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A Game of Thrones-Chapter 18
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Place | Aboard the Storm Dancer in Blackwater Bay - King's Landing | |||||
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Catelyn and Ser Rodrik arrive in King's Landing by ship. At a secret meeting with Petyr Baelish and Varys, Catelyn is told the assassin's knife belonged to Tyrion Lannister.
As their ship Storm Dancer prepares to dock in King's Landing, Catelyn is joined on deck by Ser Rodrik Cassel. Catelyn notes that Rodrik looks much better than he has for days. Rodrik has been chronically seasick throughout the voyage, forcing him to shave his befouled cheek whiskers.
After Captain Moreo Tumitis leaves them, Catelyn and Rodrik discuss how to go about their investigation of the dagger. Catelyn suggests speaking to the Red Keep's master-at-arms, Ser Aron Santagar, who may recognize the weapon. Rodrik reminds Catelyn that they must be careful she is not recognized. This brings Lord Petyr Baelish, the king's master of coin, to Catelyn's mind. Petyr—still known by the nickname "Littlefinger" given to him by Catelyn's brother Edmure—was raised with her at Riverrun as her father Hoster's ward. They had been close until Petyr had challenged Catelyn's betrothed, Brandon Stark, for her hand. Brandon had only spared Petyr because Catelyn had pleaded for his life. After his recovery, Petyr had been sent away and Catelyn has not seen him since. Rodrik proposes that he go to the Red Keep alone because, without his whiskers, he is unrecognizable even to the few who might know him.
After they disembark, Catelyn and Rodrik move into a modest old inn suggested by the ship's captain. After Rodrik leaves, Catelyn tries to get some sleep but is woken by the City Watch of King's Landing. They show her a seal depicting a mockingbird in grey wax, the sigil of Petyr Baelish. As she prepares to accompany the soldiers (who do not recognize her), Catelyn wonders how Petyr knew she was in King's Landing and settles on Storm Dancer's captain as the culprit.
Catelyn is escorted to a tower room occupied by Petyr. When Catelyn asks how he knew she was in the city, Petyr replies that Varys knows everything that happens in the city. He does admit, however, that Varys does not know the reason for Catelyn's visit. Catelyn lies that she merely yearned to see her husband and daughters. Petyr does not believe this for a moment and asks Catelyn to let him help.
Before Catelyn can answer they are joined by Varys. After profuse courtesies, Varys asks to see the dagger. Catelyn is astounded by Varys's knowledge of things no one could possibly know and produces the dagger for inspection. Upon examining the weapon, Petyr reveals that it once belonged to him until he lost it betting on Ser Jaime Lannister in the tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day. Petyr explains that when Jaime was unhorsed by Ser Loras Tyrell, Petyr's dagger was won by Tyrion Lannister.
Character List
Places and Terms Mentioned
External links
- Humorous review of the chapter
- Summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
- Summary of the chapter on Tower of the Hand.
References and Notes
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This guidance provides the Division of Corporation Finance's views regarding disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents.
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Article Courtesy of Usnews.com
Despite progress in establishing clean indoor air policies, 42 percent of U.S. children are still exposed to secondhand smoke each week, according to a new survey.
Secondhand smoke increases children's risk of developing asthma, ear infections and cavities and increases infants' risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Among the other major findings from the Social Climate Survey of Tobacco:
-Seventy-five percent of American households forbid smoking in the home and car, but children in one-quarter of U.S. families aren't protected from secondhand smoke.
-Among parents who smoke, only 53.5 percent prohibit smoking in the home and only 22.5 percent forbid smoking in the family vehicle.
-More nonsmokers than smokers prohibit smoking in their home.
-More than 25 percent of smokers report that children have been exposed to smoke in their home.
-About 8.1 percent of U.S. parents report that their child has been exposed to secondhand smoke in an indoor public place in the past seven days.
"Children especially deserve smoke-free environments, and all public places where children eat and play should be protected from secondhand smoke," Dr. Jonathan Klein, director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center for Excellence, said in an AAP news release. "Adults have the power to make healthier decisions for their children, and there needs to be more done to protect children in homes and cars from the dangers of secondhand smoke."
"The effects of secondhand smoke are serious and should not be minimized," added Cheryl G. Healton, president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation, which is dedicated to reducing tobacco use in the United States.
"Addressing this issue starts with helping adult smokers and parents quit. Most know they are dealing with a tough addiction, so pediatricians and others can provide the tools and resources for parents to re-learn their life without cigarettes," Healton said in the news release.
Secondhand smoke increases children's risk of developing asthma, ear infections and increases infants' risk of SIDS.


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Get A Grip: The Value in Re-gripping your clubs
The weather is perfect, the course is green and you've dusted off the clubs from their winter hibernation. You are now ready to improve upon last year's performance, right?
Well, before you take that first lesson, hit the range or tackle the course - let's be sure you have positioned yourself for the best chance at success. And the one area of preparedness, the most overlooked one of all, is âare your clubs ready too?"
Wait, what?
That's right. Clubs have to be ready. Not just the lie angles and lofts checked, grooves cleaned or sharpened and the shafts inspected for cracks - but perhaps the most important item, the one area where you physcially connect with the golf club: The grips.
"During the course of a year, most Tour pros will have their clubs regripped 3-4 times," says Brad Redding, PGA Master Professional and a 6-time PGA section Teacher of the Year. "Obviuosly, most amateurs don't need to go that far, but consider at least once a year for most avid players would be recommended."
The importance of the proper feel when gripping the club cannot be overstated, nor can the importance of the role of the grip.
"Sweat, dirt, just normal wear and tear, they all take a toll," says Redding. "If your grip can't stay consistent due to some slippage, your swing can't either. Anything that makes the club slip, just a little, impacts the control you have of the club and the clubface. Your club might slip at any point in the swing, but particularly, it could twist at impact with the ground. Any slight change there will result in a larger variation in your ball flight. Your swing could have been fine but the club's turning may have caused the shot to go offline."
Performance, comfort, confidence are all critical to your score and you are sacrificing all three elements when you arrive at the course without the proper preparation.
As we all know, your round can be memorable for good reasons and bad reasons, all it takes is one shot. Why risk having that one shot (or all your shots) affected by a piece of equipment that would be so easy to correct?
Next week, we'll take a look at how to select the right grip for you.


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The GOP's Asian-American Fiasco
If you are trying to figure out why the Republicans lost this presidential election and why they will probably continue to lose more in the future, forget for a second Latino voters (well, only for a second) and think for a few minutes about Asian-American voters.
In fact, let's think about them strategically. Say you are a Republican politico who is analyzing the economic status, social mobility, and cultural disposition of various demographic groups and the voting behavior of their members.
And here is this bloc of voters who, let's see, tend to gravitate to the private sector with many of them creating and managing small businesses. Actually, some of them belong to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, and most are doing quite well in terms of income and job security. They also are very family-oriented and subscribe to more traditional values.
Based on these and other social and economic indications, Asian-Americans as an electoral bloc should be natural political ally of a Republican Party that is, after all, committed to the principles of the free market, supports the interests of small businesses, and celebrates hard work and family values, which is probably the way to describe what Asian-Americans are all about.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wanted to demonstrate to voters that energizing the private sector — and not growing government — is the most effective way to provide Americans with an opportunity to advance their economic standing. He had to only point to Asian-Americans, whose median weekly earnings have been greater than those earned by whites during the last decade and whose unemployment rate has remained relatively low even during the recent recession.
According to a 2011 U.S. Labor Department report Asian-Americans are more likely than either whites or blacks to be employed in the private sector, with more than 8 out of 10 employed Asian-Americans working for private companies. It also reported that the number of Asian-owned businesses expanded at the rate of 40.4 percent, a rate that more than doubled the national average between 2002 and 2007. In short, you would probably find very few Asian-Americans among the ranks of the "47 percent."
Moreover, that many Asian-Americans trace their roots to countries that have been and still are under the control of Communist regimes that had repressed their families should have been another reason for many of them to vote for the party of Ronald Reagan and the other Republican Presidents with impressive anti-Communist credentials.
And, indeed, during the post-1945 era the majority of Asian-Americans voters that included refugees from Communist-ruled China, Korea and Vietnam tended to identify with the conservative and anti-communist agenda of the Republican Party. The majority of Asian-American voters went for Reagan, a Republican president whose economic principles, social values and foreign policy seems to be in line with theirs, as was his commitment to the notion of America as a nation of immigrants, that "sunny" disposition that reflected the open and tolerant cultural outlook of California, the home of scores of immigrants from China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan, and a state that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
Republican George H.W. Bush still received 55 percent of the Asian-American vote compared to 31 percent for Democrat Bill Clinton. But already in 2004 it was Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry who won the majority (56 percent) of Asian-American vote.
And a majority of 73 percent of Asian-Americans ended up voting for Obama this year, up from 62 percent in 2008. The percentage of Asian-Americans going for Obama was higher than that of Latinos who voted for the Democratic presidential candidate (71 percent) and another traditionally Democratic leaning bloc of Jewish voters (70 percent).
Yet Romney in his campaign spent more time courting Jewish voters, by hugging Bibi Netanyahu and pledging to bomb Iran (but maybe not on his first day in office…) and by making a few empty gestures to the Hispanics (for example, by considering Marco Rubio for the vice presidency) while paying no attention to Asian-American voters.
So why are Republicans losing the Asian-American vote that could actually play a critical role in presidential elections? Why do Asian-Americans now tend largely to identify themselves as Democrats, with Korean-Americans resisting the voting trend among Asian-Americans and continuing to lean Republican — not unlike Cuban-American voters who remain a faithful Republican voting bloc among the pro-Democratic Hispanic community?
There are an about 17.3 million people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in the United States (a number that includes also immigrants from India and South Asian), comprising 5.6 percent of the population. Many of them are concentrated in key "swing" states, like Virginia, Nevada and Florida and close to 80 percent of these voters took part in the 2012 election.
The main reason for the growing support for Democrats among members of this electoral bloc is that that younger and more educated Asian-Americans are drifting by large numbers to Obama's party, very much like younger and more educated white Americans.
According to the Labor Department study, 57.5 percent of employed Asian-Americans who are 25 or older have an academic degree, a proportion that is 60 percent higher than among whites and more than twice that of blacks.
Moreover, 7.8 percent of jobs in high-tech industries are going to Asian-American workers, making them overrepresented there compared with their overall presence in the labor force (5 percent). And Asian-Americans are similarly well represented in science, technology, engineering, and math occupations, accounting for more than 9 percent of jobs there.
That social-cultural affinities and not economic interests seem to determine voting behavior explains why younger and more educated Asian-Americans tend to fit into the demographic profile of the educated and middle class professionals, the so-called "creative class" who reside in areas like northern Virginia and who made it possible for Obama to win this important "swing" state two election in a row — mirroring the trend of less educated rural and blue-collar Americans voting for the Republicans.
What's wrong in Kansas for the Democrats is the other side of the coin of what's right for them in Fairfax County, Virginia, the Research Triangle in North Carolina, and the concentrations of educated professionals in the Pacific Northwest. The average Asian-American (or white) high-tech entrepreneur, software engineer, or graphic designer may have benefited professionally and economically from the free-market environment of the 1990's. But he or she feels less comfortable with a political party perceived to be dominated by white politicians that many see as being intolerant toward minorities, gays, women and, yes, immigrants.
But Republican leaders and voters don't really share xenophobic and anti-immigration attitudes. Republican politicians of Indian-American ancestry (who converted to Christianity) have been elected as governors of Louisiana and South Carolina. And when Republican politicians, like former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, embrace an election platform that is tolerant of minorities and immigrants, the majority of Asian-Americans are inclined to support them.
The obsession of so many Republicans and conservatives with birtherism and with the president's alleged Muslim faith only helps to accentuate the notion that Republicans are hostile toward immigrants and toward Americans who are non-white and non-Christian. Romney, a politician whose natural inclination was probably to sound more like
Schwarzenegger and Reagan, ended up under the influence of the likes of Michele Bachmann sounding like the late Sen. Jesse Helms.
The Republicans are probably not going to win the support of the majority of African-American and Hispanic voters anytime soon. But Republicans are now in danger of losing the votes of another important demographic group that could have been its natural political ally. And the same kind of electoral strategy that could draw young, educated, and professional Asian-Americas into the GOP would also attract their counterparts in the African-American, Hispanic, and American-Jewish communities.
Leon Hadar, a Washington-based journalist and foreign policy analyst, is the author of Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East.


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When you have it all, you need a place to put it all.
Multimillion-dollar yachts need to be docked. The de Koonings have to be hung. And you've got to park the Rolls somewhere.
That's where the billionaire's house comes in.
There's plenty of room for David Geffen's Pollocks and Rothkos along the walls of his 100-room Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion. Paul Allen can dock his 416-foot yacht — the Octopus — beside his Mercer Island, Wash., waterfront property. And there's plenty of space for Warren Buffett's Cadillac DTS in the driveway of his Omaha, Neb., home.
In most cases, a 6,000-square-foot home like Buffett's would be considered a mansion, but among the members of the billionaire fraternity it's one of the smallest places on the block.
Massive Manses
Bill Gates' Medina, Wash., home checks in at 66,000 square feet, including a 1,000-square-foot dining room.
At 33,000 square feet, Michael Dell's Austin, Texas, pad, not far from the University of Texas dorm room in which the tech giant started his company, is a bit more modest.
And while Donald Trump may be better known for the $125 million Palm Beach, Fla., property he has on the market, his 62,000-square-foot Mar-A-Lago estate is none too shabby. It has a 20,000-square-foot ballroom.
Perhaps most mind-numbing of all is Baron Capital Management founder Ron Baron's record-breaking buy this year. In May, Baron paid Adelaide de Menil Carpenter, an heiress to the Schlumberger oil fortune, $103 million for a 40-acre property in East Hampton, N.Y., shattering the previous residential record held by Ron Perelman, who sold a Palm Beach estate for $70 million in 2004.
Behind The Deals
There are two unique ways in which billionaires facilitate a home buy.
One is to simply ask for it. That's what financier Henry Kravis did last year when he made an unsolicited $50 million offer for a 15,255-square-foot Palm Beach property, which the owner readily accepted.
Likewise, billionaire sellers have found that an under-the-radar arrangement has its advantages. Proposing offers or piquing interest amongst friends can be a lucrative strategy.
"Some billionaires aren't certain they want to sell," says Dolly Lenz, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman. "So they'll float a deal where they tell their friends that if they could get X for their property, they would sell it."
In the case of high-profile properties — like the Harkness Mansion that financier J. Christopher Flowers bought in 2006 for $53 million, or the Duke-Semans mansion that real estate mogul Tamir Sapir acquired last year for $40 million — word is sent out that the owners are interested in selling. Prospective buyers will then peruse the property six to nine months before it is formally listed. After all, it's never good for a prestigious home to sit on the market too long, as has been the case with the $70 million Pierre Hotel penthouse that has been on the market since 2004.
Three years may be a long time, but with the summer over and prime billionaire buying season upon us, that penthouse may soon find a buyer. That's because unlike the ordinary housing market, which spikes in the spring and ebbs in the fall and winter, trophy properties usually come off the market toward the end of the year.
"Activity takes off in December and January for trophy properties," says Jonathan Miller, president of real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel. "This is when the bonus money is announced and starts percolating through Wall Street."


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Beautiful bullet hell
Cave is arguably the best thing to happen to mobile gaming. There. Said it. I seriously suck at bullet hell-type games, but I still have to get everything that Cave sends your way for iOS devices. They're that good.
The next thing you should follow me in getting is DoDonPachi Maximum, which launches for iOS platforms on October 26. In it you'll take a ride on the MBS, also known as the Maximum Bullet Simulator. Dying is fun! You'll also be able to pilot ships from series titles Blissful Death and Resurrection this time around.
A new Easy Mode for the iOS version is going to save my ass. Expect unlockable ships that will become available as you get better at the game. For me, that'll never happen.
In our gallery you'll find screenshots from both the iPad version and the nice and long iPhone 5 version.


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The Council of University of California Faculty Associations has drafted a letter/petition to President Napolitano in response to proposals to reduce the health care options available to UC Employees. I am posting CUCFA's letter and petition in the hope of widening its circulation among faculty members. Staff unions and UC-AFT may be proceeding with their own responses. If any faculty members wish to sign the petition you can find it at:
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This just in: Townhall.com is reporting that Republicans have infiltrated several polling places in Philly and are attempting to vote. In other areas, poll watchers who were exposed as being Republicans were thrown out before they could make any Obama supporters feel uncomfortable.
The good news is that if you live in the Philadelphia and vote in the 44th Ward, 12th and 13th divisions; 6th Ward, 12th division; or the 32nd Ward, Division 28, these precincts have all been purged of Republicans and have been deemed "voting sanctuaries" where registered and unregistered Democrat voters can cast as many ballots as they want without being glared at.


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Are you feeling pressured by to-do lists that will help you raise the ideal child? Your head may be swirling from play date schedules, selecting the right educational program, starting that college savings fund, or developing a well-rounded child through a variety of after school sports. Oh, and don?t forget about proper nutrition and rest for your growing student!
Fortunately, helping your child learn to love reading can be one of the more enjoyable and relaxing tasks of parenthood. Imagine curling up with a fun, colorful book and turning the thick, glossy pages with your child. Sharing a story provides a break from hurried lives, creates a memorable family ritual, opens the door to imagination, and builds those all-important reading and language skills. Amazingly, all that can be accomplished in a relaxing ten minutes a day!
To get started on your unhurried literary journey, head to your favorite local bookstore or library. If you need help selecting intriguing, age-appropriate books, ask the bookseller or librarian to point you in the right direction. Better yet, begin by sharing your childhood favorites!
Finding the Right Books
Finding the right books for your child can make a huge difference in his or her interest and enjoyment level. A good books will:
•Interest your child.
•Provide fun, vibrant, and interesting illustrations.
•Have predictable or rhyming text.
•Teach ABCs, counting, shapes, or other basic identi?cation skills.
•Include simple sight words such as "the", or "I".
•Display more illustration than text per page.
Learning From A Read Aloud
Incredibly, a child?s mind is a sponge. Children learn quite a bit from hearing and watching you read a book aloud. Many of these skills are crucial to developing language and literacy skills. Some of the skills that your child can learn include:
•Print has meaning.
•Each spoken word corresponds to a printed word.
•One reads from left to right, top to bottom.
•Ability to identify the front and back of the book.
•Expansion of vocabulary.
•Attuned ear to rhyme and rhythm of language.
•Make predictions based on the illustrations.
•Recite patterned sentences such as, "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?"
•Retell the story in his/her own words using a beginning, middle, and end.
•Identify common words such as "I, the, or me".
Fun Read Aloud Tips:
By creating a special and memorable event, your child will look forward to reading. Try a few of these tips to keep reading fresh and fun:
• Use character voices and read with animation.
• Reenact the story through a play or puppet show.
• Let your child "read" a familiar story to you in his or her own words.
• While reading aloud, pause and let your child make predictions about what will happen next.
• Play games after a read aloud. Search for rhyming words, familiar sight words, or how many letter "b?s" you can ?nd on one page.
• Be caught making a mistake. Start reading upside down or backwards. Will your child notice?
• Change the names of the characters to friends and family members.
• Occasionally listen and read-along to a books on CD.
• Use "reading glasses". Find some jazzy plastic kid?s sunglasses and pop out the plastic lenses. Decorate them with glitter and stickers. Wear them with pride during read-aloud time.
• Stop reading while your child is having fun. He or she will be eager to begin again another day!
A few daily minutes invested in reading to and with your child will reap a large yield. Your child will not view reading as another task to check off the list, but as a pleasurable pastime. This is especially true when your child observes you engrossed in a good book. When your child watches you read it sets the ultimate example and allows you a few moments of relaxing escapism. How many tasks will allow you to take a break and set a good example? Now, that?s something I?ll gladly add to my to-do list!
by Julie Rebboah
Julie Rebboah has been a professional educator since 1998. She has been an Early Reading Intervention instructor, an English language development teacher, and a private tutor. Julie wrote Magic Letters; The Keys to the World of Words and Magic Words; Discovering the Adventure of Reading out of a need to provide materials to support and extend learning in her diverse classroom. http://www.lightningbuglearning.com


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In keeping with the motto 'reliable and efficient', MAN is presenting a newly developed 12-cylinder V-engine for use in working vessels at the SMM 2014 trade fair in Hamburg, Germany. The German engine manufacturer will thereby extend the power range of its high-speed marine engines for heavy-duty operation up to 735 kW (1,000 hp). The MAN marine engine seamlessly integrates into the company ethos of optimum efficiency and premium product quality.
The D2862 LE441 is MAN's 735 kW (1,000 hp), 12-cylinder V-engine for heavy-duty operation. By adapting the turbocharger and the valve timing, MAN was able to raise the mean pressure and increase the power rating by 73 kW (100 hp) compared to the most powerful engines available until now: the D2862 LE431 and D2842 LE421, which are still available. The new, efficient MAN marine engine D2862 LE441, with its increased power and a dry weight of 2,270 kg, offers an excellent power density for heavy-duty applications such as tugboats and freighters. With a capacity of 24.24 l, a bore of 128 mm and a stroke of 157 mm, the powerful MAN marine engine can achieve a maximum torque of 4,380 Nm at 1,100 to 1,600 rpm.
Low consumption and easy serviceability
The MAN D2862 LE441 proves particularly efficient if the costs over its en-tire life cycle are taken into account: even with a specific consumption under full load at maximum torque, the 12-cylinder engine has an outstanding minimum consumption of 192.3 g/kWh. Furthermore, it features oil change intervals of 600 hours and average overhaul intervals of 18,000 operating hours. Individually mounted cylinder heads also ensure ease of service, which allows MAN's solid power unit to shine when it comes to cost-effectiveness calculations.
Quality across the board
The engine foot positions and installation dimensions are identical to the previous series, making it ideal for engine upgrade projects. Compactly scaled at 2,124 mm x 1,153 mm x 1,289 mm (length x width x height), the 735 kW MAN twelve-cylinder engine has an outstanding power density. The new D2862 LE441 is the latest addition to the reliable MAN engine range: years of experience with engines and in-house development, design and production at the International Engine Competence Center in Nuremberg, Germany, ensure that MAN marine engines are of the highest quality. The D2862 has also passed numerous field trials and measurements with flying colours. All customers are safe in the knowledge that they have re-ceived the high quality standard that they expect from MAN because every MAN engine which is produced is subject to a trial run. The overall picture of reliable and efficient MAN marine engines is rounded off by the type approval of the D2868 and D2862 marine engines by various classification societies.
All MAN marine engines also available in EPA Tier 3
MAN offers its entire product range of new common-rail engines for commercial and leisure sailing in EPA Tier 3. The new 735 kW (1,000 hp), 12-cylinder engine too is therefore available in the currently applicable emission standard as the D2862 LE444. Both engines – D2862 LE441 and D2862 LE444 – can be ordered from now on. The D2862 LE444 can be seen at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg from 9 to 12 September 2014, in Hall A3, Stand 200.
(The MAN Group is one of Europe's leading industrial players in transport-related engineering, with revenue of approximately €15.7 billion in 2013. As a supplier of trucks, buses, diesel engines, turbomachinery, and special gear units, MAN employs approximately 53,500 people worldwide. Its business areas hold leading positions in their respective markets.)


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Rap Wars is the first-ever mobile app that allows users to do rap battles over the mobile network. It is more than just a mobile rap music app, it is a platform for rappers and aspiring rappers to record raps, share them through Facebook and Twitter, battle other rappers, have a presence on the Internet, and more.
The vision behind Rap Wars is to provide a place where rappers can show off their talent, meet other rappers, listen to and battle each other. A place where anyone can be a rapper and anyone can become the Rap King.
Rap Wars lets rappers record raps, battle other rappers, listen to and submit their own raps as well as rate raps submitted from other rappers. It provides beats and recording tools to help rappers get their music out into the world for everyone to hear. It is great fun to battle friends and strangers alike, and it just may be a stepping-stone to getting picked up by a label.
Key Rap Wars Features:
• Real rap battles fought in the palm of your hand
• Record and publish your own raps in 60 seconds or less
• Automatically publish to Facebook and Twitter
• Battle friends and rappers from any Android device
• Share your raps instantly with the world
• Rate and be rated, become the Rap King and be discovered
• Get access to 100's of rap and hip hop beats
• Submit your own beats
The idea behind Rap Wars is that rappers from all over the world should have a chance to showcase their talents to the world. We all understand that studio time is hard and expensive and that getting your raps out into the public is even harder. Rap Wars is the platform for doing both. Rap Wars gives everyone the same shot at being a famous rap super star.
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By Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times
Posted July 26, 2009
MEERWALA, Pakistan: After being kidnapped at the age of 16 by a group of thugs and enduring a year of rapes and beatings, Assiya Rafiq was delivered to the police and thought her problems were over. Then, she said, four police officers took turns raping her.
The next step for Assiya was obvious: She should commit suicide. That's the customary escape in rural Pakistan for a raped woman, as the only way to cleanse the disgrace to her entire family.
Instead, Assiya summoned the unimaginable courage to go public and fight back. She is seeking to prosecute both her kidnappers and the police, despite threats against her and her younger sisters. This is a kid who left me awed and biting my lip; this isn't a tale of victimization but of valor, empowerment and uncommon heroism.
"I decided to prosecute because I don't want the same thing to happen to anybody else," she said firmly.
Assiya's case offers a window into the quotidian corruption and injustice endured by impoverished Pakistanis — leading some to turn to militant Islam.
"When I treat a rape victim, I always advise her not to go to the police," said Dr. Shershah Syed, the president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Pakistan. "Because if she does, the police might just rape her again."
Yet Assiya is also a sign that change is coming. She says she was inspired by Mukhtar Mai, a young woman from this remote village of Meerwala who was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council. Mukhtar prosecuted her attackers and used the compensation money to start a school.
Mukhtar is my hero. Many Times readers who followed her story in past columns of mine have sent her donations through a fund at Mercy Corps, at www.mercycorps.org, and Mukhtar has used the money to open schools, a legal aid program, an ambulance service, a women's shelter, a telephone hotline — and to help Assiya fight her legal case.
The United States has stood aloof from the ubiquitous injustices in Pakistan, and that's one reason for cynicism about America here. I'm hoping the Obama administration will make clear that Americans stand shoulder to shoulder with heroines like Mukhtar and Assiya, and with an emerging civil society struggling for law and social justice.
Assiya's saga began a year ago when a woman who was a family friend sold her to two criminals who had family ties to prominent politicians. Assiya said the two men spent the next year beating and raping her.
The men were implicated in a gold robbery, so they negotiated a deal with the police in the town of Kabirwala, near Khanewal: They handed over Assiya, along with a $625 bribe, in exchange for the police pinning the robbery on the girl.
By Assiya's account, which I found completely credible, four police officers, including a police chief, took turns beating and raping her — sometimes while she was tied up — over the next two weeks. A female constable obligingly stepped out whenever the men wanted access to Assiya.
Assiya's family members heard that she was in the police station, and a court granted their petition for her release and sent a bailiff to get her out. The police hid Assiya, she said, and briefly locked up her 10-year-old brother to bully the family into backing off.
The bailiff accepted bribes from both the family and the police, but in the end he freed the girl. Assiya, driven by fury that overcame her shame, told her full story to the magistrate, who ordered a medical exam and an investigation. The medical report confirms that Assiya's hymen had been broken and that she had abrasions all over her body.
The morning I met Assiya, she said she had just received the latest in a series of threats from the police: Unless she withdraws her charges, they will arrest, rape or kill her — and her two beloved younger sisters.
The family is in hiding. It has lost its livelihood and accumulated $2,500 in debts. Assiya's two sisters and three brothers have had to drop out of school, and they will find it harder to marry because Assiya is considered "dishonored." Most of her relatives tell Assiya that she must give in. But she tosses her head and insists that she will prosecute her attackers to spare other girls what she endured.
(For readers who want to help, more information is available on my blog at: www.nytimes.com/ontheground.)
Assiya's mother, Iqbal Mai, told me that in her despair, she at first had prayed that God should never give daughters to poor families. "But then I changed my mind," she added, with a hint of pride challenging her fears. "God should give poor people daughters like Assiya who will fight."
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Explanation: Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case, however, there are actually millions of lenses: ice crystals. As water freezes in the upper atmosphere, small, flat, six-sided, ice crystals might be formed. As these crystals flutter to the ground, much time is spent with their faces flat, parallel to the ground. An observer may pass through the same plane as many of the falling ice crystals near sunrise or sunset. During this alignment, each crystal can act like a miniature lens, refracting sunlight into our view and creating phenomena like parhelia, the technical term for sundogs. The above image was taken in the morning of the 2000 Winter Solstice near Ames, Iowa, USA. Visible in the image center is the Sun, while two bright sundogs glow prominently from both the left and the right. Also visible behind neighborhood houses and trees are the 22 degree halo, three sun pillars, and the upper tangent arc, all created by sunlight reflecting off of atmospheric ice crystals.
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'Downton effect' for house owners living near stately homes
The average price of a property in the same postal district as a stately home has jumped by around twice the national average property price increase seen since 2005, Halifax found.
A typical property near a stately home would now set a buyer back £319,203 on average, which is a 39% or £89,506 increase compared with 2005.
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The rising cost means home buyers now face paying a premium of £41,213 on average to live in a postal district with a stately home, compared with buying a property in a surrounding area of the same county.
More than three-quarters (76%) of the postal areas with stately homes that Halifax looked at command higher house prices than their neighbouring locations.
Homes close to Kenwood House, situated on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London, command the biggest cash premium, with buyers paying a cool £1.4 million to purchase a home there - £770,023 or 120% more than the average cost of property in the surrounding area.
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Outside southern England, the homes with the highest premiums were found in Cheshire. Properties close to Tabley House, Tatton Park and Peover Hall and Gardens, all in Knutsford, are worth £181,517 or 83% more on average than properties in surrounding areas.
Halifax found at least 14 places with stately homes where properties trade at an average premium of at least £150,000 - including Highclere Castle - the setting for Downton Abbey, which returns to TV screens on Sunday for a final series.
A home near to Highclere in Newbury, Berkshire commands a premium of £155,532 or 44%, Halifax found. House prices there have leapt by 40% over the last decade to reach £512,226 on average.
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While a stately home may be beyond most people's budgets, Mr Ellis said: "We're seeing more and more people who are prepared to pay a premium to live near one."
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