatest city and the citys place as an idea capital of the nation and the world.
N.Y.U.s president contrasted the space that N.Y.U. has with the space available to Columbia University. The Columbia campus provides between 230 and 240 square feet of space per student, while N.Y.U. provides 95 square feet of space per student, Sexton said.
But well make it work in a harmonious relationship with the community where we work and live, he said.
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The ABQ BioPark has welcomed another member to its family.
On April 20, an 18-year-old giraffe named June gave birth to a 120-pound girl. The newborn giraffe has yet to receive a name, but, in the coming weeks, Facebook users can help name the giraffe by visiting the ABQ BioPark's Facebook page and voting on the calf's name.
The ABQ BioPark has other recently-born members, such as: Chopper, a male White rhino; Kix, a male Bactrian camel; Kiran and Kalmali, two male snow leopards; Daizy, a female Asian elephant; and Reese, a female orangutan.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese singing competition that has captivated television viewers in Taiwan is raising concerns about China's cultural influence on the island.
"I Am A Singer" features professional singers from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in a tense competition. The slickly produced show earned top ratings and even attracted veteran singers to try their luck and revive their careers.
Friday night's final episode of the Hunan Satellite TV station show featured four Taiwanese and three mainland Chinese competitors, and many Taiwanese TV stations aired part or all of the finale, won by Chinese duo Yu Quan.
Taiwan's Terry Lin and Aska Yang were runners-up. Taiwanese veterans Julia Peng and Winnie Hsin, who ranked fifth and sixth, got a chance to show their exuberant singing and become the sensations they didn't earlier in their long careers.
Taiwan-produced songs and music programs once dominated Mandarin song markets. But over the past decade, many of its top singers have left the island for the fast-growing Chinese market.
Taiwan's Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai says the island's edge in the pop-song market may be fading quickly.
Several Taiwanese cable stations aired long segments about the show in their newscasts to meet the intense interest of Taiwanese.
Taiwanese regulators say they are looking into another cable news station for airing the entire five-hour show live without the required prior approval, possibly breaking a law aimed to limit influence from the Communist neighbor.
Taiwan has its own popular talent shows, but critics say the local programs fail to stir such sensation as "I Am A Singer," which features stunning sound and light effects and movie-quality videos introducing singers' lives and struggles for success backstage.
"It is more than a singing competition, but a finely produced show with a well-crafted script and editing," Taiwan song producer Chen Kuo-hua told a TVBS program discussing the Chinese talent show.
Taiwan-produced music once dominated the Mandarin song markets in East and Southeast Asia, with its vibrant and free society cultivating its many talents. But the island has lost many of its singers to a fast-growing Chinese market boosted by free-spending productions.
Lung, the culture minister, said she was "stunned" that the Chinese talent show was able to put as many as 38 cameras to work simultaneously to capture the best details of the performance.
Taiwan may still have a leading edge in Chinese pop songs, she said, noting that even the mainland singers sang Taiwan-produced songs at the talent show.
But Taiwan must work harder to keep the edge or lose it, she warned.
"Will Taiwan retain its abundant talents in pop culture 30 years from now?" she asked.


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Each month the Lions Club choses a senior high student to be featured as the Student of the Month. Jake Trebesch was chosen as February Student of the Month.
At Sleepy Eye Public High School Jake is involved in football, basketball, FFA and is a member of the National Honor Society.
In the community Jake regularly attends church services, enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time and works on a dairy farm.
He said he is a hard working person who will work for what he wants.
"If I want something bad enough I will do whatever it takes to succeed," Jake said.
The people who have had the greatest influence in Jake's life are his parents.
"They have taught me everything that I have needed," Jake said. "They are always there to help me whenever I need them."
Following high school graduation, Jake plans to attend South Central College in Mankato to become an Ag Service Technician.


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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it has not yet received the funds recently pledged for Syrian refugees and is struggling to help rising numbers fleeing the country's nearly 2-year-old civil war.
Andrew Harper, the agency's representative to Jordan, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the $1.5 billion pledged last month at an international donor conference in Kuwait "has not come through."
He says the lack of funds is making it very difficult to provide shelter, food, clothing and blankets to thousands of Syrians who daily cross into Jordan.
Jordan says it hosts more than 368,000 of the 787,000 Syrians displaced in the region.
Speaking by telephone from Geneva, Harper says U.N. agencies in Jordan are spending $1 million a day to help the refugees.


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Michelle Williams is currently making the talk the show rounds in New York in support of Oz: The Great And Powerful. Last week at the premiere in Hollywood, they styled her hair so that it still seemed really short. Click here to see. Today they've pushed it forward so that you can see how it's grown. And it's longer than it's been in a while, right? Like, almost a bob. But...look from the other side. It's almost shaved. It's almost punk. And it looks totally amazing.
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Orlando Magic center Nik Vucevic finished fourth in the voting for the NBA's 2012-13 Most Improved Player Award, trailing only winner Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, runner-up Greivis Vasquez of the New Orleans Pelicans and Larry Sanders of the Milwaukee Bucks.
League officials announced the results Tuesday morning.
Players received five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.
George was awarded 52 first-place votes and finished with 311 points. Vasquez received 13 first-place votes and compiled 146 points. Sanders had 10 first-place votes and totaled 141 points.
Vucevic received 10 first-place votes and had 109 points. Philadelphia 76ers point guard Jrue Holiday placed fifth, with 10 first-place votes and 102 points.
In his first season with the Magic, Vucevic scored 13.1 points per game and finished second in the NBA in rebounding, averaging 11.9 boards per game.
He ranked third in double-doubles, with 46.
"I'm pretty satisfied with the season I had," Vucevic said after the Magic's season ended. "The thing that I liked that I did this year is that I've gotten better as each month of the season went on, and I've stayed consistent. I was lucky to stay healthy for the most part except for a couple of games.
"I just got to keep getting better. My goal is to be one of the best centers in the NBA. I think I can do that. I've just got to keep working hard, keep building myself. Then, next year, I've got to build on that that and do stuff to get my team more wins."
Last August, the Magic acquired Vucevic, Arron Afflalo, Maurice Harkless, Al Harrington, Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga and draft picks in the four-team, 12-player trade that revolved around Dwight Howard.
Vucevic benefited from the additional playing time that the Magic provided.
In his rookie season with the 76ers, Vucevic averaged 15.9 minutes, 5.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and he fell out of the team's playing rotation by the postseason.
With the Magic, Vucevic started 77 games -- with the only absences due to a concussion -- and averaged 33.2 minutes per game.
George is considered one of the sport's rising stars.
His importance to the Pacers increased because of Danny Granger's knee injury, and George, a 6-foot-8 wing, was named an All-Star for the first time in his career.
George already was regarded as one of the league's best perimeter defenders, and in 2012-13, he also improved his statistics across the board, averaging 17.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Afflalo received one second-place vote. Magic forward Tobias Harris received one third-place vote.
Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic and the NBA for the Orlando Sentinel. In the interest of full disclosure, he did not vote for the NBA Most Improved Player Award. You can reach him via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com and connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/JoshuaBRobbins. Follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.


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Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie
Contributions to Algebra and Geometry
Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 191-208 (2004)
On a conjecture about the Gauss map of complete spacelike surfaces with constant mean curvature in the Lorentz-Minkowski space
Rosa M. B. Chaves and Claudia Cueva C\^ andidoDepartamento de Matemática, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de S\ ao Paulo, Caixa Postal 66281, CEP 05315--970, SP Brazil, e-mail: email@example.com e-mail: email@example.com
Abstract: The Gauss map of complete helicoidal (consequently rotational) surfaces with non-zero constant mean curvature in the Euclidean 3-space contains a maximal circle of the sphere. Observing the Gauss map image for complete spacelike surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space ${\mathbb L}^3$, we propose the following conjecture: ``Given a complete spacelike surface in ${\mathbb L}^3$, with non-zero constant mean curvature, its Gauss map image contains an arbitrary maximal geodesic of the hyperboloid contained in ${\mathbb L}^3$''. We answer the conjecture for the special class of spacelike rotational surfaces in ${\mathbb L}^3$ and obtain that, in this case, the conjecture is also true, as in the Euclidean space ${\mathbb R}^3$.
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There was no immediate word from the team about when the surgery would take place or how long Percy Harvin might be out.
RENTON, Wash. — Percy Harvin will have hip surgery on Thursday, sidelining the dynamic wide receiver for the start of his first season with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Gator alum made the announcement on his Twitter account on Tuesday night, hours after getting a second opinion on the injury in New York. The Seahawks then said the operation was scheduled for Thursday, but no timetable for recovery was provided.
Harvin was seeking more information about the hip soreness in the area of his labrum that popped up just before the Seahawks opened training camp. Harvin noted the discomfort when he reported for camp last Wednesday.
"When everything is goin good sometimes life throw u a curve ball... sorry to half to report that my injury will require surgery," Harvin wrote on his Twitter page. "Nobody was more anxious and excited about season then....but I will be back strong as ever."
Seattle coach Pete Carroll has not indicated which hip is bothering Harvin. He said earlier in the day that the team was still gathering information about Harvin's second opinion.
Harvin started training camp on the physically unable to perform list and likely will remain there until the team has a better idea of his recovery time. If Harvin starts the season on the PUP list he must miss the first six weeks and would have to return to practice by the end of Week 11 to avoid missing the entire season.
The loss of Harvin is significant, but not a huge setback for a team that relies on the legs of Marshawn Lynch and timely passing by Russell Wilson to drive its offense. Seattle invested significantly in Harvin, giving up draft picks to acquire him from Minnesota and signing him to a six-year deal reportedly worth up to $67 million.
But Seattle's offense averaged 32.9 points over the final nine games of last season without Harvin.
If the Seahawks need a timeline of how the recovery might go, they only need to look at fellow Seattle receiver Sidney Rice, who underwent hip surgery in August 2010, and then returned to action in Week 11 after missing the first 2� months of the season.
While Harvin was in New York on Tuesday, Rice was in Europe undergoing a procedure to help his knee, Carroll said. The procedure is non-surgical and Rice was expected to return to practice once he arrived back in Seattle.
Carroll seemed so unconcerned about Rice's procedure he jokingly asked reporters to guess where Rice was. Rice had been limited in practice the last few days before heading to Switzerland for the procedure. While Carroll didn't get into specifics, he said it's focused on addressing a muscle around Rice's knee and this was the only time available to have the procedure done.
"He was practicing fine when he was out here but this was a procedure that they've been waiting to do," Carroll said. "When he comes back here he'll go right back on the field. He didn't get hurt. We're just trying to help him along and we think we have something going here that might really help him."
Seattle also was without defensive end Cliff Avril, offensive tackle Michael Bowie and cornerback Ron Parker. All three players are dealing with hamstring issues that will keep them sidelined a few days.


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We are microphonic, a brand new and exciting record label who are about to unleash into the realms of business. We are a very young company about to dip our toes into the big wide world of capitalism and skism so take it easy on us...
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Winter is a prime time to catch big bass at Lake Okeechobee as the fish move into shallow spawning areas.
This past weekend was a case in point.
Benny Townend of Boynton Beach caught a five-fish limit weighing 27 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday, including a bass weighing 10-2, to win a Walmart Bass Fishing League Gator Division tournament out of Clewiston.
Townend, who earned $6,000, said he caught the lunker pitching a half-ounce green-pumpkin Gambler Why Not in pockets in the wiregrass at the south end of the lake. He used swimbaits to catch fish between the pockets.


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Lazio, Genoa, Lecce face match-fixing trial
Lazio, Genoa, Lecce face match-fixing trial
Jul. 10, 2013
ROME (AP) — Lazio, Genoa, Lecce and eight players, including Lazio captain Stefan Mauri, will face charges related to match-fixing, the Italian football federation said on Wednesday.
The federation said the charges include rigging games and failing to report match-fixing for two Serie A games — Lazio vs. Genoa and Lecce vs. Lazio in May 2011.
The trial has been fixed for July 24.
Mauri faces a charge of sporting fraud, as do Mario Cassano, Carlo Gervasoni, Omar Milanetto, Alessandro Zamperini, Massimiliano Benassi, Antonio Rosati and Stefano Ferrario.
Mauri and Zamperini have also been cited for violating two articles of the Code of Sports Justice. That is concerned with the principles of loyalty, fairness and integrity, and a ban on betting.
If the charges are proved, the players face bans while the clubs could be deducted points. Reports say prosecutor Stefano Palazzi could ask for a five-year suspension for Mauri, who is facing the most serious charges.
Last week, Serie B club Bari plea-bargained for a one-point penalty for match-fixing.
Bari was also fined 25,000 euros ($32,000) under the deal made with the Italian federation's disciplinary committee for arranging two matches, while several former players also reached plea bargains.
At least 50 people have been arrested in Italy for match-fixing since mid-2011, with matches under investigation by prosecutors in Cremona, Bari and Napoli.
This marks the third consecutive offseason that point penalties have been handed out by the federation. Four Serie A clubs were penalized last season.


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Installing Slackware 10.0
We will start with links.
I advise you download from linuxiso.org
Get both isos.
(you can get the sources if you wish)
Next use your favorite burning program to burn the iso images. Make sure you burn the images.
Put the iso-1 in your cd drive. reboot.
Oh darn it doesnt boot.
Well there are several reasons this could have happened, the two most obvious are:
1. you didn't burn the image correctly.
2. Your bios settings aren't correct, ie you are booting from the harddrive first.
However, other things could be the problem. You may need three beautiful little floppies called:
boot disc, root disc 1, and amazingly enough root disc 2.
for the boot disc => ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...0.0/bootdisks/
(i use bare.i)
for the root discs => ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...0.0/rootdisks/
get install 1 and install 2.
you will probably need a program called rawrite to do this stuff.
heres a nice little tut (ha) on rawrite => http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/
(for windows i recommend rawwritewin its a gui and a bit more user friendly than the dos version, you can grab it here => http://mirror.israel.net/pub/suse/i3...s/rawwritewin/ )
Now if you choose the non-gui dos version that is available at ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/
simply execute the .exe file, make sure your floppies are formatted! (Target drive should be your floppy drive, then tell it what file you want it to write to )
Basically thats it, this tut, although short, sweet, and simple, will save alot of people some time when attempting to install slackware 10. Or basically any slack distro.
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The 39th Festival of Trees and Traditions at the Wadsworth Atheneum runs from Nov. 30 through Dec. 9. All of the 120 donations (mostly Christmas trees) will be on sale starting at the Nov. 29 preview at the museum. The decorated trees will range from $20 to more than $1000. Sales benefit the museum.
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Is Charles Tillman changing the cornerback position?
That has been the talk this season, even though Tillman has been forcing fumbles with his uncanny ball punch since he entered the league in 2003.
In 148 games over his 9 1/2 seasons, Tillman has 36 forced fumbles, the most by a defensive back since the start of the '03 season. Since the start of 2007, he has 28 in 85 games. This season, Tillman and his manic ball punch have forced seven fumbles in eight games.
So, something's changing, and talk of Tillman's sending the position in another direction blew up after he forced an incredible four fumbles against the Titans on Sunday.
I'm skeptical that Tillman is changing the game, but I can see how he might, and here's why:
If the NFL continues its apparent attempts to legislate tackling out of the game, then Tillman's strategy will become the most important way to play the position.
The league's safety bent has reduced the intimidation of big hits. I don't think the league wanted to eliminate big hits, but it has to act like it cares about humans in the face of potential billion-dollar trebeled damages for ignoring and/or hiding the dangers of hitting.
The NFL has gone to embarrassing extremes in making up rules that aren't football and fining players who dare to play the game the way it was designed. Bears safety Chris Conte can give you a $21,000 explanation on the NFL's Idiocracy.
Which means receivers can play braver than ever. Pass-catchers who wouldn't have the, um, backbone to go over the middle several years ago suddenly have the courage of a league edict to protect the offensive skill players. May the flag be with you.
So now, a defense is working against the opposing offense and NFL wonks, also known as the defendants. What do you do?
A dominant pass rush is the best answer. If the quarterback is in traction or concussed, he can't find open targets. It's easier to mount a big pass rush these days because almost every offensive line is a mess at one or more spots. See the Bears for details.
But short of a hellacious defensive line, the main part of pass defense seems to be limiting yards after the catch. Teams have long searched for cover corners, but you can't find more than a handful. Everybody else has to find some way to make a difference -- some way to keep a job -- and the ball punch looks like a tool for the masses.
It doesn't require being exceptionally fast or quick. Same goes for a great vertical. Even corners who play off a receiver are close enough to make the tackle, and if you are close enough to make the tackle, you are close enough to take a shot at punching the ball loose.
So, it's easy to see how the ball punch might change the way other defensive backs approach the position.
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Drayton indicated to MLB.com that Roy Oswalt's offer to restructure his contract in order to make room for a top-line starting pitcher "is a generous thought, but not something that will immediately lead to big spending."
Then Run-DMc goes on to say this:
"With the uncertainty of the economic situation in our country today, we don't know where our revenues will be," McLane said. "Every team is going through the same thing, except the Yankees and Red Sox."
Now this is an interesting statement. Because this is a national economic crisis. And trust me, the greater metropolitan areas of Boston and New York are not shielded from it. In fact, they're probably hit harder than Houston. How is it that Red Sox and Yankees fans have to pay more for coffee, Big Macs, rent, heating oil yet still sell out Fenway and Yankee Stadium?
Every team depends on the same two things: Fans and sponsors. Those fans aren't different than Astros fans, and I personally resent the implication - especially from our owner - that the Yankees and Red Sox play in a different league than the other 28 teams. So it has to be ownership, right?
Forbes listed the Astros worth in April 2008 at $463 million. Just so you know. Keep in mind the Yankees and Red Sox (and Angels, to a lesser extent) had to pay $31 million in a luxury taxes. And where does that money go? To the other teams. So we can thank Hank and Hal and John Henry and Arte for helping us sign those Rule 5 draft picks.
Bottom line is: if you don't give the fans anything to want to pay to see, they're not going to pay to see it. Remember how four months of Roger Clemens "paid for itself?" How does a full season of a Major League product not pay for itself?
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My sentiments exactly. I have friends that live in New York and they are losing jobs like crazy out there, or definitely more so than what seems here in Houston. Granted I know their revenues are not just locally related, but Im sure the bulk to 50% are.
I understand the economy is effecting everyone, but it provides a wonderful scapegoat for the owners to be cheap this year. Letting Wiggington walk is absurd to me, unless his salary is replaced by a middle of the road starter (since a number 2 is obviously dreaming at this point).
- December 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Middle of the road SP is what I meant
- December 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
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Thanks for the notes - welcome to Astros County.
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DELHI, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of a New York animal hospice praised by Oprah Winfrey has been barred from having animals for six months under conditions set by a judge considering dismissing 22 cruelty charges against her.
Susan Marino closed her Angel's Gate shelter in Delhi and placed remaining dogs and cats in homes or shelters after the state attorney general sued her in September for failing to file financial reports. Marino said Thursday her bookkeeper is completing those reports.
Marino appeared in Kortright town court Wednesday on cruelty charges stemming from an investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA says Marino gave animals inadequate care.
Marino says the judge also told her to get a job or go back to college.
Marino and Angel's Gate were featured on Winfrey's Chicago-based syndicated television show in 2008.


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After months of speculation about Jessica Simpson's $4 million contract with Weight Watchers, the singer and Fashion Star mentor has officially confirmed that she will be a spokesperson for the weight-loss program.
"So excited to be part of the Weight Watchers family," Simpson tweeted Wednesday.
Jessica Simpson gives birth to baby girlShe went into further detail about the program on Facebook. "The cool thing about the program is that it focuses on healthy habits for the long-term (and I can still indulge in my guilty pleasures every now and then, too). I have actually gotten a group of friends together who are going to be doing it with me."The 31-year-old new mom hopes to lose her baby weight within a year, and plans to get back to the gym as soon as she heals from her C-section, according to Us Weekly.
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Fireworks and other fun Fourth celebrations are planned around the Sauk Valley next week. Among them:
The Fireworks Festival will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday at Amboy Depot Museum, 99 E. Main St.
Local business owners will sell food; and musicians will perform live. Fireworks will start at dusk. Admission is free.
Call Deanne Hoy at 815-857-3814 for more information.
The Byron Dragway, 7287 N. River Road, will have fireworks Thursday. Gates open at 5 p.m. Drivers can show off their vehicles in a free car show. Spectator drag racing will be from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Children's activities will be provided. Concessions will be sold. Fireworks will start at dusk. Admission is free.
Call 815-234-2762 for more information.
Davis Junction
Fireworks will start at dusk July 6 at Davis Junction Community Park at Moody and Lincoln streets, followed by Movies in the Park. "The Sandlot" will be shown. Admission is free.
Call 815-645-8000 for more information.
The Petunia Festival fireworks will be at 9:30 p.m. July 7 on the south side of the Rock River near the 900 block of West First Street.
Spectator seating will be allowed on both sides of the river, and on the Peoria Street Bridge, which is new this year. Synchronized music will play on River Country 101.7 FM.
Go to www.petuniafestival.org or call 815-284-3361 for more information.
Franklin Grove
Re-enactors will portray the delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence at 9 a.m. Thursday at Chaplin Creek Village, 1715 Whitney Road.
The document will be read, and a choir will perform.
Go to www.chaplincreek.com or call Max Baumgardner at 815-632-7843 for more information.
Fireworks will start after the 7 p.m. Clinton LumberKings game Thursday.
Mount Carroll
The city will celebrate with food, live music, a parade, and fireworks Thursday.
There will be music and a food stand from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fire station on Clay Street. The parade will be at 6 p.m., starting at the old school on Main Street and ending at West Carroll Middle School, 633 S. East St. Afterward, firefighters will serve brats and pop at the middle school athletic field. Fireworks start at dusk on the field. Admission is free.
Go to www.mtcarrollil.org or call 815-244-4424 or 800-244-9594 for more information.
Mount Morris
The annual Let Freedom Ring Festival will be held Wednesday through Saturday at the Historic Downtown Square.
Wednesday features the Little Miss and Mr. Pageant at 6 p.m.; the Let Freedom Ring queen coronation and ice cream social at 7 p.m.; and the Kable Band and community choir concert at 8 p.m.
Thursday, it's the Firefighters Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the firehouse, 15 E. Center St.; the Lois Nelson Walk at 8 a.m. at Dillehay Park; a patriotic program at noon at the band shell; the 50th ringing of the original Freedom Bell and the official Illinois State Freedom Bell, and the Feed the Needy motorcycle parade at 1 p.m.; grand parade at 2 p.m., followed by a food court, craft fair, and entertainment until 7:30 p.m.; Kable Band concert at 8 p.m. behind David L. Rahn Junior High School, 105 W. Brayton Road; and the Fireworks Extravaganza at dusk at the school.
Friday will feature a craft fair, food court and live music all day. The John Bednarczyk Kiddie Parade will be at 5:30 p.m., followed by kiddie water fights, and live music. Entertainment starts at 8 p.m. in the beer garden.
Next Saturday will feature family activities from noon to 5 p.m. They include pony rides for children, a bags tournament, antique truck show, craft fair, food court, and live music. The Jonas Levi Fultz Memorial Car Cruise and Show will begin at 4:30 p.m. Drivers will run the parade route at 6:15 p.m. Dan Lornitis, hypnotist, performs at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment at the beer garden begins at 8 p.m. The Mounder Party will be at 9 p.m., with the final raffle drawing at 11 p.m. at Mount Morris Moose Lodge, 101 Moose Drive.
Go to www.letfreedomringfestival.com or call 815-734-6425 for more information.
"Some Kind of Wonderful," a free concert featuring singer Tony Barton and his nine-piece band, Chi-City 9, will be held Wednesday in Eclipse Memorial Park.
P-town band Reflex Blues opens the show at 6 p.m. Barton swings and sings Bublé, Sinatra, Elvis, and Cash, with a dash of Rockabilly thrown in to boot from 8 to 10:30 p.m. It's BYOB and lawn chairs.
Go to tonybarton.biz to learn more about the showman.
Thursday's fireworks at Prophetstown State Park have been canceled because of flooding.
Go to www.prophetstown.us or call 815-537-5139 for more information.
The Rochelle Municipal Band performs until dusk, then fireworks begin at 9 p.m. Thursday at Atwood Park on 20th Street.
Go to www.rochelletourism.com or call 815-562-7031 for more information.
A celebration starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a parade on Main Street.
The party continues at West Carroll High School, 500 Cragmoor St., with food, fire truck rides, a bounce house, and face painting. Fireworks begin at dusk.
Go to www.savannail.com or call 815-273-2722 for more information.
The Sterling-Rock Falls Jaycees fireworks start at dusk Thursday at Westwood Sports and Fitness Center, 1900 Westwood Drive. Entry charge is $5 per carload.
Call 815-718-5089 for more information.
Amazing Grace's annual Fourth of July Celebration will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday at the church at 512 Second Ave.
Free activities include water slides, a rock wall, Eurobungy, and cannon blasters. The fire and sheriff's departments, hospital, and National Guard will display equipment. Hot dogs, chips, burgers, brats, snow cones, cotton candy, nachos, lemon shake-ups, pop, and water will be sold. Proceeds will benefit U.S. troops. Children younger than 10 must be accompanied by an adult.
Go to www.revivalfires.net or call 815-625-9300 for more information.
Walnut's Hometown Celebration runs Thursday through Sunday next week.
The parade begins at 2 p.m. Saturday. Fireworks will be held at dusk Sunday near Bureau Valley North School, 323 S. Main St.
There also will be a beer garden; food vendors; live music; kids games; bags, softball, volleyball, and tug-of-war tournaments; bingo for seniors; a silent auction for Walnut Library; Rotary Club pancake breakfasts; craft booths; wood carvings; a vehicle show; duck races; a dunk tank; an antique tractor and farm machinery show; Cub Scouts Soap Box Derby; bed races; a greased pig chase; Tot-Rod Pedal Pull; and coin scramble.
Find Village of Walnut on Facebook or call 815-379-2141 for more information.


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Prince Albert, b. Monaco 14 March 1958, is the only son of Prince Rainier III (1923-2005) and Grace Kelly (1929-1982). Charlène Lynette Wittstock, who has competed for South Africa as a swimmer and is a former youth worker, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on 25 January 1978. She moved with her family (parents are Lynette and Mike Wittstock) to South Africa when she was 11 years old. I am sure that more details of the ancestry of Ms. Wittstock will be available before the wedding takes place.
The Sovereign Prince of Monaco has two children from earlier relationships - Alexandre Coste (b. 24 August 2003) and Jazmin Grimaldi (b. 4 March 1992).
Prince Albert brought Charlene Wittstock along for the royal wedding in Stockholm last weekend, something many interpreted as a sign that a formalization of their relationship was imminent.
Sources and references
- Press release from the Princely Court of Monaco 23 June 2010
- YourMonaco.com (date unknown; the subpage which partly gave information for the blog article has expired, hence the link has been made unactive)
- New York Times 5 May 2005
- A 'Princess Diaries' Moment for Prince Albert's daughter (The Washington Post 5 June 2006)
- Bye to bachelorhood, Monaco's Prince Albert says (Associated Press 23 June 2010)


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Zac Efron: Hublot's New Brand Ambassador Celebration
Zac Efron poses for a pic with Hublot's new brand ambassador Kobe Bryant at the celebration for the basketball player on Wednesday (March 20) in Los Angeles.
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'Part of the Feast': The life and legacy of Val Plumwood
Gregg Borschmann, Grahame Webb, George Main, Lorraine Shannon, Deborah Bird Rose, Kate Rigby and Kirsten Wehner
7 May 2013
In 1985 the Australian environmental philosopher Val Plumwood was almost killed by a saltwater crocodile as she canoed in Kakadu National Park. This forum talks about Plumwood's work and how it helps us understand our place in the world.
Conversation with Peter Cundall
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Eternity series, 3 April 2009
Horticulturalist and television personality Peter Cundall shares his unexpected life story, his passion for gardening and his thoughts on life, love and the environment with curator Stephen Munro.
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13 December 2008
Historian Michael McKernan celebrates the life and work of much admired political cartoonist and Canberra identity Geoff Pryor, who retired after three decades with The Canberra Times.
Ninety years ago on a French hillside: a story of Mont St Quentin
Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
Historical Interpretation series, 31 August 2008
The story of one Australian platoon involved in the 1918 battle of Mont St Quentin, as told by historian Peter Stanley, who follows the 12 men throughout their lives.
George Reid: a journey through three parliaments
Dr Martha Sear, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Australian Journeys series, 13 August 2008
Curator Martha Sear discusses objects in the National Historical Collection that once belonged to Sir George Reid, a key figure in Australia's Federation-era political history. Reid's story features in the Australian Journeys gallery.
biography, collection, exhibition, journeys, migration, politics
Moving stories: women's lives, British women and the postwar Australian dream
Professor Alistair Thomson, Monash University
Historical Interpretation series, 9 July 2008
Oral historian Alistair Thomson explores the experience of migration to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, through the eyes and life stories of four British women, during his time as a Director's Fellow at the National Museum of Australia.
History meets poetry
Dr Margo Neale, Professor Peter Read and Sam Wagan Watson
Historical Imagination series, 4 November 2007
Poet and writer Sam Wagan Watson, historian and Indigenous biographer Peter Read and National Museum curator Margo Neale discuss Indigenous issues and the intersection between historical research and imagination.
The last man: the making of Andrew Fisher and the Australian Labor Party
Professor David Day
Historical Interpretation series, 25 October 2007
Historian and National Museum Director's Fellow David Day argues that Australian prime minister Andrew Fisher should be remembered for social reforms and infrastructure projects, not just committing 'the last man and last shilling' to the First World War.
Conversation with Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and Sophie Jensen, National Museum of Australia
Eternity series, 14 October 2007
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton recounts events since her daughter Azaria was taken from a tent in Australia's Northern Territory in 1980. She speaks about the National Museum's Chamberlain collection and the public's fascination with the case.


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My husband, now a self-proclaimed atheist, argues that the prophecies of a virgin birth, crucifixion, rising from the dead, all previous to our Catholic faith, occured in Egypt and many other times in history, negating my deeply held faith. I really don't know enough "history" to answer him.
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Some atheists and modernists (progressive believers) cite ancient writings to argue against the truths of the Faith. One favorite is to cite ancient flood narratives to argue against the flood in the time of Noah. Some of these ancient narratives would actually argue in favor of actual history, its just that they get it only partially right. For instance, ancient flood stories would suggest that some massive flood actually occured, though these other stories do not record the reason or details such as the rescue of Noah. With regard to other matters, they seize upon anything that resembles actual biblical history to argue against the truth. Nonsense! This sort of approach is common on history type channels. Biblical history is actual history, which has the great advantage of being written under the inspiration of God Himself. Keep prayer up for the conversion of your husband. Do not worry about answering all his objections; just tell him you are praying that God will give him faith and answers God bless Father Echert
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As 2012 mercifully ends and 2013 begins, forex trading opportunities already are being shaped by a shift in the global political economy. Forex traders who take a top-down macro-economic perspective will be able to identify these significant opportunities. First, China looks like its retreat from growth is stabilizing. This will impact global growth expectations. The Eurozone sovereign debt crisis appears manageable, certainly with a degree of continuing anxiety but without a breakup of the Eurozone. The U.S. era of expanding debt and central bank easing policies appears to be on hold and may be in retreat. Let's explore some of the opportunities these forces are set to unleash in 2013.
AUD/USD — The Australian/U.S. dollar emerges as a currency pair that will be worth trading. During 2012 the Reserve Bank of Australia cut rates by 150 basis points, yet importantly held off on cutting rates on Nov. 5, leaving the rate at 3.25%. This non-rate action has released bullish expectations for global growth. As a leading commodity producer, the Australian economy is very sensitive to global growth. If the RBA doesn't cut rates in February 2013, it may be an omen that the global era of rate cuts is over. If China stabilizes, traders can target the AUD/USD pair with a trajectory of retesting the highs of 1.10 (see "Aussie highs").