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Theatre Conference turns 21 and honors its own
Gail Renardson receives Jerry Harper Service Award at gala
Now into its third decade, the Last Frontier Theatre Conference continues to grow and thrive under the guidance of the event's host, Prince William Sound Community College. The fact that each year veteran attendees call each conference 'the best ever,' is quite a testament to the efforts that go into continually improving the event. This year's perfect weather certainly contributed to the general mood of the conference. It may have even given some newcomers a kind of warped perspective on Alaska's climate.
Speaking with conference coordinator Dawson Moore, head of the Prince William Sound Community College drama dept., it becomes clear that the play lab remains the flagship of the week's many activities. Conceived and championed in the early years by Michael Warren Powell, the lab has become a pipeline of new work to theatre companies throughout Alaska.
This year also saw the first national publication of a work from the conference; "Monologues from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference."
As Moore said, "Art is a journey that never ends and we will continue to work on improving the quality of our educational programming and promoting the work of our family of writers."
This year, the Saturday Night Gala was particularly special to many of the perennial visitors. PWSCCs own Dr. Gail Renardson was presented with the Jerry Harper Service Award. Renardson has been a tireless supporter of the conference since the very beginning. Working in many capacities throughout the formative times of the event, she also led the play selection process for many years, all while working as a full-time college professor.
Ascending the dais to a rousing standing ovation, Renardson had kind words and remembrances of the founders and builders of the event. Praising the vision of founders Dr. Jo Ann C. McDowell and playwright Edward Albee, she also remembered fondly the great Jerry Harper for whom the award is dedicated. Harper set a very high bar for those that follow in his footsteps in our theatre community. Lastly, she recognized former PWSCC President Doug Desorcie, who was in the audience, for his part in continuing the work of the conference with Moore after the departure of McDowell and Albee.
In closing, Renardson paid tribute to Moore for his tireless efforts and boundless enthusiasm and said, "I am so happy to be in this room with so many others who share my passion for the theatre."
She then descended the stage during another rousing ovation and is, we understand, off to take in yet another theatre conference this very next week.
The general mood in wrapping another successful conference and a wonderful gala evening was that everyone can't wait to return next year.
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Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of a raised coral island located in southeastern Micronesia, 25 miles (40 km) south of the Equator.
The island is about 800 miles (1,300 km) northeast of the Solomon Islands; its closest neighbour is the island of Banaba, in Kiribati, some 200 miles (300 km) to the east. Nauru has no official capital, but government offices are located in the district of Yaren.
Most of Nauru rises somewhat abruptly from the ocean, and there are no harbours or protected anchorages. A fairly fertile but relatively narrow belt encircles the island and surrounds the shallow inland Buada Lagoon. Farther inland, coral cliffs rise to a plateau 100 feet (30 metres) above sea level, with the highest point at about 213 feet (65 metres). The plateau is largely composed of rock phosphate, leached from guano, or bird droppings. The mineral deposit covers more than two-thirds of the island, and its extraction has left irregular, pinnacle-shaped outcrops of limestone that give the landscape a forbidding, otherworldly appearance.
Nauru's climate is tropical, with daytime temperatures in the low 80s F (about 28 °C), tempered by ocean breezes. Rainfall, averaging about 80 inches (2,000 mm) annually, is extremely variable, and prolonged droughts occur. The only locally available water is collected from roof catchment systems, and water is imported as ballast on ships returning to Nauru for loads of phosphate. There are no rivers or streams.
Soils are generally poor and highly porous, and the irregular rainfall limits cultivation to the coastal belt and the lagoon's fringe. Phosphate mining has ravaged the interior of the island, leaving about four-fifths of it uninhabitable and uncultivable. Subsistence crops, consisting mainly of coconut palms, pandanus, bananas, pineapple, and some vegetables, are not adequate to support the population; the land does yield a great variety of plants and trees, however. Nauru is a favourite stopover point for migratory birds, and chickens have been introduced. There was an absence of mammals until rats, mice, cats, dogs, and pigs were also imported.
Most of the island's residents are indigenous Nauruans. There are small numbers of I-Kiribati (Gilbertese), Australians, New Zealanders, Chinese, and Tuvaluans; many members of the latter two groups were recruited as workers by the phosphate industry. Nauruan is the national language. No adequate written grammar of the language has been compiled, and its relationships to other Micronesian languages are not well understood. English is widely spoken. Nauru is considered one of the most Westernized countries in the South Pacific.
Missionization came later to Nauru than to many other Pacific islands. The first Protestant evangelist arrived in 1899 and was followed three years later by the first Roman Catholic missionary. Today more than four-fifths of Nauruans are Christians; more than half the total population is Protestant (mostly members of the Nauru Congregational Church), and one-third is Roman Catholic.
The settlement pattern on the island is dispersed. People are scattered along the coastal zone, and there is one small village, Buada, inland near the lagoon.
Agriculture (with the exception of coffee and copra plantations along the coastal and lagoon perimeters), fishing, manufacturing, and tourism are of minor value to the overall economy. However, Nauru has an exclusive economic zone extending 200 miles (320 km) offshore. The sale of commercial fishing licenses began to bring in a steady revenue during the 1990s.
Phosphate has been mined on Nauru since 1907. For decades it was Nauru's main resource and sole export, dominating the island's economy, and its quality was the highest in the world. The phosphate industry and government services together provided almost all of the island's salaried employment. For much of the 20th century the phosphate industry was owned and operated by a corporation jointly managed by the British, Australian, and New Zealand governments. The government of independent Nauru gained control of phosphate operations in 1970, and in the 1980s Nauru was for a time one of the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of gross domestic product per capita. Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice. By the late 20th century, however, the phosphate deposits were quickly becoming exhausted, and Nauru experienced a severe drop-off in earnings, leading to the country's near bankruptcy by the early years of the 21st century. Nauru struggled to develop other resources and find alternative sources of income. However, the country experienced some economic respite late in the first decade of the 2000s when repairs and improvements to mining-related infrastructure expedited the extraction and export of the remaining primary phosphate deposits and allowed the more difficult extraction of secondary phosphate deposits.
In the early 21st century Nauru agreed to temporarily house hundreds of Australia-bound asylum seekers while they awaited the processing of their applications. In exchange, the Australian government provided millions of dollars in aid to Nauru.
Virtually all food, water, and manufactured goods are imported. Australia supplies nine-tenths of Nauru's imports; far smaller amounts come from New Zealand, Fiji, and Japan. Nigeria receives almost half of Nauru's exports, and South Korea and Australia combined take another one-third. With the exception of those levied on alcohol and tobacco, there are no import duties. There is no income tax.
Nauru has its own banking system; the Bank of Nauru is wholly owned and operated by the government. The financial sector grew in importance after the 1980s as the island became known as an offshore banking centre and tax haven. Beginning in 1999, amid allegations that it was a money-laundering conduit for organized crime and terrorist organizations, the financial sector underwent a series of reforms to increase its transparency. As one consequence of its colonial history, Nauru is within the Australian monetary system, and Australian currency is the country's legal tender.
Transportation on the island is good. A paved road system links all villages. Surface transportation to other destinations is difficult. Because there are no wharves or natural harbours, passengers and cargo are shuttled by barge between oceangoing vessels and a small artificial anchorage. Most regional and international travel is by air. Nauru's sole airport is located in Yaren district. In 1970 the country launched its national airline, control of which was transferred in 1996 to a government-owned corporation.
Government and society
Nauru's constitution, implemented with independence in 1968, calls for broadly phrased fundamental rights and freedoms for individuals and a government that combines parliamentary and presidential systems. The parliament, whose members are elected by Nauruan citizens age 20 and older, has a tenure of three years unless dissolved by a vote of no confidence. It elects the president, who is both head of state and head of government. The president appoints a cabinet from the parliament. In 1999 Nauru became a full member of both the Commonwealth and the United Nations.
The tripartite judicial system comprises a Supreme Court, a District Court, and a Family Court. The Supreme Court, presided over by a chief justice, has both original and appellate jurisdiction. At Nauru's request, final appeals may be taken to the High Court of Australia.
Basic services in education and health are provided free to all citizens, though services have been reduced as a result of the country's changing economic fortunes. There is no government social security system. Education is compulsory between ages 6 and 16. The government provides several kindergartens and elementary and secondary schools. The Roman Catholic mission has its own school system at the same three levels. Traditionally, students have gone abroad, mainly to Australia, for higher education.
The origin of the first inhabitants of Nauru and when they reached the island remain unknown. A long period of relative isolation is believed to account for the distinctiveness of the indigenous language. By the time of the arrival of Europeans in the early 18th century, Nauruan society consisted of 12 matrilineal kinship groups, each having a chief.
An English sailing vessel sighted the island in 1798, but extensive contact with Europeans did not begin until the 1830s, when the whaling industry penetrated eastern Micronesia, and Nauru became a port of call for vessels in search of food and water supplies. Shortly thereafter a small number of European beachcombers settled on the island, bringing with them alcohol, firearms, and foreign diseases. Intraisland warfare among competing districts escalated, becoming particularly intense in the 1880s. Encouraged by a few German traders concerned about their own interests on the island, Germany incorporated Nauru into its Marshall Islands protectorate in late 1888. The German administration and the arrival of the missionaries shortly thereafter brought an end to armed hostilities. In 1906 the Pacific Phosphate Company, a British concern, negotiated an agreement with the German administration to begin the mining of Nauru's phosphate deposits, and the operation began the following year.
With the onset of World War I, a small Australian force occupied Nauru and removed most German nationals. In 1920 Nauru became a mandated territory within the framework of the League of Nations. Australia, Britain, and New Zealand were named as the responsible authorities, but in actual practice the administration remained in Australian hands. The phosphate industry was taken over by the newly formed British Phosphate Commission, a joint Australian, British, and New Zealand enterprise.
World War II brought another occupier when Japanese forces arrived in August 1942. In the following year, 1,200 Nauruans were taken to Truk (now Chuuk) to serve as forced labourers on Japanese military installations there. A Japanese airstrip on Nauru became the target of American bombers, and the island suffered air attacks for the next two years. In September 1945, Australian troops again took possession of Nauru. On January 31, 1946, with their numbers depleted by almost 500, 737 Nauruans were returned home.
In November 1947, Nauru became a United Nations trust territory, an arrangement paralleling the former League of Nations mandate. The same three metropolitan powers were the responsible authorities, but Australia continued to provide the actual administration.
A series of developments in the 1950s and particularly in the early 1960s led to self-government and eventually political independence and ownership of the phosphate industry. In October 1967 an agreement granting Nauruan independence was concluded. January 31, 1968, the 22nd anniversary of the return of Nauruans from Truk, was chosen as Independence Day for the Republic of Nauru.
Political parties are of lesser importance than personalities in Nauruan politics. Hammer DeRoburt dominated the political scene for the first two decades of the republic; he served as president for most of the postindependence period until being voted out of office in 1989. Thereafter, national politics was marked by a series of weak, short-lived governments; the presidency tended to be traded among a small number of politicians.
As the phosphate market faltered and costs increased, national accounts began to dwindle. It was projected that Nauru's primary deposits would be exhausted by the early years of the 21st century, and Nauru began to make preparations for the post-phosphate-mining era. A major portion of the earnings from phosphate mining was invested abroad. The future economic well-being of Nauruans depended in part on the success of the investment program, but it lost much of its value to risky investments and fraud, leaving the country hovering on the edge of bankruptcy. The discovery of secondary phosphate deposits as well as improvements to mining-related processes and infrastructure late in the first decade of the 21st century ameliorated the situation somewhat. Nonetheless, austerity measures were instituted, including cuts in public services. In early 2003 the country was cut off from the rest of the world for nearly two months when its telecommunications network collapsed.
In late 2001 Nauru agreed to accept up to 1,200 asylum seekers, mostly Afghani or Iraqi, who had been intercepted in the Indian Ocean by the Australian navy. Australia paid some $10 million (Australian) in exchange for Nauru's holding the migrants while their asylum applications were being processed. Detention for periods of up to several years, along with reportedly poor conditions at the camp, raised international concern over human rights violations on the part of Australia. In December 2002 the agreement was extended to cover another 1,500 people for an additional $14 million. Over the following years the number of refugees slowly dwindled as their applications were processed. The last refugees left the island in February 2008.Robert C. Kiste Sophie Foster
The continuing influx of refugees to Australia by boat remained a political issue in that country, however, and in 2012 Australia reestablished a detention centre on Nauru. Within months, processing delays and possible human rights violations once again became matters of international concern.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Pacific IslandsNauru and Banaba (in Kiribati) are raised coral islands that stand at elevations of about 210 and 285 feet (65 and 90 metres), respectively. They have deeper soil and a more adequate water supply than atoll islets, as well as surface deposits of phosphate rock…
Micronesian cultureNauru was the first Micronesian country to become a sovereign nation, gaining independence in 1968. Rich phosphate deposits there had begun to be mined in the early 1900s, stimulating the local economy but also making residents dependent on imports, such as food, manufactured goods, fuel,…
flag of Nauru…appropriate for the Republic of Nauru when it became independent on January 31, 1968. The new flag design, which was chosen in a local competition and put in final graphic form by an Australian flag manufacturer, makes a clear statement about the island. The background is blue for the Pacific…
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Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the Antarctic region in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east. Of…
Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and islets in the Caroline Islands archipelago and is divided roughly along cultural and linguistic lines into the states of—from west to east—Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae. The capital is Palikir, on the island of…
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By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
CHICAGO – If the pressures on an NBA head coach during the regular season can be described as some demanding boss loudly nagging you for six months that there's more work to be done, the urgent postseason version would be a Marine drill instructor stalking your every step and screaming 24/7 an inch from your face.
As much as Washington's Randy Wittman and Chicago's Tom Thibodeau were dealing with their playoffs D.I., immersed in their Eastern Conference first-round series, they couldn't help but think about their friend Doc Rivers. Rivers was facing on the West Coast something far more frantic and debilitating as the Donald Sterling fiasco flared up, eating everything in its NBA path for four days.
As the coach of the Los Angeles Clippers – Sterling's team – Rivers was stuck at ground zero, his ability to focus on the Golden State Warriors waylaid by what became a national scandal and media feeding frenzy.
"I can only imagine – or I can't imagine – having to deal with something like that when you're worrying about beating a team in a playoff series," said Wittman, who entered the NBA in the same 1983 draft as Rivers. They played their first five seasons together in Atlanta, teamed up as investors away from the game and remain extremely close.
Wittman said he had talked to Rivers more than once since Sterling's racist remarks on an audio recording were made public, leading to an investigation and the swift and severe penalties Tuesday from commissioner Adam Silver.
"I was just trying to be there for him, obviously," Wittman said. "I think he 's handled it as well as you can handle it. That doesn't surprise me with Doc.
"I just wanted to be there to support him and try to help him get his mind back to what it should be. And that's playing basketball. I think hopefully after today that can happen."
Thibodeau has known Rivers for more than 20 years, from the days when the Bulls coach was an assistant in New York and elsewhere and the Clippers coach was playing in the league. They joined up in Boston from 2007-2010, Thibodeau largely installing the Celtics' defense for a team that won the 2008 NBA championship and went back to the Finals in 2010.
Connecting with Rivers by texts through the controversy, Thibodeau said several times over the weekend that his friend, given his personality and skills, might have been the best equipped among the NBA's head coach to steer his team – and within his limits, the league – through the furor.
"Because this is a big issue for our whole league," Thibodeau had said Monday. "Doc is a great leader with a lot of strength, a lot of composure. He'll help guide us through it."
Now Rivers can concentrate on guiding the Clippers through it. With peers and buddies who have his back.


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What FSL options are available to international students studying in Alberta?
FSL options available in Alberta may include business French, conversational French, French for academic purposes, French for the workplace, second-language teacher training programs, integrated programs and programs tailored for individual students. Online, on-campus, summer programs, spring break language camps and full-semester programs may also be available.
What is the difference between taking an FSL course and an FSL program?
FSL courses are usually taken as part of a wider academic program in an educational institution--such as a high school, college, or university semester--and have a single focus. FSL programs are usually made up of several courses and involve immersion or near-immersion study of French. However, some schools use the terms interchangeably.
How long will does it take to become proficient in French?
How long it takes to gain French proficiency depends on your current skill level, dedication, personal aptitude and the intensity of your FSL course or program. French is a more grammatically complex language than English, and becoming proficient in French can take a year or longer.
How do I choose between a language school or the language program at a high school, college or university? What is the difference between these options?
Language schools offer only language instruction, and their programs and courses tend to therefore be more focused and intense. High schools, colleges and universities offer FSL courses and programs which are often designed to run parallel to--or prepare you for--your general academic studies.
How many students will there be in an FSL class in Alberta?
Class sizes vary, but are usually less than 20 students.
Will my FSL program in Alberta help me meet university language standards?
A properly accredited FSL program should be able to bring you to the level where you can pass the French language proficiency test a university might require. Double-check any FSL program with your university's requirements to make sure that it meets those standards.
Am I guaranteed to pass the standardized language tests after my FSL course in Alberta?
No course can guarantee a pass on any test, but an accredited course with qualified teachers will help you prepare.
Are there prerequisites for international students studying FSL in Alberta?
Prerequisites depend on the program you apply to. However, there are FSL programs in Alberta for every level, from the newest beginner to more advanced students.
How are FSL programs in Alberta accredited?
Several independent organizations oversee the accreditation of FSL schools, programs and courses across Canada. They include Languages Canada, Canadian Language Council/Le Conseil des Langues du Canada (CLC) and the Canadian Association of Private Language Schools (CAPLS). For more details, see our section on Accreditation of FSL Programs in Alberta.
What recognition do FSL programs in Alberta have world-wide?
Accredited FSL programs in every Canadian province, including Alberta, are recognized for their excellence world-wide.
What advantages do Alberta FSL programs offer international students?
French is one of Canada's two official languages and is therefore spoken all across the country. Alberta offers a safe, welcoming and beautiful environment with programs in a variety of regions.
Will there be someone to take care of me if I have health problems?
Alberta has a publicly funded health-care system, which is administered on the provincial level. You may also wish to purchase extended health-care insurance from a secondary provider.
How are homestay families chosen?
Homestay programs screen families that apply to make sure they are well-prepared physically and personally to host an international student. Homestay programs may be independent, or they may be run in affiliation with a school.
If I live at the school, what are the residences or dormitories like?
Student residences or dormitories in Alberta vary from school to school. You are likely to have a roommate or possibly several suitemates, and you may share a bathroom with either your suitemates or with your floor. There is usually a common-room with television and other facilities. School dormitories are always be kept clean and safe for students, and high school dorms have adult supervision.


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Just to prove anything is possible with a Lego set, the model makers at Legoland Windsor in England have created their own version of the royal wedding.
Sure, all the people are made of plastic mini-bricks, but look closely and you start to see the resemblance to real-world figures. There's Kate and William, of course, and Harry with a hint of red hair, and the Queen's corgis, and even a few celebrities in the crowd -- a pregnant Victoria Beckham, Paul McCartney, and Elton John with his baby.
The fantasy builders at Lego used 160,000 little bricks and it took more than 550 hours to assemble the replica of Buckingham Palace alone, using a 1:50 scale.
Buidling all the people to create the scene took more than 30 hours using 10,000 bricks. Each person is made of 30-40 bricks with an average height of 10 centimetres.
The scene will no doubt create some traffic to the Legoland Windsor site, which celebrates its 15th birthday on April 1.
See more of this Lego view of the royal wedding by clicking HERE.


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- Low-end laptops:The rise of the Chromebook– Some people are still in denial about the rise of the Linux operating system with the Chrome Web browser interface, Chrome OS, and its hardware: the Chromebooks. The experts say, however, it's the one segment of the PC market that's growing while everything else shrinks. (zdnet.com)
- Slackware Linux 14.1 – Yes, it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, development, and testing, the Slackware Linux Project is proud to announce the latest stable release of the longest running distribution of the Linux operating system. (distrowatch.com) (slackware.com)
- Canonical "abused trademark law" to target a site critical of Ubuntu privacy – "Fix Ubuntu" site accused of trademark violation, asked to change domain name. According to Micah Lee, Canonical sent him an e-mail this morning asking him to stop using the Ubuntu logo and also to stop using the word "Ubuntu" in his domain name. Lee reprinted the entire e-mail in a blog post. (arstechnica.com) (muktware.com) (markshuttleworth.com) (softpedia.com)
- The future of Linux: Evolving everywhere – Mark Shuttleworth's recent closure of Ubuntu Linux bug No. 1 ("Microsoft has a majority market share") placed a meaningful, if somewhat controversial, exclamation point on how far Linux has come since Linus Torvalds rolled out the first version of the OS in 1991 as a pet project. But where from here? (itworld.com)
- Linux Voice – A new Free Software and Linux magazine that gives profits back to the community – from an all-star team of ace Linux journalists. Linux Lifestyle originally shared: OK folks here it is. We're launching a crowd funding campaign to create a new Linux magazine that puts the community first. That means we'll donate half of our profits back to the community. There's loads more details on the campaign page. (linuxvoice.com) (indiegogo.com)
- Humble Store Opens with 24-Hour Debut Sale – First there was the Humble Bundle, and it was good. Then came the Humble Weekly Sale, and it was pretty cool too. Now it's time for the next step in the Humble evolution: The Humble Store, where games go on sale and proceeds go to charity. (escapistmagazine.com) (humblebundle.com)
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- WordNet® (wordnet.princeton.edu) is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.
- @braynebuddy is where the results will eventually appear, and you can follow the development process on Rob's webwords blog.
- Unix: The Art of Being Lazy – One of the most endearing qualities of Unix devotees is how determined they are to be as efficient as possible. Why type three characters if you can do the same thing with two? And one of the best ways to cut down keystrokes is to turn common commands into aliases. (itworld.com)
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The 2005 National Scout Jamboree was the 16th national Scout jamboree of the boy Scouts of America and was held from July 25, 2005 through August 3, 2005 at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Normally, the next jamboree would be held four years afterward in 2009, but the date was changed so that the next jamboree could take place in 2010, the centennial anniversary of Scouting in the United States.
- Over 31,700 Youth attended, making up the 883 jamboree troops present.
- Scouts from 26 Nations attended.
- More than 7,000 adults volunteered to provide support and program services.
- Each jamboree troop is made up of 36 youth, consisting of 4 patrols of 8 scouts, and 4 youth leaders (senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, quartermaster and scribe) selected from various units in their local council.
- For the 10 day event Caroline County went from the 50th most populated county in Virginia to the 14th.
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- Top tech blogger says Google Glass won't do well when it hits the market
- Robert Scoble has used Glass since April 2013
- Price, lack of apps likely will hurt its early sales, he says
- But by 2020, he thinks the headset will be a hit
A noted tech journalist and early adopter of Google's Glass headset is declaring the technology "doomed," at least for 2014.
There's a tongue-in-cheek nature to Robert Scoble's pronouncement, which he shared with the 4.7 million people who follow him on Google+. His strong language, he said, was a send-up of the tech press's sometimes over-the-top approach to news.
But Scoble, who got his Glass headset in April on the second day the devices became available to some journalists and early testers, predicts the connected eyewear will flop with consumers when it goes on sale to the general public, presumably this year. Scoble said he thinks the price will be too high and there won't be enough apps or useful functions to make the wearable tech worth the cost.
He has a sunnier view of Glass's long-term prospects, though.
"By 2020 I'm quite convinced this will be a big deal and there will be lots of competitors by then," he wrote. "So, if you make it about 2020, then it isn't doomed. If it's about beating the Apple iWatch in 2014? Yes, totally doomed."
Apple has not rolled out a smartwatch yet but is widely rumored to be doing so soon, marking the tech giant's entree into the emerging wearable-tech field.
Google did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment for this article.
Glass is a headset with a camera and small screen situated above the wearer's right eye. The wearer can access the Internet and snap images and video by using voice commands.
A blogger and author, Scoble works as a new-tech "evangelist" for IT company Rackspace. But his influence in the tech community is broader and his writing helps shape opinion in some quarters.
Scoble has 374,000 followers on Twitter and has been one of the most visible Google Glass users. A photo of him wearing the headset in the shower went viral last year.
Scoble noted that Glass, which has sold for $1,500 to a limited number of beta testers, is likely to be released at a cost of more than $500. He says that's too much for the public at large.
"Price is gonna matter a LOT. But I'm hearing they won't be able to get under $500 in 2014, so that means it's doomed. In 2014," Scoble wrote. "When they get under $300 and have another revision or two? That's when the market really will show up. 2016, I say."
He said the headset will need to be custom-fitted to its wearer, and that customers will need to receive an hour or two of training before using it -- which will inflate its price. Scoble also believes that battery life, at least on the current Glass models, won't be enough for some people.
He said a lack of apps could also hurt.
"That will start getting fixed after a few months of release, but early users are gonna continually ask 'where's the Uber app?"' Or 'where's the Foursquare app?' Or 'why does the Facebook app suck?' he wrote.
Scoble criticized the lack of a quality Facebook app in particular.
"Sorry Google, but Google+ still isn't used by my family, friends, or those I speak with ...," he wrote. "Google+ isn't nearly as ubiquitous or as nice, truth be told, particularly for mobile users. This lack of Facebook support is the #1 thing that pisses me off about Glass."
All of that said, Scoble holds out hope. He said he still loves his Glass and that it's unfair to judge a test version of the still-new device as if it's a finished product.
"So, what would I do if I were Google? Reset expectations," he wrote. "Say 'this is really a product for 2020 that we're gonna build with you.' First release is in 2014, but let's be honest, if it's $600 and dorky looking, it'll be doomed -- as long as expectations are so high."
While still in limited release, Google Glass has already stirred up some controversy.
Some restaurants and other businesses have banned Google Glass over concerns about the headset's ability to take photos and record video. And users have already been ticketed for wearing them while driving, as lawmakers in several states consider laws to ban them behind the wheel.
And then there's their appearance. Glass's part-futuristic, part-dorky look has been mocked in such spots as the blog, White Men Wearing Google Glass.


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SPRINGFIELD, MO — Convincing students to take on additional fees for new recreation center construction is becoming more difficult for some universities during the recession.
A referendum for a new rec center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was voted down last month by students after the school launched a $31,000 campaign to lobby in favor of the project. Nearly 14,000 students turned out to vote on the proposal to raise student fees by $54 per semester for the next 30 years. The proposed $60 million renovation project would have doubled the size of The Nat, one of the university's existing gyms.
Despite criticism from students that a new rec center is not fiscally responsible now, Missouri State University (MSU) broke ground on a $30 million student recreation center in April.
In October 2006, MSU students voted to support fees to construct a new rec center at an estimated cost of$23 million. The current student fee is $50 per semester for full-time students, but will go up to $80 once the center opens.
"Economic circumstances have changed drastically since this project was originally conceived in 2006," Zach Becker, an MSU graduate, told the MSU Board of Governors on April 9. Becker started a Facebook page to voice opposition to the project that gained more than 229 fans.
At the groundbreaking ceremony, the MSU Board of Governors encouraged the crowd to look to the future, rather than focus on the current economy.


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In four days, this bakery will no longer be here. Ginza Kimuraya will be gone. Why? Because Whole Foods is coming. That's so stupid. Here, read this article. Doesn't that make you angry? There's no good reason to kick out these perfectly fine (food) tenants because Whole Foods is coming. We don't even need Whole Foods! We've got Down to Earth, Kokua Market, Umeke Market, and Lifestream…that's more than enough! But whatevers :( The point of this blog isn't to raise your blood pressure, but to make you happy :)
I'll be the first to say that Ginza Kimuraya isn't my favorite among bakeries on this island, but still, it was nice to have options. Past visits to Ginza Kimuraya involved the smallest French Toast I've encountered, and a trio of decent, but far from original pastries.
So while I was at Kahala Mall the other day, I figured I should stop by the bakery for one final visit…so sad, so final! For myself I had the half moon shaped pastry stuffed with ham, mustard and cheese. It was really good cause they put like a ton of mustard inside! A light crusty surface, melting cheese binding the ham to the buttery white innards and a rich smear of mustard. What made me laugh though, was just looking at the jalepeno and olive pressed onto the surface of the pastry. Every single one of these 'turnovers' had a single jalepeno and olive pressed in…even though those ingredients were not incorporated into the pastry in any other way! I didn't have a taste of the pretzel bread which I saved for mom.
Here's the Bacon Roll, a light, somewhat sweet, spongy bread with bacon and mayo rolled in. I liked it even better than the ham/cheese/mayo turnover. It was like eating a loaf of Ani's Sweet Bread with savory fillings rolled in. Did you know that my favorite food used to be the Ham Roll at Saint Germain? My grandpa would take me after school to get one on the days I had a "junky" school lunch! Well this roll is similar to the Ham Roll, salty meat, lots of Japanese mayo and wrapped up in a yeasty pastry!
I also got a baguette for dad. It's not as good as Saint Germain, they never seen to get the crust right…it's like crisp, but still too soft, you know what I mean? But I felt sad that they were closing, so this was like the 'final baguette'…
So sad.
But back to reality.
Let's backtrack a bit!
Last week I had dinner at Wahoo's Fish Tacos with a bunch of friends. Why were we at Wahoo's? I don't know. I didn't pick it. The place was completely packed, and judging from the other times I've passed this restaurant, they are doing quite well. Figures. It's a chain. And this island embraces CHAINS in magnitudes like no other states. Need examples? Try drive past the Cheesecake Factory in Waikiki, the CPK in Ala Moana and Kahala Mall. And before you know it, we'll be taken over by Walgreens, Wal-Mart and stupid Whole Foods.
Here's the #1 combo which comes with a choice of a taco or enchilada. I chose the enchilada with blackened fish (as stated on the menu: "marinated with our Cajun Blend of spices"), topped with their Spicy Green roasted pepper-cilantro sauce (the other option is a mild red sauce). The actual eating of the enchilada was not nearly as exciting as what the menu descriptions would have led you to believe. It was a decent enchilada by all matter, but it was so hopelessly unexciting that I wanted to chuck it out the window. The order is completed with a side of their 'famous' Ahee rice, and savory black beans or spicy Cajun white beans. I couldn't decide which type beans I wanted, so I asked for half and half. Turns out the spicy white beans are much better, the black ones are kind of boring, reminding me of not so fond memories of college dining halls, while the white beans had a good bit of zest to them (though they were not at all spicy). Rice was dry, which is disappointing, cooking rice isn't that hard…and if there's one thing you should be able to do right, it should be cooking rice!
After dinner, we walked over to Satura Cakes at the other end of Ward. You can't go wrong if you stick with the pastries and cakes in the display cases. But the madelines, financiers, and brownies displayed in the middle of the store are disgusting.
After enjoying the Kona Coffee Blancmange on my first visit, I thought I should try the Chocolate Tiramisu, which looks nearly the same. They named it wrong though. It should not be called Chocolate Tiramisu. It should be called a trifle. Or named 'thin piece of chocolate cake with okay boring chocolate pudding on top'. But not tiramisu. Cause that's just deceiving. The only fun part of this dessert were the cubes of coffee and chocolate gelatin on top. The coffee cubes and crisp and refreshing, which the chocolate ones are creamy, milky with the taste of pudding and texture of jello. The coffee gelatin also shows up in the Kona Coffee Blancmange, which is a bazillion times better.
I just read over this post to check for grammar, spelling errors, and you know what I realized? I sound awfully unhappy and even mean in some parts! "…chuck it out the window…" I would never actually do that in real life…but it's always interesting to wonder. Sorry. Today must have been one of my bad mood days.
Here's a picture of my dog. I'll be back in a better mood tomorrow! :)
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Kahala Mall
4211 Waialae Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 735-9600
Wahoo's Fish Taco Hawaii
Ward Gateway Center
940 Auahi Street
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 591-1646
Satura Cakes
Ward Center
1200 Ala Moana Blvd.
Building 6, Suite 601
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 537-1206
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It doesn't take more than one second of this dynamite new release by retro-seventies rockers, Kamchatka, before you feel it. Listen to that low rumble of bass approaching, thudding towards you like an approaching seismic event. Feel it carrying something heavy in it's momentum. Something ominous.
Something groovy.
When the words "retro-seventies" rock are bandied about, it's usually followed by the term "stoner." Don't make that mistake with these guys. This isn't stoner rock, or psychedelic, or acid rock for that matter. This is simply an outrageous guitar-heavy, ultra-groovy eruption of heavy rock. Emphasis on the word groovy. Also, don't make the mistake of letting the three-piece alignment fool you into thinking their sound is limited. I've seen Kamchatka referred to as a power trio, but this does nothing to capture the sound of the band. Sure there are three of them and sure their music is laced with power, but this ain't no Rush we're hearing. Or Budgie, Motorhead, Triumph, or even Grand Funk Railroad. "Power trio" does nothing to capture the cosmic waves of psychedelic exploration these cats bring, or the out-of-the-blue jazz passages, or the intense rumble of the blues based, massively distorted riffs, or the endless fertile pastures of jam rocking.
No, power trio doesn't work. Stoner rock doesn't work. We need another label, a whole new vernacular to describe this band. A new language that incorporates everything these mind-friers bring to the table.
For now, we'll just call it Kamchatka rock.
So what exactly is Kamchatka? Well, for starters they took their name from the volcanically active Russian Kamchatka Peninsula that divides the Okhotsk and the Bering Sea, and that's as good a place to start as any. That God-forsaken stretch of land, barren and whipped by terrible seas, is home to about 160 volcanoes. If you were to go there, your face would be buffeted with the force of the wind, your soul would stir from the stark beauty, and the ground would rumble under your feet from the power of the thermonuclear energy beneath you.
That's Kamchatka.
I'm not just tossing around hyperbole here. These cats take the basis of seventies rock and simply put it through there own thermonuclear blues reactor and watch it bubble to the top in an overflow of molten rock. When they lay down a riff, it's like bedrock foundation, steadfast in its intensity and searing with it's heat. Take that riff and sprinkle across it the delicate touch of jazz, prog exploration and some freaking mind-bending extended jamming and we're getting closer to describing their sound.
"681" starts us off with that previously mentioned rumble of Roger Ojersson's bass, laying down the inherent groove that flows through this album like a vein of hot magma. By the time the guitar sears in, the song simply erupts in molten seventies rock splendor. Thomas Andersson has an amazingly warm voice, laced with a belly-full of soul, and a tone to his guitar that's as incendiary as flaming ash. There's no other way to say it, this song just simply grooves, familiar in all the right ways, yet totally it's own creation. Two minutes and forty-nine seconds will never pass so fast as when you're rocking out to this treat.
"Pathetic," erupts next, riding on the explosive thunder of Tobias Strandvik's drums. The riff is as threatening and powerful as the colliding of Teutonic plates. You've not heard this riff before, it's totally new, like the earth being created out of the lava flow. It's mean and nasty, just as the lyrics describing a love relationship turned angry and spiteful. Yet, despite that intensity, or maybe because of it, the chorus break comes across as a beautiful break from the darkness, like a sliver of sunlight slicing through the volcanic cloud. Midway through, the song simply plows through as metal a section as you'll find on any stoner rock album, before disintegrating right before your eyes, into a stunning, mesmerizing passage of near-pastoral prog/jazz rock. The transition is seamless and breathtaking. Instantly, your grip on the nastiness that preceded evaporates and you leave the gravitational field of this planet, soaring high above the steam and destruction below. But don't worry, before you know it, the riff rages back, full of all the bitterness of a scorched heart. Amazing stuff, I know my Ripple brethren the Pope will freak over this one!
"Astrobuck," lives up to it's name, launching off with a rolling, muscular stoner-esque riff, before breaking down to a quieter vocal passage. Ojersson, who shares songwriting and singing credits, shines here, his bass pummeling the song like a barrage of expulsed basalt lava. When I say this riff rumbles, I mean it rumbles seismically. It registers on the Richter scale.
Then, just when you think you've got the terrain surveyed, the boys shift the landscape with the full out prog excursion of "Look Over Your Shoulder." But don't let that "prog" term scare you, this isn't endless arctic noodling, this song possesses an amazing warmth and delicacy. Acoustic strummed guitars hinting at a fragile beauty underneath Andersson's voice. Slowly the organ fills in from underneath, impeccable jazz drumming tripping across the snare and cymbal like a Pacific rain. Slowly, the song builds in intensity, like the accumulation of siliceous magma, kinetic energy accumulating just under the surface. Don't miss the organ freakout 3 minutes in. They just don't write em like that anymore.
All that energy stored during the last song reaches it's boiling point with "See," riding across as low and thudding a bass tone as you're likely to hear. Melted into their "stoner" riff madness is a definite jazz feel. It's there, in the textures of the organ, the composition of the verses, the smoothness of the chorus. How many times have you ever called a riff-fest stoner cavalcade beautiful? Well, here it is. Stay seated while the song fades away, breaking down to a soulful excursion in guitar-based jamming. How gut wrenching is that solo? Dripping with emotion. Then, when the riff roars back, . . . oh mother. Nicely done.
No doubt about it, this album, will be in my 2009 year end Best of List. Guaranteed.
Are you getting a picture of these guys yet? If not, how about this. Being one of the most seismically and volcanically active spots in the world, in 1737 a mega thrust earthquake rocked the Kamchatka Peninsula. 9.3 on the Richter Scale, laying waste to the region. That was followed immediately by a series of gentler aftershocks, looser movements of the earth, that rumbled and grooved after the heaviness.
That's Kamchatka.
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2 comments:
- Loakers said...
Excellent review my friend, spot on! I have been enjoying this album in vast quantities lately with a good friend. We even got to see them perform live recently! The imagination and scope of this music is still blowing my mind open. I love it. Incredible start to finish. That voice will be huge in years to come. What a treat of an album.
- December 31, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Paul said...
Outstanding review and, spot on!
- July 26, 2011 at 2:12 AM
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Investors looking to assess what has become the chief rival to Apple Inc. in the wireless device market will get a chance over the next few weeks, as Samsung Electronics Co. rolls out a string of devices for the coming year.
On Monday morning, Samsung announced that it will hold a March 14 event in New York City, where it is expected to unveil the next iteration of its best-selling Galaxy smartphone -- this one expected to come with the designation GalaxyS IV.
Also, at the Mobile World Congress trade show that kicked off over the weekend in Barcelona, Spain, Samsung launched of an 8-inch version of its Galaxy Note family. The 5-inch version of the Galaxy Note arguably created the category that has come to be known as "phablets" -- meaning a cross between a phone and a tablet that is predominantly designed for use as the latter, but includes the capability to make voice calls over the same cell networks that smartphones use.
If Samsung follows a similar release plan as last year, the new devices will likely hit the market in the late-spring/early-summer window. That would likely give Samsung a jump on Apple , which is not expected to show off its next iPhone models until June at the earliest, possibly at the company's next Worldwide Developers Conference. The date for this event has not yet been set, though Apple has typically held the conference in early June in San Francisco.
Samsung turned up the heat notably on Apple over 2012. The Korean electronics conglomerate shipped 23.7% of the world's smartphone units for the year -- overtaking Apple as the global leader, as the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm took about 19.6% of the market in terms of shipments, according to IDC.
Of course, neither company can afford to sit still in the brutally competitive market. Rivals such as BlackBerry, Nokia, LG and Sony are all launching new handsets this year. Nokia announced new models of its Windows Phone Lumia line at MWC over the weekend, and BlackBerry is pushing its new Z10 handset hard in a global roll-out that is expected to hit the U.S. sometime in March.
But Samsung and Apple are expected to continue in their leading positions, competing mostly with each other as established smartphone markets start to reach saturation levels -- leaving developing countries as the main avenue for growth.
Mark Newman of Bernstein Research wrote in a note on Monday that "while there is a plethora of new devices being released, we believe it takes more than one good product to succeed as evidenced by the failure of the HTC One X last year. Brand, reputation and distribution are as if not more important, which is why we expect Samsung and Apple to sustain their dominance."
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Day One With HIV: "Not Leukemia, but Something Far More Shocking"
The day was a crisp, middle-Tennessee, autumn day.
I was at work at a local manufacturing company, in my small hometown of less than 1,000 residents. The week prior, I had traveled into Nashville, Tenn., to see an oncologist, because it was thought I may have leukemia, because of the symptoms I had been having for the past several weeks. It turned out it was not leukemia, but something far more shocking.
The day was Thursday, October 24, 1991. The time was 11:07 a.m. My supervisor called me into the office, telling me that I had a phone call. The oncologist I had seen the week prior told me right away that the HIV test I'd had in his office had come back positive, I had five to seven years to live, and, he suggested I find a doctor who would treat me.
The room began to spin in slow motion. I hung up the phone, not fully aware of the news I had just been given, but aware enough to know that I felt my life as I knew it was over. In my hometown, I knew no one who was living with HIV, nor, did I want my local doctor, or anyone else for that matter, to find out that I had contracted HIV. I spent the rest of the day in somewhat of a daze. I did not leave work, but rather I finished the day at work somehow, without completely breaking down.
I left work, contemplating suicide, for I felt I could never face my family, or have them dealing with what I had allowed to happen to me. Little did I know that I would become the local face of HIV/AIDS.
I did remember a name of a lady, an HIV/AIDS counselor, in a town about 25 miles away from where I lived. I got in contact with her, and, it was with her help, and that of an HIV/AIDS support group, that I began to see that I was not alone, in learning to live with my new "normal."
Flash forward three years from that October 1991 day. It was with the passing of time, and with the help of others, that I began to understand my place in the world. After the deaths of several friends, with my "Circle of Friends" HIV/AIDS support group, and one friend in particular, I made a decision I thought I would never make. On World AIDS Day 1994, I was a featured speaker at a local World AIDS Day Education Awareness event. It was on that day that I "went public" with my positive status. My story and picture was front page news in the local newspaper; I was on TV and radio, telling the world my story of learning to live with HIV disease, and that I was going to use an unfortunate situation and turn it into something positive (pun intended).
Today, June 2013, at age 51, I live openly with my HIV/AIDS status, and still speak to various groups and organizations about life with HIV/AIDS in small-town USA. It has been and continues to be a blessing in disguise. Never one to be any kind of speaker, and actually a quiet, shy youngster, I have grown into my own skin. I am my own voice, and a voice for all those who passed away over the years.
It was that day one, in 1991, that set me on the journey that continues today. Twenty-three plus years of day one!
Harold Scott is from Gainesboro, Tenn., and now lives in Lebanon, Tenn.
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Provençal Landscape
CÉZANNE, Paul (1839 - 1906)
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 81.2 x 65.7 cm
Acquired: 1952; Bequest; Gwendoline Davies
Accession Number: NMW A 2438
Collection: The Davies Sisters Collection
In 1886 Cézanne's financial problems came to an end as a result of the substantial inheritance which he received on the death of his father. This study of a copse of trees was probably painted at the Jas de Bouffan, an estate outside Aix-en-Provence where he frequently stayed to look after his mother. The criss-crossed broken brushwork, delicate colour contrasts and balance between surface and spatial effects are typical of Cézanne's work of the later 1880s. Towards the end of his life he observed: 'Lines parallel to the horizon give breadth... But nature for us men is more depth than surface, whence the need to introduce into our light vibrations, represented by the reds and yellows, a sufficient amount of blueness to give the feel of air'. Gwendoline Davies purchased this work in Paris in 1918.
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We're big fans of Daniel Simon's work here at Asphalt & Rubber, especially his Cosmic Motors series. Stocked with some of the most imaginative illustrations of vehicles from an alternate reality, Simon's two-wheeled pièce de résistance is the Cosmic Motors Detonator motorcycle.
For reasons that probably resemble our work-induced daydreams, Parker Brothers Choppers (PBC), the same firm that brought you the rideable TRON Lightcycle and Batman's Batpod, has built a functional, albeit unlicensed, version of Simon's Cosmic Motors Detonator. To the company's credit though, the build overall seems fairly true to the sketches and renders done by Simon.


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Finger-spiked Wood Grass
Fiinger-spiked Wood Grass (Andropogon furcatus) grows about four feet high. The leaves are smooth, the spikes digitate, or generly by threes and fours. The lower flowers are awnless and the spikelets roughis, and downy with the awn bent. An enlarged part of the spikelet is shown here in more detail.
Andropogon furcatus, finger-spiked wood grass, finger-spiked wood grasses, grass, grasses, kgrasses, spike
Flint, Charles L. Grasses and Forage Plants (Boston, MA: William F. Gill & Company, 1874)


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Wakefield MP Mary Creagh has vowed to "earn back the trust of voters" as she announced she will stand to be the leader of the Labour party.
Ms Creagh joins Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper in the battle to replace former leader Ed Miliband who announced his resignation following last week's general election result.
Labour lost 56 seats in Scotland to the Scottish National Party and won almost 100 fewer seats across the UK than the Conservatives.
Ms Creagh and Ms Cooper join Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall in the race after Streatham MP Chuka Umunna withdrew from the running on Friday morning.
Ms Creagh said: "I think we need to earn back the trust of voters and build a coalition that can represent working people right across the country.
"The election was a terrible disappointment. It was a crushing defeat for the Labour party and I am very sorry for the nine-million people who voted for us that we weren't able to overcome the Tories negative campaigning.
"They played very much on fears around Scotland and ran a very negative campaign about what might happen."
Ms Creagh said she thought Labour's defeat was because voters "didn't trust the party with the economy."
She said: "I think we, as a party, have got a lot of soul searching to do. We campaigned a lot on the NHS, which people have a lot of passion for, but is not normally a reason why people vote.
"I just feel people need a Labour Prime Minister who is courageous."
The former shadow health minister, who increased her majority to 2,613 in last week's election, reassured her Wakefield constituents that she would not let her leadership campaign stop her from representing their issues.
She said: "I have a phenomenal appetite for hard work and I think it's very important for me to be in Wakefield and talk to people.
"That's also part of the process of finding out why we lost the election."
On Thursday Ms Cooper also announced she would be standing for leader. The Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP said she wants to be a "strong leader who represents Labour values."
But Ms Creagh said she had not spoken to her before announcing her own plan to replace Mr Miliband.
Ms Creagh said: "I wish Yvette well. She is a brilliant colleague and friend and she is a very strong person. I haven't spoke to her about my announcement but I think there must certainly be something in the Yorkshire water.
"My focus now is on speaking to my colleagues and getting the nominations I need so that I can restore the trust we have lost."
Ms Cooper is now the bookies' second favourite behind Andy Burnham, with Mary Creagh ranked fourth.
Ms Cooper said: "We, as a party, have got to work harder and have to do more to show how much help we can give hard-working people who are ambitious for the future - and I intend to do just that."
Under the timetable set out by Labour's national executive, nominations for leader will close on June 15 and for deputy leader at noon on June 17.
The result will be announced on September 12.


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Hubble Finds a Young Planetary Nebula
This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a recently-formed "planetary nebula," known as Hen 1357. This expanding cloud of gas was ejected from the aging star in the center. Much of the gas is concentrated in a ring which appears tilted 35 degrees. Besides the big clumps in the ring, HST's detailed images reveal many smaller clumps and wisps of gas, indicating turbulent motions and other activity in the nebula. Two bubbles of gas seen above and below the ring have burst open at their ends, allowing gas from inside to escape.
Hen 1357: A Young Planetary Nebula
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Rumors are surfacing Geely will show a production version of the striking Geely GT from last year's Beijing Motor Show, possibly called the Emgrand GT, at the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show.
In addition to bringing the Emgrand GT, or possibly EM Grand GT, the much weirder rumor is of a car called the Shanghai EngLon, with EngLon being a mashup of England-London. Should the Geely Emgrand GT actually be a production version of the GT show car it'll probably be toned down just a bit with performance nowhere in the realm of the athletic styling. [The Tycho]


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Legislature Passes Criminal Justice Reform Plan
PIERRE - The South Dakota Legislature has given final approval to a plan to cut the state's prison costs by treating more nonviolent offenders in community programs.
The House voted 63-7 to pass the bill, which was approved last week by the Senate. The measure now goes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard for his signature.
The measure is based on recommendations made by a panel appointed by the governor, Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson and legislative leaders.
The plan seeks to divert offenders from prison and prevent them from committing future crimes. It would use intensive probation and parole, along with expanded courts to treat drug and alcohol offenders.
Officials say the bill will save about $162 million over the next decade by avoiding the construction of two new prisons.
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Awaiting an opponent
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- Published on 24 February 2012
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Members of the Saltillo Lions basketball team await an opponent to vye for the area championship. Landon Camp attempts a shot for the team. He scored seven points in recent warm up games. For more information, see the February 23 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.