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CHAPTER IX: PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE OPERATION - Yves Guyot, Where and Why Public Ownership has Failed [1912]Edition used:Where and Why Public Ownership has Failed, trans. H.F. Baker (London: Macmillan, 1914).
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CHAPTER IXPUBLIC VS. PRIVATE OPERATIONPublic vs. Private Initiative.—Extent of Railroad Lines Operated by the States and by the Companies.—Operating Ratios.—Government Profits.—Reduction of Rates in Great Britain.—Difficulties in Fixing Responsibility in State Railway Operations. The advocates of State Socialism say with admirable assurance: "Wherever private initiative has proved inadequate the state must step in." Has the spirit of initiative been lacking in private management of railways? Private companies have been forced to struggle for a long time against government opposition, but to-day, although Prussia is a flat country, where not a single tunnel is to be found, and where the lines are much easier to construct than in Great Britain, the British have a system of more than 19 miles per 100 square miles, while the Prussian system has only 16 miles, or 11 per cent. less. Did the United States government build the daring lines which have joined the two oceans? Edwin Pratt, in his Railways and Nationalization, has demonstrated that private companies possessed more than 69 per cent. of the entire length of line of the existing railways in 1908.1 And, following a series of debates with German publications, he brought his figures up to date in the London Times, of October 1, 1912. Here they are:
Thus, over two-thirds of the railways of the world belong to private companies. Moreover, of the 24,500 miles of railway belonging to the state of British India, 18,000 miles are operated by private companies. In Holland all the lines are operated by companies. In Belgium the tramway lines are longer than the state railways, and they are operated by private companies. Lines in Great Britain, which have three, four, or even more tracks, are included in these figures on the line and not the track basis. The total length of line is 23,287 miles. The length of main track, however, is 39,851 miles, and of main track and sidings, 54,311 miles. The greatest system in the world, that of the United States, is owned by private companies. Mr. Bryan, on returning from Europe in 1903, introduced nationalization of railways into his platform, without informing any of the members of the Democratic party of his intention. This brilliant inspiration helped to destroy his chances for the presidency. The operating ratios suffice to show that superior administrative capacity is not to be found on the side of the several states which exercise it in this direction.
We have seen that the state railways of Prussia have yielded revenue to the state budget. But in Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Hungary they have only been a burden. The partisans of socialized railways in France have neglected to tell us what the French government railways have contributed to the state. In the various countries state railways are exempt from general taxation. The amount, however, that would be collected from them were they private enterprises should, in all justice, be added to their expense account. In France passengers and shippers upon the state railway lines are taxed for speed. They pay a stamp tax on baggage and other receipts, and way bills, taxes upon vouchers, and custom duties on pit coal. The saving resulting from economies in transportation, as given in the following table, are reckoned, and with reason, among government profits:
The following sums represent the contributions made by the French (private) railway companies to the state:
This burden per kilometer is a very heavy one.
Such contributions to the state are not to be despised, and, in any comparison between the profits per kilometer of the government railways and those of the railways operated by French companies, they should be taken into account. The following example, borrowed from the history of the British railways, shows the necessity of granting large freedom of action to railways. The railways of Great Britain had a certain commercial policy. Their general freight rates, much more profitable than special rates, represented 75 per cent. of the total traffic. They had only one regulation which applied equally to all shippers, and this regulation was enforced. Before the rigid law introduced in 1891–1892 the railways, by way of experiment, had made a rate reduction, worked out with care, but allowing for changes in its provisions. If there should be no increase in traffic as a result, the rate was to be raised. To-day such action is no longer possible except by the authority of the Railway and Canal Commission. As a consequence, where during the decade 1882–1892 rates had been reduced 14 per cent., in the decade that followed they were reduced only 2 per cent. All state railway systems hold themselves more or less absolutely free from any responsibility. We have already described the point of view of the Prussian administration in this regard. The Italian railways have adopted the point of view that any accident involving loss to their passengers or to shippers is a dispensation of Providence. In France we have seen a verdict of the Court of Brest, and an opinion of the Court of Rouen, deciding against the State Railway department, in its attempt to escape liability for damages by appealing to "circumstances beyond their control" in cases in which no private company would dream of offering such an excuse. After having studied in detail the great European systems, an American, Mr. Charles Lee Raper, concludes:1
State railways may find themselves in one of three situations: First: Where they are profitable, and their profits are absorbed by the public treasury. In this case the interests of the shippers and passengers are being sacrificed to those of the state. This is the case in Prussia. Second: Where they lose money and the taxpayers make up the deficiency. Here the interests of the tax payers are being sacrificed to those of shippers and passengers. Third: Finally there is a third case, in which the interests of the taxpayers, passengers, and shippers are sacrificed to the demands of employees. In such cases the railroad is being operated for the benefit of the employees and not for that of general transportation. This condition appears more or less in all state systems. [1]Railways and Nationalization, by Edwin A. Pratt, 1908. [1]Railway Transportation. |


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One of the biggest concerns affecting workers today is retirement. Study after study shows that a large number of employees fear there won't be enough money set aside in Social Security and their personal savings to pay for financial obligations after they've stopped working. As a result, many have simply opted to stay at their jobs longer than they ever thought they would.
This poses a question that everyone will face in their professional lives: When will I be ready to retire?
How do you gauge when the time is right? Does it depend on the amount you've saved, the nation's cost of living, politics or all of the above?
There's no doubt it's a tough question to answer, so to continue our "Are You Ready" series, let's look at how you can tell when you're ready to leave your job for good.
Retirement Is America's Biggest Concern
A recent study conducted by Americans for Secure Retirement (ASR) revealed 88 percent of the individuals polled were actually afraid of retirement and whether they'd be ready for it financially. Unbelievably, the number of concerned Americans had jumped 15 percent from the year prior, proving that more workers than ever are worried about how they will make ends meet after retirement.
Experts say that on average, a retiree should save 25 times their annual expenses. So if you spend $30,000 each year on your financial obligations, vacations, etc., you should have $750,000 set aside for retirement. Some say the cost of living increases and other unplanned expenses could easily boost the amount needed for retirement into the millions.
This high number makes it even more difficult to save for the future. A 2010 study conducted by Wells Fargo & Co. found middle-class Americans hadn't even saved 7 percent of their desired retirement nest egg.
And while Social Security used to play a large role in providing income for retirees, government officials predict the Social Security trust fund will run out in 2017.
So how do you now when the time is right for you to take the big step?
Are You Financially Ready to Retire?
With all of concerns retirees are facing, some are opting to stick with their employers for a few more years. In fact, a study conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) revealed in June that many employees will need to work into their 70s or 80s to have enough for retirement.
If retiring has been on your mind, you, too, may be wondering when the time will be right for you to walk away from the workforce forever. Here are some tips to consider as you make this tough decision:
1. Your 401(k) Is on Track
If you contribute to a 401(k), IRA, are growing funds in CD or utilizing other retirement savings tools, it's important to sit down and look at how much you have saved so far, and how much you're contributing every year to determine how many years from now you'll reach your projected savings goal.
2. You've Estimated Your Social Security Benefits
It's unlikely Social Security recipients will receive full benefits in the future, so it's not best to center your retirement savings around it. You can find out your estimated benefits, however, by using the administration's online estimator. Keep in mind as you calculate your savings, that the age to earn partial benefits is 62 while full benefits can be earned between ages 66 and 67.
3. Current and Projected Expenses Are Calculated
Your current expenses, including utilities, food and shelter, emergency funds and whatever else it takes to maintain your desired lifestyle should be estimated to help you determine you'll actually have to save to retire.
Healthcare is a huge expense that could become even bigger as you age. So consider the cost of Medicare, which will become available at age 65, and other out-of-pocket healthcare expenses (deductibles, drugs, gap coverage, etc.) you might need to pay in retirement.
4. Your Retirement Savings Cover Your Expenses…and Then Some
Whether you're ready to retire today, or twenty years from now, don't do it if you're questioning whether you can. Retirement is supposed to be an relaxed time when you enjoy all your years of hard work. Make sure you're not cutting it too close by saving up the bare minimum.
Of course, deciding exactly when to retire is completely up to you. You may not ever feel completely comfortable choosing a date to walk away from your job, especially when the economy is rocky, but when the time is right, you'll know. And it will be at that moment that you'll trust your instinct, take a deep breath and begin planning your cruise.

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The Sachem Central School District launched its official Twitter and Facebook pages earlier this month.
Sachem will look to become more progressive in its form of communication with the community. You can follow the district on Twitter @SachemSchools and on Facebook with its official district page.
The school district will utilize both platforms to post important information about district events from school board meetings to athletic competitions. You can expect live tweeting sessions at school board meetings, key sporting events, arts and drama outings and all places where Sachem residents need to be informed.
"One of our board goals is to always look to improve and enhance our means of communication," Sachem Superintendent James J. Nolan said. "We have been exploring some exciting ways of using social media to keep our community informed in a timely fashion."
"Utilizing new social media platforms will help Sachem better inform its residents," said Chris R. Vaccaro, the district's new public relations and communications associate. "We encourage residents, alums and anyone affiliated with the Sachem community to gravitate towards Twitter and Facebook to stay informed, while continuing to use the district website, Sachem.edu."
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It's nice to see a superstar like her act like a typical teenage girl, dreaming of meeting her movie star crush. Selena Gomez, 18, is no exception.
The pop star - otherwise known as Justin Bieber's girlfriend - has had a longtime crush on Transformers 3 hottie Shia LeBouf. Calling LeBouf "handsome" and "cute," Gomez was shocked when her team set her up to meet the actor backstage.


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Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.ArgumentException: Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 51.
Then I notice that the problem is from "C:\test\book1.xls;" because of the "\", so, in order to get rid of that error message, all we have to do is include "@" in the string. With that being said, the new syntax of the strExcelConn will become:
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hey all, I am taking up road biking again and wanted some tips on what I should be eating pre and post to build up endurance, lose weight, as well as what supplements I should be taking. thx
it's just cardio man, not rocket science. some will tell you to figure out your "maintenance" calories and eat 200 everyday below that as a starting point. as far as supplements go, diet comes first. hence the word, supplement, it's only going to "supplement" something thats already in place. it took me over a year to get my diet in check and to really know my body. and that's the thing man, we can ALL tell you what worked for us, but the fact is, it might not work for you. what i suggest is post your diet. what you eat and when you eat it. timing of food is very important, i'm no expert either, but i know that much (not saying you don't). the 2nd thing is, 5'11" 165lbs. your not really a fat a** or anything, just have a little fat you would like to burn? is that right?
yea I got pretty soft since I havn't been doing any cardio lately and need to do some endurance exercise, anyways, I am currently taking multi's, fish oil, protein shakes and am working in creatine for the muscles so I can have better endurance. I just need to know what I should be eating pre and post biking that will help me the most without letting the ride which is several miles go to waste. My regular diet includes mainly meat, fish, and vegetables with oatmeal occasionally in the morning.
personally, for me, the only thing i would do specifically is, do my cardio with a slow digesting carb in my stomach, just enough to keep myself from getting hungry. oatmeal i find is the best. and after the ride get 30-40 grams of fast acting carbs, i use quick carb in a protein shake, getting 40 grams of protein. now if your on a carb-restrictive diet then that obviously won't work, are you?
If you are gearing up for endurance training, say 30+ minute training sessions, a simple-carbohydrate is beneficial within 15 minutes of getting on the bike. Like mentioned, oats for breakfast works fine... but if there's a sizable gap inbetween breakfast and the training session, something like an apple fits well.


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Recently I was contacted by the fine folks at MAVEA to do a product review of the Elemaris water filter pitcher.
I eagerly agreed because I have the hardest time downing water, and any excuse to drink more is fine by me. Even though I run 2 miles every day and crave water quite often, I still get far less water intake than I should. The main reason? Taste. I always "taste" something when I drink water from the tap, so I tend to cover it up with lots of lemon or lime juice and crushed ice, which is a pain (I'm so lazy!). So I usually just drink coffee.
I know….
Enter the MAVEA Elemaris water filter pitcher.
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MAVEA's Elemaris enhances the taste and aroma of your food by removing chlorine and bacterial contaminants from your tap water. But that's not the only benefit, MAVEA's sophisticated technology softens your tap water to the optimum hardness without adding any sodium, which results in a more flavorful and organic taste.
MAVEA have developed a sleek new way to filter tap water. Dedicated to supporting an environmentally friendly alternative to bottled water, they strike the perfect balance between form and function. Their debut water filtration pitcher in the US, the Elemaris, has all the features that will influence consumers to join a new generation of water filtration.
First, this thing is very cool looking. It's sleek and trimmed in black and has nice lines. All things that I normally look for in a water filtration system, right?
Of course not. The look of the thing is just a bonus!
The folks at MAVEA have most definitely struck a nice balance between form and function on this one.
It arrived at my doorstep fully assembled. The only thing I really had to do was activate the filter… which took the longest amount of time. I was kind of shocked at how slowly the water trickled through the filter reservoir to get into the pitcher *- but my husband insisted I was being ridiculous, and that this is to be expected of such a magnificent piece of kitchen equipment. Okay, those weren't exactly his words, but he raved on and on about it quite endearingly from the second I opened up the package. He was sold- and he hadn't even tasted the water from the darned thing!
After learning a bit about the product, I was really excited over the features the filter had going on. Here's a few that struck my fancy:
- BPA free
- 100% recyclable
- made from coconut shells
So, enough about the look and function of this thing. The biggest note of importance for me is the taste of the filtered water.
I compared the taste of the filtered water from the pitcher to just a plain glass of unfiltered well water from my tap. I honestly don't dislike the taste of the water from our well, but it's not exactly "good"- so I was happy to see that the MAVEA pitcher made it a lot better. It really did!
The water straight from my tap, after comparing it with that from the MAVEA pitcher, tasted… kinda slimy. In contrast, the pitcher water was crisp and not a trace of slime shone through.
With the memory of slime cemented firmly in my head, I don't think I'll be quick to drink from the tap without my super slick MAVEA pitcher from now on. So, there you go… I'm hooked too. I cannot wait to make coffee with it!
I also made this simple and refreshing Cranberry cooler with water from my newly acquired MAVEA pitcher. And, even though I'm not the biggest fan of sweetened beverages, I really enjoyed this little mixed drink. Even more so with the filtered water. :)
Cranberry Cooler Concentrate
- 3 cups fresh cranberries
- 2 cups organic sugar
- 5 cinnamon sticks
- 1/2 cup water
In saucepan, combine all ingredients. Cook over medium heat and stir regularly until cranberries become soft. Using a potato masher or fork, smash cranberries in the pot as they are cooking. Let simmer one or two minutes and crush again. Strain syrup into a small jar, reserving fruit solids. Store sealed jar in your fridge until ready to use.
To make a cooler, add about 3 tablespoons cranberry concentrate to about 8 oz filtered water. Serve over ice & garnish with fresh cranberries.
Use leftover fruit solids as cranberry sauce or to flavor other dishes.
The cranberry sauce is delicious too!
* entire filtration process is estimated at 1 minute…but it seemed like forever!


text: Posted in Research on 04/23/2012 By Mark Glaser & Desiree Everts VSS: Digital media powers the media bizDespite a tough overall economic climate, the media business is forecast to grow faster than the U.S. economy in 2012, according to a study from Veronis Suhler Stevenson. "The world is a wonderful place if you're in the U.S. media business," quipped Reuters' Yinka Adegoke. The private equity firm predicted that the communications/media industries will see a combined growth of 5.6 percent to $1.185 trillion, up from 4.2 percent in 2011. That compares with an overall GDP, or gross domestic product, that's expected to grow at 4.4 percent. And much of the growth in the communications industry stems from digital media. "The perspective has improved this year over recent years largely due to the fact that digital expenditures have become so large," John Suhler, VSS president, told Forbes' Jeff Bercovici. "Higher growth rates for digital are offsetting some of the declines or slow growth in traditional media with much higher growth." Those sectors that will lag behind the economy include consumer magazine publishing, which is expected to be down 2.2 percent; newspapers, down 3.8 percent; and local consumer directories, down 5.6 percent. Looking ahead to 2015, VSS predicts the industry to continue its brisk pace, reaching $1.419 trillion by 2015, giving it a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent. However, the compounded growth rates in traditional advertising sectors are expected to drop a bit at 1.9 percent with spending reaching $160.4 billion because of declines in print advertising. Nevertheless, some of this will be offset by increases in Internet and mobile advertising offerings of branded traditional media. |


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The system is safer both for the patient, who has no risk of falling, and the physical therapist, who no longer has to support the patient while he or she is learning to walk again, Gorton-Childers said.
After his stroke -- which he suffered while visiting Dolly Sods with his family in April 2011 -- Butch spent a week in ICU at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was then taken to CAMC General for further treatment. When he was released, he started physical therapy at Thomas Memorial.
"When I started searching around, I found that this was the best around for outpatient [physical therapy]," Butch said. "I got Kelly's name and Donna's name as being the best [physical therapists], so I signed up with Kelly here and she's been doing a great job."
Butch said the system gives him confidence that he won't fall when walking on the treadmill.
"If you fall, you just hang there like a trout on a string," Butch said.
McGraw said the unweighting system has helped improve Butch's speed and balance. Before using the system during one six-minute walking test, he walked 250 feet. A month later, in a walking test for the same amount of time, he walked 391 feet, McGrew said.
Stroke patients are not the only ones who improve with the machine. Multiple sclerosis patients also use it, and McGraw said she is going to try it with patients with spinal cord injuries. Besides walking on the treadmill, it can also be used for patients learning to go from a sitting to a standing position and those walking without a treadmill, McGraw said.
Butch undergoes physical therapy with McGraw twice a week. Besides the machine, he also credits McGraw for his progress. She's tough on him, he said.
"If you ever decide that PT is boring to you, you could always go to the Army or the Navy and train Navy SEALs or Green Berets," he joked to McGraw one Tuesday morning during his physical therapy session.
"I love you too," she fired back.
Reach Lori Kersey at lori.ker...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1240.


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Fanwood Emergency Management Coordinator Howard Drewes delivered a detailed report of the Borough's planning and response to Hurricane Sandy at the November 20th meeting of the Mayor and Council.
Drewes emphasized that the Borough's Emergency Management team, lead by Mayor Mahr, met repeatedly, daily, over the two week period that began days before the storm hit and ended when the last homes had their power restored.
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BIRATNAGAR: Rallies calling for social harmony were organised in various parts of the eastern region today.
Participants in the rallies demanded that the constitution be promulgated within the Constituent Assembly's deadline and general strikes in the region be called off.
The events, which saw participation of professionals, industrialists, mediapersons and students, were organised in various parts of Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Panchthar and Khotang.
In Biratnagar, civil society members continued with their week-old programme calling for social harmony.
Uttam Dhungel, one of the organisers, said, "We are organising different programmes to promote social harmony and peace."
A rally was held in Indrapur, Morang to declare the area a 'bandh-free zone'. Bhutanese refugees from Beldangi camp also organised a rally calling for social harmony.
In Phidim, locals took out a rally and called on general public to maintain social harmony. The rally, organised by Panchthar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, saw participation of local representatives of various organisations such as Federation of Nepali Journalists, local peace committees, Brahmin Society Nepal and indigenous groups.
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The depressed and impoverished populations of the region of eastern Nepal failed to turn out even minimum numbers in so called "social harmony" rally held in that part of the country. In fact local people are quite forceful in their demand that a Constituion for the country be promulgated according to the wishes of the Mao Body. They further declared that the brahmin, chetri and newar would not succeed in their splittist tactic of undermining the unity of various cultures by getting them to agitate for individual right of each. Nobody is believing this social harmony voodoo being promoted by monied interests who have stake in peace and status-quo. Change and revolution are the key words until the brahmin, chetri and Newar are thrown from power into the hell-pit with their demon gods who have for long, long, long time made the Nepali people suffer. parbati lama, Boston, USA


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As if hog farms were not dangerous and glamorous enough, now they have this mysterious explosive foam on the manure pits.
Mysterious hog farm explosions stump scientists
By Brandon Keim | wired.com | March 13, 2012
A strange new growth has emerged from the manure pits of midwestern hog farms. The results are literally explosive.
Since 2009, six farms have blown up after methane trapped in an unidentified, pit-topping foam caught a spark. In the afflicted region, the foam is found in roughly 1 in 4 hog farms.
There's nothing farmers can do except be very careful. Researchers aren't even sure what the foam is.
"This has all started in the last four or five years here. We don't have any idea where it came from or how it got started,†said agricultural engineer Charles Clanton of the University of Minnesota. "Whatever has happened is new.â€
A gelatinous goop that resembles melted brown Nerf, the foam captures gases emitted by bacteria living in manure, which on industrial farms gathers in pits beneath barns that may contain several thousand animals.
The pits are emptied each fall, after which waste builds up again, turning them into something like giant stomachs: dark, oxygen-starved percolators in which bacteria and single-celled organisms metabolize the muck.
Methane is a natural byproduct, and is typically dispersed by fans before it reaches explosive levels. But inside the foam's bubbles, methane reaches levels of 60 to 70 percent, or more than four times what's considered dangerous. The foam can reach depths of more than four feet.
Disturb the bubbles, and enormous quantities of methane are released in a very short time. Add a spark—from, say, a bit of routine metal repair, as happened in a September 2011 accident that killed 1,500 hogs and injured a worker—and the barn will blow.
If it's easy to see what the foam causes, however, it's much more difficult to understand what causes the foam.
Among the possibilities are new bacterial communities that cause foam to form, or a change to the molecular structure of hog waste—a new foodstock, for example, or a pit-cleaning soap that makes the waste more frothy.
Or it could be both factors, or neither. Scientists have so far been stumped by the foam's patterns.
It can appear in one barn but not another on a farm where every barn is operated identically. Once the foam's established, it keeps coming back, regardless of efforts at cleaning and decontamination.
But though it's now common in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa, and in adjacent parts of northwestern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin, the foam doesn't seem to be spreading outside that area.
A possible clue comes from historical experiences at wastewater treatment plants, where similar-looking foams have been caused by bacteria, though the identified species can't always survive in low-oxygen environments like manure pits.
If microbes are to blame, the next question would be: Why now? Deep-pit manure collection on high-density hog farms has been around for decades. Some recent and specific change would need to be responsible for altering the communities of microbes inside them.
"I don't think it's a dangerous new microbe," said Angela Kent, a microbial ecologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "I think it's a shift in the environment that's favoring a particular microbial assemblage that's inadvertently causing this."
One possibility is a dramatic rise in the agricultural use of so-called distiller's grain, a byproduct of alcohol and ethanol production: between 2001 and 2003, the amount of distiller's grain in hog food quadrupled in the United States. Some evidence suggests a link to foaming, though it's still tentative.
Changes in water use, antibiotic distribution and even corn genetics have also been suggested as hypothetically plausible culprits, but hypothetical is the operative term.
Kent is currently comparing microbial differences between foam and foam-free manure pits, and hopes that a new round of carefully controlled studies on farms using pigs with identical characteristics and diets will give new insight into this unlikely scientific frontier.
"I don't think anyone's very familiar with what microbes are present in a manure pit on a hog farm," she said.
Photograph by Charles Clanton


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Superbike World Championship regular Tom Sykes qualified second on the grid for the first race of a busy BSB weekend, which took place on Saturday 7th August. In that two-part wet race he finished fifth, putting himself on the second row for the start of action on Sunday. Hitting the front of each dry race early on in proceedings, Sykes finished ahead of HM Plant Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari on each occasion.
Ian Lowry was drafted into the team for the weekend, getting to know his Ninja ZX-10R during practic before taking one tenth place finish and a pair of 11th places. These were more than creditable results for a rider still suffering from a lingering chest infection.
The Kawasaki Racing Team will now take a well-earned break before reforming to compete at round eleven of the Superbike World Championship, at the Nürburgring on September 5.
Tom Sykes: "It's been great to race at Brands Hatch again as it's a circuit I really love. There was quite a bit of pressure from myself to perform this weekend but we used this as a bit of a test. Up until last night things weren't really going that well, then we went back to basics and made a few changes, which obviously seemed to work in today's races. Hats off to the team and Paul Bird for pushing hard for us to come here as the results paid off and it just goes to show we're not doing a bad job in where we are in the World Championship. It's a nice pat on the back to the guys for all their hard work this year and really good for me to get the double. It has certainly put a smile on my face."
Ian Lowry: "I was called on Thursday lunchtime to ride for the Kawasaki Superbike Team and I jumped at the opportunity, despite having been pretty ill the past week. I was thrown in the deep end a little but I really enjoyed riding the Kawasaki machine and on Friday I gelled with it straight away, and managed to do some good lap times. In Sunday's races I wasn't quite as comfortable due to my health but I'm pleased I was able to perform at this level having been out of racing most of the year."
2010 Brands Hatch British Superbike Race Results RACE 1: Saturday 7 August (two-part wet race - 18 laps) 1. Alistair Seeley (Suzuki) 2. Michael Rutter (Ducati) 3. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) 4. Josh Brookes (Honda) 5. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 6. Michael Laverty (Suzuki) 7. James Ellison (Honda) 8. Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 9. John Laverty (Kawasaki) 10. Ian Lowry (Kawasaki)
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My grandkids just love to go to the Westerville Mini-Golf. It has two courses and each one is unique. If you go during the week they often have specials.
My grandkids just love to go to the Westerville Mini-Golf. It has two courses and each one is unique. If you go during the week they often have specials.
We've been coming here for years. They keep up the grounds nicely. I think the south course is more fun than the north one.
I have used the driving range, batting cages and mini golf here. Nothing notably good or bad. Everything is in good condition and clean. Range has natural grass and covered/uncovered turf mats with lots of targets. Batting cage is always pretty busy and has everything from soft pitch softball to fast baseball. Mini golf has two fun courses. I would... More
You'd think that being the only mini golf in the area Westerville Mini Golf would slack off on the amenities. No so! This mini golf course is always a pleasure to play. Challenging but kid friendly, it boasts two 18 hole courses, batting cages, a putting green, AND a driving range. Everything you need for a fun Summer night out.... More
What a nice mini golf area located directly off of Shrock Road. They even have batting cages. Since my mom is limited in what she can do, we selected this activity and we both had a memorable experience.
Great place for playing putt putt golf and they have batting cages too. Everyone had fun. Has 2 courses to play.
This is a really cool place! I wanted to take my daughter to the batting cages and this was the closest I found. I wasn't aware of the mini-golf courses until I got there but they were a pleasant surprise and I had to take my youngest daughter back later for that. I moved up a few years ago from... More
This is that cutest little putt putt golf facility! , not too busy couples or family friend, not too busy couples or family friendly. Only wish that the price was a little cheaper, good when you catch a coupon!
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Dead Quacker
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As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, I'm so sorry, your Duck Cuddles has passed away. The distressed owner wailed, Are you sure? Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead, he replied. How can you be so sure, she protested. I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something. The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and s! hook hi s head. The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on it's haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room. The vet looked at the woman and said, I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck. Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. $150!, she cried, $150 just to tell me my duck is dead!! The vet shrugged. I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150.00. source
Im So Lost With Out You [explored]
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Muggy day in Toronto
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Full Supermoon on Toronto
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a wrinkle in time
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What lay underneath was so much more interesting than the floaties on the surface.
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Northern Pintail
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Humber River East Park I was waiting for firework show that evening(July 10) in this park and was wandering around with my camera. She and her boyfriend came over. I noticed the colour of her cloth and bike. I took one shot from front without their notice but not good. When they passed by I was amazed with colour contrast of this scene and took this shot. It was in seconds.
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Mrs. Hooded Merganser
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Come Fly With me
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Mother's Day Treat
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Enjoy your swim today dear, tomorrow it will snow.
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How Cold?
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Shrubs in Humber Bay Park near the lake that are now regretting laying down roots where they did. It was freezing today but the light was perfect for this. That meant I got to use the tripod I had brought for support while walking on the rocks trying not to fall into the lake instead of HDR.
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The US Double Game in Haiti
The US Double Game in Haiti
Not quite a year ago, after returning from Haiti, I wrote for Z-net, "the United States government is playing the same game as in Iraq - pushing for "regime change" in Haiti. Their strategy includes a massive disinformation campaign in U.S. media, an embargo on desperately needed foreign aid to Haiti, and direct support for violent elements, including former military officers and Duvalierists, who openly seek the overthrow of President Aristide." Events in Haiti today show how bloody the U.S. game has become.
Even as Colin Powell insists the U.S. does NOT seek "regime change," the attempt to oust the legitimate elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide grows more violent by the day. During the past week, at least 50 people have been slaughtered, and probably far more, in Gonaives, Haiti's fourth-largest city - most by those whom Powell and pro-U.S. media call "rebels." The dead include three patients waiting for treatment in a hospital. Many of the 14 police killed had their bodies dragged naked through the street, ears cut off and other body parts mutilated. Gonaives and several small towns remain in the hands of a brutal gang of thugs, with direct ties to the U.S.-recognized and Republican-financed "opposition" - the Convergence and the Group of 184, whose spokesmen are sweat shop owners and former military officers. This "opposition" seeks to distance itself from the violence, yet continue to insist that the "uprising" is justified. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security admitted it's concern by announcing preparations for up to 50,000 fleeing Haitians in Guantanamo - indicating the U.S. is expecting to see carnage in Haiti on a grand scale.
Most recently, as the "rebels" blocked the road from the Dominican Republic and re-took two villages in the north, reinforcements arrived from across the border. According to Ian James of the AP, Feb. 14, twenty armed Haitian commandos, shot their way through the Dominican border, killing two Dominican soldiers. With them were former Cap Haitien police chief and army officer, Guy Philippe, and the head of the Duvalier death squad in the 1980s, Louis Jodel Chamblain. Chamblain was also a leader of the FRAPH, a group of para-military "attaches" during the coup years. A close associate of Chamblain, Emmanueal "Toto" Constant, has admitted its CIA funding and direction. Chamblain was revealed in documents reviewed by the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York as one of those present during the planning, with a U.S. agent, of the assassination of the pro-Aristide minister of justice, Guy Malary, in 1993. The U.S. refuses to release documents it seized from FRAPH during the 1994 U.S. invasion - presumably to cover up the CIA ties to FRAPH. Philippe and Chamblain were among those from the Haitian opposition, recognized by the U.S. - the Convergence - who organized conferences in the D.R. funded and attended by U.S. operatives from the International Republican Institute (IRI).
All this is new only in its intensity and scope. The brazen coup attempt which resulted in a violent attack on the National Palace, only hours after Aristide had left it, in December 2001, brought only OAS and US demands that the Haitian government pay reparations for damage to opposition property, and that it prosecute those responsible. Aristide complied. Since then, Paul Farmer, Kevin Pina and others have documented many para-military attacks on police stations, clinics and government vehicles, and the largest power station in the country (Peligre), resulting in the deaths of many government officials and others. Some of these attacks clearly involved former military in alliance with paramilitary gangs like the Armee Sans Maman, openly linked to this month's Gonaive violence by the self-styled "Gonaives Resistance Front" and the "National Liberation and Resistance Front." Some also involved jeeps fleeing toward the Dominican border. In none of these documented instances of violence did the U.S. government or any of the U.S.-based human rights organizations cry out - reserving their criticism for the justly deplored murders of three and possibly five Haitian journalists over a period of four years, suggesting Haitian government ineffectiveness at best in the prosecutions, and complicty with the murders at worst.
It is not surprising, then, that Powell has now only demanded that Aristide's government respect human rights! He denounced the blocking by "pro-Aristide militants" of a "peaceful opposition demonstration." Residents threw up barricades because they said they feared violence in Goniave could spread to the capital - though rocks were thrown, no deaths or injuries were reported. Powell said nothing of the extreme atrocities committed daily by what he variously calls "rebels" and "criminals" against police and Lavalas leaders in Gonaives. One wonders what would be the position of the Bush government if a band of criminals in Kansas City had murdered fifty government supporters and police in the name of opposing the war in Iraq, and if national anti-war leaders refused to denounce this, insisting they hold a demonstration in Washington the same week. As Harold Geffrand, a small business owner who was among those manning the barricade against the opposition's demonstration, told the AP, "If those guys get power can you imagine what would happen? They would destroy and destroy and destroy." The Haitian government immediately condemned the blocking of the demonstration and said these acts were not sanctioned by Lavalas or its allies. The demonstration did in fact take place two days later - with about a thousand participants, as did a much larger pro-Aristide demonstration. Both groups were kept separate and guarded by Haitian police. Opposition leaders in the demonstration repeated their "nonviolence," but also their support for the goals of the Gonaives rebellion." (AP, Feb. 15)
The U.S. game in Haiti has always been a double game - public lip service for "democracy" - at the same time giving concrete covert aid to the most violent anti-democratic forces. Powell pressed Aristide to "reach out to the opposition," and insisted chillingly, "It would be inconsistent with our plan to attempt to force him from office against his will." Powell made plain, "We will insist that Aristide stops the violence, restores order and respects human rights." Yet the U.S.-led embargo continues to block tear gas supplies for the Haitian police, leaving police only the alternatives to kill looters and violent demonstrators, hence "violating human rights," in the U.S. eyes; or ignore them - thus failiing to restore order.
Meanwhile, the same U.S. government players who supported the Contras in Nicaragua - Otto Reich and Robert Noriega (See Kevin Pina's excellent series in the Black Commentator) - gave aid and comfort to those who back the Haiti contras, insisting that the right-wing dominated Convergence and it's elite, pro-business partner, the Group of 184, have a veto over any progress toward holding elections in Haiti. Over a year ago, Noriega and Reich were linked to the planning of a secret conference near Ottawa, at which the Francophone nations were urged by U.S. agents present to be prepared to call for direct intervention and a possible U.N. trusteeship in the wake of Aristide's departure after violence escalated in Haiti. The Canadian diplomat, Denis Paradis, who chaired the meeting was sacked when Canada's role came to light.
No wonder, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was caught in the middle. He waffled when asked about U.S. intentions: "I guess the way to respond to that is that, needless to say, everyone's hopeful that the situation, which tends to ebb and flow down there, will stay below a certain threshold and that there's - we have no plans to do anything. By that I don't mean we have no plans. Obviously, we have plans to do everything in the world that we can think of. But we - there's no intention at the present time, or no reason to believe that any of the thinking that goes into these things day - year in and year out - would have to be utilized."
I saw both sides of this double game when I went to Haiti at the time of Aristide's return in 1994. I saw the U.S. helicopter that landed Aristide at the palace and the U.S. soldiers who guarded the bullet-proof box from which he was allowed to speak. I interviewed U.S. officers in the Central Plateau who said they were specifically told to treat FRAPH as a loyal opposition, and not to confiscate large weapons' caches they stumbled upon. Most of the M-1s and M-14s seen in the hands of the Gonaives thugs today have been identified as coming from those Haitian army stockpiles left untouched during the U.S. occupation. A few M-16s, though, have begun to appear in Goniaves as well - identical to those given the Dominican army en masse just a few months ago by the U.S. government, in return for Dominican acquiescence in placing 900 U.S. troops alongside Dominican guards at the Dominican frontier - and for the Dominican agreement never to use the International Court to accuse and try U.S. citizens for war crimes. (Miami Herald, Dec. 6, 2002)
While virtually all U.S. media insist on parroting Powell and the Haitian opposition in referring to the Gonaives situation as a "uprising by the people," they also repeat the mantra that the "rebel leaders" were originally armed by Aristide as his local goons, and that he is therefore responsible for the attacks on his own police. Such half-truths are sprinkled through media accounts. In fact, those responsible for the Gonaives violence are tied to two local gangs - or clans - entrenched in Gonaives for many years. One gang, based in the slum of Raboto, was headed by Amiot Metayer, and called itself recently "The Cannibal Army." The other, based in Jubilee, included Jean "Tatoune" Pierre, convicted of the notorious Raboto massacre of Aristide supporters in 1994. Metayer's group claimed to support Aristide, but when human rights groups pressed the Haitian government to prosecute him for various crimes, he was arrested. Both Metyayer and Tatoune escaped from the Port au Prince penitentiary in August, 2002, in a daring bulldozer prison break. Late last year, Metayer was murdered, with the opposition and Metayer's followers blaming Aristide, but the government pointing at Tatoune's followers and the opposition. Metayer's brother returned to Haiti from the U.S. and joined Tatoune to begin a campaign against Aristide's party, Lavalas, and the government. They are among those who control Gonaives today - along with what the Washington Post (Feb. 10) calls "higher echelons of leadership from former Haitian army officers." Now they have been joined outright by FRAPH/CIA operatives like Chamblain, who was also convicted in absentia for the Raboto massacre.
Whatever Aristide's mistakes and weaknesses have been (and they are many), they pale when compared to the extreme brutality of those who are today implicated in the violence in Gonaives and elsewhere in Haiti. Andy Apaid is the notorious sweat-shop owner who speaks for the Group of 184, and who, with Evans Paul, leads the anti-Aristide demonstrations in Port au Prince. Apaid spearheaded a successful campaign last year to block Aristide's attempt to raise the minimum wage. It is about $1.60 per day - lower even than in 1995. Apaid insists the opposition does not condone violence, yet says that "armed resistance is a legitimate political expression" and that the "rebels" should remain armed until Aristide has stepped down. Apaid continues to hold U.S. citizenship, despite having received a Haitian passport, based on a fradulent claim to have been born in Haiti.
The two prongs of the Haitian attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of Haiti parallel the two sides of the U.S. double game. One way or the other, the end game is to put in power those more amenable to U.S. policies and to the Haitian elite. It is not surprising that Marc Bazin, long the preferred U.S. candidate for the Haitian presidency, has again been floated in U.S. liberal circles as the "compromise" solution to Haiti's problems! Whether by outright violence or by the strategies of a "coup lite" (like the U.N. trusteeship proposed by the Paradis conference last year or the Caracom initiative brokered by Jamaca and the Bahamas with Powell's blessing) that would ease Aristide out to "avoid a bloodbath," what the U.S. wants for Haiti is what it wants for every country with a leadership not under its control - for Cuba, for Venezuela, for Iran or Iraq: a rose by any other name - "regime change."
The biggest question is why the American liberal establishment goes along with the right-wing Republicans in this - and why even most of the vanishing "left" in the U.S. is either silent or wrings its hands at Aristide's failures. An incredibly effective disinformation campaign in almost all U.S. media is probably the answer: Aristide has been constructed as a tyrant, and hence all opposition to him is justified. Amy Willenz' piece this week in the New York Times is the latest illustration of this. Willenz, who documented the U.S. game since Duvalier in The Rainy Season, reasons that Aristide has betrayed the Haitian people who brought him to power in the first place. To a great extent she is right because Aristide was playing his own "double game" - seeking to keep some shreds of his original platform to bring dignity and equity to Haiti's poor, while having to capitulate to U.S. demands for privatization and structural adjustment in order to hold on to power. Like Powell, Willenz, too, rejects violent regime change. But like Powell, reading between her lines one gets the clear warning. He must go voluntarily, or he will be pushed - no matter what the cost in Haitian lives, and no matter what the Haitian people want.
The time is now to stop the politically correct nonsense on Aristide. The time is now to heed the lone voice crying in the Washington think tank wilderness, that of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), which has consistently exposed the link between U.S. government and right-wing circles and the Haitian opposition, and warned that a contra-style take-over could be eminent. COHA quoted Haitian human rights activist, Pierre Esperance, already in 2002: "I don't know how this situation can last. The country could explode at any time." The time is now to support Rep.Maxine Waters and other brave Black Caucus members in their attempt to counter U.S. government and media half-truths which blame Aristide for everything and cover over U.S. connections to the revival of those who shored up Duvalier and perpetrated the coup a decade ago.
If progressives, at least, do not expose the U.S. double game, and demand support for the democratic government of Haiti, Haiti could succumb to that game. Haitians will have been set back yet again in their two-century struggle for sovereignty and dignity. The U.S. could win its double game in Haiti not in a matter of years, but within weeks.


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If I Could Grant One Wish – Endurance: Dubnyk has shown many times in the past that when he gets too many games in a row, his game falters. Not a good sign for someone trying to establish himself as a starting goaltender. At the end of the 2012 season, Dubnyk had a strong last month, getting most of the starts and helping the Oilers finish the season on a semi-strong note. The question is, does he continue that strong run or does he go back to his ways of being inconsistent and flaky? It's a question that many Oilers' fans want to know the answer to.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's adherence to good and stable relations with the North Atlantic organization.
"I recently spoke with president-elect Putin," Rasmussen told the Brussels Forum.
"I told him that I look forward to continued engagement and constructive dialogue with Russia. And I was encouraged to hear him underline his commitment to good, stable relations with NATO."
Cooperation with Russia is particularly important as "we face common concerns, and they are best addressed through common approaches," he said.
Rasmussen earlier said he would meet with Putin after the inauguration of Russia's new president but most likely not during the NATO-Russia Chicago summit in May.
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- metchinever was ended... the two blocks of the Monde00:00, 24/03/2012the peace of news is after Brussels news agency but what "common concern" could ever be between we and the NATO member states!?
Munia - firstname.lastname@example.com:28, 24/03/2012NATO are sturmtruppen that can be trusted?
- lmThe West knows how to get Russia to do a u-turn easly16:52, 24/03/2012NATO Chief Hails Russia's Commitment to Stable Ties.
Oh how Moscow love to hear the words above it is like candy to a child, give the candy and take away his toy. - arsanlupinNATO and Russia want the same thing22:43, 13/04/2012- namely peaceful relations and trade with each other. The EU accounted for 47.1% of Russia's foreign trade in 2010; Russia bought €86.1 billion from the EU and the EU bought €158.6 billion from Russia. "What common concerns"??? What cave are you living in? It is in both NATO's and Russia's vital interests to work towards becoming equal partners in both trade and in security.
NATO must learn to treat Russia with respect as an equal, including Russia in everything - including inter-operability of the European missile shield. What better way to commit to peace, than to depend upon each other for mutual defense?
For its part, Russia needs to learn to let go of a little of its institutional paranoia. With very few exceptions, no one in The West relates Russia with the USSR; they are seen as two completely separate entities, with Russia just wanting to live in peace just like everyone else. As president Medvedev said in response to Mitt Romney's foot-in-mouth disease "This is 2012, not the 1970's." The Cold War is over - and the human race won.
All this talk about how NATO is "the enemy" is arrant nonsense spouted by a handful of soviet dinosaurs, enraged at their own obsolescence and impending extinction. Let it go!
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Here is a piece for piano and tenor saxophone. Big thanks to ♬ Dave Greening for very kindly allowing me to root around in his extensive back catalogue for another tune suitable for collaboration; with it's wide open spaces at the beginning and end and with the beautifully voiced and intense middle section, this piece fits the bill perfectly.
All the different moods in the piece are created and played with gorgeous sensitivity and a sure-footed sense of structure by Dave. It was a huge pleasure to spend time adding an extra layer on saxophone.
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@mrjordy: cheers Jordan...my favourite instrument tends to be the one in my mouth at the time!...which is usually alto sax...at least that's the one I get the most gigs with
great sax playing. your favorite instrument, im guessing... probably would be mine too if i could make it sound like this
Oooh this is lovely. Top work gents. Two very expressive instruments...played with great skill.
@PatrickEdwardsBass: cool Patrick....I'll keep that in mind for sure!
Dig your tunes! If you ever need bass on a track I would love to play on a track with you.
@Ұurgent file: thank you Yura!...lovely inspiration from Dave here
@Meerdat: thank you so much for your kind words....I'm sure there are enough daves in the world already...but maybe there's room for another one! ;)
This is so hitting me every time i hear it... Thank you a 1000 times for taking the time to listen to some of my tracks! This is the stuff that inspires me! Should change my name to dave :D... Thanks to you both!
@David A. Stuart: thank you David!....yep, this one had worked out well...nice balance between the elements, and it was a strong composition to start with
Sounds great Dave, such lovely phrasing and emotion :) Such a beautiful piano composition also! Great collab !!
This is beautiful, gentlemen! I just absolutely love the combination of sax and piano to begin with. You both have produced a superb piece of work here.
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BSkyB has acquired a 10% stake in social TV startup Zeebox for a multi-million pound sum.
Zeebox, which only launched in October, brings a social element to watching TV by allowing users to see what their friends are viewing and then talk about it online.
It includes web functionality, as well as iPhone and iPad apps that combine a live TV guide with collections of tweets and status updates for each show.
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MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, has released its 10 predictions for 2012.
Top of the list is NFC. MEF predicts that there will be increased investment with some spectacular trials, but that it will still fail to have a significant commercial impact.
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Starbucks' new mobile payment app went live in the UK today, giving users the ability to buy their coffee using an onscreen barcode.
The coffee chain's iPhone app integrates its loyalty card, so users can manage their card balance and top-up direct from their mobiles.
Customers pay for their drink by swiping their barcode at the till.
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Consumers prefer to receive promotions by text message rather than mobile web, according to new research by the Direct Marketing Association.
The study found that 38% of UK consumers prefer SMS promotions compared to just 15% that favour mobile web.
However, this is likely to be a reflection of the number of consumers who own smartphones - which currently stands at around 46% in the UK according to Ofcom.
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Walmart has acquired mobile agency Small Society to join its growing @WalmartLabs mobile team.
Small Society has built several consumer iPhone apps for brands such as Starbucks and Whole Foods, and the team will now be set to work improving the retailer's mobile offering.
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Yahoo has confirmed the appointment of PayPal president Scott Thompson as its new CEO.
Thompson's decision to jump ship comes at a strange time, as PayPal is one of eBay's fastest growing divisions and is in a strong position to take advantage of the growth in m-commerce.
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Netflix has announced that its members have streamed 2bn hours of TV shows and movies in Q4 2011.
With more than 20m global users, this equates to roughly 10 hours of content per person.
Netflix hit the headlines in October last year after losing 800,000 subscribers in the US following the decision to split its postal and online streaming services, so the announcement is good news as it gears up for expansion into the UK and Ireland in Q1 this year.
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Roughly 1.2m Kindles were given as gifts this Christmas, according to data from YouGov, meaning that one in every 40 British adults either gave or received Amazon's e-reader as a present.
In total 1.33m e-readers were given away, with Kindles swallowing up 92% of the market share.
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The most common hourly cost of SEO consultancy is $76-$200, according to a new survey by SEOmoz.
However, cost-per-project is the most common pricing model and is offered by 70% of the agencies and consultancies surveyed.
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Citibank has launched a new Facebook app that allows users to 'pool' credit card reward points to save up for a group purchase or make a donation.
The ThankYou Point Sharing App, which is only available in the US, builds on a service introduced last year that lets customers transfer points to each other on the bank's homepage.
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* Militants open fire at a military checkpoint in Maarib
* Fighting intensifies in the south, residents say
* Clashes in southern city of Lawdar killed 57 on Monday
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* Militants open fire at a military checkpoint in Maarib
* Fighting intensifies in the south, residents say
* Clashes in southern city of Lawdar killed 57 on Monday
(Updates death toll in Lawdar fighting, adds details)
SANAA, April 10 (Reuters) - At least eight Yemeni soldiers
and five militants were killed when Islamist gunmen attacked an
army checkpoint in the central Maarib province on Tuesday, a
local official said.
In the southern city of Lawdar, where 57 people were killed
on Monday in clashes between government forces and fighters from
al Qaeda-linked group Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic
Law), fighting was intensifying, residents said.
Two tribesmen fighting alongside government forces and six
militants were killed, residents and security officials said.
President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took over in February
after a year of mass protests against his predecessor Ali
Abdullah Saleh, is under pressure from Washington to fight his
country's al Qaeda branch.
On Tuesday, gunmen in vehicles fired on the army checkpoint
in Abar, some 300 km (186 miles) east of the capital Sanaa,
killing eight soldiers and wounding four before fleeing, a local
official said. Five of the militants were also killed.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, blamed al
Qaeda-linked militants for the attack, but it was not clear if
they were part of Ansar al-Sharia.
The group claimed on Monday it had captured a large cache of
arms and ammunition, including four tanks and anti-aircraft guns
during fighting with Yemeni troops in Lawdar.
Residents said fighting intensified on Tuesday with
warplanes bombing two sites held by the Islamist fighters 10 km
(6.2 miles) west of Lawdar, destroying at least one of the tanks
the group had seized a day earlier.
According to a Defence Ministry website, some of the
militants killed on Monday were foreigners, including some from
Saudi Arabia.
Vehicles laden with fighters and arms left the southern city
of Jaar, which militants took a year ago, for Lawdar, witnesses
said, while a local official in Lawdar said more tribesmen from
neighbouring towns have joined the fight against the Islamists.
The Islamist group seized control of a significant amount of
territory in the southern province of Abyan during the turmoil
that led to the replacement of Saleh by his deputy. That
included a rift in the army that threatened to spark civil war.
Saudi Arabia and the United States backed the power transfer
in hopes it would help prevent a slide into chaos that could
provide al Qaeda a foothold near key oil shipping routes.
Conflict with Islamists in the south is only one of several
challenges facing Hadi, who took office vowing to fight al Qaeda
only to have more than 100 soldiers killed in attacks during his
first few days in power.
Yemen's main airport in Sanaa was paralysed for a day after
officers and tribesmen loyal to Saleh forced it to close in
protest at the sacking of the air force commander, a
half-brother of Saleh. A government official said they backed
down only after pressure from the United States and Gulf
countries, which had crafted the deal that made Hadi president.
Washington, which has pursued a campaign of assassination by
drones and missiles against alleged al Qaeda targets in Yemen,
is also pressing Hadi to unify the military, which split between
Saleh's foes and allies last year.
(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Additional reporting by
Mohammed Mukhashaf; Writing by Joseph Logan and Mahmoud
Habboush; Editing by Karolina Tagaris)


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