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Tortola Cruise Port
Port of Tortola: An Overview
Editor's note: Due to damage sustained from Hurricane Irma, the Port of Tortola is currently closed to cruise passengers.
Tortola and most of the British Virgin Islands are mountainous, and while they boast verdant-green hills, the climate and vegetation are much drier than many Caribbean isles. In Tortola, cactus and succulents are more common than ferns, and rushing streams and waterfalls are virtually nonexistent. The dry climate of the islands has a beneficial side effect: because of the lack of runoff, the water clarity is dependably higher than many other places in the Caribbean.
For that reason, Tortola and the BVI are a popular destination for divers and snorkelers. The protective effect of the islands surrounding Tortola causes the seas to be calm most of the time, making the region an attractive destination for those prone to motion sickness during small-boat excursions. The steady winds and calm seas also make Tortola and the BVI one of the world's premier yachting regions. Sailing excursions should be at the top of every interested visitor's list.
A visit to Tortola also offers a chance to experience other islands in the BVI chain. These include Norman Island, Jost Van Dyke, Peter Island, Marina Cay and Virgin Gorda. All are within reach for a day trip from Tortola, assuming you have a full day in port. This is not the case on all itineraries, so be sure to check ferry and ship schedules carefully before departing.
One of Tortola's greatest attributes is the genuinely friendly attitude of its residents. The island is safe and crime-free. It's not unusual to find yachts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars docked in marinas with keys visible in the ignitions.
Port Facilities
As you disembark in Road Town, be prepared for construction. You will find an information kiosk staffed with people handing out maps, ferry schedules and brochures, and taxis are readily available. For other facilities like ATMs, shops and cafes, it's just a quick walk into town, where you'll find pubs with Wi-Fi, restaurants and even a small market. Main Street features cute souvenir shops, where you can find local crafts and jewelry. While Road Town is worth a visit, if that's the extent of your Tortola experience, you will miss out on the best of the BVI.
Don't Miss
Jost Van Dyke: Named for a pirate (as legend has it), this pristine island lies to the northwest of Tortola. It has a lovely sand beach at White Bay and a popular beachside bar. Ferry service is offered from West End by New Horizon Ferry Service (284-495-9278). It takes about 45 minutes each way to Jost Van Dyke.
Foxy's Bar in Great Harbour is a renowned beachside hangout serving West Indian specialties. Try the Sly Fox and Dread Fox, specialty house drinks made with Foxy's own rum. A major draw is Foxy Callwood himself, a legend in the BVI. A prolific songwriter and storyteller, he holds court most afternoons - offering, in addition to his regular repertoire, calypso tunes improvised on the spot, featuring specifics about his individual audience members, maybe even you.
Sandcastle, a hotel on White Bay, is a short walk from the ferry dock. In addition to its excellent beach, Sandcastle serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily at the Soggy Dollar Bar, birthplace of the Painkiller. Entrees include flying fish sandwiches and rotis.
Peter Island: By and large, the island features one asset: the elegant, exclusive resort that often appears in the top five lists of Caribbean resorts by major travel magazines. Only 300 of the island's 1,800 acres have been developed. Peter Island Resort (800-346-4451) operates its own fleet of ferries making roundtrips (about 40 minutes each way) from the resort's marina to Baughers Bay, which is located a long walk or short taxi ride from the cruise pier.
Peter Island Resort offers day visitors access to its private beach, the utterly beautiful Deadman's Bay. Powder-soft white sand curves along a crystal-clear Caribbean bay, with shallow snorkeling reefs at either end. To get to the beach, walk up the hill parallel to the marina and follow the signs down the other side to Deadman's Bay. Beach equipment (windsurfers, sailing equipment, sea kayaks, etc.) can be rented, if available, but resort guests have priority. The resort's swimming pools, beach furniture, hammocks and cabanas are off-limits for visitors, so, if you want to use the beach, bring your own beach towel to plunk yourself down on.
Deadman's Beach Bar & Grill has a dress code, and conservative coverups are absolutely required. Deadman's prices are not cheap, but the food -- pizza, sandwiches and burgers -- and setting are excellent. On select Sunday afternoons, a terrific steel band plays.
Marina Cay: Off the eastern tip of Tortola, Marina Cay and its eight acres offer a tiny beach, Pusser's restaurant and company store, small resort, marina, a handful of shops and an Internet cafe. A complimentary daily ferry service is operated by Pusser's Marina Cay Resort (284-494-2174) between Beef Island, Tortola and Marina Cay. The trip takes less than 10 minutes.
Pusser's operates a resort, shop and restaurant. The restaurant opens daily at 11 a.m. and specializes in seafood and Caribbean cuisine. The resort's marina also has small outboard motorboats, Hobie Cats and beach toys for rent. Try renting one of the Boston Whaler skiffs for a five-minute scoot across the bay to tie up at the mooring over the lush snorkeling reef, or contact Dive BVI (284-495-5513) to book Scuba or snorkeling trips.
Virgin Gorda: The main draws there are Virgin Gorda's yacht clubs, natural beauty and upscale resorts, including the famous Bitter End Yacht Club. Virgin Gorda is also home to the famous rock formations called the Baths. A popular tourist destination, these large volcanic boulders sit on a stretch of beach on the southern end of the island. They form grottos, caves and pools where visitors can snorkel and explore.
Speedy's Ferry Service (284-495-5235) and Smith's Tortola Fast Ferry run frequent ferries between Road Town and Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda. Depending on the vessel and weather, allow between an hour and 90 minutes for passage.
Helicopter Tours: For a different perspective, see Tortola and the BVI by air. Antilles Helicopter Services is a BVI-based company that provides scenic helicopter tours starting at $90/person. (Beef Island Airport 284-441-7335)
Private Yachts: There is no shortage of sailing yachts available for full-day or half-day trips. These excursions usually include a sail across the Sir Francis Drake Channel to one of the islands to the south of Tortola and normally feature snorkeling, beach time and lunch either onboard or at a shoreside restaurant. Prominent charter operators sail from Road Harbour or the nearby Village Cay Marina include. Patouche Charters (Road Harbour; 284-494-6300) offers sailings on a 50-foot schooner, a 48-foot catamaran or a 28-foot Bertram power boat. Aristocat Charters (Soper's Hole, West End, or Village Cay, Road Town; 284-499-1249) offers day sails and snorkel trips to the surrounding islands on its two 48-foot catamarans. White Squall II (Village Cay; 284-541-2222) offers sailings on an 80-foot schooner to the Caves at Norman Island and the Baths at Virgin Gorda, both with excellent snorkeling.
Scuba Diving: Operators offer two-tank morning dives. Contact individual dive operators for the availability of "discover Scuba" programs for non-certified divers. The British Virgin Islands offer some of the best Scuba diving in the Caribbean. Of special interest is the wreck of the RMS Rhone, sunk in a hurricane in 1867 and considered by many to be among the top 10 wreck dives in the world. Also worthy of exploration are the many reefs off the coast of Tortola and the neighboring islands. Dive operators serving the Road Harbour area include AquaVentures (Road Town; 284-494-4320) and Sail Caribbean Divers (Hodges Creek, East End; 284-495-1675).
Sage Mountain: Tortola's national park, Sage Mountain, is crisscrossed with well-marked hiking trails. Hook up with a ranger for a guided walking tour to explore great scenery and views of the sea.
Shopping: Perhaps you're in the mood for a little shopping. Crafts Alive Marketplace is a collection of colorful tents on the waterfront in Road Town. You'll find some of the same batiks and tourist trinkets of marketplaces on other Caribbean islands alongside handmade crafts. Or check out the BVI Community Craft Shop, featuring handmade items ranging from Christmas ornaments to rag rugs and fish-scale ornaments.
Mi Amor Jewelers (284-494-7477), a conventional cruise port merchandise outlet, can be found at Wickham's Cay 1, near the cruise pier.
Sunny Caribbee Spice Shop and Art Gallery (119 Main Street, Road Town; 284-494-2178) offers gift-packaged spices, hot sauces, soaps, lotions, herbs, teas, coffees, etc. One of the more exotic offerings is the Arawak Love Potion and West Indian Hangover Cure gift set. The shop also sells Caribbean crafts.
Getting Around
By Taxi: Safari cabs and mini vans are typical modes of taxi transport. Find taxi stands at the cruise pier in Road Town, Soper's Hole or near Wickham's Cay. Taxis can be chartered based on the Taxi Tariff available at the ports of entry and provided by each driver. Roads on Tortola are very steep and winding. If this makes you uneasy, avoid the safari cabs.
By Rental Car: You'll need a BVI license, which costs about $10 and is obtainable with a valid driver's license. Don't forget to drive on the left side of the road. Rental agencies include D&D Car Rental (West End, Road Town; 284-495-7676), Hertz (Road Town; 284-494-6228) and Itgo Car Rental (Road Town; 284-494-5150).
By Ferry: Ferries are the primary form of moving people between Tortola and the other islands. Think of them as oceangoing buses. Ferry service from the several companies serving the islands is frequent, dependable and affordable.
There are three regions in Tortola where you can catch a ferry: Road Town (central), Soper's Hole (West End) and Beef Island (East End). Soper's Hole and Beef Island can be reached by taxi for about $20 per person roundtrip.
Best for Families: Cane Garden Bay Beach is a beautiful stretch of white sand on Tortola's north shore, about a 25-minute taxi ride from the pier in Road Town. It's a popular spot for families because of its clear, calm water, restaurants and watersports. You can rent standup paddleboards, kayaks and jet skis on the beach. It gets crowded around midday, so the earlier you arrive, the better.
Best for Snorkeling: Taxi drivers are familiar with snorkeling hot-spot Brewer's Bay. It is lovely and secluded; however, the bay can sometimes see dangerously high surf and rip currents during winter months. You'll also spot an old sugar mill and the ruins of a rum distillery there.
Best for Beach Bums: Smuggler's Cove is the perfect beach for quiet relaxation because it's located on the far western end of the island and a bit difficult to get to. Many visitors opt for a more convenient beach, so it might be just you and the locals.
Best for Surfing: For the dedicated surfer, try Apple Bay. Surfing conditions vary but are generally best in January and February. It's a small beach that gets crowded when the surf is good. Boards can be rented at HIHO (284-494-0337) in Road Town.
Food and Drink
Meals often include a variety of seafood, chicken, and goat. Saltfish is also popular. Common side dishes include rice and peas, sweet potatoes, fried plantains, beans and lentils. Fresh fruits abound, like passion fruit, mango and soursop. A favorite dish is fungi, which is similar to polenta and is made from cornmeal and okra. Also popular is roti, a flatbread that is deep fried or stuffed with other ingredients, like lentils, curry and vegetables. And don't forget the rum.
Pusser's Road Town Pub and Company Store: Casual dining offers a classic experience in a fun atmosphere at this chain, which has outposts throughout the BVI. Sit on the outdoor porch and enjoy jerk pork and chicken, burgers and fish and chips. Make sure you order the Painkiller, the national drink of the BVI. (284-494-3897; open from 11 a.m. daily)
Capriccio di Mare: Casual and elegant Italian fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Great frittatas and tiramisu. (Road Town, across from ferry dock; 284-494-5369; open from 8 a.m. Monday to Saturday)
Pusser's Landing: Similar to the Road Town outlet, this restaurant has a more picturesque setting and more extensive menu. Excellent conch chowder and fish and chips. (Across from the custom's dock; 284-495-4603; open from 11 a.m. daily)
Fish 'n Lime Inn: Great seafood, with live music on Wednesdays and Fridays. (On the waterfront at Soper's Hole; 284-495-4276; open for lunch and dinner daily)
Charlie T's Lobster House: A Pusser's restaurant, this is a rustic hangout for residents and yachties on the waterfront at Fat Hog Bay. Charlie T's features lobster, shrimp, crab and other seafood dishes, as well as roti, burgers, steak and pizza. (Fat Hog Bay; 284-495-1010; open 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. for breakfast and from 11 a.m. for lunch and dinner daily)
Quito's Gazebo: Although you'll find excellent salads and grilled seafood, the superstar on the menu is the roti (a West Indian wrap with a curried filling of chicken, conch or vegetables), considered by locals to be one of the best in the islands. On Sundays, Quito's serves a buffet brunch with live music. The gift shop next door offers souvenirs and Quito's recordings. (The Ole Works Inn; 284-495-4837; open from 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to Sunday)
Myett's Garden & Grille: This restaurant has a lovely garden and patio setting. When ships are in port, live music is provided. Casual dining menu of burgers, fish and chips, wraps and rotis. Great breakfast burritos with fresh guacamole. They also offer massages upstairs. (284-495-9649; open from 11 a.m. daily)
Where You're Docked
Ships dock in Road Harbour, Tortola's only "town." A major expansion of Tortola's cruise dock was under way in 2015, with plans for the development of the land alongside the pier, which will completely transform this tiny port. The five-acre development plan has two phases. The first (completed in summer 2015) involved lengthening and widening the existing pier, while the second phase includes landside development, including the addition of several restaurants, a marketplace, retail stores, a pool, bar and trolley line, among other features.
You can cover most of Road Town on foot; most eateries and shopping venues are within easy walking distance. The major asset in Road Town, however, is the ferry docks. For those who want to see what the British Virgin Islands are really about, the ferries are your best friends.
Good to Know
You won't encounter dangerous animals or snakes, but a few plants (oleander and elephant ears, for example) are poisonous if consumed. The manchioneel, or poison apple tree, is a shrub or tree that grows near the beach. It's fruit, sap and leaves are caustic -- a severe irritant to skin and eyes -- and toxic if ingested.
Also, smoking is prohibited in all public indoor and outdoor spaces and within 50 feet of these spaces. This applies to all beaches.
Currency & Best Way to Get Money
The BVI use the U.S. dollar for its currency. ATMs are commonplace.
English, though Caribbean patois is common.
Tortola isn't known as a shopping mecca. But if you like Caribbean island music, track down a CD by Tortola's main recording star, Quito Rymer. These CDs can be found at the gift shop at Rymer's restaurant/club, Quito's Gazebo, in Cane Garden Bay or from numerous other gift shops on the island.
Other great souvenirs include a bottle of Pusser's Rum (or a piece of Pusser's signature logo merchandise -- their duffels and outdoor-wear are high quality) or a sampling of spices from Sunny Caribbee.
Best Cocktail
The Painkiller -- a concoction of dark rum, cream of coconut, pineapple and orange juices, topped with nutmeg -- is the signature drink of BVI. It originated at the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay in Jost Van Dyke.
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Technical Scoop Chart of the Week
40th Anniversary of the End of the Gold Standard
Chart created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial Data.
Monday, August 15, 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon dropping his bombshell on the world's financial markets by announcing that he was ending the convertibility of the US dollar into gold. At the time gold was fixed to the dollar at a price of $35 per troy ounce. That now seems almost laughable as gold prices are currently above $1,800.
It wasn't long after that decision to end what in effect had been the gold standard that the modern era of floating exchange rates and paper money currencies (or, as they are more properly known, fiat currencies) was ushered in.
The modern gold standard had existed in various forms since 1870, when countries began to peg what was then a silver standard for currencies to the gold standard of the United Kingdom or the US. While there were troubles with it, particularly through WW1, a gold bullion standard did survive that war. There were further problems with the gold bullion standard during the Great Depression and WW2, but the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 fixed currency exchange rates to the US dollar, which itself was fixed at $35 per ounce of gold. That arrangement lasted until August 1971.
The end for the gold standard came as the US flooded the world with US dollars as a result of the financing of the Vietnam War, the social programs of the 1960s and a big increase in military spending. The result was that was some loss of confidence in the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, and in turn that resulted in flight out of US dollars and a run on the US gold reserve. There was also a story that a foreign central bank had asked the US to redeem billions of US dollars for gold, which would have stripped the US of its remaining gold reserves. Instead, the US defaulted in effect and the gold standard ended.
Since then the US dollar has lost almost 90 per cent of its purchasing power (the US$ Index is down roughly 40% in the same time frame) while the price of gold has soared to$1,800 a more than 50-fold increase. The world, now dominated by fiat currencies has seen a massive increase in both money supply and debt.
Both central and private bankers were happy to see the end of the gold standard. The central banks felt they could now do more on the monetary side to manage their economies; private banks could now expand their business exponentially.
Fiat currency is created by continually expanding the money supply, which also results in a massive increase in debt. In 1971 US M3, the broadest measurement of money supply was about $800 billion. M3 is no longer calculated by the Federal Reserve but has been estimated by www.shadowstats.com to be over $14 trillion today. Similarly, US Federal debt has expanded from $400 billion in 1971 to almost $14.6 trillion today. As well the US has unfunded liabilities of approximately $115 trillion.
A loss of purchasing power coupled with diminishing returns from monetary and debt expansion have today put the world on the brink of a crisis. It is very possible that the numbers noted above could double again within three years, yet the world will be no closer to resolving the debt crisis than it is today. Creating more money and debt merely adds fuel to the fire and risks turning into hyperinflation.
Since the end of the gold standard the world has suffered a long series of financial crisis often with each crisis worse than the previous one (1974-1975, 1980-1982, 1987, 1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1997, 1998, 2000-2002, 2007-2009 and 2011-?); each and every one has resulted in a further expansion of money and debt in order for the western economies to buy their way out of the previous crisis. Except now it is no longer working or it will take such a massive expansion of money and debt that it is no longer feasible. What at first allowed the world, particularly the Western economies, to reach a high standard of living is now threatening to collapse and hurl the Western economies into default.
The US dollar is the world's reserve currency and is not likely to be replaced any time soon despite cries to do so. The US could resolve at least some of its problems simply by raising taxes to the levels seen in many other countries. Its dysfunctional politics makes that unlikely. It is more likely that the US will merely continue to devalue its currency and inflate its way out of its debt problem. That might prove difficult as the other major currency, the euro, is in even worse shape with entire countries that make up the Euro zone teetering on the brink of bankruptcy threatening the existence of the Euro itself.
There are also at least a good minority calling for a return to a gold standard. That too is unlikely to happen soon, as it is clear from recent statements by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that he does not even consider gold to be money, despite its 3,000-year history of being money. It is more likely that the financial crisis will have to reach an even more critical stage to see the monetary authorities contemplate a return to a gold standard even a partial gold standard.
Fiat currencies have all eventually collapsed. This is not to suggest the demise of the US dollar tomorrow, as the disappearance of a fiat currency can take decades or even centuries. The current experiment is only 40 years old but is clearly in trouble.
The problem with any fiat currency is that it can be abused. Whenever trouble brews, a government can resort to the printing press (or, more euphemistically, expand money supply and debt). Nick Barisheff, the president of Bullion Management Group, the manager of the BMG BullionFund, notes that fiat money is created out of thin air, backed by debt, printed without limit, and that its value decreases as the amount of printing increases. Unchecked the final result is hyperinflation where the currency eventually becomes worthless and no one will accept it any longer even if the government still insists on calling it money.
Gold on the other hand is a store of value, has no liability, and is in limited supply. There is today over $200 trillion of paper assets around the world, yet all of the above ground gold in the world would fetch only about $8 trillion at today's price.
Gold is under-owned. Central banks have roughly one-third of it, private hands have another third, and the remaining third is in jewellery and others. All the gold ever mined remains above ground today. Many fiat currencies have disappeared for ever. Yet check the portfolios of most portfolio managers, pension funds and other institutions. They have very little gold (or silver which also has a long history of being money) but lots of paper assets.
The monthly chart of the US dollar above shows how its value has fallen over the years. After the ending of the gold standard, it fell relentlessly through the 1970s. This was reversed in the early 1980s when the world's central banks banded together to raise its value. This worked for a few years until the Plaza Accord set the US dollar off in the downward direction once again. The next turning point was the 1994 bond crisis, when the world's central banks, led by Japan who was concerned about is soaring Yen, reversed the US dollar's fortunes again. That ended in the early part of this past decade and now the dollar sits at another crossroads.
This chart could be interpreted bullishly for the dollar provided it sees no new lows. A lot of people expect it to collapse. But with the Euro in even worse shape, one could instead see a strong US dollar rally before another crisis erupts. Fiat currencies are taking turns at being leaders in a race to the bottom. Gold meanwhile is now rising even as the US dollar goes up. It is a reflection of the loss of confidence in fiat currencies.

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Early Childhood Education in the ARRA: Opportunities for Helping Low-Income Children and Their Families
September 22, 2009
Danielle Ewen, CLASP's director of Child Care and Early Education, will present during the Earn Conference on Sept. 22, in Detroit, Michigan. The session will focus on how the ARRA provides funding for programs to increase access to high quality early childhood programs for low-income children and their families, including resources for families, providers, communities and states. It also will focus on implementation status in states and ongoing opportunities to use economic recovery funds to help increase access to high quality programs for low-income children.


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Amelia Lily 'sold short by Kelly Rowland' as Little Mix get Harleys for X Factor final
Amelia Lily has been sold short by her mentor
Kelly Rowland as she is forced to make do without fancy props in the X Factor final while rivals
Marcus Collins and Little Mix secure a jumbo jet and Harley-Davidsons for their final performances.
On tonight's show Marcus will wow the crowd at Wembley Arena with his rendition of OutKast's Hey Ya as he shakes it on the plane's nose alongside a host of backing dancers.
Favourites Little Mix will take to the stage on the motorbikes before performing their version of You've Got The Love by The Source in front of a back-drop of virtual dancing soldiers.
But 17-year-old Amelia has been advised by her mentor to play it straight and will perform Christina Aguliera's Aint No Other Man without props – leaving her disadvantaged on the week where all acts have everything to play for.
A source told The Sun: 'Amelia looks at a distinct disadvantage for the final.
'Marcus and Little Mix have gone all out and raided the production budget for their props.
'Kelly could have secured something extravagant for Amelia but she just wants her to go out there and sing.
'It's a high-risk strategy as what you're looking for is a memorable performance that will make people pick up the phone.'
The news comes amid reports Kelly would rather her last remaining act didn't win the X Factor in order to avoid humiliation.
The Commander singer axed Amelia from the ITV show in favour of Misha B, Janet Devlin and Sophie Habibis earlier in the series.


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Teaching a Domain of One's Own with Reclaim Hosting
One of the many things I'm excited about this semester is a new seminar called Hacking, Remixing, and Design. I'm trying a bunch of new ideas, including students registering their own web domains, which they'll use as home bases for the various digital projects we work on throughout the semester. The idea of a domain of one's own is nothing new—the University of Mary Washington has had a domain program for students for several years now. What's new is the service I'm using: Reclaim Hosting.


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By Michael Georgy and Missy Ryan
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai exploded in anger when he learned last week that an American soldier had massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children.
When Karzai discovered that an aide had kept the news from him until after he had addressed the nation on television, the anger turned to rage.
"I would have condemned this openly to my people," Karzai shouted at the aide in the Kabul television studio, officials told Reuters.
Turning to another official, Karzai made himself even more clear: After a decade of war against al Qaeda and the Taliban, it was time for U.S. forces to leave Afghanistan, he said.
Events may have got out of hand if the aide had indeed told Karzai before the live televised speech on women's rights.
By the time Karzai's office issued a statement about the killing near a U.S. base in the south, the reaction was muted and there was no call for an American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Karzai condemned the rampage as "intentional murders" and demanded an explanation from the United States, but nothing more.
He has slim room for maneuver in a war that has tested both his presidency and that of his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama. Installed by the United States as interim leader after U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban regime in 2001, he has to walk a line between growing public anger over the presence of Western troops and Washington's support of his government.
Karzai was later elected president but his very survival hinges on the 90,000 American troops who hold his Taliban enemies at bay, along with the massive influx of Western aid that pays Afghan bureaucrats and which keeps the country's fragile economy afloat.
The Afghan leader is still haunted by the fate of former Afghan president Mohammad Najibullah when the Taliban took power in 1996. After being tortured and castrated, Najibullah, a protégé of the former Soviet Union, was strung up on a street lamp close to his palace.
Any return of the Taliban to power would could bring a similar fate to Afghan leaders and anyone else seen as siding with the Americans.
"Tens of thousands of people will be killed here if the Americans pack and get out," said independent parliamentarian Mirwais Yasini, who predicted the Taliban would seize power again in just a matter of weeks if U.S.-led NATO forces headed home now.
Obama would not face the same dangers that Karzai could if the Taliban emerge victorious, but failure after one of America's longest wars would still be devastating for him in a year in which he faces re-election.
Half a world away on Sunday afternoon, Obama sat in his limo outside his daughter's basketball game in suburban Maryland as he picked up the phone to call Karzai after he was informed of the shootings.
When he first spoke publicly about the killings the next day, Obama vowed the United States would not be chased out of Afghanistan. But he said the shooting had only strengthened his determination to bring U.S. troops home.
"It's time. It's been a decade," he said.
The recent incidents underscore the hazards facing Karzai, who heads a weak, unpopular government under threat by insurgents, and Obama, intensifying what's likely to be a difficult election campaign while he seeks to end a costly war.
But the risks of a precipitous withdrawal are even less palatable for both leaders, leaving them only room to tweak their positions on the margins.
Obama's strategy for exiting Afghanistan, the product of bitter debates among his political and military advisers, appears locked in stone, with only the precise pace of the troop drawdown at issue. For now, all foreign combat troops are to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Even among his Republican opponents, there are no calls to stay on.
"There's not much appetite left in the White House to continue the war," a former U.S. government official said on condition of anonymity.
"The emphasis now is how do we withdraw as quickly as possible, with as little damage to our interests as possible."
Karzai appears to be trying to shape the nature of the remaining NATO presence in a way that will minimize civilian losses.
On Thursday, the Afghan leader called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases, issuing what appear to be a surprise challenge to his Western backers just after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ended a visit to Kabul.
Pentagon officials however said they did not believe he was calling for an immediate withdrawal to bases. There was no change in U.S. plans for a gradual transition to Afghan security leadership, they said.
The massacre in Kandahar, Karzai's home province, is the latest of a series of Western blunders in Afghanistan that have infuriated ordinary Afghans. The others include a video that showed Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans and the burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO military base.
The Koran burnings in particular struck a chord among Afghans and touched off a spate of bloody protests and attacks on U.S. soldiers that raised questions about the Western plan to put Afghan troops gradually in charge.
Recent events have only heightened the vulnerability of Karzai, who many Afghans see as a Western lackey who has been unable to provide effective governance, combat corruption or ease poverty despite billions of dollars in Western aid.
"This is a very dark moment for Karzai," said parliamentarian Habiba Danish. "People are extremely emotional and he has to find a way to calm emotions. We all do."
Outside Karzai's heavily fortified Kabul palace, Afghans complained Karzai was too weak to deal with what they called American atrocities.
"It's time for him to go. We need someone who can bring justice for Afghanistan," said Abdullah Yosuf, 20, a university student.
The initial response in Washington to the shooting, meanwhile, was one of shock, followed by dismay.
Obama was briefed on Sunday about the massacre by a small group of security officials including Tom Donilon, his national security adviser, and retired Lieutenant General Doug Lute, his "war czar".
His two top military advisers, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were on the West Coast when the news broke.
Both men reached out to Afghan leaders - Panetta calling Karzai and Dempsey calling Afghan army chief of staff General Sher Mohammad Karimi, seeking to personally reassure the officials that the soldier's actions were isolated.
Across Washington, the former official said, "all of us had this feeling like we'd been punched in the stomach".
Privately, many U.S. officials also expressed anger that one rogue soldier - who many people suspect may have been affected by multiple deployments in Iraq - could do so much to erode whatever goodwill they had been able to build with Afghans.
"It's disappointing; it's frustrating," one senior U.S. defense official said on condition of anonymity. "This is one guy in a village in Afghanistan, making a decision on a tactical level that has strategic impact."
Obama has signaled loudly that he does not want to reopen the Afghan war strategy as he did when he took office in 2009.
"I don't anticipate ... that we're going to be making any sudden additional changes to the plan that we currently have," he said on Wednesday.
Concerned with his re-election prospects, the economy, and domestic concerns like high gasoline prices, the president in public discussions of Afghanistan has focused on the U.S. raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year.
It is a feat which the White House hopes will seal Obama's national security credentials no matter the situation in Afghanistan.
While Obama will withdraw all of the extra 33,000 troops he deployed in a "surge" of forces in 2009-10 by later this year, his advisers are in discussions about how quickly they can afford to remove the rest of the troops.
Pressure from Obama's fellow Democrats has intensified in recent weeks for a faster drawdown, while a recent poll showed that more than 60 percent of Americans favor an immediate withdrawal.
"Critics who say we should just leave don't have a real policy," said Bruce Riedel, a former White House and CIA official who chaired Obama's Afghan strategy review in 2009. "Building up the Afghan army and transitioning is still the only game in town."
The fixed military strategy only increased the importance of U.S. diplomacy in Afghanistan. After months of covert efforts, U.S. officials have hoped they were close to being able to broker unprecedented political negotiations between the Taliban and Karzai's government.
It's unclear whether that initiative will proceed; the Taliban said on Thursday they were suspending that process, blaming "shaky, erratic and vague" U.S. statements.
Karzai expressed concern to Afghan officials that the Taliban would try to capitalize on the Kandahar massacre to gain more recruits.
He was right.
Taliban fighters wasted no time in entering the village where the massacre took place and urging people to take up arms against the Americans and Karzai's government.
"They handed out weapons to people and told them to be brave and take on U.S. forces. Then they warned the cleric in a government mosque to tell people to rise up," an intelligence official told Reuters.
The message seemed to sink in.
"If the killer is not prosecuted in Kandahar we will go to the mountains and fight against the government," said Kandahar resident Khodai Nazar, 25.
Karzai, for his part, sent a delegation to the village, including two of his brothers, to investigate the shooting and try to retrieve some public support. Suspected Taliban insurgents opened fire on the officials.
One of the officials predicted people would rise up against the Americans and Karzai's government.
"The official told me if these people had a decent life, a decent clinic and schools, clean drinking water, some sign that life had improved in 10 years, they could calm down," an Afghan minister told Reuters.
"If there had been some change in their lives you could just tell them the American soldier was depressed and they could get over it. But where are the benefits for people?"
(Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi and Miriam Arghandiwal in KABUL; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Robert Birsel)


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Rangers RHP Colby Lewis: 'I don't think I've ever been part of a year where we've had this many injuries and obstacles to overcome'
Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis is no stranger to injuries, but he isn't used to it being all around him — at least not this much.
Lewis, who missed all of 2013 but has made six starts this year, is part of the most injury-ridden pitching staff in the majors.
"It's kind of a crazy year for us," Lewis said during an interview on KRLD-FM 105.3 Wednesday afternoon. "I don't think I've ever been part of a year where we've had this many injuries and obstacles to overcome."
His interview came just a few hours before it was announced that fellow starting pitchers Martin Perez and Matt Harrison were sent to the disabled list.
But with all the roster moves, Lewis said the chemistry is fine. When he was asked if there was more pressure to go deep into games to help an ailing staff, Lewis said that's always the goal.
"That's always kind of been my M.O. is try to go deep as I can as long as I can and take that burden off the bullpen, especially as much as they've been taxed the first six, eight weeks here. It's just something that I've always really wanted to do. I haven't been able to do that up until now, but yeah every time I take the mound I try to go deep and I want to finish what I started. Some situations it doesn't work out. It's just not in the cards where they get a hit and you have long innings, stressful innings where you're going to throw more pitches and get your pitch count up."
The Rangers have turned to a bevy of different pitchers, even giving utility-man Mitch Moreland, who pitched in college at Mississippi State, an inning earlier this month.
Lewis didn't see the start, but he applauded the perfect effort by Moreland (three batters faced, three outs).
"He pitched in college and closed, too, so I knew he had a great arm," Lewis said in the interview. "He said there were two teams that were going to draft him as a pitcher instead of a position player. … I looked a t the highlights and stuff like that, but he's got it man. That's pretty cool to see when a position player can get out there and let it rip like that, especially a lefty."


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LONG-term marriages across Hampshire will be celebrated at a special service.
Couples who have been married between 60 and 75 years will gather at Romsey Abbey to give thanks for their marriages and to mark the Queen's 65th wedding anniversary in November and the Diamond Jubilee year.
The Queen has sent a message to be read out at the service, which will include a renewal of vows for the couples.
The celebration, on November 24 at 2pm, will be led by the Vicar of Romsey, the Rev Tim Sledge, assisted by the Pastor of St Sebastian's Community Church, the Rev Paul Burrows-Gibson.


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Tractor's Death An Eye-Opener: To Mavs Fans and a Former Mav Star
While we anxiously await the Mavs' NBA Western Conference Final opponent -- looks like the Thunder -- a couple of matters that get, well, right to the heart of the matter.
Was talking to Mark Aguirre last week in the wake of his recent health scare. Aguirre, the first overall pick in the 1981 draft and the Mavs' third all-time leading scorer behind Dirk Nowitzki and Rolando Blackman, was on a treadmill at Lifetime Fitness in Plano when he suddenly collapsed and was subsequently rushed to the hospital.
Heart attack? At only 51?
Nope. But close. Arrhythmia, in which somehow the heart's beat gets off rhythm. A simple jolt from a defibrillator and -- voila -- Aguirre is already working out again and attending Mavs playoff games in general manager Donnie Nelson's suite.
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"I'm a blessed man," says Aguirre. "There's no heart attack. No blockage or anything. It was scary, but I'm cool now."
Sadly, that wasn't the case for a former -- sorta -- Mavericks forward.
Back in 1998 the Mavs technically drafted Robert "Tractor" Traylor, but only for the purposes of trading him to the Milwaukee Bucks for Pat Garrity and a German teenager named Dirk Nowitzki.
Dirk has scored more than 23,000 points.
After scoring only 2,000 in the NBA, Traylor was playing in Puerto Rico when he died this week at age 34 of an apparent heart attack.
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Matt Sakakeeny is an ethnomusicologist, journalist, and musician in New Orleans, where he has lived since 1997. His book, Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans, is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of brass band musicians in New Orleans. Keywords in Sound, co-edited with David Novak, is a critical reference work for the field of sound studies. Matt has published in journals such as Ethnomusicology, Black Music Research Journal, Contemporary Political Theory, and Current Musicology, and filed reports for public radio's All Things Considered, Marketplace, and WWOZ's Street Talk. He is also a board member for the Dinerral Shavers Educational Fund and volunteer for the Roots of Music afterschool program.
M. Casey Love received her Ph.D. from Tulane University in 2005. Her research and teaching interest include U.S.- Latin American politics, immigration, International relations, and comparative politics. Offering information about legal rights to immigrants at a detention center, tutoring Spanish-speaking workers in English and computer skills, and producing podcasts on immigration issues are among the service-learning projects in Love's Politics of Immigration, Mexican Politics and Government, and Latin American International Relations courses.
In addition to implementing service learning into her own courses, Love is coordinator of public service internships for the political science department. She's also on the Center for Public Service Faculty Advisory Board.
Love also is the co-director of the Altman Program in International Studies and Business.
Vicki Mayer received her Ph.D. from the University of California – San Diego in 2000. Her research and teaching areas include media production and consumption, Brail, Latinos, cultural citizenship, identity, media industries and labor. As a service-learning practitioner, she taught and continues teaching multiple service-learning courses, partnering with a variety of local organizations. During the 2010-11 academic year, Mayer was one of the recipients of the Community-Based Research Grant from the Center for Public Service, allowing her to establish MediaNola, a project that connects her research, teaching, undergraduates and the public at large. Numerous service-learning classes partner and contribute to MediaNola every semester.
Beth Wee serves as the Co-Director of the Undergraduate and Masters Program in Neuroscience. Dr. Wee received her Ph.D. in 1986 from Michigan State University. She is is a neuroscientist whose research interests include biological rhythms (seasonal and circadian), neuroendocrinology, reproduction, learning and memory, and animal behavior. Currently, Beth is active in the School of Science and Engineering as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.
Michael Cunningham holds a joint faculty appointment in Department of Psychology and the undergraduate program in African & African Diaspora Studies. Dr. Cunningham completed his doctoral work at Emory University after completing an undergraduate degree at Morehouse College. He also received a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Tulane's faculty in 1996. As a Developmental Psychologist, Dr. Cunningham's research examines adolescent development with a particular focus on resilience and vulnerability within African American populations. His publications highlight how gender and socioeconomic context are associated with typical developmental processes that inform outcomes such as academic achievement or mental health vulnerabilities. He currently serves on several editorial boards for top journals in the filed (Developmental Psychology and Human Development). Dr. Cunningham was nominated as the Executive Director for the newly created Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching that will launch pilot operations in Spring 2011.
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The Osprey Ozone Convertible Series has made active traveling easier for everyone—Osprey neatly combined a wheelable, lightweight suitcase with a backpack-carry option that also has an easily detachable, zip-off daypack. The suspension system can be fully removed for trips where you won't need to carry the pack on your back. For the suitcase, you'll get all the regular amenities like external pockets, padded carry handles and an extendable handle, but also an adjustable harness, a padded mesh back panel and a hip belt for when you want to sport a pack. The 15-liter daypack has padded shoulder straps and is laptop compatible.
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GearInstitute.com – Featuring Raptor 10 – November 29, 2013
Right now, nobody is making better hydration packs for mountain bikers than Osprey. The Raptor 10 is the case in point. Besides the usual Osprey quality in materials and detailing, this 10-liter pack features a stretchy, breathable harness; hydration sleeve designed for fast loading (up to 100-oz); helmet stowage clip; and a cool roll-up tool pouch.
WanderlustandLipstick.com – Featuring Ozone Convertible 22" – November 27, 2013
I see a lot of our tour participants carrying Osprey luggage. It seems to be a bag that can be over-stuffed, bulging at the seams even, but still holds up really well.
Fortunately for all of us, the folks at Osprey are always upping their game and innovating their bags with new features and materials. This means I get to test out what's new, including the Osprey Ozone Convertible. I checked out the 22″ carry-on version.
This is a two-wheeled bag that has hidden straps in the back in a zipped pouch. These straps allow you to put it over your back and carry it like a large backpack.
Like many of their other bags, this has a zip-off daypack that attaches to the front. While I almost always carry a daypack during my travels, I have never traveled with it attached to the larger carry-on bag. So, while this feature is nice, it's not for me. But I have seen other people use it as such, so you might find this to be useful.
MadeMan.com – Featuring Cyber Port – November 26, 2013
Putting something under the tree is easier said than done when it comes to the person that seems to have it all. Assuming you don't hate this person, check out this roundup of unusual and impressive gifts that will wow anyone but maybe Francis Buxton. (Yes, we just made a Pee-Wee's Big Adventure reference. Deal.)
Got a friend who's always on the go? This low-profile pack boasts a padded laptop sleeve, just-right organizer pockets and a sexy bonus feature: unzip the back panel and you can access your tablet without removing/spilling coffee all over it.
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AdventureTykes.com – Featuring Talon 22 – November 25, 2013
Before you hit the Black Friday sales this weekend here are some gear picks for those outdoorsy folks on your list. They certainly won't be disappointed if you choose from one of the items below. Some of the items have made it on this list again from last year because I love them that much. Some of the items I've recently discovered and I'm so glad I did.
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If you have a person on your list in need of a day pack, check this one out. This backpack is lightweight, but with the features that keep all of your gear organized and easy to carry. Here's my review on the Osprey Talon 22
TheBigOutside.com – Featuring Xenith 88 and Xena 85 – November 21, 2013
Looking for a gift idea for a hiker, backpacker, climber, skier… or maybe something special to suggest to someone shopping for you? I test a lot of adult and children's outdoor gear and apparel every year for Backpacker Magazine and to review in this blog, and friends and readers ask me regularly for advice on buying gear.
So here's my annual list of my top 25 favorite new pieces of outdoor gear and apparel—with links to my original reviews of these packs, boots, tents, jackets, and other gear—plus a new backcountry food my entire family loves, and a terrific book for traveling families. If you're dreaming of big adventures in 2014, get busy prepping your gear for it.
Got a huge load to carry? The Osprey Xenith 88 and women's Xena 85 are my top choices for hauling over 50 pounds.
TrailSpace.com – Featuring Exos 46 – November 10, 2013
I used this pack for my 2013 Appalachian Trail thru hike, and loved it. For backpackers concerned with minimizing pack weight, and carrying minimal gear, this pack is an excellent choice. Overall a great ultralight pack for multi-day backpacking trips. I would definitely recommend it!
The Exos is a great pack for minimalists going on multi-day hikes. The Exos's smaller loading capacity makes strategic packing a necessity for the user — not a lot of space for extra knick-knacks.
The Exos doesn't carry heavier loads as well as some packs, but if you can get your pack weight under 30 lbs, the pack does a good job of distributing the weight.


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On first glimpse of this outfit you might think I'm mean to demote Konniq Huq to the 'How would YOU wear it' hall of fame but it doesn't quite work some how. If you look through the gallery of images you will see that petite Konnie is just drowned by this tuxedo shirt dress.
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Once again a right-wing controlled federal appeals court has dealt a blow to workers' rights. The Koch brothers and their staunch defenders of an unwieldy corporate America have yet another court action to celebrate.
In National Association of Manufacturers v. National Labor Relations Board, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia invalidated a rule issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requiring employers to post notices containing information about rights pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). For instance a flyer, poster or notice could inform workers of their rights to create a union, engage in collective bargaining, advocate for safe working conditions, or wage a strike. The NLRB rule also stated that companies failing to post such notices were engaging in unfair labor practices.
The three-judge panel, all consisting of Republican-appointed judges, invalidated the NLRB rule, saying it went beyond the Board's authority, the Los Angeles Times reports. The D.C. Circuit also complained the NLRB rule amounted to government-controlled speech, saying employers covered by the NLRA cannot be forced in all circumstances to post or disseminate workers' rights spelled out under the law. The D.C. Circuit called this "compelled speech" and said the employers "see the poster as one-sided, as favoring unionization, because it 'fails to notify employees, …, of their rights to decertify a union, to refuse to pay dues to a union in a right-to-work state, and to object to payment of dues in the excess of the amounts required for representational purposes.'"
The D.C. Circuit is often considered the second most important court in the country because it hears an array of weighty constitutional matters, including the creation of federal regulations, like those aimed at enforcing the NLRA. The eleven-member court has four vacancies and Senate Republicans have blocked President Obama's attempts to fill the vacancies. Earlier this year, the Senate, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.), again blocked the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to a seat on the bench. She has subsequently withdrawn her nomination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has conducted a hearing on another Obama nominee to the D.C. Circuit, Sri Srinivasan. But during that hearing, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced legislation to cut the number of judges serving on that bench to 8. If Grassley has his way, Obama will be fortunate to get one judge placed on the D.C. Circuit.
Simply put Senate Republicans support and want to protect the pro-business tilt of the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit ruled earlier in the year in Canning v. NLRB that the president's use of the recess appointment to fill three vacancies on the five-member NLRB was somehow unconstitutional. The D.C. Circuit's Canning opinion has been widely lambasted as legally wobbly and appealed by the Obama administration. As the opinion wends its way through the appeals process, Obama has re-nominated NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce, a Democrat, and two Republicans, Harry Johnson and Philip Miscimarra. Earlier in the year, Obama nominated Democrats Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to the NLRB.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka blasted the D.C. Circuit's latest work as "radical."
"The D.C. Circuit's ruling suggests that courts should strike down hundreds of notice requirements, not only those that inform workers about their rights and warn them of hazards, but also those on cigarette packages, in home mortgages and many other areas," Trumka said. "The Court's twisted logic finds that 'freedom of speech' precludes the government from requiring employers to provide certain information to employees. This absurd: when workers know their rights, the laws work as intended."
Today's opinion may be absurd, but it's unfortunately reality. Senate Republicans are successfully weakening the federal agency charged with protecting workers' rights, and controlling the make-up of the D.C. Circuit, which is proving all too eager to help.


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Mon | Superveg!
Serve Super Vegetable Soup with green salad and rolls. In a saucepan, sweat 1 chopped onion, 1 green pepper and 2 minced garlic cloves in 2 tablespoons butter. Add 6 cups broth of your choice. Simmer and add 1 cup each peeled and diced carrots and potatoes, then cook for 10 minutes. Add ½ cup each diced zucchini and trimmed green beans plus 1 or 2 cans of diced tomatoes and 1 teaspoon of thyme or Italian dried seasoning. Add salt and pepper. Simmer for another 10 minutes. Serve with floating croutons or big shaves of Parmesan cheese. Or both.
Tues | Cooking it old-school
Salisbury Steak With Mushrooms (recipe below) is one of those standbys that's easy to forget about, but it's a real family-pleaser. Tell the mushroom haters to leave the mushrooms in a pile on the side of the plate. Don't leave them out of the recipe because they add a lot of flavor. Steam something green, like beans or broccoli, on the side.
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California Barbecue Salad starts with shredded meat from a barbecued rotisserie chicken. Mix it with corn kernels — canned or thawed frozen — and chopped, ripe avocado and diced red onion. Serve over chopped ice-cold Romaine with ranch dressing and crushed tortillas chips.
Thurs | Martha in the house
Spaghetti With Shrimp and Bacon, a Martha Stewart inspiration, is an idea we've published before, but it is so good it deserves a second chance. While pasta is simmering, fry bacon slices in a large skillet. Remove and saute peeled medium-sized shrimp, minced garlic and scallions in bacon drippings. Add some pasta water to make a sauce, then add drained pasta. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over all.
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Dinner needs to be easy tonight. Cook frozen potato pierogies and garnish with sauteed mushrooms and onions with frozen peas tossed in at the end of the cooking time. Dollops of sour cream are good, too. Serve with grilled sausages.
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Robert M. Lovern, Jr. of California, formerly of Pulaski, VA passed away in Reno, Nevada on Sunday July 26, 2009. He was born September 20, 1926 and was the son of the late Robert M. Lovern, Sr. and Jessie Lyons Lovern of Newbern, VA. He was also preceded in death by his former wife, Geraldine Isabel Hoback, a brother, Oakley J. Lovern, a sister Margaret Lovern Burnette and a grandson Anthony Lovern. Surviving are: son & daughter-in-law Robert M. & Jeannine Lovern, Reno, Nevada; grandson Robert M. Lovern, IV, Reno; granddaughter & husband Julie & Joel Akerson, Reno; sister & husband Jaunila Lovern & Bill Burnette, Salem, VA; brothers & sisters-in-law Charles (Sam) & Mickey Lovern, Rural Retreat, VA; Ralph (Jim) and Betty Lovern, Mechanicsburg, PA; Gene & Maria Lovern, Fountain, CO; longtime friends of California Hedi, Sylvia, Charlie & Tyron Thompson.
Mr. Lovern served in WWII and Korean War and was awarded a Purple Heart in the Korean War. The funeral was held in Reno, Nevada.
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"Who has access to a venture capitalist?" said the artist Theaster Gates as he wrote on a 10-foot-tall chalkboard at the booth of Chicago and Berlin dealer Kavi Gupta at the Armory Show. Mr. Gates had pulled up a yellow chair to get at higher parts of the board and wrote down, "New Forms of Philanthropy," and underlined it dramatically. He was speaking to a man in a pinstripe suit and cordovan shoes who was looking on eagerly, but a small crowd had formed around him and it became a kind of presentation. "You do now," someone shouted.
It was 12:25 p.m., and the Armory Show had only opened 25 minutes ago. Mr. Gupta's booth was the only one within sight with any kind of activity. The wood-framed chalkboard was a work of art entitled Chalk Board II (2012). And while we weren't aware of it at that moment, Gallerist was witnessing a sort of ritual in the process of a sale of a work by Mr. Gates.
"His work is all about this social practice," said Mr. Gupta. "You saw him talking to the people. He will continue to talk to the people. It becomes a takeaway that is about some idea that he wants to discuss. The person who gets it should have some kinship to this idea, which is why he didn't want to pre-sell these."
According to Mr. Gupta, Mr. Gates is opposed to selling work before people can see what the works are. "People just want to buy them as these objects. But it's the space around these objects that he is interested in," said Mr. Gupta. "So it's less about these crazy objects and more about what the meaning is, why it's important to us."
Within that first hour, people had already tried to buy works and failed, because they didn't understand the process. "We've had ten people, easily, come up to us and say, 'I'm just going to buy these, I want to buy these,'" said Mr. Gupta. "We're like, 'No, you can't buy them because they're not pieces yet.'" Thus, Mr. Gates is on the premises today to "make them the pieces."
"These were $40,000," said Mr. Gupta about the two large chalkboards, Chalk Board I and Chalk Board II, both of which had been sold, though the second one is going to a private collector. But the the work doesn't become theirs until they show up for the ritual indoctrination of the work.
"We have a list of collectors waiting. So they will come and see his performance," said Mr. Gupta. Mr. Gates was already at the table surrounded by people.
As for everything else? "We've sold almost everything you see," said Mr. Gupta who was in a dark suit with a blue shirt. He smiled. But there are still some small chalkboards that Mr. Gates will be working on throughout the day.
"Can I do my speech?" Mr. Gates shouted. Mr. Gupta nodded.
"I'm a boring speaker and I like it that way," said Mr. Gates unfolding a piece of paper. "People are interested in the issues because the issues are important. We don't want to be swayed by superficial eloquence."
Then he stood on the chair and said loudly, "Exuberance Manifesto number 16. I am a sometimes charismatic. An artist who believes. Belief is the root of my passion. The objects that live in the world that come from my shop or abandoned buildings, sketch pads, or an engagement process with the people, they are all by-products of a much more substantial set of internal mechanisms that rarely compute as legible or believable." After he finished, he sat down and again was swarmed by people.


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The Olympic torch might have caused a stir in Wilt-shire, but torchbearers have something else to get excited about after another torch was unveiled in Trowbridge.
Stonemason Noel Morgan has teamed up with father-and-son metalwork artists Aubrey and Jason Gumm, of Metal Products at Paxcroft Farm, and Georgia Foskett, from Phoenix Tattoo Studio, in Roundstone Street, to create a torch for the Parkrun running scheme.
Sean Price, organiser of the Southwick Parkrun scheme, said: "The Parkrun torch is a collaboration of top quality local talent.
"Jason and Aubrey are the creators of Forrest, the statue which stands at the entrance to Southwick Country Park to celebrate the first Parkrun last year.
"In August after the Olympics closing ceremony the torch will be permanently fixed to the statue."
Mr Morgan, of Longfield Stone, sculpted the torch before the Gumms got to work on creating it and Miss Foskett put the finishing touches to it with paint.
He said: "The torch will be a fine addition to Forrest.
"It is amazing really that the real torch is going to come straight past him."
Twenty torchbearers have been chosen to take it on runs between now and August 18.
On March 25 it had its first outing at the Sport Relief run in Trowbridge Park.
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Participants were asked to envision a future in which Pinellas becomes a national leader in tackling the gap. To start, they came up with future headlines and images. Then participants broke out into groups to talk about Grego's plan, called Bridging the Gap.
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What does it take to save the universe from an invading alien horde? How about a little kid name Ender. Okay, so a teenager name Ender. Check out 30-plus new images from Gavin Hood's sci-fi adaptation of Orson Scott Card's book, opening this November. There are some older pics in there, but hey, maybe you didn't catch it the first time 'round so here's your chance to catch up.
If you missed them, you can catch four clips from the movie here.
Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Viola Davis.
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Broken Thoughts - Poem by 7Shadows Teed
My thoughts are broken.
It's like putting a puzzle together,
Trying to figure out how to word things.
I don't know what to say anymore.
I miss you to much.
Everything seems so hard to say without you.
I don't know how to say anything anymore.
I try as best as I can and yet the meaning of what I'm saying gets lost,
So then it's not understood completely.
It's hard for me to put the meaning of these broken thoughts into words.
I'm at a loss on how anymore.
I want to tell you so much,
But yet I can't find the right words.
I only wish you could understand the meaning without it getting lost in my broken thoughts.
I only wish you were here right now to put them back together,
But your not,
So they will remain broken and there is nothing I can do.
The meaning of these words get lost and I don't know how to put it into words.
All I have are broken thoughts without you.
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Our call is being recorded and is also being broadcast live on Regency's corporate website. An archive of the webcast and presentation will be available on the site following today's call.Slide 2 of the presentation describes our use of forward-looking statements and lists some of the risk factors that may affect actual results. Also included in the appendix of the presentation today are various non-GAAP measures that have been reconciled to the comparable GAAP measure. Please note, we will file our 10-Q later this afternoon. With that, I will turn the call over to our CEO, Mike Bradley. Michael J. Bradley Thanks, Shannon. And good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on our call today. We're very pleased with our results for the first quarter of 2012, during which we continued to increase our adjusted EBITDA and saw volume growth in South and West Texas and in North Louisiana associated with liquids-rich production. Increased drilling in liquids-rich plays will continue to be our primary growth driver across all of our business segments due to the strategic location of our assets and our ability to provide a broad range of services for our customers. Current NGL fundamentals and producer activity in the liquids-rich plays continue to support our projects under construction while also providing new growth opportunities. And in fact, I'm excited to announce today that we will be constructing another expansion through our existing Tilden plant in South Texas. This expansion will provide additional gathering, compression and treating capacity and will allow us to gather and treat an incremental 60 million a day of rich gas that also contains high levels of H2S. This project, which is supported by fee-based contracts in a large acreage dedication, will cost approximately $40 million and is expected to come online in the fourth quarter of 2012. These expenditures are included in Regency's revised 2012 organic growth capital forecast, which Tom will talk about later.
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News Wrap: Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility for Deadly Baghdad Bombings
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HARI SREENIVASAN: Al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility today for last week's bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 69 people. The explosions tore through a dozen mainly Shiite neighborhoods last Thursday. They left blackened craters, blood-stained streets, and scores of wounded.
The al-Qaida group known as the Islamic State of Iraq said today it carried out the bombings in support of Sunni prisoners. It depicted the Shiite-led government as a tool of Iran.
A court in Egypt has ordered an end to forced virginity tests on women held in military prisons. The ruling came in a lawsuit by Samira Ibrahim, a woman who charged she and seven others were examined after being arrested at a Cairo protest last March. Egyptian officials initially denied similar claims by a number of women. Now the military says soldiers who took part will be prosecuted.
Democrats in the U.S. Senate suffered a setback today in their bid to hold a majority. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who is 70, announced he will not be on the ballot in 2012. His statement appeared on YouTube.
SEN. BEN NELSON, D-Neb.: It's time for me to step away from elective office, spend more time with my family, and look for new ways to serve our state and nation. Therefore, I'm announcing today that I will not seek reelection. Simply put, it's time to move on.
HARI SREENIVASAN: The open seat in Nebraska could give Republicans a boost as they seek to win back the Senate in next year's elections. They need a net gain of four seats.
There was new evidence today of a growing wealth gap between members of Congress and their constituents. The Washington Post and The New York Times reported the finding based on financial disclosure data. From 1984 to 2009, the median net worth of an average member of the U.S. House more than doubled, from $280,000 to $725,000. During that same period, the median worth of an average American family declined slightly, from $20,600 to $20,500.
The company that owns Sears and Kmart will close 100 to 120 stores. Sears Holdings Corporation announced the move today, after disappointing holiday sales. It said the closings will generate much-needed cash. There was no word on how many jobs might be affected. The firm currently has more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada.
In other economic news, home prices in most major American cities were down again in October for the second straight month. But consumer confidence surged in December to the highest since April. On Wall Street, the two reports more or less canceled each other out. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than two points to close at 12,291. The Nasdaq rose six points to close at 2,625.
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I`m a licensed social worker and council older adults and family members in their homes. I have a client who is fairly young (early 60`s) who has been struggling with clinical obesity since she was ten. While we work on the behavioral and lifestyle changes, I am seeking advice on the best resource for her to assist in her becoming more active and losing weight. Her husband and her have discussed her having surgery, however, I believe that there may be other options to consider before resorting to such a serious procedure. She is recommended to consult with her doctor before beginning any programs as she has medical problems resulting from her excessive weight. Keep in mind that they are on a fixed income. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you.
To best answer this question, I would need some initial information regarding this individual. For instance, what is the extent of her medical conditions including any orthopaedic problems, level of obesity, history of physical activity, and access to exercise facilities? What is the rationale for surgery? Have many other options/programs been tried? What has her personal physician recommended? I look forward to hearing your response so that we may offer some recommendations for your client.
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Clarksville police are trying to identify two thieves who broke into the Walmart store on Ft. Campbell Boulevard Christmas morning
The theft occurred between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. December 25. The store was closed at the time.
According to a news release, the suspects went to the electronics department and took approximately $2,300 in merchandise.
Anyone with information on the men's identities should contact Clarksville detectives at 931-648-0656 or the police department's tips line at 931-645-8477.


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Commerce City, Colo. Dom Dwyer scored in stoppage time to help Sporting Kansas City rally for a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.
Dwyer was a late-game substitution for Sporting Kansas City (2-1-1). Benny Feilhaber tied the game in the 79th minute.
"This team does not quit — no matter the circumstances," Dwyer said. "We went about our business after they scored on the penalty kick that put them ahead."
Dwyer used a couple strides to get close to the goal on the left side and then ripped a shot over the outstretched hands of Colorado goalkeeper John Berner and into the upper left corner.
"It was a blazer," Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes said. "Their goalie didn't have a chance."
Graham Zusi scored and Sal Zizzo added two assists for the defending MLS Cup champions.
Vincente Sanchez had two goals for Colorado (1-1-1), both on penalty kicks.
"We'll go through what happened because it was like we shut off and they took advantage as good teams do to you," Rapids defender Marvell Wynne said.
Zusi and Zizzo set up Feilhaber's goal with pinpoint passes.
Sanchez had barely scored his second goal in the 78th minute when Zusi was flying through midfield. He passed to Zizzo, who sent a header to Feilhaber. He then got the ball past Berner on his second try.
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Benefits of living in the UAE
Dubai: The late Shaikh Zayed's vision allowed the UAE to chart its course judiciously. He did not save any effort to reshape and modernise all aspects of the UAE.
Thanks to his efforts, the UAE is today home to more than 197 nationalities, according to statistics, and the number is rising with many ethnic and culturally diverse groups arriving in the country.
People of various religions coexist peacefully under the open system of the UAE, while the country retains its progressive and moderate Islamic values and preserves Arabic as the official language.
The advantages
The UAE provides all the economic and social benefits that people dream of.
The country provides its residents safety, security and also a cosmopolitan lifestyle. It is also able to create new jobs thanks to the various projects coming up on a yearly basis.
This attractive package has made the Emirates a global magnet that attracts people from various nations who want a taste of the country's advanced lifestyle. On the other hand, the generosity and hospitality of Emiratis have also played a vital role and made the government's mission of making the country a global destination even easier.
Emiratis are known for welcoming and living with others in cooperation and are very much attached to their values. The more they open to other cultures the more they feel proud of their national identity. This has earned them the respect of the world.
Today, the UAE's policy-makers are moving forward to execute the vision of its founders. The country is working hard towards becoming one of the best destinations in the world by 2021, according to the UAE Cabinet.


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Heat may be essential for life, but in some cases -- such as protecting the space shuttle or improving the efficiency of a jet engine -- materials with low thermal conductivities are needed to prevent passage of too much heat. As reported in the Feb. 13 issue of the journal Science, researchers have created a better thermal insulator by controlling material structure at the nanoscale.
"We explored ways to control thermal properties in materials by introducing structure on nanometer length scales," said David Cahill, a professor of materials science and engineering and a Willett Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "By making nanolaminates of dissimilar materials, we found that we could significantly decrease the thermal conductivity because heat cannot be carried efficiently across the material interfaces."
Cahill, graduate student Ruxandra Costescu and colleagues at the University of Colorado at Boulder first synthesized thin-film nanolaminates composed of alternating layers of tungsten and aluminum oxide using atomic layer deposition and magnetron sputter deposition. Cahill and Costescu then measured the thermal conductivity of the nanolaminates using a technique called time-domain thermoreflectance.
"The reflectivity of a metal is a very subtle function of its temperature," Cahill said. "By measuring how fast the reflectivity, and therefore the temperature, changes over time, we can determine the thermal conductivity."
To measure the temperature of such small samples, the researchers use an ultra fast, mode-locked laser that produces a series of subpicosecond pulses. The laser output is split into a "pump" beam and a "probe" beam. The pump beam heats the sample and the probe beam measures the reflectivity, and hence the temperature.
"By making the individual layers only a few nanometers thick, we produced a nanolaminate material that had a thermal conductivity three times smaller than a conventional insulator," Cahill said. "The high interface density produced a strong impediment to heat transfer."
Heat flow from one material to another is limited at the interface, Cahill said. Heat is carried by vibrations of atoms in the lattice, and some of these lattice vibrations are scattered at the interface and don't get transmitted across the interface.
"In our nanolaminates, vibrations in one material don't communicate well with those in another," Cahill said. "The heavy tungsten atoms are vibrating fairly slowly, but the light aluminum oxide atoms are vibrating quickly. The differences in elastic properties and densities of vibrational states inhibit the transfer of vibrational energy across the interface."
The experimental results suggest that materials engineered with high interface densities may provide a route for the production of thermal insulators with ultra-low thermal conductivities.
The researchers' findings also have some surprising implications for nanomaterials that are intended to perform as high thermal conductors in applications such as dissipating heat from electronic circuits or sensors. For example, carbon nanotubes -- which have been shown to have extremely high thermal conductivities -- will not perform well as fillers in composite materials designed to improve thermal transport.
"Nanotubes do not couple well thermally to the surrounding material," Cahill said. "As a result, the heat transport across the nanotube-matrix interfaces will be very limited."
The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy funded the work.


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ED Miliband will today urge Labour to become a movement again by backing the biggest party reforms for almost 100 years to give ordinary workers a voice "louder than ever before".
At a special conference in London, the Labour leader will seek and is expected to succeed in changing the historic link between the party and the trade unions, sparked by the row last year over Unite's alleged involvement in the selection of a Labour candidate in Falkirk.
The reforms will include changing the auto-enrolment of trade unionists to the party to one of voluntary affiliation, as well as a move to one member, one vote for electing the leader.
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Most unions will support the reforms but the changes will hit the number of affiliated union members and could, in the short term, see Labour's finances lose millions of pounds.
In a message of support last night, former leader Tony Blair praised Mr Miliband for showing real courage and leadership. "It is a long overdue reform that, as I said before, was something I should have done. It puts individual people in touch with the party and is a great way of showing how Labour can reconnect with the people of Britain," said Mr Blair.
Mr Miliband will tell his audience of MPs, trade unionists and party delegates that more and more people are turned off from politics and are becoming disengaged.
He will say there are thousands of ordinary working affiliated to Labour but there is no way at present of reaching them, adding: "I don't want to break the link with working people. I want to hear the voices of working people louder than ever before."
Mr Miliband will tell delegates: "Today, if you vote for these reforms you will be voting for Labour to be a movement again ... That's why we have to bring people in. Today, let's vote to change our Party. Let's build a movement. So that tomorrow, we can change our country."
But as he makes his pitch to the party to embrace reform, senior figures have expressed concern about his strategy, warning Labour is "behind on the economy and behind on leadership" in its battle with the Conservatives.
One MP said: "We should just acknowledge he killed his brother; that view of him has not gone away and it is not going to go away now, not in time for the next General Election. We should be upfront and try to tackle it head on."


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Portland Timbers were in action Friday night with their respective national teams all vying for a spot in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Forward Ryan Johnson got the start for Jamaica in their 2-0 loss to the USMNT in Kansas City. Johnson played 85 minutes in the loss while Timbers teammate Alvas Powell was on the matchday 18 but did not make an appearance. The Reggae Boyz are now officially eliminated from contention for a World Cup spot and will conclude their campaign with a home match against Honduras next Tuesday.
Costa Rica, second in the CONCACAF Hexagonal and already booked their World Cup ticket, lost to Honduras 1-0 in San Pedro Sula Friday night. Timbers midfielder Rodney Wallace was on the bench for the match. They next host Mexico on Tuesday at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in Santa Fe.


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Found my way here earlier today to sample the cooking .
I ordered a takeout Chicken Paprikas - $10 for two good sized breasts and a hefty portion of dumplings - oh yes and plenty of rich sour cream and paprika gravy .
Turned out to be enough for two meals and very good indeed !
Menu is limited but all good Hungarian favorites -Stuffed Cabbage , Stuffed Pepper , Pork Stew , Beef Stew etc .
All entrees are $ 9 to $ 11 .
For those that remember them Noodles with Cottage Cheese are $ 6 .
I would have tried the Palascinta but they were just starting to mix a batch of batter !
Location is 1400 Parkway Ave ( Rte 634 ) in Ewing , in the Mazzaro Shopping Center .
Hours 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tuesday - Saturday , and Sunday till 8 P.M. Closed Monday .
No web site yet but maybe soon .
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