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Whose hand was Jake Gyllenhaal holding the night before the Oscars?
And what did Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp do before they smooched March 1 on the Venice set of The Tourist?
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This year, the oxen sniffed contemplatively at several of the trays. One then wandered away from the plentiful buffet. As the crowd held its collective breath, the other finally deigned to chew half the corn on offer before it, too, moseyed off. The outcome was grim: a drought, for sure, since no water was drunk, and a poor harvest to boot.
Cambodia's economy may have grown 10.4% last year, fueled by an influx of Chinese investment and strong clothing exports, but the country is still heavily dependent on agriculture more than 80% of its 14 million citizens are farmers. Cambodia's population has doubled since 1975, and most of these extra mouths are in the countryside. In Phnom Penh, the tree-lined colonial avenues are being transformed by rapid construction that is uprooting fragrant frangipani trees in favor of glass-plated office buildings. The newfound wealth, though, hasn't extended much past city borders, and the disparity between rural residents and city folks is only growing wider.
The new economic reality made the results of the Royal Plowing Ceremony even more bitter for Cambodia's deeply superstitious farmers. A member of parliament watching the recalcitrant cows said he thought it was the most pathetic display of bovine appetite in more than a decade. (Making the sting more painful: royal cows at a similar ceremony in neighboring Thailand a few days later ate grass, corn and rice with gusto.)
Some Cambodians may be wondering whether an eighth tray should be added to the ceremony, this one holding a pool of oil. By 2010, a cluster of offshore fields should begin pumping oil and natural gas, radically changing the Cambodian economy. Optimistic estimates suggest that future oil revenue could dwarf the country's current GDP. But will any of this money trickle down to Cambodia's poor? Economists aren't sure, warning of a Nigerian-style oil curse that could simply make a privileged few very rich and leave the vast majority of people penniless.
Already, Cambodia suffers from rampant corruption, and there has been little transparency in the awarding of exploration contracts to foreign oil companies. Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed concerns that oil will be anything other than a huge boon for his country. But for the poor farmers watching the oxen decline to feast at the Royal Plowing Ceremony, the potential of oil revenues must feel completely removed from their hand-to-mouth lives. What will they do if a drought does indeed strike this year, and their crops wilt in the tropical sun? If the sacred cows know the answer, they aren't talking.

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Transmission of leptospirosis occurs through contact with infected urine, through mating, from mother to offspring, or by eating tissue infected with the disease. The organisms multiply in the blood system and spread throughout the body. Infection in the liver and kidneys causes the greatest illness. High fever, vomiting and dehydration are the most common symptoms, with renal failure being the most serious complication.
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Opening Day 2013 is fewer than four weeks away. That means the time to talk about free agents is behind us. Even when the spotlight does turn to those remaining unemployed players it tends to hover on Kyle Lohse and Jose Valverde. Yet there are numerous other notable players still available. Let's take a look at a few of their situations.
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September 20, 2012 5:00 am
Who are the weakest humans in Major League Baseball? If we can't figure that out, we don't deserve to be here.
For lots of obvious and good reasons, we don't spend a lot of time talking about weak hitters. I don't mean bad hitters, because we actually do spend a lot of time talking about them ("Who's the worst everyday player in baseball?" is a common question, for instance). I mean weak hitters—guys who have an ability to put the bat on the ball but are completely incapable (or unwilling?) of doing so with any force, of causing the ball to travel at extreme velocities, of making a crowd, even a very inexperienced crowd, rise to its feet as it perceives the possibility of a home run.
Before we get deep into it, I want to give full credit to my sources, so I'll tell you about the genesis of this topic: this weekend, I listened to Sam Miller and Riley Breckenridge discuss how well they thought Sam would hit in adult-league baseball against low-80s heat and guys with no breaking stuff, which led to the question of how well reasonably athletic but really not terribly talented adults would do in the major leagues (one hit in 20? 30? 100?), which itself led to the question of which players in baseball have the least upper-body strength. I was along for the ride, as my brain tends to operate on a glacial scale, making me something less than a scintillating conversationalist, but then I got to thinking about weakness.
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July 2, 2012 5:00 am
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May 4, 2012 3:00 am
Mariano Rivera's injury isn't just a blow for the Yankees.
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And none of it matters, because Mariano Rivera wrecked his knee. He did not slip off the mound. He was not scrambling to field a bunt. He did not trip while covering first base. Rivera was doing something else that virtually every pitcher does and that he has thoroughly enjoyed doing throughout his career: shagging balls during batting practice.
April 23, 2012 3:00 am
It's too early to look at statistical leaderboards, but sometimes we have to anyway.
April 19, 2011: "Somehow, someway, Carlos Lee is second with a 53.2 UZR/150. I will literally eat broken glass if he finishes with a positive number this season. (Someone hold me to it.)" —This guy, who is now dead, from eating glass :(
We have such a weird relationship with April stats. I'm trying to think of anything else where we consider a 10-percent sample almost totally useless. On election night, when they show the vote totals, I start to take them seriously once 10 percent of precincts are in. If you could see only 10 percent of a human, you could still probably figure out whether he was tall, fat, into rockabilly, etc. But the first 10 percent of a baseball season is like the first 10 percent of the sausage race in Milwaukee: filled with narrative, almost entirely misleading, and a place where Randall Simon doesn't belong.
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The first part of a roundtable discussion about how teams in the NL Central will fare in the 2012 season.
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March 31, 2011 9:00 am
Pegging BP's favorites in both leagues, both in the standings and for the major awards.
Today we reveal the Baseball Prospectus staff predictions for the division standings and the major player awards (MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year) in the American and National Leagues. Each staff member's division standings predictions may be found later in the article. Here, we present a wisdom-of-the-crowds summary of the results. In each table you'll find the average rank of each team in their division with first-place votes in parentheses, plus the results of our pre-season MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year voting.
For the MVP voting, we've slightly amended the traditional points system in place that has been used elsewhere, dropping fourth- and fifth-place votes to make it 10-7-5 for the MVP Award, and the regular 5-3-1 for the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards (that's 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a second-place vote, etc.). Next to each of these selections we've listed the total number of ballots, followed by the total number of points, and then the number of first-place votes in parentheses, if any were received.
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March 15, 2011 9:00 am
Jason took part in a slow mock draft with other fantasy experts and is now here to share what he learned from the experience.
I recently had the pleasure of doing a slow—and I mean slow—mock draft over the past four weeks with a few of my friends and colleagues in the fantasy baseball industry. That group included most of the mlb.com folks, Fernando DiFino, and the legendary Joe Sheehan. The draft started on February 17 and survived a few lost weekends, DiFino's nuptials (congrats!) and several copy and paste issues from some of us that are still using not-so-smartphones.
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August 4, 2010 8:00 am
Continuing an examination of Cliff Lee's season, here's a closer look at his home run and walk rates.
I've been thinking an awful lot about walks lately—not the kind I try to take each night before bed, but rather the kind that Cliff Lee now avoids with startling regularity. My last two Seidnotes columns focused on his fantastic season in an attempt to deduce whether or not anyone ever matched his potentially historic pace. Additionally, I used his numbers to illustrate the differences between the more common strikeout-to-walk ratio and the strikeout-minus-walk differential. Today, I frame his walk-averse campaign in a slightly different light. Entering his most recent complete-game loss, Lee issued seven walks while surrendering nine home runs.
Yes, the man had walked fewer batters than he had allowed home runs! An out-of-character, two-walk performance on Sunday tied the numbers, but I began to wonder how rare it is for dingers to exceed walks. With that in mind, my goals today are to explore this very phenomenon, and to discuss walks and walk rates on a very basic level, as the numbers are used very frequently, yet leaders in the respective categories are not exactly common knowledge.
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Harvilan Hawkins, of Riverton, and George Hill, of Casper, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Theresa Hawkins to Jonathan Chavez, son of Anita and Nathan Clark and the deceased Michael Chavez.
The future bride is employed by Max's Conoco in Casper.
The prospective groom is employed by Sapp Brothers Trucking.
The wedding is planned for Aug. 11, 2012, at the Shrine Club in Casper.


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Large, secure and spacious. Private living with plenty of room for own hobbies or storage. Fully fenced yard with security screens throughout. Double garage, 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets. Foxtel available with connections throughout the rooms. Air-conditioned rooms. Best of all there is a swimming pool free to use anytime.
Private quiet safe neighborhood, with fenced backyard with park across the road. Main area has air cond, has formal lounge, and informal living area. House is only about 7 years old. Currently sharing NBN, Power. No pets. Bed and stuff shown in pic can be removed if you have your own.
Large fenced back yard, in a quiet, friendly neighbourhood, opposite a park.
Beautiful home in sort area of Bundaberg. House is fully furnished with lovely furniture which has a taste of a Balinese feel throughout. 4 dining areas , one formal in formal lounge/dining, one off the new kitchen and 2 outside around bar/BBQ and pool area. Large in-ground pool surrounded by tropical gardens with a powered lazy hut and deck chairs above the pool. All rooms are tastefully decorated with fans, TV, Foxtel in all bedrooms (basic package docoa and movies. If you require more the cost is for you to pay)and outside in open outdoor casual lounge area. BBQ near pool. All linnen, laundry needs and cleaning equipment is supplied by myself. All house and yard duties are also done myself except your own room. Pool is sparking clean except on windy days a few leaves fall in. Very private setting with 6 foot fences and foliage growing around the fence boundary. Under cover parking for your car, close to all emenities. Walking distance to Sugarlands shopping centre. Home is large enough for privacy, crossing paths is a rarity except for communal kitchen at times. Sensor lights throughout home so you don't get lost at nightt. No drug users or alcoholics need apply. ( casual drinkers like myself are fine resp after a hard day at work) Nor students or unemployed I'm sorry! A must see home and yard to gain it's full potential. If your looking for a peaceful tranquil home to live I suggest you may wish to look. Full security everywhere for your personal safety. Thankyou, Trac
This property is acreage and only 15 minutes to centre of Bundaberg. Very peaceful and right across the road from the river. If you are into water sports there is a boat ramp at the end of the street. All rooms are airconditioned and there are a lovely outdoor living options. Rent includes weekly housekeeper.
Cleaning included in rent, close to shops and pub
Bus at end of street. Quiet street. Within walking distance to stocklands and restaurants. Uni just past stocklands. Living with easygoing mature age gentleman and 1dog. Sorry can't take anymore pets. Must pass Rica and real estate.
Neat in town, Hospital, Police Station, Hinklr and etc.
Highset Qlder in great condition. Very close to town, ideal convenient location. 2 bedrooms to choose from, Both have double beds and a place to put clothes. There is a large lounge room, large sitting room and a large entry room so there is plenty of space for alone / quiet time. Large kitchen with walk-in pantry and a dishwasher. There is a full bathroom consisting of a large bath, shower and toilet and there is a second toilet located in the lower part of the house. Full laundry also located downstairs. There is a good sized deck out the back with plenty of seating. To clarify, room will be $150 for 1 single person or $200 for a couple.
Very clean and tidy room with plenty of privacy. Room for storage in two bay shed. Own bathroom. 2 outdoor areas 1 bbq entertainment area incl. Separate key entry off front deck. Laid back down to earth housemates x2 1m17 and 1F33. :)
close to bus service, or even town if u are a walker..Close to east end hotel and small convenience shop
Large 4 bedroom home, aircon, ceiling fans, Queen size bed, built in robes, large living areas with privacy, of street parking, 2 bathrooms 3 toliets Very quite area, 10 minutes to town, airport, shopping centre and Uni, nature park next door with walking tracks
It is a homely coastal property with deck overlooking the ocean. It has a natural garden to sit in or to do some gardening if you wish. it is a relaxed, creative, friendly environment. It is close to all amenities in Bargara (5 min drive) and 1km from swimming beaches.
Only a 5 minute walk to beautiful Rifle Range Beach, easy going friendly house where you can fall asleep and listen to the waves roll in. The room can be rented separely or with additions to include groceries with the household. We currently all take 1 night a week in the kitchen cooking and clean up and seem to share other household chores with minimal fuss.


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Turkey Dinner Cupcakes Recipe
- 2-inch slice pound cake (Sara Lee)
- 2 cups corn flakes
- Green and yellow food coloring (McCormick)
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
- 24 vanilla cupcakes baked in orange foil liners
- 24 honey wheat sticks (Pringles)
- 144 soft caramels (Kraft)
- Orange round candies (Sixlets)
- Yellow and purple candy-coated sunflower seeds (Sunny Seed Drops)
- Ground cinnamon
- 1. 1. Tint 3 tablespoons of the vanilla frosting light green with the green and yellow food coloring. Spoon the frosting into a resealable bag; set aside. Spoon 3 tablespoons vanilla frosting into a resealable bag; set aside.
- 2. 2. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place the corn flakes in a large bowl. Tint 1/2 cup of the vanilla frosting green with the green food coloring. Heat the green frosting in a microwave-safe bowl until liquid, about 10 to 15 seconds, stirring well. Pour the frosting over the corn flakes and toss until completely coated. Pour the coated corn flakes onto the prepared cookie sheet and spread out into a single layer. Allow the corn flakes to dry, about 30 minutes.
- 3. 3. Meanwhile, cut the pound cake into 1/8-in. cubes; cover until ready to use.
- 4. 4. Cut the wheat sticks in half. Soften several caramels in the microwave for no more than 3 seconds. Flatten a caramel slightly and place one end of a wheat stick in the center of the flattened caramel.
- 5. Bring the caramel up and over the end of the wheat stick and shape into a drumstick. Trim the overhanging end of the wheat stick to 1/2 in. with a serrated knife. Continue to make 48 drumsticks.
- 6. 5. Microwave four caramels at a time to soften, about 3 seconds. Press the caramels together and roll them out to a 3-1/2-in. diameter. Cut caramels into a 3-1/2-in. circle with a round cookie cutter or the opening of a glass. Cut out an opening for the stuffing about 1-1/2 in. wide and deep. Repeat with the remaining caramels to make 24 skins. Place the caramel skins between sheets of waxed paper. (The drumsticks and skins can be made up to 4 days in advance and kept in an airtight container.)
- 7. 6. Place a mound of vanilla frosting on top of a cupcake; top with a caramel turkey skin. Tuck the edge of the caramel in 1/4 in. from the edge of the cupcake. Use a small knife to push the caramel into the frosting: it will make the turkey look plumper and give room for the lettuce corn flakes. Pinch the ends of the caramel opening; some of the frosting will pop out. Press some of the cake cubes into the frosting as the stuffing.
- 8. 7. Lightly brush one side of each drumstick with a bit of water. Press each drumstick to each side of the stuffing opening. Hold several seconds to secure. Repeat with the remaining drumsticks.
- 9. 8. Snip a small corner from the bag with the vanilla frosting. Add the green corn flakes around the edge of the cupcake to look like lettuce. Use some vanilla frosting if necessary to help secure. Pipe dots of vanilla frosting on the ends of the wheat sticks to look like the ends of the turkey bones. Add more cake cubes as stuffing if desired.
- 10. 9. Snip a small corner from the bag with the light green frosting.
- 11. Pipe a few dots around the turkey and add the candies and seeds as fruit. Cluster the purple seeds as a bunch of grapes and pipe a dot of frosting on top as the stems. Sprinkle the top of the caramel turkey with some cinnamon. Yield: 2 dozen.
Reviews for Turkey Dinner Cupcakes
Average Rating
"Very cute"
"Wouldn't these be wonderful as place card holders at each place setting! What a unique "eye candy" for our guests...plus it is dessert"
"way to complacted"
"It was fun but very time consuming. I did not like the corn flake part of it so I used icing instead. I tried to make it look like lettuce. I gave away about 30 and everyone loved them. I will do them again."
"I added one simple step to this, I filled the cupcake with jellied cranberry sauce. Overall the outcome was and ok product but you definitely need to set aside the whole day to do this recipe. Very time consuming. The carmel stuck to the wax paper as I was trying to make flat. The corn flakes didn't take the frosting as nicely as in the picture. My cupcakes were smaller so I had to adjust the "turkey" accordingly. I got one done and didn't have the patience to do the rest. So I just filled the rest with the jelly and did frosting as normal. The family did really like and was amazed with the one cupcake though. So if you have the patience for the recipe its really well received , but definitely not as easy as they make it look in the video."
"Hi everyone, I just wanted to take the time to let you all know that the turkey cupcakes, come from the cupcake, Hello Cupcake by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, They make such amazing cupcakes. There is also another book they have out called Whats New cupcake,and another book that is comming out in january called, Cupcakes Cookis and pie Oh My. Personaly, I love these books and I order from Amazon.com. I have always wanted to be a pastry chef, but , unfortunately, It never happened. I am now disabled from 2 bad accidents, but I still bake, no matter how bad it gets, I love the cake, cookie and cupcake decorating. I do that now, Im teaching myself, and its not easy, sone wrote in their review about these cupcakes that they should have a video showing you how to do this, Oh, Hello cupcake also has a web site, they have some how to do videos, I hope that helps,before I forget, dkeaton55, you said that you couldnt find the chocolate covered sunflower seads, I know that it is to late now, but I just received this taste of home in my email, Nuts online has them, at the price is pretty good for a pound, also, in the back of the Hello cupcake books, they have sources on where you can get things, but the cupcakes, really do not need any fancy baking tools.Somethings might have to be ordered online, for me I dont have a choice, as I said I am disabled and I cant drive anymore., Im sorry if this reveview was long winded, but baking is something I am really passionate about, I hope this might help some of you, And I hope you check out the books I talked about, They really are pretty amazing, you'll know what I mean if you take a look or buy them.especially that you pretty much use everyday things. A very Happy Thanksgiving, as well as a happy and healthy holiday to come. once again, sorry about this being to long."
"These are fun to make if you take the time. I got a lot of compliments."
"I haven't made these, but in reading the directions the inside of the turkey is all frosting, I think I would try using a malted Milk ball in the center as it would give you something more solid to work against and not quite as sweet. I would love to try these, but it won't be this Thanksgiving. Happy Holidays to all."
"Quite time consuming, and too sweet to eat! They were adorable however, and were worth it all for the presentation. :)"
"I haven't made these cupcakes yet but can't wait to get started. I can't find the sixlets and the candy coated sunflower seeds."
"Great idea and those of us who love to cook and create will find the time. Just saw the link to this recipe on a similar one called "Thanksgiving turkey Cupcakes". The "turkeys" in that one are probably easier to make as they are out of whole caramels - slightly softened in the microwave. I like the option on this one of adding "stuffing". As our Canadian Thanksgiving is in October I'll be trying a combination of both recipes for Xmas. Special occasions and people are always worth going the extra mile for and my time and efforts are always appreciated. Thanks for the ideas Karen."
"Are you kidding?? Who has the time?"
"Made these with my children and their cousins. Awesome! We changed one thing which made it MUCH easier -- mold the turkey skin around whole caramels before placing on top of cupcake. It is much firmer and easier to work with. We made these in an "assembly line" fashion with each person doing one task. Good family fun and finished product was impressive!"
"very cute, but took me three days to finish making them. everyone loved them though!"
"Took awhile to make but worth the time considering all the compliments I got. People at work took pictures to show friends and family. Great fun for Thanksgiving!"
"Way too hard to understand how to make the turkey skin. Way too complicated. Needs video instruction."
"Made these cute little cupcakes myself and was so surprised to see how well they turned out. Everyone loved them! Worth every minute it took to make them!"
"not mad yet"
"Will be making these for a Bunco get together Monday... wondering if m&m minis would be a good sub for the sunflower seeds? I don't think a store carries them where I live."
"LOVE THEM!!!!Such a cute idea!"
"I will be making these for my office Thanksgiving party. I am excited to share these and to see what the reaction will be. Thank you for the recipie. Happy baking..."
"very complicated, but cute"


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Latara D Miller, 24 of Racine has been charged with OWI (1st w/ Passenger < 16 Yrs Old) and 4 counts of felony bail jumping. She was given a $5,000 cash bond after making her initial appearance in Racine Circuit Courts Friday afternoon.
According to the criminal complaint on December 17,2015 at 4:33 p.m., Racine Police were dispatched to the intersection of Memorial and State for a one vehicle accident. Upon arrival they found a vehicle had struck a light pole which was laying in the roadway. A female (identified as the defendant) was seen by officers walking away from the vehicle involved in the accident towards another vehicle that appeared to be waiting to pick her up. A witness was able to identify the defendant as the party that was driving the car in the accident.
Racine Police observed that the defendant demonstrated slurred speech when interviewing her and recovered a bottle of Orange Amsterdam liquor from the front seat of the vehicle. Officers also located a juvenile who stated to police that he was in the vehicle at the time of they crashed into the pole and the defendant had been driving. The defendant was transported to Wheaten Franciscan for a blood draw and medical staff informed police while attempting to medically clear the defendant she had a BAC of 0.15, the complaint reads.
The defendant was released on bond on October 2,2015, as conditions of her bond she to completely abstain from driving, possessing alcohol, consuming alcohol and committing new crimes. She is now facing felony bail jumping charges for thos.


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A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday on charges he raped a 35-year-old woman at his mobile home on Golden Loop. William Robert Kalinpoulis allegedly hit the victim on the head Wednesday night and pulled her hair while forcing her to have sex with him, a Pasco Sheriff's Office report says. The victim also had scratches on her back, arms and hands, the report says. Three witnesses told investigators they found the victim outside the home crying for help, the report says. Her name was withheld due to the nature of the charges. Kalinpoulis was charged with one count of sexual battery and is being held at the Land O'Lakes jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Democrats trail GOP in funds race
The Pasco County Republican Party has built a large financial lead over the county's Democratic Party with two months left before the November election, campaign finance filings showed Friday. The local GOP has received $154,000 in contributions and spent nearly $78,000 since fundraising began in 2007. During the same time, Democrats have raised $32,000, and spent all but $4,500 heading into the final two months of the campaign. The deadline for candidates to file their campaign finance reports was extended one day statewide until midnight tonight because of Tropical Storm Fay. For filings on candidates, go to pascovotes.com.
Pasco deaths
Boyce, Ann M.
Colebrook, Paul R.
Donahue, Sadie Marie
Gerpach, Jacqueline C.
O'Keefe, Margaret R.
Self, Aileen M.
Slahetka, Robert M.
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My recent trip to Asia included a whirlwind visit through Hong Kong, and it was eye-opening.
I believe that you learn a lot about a person, or a country, by the smallest details. For instance, there are hundreds of cities in the world where you can see spectacular government buildings, monuments, plazas and so on.
But what I find more revealing about a culture's true character is to see how it treats women, babies, and public toilets. The attitudes which a society displays in these quality-of-life areas reveals a lot about its humanity.
Not surprisingly, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with more than 7 million people residing in its comparatively small area (426 square miles). It is considered the world's most vertical city. Everything goes straight up, and it's sleek, clean, modern and efficient. Life-expectancy is high, the transportation system is state of the art, and per capita income in Hong Kong is at the uppermost in the world—only Switzerland, Qatar and Singapore have more millionaire-households.
Why? Part of the reason that such consideration is shown to the comfort and well-being of children, not to mention a refreshingly humane view of the need for a clean, comfortable public bathroom, is that Hong Kong is young. Its population has surged only recently, growing radically from only 3 million in the 1960s. The population index, like everything else in Hong Kong, goes straight up.
In this sense, the Hong Kong that we encounter today is a new city. Of course, today's Hong Kong is the most recent flowering of an ancient civilization: archeologists date human habitation in the area back as far as 39,000 years ago, in the Paleolithic period.
But unlike many parts of the world with a colonial past, Hong Kong does not seem burdened with baggage. Just as young people in their teens have some important lessons to teach their parents and grandparents—see the earlier blog about the "Make Kony Famous" movement, and how teens and even tweens are using social media for social good— the new, emerging Hong Kong enters the party with lots of good ideas to better our world, right now.


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A fine overview.
The "formal review" by the Board of Revision of Taxes (BRT) is actually a statutorily permitted Appeal (Philadelphia is still governed by the Old PA General Assesment Law and the law applicable to First Class Counties -and unaffected by the New Consolidated Assessment Law applicable to all PA counties but Phila. and Allegheny effective January 1, 2011).
There is a a formal hearing before the BRT, presentation of evidence (usually in the form of an appraisal), cross examination of witnesses, etc.
The "wlling buyer/willing seller" standard remains notwithstanding methodology used by the OPA to reach value. Commercial properties in particular must have all non business value removed from the FMV conclusion, enviromental damage impact considered, certain manufacturing exemptions reviewed, and the calculation of income to capitalize to value closely scrutinized.
Finally, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in Westmoreland v.Rodgers and RTA that only an attorney may represent a taxpayer in a tax assessment appeal including before the Board's of Assessment in PA.
What I have not seen from OPA or City Council etc, is what is acceptable "quantifiable evidence" particularly with rental properties. Are they only looking to comparable sales, a difficult comparison. Do they have some formula applying to net rental income and are they going to publish that? Other criteria?
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Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, during his year-end duty visit to Beijing, was asked by President Hu Jintao to handle constitutional development 'in an appropriate manner' so as to maintain Hong Kong's harmony and stability.
The remarks have been interpreted as a sign that the Chinese leader is not very happy with the chief executive over his handling of the issue.
Tsang reported that Chinese leaders 'genuinely hoped to promote democratic development in Hong Kong' and pledged that he would work with Legco to ensure passage of his political reform package.
The chief executive did not say so, but his problems are largely the creation of the central government.
After all, opposition to his political reform proposals would evaporate if only Beijing made it clear that it would not try to keep democrats from being nominated as candidates for chief executive in 2017 and that functional constituencies would be abolished by no later than 2020.
As it is, Tsang has to bear the consequences of the central government's actions.
While in Beijing, Tsang explained to Chinese leaders the plan for a 'de facto referendum' to be triggered by the resignations of five legislators this month. However, he probably did not point out that the cause of this controversy would be removed instantaneously if only the central government were more willing to accept the desire for democracy on the part of Hong Kong people.
The sentencing of the prominent intellectual Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day certainly did not help Tsang.
This travesty has resulted in protests and rallies in Hong Kong in support of Liu, who co-authored Charter 08, a document calling for human rights and democracy in China. Some protesters at the border were detained by mainland security personnel, who may have crossed into Hong Kong territory, putting 'one country, two systems' at risk.
Beijing should realise the harder it cracks down on dissidents on the mainland, the harder it is for the chief executive to maintain harmony and stability here. In a true sense, the central government is responsible for Tsang's problems in governance.
No doubt, Communist party leaders think that the draconian sentence meted out to Liu will intimidate like-minded individuals on the mainland.
However, it looks as though 'killing the chicken to scare the monkeys' - punishing a few to warn many - no longer works. Supporters of Liu went up to policemen outside the courthouse asking to be arrested, saying that if Liu was guilty, then they, too, were guilty of the same offence.
Chinese leaders apparently feel so threatened by Liu's essays on the internet that they are willing to face seething anger at home and abroad. However, they may well have underestimated just how detrimental such actions are to Beijing's standing in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In Taiwan, not only the opposition Democratic Progressive Party but even the president, Ma Ying-jeou, responded to the Liu sentencing. It did not help that news of the sentencing reached Taiwan just after mainland official Chen Yunlin had assured the people there that Beijing would 'absolutely respect' the expression of different opinions within Taiwan society.
As China no doubt expected, Liu's sentencing has been condemned by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as by the European Union, the US and other Western countries. But the reaction in Hong Kong and Taiwan should give Beijing pause.
The new year is unlikely to bring any respite for the Chinese people. Vice Minister for Public Security Yang Huanning has warned that there will be no relaxation in 2010 and that the government will continue to strike hard against 'hostile forces inside and outside the country'.
No doubt, it will again be difficult for Donald Tsang to maintain harmony and stability in Hong Kong.
Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based writer and commentator
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As of 2pm am the happy owner of the Sansa Connect.
The Sansa Connect runs Linux and uses Mono for its user interface, so am 100% biased about the level of awesomness that the device has.
Opening up the Sansa Connect
Zing should open up the development for the Sansa Connect.
The device has tons of potential: the great color screen, the Wifi, their custom-built GUI toolkit and the fact that they use C# and Mono to build all of this stuff.
In the last couple of hours, knowing that the device was running Linux and Mono, I could not stop thinking of the things I would like to implement:
- Expose an http interface, so I can post songs to it over the WiFi instead of the USB.
- Expose my device through HTTP, so I can download song from it using a Web client.
- Post my songs to last.fm in addition to the Yahoo service.
- Stream music from last.fm (we already have all the code to play it back) in addition to yahoo streaming.
- Share my music list over Jabber (this is what Google Talk uses). I sadly have no friends in Yahoo Messenger, as I never have used it.
- Add a picasa client for the pictures using Google-Sharp, again, because I gravitate in the Google universe instead of the Yahoo universe.
- Allow the machine to stream from Shoutcast, HTTP or DAAP servers on my local networks (what I have at home and at work), this would automatically make it a client for the various iTunes machines around and use my server at home as my streaming source.
- Update: I forgot to mention (thanks bhale!) last.fm playback (we already got the C# code, last-exit).
- Games ;-)
I understand that going from being an embedded system vendor into a platform provider might not be easy but opening up the platform just a bit would achieve plenty. All that would be needed is:
- Publishing the assemblies that the device exposes. The community can use `monop' to actually generate the public class definitions and prototypes. We could get by with little or no documentation.
- Documenting a process for re-flashing, uploading or tricking their operating system into loading the new assemblies.
A hackable platform for portable media players would be one way of differentiating from the iPod. Growing an ecosystem of third party developers that produced applications and components for Zing's tools would make these devices more appealing than the iPod is.
The WiFi on the device and the complete stack really open tons of new options on this device.
Early Impressions
The device came in one of those plastic seals that are known to have caused more deaths that drunk driving in Guatemala. After a few seconds of Googling I gave up and teared the thing apart by cutting and bending until the thing was reduced to pieces of confetti. In the process I ruined Katey's scissors. Sorry about that Katey.
There was a sticker that said something along the lines of "IMPORTANT: Do not plug this device before installing the software". Or something about not turning it on before doing something. I would report the actual wording if the sticker was not burried underneath the remains of my tuna sandwich and the potato leak soup that I threw in the garbage can.
I ignored the sticker, because programmers know best. And besides, I was not going to plug it into Windows, I was going to plug it into Linux.
The device does not expose a USB mass storage interface, instead it exposes a Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) interface. Luckily we can use libgphoto2 and libmtp to access the device.
With the libmtp clients you can actually copy files into the device (the clients command line arguments are awful) which worked to upload "Don't fear the Reaper" and get enough cowbell out of it.
My Banshee was not compiled with MTP support and Amarok hung while trying to access the device. I shall look into recompiling my Banshee later with the proper support.
Internet Radio and the WiFi
This was fantastic. You select a wireless network and the little guy goes and gets an IP address and lets you play internet radio and browse Flickr pictures.
The Flickr browser seems fine, but am not really a Flickr user. It appears to come with a Yahoo messenger, but since I have exactly zero friends on my Yahoo Messenger (pretty much everyone I know has moved to Google Talk) I have not even tried it.
I am still pondering whether it is worth buying a Yahoo subscription for the device. The radio streaming from the radio stations on the device is pretty passable so am left wondering if I really want to give Yahoo 14 bucks a month. Am already paying Rhapsody and at least Rhapsody has a Linux web player (it sucks, but at least I can play it on Linux).
Two questions: Yahoo advertises that they have 2 million songs on Yahoo Unlimited. I am pretty used and happy with the music selection at Rhapsody, but I could not find how the music collections at both sites compare.
Rhapsody does not let me play music when am traveling outside of the US. I once read the excuse, but it must have been incredibly lame because I did not bother to remember it.
Would Yahoo let me play music when I travel? Decisions, decisions.
If I buy the Yahoo service, would they allow me to http get DRM-ed songs to upload to my device, so I can play all my music on Linux?


text: RNS Number:3551S SABMiller PLC 21 November 2003 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SABMiller plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays plc 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Notification in respect of party named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them See additional information 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of US$0.10 each 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed. Figures given as at 18 November 2003 11. Date company informed Notification received on 21 November 2003 12. Total holding following this notification 30,054,704 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.01% of issued ordinary share capital 14. Any additional information Notification was received from Barclays Bank plc, under S198 and 202(3) Companies Act 1985, of a notifiable interest of 3.01% in the ordinary issued share capital of SABMiller plc, through the legal entities listed below Legal Entity Holding % Held Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,567,629 0.1569% Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 331,275 0.0332% Barclays Global Investors Ltd 15,803,203 1.5818% Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 221,188 0.0221% Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 10,787,870 1.0798% Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 8,089 0.0008% Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust 889,886 0.0891% Barclays Global Fund Advisors 199,397 0.0200% Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 246,167 0.0246% Group Holding 30,054,704 3.0083% 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Lorraine Sadkowski 01483 264026 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Lorraine Sadkowski, Company Secretarial Officer Date of notification 21 November 2003 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END HOLILFVFLVLLFIV


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The Riddler's black crushed velvet pants and green sequined suit coat from Batman Forever.
Dan Aykroyd's jumpsuit, proton pack and utility belt from Ghostbusters II.
Harrison Ford's brown leather jacket from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
These are among more than 40 movie costumes and props included in a new exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center.
"Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television" opens this weekend and runs through Jan. 7 at the downtown Tampa museum. It kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday with an intergalactic parade of Stormtroopers, Darth Vader and the Real Tampa Bay Ghostbusters marching from the Tampa Marriott Waterside to the history center.
The exhibit is a departure from the museum's mission of showcasing Tampa Bay history and has no local connection. It instead seeks to draw pop culture fans who consider Star Wars, Terminator and other iconic films part of their personal roots and upbringing.
"We're trying something a little different,'' said marketing director Manny Leto. "We wanted to open things up and do exhibits that appeal to a bunch of different people.''
Displayed in glass cases and globes, the objects span several generations, from the Wicked Witch of the West's hat in The Wizard of Oz (1939) to T'Pol's uniform in the Star Trek Enterprise TV series (2003-04).
The exhibit comes from the EMP Museum in Seattle started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who owns part of the collection. It was last in Florida in 2010 at the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando. Nearly every piece is original, down to the gold tunic and sash worn by William Shatner in a 1967 Star Trek episode. Video montages projected on the walls show old super-hero shows and sci-fi movies.
Museum officials hope the exhibit attracts new visitors who will want to return. Just in time for Halloween, it might even inspire a few costumes. "This certainly has the potential for mass appeal,'' said Rodney Kite-Powell, the history center's curator. "Not every day you get to see this.''


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But first and foremost, I like the guy, I think he's earned a head coaching job, and I want him to have a coaching job. It'll suck if it isn't with the Pacers...but at least he's got other options.


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The CFI is expanding its support of the ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) needs of national research facilities through a Major Science Initiatives (MSI) special competition. For this competition, eligibility has been broadened to include:
- A greater range of facilities, both in size and complexity, across all research disciplines
- Facilities with diverse levels of CFI investment (not restricted to a one-time $25 million capital investment)
- Facilities without previous CFI investments.
Funding awarded under this MSI special competition is intended to secure and strengthen unique national research facilities that support world-class research, the loss of which would represent a serious setback for Canada. These facilities represent collective resources for the Canadian research enterprise, are currently fully operational, and are being used and accessed by a broad range of researchers from across the country and internationally. Funding provided will complement existing O&M resources to address unmet needs in O&M funding of the successful national research facilities. It is expected that current O&M funders will continue their support.
The CFI will invest up to $25 million over three years (approximately $8 million per year from 2014-15 to 2016-17) to cover a portion of the total eligible O&M costs of funded facilities. The total CFI funding, including Infrastructure Operating Funds (IOF) for those facilities that are partially funded by the CFI, must not exceed 40 percent of a facility's total eligible O&M costs.


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Gerry and the Pacemakers return (sort of) with a striking new video
The ongoing hugeness of You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers is more or less unknown on this side of the Atlantic. The cover did nothing here.
Originally a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, the song hit No. 1 in the U.K. when Gerry Marsden and his Merseyside rockers recorded their rendition in 1963. The Gerry and the Pacemakers version became the anthem of the Liverpool Football Club and crowd singalongs of the number spread to other clubs.
When a report on the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster – in which 96 were killed in a human crush – was released last September, the song became the most downloaded song on iTunes in the U.K., following a campaign by Liverpool supporters. Soon after that, it reached No. 12 on the U.K. singles chart, selling over 28,000 copies in just over 24 hours.
So almost 50 years after the song was waxed, a new video has been released by EMI in association with The Fyzz Music Video, a production company. ""The video pays homage to the iconic song, a legendary band and a great city," said managing director Wayne Godfrey. "It really is a video for the people."
Hard to disagree. Take a look:


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Thracian tombs found in Bulgaria
Published on August 18th, 2011 | by Admin0
Five untouched Thracian tombs have been discovered in northeastern Bulgaria.
The area around Mogilets is the most researched in the entire Targovishte region because it has a large number of mounds and a villa, dating from Roman times, as a geo-magnetic test had shown.
The place is also among the very few in Bulgaria that have been spared from illegal treasure hunters.
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king and duck wasn't anything special,the two people who worked there didn't really sound like they wanted to be there, and prices are rape imo. bought a hall of fame x diamond tshirt there and with tax it was 40 bucks, then saw same shirt at industrial rideshop for 30 with 20 percent off if you buy two.2 Weeks ago in United States


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Updated from 9:18 a.m. EST with information on Uruguay's pending legislation in the final paragraphs.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The economics of legalizing marijuana for recreational use has several states watching Colorado and Washington to see if revenue can grow like a weed. The latest member of the club is Portland, Maine, which just legalized pot within the city limits. A city ordinance went into effect on Friday, Dec. 6 that allows possession up to 2.5 ounces. It's the first city on the East Coast to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
"It's like the onset of casino gambling," says Alan Bochstein, founder of the 420 Investor. Colorado and Washington are the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana and the money is as green as the weed.
Colorado's Amendment 64 was expected to save $12 million a year for reduced criminal costs and generate $32 million in new revenue. Washington state says it can save $23 million a year on criminal costs, but thinks the business could deliver up to $530 million, a much higher number than the other states partly because it includes marijuana tourism estimates.
All in all, it's no wonder other states are jonesing for this new found revenue.
The states are approaching legalization from two different angles: medicinal use and recreational use. States using the medicinal marijuana approach employ varying degrees of enforcement. Illinois passed a medical marijuana bill that is one of the strictest in the country. Patients can't just go to a "doc in a box" for a patient card, they have to be a long time patient of a doctor to receive their card. California is known for its very lax medicinal enforcement where a headache qualifies you as a patient.
Quite a few states are entering the medicinal arena, including:
Minnesota -- This state had several bills introduced this year. Senate Bill 1641 permits medical marijuana and authorizes cities to enact zoning regulations to address dispensaries. House Bill 1818 also permits medical marijuana use and authorizes rulemaking and fees. A separate measure, House File 508, doesn't legalize marijuana, but instead gives a defense for medicinal use.
New York -- Where you can smell the chiba wafting as you walk down the city streets. Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio is in favor of legalization. Two Senate Bills and one Assembly Bill were filed this year. SB 1682 legalizes pot possession of up to eight ounces and is mostly concerned with organizations, while SB 4406 and Assembly Bill 6357 deals with the patients.
Pennsylvania -- The Keystone state may become the Key Stoned state. It has both a Senate Bill 770 and a House Bill 1181 that provide for the medical use of marijuana.
Meanwhile, other states are skipping the medicinal route altogether and jumping right into recreational.
Here are the next states expected to say "don't bogart that joint."


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A photographer for less than a decade, Howard Cheek needs to venture no farther than his own backyard to encounter a dizzying diversity of wildlife. "My wife and I live on 6 acres of Texas Hill Country in its natural state," he says. The property is located along the Central Flyway, a major migratory route for many North American bird species.
To enhance the wildlife value of his yard—an NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat® site—Cheek has planted an assortment of flowers and other native plants in raised beds and built a small pond with a waterfall. The couple also maintains a variety of feeders, nest boxes and birdbaths. In a region often plagued by drought, water may be the most powerful of these attractions. It proved irresistible to this northern cardinal pair (below) that Cheek photographed on a branch beside the pond and to a white-crowned sparrow (above) drinking from a birdbath. Both images were captured without flash during the morning. "I like to use ambient light for a more natural look," Cheek says.
It looks like a case of serendipity: A photographer happened upon a gnarled, lichen-covered tree trunk just as an eastern bluebird alighted to grab a snack. But Hazel Erikson's striking image was hardly the result of a lucky accident. "It was a set-up," she explains. After procuring a photogenic log from a neighbor who felled a tree (left), Erikson drilled small holes to hide food (seeds, mealworms and other treats) and hung the log about 4 feet from an open window. Steadying her camera on the sill with a beanbag, she hunkered down inside, remote shutter release in hand, and waited to see what would come along. The action began fast in her wildlife-friendly yard on the shores of Tennessee's Norris Lake. "When we moved in nine years ago, we didn't plant grass," Erikson says. "We let whatever was wild grow, which has attracted a wide variety of birds." She and her husband also maintain feeders and birdbaths year round.
To see another bluebird photo taken by Erikson—this one with pokeweed as a prop—check out the April/May 2012 issue's front cover.
To make this dramatic image of a northern flicker in his Mendota Heights, Minnesota, backyard, Bernie Friel used a complex high-speed flash system that he has relied upon for three decades. "It's unique because of the extremely short duration of the flash, 1/33,000 of a second, which becomes the effective shutter speed and allows me to freeze birds in flight," he says. The system consists of four strobe units mounted on light stands, a camera on a tripod, an infrared trigger on a swing stand and a blue background. "When a bird flies through the infrared beam, the camera and flash are simultaneously triggered," he explains, "and about once every 50 to 100 times it's triggered, I get an acceptable image." To attract his subjects, Friel sets up bird feeders. "I once contended that no self-respecting bird would fly to a feeder surrounded by so many pieces of equipment, but to my delight, they do," he says. It helps that Friel's property is a welcoming place for birds: It has been an NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat site for the past decade.
To see more backyard images by Hazel Erikson, Howard Cheek and Bernie Friel, check out our online photo gallery.
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Glendale News-Press 5K Downtown Dash 2013
In front of the Alex Theatre on Brand Boulevard in Downtown Glendale
Sun 03/10/2013
1700 Participants
Registration opens at 7AM the day of the event (remember its Daylight Saving) and opening ceremonies will start at 8AM (and include an aerobic warm-up). The route includes the new Americana at Brand, more awards for participants and a fundraising option for organized youth sports teams. FEES: Dash Pack Registration: Includes registration into the Dash Training Program, a Dash training program t-shirt and the March 10 Dash 5K event $65 until February 28th Dash Training Registration: 8 week training program: starts January 13 $40 until February 28th Individuals/Team Captain/Team Members: $30 through March 1; $40 thereafter LA Roadrunner members (Individual/Team Captain/Team Members): $25 through March 1; $35 thereafter
- Address:216 N. Brand Boulevard
Glendale, CA, CA 91206


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NFL.com is running a survey asking who is the most underrated and overrated Bill of all time.
Right now - early in the voting - Bledsoe is winning the poll as most overrated Bill ever.
Aaron Schobel, to my surprise, is winning the most underrated Bill vote.
Personally, I voted for Butch Byrd as most underrated though there were some other worthy names on the list.
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Comedian John Caparulo In Lubbock! [VIDEO]
John Caparulo comes to the Hub City for a night of comedy. We don't get many big named comedians in the Hub, but Cappy is one of them. From Comedy Central to "Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation", everyone agrees that he's one of the best.
Tickets for John Caparulo's October 4th visit go on sale this Friday. Tickets will be reserved seating and available at all Select-A-Seat outlets and online right here.
Here's "Cappy's" full "Meet Cap" special. It does contain LOTS of dirty words!
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Hurricane Isaac
NEW ORLEANS — Faith-based ministries and local charities that are ramping up relief efforts after Hurricane Isaac say it's already clear that recovery will proceed without the national outpouring of money and volunteers triggered by Hurricane Katrina.
"From our point of view, the biggest challenge with this disaster will be getting attention and money," said Gordon Wadge, president of the New Orleans chapter of Catholic Charities.
"This is going to be on the local community — with a few national folks who follow us closely and who will rally to us."
That's a stark contrast to the conditions relief directors saw in 2005, after nationally televised images of human misery from Katrina burned themselves into the national psyche. Within weeks, faith-based ministries and secular relief groups promised to funnel millions of dollars into New Orleans over five years.


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Regional Documentation and Information Centre
With the support of UNESCO Cairo Office, the Regional Documentation and Information Centre for Bioethics and Ethics of Science and Technology (RDIC-BEST) was established on 29 March, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt.
UNESCO has developed a number of ethics databases referred to as the Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs). These databases store information on ethics experts, institutions, teaching programmes, laws and guidelines, codes of conduct and resources which are collected from all over the world. The database information is accessible to the public through UNESCO's main website in order to enhance global information exchange.
The Regional Documentation and Information Centre for Bioethics and Ethics of Science and technology (RDIC-BEST) is the third centre of its kind to be created. After those opened in Lithuania (2004) and in Kenya (2007), this centre will be a key player in promoting and developing activities on bioethics and ethics of sciences and technology in the whole Arab region. This will begin by coordinating and sharing regional data on these fields through the Global Ethics Observatory.
For more information please visit:
The inauguration ceremony of RDIC-BEST
The official website of RDIC-BEST
Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs)


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HOW TO SUCCEED... Headed Back to Big Screen with Daniel Radcliffe?
Daniel Radcliffe is no stranger to film roles, having become a worldwide star as the title character in all seven Harry Potter films. He's currently starring on Broadway in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, and, as he told the Daily Mail, the two might come together in the not-so-distant future: Radcliffe is in talks for a HOW TO SUCCEED film. The paper says "He mentioned in passing that there has been talk between him and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron about doing a big-screen version of How To Succeed."
In addition to briefly making mention of the potential film, the 21-year-old discussed his current role, saying that "The rest of the cast work tremendously hard, but I have just two big numbers - Grand Old Ivy and Brotherhood Of Man - and there's a lot of dancing and singing. They're exhilarating to do and I love that this is so different from everything else I've done. I'm not repeating myself." He added that the dancing involved with a Broadway production is something he's never tackled before: "Sometimes I was dancing for nine hours a day when I wasn't filming. The thing was to keep practising and practising until you could do it without thinking about it. The aim was to be effortless - or to appear to seem effortless."
Daniel Radcliffe will be making his Broadway musical debut in the 50th anniversary revival of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Previews begin Feb. 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre; read the full Daily Mail article here.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford, stars Daniel Radcliffe as J. Pierrepont Finch, John Larroquette as J. B. Biggley, introduces in her Broadway debut Rose Hemingway as Radcliffe's onstage romantic interest Rosemary Pilkington, Tammy Blanchard as Hedy La Rue, Christopher J. Hanke as Bud Frump, Rob Bartlett as Twimble/Wally Womper, Mary Faber as Smitty, Ellen Harvey as Miss Jones, Michael Park as Bert Bratt, and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper making his Broadway debut as the voice of the narrator. The cast of 30 includes Cameron Adams, Cleve Asbury, Tanya Birl, Kevin Covert, Paige Faure, David Hull, Justin Keyes, Marty Lawson, Erica Mansfield, Barrett Martin, Nick Mayo, Sarah O'Gleby, Stephanie Rothenberg, Megan Sikora, Michaeljon Slinger, Joey Sorge, Matt Wall, Ryan Watkinson, Charlie Williams and Samantha Zack.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING has music and lyrics by Academy Award and Tony Award winner Frank Loesser, and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on the book by Shepherd Mead. The creative team for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING includes Derek McLane (Sets) Catherine Zuber (Costumes), Howell Binkley (Lighting), Jon Weston (Sound), Tom Watson (Hair), Doug Besterman (Orchestrations), and David Chase (Music Director and Arranger).