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Our constitution envisions a state mechanism that guarantees equitable distribution of wealth among its citizens and of opportunities, which will eventually guide to the path of sustainable economic development. Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for
connecting the millions and developing optimized resource utilization framework can help us as
a nation to attain this constitutional objective. This vision has been echoed in the "Charter for
Change", the election manifesto of Bangladesh Awami League during the ninth parliamentary
election of Bangladesh in 2008. The charter points to the need for human resource
development using ICT (in communication and education), a key factor for the establishment of
an equity based society, the "Digital Bangladesh". The national ICT policy 2009 also reflects this
overarching goal of development using ICT. This policy recognizes social equity, universal
access, and support to ICT options as some of its key strategic objectives. Overall, the primary
precondition is to ensure the development of an affordable and convenient multi-channel
access mechanism to connect people and promote digital inclusion for development.
With 43.4% functional literacy (base) rate and majority of the population based in rural areas,
the people of Bangladesh predominantly rely on traditional and relatively low-tech ICT options
to have access to information. The size of user base for public AM radio and terrestrial TV in
Bangladesh is comparable to its South Asian neighbours (except Nepal, which enjoys an
exceptionally high radio listenership rate). Figure 1 shows the comparative data of literacy,
telephone and internet density and other traditional access among four South Asian countries.
Mobile Phone: In Bangladesh, the access price for mobile telephony and the monthly tariff is
one of the lowest [ITU ICT Index-2009, Samarajiva, 2008]. At present there are 54.7 million
cellular phone subscribers (BTRC, March 2010). Overall, the teledensity (voice) is steadily rising
over 36 % in terms of active connection availability. But as traditionally our rural population
uses shared access to the mobile phone services, the access rate is higher than the CPE (active
connection) penetration. With the opening up of mobile services in the Chittagong hill tracts
area, mobile phone coverage has already reached more than 90% coverage in terms of
geographical area and 98% in terms of population coverage. Through individual ownership,
shared access, public call centres and phone-ladies, cellular phone has become the most
popular ICT option in Bangladesh.
Now the Government is preparing to award 3G license to the mobile operators. The licensing guidelines have been drafted. Also the 2G license of the four mobile operators are going to be renewed by 2011. The regulatory body is working on the license renewal issues and Mobile Number Portability, Emergency call service etc are being considered in this case. Also the
dialogue is going on in the industry that whether the 3G frequency would be awarded through
'Open Auction' or 'Beauty Contest' and also about the possibility of a new entrant in the 3G
awarding process.
In the last revision of National Frequency Allocation Plan, frequency bands have been reserved
for Long Term Evolution (LTE)1 and Digital Dividend2 (Multimedia Broadcasting). Considering
the technical development, interoperability and ability to offer ubiquitous services, these
technologies are considered to be have great prospect in our country.
Fixed Phone: For the fixed land line, total subscriber is 1.7 million [BTRC, 2010]. For a long time,
the fixed voice service has been a state monopoly and that system totally failed to create a
mass subscriber a base and failed to promote telecom as a service to the people. Then after,
the regulator, especially from the year 2004, started the awarding of fixed voice licenses to the
private operators. But due to the absence of proper business model and attractive service
offerings, the subscriber base has not been expanded to the expected level.
IP Telephony: To legalize the use of VOIP call services in the local market, the regulator has started the licensing of IP telephony Service to the ISPs. Till now, 34 licenses have been
awarded. The IP-IP domestic calls probably will get popularize, specially among the corporate customers as the IP Telephony operators are allowed to offer free IP-IP domestic calls for their
customers. The bundle offer of unlimited IP-IP calls for a fixed internet connection charge will attract the users and the penetration of fixed internet is supposed to be increased. Scarcity of
power has been identified as one the main hindrance against the proliferation of commercial IP
telephony in Bangladesh.
1 LTE is a step toward the 4th generation (4G) of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and spe ed of
mobile telephone networks. [ITU,2010]
2 The unprecedented amount of spectrum that will be freed up in the switchover from analogue to digital
terrestrial TV is known as the Digital Dividend. [ITU, 2010]
Beside the retail customer service, the Mobile and PSTN operators are offering PCO services.
For the small entrepreneurs, this PCO business has created a widespread impact on the local
Bangladesh has nationwide telecom backbone network; both optical fibre and wireless. The mobile operators, Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Bangladesh Railway (BR), some PSTN operators and new entrant nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) operators are the key
role players in developing backbone infrastructure in the country. All but the PSTN operators cumulatively have deployed almost 15,000 Km optical fibre backbone covering 59 districts. 297
Upazila's have been covered by this fibre network. Due to geographical reason, the Chittagong
Hill Tract area and a couple of districts in the Southern part of the country are outside the
present fibre network infrastructure. Under 'build, operate and own' arrangement, the NTTN
operators have been given the right to develop, maintain and operate NTTN to become
nationwide infrastructure developer.
In addition, BTCL, most of the mobile operators and some of the ISPs have microwave (wireless)
backbone throughout the country. The two wireless broadband (WiMAX) operators are also
going to roll out their backbone or share network infrastructure from other operators. To avoid
the unnecessary duplication in developing fibre backbone and other telecom infrastructure and
setting up a cost effective system, the telecom regulator has issued 'Infrastructure Sharing
Guidelines.' The operators already have started sharing their passive infrastructure and leasing
out spare backbone capacity to other operators which have created a positive impact in the
sector [BTRC, 2010]. The state owned operator and NTTN operator are in the deployment of
more optical fibre links in different routes. Most of these will provide redundant backbone
connectivity for the operators.
The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is proactive in expanding the information backbone all
over the country. To coordinate the optical fibre deployment in the country, 'Domestic Network
Coordination Committee' has been formed from the initiative of the Prime Minister's office
(PMO). Optical fibre utilization policy has been drafted. The committee is also coordinating the
stock taking of the necessary fibre backbone links and capacity to facilitate the internet
connectivity to the information centres and e-centres established and to be established at
upazila and Union level.
In addition to the state-owned SEA-ME-WE4 undersea cable, the GoB is planning to award second submarine cable license to private sector [BTRC, 2010]. The final draft of the licensing guidelines has been published for public comments. To expedite the establishment of
redundant international connectivity, GoB is planning to award International Terrestrial Cable operator license to private sector. With the successful implementation of these systems, Bangladesh can have fast and diversified international connectivity through neighbouring countries.
Though the international links are thought to be awarded to the private sector for creating competition and redundancy, state monopoly still exist in the backhaul connectivity from the present Cable Landing Station (CLS) of submarine cable to international Gateways' POPs. The international gateways even are not allowed to set commercial negotiation with the foreign carriers to set the international bandwidth price to a reduced level (no open CLS policy) and
must rely on the monopolistic price offering from Government owned entity. This is a big catch
in the system and must be addressed for a sustainable, efficient and cost effective international
The ICT service access point and the infrastructure are in the development phase. Presently,
more than 2300 telecentres and 500 Community Information Centres (set by mobile operators)
are in operation all over Bangladesh. Telecentres or rural information centres provide a range
of services with high variance (e.g. net connectivity for the community population, ICT training,
agro-based information service, photocopy service, digital photography, printing out
government forms, telemedicine, courier service etc) [BTN, 2010]
Recently the Local Government Division chalked out a plan to set up Union Information and
Services Centres (UISC- a shared access point setup under public-private partnership) at all
4,507 unions with computers and Internet connections. Under the planned initiative, 100 UISCs
was set up by 2009, another 1,000 by the middle of 2010, and the rest by the end of 2010. It is
noteworthy that 935 Union Parishads still outside the national electricity grid will set up these
UISCs using solar power. In addition, government can explore the possibilities of using
installations like Community Health Clinics (approximately 18,000 all over Bangladesh) and
nearly 10,000 Post Offices as last mile information access points for the local communities. A2I
project is providing technical assistance and capacity building support to establish information
centres at all the Unions with broadband internet connectivity. LGRD ministry is implementing a
project to provide data service to the rural peoples through training up 2 personnel from each
Union and hosting service centre by them.
Education ministry is working in 128 upazila to build ICT infrastructure for facilitating ICT
services. Bangladesh Computer Council is providing internet connectivity (through EDGE
Modem) to 1,200 schools. The PMO is taking initiative to coordinate all these efforts and has
targeted to connect all the Unions with broadband internet connectivity and ICT service within
2-3 years. The development of shared access point at different level is also important in a
resource-constrained environment. However, special emphasis must be put on ensuring that
women have equitable access to these shared points by ensuring a gender-sensitive
Bangladesh has one of the lowest Internet penetration rates in South Asia (4.08%) [BTRC,
2010]. Its neighbours, Pakistan, India and Nepal have Internet penetration of 11.1%, 7.2% and
1.4% respectively (Figure 1). The majority, 5.7 million users are accessing internet using
GPRS/EDGE technology (provided by cellular phone companies). The fixed line internet
subscribers, connected to the PSTN and ISPs are around 290,000 in number (242,000 ISP subscribers). In addition, the GoB is actively promoting the concept of shared Internet usage through community information centres or telecentres. The GoB recognizes the importance of
a strong public-private partnership to develop a sustainable network of last mile connectivity
(LMC). Community based telecentres or rural shared Internet access points are being developed
as parts of the LMC infrastructure by both private sector and the government. Our rural people
have started to reap the benefit of modern ICT based applications through these telecentres.
Through the intermediaries they can call a help line or have access to a website for their query.
At this moment, there are 101 national and 138 zonal ISP license holders for providing Internet services in Bangladesh. The PSTN and CDMA mobile operators are using EVDO technology for providing data service. Some of the ISPs are also provided with frequency bands to provide
fixed wireless data service. Two BWA operators have started their service in Dhaka and the
subscriber base in increasing Establishment of e-infrastructure, implementation of e-
governance and e-commerce will drive their business interest to an expected level. They are
now planning to roll out their network to other parts of the country. For a number of times, the
regulator has reviewed the international and domestic bandwidth price, especially for the data
service. The license fee and relevant charges has been reduced drastically for the zonal ISPs to
promote fixed line internet penetration to the marginal areas. Now, the NTTN operator is also
deploying FTTx lines, which will facilitate the subscriber providing bundle of telecom,
broadcasting and IT services through the same connection.
The most popular way to access the internet service is mobile phone as the access price to this type of data service is comparatively very low, offers high user flexibility and its less prone to
any power related problems. Considering all these factors, in order to expedite the broadband penetration, 3G frequency is considered to be awarded to the cellular operator. 3G Licensing
guidelines have been drafted and license awarding process may start within this year.
With growing user base in cellular phone and Internet sectors, service providers are introducing value added services, which commercially as well as societal viable. Mobile based health and educational help-line options are fast becoming popular among millions in both rural and urban settings. Mobile based functional English learning service (BBC Janala) has been launched with interactive teaching options. Private entities are also actively exploring synergistic opportunities between mobile telephony, Internet and info-mediaries (field workers with focus on
information services). Especially in rural areas, more people are showing willingness to use
agriculture and health centric information services. Phone-in options and short message service
(SMS) are now widely used by mainstream TV and radio stations to obtain viewers'/ listeners'
opinion on a wide variety of issues. All mobile phone service providers are providing
consultation service with doctors. Both live consultations with doctors and Interactive Voice
Response (IVR) services are being offered to the people. The upazila Health Complexes are
equipped with mobile phones where people can consult with the doctor on-duty.
The GoB alongside the private sector has also recognized the substantial demand and scarcity
of local content in key information service sectors. Text and multimedia livelihood contents
(created by some private ICT entrepreneurs and Access to Information project of the PMO)
cover key areas like agriculture, health and human rights. At the same time, initiatives taken by
"Agricultural Information Services" and agencies under the Ministry of Health to create digital
content are set to address the present gap.
Presently, Bangladesh has a large user base of TV and radio services. But the social and
educational value addition of the present service system is extremely low. Though every family
in a village can not afford their own TVs, watching TV programs collectively in an affluent house
has always been a common practice in the villages and towns in Bangladesh. In terms of radio
broadcasting, the private radio channels are not accessible to the whole country; especially
rural communities. Popularity of these urban FM radio stations are on the rise, especially
among the youth. The public radio, "Bangladesh Betar" has the largest network which covers
the whole country. It broadcasts programs on diverse issues e.g. health and nutrition,
education, children and women rights. Betar broadcasts programs targeted towards the general
population rather than segregated population.
Community Radio (CR) could be an effective mean to reach various communities in the country
and deliver information and services tailored to the respective community. Community Radio
(CR) reaches the mass population and yet serves the particular needs of different communities.
It is established and/or operated by a particular community and broadcasts news, information,
programs tailored to the respective community's condition and needs.
The postal service in Bangladesh reaches citizens in remote corners where private courier and telephony services are not available. Wide-range network (10,000 post offices) and affordability
are the primary characteristics of public postal services in Bangladesh. The 10,000 rural post
offices all over the country can be used effectively in delivering information and services to the
rural citizens and thus reducing the digital divide. In alignment with the 'Digital Bangladesh'
vision, Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) has initiated a few e-services and strengthened their
capacity to deliver digitized services. In 2009, the Postal department initiated computer-based
vehicle tax collection in 60 post offices. A number of private banks already signed agreements
with BPO to use their network of post offices around the country to transfer remittances to the
doorsteps of the beneficiaries. The rural people will be able to receive instant cash payment
from designated post offices. BPO has also signed agreements with Western Union Money
Transfer to transfer foreign remittances to the grassroots people through post offices. In terms
of domestic money transfer, the recently inaugurated mobile money order and postal cash card
service have made remittances to the rural area even easier. In this system, all post masters will
be given special SIM cards and anybody with a mobile phone can send/receive remittance
through the post office.
The marginal part of the population is still beyond the telecom network. The mobile telecommunications operators have identified the Tk. 800 SIM tax as an important issue where
the investment is being used for subsidy to the subscribers. In a market like Bangladesh, where
the tariff is the lowest, most the users are pre-paid in nature and the average revenue per user
(ARPU) is below the profit margin, the operators need more than a year to recover the amount
of 800 Taka (per SIM subsidy), even if the subscriber is connected thoroughly. This type of
initial cost for connectivity ownership, which is not present in any of our similar economy, has
the most adverse effect in increasing last mile connectivity. The high import tax on handset and
telecom equipment is also hardening the spreading of data service, as presently the most
popular and effective form of data connectivity is mobile.
In terms of data connectivity, even the urban areas do not have strong user base. The above mentioned SIM tax situation, along with high handset tax and corporate tax affected the business case of the operators to create pro-active business model to reach the deprived
section. The ISPs, though are enjoying very low regulatory charges and relevant fees, also are
not interested to go to the rural areas because of the absence of proper demand, high
infrastructure development cost and operational cost. The situation is also not promising in the
service domain for broadband. Only a handful number of household/individual customers are
using dedicated 128kbps line or above and are mostly centred in Dhaka, some in Chittagong.
The long term sustainability of this effort can only be guaranteed by ensuring appropriate
business models.
Amid resource constraints, limited infrastructure, lack of trained human resource in both
private and public sectors, and substantial gaps in terms of awareness, availability, accessibility
and affordability of different information services, Bangladesh has achieved considerable
progress in its mission to connect its millions of citizens. Some of the key factors behind this
continuous success are:
The Telecom Policy of 1998 suggested the formation of an independent regulatory body for the telecom sector. Upon its recommendation and considering the booming development of technology and service parameters, Bangladesh Telecommunication Act of 2001 was passed. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) was created as an independent regulatory commission by this Act on the 31st of January, 2002.
Bangladesh offers one of the lowest access fees (both in domestic and business sectors) for broadband access in South and South-East Asia, which will have a long term positive effect in
the ICT enabled infrastructure development and information services. Figure 2 shows the comparative pricing figures of 8 countries [LIRNE Asia, 2009].
Bangladesh has achieved almost 100% tele-coverage without the support any Universal Service obligation, primarily due to the competitive market environment in the mobile telephone
industry. Also, the private sector is very active in awareness campaign and for ensuring accessibility to effective information by establishing a network of telecentres all over Bangladesh.
Establishment of a sustainable Digital Bangladesh requires consistent and pro-people regulatory environment as well as a competitive market place supported by a state of the art
infrastructure. Bangladesh faces considerable challenges (as discussed in the previous sections)
on its way of achieving such standards. Some of the key challenges are:
• Relatively low investment for establishing last mile connectivity in non-urban areas due
to the absence of sufficient commercial viability.
• Under-utilization of the present submarine cable capacity. Rapid cost depreciation of broadband Internet needs to be matched with the availability and accessibility of the ICT infrastructure by both public and private operators.
• Scarcity of power/energy sources, required for the functional effectiveness of LMC
installations and information access points, specifically in rural and semi-urban areas.
• SIM Tax and high tax burden on the telecom operators.
• Lack of any viable revenue sharing model results in antitrust practices within the value added service industry.
• Lack of sufficient contents in local language.
• Lack of ICT education and ICT awareness.
• Cyber Security threats and vulnerable mobile-banking system.
• Economic behaviour of the mass is a hindrance to ensure more revenue flow in the
Value Added Service (VAS) market.
Key strategies for connecting the millions of Bangladeshi citizens through nationwide
information network need to address the challenges of equity, cost, regulations, relevance and
civic awareness.
The government will also focus on providing integrated multimedia broadcasting service to reach the marginal section.
Prioritize demand creation: Already Bangladesh has achieved almost 100% coverage in terms of mobile telephony and mobile-based Internet services. However, lot needs to be done to make sure that people at the proverbial lower end of the pyramid get the benefit of the coverage by
creating and sustaining demand. Discretionary pricing scheme for social and public services available over mobile phone, for example, will be introduced to ensure that people can access
essential services at a lower cost. Discount scheme on license cost for the service providers based on amount of time their clients used their mobile phones to access public services, for example, will incentivise the service provider to offer and promote such services at a lower
cost. Similarly, similar discount can be offered based on proportion of rural use (call generating
from rural areas) to total usage.
Government especially the local government institutions need to leverage their local presence
and credibility to popularize public services that are offered on-line to stimulate demand.
Conventional media like radio, TV and print media as well as rural mediums like drama, etc. will
be utilized to build sustained awareness among the communities.
The important dimension of demand creation is to promote local content, both locally relevant content and local language content. Given that only a fraction of people can understand
English, the need for Bangla content is undisputable. Incentive schemes and regulatory
framework will be designed to promote Bangla language content. Building the capacity of
public institutes like Agricultural Information Services, Directorate of Health, National Text book
and Curriculum Board to enable them to develop digital content in local language can pay a
very important role.
Content based on Intelligent Voice Response (IVR) shall be used by illiterate as well as visually
challenged segment of the population. To expedite the creation of IVR content a 'Text to
Speech' application for Bangla language can go a long way. Given the critical nature of such
application, research grants may be awarded immediately to Universities. Such a system can
make existing digital Bangla content deliverable as voice.
A standard configuration of mobile phone will be developed. The configuration will consist of a standard Bangla key board layout, requirement that all mobile phone comes with a Bangla user manual and specific default settings to enable the phones to receive services such as location
based services that already piloted in the country.
At present, there are different regulatory bodies for telecom and broadcasting. There will be
more coordinated regulatory framework to make it more flexible to adopt the new changes and
Competitive pricing policy and management of submarine cable bandwidth. Lower price and
equal access for competing service providers can help to ease the gap of access to information
faster. The open CLS (Cable landing Station) policy will be adopted. Efforts towards reducing
scope for monopoly and unfair business practices will be taken at each stage of the domestic
and international connectivity.
Strategic innovation for LMC related revenue earning models in rural and semi-urban areas. Financial incentive can help any public or private providers to offer their services beyond the profitable urban settings.
Community Radio (CR) can emerge as another channel of LMC for the base of the pyramid
(BOP) population. If people's participation is ensured, CR can be a sustainable LMC platform for
people-to-people communication and problem solving. The government has already granted 12
licenses towards achieving this goal. Now, the government will take steps to encourage
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In the deeply impoverished community of North Las Vegas are two contrasting schools. The first is Rancho High School, the largest public high school in the state of Nevada, with more than 3,000 students.
Rancho has a thriving magnet school embedded in it, drawing 1,000 highly motivated students from around Las Vegas into a program that offers specializations in pre-med, biomedical engineering and aeronautics, and opens the doors to the country's top universities. For the more than 2,000 students in the general education high school, however—more than 70 percent of whom are poor enough to qualify for the free and reduced-price lunch program, more than 200 of whom the school district has identified as being homeless—the prospects are bleaker. Only 52 percent of these students graduate, and years of funding cuts have led to retrenchment on a grand scale. Over the past few years, as Nevada's budget situation deteriorated, the school lost upward of twenty of its 160 teaching positions. The grounds, which used to be cared for by a full-time gardener, are now episodically tended. The "block schedule," which allowed students to take eight classes instead of six, over two days, has been eliminated—the unpalatable alternative would have been to increase class sizes from about thirty-five to forty-five. Teachers have had to make concessions, including accepting additional furlough days. Further budget cuts down the road, after the school uses up the $771,000 of American Recovery Act money it received last year and the $638,000 it received this year, plus a roughly $1 million school improvement federal grant, make it possible that there won't be teachers for the noncore classes within a few years. In what could well be a sign of things to come, some AP classes are now offered only every other year.
A couple of miles west of Rancho, 625 lucky students are enrolled in the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy. The state-of-the-art K-12 charter school, which opened in 2001 (it is the brainchild of the retired tennis star), is backed by state funds and the deep pockets of donors from around the country. It has the declared aim of preparing all of its students for admission to college.
The sprawling campus, a swirl of walkways, airy teaching buildings, a grass-covered amphitheater, inner courtyards, libraries and music labs, cost more than $40 million to build. The school's charter stresses that admission preference will be given to local residents whose families live in poverty.
The students are almost all African-American; if they were in the local public school system, it is doubtful, to say the least, that they would be taken on expenses-paid fifth-grade field trips to visit universities across the country, or on senior trips to Paris. It is a fair bet they wouldn't have access to Suzuki violins in kindergarten, or a Senegalese drum instructor who recently returned from a drum-buying trip to West Africa, or a hall in which Cirque du Soleil teachers come to work with the kids on balance and focus. "We surround the entire student," explains the school's chancellor, Marsha Irvin. "We have the counseling support, the resources, our athletics program. We have what's called a balanced scorecard."


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AntLion ModMic Review
If you've ever had an amazing pair of headphones and could just never find a reasonably priced headset to game with, AntLion has solved your woes. The only product AntLion sells is the ModMic, a simple mic to add to any headphones you own. As long as you have a dime-sized location to place on the magnetic mount, you can now use your headphones as a gaming headset. Whether you play WoW, L4D, Borderlands, any MMO, or just want to call your mother on Skype – the ModMic is an easy, quick solution to fast communication. You no longer have to ditch your favorite headphones for some crappy stereo headset just because it has a mic. It's innovative, but how well does it work? Today we take a look at the AntLion ModMic.
Closer Look:
Not knowing this product was coming to my house for review, and having not heard of AntLion before, I honestly thought someone had mailed me a tube of ants. If any of you remember the mail order ant farm kits that you could send away for, you might have thought the same. It was simply a bubble package with "AntLion" labeled on it and a cardboard tube inside…you wouldn't really know what was there either.
Laughs aside, I thought the cardboard tube was one of the more creative methods of shipping I've seen in a while. It keeps down the non-biodegradable plastic waste and recycles cardboard and other paper waste into a simple sturdy packing device (if you ignore the bubble pack it came in). The tube is printed with the AntLion logo and six quick steps to "installing" the ModMic. Unfolding the ends, the product is just coiled up inside. Shaking the contents out one end, you find an alcohol wipe, two 3M NeoClasp mounting pads (for use on two sets of headphones) and the mic itself.
Tossing the tiny toilet paper-like tube aside, we can take a look at this mic. It almost looks like something you would stick around your ear and plug into your phone back when the first hands-free devices came out. The mic itself is super bendy; you can see it will take about any form, even a semi-sine wave if you desire. It's easy to shape and it stays pretty much where you put it until you move it again; a rather nice feature for a mic to keep all those mouth breathers and their mic from "moving" closer after hours of game play. Up close, it's got a domed AntLion logo on the end and a bit of a sturdier cable coming right out of the connecting piece. It then flows into your standard headphone-sized cable with about the same flexibility. The first thing I noticed is the cable is super long (11.5 feet), enough to keep up with most longer-corded headphones.
Flipping it over and taking a look at the connection system, it's a simple notched magnetic setup. Using the ever popular neodymium magnets, it holds together well. It has rather discrete locations of placement which you might want to consider when putting it on your headset. You want to make sure you won't have to add an extra silly bend to accommodate bad placement on your end.
So I've got an old set of headphones, Phillips HP250 to be specific, that have pretty good sound. I love using them for movies or listening to music, but they really aren't optimized for playing games. Without a mic they've sort of found their place on the upper shelf of the closet. They are a bit old and show it through what's stuck on them; don't mind the collection of stickers from years past. Clearly ATI and NVIDIA have fought for their spot in my heart over time. You have to put all those stickers somewhere…and before the beer fridge, this was their home. I've decided to stick with standards and place the mic on the left side — so here's a couple shots to get yourself familiar with these "old" things.
After cleaning up the left side with the included alcohol cloth I stuck on the little nub. I recommend, as do the instructions, to place your headphones on and make sure the mic will reach from whatever point you plan on mounting it. I ended up placing it closer just to avoid it sitting on the little raised edge there. That's the only installation really that you have to do — a little cleaning and sticking on yet another sort of sticker. Pretty easy, if you ask me.
The mic is designed to go on either the left or right side of your headphones. However, depending on which side you choose, you might need to put one more step of effort in. The part of the mic where it connects to the magnet stuck on your headphones unscrews to allow you to flip the mic over. This makes sure your cables drop down and behind you rather than up and over. You'll know if you need to flip it over; if you put it on your headphones the cable will go up, rather than just down the side. No matter, it's a quick change, and not difficult at all. That's it... now you've got a mic on your favorite headphones!
Here's an "in action" shot of a fellow OCC member; you might know him as Waco. You can see it doesn't look that different from any ordinary headset on the market besides the added cable, which unfortunately is a bit annoying to deal with. There's no real "good" solution to this. If you think you are going to wrap it around your headphone cable, plan on using some zip ties and "permanently" fixing it this way. It comes unwound rather easy. The Velcro on the end is designed to coil up and stow away the excess cable. However, if you're like me, my headphones have an epically long cable, longer than the 11.5' mic cable, which creates an odd cable mess. The concept is still great. Some coil cable mods might be a nice way to wrap this up, but this seems to be the only real issue.


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|SystemVinit Command
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|systemctl --all
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|chkconfig httpd --list
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The digital age has eternalized information that was once fleeting, and the Right to be Forgotten has gained traction in the EU. A controversial aspect of these rights is that truthful, newsworthy information residing online may be removed after a certain amount of time in an attempt to make the information private again.
Two compelling camps have arisen: Preservationists and Deletionists. Preservationists believe the web offers the most comprehensive history of humanity ever collected and feel a duty to protect digital legacies without censorship. Deletionists argue that the web must learn to forget in order to preserve vital societal values and that threats to the dignity and privacy of individuals will create an oppressive networked space.
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RECORDS: Stanford 3-1, 1-1 Pac-12; Arizona 3-2, 0-2
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series history: Arizona leads 15-14, but Stanford has won seven of the past nine, including a 37-10 victory last year.
storylines: Stanford has to recalibrate its offense, which failed to score a touchdown last week for the first time since 2007. … The No. 18 Cardinal can't afford another defeat to remain in the Pac-12 North race, considering Oregon, Oregon State and Washington look strong. … Stanford linebacker Shayne Skov is playing against the school in which he suffered a horrific season-ending knee injury last year. "It's another football game for me," Skov said. "There is no emotional connection to the fact I hurt my knee playing against Arizona."
injury update: Stanford — FB Geoff Meinken (knee) and TB Anthony Wilkerson (lower leg) are out. Arizona — RG Trace Biskin (toe), DT Reggie Gilbert (ankle), C Kyle Quinn (ankle) and S Jared Tevis (left ankle) are questionable. DE Dominique Austin (foot), OL Lene Maiava (ACL) and LB Greg Nwoko (hip) are out.
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En route to her victory in the Las Vegas pageant, Mallory Hagan also tap danced to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing," strutted down the runway in an asymmetrical white gown, and donned a revealing black string bikini.
She defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third.
Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and a year as an instant celebrity and role model to many girls. Her platform, the issue she will promote during her reign, is fighting child sexual abuse.
She told The Associated Press in an interview after her win that it was her mother who encouraged her to tackle the issue. She said that sexual abuse had "rippled through" her family, touching her mother, aunt, grandmother and cousins. Her mother had trouble at first convincing others of the trauma she had faced.
"That kind of sent her into a whirlwind of anxiety and depression. So as a teen I lost my mom kind of for a couple years," she said. "She was dealing with her own issues, and that's something that now as an adult I understand, but then I certainly did not."
During an interview backstage, Hagan's mother Mandy Moore wiped tears away as she spoke.
"It's very overwhelming," she said. "It's all hitting me so fast."
Hagan said she will work to make child abuse education mandatory in all 50 states.
"It's something I can hopefully change for the next generation," she said. Hagan left her native Alabama for New York at 18 with less than $1,000 in her pocket. She began competing in pageants when she was 13 and tried for Miss New York in 2010 and 2011 before winning last year.
She studied communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology and has been living in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Hagan, who aspires to be a global cosmetic company executive, ends a long dry spell for New York in the competition. The previous winner from that state was actress Vanessa Williams, who became the first black winner when she took the crown in 1984. Hagan is the first Brooklyn-dweller to claim the title.
She was good enough during preliminary contests for the 92nd annual Miss America pageant to be chosen as one of 16 semifinalists who moved on to compete in the main show. Her bid lasted through swimsuit, evening wear, and talent competitions that saw cuts after each round.
In the final moments of the show, "Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion asked her if schools should hire armed guards in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shooting.
"I don't think the proper was to fight violence is with violence," she replied. "I think the proper way is to educate people on guns and the ways we can use them properly. We can lock them up, we can have gun safety classes, we can have a longer waiting period."
Hagan defeated titleholders from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Several of her competitors had grabbed headlines this year because of their backstories.
Miss District of Columbia plans to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, which killed her mother and grandmother.
Miss Montana was the pageant's first autistic contestant. Miss Iowa has Tourette's syndrome. And Miss Maine lost more than 50 pounds before winning her state crown.
During the opening number at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, when all the queens gave short quips about their states, Hagan referenced last year's superstorm, saying, "Sandy may have been swept away our shores but never our spirit."
The pageant, which started as little more than an Atlantic City bathing suit revue, broke viewership records in its heyday and bills itself as one of the world's largest scholarships programs for women.
But like other pageants, the show has struggled to stay relevant as national attitudes regarding women's rights have changed. More recently, the rise of reality television has provided a superabundance of options for Americans interested in seeing attractive young people in competitive pursuits.
Hagan's boyfriend Charmel Maynard said he knows that pageants are dismissed by some, but he hopes Hagan's willingness to take on the sexual abuse issue will lend legitimacy to her new role.
"I don't think it's taken seriously, but I think she's going to be a great ambassador and it could change," he said.


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Bele Chere is the largest free outdoor street festival in the Southeast. The three-day festival encompasses the streets of Downtown Asheville with live, original music all day and night for more than 200,000 festival-goers. Bele Chere means "beautiful living" and indeed, this festival offers the unique opportunity to see, taste and hear why North Carolina and Asheville in particular is one of the greatest places in America. Experience our region's finest art, cuisine and music at Bele Chere, taking place this year from July 26-28, 2013.
Bele Chere Festival Hours and Locations
Friday: 12 -10 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday: 12 – 6 p.m.
Admission is Free!
The Festival takes place in downtown Asheville, with Pritchard Park as the epicenter of activity and road closures occurring several blocks out in each direction. There are five live music stages, as well as two different food courts and the Arts Park. Since downtown Asheville is less than two miles from our Inn, consider biking to the festival. There will be a bike corral where you can safely and securely store your bike on Patton Ave. between Asheland and Coxe Aves.
If riding isn't your thing, be prepared: parking will be difficult downtown during the festival.
Arts at Bele Chere
The Arts Park features some of the best artists of Bele Chere. See handmade (and purchase) jewelry, photography, pottery, woodwork, paintings, and metalwork. The Arts Park is located at the corner of Patton Ave. and Church St.
Artists not featured in the Arts Park exhibit throughout the festival grounds. Although artists come from around the country, local exhibitors are encouraged, especially artists from Western North Carolina. Handmade arts and crafts exhibitors include metalwork, fabric, paint, ceramics, woodwork and a variety of other mediums.
Lodging for Bele Chere – Asheville's Signature Arts & Music Festival
Since our bed and breakfast is less than two miles from the venue, we are a perfect choice for any festival-goer coming from out of town! Enjoy a hearty and satisfying breakfast each morning, preparing you for a full day of music, art and more delicious food and drinks.


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Florham Park-based HFF announced Monday it closed the sale of Pheasant Hollow, a 439-unit, garden-style, multifamily community in Plainsboro. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
According to the announcement, HFF senior managing director Jose Cruz and Andrew Scandalios, managing directors Kevin O'Hearn and Jeff Julien, and associate director Michael Oliver worked on behalf of the sellers, Angelo Gordon & Co. and Vantage Properties. Harbor Group International purchased the asset free of existing debt.
The 1912 Pheasant Hollow Drive property is 91 percent leased and includes studio, one- and two-bedroom units averaging 759 square feet each, the announcement said.
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As plenty of teams wait to make their pitches in hopes of wooing Dwight Howard away from the Lakers, one option appears to be off the table.
The Lakers won't deal Howard in a sign-and-trade.
A league source familiar with the Lakers front office's thinking said, "they'll either re-sign Dwight or walk away with cap space."
If Howard were to leave the Lakers after becoming an unrestricted free agent July 1, L.A. would have plenty of room under the NBA salary cap to pursue free agents in the 2014 offseason. Steve Nash remains the only Laker under contract heading into the 2014-15 season, worth $9.7 million.
The Clippers were reportedly hoping to send forward Blake Griffin and point guard Eric Bledsoe to the Lakers for Howard. As of last month, Howard had considered the Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors as attractive destinations. But the Clippers and Warriors scenarios seem unlikely, considering they could only acquire him through a sign-and-trade since they don't have enough cap space slotted to a maximum deal Howard would receive.
Howard would earn $118 million through five years if he resigns with the Lakers, as opposed to a four-year deal worth $87.6 million with another team.
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Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni recently hired Larry Lewis as a player development coach after he spent the past two seasons on the coaching staff of the D-Fenders, the Lakers' Development League affiliate.
D'Antoni plans to hire two assistants and one player development coach; most of his staff in the 2012-13 season left for varying reasons. Mike's brother, Dan, remains the lone assistant that will stay for next season.
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When portions of Kobe Bryant's memorabilia sells at an auction next month, 50 percent of the proceeds from the sale of four items will benefit the Bully Project, a campaign that hopes to create more support for anti-bullying causes.
The items will include Bryant's 2000 NBA All-Star game ring, his 1996 Magic Roundball Classic All-Star medallion and ribbon, and two of his game-worn high school uniforms from Lower Merion High.
The Bully Project stems from the award-winning film "Bully," which sparked national interest on the issue of kids bullying each other.
"I don't think we really know the impact this will have, but the dreamer in me thinks it could be a whole heck of a lot," said Lee Hirsch, the director of "Bully." "Certainly it will be more than we dreamed of when we got this call."


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Fiber optics are lines of thin glass or plastic that can send digital information by transmitting light signals. Optical fibers have the diameter of a human hair and are bundled up into optical cables. The fiber optic network is the next step in telecommunication network technology. Optical fiber is superior to the traditionally used copper wiring in essentially every category. The dominance of sending information using digital vs. voice technology also plays right to the capability of fiber optics. Fiber optics are being used most notably in telecommunications, but there use spreads to the medical, cable, defense, and engineering industries.
Network Installation: Making the actual optical fiber is cheaper than copper wiring, but installing fiber optics into a network is another story. In the 16 states that Verizon is introducing its FiOS system, the company reported that it plans on spending close to $23 billion from 2004 to 2010 in network installation. [1] It costs telecom companies about $1000 per subscriber to install the fiber to the home FTTH . [2] This is mainly why fiber optics has seen most of its use in network backbones and not as much popularity in the final distance to buildings and homes.
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Market Basket: On the brink againMICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 18. 2014 8:10PM
The Demoulas board of directors met Monday but offered no indication on whether the feuding sides of the Demoulas family had struck a deal that would bring back workers and customers to 71 Market Baskets around New England.
The board meeting came a day after New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick "met at length with the principal parties from Market Basket" Sunday night, Hassan's press secretary, William Hinkle, said Monday.
"This is a private business dispute, but the governor is hopeful that the leaders at Market Basket will come together and reach a constructive resolution that keeps their workers employed and reduces the impact on consumers and other affected businesses," Hinkle said in a statement.
Patrick's press secretary, Heather Nichols, said in a separate statement: "The parties have made real progress on the terms of the sale and operating control of the company, and the governors are encouraged that a resolution may be within reach."
Peter Gulezian, store director at the Market Basket in Manchester, was not optimistic that ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas would be able to strike a deal with his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, to buy a controlling stake in the company.
"Unfortunately, I've lost faith in what I read and hear about and think it's going to continue until our poor company crumbles to nothing," Gulezian said.
A deal "never should have taken that long," he said.
"There should not be that many i's to dot and t's to cross," he said. "It seems the longer it goes on, the worse everything appears to be."
As many as 8,000 people had worked part-time at one of about 30 Market Basket stores in New Hampshire. But most lost all their scheduled hours recently after management ordered store directors to better balance payroll with drastically reduced store sales.
Many New Hampshire store directors report their business was down between 87 and 98 percent.
The company's co-CEOs have ordered employees to return to their jobs or risk being replaced.
The family conflict has created ripples in the regional economy, including harming food suppliers.
Tom Malley, CEO of Boston Sword & Tuna in Boston, said he ended his relationship with the current Market Basket management.
Market Basket promised to make up for some of his lost sales and later notified him to expect a new order for fish. The seafood business received checks that overpaid the business by $83,000 and $415,000.
"We were dumbfounded," he wrote in an email. "In my mind there could be only two answers to these accumulating mistakes and self-destructive strategies. One was that the CEOs were in way over their heads. How many mistakes like this were being made? How would the shareholders from either side of the feuding family feel knowing that mistakes of this magnitude were being made?
"The only other explanation seemed to be a deliberate attempt to sabotage the future of the company. Every pundit with a knowledge of business has stated that the only viable buyer is Arthur T. Could the Arthur S. side of the family be so embittered by the defiance of Arthur T. and all the stakeholders supporting him that their plan is to sell him — at full pre-conflict price — a pile of smoking rubble?" Malley said.
A Market Basket spokesman issued a statement that addressed issues related to vendors."When a distribution network set up over decades is shut down in one day it is naïve to assume any company would not suffer. The longtime employees that ran Market Basket's buying and distribution system walked out on their jobs, their customers and their vendors on July 18," the statement said. "That is precisely the reason Market Basket's stores have had only limited perishable items in stock since. We do understand the problems that the shutdown of the distribution system has caused Market Basket's vendors who are caught in the middle of this situation. We have been diligently working with vendors to limit the damage the walkout has caused."


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EVD Richard Haines, EMT Collin Corcoran, paramedic Ken Baker and firefighter Bill Klima, shown left to right, lift a Stokes basket carrying a dummy, during a training drill. Firefighters training at the Fire Training Academy in Baltimore. The Baltimore City Fire Department is in the process of revamping and expanding its special operations structure -- transforming its Locust Point station into a new Special Operations Command and providing as many as 50 department members with specialized search and rescue and dive training.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Payne, an Emmy-winning writer and producer for "The Simpsons" who also wrote the hit movie "Thor," has died. He was 48.
His friend and former writing partner, John Frink, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/YgqVYH) that Payne had bone cancer and died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home.
Payne shared four Emmys won by "The Simpsons."
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Greetings all!
I have been lurking here for a while, gleaning little bits of information from everyone for making my own camping hammock.
Well, I have made my first simple (modified Speer/Hennessy?) hammock! It isn't covered (yet), and is plenty long/wide, at approx. 130" x 59".
I stitched 8-9" of each end together to allow for the addition of a bugnet/cover in the future, as detailed in the 'My take on a DIY Hennessy' thread [http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...e=hybrid&t=670].
I have allowed for a removable structural ridgeline by way of cord loops secured inside the whippings of each end, and using quick links to attach them to the ridgeline.
ALL the material in this hammock so far has been sourced at Wal-Mart, with the fabric (ripstop, weight unknown, but it holds my 6'2" 260#+!) coming from the $1/yd table, the cord from camping, and the quick links and support rope from hardware. Total spent on this first hammock: approx. $20. (I'll post some pictures when I get some taken.)
Since my camping lately is done mainly off the back of my motorcycle rather than my own back, extreme weight savings isn't my primary goal. Reducing the overall bulk of having to carry a tent PLUS sleeping mattress PLUS ground cloth, as well as not having to sleep on the ground anymore (!) are.
With that in mind, has anyone tried making a combination bug screen with integrated cover, a-la tent door windows? Most of the designs I seem to be seeing look like separate screens and covers...zip one out to zip the other one in. My concern is with privacy in the public camping areas that I have been using lately.
I also intend to add a rainfly (preferrably a BlackCat-style catenary-cut fly), a pseudo-HH SuperShelter, possibly a DIY Peapod or similar. Then of course will be the necessary stuff sacks, snake-skins, etc.
As for under-quilts, over-quilts, and the like: My only concern with buying one of the various hammock quilts is that they are almost always down-filled, and I am allergic to down. Does anyone know of any synthetic fill that insulates similarly to down, with similar compressibility?
The other immediate question I have is in regards to indoor hammock stands. Does anyone have any thoughts as to creating a stand from iron pipe/fittings? I was considering a design using 1" pipe and fittings, similar to below:
The legs would be perpendicular to the crossbar base, and the uprights would be using angled elbows, likely 45*. I was thinking that the uprights may need to
be stabilized to prevent them from unscrewing from their fittings. Would red Loctite (or similar) be sufficient to hold things together? Would 1" iron pipe
be stout enough not to bend under, say, a 500# (two-person) lateral load? I may just have to try it and report my findings.
Clearly, the DIY bug has bitten me! Fortunately, I already had the necessary hardware on hand (sewing machine, etc.), so I didn't need to figure that into
my budget!
Thanks to everyone here for all their info, and particularly JustJeff's great tutorial pages on making a simple hammock!
Lettin' it all hang out,


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The evolution of holidays
The commercialization of holidays has long been a cause for vexation amongst a large percentage of our population. Those who finance these celebrations are particularly vexed.
You know what I'm talking about. We'll use Christmas as an example.
It began as the celebration of the birth of Christ. However, as soon as the Neiman Marcus marketing department read the story of Christmas, they zeroed in on the three Wise Guys who brought gifts.
A hastily arranged meeting with their advertising agency ensued. Then the country's most "over-the-top" retailer, to use a disturbing but appropriate cliché, immediately declared gift giving as the most significant symbol of the holiest day on the Christian calendar.
Macy's decided to jump in on the action and started a parade in the name of an obscure Saint recognized in the Netherlands and Belgium called Sinterklaas. And yes, you got it right – Sinterklass evolved into Santa Claus.
Thus, the Macy's Day parade. The rest is money-grubbing, ostentatious, child-spoiling history.
Easter had a similar ending, but began with pagan roots. Easter began as a celebration initiated by Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. Celebrating Eastre had nothing to do with the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ.
Because of its prolific nature, the rabbit was a symbol of Eastre and everything that came to life in the spring. This evolved into the Easter Bunny, which represented new birth – thus the Easter egg.
Again, the major retailers along with a high-end designer named Faberge, pounced on the opportunity and turned the holiday into another money-grubbing fiasco. Faberge created the worldrenowned Faberge egg, a glittery bauble reserved exclusively for the rich and silly.
Somehow, the evolution of Easter went awry and the pagan celebration and Christian celebration melded together into one. Now everybody celebrates the Easter Bunny by spending money on lavish gifts and nobody knows why.
But don't blame the rabbit. He was just being a rabbit when the moneygrubbers gave him rockstar status.
Now let's take a look at Valentine's Day, the most maligned of all the celebrations. At least this commercial extravaganza has evolved into a pseudo-holiday with a purpose, although it is somewhat skewed.
Ask nearly anybody about why we celebrate V-Day, and you can safely bet that the person you ask won't know the answer.
The original holiday was the Festival of Lupercus, a pagan celebration commemorating the rite of passage for young men into manhood. Lupercus was the Roman god of agriculture and shepherds.
On this day, local teenage girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and dropped them into a box. Eligible young men drew their names in a kind of lottery. The girl assigned to the young man who drew her name would be his mate for the rest of the year.
The practice gave young people an opportunity to test the waters, and if things didn't work out, they tried again the following year.
The yearly celebration continued for 800 years, until A.D. 270 during the reign of Claudius II. At that time, Pope Gelasius decided that the ritual was much too much fun and fervently objected to the coveted celebration.
After all, the road to heaven was paved with suffering, guilt and penance – not fun. So, he sent a bishop named Valentine to marry these young people in secret, to stop their hedonistic behavior, and Claudius said, "Off with his head."
Valentine was imprisoned before his beheading. During this time, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer. As we know, affairs of the heart were certainly not foreign to the clergy. He signed his farewell message to her, "From your Valentine."
Now, Valentine's Day has evolved into a reward for women whose husbands and significant others are addicted to football and NASCAR. If these ladies allow their love interests to spend 16 Sunday afternoons glued to NFL contests on the television, they will be amply compensated the week after the Super Bowl – on V-Day.
It just so happens that the opening day of the NASCAR season is Feb. 13. If the men who are addicted to watching cars circling a track at upwards of 200 mph are allowed to indulge without interference, Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, can be very rewarding.
When I stop to think about it, V-Day is the only commercialization of a meaningless holiday that has purpose.
Holidays are just confusing events in this system we can't understand.


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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — The sale of a defunct oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands has stalled.
Gov. John P. de Jongh Jr. said Saturday that he sent a letter to the Hovensa refinery's owners informing them that legislators this week rejected a bill that would have governed a possible sale.
De Jongh said officials will resume collecting a 6 percent tax on certain shipments of petroleum products being temporarily held at the refinery for storage.
The refinery on St. Croix was a joint venture of U.S.-based Hess Corp. and Venezuela's state-owned oil company. It closed in January 2012 following years of weak demand and high operating costs.


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Bored watching San Jose's Ben Eager _ the former Flyer whose penchant for dumb penalties makes Dan Carcillo look like a Lady Byng candidate _ embarrass himself in the Stanley Cup playoffs?
Well, below is a Flyers quiz to give you a quick hockey fix.
If you get at least nine correct answers, you can pretend you're skating with the Cup over your head.
Seven or eight correct responses make you a true fan; if you get at least six right, we'll generously give you a passing grade.
Five or fewer and you must start the season with Adirondack.
Here goes:
- Most fans know that James van Riemsdyk led the Flyers in shots (70) in this year's playoffs. Who was second on the Flyers?
- In two of the Flyers' four playoff victories this season, the winning goals were scored by players who could be free agents on July 1. Name them.
- Who had more goals in this year's playoffs _ Carcillo or Mike Richards?
- True or False. The Flyers last won the Cup in 1976.
- Who led the Flyers in points in this year's playoffs?
- True or False. All three Flyers goalies had goals-against averages over 3.00 in this year's playoffs.
- In 1976, he set a Flyers record by scoring goals in 10 straight playoff games. Name him.
- Can you name the two Flyers who each had seven goals in this year's playoffs?
- Two former Flyers share the club record with 53 playoff goals. Name at least one of them.
- Who was the winning goalie when the Flyers defeated Buffalo in Game 7 of the conference quarterfinals this year?
Answers: 1. Danny Briere, with 47 shots. 2. Ville Leino and Nik Zherdev. 3. Carcillo, who had two goals _ one more than Richards. 4. False. The Flyers' last Cup was in 1975. They were the runner-ups in 1976, losing to Montreal. 5. Claude Giroux, who had 12. 6. True. 7. Reggie "The Rifle" Leach. 8. JVR and Briere. 9. Rick MacLeish and Bill Barber. 10. Brian Boucher.
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Ellen Pompeo & Patrick Dempsey: Dan Tana's Twosome
Ellen Pompeo and Grey's Anatomy co-star Patrick Dempsey leave Dan Tana's after having dinner on Wednesday (July 13) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes recently dispelled rumors that the ABC drama was ending, even though Ellen, 41, and Patrick, 45, have hinted they may not be returning.
"Just for the record: This is not the last season of GA. Definitely. Not," Shonda tweeted.
"We are NOT adding any more cast members this season. Full house already," she clarified in another tweet.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The body of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed for an autopsy seeking clues to what killed him.
Neruda died days after the 1973 military coup that ended the life of his close friend, socialist President Salvador Allende. With Gen. Augusto Pinochet's forces killing prominent leftists, friends had a plane waiting to carry Neruda into exile.
Neruda was hospitalized with cancer at the time, but friends have told The Associated Press that the official cause of extreme malnutrition makes no sense because Neruda weighed 220 pounds (100 kilograms).
Forensic scientists have said it would be very difficult to determine from his remains whether drugs were given in doses big enough to kill him.
Still, the Pablo Neruda Foundation announced Friday that it supports Judge Mario Carroza's investigation.


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