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We've had a busy week since Apple announced its new products at WWDC on June 11, 2012. We just couldn't stop after digging in to the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and the MacBook Air, so we got our hands on the Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. While its sibling with the Retina display may have stolen all the press, this MacBook Pro is nothing to scoff at. It's way more repairable and upgradeable than its sleeker-looking sibling. Follow along as we show you inside.
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Drum roll please…we've got Apple's mid 2012 update of the the MacBook Pro and we are ready to get inside.
The impressive machine boasts:
2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU with 512 MB of GDDR5 VRAM
4 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
500 GB 5400 RPM hard drive
15.4" 1440x900 (110 ppi) LED-backlit display
USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt I/O
We wanted to see how the Mid 2012 MacBook Pro stacked up against its new sibling, the MacBook Pro with Retina display. Other than the difference in size, the main differences between the machines are:
Hard disk drive vs. flash storage
8 GB vs. 16 GB maximum configurable RAM (from Apple, at least)
One Thunderbolt port vs. two
MagSafe vs. MagSafe 2
Kensington lock slot vs. flat aluminum
Oh yeah…and a standard or Hi-Res (on 15-inch model) LCD vs. a Retina display
Not surprisingly, ten Phillips screws stand between us and the inside of the updated Pro.
We are relieved to see such a familiar sight. With no adhesive or pentalobe screws anywhere to be seen, we are excited to get at the upgraded insides of the new Pro.
Hi. I tried to open my MacBook Pro 2012 using the same tools, but I've got 2 screws that I can't unscrew (sorry for my english, I'm french). I tried slowly, but the screw didn't turn. After 3 or 4 tries, the "cross shape" is damaged, so I don't know how to get rid of those two screws... Anyone has a solution ?
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The only "funky" bit we came across in the MacBook Pro was a Y0 Tri-point screw holding down the battery. Luckily, we were prepared and had our 54-Bit Driver Kit on hand.
Our faithful spudger helps us disconnect the battery, which you should always do when performing repairs or maintenance on your MacBook Pro.
Apple's battery warning labels haven't stopped us before, and they're not stopping us now.
The battery is exactly the same as last year's model—77.5 Wh at 10.95 V.
In case you missed it last year, this battery is 13.8 mm thick and weighs 450 g.
By comparison, the battery in the MacBook Pro with Retina display has cells that vary in thickness from 5.25 mm to 8.60 mm.
Standard Phillips screws secure the 500 GB Toshiba hard drive, meaning upgrading to a larger drive will be easy after you decide to start shooting RAW.
2.5" profile and a spinning platter? This hard drive is
old newsstill perfectly good for most users' needs.
Round two with the spudger frees the AirPort/Bluetooth board and unearths the optical drive.
Hot chips on the wireless card:
Broadcom BCM4331KML1G 802.11n wireless solution
Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth processor
Skyworks SE5503A 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN
The optical drive is held in place with more standard Phillips screws.
A sigh of relief for anyone who wants to replace their optical drive with an SSD enclosure for more storage with enough room for all 736 episodes of Power Rangers and to install all 36 GB of Age of Conan.
It seems likely that this will be Apple's last laptop with an optical drive.
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Next we pulled out our favorite flavor of RAM: user-serviceable.
While you can only configure your MacBook Pro with up to 8 GB of RAM from Apple, you can install up to 16 GB yourself with no issues.
This is another sigh of relief from those DIYers who
wantneed to upgrade their RAM on an annual basis.
While the individual RAM modules here are thin (~3.15 mm), the "stacked" RAM slot is a whopping 9.15 mm thick.
When your entire device is only 18 mm thick, allocating half of that dimension to RAM slots can be too much of a sacrifice, as we have witnessed in the MacBook Air and now in the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Don't lose hope! An individual RAM slot is only 4.27 mm thick. If the design of the logic board would feature the RAM slots side by side, we could still see user-replaceable RAM for years to come.
The spudger is back out as we remove the fan.
Three standard Phillips screws and a connector are all it takes to remove the fan for dust bunny extermination.
Unlike its cousins, the 2012 MacBook Pro does not have irregularly-spaced fan blades. Just boring old fans in here.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to remove the last few Torx screws securing the logic board to the upper case.
Front side of the logic board:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU
Intel Core i7-3615QM 2.30 GHz quad-core processor with Turbo Boost (labeled as Intel C208A046 SR0MP)
What appears to be an Intel E2088369 Platform Controller Hub
Intel L206IA58
Broadcom BCM57765B0KMLG Integrated Gigabit Ethernet and Memory Card Reader Controller
Parade PS8301
Texas Instruments Stellaris LM4FS1AH microcontroller with integrated ARM core
I'm pretty sure your color coded labeling for which chip is the Nivida and which one is the Intel i7 chip is switched around.
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Pretty sure your color coded label for the Nivida GPU chip and Intel's i7 is switched around.
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The colors are correctly labeled. Recently I changed the thermal compound on mine and it's clearly marked with the nvidia brand name.
Back side of the logic board:
Hynix H5GQ1H24BFR 1 Gb GDDR5 SDRAM (Total of 4 Gb = 512 MB)
Maxim MAX15119 Apple-specific IMVP7 CPU/GPU power controller
Cirrus Logic 4206BCNZ Audio Controller
SMSC USB25138 USB controller
Lattice Semiconductor LFXP2-5E Low-Cost Non-Volatile FPGA
Cypress Semiconductor CY8C24794-24L - a Programmable SoC
Infineon 62882C
The hinges are the last thing securing the display assembly to the case.
Hi all,
Tks for your web site, Just try to upgrade my old macbook pro 2.7G 15" 2012 as following:
1.RAM from 8G to 16G (done)
2. old harddisk to 256G SSD (done)
3. replace the superdrive with the original harddisk (have problem!)
When I try to take the superdrive out from the mount, I have that two of the screw have been stripped , How can I fix it?
Tks all,
There you have it, all the screws from the MacBook Pro Mid 2012, on our fancy magnetic project mat. As you can see there are no pesky pentalobe screws, just Phillips, Torx, and Tri-Wing.
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MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 7 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).
Easily removable bottom panel and readily accessible battery, optical drive, hard drive, fans, and RAM.
Standard screws were used for all components, save for the battery.
Significant amounts of thermal paste may be a pain in later repairs.
Tri-wing screws on the battery require a specialty driver that an average user may not have.
LCD replacement is still the most difficult repair. Inexperienced (and even experienced) technicians may shatter the glass during repair.
I am wondering is the screen upgradeable to 1600 x 1050 on the 2012 model? If the part is available, I am all over it!
Through the Apple website/store you can still upgrade this new mid 2012 None-retina model, with a 1680 x 1050 screen ---either a glossy one or a ani-glare one.
On the logic board:
Hynix H5GQ1H24BFR 1 Gb GDDR5 SDRAM (Total of 4 Gb = 512 MB)
4Gb = 512 Mb??. Isn't 4Gb, you know = to 4Gb? Or does Gb mean something different in this context. There must be something here I'm not following
"Gb" is actually Gigabits, not Gigabytes. The difference is in the capitalization of the "b."
GB = Gigabytes
Gb = Gigabits
MB = Megabytes
Mb = Megabits
Eight bits in a byte, so 8 Gb = 1 GB... And 4Gb = 512 MB.
I don't find the firewire chip. Any clue?
ok found it, it's still the LSI chip (pci-express+ohci) "L-FW643E-2", just between the Broadcom and the Parade chips. Won't be good for my old FW400 audio interface, the Mac mini is still the last Mac having a true TI chipset.
Can anyone tell me what the little cable in the uppermost left hand side is? It's the fourth connection to the airport card, but is independent of the rest of the airport / wifi assembly. I damaged the very fragile connector and need to replace it, but I don't know what the component is, what it does or what to look for when sourcing a new one. Or, indeed, the method for replacing it. Any help very gratefully received.
Can anyone please tell me what part I would need to fix the keyboard core? All of my keys work fine aside from my up and down arrow key. I've taken the caps off and pushed to rubber key sensor and it still didn't work so I believe it's something internal. Thanks in advance.


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I have lots of textures or texture-atlas, and i want to load them using assetmanager, but I can't get the reference of the texture or texture-atlas until it is loaded, whether there is another way to achieve this ?
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Promotional song names every town in Jefferson Co.
Jefferson County Commissioners approved measures to go forward with the Pleasure Island Revised Breakwater Project and proclaimed May 4 through 12 "National Travel and Tourism Week" at a May 6 meeting at the Jefferson County Courthouse.
Under purchasing items, commissioners awarded LUHR Brothers Inc. a $2,276,451 contract for the base bid and additive alternate No. 1 related to the Pleasure Island Revised Breakwater Project. The $619,690 for the additive alternate is to be paid in full by the city of Port Arthur. Commissioners approved the corresponding interlocal agreement between Port Arthur and Jefferson County for the funds to be contributed to the project, which is meant to provide shoreline protection for Pleasure Island.
Commissioners approved a measure allowing Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick to authorize the president of the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District Inc. to take necessary action to seek community development block grant disaster recovery funding from the Texas General Land Office or any other required governmental agency. Orange County Commissioners approved a similar measure at their May 6 meeting. See related article on this page.
Ben J. Rogers Regional Visitors Center director Kathi Hughes accepted a proclamation from commissioners declaring May 4 through May 12 "National Travel and Tourism Week" in Jefferson County.
Commissioner Everett "Bo" Alfred read the proclamation, which included statistical data regarding tourism in Texas and Jefferson County. According to the information presented to commissioners, tourism brought 208 million domestic travelers and more than $63.2 billion into Texas last year, supporting approximately 545,000 jobs. Jefferson County benefited from $447 million in direct spending from tourism and travel, and the industry is responsible for a reported 6,730 jobs in the county. Last year, Texas earned $4.1 billion in state and local sales tax revenue, and many economists assert tourism is the largest industry in the Lone Star state, the proclamation read.
Hughes thanked commissioners for the recognition. She acknowledged the convention and visitors bureaus in the area and said her facility is partnered with them to make the area a place people want to visit.
"I want to show a little bit more pride in Jefferson County," Hughes asserted. "Commissioner (Michael) Sinegal came to me with an awesome idea and a project he was working on. He said that we do not have a county song. … So, I do believe they had a meeting of the minds with Dwight Wagner … and then Danny Moore got involved, also. We now want to bring to the court a song called 'The Jefferson County Line.'"
"I am a lifelong Jefferson County (resident). I lived all of my life in Port Arthur, so I love it just as much as anybody else around here," Wagner said. "The challenge was to include every city in the county in the song."
He gave copies of the song to commissioners and played the tune to the pleasure of the crowd gathered.
"So take me to the place of my birth and never let it leave my heart, take me to the Port Arthur Sea Wall and Port Neches Park, Take me to the Heritage Festival off Nederland Avenue, I wanna be there, I wanna be there," were some lyrics from the song, which did indeed name every city in Jefferson County and praised the area for various attractions such as the Southeast Texas State Fair and local crawfish boils.
Hughes invited the community to attend a Tourism Roundup on Friday, April 10, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ben J. Rogers Visitors Center at 5055 Interstate 10 South in Beaumont to celebrate tourism in Jefferson County. She said "The Jefferson County Line" could be heard in its entirety at the event.
"Of all the jewels we have in Southeast Texas, Mr. Wagner has been a jewel in my life for the last 40 to 50 years," Sinegal said, honoring his former English literature teacher.
Judge Jeff Branick, also a former student of Wagner, said of the composer, "He is great encouragement to us. And thank you so much for putting your time and heart into that project. We really appreciate it."


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A baby's value: On its own, none
March 24. 2014 5:17PM
"The fact that my daughter, Ashlyn, is alive makes the death of Griffin no less of a crime."
So said state Rep. Leon Rideout, R-Lancaster, regarding an appalling amendment to his House Bill 1503 last week. The bill created new penalties for killing a mother and her unborn baby. It passed, 243-42 after an important provision was removed.
Rideout's original bill allowed the state to prosecute someone (excluding mothers and abortion providers) whose actions resulted in the death of an unborn child of at least 8 weeks' gestation. The House voted 176-116 to strip that provision. Rideout's daughter Ashyln, then age 22, was in a serious car accident last summer. She was seven months pregnant with her son, Griffin, who was killed. Incredibly, a 176-member majority of the House voted to legally classify infants like Griffin as having no intrinsic value.
By stripping the penalty for killing an infant in the womb (with abortions excepted), the House has said that an unborn baby's life is worth nothing on its own; its value exists only in its relationship to its mother. If the baby and the mother both die, enhanced legal penalties apply for the killer. If the baby dies but the mother lives, no crime has been committed.
Such mental contortions are the work of people who will defy all reason to protect the abortion industry from even a hint of discomfort. For this provision did not touch abortions or mothers. Rideout's original language stated that the bill shall not apply "to any act committed by the woman pregnant with the fetus, to any medical procedure, including abortion, performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of the pregnant woman or her legal guardian...."
The bill would have made abortion a legally protected act while allowing the state to bring to justice the killers of wanted babies. And still the abortion industry's loyal allies rejected it. Simply recognizing the truth of life inside the womb would pose too great a threat to their sacrament.


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BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-British decision to suspend nonlethal aid to opposition fighters in northern Syria was taken impulsively and in haste, a spokesman for Syria's main Western-backed rebel group said Thursday, adding that he hoped it would soon be reversed.
The decision came after opposition fighters from conservative Islamic rebel brigades seized warehouses containing U.S. military gear that was intended for the main Western-backed moderate rebel group. The move underscored the weakness of the mainstream rebel faction, known as the Free Syrian Army, that Washington and its European allies have tried — at times reluctantly — to mold into an effective partner inside Syria.
The suspension dealt another blow to the Syrian opposition, highlighting diminishing international support for their cause as al-Qaida linked rebel groups within the broader opposition's ranks have rapidly expanded their hold across rebel-held territories.
"We believe it was a hasty decision and we are in contact with our British and American friends ... to reconsider this decision," said FSA spokesman Loay al-Mikdad.
The warehouses belonged to the FSA's Supreme Military Council, led by Gen. Salim Idris, a secular-minded, Western-backed moderate. Idris could not be immediately reached for comment on the suspension and his whereabouts Thursday were unclear.
Al-Mikdad said Idris was at the Turkish-Syrian border area holding meetings with rebel commanders to work out what had happened.
He added that the suspension of aid will have a negative effect on Syria civilians, and not only the Free Syrian Army. "The Syrian people need every assistance and we believe that the American and British friends will review this decision," he said.
U.S. and British officials said Wednesday that humanitarian aid such as food and blankets would not be affected by the suspension. The officials also said that they were trying to determine what exactly transpired last week at the SMC warehouses near the Bab al-Hawa crossing between Syria and Turkey, and that the nonlethal aid could be resumed once conditions allow for it.
What is known is that fighters from the Islamic Front, a new alliance of six of the most powerful Islamic rebel groups in Syria, gained control of the base last Friday. While the events that led up to that are disputed, it is clear that the takeover marked an embarrassing setback for Idris, who has already seen his influence greatly diminished by the rise of al-Qaida affiliated militants flush with cash, weapons and battleground experience.
Capt. Islam Alloush, a military spokesman for the Islamic Front, denied fighters from the group had forcefully taken over the SMC warehouses. He said fighters from the Front had received a call from Idris' office asking for assistance after FSA fighters came under attack from unknown gunmen.
When the Front fighters reached the area, they found the warehouses "mostly empty" and abandoned by the guards and officers of the SMC, he said.
Al-Mikdad denied that the Islamic Front, which includes former FSA brigades, had seized any sophisticated weapons from the warehouses.
A senior adviser to the SMC confirmed that sequence of events, saying there were 200 FSA fighters at the checkpoint protecting the headquarters when it was stormed, but not by the Islamic Front.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, he said the Islamic Front later captured it and secured it.
He said that Idris, who was not at the checkpoint when it was first captured, held a meeting with members of the Islamic Front on Tuesday in southern Turkey. The official said that the Islamic Front offered to turn over control of the warehouses to the SMC, but he said the SMC does not have the manpower to hold them.
Associated Press writers Zeina Karam in Beirut and Desmond Butler in Istanbul contributed to this report.


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Rogelio Lopez Jr., of the 2400 block of Passavant Avenue in Round Lake, a passenger in the vehicle, died in the crash, said Lake County Deputy Coroner Mike Reid. The crash happened at about 4:15 p.m., in the 400 block of Clifton Drive.


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Movement seen in 'fiscal cliff' talks as Boehner offers revenue boost
WASHINGTON — Big differences remain, but there is finally movement in long-stalled talks on avoiding the "fiscal cliff."
House Speaker John Boehner is offering $1 trillion in higher tax revenue over 10 years and an increase in the top tax rate on people making more than $1 million a year. He's also offering a large enough extension in the government's borrowing cap to fund the government for one year before the issue must be revisited — conditioned on Obama agreeing to the $1 trillion in cuts.
The offer, made Friday after a long impasse between Boehner, R-Ohio, and President Barack Obama, calls for about $450 billion in revenue from increasing the top rate on million-dollar-plus income from 35 per cent to the Clinton-era rate of 39.6 per cent.
The additional revenue would be collected through a rewrite of the tax code next year and by slowing the inflation adjustments made to tax brackets.
In return, Boehner is asking for $1 trillion in spending cuts from government benefit programs like Medicare. Those cuts would defer most of a painful set of across-the-board spending cuts set to slash many domestic programs and the Pentagon budget by 8-9 per cent, starting in January.
Boehner also continues to press for a less generous inflation adjustment for Social Security benefits, a move endorsed by many budget hawks. Obama and Democrats on last year's deficit "supercommittee" endorsed the idea in offers made last year, but they're more reluctant now.
Democrats rejected the offer and some say an increase in the Medicare eligibility age is a non-starter. They are also pressing for extended jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.
Boehner's proposal was described by officials familiar with it. They required anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.
The movement comes as an increasing number of Republicans have called for a tactical retreat that would hand Obama a victory on his longstanding campaign promise to raise taxes on households making more than $250,000 a year. That increase, combined with an increase in the tax rate on investment income from 15 to 20 per cent, would raise about $800 billion in tax revenue over a decade.


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Super PACs spend big in Oregon GOP Senate primary
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Big donors are making their voices heard in Oregon's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
Three super PACs and a traditional political action committee have reported spending at least $956,000 supporting or opposing the two leading candidates, state Rep. Jason Conger and Portland physician Monica Wehby, according to campaign finance records. A fourth super PAC has registered with the Federal Election Commission, but it has not yet reported raising or spending money.
Enabled by U.S. Supreme Court opinions on campaign finance, super PACs can raise and spend unlimited sums on federal races. They must report their activities to the Federal Election Commission and are prohibited from coordinating with candidates or their campaign teams.
The money in Oregon's Senate race has bought advertisements on television, radio and the Internet, as well as mailers arriving along with ballots in Republicans' mailboxes.
Ballots must be returned by May 20, when they'll be counted and results announced. The winner will take on Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley in the general election.
"We definitely are making a difference, and voters are hearing," said Gayle Atteberry, executive director of Oregon Right to Life, which has spent $192,000 through its traditional political action committee on radio ads, mailers and other communication opposing Wehby. "We'll see how much they respond on election day."
Wehby is positioning herself as a centrist who can appeal to a general-election audience. She says she personally opposes abortion but the federal government should stay out of it, raising the ire of social conservatives.
Another social-conservative group, American Principles Fund, has spent $180,000 on television ads criticizing Wehby and promoting Conger. The group is funded almost entirely by Sean Fieler, an executive at Equinox Partners LP, a New York-based hedge fund.
Wehby's getting plenty of outside help from other quarters, however.
A super PAC called NewRepublican.org, founded by GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, has reported spending $491,000 to boost Wehby on television radio and the Internet. The group aims to the "re-express conservative principles to fit our time" and "rebuild the Republican brand," said Gentry Collins, a GOP political adviser who serves as the group's treasurer.
The super PAC was formed last year, but it had spent very little money before backing Wehby. It's funded largely by five members of the DeVos family, which has donated extensively to conservative causes.
"We think Dr. Wehby has a compelling story to tell," Collins said. "We think she's particularly well-qualified for the office, and she's got a great profile from which to explain to voters why our principles work to get the country to a better place."
If she clears the primary, NewRepublican.org intends to continue backing Wehby in the general election, Gentry said.
A super PAC called "If He Votes Like That In Salem Imagine What He Will Do In Congress" has reported raising $100,000, three-quarters of it from Nevada businessman Loren Parks and the rest from Andrew Miller, chief executive of Stimson Lumber in Portland. Both are prolific donors to Republican candidates in Oregon.
After deducting operating expenses, the super PAC says it's spent $93,000, largely on radio ads, mailers and billboards blasting Conger, saying he voted with Democrats on key issues important to Republicans.
The chairman of the Democratic Party of Oregon, Frank Dixon last week filed a complaint with the FEC alleging Miller illegally coordinated with Wehby, whom Miller describes as a friend he's "known for years." He denies the charge, saying he's done nothing more than donate the money.
"I have had no editorial input into that whatsoever. And have no input to veto anything," Miller said. "The person running that campaign (the super PAC), his condition was, 'You give me the money and you're going to have to trust everything I do, and that's it.' "
He got to see advertising hours before it went on air, but he had no ability to change the content, he said.
Another super PAC, Leadership Oregon Can Trust, registered with the FEC on May 2, but it has not reported raising or spending any money.
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What a repeat performance by the colt I'll Have Another! Again, the racing world thought Bodemeister would be the horse to beat in the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes. But, again, jockey Mario Gutierrez powered his horse from behind to clip Bodemeister by a neck. The win in the Preakness has started the countdown to the Belmont Stakes and a chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Only 12 horses hold the title Triple Crown Winner, and the racing industry could benefit from a new hero.
As the days wind down until I'll Have Another runs his final race to a potentially monumental victory on June 9, we bystanders can only sit and wait and, of course, vote – but not on this highly anticipated horse race. Rather, this year's most anticipated event, The Voice-Tribune's Best Dressed of Louisville, is ready for your write-in nominations.
The past Best Dressed events have caught the eyes and hearts of Louisville, setting us off on our mission to make this year's even more unforgettable than the last. To do so, we need your help. We can't make this the event of the year without a breath-taking group of nominees; this is where you come in.
The best part about Best Dressed is that you, the reader, get to pick who you want to see rocking the runway, August 25 at the Marriot Downtown, but the problem is that voting ends on June 4, only giving you a short amount of time to pick the people that you want to see in the spotlight this year.
All you have to do is go online to www.voice-tribune.com to BD2012 and submit your nominees for this year's Best Dressed of Louisville. You may vote once a day everyday for one female, male, and couple, so choose wisely! Again, voting ends June 4 and nominees for this year will start being revealed on June 7 and will continue on throughout the summer.
So take a second through these busy next two weeks as summer approaches to cast your votes and help us make 2012's Best Dressed of Louisville as special for you as it is for us.


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Her new exhibit "Journey Within" opened on Sunday, August 11, at the Forest Hills Healing Arts Center. It was a peaceful opening reception with incense, refreshments and "the purest water you'll ever taste," according to the artist herself.
So far ten pieces are on display, with three more to come in order to complete the "chakras," or energy centers of the body. Chakras is a Buddhist beliefs that each center of the body has a color.
Examples of these chakras are red for survival, orange for sexuality, yellow for creativity, green for love and so on.
"I guess I just found myself being with more spiritual people, which inspired me to learn about the chakras" says Kozlyansky, a recipient of the Congressional Recognition Award from the Queens Museum. "I wanted to know what all these colors meant, so I looked through books and learned something new!"
Kozlyansky paints each piece in a similar manner but with different themes.
She starts each piece using one specific color of the chakra and creates a spiral. Alongside the spiral, she paints personal images in each piece that represent the functions of each chakra. For example, she painted an owl for wisdom and a jaguar for survival.
Spirals were a huge source of inspiration for the artist and Forest Hills resident. A spiral cannot only represent cosmic rhythms in the universe, but also cycles in nature that exist within an individual, according to Kozlyansky.
The entire exhibit took Kozlyansky a year to complete. Each piece is made from acrylic paint and Swarovski crystals, which add to the "luminosity and shimmer" of the image.
The zen venue coincides with the theme of the exhibit, which is exploring, transforming and healing the body. Alongside the artwork, the Forest Hills Healing Arts Center hosts yoga classes, massage therapy, physical therapy and other workshops, including a painting wprkshop taught by Kozlyansky herself.
"As an artist and healer, I hope my paintings can instill hope, courage and creativity to those who view them," she said. "It is my humble way of bringing a little peace and balance to our planet."


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I run a simple .aspx website on a Windows Server 2008 machine.
There is NO impersonation, and
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name returns NT
AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE, which it the account which the application
pool runs. In my web.config, I have <authentication mode="Forms">.
I tried to test the security of the
application and server by removing file permissions to the .aspx files. I
was greatly worried when the website continued to run without problem
(it should not have been able to read the .aspx files).
By turning
on file level auditing, I discovered that the .aspx files were being
read by the machine$ account (if the machine is called Serv1, then the
files would be read by the Serv1$ account, which seems to have access to
all files on the local machine).
Is this a security breach or is this behaviour by design ?
Please can somebody assist, as I am worried.
Here is my dilema, on my site i have a WordPress Audio player (http://wpaudioplayer.com/standalone) that plays my mp3's.
It loads the Mp3's in by javascript...example below:
AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_7", { soundFile: "/Files/Music/[name of file].mp3" });
This file name is clearly visible in the browser source. Not a problem, however this means that any user can legitimately browse to the file directly and download it.
Now i still need the mp3 player (which is flash) to have access to the file but if a user was to try accessing the file directly, they would not be allowed access to it.
I am not sure how to go about this, i am circling the idea of a httphandler but not sure if this is sufficiant to stop the direct access to the file.
Any help would be appreciated
I created a new database with the help of Database Configuration Assistant !
I created with the scott account
Now i'm not able to connect to the database with the connect identifier with the scott account
The error i get is.,
Plz help !
Hi .NET'ers,
i'm interested to do the following - i geuss, i have no option to do that:
we have our "mainapplication" on a DB; we are tracking user-login status by switching a bit in the DB in the users data row.
we hvae a second application, the backend, which is the administration tool.
(the applications are put in seperate diretories on HD)
sometimes, we need to block/ban users. in some cases the users are logged in, when we "see them in action".
i'd like to build a button in the backend-application, which logss-out the user from the mainapplication.
for sure: i can access the same DB and switch the bit to "know" he's offline, but this will not kill the session on the mainapplication.
because: if a user is on/offline is also indicated by the session in the IIS.and as the IIS-session is active, the user may be already banned - but he will not be logged out automatically (and showing something like "you have been logged out because of a ban)
one option would be to call the DB by each page-load to find out, if the user is logged on.
is there any option to implement this?
Hi all,
I was rummaging the internet learning aspx and came across the concept of: Microsoft Application Block for Data Access in .NET
It seems great of course. The articles are all early 2003-5 such as
So the question is - is this tech still relevant and should I be using it?
Ive just started a project that will use the enterprise library 4.1 data access code blocks. Its been years since ive used them, can anyone tell me what assemblies I need to reference in my project in order to use them ? Ive referenced
are there any others I need ?
I have used calender web user control inside my project where i took textbox,button and calender.....but after dragging onto my aspx page....i am unable to access this textbox,calender and button on aspx page...Pls help me to find out the solution.
Hi All,
Need a help..
I have deployed a asp.net web application with integrated windows authentication mode on.
The requirement is that.. few menu options will be visible to end user based on their role..So I am getting the loggedin user identity and then checking for group of that user..
I implemented this code and it is working fine. I am getting the list of groups user is associated with.
Recently we decided to give access to the student user group also which is the most restrictive group out of all..
we gave folder read folder permission to application folder and when tried to access the site, it is asking for username, password again and again and some times randomly it gives error:
Computer name could not be obtained.
Can anybodly please help me to understand what is the minimum permissions required to a AD user group to acces a windows authenticated asp.net site?
I am using SQL Server 2008 under windows authentication, front end is ASP.NET which uses COM+ to access database.
COM+ components are configured to run as domain user.
When looking through the logs (SQL Profiler), I can see the login name as the configured identity instead of windows indentity.
I have got Website running under "Intergrated Windows Authentication" and database is running locally on webserver.
Web configure contains entry for <identity impersonate="true"/>.
My connection string is
connectionString="data source=db01\test01;initial catalog=test; integrated security=SSPI;persist security info=False; Trusted_Connection=Yes"
Any ideas?
Migrated from Windows 2000 ASP.NET 1.1 to Windows 2003, ASP.NET 2.0 and had this error. All the forums/MSDN/Blogs says to give Read/Write Access to C:\Windows\Temp folder. Why should we give Full Access to some folder in Production server?? In windows 2000, ASP.NET 2.0 development machine, no files are created when we run crystal reports from aspx pages. Then why in Windows 2003 servers, we need to give rights to temp folder?? It is a simple code
And the code is not storing anything on the disk. Then why should it store the GUID.rpt file in Temp file in Windows 2003 server?? Any alternative is there not to store anything on the disk when Crystal Reports are opened in aspx page??
Over the past few weeks I've been attempting to convert the readily available C# code for the Membership Provider etc whilst working with MS Access. I'm fairly experienced with VB unlike C# and have ran AccessMembershipProvider.cs, AccessConnectionHelper.cs and so on through 3 different converters. All of which have given a varying degree of errors, all of which I've fixed, either by ever so slightly re-writing the logic or in the Cryptographic case finding a working translation.
This evening I have fixed all of the errors from all of the now converted VB files (which I was pretty pleased about as you can imagine), I then created a simple login page to test this out, added a new user to the system and tried to login to find out I'm being told the username or password is wrong.
Just to clarify, the converters all had an error or two or even more in some cases which I've bypassed but now I can't login - at all!!
Any initial suggestions?
Finally I've written reams of code over the years and am really stumped on this one, has knowone actually successfully converted these files from C# to VB and actually got it working?? I'm not looking for someone to send me there hard work but I am almost at the point of not wanting to bother with it anymore and I just can't believe that it's not out there to download
Julie Lerman shows database administrators how to limit access to databases from the Entity Framework by allowing it to work only with views and stored procedures instead of tables-without impacting application code or alienating developers.
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"No Love" is taken from the bands most recent effort "The Trouble With Angels".
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In the executive suite on the 11th floor of a former bank building in downtown Columbia, a folk art painting propped up against the wall warns, "Look busy, Jesus is coming."
This is Tony Keck's office, but he doesn't need to bother looking busy. As director of the state's Department of Health and Human Services, he is busy — too busy even to hang his pictures.
In less than three years, Keck has emerged as a powerful voice in Gov. Nikki Haley's Cabinet, a major rebound after he candidly admits he was passed over for a promotion to lead Louisiana's health department in 2010.
The 45-year-old also has been a lightning rod during this General Assembly session, carrying Haley's opposition to President Barack Obama's national health care program to state legislators.
He does it with composure and a Midwestern accent, almost always in business suits and cowboy boots, a fashion statement he said he picked up in Baton Rouge.
The core of Keck's message is that Medicaid, and health insurance generally, isn't making people healthier. He can't justify spending more money to expand what he sees as an inefficient program, even if the federal government is offering the state billions of dollars to make that happen.
"It's hard for people to understand, to come to grips with how profoundly broken the system is," Keck said.
He has told lawmakers this many times. Stacks of paper and folders full of data cover most of his office's flat surfaces, signs of late-night research leading up to his recent testimony at a Senate committee hearing in early May.
"I'm to the point where I'm done convincing," he said. "I don't think I'm going to have a magic chart that all of a sudden converts a bunch of people."
Keck's main job is to run the state's health insurance agency. He oversees a $6 billion operating budget, more than 1,000 employees and about 1 million Medicaid policies for low-income adults and children.
Since taking the job, he has increased Medicaid enrollment by 16 percent, but Haley said his focus on improving public health, not just paying insurance claims, has been a revelation for the department.
"Tony Keck is such a jewel of a find for South Carolina," Haley said. "HHS is being run right for the first time."
She also calls him "incredibly smart," a compliment repeated by many colleagues, even those at odds with his arguments.
"Tony is very bright," said Thorton Kirby, president of the South Carolina Hospital Association, a group lobbying for Medicaid expansion. "He is passionate. Normally that's something I like because it means he's energized and ready to work. On Medicaid expansion, he's passionate in another direction."
Keck grew up in Michigan, studied engineering at the University of Michigan and took a job as a health care consultant after graduation in 1989. By 1998 he was offered the top management spot in Johnson & Johnson's Latin American consulting division in Chile.
He said he got his "true education" while running St. Thomas Health Services, a low-income clinic in New Orleans in 1995 and 1996.
"I spent two years just trying to keep the lights on in the place. Literally, I'd had to run outside when the guy was going to turn the water off and beg him not to do it," he said. "Every once in a while the doctors and I wouldn't take our paychecks, but I counted on that Medicaid check (for the clinic), because that Medicaid check always came on Friday."
Now, Keck makes about $155,000 a year, but only eight years ago he was living in a FEMA trailer in Birmingham, Ala. A doctoral student at Tulane University in 2005, he was forced out of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit.
"I had evacuated from New Orleans twice before that," he said. But with Katrina, "strange things were starting to happen. The sky was a bizarre color. It was creepy. I knew it was different than those other times."
Months later, Keck returned to his New Orleans apartment, still damp and "just disgusting," he called it — bearing in mind the blessing of government aid when he needed it most. He soon became involved in discussions about rebuilding the city's health care system.
"I was just itching to be part of it," he said. "I just started showing up at meetings and being a loudmouth guy."
Loud enough to be heard, it seems. In 2008 he was appointed chief of staff of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals, and the following year became a policy adviser to Gov. Bobby Jindal. In 2010 he returned to the Department of Health and Hospitals as deputy secretary. He hasn't yet managed to finish that PhD.
In 2010 Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Keck, whose political leanings have drifted right over the years, calls it a missed opportunity.
"What I realized over time is that a lot of the policies that had been implemented to presumably help people became more about the institutions to help people than they actually became about the people themselves," he said. "Quintupling the investment in public health in this country could have been revolutionary. And instead ... you've got a bill that spends more money instead of making the tough choices."
The law spells out a variety of ways to help Americans enroll in health insurance — financial penalties for individuals who don't purchase a plan, fines for employers who don't offer affordable coverage, and Medicaid for everyone who makes up to $15,856, or 138 percent of the poverty level. The poverty threshold for families is higher.
Money traditionally given to reimburse hospitals for charity care will be redirected to states to help pay for Medicaid expansion. The federal government has agreed to pay 100 percent of expansion costs for three years starting in 2014, and at least 90 percent, in theory, forever.
But last year the Supreme Court ruled that states aren't obligated to accept that money. It's been Keck's job to convince lawmakers that an estimated 340,000 people in South Carolina eligible under the expansion plan won't become healthier by getting Medicaid cards.
In many ways, Keck's public relations campaign against expansion has been an easy sell to conservative lawmakers who control the General Assembly.
But in dollars and cents, the federal investment over the next three years alone is a projected $4.1 billion for South Carolina. Hospitals, including the three major systems in the Lowcountry, are applying heavy pressure for the state to accept the money.
"I think there are a lot of folks who want that money," Keck said. "I have a hard time knowing what's going to happen."
On May 2, a bipartisan bill signed by 75 lawmakers was filed in the S.C. House of Representatives. It would allow South Carolina to take the federal Medicaid expansion money, but re-purpose it into health savings accounts for the poor.
Keck was intentionally not consulted before the bill was filed, but the number of calls and text messages he fielded from his staff, the governor's office and legislators that afternoon underscores his influence.
"The bottom line is if Tony Keck does not support that bill, it's probably for a good reason," said Rep. Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton, one of seven Republican legislators who eventually scratched their names from the proposal.
The bill was sent to a committee for discussion, and it's unlikely to come to a vote before the Legislature breaks for the year June 6. On the chance that Keck is asked to officially weigh in, it's guaranteed that many lawmakers won't agree with his position, but most of them will listen.
"I've come in and I know I've been sort of, you know, I haven't been shy about trying to get done what I want to get done, saying what I think," Keck said. "There are a lot of people who could react to that the wrong way, coming from another state. The reality is that the people here, even the people who I have to disagree with ... they're all good people and they've all been generous to me with their time."
By many accounts, Keck's future is bright.
"While Tony Keck is a leader in South Carolina, it won't be long before Tony Keck is a leader across the country when it comes to health care issues," Haley said.
Kristy Nichols, commissioner of Louisiana's Division of Administration and one of Keck's close friends, also predicts that he is headed for the national stage.
"He's just that bright and he's that good of a leader, in my opinion," said Nichols, who introduced Keck to his second wife, Shannon Robshaw, in 2006.
Until then, he insists his boots are firmly planted in South Carolina, and for at least a few more weeks, he'll continue his crusade against Medicaid expansion as the legislature wraps up the debate, acknowledging that there's a possibility that the future might prove him wrong.
"There's going to be a chunk of states that do expand. There's going to be a chunk of states that don't, and in five years we'll have the answer — where is it going better?" he said. "And I would think that everybody should be happy with that outcome."
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NHIAA Football Roundup: Bishop runs wild to lead Lancers
October 11. 2013 11:15PM
NHIAA Football Scores, ScheduleFRIDAY NIGHT
Division I
Exeter 55, Alvirne 28
Keene 30, Winnacunnet 19
Nashua South 42, Dover 22
Nashua N. 34, Timberlane 28, OT
Bedford 45, Man. Memorial 14
Concord 21, Pinkerton 14
Londonderry 45, Merrimack 14
Central 33, West 6
Division II
Portsmouth 49, St. Thomas 28
Merrimack Valley 28, Sanborn 7
Pembroke 38, Kingswood 23
Windham 42, Kennett 14
Lebanon 24, Hanover 17
Division III
Franklin 27, Winnisquam 6
Division I
Salem at Goffstown, 1:30
Spaulding at Bp Guertin, 4
Division II
Laconia at Plymouth, 1:30
Milford at John Stark, 1:30
Hollis/Brook at Kearsarge, 3:30
ConVal at Monadnock, 6:30
Souhegan at Trinity, 7
Division III
Bow at I-L/Moultonboro, noon
Gilford at Newfound, 1
Raymond at Campbell, 1:30
Bishop Brady at Farm-Nute, 1:30
Windsor, Vt. at Newport, 1:30
Pelham at Epping-Newm, 2:30
Dennis Bishop ran for 312 yards on 28 carries and scored three touchdowns and Aaron Gaudet connected with Nathaneal Kelly for a pair of scores to lead host Londonderry to a 45-14 win over Merrimack in Division I football action Friday night.
Londonderry grabbed a 31-7 halftime lead and rolled up 585 yards of offense, 500 of them on the ground. Bishop scored on runs of 5, 1 and 4 yards. Gaudet completed five of his 11 passes for 85 yards and the two scores.
Merrimack quarterback Devin Gillis completed 19 of his 26 passes for 166 yards and a pair of scores. He also was intercepted once.
Ian Roberts caught six passes for 44 yards and one of the Merrimack scores. Jordan Miranda had a pair of catches for 34 yards and the other Merrimack TD. Both teams are now 3-3.
Manchester Central 33, Manchester West 6: Jesiah Wade scored four touchdowns to lead the Little Green, who improved to 4-2, at Gill Stadium.
He carried 22 times for 150 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns, caught a 12-yard scoring pass and returned a kick 70 yards for a score. Central led 14-0 after the first quarter and 28-0 after three periods. West dropped to 0-6.
Nashua North 34, Timberlane 28 (OT): At Nashua, Demitri Jackson scored in overtime for North and the Titans defense held on Timberlane of Plaistow's possession to earn the win.
Timberlane led 21-7 in the game after a 49-yard touchdown run from Tyler Furrey and then again 28-14 on another Furrey run. But North came back to tie the game when Brendan Martin scored from a yard out with less than 2:00 remaining to force overtime.
Nashua South 42, Dover 22: At Dover, South's Trevor Knight ran for three touchdowns and threw for one more to Josh Perry to lead the Panthers to a 6-0 record. Andrew Decarter added two touchdowns for Nashua South.
Dover got touchdown passes from Jack Priester and Derek Stegman, both to Cam Ruwicki. Vinny Panetta scored the final Dover (2-4) touchdown and added a two-point conversion.
Division II
Merrimack Valley 28, Sanborn 7: At Penacook, Tucker Burt scored a rushing touchdown and Ivan Niyomugabo scored one on the ground and threw a TD pass to Tommy Schneider. Cal Martin and Blake Gaboriault notched interceptions for MV (5-1).


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Please give a warm welcome to guest Tara Pammi! She's visiting the virtual offices to chat about A Hint Of Scandal. She also brought along a copy for one of you to win!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Tara Pammi] Author, work-in-progress wife, mom, and coffee fueled insomniac
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about A Hint of Scandal?
[Tara Pammi] A Hint of Scandal is a story of opposites falling in love. Alexander King is perfection personified, a control freak who's long ago cut off any emotion from his life whereas Olivia as Alexander calls her is an Emotion Junkie thriving on everything she feels- whether love or hurt or attraction.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Tara Pammi] This is going to sound hooey…but the characters always come first to me. In this case, it was Olivia first. Olivia had so much love to give but the problem was that she kept giving it to the wrong men. Once I had in Olivia in mind, I thought of what kind of a man would find her irresistible but would want nothing of what she had to give and Alexander came into picture.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Olivia?
[Tara Pammi] Impulsive, loving, loyal.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Alexander had a theme song, what would it be?
[Tara Pammi] Poison and Wine by Civil Wars.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Olivia is never without.
[Tara Pammi] Her bright red lipstick- her armor against a world that has never been kind to her
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Alexander's bedroom?
[Tara Pammi] Anything that belonged to his ex-girlfriends, or scented calendars and in the beginning of the story- anything that belonged to Olivia either…;-)
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Olivia's greatest regret?
[Tara Pammi] That in search of someone who loved her, in search of validation, she fell in love with the wrong man at the age of nineteen.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Tara Pammi] My father who had been a writer. I remember him sitting at his table, with a pen and paper in hand, writing, and in the middle of it sometimes realizing I was there, and smiling.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Tara Pammi] Coffee, quiet and my laptop ?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What was your biggest distraction while working on A Hint of Scandal?
[Tara Pammi] LOL…this one's the easiest. It is always the Internet. Writing is such a solitary occupation that you want to forever see who's on twitter/FB etc. so that you feel like you are interacting with people other than those in our heads.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Tara Pammi] Nalini Singh's Heart of Obsidian.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Tara Pammi] I grew up surrounded by books and it's really hard to pick one.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Tara Pammi] Read, and playing board games with my girls.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Tara Pammi] I would love to hear from readers.
They can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or drop me a line through the Contact form on my website www.tarapammi.com
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Alexander King's ruthless determination for perfection is world renowned and he'll make Olivia pay for her latest stunt–by enforcing their marriage vows! He expects her to be the model wife in public. And in private? With her feisty attitude and his strong will, it won't be long before the tension between them reaches boiling point!
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Can't wait for this week's instalments of your favorite Fox shows? Neither can we! Which is why we thought now might be as good a time as any to share a handful of behind-the-scenes photos from the likes of BONES, GLEE, NEW GIRL, FRINGE and more. See for yourself, after the jump.
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I think this book is good because I like mystery books. My favorite part in the book is when the father was watching t.v. and he heard a scary noise. The best character is Jigsaw because he?s always trying to solve something like me. I like the illustrations because they have good details. This book is like a book named Nate the Great. It?s the same because they are both mysteries.
I recommend this book to my brothers because they like mystery books. I also recommend it to readers who like mysteries. You should read this book because it surprises you, when the mystery is solved.


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A Central American country, located between Mexico and Guatemala, Belize has a variety of Caribbean islands including St.George's Caye (the site of the 1798 battle during which the British defeated the Spanish and laid claim to Belize), Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker both of which lie within the Belize Barrier Reef -- the largest tropical reef in our hemisphere, famous for the Great Blue Hole, which beckons divers from around the world. The barrier reef, while the top reason for many travelers to visit Belize, is not the only one. Others include Mayan ruins (some excavated, others still jungle-covered) and a tropical rainforest inhabited by many species of birds.
Popular excursions sold onboard cruise ships include diving and snorkeling tours, excursions to the Mayan temples of Altun Ha (where a jade head was discovered), bird watching treks, zip-lining adventures over the jungle canopy, and refreshing river kayaking and cave tubing.
Cruise ships call at Belize City on Western Caribbean itineraries. Belize City is a predominantly Creole city with a population of less than 80,000. It is the largest city in Belize, formerly the country's capital, present commercial hub and gateway for cruise passengers.
Highlights of Belize City include the 19th and early 20th century buildings and houses with wrap-around verandas, painted shutters and Victorian-style woodwork on the North Shore, in the Fort George area. The Fort George Lighthouse and Bliss Memorial (named for English nobleman benefactor, Baron Bliss, who is buried here) is a good photo-op -- as the Lighthouse towers over the Caribbean Sea (the Lighthouse, however, cannot be entered). The House of Culture (formerly Government House) on Regent Street is Belize City's foremost colonial structure -- it is said to have been designed by noted British architect Sir Christopher Wren and dating from the 19th century. Queen Elizabeth stayed here during a visit in 1985.
St. John's Cathedral on Albert Street is reportedly the oldest in Central America -- four kings of the Mosquito Coast, a British protectorate along the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua were crowned here in the 19th century. The Museum of Belize on Gabourel Lane in the Fort George area used to be a city jail and now offers exhibits including Mayan artifacts.
The Belize Zoo, about 30 miles west of Belize City, is a 29-acre facility showcasing 125 native species including black and spotted jaguars.
Local not-to-be-missed flavors include rice and beans (white rice and red kidney beans) cooked in coconut milk and paired with fresh-caught fish (seafood is great and plentiful) or stewed chicken and beef with a side of fried ripe plantains -- a great lunch before or after your adventures ashore. Or try serre la sus, a soup made with fish simmered in coconut milk with onions and spices and served with boiled green and ripe plantains and wafers of cassava bread along with chicken escabeche (a spicy dish made with chicken, onions, vinegar, peppers and spices) and served with corn tortillas.
Flavorful local souvenirs include a bottle of hot sauce or a bottle of rum. Other good souvenirs are coffee, beer and handicrafts. The Tourism Village, designed for cruise ship passengers, has a variety of shops selling clothing, jewelry, crafts and other merchandise near the cruise terminal.
Cruise lines that call on Belize City include Carnival, Celebrity, Holland America, Norwegian, Regent Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean and Seabourn.
IF YOU GO -- For more information on Belize, visit www.travelbelize.org.


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Thanks to everyone of you who has asked questions and left comments. I apologize for not being able to answer every question and appreciate those of you who jump in to help.
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MUNICH (AP) — Frenchman Alexander Levy overcame two bogeys to card a 4-under 68 for a three-way share of the lead going into the last round of the BMW International Open on Saturday.
Levy joined Sweden's Alex Noren in catching overnight leader Ernie Els to be at 15-under 201 overall.
Els, who had a one-stroke lead and shot a second consecutive 69, remains confident he can claim the title on Sunday.
"Yes I am," said the two-time winner of the British Open and U.S. Open. "I'm swinging nicely and I've had my back against the wall, so to speak, the last two rounds where I've had to come back and try to salvage something. I did it again today."
Levy, whose best finish to date is 10th, did well to emerge with only a bogey on the 15th, when he had to hack the ball out from under a tree.
"I'm very happy. It was great for me to play with a fantastic player," said Levy of partnering Els for the day. "It's nice to play with him, very happy. It was unbelievable,"
Noren managed five birdies and an eagle to offset a bogey.
"I hit a lot of good shots and a few bad ones, but you always do," said the Swede.
One stroke behind the leaders are England's Matthew Baldwin and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, who put himself in contention by holing nine birdies in a round of 65 to move up 14 places.
"I needed to shoot a round to give myself a chance tomorrow, and I've done that," said Bjorn, the 2000 and 2002 winner. "The first two days it's been decent but not great. I stepped it up today and that gives you a little bit of confidence tomorrow."
American Peter Uihlein is a stroke further back in sixth after shooting 67.
"I'm just happy to keep putting myself in a good position going into the final round. That's what it's all about," Uihlein said.
Home favorites Marcel Siem and 2008 winner Martin Kaymer both shot 69 and are three shots off the pace, as are Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and Brandon Stone of South Africa. Both shot 67.
"It's a special week. I played really good golf the whole week so far and yesterday I managed to grind out a good round, but today I really played great golf again," said Stone, who is playing his debut season as a professional.
Defending champion Danny Willet of England is also three strokes off the pace, with one eagle to show from his round.
Sergio Garcia holed seven birdies and avoided any bogeys for a 65. The Spaniard is one of three players four strokes behind the lead.
Play was delayed by one hour at the start and again later by another hour and 20 minutes due to heavy rain.
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syria's regime sternly warned neighboring Jordan on Thursday that it was "playing with fire" by allowing the U.S. and other countries to train and arm rebels on its territory.
Jordan, America's closest ally in the Arab world, has long been nervous that President Bashar Assad's hard-line regime could retaliate for supporting the rebels. The warning carried on state media may add to those jitters, though Jordanian government officials publicly downplayed it as "mere speculation by the Syrian media."
Syrian state television said leaks in U.S. media show Jordan "has a hand in training terrorists and then facilitating their entry into Syria." State radio accused Jordan of "playing with fire."
A front-page editorial in the government daily al-Thawra accused Amman of adopting a policy of "ambiguity" by training the rebels while at the same time publicly insisting on a "political solution" to the Syrian crisis.
"Jordan's attempt to put out the flame from the leaked information will not help as it continues with its mysterious policy, which brings it closer to the volcanic crater," the paper said.
Two Jordanian officials downplayed the diplomatic tiff with Syria. One said Jordan will not discuss the state of relations through the media.
"Such discussions are usually carried out through the appropriate diplomatic channels,' he said. Both officials insisted on anonymity out of concern that their comments may further irritate relations, which have been historically bumpy.
Jordan has long been concerned that the Assad regime could use chemical weapons against it, or that agents linked to the regime or its allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah could attack the kingdom.
The Syrian warnings appeared to reflect the regime's concerns about statements by U.S. and other Western and Arab officials saying Jordan has been facilitating arms shipments and hosting training camps for Syrian rebels since last October.
The training and the influx of foreign-funded weapons have coincided with rebel gains in southern Syria near the strategic border area with Jordan.
Those gains could be leading up to control of the region along the Jordanian border. That would be a major victory that could offer rebels a staging ground to try to attack the capital Damascus, the seat of Assad's power.
Rebels already control large swathes of territory in northern Syria along the Turkish border.
Activists reported more advances in the south on Thursday.
The rebels receiving training in Jordan are mainly secular Sunni Muslim tribesmen from central and southern Syria who once served in the army and police.
The force is expected to fill a security vacuum — mainly to protect the border with Jordan, assist displaced Syrians and possibly set up a safe haven for refugees — if Assad is toppled.
The Syrians training in Jordan are also envisioned as a counterbalance to the Islamic militant groups that have proven to be among the most effective of the myriad rebel factions fighting Assad's forces on the ground.
Chief among those rebel extremist groups is Jabhat al-Nusra or the Nusra Front, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist group and says is associated with al-Qaida.
The prominence of such extremist groups has fueled fears in Jordan that the chaos in Syria could lead to a failed state where Islamic militants have a free hand.
Israel and the United States also are concerned about militants potentially operating in the area near the Israeli frontier with Syria in the Golan Heights — also in the south — should Assad's regime collapse.
Though Jordan is supporting one segment of the disparate patchwork of rebel groups, it is nevertheless concerned about the recent rebel advances in the south along its border.
One fear is that the fall of the area into rebel hands could unleash lawlessness on the border and provide a haven for Islamic extremist groups such as Nusra Front on its doorstep.
The Islamist rebel groups, particularly Nusra, are complicating the battlefield by thwarting much-needed international aid from countries such as the U.S. that do not want to bolster extremist, jihadi groups.
In the latest fighting in the south, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighters seized most parts of Karak neighborhood in the province of Daraa after several days of fighting.
Daraa province borders Jordan and its provincial capital of the same name was the birthplace of the uprising against Assad two years ago.
There were also heavy clashes reported in the town of Sheik Maskeen, which is on the route from the Jordanian capital Amman to Damascus. Daraa is 115 kilometers (71 miles) south of Damascus.
The Observatory, an anti-regime activist group, also reported clashes at a checkpoint outside a camp for displaced Syrians on the outskirts of the city of Daraa. It said rockets fell inside the camp, but did not say who fired them, or how many people died.
On Wednesday, opposition fighters captured a military base outside the city of Daraa. That victory followed the rebel takeover of Dael, one of the province's bigger towns, and another air defense base in the area late last month.
Their aim is to secure a corridor from the Jordanian border to Damascus in preparation for an eventual assault on the capital. And they have made major progress along the way. Activists say several towns and villages along the Daraa-Damascus route are now in rebel hands.
It is widely believed that the rebels are close to seizing control of the two border posts with Jordan — a significant gain that would bolster arms shipments to the rebels.
In comments distributed Thursday, Assad criticized the recent Arab League decision to give Syria's seat to the opposition, calling it "meaningless theatre."
"This League needs legitimacy itself. It cannot grant legitimacy to others nor withdraw it," he said in an interview with Turkey's TV channel Ulusal Kanal. Excerpts of which were published Wednesday and Thursday and the full interview will be aired Friday.
Associated Press writer Albert Aji contributed to this report from Damascus, Syria.


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Alex Deane is right
He looks like he's dropped a turd in his pants.
An 18-year-old Bedford yoof has secured what appears to be a landmark legal victory for those who prefer their trousers at half-mast, the Times reports. Ellis Drummond was facing an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) "prohibiting him from using threatening behaviour, begging or entering the grounds of Bedford College", …
He looks like he's dropped a turd in his pants.
At least he'll not be able to run off if he breeches (pun intended) the ASBO.
Paris, coz she doesn't bother dressing the bottom half at all.
but seriously, an ASBO for assault, possession of Class B drugs and theft?
It would be almost funny if you couldn't go to prison for not paying your TV licence.
Young man I know - respectable, never in trouble and a hard worker. Had too much to drink one evening, and sensibly decided to walk his motorcycle home rather than ride it. Police followed him for 3 miles and then - smirking - arrested him for being 'drunk in charge'. He lost his licence, and because of that his career. Predictably, he gave up making any effort, and has been in trouble ever since. Nominally guilty I know - but surely not deserving of a punishment out of Les Miserables.
As opposed to another local chap - mindless, vicious thug in his 30s with a string of theft and violent convictions stretching back to his pre-teens. Never worked - never going to. Kicked a man unconscious, then assaulted two other people and the police who arrested him. Had to be strait-jacketed to be controlled. Given bail the next day, for heaven's sake! During the bail period, he assaulted 5 more people including me and my wife when we objected to him vandalising our car. The result? Six months community service. His original victim took longer than that to recover.
A bigger laugh - I narrowly escaped trouble because (retired and disabled) I had the audacity to use my walking stick to defend myself !!!
The whole system is a sad, sick, joke.
bloke got his license taken away for driving a toy car on the pavement when drunk !!!
police pulled him over and arrested him
...for sensible people like Deane - and Leigh-Smith. Do we really have nothing better to do with our courts than issue ASBOs for bad fashion?
In the linked article he appears to be wearing a pair of football shorts under his trousers anyway (ie if he took his trousers of altogether, his attire would be perfectly acceptable in public). Whats the problem (apart from looking like an idiot).
Hoods are a difficult one. I often have my hood up if it is cold/raining, but I can also see that a group of hoodies with their faces covered for no legitimate reason could be intimidating. Difficult to legislate on that.
There are some folks who find black people in general intimidating. Should we want to legislate for that, too?
Are you seriously comparing the colour of a person's skin, which they have no choice about (famous dead pop starts aside), to hanging around on a street corner with a hood on, looking shifty?
The whole question of whether the latter should be legislated against aside, well, the best word I can think of to describe your argument is 'meh'.
You can't choose to be black.
You can choose not to obscure your face in public.
So you're saying that when somebody invents a pill, aerosol spray, booth into which you step or some other device that temporarily changes the colour of your skin, it will be OK to impose a colour bar?
Yes. Well, a qualified yes. For the first while after this becomes easy and thus common, the various tracking systems will have issues with people who are totally non-standard in colour. How will the facial recognition systems cope with someone who is painted like a zebra? Or bright orange?
As far as I know there are already jurisdictions that don't allow you to wear highly IR-reflective body or face paints. For that matter, people "dressed up" in coloured paints such that they have non-standard colours for their skin are regularly barred from certain establishments.
Perhaps the day will indeed come where federal legislation is considered in some western country that "you must walk around in the skin colour you were born to."
Do I personally think these rules are good, right, just and moral? No. Then again, I don't agree with tracking everyone all the time either.
wait what ...
*dont feed the troll
'The order also sought to prevent Drummond "wearing trousers so low beneath the waistline that members of the public are able to see his underwear"'
Not that he looks capable of it in the picture, but by applying a bit of convoluted logic, couldn't you argue thats a legal order to stop wearing underwear?
Mine's the one with the arse cut out.
That photos of young teen males wearing low ridding trousers are much sort after by perverts.
I looked at the pic.
He does indeed look like a right twat.
I think the funniest thing that could happen is if he had to try to run for the bus...
...the usual condition of his underwear? Might be quite relevant, when showing it off in public.
Maybe not in the eyes of the law.
Just saying.
I'm obviously getting very old, but I "don't get it" - the trousers half-way-down-your-legs thing. It looks bloody stupid for a start. And how do you stop them falling all the way down? Or run for a bus? In my day, of course, you would paint your hair pink, have studs in your head and wear a tatty leather jacket. That all seems perfectly reasonable - at least we didn't look like we'd shat ourselves!
It is a development of gangsta rap style. Prisoners in US jails are given ill fitting clothes and no belt. Hence the trouser half way down your legs. Makes it easier for them to be anally raped too.
...Please explain to this poor lad how a belt works?
I've always been lead to believe that it started with prisoners in the US advertising their availability and predilection for bending down in the showers?
I watched Harry Brown last night. If only grenades were legal.
I don't know how true it is, but I've been told that the origin was from the US prison system where things like belts are confiscated and "not being part of the crowd" was dangerous. Thus all youths eventually copied the behaviour, thinking it a social necessity.
I love to explain this to the kids I work with... why are you wearing your trousers like a pillock? Because you are emulating someone stupid enough to get caught and who can't be trusted not to hang himself in his cell if you give him a leather belt. It makes them think twice.
Dosn't look so much stupid as disabled
I know that the yoof of today will say that we are not kool and stuff. but WTF???
I saw this young women at the train station recently. Her trousers were so low the croutch was at her knees. She had to wear a very long top to hide her g-string. And yes I know it was a g-string because I saw it when the wind moved her top. the waist line was at least 3/4 downher arse FFS.
I knew there was an upside to it somewhere !!!!!
*ill have the dirty old coat please
I got away as soon as I could. Need I say more?
....is an excellent place to go if you want to do some people watching. There are few layers of society that don't appear in there and it's quite fascinating if you have some time on your hands.
A friend of mine used to run the tea and cake stall in the reception area, the stories she could tell....
I thought the style was for the trousers to be allowed to uncover half of the bumcheecks, not halfway down the thighs.... Grade A Plonker.
No one complains when the girls wear them like this though......
..the judge is not a member of this FB group..
He is the joke
that is all
Compete Tool.
Do you think the Catholic Church would be interested in him and his garment styling?
I wonder if he would be so keen to wear his arse revealers all the time if he knew the true origin of the 'trend'.
In the States, the practice of wearing the trousers below the underwear line was started in the California prisons during the 1970's by certain inmates wishing to advertise their 'sexual availability' to any interested parties.
This has spread all over the world and it is highly doubtful that the scrotoids in Britain and the rest of the world or for that matter, actually know HOW this practice began, but it is nevertheless true.
I am sure that if you ask nicely and maybe give them a wink, any older inmate that is or has been incarcerated in California will attest to this.
now if we could just pay some attention to the idiots, on generous public pay, that sought the ASBO for dressing badly, maybe the country would get somewhere
Clearly missing the rest of the bits about the ASBO - you know the Assault, theft etc...
Of course I'm not entirely sure why they were to be dealt with via an ASBO rather than a more serious penalty, but hey I'm not a magistrate.
It's not like his only crime was looking like a Twat though
OK, so he looks stupid, but who the hell runs for a bus? What kind of an argument is that?
A kid wearing misguided fashions may look stupid, but a middle-aged computer programmer running for a bus looks like a total loser. Wait for the next one, and get out of bed 5 minutes earlier tomorrow.
I Demand a new keyboard !!!
....just how much of an idiot Drummond resembles right here.
He resembles a right arsehole . How can the bastard walk without falling on his face is what I'd like to know.
It's a controversial position you're all taking on this. I have to admire it.
So, left arseholes look different somehow?
Yup, they look like this:
Come on folks - how about either banning girls who also show bum crack or just stop grumbling.
What they look like doesn't really matter - unless you were all dressed up as Little Lord Fauntleroy and are voting for the grown-up version tomorrow.
Most of us will have looked stupid or just plain odd to others when we were young.
Old man's trousers should also be banned, along with fat bastards who wear string vests and gold chains. ASBO for anyone with a small yappy dog in a bag, anyone driving a Toyota Pious and those who 'ironically' use 'LOL'.
Male or female it doesn't matter. Walking through the tables in a coffee shop or high street fast food outlet can be quite off putting as you negotiate the builder's cleavages.
but it did make me LOL
All he needs a good belt.
"he needs a right belt"
In both meanings of the word.
...mine's the hoodie...
As the judge so rightly says, judging against this would be a breach of the Human Rights Act, not to mention Freedom of Expression.
That said though, each generation have their own set of "Twat-a-like's" and while they do seem to grow progressively worse, at least it has one major advantage.
It makes it easier to identify the idiots.
Say you are a Employer, if I see a guy like that coming in for a job interview, the guy could be Einstein Reborn and I would rather hire the cockroaches that live in his shoes than him.
While some of you seem to identify it as a "Hey im a wanna-be-gay-prison-dude", I identify it more as a signal of "Hey-im-a-guy-with-no-future" type, you know the sort, those that will be serving me fries at MacD when he is 40 or washing my car.
Let people express themselves as they wish with their clothing and looks, as long as you don't go over the limit and start running around with your 3'rd leg in the open
While I'd love to join the "what the good lord does he look like, in my day ... " etc etc.
It should be remember that an asbo is a good way of criminalizing legal behaviour.
Wearing trouser down by your knees - not illegal
wearing trousers down by your knees in contravention of an asbo - punishable by prison
Why I like to point and laugh at "da yoot" as much as the next middle aged IT worker, the idea that some clown can make almost anything an offence that can get you locked up is not a good thing. Not really funny. Quite scary in fact.