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Late: Georgina, Marcin, Robin
Amnesty granted to: Tim, Mat, Jane, Dai and Duncan
1. Box Wars
2. Events/corkage
3. Future of forest agreement
4. Library
5. FOH workshop supply grant
6. CIA nights
7. thieves
8 new business grants
1. Damian and Kyle want to spark some box wars upstairs. Action: we will ask the said orchestrators of mayhem for a date and hire the upstairs for an hour.
2. Ryan suggests allowing performers to take 50% of corkage if a proper amount of promotion is done beforehand. Chris states this stipulation is rude. Ryan states it'll make the performers bring more people along with them. Daniel states nobody wants to play to an empty room anyway. Magda states they shouldn't be playing for money. Ryan states it's not a lot of money. 50/50 corkage for band/house by end of October? Vox populi states Aye.
3. Ryan wants to know what is agreed on apropos "The Future of the Forest". Chris says we should start a thread. Daniel says we already have one. Ryan says we need a list of what needs done. Magda says we'll talk about it later. Chris says we need to establish the perceived problems. Action: promulgate a need for issues to deal with. Consider it promulgated. That means you. Bring them to your local committee member/suggestion box.
4. Ryan refers to the problem of cheap novels being left in the library. Chris wants to know if Yasmin'll want them. Daniel says she won't. Action: leave it to Yasmin. She has absolute bibliological hegemony around here.
5. Daniel wants money for front of house. We say yes.
6. Ryan reminds us (as if he has to) that the CIA nights centenary is imminent. The Forest teleology comprises exclusively a party to mark this dark solstice of our lives. We should all start plannin; upstairs, a real car, etc. This is less a point of discussion than a warning: the budget is unlimited. TBContinued.(editor's note: the discussion of this point on the agenda is irretrievable as Georgina had taken over as scribe, allowing Daniel to speak. It is at this point when Georgina's mental state is brought to the fore. By means of ejaculatory interrogation Chris deduces that said offender has been visiting Sandy Bells no less than 4 times a day for her solitary gin and tonics. Her rehabilitation and reintroduction to society will be discussed (along with FOH materials funding) at the next committee meeting, until which it is expedient that she be detained in the shower behind the office. It's for her own good.)
7. People are being robbed. Chris: get CCTV installed. Ryan: Hard to tell thieves, except by engaging suspected people in social intercourse and prompting possible loiterers-with-intent to make a purchase. Robin: these are pros. Ryan: CCTV, vigilance, signs, so we're not an easy target. Magda: What is the root of the problem? Robin: We're too relaxed. Action: vigilance.
8. Ryan wants to apply for local council grants to start Forest Publishing and Records. Part of "The Future".

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HTML::Perlinfo::HTML(3User Contributed Perl DocumentatiHTML::Perlinfo::HTML(3) NAME HTML::Perlinfo::HTML - HTML documentation for the perlinfo library SUMMARY HTML::Perlinfo validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. In the perlinfo library, HTML::Perlinfo and HTML::Perlinfo::Modules use the internal module HTML::Perlinfo::Common for HTML generation. This document provides information on that HTML and its manipulation. CUSTOMIZING THE HTML You can capture the HTML output by assigning it to a scalar. Then you can alter the HTML before printing it or doing something else with it. Here is an example that uses the perlinfo function from HTML::Perlinfo: use HTML::Perlinfo; my $example = perlinfo(); # Now I can do whatever I want with $example $example =~ s/Perl/Java/ig; # Make everyone laugh print $example; Another option is to use object attributes which make altering some HTML elements less helter skelter. OBJECT ATTRIBUTES These object attributes allow you to change the HTML CSS settings to achieve a stylish effect. Please see your favorite HTML guide for acceptable CSS values. Refer to the HTML source code of the perlinfo page for the defaults. Attribute name/Corresponding CSS element title / page title (only non-CSS element) bg_image / background_image bg_position / background_position bg_repeat / background_repeat bg_attribute / background_attribute bg_color / background_color ft_family / font_familty ft_color / font_color lk_color / link color lk_decoration / link text-decoration lk_bgcolor / link background-color lk_hvdecoration / link hover text-decoration header_bgcolor / table header background-color header_ftcolor / table header font color leftcol_bgcolor / background-color of leftmost table cell leftcol_ftcolor / font color of left table cell rightcol_bgcolor / background-color of right table cell rightcol_ftcolor / font color of right table cell CSS EXAMPLE $p = HTML::Perlinfo->new( bg_image => 'http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m176/perlinfo/camel.gif', bg_repeat => 'yes-repeat' ); $p->info_all; print_htmlhead This method prints the head container tags containing the style sheet, along with a few other html tags. 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Not to be confused with the "link" attribute in the HTML::Perlinfo::Module (which allows you to provide your own links for modules), this attribute's primary purpose is to turn on linking or turn it off. Of course, you can achieve the same effect by using regular expressions, as explained above. But using the links attribute makes your code cleaner. There are several arguments (in an array reference) you can supply to the links attribute. The number 1 turns on all default links and 0 will remove them. For example, to remove the default links in the info_all method, you would say: $p->info_all( links=>[0] ); # contains no links. Good for printing! The example above removes all default links and it even ignores the link parameter in the print_modules method of HTML::Perlinfo::Modules. The named parameters for the links attribute are 'docs' and 'local' which controls links associated with modules, programs in the Perl utilities section, and the Config section and everywhere else. 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A PENSNETT teenager has been given the unenviable honour of becoming the first person to be banned from pubs in Kingswinford and Wordsley.
The 18-year-old, of Bryce Road, has been given a lifetime ban from eight local pubs after he drunkenly assaulted a member of staff at The Swan Hotel in May.
Customers at the pub on Stream Road, Kingswinford, had complained about the teen's raucous behaviour and foul language and when he was asked to leave, he threw a punch, at the worker.
He was arrested a short time later and after sobering up in the cells admitted to officers that he had "taken a cheap shot" before running off.
With no previous convictions, he was handed a police caution, however his punishment didn't end there as members of the local pub watch scheme agreed his behaviour warranted a permanent ban from their bars.
Licensing officer for Dudley police, Katie Turley, said: "Kingswinford and Wordsley do not suffer from excessive numbers of alcohol related incidents and we are determined to ensure that this remains the case, so officers are working closely with local licensees to robustly target any individuals causing trouble.
"This summer has been really busy for pubs thanks to the World Cup and sustained sun. By no means are we killjoys, we just want to make sure that customers and staff members in our pubs aren't affected by criminal or anti-social behaviour."
She added: "The scheme is uniting bars and pubs across Kingswinford and Wordsley to tackle a wide range of problems, from disorder to licensing issues.
"They are sharing information on those engaging in suspicious or criminal behaviour and working with officers to ensure everyone can have a safe and an enjoyable social life."


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Reality Is an Adventure
Sherko Fatah is a wanderer between the worlds. Even as a child he experienced how widely disparate cultures and languages collide. Fatah was born in 1964 in East Berlin, where his father, a Kurd from Iraq, had moved because of a translation grant. But their life in the GDR was not to last. In 1975 the Fatahs left East Berlin and moved to West Germany by way of Vienna.
This departure – naturally with no possibility of return – was a profound caesura for the ten-year-old boy. He had to leave behind his friends, and he was confronted with new schoolwork that taught a picture of history and humankind completely different from the one he had known before.
On top of it all, Sherko Fatah accompanied his father on several long stays in Iraq, where he was witness and onlooker to a dictatorship much worse than the GDR. To this day he regularly visits Iraq, where his father has now returned for good.
Radical literary turn
Sherko Fatah, author of four critically-acclaimed, prize-winning novels – most recently, his novel "The Dark Ship" was shortlisted for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair – describes his existence as an intellectual and cultural double life.
After studying philosophy and art history in Berlin he took a radical turn in terms of his literary themes. Fatah had begun to write early on, but initially his studies had no influence on his literary work. The young student concentrated on Wilhelm Dilthey's philosophical hermeneutics and Heidegger's linguistic analysis.
Now – inspired mainly by the 1980s craze for the great South American novels of Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa, etc. – Fatah discovered his fundamental themes: the experience of life between cultures, the difficulty of arriving in an alien environment, the effort to cope with the circumstances of dictatorship.
He is stimulated by the act of "jumping into a stranger's head", as he puts it, reflecting the stranger's experiences in the form of a novel.
Difficult processes of adjustment
Not only in his novels is Fatah a fascinating storyteller; in conversation he describes his experience of the cultural roller coaster both vividly and analytically.
Listening to him, one realizes how much strength and imagination it takes to keep changing one's point of view, forced to make exhausting moves to cope with difficult processes of adaptation.
Though his progressive parents surely gave him an advantage over those forced to struggle from the outset with prejudices and rigid religious strictures, Fatah knows what it means to orient oneself and find one's way in unfamiliar circumstances.
One difficulty, he says, is when initial expectations are too high and one does not make the necessary effort to actively assimilate new things. The danger of "becoming complacent" is great. Nonetheless, Fatah believes in integration, even if immigrants are always left with a feeling of otherness.
"Cultural otherness does not speak against integration", he says, arguing that "multiculturalism can thrive in Europe". As Fatah points out, the coexistence of minorities has always been a historical reality in Europe, despite the horrific experience of National Socialism.
German "genre snobbery"
To give literary form to his view of the world, Fatah draws on the genre of the adventure novel, one that is largely ignored in German literature, with a few exceptions, or relegated to the category of the thriller or penny dreadful.
Wrongly, as Fatah believes. The adventure novel plays a major role in English-language literature, for instance – as in William Golding's famous novel "Lord of the Flies". It is narrow-minded and wrong, argues Fatah, to look down disparagingly on a genre that is capable of describing major aspects of our modern life.
Every day in the newspaper we read stories of dangerous voyages, for instance, voyages that are a matter of life and death for stowaways. "Why should a genre that tells of mercenaries, pirates and refugees fleeing around the world be left entirely to television or film?"
However, Fatah believes that a literary turning point has come – ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which brought a much more global shift in its wake.
Since then, he says, it has become clear how many things are worth writing about, and a new look at biographies has become possible. At least since September 11, 2001 everyone realizes how fragile and vulnerable our world is.
Against this background it is unhelpful to hamper literature with restrictions and prohibitions. Fatah, for one, is familiar with the distancing gaze with which one observes and attempts to understand the circumstances of one's life in a constantly changing world.
Volker Kaminski
© Qantara.de 2008
Translated from the German by Isabel Cole
The German-Turkish Author Ismet Elci
A Subway across the Kurdish Steppes
Fleeing eastern Turkey, living as a foreigner and asylum seeker in a strange land … for award-winning author Ismet Elci, this is more than just the stuff of which novels are made; it is also his own personal experience. Volker Kaminski spoke to the author in Berlin
Interview with Vénus Khoury-Ghata
"We Are the Sum of All Our Sufferings"
The Lebanese born, Paris based author Vénus Khoury-Ghata has been awarded numerous renowned prizes for literature in France. This year Khoury-Ghata will be seventy years old. Just now, another of her novels has appeared in French. Martina Sabra met with Khoury-Ghata
Interview with Salah Stétié
"The Arabic Language Is Outmoded"
The Lebanese poet Salah Stétié writes in French, because he believes the Arabic language is out of date. That is why he is appealing to Arab intellectuals to take an active role in modernizing the Arabic language. Interview by Saleh Diyab


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Apple's iPod Shuffle is small, versatile, colorful, and at $49, it's arguably the least expensive device that Apple sells. For those times when you want an impossibly small way to take music with you, the iPod Shuffle is still the most widely recognized solution around.
But it's certainly not the only way to go. Products like the SanDisk Sansa Clip+ or Sansa Clip Zip offer more features and more storage for the same price or less. They lack Apple's brand appeal and design aesthetic, but they deliver the goods and garner deservedly better ratings here on CNET.
No matter how many times I see it, the iPod Shuffle seems shockingly small. Measuring 1.24 inches wide by 1.14 inches tall by 0.34 inch thick, it's practically a musical postage stamp. And while its size is a marvel of product design and engineering, it can also be somewhat impractical to use.
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The controls on the top edge of the device are so small; some of you may need to whittle down your fingertips with a pencil sharpener to operate them. And unlike previous generations of the iPod Shuffle, which deliberately left a space on the front of the player for an easy grip, it is nearly impossible to pinch the clip on this design without accidentally pressing the back-skip button in the process. It happened to me while I was midway through an hour-long podcast, and I practically cried.
For all of my criticisms, the Shuffle's design does have some great things going for it, especially when you factor in its wallet-friendly $49 price. Its aluminum construction makes it more resilient to wear and tear than many of its all-plastic competitors. Its clip, which is also made from aluminum, offers a strong tension and tends to stay put. And in spite of all of its other microscopic controls, that large, centrally located play/pause button is impossible to miss. Just don't confuse the elegance of Apple's design for ease of use. The device's inherent limitations and miniaturized controls can easily lead to frustration.
Though the Shuffle's design may be a nod to the past, its features keep pushing forward. Everything that was good about the much-maligned third-generation model (VoiceOver, playlists, audiobooks, and podcasts) has been retained for this version, along with support for Genius Mixes, expanded language support, and a longer 15-hour battery life.
But while the Shuffle's features are impressive for its size, its capabilities are far from groundbreaking in the world of portable audio as a whole. There's no FM radio, no voice recording, and -- obviously -- no photo or video playback. Audio formats supported include biggies like MP3, AAC, Audible, WAV, AIF, and Apple Lossless, but still no love for WMA or FLAC.
The VoiceOver button located on the top edge of the player is the most recent feature to come on board. Pressing this microscopic button once will cause a synthetic voice to announce the artist and song title of the currently playing song. Pressing the button twice announces the current battery life percentage. Holding down the button for a few seconds takes you into a menu mode where you can use the track skip controls to switch between any synced playlists, Genius Mixes, audiobooks, or podcasts. Each menu item is reeled off by the pleasant little robot voice, which can be configured in iTunes to speak in 1 of 25 languages. It's a neat feature that no competing product offers at this price, but those of you seeking out the Shuffle for its simplicity may find VoiceOver and its teeny button to be a needless complication.


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10 Essential Skills They Don't Teach You In College That Are Crucial For An Expatriation Adventure.
A friend of mine recently told me that he wished that his daughters don't go to school. He offered his oldest the very prestigious award that said: "Do precisely what I recommend you do for a year and don't go to college". Well, he wasn't sure she was going to take it. He basically wanted to change her college habits into the following "ideal college program":


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Romania accedes to ESA Convention
ESA PR 04-2011 Romania took a step further in its relations with ESA by signing the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 20 January 2011, to become the 19th ESA Member State.
The signing ceremony took place at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, with the participation of Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Marius-Ioan Piso, President and CEO of the Romanian Space Agency. Other government officials and personalities attended the ceremony, including cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, member of the Board of the Romanian Space Agency.
Romania has a long aerospace tradition and has contributed to more than 30 scientific and technological space missions. During the 1970s and 1980s, Romania was an active member of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme to involve fellow socialist nations in space exploration.
Romania's cooperation with ESA is long-standing. In 1992, Romania was one of the first Eastern European countries to sign a Cooperation Agreement in the field of the peaceful use of outer space with ESA, paving the way for Romanian participation in several research projects with other European countries. Cooperation between ESA and Romania was strengthened further in October 1999 with the signing of a five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement, and the signature of the European Cooperating State Agreement in 2006.
Romania has participated in several ESA missions, such as Cluster, Herschel, Planck, SOHO and Gaia with co-investigators, and in Earth Observation activities (EDUSPACE software), microgravity and exploration (SURE) and technology activities (the IAP telemedicine project).
Later this year, the Government of Romania will conclude the ratification process and once the ratification instrument is deposited with the Government of France, Romania will become officially the 19th ESA Member State and will make known its interest in ESA's optional activities.
For further information, please contact:
ESA International Relations Department
Anabelle Fonseca Colomb
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Comparison of Facility and Home-based ART Delivery Systems in Uganda
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00144365
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 5, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 11, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|Drug: Antiretroviral therapy
|Phase 3
The study is a randomized trial to compare ART delivery through two different models: a) ART delivered through health facilities by clinically qualified staff and b) home-based care in which lay workers, i.e. non-medically qualified people, play a major role in the ART delivery and clients are followed up at health facilities less frequently. The primary objective is to measure the effects of these strategies on plasma HIV viral load. We will also examine the effects on treatment failure, disease progression, survival, adherence, family member HIV testing, sexual behavior, and cost-effectiveness.
The trial is conducted with The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) clinic in Jinja, Uganda. Randomization is conducted through geographic clusters, defined using sub-counties in the district, and stratified by distance from fixed health facilities, and urban/rural. Just over 800 participants, living in 40 clusters, will be recruited over a period of 3-6 months and followed-up over a period of 3 years.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1453 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Comparison of Facility and Home-based ART Delivery Systems in Uganda
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|February 2005
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|December 2008
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|December 2010
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
HIV infection Plan to remain resident in the area for at least 12 months CD4 cell count <200 cells/mm3 or severe symptomatic HIV (WHO stage 3 or 4) Identify a medicine companion who will assist in adherence to ART treatment Age 18 years or above.
Exclusion Criteria:
Abnormal liver and renal function test results (AST or ALT ≥ 5x upper limit of normal Calculated creatinine clearance < 25 ml/min). The tests are conducted only in individuals in whom they are clinically indicated
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00144365
|The AIDS Support Organization
|Jinja, Uganda
|Principal Investigator:
|Heiner Grosskurth, MD, PhD
|British Medical Research Council
|Principal Investigator:
|Rebecca Bunnell, ScD, MEd
|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|Principal Investigator:
|Shabbar Jaffar, PhD
|London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine
|Principal Investigator:
|Alex Coutinho, MBChB, MSc
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Jeff Lewis is flipping out, but this time it's no laughing matter.
The star of the Bravo reality series has sued his longtime assistant, fellow Flipping Out star Jenni Pulos, over her upcoming book, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by THR, Pulos told Lewis she was writing a book about her family and personal life last October. However, despite a non-disclosure agreement she signed in 2008, he later learned the planned title was: Hang in There Baby — What One of the World's Most Difficult Bosses Taught Me About Life, Work and Love.
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Lewis demanded she cease and desist from publishing the book and gave her another copy of the agreement. Although Pulos allegedly told him the book hadn't been written yet, the book is now listed for pre-sale on Amazon under the title Hang in There, Baby! "I have advice for surviving any difficult situation, no matter if it is in the workplace, in relationships, or in life, I have learned how to fail my way forward and bloom where your planted and you can too," Pulos says in a description of the book on her website.
Unable to get an advance copy, Lewis is now alleging that Pulos has failed to perform the conditions of her contract and asking a judge to prevent her from writing or publishing a book that exposes private, proprietary or confidential information.
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It is unclear how this lawsuit will affect Flipping Out, which is currently airing its sixth season on Bravo. Lewis and Pulos' loving but sometimes strained working relationship has been one of the show's central focuses since its inception.
"Woke up this am, being sued by your boss is really putting on the Celebrity Cinderella Slipper, Bullies Aren't Cool," Pulos tweeted Thursday.


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Arkansas House votes to ban e-cigarettes for minors
The Arkansas House has approved legislation to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.
The House voted 76-8 to pass a bill calling for a $100 fine on anyone who gives or sells a so-called "e-cigarette" to a person who is younger than 18 years old. The measure also prohibits minors from possessing the products.
E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid nicotine cartridge, producing a vapor that users inhale.
Supporters of the bill say electronic cigarettes should be regulated like traditional cigarettes since they contain nicotine. They say that the devices are increasingly popular among young people and are heavily marketed to minors.
House Democratic Leader Rep. Greg Leding of Fayetteville is sponsoring the measure.


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The basket will be cleared if the country is changed. Do you still want to change country?
The Series 7™ designed by Arne Jacobsen is one of the most iconic chairs in the history of Fritz Hansen and perhaps also in furniture history. The pressure moulded veneer chair is a further development of the classic Ant™ chair. Experience the Series 7 fully upholstered.
The shell is steam bent in one piece made out of 9 layers of veneer. These layers are always lined with Indian cotton on the inside.
The chair is available in 9 natural wood types and in 12 colours in fully lacquered (the grain is NOT visible and two chairs will always be identical) and coloured ash (the grain is visible and two shells might not be 100% identical). It is available as front upholstered and fully upholstered as well.
The base is made of chromed steel and comes in 2 heights (43 cm / 46 cm)
Additionals: Series 7 is stackable - up to 12 pieces and comes with linking device and writing tablet.


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Sony has just began selling the unlocked variant of the Xperia Z to its customers in the United States of America. The device retails for $630 on the Sony Online Store and is available in three color options: black, white, and purple. As of now, the SIM unlocked version of the Xperia Z is compatible with AT&T's HSPA+ network and is not compatible with LTE bands.
The Xperia Z is a very powerful Android device that runs on a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm CPU and 2GB of RAM. The device is powered by Android Jelly Bean and features NFC and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Out of the box, the device includes 16GB of on-board storage, its Micro SD card slot can be used to add another 64GB of storage to the device. As far as the screen goes, the Xperia Z features 5-inches of 1080p screen real-estate with a pixel density of 441 pixels-per-inch.
This is the first time that American smartphone users have been able to officially purchase the Xperia Z without the need to import it. However, rumors have been swirling for quite sometime that the device will make an appearance on both AT&T and T-Mobile officially with respective LTE bands.
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Our Town: J Salon
J Salon, a new downtown hair salon, caught our eye the moment it opened on Nuuanu Avenue. The salon is done up in bold, simple rectangles of bright orange and blue, which seem to hover in the large, open space against a background of white walls and bare, gray concrete floors. "We're minimalists," says salon owner Joe Randazzo, who designed the space with his partner, Gary Casupang. "We wanted to keep it simple, keep the lines clean. But being in Hawaii, we wanted a warm feeling, so we went with the wood, orange, white and blue to warm it up while keeping it modern." Randazzo and his partner also built everything themselves, from the cabinetry to the reception desk.
Originally from Chicago, Randazzo moved here five years ago from New York City's East Village and says he wanted to bring some of that New York energy into the design of J Salon. "For the clientele we have, and want to have, it works."
The salon's space was most recently occupied by the Honolulu Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and its high-ceiling airiness and bare floors originate with the minimalist design of those offices. This was part of what attracted Randazzo to the location. "I love architecture and interior design, so the history of this space interested me. And we looked around at the neighborhood, the galleries, the stores, and fell in love with the space."
Of course, salons aren't just about snazzy design. Randazzo, a Vidal Sassoon-trained stylist, has three stylists on staff and is steadily building a team of talented cutters. Haircuts start at $30 for men, $50 for women. J Salon, 1128 Nuuanu Ave. 550-4441.


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Having served in many leadership positions around the city, the assistant city manager announced he will leave the city to take time off and return for encore management.
After 26 years with the city of San Carlos, Calif., Brian Moura is moving on to the next phase of his career.
Serving most recently as assistant city manager, Moura's last day with the city is Tuesday, July 9, after which he will go on hiatus, and then return to pursue projects in an encore management position.
"I would like to thank Brian Moura for over 26 years of service to the Citizens of San Carlos," said Mayor Bob Grassilli. "Brian has contributed to our city in so many areas, that his legacy will forever be remembered."
Through his role in economic development, for instance, Moura said he helped bring a new medical center and hospital to the city, which will open in 2014. That hospital, he said, is projected to bring $90 million in revenue to the city over the next 50 years.
"Some would say that's almost a legacy that the city would be benefiting from for many decades after I'm gone," he said.
Moura also highlighted his involvement in the creation of a shared services project between police, fire and park maintenance -- a project originally created to overcome a $3.5 million budget shortfall. But the project became more than a way to patch the budget, he said.
"The program has been so successful, we've not only increased services in all three of those areas, we've also saved well in excess of $3.5 million at this point," he said. "It's probably more like $5 million plus per year, which has helped the city return to being in the black and being able to add services."
In fact, Moura said, the city is now expanding -- it's in a place where new positions are being created. "This year we're adding two brand new positions," he said. "We're adding a systems analyst in the IT division and we're adding an economic development coordinator in the economic development division."
Moura headed another program that leased unused city land to the private sector that was left over from land development projects. "That program now is bringing in over $1 million a year to the general fund and library fund," he said, "and that's also helping to fund city services."
Since 2007, Moura said he's been heavily involved in the city's environmental movement, developing one of the first climate action plans in the state. The city received a Beacon Award for its climate action plan and other environmental projects.
As for technology, he said, he's been along to see the city reach many milestones, including having one of the first public-sector websites, which launched in 1994. The city is now connected to social media and continues its decades-long tradition of using technology to enrich education, he said.
"One of our former mayors, Don Eaton, used to say when he was on the City Council that when you're working for the city, you should aspire to leave the place better than when you got there," Moura said. "And as I look back on the 25-plus years that I've been in San Carlos and look at the long list of achievements and successful projects, I think I can very confidently say I've met the Don Eaton test. I have done a number of things that have really impacted and improved the community, and it's a better place than when I got here in 1986."
As for the future, Moura's role in an encore management position means he won't be strongly tied to one position, and will serve as an advisor of sorts on various projects, some connected to government, but no one project full-time. Though Moura doesn't know specifically what he'll be doing when he comes back, he does know one thing -- that he's not yet ready to retire.
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Fast Duplicate File Finder 220.127.116.11 is available for download. In the new version you can pause and continue the scan process. The duplicates list can now be customized via the new tab in the options. You can choose which columns to be visible and which not. If you are unchecking a selection of files and there is a manually checked file in the list a warning message will be displayed. Hints in the filter dialog will display the full folder location if it doesn't fit in the "Don't Scan Folders" box. The improved folder selection dialog will let you select multiple folders simultaneously. The preview window has a lot of improvements and now uses Media Player 9 to preview video files. The fixes include some fixes related to moving files and a lot of improvements to the GUI.
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President Obama issued a presidential proclamation for "United Nations Day" on October 24 praising the controversial global body while urging governors and officials in all 50 states to celebrate the occasion with "appropriate ceremonies." The statement drew swift criticism from UN opponents and conservative activists, who argue that the U.S. government should instead withdraw from the scandal-plagued international outfit.
Despite of a series of recent set-backs and major controversies surrounding the institution, President Obama, an unabashed fan of the planetary body that critics refer to as the "dictators club," praised the UN and the "ideals" it purportedly represents. On the 67th anniversary of the UN founding, Obama called on Americans and the world to continue working toward carrying the institution's "vision" forward.
"Today, we commemorate United Nations Day by celebrating the founding ideals laid down in its Charter and reaffirming the commitments to peace building, human rights, and social progress that will guide us in the years to come," he said in the proclamation, sounding oblivious to the UN's well-documented true intentions. "Throughout its history, the United Nations Charter has reflected the belief that the world is more secure when the global community acts collectively."
The president also painted the organization as a defender of "children," the sick, and of course, global "peace," claiming the UN "played an essential role" in making the planet a better place. "In today's world, this mission remains as vital as it has ever been," Obama alleged in the proclamation, adding that the U.S. government would continue working with its "global partners" to promote and realize the supposed aspirations of unspecified "people."
But it was not enough for the president and other top federal officials to express unquestioning allegiance to the widely criticized global entity. "I urge the Governors of the 50 States, and the officials of all other areas under the flag of the United States, to observe United Nations Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities," the presidential proclamation declared. It remains unclear whether any governors paid attention to the decree.
The Department of State, meanwhile, was busy urging regular citizens to get involved in the festivities, too. "Join us in commemorating UN Day by finding an event hosted by your local United Nations Association," wrote State Department "Public Affairs Specialist" Ashli Ferguson Savoy, touting "robust U.S. support" for the UN while claiming that the institution somehow advanced American national interests.
Obama's disgraced Ambassador the UN, Susan Rice, released a statement, too. Ironically, she praised the global body's "mandate" purporting to authorize the administration's lawless war that devastated Libya, as well as the brutal UN-led military operation to overthrow the Christian President of the Ivory Coast and install a Muslim central banker in his place.
"On this United Nations Day, we recognize the many benefits Americans derive every day from the United Nations," claimed Rice, who is under growing pressure to resign after peddling a blatantly false narrative about the now-infamous attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya. "Sixty-seven years after ratification of the UN Charter, the United States under President Obama remains firmly committed to preserving and strengthening this important institution and the U.S.-UN relationship."
Despite all of the platitudes about peace and "human rights," strengthening the UN into what would eventually become a world government has actually been the plan all along. In fact, one of the key architects of the planetary body, Council on Foreign Relations luminary and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, publicly admitted as much just five years after it was founded.
"The United Nations represents not a final stage in the development of world order, but only a primitive stage. Therefore its primary task is to create the conditions which will make possible a more highly developed organization," he wrote in his 1950 book War or Peace. "I have never seen any proposal made for collective security with 'teeth' in it, or for 'world government' or for 'world federation,' which could not be carried out either by the United Nations or under the United Nations Charter."
Last month, meanwhile, alarming leaked documents from a Justice Department program to train state and local law enforcement revealed that the federal government has been teaching police to equate bumper stickers opposing U.S. government membership in the UN with "terrorism." However, despite Washington's slavish adoration of the global institution, the most recent credible polls show that less than a third of Americans hold a favorable view of the UN.
Indeed, despite the incessant prodding by the executive branch on UN Day, not everybody was celebrating the occasion, which has long been the subject of intense controversy. "It has also been labeled 'Alger Hiss Day,' in recognition of the Soviet spy and State Department official who played a major role in founding the world body," noted Cliff Kincaid with the non-profit group Accuracy In Media (AIM). "Don't expect the major media to remind us of that fact."
Other analysts ridiculed the proclamation, UN Day, and even the controversial institution itself. "Well, shoot," wrote commentator Erika Johnsen with the conservative blog Hot Air in a sarcastic post about Obama's proclamation. "I must've missed this newfound auspicious occasion in all of the election hullabaloo, and a darn shame it is, too — I do so regret not having taken a moment to observe the worldwide contributions of the marred-by-corruption, unfailingly progressive, global-carbon-tax-pushing, Israel-hatin', moral-relativist international body."
News of the pro-UN Day proclamation came on the heels of a growing national scandal over "elections monitors" affiliated with the international entity being deployed to observe U.S. voting and keep tabs on conservatives. Critics slammed the controversial scheme, with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott even threatening to prosecute any monitors who go within 100 feet of a polling place.
Meanwhile, the UN itself is currently embroiled in countless recent scandals. Among the most shocking: helping the barbaric communist dictatorship on mainland China perform forced abortions; handing sensitive U.S. technology to the regimes ruling North Korea and Iran; considering the mass-murdering genocidal tyrant in charge of Sudan for a seat on the so-called "Human Rights Council"; allowing UN troops to rape and murder innocent civilians around the world; and much more.
UN boss Ban Ki-moon, though, conveniently glossed over all of that in his own UN Day celebrations. He urged world citizens to help the institution expand its role as "a peacekeeper disarming fighters, a health worker distributing medicine, a relief team aiding refugees, a human rights expert helping deliver justice."
After touting dubious UN "achievements" of questionable veracity, the Secretary General again emphasized that the global body needs more power. "We are living through a period of profound turmoil, transition and transformation," he said. "Global and national institutions are being put to the test. With so much at stake, the United Nations must keep pace across the spectrum of its activities — peace, development, human rights, the rule of law, the empowerment of the world's women and youth."
While Democrats and especially Obama have been busy lavishing praise and U.S. taxpayer funds on the institution, the GOP has taken a much harsher tone — at least in its official party platform. The most recently adopted one blasts proposed UN taxes,Agenda 21, and even the "scandal-ridden" global entity itself.
In Congress, meanwhile, the would-be planetary regime has become increasingly controversial, and the movement to "Get U.S. Out" of the UN is slowly gaining steam with every passing election. If enough concerned citizens speak out, next October 24 could be a day just like any other.


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- Speed Games on the Classic Map should be available to Freemium Members
- Create a new tab in "Join A Game" for "Join Classic Speed Games".
- This tab will be the default tab when "Join A Game" is clicked.
- All Games on this tab will be Speed Games with basic settings (Esc, Sunny, Automatic Deployment, 5 min turns, 6 players, standard).
- These games will only be on the Classic Map.
- These games will be open to Freemium members.
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- Ends the problem of a player's first game being on a map they don't understand
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- This change will not cause other significant problems in the current way the site operates
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Taking a highly interdisciplinary approach, the authors balance cognitive theory, with neuroscientific and neuropsychological evidence to reveal what we currently know about how the human mind works and to encourage students to think like cognitive neuroscientists. The text has been reorganized to move more seamlessly from micro to macro level topics, and its underlying pedagogy strengthened in order to make it an even more effective teaching tool. Maintaining its commitment to highlight the most cutting-edge trends in the field, the third edition includes the first ever standalone chapter of its kind on social neuroscience.Richard B. Ivry is the author of 'Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (Third Edition)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780393927955 and ISBN 0393927954.[read more]
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A View From Studio 3: Don't overlook Wieters
On team of stars, including AL MVP candidate Davis, catcher anchors O's
He's arguably one of the least talked about but most important players in Major League Baseball: Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters.
You'd think that any professional athlete that stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 240 pounds would be tough to miss, but on a team full of superstars, he goes unnoticed by the national media much of the time. This is one case, however, in which you can't blame the media. Wieters admits he's a man of few words. Most of his talking is out of necessity. It involves going over scouting reports with his pitchers.
Lots of them.
It's only mid-July and the Orioles have already used 13 starting pitchers this season. That's more than they used all of last season. We haven't even reached the Trade Deadline and September callups are still a month and a half away. That number figures to balloon.
The Goose Creek, S.C., native didn't bite when asked how difficult is was to prepare for such a large number of pitchers.
"You'd ultimately love to have five guys be able to roll through the whole year, but that's just not feasible in this day and age," Wieters said. "The good thing is Dan [Duquette] and Buck [Showalter] have put together a lot of depth and been able to shore up Triple-A and bring up guys who can help us win up here."
This formula is nothing new for the Orioles. During their breathtaking run to an American League Wild Card berth in 2012, The O's used 12 starting pitchers and 14 relief pitchers. It's how they do business. And it works. Wieters is a big reason why.
Drafted in the first round in 2007 out of Georgia Tech, he debuted in the Majors two years later. The fan base was so hungry for a star to call its own and the expectations were so high that Wieters received a standing ovation before stepping into the batter's box for the first time in the Majors.
Now he's 27 years old -- a veteran, a leader who spends his work days about 90 feet away from one of baseball's brightest young stars, Manny Machado. A 21-year-old who is thriving under the white-hot national media spotlight.
"The hard thing is, you've got to be able to shut it off and you've got to be able to get back into your comfort zone," Wieters said. "And especially now, it's hard, because it's all over the place. But at some point you have to be able to shut it down and focus on what you do well and sort of step away from it more than anything."
So, Wieters looks to his left and sees one of the American League's MVP candidates. If he turns slightly to his right, he sees another: first baseman Chris Davis. The first baseman has 36 home runs. That's the third most homers before All-Star break behind Barry Bonds (39 in 2001), Reggie Jackson (37, 1969) and Mark McGwire (37, 1998).
Wieters described what it's like to watch Davis.
"Its real fun and then I have to re-focus and figure out how I'm gonna do anything close to what he just did," Wieters said. "It's fun to watch him, but at the same time you can get caught up in it, but you have to focus on just trying to be yourself because he's a special talent."
A special talent indeed. But he's not my first-half pick for AL MVP. I give that honor to the reigning MVP, Miguel Cabrera. It's almost silly to have to pick one guy over the other, but I lean toward Cabrera because his team is in first place and he leads the AL in average, RBI, runs, hits, OPS, OBP, total bases and walks. He's the best hitter in baseball.
Yadier Molina gets my vote in the National League. The best catcher in the game is enjoying his best offensive season ever. Molina's .335 average entering play Saturday led the NL and he leads a perennial playoff team on the field and in the clubhouse.
I'll take Clayton Kershaw as the NL Cy Young winner for the first half of the season. The numbers don't lie. The lefty leads the NL in ERA, WHIP, innings pitched and batting average against. In a season that's seen many starters dominate, Kerhsaw is the best.
Max Scherzer is my man in the AL. While Scherzer admits his 13-0 record is a bit flukey, his other stats are not: a WHIP of 0.95 and a strikeouts-to-walks ratio of 5-to-1. He also ranks among the best in innings pitched, which conserves the bullpen.
Rookie of the Year in the NL goes to Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. Have you seen this young man pitch? It's a treat. And will be for years to come. Shelby Miller of the Cardlinas could be the guy. Many of their numbers are similar, but I'll go with Fernandez because he's excelling on a losing team that lacks big-time veteran leadership. Yasiel Puig may eventually win the award, but his sample size is a bit too small for me right now.
Finally, Rookie of the Year in the AL: I'm going with Jose Iglesias. His sample size is not overwhelming, but he has played in more than half the Red Sox's games. Iglesias is hitting .384. That's 66 points better than the next AL rookie. He's also a premier defensive shortstop playing every day under the Boston microscope.


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Seagate's latest addition to its Barracuda range isn't just another update using existing technology; it's a new desktop capacity record. At 750GB it offers amazing potential for everything from media centres to desktops. Once formatted, you're looking at 698GB of space, which is an incredible amount no matter how you look at it.
This leap in capacity is possible thanks to perpendicular recording technology. Traditionally, drives lay the data bits parallel to the platter surface, but as these zones have become smaller, so their reliability has decreased. As the name suggests, perpendicular recording creates the state of each bit perpendicular to the media - improving stability and also enabling higher densities.
The drive is a 7,200RPM unit with a 16MB cache. In testing we witnessed a burst rate of 136MB/s in the standard SATA mode, boasting average read and write speeds of 62MB/s and 55MB/s, respectively - impressive.
If you have a newer board that supports SATA 3Gbps, then you'll get an added performance boost from the drive once you've removed the jumper. This will force the unit in the faster transfer mode, resulting in a burst mode transfer rate of 254MB/s. The average read speed didn't alter on the faster interface, although the write speed did increase to 58MB/s.
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There are two downsides to this drive, however. The first is the price: at 36p per GB it may be in-line with the current 500GB drives, but it can't compete with the 320GB units that cost as little as 20p per GB. The second is the noise.
Even when the drive isn't in use it sounds like a tickertape machine trilling away. This is a less than ideal solution for a living room or bedroom media centre PC - a shame considering its capacity.
The fact that the drive is backed up by a five-year warranty is reassuring though, and it's an incredible amount of space for any drive to offer, especially one this fast. If you can justify the high initial outlay, and don't mind your drive clicking to itself, it really is an impressive leap forward.


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How we teach respect, confidence, and languages at the same time.
By Pilar Pinedo
Jennifer is a bright, confident second- grader whose parents are both well-educated professionals. Yet I often see her seeking academic help from children whose parents are much farther down the social ladder.
That's because I teach in a two-way Spanish and English bilingual immersion program, which I believe brings out the best in our children and gives them excellent preparation for the world in which they will live. Our students learn half of the time in their native language and half in their second language.
"How do I say, 'I want a drink of water' in Spanish?" Jennifer asks her friend, Rose. And Rose, who's from Ecuador, immediately drops what she is doing to help. Another time, it will be Jennifer helping Rose with English. They're both learning languages, and learning to respect the expertise of someone from a very different background-—a priceless experience.
That's the strength of the two-way bilingual model: It brings together, on an equal footing, kids from very different socio-economic backgrounds and cultures, teaching them to trust and depend on each other. They're a family.
Generally, it's best to start two-way bi-lingual education in kindergarten, although when necessary, we can make it work for children who start much later. Our students learn to read first in their native language and then in their second language.
Learning a new language is a major undertaking at any age. I adjust my instruction to the needs of each child. Some come from homes with plenty of books, and these students are often quick to pick up a second language without much scaffolding. But for others, school learning is a bigger leap. Their parents may never have gone to school in the country they left. I use their home language to ease their way into English. Sometimes I'll give them an outline in Spanish for the English-language lesson we're about to do, so they won't get lost in the middle and give up. And, in a two-way bilingual classroom, there are always plenty of English-speaking students around to help.
Getting extra help is comfortable for these immigrant children because they know that next period, they'll be the language experts.
Our immigrant parents love the program because it reinforces their cultural heritage while at the same time helping their children learn English. They know many of their children's teachers are well-educated, Hispanic or Spanish-speaking professionals, providing strong role models. And they feel comfortable coming into the school because they find people there who speak their language. Parents who speak little English can ask me to explain their child's homework assignment without the embarrassment of stumbling over unfamiliar words.
Our English-speaking parents know they, too, are providing a wonderful opportunity for their children.
Last year, the award-winning Yarina Ecuadorian music ensemble performed at our school because the son and niece of the group leaders were our students. It was amazing to see everyone from kindergartner to principal dancing and singing to their music.
This is the way our nation of immigrants is supposed to work—benefiting from what immigrants bring with them, while integrating them into American culture.
When I was a young girl, the American-born daughter of Colombian immigrants, some people thought it was harmful for a child to try to learn two languages at once. Fortunately for me, my parents rejected that view. They wanted me to be bilingual, so they spoke to me in Spanish while I learned English from my older siblings and friends. In our changing world, my parents' wisdom becomes more evident every year.
These days, when the stock market crashes on the other side of the world, it crashes here the next day. Everybody is thinking globally. Giving our children a bilingual education is one of the best ways to act locally.
Pilar Pinedo teaches English-language arts in the K–7 UNIDOS program of the East Somerville Community School in Somerville, Massachusetts. Students' names have been changed. For links to pedagogical resources for English-language learners .
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A new video has surfaced for Monster Hunter Online, the upcoming free-to-play MMO from super-corporation Tencent. The video follows the exploits of several boss hunts, as well as a look at a few of the towns players will visit and a few of the weapons they'll be able to acquire.
Dualshockers spotted the new video and rolled out a brief description of the action, noting the near eight minutes of uninterrupted gameplay and a look at many of the different elements of the game.
Tencent Games has worked very hard in capturing the spirit and energy of the other Monster Hunter games on various other platforms, while also incorporating the same open-endedness available in most online RPGs.
Just like the traditional Monster Hunter titles on home consoles, Tencent has focused their MMO on gathering up a few friends, scouring through the town for some quests and then venturing into the great unknown to take on some of the most vicious, over-the-top, deadly and iconic monsters from Capcom's illustrious franchise.
This is also one of the few brands where turning it into an MMO makes a heck of a lot of sense. As showcased in the video above, different weapons can be made from different parts of a monster, so that you'll progressively need to defeat stronger monsters to acquire various parts that can be used to take down other, larger, tougher monsters.
I am curious how Tencent plans to deal with the cash shop portions of the game. Most MMO titles rely on boosters to help balance the expenses of an MMO, but in this case I'm wondering what a booster would really do considering that traditional XP and item acquirement in Monster Hunter games aren't the same as other MMOs... it's not like you beat a monster and a legendary item just pops out or you can farm a bunch of smaller monsters to instantly get stronger.
A lot of the progress in Monster Hunter games is dependent on your equipment, and it would be nice to see how Tencent plans to handle that fine balance for an MMO so that it's not necessarily pay-to-win, yet at the same time there's an incentive for players to spend money on the game.
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Oklahoma mom, 4 children found dead after house fire
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Firefighters discovered the bodies of a woman and four children on Wednesday after a predawn blaze ripped through a house on the city's northwest side, fire officials said.
The children, who range in age from 2 to 8 years old, and the woman were found inside the house after firefighters arrived at the two-story, wood-frame home shortly after 6:30 a.m., Fire Department Maj. Tammy McKinney said. A man also is in critical condition at a local hospital, she said.
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The cause of the blaze was not immediately known. McKinney said the home did not have working smoke detectors.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Ghislanzoni was a writer, especially of libretti for opera. He was inspired by the liberal ideas of Mazzini during the 1848 revolution. He wrote scores of opera libretti in particular Verdi's Aida (he also worked on The Force of Destiny and Don Carlos).


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The detailing by Debbie Does Cakes really sells it here; the speaker, the green power indicator, John Cena dominating Rey Mysterio (I think? Feel free to fact check me here, WWE fans). And now we finally know the real reason PSP sales are flagging: they're just not edible enough. [Flickr via Walyou]


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European art around 1400 took on a uniform stylizing decorative style which swept away the differences between the various artistic centres. This style, which appeared simultaneously in many important centres in Europe and affected all branches of art, is now known as International Gothic. The lyrical, soft elegant style of late Gothic is perhaps most strikingly embodied in the contemporary Madonna statues, which were known as Beautiful Madonnas on account of their main characteristic, the idealized charm suggestive of supernatural beauty. This outstanding statue is one of the best known of the Beautiful Madonnas. Typically for this type, here too the Virgin is shown with a conspicuously young face, a tall crown, and her markedly emphasized S-bend body is covered by a softly draped ample cloak carved into tubular pleats.
Identifying the place where the Beautiful Madonnas were made, in the uniform style that infused all of European art, is usually a very tall order. In the case of the Budapest sculpture, bought on the Frankfurt art market, even the provenance is doubtful. Thus it has been associated with almost every important artistic centre of the time: it has been considered a Rheinish, Silesian, or Salzburg work, but most likely seems an origin in the Prague region. Equally debatable is the time it was sculpted. While it was initially compared to early Madonnas produced around 1390, it is now held to be rather a work from the close of the period, at about 1430.
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- Heat extra virgin olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook low and slow for 25 minutes. Once the onions are very soft, stir in thyme, chili flakes, Welch's Concord Grape Jelly, stock, and salt and pepper to taste. Continue to cook for another 15 minutes or until liquid has mostly evaporated.
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We're in the middle of remake fever, with classic films getting remade at a blinding rate. But sometimes, creators try to hard to put their own stamp on a property — and completely miss what it was actually about. Which movie (or comic, or TV) remake or reboot loses a key point of the original?
Please include a picture or clip of this remake or reboot. And mention the title, and what crucial point they missed. Thanks!
Top image: Amazing Spider-Man was pretty great, but lost the whole "Spidey tries to make money off his powers" element of the Raimi film and the original comics.


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Minnesota Teens Killed While Burglarizing Home Laid to Rest
Byron Smith is accused of killing the teens when they broke into his home.
Dec. 1, 2012 -- More than 400 people gathered at a Little Falls, Minn., church today for the joint funeral of two cousins who were shot to death on Thanksgiving while burglarizing a home.
The deaths of the Haile Kifer, 18, and Nicholas Brady, 17, have stunned the community, who have a lot of unanswered questions about the holiday tragedy.
Rodney Bartkowicz, who said he was a relative of the victims, told Minnesota Public Radio that he remembers Kifer and Brady as "generally really good kids."
"I know there's a lot of anger right now because of everything that's happening," Bartkowicz said. "I know there's a lot of ... questions why it had to end up like it did. And I don't believe they'll ever really get a true answer, even in the courts."
Byron Smith, 64, is charged with two counts of second degree murder in the shooting deaths of the teens.
Smith, who told police he had been burglarized in the past, admitted he fired "more shots than I needed," according to a criminal complaint.
He told police he was sitting in his basement Nov. 22 -- Thanksgiving Day -- when he heard a window break upstairs and then footsteps, according to the complaint.
He said he first saw the feet, then the legs, then the hips of the intruder coming down the basement stairs. Smith said he believed he fired twice at Brady with a Ruger Mini-14 rifle, according to the complaint. Smith told police he then dragged the body on a tarp to his basement workshop.
Several minutes later, he told police, he heard more footsteps and waited until he saw Kifer's hips as she descended the staircase.
"After shooting the person, she tumbled down the steps," the complaint said. "Smith stated that he tried to shoot her again with the Mini-14 but the gun jammed."
Smith told police Kifer laughed at him, describing it as a short laugh because she was in pain. But he said it "made him upset," the complaint said.
"If you're trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again," he told police, according to the complaint.
As Kifer gasped for air, Smith dragged her body next to Brady's, according to the complaint, and placed a handgun under her chin and fired what he allegedly told police was a "good clean finishing shot" that went "under her chin up into the cranium."
Smith kept the bodies in his home overnight, police said, and called neighbors Friday, asking if they knew any lawyers. When the neighbors said they did not, Smith asked them to call authorities, according to the complaint.
Police responded to the call Friday and Smith led them to the teens' bodies.
On Monday, the Morrison County Sheriff's Office announced six bottles of pills that had been reported stolen from another home were found in a Mitsubishi Eclipse that had been driven by the teens.
The Little Falls Community Schools and Morrison County issued a joint statement on Friday expressing their commitment to help prevent substance abuse among Little Falls youth.
"Like other communities throughout Minnesota and our nation, substance use among youth and the harm associated with use are a concern to many community members. We worry about the negative and the far too often devastating outcomes that can result from these high-risk behaviors," the statement said. "Addressing substance use issues in any community is a challenge, and we are united in our commitment to the health and safety of youth in our community."