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China has 591 million internet users and over 460 million mobile web users, according to figures from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). So who are these people, and what are they doing online on their phones?
A new infographic from Go Globe answers these questions. Delving into official figures, the graphic reveals that China's mobile netizens are mostly young – 73.3 percent of them are under 36 years old.
Here's the full thing:
For more fun graphics like this one, check out previous entries in our infographic series.
(Source: Go Globe; Photo credit: Instagram user mkultra00)
(Editing by Paul Bischoff)
The post A portrait of China's 464 million mobile web users (INFOGRAPHIC) appeared first on Tech in Asia.

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Auguste Rodin
French Sculptor Artist
François-Auguste-René Rodin (1840 - 1917)
|I have long admired the sculpture, drawings and prints created in the studios of the artist Auguste Rodin.
(Portrait of Rodin created by Paolo Troubetskoy).
|In my early teenage years, I picked out a biographical novel about Rodin mainly because of the sexy title --
Naked Came I.
As I read though, I became quite intrigued with the artist's passion and Bohemian lifestyle.
When I made it to Paris a couple years later, I stopped at the Rodin museum. Since then, I have visited his works of art whenever convenient.
This page and its photos are my personal creation.
I have read both Frederic V. Grunfeld's Rodin: A Biography and the definitive biography Rodin: The Shape of Genius by Ruth Butler.
I highly recommend the books, such as Rodin on Art and Artists, that are based on Rodin's own words.
While I still appreciate Rodin's great talent, I have also realized that many of his rivals also had great artistic genius. French Impressionism was invented in a period when men with feet of clay were able to rise above political turmoil using unusual creative energy and imagination.
I have visited the Rodin museums in Paris and Philadelphia. Rodin's masterwork is generally considered to be the Gates of Hell sculpture on which he laboured for more than 15 years. (French name: Les Portes de l'Enfer). It was originally planned for the same Paris Exposition for which the Eiffel Tower was constructed. I am privileged to have seen four of the eight copies which have been cast. Many of Rodin's most famous works such as The Kiss and The Thinker were preliminary studies for this massive work.
|Following, you will find a general view of the Gates at Stanford
along with three close-up pictures from the side panels.
(Please click on the small thumbnail photos to see the full effect)
In some respects, Rodin spent his life adoring women. His greatest admirers and scholars were female. He emphasized sensual nature over reason. I think that the story of his long suffering and faithful wife -- Rose Beuret -- would make an excellent movie or novel.
This sculpture shows Rose as young, proud and defiant warrior.
From the viewpoint of Rodin's friends she was a non-entity. A grey shadow serving meals and cleaning house; but she was also the rock who stood by his side for more than 50 years. I have an image in my mind of her loving attention as she bathed and maintained Rodin's clay figures during the dark winters of war and rebellion during the late 1800's.
(In 2008 I see that Ruth Butler has written a book that I will have to read: Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin).
|In 1998 I started working in the San Francisco area. I found much local Rodin Art.
|Stanford University Cantor Arts Center (Palo Alto, California) has a fine art collection including a large outdoor Rodin collection. Their Rodin Sculpture Garden has about a dozen Rodin bronzes which were organized by the late Professor Albert Elsen. The works there were donated by the late B. Gerald Cantor, who along with his wife, was the foremost private collector, and perhaps more important, public donor of Rodin's works in the world. (See www.cantorfoundation.org). The crown jewel of the Stanford collection is a new casting of the Gates of Hell. It was originally displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. in 1981.
|Bernie Cantor was the wealthy founder of Cantor Fitzgerald.
He died in 1996 but the Foundation continues to manage and distribute his collection.
Cantor Fitzgerald is the leading bond trading firm that lost almost 700 employees in the World Trade Center attack.
The Cantors also donated the Rodin sculptures at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Met Museum had this small marble masterpiece which illustrates the story of Orpheus and Euridyce.
In Paris, just around the corner from the Hotel d'Invalides, is the Hotel Biron. This Musée Rodin was the final town home of Mr. Rodin. It contains his personal art collection which included a few fine Van Gough's and several portraits of Rodin by other artists.
One thing that struck me during my Year 2000 trip was that "great art" can include pretty or mundane subjects. Surely some of Rodin's sweet early work is just as "great" as his more monumental later work. This marble Diane is from 1875 while Madame Fenaille is an 1898 terra cotta. In his final years many of his portraits seemed to have been created for money rather than passion.
After 1900 much of his personal passion went into detailed pencil sketches of his model lovers. His famous passionate sculpture from this period seems to be designed primarily for its popular appeal.
In the Paris area, the second Musée Rodin is in the suburb of Meudon. On the grounds are Rodin's home -- from 1898 until his death in 1917 -- and a large studio/museum. Rodin and his wife are buried there under an enlarged version of The Thinker. The museum contains the original plasters of many of his greatest works. Other works by Rodin are on display in the house and on the grounds. It is only open May until October.
My favourite Rodin sculpture is the Balzac in the courtyard of The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia... but these examples are the grounds of the Hotel Biron and a small copy at Stanford.
|The front of the British Parliament buildings is a magnificent setting for the Burghers of Calais. An observer might wonder of the feelings of the original French burghers who are now captured in such an English setting. The scene portrayed in bronze captures the town burghers as they surrendered to an invading English army.
In San Francisco, the beautifully situated Palace of the Legion of Honor has an excellent collection.
Their Rodins were mainly collected and donated by Adolph B. and Alma Spreckels. One shows the Three Shades that are also found at the top of The Gates.
In the collection is a standing St. John the Baptist Preaching.
During my 1999 visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art I found their indoor Rodin collection closed for some re-construction. The outdoor sculpture garden was still open. This is yet another Cantor donation. Sculptures there include a Gate's of Hell torso and the Jean de Fiennes figure from the Bhurgers.
Rodin himself wrote several interesting books and he drew a prolific number of pencil action sketches.
It is interesting to compare Rodin's work with that of his contemporaries. This terra cotta damsel is from the studios of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse where Rodin worked for several years.
The defiant lady on the cannon was created by Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguiére.
|Here are some Rodin web links
|There is an excellent 26 minute online video about the Gates of Hell from the French Educational Canal Educatife la Demande. It is an excellent video which made me think about the differences between the 1889 version and the more abstract 1900 version.
|The Philadelphia Rodin Museum.
|The Musée Rodin in Paris has an official web site which presents the 'official' view of the artist's works.
|Some excellent photos are provided by the
Fine Arts Department of Boston College.
(Boston seems to be a secret Rodin centre. Ruth Butler's book mentioned that most of the Art Museum of Boston Rodin collection was in storage).
|ArtCyclopedia has a complete list of links to a vast amount of Rodin information.
|There is an extensive Rodin photo collection at the Artchive.
|And, to show that some people are far more dedicated and fanatical than I am, the Rodin-Web.org seems to list every collection of Rodin art, every Rodin book, every Rodin exhibit, etc.
|The Coubertin Foundry
did the "lost wax" bronze cast of the Gates which I
saw at Stanford. This process provides precise rendering of the
original plaster. Since this 1981 casting they have produced two more for
Shizuoka, Japan and Seoul, South Korea. All the outdoor Rodins at Stanford were cast
at least fifty years after Rodin's death.
I note that their web site mentions creation of "castings" and not creation of art works. They do state that "each step of the casting process is thus planned and executed in collaboration with the artist"; which is fairly difficult when the artist died ninety years before.
|A sculptor's works can be reproduced long after his death with reasonable accuracy.
Rodin himself rarely carved the actual marble works attributed to his studio. The casting process was farmed out to a factory operation.
In some instances, hundreds of legitimate copies were made. Many copies, castings and reproductions of his work are still being made.
For a few hundred dollars you can buy your very own bronze Thinker. For an even more budget price you can purchase a Durastone copy. (This material is commonly used for sinks and construction products).
|We are entering an interesting age when digital techniques can exactly reproduce a painter's brush strokes or a sculptor's chisel; and new laser printing techniques are commonly used to produce large scale photographs almost indestinquishable from their hand-made cousins.
|Is a reproduction of a work of art still "art"?
Rodin would commonly create a small study in clay that his assistants would reproduce in a larger size.
More workers would make plaster casts and then many years later the foundry would make even more casts in bronze.
I remain confused as to the exact point where art and craft diverge.
|There is a
great blog by Gary Arseneau which details the many ways that a bronze casting
of plaster molds of a sculptor's work -- signed long after his death -- should properly be termed as
reproductions or even fakes instead of as original works of art.
Except for the cost of materials, a bronze casting given an posthumous authenticity by a French museum, has about as much claim to be an artist's original as does one of those $100 Durastone castings.
|In 2010 the Rodin Museum in Paris flexed its muscles to claim a "copy" of "The Thinker".
I wonder on what logic their bureaucrats selected the arbitrary number of copies that separate fake and real?
|This page remains the most popular on my web site. I remain eager to read your feedback, suggestions and comments. Make note though, that I am just a simple Canadian with a camera, a computer and an appreciation for visual art. I am neither an art academic nor an art expert.
The contents and design of this website, along with with all images and photos, are Copyright © 2016 by Gregory Melle;
who did all the programming, design, writing and photography. All publication and reproduction rights are reserved.


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What he did: Adler closed out his San Rafael career by winning the NCS boys 1-meter diving title, racking up 455.50 points to take the championship. The senior has also won the last two MCAL diving crowns and owns a third-place finish in NCS in 2013.
What he said: "I was very pleasantly surprised. It feels like all my hard work has paid off. Getting the first place this year was the icing on the cake. "... I love my team and it was great to represent San Rafael."
What's next: Adler will be pursuing dual degrees at the University of Rochester in New York, studying cognitive science as well as oboe performance at the university's Eastman School of Music. He will also have the opportunity to compete on Rochester's diving team. "I never thought I'd be doing diving in college," he said. "It's definitely an exciting opportunity."
Out of the pool: Adler has been a long-time musician, taking up piano at age 6 and the oboe at age 12. He has been an oboist with the San Francisco Youth Symphony for the past two years and also plays alto saxophone in his school's jazz band.
Trivial matter: Naturally, Adler is a big classical music fan, with his favorite composers being Chopin, Debussy and Dvorak. He has been diving for only two years, coming from a gymnastics and trampoline background with the MEGA club in San Rafael. "I wanted to try diving because it was also very acrobatic," said Adler, who trained with Terra Linda diving coach David Cotton in high school.
Coach Matt Swanson: "(Max has) been great for us. He comes from the tumbling background, so he was able to put that towards his success in diving. He picked things up really quickly."
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iCOMPEL EDS Demo
iCOMPEL™ EDS demo: How to use this easy-to-scale platform for enterprise-class digital signage.
George Borden, Digital Signage National Sales Manager for Black Box, demonstrates the iCOMPEL™ EDS management interface for enterprise signage. In his live demo, he shows the platform's intuitive tools for uploading and managing content files, scheduling content display, and scheduling meta events, as well as its functions for observing player status, dynamically assigning content to groups of players, and generating proof-of-play reports. Also demonstrated: how to permit user access to the system, how to build signage presentations using the system's unique composer tool (a time-saving tool for image manipulation and adding animation effects), how to set up and manage playlists, and more.


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281 Care Committee, et al v. Ross Arneson, et al
Plaintiffs, three Minnesota-based grass roots advocacy organizations, challenged a Minnesota law that made it a crime to knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the truth, make a false statement about a proposed ballot initiative under the Minnesota Fair Campaign Practices Act ("FCPA"), Minn. Stat. 211.B06, subd.1. At issue was whether the district court erred when it dismissed plaintiffs' complaint for lack of jurisdiction; when it alternatively held that it would dismiss plaintiffs' complaint for failing to state a claim upon which relief could be granted; and when it denied plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. The court held that plaintiffs' claims were justiciable and that subject matter jurisdiction was proper in federal court; that plaintiffs did allege First Amendment claims upon which relief could be granted; and that the district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment based on its findings of mootness was vacated. Therefore, the court remanded for additional development of arguments regarding whether section 211.b06 satisfied strict scrutiny.


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Submit, You Pathetic Loser
So what happens when a fundamentalist preacher gets an advice column in a mainstream daily newspaper?
The Sun-Sentinel recently found out.
Pastor Bob Coy of the Cavalry Chapel has been doing occasional columns in the Sentinel's Saturday newspaper called "Ask Pastor Bob." I never noticed the thing and probably wouldn't have had not NT writer and unofficial Pulp correspondent Wyatt Olson brought Coy's March 11 column to my attention. In that little piece, a woman calling herself P.B. wrote that her husband was verbally abusing her and wrote about the Bible saying something about words being sharper than swords. "Do I need to take this, or can I leave my marriage?" she asked.
Coy told her, "God still desires you to remain committed to your husband." He concluded, "I hope I have helped encourage you not only to stay in your marriage, but to go the extra mile by humbly submitting to your husband, as unto the Lord."
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Not surprisingly, several readers complained bitterly to the Sentinel about it. To pay its penance, the newspaper published readers' diatribes against Coy this Saturday in place of the pastor's column. A retired police captain told P.B. that she was in a potentially dangerous situation and to get help immediately. A survivor of abuse conveyed a simple truth that should have had Coy on his knees asking for forgiveness: "It is the abuser who must change their behavior, not the abused." Another survivor wrote that she'd seen women who tried to "behave" better for their abusive husband wind up dead. "If [she] does, then her death is not only on the head of her spouse, but also on that of Rev. Coy, and this paper for printing such a dangerous message," she wrote. Another reader demanded that the Sentinel strip Coy of his column.
If you ask Reporter Bob, I think the Sentinel should take that last bit of advice.
The Pulp's New Home The long and the short of it is that New Times wanted the Pulp on its site and, like the Bible says, I submitted. Set your favorites people. And new folks, check out the original site to see what the Pulp has been cooking.
At this time there is no membership system in place, so I want to thank all of you who signed up. I know how much junk e-mail we all get and for so many of you -- at newspapers, political offices, personal e-mails, etc -- to get mine, well, it was an honor. Seriously.
Fellow bloggers who read this, I ask that you put the new URL on your Pulp links. I am updating all links that were on original Pulp here now.
I'm going to address more about the move tomorrow, but now all I ask is that you bear with me. There's gonna be some glitches, some photos in the wrong place, messed-up text, a catastrophic o-ring pressure seal failure or two, that kind of thing. But nothing else is gonna change. It's still the Pulp.
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With shift, Fasano is maverick | Nov. 23
Concerned with issues, not party
People I know have told me how state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has given them help without regard to whether he received support from them. He did it because he thought it was the right thing to do. That's contrary to many of our politicians.
Fasano is called a maverick because he doesn't always go lockstep and back every Republican initiative. I wish more politicians — of both parties — would be more concerned with the issues, and the people, than they are with their party affiliation.
Bill Dolluse, Hudson
It's not a game
This article shows the sophomoric attitude of our Legislature. Senate President Mike Haridopolos said, "Let's put everybody in the game and everybody who wants to be team players will be rewarded."
This is not a game, folks. This is Florida's future — our future. Stop your childish, egotistic games and man up. Do what you, in your oath of office, swore you would do.
I don't expect much from you, and I am sure I won't be disappointed.
Larry Flick, Hudson
Horn of plenty, thanks to Florida's farmers Nov. 25
Farmworkers' labor puts food on our tables
John Hoblick, president of the Florida Farm Bureau, states that Florida farmers' "handiwork is a fundamental reason why we have a standard of living most previous generations of Floridians could scarcely imagine."
Hoblick neglects to mention that one segment of Florida's population has an even lower standard of living than previous generations — the farmworkers themselves.
Since 1997, successful prosecutions have been brought against seven slavery operations involving over 1,000 farmworkers in Florida. My reference to slavery is not hyperbole. These cases were prosecuted under modern-day slavery statutes. That's real, modern-day slavery going on right here in Florida, right now.
Sadly, Hoblick's rosy picture of agriculture in Florida is not the whole story. Let none of us forget the rest of the story — the often grossly unjust treatment of the farmworkers whose labor puts that bounty on our tables.
John L. Perry, Tampa
Deadly delay in closing pill mills Nov. 26, editorial
Keep the pressure on
Thank you for this editorial on the delay in pill clinic regulation. We must keep this issue at the forefront of discussion. The only people who can be complacent are those who do not understand the insidiousness of the problem — or those profiting from the destruction of lives.
If these clinics were advertising "Buy your heroin here!" instead of "pain management," everyone would be up in arms. Yet these opiates, which are being prescribed without oversight and regulation, as are deadly and tragic as other illicit street drugs.
Connie Kolosey, St. Petersburg
Licenses required
Minds far more learned than mine have pondered the panhandling issue, but I think we are missing some aspects of the problem.
Anyone conducting business or operating a charity must be licensed to do so, be they corporations, hot dog vendors, or the Salvation Army. Their license states when, where and how they are allowed to conduct business.
The city of Tampa regulates who can conduct business on city-owned property, when, how and for what purpose. The city would no more allow me to operate a barber shop in the median on Bayshore Boulevard than it should allow unlicensed solicitors to panhandle on the streets.
Requiring everyone to have a license will not curtail legitimate businesses or charities. This is the normal course of business. Begging is not the normal course of business.
And yes, local businesses, charities and government agencies must find ways to do more to eliminate the basic root of this problem altogether.
J.D. Batson, Tampa
Arrogance toward poor
Tampa's problem is neither begging on the streets nor people tired of being accosted by panhandlers — it's stone-cold arrogance toward the poor created by a free enterprise system that throws people away like empty soda cans.
Ebenezer Scrooge had to be forced to see what greed, Darwinian capitalism and decades of the rich getting richer has led us to.
Sick and tired of being asked for handouts by panhandlers? Try their sick and their tired for even a day, or hour, and see where our quest for consumption has led us.
Dan Callaghan, New Port Richey
When one falls, we all fall
North Korea fires some artillery shells at South Korea, and the market goes down. Irish bank fears drag down U.S. stock prices. Is this what you had in mind when our leaders were pushing a "global" economy?
It is not reassuring that my retirement future is linked with a mad dictator and a financially inept EU. Yes, globalism is really working. When one country falls, everybody falls.
It makes me pine for the days of a strong domestic economy. However, this is what most Americans wanted. You get what you deserve.
Chris Creus, Clearwater
Home buyers beware
I would advise anyone interested in buying a home in this market to be very careful. We are living in a time when ethics have been thrown out the window.
I recently purchased a home that I was assured didn't have a sinkhole history. My sinkhole coverage was cancelled three days after closing due to a sinkhole claim paid 3½ years ago. The coverage had been reinstated using a bogus repair report submitted to the insurance company. Doing some research, I found there may not have been a sinkhole in the first place — it could have been fraud.
It's difficult to find legal help in this matter, even with evidence to back up my accusations. Buyers, beware.
Woody H. Blair, Hudson
Flying isn't what it used to be | Nov. 24, column
Memories of air travel
Susan Estrich's column brought back memories on early flying. The first flight that I took involved an American Airlines' Curtis Condor. The Condor was a twin-engine biplane with a speed about 145 mph. I remember those rather large wings and an exhaust pipe glowing bright red just outside my window. The aircraft was a sight to see lumbering along, and the trip was exciting too.
From there I moved up from the old DC-3 through the DC-10. In the rear, there was a lounge where you could go for a drink before a grand steak dinner. Most of the passengers were very interesting to chat with and usually told about all the airline trips they had been on. These were well-dressed and gentlemen and ladies.
You could just go to the airport and buy a ticket on the next flight. Living in Orlando, I would commute to Boston on weekends for $100 round-trip to visit the family who spent summers at a New Hampshire lake cottage. It was an easy and timely flight with free parking in Orlando. All told, the flight time was about the same as a modern jet aircraft today.
It will never be the same nor as exciting.
Charles E. MacNeill, Crystal River


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Death of Judge in Central Israel Appears to Be Work-related Suicide
Identity of judge has not yet been disclosed; police find suicide note next to the man's body saying he could not handle his heavy work load.
The body of a judge was found Tuesday in his home in central Israel, in what appears to be a suicide.
The man's relative discovered the body when she arrived home in the evening. According to Channel 2 news the relative called the judge's family doctor to the scene but he was unable to revive him.
The judge apparently strangled himself with a plastic bag, according to Channel 2 news.
According to Haaretz sources, the judge, whose identity has not yet been revealed, left a suicide note in which he said that he could no longer handle his heavy work load.
Police and rescue services were called to the scene.
Police ruled out signs that the death was caused by criminal circumstances and suspected that the tragedy was brought about due to personal matters.
Channel 2 news said that the judge had been reprimanded several times by the court for not keeping up with his work load.
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Social Media Marketing and Convergence
ADOTAS — Some predictions from Patrick Lopez, CMO of Vantrix, and Michael Lazerow, CEO, Buddy Media.
Lopez: "2009 will be the year of convergence: The promise of next generation networks lies in rich multimedia services that can be delivered across three screens.
The mobile content landscape is changing rapidly and carriers are trying to keep pace, deliver value-added services to customers and find new ways to monetize content and services (most notably through mobile advertising). With so many forces in play, the most successful network providers will be those that are able to extract increased revenue by offering a blended multimedia experience such as a mix of mobile video, mobile TV, video on-demand and user-generated multimedia content. They must shift their attention to a convergence strategy, focusing on delivering multimedia content across technologies and devices with very high levels of viewing quality. Creating an ecosystem of services delivering a seamless user experience on PC, mobile and TV screens will be the key differentiator and catalyst of incremental revenue generation. A blended multimedia experience will be greater than the sum of its parts."
Lazerow: "Social media marketing is coming to a head. Despite the noise, marketers can no longer ignore the 500 million people globally who are on social networks. 2009 will be the breakthrough year in which agencies and brands identify tactics that work to engage people on the social networks. With the launch of VivaKi's REAL Social Suite and other organized efforts by agencies to explore and supercharge social advertising, brands will be lead to into social for the first time, or expand their social marketing efforts if they are currently in market. Specific tactics that will work include socially activated ads where brands find ways to scale digital word of mouth marketing and branded apps that engage users in a way not possible without the social networks."
– Express your opinion, comment below.
Reader Comments.
You have hit the proverbial nail on the head. As a social media marketer(20+ years of traditional marketing) I am truly excited about the marketing opportunities available to us through the great tools found on the Web. Social media IS the player in marketing and if businesses aren't getting into the game they will get passed by.
Traditional marketing will be dead in 10 years.
Tony Estigoy
I was nodding through the whole of the above until your last sentence:
"Specific tactics that will work include socially activated ads where brands find ways to scale digital word of mouth marketing and branded apps that engage users in a way not possible without the social networks."
You have it backward. Customers are already engaged. The companies and their brands are not engaged, so the goal is for companies to engage users.
Also in total agreement but lest not forget that we're talking about MARKETING as opposed to just ADVERTISING. Brands that seek to explore the full spectrum of what is possible (staff recruitment, evangelist harnessing & development, crowdsourced ideation, info delivery, customer service/retention, etc) via social networks and social media at large will win, those that don't… well their examples are littered all over the web. That's my .02
Happy Marketing in 2009!
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Fans vote to crown winning group on supergroup.ytv.com beginning April 1
TORONTO, March 28, 2014 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment's YTV is excited to announce that pop sensation Austin Mahone will perform at the live finale of The Next Star: SuperGroup on April 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Filmed in front of a live studio audience at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the finale will reveal which group Canada has voted to become the next mega boy or girl group the likes of One Direction or Fifth Harmony.
The finale will showcase the two remaining groups facing off as they perform covers and original songs as well as back-to-back songs by special guest performer Austin Mahone, including his brand new single "Mmm Yeah" featuring Pitbull. The announcement of the SuperGroup at the end of the finale will mark the beginning of an exciting pop career for the winning group. They will record two original songs to be available on iTunes, and receive an exclusive management deal with 21 Entertainment, which manages the careers of musical artists such as Fefe Dobson, JoJo and Kreesha Turner.
Viewers will be able to vote for the winning group on supergroup.ytv.com beginning April 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, following the fourth episode, in which the final two groups are revealed. Voting will close at 7 p.m. ET on April 13 the night of the live finale telecast, when the winning group will be announced.
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A spin-off of YTV's The Next Star, the six-episode series, produced by Tricon Films & Television, will take viewers through an intense, top-level talent showdown in order to crown a new mega boy or girl group, the likes of One Direction or Fifth Harmony. Hosted by Jordan Francis (Camp Rock, Connor Undercover, CBC's Cross Country Fun Hunt), The Next Star: SuperGroup features the expertise of performance coaches including actress and recording artist Cory Lee (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Instant Star) and multi-platinum music producer and songwriter Damon Sharpe (The X Factor, Big Time Rush). They are joined by a panel of industry experts, comprised of choreographer Nico Archambault (So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Nureyev), vocal coach Sarah Morrison (Canadian Idol, Canada's Got Talent), make-up artist Vanessa Jarman (Canada's Next Top Model, How to Look Good Naked Canada) and stylist Corey Ng (MuchMusic, MTV). After assembling the young artists into groups of five, the coaches and experts guided and mentored each act as they faced with an array of challenges designed to help them fine-tune their sound, style and chemistry.
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Vaccinating 40 percent of the people in October or 35 percent in November saves lives, cuts medical costs and shortens the pandemic, compared with later vaccination, according to the study appearing in the Oct. issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
In terms of stemming the H1N1 virus pandemic, early vaccination will save more lives and costs less, a new study suggests.
For the study, researchers at Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) constructed a computer model of a hypothetical city like New York, which has 8.3 million residents.
The study found that vaccinating just 40 percent of the population in October would save 2,051 lives and 469 million dollars, while vaccinating that number in November would prevent 1,468 people from dying and save 302 million dollars, compared with no vaccinations.
"Earlier -- October versus November -- vaccination saves more lives and costs less," said the study's lead researcher, Dr. Nayer Khazeni, from the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at SUMC.
"We find that vaccinating 40 percent of the population in October would decrease viral transmission and shorten the pandemic," she said.
The H1N1 vaccine has not shown any severe side effects, but there searchers used a conservative model with side effects similar tot hose in the 1976 swine flu vaccination campaign as well as a more severe scenario, said Khazeni.
"In both those scenarios, vaccination would still save more lives than cause side-effect related deaths," she said.
Distribution of an injectable H1N1 vaccine started on a small scale this week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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What is Gendarme?
New in Oxygene 5.2 is Gendarme Code Analysis, which is a deeply integrated, extensible rule-based system to find concerns in .NET (and Mono) applications and libraries. The name comes from the Mono Project's Gendarme which it is based on. It is modified to integrate nicely with the Oxygene Language and Visual Studio IDE, providing improved and customized rules that make sense to Oxygene developers.
Why Use Gendarme?
One of our goals with Oxygene is to help you write better code. Gendarme helps you detect "concerns" which may represent potential bugs or just code that is less maintainable. For example, concerns include code duplication, potentially undisposed resources, bad practices, or inconsistent naming, to name just a few. Gendarme is also extensible, allowing you to create rules specific to your project or team. All of these concerns are reported during the build process through our "Inline Error" system. This helps you correct the concerns sooner, before they propagate through your project.
How to Use Gendarme?
Gendarme can be enabled or disabled on a per project basis. To enable Gendarme Code Analysis for your project, simply go to Project Properties.
Once you are in Project Properties, scroll down to the bottom of the Build options. There is a default ruleset that is provided with Oxygene, but you can also define your own.
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The Minimum Severity option allows you to filter defects below the specified severity level: audit, low, medium, high or critical. The Minimum Confidence option prevents false positives by filtering defects below the specified confidence level: low, normal, high or total. You also have the option of specifying custom config and ignore files.
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\RemObjects Software\Oxygene\bin\Gendarme" folder is the command line version of Gendarme. This is a customized version of the one available directly from the Mono Project.
Once enabled, you will see blue "Inline Error" indicators during builds that mark one or more concerns. Clicking on a line provides the Fix-It Panel, where you can ignore an individual concern or all occurrences of the concern for the entire project.
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Properties folder of your project. This file will be referenced from the project properties page under Ignore File. The format is simple enough; each entry is two lines. The first line is the rule and the second line specifies when to ignore it.
Gendarme Rules
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Here are a few rule examples to show you what Gendarme can do for you right away. There are a lot more in store for you though. (You can read about the full set and see some examples in the Gendarme documentation.)
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I cannot comment about other publishers, but at THQ we set ourselves ambitious targets for 2006. We remained totally focused all year and closed it out for that number two publisher slot. The progress over the last three years is amazing; we've gone from number nine, to seven to four, and now number two whilst out-performing the UK games market significantly in each of these years.
But can you really sustain second spot in the publisher league table? Is that a fair expectation?
In any successful business it's always more difficult to defend what you've got than to get there. We have never been a publisher to proclaim what we will do outside the hallowed halls of Woking Central but we do have the key ingredients: products, people and passion. What I can assure you is that there will be no hint of complacency; we will attend to our key objectives with the same level of professionalism as we always do and add up the numbers in December.
If you do stay second, is it feasible that you can close the gap on EA at all this year?
We don't target any one publisher. Our competition is every Friday when all new releases arrive in-store and we see it as our job to lead consumers towards THQ products, whether new release or catalogue. EA has lost market share value in the past three years and THQ is only one of several companies that have taken a bit more of the pie. Our market share value growth over that period has gone from 4.3 per cent to 7.9 per cent – in real terms, that's an 84 per cent improvement over the period.
What key titles from THQ should UK retail be looking forward to throughout the rest of the year – from spring to Q4?
Where do I start? Saints Row on Sony's PlayStation 3, Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, Stuntman: Ignition, plus many more titles from our other leading brands are on their way too. It is probably the best ever product line-up that I have had the pleasure of working with.
Do you expect a 'big year' from some of your publishing rivals over the next 12 months?
It depends what how you measure 'big'. I would be very surprised if most other serious publishers were not looking to grow their video games business throughout 2007. The market is looking at continued growth this year and I'm sure every CFO will be looking for some of that. They may have to tell their sales guys though.
Are you now the market leader in the movie licensing market – and why do you think your licensed products are so successful compared to some others?
We are the best at working a movie licence, no mistake. The science we apply internally through a very comprehensive and detailed data tracking system, allied to the analysis we have from all previous film releases, gives retailers a comfort factor that eliminates much of the guesswork. The retailers who work closest with us are the retailers who will win in the long run. This applies to all of our licensed properties – it's always been about getting it less wrong, and the THQ system affords us that advantage.
What balance are you trying to achieve between new IP and licensed games – and is the importance of original IP overstated sometimes given sell-through?
Any games business paradigm should show you that the more successful new IP you have, the more financially successful you should be. After all, what's the point in growing your market share if you cannot do it profitably? You can, of course, still have sell-through success with original IP as we have had recently; Destroy All Humans, Juiced, Dawn of War and Company of Heroes have all enjoyed number one status. You shouldn't always look at the ephemeral success as a measurement of your IP; this should be your building block for the many other iterations to follow.
Do you feel there are any gaps/opportunities in THQ's games portfolio in terms of genre or format presence? And what are you doing to remedy this?
Yes and we have a very active steering and greenlight committee that is constantly evaluating future concepts. The most important thing however, is not to run with a 'me too' concept for the wrong reasons. Also, your first task in any business is to protect what you do well. We will tick any un-ticked boxes for the correct reasons and at the correct time.


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Obituaries Archives The Altamont Enterprise, April 2, 2009
Harold J. Houck
CLARKSVILLE Harold J. Houck Jr. worked hard to provide for his family.
"My grandson said he lived the American Dream," said his wife, Micheline Houck. "He really did."
Mr. Houck died on March 28, 2009 at St. Peter's Hospice Inn in Albany. He was 75.
The oldest of Harold and Christina Houck's nine children, Mr. Houck was raised in Clarksville and went to work early. As a boy, he worked part time at the Udell farm, Mrs. Houck said, and then he peddled milk throughout his high school years.
Also during those years, Mr. Houck met his wife.
"He was my cousin's boyfriend and I met him at her house," Mrs. Houck chuckled. She spent the next several months ducking into classrooms around school when Mr. Houck had almost caught up with her, "because I didn't want to steal my cousin's boyfriend," she said. Finally, Mrs. Houck said, in 1951, "He asked me to go to a dance and I agreed."
A few years later, in 1953, Mr. Houck was drafted in to the United States Army.
"We were married just before he went over," Mrs. Houck said of her husband's 17 months in Germany. He drove the Jeep for his company commander and liked seeing Germany, but missed home, she said.
When Mr. Houck came back, he followed his father's lead and went into the trucking business.
"Trucking and his family was his life," Mrs. Houck said.
He loved interstate trucking, she said, but, after he had a bad accident, the couple decided that he should stay closer to home and their five children. So Mr. Houck went to work at Callanan Industries, where he still got to drive.
In the winter, he drove snowmobiles for fun near the camp that he and his wife built in the Adirondacks. During the summers there, he liked to go fishing, Mrs. Houck said, and would often catch northern pike.
"He was hard working," Mrs. Houck concluded of her husband. "He was proud of his family, proud of his country. I think I could have asked for the moon and he would have given it to me if he could."
Mr. Houck is survived by his wife of 56 years, Micheline "Mimi" Houck, and by his children: Kim Blanchard and her husband, Jeff; Laurie Lettrick and her husband, David; Jacquie Reardon; Nanette Seaburg and her husband, Skip; and Nicholas Houck and his wife, Tammy. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Shawn Corbett; Danielle and Griffin Blanchard; Joshua Lettrick; Nichole Everson; Kevin and Laura Reardon; Gregory, Rebecca, and Jessica Seaburg; Jeffrey and Ian Burnham; and Brooke Houck. He is also survived by his four great-grandchildren: Ely Reedy; Addy Mae and River Everson; and Violette Lettrick; and by seven siblings and many nieces and nephews.
His brother, Roger Houck, died before him.
A funeral service was held on March 31 at the Clarksville Reformed Church, with arrangements by the Fredendall Funeral Home of Altamont, and interment in the Onesquethaw Union Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Clarksville Community Church, Church Hall, Route 443, Clarksville, NY 12041 or to the Onesquethaw Ambulance Squad, Post Office Box 327, Clarksville, NY 12041.
Saranac Hale Spencer
Dorothy A. Robinson
ALBANY Dorothy A. Robinson, a homemaker and waitress, died peacefully with her family at her side on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at the Albany Medical Center Hospital following a long illness. She was 82.
Born in East Berne, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Stemple Haluska. Her family had a dairy farm there for many years. She worked as a waitress most of her life, and was a homemaker to her husband and children.
Her husband, Edward Robinson, died before her.
She is survived by two sons, Edward Robinson and his wife, Marion, of Guilderland, and Matthew A. Robinson of Albany; three daughters, Lorraine Sangiorgi and her husband, Benny, of Voorheesville, Julie Turner and her husband, Jeff, of Clarksville, and Amy Ghovanloo and her husband, Keyvan, of Voorheesville; three granddaughters, Marlanna Nichols and her husband, Dave, of Fayetteville, N.C., Ariane Field and her husband, Michael, of Latham, and Kali Votraw of Voorheesville; one great-grandson, Michael Field; a brother, Frank Haluska, of Loudonville; two sisters, Martha Gary of East Berne and Emily Chase of East Berne; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Three brothers Joseph, John, and Charles died before her as did two sisters, Elsie Megas and Helen Crooks.
A mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, April 3rd at St. Matthew's Church on Mountainview Street in Voorheesville. Calling hours today, April 2, from 4 to 6:20 p.m. at the Reilly & Son Funeral Home in Voorheesville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association in lieu of flowers.
Sandra G. Schwager
NEW SCOTLAND Sandra G. Schwager, an eternally giving woman, died on March 24, 2009 in Leesburg, Fla. She was 74.
As a teenager growing up in New Salem, Mrs. Schwager got a job at Saunder's ice cream parlor, near the Tollgate and spent her first paycheck on an inflatable swimming pool for her little sister, Susan Kidder. She also bought a brand new lipstick for herself, which Ms. Kidder promptly used to color her bedspread and dresser, she remembered with a laugh.
"It was like I had two sets of parents," Ms. Kidder said, since her sister was 15 years older and her brother was 12 years older. "My sister spoiled me rotten," she said.
Their real parents were Norman and Lilian Kidder.
One of Mrs. Schwager's enduring qualities throughout her life was her penchant for song and dance. When she babysat Ms. Kidder, Elvis Presley was sweeping the nation and she would sing across the kitchen and dance with her sister. "She was a great lady lots of fun," Ms. Kidder said.
Mrs. Schwager always sang in a church choir, her sister said, including the Dutch Reformed Church in New Salem.
"As long as she could sing, she sang," said Ms. Kidder.
Following the family's tradition in the medical field, after she graduated from Voorheesville's high school in 1953, Mrs. Schwager graduated from the Memorial Hospital nursing program in 1956 as a licensed practical nurse and went on to spend over 20 years working in Dr. Dominick Mele's pediatric office and more than 10 years at the Carver Community Clinic.
"She loved it, she really loved it," Ms. Kidder said of her sister's work. "She's kind hearted. She's giving," she concluded.
"When I was 10, her first baby was born," Ms. Kidder said. "I thought I was given a baby." Mrs. Schwager always made sure that her three children had what they wanted, even when she had nothing for herself, Ms. Kidder said, adding, "She was a wonderful mother."
Later in life, a friend of Ms. Kidder began taking nursing classes at the Junior College of Albany, where Hal Schwager, Mrs. Schwager's former anatomy and physiology professor, was teaching.
"She and I sort of connived," Ms. Kidder said of herself and her friend, who invited Mr. Schwager for a bite to eat after class at a restaurant where Ms. Kidder was eating with her sister. "I said, 'Do you remember this girl?,'" she recalled, "and that was it."
They talked for hours, Ms. Kidder said, and "from there on, they were never apart."
Mrs. Schwager's husband, Harold, died before her.
Mrs. Schwager is survived by her son, Daniel Ross, of Pattersonville, N.Y., granddaughters Christine, Julie, Shelby, and Danielle; her two daughters, Kathleen Egan and her husband, Michael, of Amsterdam, N.Y., granddaughters Katie, Kayla, and grandson Patrick; and Kellie Wotherspoon and her husband, Dale, of Rotterdam Junction, N.Y., grandson Bryan and granddaughter Rachel.
She is also survived by her brother, Alan "Chuck" Kidder, of Leesburg, Fla. and her sister, Susan Kidder, of New Salem.
A memorial service for family and friends will be held on Friday, April 3, at 5 p.m. at the Woestina Reformed Church, 1397 Main St., Rotterdam Junction, approximately one mile west of town. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, 1216 Main St., Rotterdam Junction.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Association.
Saranac Hale Spencer
Ruby Mae Bunzey Simon
ROTTERDAM Ruby Mae Bunzey Simon, a wife and secretary, died on Tuesday, March 24, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. She was 88.
She was born in Berne.
She worked for the General Electric Company as a secretary for 28 years before retiring.
She was the wife of the late Stephan Simon.
She is survived by two sisters, Emma Stevens of Knox and Betty Perue of Leesburg, Fla.; a brother, Ralph Bunzey of Georgia and several nieces and nephews.
Five of her brothers and sisters, died before her Ford Bunzey Jr., Kenneth Bunzey, Eva Mae Anderson, Ollie Rowe, and Mildred Labonwicz.
A funeral service was held on Wednesday at the Daly Funeral Home in Schenectady. Interment is in Woodlawn Cemetery in Berne.


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Artistic Wood Studio offers several workshops throughout the year; workshops involving hands-on participation by students. There will be a maximum of four students to insure full focus on each student and their safety. In classes that are mostly involved with demonstrations, there will be a maximum of eight students. These workshops include the following subjects:
Woodworking I
A hands-on course that covers the basic concepts of woodworking and furniture making. This three evening class is a combination of demonstrations and hands-on practice. This workshop includes general shop safety (with particular attention to the safe use of the table saw). Students will utilize the skills, techniques and tools (both power and hand tools) taught in class in the making of one of three projects. Skills learned will provide a foundation for subsequent furniture making classes.
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An five-evening workshop that is a continuation of the Woodworking I class. This workshop utilizes a combination of hand tools and power tools in the construction of one of three valuable pieces of furniture, using techniques learned in the previous workshop and put to use, along with more advanced techniques introduced in this workshop. These new skills include, mortise and tenon joints, finishing skills, grain matching, and the use of misc. hand planes, learned by the students while making their own beautiful piece of furniture. Woodworking I is a pre-requisite for this workshop.
Cabinet-making Fundamentals
This workshop concentrates on techniques used in cabinet making rather than furniture making. There will be one of three projects made in this workshop; a one day workshop featuring techniques such as cutting plywood panels to size, using wood edging, making and applying molding, using a biscuit joiner, using pocket hole jigs and milling for adjustable shelves. This workshop is designed for beginners through intermediate woodworkers. The skills learned in this workshop will aid individuals in many home projects. The project you build may eliminate your need to purchase cabinets or bookshelves. This workshop will provide students with a foundation for more advanced projects kitchen cabinets, entertainment centers, bookshelves and more. More advanced skills such as dove tailed drawers and door making will be offered in future classes.
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The router is one of the most versatile power tools in the woodshop. Many people only know a fraction of what this great tool can do. With the aid of a verity of router bits, jigs and fixtures the router can be used to create mortises, tenons, dadoes, sliding dovetails, raised paneled doors, arched doorways, oval picture frames and more. Most of these techniques will be demonstrated and discussed along with examples of different types of routers and their best use. Time permitting, students will have an opportunity to practice some of these cuts themselves.
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This workshop is designed for the individual who has thought about whether or not woodworking is right for them and how to learn woodworking safely. This workshop may be the answer for you. Included in this workshop are the basics of using hand and power tools that are used in the woodshop, with the main focus on safety. Each student will have a woodworking instructor at their side to learn hands-on the safe way to use the power tools that you would never use on your own. Each student will use what they have learned to create their own wood-framed mirror. Now is the time to try woodworking; who knows...you may just get yourself in the "Hooked-on Wood Club", like a great number of our students have.
Jigs, Guides and Fixtures
This work shop is for students that have some prior experience with woodworking. Included is the making and use of cross-cut sleds for use on the table saw, feather boards, router and saw guides, a router jig for adjustable shelf pins, a variety of push sticks, a router jig for cutting circles, a circle cutting jig for the band saw, a router guide for making dados, a table saw taper cutting jig and use of a factory made dove tail jig. The use of all these items will be demonstrated and the making of individual jigs will be limited to time restraints. Some jigs will require the correct measurements of the students' table saws, band saws, and routers. All these jigs, guides and fixtures will be valuable assets to your shop, plus improve the quality of your work and your safety.
On occasion, Jim will instruct individuals on various woodworking projects selected by his students. We are open to requests and suggestions.
Woodworking is a dangerous craft!
It is also one that depends upon the individual to fully understand its consequences. Ignoring safety practices, using tools improperly, or operating tools under the influence of alcohol or drugs may lead to serious injury. Don't attempt any technique unless you fully understand it. It is our role to provide you with instruction, so rely on us for assistance and guidance. There are no stupid questions you can ask, so please take advantage of our expertise. We will ask you to sign a liability awareness and release form before beginning any workshop.
Students must be 18 years old or older unless accompanied by an adult and approved by the owners of Artistic Wood Studio. All workshops are held in Riddle, Oregon, approximately 20 miles south of Roseburg, Oregon and 49 miles north of Grants Pass, Oregon.
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THERMO FIREPLACES & BRAAIS is a privately owned, proudly South African family business.
Established in 2003 in its current form, the name THERMO has become synonymous with manufacturing braais and fireplaces of the highest standard.All our products are manufactured using only the best quality 3 mm hot-rolled material with 5mm trimmings (except for the contractors' braai range) for reinforcement, and sprayed with heat resistant SNK74. As proof of our commitment to quality, THERMO is the only company to give a 20 years warranty on faulty workmanship.
Between 1986 and 2003, the company was the manufacturer for, and trading under, the well-known and respected name INFERNO fireplaces and braais. However, when the owners of the trademark decided to manufacture their own products out of Port Elizabeth, the name THERMO was born.
With out vast range of braais and fireplaces (both built-in and freestanding) we are sure you will find something to suit your needs and pocket. However, we understand that some customers prefer or need a unique unit. We therefor specialize in custom-designed units.
For expert advice, visit our showroom situated next to the factory at 24 Willow St, Kaymor Industria, Stikland, Bellville.


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Get your game on with other teens after school at the library! Whether you like mashing buttons, dealing cards, or rolling dice, you're sure to find an old favorite to enjoy or something new to love. Explore your creative side, build motor skills, and connect with other teens.Library: Granite Falls Library
Snacks generously provided by Friends of the Granite Falls Library.
Location: Granite Falls Meeting Room
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BOSTON — Carlos Peña studied engineering, but trying to do the math of the home runs he and B.J. Upton hit Sunday was too complicated as the balls struck about 35 feet high on the back wall of the stadium, above the camera platform that sits over the left-centerfield fence marked at 379 feet.
Words were much easier.
"That," he said, "was fun."
It's rare for balls to hit there at Fenway, and manager Joe Maddon was equally in awe but slightly more descriptive.
"Those balls were mangled," he said. "They were well struck."
The Rays expect Peña to hit home runs, and that was his fourth of the season and 120th with the team, eight shy of Aubrey Huff's franchise mark. (It also was his fifth off Boston LHP Jon Lester, his most among the 154 pitchers he has taken deep, with Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte next at four.)
They're pleasantly surprised at Upton, who has hit three in the past four games and continues to show signs of a bounceback after hitting only 20 the past two regular seasons combined. "Starting to get there," Upton said.
Good enough, RHP Matt Garza said: "It only speaks to how deep we are when your 6-hole guy is hitting balls 500 feet on a laser beam."
On the run: LF Carl Crawford extended his streak of successful stolen bases against the Sox to 30, dating to September 2005, with a fifth-inning swipe of third. With two more steals by Ben Zobrist, the Rays have now swiped 40 in 44 attempts against the Sox in 21 games since the start of last season.
On a run: The Rays had won more than two straight at Fenway once, when they won four during the 1999 season over two trips: April 18-19 (which was also Patriots' Day) and June 30-July 1. … The June 30-July 1 two-game series stands as their only sweep.
Early riser: Today's 11:05 a.m. start obviously forces some changes in routine, especially for Rays starter Jeff Niemann, who makes his first start at Fenway this morning. To stay on schedule best he can, Niemann plans to wake up between 5-6, have breakfast, check out of the hotel and arrive at Fenway between 7-8. The team bus leaves at 9.
"It's going to be weird," Niemann said. "I'll try to keep the hours the same. It might not be the same time, but as far as timeline for a start, we should be okay. … I've got to get up and get out of bed, that's the biggest thing."
Sori story: Rafael Soriano's double-dip of saving both games completed Saturday night/Sunday morning was the first of his 12-year pitching career. He was also the first Ray to do so.
Minor matters: Top OF prospect Desmond Jennings, sidelined since spring training with a left wrist sprain, was activated and went 1-for-3 in Triple-A Durham's 10-1 win. … RHP Jeremy Hellickson improved to 3-0, 1.42 with a four-hit, eight-strikeout 72/3-inning outing.
Miscellany: Sunday's game was delayed 31 minutes at the start because of more rain; first-pitch temperature was 47. … The Rays have actually won seven straight road games, going back to last season, matching the team record. … Due to weather and scheduling, the Rays haven't taken batting practice on the field since Monday. … The Rays should know after C Kelly Shoppach sees Dr. Koco Eaton today if right knee surgery is required and how long he'll be out.


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Off-Duty Deputy Shot While Riding Bike; Two Arrested
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
An off-duty sheriff's deputy was shot while riding his bike in Fresno County earlier this week, and now authorities say two men have been taken into custody in this case.
Christopher Touchstone, 23, and Larry McLaughlin, 26, were arrested after being questioned Thursday morning.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says Deputy Mike Montanez was riding his bike Tuesday afternoon on Friant Road, south of the town of Friant, when he was shot in the back - close to his spine.
The deputy called paramedics and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center. He was later released.
Sheriff Mims says Montanez saw a person in the back seat of a passing SUV pulling an air rifle back inside the vehicle.
Detectives say they identified the two suspects and were led to them after receiving a tip from someone who saw the story on the evening news. They say a third person who was riding in the SUV was also located and taken in for questioning but later released.
Sheriff Mims says McLaughlin had a bus ticket to Louisiana in his pocket when he was arrested. She says the person who called detectives knew about the bus ticket and wanted to make sure the men did not escape justice.
Mims says it appears the suspects didn't know the bike rider was a deputy and added that they may have committed the crime "on a dare or just for fun."
Deputy Montanez tells KMPH News he is still in pain but resting and receiving treatment.


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Pinch me.
1. What the hell, Dumars?
2. What the hell, Rodney?
3. Do we need a new lockout?
The Detroit Pistons and restricted free agent Rodney Stuckey are struggling to come to terms on a long-term contract, sources said.
Stuckey, the Pistons' top free agent this offseason, is balking at what the Pistons are prepared to pay him. The Pistons have discussed a deal that would pay Stuckey between $40 million and $45 million over five years, according to sources.
By comparison, Mike Conley agreed to a five-year, $40 million extension with the Memphis Grizzlies in November.
Stuckey's representatives, seeking an even bigger deal, have been contacting other teams the past few days, looking to broker a sign-and-trade deal. However, the Pistons are telling teams that they won't agree to a sign-and-trade for Stuckey, sources said.
If the impasse continues, Stuckey's reps are threatening to take the Pistons' one-year, $3.87 million qualifying offer for Stuckey, which would make him an unrestricted free agent in 2012.


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Egyptians rally over Islamist governor appointments
- By Mary Casey-Baker<p> Mary Casey-Baker is the editor of Foreign Policy's Middle East Daily Brief, as well as the assistant director of public affairs at the Project on Middle East Political Science and assistant editor of The Monkey Cage blog for the Washington Post. </p> , Joshua Haber
Protests have continued for a third day in Egypt's tourist destination of Luxor, in Upper Egypt, over the appointment by President Mohamed Morsi of Adel al-Khayat as the new governor. Khayat is a member of Gamaa Islamiya, the ultra-religious group responsible for a 1997 attack at Luxor's Hatshepsut Temple that left 58 tourists dead. Among the demonstrators are many tourism workers, who are concerned about their jobs and preserving the area's heritage. Egypt's tourism minister, Hisham Zazou, submitted his resignation on Wednesday in protest of Khayat's appointment, but Prime Minister Hisham Qandil rejected his resignation. Protests have also erupted in Monufiya against the appointment of Ahmed Sharawy as the new governor. Demonstrators have blocked entry into the local governorate office and cut phone cables. Morsi appointed 17 new governors across Egypt Sunday, including eight Islamists, seven of whom belong to the ruling Muslim Brotherhood party. Many analysts see the appointments as part of an effort to shore up support ahead of what are expected to be large anti-government protests set for June 30, the anniversary of Morsi's election.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has placed six ancient sites in Syria on its endangered World Heritage list. According to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, "due to the armed conflict situation in Syria, the conditions are no longer present to ensure the conservation and protection of the Outstanding Universal Value of the six World Heritage properties." The endangered list includes the city of Aleppo, which has sustained severe damage from fighting including the destruction of the minaret of Umayyad mosque, as well as the cities of Damascus and Bosra, the northern villages of Syria, the Roman ruins at Palmyra, and the castles of Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din (the Fortress of Saladin). Meanwhile, Syrian opposition forces launched an attack on the main M5 highway that goes through Aleppo to the Turkish border. According to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, rebel forces had seized an army checkpoint on the Ariha-Latakia section of the road. Some opposition groups said opposition fighters had seized three check points, and would need three more to cut off the Syrian army's access to the highway. Fierce fighting has continued int the northern city of Aleppo, and rebel sources have reported that opposition fighters have received Russian-made "Konkurs" anti-tank missiles from Saudi Arabia. Another new threat to the Syrian regime is the country's rapidly weakening currency. The Syrian pound fell about 30 percent last weekend, in part with the U.S. announcement that it will begin arming some Syrian rebel groups.
- Britain's Supreme Court ruled sanctions invalid that were imposed on the commercial Iranian bank, Bank Mellat, because they were sought through a secret court.
- Iraqis in the Sunni dominated provinces of Anbar and Ninevah, where protests against the Shiite-led government have raged for months, voted Thursday in provincial elections that had been delayed over security concerns.
- A Qatari court has issued prison sentences to five people convicted of negligence in a 2012 deadly mall fire in Doha that killed 19 people, including 13 children.
- Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon said the kingdom will deport Lebanese citizens "who financially support" Hezbollah.
Arguments and Analysis
'Syria: The G7+1 Communiqué' (Frederic C. Hof, Atlantic Council)
"In the end, perhaps it is enough that the West signed up to nothing in Northern Ireland that would tie its collective hands. President Obama told interviewer Charlie Rose recently that Syria is not Iraq, and that 'serious' US national security interests are engaged by the impact of what is happening inside Syria on American allies and friends on Syria's periphery. How to stop the Assad's shelling and bombing campaign of terror against residential areas is the key question facing the US administration. Until that issue is satisfactorily addressed, Syrians will suffer needlessly, friendly countries will be swamped by refugees and security challenges, and Geneva II will not likely happen. Kofi Annan had it right long before he left the stage: unless and until the Assad regime takes the necessary de-escalatory steps, nothing meaningful can happen diplomatically. Borne aloft on the shoulders of Iran and Hezbollah, however, Bashar al-Assad's idea of diplomacy has nothing to do with Geneva I or Geneva II."
'In Libya, Militias Rule' (Anas El Gomati, Al-Monitor)
"Repatriating security infrastructure in Tripoli began under former Minister of Interior Shuwail in the last few months. However, Libya's other cities and border towns are littered with militias clinging onto vital infrastructure. With weapons trading between Algeria, Mali and a string of recent bombings in Niger, the inability to control this infrastructure confuses any coherent intelligence gathering, or wider national security strategy.
The ease and access to infrastructure to conduct terrorist activities is one of the biggest problems facing the Libyan state, shackling the democratic transition within an atmosphere of uncertainty.
A reformed, doctrinal security service that respects human rights must be a parallel initiative. By reforming and reinstating the most feared of Libya's security services, Ali Zidan can begin to monitor and gradually improve the security quandary. A unified communication system to instill coherence in the process is only the beginning of a long-term process. International assistance will come in its droves in order to rebuild this feared arm of the state. The question for Zeidan will be where to draw the line between security and sovereignty to begin to navigate the country to safety."
–Mary Casey and Joshua Haber


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