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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, incuding the great explorer, Captain Cook.
Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMB Endeavour, Cook set out from England with royal orders to look for signs of the great southern land known as Terra Australis, which they chartered in 1788.
From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.
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Rae Murdie is an editor based in Sydney. After finishing a harrowing law degree, she decided to retreat into the wonderful world of children's books, where anything can happen. This is Rae's first picture book. Chris Nixon is an illustrator and designer based in Perth, Western Australia. His work is influenced by surf, skate, music and contemporary pop culture with an emphasis on the hand-drawn form. Accompanying his commercial work, Nixon has created several large scale artworks which have been installed around the state. In addition to his commercial illustration, Nixon has been published in over 10 childrens books. In 2011 Nixon was named in the top 100 New Creatives by CMYK Magazine.
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Beautifully illustrated Captain Cook story. My 7 yeas old boy loves to read it and know a little about history. Great book for young readers.
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Audience: Primary / High School
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Marin Mommies presents a guest article by skin care expert, fashion blogger, and local mom Stephanie Wong.
Did you know that 80% of aging is due to environmental factors? Only 20% of aging is due to genetics. You can take small steps today to prevent the signs of aging. Remember these eight tips to keep the wrinkles away!
Looking for a yoga class for your little one? Check out Yoga for Kids at the Parents Place in San Rafael. Yoga for Children is for kids ages 2-1/2 to 5 years, and meets Fridays mornings from 11 to 11:45 am.
This four-week series runs from September 7 to 28 and includes a playful interpretation of classical yoga poses with songs, stories, movement, and quiet breath awareness practices. Parents are welcome to participate alongside their little yogis, if they like (parental supervision is required). This introduction to yoga is both fun and educational and helps build concentration and mindfulness in preschool-aged children.
The class is taught by Juliana Birnbaum Fox, MA, a certified doula, midwife assistant, and perinatal yoga instructor. Attendees should wear comfortable clothes that you can stretch in and bring a yoga mat.
Marin Mommies presents a guest article by Melissa Lapides, Marin mom, licensed marriage and family therapist, and parent educator.
Becoming a mother is a life-changing event for many people and usually women don't know exactly what to expect. Many times you imagine your life as a mother based on stories you have heard from other women, media or your own relationship with your mother. You hear about the joys of motherhood, you hear about the changes in your relationships, you may even hear about how big of a transformation motherhood could be.
It is not always though that you hear the depths of how intense it is to devote yourself so deeply to another human being. Mothering is truly a deep practice of patience and compassion. Being able to nurture your children in such a way can be completely depleting at times. This is hard for most mothers to admit to one another.
Mothering is a practice of constant balancing and making sure not just the basic survival needs of the children are getting met, but also the physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Day in and day out of problem solving, nurturing and giving so much of yourself can be quite a task.
The Marin Alternative Mothers Group (MAMG) provides a community for like-minded parents interested in non-mainstream birthing and parenting. Find out more about the MAMG at their second annual Anniversary Picnic this Sunday, July 29 from 1–5 pm at Santa Margarita Valley Park in San Rafael.
Bring the family for face painting, a raffle, a silent auction, live music, and much, much more. Some of this year's fantastic silent auction prizes include a gift basket from Navitas Foods and gift certificates from Bella Boutique, Mama Massage, Mozart's Cleaning Team, Harbinger Cafe meal delivery, and Laura Kudritzki Photograpy. Bring your own picnic, blanket, and chairs, and come join in the fun.
MAMG was founded by Marin mom Ozzie Ozkay-Villa—whose son was born at home in 2010—after she wasn't able to find exactly what she was looking for through existing local mother's groups. She and her fellow MAMG moms have found that surrounding themselves with like-minded women who support their decisions about childbirth and parenting gives them a strong sense of empowerment and community. "When we get a new pregnant mom in MAMG I feel over-joyed because I know she will find the support that I didn't have," says Ozkay-Villa. "Every once in a while I have a mom email me and say something like "I found my people" and it just makes my day."
Marin Mommies presents a guest post by fashion stylist and mom Katie Rice Jones.
The last thing you want to be asked just after giving birth is, "When are you due?" No one who was just pregnant wants to still look pregnant. However for a short while during post, you still do. The key to limiting the annoying question above is to diminish what I call the "mommy pouch" (residual baby weight that collects around your waistline) with the right clothing and shape wear. Here's what I recommend.
Join Dr. Lisa Brent on the second Tuesday of each month for discussions that focus on the most relevant health issues for women today. These one-hour classes will include a lecture, hand-outs and time for questions. Classes begin at 6 pm and take place at the Marin Natural Medicine Clinic, located at 265 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 201, in Larkspur. RSVP to (415) 945-3213 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Marin Mommies is excited to present another guest article by a Marin County professional: aromatherapist, bodytherapist, birth doula, and childbirth educator Samantha Stormer of Sacred Beginnings Birth Services, based in Corte Madera. Ever wondered what exactly a doula does, and whether you need one? Samantha explains what a doula is and the role a doula plays in the childbirth process.
Doula is the Greek term for servant. Throughout thousands of years, women have always been in service of other women to assist during the birth process, providing an intuitive and practical knowledge of just what is needed at the right time.
A birth doula (birth assistant) is a woman in service to the laboring mother and father to provide physical, emotional, and hands-on support from early labor until the baby is born. She delivers continuity of care from home to hospital, easing the transition from home to the hospital environment. Traditionally, in years
Marin Mommies is pleased to present another guest article by Marin County fitness expert John Spongberg.
When you started your weight loss routine, you knew it would be a process. After all, you didn't gain the weight overnight. You couldn't have expected it to come off that fast. Unfortunately, you've hit a bump in the road and your motivation level is starting to wane.
How can you get past a weight loss plateau to see the results you really want? First off, don't give up! You can bust through your obstacle to see the rewards on the other side. The key is in learning how to keep your motivation high through your plateau and continuing to work in the right direction.
Marin Mommies presents a guest article by health and fitness expert John Spongberg, founder of Personal Training in Marin, and creator of the Mother's Day Gift Experience, a personalized fitness and nutrition program for busy moms.
If you've watched Oprah or seen Bob Greene or Dr. Oz lately on television then you already know it's not just about reducing calories or aimlessly exercising.... It's about making lifestyle changes through nutrition and effective exercise personalized to your individual needs and preferences!
If you want to lose weight, setting goals is going to help you immensely. Goals can keep you on track and they can motivate you when the going gets tough. Mini-goals can be especially helpful if you set them and reward yourself wisely each time a milestone is attained. You will need to seriously look at your motivation and commitment towards your goals. That's where a professional can help. That way, you can stay focused even through the difficult times.
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The victims of a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke on Sunday have been identified by the BC Coroners Service.
Lai Hing Wong, 74, and her husband Tang Sing Ling, 75, both of burnaby, died after crashing their minivan seven kilometres west of Revelstoke on July 20 at around 2:30 p.m.
They were heading eastbound when they lost control and and went off the highway and a hit a large dirt embankment.
Wong, who was sitting in the rear seat, died at the scene. Ling, the driver, was flown by air ambulance to Kelowna General Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.
The BC Coroners Service and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate the crash.
The family of the victims has asked for privacy.
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Family, friends gather to wish Salem woman well as she deploys to Afghanistan
As her family drove toward Metzgar Elementary School in New Alexandria on Sunday, Samantha Malik's eyes grew wide and she grinned.
When the car pulled into the school's driveway, Malik barely had time to get out before family and friends pulled her into bear hugs.
Sgt. Malik, 21, of Salem was en route to Pittsburgh International Airport, heading to Fort Hood, Texas, after a four-day leave.
Days before Christmas, she and about 70 other members of the Company B 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, National Guard, will deploy to Afghanistan.
Malik thanked those who gathered on Sunday — many of whom were clutching send-off signs or waving American flags — to wish her well.
"This is the most overwhelming thing I could ever imagine could happen to me. I never expected all of my friends and family to be here. Thank you for coming out. It means so much to me. I love you all," Malik said, tearing up.
"We love you back," many in the crowd responded.
The gathering was a surprise for Malik and her father, New Alexandria fire Chief Ted Malik, said Sue Sterrett, borough activities committee chairwoman.
"Fire departments are very tight-knit. There were a lot of private messages on Facebook," Sterrett said.
Malik's mother, Sandy, credited Randy Neiderhiser, her husband's co-worker at the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety, with coming up with the plan.
"I made a few phone calls, and it just blossomed," Neiderhiser said.
The idea was to show Malik that her community is supporting her and to offer some emotional support to her family, including her brother Chris, Neiderhiser said.
A recent graduate of Westmoreland County Community College with an associate degree, Samantha Malik planned to join the National Guard on graduating from Chester County-based 21st Century Cyber Charter School in 2009.
She said at the time that her inspiration came from her grandfather, who served in the Navy during the Korean War.
Malik graduated from basic training and a course on helicopter repair, and she expects to deploy for the first time on Dec. 21.
Sandy Malik admitted having "mixed emotions" on Sunday.
"But I am thinking the sooner she goes, the sooner she comes home," she said.
Malik's unit is expected to return in October.
Ted Malik said he was overwhelmed by the community's response.
"It's incredible. It leaves me speechless. How do you put into words how it makes you feel inside?" he said.
K.J. Florek, Samantha Malik's grandmother, expressed confidence in her granddaughter's abilities.
"'Look out, Afghanistan' is what I say because she's Army strong. Trust me, she will get the job done and come back to us," Florek said.
Fire trucks from numerous area communities participated in Sunday's event, and helicopters from Life-Flight and STAT MedEvac landed on the school lawn.
After many rounds of embraces and well wishes, the family piled back into the car and headed for a second surprise.
Just before the Route 819 intersection with Route 22, an American flag, raised by two fire truck ladders, provided a patriotic farewell.
As the family drove beneath the flag, a police car and fire truck escort joined them, delivering them safely to the Allegheny County line.
Mary Pickels is a staff writer for TribTotal Media. She can be reached at 724-836-5401 or email@example.com.


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The joke's on us
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 06:00 am
We have no one to blame but ourselves. Oh sure, we Albertans talked a big game during the last provincial election. We were all revved up and about to make a change. It was going to be the end of the decades-long Tory reign and the accompanying arrogance that came with it.
But we flinched. We got to the voting booth and broke out in a cold sweat. We couldn�t vote for the Wildrose. They were, pardon the pun, a bit too wild for our taste. Instead, we opted to go with the devil we�ve known for the last 40 years.
And look what that�s got us � endless insults. Every day it seems we taxpayers learn of another way this cavalier government shamelessly wastes our money. It�s an insult to hard-working Albertans who pay their taxes and go quietly about making an honest living.
The latest insult is the severance paid to former Premier Alison Redford�s staff. Stefan Baranski, Redford�s communication director, is eligible to receive a severance of nearly $104,000 after only 18 months on the job. To really rub it in, we also paid for his flight home twice a month during his first year of employment. His home, by the way, is in Ontario, and we paid him $1,800 a month so he could go � talk about farcical. With a salary of only $180,000 when he was first hired as director of strategic communications, how could he possibly afford to fly home on his own dime? Apparently, the former premier couldn�t find anyone capable of doing the job right here at home.
Of course, we�d be remiss if we didn�t mention Farouk Adatia, Redford�s former chief of staff. Adatia, a lawyer from Calgary, ran unsuccessfully as a Tory in the last election in Calgary-Shaw. He lasted 23 months on the job, and received a whopping $357,000 in cash and benefits last year. He gets a $316,274 parting gift for a job � well � done. That equates to $13,751 a month. With his severance and annual pay, Adatia will have hauled in a tidy sum of about $1 million over the last 23 months.
Proving the Tories have yet to learn a single thing over the last two years, interim Premier Dave Hancock defended the severance packages as a normal part of governing. �There are obviously changes when there is a transition in leadership,� he said. �Whenever you are asking people to put whatever else they have on hold and move in there, they are not guaranteeing they have any particular length of time in doing the job. That accounts to some extent for the issue around severance.� Indeed, the Tories certainly have a strange take on what they consider to be �normal.� Sadly, what we do know about government largesse is only the tip of the iceberg.
It�s clear this government has lost its way. Whoever wins the leadership race has the daunting task of not only repairing the party from within, but also its battered relationship with Albertans. The latter just may be too much to ask.


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GMB's Northern power broker
Kevin Curran is the well-regarded boss of the Northern region of the GMB.
He is believed to have the support of Mr Edmonds, and also the backing of many Labour MPs from the North, where he has been instrumental in fighting to save jobs at the Tyneside shipyards.
Mr Curran has experience of working around the country, and began his union career in the London region with Mr Kenny.
He is running on the same platform with Debbie Coulter, who is standing for deputy general secretary, and - if elected - would be the first woman to hold the post.
Mr Curran comes from one of the smaller sections of the GMB, the boilermakers, who are skilled workers. Many other GMB members work in the public sector on low wages.
Mr Curran's platform includes a "membership-led review of the GMB's relationship with government," compulsory private pensions, and a minimum wage of £5 per hour, rising to £5.40 in October 2003.
Kevin Curran was born in East London in 1954.
He first became involved in union activity as a shop steward when he took up the issue of asbestos, gaining clean conditions for the workforce after a walkout at the Thurrock Power Station.
Mr Curran won a trade union bursary to study at the London School of Economics in 1979, but found conditions in the industry very different when he tried to return to his previous occupation.
He was effectively black-listed by the employers, and found it impossible to find work as a welder. After 6 months of unemployment, he got a job (through the GMB) on a job training scheme teaching others welding skills - rising eventually to run the project.
In 1988, he joined the GMB as a full-time health and safety officer in the London region, working with his future rival, Paul Kenny.
Northern adjustment
Mr Curran, however, moved to the Southern region as a trade union organiser, before rising quickly to head the Northern region of the GMB in 1997.
A protégé of Mr Edmonds, his job was to modernise that region after the previous regional secretary was forced out.
He has praised Mr Edmonds as "a hard act to follow" and pledged to continue his campaign against the privatisation of public services.
He says he found the adjustment to the Northern region difficult, but that he now has the strength of having worked in 3 very different GMB regions.
His key achievement in Newcastle has been securing ship-building work from the government, who now are expected to build the next generation of aircraft carriers in the Tyneside yards.
Against privatisation
In an article in Tribune, the Labour left newspaper, Mr Curran has made it clear that he is opposed to further privatisation of public services.
"Our members understand the private sector because they work in it. When a private company has to choose between profit margins and providing a first class public service, they will choose the former. They always do. It is called capitalism."
Mr Curran says he regrets the way that Labour has "departed from the values that union members recognise."
He says the government's lack of trust in unions is compounded by their lack of understanding of their role.
He argues that in a world which "has become increasingly disengaged, the union movement shines out as an example of the benefits of inclusiveness and democratic engagement."
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This was a project for the Better Homes and Garden Kids Under Cover cubby house challenge. The cubby was designed by Ted Bailue and Australand to raise money for charity. They built the cubby and sold it off at the Better Homes and Garden Show.
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I-90 bridge has bad luck -- hit again after repair
By Bob Mercer
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OKATON -- An insurance company paid $40,000 for repairs after an overheight load smashed into a bridge crossing over Interstate 90 between Okaton and Belvidere.
Now the same bridge at mile marker 177 has been hit again. The damage is much more severe.
And state Department of Transportation officials say they don't have a suspect -- other than it was a vehicle or load at least 16 feet in height traveling westbound in the right lane.
The estimated cost is $270,000 to fix the damage.
The bring will need to straighten two steel beams that were bent, reinforce or replace other steel members that were broken or bent, and remove and replace the damaged sections of concrete deck up top.
The main steel beam distortions can be fixed in-place by a technique called heat-flame straightening, said Kevin Goeden, DOT's chief bridge engineer.
The state Transportation Commission received a briefing last week from Joel Jundt, DOT's director for planning and engineering. He said no one reported the incident.
"Sometimes we don't find them at all. The taxpayers wind up with the cost," Jundt said.


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I am not 100% sure on the format, but I'm guessing DV.
Anybody have a contact for repair?
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My suggestion would be to find a video production company/house in his local area and ask them to repair it. It won't be cheap but if he needs it I don't know of any way or kit for him to do it himself.
Gary, I appreciate your help.
I can see this being very expensive and a pain with digital formats.
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When DePaul coach Oliver Purnell looked onto the court Saturday during his game against Pitt at Petersen Events Center, he saw familiar faces.
The players he sees every day ran, jumped, guarded and shot (although not well).
But at times, Purnell had to wonder how much of a challenge his team offered the Panthers, who recorded a historically easy 93-55 victory in front of 12,512.
"Literally, once (Pitt) got going, they were shooting until they made it," he said.
Purnell was referring to the first half when DePaul's biggest players — 6-foot-9 Donnavan Kirk and Peter Ryckbosch and 6-10 Derrell Robertston — had no defensive rebounds.
Pitt coach Jamie Dixon preaches rebounding and often complains that he doesn't get enough of it from his team.
But the Panthers were dominant on the boards from start to finish, getting 58 rebounds (20 offensive) to DePaul's 34.
Pitt's rebounding total was a season high — beating the previous high of 49 against Duquesne on Dec. 5 — and well above its average of 34.6 entering the game.
"You got bad offense and you got crushed on the boards," Purnell said, summing up his team's fifth loss in six Big East games this season.
Strong bench
Dixon said the strength of his team is its bench, and it showed against DePaul.
The five players who didn't start — Cam Wright, Durand Johnson, Dante Taylor, Trey Zeigler and J.J. Moore — almost outscored the entire DePaul team (52-55). The Panthers' reserves did outscore Pitt's starters, 52-41.
That's the second time that has happened this season in the Big East, the first occurring at Villanova on Jan. 16 when Pitt's backups had a 31-27 advantage over their starting teammates.
Everyone has a hand
Long before the end of the game in the second half, all 10 players had at least one point, rebound and assist.
"The coaching staff has faith in everyone," said Wright, who came off the bench to score eight points after playing only five minutes in the past three games.
Wright's stat line was impressive because it included everything. Besides points, he had four rebounds, two assists, two steals and one blocked shot.
"As players, as teammates, as brothers, we have faith in each other," Wright said.
Zeigler leads the way
Zeigler didn't start, but he led in Pitt in scoring with 18 points, the sixth different player this season to achieve that distinction.
"We kept coming at them with our unselfishness," Dixon said.
Pitt totaled 23 assists, the most in a Big East game this season.
Too many mistakes
Despite the easy victory, Pitt committed a season-high 18 turnovers.
"We had too many," Dixon said. "You are going to have more against the way DePaul plays (up-tempo). We have to be able to play through the press and attack on the backside.
"We did a good job, but too many (turnovers) and some were unforced."
The others
The only players who didn't get in the game were Chris Jones and Aron Nwankwo, who are redshirting, and Mike Lecak, who must sit out the season after transferring from Wheeling Jesuit.
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter @JDiPaola_Trib.


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One of the things which I've really started to struggle with is the garden. I do have a few beds dedicated to vegetables (I tried and failed at flower crops this year), but aside from that I'm plagued by the wrong sort of soil, water logging and a lack of light. I look out the window and struggle to know even where to start on a regular basis. I garden mainly for the children as its a great, cheap way of getting them outside. Anyway, when I was sent five garden tips I thought you might find them as useful as me!
Gardening professionals put in a huge amount of work to get their laws, beds and arrangements correct, built upon knowledge amassed over years. Those displays of patio roses, and those splendid salads, fruits and vegetables don't grow themselves and one article won't turn you from knowing nothing to knowing everything – but here are five tips to put you on the correct path:
Repot in spring
Master gardener Brian Minter, CBC News gives his top tips here. Remember although its tempting as we have a bit of time at the moment it really is best to wait until spring.
He suggests that when you're planting trees in containers, use a very open porous soil with lots of very fine bark mixed in. Regular potting soils hold too much moisture. When I bought some new trees the local garden centre advised me to make sure the trees are regularly watered in the first couple of years as this is when they lay down their roots.
Don't dig your beds
Rachel Halliwell, The Telegraph advocates the no-dig method for getting manure into the soil as she thinks it upsets the natural structure of soil. Interestingly she also thinks that giving the beds a good dig through might encourage weeds more than the no-dig method. I think I can vouch for that one myself as I spent a long time preparing my beds this year digging them through and I had tons of weeds!
Slug it out with onions
Joshua Berman Thayer, Mother Earth News uses an onion moat to prevent slugs. He also suggests spraying the tops and bottoms of the leaves with peppermint oil which slugs dont like.
Colour your garden
Louise Midgley, The Express suggests using lots of shrubs and trees with colourful berries. This is a very good time efficient way to utilise the space and create lots of colour without a lot of effort!
Be confident with vegetables
Mr Digwell, Daily Mirror: Suggests that the first thing to think about in the new year is sowing cabbage seeds. I've found that its a good idea to think carefully about the vegetables you grow, its great to experiment as you might find some grow a lot better than others in your garden (as I did) but do bear in mind that its pointless growing what you wont eat!
One of the things which has helped me a lot in recent years has been to read as much as I possibly can about gardening. Gardeners World magazine is great and you can even get hold of it in the library. I've also looked at lots of blogs where people are gardening with their children. For me, gardening is all about getting the children outside and involved to help them gain an understanding and appreciation of the natural world and the processes of food production.


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WANDERERS will welcome back three key players for Saturday's trip to Nottingham Forest.
Dougie Freedman has confirmed that Mark Davies, Stuart Holden and David Wheater are all down to feature in his first team squad at the City Ground.
The trio's return comes as a big boost for the Whites, who are looking to string together back to back victories for the first time this season.
And Freedman hopes it will mark the end of a desperate run of bad luck with injuries that also haunted his predecessor Owen Coyle.
"Injuries have hurt the club for a couple of years," he told The Bolton News. "I try not to make excuses and get on with it, but the fact remains there have been a lot of them.
"Hopefully now we've got a strong squad and we can go from here."
Holden has made a couple of substitute appearances since returning from long term injury but could now be ready to step up his workload after coming through another 90 minutes for the development squad on Monday night against Bury.
Wheater has been out since last May with cruciate ligament damage, while Davies has been sidelined since tearing shoulder ligaments against Huddersfield Town in December.
Keith Andrews will miss Saturday's game with a thigh problem, while Matt Mills is not yet ready for a first team return despite coming back into full training after a hamstring injury.
Now boosted by some of his biggest hitters on their return from injury, Freedman is optimistic about the upcoming hectic spell, in which he hopes Wanderers can propel themselves up the Championship table.
"I think we've got to use the performances we've been putting in," he said. "For five or six games I think the performances have been terrific but I totally accept that not in every one of those games has the result been what we wanted.
"The fans have been great in terms of their support to the players trying to play the right way, and I think the players have been great too.
"Away fans have seen us come so close at Watford and at Palace, so we need to go one more step forward and get that result at Forest."


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Police are guarding prominent British Jews after the discovery last week of a plot to kill or kidnap them. The Jews were included in a list of top people found together with an arms cache in a West London flat. The arms cache was said to be the property of a South American named "Carlos Martinez," Police and forensic experts are looking for more clues in the Bayswater apartment where the arms were found.
Meanwhile, security for the Marks and Spencer family was stepped up because of a possible link with the 1973 shooting of its president, J. Edward Sieff, One of the guns discovered in the arms haul was a nine millimeter pistol–the same caliber as that used by the man who burst into Sieff's home and shot him in the face. Sieff, 69, recovered, but his assailant was not caught.
A Marks and Spencer official would not comment about the possibility of "Carlos" being the man who shot their president. But he said all members of the family were aware of the security situation. It was recalled that the terrorist Leila Khaled warned in a BBC television documentary on terrorism that Arab gangs had "a list of prominent Jews" in the diaspora "which did not just include the Sieffs and the Rothschilds.'
Leading figures in the entertainment world were mystified when they found out that their names were on the "death list." Impressario Sir Bernard Delfont said "It seems strange to me. I can't understand it at all." Conductor Norman Del Mar said: "I can't imagine what this is about I have no political activities at all, and it can't have to do with Jews, because I'm Church of England myself,"
Yehudi Menuhin, controversial figure in the Jewish community here due to his frequent statements supporting the Arabs and his recent refusal to sign protests of leading artists and intellectuals against the exclusion of Israel from UNESCO said; "I am not surprised, Lists of this sort appear from time to time."
A spokesman for British Herut told the JTA: "There have been attacks on Jewish people in Britain before and one has to face the realities of the possibility of more attacks on Jews….All one can do is be vigilant and cooperate with the police."
Martin Savitt, chairman of the defense and group relations committee of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, told the JTA that he had been in touch with the appropriate police authorities on this matter. "They advised me that the matter is being taken care of, and suitable investigations are being pursued. If further action concerning the Jewish community here is necessary, they will advise me and keep me informed," he said.
When asked whether any special instructions for particular precautionary measures had been issued to communal institutions and organizations, he replied in the negative. Savitt said that they are advising members of the Jewish community in Britain to observe standing instructions on security arrangements.


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Don't let this adorable face fool you...yesterday afternoon this little guy was not quite so happy...
Let me start with a little background. DH and I are currently training for a March half marathon, his 2nd and my 4th. The training has been going ok. Nothing to get excited over. However, for some strange reason, I'm finding it harder than ever to get all my runs in. And I have no idea why. Ok, but seriously, this training cycle so far has been challenging. We don't live in an extremely cold area of the country, but it has been colder than normal here and I'm not comfortable taking out the new human to run in freezing temps. I'm really trying to keep up with cross training, though, on the days that we do need to stay inside.
Yesterday, Valentine's Day, the weather took a dramatic turn. The forecast had an estimated high of 80 degrees...in February. We decided to go for a special Valentine's Day run. Since Friday is our normal long run day, we were going to do our scheduled "long" run of 7 miles. Things started off ok, we left home a little late, but we picked our route, found parking, and started off. Not long into the run, little D started fussing. Ok, that's fine, it was his normal nap time anyway and he was just probably having trouble falling asleep. Then we had to leave the trail...and that's when the "fun" started.
One of the running trails in town has been under construction ever since we moved here 2.5 years ago. We hadn't run this section of the trail since we've had the little one (5 months ago), so we didn't think anything of it. When you leave the trail, you actually have to go up to a main road and run on the side walk which crosses over an interstate. You're actually on the sidewalk for less than a mile, but what we failed to take into consideration was the tired little boy, who is not used to being so close to traffic. As soon as the first big truck zoomed past us, Little Man started crying. I'm not talking just any crying, this crying was the type of crying that would break any Mama's heart. The heart-wrenching screaming of a scared baby. Picture this, the sounds of traffic, DH pushing a heavy running stroller and car seat up a massive hill, me struggling to keep up while holding onto the dog's leash all to the soundtrack of a screaming child. Finally, in reality it was probably only about 30 seconds, I yelled for DH to stop. I was crying at this point, any Mom will understand why. We took Little Man out of the seat and I carried him the rest of the way on the sidewalk. Finally we got to a quieter part, and I checked baby's diaper...it was very wet. So now we had a very tired, very scared, and very wet baby. Any ONE of those would have been reason enough for the little guy to cry. So we changed him and let him chill on the mat for a little while, just long enough for the tears to dry.
After that, you would think the dramatics for the day would be over...not quite. We still had to get back on the sidewalk, cross the river, and go down a ramp to make it back to the trail. We put Little Man back in his seat, so far so good. Got back on the sidewalk, doing ok...then...a very nice couple stopped us and asked for directions, a loud city bus passed, and Little D started screaming again. At that point DH had had enough and he took the stroller and stared running as fast as he possibly could to get across the bridge and down to the trail. I finished giving directions, and followed with the dog. By the time I caught up to DH and Little D, DH had taken Little D out of the seat and the tears had stopped. The baby seemed much happier and we were about to continue, but I checked the time and discovered that it was time for the Baby to eat, yet another reason for tears. I had prepped a bottle for this feeding before we left the house, but I left the bottle in the parked car because we were supposed to be back already. Fine, we're flexible. I managed to adjust my super supportive undergarment, I'll spare you the details, and found a nice shady spot under a tree to feed Little D. 25 minutes later, the baby is done eating, and we're putting him back in his seat when DH looks at the time and says that we've got to hurry because we only have about 20 minutes before the meter will run out on our car. Sorry, but I can't run almost 3 miles in 20 minutes, I couldn't do it before the baby and I certainly can't do it now. DH took off with the dog, his phone and the car key. I was planning on still running, albeit more slowly, with the stroller, but since Little D had already been really scared and was still really tired, he started crying every time I started running. He was fine when I was holding him but as soon as I put him back in the seat the whole process would start again. I was getting sympathetic looks from everyone who passed us. Eventually he settled down, as long as I was walking, and he started drifting off, just in time for me to cross another bridge, to get to where DH was waiting for us. Thankfully it was a quieter bridge and I was able to run across. We got everyone and everything in the car, and we called it a day an drove home. Little D slept the whole way.
As soon as we got home and got Little D inside he woke up and was back to being his super happy, super cute self, as the first picture demonstrates. All-in-all we only got in 4.5 miles yesterday, but we had enough stress to last us for an entire week.
I'll leave you with this picture of Little D. After so much crying, he thought he needed to steal Mama's water to rehydrate.


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Samsung Epic 4G ReviewSamsung Epic 4G
Callers rated us an 8/10 while we were testing the Epic 4G. They reported no echo, and stated that we sounded clear with no nasal overtone. To us callers sounded clear and natural, with good background noise reduction. One of the big selling points of the Epic will be the battery life. We were able to achieve a full day's use and have plenty left over when we plugged in before bed. For some this alone will be worth the $50 over the EVO 4G, which often needs to be charged mid-day.
The Samsung Epic 4G is second, and because of this it will eternally be compared with the HTC EVO 4G. The two are actually very complimentary devices, but the Epic 4G stands tall on its own. The Super AMOLED display is gorgeous, the hardware keyboard is a requirement for some and the 1GHz Hummingbird processor is snappy. The Epic plays well to both the professional and multimedia crowd, and will find a home in many pockets because of this. It is a versatile device that offers anything a user could want. Though the portfolio may only be two strong right now, Sprint has yet another 4G winner on their hands with the Samsung Epic 4G. Of course, it you don't enjoy the Epic 4G for one reason or another, you can safely choose the EVO 4G, which is also a remarkable device with great specs and execution.
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- Has a physical QWERTY keyboard
- Great battery life
- Screen is great for multimedia
- Snappy performance
- DLNA capable
- Sports a smaller screen than the EVO 4G
- The personalization pack is not necessarily needed
- Lacks a kickstand
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1. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
the cons are really dumb but at least they gave it a score this phone dwarves. im seriously considering selling my droid x and getting this phone.
12. rwolf1984 (Posts: 532; Member since: 06 Jun 2009)
i agree. the phone does not feel cheap or "plasticy"...i played with one for hours yesterday and i loved it. i did not see any of the issues or complaints that ive seen on phone arena or any of the other reviews i've read. it feels really nice and the OS boots up faster than the EVO and its snappier. it has a lot of built in enhancements like a real task manager. Sense is great, but I think Samsung has perfected the Android overlay. Some people dont like it cuz it reminds them of the iPhone and others just arent aware of the features. Samsung really put a lot into this phone to make it quality and battery-efficient. i cant wait to get mine on monday!!!!
27. DonkeyPunched (Posts: 321; Member since: 10 Jan 2010)
I have it and I must say, its well worth the money. I didn't read the full review and just wanted to get to the pros and cons, but two things I noticed about this phone that I've run into a problem with is first, there are some situations where the phone freezes the 4 touch buttons, so I can't press home to get back to the main menu. Instead, I have to shut it off and turn it back on which has actually happened twice today. The other problem is the texting. If you start to text fast, it starts to not render keys. So every 10 keys, 1 key won't be inputed. :\ happened many times when texting my friends. That's about it though. Hope this is helpful to everyone.
2. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
the cons are really dumb but at least they gave it a score this phone dwarves. im seriously considering selling my droid x and getting this phone.
3. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
the cons are really dumb but at least they gave it a score this phone deserves. im seriously considering selling my droid x and getting this phone.
4. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
the cons are really dumb but at least they gave it a score this phone deserves. im seriously considering selling my droid x and getting this phone.
5. chaosnightmare (Posts: 181; Member since: 20 May 2010)
certainly, cons are retard, is like put "lacks physical qwerty keyboard" in the cons of evo or iphone 4, however it'a a good review (unlike the original galaxy s' one) and a good score for the best phone in the market
8. bucky (Posts: 3138; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
best phone on the market? samsung will forget about it in 2-3 months. Good phone, yes.
9. chaosnightmare (Posts: 181; Member since: 20 May 2010)
well, acordding this site evo was the best phone in the market, this phone is better than evo, so... this is the best phone, it doesn't have serious cons and even with the biased review of the iphone 4, this phone reached the same score. and who cares about samsung, they will bring froyo to this phone, an then there will be a lot of custom firms that, just like in the omnia hd, will be better than the official ones
11. bucky (Posts: 3138; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
hopefully there will be pleanty of support for it. There isnt any for the captivate/galaxy S right now. Why exactly is an iphone review a biased review? Check the home page of this site...its all android! I have also used the iphone 4 before selling it for a desire and its an absolutely amazing phone-just no customization, thats all.
16. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
Haha, that is a funny con list, "no kickstand?" How many people actually use that feature on the Evo? It's cool to have, but not cool enough to consider a phone that doesn't have it a con. Not to mention the whole "personalization pack not necessarily needed," well is anything on these phones NEEDED? Also, on the iPhone 4 I don't have any idea how it received a 9.5. It's the same freaking phone, they have innovated nothing since the first one. Nothing on their phone is new, they're just catching up to the rest of the phone manufacturers at this point. They can't even claim the largest screen on the market anymore. It's just a little tweaking on the same phone they've regurgitated 4 times now, and naive Apple fanboys keep eating it.
23. distroy3d (Posts: 2; Member since: 27 Oct 2009)
It's funny how the personalization pack is a con, because if the phone had no personalization pack then they would have listed that as a con, too!
6. doitall76 (Posts: 17; Member since: 22 Nov 2009)
The next time that you take a sample video, try not to have the music cranked, microphone in the wind, and (maybe I am the only one who finds this wrong) not speeding through the cemetary. I mean REALLY, you used a cemetary for your video sample. Next time use a park or something not so depressing. Otherwise, good review. Doitall76
10. corps1089 (Posts: 492; Member since: 20 Jan 2010)
agreed; +1, agreed; +1, and agreed; +1
7. doitall76 (Posts: 17; Member since: 22 Nov 2009)
I also find that some of the con's are knit-picking, but you do need to list why any particular phone isn't a 10. The Samsung UI, I would agree with. Standard Android can stand on its own, especially (as they pointed out) if it creates delays in rolling out updates. Doitall76
28. DonkeyPunched (Posts: 321; Member since: 10 Jan 2010)
Well, I actually like Samsung's UI, but as Android users should know by now, you can download Launcher Pro for free and completely customize it, either changing it to work just like stock android (actually, it works even better because there is no lag between switching pages) or make up your own stuff. I've been able to install it on my Epic and it works just like it used to on my Nexus.
13. rwolf1984 (Posts: 532; Member since: 06 Jun 2009)
i pre-ordered this phone on monday and i cant wait to pick it up!!!!!
14. Jayv1717 (unregistered)
played with it for hours..but was pretty eager to get back to the evo..it is a beautiful phone, i like it a lot but idk it was lacking something that just made me want my cyanogen evo back..plus people really underestimate the power of the kickstand and the screen on the evo..very useful and i also agree with the personalization pack not being to good...if you played with a evo then you realize that these are nit picky cons but very viable
15. Mtsunami31 (unregistered)
Agree with the Comment in the review regarding the build quality, the Epic feels and looks cheap compared to the Evo, u cant compare Samsungs build quailty to HTC'S thats just my opinion. To be fair its a simple choice between the two do u want a keypad or not, cant go wrong with either phone..........U know the funniest thing when people want to see my Evo or when im going at it with the Iphone guys or Blackberry guys at work its always the Kickstand thats the gamebreaker the simpliest thing impresses people the most
17. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
It's hard to say the build quality on the Evo is better because the Epic has the gorilla glass. The Evo's screen is so delicate, but the Epic's can take a beating. Aside from the screen though, HTC does have the better build quality, feels sturdier.
18. deeoh1084 (Posts: 50; Member since: 30 Dec 2009)
i'm pretty sure you can make the application menu in alphabetical order and also change the bottom 4 icons just like the vibrant and captivate maybe he doesn't know how to change them?????? (i have samsung vibrant and at first i thought i couldn't change the 4 icons but actually u just have to press the menu key and change the view type to customizable grid view and press menu again to edit and also u can make it into alphabetical grid view by changing the view type to Alphabetical Grid View...) maybe Epic 4G is different?? hope not
19. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
Well, I rooted my Moment with the Interceptor ROM (which has the same interface as the Epic), and all I had to do was hit menu when I was in the app drawer, select edit, and drag the icons down to the tray. You may have to drag the icons from the tray first, but it should be the same.
20. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
Unlike the Vibrant and Captivate, the Epic 4G does not allow you to customize the static icons. As for the app menu, it appears that they go to alphabetical after a restart. Perhaps ours is just odd, but when we download a new app it goes at the end of the list instead of the proper place in the menu. Once we restart the phone it is in its proper alphabetical spot. We must not have restarted the phone at the time of publication, but the review will be updated accordingly.
21. FreakyLocz14 (unregistered)
I heard this device cannot view YouTube in HQ. That would suck because I watch lots of YouTube and am in a 4G area so they load quickly on HQ/HD.
22. MobileAllStar (unregistered)
That would be sad if it didn't support HQ YouTube but, it isn't necessary that the actual YouTube app itself support HQ... Any mobile phone can access HQ YouTube within the browser by typingWWW.m.youtube.com. Bookmark it and you're set!
24. panda6978 (unregistered)
I really liked the Evo but hated the on-screen keyboard, so now I'm in love with this phone with it's physical keyboard. But I do not want to go back to a phone that does not have text tones. Does anyone know if you can assign seperate tones to each contact's text messages?
26. mr. anderson (Posts: 92; Member since: 16 Apr 2009)
handcent will let you do that, as well as many other things. its much better than the stock sms app
25. tzpike05 (unregistered)
Just got my epic yesterday. Loving it so far. To answer pandas question, Use handcent sms and you can assign custom ring tones to any contact. also I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone talk about swype. i like it for the most part. Rarely do I need to correct anything.
29. oliver17 (unregistered)
where can I buy the way I live in Denmark
30. oceababa10 (unregistered)
where do i get handcent?
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I had a really, really, REALLY good run this weekend. Despite the slush, wind, snow, and rain I still did my run. I grumbled and pouted for a good 3 hrs, but I eventually put my sneakers on. I ran my 18 km (11.5 miles) route on Saturday, and I ran it at 8:34 mile pace!! WOOHOO!
For those of you who have no idea what that means, a 10 minute mile is the typical fitness marker. And as a little Darwinian Fail a 10 minute mile is what I have been running comfortably and consistently for the last um...I don't know...6 years! I have never been able to run like this. Like EVER!
Who am I?! Dare I say I may be becoming a "real" runner? Or at least more runner than Darwinian Fail? And maybe, just maybe even a half way decent runner?
This race is about something bigger, and I have purposely place very little pressure on myself in terms of time for my upcoming race. Because this race isn't really supposed to be about times or even competing. This race is supposed to just be for me. A feat of strength and stamina to say that despite all the genetic defects, despite all the obstacles, despite all the ups and downs - that I am strong. Strong enough to run this race. Strong enough to stick to all this training. Strong enough to complete this distance. And I still want that to be the main focus. Just finishing this will be an accomplishment. But the little competive type-A monster that lives within is starting to think more and more about my time and the numbers...
Running is one of those werid sports that is just for you. You compete with yourself for a faster time or a longer distance - those numbers become your measure of success, of progress, of change. So I am beginning to wonder if adding in the time component might just help give the last 5 weeks of training that extra push. I think it might! I am heading into my last month of training...soooo...eeek...I kind of can't believe I am going to do this! But I want to try to run my race in ...drumroll please...
Half Marathon Goal Time = 2 hours
My lovely virtual running coach Michelle (aka NYC Running Mama) insists I should be able to run a sub 1:50 race after my last long run. But I am not completely convinced that this run was not a full on fluke or grave calcuation error. So that statement is a little too bold for me. Race day will be full of nerves, lots of unknowns, mental roadblocks, and head games. So I am going to say the goal is 2 hours and anything less than that is just gravy. Alright the gauntlet has been thrown...
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Half of girls aged 12 to 13 – or in year 8 at school – said they wanted to be thinner.
And 58 percent of girls aged 14 or 15 (in year 10) said they wanted to lose weight, according to the study by the Schools Health Education Unit.
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A spokesman for eating disorder charity Beat said: "One of the key features of current popular culture is a preoccupation with weight and shape and we know that poor body image and low self-esteem are key factors in the development of eating disorders.
"The fascination with celebrities, their bodies, clothes and appearance has all increased the pressure that young people feel as they seek to establish their own identities – and typically at a time when their own bodies are growing and changing.
"Celebrities are scrutinised for flaws and imperfections, leading young people to consider their own bodies in a critical light too. Into this mix is added airbrushing and digital manipulation of images, creating a hyper-real perfection. Young people compare themselves unfavourably to these images and some are more affected than others, usually because they are more vulnerable."
The same survey found that many teenagers feel they are not getting enough sleep to concentrate at school.
Twenty-eight percent of girls and 22 percent of boys in year ten thought they needed more sleep.
Overall, 80 percent of boys and 78 percent of girls in year eight said they got the recommended eight hours or more of sleep a night, but this fell to 65 percent for year ten boys and girls. - Daily Mail


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Pirates catcher McKenry is looking to learn from veteran Barajas
BRADENTON, Fla. — There is a lot Pirates catcher Michael McKenry wants to learn this year from Rod Barajas. But McKenry first must answer the long list of questions Barajas has for him.
"I think he can teach me just about anything," McKenry said. "He's got 13 years in the big leagues, which is about 12 more than I have. Right now, though, it's (Barajas) who's asking a lot of questions because he's trying to learn the pitchers."
It's an unusual flip-flop of roles — the newbie McKenry instructing the veteran Barajas — but it's what happens in spring training when a catcher must quickly get acquainted with a pitching staff. Anyway, McKenry is used to the crazy turns a career can take.
McKenry, 26, has played in only 64 big league games, including 58 with the Pirates. He went to spring training last year with the Colorado Rockies, then was dealt to the Boston Red Sox days before the regular season. The Pirates traded for McKenry in early June after they lost their top three catchers to injuries in the span of 11 days.
"I wouldn't say it was bizarre," McKenry said. "I'd say it was a blessing. It's been kind of a thrill ride."
A .222 batting average and .276 on-base percentage seemed to prove McKenry's good-field, no-hit reputation. Yet he did provide one of the season's best moments in the July 8 game against the Chicago Cubs — hitting a three-run, game-winning homer on an 0-2 pitch from closer Carlos Marmol.
It was McKenry's first home run in the majors. He showed a glimmer of promise with the bat, as 14 of his 40 hits went for extra-bases. After the season, he went to Instructional League for one-on-one tutoring from manager Clint Hurdle in the batting cage.
"Clint kept it simple, and that's what I needed," McKenry said. "At times last season I showed some things I think I can do well, but I put a little too much pressure on myself. It's about taking a step back, enjoying the game, making it simple — look at the situation and try to conquer it."
In November, the Pirates gave Barajas, 36, a one-year, $4 million contract. That might seem like a too-sweet deal for a guy who has played in more than 98 games just two of the past six seasons. But Barajas' value goes beyond what he does on the field.
"He'll be a presence on the bench even when he's not in the lineup," general manager Neal Huntington said. "He'll help our guys grow. One of the primary reasons we got Rod was he's going to sell out to our pitching staff."
But first he's got to get to know them. Barajas caught A.J. Burnett in 2008 when they were teammates in Toronto, and he's familiar with Erik Bedard. But Barajas is starting from scratch with Charlie Morton, James McDonald, Kevin Correia and Jeff Karstens.
"This whole camp is a learning process for me," Barajas said. "Mac (McKenry) will be sitting there, and I'll ask him some questions: 'What does so-and-so like to do• Does he throw the slider or the curveball or the changeup?'
"Just because Mac's a younger guy in the league doesn't mean he doesn't have information. He's going to be a huge asset for me."


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As a result, the gems which include Rolex watches and a five-strand pearl necklace will be up for auction with the proceed going back to those investors duped by Follieri.
An auction of the jewels given to Anne Hathaway by her conman ex-lover Raffaello Follieri is free to go ahead after the actress refused to reclaim the gems. "The Devil Wears Prada" star's former boyfriend was jailed for four-and-a-half years in December 2008 after pleading guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.
Hathaway dumped the Italian businessman in June the same year just before his arrest for the scam, which saw him take more than $3.6 million from investment funds and real estate firms. During their romance, Follieri lavished gifts on his A-list lover, which Hathaway was forced to give up upon his trial so the goods could be used as evidence.
Following his sentencing, prosecutors in the case gave Hathaway until February this year to put in an ownership bid on the items, which include Rolex watches, a five-strand pearl necklace, two rings and a Louis Vuitton box. But according to papers obtained by New York Post gossip column PageSix, Hathaway decided against trying to reclaim the jewelery, meaning an auction of Follieri's gifts and possessions will go ahead if no more bids from third parties are received by May 26.
The money raised from the auction will go towards paying back those investors duped by Follieri.


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Jayam Ravi's much-awaited film Nimirndhu Nil was supposed to release today (March 7). But the film has been delayed. Now, the movie bosses are trying hard to release the flick on Saturday.
The buzz says that Nimirndhu Nil has been delayed due to some financial issues. It has come as a shock to fans, who wanted to watch the flick today. We have to note that the advance booking was started on Thursday (February 6) and it had got decent response.
The sudden development has put theatres in trouble, as they are finding it difficult to find a temporary replacement. However, the official announcement on the issue is yet to be made by the makers of the film. Sources say that the Tamil flick will not be delayed further and it would definetly hit the screens on Saturday.
Nimirndhu Nil is an action thriller written and directed by Samuthirakani. KS Sreenivasan and KS Sivaraman have jointly produced the film. Sarath Kumar, Amala Paul and Ragini Dwivedi are in the key roles with Nassar, Soori, Thambi Ramaiah, Subbu Panchu, Badava Gopi and others are in the supporting cast.
While GV Prakash Kumar has composed the music, M Sukumar has handled the cinematography.


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Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12-13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Coden-Bellefontaine quadrangles, Alabama
Hydrologic Atlas 626
- By:
- Larry R. Bohman and John C. Scott
- Plate: Plate 1 (pdf)
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AbstractFloodmark elevations and approximate areas flooded by Hurricane Frederic tides of September 12-13, 1979, along coastal areas of Mobile Bay between Bellefontaine and Point Judith, Alabama, are shown on a topographic map. Storm-tide frequency and records of annual maximum tides at Mobile, Alabama, since 1772, are presented. Offshore winds reached about 160 miles per hour. A wind-velocity of about 145 miles per hour was recorded near Dauphin Island, Alabama. Most of the waterfront improvements in Mobile Bay were either destroyed or heavily damaged. The town of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, was extensively flooded. (USGS)
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- Title:
- Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12-13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Coden-Bellefontaine quadrangles, Alabama
- Series title:
- Hydrologic Atlas
- Series number:
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One year after taking on the role, White Ferns coach Katrina Keenan has her finger on the pulse of what needs to change to jump up the world rankings.
Katrina Keenan is a planner. She can comfortably rattle off a list as long as her arm (and as a former World-Cup winning bowler she has long arms) of the things that have improved with the White Ferns in the past year.
On the field they're more accurate with their bowling, the fielding has gone up a notch and they're thinking more about their options with bat in hand. On the training pitch there's been an extensive off-season programme with camps in Tauranga and Maroochydore to prepare for the recent West Indies tour.
Working with the White Ferns at the Maroochydore training camp earlier this year.
But all of those improvements have simply not translated to more victories on the field or a rise in their no.4 world ranking. And no one is more disappointed by that than this highly driven 42-year-old.
Keenan puts it down to the players needing the mental skills to perform under pressure, in her words "getting the players comfortable with being uncomfortable."
"When players get under what they perceive to be pressure is where we see our biggest errors and they can obviously be the turning points in a game. You'll see players make poor decisions or execute poorly. That would be our biggest work-on at the moment. "
Keenan says the first ever Twenty20 series win over Australia in January was a great example of when the girls get everything right on the day wat they're capable of doing. Sadly on other occasions, such as at the ICC Women's World Cup, they got into situations where they could have done better.
Katrina played for the White Ferns between 1995 and 2000, taking 15 Test and 70 ODI wickets.
Her main learning in year one has been the complexity of the head coaching role. "It's not just about your technical ability as a coach. It's as much about developing relationships and building a group of players, about your understanding of the game, about building a really good programme and resourcing that programme."
In February the White Ferns have the chance to revenge the recent defeats away to the third-ranked West Indies side when the flamboyant Caribbean women arrive on our shores. "They're a very confident side the West Indies, but we'll be better prepared with a massive volume of domestic games and that will also make the selection so much more competitive."


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MADE In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews wants to jet off to Hollywood to star in
movies, he has revealed.
But the reality star has said he first wants to cut his teeth on British drama
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scripted drama. I won't be the lead, but I will feature. As long as it gets
off the ground."
Talking about his passion for pursuing a career as a thespian, Spencer
admitted that he first fell in love with acting at school.
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really want to do, which is act."
And talking about whether he would like to crack America, he said: "The
pipe dream is to be in American movies, but it doesn't always work for
"You need a fall back, you need to use the talent and skills you think
you might have in order to work best for you. At the moment I'm just
focusing on the project in hand – which is Made In Chelsea 4."


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Monje claims his fourth pole out of four
Round 7 & 8 - Imola
Despite a penalty, Monje posted a fastest lap of 1:59.692 and once again was the only driver who managed to break the two-minute wall. After this brilliant performance he definitely stands as the man to beat in both tomorrow's races.
The SEAT Leóns dominated the qualifying, filling the two front rows of the grid for Race 1. The two TDi cars of Monje and his team-mate Igor Skuz (2:00.881) set the fastest laps in the overall
classification and the S2000 class, while Peter Rikli's Honda Civic qualified third in the category, more than three seconds off the pole, but will start from fifth on the grid.
Single-Make Trophy competitors Stian Paulsen (2:01.406) and Andreas Pfister (2:02.159) will share the second row of the grid in their SEAT León Cup cars. They are currently split by two points only in the class standings, which promises a close fight for the title.
In the S1600 class, local driver Paolo Necchi and his Ford Fiesta 16V car claimed their first pole position with a time of 2:12.779, leaving the current class leader Kevin Krammes (2:13.770) one second behind. Necchi's fellow countryman Fabio Fabiani was the only competitor to qualify in the Super Production class with a lap of 2:11.976 in his BMW 320i. After clinching the title even before the Imola races, Nikolay Karamyshev was sidelined today by an engine failure. However, the Russian driver will take part in the races.


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I missed this over the weekend:
The commissioner's office has decided not to discipline Alex Rodriguez in light of its investigation into whether he lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in a meeting with baseball officials in March, according to people in baseball with knowledge of the matter.
In light of the fact that the only evidence of A-Rod's a-roiding came from illegally leaked test results at a time when baseball wasn't disciplining anyone for taking PEDs, this is not surprising. At most they had him on lying to the investigators about when he was using, but given how many players waltz into their disciplinary appeals claiming that they weren't really throwing at that guy, baseball wasn't ever going to do anything to Rodriguez over this. This was interesting:
The New York Times reported in May that members of baseball's department of investigations had contacted Selena Roberts, the author of "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez," and several of Rodriguez's associates to determine whether Rodriguez had used performance-enhancing drugs for a longer period than he admitted . . .
. . . The investigation proved difficult for the commissioner's office, but it also showed that its investigations department was willing to try to develop evidence against one of the game's premier stars, particularly in its effort to interview Presinal. Many of the accusations in the book were not damning and were based on anonymous sources. Other accusations were several years old, and Roberts declined to cooperate with the investigation.
I'm assuming that Roberts was willing to cooperate but that she simply lost the little notebook containing her sources' identities and all of her meticulous notes. She usually keeps it under her unicorn, but it may have fallen behind the perpetual motion machine she keeps in the back room of her summer home in Atlantis.


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Nokia N97 mini ReviewNokia N97 mini
In terms of operational speed and system stability, the Nokia N97 mini performs better than the N97. The phone doesn't freeze or restart for no reason, but lags and responds to commands just as sluggishly.
The smaller N97, however, is a much better at phone calls and the in-call quality it offers is superior to what is elder sibling delivers. Sound is loud and clear, even if voices tend to get slightly monotonous and sharp at times. The N97 mini is simply put, head and shoulders over the N97 with this respect.
Ultimately, we like the Nokia N97 mini much better than its physically bigger brother. It comes with more appealing design, is made of materials with better quality and delivers improved in-call quality and operating system stability. Unfortunately, the N97 mini retains several of the shortcomings of the N97, like sluggish operational speed and limited video codec support. At the time of this review, the price of the N97 mini is slightly higher than what you would need to shell out for the N97, but this doesn't change our opinion that the Mini is a better choice than Nokia´s flagship handset.
Frankly, just like with the N97, we believe there are better alternatives on the market, some of them are even cheaper and we mean the Samsung OMNIA HD i8910 – it lacks QWERTY keyboard, but comes with larger screen, the same functionality and superior video capabilities. Other viable options are Motorola´s first Android-based handset, the DEXT/CLIQ as well as the Nokia E75 that lacks touch sensitive screen, but looks just as appealing and compact and has extremely good QWERTY keyboard.
Nokia N97 mini Video Review:
- Good build quality
- Compact size
- Good in-call quality
- Fast text entry with the QWERTY keyboard
- Slow operational speed
- Nothing new about the interface
- Limited video codec support
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1. 9949350321 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Jan 2011)
hi..I've been using nokia n97mini since 6mths & the ph frequently hangs up.the touch screen doesn't work at times.this really embraces when i get a call but unable to take it as the touch screen nor the call answer button doesn't work.the ph suddenly restarts when some call is being answered or msg is being sent.the vendor advised me to update the s/w & all the probs will be cleared.nokia service center just formatted the ph & given me bk bt the prob is same.with lots of interest, trust & brand image on nokia, i took n97mini but am really feeling unhappy with the service the ph is giving.
2. Bj (unregistered)
I ve been using this phone for 1 year now have samsung galaxy s 2 and i would say its not a great phone accept the build quality often hangs at times even if i had done hard reset camera is average hit or miss sometimes it capture excellent images that surprise everyone sometimes a 3.2 mega pixel shoots better in same condition battery is also average I ve to charge twice daily if i surf net or listening to music or wathing videos application is great so as gps signal better than samsung video capture is good but not great listening music is great in headset net is also fast in opera mini.Lastly it;s a good looking solid build phone but slow at times.
3. Rakesh kumar (unregistered)
it as lot of benifits as follows
battery:it as long lasting battery back up, it lasts up to 2 days
touch screen:it works sensible
display:it has large display nd it shows more colors
camera: we can capture nice pics with auto flash
so it is the better choice for the people who want buy
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When the Mark Twain and Columbia return to the Rivers of America July 29, they will be traveling slower in order to maintain their traditional ride duration of 14 to 15 minutes.
Since the reconfigured river is shorter, the ride time could have been cut. But Disney figured the slower speed would make it easier to maintain loading and unloading times, particularly when running both boats, and and to coordinate with the rafts and canoes. Its a ballet on the river, explained one cast
Early prediction I've heard from cast members coming out of previews for Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout... a lot of guests are going to get sick. Certainly, several preview riders stumbled out feeling nauseous.
The cabins in which the guests sit go through more motion compared to the original Tower of Terror, plus throw in lighting and sound effects.
Some operators suspect the ride will be toned down after a few months of operation, similar to how Indiana
TDA source says the Castle Heraldry Shoppe will become a Christmas store, while the in-castle Enchanted Chamber will become an extension of the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. Both are expected to open within a week.
Last week, the former Frozen meet & greet reopened as a store highlighting Beauty and the Beast's Belle, both from the classic animated movie and the upcoming live action film.
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A GROUP of fitness enthusiasts took on a tough six-mile mud run to raise money for St Richard's Hospice.
The 20 team members, who train with British Military Fitness (BMF), in Worcester, faced a supreme test of endurance in the Mudrunner Oblivion event at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, on Saturday.
They tackled a gruelling cross-country course with ten tests of strength, endurance and co-ordination and lashings of thick mud to go with it.
Team leader Adrian Guida-Jones, a council officer for Redditch Borough Council, who led a team of runners from Worcester, Droitwich, Clifton-upon-Teme and Malvern, said: "The Oblivion Mud run was fantastic fun but was challenging and exhausting for some of those who had never entered one before.
"I am very proud of Team BMF Worcester, who did very well and raised over £1,600 for St Richard's Hospice."
Jason Fields, British Military Fitness Park Manager for Worcester, said: "It is great to see BMF members getting together to utilise their training to raise money for charity, and this is only one of the challenges that the team has committed to doing this year in order to raise funds for St Richard's Hospice.
"I believe this demonstrates the camaraderie and social side of BMF, and how well the members get on and support each other through tough challenges. I am really proud of the group."
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This article was published 10/2/2013 (1652 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
CALGARY -- Ernst & Young foresees a lot of "for sale" signs being posted on energy assets around the world -- and Canada's oilpatch is no exception.
The global advisory firm found 37 per cent of oil and gas respondents it surveyed globally are either in the process of selling assets or plan to do so over the next two years.
Barry Munro, who heads up Ernst & Young's Canadian oil and gas group, said Canadian oilpatch companies face their own unique set of challenges that have made capital costlier and harder to come by.
Those headwinds include difficulty in getting crude oil to market amid pipeline bottlenecks, stubbornly low natural gas prices, rising costs and regulatory delays.
Shedding non-core properties is one way for companies to raise enough capital to survive, and is often a more attractive option than raising equity and diluting stock prices or loading on debt.
Though the survey's results weren't broken up by country, Munro said he has a good idea what kinds of conversations are happening around boardroom tables in downtown Calgary.
"I think that virtually every energy company is thinking about whether they should be buyers or sellers of either specifics assets or the whole company," Munro said.
-- The Canadian Press


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Still no Galaxy S II for AT&T!!
Ivan6479 18 Sep 2011, 17:27 posted on 1 0
Well the 18th has arrived and unfortunately the Galaxy S II didn't arrive with it. Speaking with some of the local reps here in my local area and they don't seem to have a clue about when it's supposed to arrive. I am sick of being left in the dark by AT&T, so if I don't hear anything within the next week then I will be saying good bye to AT&T. Thank goodness I am no longer under contract!
1. tamelion1117 (Posts: 9; Member since: 02 Feb 2011)
I know what you mean. I waited till 1 am and went to at&t's site to see if the device was added and... Nothing. I am really excited about this device and while I'm tired of my blackberry and itching to get into an android, I'd rather wait for this device than settle for something lesser..Like the infuse. I don't think I'll cancel my service over this. Just keep waiting...
2. ewop07 (Posts: 1; Member since: 17 Sep 2011)
I beat you to it. I'm an At&t employee and I left and went to sprint yesterday LOL I am loving my gs2 with the 4.52" screen.
3. darkkjedii (Posts: 25013; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
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