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NYT untrue: My brush with Jayson Blair
I'm always morbidly fascinated by the Janet Cookes and Stephen Glasses of the world, those clearly gifted journalists who, for whatever mix of reasons, turn to lying and plagiarism in order to make their stories sexier, shine brighter than more truthful colleagues, or scoop the competition.
I bring a special fascination to the Jayson Blair saga, however, because of a phone call five years ago. Blair is the former New York Times reporter who, it was revealed on April 30, had invented parts of his stories, stolen others' work, and claimed to be reporting from such places as Texas and West Virginia when he was actually at home in Brooklyn, employing his cell phone and laptop in ever more creative ways.
Blair called me on July 7, 1998, and said he'd found my name and phone number on a web page devoted to the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans in the Shenandoah National Park in May 1996. I had posted a message on the website, fred.net/kathy/at/thoughts.html, saying that I was writing an article on the murders for C-Ville and asking people who knew Julie or Lollie, if they were willing, to contact me.
Blair told me he'd covered the story when he was with the Boston Globe, and wondered if I would be interested in collaborating on something. Whether or not the word "book" was used, that was clearly what he meant. I was so amazed that a New York Times reporter was asking me such a question that I automatically said yes.
We discussed the murders, and he mentioned something that I wanted to include in my article. We agreed to talk again and hung up.
I never could get him to respond to my messages, though, and became so frustrated in my attempts that, by the time I gave up, I was thoroughly disgusted. In the years that followed, whenever I thought about him, it was, frankly, with the hope that he was reporting from the Staten Island obituary desk. Instead, this past fall I had to suffer through news that he had scooped the Washington Post in its coverage of the sniper case.
When the story of his real activities broke, I did my own investigation to see whether he'd actually covered the murders near the Appalachian Trail. He had indeed, during his summer as an intern in the Globe's Washington bureau.
But what inspired him, two years later, to read through the website, call a small-town reporter, and talk about collaborating on a book? I'll never know.


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Doosra ruled un-Australian by coaches - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au
Doesnt seem to matter what ICC says, these "experts" say that it is impossible to deliver it legally and so wont teach it
Doosra ruled un-Australian by coaches - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au
Doesnt seem to matter what ICC says, these "experts" say that it is impossible to deliver it legally and so wont teach it
Someone has to make a stand against chucking.
Noble jesture, but can't help but think it will further handicap spin bowling in Australia - and ensure that batsmen don't get exposure to the delivery before international cricket.
IMO, they are spot on though - it's impossible to deliver it without chucking. Unfortunately, though, it ain't going away.
How can they teach something in the first place, none of them know how to bowl?
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Ill considered and sanctimonious nonsense.
It's amazing that a gathering of the top people at the national Academy have actually got together and effectively agreed to sabotage the country's prospects.
Whether all doosra's are throws or not, if they don't know how to coach it without teaching the bowler to throw it they certainly shouldn't do. Either don't teach it, or find a coach who can teach it legally.
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Hate to sound ignorant here, but what is a doosra?
Everyone wants to change the world, noone wants to change himself.
The closest to something would be the fingerspinner's alternate delivery that turns in the opposite direction from the standard fingerspinner's break. But many insist on dubbing Murali's wrong-'un a Doosra as well, despite Murali being completely different to any other bowler so far to exist.
Either way, what a laughable thing for this set of coaches to do. "Ill-considered sanctimonious nonsense" just about sums it up. It is impossible for a delivery to be impossible to bowl legally, unless that delivery specifically involves straightening the elbow by more than 15 degrees. The Doosra is all about the wrist and fingers and if the elbow is forced straight in the course of the bowling action then it would indeed still be possible to bowl.
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|vegan pad thai
One day I would like to go to Thailand....and eat pad thai, but for now I am in my kitchen making my own version. I went to Tian Phat Asian Grocery store this afternoon and picked up some stuff. One of those things, Tamarind.
It is an essential ingredient tamarind, a fruit that grows in tropical Africa and is used all over the world in cooking. It has a sour flavor but when you add brown sugar and garlic you get a beautiful sauce for pad thai,
|pad thai ingredients
|Mise en place
1/2 package of rice noodles-cooked according to package
small chunk of tamarind (about 1/4) cup soaked in 1 /4 cup boiled water
3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp fresh ginger- minced
1/2 lime-juiced
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp tamari
1 thai chili-seeded
1/2 tsp sea salt
Vegetables of your liking, I used.....
Broccoli, red pepper, onion, shredded carrot, green beans, cabbage
1/2 block of tofu-
cubed and sprinkled with garlic powder and sea salt
fresh cilantro
peanuts-roughly chopped
Cook noodles, drain and rinse.
Set aside
Place everything in a food processor and blend.
Set aside
Chop veggies to mouth bite sizes
Set aside.
Brown tofu in saute pan with a little oil.
Set aside.
In a wok heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil and a few drops of sesame oil.
Add veggies, saute until they change color (bright)
Add noodles, if they are stuck together, add a little water to loosen.
Pour sauce over top and heat up for a few minutes.
Serve with tofu, cilantro and chopped peanuts.
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"Whenever I feel my faith going dry again, I wander to a shelf and pick up a book by G.K. Chesterton."
—Philip Yancey, author of What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew
"My favorite on the list [of top 100 spiritual classics of the twentieth century] is Chesterton's Orthodoxy. It offers wonderful arguments for embracing religious traditions, but it also has humor you don't typically find in religious writing."
–Philip Zaleski, author and journalist
Named by Publisher's Weekly as one of 10 "indispensable spiritual classics" of the past 1500 years.
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President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, and the two are locked in tight contests in Nevada and North Carolina, according to a new series of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released Thursday.
Obama is ahead of Romney, 51 percent to 44 percent, among likely voters in New Hampshire. He also edges Romney in Nevada and North Carolina, but within the margin of error.
In Nevada, Obama gets the support of 49 percent of likely voters and Romney gets 47 percent. In North Carolina, it's Obama at 48 percent and Romney at 46 percent. (Among registered voters in all three states, Obama's lead expands to 8 points in New Hampshire, 4 points in North Carolina, and a wider 7 points in Nevada.)
Poll results: New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina (PDFs)
"New Hampshire seems to be following the similar trends we're seeing elsewhere," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, of the race in the Granite State, where Romney owns a home, and which borders Massachusetts, where the GOP nominee served a term as governor.
Over the past three weeks, NBC and Marist have released polls of nine battleground states – Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin – and all show Obama with leads, ranging from 2 to 8 points.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Farm Bureau Live arena, on September 27, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The results come after a difficult one-month stretch for the Republican challenger – there was the Republican National Convention, his response to the outbreak of violence in Egypt and Libya, the revelation of a secretly-recorded videotape showing him dismissing 47 percent of the country as "victims, " and the release of his 2011 tax returns showing he paid a 14.1 percent effective rate in 2011.
"What Romney needs is to have a broader shift thorough the electorate," Miringoff said, "because the pattern state by state, with some variation, is that Obama has gotten to 50, or in the high 40s. So, there's a gap in these states that has emerged … Romney has to change the numbers in most, if not all, of these states."
Obama's leads in each of the states are fueled by voters' improved feelings about the direction of the country, Obama's handling of the economy, and Romney's continued struggles with likability.
As the presidential candidates zeroed in on Virginia, GOP contender Mitt Romney focused on the state's military ties while President Obama emphasized tax hikes on the wealthy and more government spending. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
There also continues to be a gender gap, with Obama leading with women by 20 points in New Hampshire, 16 points in North Carolina, and 11 points in Nevada.
Obama is also close to his levels with white voters from 2008 in each of these states. And though there is a drop in the likelihood that young voters will turn out with the same force they had in 2008, Obama makes up for it with continued robust support from minority voters.
Approval, favorability, direction of the country
The president's approval rating in New Hampshire is at 50 percent, up from 47 percent in June. In North Carolina and Nevada, it's 47 percent – unchanged in North Carolina and up a point in Nevada.
President Barack Obama still faces two more monthly jobs reports before Election Day and continued unrest in the overseas markets but the latest NBC News/WSJ poll indicates a big bump up in the number of people who feel the country is headed in the right direction. Steve Rattner joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss.
Obama is viewed more favorably in all three states than Romney. In New Hampshire, a state where Romney's a known commodity and campaigned heavily during the Republican primary, 52 percent had an unfavorable opinion of him.
In Nevada, Romney is seen negatively by almost a majority of respondents (48 percent), while 45 percent of the state's voters viewed him favorably.
Romney's favorability rating was net-positive only in North Carolina, though opinion on the former Massachusetts governor was nearly split. Romney's favorable score was 46 percent; 45 percent viewed him negatively.
"It speaks to the campaign strategy, which is playing with limited success of trying to raise his likability," Miringoff said, citing the convention, Romney's comments that health care reflects why he is empathetic, as well as his campaign ad speaking directly to camera in which he notes that he, like the president, cares about the poor and middle class.
Mitt Romney holds a campaign event with veterans in Springfield, Virginia.
"They're trying to address that likability factor," Miringoff continued, adding, "But with Obama in high 40s, 50s [in approval], that suggests that you have to be more than just the 'other guy,' and he really hasn't been able to do that."
In all three states, voters' views of the direction of the country had improved, nowhere more than New Hampshire. The gap between wrong track and right direction back in June was 20 points. Now, it's just 7 points.
In North Carolina, there was a 4-point improvement, and just 2 points in Nevada. Nevada is still suffering from the highest unemployment in the country at 12.1 percent and its home foreclosure rate is one of the highest in the nation.
In New Hampshire, voters also shifted on their views of who would be better to handle the economy. In June, Romney was favored by 4 points. Now, that's reversed. In Nevada and North Carolina, voters continue to be split on the question of which candidate would better manage the economy.
Obama retains an advantage on foreign policy in all three states.
Whites, youth, minority voters
In all three states, Obama's support among white voters and young voters is down from his 2008 bid for the presidency, though the impact might be washed out by persistent support for Obama among minority communities.
Obama gets the support of 51 percent of white voters in New Hampshire, a state that is overwhelmingly white, and where Obama won 54 percent of the white vote in 2008.
White support for Obama is also down slightly in North Carolina, Obama got 35 percent of whites four years ago; now he's at 33 percent.
And in Nevada, Obama is just 4 points off from the 45 percent share of the white vote he won in 2008.
"He's getting close to the share of what he got" among whites in 2008, Miringoff said.
But posing a problem for Obama is that young voters' enthusiasm has fallen off – and are less likely to turn out the way they did in 2008.
"That huge turnout among young people last time isn't there right now," Miringoff said.
But the president makes up for it with continued robust support from minority voters. Obama leads 95 percent to 3 percent among black voters in North Carolina, a state where African Americans comprised 23 percent of all voters in 2008.
In Nevada, where Latinos made up 15 percent of the electorate (but 27 percent of the population), Obama has a 62 percent to 36 percent advantage over Romney. That's narrower than the 76 percent to 22 percent margin Obama won in 2008, but he won the state by 12 points last time, a significant cushion.
Additionally, there has been growth among Hispanics particularly in the Southwest, and they could make up a larger percentage of the vote in 2012. For example, in 2010, a year that favored Republicans, Hispanic voters made up 16 percent of the electorate, a larger share than in 2008.
Obama's challenge in the state will be with independents and getting out the vote in Clark County, which is anchored by Las Vegas. He won independents in 2008 by 13 points. Now, Romney leads by 12 percent. Among registered voters in Clark County, Obama had a 7-point advantage. But among likely voters, that dropped to just 2 points.
In 2008, Obama won the state's most populous county – which cast almost two-thirds of all votes – by almost 20 points. Democrat John Kerry, who narrowly lost the state to George W. Bush in 2004, won it by 5.
Romney also leads among independents in North Carolina by 9 points, but that is a far smaller than the 21-point margin by which John McCain won that group.
The NBC News/Marist/Wall Street Journal polls were conducted Sept. 23-25 and have a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent for the sample of likely voters in each state.


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An extravaganza of live theatre, music, cabaret, comedy, poetry and visual art wrapped up in a big fat party, the nabokov Arts Club, previously featured in The Guardian, Time Out's Hot Picks and Critics' Choice, and The Independent's 'Best Nights Out', showcases the best new work, first, from the most exciting emerging artists alongside some of the biggest names in the business.
The nabokov Arts Club returns to celebrate their 5TH BIRTHDAY at VAULT Festival.
LONDON, UNDERGROUND is a celebration of the cities performance culture over two nights of live arts featuring some of the most exciting performers in London today:
A world premiere free running and beatboxing immersive performance: 3RUN VS BELLATRIX
Live hip hop set from DIZRAELI & DOWNLOW
Three short plays by multiple award winners ELLA HICKSON, NICK PAYNE & TOM WELLS
Live funk, ska, dub and hip hop from KING PORTER STOMP
Immersive adventures, interactive performances, spoken word, comedy & more…
Show Information
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Saturday, 1st March 2014
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In today's world we judge ourselves by our major accomplishments. We may feel a sense of achievement when we get a degree, land a big account, or get a promotion. That sense of accomplishment is very short lived and we seem to only allow it when the events are big. I think it is safe to say that many people feel inadequate and frustrated that they can't get more done. We fill our schedules up each and every day with our to-do lists and we never get it all done. This leaves us feeling anxious, depleted, and often like we are failing at the lives we have set up for ourselves.
Don't get me wrong. I am a list person and really can't live without my to-do list at the beginning of the day. The problem arises when we don't celebrate our accomplishments big or small on a daily basis. Instead it is just do this, do that, do, do, do. Then the next day we wake up and start over again.
I had a life coach share with me a little strategy that has made a huge impact on my life and the way I view my day. She told me to make a "did- do" list at the end of the day. This gets us in the mind frame of giving ourselves just a little appreciation for all we do in a day. This doesn't mean you have to accomplish huge tasks each and every day, instead it is celebrating little accomplishments like, "I exercised today", or "got some quality time with my kids after work". It is amazing how using this little life strategy at the end of your day can really shift all the anxiety around not getting enough done to recognizing all that you do.
Some days you will have many amazing did do's and other days you'll have to dig up the little things like I made the bed. Your did-do list may look something like:
- I made the bed
- Ate a great, healthy breakfast
- Did yoga for a half hour
- Spoke to 2 potential clients
- Drew up a contract with company x
- Went to the post office
- Ate 5 fruits and vegetables
- Read to my kids


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Previously on Pretty Little Liars, Mona Vanderwall exceeded every expectation leveled at her by God and men by dusting off a three-year-old Mean Girls code and communicating to the Liars that Maya made a deathbed website for the purpose of Instagram-ing her adventures in being murdered. Ezra walked into a bank and asked for a million dollars cash and the teller just handed it over due to his face. Spencer rescued Jason from a drunk driving crash, but left her car at the scene of the crime, a brass-balled move that made Detective Snape spit and Toby's eyes bug out of his head. Hanna came under scrutiny for having blood. And Emily accidentally roofied Paige.
The Liars have called a meeting at Emily's to try to break into Maya's website page some more, and Hanna is adamant that Spencer admit Mona is trying to help them. Spencer goes, "I don't know …" And Hanna is like, "That's right! You don't know!" She explains that Mona is afraid like they are afraid, and they're all in this together, and just back off, OK? I'll be honest: I had Hanna pegged as a Hufflepuff for the first two seasons of this show, but her relentless loyalty to Mona and all-around courageousness this season have led me to believe she is a Gryffindor through and through. Maybe Dumbledore was right. Maybe we do sort too soon.
When Emily returns from a phone call with Cousin Nate, the Liars ask her if it's OK if they really get to hacking. Emily's like, "I got this." She rolls up her sleeves, tries any old password, then concludes she didn't even know Maya at all since she couldn't guess the super secret password to her super hidden website page on the first try. (Dear my girlfriend, if you can't break into my Gmail after I die, that doesn't mean I didn't love you.)
At the Montgomery's, Byron pops his head into Aria's room, says, "How long has it been since I was last extradimensionally horrible to you? More than a day? OK, here goes: Meredith got that job at your school, but don't worry about telling your mom. That's all me." Aria doesn't have the heart to tell Byron that Ella doesn't even remember his name anymore. She just smiles sympathetically and pats his terrible head and bounces up out of there.
Emily takes Nate up to a boathouse we've never heard of because apparently it was one of her favorite places to take Maya. Emily fondly tells about how she and Maya used to come up here to do some sex, and float little origami boats out onto the water like a thousand candlelit Lucases washing out to sea. Nate goes, "Us too. We did that too, me and Maya. But, like, instead of boats, it was me telling her if I couldn't be with her no one could be with her, and then I would hold her head under water and be like, 'Do you understand me?' It was this game we played. When we were kids. Cousin kids. She liked it."
Then, out of nowhere, he goes, "I've never understood how you kill someone, rhetorically speaking. Do you have any ideas? Like would you use a knife or poison? Should I get a gun? Do you ever come up here by yourself at night, unarmed?" Emily doesn't answer because she's accidentally caught a glimpse of her reflection in the water and taken her own breath away.
Aria bursts into Ezra's apartment demanding that he strip down and do some push-ups — which: if that were a spin-off show, Lucy Hale just shouting while Ian Harding exercised for an hour, 70 percent of this PLL audience would never miss an episode — but she's stopped short by the site of a fancy lady standing in the middle of the loft sipping tea with her pinky out and pronouncing "croissant" like "kwahsaangh." The fancy lady is Ezra's mom, Mrs. Fitzgerald, and her very existence answers the question: What would happen if Lily van der Woodsen and Ashley Marin gave birth to a child who was raised by Emily Gilmore in a palace made of crystallized peasant tears? She requests the presence of Aria and Ezra at a gala, then breezes out of the room in a cloud of Chanel.
Hastings House of Horrors. Hanna is crawling all over Spencer like a spider-monkey, going, "Are we in yet? Are we in yet? Did you crack Maya's code yet?" Spencer says, "It's not a pinata; I can't just WHACK IT with a stick!" But before she can explain the finer points of password protection to a girl who stashes millions of dollars in cash in spaghetti noodle boxes, Toby storms — and I mean storms! — into the house and demands an audience with his beloved. Now that she knows who he is, Hanna tries to greet him, but he literally throws his hand out at Hanna like when people used to say "talk to the hand!" and it is maybe the most amazing thing he has ever done. "Hanna." he says. Just like that with the period at the end of her name: "Hanna." Spencer's like, "Ohhhkay. Han, you want to take this evidence box upstairs and I'll be there in a second?"
Toby is positively incandescent with rage. He's like, "Jason has 'gone across the state line' to 'pay cash' to have his car fixed! And so now I have lied to the cops about evidence, thanks to you!" Spencer goes, "Another idea is that maybe he's at the grocery sto—" But Toby throws that hand out again and says, "EVIDENCE." Spencer's like, "Look, calm down. There's a whole fireplace full of evidence over there if you want some." But Toby will not calm down! He says he's going rogue! He's going to become his own private eye, probably get one of those Dick Tracy hats and everything. A trench coat. A magnifying glass. He leaves the way he entered, in a huff of chin and weird hair. It's spectacular.
At her mansion(!), Paige is outside giving her bike a tune-up because it's like they always say: You never know when you'll need to pedal off into a thunderstorm during the witching hour like wackadoodle. Emily scuffs the ground with her shoe, says, "Haven't seen you around since I accidentally roofied you." Paige is like, "Yeah, since school is apparently optional in Rosewood, I took a couple of days off." She gets really squirrelly when Emily tries to discuss the details of the magically poisoned flask, but Emily goes, "Look, Paige, if we're going to be lesbians together, you have to tell me every one of your feelings." They make plans to meet up tomorrow after school for a process fest.
Rear Window Brew. Dr. Wren is taking a break from being the only medical professional in the greater Philadelphia area so he can meet with Hanna. It seems Radley is not equipped to deal with the kind of prolonged adrenalized hyperreality Mona is throwing at them, so they want to ship her out to Saratoga — "Saratoga, New York," explains Wren helpfully — at the same mental hospital where they keep Lex Luthor and The Joker. "This is unacceptable information!" Hanna Spencers, "And so IT CANNOT BE TRUE!" Caleb chooses that moment to return from California. He scowls at the two of them because he knows they're plotting about Mona, which means he's still in the losing bracket when it comes to the game of Hanna.


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Live Results Announced Thursday, November 8
Tonight, the judges - Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Britney Spears - revealed the Top 12 finalists who will advance in the competition, and take the stage LIVE next week to perform for America's vote. At the beginning of the show, the judges picked two acts from each category to move on in the competition. Then, the remaining eight acts battled it out for the final four spots. After tough deliberations by the judges, the Top 12 finalists are: Teens - Beatrice Miller, Arin Ray and Carly Rose Sonenclar; Young Adults - CeCe Frey, Jennel Garcia and Paige Thomas; Over 25s - Vino Alan, Jason Brock and Tate Stevens; and Groups - 1432, Emblem3 and Lyric 145. At the end of the broadcast, Simon asked fans to help him rename 1432 by submitting group name ideas at www.TheXFactorUSA.com.
On Wednesday, Nov. 7 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), THE X FACTOR heats up as the Top 12 finalists, with the help of their mentors, take the stage once again. But this time, it will be up to America, as well as the judges, to decide who moves forward in the competition.
Immediately after the performance show, fans will be able to vote via 1) Verizon Touch Voting on The Xtra Factor App on Verizon Android devices; 2) toll-free calling; 3) text messaging for Verizon Wireless customers; and 4) online at TheXFactorUSA.com. Fans with valid Facebook accounts can also vote at Facebook.com/TheXFactorUSA.
Then, on Thursday, Nov. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), tune in to the first LIVE results show of the season, as hosts Khloé Kardashian Odom and Mario Lopez reveal the results of America's votes and one finalist is eliminated from the competition.
Teens (16 and under) whom Britney Spears is mentoring:
Beatrice Miller Age: 13
Hometown: Maplewood, NJ
Click HERE to watch/share Beatrice's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Beatrice at:
Twitter: @BeatriceMiller
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBeatriceMiller
Arin Ray Age: 17
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Click HERE to watch/share Arin's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Arin at:
Twitter: @ArinRaySings
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialArinRay
Carly Rose Sonenclar Age: 13
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Click HERE to watch/share Carly's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Carly at:
Twitter: @CarlyRoseMusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/carlyrosesonenclar
The Young Adults (17-24) whom Demi Lovato is mentoring:
CeCe Frey Age: 21
Hometown: Decatur, IL
Click HERE to watch/share Cece's Top 16 performance
Keep up with CeCe at:
Twitter: @CeCeMissXtotheO
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCeCeOfficial
Jennel Garcia Age: 18
Hometown: Rochester, MA
Click HERE to watch/share Jennel's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Jennel at:
Twitter: @JennelGarcia
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jennelgarciamusic
Paige Thomas Age: 22
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Click HERE to watch/share Paige's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Paige at:
Twitter: @PaigeAva
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePaigeThomas
The Over 25s whom L.A. Reid is mentoring:
Vino Alan Age: 40
Hometown: Laquey, MO
Click HERE to watch/share Vino's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Vino at:
Twitter: @VinoAlan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vino.alan
Jason Brock Age: 35
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Click HERE to watch/share Jason's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Jason at:
Twitter: @jasonbroccoli
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jasonbrockvocals
Tate Stevens Age: 37
Hometown: Raymore, MO
Click HERE to watch/share Tate's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Tate at:
Twitter: @tatestevensctry
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TateStevensofficialfanpage
The Groups that Simon Cowell is mentoring:
Ally Brooke Age: 19 Hometown: San Antonio, TX @AllyBrooke
Camila Cabello Age: 15 Hometown: Miami, FL @camilacabello97
Normani Hamilton Age: 16 Hometown: Houston, TX @NormaniKordei
Dinah Jane Hansen Age: 15 Hometown: Santa Ana, CA @dinahjane97
Lauren Jauregui Age: 16 Hometown: Miami, FL @LaurenJauregui
Click HERE to watch/share 1432's Top 16 performance
Keep up with 1432 at:
Twitter: @1432
Facebook: www.facebook.com/1432official
Drew Chadwick Age: 20 Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA @drewchadwickE3
Keaton Stromberg Age: 16 Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA @KeatonStromberg
Wesley Stromberg Age: 18 Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA @WesleyStromberg
Click HERE to watch/share Emblem3's Top 16 performance
Keep up with the Emblem3 at:
Twitter: @Emblemthree
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EmblemThree
Lyric 145
Jemelle Joseph Age: 23 Hometown: Bay Shore, NY @mrmelee
Julian Joseph Age: 19 Hometown: Bay Shore, NY @SirJewlz
Lyric Da Queen Age: 23 Hometown: Atlanta, GA @lyricdaqueen
Click HERE to watch/share Lyric 145's Top 16 performance
Keep up with Lyric 145 at:
Twitter: @Lyric145
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lyric145
The eliminated acts include Diamond White from the Teens category; Willie Jones from Young Adults; David Correy from Over 25s; and Sister C from the Groups.
FOX Super Perks is offering fans a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience - a trip for two to Los Angeles to see the two-night season finale of THE X FACTOR when the next global superstar or breakout music group wins! Details can be found at: http://www.fox.com/thexfactor/superperks/.
No purchase necessary to enter or win THE X FACTOR Finale Sweepstakes. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous U.S. & D.C., 18 and older. Other restrictions apply. Sweepstakes begins on 11/1/12 and ends on 12/1/2012 at 11:59 PM ET. Void in AK, HI and where prohibited. Subject to Official Rules available at www.fox.com/superperks. Sponsor: Fox Broadcasting Company.
THE X FACTOR was created by Syco Television and is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia North America. Rob Wade and Nigel Hall are executive producers for Syco Television. Trish Kinane, Richard Holloway and Andrew Llinares serve as executive producers for FremantleMedia North America. "Like" THE X FACTOR on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheXFactorUSA. Follow the series on Twitter @TheXFactorUSA and join the discussion at #xfactor.


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Mozart's The Magic Flute at ENO
Nicholas Hytner's production stands the test of time
If it wasn't for the Madonna-inspired Queen of the Night's dress, you'd never know Nicholas Hytner's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute was pushing a quarter of a century. A hit when first presented in 1988, it lives as freshly as ever: lucid, elegant with an unforced comic charm.
A production in 2007 was billed as the last, but, as a critic wrote at the time – 'how can they bear to let it go?'. They couldn't. What are the magic ingredients? In locating it broadly in the 18th century, with proper bears, birds and trees Hytner protected it from changing fashions.
Bob Crowley's enchanting designs have proved enduring: the subtle reflections produced by the mirrored stage are more effective than many of the high-tech projections we see today. Jeremy Sams's translation is robustly witty, coloured this time by a broadly Aussie Papageno in baritone Duncan Rock, emitting a stream of 'streuths' and 'Sheilas'. The transformation of the black Monostatos to an odious white predator has helped, but what makes it most contemporary is Hytner's questioning of Sarastro's 'englightened' morality; suggesting that class and sexism are the driving forces, he brings out the profound ambivalence of Pamina's situation. It's this ambiguity which has given the production the flexibility to evolve.
What a shame, then, that in the production's final run, not all members of the cast match its vitality. With heroic Taminos like Toby Spence and Robert Murray still in the memory, tenor Shawn Mathey had a lot to live up to, but proved leaden. His first aria was notably loud, sharp and strained, and, though he warmed up, he created a dramatic vacuum at the opera's heart, failing to spark off Rock's hugely likeable Papageno (good to see him take wing after a notable cameo as Donald in the recent Billy Budd).
The diminutive soprano Kathryn Lewek had real presence as the Queen of the Night, with precise top notes and a delicious pianissimo in her first aria. ENO can be justly proud of the talent they have nurtured in recent years: soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn was a fabulous, sensual First Lady while bass Barnaby Rea as Second Priest was warmly impressive. Young soprano Elena Xanthoudakis gave a poignant and truthful performance as Pamina and bass Robert Lloyd, once again, lent his sonorous authority and beautiful speaking voice to Sarastro.
Conductor Nicholas Collon, making his ENO debut, showed promise: there was real fizz in the overture, and a caressing tenderness to much of the phrasing, though as the night progressed, the singers got the better of him and tempi slowed and wavered.
Catch this classic production if you haven't seen it, but perhaps wait until tenor Robert McPherson takes over as Tamino after 6 October…
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Aphrodite's Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus
28 November 2012
The unlikely connection between Cyprus, Australia and the Greek goddess of love will be explored in a free exhibition at the University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum, opening on 29 November.
Aphrodite's Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus celebrates Australia's long-standing archaeological connections with Cyprus. The exhibition will feature items from the Nicholson's impressive collection of more than 1500 Cypriot artefacts, the largest in Australia and one of the most significant outside of Cyprus.
Though the small island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea may not loom large in people's minds when they think of international archaeology, Cyprus is hugely significant for our understanding of Mediterranean history and for the trajectory of Australian archaeology. The first Australian-led international archaeological digs were in Cyprus, and Australians have been researching there for more than 80 years.
"Cyprus is a country of enormous archaeological significance, and was believed by the ancient Greeks to be the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite," says Dr Craig Barker, Manager of Public Programs at the University of Sydney and curator of the exhibition.
"Given its location at the crossroads of three continents - Europe, Asia and Africa - Cyprus' geographical position has given it unique cultural wealth. The military, social, cultural and political influence of all of the major Mediterranean powers can be seen in Cypriot archaeology, including the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Assyrian and Persian Empires, and the Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires."
Aphrodite's Island coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the death of James Stewart, who conducted Australia's first international archaeological dig in Cyprus in 1937. A passionate advocate of Cypriot archaeology, Stewart was a curator of the Nicholson Museum and the University's first professor in Middle-Eastern archaeology. He was also a strong supporter of developing archaeological study in Australia more generally.
Many of the items in Aphrodite's Island, which include amphorae, figurines, coins and other ancient artefacts, are from Stewart's own excavations and collection.
"As an indication of Stewart's love for his work, he chose to enlist in the Cyprus Regiment in World War II, and when captured as a prisoner of war traded food parcels for books and gave lectures on archaeology to his (literally) captive audience," Dr Barker says.
"His house at Mt Pleasant, near Bathurst, was legendary among his University of Sydney students for its rooms full of Bronze Age pottery, extensive research library and many cats, which he grew fond of during his time as a prisoner of war."
"Stewart's influence lives on not only at the University of Sydney, but in archaeology in Australia, Cyprus, and internationally. Ahead of many archaeologists of his time, he believed antiquities museums should be not just collections, but places of learning and hands-on experience," says Dr Barker.
The University of Sydney's strong connection with Cypriot archaeology continues to this day - Dr Barker now leads a team of archaeologists, students and interested members of the public as they excavate a theatre in the Hellenistic-Roman period city of Nea Paphos.
One of the very few ancient theatres to be excavated using modern techniques, Nea Paphos has become a training ground for a new generation of archaeologists.
Aphrodite's Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus will be opened by University of Sydney Chancellor, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, at 6pm on Thursday 29 November.
The exhibition is presented by the Nicholson Museum and the High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus, with the support of major exhibition sponsor the Beirut Hellenic Bank.
Event details
What: Aphrodite's Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus
When: Launch at 6pm, Thursday 29 November. Exhibition runs until December 2013.
Opening hours 10am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday
12pm to 4pm, first Saturday of the month
Where: Nicholson Museum, southern entrance of the Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus. See map and directions
Cost: Free
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While many gaming companies are working to move all-digital, Rovio is looking at ways to increase its real-world presence.
Already, 30 percent of sales come from physical goods. "In a few years, more than half of our business will be physical," Rovio marketing chief Peter Vesterbacka said during a panel discussion at the Open Mobile Summit on Thursday.
That's not to say the company isn't devoting a lot of time to its game-making. This year has already seen the Angry Birds flying into space, along with the release of Birds spinoff Bad Piggies, and Amazing Alex, a non-Angry Birds title. And, on Thursday, the company released Star Wars Angry Birds.
The goal is to create physical goods that drive more time spent with the video games, and vice versa. In all, the company hopes to have a billion fans interacting with Rovio's characters in two or three years' time.
"We are looking at food, drinks, stuff that you will use everyday," Vesterbacka said. The model in this area, he says, is Coca-Cola, which serves up a billion servings of its soft drinks each day. If they can do that with a physical product, Rovio should be able to do it with the Birds.
"Again, people think that we are crazy," Vesterbacka said, clad in his usual red Angry Birds sweatshirt.
So, what of projects that blend the physical and digital worlds? Augmented reality would seem to be a natural fit.
It is indeed an area that Rovio has been investigating.
"We have done a lot of work on that in our labs," Vesterbacka said in an interview Thursday. The challenge, he said, is doing something that isn't just a technology demonstration.
"A lot of stuff has been too gimicky," Vesterbacka said.
Vesterbacka was coy on whether what he had in mind was something that would put real people inside the game, or something that would expand the game play into the real world.
"We're getting close," he said. "It's not trivial to get it right. We are probably like 90 percent there. The last 10 percent is like tough."
Reaching the company's ambitions requires Rovio to continue adding new types of talent. The company has grown to roughly 500 workers, up from 220 just a year ago. Among the new hires is an expert in theme parks, aiming to help the company in its quest to build "activity parks" throughout China — the second-largest market for Rovio, and its fastest-growing one.
The parks are another of the company's ventures into the physical world. In part, Vesterbacka said Rovio is trying to do its part to encourage kids to exercise their minds and bodies.
"We think that's almost our responsibility," he said. But he notes that Rovio isn't doing the parks as a philanthropic venture. "It's not only the right thing to do, but it is an amazing business opportunity."
I'll have more from my chat with Vesterbacka in a follow-up post. In the meantime, here's a look back at AllThingsD's coverage from our visit to the Angry Birds roost in Finland earlier this year:


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|Carrot & Zucchini Bread
Call me 'picky' but for a long time now, I've been hunting for the one go-to zucchini bread recipe to call my own. This recipe has it all: a generous measure of grated zucchini, bright color from grated carrot, spice-forward from pantry spices. Most of all, this zucchini bread stays moist and fresh for a long time.
Some times? It pays to be picky.
"This is wonderful! ... I followed the recipe to the letter and it was dead on perfect." ~ Anonymous
"Just so you know," she warned as we walked into the mall on a summer Saturday, "I'm a really picky shopper."
'She' is Kerrin, the almost-21 chemical engineering student who visited for the weekend a couple of weeks back. 'She' is the daughter of my dear friends from way-way back, Gary and Lisa (yes, that would be Lisa of My Own Sweet Thyme). 'She' is the confident young woman who somehow remains, in voice and energy, a grown-up version of the girl I last saw, then eight years old and a wild risk-taker at farkle.
No wonder Kerrin is 'picky'. For work, she wears steel-toed boots and a hard hat, safety requirements at the water treatment plant where she has an internship this summer. For play, she leans toward the feminine and the comfortable.
So I happily joined the other 'moms' hanging around outside the dressing rooms at Macy's, H&M and Forever 21, wondering how such little bits of cloth can cost $15 and $30 and even $60 even while appreciating Kerrin's well-developed sense of style. If that's 'picky', picky is a good thing.
Me, I'm picky about zucchini bread. I want it slightly rustic, that means a good measure of whole wheat flour. I want it moist, no miserly portion of grated zucchini here. I want it pretty, with grated carrot for whimsical color; and slightly zingy with spices, cinnamon and ginger both. After many trials over some years, I've finally settled on my go-to ready-for-sharing recipe for zucchini bread, this is it. I think you just might become picky about your zucchini bread too.
Time to table: 2 hours
Makes 2 loaves, each 12 slices (easily halved to make a single loaf, 1 egg works fine)
- 1/2 cup (116g) vegetable oil
- 1 cup (212g) buttermilk
- 3/4 cup (172g) sugar
- 3/4 cup (172g) brown sugar
- 3 large eggs (use 2 eggs for a half recipe)
- 1 tablespoon (yes, tablespoon) vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, fluffed to aerate before measuring or 254g
- 1 cup whole wheat flour, fluffed to aerate or 142g
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 cups (200g) grated zucchini from 2 medium zucchini
- 1 cup (100g) grated carrot 2 medium carrots
- 1/2 cup candied ginger, optional but recommended (see TIPS)
Preheat oven to 350F. Spray two 9x5 bread pans with baking spray such as Bakers Joy, my favorite.
In a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil and buttermilk with an electric mixer until well-combined. Add the sugars and mix in until well-combined. One at a time, add the eggs, beating until well-combined. Mix in the vanilla.
In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. Add to the wet mixture, mixing in until just combined. With a spatula, gently stir in the zucchini, carrot and ginger.
Transfer to the two pans, bake for about 50 – 60 minutes, turning after 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove and let cool for 20 minutes, then gently turn over to remove from the pans. Let cool completely, slice and serve.
To store, wrap well and do refrigerate – if any is left after the first day, that is!
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There are not many middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Valentine's Day. Feb. 14 either represents cards, flowers, jewelry, gifts and other romantic notions -- or it sends you fleeing for cover.
Scorn it or adore it, but today's version of the holiday is nothing like it used to be.
According to legend, and the History Channel, ancient Romans used to celebrate the feast of Lupercalia in mid-February. Men sacrificed goats and dogs, skinned them, and ran around smacking women with the hides. Believing such love taps resulted in increased fertility, women reportedly didn't mind the practice.
Match-making apparently had a role in this festival as well, with men drawing women's names in a lottery system that would match the pair for a year. Pope Gelasius I amended this part of Lupercalia by having both young men and women draw the names of saints they were supposed to emulate for a year.
There are many Catholic roots in the St. Valentine's holiday, going beyond Pope Valentine, who history can't seem to recall other than he served 40 days before dying somewhere around A.D. 827.
During the reign of Emporer Claudius II in the 3rd century, the Roman leader had two men named Valentine executed. One was a temple priest who was beheaded for helping Christian couples get married. The other was the Bishop of Terni, whose crime and method of execution remain mysterious. Both were declared martyrs. The official roster of Roman Catholic saints has approximately 12 who were named Valentine or something similar. Continued confusion over the authentic St. Valentine and the origins of St. Valentine's Day led the Catholic Church in 1969 to discontinue honoring him officially.
The modern holiday celebrated Feb. 14 is a feast of consumerism. It is estimated approximately $20 billion is spent on Valentine's Day in the United States. The average person spends more than $130. Some 224 million roses are grown for the holiday, and 151 million cards are exchanged.
Approximately 6 million individuals will be asked, "Will you marry me?" today. American lovebirds generally stay together much longer than participants in the former Lupercalia. The average length of marriage in this country is eight years, a number that has held steady for decades.
At least you shouldn't have to be struck with a goat hide. Happy Valentine's Day.
Editorial by Patrick Lowry


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Git Repositories
There are two openSUSE Kernel repositories. Development happens in the kernel-source git repository. This tree is a quile-like series of patches against the upstream kernel, plus spec files and various scripts. You can clone it with
git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/kernel-source
If you just want to hack on the sources and do not need to package the kernel, use the kernel git repository. This one has the same layout as the upstream kernel. Clone command:
git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/kernel


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Agreed with 95% of this
August 1914, by Isaac Rosenberg
Rosenberg didn't survive the war, killed in battle in April 1918. He was 28 years old at the time.
Mining PRs and the Ottotrans™, Part 85
This is what they wrote:
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 8, 2014) - Carpathian Gold Inc. (TSX:CPN) (the "Corporation" or "Carpathian") advises that it has concluded a further extended forbearance and amendment agreement (the "Agreement") with Macquarie Bank Limited ("Macquarie") in respect of the project finance facility (the "Facility") entered into between Macquarie and the Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Mineração Riacho dos Machados Ltda. ("MRDM"). The Agreement extends the previously announced forbearance period which expired on July 31, 2014 to August 29, 2014. As of today, Macquarie has advanced an aggregate of approximately US$169.0 million to MRDM under the Facility. There is no assurance that Macquarie will agree to any further extensions of the forbearance.
The Corporation also advises that it has now received notice from Macquarie of its election to require payment by MRDM and the Corporation of the completion guarantee refund amount and the production shortfall payment under the gold stream transactions with Macquarie. As previously disclosed, the gold stream transactions provide that, if during the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, MRDM has not produced a minimum of 80,000 ounces of refined gold (of which 10,000 ounces would be deliverable to Macquarie), then Macquarie shall have the right to require MRDM and the Corporation, jointly and severally, to refund to Macquarie an amount equal to that percentage of the upfront payments which is equal to the percentage of underproduction of refined gold over such 12-month period compared with that which was projected for such 12-month period as set out in the life of mine plan agreed at the time of closing of these transactions. During said 12-month period, MRDM produced a total of 8,168 ounces of refined gold, compared to the 100,000 ounces of refined gold that was projected to be produced under the life of mine plan that was agreed to at the time of closing of the gold stream transactions. Given the forgoing, the underproduction of refined gold during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2014 is equal to 91.8% and, therefore, a refund amount of US$27,549,600 is owed to Macquarie under the gold stream transactions.Pursuant to the terms of the gold stream arrangements, MRDM and the Corporation have elected to defer payment of the refund amount until the later of (i) the date upon which the violations and defaults under the Facility have been remedied and (ii) the date upon which the refund amount may be paid without constituting a default under the Facility. The refund amount bears interest at the rate of US prime plus 4%. In respect of MRDM, Macquarie has agreed to forebear its rights to charge or accrue interest on the refund amount or exercise any such rights with respect to interest until August 29, 2014. There is no assurance that Macquarie will agree to any extensions of the forbearance.About Carpathian
And this is what it means (especially paragraph two):
we're fucked
The Friday OT: Dave Gilmour; Coming back to life
Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
For Guido and Estela, the centre of the best news this year.
PS: And for Buenos Aires, a city with a heart of gold.
Chart of the day is...
YPF Second-Quarter Profit Climbs on Higher Sales
By Pablo Gonzalez Aug 7, 2014
YPF SA, (YPF) Argentina's largest oil company, posted second-quarter sales that beat analysts' estimates as production increased.
Crude output gained 5.6 percent in the quarter to 240,900 barrels of oil equivalent a day from a year ago while natural gas production rose 32 percent, Buenos Aires-based YPF said in a regulatory filing yesterday. Sales climbed 61 percent to 35.3 billion pesos ($4.3 billion), beating the 31.5-billion peso average estimate of three analysts compiled by Bloomberg.
Banco Santander in Brazil: Deep foda
A Flash update...
...was sent to subscribers just before 8am this Friday morning, pre-opening bell. Two non-trades.
RIO.to and $2.70/$2.80
Your humble scribe receives a mail on technical anlaysis of Rio Alto Mining (RIOM) (RIO.to).
Well yeah, not the toughest chart read is it?
Primero (P.to) (PPP) is so proud of its net earnings figure for 2q14 that...
UPDATE: Case in point, from the Scotia Daily Mining Scoop mailer:
"Ovais Habib (Precious Metals Analyst – Scotiabank) saying that Primero should react well today from the expansion news and overall strong Q2/14 results. "Hmmm, maybe Scotia's Ovais is confused about the 5% drop in Primero shares this morning.
Hey, totally unrelated of course, I wonder if Scotia's ever done any investment banking business with Primero?
Chart of the day is...
...the gold/silver ratio:
And up we go again. As gold wheels around $1.3k and remains reasonably steady, silver fails to impress.
But it's nothing to do with supply and how silver's a byproduct of base metals production these days. It's the cartel and the illuminati and it's going to be legal tender in Mexico soon. Or Idaho.
Remind me again why you think McEwen Mining $MUX is worth U$950m, mister market
- Revenues U$11.637m
- Total costs (ex-write down): U$20.613m
- The rest of the math, all yours kind reader.
Estela de Carlotto
"I am genuinely so pleased that I get to write this post; I think there can hardly have been a happier one since I started blogging."
Imperial Metals (III.to) Mount Polley tailing failure: Jack Caldwell speaks
Nobody but me is prepared to say why it failed. I suspect it failed because there was too much water in the dam, the corner gave way, an upstream slide occurred, and the disaster ensued. They are saying nobody could have anticipated this. Rubbish. It was entirely predictable given the facts. It is just nobody had the courage to speak.
UPDATE: Today sees a second post from Caldwell on Mt Polley here.
Nolan Watson, the new Tye Burt ( $SAND )
UPDATE post-open: Oh, interesting. That bridge too far has arrived, perchance?
Y'know, half the problem of this blogging lark is getting the timing right.
UPDATE 2: Why we struggle:
And they wonder why your humble scribe doesn't form part of the junior mining speaker's circuit...
The Imperial Metals (III.to) tailings breach (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Here's a video taken by the RCMP. Holy crap.
And here's one from a copter overflight. Holy crap II.
Psst...wanna buy an uranium junior in Argentina, guv?
The latest CEPAL projections for GDP growth in LatAm & Carib, 2014
- The regional average drops from the 2.7% forecast made earlier this year to 2.2%.
- Panama still heads the list
- Bolivia's still kicking butt (which is why you hear nothing about the country from the Evo-Haters
- Of the biggest four regional economies, only Colombia's doing ok. Mexico's improving a little from a poor showing in 2013, but Brazil and Argentina are way down the list.
- Venezuela sucks. Well yeah, we knew that.
Lots more from the executive summary here. Go to CEPAL for the full whack reports, including very details individual reports on each country.
Mineros S.A. give up on Colombia, go gold mining in Peru & Nicaragua
Peru government approves the Southern Copper $SCCO Tia Maria project
"What do you do in The IKN Weekly?"
I get that question or variations thereof on a fairly regular basis in mails etc.
The answer: I do zero bullshit. Here's how IKN273 started yesterday:
The discovery process: A very good panel discussion from the Vancouver show last week
Another crazy USA/Cuba subversion story uncovered by AP
Last time it was the Cuban Twitter, this time we have the US, via its USAID vehicle, trying to recruit political activists from inside Cuba's youth. Story here (and it's wildly good), excerpt here:
USAID hired Creative Associates International, a Washington-based company, as part of a civil society program against Cuba's communist government. The same company was central to the creation of a "Cuban Twitter" — a messaging network revealed in April by The Associated Press, designed to reach hundreds of thousands of Cubans.
According to internal documents obtained by the AP and interviews in six countries, USAID's young operatives posed as tourists, visited college campuses and used a ruse that could undermine USAID's credibility in critical health work around the world: An HIV-prevention workshop one called the "perfect excuse" to recruit political activists, according to a report by Murillo's group.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN273 has just been sent to subscribers. With 27 pages, 12k words, pretty charts and tables, and jovial banter, b'gosh.
Janet looks at 89 dicks
UPDATE: Apparanetly it's not funny


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Jeter makes spring debut, free on MLB.TV
Yanks captain returns to field, while Red Sox are back as spring slate ramps up
Wednesday at Spring Training in Arizona and Florida gave baseball fans what they've been craving since the last out of the World Series in late October. Once again, for the first time this year, Major League teams faced each other in ballparks full of people, with umpires, hot dogs, cotton candy and box scores.
Today, we're reminded that the 2014 season starts here and doesn't end anytime soon. Day two is upon us, and along with another full slate of Cactus and Grapefruit League action, there are storylines all over the American and National Leagues that demand attention.
Fortunately, there are many places where fans can focus that attention. Games are being streamed daily on MLB.TV and on the MLB.com At Bat mobile app, which also will bring the live updates and on-the-spot news coverage that have become staples of MLB.com's coverage of every team and every game.
On Thursday, the eyes of the baseball world are locked in on Tampa, Fla., where the Yankees' legendary shortstop and captain, Derek Jeter, is making his first spring appearance, kicking off what he announced would be his final year as a professional baseball player. The game is being streamed live and free on MLB.TV.
"I'm looking forward to getting out there," Jeter said. "I think everyone, when Spring Training starts, looks forward to getting the games underway so they can get into a routine. The first few days of Spring Training, it's just going through a lot of drills, trying to get in baseball shape. Once the games start, you can get into a daily routine, so I'm looking forward to that."
Jeter hasn't played in a game since last Sept. 7, and only played in 17 games in 2013 because of complications in returning from the broken left ankle he suffered in the playoffs in 2012.
"The good thing for us is that everything he's done has been good and has been positive," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "So last year, where we had some concerns with the way he was running or the way he was moving, we haven't had any of that this Spring Training."
Elsewhere today, the World Series-champion Red Sox play for the first time this spring, although it won't be in official Grapefruit League capacity. Boston is hosting Northeastern University, and Boston College in the doubleheader nightcap afterward.
"Much like everybody else -- I'm really looking forward to it," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "That's a start. But I think at this point in time in camp, you run through the team fundamentals, individual defense, all those things, and guys are looking forward to getting games started."
That will also be the case for the Cubs, whose split-squad game in Mesa, Ariz., against the D-backs will feature two much-anticipated debuts. The first will be the lid-lifter for shiny new Cubs Park, the Cactus League's newest ballpark. The second will be new Cubs manager Rick Renteria's first nine innings at the helm of this iconic franchise.
"I think everybody's about at that point where they're ready to get out there," Chicago second baseman Darwin Barney said. "We're excited about the new stadium, and we're excited to get this thing rolling."
That attitude is being shared by other teams getting their first game action in today. The Milwaukee Brewers will kick off their spring schedule with a road game against the A's at Phoenix Municipal Stadium at 3:05 p.m. ET. The Mariners and Padres begin their Cactus League slates in Peoria, Ariz., also at 3:05 p.m. ET, and the world will see for the first time what Robinson Cano looks like in a big league uniform that doesn't include an "NY" on it anywhere.
The Rangers and Royals play each other in their first games, too, with Shin-Soo Choo making his Texas bow in the stadium the two clubs share in Surprise, Ariz., at 3:05 p.m. ET.
Today will also feature rematches of Wednesday games between the Braves and Tigers, the Phillies and Blue Jays, and stadium mates Cleveland and Cincinnati. In Jupiter, Fla., the Marlins host the Florida International University Panthers, while the other half of Arizona's split squad will play the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., at 3:05 p.m. ET in yet another matchup between the two clubs that will meet in the 2014 Opening Series in Sydney, Australia, on March 22.
To the surprise of absolutely no one who loves baseball, the excitement is growing by the day.
"We'll see how it goes tomorrow," Cano said after Wednesday's workout. "It's the first time and I'm excited. I can't wait."


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Reporters Roundtable
Reporters explain what's going on behind the scenes for 'Clear Skies,' ANWR drilling
Will Sen. Inhofe find a way to get Clear Skies out of EPW? Will ANWR drilling be in the Senate budget reconciliation measure? Get the latest take on these key issues and several others as E&E Daily's senior reporters distill the action from this week in an OnPoint roundtable discussion.


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Red Sea Max Complete Aquarium Kit (tank, stand & starter kit) 34-Gallon
The Red Sea MAX combines all of the technology necessary to grow and maintain a healthy reef in an elegant aquarium, allowing aquarists to focus on the joy and beauty of the hobby rather than on component selection and installation. Optimal lighting, filtration, temperature and circulation makes reefkeeping easier than ever before and ensures maximum success for aquarists at all levels.
Koralia offers an innovative range of aquarium circulation pumps with their Koralia line. The flow a Koralia powerhead produces is powerful yet delicate enough to make it the ideal pump for marine and reef tanks. Featuring a unique patented magnet/suction cup support system, the Koralia is incredibly stable, offering a 360 degree range of motion for positioning in aquariums with glass up to 15mm thick. The spherical-shape allows you to adjust flow direction quickly and easily.
JBJ 28-Gallon Nano Cube HQI Aquarium with FREE Stand
The 2007 28g Nano-Cube HQI-Reef Series from JBJ incorporates many high-tech features not commonly found in "all-in-one" systems. The concept behind the 28g Nano-Cube HQI was inspired by reef hobbyists who requested higher powered lighting, protein skimming, increased water circulation, a more simplified filter, storage area in the stand for chillers and designated water level columns in the rear chambers for heaters, refugiums and protein skimmers.
Marine Depot Aquarium Refractometer
The MarineDepot.com Refractometer is a must have for all hobbyists. The proper salinity is crucial for the survival and health of your fish and corals. Our high quality refractometer is extremely accurate, easy-to-use and calibrate. To calibrate, simply apply a few drops of distilled water. The MD Refractometer also features an adjustable eyepiece, carrying case and automatic temperature compensation (ATC).
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The exact cause of the fire has not been determined, but firefighters believe it started outside at the back of the building and headed up into the attic, Cavagnaro said. A second building on the property was not damaged.
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Can you record the students to show ow their pronunciation is being affected. If you could show that the extra work is actually having a negative effect, you might be able to do something, though given the cultural issues, it might not work.
Hi all
I wonder if some of you with a good understanding of the psycological area of teaching elementary school level would give me your views on extra study outside the classroom along with general comments on the information I give.
For background, I teach a class of 30, 10 year olds English for 7 hours average per week. The parents appear highly competitive and also motivated. This is a true foreign language (not ESL) and the kids are all Asian. There are increasing discipline issues and being the only class at the whole school of this nature the kids cannot be mixed and have been together for 3 1/2 years!
I would like to know if extra study is an aid to a class like this for children who are not behind in their learning? I have some children who study 2 hours at the weekend and some who have to attend extra English and non-English learning for anything upto 3 hours per night 5 days a week. Nearly all go to bed at 10 pm or later (cultural issue) and are up at 6 ish. I know the Dept of Education (USA) recommends 10-12 hours per night every night for children of this age.
It appears to be a trend in this class and I think I now have in excess of 70% who are doing extra study.
My observations are- an increased amount of motivational problems from more students- I think because of the familiarity and number of hours we are doing + extra study hours, and a danger some are just going to tune out totally to English and develop a hatred for it. Furthermore, the positives in gaining decent pronunciation in spoken communication are being eroded from non-native speaking teachers supplementing the school programme. I am hearing a distinct change in a few who have this type of teacher! However a few do have native speaking teachers also.
Furthermore I don't see a huge jump in ability of the child doing 2 hours extra every night and actually she appears about the same. She is also the most talkative student in the whole class! I am interested in your views as professional teachers with regard the obsession with parents for this extra tuition and if it is at all beneficial?
I know when I was at school in the UK, extra tuition like this other than for students falling way behind was unheard of!
Any opinions expressed for a TEFL teacher would be greatly welcome.
Can you record the students to show ow their pronunciation is being affected. If you could show that the extra work is actually having a negative effect, you might be able to do something, though given the cultural issues, it might not work.
Thanks for the reply TDOL. I'm aware of the cultural issues surrounding this topic and have decided to leave it. Parents know best or think they do in this case so..............
I must say I thought there may have been a little more input from some of the highly qualified teachers in regard extra work of students 9/10 years old and there views on it's benefit or negative side to growing up.
Tad dissapointing really.
I've never taught children, so don't have any specialist knowledge there.
Hello makaveli
I'm wafaa. It's the first time I write aletter in this forum. I'm an English teacher. I've taught English for more than twenty years. I'm interested in your letter. but I'm not sure I'm going to give a reply. I want just to introduce myself and say hello. Maybe next time we'll be able to participate some ideas concerning tea ching young learners. Thanks.


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Duncan Tonatiuh Smith came to Parsons to study design and liberal arts. As a graduating senior, he has fulfilled his goal, earning a combined degree in Writing and Integrated Design Curriculum. Beautifully rendered illustrations informed by ancient Mexican art spill from the pages of his thesis project, a short graphic novel based on the true story of a Mexican worker in New York City.
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When Tupelo opened in 2009 to serve "comfort food with a Southern drawl," I was torn. On the one hand, I like to be comforted and I'm OK with most drawls. On the other hand, I'm convinced Van Morrison recorded "Tupelo Honey" just to distract us from how annoying "Brown-Eyed Girl" is.
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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most detailed landscape map that exists of the southern state of Oaxaca, where the Zapotec people formed the first state-level and urban society in Mexico.
"If you ask someone off the street about Mexican archeology, they'll say Aztec, Maya. Sometimes they'll also say Inca, which is the wrong continent, but you'll almost never hear anyone talk about the Zapotecs," says Middleton, acting chair of the Department of Material Culture Sciences and professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology. "They had the first writing system, the first state society, the first cities. And they controlled a fairly large territory at their Zenith--250 B.C. to 750 A.D."
The process of state formation varied across the Zapotec realm. Sometimes it involved conquest, and other times it was more economically driven. Archeologists like Middleton are interested in different aspects of society that emerged in the process, such as social stratification and the development and intensification of agriculture and economic specialization.
Middleton's study will explore how the Oaxacan economy and environment changed as the Zapotec state grew and then collapsed into smaller city-states. Funding from NASA and National Geographic will also help Middleton build a picture of how climate and vegetation patterns have changed over time.
"For the past 4,000 years, human activities have been a factor in environmental change," Middleton says. "And there are some parts of Mesoamerica that we have pretty good evidence that the environment we see today is the catastrophic result of ancient agricultural practices." Middleton will focus on two sites in the Chichicapam Valley located in between two of the major arms of the central valleys of Zapotec. The National Geographic-funded portion of the study began last summer when he documented important archeological sites and selected candidates for excavation.
Imagery from Earth Observing 1 and Landsat satellites obtained over three years will help Middleton identify the natural resources found at archeological sites. He will work with colleagues John Kerekes and David Messinger along with graduate student Justin Kwon in RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science to analyze the large amounts of data taken at different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Their own research uses similar techniques to analyze urban landscapes, and inspired Middleton to apply the technology to archeological landscapes.
"We are excited to be collaborating with Bill in this application of remote sensing technology to archaeological study," says Kerekes. "This project shows a true strength of RIT with an environment that allows physical scientists and engineers like us to easily work together with a social scientist like Bill."
Adds Messinger: "Applications of remote sensing have long been a motivating factor for our technology work in the field of remote sensing, and the chance to work closely with an end-user here at RIT is a fantastic opportunity for our students and faculty. By learning more about how the technology can help in this application, we will be in a much better position to guide our future sensor development and algorithmic research."
The technology works by differentiating materials on the ground on the basis of reflected light. Objects that look the same in visible light may have very different reflective properties when sampled across the spectrum.
"When you put the data back together as a picture you begin to see things you couldn't see before, and you can make distinctions that to your eyes look the same," Middleton says.
Satellite imagery covering more than 30,000 square kilometers will help Middleton identify different plant species, environments and ecosystems, and acres of arable land or mineral resources surrounding particular sites.
"We can start looking at the relationship between ancient cities and ancient human settlements in a way that no one has really been able to do before," Middleton says.
The new landscape map will also show how development has changed the region since the first survey conducted 30 years ago.
"We will be able to compare the then-and-now images and be able to make a very good assessment of what we have lost in the past several decades as a result of development," Middleton says.
Another aspect of the NASA-funded project will focus on environmental change. This part of the study, done in conjunction with colleagues at the University of Colorado at Boulder will analyze plant microfossils in sediment samples collected from a variety of locations, including areas where streams expose sediment layers 10,000 years old.
"Roughly 10,000 years ago, Oaxaca was wetter than it is today," Middleton says. "Today it's classified as semi-arid, and the dominant vegetation in the valley is thorn-scrub forest. Ten thousand years ago, it was a grassland and there were horses there."
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The Crime That Changed the Islands
Race, sex, murder and politics— the Massie Case had everything, including the ability to strip bare the real issues in Territorial Hawaii.
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A little before one o'clock on the Sunday morning of Sept. 13, 1931, a car carrying a young man and two middle-age couples along Ala Moana Road toward the Kewalo Inn slowed and then stopped. The car's headlights, cutting through the pitch-black night, had illuminated the figure of an elegantly dressed woman walking alone in their direction and waving to them. As she approached the car the people inside noticed that the woman's mouth was swollen, and one of her cheeks was reddened and scuffed. The driver of the car reached over and rolled down the passenger window. The woman, squinting in the dark, peered inside. "Are you white people?" she asked. They said yes. "Thank God," she replied. Then she opened the front door and climbed in, directing them to drive her home.
Less than 24 hours later nearly everyone in Honolulu had heard the shocking tale of a young navy officer's wife who had been gang-raped by a carload of native Hawaiians. And until the day that they died the people in the car that rescued her never forgot the night they met Thalia Massie. It was the beginning of the most astounding year of their lives.
So begins University of Hawaii professor David Stannard's new book, Honor Killing, due out this month from Viking Press.
Thalia Massie, that young Navy wife, soon accused five young Honolulu men—Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese—of raping her that evening. Thalia's mother, Grace Fortescue, flew to Hawaii for the trial.
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With the defendants out on bail, Massie's family took it upon itself to mete out its own brand of justice. When police stopped a car that was speeding toward the Ha-lona Blowhole with all its shades suspiciously drawn down, Fortescue and Tommie Massie, Thalia's husband, emerged—and in the backseat was the bloody body of one of the defendants, Joe Kahahawai.
Even more than the rape trial, the murder trial rocked the nation, as did its unexpected verdict: Both Grace Fortescue and Tommy Massie were found guilty of manslaughter, which carried a mandatory sentence of 10 years' hard labor.
But then—and some say under pressure from the president—Hawaii's appointed governor commuted their sentences to one hour, spent in his office.
In Honor Killing, David Stannard uses this gripping real-life tale of race, sex, murder and politics to expose the simmering tensions, racial and political, in the territorial era, the formative chapter in Hawaii's history that often gets relegated to "golden age of tourism" retrospectives.
The book has already received rave reviews. It is poised to draw more national attention: A PBS documentary, The Massie Affair, is timing its premiere to coincide with the book's publication.
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