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Judge chides Samsung for handing nixed evidence to media
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Classic Car News
$3.6 million paid for classic Ferrari at auction
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This week a buyer paid a cool $3.6 million at an auction for a Ferrari 250 GT LWB 'Tour de France' Berlinetta, making it one of the most expensive classic cars ever sold.
It made more than any other vehicle sold on the night, outdoing Lamborghinis and Aston Martins at an event hosted by RM Auctions in London, England.
Market analysts, Dave Selby, told Bloomberg that the auctioneers were actually struggling to illicit bids for these valuable classic cars and he said that there was some scepticism as to whether recent high flyers like Aston Martin would be able to compete with brands like Ferrari in the future.
To make this point clear, one of the lots which did not sell on the night was an Aston Martin DB4 GT from 1961, a rarity and one of only 75 ever made. It was expected to make over a million dollars but failed to find a buyer.
A Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder was also auctioned but not sold, implying that no motoring brand is immune to market fluctuations and a general hesitancy amongst the wealthy to part with their cash for unstable purchases such as these.
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Just come back from a stay there - lovely big room and excellent breakfasts a good deal to book in advance. Really helpful staff and it is a good central location for the town. Been to Kos many times but first time there - thoroughly recommend it!
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We stayed 2 nts, retracing Dad's WWII footsteps in Southern France. Nice hotel, perfect location on a quiet street that's just a quick walk to the Promenade. Very clean. Very helpful staff. Did seem a bit high-priced.
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- Hôtel LES CIGALES warmly welcomes its guests in the fascinating setting of a completely refurbished oldNoble residence in the heart of Nice, just 150 m from the sea and the Casino.All our 19 rooms, with attached bath, are air-conditioned and sound-proofed.Other room facilities include minibar, satellite television, direct telephone line with modem socket, and WIFI internet connexion. Personal safe and hair dryer.Our guests are sure to appreciate the warm hospitality and cordiality of our staff, as well as the quiet and peacefulAtmosphere of a family run concern. ... more less
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The rooms at Mustapha's are:
Treetop Room
Nestling up high, this room built with wooden poles is airy and charming, as well as being a bargain.
Green Room
for those who prefer to stay closer to the ground, the green room is a comfortable and affordable option
Yellow Room
This bigger room is good for those with children, or small groups traveling together on a budget.
Round Room
Big and airy, this is the closest Mustapha's has to a dorm, sleeping 3-6 downstairs in three double beds, and 2 upstairs in the roof.
Swiss Banda
A sizable and characterful bungalow with space for four people, but also good for couples wanting a bit of space.
Opposite the bar, this bungalow is comfortable and charming – good for couples but can sleep more if necessary.
Africa House
Also known as "Honeymoon", this bungalow is slightly tucked away from the rest, so good for romantics, or families with children.
Bull & Hickman Room
These new and spacious rooms are set back in a private setting, great for couples who like to have their own space to relax. After a good swim you can enjoy a hot shower from your rain shower head in your private bathroom.
Jasmine room
Walking up a winding staircase surrounded by beautiful Bougainville flowers you will enter the Jasmine room with a private bathroom. This room has a great covered terrace for relaxing and is only a stones-throw from the nightly bonfire.
Kinoma room
This traditional makuti built bungalow is the newest here and offers two queen size beds with a private bathroom. A small family or two couples can relax outside on their own spacious porch.
Sunrise room
With its traditional makuti exterior and brightly painted interior, the Sunrise room is set in its own corner of the lush gardens. With one queen sized bed and one full it is a great space for a small family to enjoy.
Sunset room
The Sunset room offers two queen sized beds and a great outdoor space for reading during the day or stargazing at night. Built with traditional makuti you can feel the true Zanzibar spirit here.
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Prices for the rooms at Mustapha's are low compared to most hotels on the island and you get access to the same stunning beach and beautiful plant life as many expensive luxury hotels, but with a more laidback vibe. Please contact us for prices, but these start from $15 per person per night, depending on the number of people and type of room.
For those of you wondering why accommodation in Zanzibar is a bit more expensive than on mainland Africa, the reason for this is having to import most foodstuffs, drinks and building materials - our costs are much higher than hotels on the mainland, so we have to pass some of that onto the customer to remain in business and to pay staff fair salaries. Nevertheless, we aim to keep prices as low as we can and to be accessible to those travelling on a budget.
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Analysis shows communities like Ypsilanti Township pay high price for business tax incentives
Manufacturing —Â and particularly the automotive industry —Â is the top target for business tax incentives from state and local governments, The New York Times reports Sunday in a lengthy analysis that cites prominent examples from Ypsilanti Township and other Michigan cities.
Yet the heavy spending on incentives carries little clear evidence of resulting jobs growth, and in many cases —Â such as in Ypsilanti Township, home of the massive, shuttered Willow Run plant —Â companies that took incentives for factories ended up closing them.
The Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research says $13.9 billion in incentives have been pledged to the auto industry nationwide since 1985. Automakers have also closed more than 267 plants in the U.S. since 1979, about half of which remain empty, according to CAR.
At least 50 properties in the 2009 list of liquidations of old GM assets were in towns and states that had awarded the automaker incentives, the Times found.
Ypsilanti Township, which awarded more than $200 million to GM for its two Willow Run plants, is suing over GM's departure. Doug Winters, the township's attorney, told the Times, "We're their own private ATM. When they need money, they come begging, but when they don't want oversight, they say 'get out of the way.'"
Today, a trust is marketing the Willow Run facility as valuable —Â even as it pleads for lower property taxes from the township because it says the plant isn't worth much.
Ypsilanti Township has already made numerous staffing cuts, but Supervisor Brenda Stumbo said she'd be willing to grant GM more incentives if the company brought back jobs.
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Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS +2.29% Barnes & Noble Inc. U.S.: NYSE $14.32 +0.32 +2.29% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.88M AFTER HOURS $13.92 -0.40 -2.77% Dec. 11, 2013 4:11 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 5,400 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $836.35 Million Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $193,077 12/11/13 Barnes & Noble Chairman Books ... 12/11/13 Barnes & Noble Chairman Says H... 12/06/13 SEC Investigates Barnes & Nobl... More quote details and news » said revenue at its consumer stores fell 10.9% during the nine-week holiday selling season ended Dec. 29, a sign the retailer is falling behind in the crucial tablet battle with Amazon.com Inc., AMZN -1.44% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $382.19 -5.59 -1.44% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.39M AFTER HOURS $383.50 +1.31 +0.34% Dec. 11, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 61,316 P/E Ratio 1364.96 Market Cap $177.50 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $793,371 12/11/13 Barnes & Noble Chairman Books ... 12/11/13 Amazon Brings Grocery Delivery... 12/11/13 Amazon grocery-delivery servic... More quote details and news » Apple Inc. AAPL -0.74% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $561.36 -4.19 -0.74% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12.66M AFTER HOURS $561.99 +0.63 +0.11% Dec. 11, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 186,880 P/E Ratio 14.07 Market Cap $508.85 Billion Dividend Yield 2.17% Rev. per Employee $2,127,850 12/12/13 China Mobile's Latest iPhone T... 12/12/13 China Mobile's Latest iPhone T... 12/12/13 Samsung Loses Korea Patent Cas... More quote details and news » and Google Inc. GOOG -0.68% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $1077.29 -7.37 -0.68% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.66M AFTER HOURS $1075.24 -2.05 -0.19% Dec. 11, 2013 7:24 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 55,223 P/E Ratio 30.54 Market Cap $362.37 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,059,710 12/11/13 NASA: Google Founders Received... 12/11/13 Streaming Video Means Streamin... 12/11/13 Microsoft's Nadella Says IT Sp... More quote details and news »
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Timeline: Bookending Barnes & Noble
From humble beginnings to a bookselling behemoth, Barnes & Noble has seen ups and downs over the decades as it tried to straddle the world of paper books and e-books.
While the revenue drop reflected in part a slight decline in the number of stores open, as well as lower online sales, it included an 8.2% drop in sales at stores open at least one year. Most of that was driven by lower sales of Nook digital devices, both the tablet and e-reader. Excluding Nook device sales, "core" same-store sales fell 3.1% because fewer consumers came to the stores.
Revenue for the bookseller's Nook segment, which includes all the Nook devices, digital content and accessories, fell 12.6% to $311 million for the nine weeks compared with the same period a year ago, the company said Thursday.
Barnes & Noble has devoted a significant amount of floor space in its stores to its Nook digital devices. But while Nook device sales "got off to a good start over the Black Friday period," they "then fell short of expectations for the balance" of the holiday selling season, said William Lynch, the company's chief executive, in a statement. "We are examining the root cause of the December shortfall in sales, and will adjust our strategies accordingly going forward."
Barnes & Noble has gone head-to-head with Amazon in the tablet market, with both releasing tablets of roughly the same size and in the same price range of around $200. But competition has intensified in the past couple of months. Apple introduced a mini version of its iPad on Nov. 2, priced at $329. Demand for that device was so great that it was sometimes unavailable during the holiday period. Google is also selling its own tablets.
While Nook sales 'got off to a good start,' they fell short of expectations for the balance of the holiday selling season, Barnes & Noble says. Reuters
"What concerns us is that as the overall market gravitates toward color tablets, you'd have expected that Barnes & Noble would have been able to maintain its share because it introduced two new color tablets during the quarter," said Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom. "They aren't behind on the tablet front in the sense that their devices compare well with others, but they are behind in terms of marketing, awareness and adoption. And that's critical."
The news comes just days after Barnes & Noble said Pearson PSON.LN -0.93% Pearson PLC U.K.: London GBp1274.00 -12.00 -0.93% Dec. 12, 2013 10:31 am Volume : 340,450 P/E Ratio 0.37 Market Cap GBp10.53 Billion Dividend Yield 2.51% Rev. per Employee GBp109,795 12/04/13 Microsoft, Pearson Create Corp... 12/03/13 Pearson Buys Brazilian English... 10/30/13 Pearson Warns on Yearly Profit More quote details and news » PLC is investing $89.5 million in Nook Media, the division that runs the Nook business as well as Barnes & Noble's college bookstore chain, for a 5% stake. Microsoft Corp. MSFT -1.31% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq $37.61 -0.50 -1.31% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 37.85M AFTER HOURS $37.63 +0.02 +0.05% Dec. 11, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 2.00M P/E Ratio 13.93 Market Cap $318.14 Billion Dividend Yield 2.98% Rev. per Employee $810,010 12/11/13 Survey: CIOs Plan Microsoft Ta... 12/11/13 HEARD ON THE STREET: Microsoft... 12/11/13 Microsoft's Xbox One Sales Top... More quote details and news » had earlier invested $300 million for a 16.8% stake.
Barnes & Noble warned when it disclosed Pearson's investment that its holiday results would be disappointing and that its Nook business would fall short of earlier projections. Still, Mr. Wahlstrom said, "I don't think anybody was expecting a 12.6% drop in Nook segment sales." Barnes & Noble shares fell 29 cents Thursday, closing at $14.22 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Digital-content sales, including e-books, digital newspapers and magazines, and apps, increased 13.1%. The company said that it expects fiscal 2013 Nook Media revenue, which includes the college bookstores, to hit about $3 billion, down from an earlier forecast of more than $3 billion.
The bookseller also said its Nook business segment, which excludes the college bookstores, will have Ebitda losses that are about comparable to fiscal 2012's about $262 million.
The results reported Thursday are in contrast to the upbeat picture that Mr. Lynch painted for Wall Street analysts in late November. During that presentation, Mr. Lynch described the retailer's seven-inch Nook HD and nine-inch Nook HD Plus as "breakthrough tablet products," and said "the Nook business will scale in fiscal 2013, reducing losses from last year."
He finished by noting that the holiday season had gotten off to an encouraging start, with Nook unit sales doubling over the four-day Black Friday period compared with the same time frame a year earlier.
He also said that comparable-store sales at the retailer's 689 consumer stores were "in line with expectations" over the four-day period that represents the traditional kickoff of the holiday season.
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Dragon boats and their crews take to the river to dredge up funds for schools-and to showcase a racing sport that's making waves around the world.
Dragon boat racing has been around for more than 2,000 years, and is still practiced by farmers in China as a ritual to bring rain (celestial dragons were thought to control the weather). Since we don't really grow crops here in Chicago, the ComEd Dragon Boat Race for Literacy on Saturday 22 in Chinatown will precipitate some money to help cultivate more educated kids.
This weekend's event is more than just a fund-raiser, though. The day features an appearance by Cirque Shanghai, lion-dance performers, food, and dragon boat races between 22 teams, including groups from the Chinatown Fire Department and the office of Ald. Danny Solis (25th). It's also the one time each year that you can catch dragon boat racing in Chicago. The fast-growing competitive sport—popular in countries around the world, in Asia and elsewhere—could one day be an Olympic competition, if supporters get their way.
Dragon boat racing—which features two boats going head to head—requires skill. The boats weigh about 2,000 pounds and will be crewed by a team of 21 people along a 500-meter course for the Chicago event. It may sound similar to crew, but while that sport requires just eight people rowing with locked-down oars. In dragon boat racing, 18 people try to move the vessel by paddling in unison. Additional team members can include a drummer, who helps keep the rhythm of the strokes; a steerer, or coxswain; and a flag catcher, who grabs a flag attached to a buoylike object as the boat crosses the finish line.
"[Without the] oars locked into place, it's just you bracing yourself and making that boat move…you feel the adrenaline," says Joyce Jeng of the Asian Social Network, a company that has taken part in the Chinatown race since its inception six years ago.
In May, Time magazine declared the sport "the next big thing," reporting that in 2005, more than 75 dragon-boat festivals were held in 31 states and 70 cities across the country. "It's bigger on the East and West Coasts, but the United States hasn't taken to it as quickly [as the rest of the world]—kind of like soccer," Jeng says.
Of course, the upcoming event in Ping Tom Park, along the south branch of the Chicago River, is more about fun than competition. Jeng and her team tend to be the attention-getters—members of the ethnically diverse group paint their faces and write their team name, dragon's chi ("dragon's breath"), on their arms. The race will involve 22 boats crafted to look like dragons, and will also incorporate traditions like an "awakening of the dragon" ceremony where an official uses a calligraphy brush and ink to touch the eyes of the boats' dragon heads, Jeng says, "meaning, it's time to race."
Last year's race raised $2,500 for the Center for Asian Arts and Media at Columbia College Chicago. This year's proceeds will go to the Chicago Public School system.
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With the weather still considerably mild, the last 2 weeks have been a veritable bustle of activity… lots happening on the Vision front which is all very exciting, and at last an opportunity to get out onto the water with friends and clients without fear of cancellation. We're fortunate in many ways 'doon sooth' in that many of the chalkstreams are still quite fishable in conditions where others would suffer, be that of level, clarity or otherwise… for this I am thankful as it's been the measure of some exceptional days out grayling fishing.
Although I do however say 'grayling fishing', trout continue to be extremely active… they've obviously forgotten to set their clocks!
Warren and I hadn't been to our bit of the Wylye as yet this autumn, so with him having procured another a nice camera the previous day… to check out the river, fish and take some pictures were but an array of excuses that came to mind as a reason to make the journey forthwith.
With the river looking beautiful and autumnal as it should, and having faffed about for what seemed an eternal age with our cameras, a half hearted attempt to fish in what felt like a very 'still' and 'nothing' type happening afternoon soon drew to a close as the clock struck 5… couldn't see a ruddy thing then anyway.
Following on through the week, David klinking the dink during a great day out on the Itchen.
The Itchen also looking vibrant, colourful and full of life… above and below.
Yet having frequented here more often than not over the last 2 weeks, it remains well above average depth with a flow to test your metal should you feel the urge. Warren unwittingly demonstrates.
When needs must, tiny #18/20 offerings, dropper rollers and some beasty shot to get down deep.
Pretty tactics they aren't, but my do they work… do bears s##t in the woods?
Just as you've sidled up to the perfect pocket, positioned yourself just so and set up your rig…
… don't you just love em?
The highlight however – could there possibly be one other than fishing?
Well yes!. A new addition to the family, a rescue dog from here. Murphy is of Irish stock, we were keen on Guinness as a name but shouting it across fields made us sound like delirious alcoholics so we though better of it. He does look like a Murphy though I'll grant you that.
Therefor our veteran flat coat Holly now has a play thing, she'll be all the better and perkier for it.
Chew all you like but stay out of the rod room… grrr.
Why do I feel less likely to be fishing and more likely to be dog walking all of a sudden, perhaps I can teach him to catch fish… Gollum… now there's a name I didn't think of.
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Stephen Andrew Carreiro, 25, appeared in San Joaquin County Superior Court in Stockton for further arraignment on charges of assaulting an elderly woman and resisting arrest, in addition to the homicide charge.
Carreiro allegedly attacked 62-year-old Lalitaben Patel and a second unidentified woman at the 639 W. 11th St. motel at around 7:10 p.m.
His murder charge includes five attached enhancements, which include rape, rape by a foreign object, sodomy, mayhem and burglary.
According to Deputy District Attorney Thomas Testa, the enhancements are different crimes allegedly committed during the homicide and allow prosecutors to seek life in prison or the death penalty for Carreiro.
Testa declined to elaborate on what kind of object might have been used to sexually assault the victim, but did say a person's fingers could constitute a foreign object.
According to police reports, when officers arrived, they located and arrested Carreiro following an alleged struggle with the suspect, and then found the victim "adjacent to the office of the motel."
Patel was pronounced dead at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital at 8:17 p.m., according to Tracy police reports.
Carreiro was taken to Sutter Tracy and treated for undisclosed injuries the night of the alleged attack. He was booked into county jail at 9:33 a.m. Sunday, July 8, according to the sheriff's website.
Judge Franklin Stephenson on Tuesday ordered that the case be reassigned to Judge Bernard J. Garber for the duration of proceedings.
Testa said after the hearing that it's typical for the first judge on a case to reassign it to a judge who will solely oversee the rest of the proceedings.
Stephenson also denied a motion by Andrew Quinn, Carreiro's court-appointed public defender, to allow his client to wear civilian clothes during court hearings. He claimed that media cameras allowed to take pictures during the hearing could influence "public opinion" and cause "prejudice" against Carreiro if the case goes to trial.
"At some point that will be addressed," Stephenson told Quinn. "Right now, this is only the second hearing for further arraignment."
Carreiro has not entered pleas to the charges because "written reports" from the Tracy Police Department are still waiting to be received by the court, Testa said after the hearing.
No information about the second victim has been released.
Carreiro remains at San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 14 in Stockton.
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Comic Boyz (Chinese: 可米小子) is a Taiwanese vocal quartet boy band. In 2001, after the success of F4, Comic Ritz Production was looking to create a new group to fulfill the 'boy band craze' in Taiwan and after careful selection, eleven members were selected for the Comic Boyz. Despite the publicity and making appearance in Taiwanese dramas, Comic boyz was not successful compare to F4. They disband in 2005 with their last album Goodbye Comic Boyz.
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Assurances that Barry Waterfront jobs will 'stay local' (From Barry And District News)
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Assurances that Barry Waterfront jobs will 'stay local'
8:50am Wednesday 12th September 2012 in News By Sharon Harris
BARRY Waterfront Consortium has said thousands of jobs will be created during their multi-million pound development construction period - after a Vale councillor sought 'local' employment assurances.
The Quays developers said the scheme represents a major private investment in Barry and the surrounding area, with one of its major benefits being the positive economic impact it will have on the community.
And it said a recent economic impact survey had indicated the development would pump an extra £150million into the economy over a 20 year period, while the construction period alone would create 1,700-person-years of full-time employment.
Barry Waterfront Consortium spokesman, Richard Keogh said: "We are still in the early stages of the development at the moment; however all the contractors we employ are generally local, as well as most of the sub-contractors.
"Once the development is finished a further 870 new jobs will be created, as well as 175 spin-off jobs from companies and services on the regenerated waterfront.
"A further 350 indirect jobs will be created across the south-east Wales region as a whole."
300 jobs will result from the opening of the new Asda store, which will anchor the development, and is expected to open in Autumn 2013.
Vale Council planning committee chairman, Cllr Fred Johnson, said it was 'the council's hope the Consortium would seek to employ as many local people and contractors as possible' in the implementation of the scheme.
"The council's approach is to support organisations and individuals to a common goal of local employment and as an example, in the case of the Premier Inn development, the Council worked with the developer and the local job centre to maximise opportunities for local employees," said Cllr Johnson.
"The council would hope to offer this to other employers on the waterfront, especially in relation to long term employment beyond just the construction phase."
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Letters Readers' views took place during the 27 January edition of our programme recorded in Accra.
Your reporter questioned the BBC's "motives" in organising the debate and wondered whether, with a debate entitled "Is an African Spring necessary?", the BBC was trying to "promote a North African-
style uprising in the rest of Africa".
BBCAfricaDebate is a programme for the BBC's audiences in Africa as well as across the world, focusing on issues of pan-African as well as global significance. The theme of this debate was, essentially, reform and political transition. We were asking audiences how they related to the democratisation in Africa. The point of any debate is to discuss issues that divide opinion. This month we will be in Lusaka to discuss China's influence in Africa. I hope your journalists will be able to attend our debates and contribute to the BBC's global debate programme.
olomon Mugera BBC Africa Editor, BBC World Service,
London UK
Introduce Appiah the genius to Africa The New African April issue served its readers with a very enriching article entitled "The postmodern Socrates gets his honour". In fact, Anthony Appiah is an African source of pride and knowledge. But how is it that his 1999 publication AFRICANA:TheEncyclopediaofthe AfricanandAfrican-AmericanExperience is overlooked so often. Please NewAfrican, introduce us fully to this book and others by Anthony Appiah. Africans, particularly, should be aware of such essential works.
oubom Lamy Ney
Buea, Cameroon
Thabo Mbeki lecture questioned I was severely embarrassed to read Thabo Mbeki's speech to university students at Uganda's famed Makerere University, entitled "The architecture of post cold- war Africa" (NA,February). What I would like to ask Mr Mbeki is: Was it not you (in your previous capacity as president of South Africa) and the then President of Nigeria, the late Yar'Adua, who refused the proposition for a continental African government that was put before the African Union leaders' summit in Sirte, Libya in 2009. Did not you and Yar'Adua not fail us that day when you joined Angola, Uganda and others in opposing this proposed Union of Africa?
herif-deen Vienna, Austria
Nothing like peace I was baff led to learn that Mali and Guinea Bissau had had military coups. When will our beloved continent be liberated from such? I firmly believe that now is the time to lift our continent from the barren democratic wilderness to the solid rock of peace and stability. It is the time to rise from the desolate valley of protracted and fratricidal wars, to the sunlit path of dialogue and diplomacy. There is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than abiding peace. My fellow compatriots, with this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our continent into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood and unity. There is nothing like peace.
itata Claude Buea, Cameroon
No ordinary woman I have been reading and admiring Akua Djane's articles in NewAfricanmagazine. She is no ordinary woman. Her reflections have a way of creating thinking outside the proverbial box. One article in particular really interested me. In the February column, "Racism in Britain: Alive and Kicking", Djane tackled this festering sore. Racism occurs not only in Britain but in the rest of the world, even here in Africa. Even in South Africa in its new rainbow age, there are still incidents of racist acts of violence and xenophobia.
So, I wonder, does having black skin directly sentence you to eternal perdition?
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki
I think not. I have always known black people to be ambitious and hard-working. Black is beautiful, so why all the hate?
ophie Katampoi
Nairobi, Kenya
The failures of capitalism Today, the global community is witnessing the failure of capitalism. The imploding system has turned inwards to feed upon itself. Transfixed in a trance-like state of consciousness in pursuit of ever greater profits, its economic institutions have begun to push governments to adopt resolutions which pillage jobs and what were once basic social services of its own citizens. It is a system that has ultimately led to banking and economic institutions dictating to sovereign governments what austerity programmes the country must follow in order to repay its debts.
Capitalism is steadily creating a world governed by financial institutions rather than by governments of the people.
The US, presently at the pinnacle of capitalism, is a country that boasts having the world's largest economy and the most powerful military.
Yet there are reports that as many as 50 million US citizens are unable to see a doctor. Some studies show that at least 45,000 people die each year due to a lack of health insurance. There is NO shortage of doctors, NO shortage of healthcare facilities and NO shortage of financial capital. There is only a human condition of out-of-control greed, inherent in a capitalist system, which has consumed all basic common sense.
I believe we cannot chase Western capitalism because it is a system that is completely foreign to the African traditional ideas of communalism. It is time for Africa to choose its own political and economic philosophy. It should be an economic and political system that reflects the African consciousness. It is only by the political unification of Africa and the continent employing a collective political solution, guided by Africa's own communal traditions, that true liberation and political and economic independence will materialise for the African people.
alib Ray Vancouver, Canada
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Years ago in times long forgotten, the web was a much uglier place — java applets here, flashing text there, animated GIFs everywhere, and lots of boring typography. Most of these problems were the result of poor taste or misguided content decisions and they have gradually disappeared as the collective consciousness has grown to despise them. However, one problem that has only recently been solved is the issue of lackluster typography. Read along to learn how to transform your headlines and body copy into unique works of art.
When font tags (and later, CSS stylesheets) were introduced, a visitor had to have a specific font installed on their computer to be able to display text using that font. If they didn't, the web browser would render the text in its default font, which almost certainly resulted in a visual appearance undesirable to a site's developer.
As you can imagine, the list of web safe fonts (those that are installed by default in almost all operating systems and internet-enabled devices) is a small one. This led to the use of font stacks, which are essentially lists of reasonably similar fallback fonts used in the event that preferred fonts aren't available. The fonts in a stack still have to be present on the visitor's system, but being able to define several options gives the developer peace of mind that at least one of them will be available.
Font stacks are still used today. In a CSS file a typical font stack looks like this:
When CSS2 was released, techniques to allow font embedding finally began to emerge. Embedding allows fonts to be displayed even if they are not installed on the visitor's system. There are several ways to embed fonts, but the easiest by far is through the use of hosted font services.
There are multiple reputable web font vendors out there, but we'll be using Google Web Fonts for this demonstration. It's extremely easy to use and, unlike many of the alternatives, it costs nothing.
Before you embed fonts into your site, you need to browse Google's selection and pick the ones you want to use. Visit http://www.google.com/webfonts to start browsing.
The type of font you pick depends on where it will be used in your site. Thick, bold fonts are great for headlines while thin, narrow fonts are generally better for body text. Fortunately, Google has included a nice interface that allows for filtering based on font properties.
As you add fonts to your collection, they'll display in the bottom navigation panel. You can add as many fonts as you want to a page, but keep in mind that each font will slow the loading time of your site.
In the bottom navigation bar, click the "Use" tab and Google will show you a summary of the fonts you've selected as well as their effect on page load time:
Scroll down a bit and you'll see the code snippet that has been generated for your selected font styles:
Copy your code snippet and browse to your LightCMS site. You have two options for embedding the code:
Your site will now load the needed font resource files every time a page is visited. However, we still need to tell the browser the elements on which we want to activate the font.
This is the hardest part because it requires some CSS knowledge. We need to add the new fonts to the font-family attribute of the target elements on our site. If you're not comfortable editing your site's CSS files, you can make use of the Google Analytics setting again to insert the required code.
Since I chose a thicker font, I'll be applying it to the headings on the site. This is the code I'll insert into the Google Analytics setting on my LightCMS site:
That's all there is to it. Save the settings and preview any page on your site to see the headings in action. Here's how my demo turned out.
Now that you've seen the basics of implementing a web font I encourage you to branch out and find interesting ways to use your new found knowledge. Neat effects can be achieved by adding color or text shadows and by applying the fonts to different elements such as buttons or site navigation. Keep it tasteful but have fun!
Please note: This article was originally published on October 19, 2011 but has been updated and republished to reflect changes to Facebook's custom page tab layout for timeline view.
Keeping up with Facebook can be a challenge. It was just a couple of years ago that we published this tutorial on setting up custom tabs on Facebook pages using FBML. In the year following that article, Facebook announced they were deprecating the FBML standard and actually turning off all FBML page tabs by June 1, 2012. So, we spent some time figuring out how to convert our page tabs to the new iFrame standard, and put together this guide based on what we've learned in the process, publishing it in October of 2011. Now, a few months later, Facebook is again making changes as they shift all pages to timeline view. So, we've updated and republished this article to reflect these changes.
The changes Facebook is making correspond to their migration of all brand pages to the new timeline view. The new timeline view affects how custom page tabs are integrated. Here are a few significant changes:
That's an overview of the most recent changes Facebook has made. Now, let's take a look at how you can put together your own custom page tabs.
First, you need to determine what you want to include on your custom page tab and then create your content in HTML, CSS and JS standards. Whatever content you create, it needs to be no wider than 810px and you should remove any margin or padding around the body of your content so that it fits exactly in the space Facebook provides.
You can host your tab content anywhere you like, but you must be able to provide secure hosting for your content or Facebook won't allow it. This is one reason that hosting the content on LightCMS is a convenient option. With LightCMS, SSL security is built into the publishpath.com domain and every LightCMS website can be accessed through the secure publishpath URL. You can provide your website's publishpath address to Facebook to retrieve the content without ever exposing the publishpath address to the public.
Of course, another plus for putting your content on LightCMS is that you can utilize LightCMS's content management tools, making it easy for you or your clients to update and change the content on the Facebook tab without having to edit any code. Simply create a design template and apply it to a hidden page on your LightCMS website to establish the page you'll provide to the Facebook custom tab.
To set up a simple page tab, Facebook requires you to create a custom Facebook App. Fortunately, this is actually much easier than it sounds. While there are several Facebook Apps out there that will create the tabs for you, I'm always a fan of doing things myself when possible and, in this case, it's a very simple process so I think it's worth it. Here's a quick rundown of the process:
Go to the Facebook Developer Website Visit https://developers.facebook.com/apps. You must be logged in to Facebook to continue. If this is your first time to create a Facebook app, Facebook will ask you to authorize the developer tools, which you will need to do.
Click "Create New App" You'll be asked to provide a name for your app. The name can be anything just to help you remember what the app is for. You don't need to put anything in the "App Namespace" box.
Fill in the Details Facebook Apps have tons of settings, but there are only a few you need to worry about. When you edit the settings on your app, look for the section called "Page Tab." Click to enable that and you'll see five fields. Complete these fields as follows (see image below for reference):
That's it! Now you can save your changes.
Now that your app is set up you need to add it to your Facebook page. Facebook has, unfortunately, made this harder than it needs to be. The best way I've found is to paste the following URL into your browser's address bar:
Replace "YOUR_APP_ID" with the numerical ID of your app and replace "YOUR_URL" with the URL to the iFrame content you have created. Accessing this URL through your browser will bring up Facebook's dialog allowing you to choose the page on which you want to install your app.
Visit your Facebook page and you should now see the new tab added to one of the boxes below the main cover image. If you have a lot of boxes, you may have to click the arrow at the far right to expand the second row of boxes. Once you click that arrow, you can hover over any box and select the edit menu at the top right of the box to change its position. Remember, the "Photos" box is the only one that can't be moved.
To customize the image used to represent your tab, click the edit menu on the appropriate box and choose "Edit Settings." You'll be able to upload your own 110x74 image to display in the box. You can also adjust the text that is used to describe the tab (overriding the Page Tab Name you set when you created your app). Click your image and you'll be taken to your custom tab, displaying the custom content you created.
Include the following in the head of your html document. Replace HEIGHT-IN-PIXELS with the desired height for the iFrame. Be sure to replace it in both locations below.
And include the following just before the closing body tag. Be sure to replace YOUR-APP-ID with the numerical id of your app.
Most of you likely already know that Facebook offers a handful of social plugins which can be used to integrate Facebook's functionality with your own website. One of the most intriguing of these plugins is the Facebook Comments Plugin. With Facebook Comments your site visitors can leave comments on your website just as if they were commenting on Facebook.
There are a host of pros and cons for using Facebook Comments and we're not going to debate them all here today. I will just say that, in my opinion, the biggest thing Facebook Comments has going for it is the fact that when users leave comments on your site, those comments are, by default, posted back to their Facebook profiles. This means those users' friends will see stories in their news feeds with their friends' comments and links to the posts on which they left the comments. Plus, if their friends leave comment replies within Facebook, those comments are cross-posted back to your blog as well. This feature alone creates the potential to greatly expand the reach of your blog posts and the interactions that happen on your blog.
Facebook provides many tools for developers to use when integrating their social plugins. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are going to cover the most basic approach to integrating Facebook Comments with LightCMS.
You will want to create a page on your site to function as your blog's detail page. This should be a hidden page and its only purpose will be to serve as the "framework" onto which the system will display your blog posts. You will then want to create a separate blog detail template that you will apply to this page.
Once your blog detail page is set up with your blog detail template applied, you need to tell your blog element to use this blog detail page for blog post display. You do this by visiting the blog element settings -> advanced tab and looking for the "Detail Page" selector. Choose the page you just set up and save your changes.
Once this is complete, any changes you make to your blog detail template should be reflected on the detail pages of every blog post.
While you're editing the settings for your blog element, go ahead and visit the "Basic" tab and uncheck the box that says "Let people comment on my posts." This will turn off the built-in comment system. You can technically still use the built-in comment system in addition to Facebook comments, but in most cases, disabling the built-in comments is probably a good idea.
The final step is adding the Facebook Comments code to your blog detail template. You'll most likely want to add this code directly below the MainContent region. To get the code you need, you can visit Facebook's reference page for the Comments social plugin. There you can enter the URL to comment on (see more on this below), the number of posts to show at once, the width of the plugin and the color scheme (you have a choice of "light" or "dark"). Facebook will then provide you with a snippet of code you can paste right into your template where you want the plugin to appear.
One little tweak to Facebook's generated code is needed. In order to be able to use the plugin code across multiple blog posts and/or pages, you need to replace the URL used in the code with LightCMS's dynamic URL token.
Look in the code Facebook provided you for the following: data-href="example.com"
and change it to: data-href="<$url stripQueryString="true" /$>"
The "stripQueryString" attribute is needed because Facebook treats every URL, even URLs with different query strings, as separate entities. So, comments left on http://example.com would be separate from comments left on http://example.com?x=1 and the like. To ensure all comments left on your post are grouped together and visible whether query strings are used or not, our URL token provides the option to remove all query strings when outputting the current page's URL.
The above is all that is necessary to get comments running on your site, but there are a lot more settings and features you can play with as well. Continue reading down Facebook's reference page and you'll find information about how to set yourself up for moderating comments and controlling other aspects of the plugin.
Also, you might want to look into implementing open graph tags on your blog pages as well. These tags can shape and improve the way your content is rendered on Facebook when your pages are shared or commented upon. For details on how to do this, see Facebook's Open Graph Protocol reference page.
I hope this brief tutorial gives you an idea of how you can integrate Facebook comments with LightCMS. If you have experience using Facebook comments, please share your thoughts in our comments section below.
Since LightCMS gives you full control over your HTML, CSS and JS, it is possible to create designs that position elements in a way that obstructs the view of certain admin controls when the user is in admin mode. The best approach to correct such issues is to modify your CSS. But what if you can't find an easy CSS solution? As usual, jQuery is here to help. With a few additions to your JS, you can set CSS attributes that only apply when you're logged in and in admin mode.
This post assumes a basic knowledge of using JavaScript libraries. If you're not sure how to use JavaScript or jQuery with your LightCMS site, check out our blog post "Using jQuery with LightCMS".
Below is an example of a site in need of some fancy admin doctoring. The main area up top is called #featuredImages, and it's part of a custom jQuery photo gallery called cycle. Directly below #featuredImages are two blue boxes referred to as #cta.
The design looks great, but when you log in, you can see that the positioning applied to #cta causes it to block the "Add Element" button for the Featured Images region. Check out what the problem looks like below.
To clean this up, we can use jQuery for a simple fix. The following conditional statement will allow you to add jQuery that will apply only if the user is logged in and in admin mode:
// Checks for Admin to apply fixes for backend if ( $('#adminbar #toolbar').length ) {
This checks for the presence of both the #adminbar and the #toolbar. Ensuring you are both logged in and in admin mode before applying the rest of the jQuery, below.
// cycle when logged in $('#featuredImage').cycle({ fx: 'scrollHorz', speed: 800, next: '#next', prev: '#prev', cleartypeNoBg: false, timeout: 0 }); $("#controls").show(); $("#cta").css({'margin-bottom' : '-80px'});
So, what happened?
First, we targeted #featuredImgages and changed some of the custom photo gallery's settings for users in admin mode. We set the timeout to 0 so that you don't have to worry about it automatically scrolling when you try to edit it. We also set #controls to be shown, so you can switch between #featuredImages manually (you can see the "prev" and "next" buttons at the top of the image above).
Second, we added some CSS to be applied only when the user is in admin mode. We targeted #cta and then changed the CSS attribute margin-bottom, pushing the #cta section down so that it no longer covers the "Add Element" button.
While this is a fairly simple example, you can see the possibility is here to add any amount of CSS to only be utilized when the user is in admin mode. So whether you just want a visually clean site when you log in personally or if you're wanting to clean things up for your client, using jQuery to situationally alter your CSS can be a fantastic choice.
The world of SEO is anything but black and white. Use tags, but not too many. That's probably too much. Just write naturally while using this keyword three hundred times in your first paragraph. The frustration can be intense when balancing authenticity with tweaks that may or may not make the search engines happy. Maybe you've even given up. But with all of the buzz about Google+ and Facebook and what-have-you, it's obvious that SEO is a success factor that's not going anywhere anytime soon. It's apparent that whether you only have a personal site or you're a multi-million-dollar LightCMS reseller helping clients optimize their site, SEO is important for you.
So how can you approach SEO in a way that's practical, easy on time, has results, and (best of all) is free? I marched across the hallway and asked our resident SEO professional, and here's what we came up with.
It may surprise you that one of the most effective tools for SEO is blogging. Blogging platforms are everywhere, and it just so happens that the LightCMS blog element has everything you need for SEO. If the platform you use creates a unique page for each post as the LightCMS blog element does, then those posts impact your SEO as any other page on your site would.
One of the great things about blogging is that it gives you infinite chances to bolster your site's ranking with search engines. Just in case you're not familiar with the lingo, a keyword is basically a search term you want to place well for. The very basic idea is that if you've got a Dr. Phil fan site and you want everyone who looks up "OMG Dr. Phil" to find your site first on Google, then "OMG" and "Dr. Phil" could be your keywords.
A serious site is likely going to involve more complex search terms than that, and so an online keyword tool can be a great place to get some ideas. Free tools like Google's external keyword tool can be a great help. There are two simple ways to use it for finding keywords: 1.) You can "prospect" your competitor's keywords. If the keywords are dominated by huge companies, you can consider avoiding them to take up some of the less used keywords that apply. 2.) You can search for new keyword ideas using a URL or a related term.
The search industry relies heavily on being relevant, so being mindful of how many times you use your keywords is important. Search engine algorithms have become staggeringly complex, so keyword density isn't nearly as important as it once was, but you definitely want to avoid looking "spammy."
Free keyword density tools, like this tool from SEObook, give you a chance to monitor the percentage and number of times you're using a term or terms. The main goal is to make sure your search-relevant words are prominent, but many say that specific percentages aren't a big factor anymore.
Keywords are dandy, and a good density is the bee's knees, but the cold, emotionless logic of a search engine wants the same thing we do -- real, helpful content. So keep those keywords and terms in the back of your mind as you write, but don't focus on them overtly. You want your content to be natural, relevant, and actually useful. Having content that's worthwhile also increases the chances that your site will be linked to by others when they find it, and links from external sites have a strong effect on your site's search engine ranking.
Incorporating better tactics to improve SEO can be easy on you, your wallet, and your time. Find keywords relevant to your site, set up your pages to appear relevant, and then create relevant content. But more than anything else, create good content.
So what have you used for SEO? Any tips or guides that you've seen results from? Let us know in the comments!


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Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of sheer vocal refinement, he has a voice and style uniquely his own. He is well known as part of the New Orleans sound of the Neville Brothers. Yet, aside from the 1967 number one R&B hit "Tell It Like It Is," few have heard his incredible early solo recordings. For more information on how to purchase tickets, click here
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Battle of the NBA Finals cities: What's an OKC?
Blog | Jun 12, 2012 | 4:26 PMBack in my sportswriting days, it used to be tradition for home-team columnists to make fun of the opponent city before a championship series. It was a cheap, lazy but altogether entertaining way to avoid the usual boring pre-game hype....... -
UCI professor searched for explosives, weapons online, D.A. says
Story | Aug 8, 2012 | 5:54 PMp> A UC Irvine professor charged with a series of arson fires and accused of plotting to kill 200 students at his son's high school had searched the Web for the same homemade explosives used in the Oklahoma bombing, a...... -
Name that logical fallacy!
Story | May 4, 2012 | 4:32 PMBy Megan Crepeau This just in from the Heartland Institute: If you accept the conclusions of the overwhelming majority of climate experts and agree that the earth is warming, you are a mass murderer. So, obviously, everyone should eat meat,......