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Coming into Haiti during Easter season, one of my goals is to experience Mass services with local people. As a majority Catholic population infused with a sizeable voudou following, Haitians have an intricate relationship with religion. Given the exacerbated hardship many face in the wake of last year's earthquake, not to mention the years of instabilty and poverty preceding it, faith and spirituality play an important role in people's everyday lives.
After learning that my host, Sonia, and her live-in housekeeper, Odella, are both practicing Catholics, I ask to join them for Palm Sunday services at their local church. Sonia readily agrees, but warns me that Mass starts early at 7am, and we have to get there even earlier to find a seat admist the Easter week crowd. The considerations make for another 5:30am wake up, which is an ungodly hour by some's standards but quite typical for most Haitians, who I find are by and large are up with the sun each morning.
I dress quickly, without showering, and join Sonia and Odella for the ten minute walk down Rue des Freres to their church. As we walk, large dump trucks and smaller tap-taps, the ubiquitous pickups carrying loads of passengers precariously seated on benches in their beds, kick up clouds of dust as they rattle past. The thickness of it causes Sonia to turn to the side and hide her face in her bright purple shirt. The sidewalk is broken pieces of rubble or dirt in places, so we have to jump into the road at points, trying to avoid the early morning traffic clog. Even though it's only 6am, the informal economy moves quickly on this Sunday morning, as the unpredictability of electricity leads people to get as much done as possible during the daylight hours.
A young girl approaches us on the side of the road carrying an armful of palm fronds, the typical Catholic accessory for this Holy Week celebration that commemorates the day leaves were laid in the streets of Jerusalem to honor the triumphant arrival of Jesus nearly two millenia ago. At Masses in the States, the palm fronds are complimentary. Here, children sell them for 10 Gourde (25 cents) apiece. I buy three.
We reach the church and find dozens of people milling outside, greeting each other with calls of "bon Dimanche" and "bonjour, ce va?" The chapel doors are locked until 6:30am, but the moment they open, we push our way inside and claim seats three rows from the back.
The church is architecturally simple, an A-framed building with two rows of wooden support columns running along the outer sets of pews. There are no elaborate murals or sculptures, just a simple altar and lecturn facing 40 rows of nondescript, wooden pews. Four stations of the cross are missing from the set that runs along the walls of the chapel, exposing the iron settings that once held them in place. Around 20 oscillating fans situated strategically throughout the sanctuary send streams of cool air cutting through the morning heat.
While Sonia saves our seats, I join Odella outside for the introductory prayer and entrance ceremony with the priest, a unique characteristic of the Palm Sunday Mass. As we wait, a crowd congregates in the lot adjoining the church, some 100 strong. Children run about in their best clothing, proudly holding palm fronds out of reach of distressed younger siblings or friends. Groups of teenage girls wearing blue uniforms with gold neckties and navy blouses chat loudly with friends in clusters. I learn they comprise a worship team that leads songs and gives readings during the service, which bears a strong similarity to teenage choir I met in Zambia eight months ago.
The priest, a light skinned, aged Haitian with a deeply wrinkled face and eyeglasses, emerges from behind the church wearing the red vestments of Palm Sunday. The ceremony starts 10 minutes early with the priest's call to worship in deep, sonorous Creole. All around me, men and women hold their palm fronds high in the air, singing in unified voice. It is a beautiful sight.
Odella and I duck back inside the rapidly filling church and make for the back rows, finding all the seats surrounding Sonia save our two filled with other churchgoers. I estimate 650 people inside the building, with pew space for no more than 550. I am the only white man in attendance, welcomed with warm "bonjours" from all in our row.
Stragglers stand alongside the walls and ushers set up folding chairs along the ends of the pews as the processional begins. I am mindful of the Easter service at West End Methodist Church in Nashville one year ago, when I entered just before services began and squeezed into a similar folding chair on the end of very unsimilar row of worshipers. I chuckle at the recollection and feel a woman shoot a glare in my direction. This service is serious business.
I join in the processional song, singing along phonetically with the Creole lyrics written in my devotional. The unprinted words of subsequent readings, prayers, and responses prove much more difficult to follow, as the language sounds as unfamiliar as Swahili to the uninitiated. Sonia asks many times, "Do you understand?" Even though I do not, I promise her that I understand the gist.
The Mass stretches long–2 hours and 30 minutes–party due to the extended Gospel of Christ's passion, a story recognizable in Creole only by the call and response nature of parts of the reading, and partly due to the 30 minutes of announcements at the commencement. Suffocating heat in the sactuary makes the length nearly unbearable, and I feel blessed every 20 seconds when the fan above my head rotates in my direction.
But during hymn at the Eucharist, as I observe Odella sway back and forth, eyes closed, and hum with a look of contentment on her aging face, I realize that the ceremony is absolutely perfect. All around me, men and women of all ages celebrate with conviction, one even calling out in Creole as she sat worshipping on the floor to my left. For a group of people that have seen so much pain and endured so many false promises of better presidents, more responsive governments, and brighter futures, these Haitians still have faith in their redemption.
As the service draws to a close and we empty directly into a street of honking moto-taxis and lumbering UN vehicles, Sonia turns to me and asks if I enjoyed the service.
I give her a hug. "It was great. Better than I could have imagined," I say.
"But you didn't understand any of it!" she laughs.
I admit that she is right, I did not understand the words.
"But," I tell her, "the meaning came across better than you might think."


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The theory that Paul LaPolice was too soft, had lost the locker-room and didn't have the respect of the players is a popular belief among those who wished to see him removed as head coach of the Blue Bombers.
That was the impetus for the change to Tim Burke. He comes in as the heavy, the disciplinarian; a strong hand who won't suffer fools or be played as one by players who take penalties during games or miss practices when days off are granted -- if those mini-vacations are even handed out under his rule.
Burke is not just old school; he's the one-room schoolhouse run by the Catholic Church -- discipline and fear, rolled into one.
Safety Ian Logan is as big a Burke fan as you'll find on the roster. He credited the defensive co-ordinator when he was named a CFL all-star last season and during the winter, expressed some excitement when Burke didn't get the Hamilton head coach job. He's worked closely with Burke for a season and a half now, but wasn't so sure if discipline is what the Bombers have been searching for this season.
"I don't think you can do more than coach LaPolice was doing, to be honest," Logan said. "For example, if guys were late for a meeting, they got fined. What else can you do on top of that, right? You can't sit a guy for a game because he was late for a meeting -- that would hurt the whole team.
"I know coach Burke is going to implement some more running as punishment. Maybe that will get the message across, but we're grown men. You shouldn't be late for anything."
But they were, which led to questions about respect. Did the players take advantage of a "player-friendly" coach?
The way they played against B.C. suggested they thought enough of their former boss to not quit on him, but they continued to take undisciplined penalties (13 in total). Is that a product of respect or is that repercussions of fielding the youngest roster in the CFL? We'll find out in the coming weeks.
Burke was asked how a coach commands the locker-room. He talked about being genuine in front of the players and not trying to be someone you're not.
LaPolice's biggest fault as a head coach was that he tried to wear a number of personality hats. His passion for football is unquestioned -- the guy lives in the video room -- but he was guilty of trying to be every coach to every player at all times, and he never seemed comfortable.
It's not that he was too nice; he was just too prepackaged, too processed -- like cheese or deli meat.
That shouldn't matter, though. Last we checked, the players are paid professionals. If they can't motivate themselves to show up on time and play hard -- something they obviously can do, as you need a hint of personal drive to get to this level -- without being helped along by the coach, then that doesn't say much about the players.
Logan was one of a few veterans who sounded almost insulted that they needed to be injected with fear under the guise of it being a motivator. He wasn't the only one wondering if the mid-season coaching change was the fix the Bombers required, as well.
"We have to clean that stuff up on our own," quarterback Buck Pierce said. "I know a lot of people in this league have respect for (LaPolice) and I had respect for him. It's just unfortunate that some of those things are said about him."
Receiver Terrence Edwards dismissed the "fear factor" under Burke Tuesday, correcting the suggestion with the term 'respect.' He went on a lengthy rant about not fearing anyone -- including Bombers GM Joe Mack -- and told reporters while he didn't agree with the decision to fire LaPolice, he respects the boss and the organization enough not to sound off about it.
"I think coach LaPo could have been firmer in some things, definitely think that," he said. "So I think coach Burke is trying to bring that whip a little bit. It's really not going to affect me, because I'm going to do what I was supposed to anyway. Some guys it might affect, and they might not like, but it's coach Burke's way now.
"If you don't like it, he's going to have you on the sidelines or have you out of here."
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Topic: Today has been a very bad day
Some days are good, some days are just tolerable, but today has been a rough day. I can't give any reason why today is different....My Daddy passed away on January 14. Saturday, the one month anniversary was better than today. It frustrates my husband, because he wants to know why I am crying and all I can say is 'I miss my Daddy." I don't know what triggers it, a smell, a song, a certain food I cook.....that is how today is. Today at work, sitting at the computer, the tears just started and flooded and flooded. I tell myself that Daddy is so much better off, no more pain, no more gasping for air, but I am selfish and want him back. Not with the cancer, but back before this horrible disease invaded his life 18 months ago. For the last 6 weeks of his life, he didn't have the strength to go outside, which he loved and in the last 3 months of his life he went from a strong man of 230 pounds to 175 pounds........the way this cancer just eats the life away is horrible......sorry for my ramblings, but it does help to come here and read all of your posts and know I have others who feel my pain and understand the emptiness I am feeling right now. I want to share a poem that I read often when I feel like this and it is though my Daddy is saying these words to me. This is just how he would talk with me now as the tears flow as I type this. When Daddy passed away, I searched for a poem for his obituary. I am not sure if I found this poem on this site, if I did THANK YOU to the person who originally posted it. I has been great comfort to me.
He is Gone
You can shed tears that he is gone,
Or you can smile because he lived,
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him
Or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on,
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,
Or you can do what he would want:
Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
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The color of my skin is yellow.
I am quite a lovely fellow.
As the young one laughs and plays
My rubber body floats in the waves.
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A quantum flux regulator was a type of 24th century engineering tool.
After spending twenty subjective years in an Argrathi prison, Miles O'Brien worked with Jake Sisko in retraining his engineering skills, so as to not embarrass himself in front of the repair crews, by reviewing various engineering tools in the cargo bay.
Among the tools he recognized were an interphasic coil spanner, an ODN recoupler, and with a bit more difficult, a quantum flux regulator, Mark III. (DS9: "Hard Time")
The use for this tool is unclear, however, by name alone, it would be suggested that it has the ability to regulate something that generates or exhibits a state of quantum flux.


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Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise 2013
Unlock the Past are running another of their popular genealogy cruise out of Sydney, Australia 10 – 19 February 2013. There will be calls into Noumea and Fiji and six sea days packed full of talks, research help zones and lots of other genealogists to talk to. What more could you want?
I have been invited to give some presentations, the subjects are still being finalised, so am very excited and hope to meet up with some of my blog readers whilst we are afloat!
Take a look at the website, rattle the piggybank and make your booking now as cabins are being snapped up.


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Davy Crockett's Death
Before the war ended, Santa Anna ordered that a red flag be raised from San Fernando cathedral indicating to the defenders that no quarter would be given. According to the controversial José Enrique de la Peña diary, several of those not killed in the final assault were captured by Colonel Manuel Fernández Castrillón and presented to Santa Anna, who personally ordered their executions. It is speculated that Davy Crockett was one of the six prisoners. De la Peña also states that Crockett attempted to negotiate a surrender with Santa Anna but was turned down on the grounds of 'no guarantees for traitors'. However, there is little evidence to support this.
Still, some people believe that Davy Crockett was killed by Santa Anna's men after the 12 day struggle. A contemporary history summarizes the battle thus: "They fought all one bloody night, until he [Travis] fell with all the garrison but seven;--and they were slain, while crying for quarter!" This history, while not providing proof that Crockett was among those who survived the assault, does corroborate de la Peña's diary entry. However, two eyewitness survivors attested that Crockett did die in the battle. Susanna Dickinson, the wife of an officer, said that Crockett was killed in the assault and that she saw his body between the long barracks and the chapel, and Travis' slave Joe said that he also saw Crockett lying dead with the bodies of slain Mexican soldiers around him.


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• bibliopoly •
Pronunciation: bib-li-ah-pê-li • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The business of trading in secondhand books, especially rare or decorative ones.
Notes: Today's Good Word was very popular in the 19th century, but is not listed as archaic or obsolete in any dictionary. It is derived from the personal noun bibliopole "secondhand or rare book dealer". It has a rather large family, including two adjectives: bibliopolar (from bibliopole), and bibliopolic (from today's word). We also have another activity noun, a slightly jocular alternative to today's word, bibliopolery, should your conversation lead you to poke fun at the business.
In Play: We can employ today's Good Word in a limited number of contexts: "Will Doolittle engages in bibliopoly at the local flea market on weekends." However, if you are a book collector, it might come in handy from time to time: "Gene Poole was such a bibliomaniacal collector all his life, it was a simple matter for him to go into bibliopoly."
Word History: Today's Good Word came to us via Latin from Greek bibliopoles "bookseller", made up of the root of biblion "book" + poles "seller". [ipyrus". This word may have been a commonization of Byblos, the Phoenecian port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. Poles "seller" is the personal noun from polein "to sell". We can trace the root of this word to Sanskrit panate "barters, purchases", Lithuanian pelnas "gain", Dutch veil "venal, purchasable", German feil "for sale". The original Greek word is found in the English borrowing monopoly, implying a single seller. (Today's Good Word is due Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira, a staunch bibliophile and excellent editor of the Good Word series.)


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Does your baby or toddler have a particular food which they enjoy eating? I think it is fascinating to watch babies and young children exploring and enjoying a huge variety of food. It's also interesting to see how their tastes develop and change.
My 15 month old really enjoys 'dipping' at the moment. Be it steamed chicken in pesto or vegetables in pear and apple spread; he loves it! My three year old loves pasta. I find that this is an excellent way to give him plenty of vegetables and tomatoes by making a fresh roast vegetable sauce.


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The FAU wireless network allows you to connect to the FAU network via a portable computing device, such as a laptop or an iPad. That means that you not only have network access, but access to those resources that are available only via the FAU network, such as shared drives. For more information, visit the Office of Information Technology Wireless page.
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The Hotel can accommodate groups ranging in size from 10 to 500 and is perfect for board meetings and retreats, corporate and association meetings, entertainment and sporting groups, local charity galas or weddings. Expansive pre-function spaces surround the Grand Ballroom and Cottonwood Ballroom, and the outdoor pool terrace offers unique space for banquet events.
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BURNLEY councillors clashed over the decision to demolish Glebe Street community centre at a full council meeting.
Liberal Democrat councillor Jeff Sumner criticised Burnley Council for pulling down the building without giving prior notice that the demolition was going to take place.
He said the people of Burnley Wood would be left without a community centre if nearby Terrace Fields became no longer financially viable, and added that the community centre had been in Glebe Street for many years and many residents were greatly attached to the building.
He was backed up in his claims by fellow Liberal Democrat councillor Tracy Kennedy, and a small number of people on the balcony clapped and cheered the pair.
But Council Leader Julie Cooper said the council had only been following through on a decision made by the previous Liberal Democrat administration, who came to the original agreement with ho-using giants Keep-moat when MP Gordon Birtwistle was council leader.
Mayor Frank Cant had to call the meeting to order several times after Liberal Democrat councillors became disruptive, and he warned some of the members over their conduct.
Conservative councillor David Heginbotham said the disorder at the meeting was the worst he'd seen in more than 20 years on the council.
He also expressed his frustration that much of the meeting focused on the one issue.
Speaking outside the meeting, Coun Sumner said: "They did it behind closed doors.
"They made a decision not to inform any councillors or any protesters so we couldn't petition any further.
"They wanted it out of the way, and the decision was made by Julie Cooper. I'm very disappointed."
But Coun Cooper defended the decision.
After the meeting, she commented: "There wasn't a need to tell them.
"They knew it was happening imminently.
"We were doing the responsible thing, not letting the building become a danger or an eyesore for residents.
"We were just following through on what we said we were going to do.
"We'd said we intended to demolish the building.
"My conscience is absolutely clear.
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Dog-friendly Middleton, 1 People & Cot Available
This delightful, end of terrace holiday cottage in Middleton, near Pickering is ideal for exploring the North Yorkshire Moors and coast. The North York Moors railway chugs through the villages of Goathland and Grosmont. Walkers and cyclists have access to the North Yorkshire Moors, valleys, hills and rivers.
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Plants were a group of generally non-sentient organisms with the exception of the Phylosians, which were sentient lifeforms. Plants included trees, flowers, and many others. The edible plants (or parts thereof) included herbs, vegetables, fruits, and seeds. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan") Many plants, such as Oblissian cabbage, reproduced via pollination. (VOY: "Elogium")
The study of plants was known as botany. On Earth (and most class M planets), plants contained chlorophyll, giving their stems and leaves a green color. On planets like Nibiru, however, the plants had a red coloration. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Plant cells contain cellulose. (VOY: "Deadlock")
Constable Odo told Commander Benjamin Sisko that he could not see any sense in sacrificing various plants to serve as tokens of affection when talking about Human mating rituals. (DS9: "The Forsaken")


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I think it's a pretty decent trade, asset-wise, from the Cavs' perspective... sure, four(!) picks is a lot to give up, but Deng is probably a top 5-7 SF, plays well on both ends, and will be a quality player for the next few years. I've seen worse trades.
This must signify that they're throwing in the towel on the whole "Bring LeBron back to Cleveland" thing. Not that it was ever anything more than a huge longshot anyway.


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A HIGH Court judge has given doctors authority to carry out a caesarean section on a pregnant woman who is suffering "a profound psychotic episode".
The judge allowed an urgent application by the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for permission to carry out serious medical treatment on the 25-year-old, who is pregnant with her first child and has a history of affective bipolar disorder.
He also ruled it would be lawful and in the woman's best interests for hospital staff to ensure she does not leave at any stage until it is clinically appropriate for her to be discharged.
The judge directed that any physical restraint or force used on her should be the minimum necessary, and all reasonable steps should be taken to minimise her distress and ensure she retains "the greatest dignity possible in all the circumstances."
Mr Justice Hayden, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court in London, said "AA" and her partner welcomed the pregnancy and they plainly had the support of her parents. In a ruling on Tuesday this week, the judge said AA's pregnancy was now at 38 weeks but appeared unable "to comprehend any aspect of her treatment."
She had been prescribed a battery of anti-psychotic medication for her bipolar condition, and also had a history of substance and alcohol abuse, most likely linked to efforts to self-medicate, particularly in the early days of her illness.
The judge said AA's father, who had been with her throughout her long journey of mental ill-health, had described her present condition as the worst he had seen.
The father told the court she was agitated, violent and exhausted by lack of sleep.
A few days ago, on January 29, AA appeared at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon, confused and disorientated after a suspected seizure.
She was admitted to the hospital's labour suite although, at the time of the High Court hearing, she had not gone into labour.
The day after arriving at the hospital, she was detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and remained highly agitated and largely unco-operative with almost every aspect of her obstetric care.
Because of her pregnancy, it was not possible to administer her full range of anti-psychotic medication or the required dose.
The judge said the dilemma for clinicians was that membranes had ruptured, giving rise to a significantly increased risk of both mother and unborn baby suffering infection before delivery.
Ordinarily in such circumstances labour would be induced, but her medical team were entirely clear that she would be unable to co-operate and that it would be in her best interests and the safest option to perform a planned caesarean under general anaesthetic.
Her father said the doctors and nurses had been fantastic and he supported them 100 per cent.
He had told the court his daughter had already moved intravenous lines on more than one occasion, said the judge.
On the night before the court hearing, AA had become more distressed. She had run at a window and tried to get out, telling her father she wanted to go to heaven.
The judge said AA's partner was in difficult circumstances and not always consistent or logical, but he believed he was saying that if AA "were not suffering this profound psychotic episode... she would follow the recommendation of the doctors."
The judge ruled: "In all the circumstances, therefore, it is perfectly clear that AA , at the moment, lacks capacity to take these crucial decisions, and that the case made by the Trust for elective caesarean is, as the official solicitor (appointed to safeguard AA's best interests) observed, compelling."


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New Photoshop CC features for Creative Cloud members is available now. This update to Photoshop CC (version 14.1) includes an exciting new technology, Adobe Generator, which allows new workflows, especially for web designers, screen designers, and anyone who needs to extract image assets out of a Photoshop document.
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I want to indirect cook a turkey for approx 10 people. I recently did a 6 pound chicken in a oven bag with marinade in the bag with it, the concern is that it took longer than I anticipated.
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Let's start out with a huge spoiler-in fact, I was just getting the thread on them all readied-Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho are a team in the race this year! It was very suspicious that Tiffany, who was the last woman standing (17th place) at the 2008 Main Event, would not compete in the 2009 event, as she said that she was "going out of the country to film something" and that the WSOP comes around every summer and poker won't be going away. Maria, meanwhile, was the Last Woman Standing at the 2007 ME, and they are very good friends. There has been a picture of them seen at LAX and they have the rolly-style bags like how Christie and Jodi did last season! The race has JUST started filming, as Tiffany's last tweet (Twitter) was on the 13th. Both of them are musicians/actresses, with Maria having made the Hollywood week for AI season 3, and Tiffany appearing in many bit roles, as well as on an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes (a Canadian version of The Daily Show, but airing once a week). Maria is also fluent in Mandarin, which may or may not help them.
The reason why Tiffany couldn't do the main event is because the final 9 players take a 4-month break, and then in November the "November 9" play the final table over the course of a few days-and she would not be able to participate if she got that far.


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DUDLEY Council has given first stage approval for a new charge on new developments to help benefit communities.
The council's cabinet gave the green light to apply the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charge to new residential developments to help fund infrastructure and support regeneration within an area.
Applicable to new retail, housing and retirement sites - it will vary depending on the size of the development or creation of extra homes on an existing site.
Charity groups, affordable housing, householder residential extensions and self-build homes will be exempt from the charge which will run alongside Planning Obligations/S106 Agreements. Councillor Judy Foster, cabinet member for regeneration, said: "I am pleased the first stage of introducing the Community Infrastructure Levy was approved.
"Whilst the new charge is now subject to public consultation and final approval later in the year, I am confident this scheme will bring positive changes to many aspects of our communities, whether at a very local level or a borough wide one."
The new charge is now subject to a public consultation, running until April 25, before it is approved in the autumn.
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We spent last night in the town of Sandakan which used to be the capitol of North Borneo. It is nice to get needed provisions and have a good sleep. It was especially great that we all got to have dinner with Siew Te Wong, the founder of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and bombarded him with questions that he answered with humor and grace. We are very excited to spend time at the center later this week.
This morning we had an adventurous boat ride into the Sulu Sea to Turtle Island. Turtle Islands Park is located 40 km north of Sandakan and consist of tree islands, Pulau Selingaan, Pulau Bakkungaan Kecil and Pulau Gulisan. The park is known for its protection of the nesting of two endangered species of the sea turtle, the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the smaller hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata). The two turtle species lay their eggs here year-round.
This afternoon was free beach time and everyone had a ball snorkeling in the clear waters and relaxing in the sand. As only 50 people can come to the conservation island per night, it was a peaceful and relaxing experience. We all got to see one of my favorite sea creatures, the Christmas tree worms, a very bright and colorful polycheates, or marine burrowing worm.
Finally, after dinner and a film about the program, the announcement was made, "It's Turtle Time!". We followed the turtle team into the night and onto the beach where a huge mama green turtle had crawled up and dug herself a trench. We watched in awe as she laid around 100 wet, white eggs that looked like ping pong balls. The staff collected the eggs and took them to a hatchery, where they buried them and labeled the nest. This keeps them safe from feeding reptiles, or other turtle mamas laying their own eggs.
Next, we walked to the edge of the sea and lined up behind a drawn line in the sand, cameras at the ready. In the arms of the staff was a laundry basket filled with a new clutch of hatchlings. They squirmed about all over each other, waiting for the moment when they were let loose. The basket was gently tipped over, and out they scrambled. As a conservationist, I am not allowed to use the word "cute", but WOW — it was hard not to pick one up and give it a kiss for good luck. Instead, we did get to steer a few wayward ones towards the sea, but in general, the 100 babies knew exactly where they were going.
I am now writing by headlamp, Lovesong fast asleep. Another big day in Borneo! I can't help but marvel over the wild miracles of nature. After those babies enter the big sea, they experience the "lost years", and only 1% will survive long enough to return to lay eggs themselves. We were told they navigate through crystals in their heads that work as a magnetic compass. These are the mysteries of nature. I couldn't dream up more miraculous stuff.


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Welcome back to the FT's rolling coverage of the eurozone crisis. By Esther Bintliff and John Aglionby on the world news desk, with contributions from correspondents around the world. All times are GMT.
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Europe's two new technocratic prime ministers should consolidate their respective grips on power today. Lucas Papademos, in Greece, is expected to win a confidence vote in parliament, while Mario Monti, his Italian counterpart, announces his new cabinet. Eyes will not be far from the markets either, following yesterday's bruising ride.
12.52: Here's the full list of the new Italian cabinet, courtesy of our reporter Giulia Segreti who is at the Quirinale palace in Rome:


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Dec 20, 2011 12:00AM
Oyster #96: Olympia Le-Tan
Olympia is interviewed by her six-year-old niece. Hilarity ensues.
Although designer Olympia Le-Tan loves Alaïa and literature in equal measure, it is her appreciation for the latter that inspires her work. Le-Tan launched her own accessories line in 2009, and has been cleverly transforming her favourite novels into hand-embroidered clutches ever since. For Oyster issue #96, we asked one of Olympia's muses – her six-year-old niece Dizzy Le-Tan – to interview her, and the result is not so much informative as it is hilarious.
Olympia Le-Tan: OK, I'm going to ask you some questions, and after that you can ask me some questions. So, what is your name?
Dizzy Le-Tan: Dizzy.
How do you know me?
Well — you're my aunt!
How old are you?
Six-and-a-half years old.
And what do you want to be when you are a grown-up?
A doctor.
You don't want to work here?
I don't know, but perhaps you can make the bags with me?
When you have days off?
And also when I don't know what to do.
But you don't think when you're a doctor that you'll be too busy?
Yes, but, for instance, I could work here to earn money to pay for university.
You're going to work here to pay for university?
Do you have any questions to ask?
Go ahead.
What made you want to make bags?
[Laughs] What made me want to make bags? I don't know. I had lots of things and I needed to put them somewhere, so I made a bag to put them in.
What else?
I'm thinking...
What is your favourite bag in the new collection?
The Dizzy.
I also like that one a lot. Why do you like it?
Because I like it.
You like it because it's called Dizzy?
Yes. Also, I find it beautiful.
Do you have any other questions to ask?
Of course I do! Mmm… How long did it take you, all of these bags?
To make all of these?
The entire collection.
A very long time. To make one bag, to sew it and embroider it, it takes about two to three days.
Still. And afterwards we give them to a man so that he can finish the bags, and that takes… Well, that depends; it's faster — however, have you seen how many there are? There are nearly 50 bags, and if you calculate that it takes two or three days to do the embroidery... Well, you can imagine. </strong>
No, there are more than 50.
No, there are about 50.
I'm going to count them.
No, you can count them later. Finish our conversation.
Do you copy all of these books?
Not all of them, but certain ones that I choose.
OK, so now we are going to talk about you!
OK, I'm listening....
Do you have a boyfriend at the moment?
What is your favourite animal?
A cat.
And there isn't a boy that you're in love with?
No, there isn't a boy that I'm in love with.
Yes there is — the guy with the wine stain!
You weren't in love with him?
No, it was Cleo [Olympia's sister] that was in love with him!
Oh, I thought it was you. Why did you tell me it was you then?
I didn't tell you that, it was Cleo.
No, it was you! At my pyjama party!
OK, we're not here to talk about that; we're here to talk about work.
Fine. I'm going to design a bag. I'm going to do an animal.
A bag in the shape of an animal?
A cat maybe, because it's your... No, a cat is a bit strange. OK, so what animal do you want?
A pig.
A pig? That's a bit yucky.
Why is it yucky?
Well, because it's a pig.
But pigs are cute.
No, they're not.
But they are. OK, fine — a rat.
But why are you saying the yucky animals?
[Laughs] A rabbit.
That will do — I like rabbits. I draw good rabbits.
Who is your favourite member of the family?
That's a very mean question!
Why is that a mean question?
My favourite? How do I do that?
I don't know — but do you prefer daddy, mummy, Cleo, me, Edouard [Olympia's half-brother]...
I like everybody.
But who's your favourite? Put them in order.
Mum and dad, both of them, because otherwise... you know?
Because otherwise what?
Because I like them both — mummy and daddy glued together.
OK, you can do that. Next?
Olympia, Cleo, Papi…
Oh, you prefer me to Cleo?
No, both are glued!
And Edouard?
Both are... Ugh...
OK, so if you had a boat and you had four places in your boat, who would you take with you?
Mummy, daddy, my little brother.
That's four people.
No, four people plus you.
Um, Edouard. Because I couldn't take both of you... But I would want to take you!
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So Twitter was abuzz with the Ken Rosenthal piece describing a trade between the Mets and Marlins that would have brought Heath Bell and John Buck to the Mets for Jason Bay.
The deal didn't reach the point of the Mets asking Bay if he'd waive his no-trade clause for Miami; nor is it clear which team backed away.
But the Mets should want to make a deal like this.
Consider that Bay will make approximately $24 million from now until his contract ends after 2013, including 2012 salary, 2013 salary and a buyout of 2014.
Buck will earn roughly another $8 million between his 2012 and 2013 salaries; Bell is owed approximately $20 million through the end of 2014.
So the Mets would take on an additional $4 million, but they'd also have an extra year to pay it off.
Now, if you consider Bay a sunk cost- and there's virtually no reason not to- the question is a simple one: is a season of John Buck, and two seasons of Heath Bell, likely to be worth $4 million to the Mets?
In Buck, the Mets have less than the ideal catching partner for Josh Thole. He's right-handed, but actually has a reverse career platoon split, and his 2012 failings have been disproportionately against lefties. In a perfect world, Thole's backup or partner would mash righties.
Still, John Buck's lost 2012 has been significantly better than Mike Nickeas' predictable 2012. He's a year removed from average offense from a catcher, two years removed from above-average offense for any position. A league minimum catcher will cost the Mets $500,000 or so next year. Buck is a decent bet to provide more value than that.
As for Bell, he is less than a year removed from providing strong closer value. The Mets, you may have heard, have struggled with their bullpen this season. Bell alone, signed for two years, is a good bet to be worth the $4 million; the Mets lack inventory in the system to provide obvious alternatives.
So yes, the Mets ought to make this move if possible. That the nonwaiver deadline has come and gone doesn't stop either team from doing so; Bay, Bell and Buck all have negative value when compared to their large contracts. It is only in the context of paying $4 million for a season of Buck and two of Bell that they become better than break-even propositions. So no one is likely to claim any of the three.
For the Mets, who need help at both catcher and in the bullpen, let's hope this one ultimately happens.


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Before Russian Kettlebell Craze...
Before the Strongman Craze...
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The Moore Muscle Classic was an All - Round Weightlifting contest that has become an excellent study tool for those interested in the old lifts.
See the lifts in a real contest. You may not have been able to make it, but this five lift contest is one that you will want to study again and again to lear the finer points of several "forgotten" lifts. Study a weightlifting meet video? Yes.
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- Front Squat
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- and rounding out with the Jefferson Lift.
If you have been reading about these lifts in Brooks Kubik's Dinosaur Training, or the Dinosaur Files or some of the reprinted courses we sell, this is where you can see them performed.
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The combination of docetaxel (Docefrez, Taxotere) and a new drug called ganetespib lengthens patients' lives when used as a second-line therapy for advanced lung cancer, according to a new, large study. Second-line therapy is treatment that is given after the first treatment stops working.
Ganetespib is a type of targeted therapy, a treatment that targets the cancer's specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. Specifically, ganetespib blocks the function of heat shock protein (hsp) 90, a type of protein known as a "chaperone." Chaperone proteins help form other proteins, many of which drive the growth of cancer. If these specific proteins can't be built, they will not be available to help a cancer grow and spread. This is a promising new strategy for treating cancer because it allows the drug to shut down several different cancer-causing proteins at the same time.
The patients who participated in this study had the most common type of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, that had worsened while receiving standard chemotherapy. After the disease worsened, 252 patients received either docetaxel plus ganetespib or only docetaxel. Researchers found that the patients who received both drugs lived about two months longer than those who received only docetaxel. Researchers also found that the patients whose disease did not get worse for six months or longer after diagnosis and initial treatment also showed a lower risk of death with the drug combination.
What this means for patients
"This is the first randomized study to show a treatment benefit for patients with a heat shock protein inhibitor," said lead study author Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, Professor of Medical Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. "We hope that a similar recently started study will confirm our findings, as patients with this common form and stage of lung cancer urgently need more effective treatments." Ganetespib is still being researched and currently only available in clinical trials. If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial, talk with your doctor for more information.
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The First Years Home and Away Computer Connect
Turn any PC computer into a video monitor with the Home and Away Computer-Connect. This high tech baby monitor allows you to plug the USB adapter into any PC and instantly see and hear your baby. While hooked up you can also talk back to your baby, take pictures, and video right from the supplied software. You can also use Skype to view and talk to your baby or share special moments from any computer with internet anywhere in the world. Whether you want a great monitor for your home or while away this is a perfect choice. The Home & Away Computer-Connect is not compatible with MAC.


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18 Stylish Ways to Get Snowed-in This Winter
Hey, Mr. Bundchen, take a cue from Mr. Jolie and brush that hair back — focusing the multitudes on your face will distract everyone from what's thinning on top of it.
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|This is the article on the Konohagakure Anbu member. For the Takigakure jinchūriki, head to Fū.
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|山中フー Yamanaka Fū
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Fū Yamanaka (山中フー, Yamanaka Fū, Viz: Foo) was a shinobi from Konohagakure's Yamanaka clan as well as a high-ranking ninja of the disbanded Anbu faction: Root.
In the anime, Fū was among many promising young children from various clans of Konohagakure that was personally selected and recruited by Danzō Shimura to join Root, much to the dismay of Inoichi Yamanaka. His training was directly under Danzō's supervision.[2]
Later, already well-adjusted to the workings of Root, he was paired up with the newly recruited Torune. Despite some mild mocking on Fū's part, he was tasked with instructing Torune with the workings of Root. Ultimately, the two formed a strong and long-standing friendship.[3]
Like all other members of the Anbu faction, Root, Fū lacks a personality due to the gruesome training regime Danzō had them undergo at a young age. As such, he acts merely as a tool that carries out Danzō's orders. The only discernible trait that he and the other members have shown is fierce loyalty towards Danzō. As such, he was willing to face Tobi with Torune and Danzō without fear or losing his temper, or even take his own eye out, while possessing Ao's body, calling it a "small price to pay" in order to fulfil Danzō's orders.[4] In the anime, as a child, he was somewhat cocky and more cheerful. Despite the teachings of Root, Fū genuinely viewed Torune as a trusted friend.[3]
When first introduced, Fū's appearance was that of a regular Konoha Anbu, with a white cloak and mask. When he removed the mask, it was revealed that he was a young man with auburn coloured hair and amber eyes. He wore a short, black jacket with red straps on the shoulders like all members of Root which most likely shows allegiance to the organisation. He also wore a red short kimono under the jacket with a black sash, a pair of black gloves, dark-coloured pants, and regular shinobi sandals.
As a child in Root, he wore a light brown short kimono with a black sash, grey pants and shinobi sandals. Fū also wore black wristbands on his wrists.
Danzō stated that he and Torune are two of the most-skilled ninja in Root.[5] Fū also appears to be a skilled sensor, enough to detect Sasuke and Karin approaching the party gathered at the Kage Summit. His reflexes are fast enough that when Tobi reappeared, he instantly sensed him and counter-attacked. In the anime, Fū demonstrated as a child to be skilled in taijutsu, able to skilfully deflect Torune's attacks without being infected by his rinkaichū.[3] As an Anbu, Fū is also versed in kenjutsu and carried a tantō, being capable of delivering quick slashes using it.
Yamanaka Clan Techniques
Fū is skilled in the use of the Yamanaka clan's various techniques. Aside from his use of the common Mind Body Switch Technique Fū displayed a versatile use by combining it with his trap making skills, developing cursed seal variant that allows him to transfer his consciousness into a strange scarecrow-like puppet with kama and kuwa for limbs. He proceeded to use the scarecrow to attack Ao. Although seemingly easily defeated, Ao then found that a secondary ability similar to a cursed seal had triggered a switch of his consciousness with the scarecrow. All the while, Fū was unconscious and being carried around by his partner, Torune.[6]
Part II
Five Kage Summit
Danzō selected Fū and Torune to escort him to the Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. While on route there, they were ambushed by the Prajñā Group, but Fū and Torune stood down upon Danzō's orders as their leader wanted to exercise his skills. Once they arrived and the meeting began, Fū and his partner came to Danzō's defence during the Fourth Raikage's outburst and Zetsu's subsequent appearance. Zetsu informed them of Sasuke Uchiha's presence in the Land of Iron, and Fū alongside Torune tried to go and eliminate him but were unable to leave as Danzō, who had attempted to control Mifune was put under surveillance. Fū later alerted Danzō when Sasuke's sensor located them and subsequently fled with Danzō when Sasuke arrived at their location, but were pursued by Ao. At some point, Zetsu's Spore Technique activated while they fled, but they manage to free themselves from the spore-induced clones.[7]
Danzō later instructed Fū to stop Ao, and retrieve or destroy the Byakugan that the Kiri-nin had in his eye socket. Fū laid several traps, including a cursed ragdoll, which attacked Ao, forcing the Kiri-nin to retaliate. This activated the curse and Ao became trapped in the puppet while Fū took control of Ao's body[8] However in his attempt to remove the eye, Ao's seal decals were activated, and covered the eye. After trying to remove the tags with a kunai, Fū sensed the Fifth Mizukage and Chōjūrō coming and proceeded to bind Ao's hands and tie a kama to a tree branch, telling Ao that he was going to decapitate him so that he could simply take his head. He then jumped down towards the kama, but the Mizukage arrived in time to catch him. Acting as Ao, Fū explained that his body was being controlled, but apologised to her and Chōjūrō for worrying them and asks her to untie his hands. The Mizukage prepared to do so, while also offering to remove the seal from the Byakugan, to which Fū agreed, planning to crush Ao's eye as soon as this was done. However, the Mizukage left his hands bound, and asks Chōjūrō to lend her the Hiramekarei, explaining that the real Ao would have never apologised to Chōjūrō in such a manner, and that Ao also knew full-well that even she wasn't able to remove the seal over his eye. Fū then insulted the Mizukage for seeing through his deception before leaving Ao's body.[9]
Returning to his body, Fū apologises as the mission ended in failure. Arriving at the Samurai Bridge, the group was ambushed by Tobi. While Danzō prepared for battle he has Fū and Torune distract Tobi in order to buy enough time to undo the Sealing Arm Braces. Fū tries to use the Mind Body Switch Technique, but Tobi phased through a pillar before he could cast the technique. Tobi staged a counter-attack and Fū slashed at him with his tantō, but Tobi caught the blade. Torune then threw a kunai at Tobi, forcing him to release Fū. Fū and Torune tried attacking from different angles, hoping that one of them would be able to attack Tobi while Tobi was attacking the other. However, Tobi saw through their plan but played along, causing Torune to accidentally infect Fū with his rinkaichū. Clutching his arm in pain, Torune extracted the bugs, and cured Fū, but before they can counter-attack Tobi quickly sent them both away with his space–time technique.[10]
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
To alleviate some of his unease surrounding Kabuto Yakushi's motives, Tobi demanded that he demonstrate the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique to him. Lacking the necessary sacrifices however, Tobi released the captive Fū, and Torune. Both mentally, and physically restrained, Torune was killed by Tobi, who then ordered that Fū be used to reincarnate the former. Obliging, Kabuto began the ritual whilst Fū remained motionless at the very centre of the ritual's seal. As ash and dirt begin to surround him, he cried out before both his body and soul are replaced by those of Torune.[11]
In Other Media
Video Games
In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution, Fū is a support-only character.
Creation and Conception
Wanting a straight-laced, no-nonsense character, Kishimoto noted that it took some time to harden Fū's expression to what it is now. Because he is expressionless, the air of danger around him is even further accentuated. To this effect, Kishimoto noted that he then gave Fū powerful insight to bring out an air of deterrence. Earlier on in the conception stages, Kishimoto had Fū carry his mask strapped to his waist.
- Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Fū show that he was 152 cm tall when he was first partnered with Torune.
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 198
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 355
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Naruto: Shippūden episode 317
- ↑ Naruto chapter 471, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 455, page 1
- ↑ Naruto chapter 469, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 469, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 469, page 5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 473, page 14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 475, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 520, pages 8-13


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Prize Recipient
Alan H. Guth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"For his concept of the inflationary universe which has revolutionized the way in which cosmologists think about the earliest moments of the universe. The clarity of his presentations, both written and spoken, have made his important ideas accessible to expert and layman alike."Background:
Professor Alan Guth was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1947. He grew up and attended the public schools in Highland Park, NJ, but skipped his senior year of high school to begin studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained at MIT from 1964 to 1971, acquiring S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees, all in physics. His Ph.D. thesis, done under the supervision of Francis Low, was an exploration of an early model of how quarks combine to form the elementary particles that we observe.
During the next nine years, Guth held postdoctoral positions at Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), working mostly on rather abstract mathematical problems in the theory of elementary particles. While at Cornell, however, Guth was approached by a fellow postdoctoral physicist, Henry Tye, who persuaded Guth to join him in studying the production of magnetic monopoles in the early universe. This work changed the direction of Guth's career. The following year at SLAC he continued to work with Tye on magnetic monopoles. They found that standard assumptions in particle physics and cosmology would lead to a fantastic overproduction of magnetic monopoles, a conclusion that was reached slightly earlier by John Preskill, then at Harvard (now at Caltech). Guth and Tye began a search for alternatives that might avoid the magnetic monopole overproduction problem, and from this work Guth invented a modification of the big bang theory called the inflationary universe.
The following September (1980), Guth returned to MIT as an associate professor. Guth has since been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been awarded the MIT School of Science Prize for Undergraduate Teaching (1999), the Franklin Medal for Physics of the Franklin Institute (2001), and the Dirac Prize of the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste (2002). He is now the Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics and a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT.
Selected Popular Publications
- The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins (Perseus Publishing, March 1998)
- "Inflation and the New Era of High-Precision Cosmology" [PDF] (physics@mit, Fall 2002)
- "Alan Guth: A Golden Age of Cosmology" (edge.org, December 4, 2001)
Biographical information courtesy of MIT Department of Physics.


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Happy Independence Day to all!
Have a fun and safe holiday.
First of all, does anybody know what the heck is up with some of these supposed top teams. I mean, what is Philadelphia doing? And now, what is San Jose thinking with this latest trade, Dany Heatley for Martin Havlat?
Something that came to mind in discussion yesterday, when somebody said that John Tortorella was impatient with Derek Stepan last year.
And I commented thusly:
I don't see how you can say Torts was impatient with Stepan. He was anything but.
I love it how every time a guy misses a few shifts or gets scratched or, heaven forbid, demoted for his own development's sake, Torts hates him or is impatient with him or doesn't like him or doesn't want him around.
This is the most nurturing coach the Rangers have had since… since … well, can anybody remember since when? I sure can't.
So that's my question today. Who was the last Rangers coach who came in and was good with the kids while trying to build a team with a young core. Because I can't remember one. I mean, Roger Neilson has some youth on his team, and brought along kids like Troy Mallette, and actually won the Rangers only division title in decades back in '90, I think it was.
But Neilson wasn't doing what Tortorella is doing.
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DETROIT - A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that helps solve a hit-and-run death in Detroit.
Crime Stoppers said Richard Woods was killed Oct. 26, 2012, when he was hit while crossing Joy Road at Mackinaw Street, which is on the city's west side.
The incident happened just after 3 a.m.
The driver that hit Woods didn't stop.
If a tip that leads to an arrest is received by midnight Thursday, an additional $1,000 will be added to the reward.
Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 800-SPEAKUP.
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First drive: Porsche 911 Turbo S
What is it, you ask? Only the quickest-accelerating 911 ever, and one of the very fastest cars in the world.
The new Turbo S, with its bi-turbo 3.8-litre flat six, sends 553bhp and a ludicrous 553 torques to four very large tires, The 0-62mph sprint is officially quoted at 3.1 seconds, with top speed standing at 198mph.
So it's pretty... quick then?
Quick? Not at all. The Turbo S actually feels pedestrian. Lazy. Slow, even.
No. That was a lie. This thing is off the scale: blindingly quick in the most literal sense. Seriously, human eyes cannot cope with the force of the Turbo S's acceleration: vision blurs, the scenery closes in and small, scared noises emerge involuntarily from the driver. This is acceleration in its rawest sense. Pure, vicious thrust.
Yeah, but can the car handle the power?
But of course. Porsche, being Porsche, has entirely re-engineered the 911 for Turbo duty. There's a wider rear track, and, like the new 911 GT3, active rear-wheel steer. Clever aero, too: as well as that active rear wing, the Turbo S boasts the world's first variable front spoiler, a four-inch-deep rubber skirt that extends from the bottom lip of the front bumper in three sections. At low speeds it remains retracted, its side sections only unfurling as you pass 75mph, or you can have it fully deployed for maximum track attack.
All of which means...?
Absurd grip and simply ludicrous speed. Everywhere, all of the time. Autobahn, B-road, gravel, rain, whatever: the Turbo S is the sort of car you step from after a drive – even a short one – thankful to still possess your licence. It's the sort of car I'd be scared to own for fear it might irreversibly rewire my concept of what's physically and socially acceptable on the road. On a circuit, a Huayra or BAC Mono might just edge the Turbo S. On a greasy B-road, I'm not sure there's much in the world that could keep pace with it.
Yeah, but does it have a proper manual gearbox for proper manual drivers?
No, and it doesn't need one. Porsche's dual-clutch "PDK" seven-speeder is brilliant here, and a perfect fit for the Turbo S's "keep it pointing in the right direction and we'll sort out the rest" philosophy. And such is the flat-six's flexibility that on any A or B-road you never need change out of third, a wrecking-ball of a gear that carries you from walking pace into triple figures incurring only minor blindness along the way.
So what's the downside?
The Turbo doesn't offer much in the way of fingertip feedback, but that's not what it's about: the rear-drive 911 GT3 is there for those who want to explore slip angles and Nomex outerwear. And then there's the price. £142,000 sounds rather a lot for a hopped-up VW Beetle, until you consider the supercars the Turbo S rivals, not least the Ferrari 458 and McLaren 12C that Porsche benchmarked for performance.
So should I mention the Nissan GT-R?
True, Japan's twin-turbo, four-wheel drive icon is probably the Turbo S's closest rival, and offers similar power for half the money. But the 911 is a finer, more rounded proposition: arguably the ultimate everyday supercar. It's far, far too fast and far, far too competent. It might eventually destroy you. It'll almost definitely turn you blind. But we love it.
A version of this story originally appeared on TopGear.com.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Review
0. phoneArena posted on 24 Apr 2012, 07:16
Just a month ago, we managed to preview Samsung's answer to the Kindle Fire – the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0). Needless to say, if you're expecting something cutting-edge, you won't find it here, but rather, it's affordably priced at $250 and somehow manages to employ some modest hardware specs to keep up with the times...
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
1. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Yet another day when a TABLET gets put down for its camera.
2. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I got my wife the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus at Best Buy about 2 weeks ago. The price was $299.99 down $100.00 from the original price of $399.99. (Good Deal) That is $50.00 more than the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is the best 7" tablet Samsung has ever made. It has the dual-core Exynos chipset found on the Samsung Galaxy S II & it has a better front facing camera & it's thinner than the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.
It's going to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich very soon form what I am reading so then it will be even better than it is right now. My wife says her tablet is great, that it's so smooth & that she loves Honeycomb. I told her that the tablet is going to get better when Ice Cream Sandwich finally lands on her tablet.
She said the tablet is great & now her phone gets better battery life because she is on her tablet more & only now uses the phone mostly for calls.
3. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
I still think it is kind of stupid that it gets put down for the rear facing camera. I can understand if the front facing camera was horrible, but the rear facing who actually uses one of those on a tablet on a daily basis. and good job on the 7.0 plus, great device.
4. mercorp (Posts: 1043; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
much better than the kindle fire.Samsung,blow away this amazon tablet!
5. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
Front facing cameras are more important in tablets yet these reviewers keep ignoring it.
6. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
So the new ipad just gets LTE and a higher screen resolution and its magical lol
This gets a dual core processor, out of the box ics upgrade, and at a very affordable price but it gets points down for touchwiz UI when IOS hasnt changed at all?
8. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
iPad has the same problems but they will turn it into +
''Choppy performance'' - because of the display and it's a Tablet it's normal to be a little sluggish
''Same old TouchWiz UX experience'' - classy iOS still remains the same vintage awesome experience
''Not so great with its still shots'' it's sensor is with 5 lenses and because of the retina display it's normal to be not good at still shots
see? so please stop making bullsh*t out of this just because one is a samsung and the other is apple
9. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
The only time you see "choppy" performance is with a live wallpaper active and even still its not horrible. You wont see live wallpapers on IOS but it seems like PhoneArena downrates Android for allowing Live Wallpapers and Flash when in reality you can turn them off.
10. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
I agree RORY, if a android can't handle flash or live wallpapers just turn them off, usually solves lag problems, my old wildfire didn't lag when i didn't have a wallpaper even though it had a horrible processor. Now my e4gt runs all over live wallpapers and flash like there nothing.
11. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
if it uses live wallpapers (i find them stupid and huge battery-drainers) it should do itoutright without choppiness.
Apple doesn't use them because they are well aware of lower overall performance.
And review is not about "you can turin this or that off, it will be better".
You get device, you start testing. Why on earth should I turn sth off in my new, just bought device?? In order not to see sluggish? Come on.
12. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Your right lets remove anything that slightly hinders performance and go back to flip phones that you can just make calls with. IOS is way too boring. It performs well but its too boring. I like Android how it is and it might not perform as well but the positives easily outweigh the minor negatives. If you actually open your eyes youll see this tablet performs well.
13. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
* sorry, should be: sluggishness
14. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
i have nothing against this tablet. And I do not like neither samsung nor apple.
I wrote about user experience. It you can spot that your new device is slower because of, touchwiz, sense, live wallp., etc, it should be considerate as a minus.
PA pointed that.
Quoting: "''Choppy performance'' - because of the display and it's a Tablet it's normal to be a little sluggish"
No. It's not normal, well it shouldn't be. I want to buy a device which is not slow because it was bore as a tablet, not a phone.
It's a stupid excuse.
And you see...apple knows that with true multitasking, live wallp, flash and a few other things their ios would not be so fluid (and fluidity is one of the biggest advantage apple has over android). That's why they don't implement it.
My point is, not to throw everything we got into one device in order to be super-duper-achiever if we don't know how to optimize it.
Manufacturers keep doing it (lg/moto for example...half baked products).
15. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
moreover...it should be considered as an inadvisable action, but money is money.
zero optimalization...not our problem, end user will have to deal with it.
sad reality
16. saiki4116 (Posts: 405; Member since: 31 Mar 2011)
"Same old TouchWiz UX experience" is that a con,then you have to say that for the iPhone 4s.
"Not so great with its still shots" .You should have the suggested the 0.3MP front cam,for a tablet front cam is more important than the rear one.the rear one might be used for an occasional photograph of documents.
17. japper88 (Posts: 2; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
I am quite surprised about the "choppiness" mentioned in the review. I picked one of these up on Sunday, and overall it has been smooth, significantly better than most of last year's honey comb tablets.
It does bog down a little bit if you have a ton of apps open, but that goes for most android devices.
18. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Like I said before. I watched closely when he turned on the live wallpaper and only noticed a slight, and I mean VERY slight performance difference. You would litterally have to stop and stare for it to even notice. It's not going to effect your day to day use and he even admits with flash running the web browser runs very smooth. All in all this is a smooth and up to date device with an extremely affordable price. Cameras are not required for me in the first place on a tablet.
19. mnmutt (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 May 2012)
Ok, ok, ok. Here's the deal. I have one. It's awesome. OF COURSE it doesn't run like a super computer, but here's a secret, every piece of hardware has it's limits. I can make a super computer run like s**t, and I can make an average student Dell run well. It's all about the user's common sense (which, granted is limited in among the common people) and what its intended use is. If you want a super pad, cough up the money, but seriously, if you want to do serious work, get a farking computer built for the job. I mean, seriously, you won't buy a Toyota Carolla to race in the Indy 500, but it is a solid car that your unborn kids will be able to drive if you basic mantainance on it.
Even if you load a PRECIOUS Apple Ipad with a s**t ton of widgets, it too will run like an obese diabetic in a marathon. I have the live wallpaper running ane one clock widget, because, let's face it, widgets are merely useless eye candy for short attention spanned twits who like tin foil and other shiny objects. It's snappy even with six or seven apps running in the task manager along with music all day long. ALL DAY LONG. That brings me to my next point. The battery isn't good, it's fantastic. I've been messing with this thing all day at work along with constantly playing music and the battery is only down to 67%. That kicks the CRAP out of my Droid phone which needs the sweet nectar hook up at the end of every day even if I don't use it much.
This next part cracks me up. Blue tinted photos, really? Calling bulls**t on this one. The thing about cameras is that if they take bad pictures it is the user. My photos were great even at 3.2mp, well, because I know how to use a camera. Someone who knows what they are doing will take better pictures with a disposable camera than a moron with a Canon (but it's still funny to see them try). The SECOND you hit lower light conditions you are breaching bad picture territory no matter what kind of camera you are using unless you know manual Fstop and Aperture settings (even between film and digital!) because that's how ISO works. Larger light cells=more grain= less necessary light to capture an image. Check your white balance. Most cameras are set to cool because most people prefer that over warm (I prefer warm). Also, no flash= no good pics in anything below great lighting conditions, but the lack of flash is really no big deal because THIS IS A TABLET! Who's going to run around with a giant square and shove it in people's faces to take a picture? Most people have a "for-real" camera when it counts. I've only ever seen people using tablet (Ipads or androids) cameras for taking creepy stalker photos while they're in public to put on fail blog. I have an 8pm camera on my Droid and I've only used it to take a picture of gifts I was considering for people around Chirstmas time.
Well, despite all the bitching the article did, the site gave it an 8 out of 10. Odd, it's almost like the product is better than the review lets on...
23. cyberfun2000 (Posts: 1; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Well, aren't you the brilliant and gifted one!!
I am one of those weird common people that love to take pictures with my giant 7" square. I bet I'm not the only one either or why would they even put a camera on the tablets in the first place and why would people buy them over another tablet that doesn't have a camera. I would say that apparently the "common idiots" must want them.
I can also have the brilliance to make a camera talk to me and take pictures that no camera that has been invented yet can take.
I can also fly without wings.
24. oztraveller222 (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Dec 2012)
Hi Mnmutt
Not only did I enjoy your positive spin on the tablet but your humour is priceless. That's what we need to see more on - people who enjoy giving their views. I have just purchased a Samsung Galaxy 2 but am hesitating in opening the box in case I need to return it. Am reading lots of reviews to see if I bought a dud or not. Next time someone shoves a giant square in my face to take a photo I will think of you.
20. venkatsreekanth (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 May 2012)
I saw there was a sim card slot in the preview blog. It seems to have disappeared in the final release. Can someone please confirm if there is a slot for sim card?
21. heavylildude (Posts: 1; Member since: 18 May 2012)
This is my current PHONE, having shifted from Galaxy Tab 7 on 2.3.3 and have to say.. best 'phone' I ever have...
Books, internet, media, on the go coding device, word processing, plugging to a projector for presentations, etc etc etc...
Btw the developer options enable us to 'disable' some preinstalled app, i completely ditched the touchwiz launcher and hell it boost the performance!
22. leonlynz (Posts: 1; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
i just wonder, if something wrong with the tablet, such as hank or suddenly we nneed to execute like take out the batre, how to oopen tha casing
becoz i cant find the execution buttons. i just have it for 2 weeks and 2 times hank suddenly cannot work
25. paulman (Posts: 1; Member since: 26 Sep 2013)
If you want a tablet for browsing, video chatting with friends and plenty of storage for apps, the Galaxy Tab 2 can do the trick for a nice price. You can use the Nexus 7 for playing high resolution video games and more demanding applications but it comes with a higher price tag if you compare both. Check out a review about the Tab 2 and then make a decision: squidoo.com/samsung-galaxy-tablet-2-review


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From both an environmental and an economic perspective, there's a strong case to be made for extending the life of older PCs, whether that means keeping machines a while longer at your organization or donating them to a worthy cause. Unfortunately, some companies are discovering that there can be risks associated with using older machines: A computer manufacturer may have stopped offering free support for preexisting manufacturing problems.
Let's hop into the Wayback Machine for a moment and set the destination for October 2005, when Dell acknowledged that faulty capacitors could be found in the motherboards of some of its OptiPlex SX270, GX270, and GX280 business machines. An incorrect electrolyte formula within the capacitors caused the production of hydrogen gas, which in turn caused the components to bulge, seep brown goo, and eventually fail.
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Dell's response: Rather than issuing a full product recall, the company offered to replace the motherboards [PDF] of affected machines for free. Customers had five years within time of purchase to take advantage of the program -- with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2008.
"Customers whose machines failed prior to January 2008 got the free motherboard swap. Customers whose machines failed with exactly the same problem after January 2008 got an explanation that the [program] had expired and some additional comments about Dell 'company policy,'" said Neal Nelson, operator of an independent computer testing lab in the Chicago area.
Now, Dell had launched the program in 2005. Why would anyone be using machines dating so far back? It could be that the machines still meet their needs -- or given the state of the economy, they can't afford to upgrade. Another reason: Organizations such as schools and nonprofits are receiving these machines as donations.
Troy Brown, who sells computer parts through his Web site The Cap King, has seen a spike in demand for replacement capacitors. "There are a lot of people looking for replacement capacitors," he told me via e-mail. "I get a lot of small orders but also a few large accounts like schools, hospitals, and computer refurbishing companies. If the economy and Vista were in better shape, I am guessing a lot of these machines would just get scrapped, but with tight IT budgets, a lot of places and people need to keep these machines up and running."
Brown noted that replacing the caps is more economical than replacing entire boards. "I work during the day for a large nonprofit hospital, and that's were I first ran into this issue. I have made our director very happy with the amount of money we have been able to save by not buying refurbished replacement boards from Dell at $200-plus each or scrapping the machine for a new one."
Capacitor-replacement kits range from $7 to $25, Brown says, depending on the size and quantity purchased.
Unfortunately, some sellers are reportedly hawking machines that they claim have replaced caps but don't. eBay user bill820buys has written a guide on the auction site titled "Capacitor issue with Dell SX280," which has been viewed 1,481 times. The guide was created in April of last year and was updated as recently as last February. The author wrote, "[A]s usual, 'let the buyer beware.' Many, many [eBay] listings state 'working, boots, boots to BIOS, whatever.' This is meaningless. Buy from a seller you can trust who will provide proof the [motherboard] has been re-capped. You may buy an SX280 for $180 and in a few months buy a new [motherboard] for $130. Not an especially good deal.
"I speak from experience," he adds. "I own a beautiful SX280, warranty expired in January, 2008. [C]aps die in February, 2008. Dell will sell me a new [motherboard] for $280."
Postings about the problem have appeared on other Web sites, too, such as FixYa. One poster wrote in October of last year, "I have a GX280 and when you power it on, it has no video and the CPU fan runs wide open and is very loud. Is it a processor problem?"
He followed up earlier this month: "I found out I have bad caps."
Used and useless
In all fairness, it's not just Dell machines that are now failing users years after manufacturers acknowledged capacitor problems. Apple and HP also produced machines with faulty capacitors that are just now affecting some consumers. Those systems include iMac G5s and HP xw-series workstations made in 2004.
A computer engineer going by the alias Linuxiac38 posted an interesting response to an article about faulty capacitors in PCs, saying that bad capacitors have adversely affected the nonprofit for which he works, Gift From God Computer Foundation. The article was dated 2005, but his comments were posted in the middle of 2008. He wrote, "A major issue here is that millions of used PCs are donated to non-profit organizations ... for free recycling with Linux [for] students from pre-K through college. ... I am looking at about 1,000 unused computer donations this year ... due to the failure of capacitors, and the ruin of motherboards, processors, memory, and power supplies."
Manufacturers won't fix the problem, the commenter wrote. "Visits to the technical support sites and phone calls placed to their support numbers are always answered with the comment that can best be summed up as, 'Screw off, you have no warranty!'
"As a computer engineer, I find this to be an unethical situation, which does affect the retail sales of those products, because word of mouth is the pre-eminent form of advertising. '[Company X] sucks' can affect both the bottom line and the stock value of major publicly traded corporations like Intel, Dell, Apple, MSI, ASUS, and others," Linuxiac38 wrote.
Has your organization been affected by this type of problem? Should computer manufacturers offer indefinite free support for pre-existing hardware problems? Please weigh in.


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Murray eyeing SEC milestones
Published: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 3:34 p.m.
HOOVER, Ala. — Through the history of Florida football, there have been some classic villains. It's not that they did anything bad, but they beat Florida and sometimes in a heartbreaking fashion.
Aaron Murray is right up there.
The Georgia quarterback has won two straight against Florida. He hasn't been at his best against the Gators, but he has been good enough and made just enough big plays.
This year, the quarterback from Tampa goes for a three-peat.
"It would be awesome," he said. "Not just because it would be three times in a row, but because it's such a big game. It's fun. It's a little personal because I'm from Florida. I have friends who go to Florida who talk trash the whole week."
If it's not enough that Murray has been the quarterback for two straight wins over the Gators, he's about to take down some UF legends.
Murray heads into his fourth season at Georgia with the opportunity to rewrite not only the Georgia record book but also the SEC's.
And in his sights are Danny Wuerffel, Tim Tebow and Chris Leak.
Murray needs 20 touchdown passes to break Wuerffel's record of 114 for a career.
He needs 1,940 total yards to break Tim Tebow's record of 12,232.
And he needs 200 completions to break Leak's record of 895 completions in a career.
Assuming Murray stays healthy, it's difficult to believe those records won't fall.
"I don't worry about the records at all," Murray said. "My goal is to get us a championship. I just want to be able to put our team in the best position possible."
Murray had the Bulldogs on the brink of an SEC title last year when he drove the Bulldogs within yards of a game-winning touchdown as time expired against Alabama. He said he's watched that game four times to look for things he could have done better.
Because in the end, a championship is the one thing that has eluded Murray during his career. It's a big reason he came back for his senior season and spent the summer with quarterback guru George Whitfield in Oklahoma instead of vacationing in an exotic location.
"That's why I'm back," he said, "to win a championship."
In most leagues, a quarterback who has thrown for more than 10,000 yards and 95 touchdowns and is a senior would be a lock to be preseason All-SEC.
Not in Hoover.
Murray was picked as the third-team quarterback behind defending Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel and national champion Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron.
"We have very talented quarterbacks in this league," Murray said. "It's a very deep group of quarterbacks in this conference. We're pretty loaded right now."
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