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Donna Vekic of Croatia serves the ball to Zhang Shuai of China during their semi-final match at the BMW Malaysian Open on April 19, 2014. Vekic won 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. – AFP Photo
KUALA LUMPUR: Young tennis sensation Donna Vekic of Croatia did not let the rain ruin her day.
The 17-year-old Vekic made a sizzling comeback to pack off second seed Zhang Shuai of China 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the women's singles final in the rain-delayed BMW Malaysian Open at the Royal Selangor Golf Club on Saturday.
The reward for world No. 93 Vekic is a showdown against tournament favourite and world No. 10 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Cibulkova had to dig deep into her reserves to pull the rug from under defending champion Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-7, 3-7, 6-3, 6-3 in an epic semi-final battle that lasted for two and half hours.
This will be Vekic's third final appearance since turning pro four years ago – but one that she's bent on winning, having lost her two previous WTA finals – in Birmingham (in 2013) and Tashkent (in 2012).
If Vekic wins on Sunday, she will be the youngest player to be crowned the Malaysian Open champion.
Vekic got off to a slow start against Zhang Shuai, and that was understandable as she had to wait for hours before her scheduled match started.
She was a complete washout in the first set as Zhang Shuai, a member of China's Asian Games gold medal-winning team, dominated play to win 6-1.
Just when everyone expected Vekic to be blown away in the second set, the Croatian picked herself up to produce an awe-inspiring display and turn the tables on Zhang Shuai to win 6-3.
In the decider, a composed Vekic began hitting strongly and cut down on her mistakes to fend off a late charge by Zhang Shuai and earn her third final appearance in her budding career.
Vekic admitted that the opening set "broke my confidence" but was thrilled that she managed to overcome the disastrous start.
"It was actually funny. I managed to get only one point from the first three games. I was shocked and Zhang Shuai played really well. I felt helpless and could not do anything right ... I was feeling very embarrassed," said Vekic.
"At the end of the first set, I told myself that if I continued like that, I would only end up breaking my racquet ... that's how frustrated I was.
"Fortunately, I managed to turn things around and took a 5-0 lead in the second set. I started to hit the ball stronger and she began making mistakes.
"It is indeed amazing to make my third finals, considering that I was hardly winning any matches at the start of this year. Now, I'm in the final and I hope to be third time lucky."
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Photo: Nir KeidarVasek Pospisil (CAN)
By Ray Stevens in Ramat Hasharon
When all was said and done in Israel, the Canada Stadium at Ramat Hasharon was luckier for the Canadian team than for the Israelis who have registered many noteworthy results there with the help of their intimidating crowd, as the Canadians earned a coveted place in the elite World Group with a 3-2 victory over their hosts.
FYI: The Canada Stadium is named in honour of the donors from that country who raised the money in the 1970s to build the 4,500-seat horse-shoe shaped arena.
But now for the tie. Several issues started to become clear from the outset of this meeting…
The most vivid is the appearance of a younger player with tremendous potential… Canada's Vasek Pospisil. At 21, Pospisil is a superb athlete with all the tennis shots in the instruction manual. He also possesses the deportment and composure of a man twice his age.
When Pospisil looks back on his career, almost certainly from far more dizzying heights than his current 124th ranking, he will be able to point to Ramat Hasharon's Canada Stadium as one of the first places where his career kicked off.
Pospisil won all three matches he played during the weekend and despite being considered the underdog against Israeli No. 1 Dudi Sela he pulled off a head-turning five-set win that that lasted as many hours.
In doubles, Pospisil teamed with veteran doubles star Daniel Nestor who coaxed and cajoled him to inflict a very rare home defeat on Israel's accomplished duo of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich.
And on Sunday, Pospisil played through encroaching fatigue to register another tough three-set win, over Amir Weintraub.
The bright spot for Israel, however, was Weintraub, who played some scintillating tennis to overcome and albeit out-of-form Milos Raonic, now making his way back from injury.
On his 25th birthday, Weintraub did the damage and proved that he has the ability to be a very good player but now it is just a matter of him delivering good results on a regular basis, something that has been sorely lacking from a player ranked within the Top 200.
By Chris Bowers in Belgrade
Once upon a time there were two young guys who lived on the opposite ends of London. Both blokes liked to play tennis, so occasionally they would meet at public park courts and have a hit.
One chap was Chris Bowers – that's me – who was a sports and news broadcaster. The other chap was Michael Davenport – the future ambassador – who was working at the British foreign ministry. Our tennis meetings ended when the future ambassador was posted to Poland.
But there is a happily ever after ending to this story. We recently rediscovered each other and had an opportunity to play tennis together again.
Here's how it happened.
Think of me as Chris Bowers I. There is a Chris Bowers II, who also happened to go into broadcasting. Way back when we both worked at BBC Radio in the late 1980s. Sometimes people confused us. I would go to the office and people would ask me, 'How's Afghanistan?' and I'd have to say, 'No, that's the other Chris Bowers' as he had been posted in Kabul.
That other Chris Bowers, however, also spent time working in Southampton, England, and was at one time contacted by a young woman, who was also named Chris Bowers – we can call her Chris Bowers III. She was struck by having the same name as the radio Chris Bowers and liked the sound of his voice. So she made contact and the two had dinner. As it turns out it was a case of mistaken Chris Bowers identity. She had contacted Chris Bowers II instead of me, Chris Bowers I, but once they met, it became clear to Chris Bowers II that Chris Bowers III had called the wrong guy.
Years later – as in 20 years later – Chris Bowers II sent me, Chris Bowers I, an email note confessing his guilty secret about the date I should've had with Chris Bowers III. I noticed his email had a Foreign Office address, so when I replied to him, I asked whether he happened to know my old tennis buddy, Michael Davenport. He said he knew him well and that Michael, who needs no number as he's the only Michael in this story, was the newly minted British ambassador in Belgrade.
When I found out that I would be going to Belgrade for the Davis Cup semifinal between Serbia and Argentina, I contacted Michael. He said he remembered me and wrote, 'bring your racket and gear, and we'll see if we can have a hit!'
On Sunday morning we had that hit in the grounds of the British embassy in Belgrade, a lovely secluded court, though I think it's probably the slowest hard court I've ever played on. Of course, diplomatic protocol prevents me from telling you that I beat him 63 in the one set we played.
But he had the edge on me in one way – it's the first time I've ever had to call my opponent, 'Your Excellency'!
By Clive White at Cordoba
It's almost as much a symbol of Spain as the castanet. The Spanish fan – I mean the hand fan as opposed to the tennis supporter – was much in evidence during the weekend's semifinal in Cordoba, where temperatures are regularly among the hottest in the country.
At times, the Plaza de Toros de los Califas resembled more a butterfly garden than a bullring-turned-tennis venue with so many fans fluttering around the arena at the same time. It's estimated that almost three-quarters of the 14,000 crowd were using them in an effort to keep cool as temperatures soared to 35 degrees and more - and macho senors were just as happy to use them as the senoritas!
Beyond the fans doing their fanning, there's another interesting factor to the spectators who came to the Plaza de Toros de los Califas to watch tennis.
Not too many people would dispute – except those millions residing in Serbia, of course – that Spain rules the world in both tennis and football. When a country is that strong in two disciplines there is invariably a bit of a crossover, as was evident during the semifinal in Cordoba against France.
Fans of Spain's World Cup winners last year – and, of course, the country's Davis Cup team - were much in evidence, judging from the shirts they wore. We had "Torres," "Iniesta," "Villa," "Xavi". In fact, just about every member of that victorious team in South Africa you could think of. Hopefully, the next time Spain's national football team play they will be supported by fans sporting shirts with the names of "Nadal", "Ferrer", "Verdasco" and "Lopez". We can but hope.
By Adam Lincoln in Bucharest
Davis Cup isn't all about the boys, at least not in Romania. Presiding over this weekend's World Group play-off against Czech Republic in her capacity as president of the Romanian Tennis Federation was Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie, a former French Open quarterfinalist and world No. 15 on the WTA computer.
Eleven of the 207 national tennis governing bodies boast a woman at the helm: Aruba, China, Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Ireland, Palau, Zimbabwe, Monaco, Romania and Turkey. So Dragomir, a few years into the role, is still something of a rarity... but does that mean she brings something different to the table?
"As a woman, maybe I am paying more attention to the details – I am a perfectionist," she says, adding diplomatically: "But we all are working hard, together, men and women, for the benefit of the players, public and everybody that loves this magnificent sport that is tennis."
Dragomir, who married Florent Ilie in 2001, suffered a severe ankle injury later in her playing career, which ended in 2005. By then she had won four singles titles and five doubles titles, at one stage reaching the round of 16 at Roland Garros in six of eight years. She also represented her country with distinction at Fed Cup, contesting 30 ties and compiling a 21-7 record in singles.
So which is harder: playing or managing the nation's tennis fortunes, from the elite level to junior development?
"In both situations the responsibility is very high," she says. "Whether you are on the tour, playing Fed Cup, or in a Davis Cup meeting is an honour, but at the same time a challenge. You must give your very best. As a former player I have many friends inside and outside the country and I am fortunate that here at the Romanian Federation we have a very motivated and dedicated team."
By Suzi Petkovski in Sydney
Australia and Switzerland are competing for two cups this weekend. Obviously the Davis Cup, for a place in the World Group in 2012, but also the lesser known Peter Carter Cup.
Carter, a serve-volleyer from South Australia, retired young as a player and became a coach with the Swiss Tennis Federation, where he was an influential coach and mentor to the teenage Roger Federer. But the Aussie never got to see his protégé set the tennis world alight. In August 2002, less than a year before Roger would become Wimbledon champion, Carter was killed in a car crash in South Africa.
When Australia and Switzerland next met in Davis Cup, for the 2003 semifinal at Melbourne Park, the Peter Carter Cup was instituted, to commemorate the tennis link between the two nations. John Fitzgerald, Aussie Cup captain at the time, was instrumental in naming future Australia-Switzerland Cup ties for his former mate and fellow South Australian.
That 2003 semifinal was an emotional experience for Federer. Following his epic loss to Lleyton Hewitt, his voice wavered during the press conference - head down, cap obscuring his eyes. It wasn't just the loss to Lleyton that shook him. Roger had just met with Carter's parents, who'd travelled from Adelaide for the tie. This week in Sydney, asked about his memories of that 2003 tie, Roger's mind went back not just to scores and match details but 'a lot of personal issues to get through'.
The Aussies hold the Peter Carter Cup following their win at Geneva in 2006; they are yet to lose to the Swiss in four Cup clashes. For Federer, the memory of Carter was perhaps another motivating factor in his round-the-world dash to be in Sydney, just days after a brutal loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open semifinals. Roger flew first with his family to Dubai, then the 14-hour haul to Sydney.
On the day of his arrival, Roger caught up with another of his Aussie coaches, Davis Cup stalwart Tony Roche. At the pre-match dinner, no sooner were the teams announced and seated than Rochey headed over to the Swiss table and Roger was on his feet to greet his former coach. They chatted amiably for several minutes - team intel and intrigue no doubt the least of it.
Rumour has it that this might be the last year that Tito Vazquez is captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team, but he certainly seems to have done a lot of mending of fences among his top players.
Three years ago Argentina's two leading players, Juan Martin del Potro and David Nalbandian, weren't on the best of terms, so a Serbian journalist asked Vazquez at a team press conference this week whether it was true that the two players still don't like each other. Quick as a flash, Vazquez replied: "No it's not true, in fact they kissed each other last night."
The journalist then asked whether the two players could kiss again for the cameras. Again showing lightning speed and massive diplomacy, Vazquez replied, "Oh no, they only kiss at night."
In Serbia, Novak Djokovic isn't just a tennis player, he's an entire industry.
There's the restaurant he owns, appropriately called "Novak." This probably isn't much of a stretch as he grew up the son of a pizza and pancake restaurant owners, so it's the genes.
In front of the restaurant, Djokovic has the Terracotta Warrior statue of him that was made when the year-end event was held in Shanghai.
And in the concourse of the Belgrade Arena there's even a Novak shop.
On Sunday, when Djokovic was forced to retire against Juan Martin del Potro with injury he didn't quite conjure up an image of a warrior a la the statue in front of his restaurant.
But in the big picture, Djokovic is the best player in the world. He's won three Grand Slam titles this year, so the industry known as Novak Djokovic in Serbia is bound to find business is going to get even better.
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IG: VA transmitting sensitive data over unencrypted carrier network
The Veterans Affairs Department was transmitting sensitive data, including personally identifiable information and internal network routing information, over an unencrypted telecommunications carrier network, according to a March 6 VA Office of Inspector General report (.pdf).
Despite VA and federal information security requirements, the department has not implemented technical configuration controls to ensure encryption of sensitive data, found the OIG. In fact, auditors discovered that the VA typically transferred unencrypted sensitive data, such as electronic health records and internal Internet protocol addresses, among certain VA medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics.
VA Office of Information Technololgy management "acknowledged this practice and formally accepted the security risk of potentially losing or misusing the sensitive information exchanged via a waiver; however, the use of a system security waiver was not appropriate," concludes the report.
"Without controls to encrypt the sensitive VA data transmitted, veterans' information may be vulnerable to interception and misuse by malicious users as it traverses unencrypted telecommunications carrier networks," states the OIG. "Further, malicious users could obtain VA router information to identify and disrupt mission-critical systems."
The OIG recommends that the VA chief information officer identify the VA networks transmitting sensitive data over the unencrypted carrier networks and implement configuration controls to ensure encryption of such data. Auditors also say the CIO should also require that OIT personnel complete specialized training emphasizing the importance of encrypting sensitive VA data transmitted across the Internet.
The CIO concurred with the OIG's recommendations.
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By Sunil Sharma
Rock-solid defender Simione Maikali has been chosen to lead Suva's campaign at the 2012 Inter District Championship in Ba this week.
The 29-year-old Waidradra native from Navua was picked ahead of former skipper Emori Ragata and Inosi Cava.
Fellow defenders Samuela Kautoga and Leone Damudamu were named the vice captains at the team's presentation last night at Garden City in Raiwaqa.
Coach Gurjit Singh said they decided to rotate the captaincy as Ragata had already led the team to victory in Fiji FACT.
"We want to give chance to the senior players to lead the team, so we have decided to appoint Simi as the captain while Leone and Samu Kautoga will be the vice captains," he said.
Having won the Fiji FACT at Govind Park earlier this season, Singh is confident of repeating the same feat this time around but is also aware of the pressure.
"We can repeat our Fiji FACT performance again in Ba and I have faith in my players," he said."But we are in a very tough pool and all teams will be out to win in the Pool and qualify for the semifinals so competition will be at its very best," he added.
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Nissan ups its production of ever-popular Leafs in the US
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By Robin Haycock, Head of Transport, The Climate Group.
We have more great news in the EV world people, as Nissan Motor Co. has said that it will begin manufacturing motors for its Leaf electric cars in Tennessee, the US, starting in 2013. Of course I'm very happy about this!
The Decherd-based factory will benefit from a brand-new assembly line and up to 90 new jobs. Great numbers of new jobs in the Clean Revolution is thankfully inevitable, and watching companies start to ramp up production is a clear sign of demand for EVs too.
Demand is again proven by a tweet I just spied by @ClimateGroup that reads: GM volt supply to surge in race with Nissan's Leaf #EV - both automakers have 1000s of custs. on waiting lists http://ow.ly/5On2m.
Now if that isn't evidence of rising demand and competition ramping up between the big guys, I don't know what is.
When Nissan's new line is complete, the US plant will be producing up to 150,000 Leafs a year. Wow! This is excellent news, especially as people have actually been struggling to get hold of the covetable Leafs recently.
Nissan's leadership with a dedicated product such as the Leaf, ensures that people get products that work well with all the auxiliaries designed to suit electric drive and battery storage.
Bill Krueger, vice chairman of Nissan Americas has said of the announcement: "Nissan's Tennessee operations are paving the way to a zero-emission future for everyone. By delivering motors for the first mass-produced electric vehicles manufactured in the United States, our Decherd plant will play a vital role in making zero-emission mobility a reality for American consumers."
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October 12, 2011 5:43 AM
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Architecture students working through Tulane City Center are building a dedicated space for Mardi Gras Indian performances, cooking demonstrations and classes on reading and health. The one-story structure is slated for completion in February, ending decades of shuffling between homes and other organizations' meeting spaces.
The Guardians Institute, an organization focused on preserving African-American cultural arts and promoting literacy, has worked since 2007 with the Tulane Prevention Research Center, which studies how physical and social factors influence residents' eating habits and physical activity.
Last year, the institute was awarded a $50,000 grant through the Tulane City Center to design and build the new structure. Named after the late Donald Harrison Sr., a Big Chief for several Mardi Gras Indian tribes, the building is the first physical manifestation of his passions for the community, says Herreast Harrison, his wife.
The building's two main components are an indoor classroom and an outdoor performance space and stage. In those areas, Harrison said she hopes to have regular health-focused community programs for adults and children, such as exercise groups, healthy food presentations and tobacco-free living education.
It was these programs and goals that Tulane architecture students and faculty members said they kept in mind when designing the structure.
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Eventually Harrison and her family, who run the institute, want to expand the site into a campus that includes a museum. For now, though, Harrison is enjoying the moment.
"I'm just so thankful and amazed," Harrison said. "It's my passion to do this because my husband had a passion for the culture and education."
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Super Bowl Sunday is a great day for skiing and snowboarding. You'll find uncrowded trails and an absence of liftlines coupled with midwinter conditions. While others prepare to watch the big game this Sunday, Feb. 1, hit the slopes — and score some of the best deals of the season on lift tickets. Liftopia, the largest online marketplace for discounted ski lift tickets and mountain activities, has launched its annual Game Day Sale with exclusive discounts of up to 80% off at more than 200 ski areas.
With kickoff at 6:30 p.m. EST, you'll have plenty of slide time before you settle in to watch the Ravens and 49ers with chips and brewskis. Here are a few of Liftopia's Game Day deals, mostly at local day-trip areas but also at some destination resorts:
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In today's globalized economy, it is not uncommon to read about the digital transformation of an entire industry along with the demise of a once-mighty corporation. Household names across many industries, such as EMI music, Woolworths, Thomas Cook, Blockbuster, Ladbrokes and Encyclopaedia Britannica have radically restructured, or in some cases, gone into bankruptcy, as new digital entrants have disrupted their traditional business models.
This disruptive thinking, defined by economist Joseph Schumpeter as the 'creative destruction' of established businesses, has led to new business practices. Many of these have leveraged some aspect of the digital environment and today we have the opportunity to better understand how some of these ideas have already been applied in the healthcare industry.
In the pharmaceutical industry, decades of double-digit growth seem a distant memory and many healthcare companies are now looking at new opportunities to develop a competitive advantage. In the last few years, healthcare has started to learn and adopt digital ideas coming from outside the sector. It could be argued that pharma is unusual, in that it has a strict regulatory framework covering its marketing activities. But the same is true for other industries, such as financial services, a sector that has also been transformed by the internet.
Creative destruction has transformed the travel industry and allowed innovation to flourish. This has been out of necessity for the incumbent flagship airlines, which, faced with upstart newcomers with innovative digital marketing, had to react and find new ways to innovate. The internet has since facilitated a closer relationship between the airlines and their consumers, via direct selling or travel comparison websites, in the process negating the need to use travel agents as intermediaries. Now we have companies engaging with consumers across multiple digital access points, allowing their customers to book tickets, check in to flights and complete other functions from a website, mobile website or smartphone application. More recently, Delta became the first airline to offer check-in and flight status on Facebook and 24/7 customer service through its Twitter account. Other innovators include KLM, which has introduced a 'Meet and Seat' program, allowing passengers to share and view other (opted in) passenger Facebook or LinkedIn profiles when choosing their airline seating.
Healthcare companies are beginning to follow suit. Recent examples include Health Tap, which offers an online interactive physician network providing free online and mobile answers from thousands of physicians accessed via their website, social media and smartphone apps. Others such as Sharecare offer expert answers to healthcare questions via their website and social media platform using consumer friendly language collaborating with leading US medical institutes, healthcare companies and renowned physicians.
The online retail sector has also been transformed in the last decade, driven by companies like Amazon, which show innovation and leadership across multiple sectors. Amazon has introduced a number of customer-friendly innovations, including 1-click ordering, customer reviews, recommendations and the hosting of third-party retailers on its website. Recommendations play a big part in the Amazon offering through customer reviews, complementary products and even alternative suggestions. Another recent innovation is showing the purchasing habits of other Amazon customers with a similar profile or interest.
Healthcare websites such as iwantgreatcare.org, zocdoc.com, and others have taken the idea of recommendations and are allowing consumers to post reviews on different aspects of their healthcare, including clinics, hospitals, physicians and even treatments. Others, like PatientsLikeMe.com,have over 130,000 patients sharing their medical records with others, peer-to-peer. One consequence of this free service is that 10% of those sharing their experiences have changed their GP. This increase in the patient demand for better healthcare is radiating across all aspects of their treatment, including medication and we are seeing many examples of patient communities leveraging latest social media channels to discuss their treatment. We also now have websites like DestinationRX.com making the first tentative steps in applying the concept of comparison price shopping websites into healthcare with online tools offering services like lower-cost medication alternatives to existing prescription choices.
In one of the most notable examples of business transformation, Apple, Napster, Amazon, and others have radically impacted the music business by changing consumer behavior in the listening and purchasing of music with dramatic consequences for the incumbents in this sector. The traditional business model of buying pre-packaged albums from music retailers has been replaced with the download and purchase of music as either singles or the more traditional albums with this model now extending into sales of TV programs and movies.
This replacement in the physical consumption of music and video with digital downloads has affected retailer and manufacturer alike and led to significant changes in their profitability and organization.
Although, healthcare has the benefit of being a physical consumable, the industry has the attention of a number of new digital start-up companies, many of which are focused on helping consumers attain fitness and well-being with the goal of disease prevention. Examples include Massive Health, which supports consumers in managing their health using smartphone apps that leverage the latest social and design trends; another interesting example is Stickk, which seeks to integrate consumers' social media relationships and activities to drive positive behavioural change in personal well-being and health. We also have Skimble, providing consumers with exercise, dietary and well-being advice and support. Many of these digital solutions work across multiple platforms and are heavily influenced by the latest smartphone technology and design trends.
There are numerous other examples in healthcare industry where it has borrowed ideas from other industries to
improve or shape business, and this trend will only increase as incumbent healthcare and pharmaceutical companies become more open to new ideas and are
willing to accept that our industry like others is in a state of transformation. We must also recognize the growing number of new digital start-ups in
healthcare who are seeking to reshape our industry by applying ideas and concepts from Silicon Valley and the wider digital eco-system. These
innovations will help shape our industry for tomorrow and allow pharmaceutical companies to get closer to their customers and maybe even the consumer.
It is an exciting future for those who can spot digital opportunities and trends in other industries and can implement these ideas into healthcare.
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Oxford's taxi drivers speak out against audio recording
Last year Big Brother Watch led the campaign against Oxford Councils' plan to force taxis to record audio as well as video for every journey made.
Since then, a court in Southampton has ruled the policy is unlawful and the council has been forced to consider exempting chauffeurs from the policy. But still it refuses to abandon this absurd plan.
Next week the campaign takes another step forward, and I'll be speaking at an event on Wednesday organised by taxi drivers to renew our call for the policy to be abandoned. More than 100 of they city's cabbies have now signed a petition against the policy.
When the policy was first proposed, it was (according to the council) supported by taxi drivers, and the policy was backed publicly by Alan Woodward, secretary of The City of Oxford Licensed Taxi Cab Association. However, since our intervention – which saw the policy receive international media coverage as far afield as Fox News and Russia Today – Mr Woodward has been forced to resign, and now the city's taxi drivers are speaking out.
The policy remains a grossly disproportionate invasion of privacy and Big Brother Watch will continue to campaign until it is completely abandoned. If it is implemented, we stand ready to challenge it until every legal avenue is exhausted.
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securitynewsdesk19th March 2012
Audio recording is a vital piece of evidence in taxi CCTV systems, providing extra information about what was said by whom to whom. In alleged cases of sexual assault, for instance, audio provides the missing evidence of who said what to whom.
In Gravesend, they have a laudable taxi CCTV scheme which I have written about. In that scheme, the recordings are locked in a strongbox in the boot of the taxi and are accessible only to the police and the council's taxi liaison officer. Images are only retrieved if there is an allegation of misconduct or criminal activity to be investigated which, as I understand it, meets the Information Commissioner's guidelines for the use of video and audio recording.
You can read more about the Gravesend scheme at http://www.securitynewsdesk.com
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And what about the unlicenced hire cars, which is (Apparantly) where most of the problems occur, how are they going to be checked.


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An important Safety Warning from Bike Friday Co-Founder Alan Scholz
Dear Bike Friday tikit owners:
It is with much concern that I write to you today. We have found that your tikit could be dangerous to ride. I want to tell you in the strongest terms we recommend all Bike Friday tikit owners to stop riding their bicycles immediately, until we have fully determined which tikits are at risk.
We have learned that two tikit stems have broken. A stem break is a very serious issue. Should your stem break while you are riding it there is a high risk of losing control of your bike causing you to crash with serious injury or even death as a result.
In August, 2012, an owner of a Bike Friday tikit sustained injury when his front stem broke while riding. Earlier this month, in September, 2012, a second stem failure was brought to our attention.
We received the first bike for inspection [PHOTO ABOVE, right. The second is still unavailable to us] 10 days ago, and upon reviewing the results of that inspection we acknowledge the potential exists for front stems to crack, and ultimately break.
Because of that, we recommend you do not ride your tikit until we can conduct enough tests to isolate the problem, the extent of its potential for failure, and implement safeguards to make your tikit safe to ride again.
Please follow this link to our website to fill out a registration form so we can keep all tikit owners updated as we work through this issue. We will follow up this email with more information on how to inspect your tikit for potential problems.
We are very serious at Green Gear about this. Many of us are regular and extensive tikit users. I have ridden a tikit since the first weeks of production in spring 2007. I rode it to work daily and on tours -- even doing several century rides on it until it was stolen last year. My wife and two of my daughters own and ride tikits regularly.
The tikit is an important transportation solution for my two daughters and neither owns an automobile, relying on their bike for most travel. I understand that this will also be true for many of you.
I say this so you understand how deeply I apologize for the inconvenience this causes for you not to ride your tikit until we have come up with a safe solution for you.
At this time our engineers and designers have been working to replicate the problem so we can develop solutions. We have stems being tested around the clock. I promise we will share our findings as soon as we have enough information to draw conclusions and offer solutions. Until then, please do not ride your tikit and make sure you register your contact information with us.
This safety warning only affects Bike Friday 16-inch wheel tikits. We have suspended production and delivery of tikits. It does not affect any of our 20-inch Pocket Bike Fridays.
I appreciate your patience in this matter. We have nearly 4,000 Bike Friday tikits located around the world, and getting this important message to all tikit owners is our priority at this moment. I hope you can imagine the challenge for a company of 33 cycling enthusiasts here in Eugene.
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Focus problem with f/6.3 reducer/corrector
Posted 30 January 2013 - 08:37 AM
I believe the problem is my diagonal. It is a Meade Series 5000 refractor style with an adapter. If I buy an SCT style 2" diagonal will I be able to reach focus? I've been looking at the Celestron #CEL-93527 and I'm wondering if it would work for me. I just hate to buy it and it not work and thought there would be quite a few here that has tried this combo. I use the corrector with my C8 and 10" Meade and would like it to work on them both. Its so close now its very frustrating. I'm also thinking about machining the bevel off on my adapter. Any other ideas or adapters that might work for a cheaper fix? Thanks
Posted 30 January 2013 - 09:16 AM
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 09:42 AM
That being said, my assumptoin is that the mirror is running out of forward travel? You turn the knob counter-clockwise and it stops before reaching focus?
Most SCTs will reach focus with a reducer and a 2" diagonal, but sometimes they don't.
The problem is that unless you know exactly how much more travel you need, you won't know if changing this or that will buy you what you need.
First, estimate how much short of focus you are. If you have a long focal lenght plossl, put it in the diagonal and see if you can reach focus. Leave the focuser turned fully counter-clockwise and just by slipping in the plossl, see how deep you need to slide it for the target to come into focus. This will let you determing exactly how deep inside the eyepeice barrel the focal plane is with your mirror fully forward.
I say to use this because the field stop in these 32mm and 40mm Plossls is usually much further down in the eyepiece barrel than with many shorter focal lenght eyepieces.
For example, many 32mm Plossls will use the very end of the barrel for the field stop, or the field stop will be a very small ridge just inside the end.
See if you can reach focus with one of these by sliding it down into the diagonal, using the very shortest 2"/1.25" adapter. Again, with the know fully CCW, try to reach focus by sliding the eyepeice in so you can see how far into the diagonal the field stop goes.
If you can reach focus, now see how much distance between this and the field stop of your 2" eyepeies when inserted into the diagonal.
For example, suppose you have a 32mm Plossl and the field stop goes down into the eyepeice holder 15mm.
But now you put in a 20mm eyepeice and the field stop is near the top of the barrel, buy you can't reach focus. You now know that if you can shorten your light path by the difference of the positino of the two field stops, you will be ablet to reach focus with at least that eyepeice.
You can then ask people about the lenght of the differnt components you are considering. For example, the SCT Clicklock that Baader sells is about 42mm. If you were using one of these, you would want to search for a adapter.
Of course if you need more than about 10mm, you now have to start looking for diagonals with the shortets possible nose too, or the nose of the diagongal will bottom in the adapter against the port at the back of the SCT. Normally it is the SCT/2" adapter that defines the light path length becuase usually the diagonal does not bottom. But you can't get shorter than the lenght of the diagonal nose.
SCT diagonals (the real, true SCT diagonals) usually have a very short back focus.
They usually however are limited to a 38mm nose. But they often offer the shortest possible light path in a 2" diagonal.
The good news is that you can sometimes pick up used SCT diagnals cheap. I bought a Meade UHTC 2" SCT diagonal for $45. IT had maybe 25mm of light path at the nose. I think this is about as short as you can get.
Also this: It is unusual for SCTs to run out of focus travel in this configuration... You may want to ensure that no screws holding on things like your finder are sticking down in front of the mirror. If so, this can limit the forward travel of the mirror. It happens sometimes and people don't realize it until they do what you are doing, which is driving the mirror forward to get more back focus. Make sure you check this.
Again, my bet is that with the 2" diagonal and focal reducer, you are probably turning your C6 into a C4.5, but that is not what you asked about. If you can't reach focus, you need to determine that there is not obstruction to your mirror travel, and, and you need to determine exactly how much you need to shorten the light path.
Otherwise, you are rolling the dice by buying this or that component to see if it will work.
Better to try to determing exactly how much you need, then take it from there.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 09:53 AM
Well I've done some more looking at my components. Machining the adapter wont work. Its already pushing my diagonal back about 1/8" (about what I'm needing to reach focus). The barrel on the diagonal is too long.
Eddgie...nothing is in the way of my mirror. I measured my adapter and it is 1.625" long. I thought about buying the TeleVue 1.5" adapter for $50. When I screwed the reducer into my adapter I noticed it pushed my diagonal back about 1/8" because its hitting on the barrel of the diagonal so the TeleVue adapter wont help any. I only need that 1/8" to reach focus so it looks like (aside from cutting down the barrel on the diagonal) that I will need either an SCT style diagonal or a refractor style diagonal with a shorter barrel.....Real bummer here. Looks like I will be searching the classifieds
EDIT: Just noticed at the bottom of your post you said "cutting the aperture of my C6..." Dont know why you assumed I had a C6. I stated I use the reducer with my C8 and 10" Meade. What would it be cutting them down to and why is this? Thanks
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:33 AM
For the C8, aperture is probably being reduced to about 7".
It is likely you are loosing an inch or two of aperture for the 10", but I don't have an analysis for the Meade scopes.
Again, my apology. For some reason I though you were using a C6.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:34 AM
Can you determine the distance from the reducer's rear lens to the location of your typical eyepiece's field stop? If it's much larger than 105mm, you have your reason for inability to achieve focus.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:39 AM
I am so sorry, Somehow I thought you were using a C6. My bad.
For the C8, aperture is probably being reduced to about 7".
It is likely you are loosing an inch or two of aperture for the 10", but I don't have an analysis for the Meade scopes.
Again, my apology. For some reason I though you were using a C6.
No problem. I was just wondering if you could explain to me why it reduces the aperture of the scope. You just scared me for a minute thinking it would cut the aperture of my 10" Meade in half!
Posted 30 January 2013 - 12:07 PM
Just a word of warning... Using a focal reducer with a 2" diagonal is likley cutting your aperture to maybe 5 inches or less.
2-inch diagonals and eyepieces work very well indeed with the reducer corrector. Or have for me over the last twenty years, anyway.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 12:08 PM
from my analysis of the C8 aperture
In my C8, with a 0.63x reducer in place and my Astro Tech 2" SCT diagonal screwed onto the reducer, aperture measured 190mm. So, a 2" diagonal attached to the 0.63x reducer on the C8 reduces aperture, but only by 13mm.
On the C6, the same configuration resulted in aperture = 140mm.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 12:26 PM
Posted 30 January 2013 - 01:09 PM
Notice that Edz was using a 2" SCT diagonal, not a refractor diagonal.
This is important because the SCT diagonal often has a much shorter light path than most SCT to 2" adapter/refractor diagonal combinations.
So, Edz has kept his total back focus very short. This is the key to minimizing aperture loss when using a focal reducer in front of a 2" diagonal.
For example, suppose Edz went to a configuration that was 20mm longer (about how much longer many SCT to 2" adapters add to the back focus), this could increase the aperture loss from 13mm to more than 25mm.
Once the baffle starts cutting into the light cone, every millimater of back focus you add takes more and more aperture away. It is very aggresive once you go past about 210mm in all of the Celstron SCTs.
The exact nature of the apeture loss is dependend on how tight the baffling is. For example, the C14 has very tight baffles and will loose over 2" of apeture when used with a 2" diagonal behind a focal reducer.
You can measure it directly though. It is easy to do.
But it only matters if it matters to you. If you don't mind that your scopes is working at a smaller aperture with a bigger obstruction, then enjoy it.
If you do decide to measure it though, please let me know. I am kind of keeping mental track of this.
So far, I have not seen one SCT being used with a focal reducer and 2" diagonal that did not loose some apetrure and in some cases it has been a pretty big loss. The difference was glaring in my C14. I would never use a focal reducer on a C14 for visual use. Better to use a 41mm Pan to get the widest field. The focal reducer/2" configuratino is catastrophic on a C14.
And if one wants to do this, the best approach is the one Edz uses, which is to use a standard SCT diagonal becuase these usually have the shortest light path.
The Televue Shorth 2" adapter and shorty 2" diagonal would be another good choice.
But rember, not only does the apeture get reduced, you also loose contrast because the secondary obstruction becomes a bigger percentage of aperture.
For this reason, it should always be removed, or you should go to a 1.25" diagonal behind the reducer for planetary viewing.
Unless you don't mind the loss of contrast there either.
Again, if it concerns you, it is easy to measure the apeture loss, and that way you would know for sure.
It may also be useful for people in the binoviewer forum to know. Many SCTs are loosing effective apetrure when used with binoveiwers, so having this info for a Meade 10" SCT will help someone down the line with their bying decision.
I have ray traces for the C8, C9, C11, and C14, but I don't have any data for the Meade scopes at all...
Posted 30 January 2013 - 01:13 PM
This is important because the SCT diagonal often has a much shorter light path than most SCT to 2" adapter/refractor diagonal combinations.
The difference is +/- 10mm, so doesn't make much difference.. the SCT diagonal is 130mm light path length, much longer than a refractor diagonal. The refractor diagonal goes into a visual back. The VB + ref diag is 10mm longer.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 01:14 PM
It really depends on the exact configuration.
Notice that Edz was using a 2" SCT diagonal, not a refractor diagonal.
This is important because the SCT diagonal often has a much shorter light path than most SCT to 2" adapter/refractor diagonal combinations.
More like: "maybe sometimes." Most 2-inch visual backs place the diagonal about the same distance back as an SCT model.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 01:14 PM
So EdZ...from what I see here, C6 reduced by 12mm and the C8 reduced by 13mm, I guess its safe to assume I'm only losing 14mm on my 10"? If so, thats no biggie...having a flatter and wider field of view is worth losing 1/2" to me.
same conclusion I came to regarding the C8.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 01:55 PM
It really depends on the exact configuration.
Notice that Edz was using a 2" SCT diagonal, not a refractor diagonal.
This is important because the SCT diagonal often has a much shorter light path than most SCT to 2" adapter/refractor diagonal combinations.
Well, I cant reach focus anyway with my adapter/refractor diagonal so it really doesnt matter. I just really need to find someone with the SCT 2" so I can try it out. I'll probably just end up buying the Celestron unit. I'm sure all will be good then.
Regarding measuring my Meade for aperture loss...I will do that someday just so I will know. I also use binoviewers. Wonder if that'll present another problem
Posted 30 January 2013 - 04:15 PM
My binoviwer is a Mark V with a Baader T2 diagonal. The total light path is about 203mm. My C14 appears to be working at full apeture, but my C5 only works at 122mm with the binoviewer.
Just keep the light path as short as possible. 200mm and under and you are probably OK.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 09:01 PM
I noticed no obvious issues using the .63 reducer with a C8. However my C9.25 Edge gives much better views.
Posted 31 January 2013 - 08:24 AM
I just got an SCT nosepiece for my refractor-style 2" diagonal. Cost about $40 shipped. Then reaching focus with all my EPs was a non-issue.
I noticed no obvious issues using the .63 reducer with a C8. However my C9.25 Edge gives much better views.
I'm not sure that will help me. The focal reducer is actually pushing my diagonal out of my adapter about 1/8" (about what I need to reach focus!). Will this work with the Meade diagonal? The ends of mine are glued in and not threaded. At least the eyepiece end is. It broke on me once so I'm afraid the twist the other end to find out if its threaded or not. I havent seen one of these. Do you have a link?
EDIT: Just seen a William Optics adapter. Wouldnt this just make my diagonal even longer than it already is?
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I arrived at Quantico. It was certainly a different experience than what I had anticipated, but you know within the first five or six days I would say you've been completely embarrassed and humiliated in front of all your classmates and that's the worst of it. After those first five or six days you know each other so well, you go through it together as a team. It's really, for me anyway it was a great experience. I was single and didn't have a family that was struggling without me at home like a lot of my classmates with spouses and kids at home. It was more difficult on them but it was a long 16 weeks but I enjoyed every minute of it.
I mean it was different 20 years ago than it is today. I worked on a violent crimes squad for a year and even to some degree it's the same way today. You get a lot of senior agents that are on the violent crimes squads or the bank robbery squads. And they certainly didn't have any doubts in our abilities to do interviews or those types of things. But any time we were going out on an arrest certainly I was in the back yard. I was never going in through the front door to make the arrest. So that got a little frustrating but eventually I think certainly today we've come around and if somebody does have some limitations or they don't care to do that, that's fine but it's really not based on a male-female bias anymore.
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This is one of those subjects that you're either highly knowledgeable in, or have no idea about. I would have put myself in the latter category until recently and although my own picking technique was good I noticed this problem occurring in the technique of others quite frequently. So I decided it was worthy of a blog post, especially after my blog about the importance of "neglected hand".
What is Anchoring?
Essentially, "anchoring" is the act of placing some part of your picking hand on the guitar with the intention of "holding" your hand in place. This is sometimes done with the fingers (notably the "c" finger, or "pinky"), but is also commonly done with the wrist or palm.
The idea is simple enough, and there is logic behind it. Sometimes it's helpful to have certain reference points on the guitar to guide your hand to the right strings; sometimes, under heavy picking, you just need to steady yourself against the guitar, and sometimes you just need somewhere to rest your arm.
Why is it Bad?
Although, at first, anchoring your picking hand in this way seems like a great idea (especially before you've built up the right muscles), it's actually very bad for your technique. You see, the idea behind anchoring your hand is to steady it, to keep it in position- and that's exactly what it does, so no problems there. The flaw in this strategy is that having your hand held still like this is not what you want for strumming or picking.
Restricting the movement of your hand in this way is not only detrimental to picking agility, but it also creates tension in your wrist. If you've been keeping up with my blog posts you'll know how much I hate tension, especially when it involves your wrist!
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I could, at this point, talk about how you'll never achieve great speed and accuracy if you anchor. However, I would be wrong. There are plenty of famous guitarists who anchor, or who at least used to. Why do they all eventually stop? Well, not only does freeing your hand up increase it's mobility, it also reduces injury!
Have a look at these guitarists, paying special attention to their picking hands:
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In the above video, look at his little finger. He may not be doing it constantly, but you'll see that ever now and then he's anchoring (especially when he's picking runs and scales). Now, Steve Morse is an awesome guitarist, and his picking hand accuracy is superb, but he anchors (and from what I've heard, he has admitted to this). He's also aware that it's bad, and has tried to quit anchoring.
Next, we have a guitarist that clearly anchors, but is also great. This time the problem comes from his approach to technique. He always says to start at a high speed and then slow it down, the complete opposite of what is right. If you start fast, you only start with tension and then bring that tension down into slow speeds.
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Yes, great playing, but look at how tense his picking hand and arm are!
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So you really can be a great player when anchoring, without even being aware of it. However, what I'm getting at is: you shouldn't. Anchoring is not wrong, it's just incredibly bad for you. I want you to take an honest look at your own playing. Do you anchor? If any part of your strumming arm or hand are in contact and "gripping" the guitar, then the answer is yes.
There is a basic test that you should do to discover if you are anchoring. Lift your hand away from the guitar and try and pick like normal, but without touching the body of the guitar. If you can do this just as easily as when touching the guitar, you are not anchoring and are safe. If you start to have problems without the guitar body as support, then you may need to re-evaluate your technique.
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St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Drums would like to thank everyone who purchased a dinner, made a contribution or otherwise supported our chicken BBQ on July 26.
The event was a resounding success. In a sense, it was perhaps a little too successful in that we ran out of dinners an hour-and-a-half before our scheduled closing time of 6 p.m. We regret that those who came after 4:30 had to leave empty-handed, but we didn't anticipate the steady stream of drive-through customers. We are already planning to increase production next year.
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only the dead have seen the end of mass motorized stupidity
(well if he was alive today he would have written it)
None at Bikeforums may understand or appreciate your epigramatic signature more than us at 50PLus. I've wondered myself when I'll hang up the cleats. Its always 10 more years in the future. With people like DnvrFox and his wife leading the way, I feel pretty assured.
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Herman and Gioia said in an e-mail to employers that "some employers have confided to us that they are engaged in what we will call 'stealth hiring' or 'dry hiring.'"
According to Herman and Gioia, "stealth hiring" is recruiting quietly so that competitors don't know what the company is up to. "Dry hiring" is when an employer takes a candidate through all the steps of the recruiting and selection process, but doesn't yet hire the employee officially. This is used to build up a pipeline of people waiting to sign on when approval is granted.
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Simon Cowell Says American Idol Isn't About Keeping Some Stupid Singer In The Competition This Week
April 24, 2007 07:46 AM by Joe Blackmon
Last week, American Idol viewers were caught up in Sanjaya mania and
Simon Cowell's eye movements. Many were attempting to make Simon
Cowell the next Don Imus over the perception that he rolled his eyes
over American Idol finalist Chris Richardson expressing his sympathy
over the Virginia Tech tragedy. Video footage cleared Simon Cowell and
showed that all he was guilty of was being a bad listener. Cowell was
so caught up in Chris Richardson's claim that he sang nasally on
purpose that he never even heard Chris Richardson's comments about
Virginia Tech.
After last week's brush with controversy, it's only fitting that this week American Idol takes a completely different tone. According to the American Idol website, "Idol Gives Back" is about changing and saving the lives of young people and children in extreme poverty in both the USA and Africa. In a media press clip, American Idol judge Simon Cowell described "Idol Gives Back" as "opening your eyes to things that you didn't know existed." Cowell said the show isn't about making people feel uncomfortable or preaching, but said "it's simply there are some problems, maybe this show could help a few people, it's as simple as that."
Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest visited Africa to see first hand what some of the money raised would be going toward. According to Malaria No More, malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds. Cowell said "The amazing thing about malarian children in Africa is how little money you need to save a life. It's not thousands of dollars. It's something like a dollar, so it's something that can be eradicated like that. Very easy to get rid of, and that should not exist today."
However, the money isn't just going to helping children in Africa but also to helping those in need in America. When Simon Cowell was approached about the idea of "Idol Gives Back," he said he had one condition. Cowell said "We've got to allow American charities to benefit as well, since the show is an American show. We wouldn't have done it without that, because there's people over here who need some help as well, so that was part of the deal."
As part of "Idol Gives Back," Simon Cowell visited a warehouse in downtown L.A. where people supplied groceries to people who didn't have enough money to feed themselves. Cowell said "I actually didn't know these type of places existed or there were these types of problems, and it goes back to my original point which is I think a lot of people along with myself will suddenly realize that there are problems which you may not have known about."
While Americans vote in mass for their favorite American Idol contestant every week, Simon Cowell pointed out that it was bit different this week. Cowell said "Well you're going to see some film clips, and you will actually see who could benefit, when you vote on American Idol this week, so it's not about keeping some stupid singer in the competition, it's a bit more important than that this week."
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10 Responses to "Simon Cowell Says American Idol Isn't About Keeping Some Stupid Singer In The Competition This Week"
RealityTVLover Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Bravo to Simon for insisting that an American charity benefit as well as the African charity!
brianne Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am
i agree with Simon. It's great that so many people/celebrities try to help out in Africa because i know they need it, but so many seem to forget that there are problems with homelessness/starvation/AIDS,etc. here too. So it's nice to see someone trying to help all of them out too.
HILTON FRANS Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
South Africa says thank you to Simon Cowell and his team for all their efforts for Africa AND AMERICA WHERE THERE ARE POOR PEOPLE TOO.
HILTON FRANS Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
South Africa says thank you to Simon Cowell and his team for all their efforts for Africa AND AMERICA WHERE THERE ARE POOR PEOPLE TOO.
HILTON FRANS Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
South Africa says thank you to Simon Cowell and his team for all their efforts for Africa AND AMERICA WHERE THERE ARE POOR PEOPLE TOO.
C Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
((However, the money isn't just going to helping children in Africa but also to helping those in need in America.))
Can you imagine the American UPRISAL over this if AMERICAN Idol did NOT do this for America, too?????
((so it's not about keeping some stupid singer in the competition))
This remark was uncalled for – There are other ways to say what is said here without calling them STUPID singers.
….my opinion
JIM MACKEY Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I think it is absolutely fantastic that this is for both Africa and America..There are people on both continents that need out help and resources to keep living. As for the stupid singers remark, i think Simon was thinking 20/20 hingsight that if he and the other judges had not let someone go further than he was capable of doing earlier, and then having Stern and others make a mockery of AI with their website, maybe some of the more talented singers who were cast off would still be there competing and making this a lot more interesting.
Anonymous Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Stern … shmern! Baloney!
Tanning Lotion Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 1:10 am
It is getting to the nitty gritty. I wonder who is gone tomorrow. I would have thought it was Phil but he seems to hang on. He is liable to make the final 3.
Indoor Tanning lotion Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 1:11 am
I love American Idol. It is the greatest show on TV right now.


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