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Trapped In Russia, NSA Leaker Edward Snowden's Travel Options Look Grim
Edward Snowden is truly "The Man Without a Country."
Unlike the character in the 1863 Edward Everett Hale short story, Snowden doesn't have to spend the rest of his life roaming the sea without any news from the outside world. On the contrary, Snowden is trapped very far from the sea – he's inside Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, inundated with incessant news about his case.
And this news isn't looking good for him.
The 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor and CIA employee who leaked details of several top-secret U.S. programs to the press is desperately trying to find a way to one of the Latin American nations that has offered him political asylum.
Getting to Venezuela or Nicaragua, however, is more difficult than simply just jumping on the next plane out of Moscow. The United States has made his detention a national security priority and nations through Europe are on high alert for any whiff of him traveling through their airspace.
If Snowden – and the flight crew that agrees to take him to Latin America – want to get from Moscow to their destination without incident, they'll have to get creative.
One route would take the NSA leaker on an Arctic adventure that would have his flight jetting off from Moscow charting north and west over the chilly waters of the White and Norwegian Seas before bearing south toward the warm equator and into relative safety at the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
This path – almost 7,000 miles – would avoid any touchy flights through European airspace, but it is also requires an expensive, charted plane, has potential safety risks and there are very few planes that can stay in the air without refueling for such a lengthy trip.
He better start learning Russian and liking the taste of vodka because he's not going anywhere anytime soon.
"It would cost millions of dollars to pull this stunt off and Snowden doesn't have that money nor is he worth that much money to anyone," Michael Boyd, an aviation expert at the Boyd Group International consulting firm, based in Evergreen, Colo.
Another approach Snowden might take if he is ever able to get in the air is to bounce around from Russia to Latin America via a series of countries in the Middle East and Africa that are hostile to the U.S., friendly with Russia or just too corrupt or too poor to ground his plane.
While the issue of refueling isn't a problem with this route and the flights to places like Tehran or Khartoum in the Sudan are easy from Russia, the trip still requires a flight over Egypt. While some anti-American sentiment has surfaced during the country's recent turmoil, Egypt's military – currently ruling the country – still relies heavily on U.S. aid and would see no problem bringing the NSA leaker's flight to the ground.
Along with Egypt, the flight would require traveling over several countries that on a whim could order the plane to the ground – especially offers some type of reward for bringing Snowden out of the air.
"The U.S. could offer something that some country needs as incentive for helping bring in Snowden," Boyd said. "'Oh, you need some F-16 fighter planes? Yeah, we might have some of those around if you help up,' it's something like that."
The most brazen move that Snowden could take would be to get on a flight from Moscow to Latin America on a flight with a high-ranking diplomat or government official from either Russia or some Latin American nation. This idea hinges on the hope that European powers wouldn't risk another diplomatic impasse like the recent scandal with the grounding of Bolivian President Evo Morales' flight over suspicion that Snowden was on board.
The chink in the armor of this plan is that the precedent has already been set that European countries will follow U.S. requests to ground or hold for suspicious air passengers following the Morales affair, and if they will order a president's plane grounded they would most likely give the order for a flight carrying someone of lesser rank.
"If Prime Minster Medvedev was on the flight, maybe they wouldn't ground the plane, but Russia is not going to do something like that," said William Pomeranz, the director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C.
Pomeranz is one of many skeptics of the possibility of Snowden leaving Russia anytime soon, arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin is both too politically savvy and not looking to get into a diplomatic row with the U.S., especially with the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg coming up in September.
"They would be sticking their necks out for someone who doesn't mean anything to them," Pomeranz noted. "They don't owe him anything. He's an unwanted guest, literally and figuratively."
Snowden seems to recognize that his travel options are looking less and less promising and on Friday he enlisted the support of well-known human rights groups – both in Russia and globally – to support his bid to gain at least temporary asylum in Russia.
During a meeting at Sheremetyevo airport with human rights activists, Snowden said that the only way he can be safe is to have temporary asylum in Russia and asked the U.S. and European powers not to interfere in his asylum process. He also reiterated that he believes he was justified in his actions, according to Snowden's statement, published on the controversial site, WikiLeaks.
"That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets," Snowden said.
Despite his asylum petitions, it doesn't appear that Snowden will find a way to leave Russia and make it safely to Latin America. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Snowden must stop harming the U.S. if he wants to stay in Russia, the Associated Press reported.
"He better start learning Russian and liking the taste of vodka because he's not going anywhere anytime soon," Boyd said.
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KeyBank is partnering with Belmont Housing Resources of Western New York to bring its eighth annual "Super Refund Saturday" to two locations in Western New York:
In Buffalo, the Feb. 9 event will take place at Belmont Housing Resources of Western New York, 1195 Main St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In North Tonawanda, the Feb. 9 event will take place at YWCA of the Tonawandas, 79 Tremont St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"Super Refund Saturday" is a one-day event, during which KeyBank professionals provide free income tax preparation assistance to low- and moderate-income wage earners and help qualified individuals claim the earned income tax credit, or EITC.
"Filing an income tax return can be a confusing process for many, and affording a professional tax preparer may be out of reach," says Catherine Braniecki, vice president of community development for KeyBank. " 'Super Refund Saturday' is part of our commitment to local residents, and we aim to make the service convenient and accessible. It's gratifying to help people file their federal returns for free and identify additional money through the EITC."
In addition to Buffalo, KeyBank is partnering with community nonprofits in 13 other cities across the U.S. on Feb. 9, to bring "Super Refund Saturday" to local residents. A separate free tax preparation day took place in Cleveland on Feb. 2.
The EITC, which was originally enacted in 1975, is now one of the largest anti-poverty tools in the U.S. It is a refundable credit for low- to moderate- income individuals and families, particularly those with qualifying children. Qualifying children must be under 18 years of age and must be related by blood, marriage or official decree such as adoption. They must also live with the taxpayer claiming the EITC within the U.S. for at least half the year. Receiving the EITC greatly helps to balance the financial burden of families in need; however, taxpayers must file an income tax return to get it, even if they don't earn enough to pay taxes.
To qualify for the EITC, earned income must be less than:
•$45,060 ($50,270 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children
•$41,952 ($47,162 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children
•$36,920 ($42,130 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child
•$13,980 ($19,190 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children
The tax year 2012 maximum earned income tax credit correlates with the above parameters:
•$5,891 with three or more qualifying children
•$5,236 with two qualifying children
•$3,169 with one qualifying child
•$475 with no qualifying children
To take advantage of 'Super Refund Saturday,' income tax return filers should bring these documents:
•Valid photo ID
•Social Security card for themselves and each dependent
•W-2 forms (reporting full-time wages)
•Previous year's tax return
•1099 forms (reporting part-time work and interest income), if applicable
•Unemployment forms, if applicable
•Proof of child care payments
•Other IRS forms as appropriate
•Bank account information and bank routing number
" 'Super Refund Saturday' is something we are proud of and look forward to every year," Braniecki says. "The hardworking families in our community benefit from access to help and information. We are happy to be the ones to provide it."
To take advantage of KeyBank's "Super Refund Saturday," tax filers can pre-register and learn which documents to bring by calling 718-884-7791, ext. 324.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp traces its roots back more than 180 years ago and is headquartered in Cleveland. One of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, Key has assets of approximately $89 billion. The four-county Western New York District, one of 18 KeyCorp districts, has 74 branches, 100 ATMs and approximately 1,300 employees.
Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and small businesses in 14 states under the name of KeyBank N.A. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the U.S. under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name.
For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is member FDIC.


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"The [WHO] on Monday launched new recommendations to address the specific needs of adolescents both for those living with HIV and those who are at risk of infection," Xinhua reports (11/25). "The number of adolescents infected by [HIV] has jumped by one-third over the past decade, the U.N.'s health agency said ..., blaming gaps in care programs," Agence France-Presse writes (11/25). "More than two million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 are living with HIV worldwide," VOA News notes, adding, "Approximately 70 percent of these young people are in sub-Saharan Africa" (Lazuta, 11/25). In addition, there was "a 50 percent increase in reported AIDS-related deaths in this group compared with the 30 percent decline seen in the general population from 2005 to 2012," a WHO press release states (11/25). According to The Guardian, the recommendations "call for more tailored approaches to testing and counseling and better, more immediate, access to treatment if young people test positive," and "more support to disclose their status to their families and to stick to treatment regimes, the organization said" (Ford, 11/26).
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In 2002, a huge chunk of the Larsen Ice Shelf – "Larsen B" – collapsed into the sea. In just over a month, an area the size of the US state Rhode Island vanished from the Antarctic Peninsula – the most dramatic ice shelf disintegration ever recorded.
Scientists attributed this collapse to a series of warm summers, which led to increased air temperatures and the formation of meltwater ponds on the shelf's surface. This water flowed down through cracks in the ice, helping to lever it apart and bring about its downfall.
The lovably eccentric band British Sea Power paid tribute to this defunct ice shelf on their 2005 album Open Season. "Oh Larsen B" features the glorious lyrics: "You're fractured and cold but your heart is unbroken / My favourite foremost coastal Antarctic shelf / Oh Larsen B, oh you can fall on me / Oh Larsen B, desalinate the barren sea".
And the music is equally glorious – one of British Sea Power's trademark anthems, all buzzsaw guitars and breathy vocals. In fact, it's probably the best love song to a collapsed ice shelf ever written…


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If you are looking to have a great night out with friends, discovering a new city and have a few drinks on the way, this list is for you! Here is a list of some of the best cities for Bar Crawls in the United States.
Australia survival guide: Everything you need to survive a trip down under so you don't end up 6ft under
Australia has a reputation for having a lot of dangerous wildlife. And that is probably deserved, seeing as there are over thirty different species of animals there, from jellyfish to venomous snakes, that will straight up murder you if given the chance.
Just ask this guy, who was bitten right on the dick by the deadly redback spider while using the toilet. I mean, that's something nobody wants to happen, but you know, occasionally you get unlucky like that. So, not really that big of a story. But here's the thing that really shows how dangerous the country can be.
About a week later, after having anti-venom shot into his member, the man went back to work, decided to use the toilet again, checked to make sure there were no spiders under the seat (as he will likely do for the rest of his life) and got bitten again, right in the same spot.
That's some next-level hatred from mother nature right there. It's like the continent has declared a personal blood-feud against the human race for having the gall to settle there.
That being said, Australia is a beautiful country with some incredible things to see and well worth a visit. So, how do you visit the land down under without ending up underground? Well, let's do a quick rundown of all the animals in Oz that can kill you and how you can survive it. Finally, there's a danger rating that rates every risk you'll face based on how likely you are to encounter it, and how likely it is to kill you.
Let's get this one out of the way, since you're probably most worried about this one after that story. So, here's the bad news: There are ten species of spiders that are venomous enough to kill you that call Australia home.
But here's the good news: Only two people have died from spider bites in Australia since 1981. So, the odds of biting the dust because a spider bit you are astronomically higher than dying in say, a car accident. Most spiders don't deliver a fatal dose of venom when they bite, and anti-venom is available for several of the most dangerous species. Here's a little scenario to give you an example of when a spider would be dangerous and how you should avoid it.
So you're visiting Australia and you're on your typical drunken tear that always accompanies your trips abroad. You stumble around the beach in a drunken stupor, trying to find that girl you were talking to. She said she'd be back in a few minutes, but that was an hour ago. And despite you pitching woo in your exotic accent, she seemed more uncomfortable than intrigued. And her numerous references to her boyfriend and both his desire and ability to kick your ass was a bad sign.
As you wander around making threatening swipes with a beer bottle at frightened beach-goers, you see an old shirt nestled under a bush. You ask yourself, "Who would leave a perfectly good shirt lying out in the open?" You pick it up and push your arms into the tattered sleeves. After a few seconds, you feel a stinging sensation in your upper arm. It gets worse and worse until you rip the shirt off and throw it on the ground.
A small black spider with a distinctive red mark on its back crawls out. "Oh well, nothing a beer won't fix," you think. So you drink until you can't feel the pain anymore and pass out on the beach instead of getting the appropriate medical attention.
Congratulations, you died drunk on a beach, just like you always promised your friends you would.
How to avoid it:
Don't go around sticking your exposed skin into places that might conceivably hold a spider. If you're outside and you leave some clothes or shoes sitting around, stomp on them before putting them on and shake them out, this should kill any nesting spiders inside.
Other than that, the odds of getting bitten by a spider are very remote, and the odds of that killing you are even more remote.
If you do get bitten by a spider, try to catch it in something you can secure and take it with you to the hospital. This will let the doctors decide what kind of anti-venom to give you. Most likely, they'll just give you a tetanus shot and some antibiotics and send you on your way.
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Like spiders, snakes are a threat that inspires more fear than is fitting given the risk they present.That being said, there are 21 of the 25 deadliest snake species in Australia. That includes one of the most dangerous snakes in the world, the inland taipan, which can deliver enough venom with a single bite to kill 100 people. But, again, deaths from snakebites are very rare, and the inland Taipan has actually never been responsible for a recorded death.
Slightly more dangerous is the eastern brown snake, which, while less venomous, is more likely to strike and far more common near inhabited areas. Luckily, the mortality rate is only 10-20% because they usually don't inject venom on a first strike. They typically only use a lethal amount of venom when they are antagonized into striking more than once, which would be an epically stupid thing to do.
Let's see what that would look like, shall we?
You've come to Australia on a working holiday visa, seeking to reinvent yourself after a nasty breakup with your girlfriend. You managed to get a job on a local farm, only to find that the other ranch hands tease you mercilessly about your penchant to stop working every few hours to write in your personal journal with your pink gel pen in loopy handwriting, your "i's" invariably dotted with hearts.
The other men banish you to clearing brush by yourself since your frequent crying jags have started to really bum them out. Burning with embarrassment and love-sickness, you begin clearing a heavy pile of sticks. As you pull up a large log, you see a brown snake coiled into a threatening "s" shape. Deciding that catching this snake would really show the other guys how tough you are, you reach out to grab it by the neck. It strikes you instantly with its fangs.
Angry and hurt, but still desperate to redeem yourself, you reach out again. It strikes you two more times and slithers off. You stumble back towards the ranch before collapsing on the ground, losing control of your bowels in the process.
Your ex chooses not to attend the funeral.
How to avoid it:
Most snakes are more likely to flee than to strike you, so if you do see one, just back away slowly. And if you are bitten by a snake, place a compress on the wound. Keep it clean and dry and don't try to suck out the poison or cut into the wound. Both of those things are myths and will do more harm than good. Once the venom is in your blood you can't really get it out. Don't try to catch the snake, since you are unlikely to be able to do so without getting bitten again.
Do try to remember what the snake looked like since this might help doctors choose what anti-venom to give you. Be careful when exploring near wooded areas where snakes like to hide and wear high-ankled boots.
The best way to avoid snake bites is to avoid snakes. But the odds of being bitten are generally pretty low.
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Australia's coasts and saltwater estuaries are often home to crocodiles, which can be deadly if you end up in the water with them. A saltwater crocodile can grow up to 28 feet and can easily kill you with its death roll, which is when it grabs your limbs in its jaws and spins in the water, tearing off your limbs or drowning you.
In fact, just last year a woman was killed by a crocodile while swimming at night in a remote national forest.
That being said, the odds of running into one are slim if you're careful about where you swim. Don't just jump into any body of water that looks appealing, like this guy is about to do in our scenario.
Worried that your poor grades and lack of intellectual aptitude are dooming the possibility of you ever learning a skilled trade, your parents have sent you to Australia to visit your uncle, who is a chicken farmer on the edge of the Outback. It is their hope that you can eek out a meager living while they cut their losses on you and blow through your inheritance with a series of exotic vacations.
Your uncle, frustrated by your inability to even feed the chickens correctly, has nearly given up hope when he discovers your skill with an ax after walking in on you working out your frustrations on a tree you are pretending is your emotionally distant father.
He assigns you to slaughter the chickens, which you begin to excel at, as you resent them for the smug superiority you see in their beady little eyes.
One evening, just after you the day's slaughtering, you decide to jump into a local estuary to wash off the copious chicken blood and feathers. In the twilight, you see the reflective glare of reptilian eyes as the crocodiles converge on you in the water.
The next day, your uncle begins to pen a letter advising your parents on what happened to you but decides not to bother since postage to Greece is so expensive.
How to avoid it:
Again, the most important thing when it comes to avoiding crocodiles is to stay out of the places they live. Limit your swimming to well-populated beaches. If you do find yourself in the water with a crocodile, try as hard as you can to get onto land. Crocodiles are slower on dry land than in the water. And outrunning the animal is really your only option.
Crocodiles usually kill their victims by drowning them. If the crocodile bites you and starts trying to drag you underwater, your best bet is to start striking it in the eyes and on the nose. These are the most sensitive parts on the crocodile and your best chance of making it let go.
But again, as long as you avoid swimming in remote estuaries, the odds of running into a crocodile are extremely remote.
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Surprisingly, the jellyfish is probably the most dangerous animal on this whole list. Not only is it the animal you are most likely to encounter, with huge blooms of dangerous jellyfish washing up near the shores of Australia's tourist beaches every year, but it is also among the most venomous.
The box jellyfish is the most dangerous species, and its venom can kill an adult man in minutes. And it's estimated that twenty to forty people a year die from box jellyfish stings. It's also not an easy animal to avoid given that they spawn in large numbers every summer and tend to end up in places where people swim. Add to that the fact that jellyfish are inherently hard to see in the water and it's easy to imagine how someone could get stung by a box jellyfish. Like so:
It was always your husband, Gary's, dream to go to Australia. And over 30 years of work as an electrician, he's finally ready to retire. His eyes aren't as good anymore, and his back hurts, but the money is saved up, and the tickets booked. The two of you are finally going to visit the land down under.
But three weeks before you're due to leave, he has a massive heart attack while shoveling snow. He never wakes up. Wracked with grief, you hold the funeral. "Mom," your adult children say, " you should take that trip. It's what he would have wanted."
You decide to honor your late husband's memory by traveling to the place he always dreamed of and scattering his ashes into the pacific. Once you get there, you wade out into the water with a small tin filled with Gary's remains. As you pop the top off and dump the contents into the waves, you feel a deep feeling of peace settling over you.
You weren't sure that there would be life after Gary, but now you think about how strong you are, and how you're going to get through this. You turn back towards the beach to begin your new independent life.
Just then, you feel an intense stinging sensation in your leg, as though someone had jabbed a white hot knife into the muscle. You stumble back through the waves onto the beach. Within minutes, cardiac arrest sets in as the fatal dose of box jellyfish poison courses through your veins. You die (in a moment of cosmic irony) clutching your chest.
How to avoid it:
Box jellyfish tend to spawn near beaches, and many beaches have signs that warn of the threat of jellyfish. Make sure to pay attention to these signs, and don't go into the water if there are jellyfish.
If you do get stung by a jellyfish, vinegar can help deactivate the stingers that might remain. Wipe away any tentacles left on your body with a towel, not with your skin. Tentacles can still sting when unattached to the jellyfish. Pay attention to signs like swelling or nausea as these are symptoms of poisoning and if you do contract those symptoms, seek help immediately.
Finally, you can avoid many stings by swimming in a wetsuit or even pantyhose, since the stingers in the jellyfish's tentacles are activated by the chemicals on the skin.
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So, as you can see, there is a lot of stuff in Australia that has the potential to kill you. But the reality is that for most people it's not really all that dangerous to visit. After all, people have been living and co-existing with these creatures for thousands of years.
You're far more likely to die in a car accident at home than you are to be killed by a poisonous spider or crocodile. So just keep your wits about you and be careful about obeying all posted signs and warnings and you'll be fine.
How to (safely) have a romance abroad
Traveling abroad is a romantic undertaking. In every sense of the word.
Traveling abroad is a romantic undertaking. In every sense of the word. Why would people do it if not to see if the place they dreamed about can live up to all their romantic fantasies and there are certain places that lend themselves to the inter-personal kind of romance as well.
And as great as traveling alone is, the warm, streetlight-illuminated nights on the Pont Neuf and strolls through the crowded markets of Bangkok are always better with someone there that you care about.
Not only that but all those new friends you make as you travel are bound to result in the occasional romantic attraction. So, let's say you get lucky and meet the person of your dreams there under the towering spires of Barcelona Cathedral, or along the winding, busy roads of Tokyo, or indeed, even the gross unisex bathroom of a hostel—you fumbling with the lock on your travel bag that your mom insisted you use, and they wrapped up and shivering in an old towel.
Ahhh, that's real love for you. Vulnerable and soaking wet.
But what now? How do you proceed?
Well, your old friend Men's Trait, as a renowned expert on awkward international woo-pitching, is here to give you some practical tips that will have you holding hands with your new summer fling as you walk along the Champs Elysee, instead of sullenly sitting on a bench and cursing the other happy couples as they walk by.
For your reading convenience, we have broken this up by gender. Feel free to read both sections, as the insight into the other gender's situation will give you a valuable tactical advantage in the war of love.
How to Have A Safe Romance Abroad (for Girls)
That's really the name of the game here. Safety. It will permeate every interaction you have with a stranger in another country, or it should.
As a woman, there will be specific safety concerns that should be obvious. And having grown up as a woman in a world where sadly, you likely had to learn about these safety concerns, even in your own country, there is little reason to get into them specifically, other than to say that extra care should be exercised abroad. While, depending on where you are, the average man is no more likely to victimize you than in America, the fact that you are a foreigner will make you an easier target. People looking to take advantage of you will be aware that as someone who does not speak the language or know the area, you are less likely to go to the police, and that if you did, little would likely be done about it.
Thus, the burden of safety will rest more heavily on you than otherwise. That doesn't mean the idea of romance is off the table, though. It just means some extra precautions are needed.
So let's say you run into a guy on the street. He's charming, tall, cultured. He asks you to let him show you around the city. Obviously, you should take the basic precautions you would at home. Don't go anywhere where no one can see you. Don't go out at night. Don't get into a car. All the basic stuff you no doubt already know about. Now add to that concerns that are specific to this situation. Be concerned if he frequently meets up with other men in your presence and seems to be talking about you in another language. Be concerned if he hangs out with less than reputable looking people.
Ask to see his Facebook page, or search the internet to see if he has an online presence. Give it a few weeks before you agree to go anywhere alone at night with him.
Above all, just don't do anything that makes you uncomfortable. Trust your gut and know how to say no. If he is the kind of guy worth getting to know, he will respect it.
How to have a safe romance abroad (for guys)
If you're a gentleman, you might be thinking to yourself that you don't really have to worry that much about safety. I mean, it's unlikely that the nice girl from Ohio you met on the street in Rome will drug and rob you.
But that doesn't mean that safety is something you should discount entirely if you are a man. It means your safety will still be important, both for your sake, because that nice girl from Cinncinatti might still be after your kidney, you never know, and because now her sense of safety needs to be important to you.
That's not just because you should be the kind of guy who wants the person you're with to feel safe, though you should, but because if you want her to keep seeing you, you need to make sure she feels like she can trust you. Otherwise, she won't go out with you. You can refer to the previous section for the reasons why.
That means that empathizing with the object of your incipient affection's sense of security is both an issue of romantic decency and mundane pragmatism.
When you first meet someone, particularly if you're into girls, their guard will be up higher than it would normally be than at home and it will likely stay that way for some time. You need to learn to be both ok with this and aware of it.
Don't extend invitations that could make her feel uncomfortable. Don't ask her to go somewhere alone with you. Be okay with her inviting friends along. Give her the kind of support she needs to feel safe and accept that it might be awhile before she is comfortable trusting you. Don't invite her to go out at night or to somewhere she is unfamiliar with. Take it slow, essentially. Consider how you would feel in her situation and how she would want you to proceed.
And we're back together now for the finish
Otherwise, everyone should act how you normally would. As a regular Men's Trait reader, we can assume that you are intelligent, charming, and likely an above average lover. Just follow your instincts, don't be afraid to open up, and take the necessary precautions, and your next trip might include a romantic experience you remember long after your memories of the surroundings fades.
And if you enjoyed that, tune in next week for the follow-up piece: "So the wonderful person I met abroad is now unemployed and living on my couch."
Why millennials don't road trip (and why we should)
Perhaps a road trip is the best way to travel and this recent generation have just forgotten how wonderful going on a road trip can be. The question then becomes, why have millennials forgotten about road trips?
It's 9pm on a Sunday night. You've barely moved for hours and you see the glowing neon sign flashing open in the 7/11 window. You get out of your car with stiff legs and Cheetos crumbs stuck to your jeans. You and your friends stretch your legs, buy a bottle of water and pile back into the car.
Everyone knows road trips can be long and grueling. You eat too much junk food, fight about what is the fastest route to take, and face a constant battle with boredom. Yet time and time again, long distance travel by car is portrayed in history – and Hollywood films – as one of the most iconic forms of travel. One could even argue that road trips are a defining aspect of American life. The question is, then: is the road trip a dying icon, or does it just need a rebirth of some kind?
As far as the "millennial generation" is concerned, the road trip appears to be dying. Although millennials are seen as a generation who love to travel, we are mostly traveling outside the United States. According to Boston Consulting Group, millennials are 23% more interested in traveling abroad than other generations. So perhaps we've forgotten just how enlightening and satisfying it can be to visit places close to home. One doesn't have to spend $1200 on plane ticket to Europe in order to get adventure, see beautiful places and form connections with new and interesting people.
Let's assume that American pop culture history got it right. Perhaps a road trip is the best way to travel and this recent generation have just forgotten how wonderful going on a road trip can be. The question then becomes, why have millennials forgotten about road trips?
First off, millennials aren't buying cars. While most can remember counting the months until getting their first driver's license, the fact is that people old enough to drive just aren't getting their licenses. A Washington Post article, "The many reasons why millennials are shunning cars," gives three reason why millennials are driving less. Essentially, one is that gas is too expensive (although it is down significantly since the article was published), two is that technology has made it possible to get a ride without owning a car (Uber, Rideshare, etc), and third is that millennials are choosing to live in more "walkable" places. The way millennials think about cars have changed which this means less interest in road trips.
Perhaps another reason why millennials aren't taking road trips like older generations is because technology has changed our concept of patience. Because millennials grew up in the age of the internet, we have trained ourselves to easily jump from Facebook to Twitter to Snapchat in a matter of seconds. A conflict thus arises, as anyone who has gone on a road trip before knows that it requires some level of patience. We require finding ways to entertain ourselves – there's no free wifi in the middle of Route 66 – and trying out new ways of interacting with others in a small space. Technology has let millennials avoid both being patient and interacting with others in everyday life. Look around any public space – the bus or shopping malls – do you see anyone interacting with one another without their phones in their hands? Road trips don't mean that you have to leave your phone behind, however after 9 hours in the car and there is nothing left to scroll on Facebook, playing the license plate game in the backseat might seem a little more inviting.
Technology has also made millennials addicted to instant gratification. We can get food delivered to our door or picked up by Uber in a matter of moments. This becomes a problem because there is nothing instant about a road trip. A road trip takes persistence, patience and the willingness to be flexible in the face of new obstacles. Maybe you run out of gas in the middle of Big Sur or maybe you hit rush hour going through Las Vegas, just as your air conditioning goes out in 105 degree weather. All you can do is relax, enjoy the journey and the people you're with–something millennials seemingly don't have a lot of practice with.
Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, The Lost Coast, Route 66. Millennials are forgetting about these places when we are addicted to our technology, flying to Europe and not buying cars. We are forgetting the reality that there are unique and beautiful places only hours away from them. The mindset of focusing on places abroad rather than at home can also be detrimental to the support America needs from its young people. More than ever, America is in need of passionate, educated people, and if millennials aren't interested in the people and places around them, America will lose the full support and energy of a group of important individuals. Gaining interest and appreciation for one's own country is one of the many benefits of road trips and why road trips should see a rebirth among the millennial generation.
The most confusing thing is that, when looking at the millennial generation, we seem like a generation that could potentially love road trips. Yes, we are reliant on technology, but what better way to find the best place to eat on your way to Yosemite then using your phone to scan Yelp? Millennials are a generation of creative, driven and enthusiastic individuals. We just need to be reminded of "older" forms of travel and just how rewarding they can be. Reminding millennials of how unique road trips can be has the potential to provoke more interest in the issues and beauty close to home. This could bring people together and challenge them to interact on a more personal level, be creative and problem solve together. Road trips should not be lost forever, they just need to be reborn. Perhaps millennials need to be reminded of the child who stuck their head out the car window fascinated with the rocky desert or bright blue ocean flying by.
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Stockton, CA
Lorraine Fruguglietti
Nov. 2, 1930 - Feb. 16, 2013
Lorraine Fruguglietti, 82 years old, a resident of Stockton, CA, went home to be with the Lord on
February 16, 2013 at her home. She was born in Fitchburg, MA on November 2, 1930, the daughter of Frank and Marie Louise Lortie. Lorraine was married to Mario Fruguglietti on September 3, 1951. She and her husband moved to California in 1953.
She spent most of her working career operating a day care center, which she did for 30 years. She was president of the Italian Catholic Federation St. Joseph Branch 355 for 3 years. She was involved with Marriage Encounters for 7 years, an active member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Italian Athletic Club of Stockton. She loved dancing, playing bocce, entertaining friends and spending time with her family.
Lorraine was preceded in death
by her parents, Frank Lortie and
Marie Louise Lortie, her brothers Richard Lortie, Raymond Lortie, and Robert Lortie, her sisters Anita LeBlanc, Claire Paradise, Pauline Bernard, Yvette Trainque, Yvonne Lessard. She is survived by her beloved husband of 61 years,
Mario; her four children and their spouses Mario and Linda Fruguglietti Jr., Ralph and Debbie Fruguglietti, Joseph and Marie Mejia, and Michael and Yuka Fruguglietti; 10 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, and a host of family and friends.
A memorial will be held on Saturday February 23, 2013 at 2:00 pm at Victory Christian Church, 1175 W. 11th Street, Tracy, CA.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of San Joaquin County. Online guest book at deyoungchapels.com


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A mother who has for decades doubted that her 14-year-old son was a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy may finally learn the truth after a judge on Thursday granted her request that the body be exhumed for DNA testing.
"I hope for her sake it provides some closure for her," Cook County Associate Judge Rita Novak said, as 67-year-old Sherry Marino, her daughter squeezing her shoulder, dabbed her eyes with a tissue in the front row of the courtroom.
The order, which came almost exactly 35 years to the day Michael Marino disappeared, is the culmination of years of Sherry Marino's efforts to find out whether Gacy killed her son. When the body was identified with dental records more than three years later, Marino did not quite believe it, in large part because the clothes on the remains that were pulled from a crawl space at Gacy's house did not match the clothing she remembers seeing him wear the day he disappeared. Nor did she understand why it took more than three years to identify her son, even though she provided authorities with his dental records shortly after the bodies were discovered and Gacy was arrested.
"She visits the grave faithfully and always asks, `Is this you, Michael?'" attorney Steven Becker said after the hearing.
Gacy, a building contractor and amateur clown, was convicted of luring 33 young men and boys to his Chicago-area home and strangling them between 1972 and 1978. Most were buried in a crawl space under the home; four others were dumped in rivers. Gacy was sentenced to death for the 12 killings that occurred after Illinois re-enacted the death penalty in 1977. He received sentences of life in prison for the remaining 21 killings. He admitted the crimes before his trial but later denied having killed all but the first victim.
Since his conviction and his execution in 1994, the case has popped up in the news occasionally. It was after one local television report about Gacy several months ago that Marino, who has over the years hired private investigators and attorneys to help her, tried yet again to find an attorney who might help her find evidence that was overlooked during the initial investigation.
That led her to Becker and his partner, Robert Stephenson, whose own search turned up what they say is a discrepancy in dental records. While one chart created for the teen seven months before he disappeared showed a tooth had either been extracted or had not come in yet, a chart recently located by the dentist who examined the body showed a full set of teeth.
They also found that X-rays taken of the body showed a broken right collar bone _ a fracture that Sherry Marino told the attorneys she did not remember her son ever suffering. Further, the pathological report indicated that boy may have been part American Indian, and the attorneys said Marino said she knew of no American Indian blood in her family.
The attorneys have acknowledged there is strong circumstantial evidence that the remains that were identified only as "body 14" are, in fact those of Marino. The most obvious is that in 35 years the teen has never surfaced. Also, the remains were found in Gacy's crawl space next to the remains of a friend of Marino's, who disappeared the same day as Marino.
"The best we can actually say to anyone is it could be (Marino) and it might not be," Becker said after the hearing. "For as many reasons there are to believe it is Michael Marino there are just as many reasons to believe that it isn't."
As for the boy's mother, "She still is hoping her son may be alive, he may not be but now at least she'll know," Becker said.
The judge said she saw no reason why she should not grant the order, and pointed to the "great advances in science" that could give Marino a definitive answer.
The attorneys said after the hearing that they hoped the exhumation would happen within a month. They said the exhumation and DNA testing would cost about $10,000. Originally their petition asked that the county pay, but at the hearing the attorneys told the judge they were dropping that request. They explained later that they were confident that they could raise the money from the public and that some funeral directors have already contacted them with offers to help defray some costs.
Stephenson said he is confident there will be enough left of the remains to allow for DNA testing, explaining that the autopsy report indicates the body was partially mummified, meaning the testing will likely provide conclusive results.
Marino left quickly after the hearing, declining to speak to reporters. At the courthouse elevator, she spoke to Becker and Stephenson, tearfully hugging them before leaving.
Becker said later her words were not about whether or not her son was alive and what exactly the DNA testing would reveal but about how after 35 years a judge had taken her side.
"What most pleased her is that (the judge said) she had a right to know," said Becker. "To have that confirmation from the judge, that was the thing that was the most significant to her."


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Bearing the Silence of God: The image of Christ in the persecuted church
"…The greatest glory Jesus brought to God was not when he walked on the water or prayed for long hours, but when he cried in agony in the garden of Gethsemane and still continued to follow God's will, even though it meant isolation, darkness, and the silence of God. Thus, we know that when everything around us fails, when we are destroyed and abandoned, our tears, blood, and dead corpses are the greatest worship songs we have ever sung. The dead body is not the end of the story. The one who sacrificed his life is also the one who has been glorified: 'because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence' (2 Cor. 4:14)." READ MORE >
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A customer's request to put ketchup on a Philly cheesesteak caused a ruckus in an Orlando Subway shop.
Sandwich maker Lawrence Ordone told customer Luis Martinez that Subway didn't have ketchup when the order was placed on New Year's night. There are differing accounts on what happened next, but Orlando television station WFTV reports that Ordone lost his job.
Ordone says he told the customer he's "never put ketchup on anybody's sandwich." He says Martinez got "mouthy." Martinez denies that, but Ordone admits he flew off the handle at that point.
WFTV reports Ordone shoved a chair to the side and told Martinez "fight me like a man."
Martinez called 911. Ordone left the building. No one was arrested. But now Ordone is looking for a new job.
Information from: WFTV-TV, http://www.wftv.com/index.html
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Chefs for CASA - 4/17/09
Foodies were in heaven for this year's Chefs for CASA event, a benefit for CASA for Kids of Washington County. More than 200 guests sampled delectable fare at Bella Sera by Greco's and WTAE-TV's Michelle Wright served as mistress of ceremonies and honorary chair — as she has for each of the four years that the event has taken place. Angelo's, The Capstone Grill, Franco's Trattoria, Greco's Gourmet Catering, Bartram House Bakery, Creations by Carlini, and Mediterra Bakehouse served their best dishes, helping the organization raise $18,000. Photography by Megan WylieRead More


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Study: Manchester schools health plan is most generousBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 10. 2013 10:37PM
MANCHESTER - The city school district has the most generous health care plan of any employer in the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield system, according to a new analysis by the company.
The report, presented to the Board of School Committee this week, found that the district spent $28.2 million on claims in 2012, a 7.8 percent increase from the previous year and a 12 percent increase from 2010.
The report comes as a school board subcommittee is locked in negotiations with unions representing district employees, including the teachers union, the Manchester Education Association, over new contracts that would go into effect in the fall. Health care concessions are likely a key components of those talks.
The issue of the district's health costs was quickly seized on by Mayor Ted Gatsas. He proposed concessions last year as a way to save teacher jobs, which the unions rejected.
"This will have a direct effect on reducing class sizes," Gatsas said, referring to the prospect of health care concessions this year. He estimated that if the teachers union agreed to changes similar to those accepted by city employees last year, up to $5.5 million in next year's budget could be freed up to hire more than 80 teachers.
The mayor's proposed school budget did not factor in health care concessions, nor any salary increases.
Anthem executives, who presented the report to the school board on Monday, described the district's health plan as the "most robust" or "richest" plan in the company's book of business, which numbers thousands of employers.
Anthem senior health information consultant Arlene Levy Fishbein said the low employee share for health care contributes to the district's high costs.
"When a member has accountability for their health care dollar, they're likely to watch their dollar a lot more prudently, and then change some of the behaviors that affect cost and utilization," she said.
Under the health plan, the district's contribution rate is 96.5 percent, while members pay 3.5 percent. Co-pays for most doctor visits are $5, and prescription co-pays also start at $5.
The average employer/member split for businesses in the Anthem network is roughly 80 percent to 20 percent, according to Anthem's analysis. The Manchester district's plan, however, is similar to other "municipal/educational customers," which also have member contribution rates under 10 percent. Manchester Education Association President Ben Dick stressed that the district's health plan was not that different from other municipal employers.
"Historically-speaking, public employees have had benefit packages that are better than the private sector because that was a way to entice them to commit to a life as a public employee," Dick said. "This said, that this is a conversation that we've had, that we need to have, I'm not going to argue. We've never shied away from having this conversation."
Negotiations with the teachers union are being overseen by a school board subcommittee chaired by Ward 10 representative John Avard. He declined to discuss the health care issue, citing the confidentiality of the negotiations.
Ward 3 board member Christopher Stewart, who is also on the negotiations subcommittee, declined to discuss the union talks, but he did say the Anthem report underscored a serious problem facing the district.
"As I've said before, the health care costs of this district is a fiscal cancer, and it's getting worse," he said. "From where I'm sitting, we need to get health care costs under control before anything else in the budget."
Because the district is self-insured, it pays claims directly. The $28.2 million total represents claims from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012. Claims will likely run even higher in the current fiscal year, due to the large number of laid-off employees who sought treatment early in the year before their coverage ran out. Health care costs have remained over budget for much of the current year.
The relative age of the district's employees is also a cost-driver. Almost half of the plan's members are over 40 years old, and more than a third are over 50, according to the Anthem analysis.
Mayor Gatsas credits health care concessions by city employees with bringing millions of dollars in savings in the current fiscal year. Under an agreement last year with most city unions, the employee share went from 5 percent to 12.5 percent this year, and will go to 15 percent next year. Doctor co-pays were hiked from $5 to $20.


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Tuesday, October 10 2017
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Bay Area Rope Club (BARC) Jam
We are a group of dedicated rope enthusiasts. We promote a safe, open space for everyone interested in rope to come and learn. We encourage skill share within our group to not only grow the community but to create amazing connections for people. We are accepting of all gender, size, skill, orientation, sexualities.
Our gatherings are a combination of skillshare & presentations, rope jam, and social group.
We start off at Wicked Grounds for some coffee & social time then head down the street together to Catalyst for rope fun.
BARC Pre-meet Munch at Wicked Grounds: 6-7PM
BARC Rope Night at Catalyst: 7-10pm
Price: $10 at the door (Cash or Card)
To RSVP and find more information about the BARC events add the BARC Profile (
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Hello, my name is Patrick Monkel. I'm a dutch freelance graphic and interactive designer. Feel free to contact me or check out my blog.
Through the years I did several projects for great clients. This showcase is a selection of my works over the last three years. Besides commissioned work you will also find some personal projects.
The Cocoon is a promotional piece working on illustration and photo manipulation. The work is inspired by the old movie Species and my entry for the Illustrati Community contest.
This is a piece I did for print early 2010. Combination of illustration and manipulation. Inspired by the beautiful city of New York (Brooklyn) and the music of rapper Shawn Carter (Jay-Z).
Nature and animals are a big inspiration in my work. The title of the work allready tells you that I wanted to create a more futuristic version of "the king". This print is available on canvas.
The Woods is wallpaper art I did for self promotion. The wallpaper has been featured at Abduzeedo (wallpaper of the week) and Wow Magazine. The pack holds various resolutions.
This is a personal concept called My Extreme Playground. It shows the extreme world of Adidas footwear. The concept has different environments like "Desert" and "Artic".
Clash of the Titans is an interface concept and look and feel for an tennis game. The complete interface concept holds multiple menu stages. This is a selection of images of...
The animals of nature is a personal print project. These prints come in a series of 3. There were used several elements of nature to create these illustrations. This project has been featured on Behance Network.
WeGraphics asked me to create a tutorial to share with their viewers. In the tutorial I share some tips on how to make a surreal landscape using photo manipulation.
Between good and evil is wallpaper art I did for self promotion and working on new techniques. The piece is a combination of photo manipulation and illustration work.
The idea was to create not your average blog, but a blog with more user experience and a slick navigation. A side scrolling blog about online storytelling to inspire people.
Last year I was commissioned by Skyway to create a new branding style for their dance festival Sencity. I created a new logo, posters,flyers and t-shirts for Sencity "Living Colours".
Working on typography and lightning techniques when creating this surreal print called "The City of Raven". This piece is a combination of photo manipulation / montage and illustration
Trendy Hairconcept is a young and fashionable hairdresser organisation from the Netherlands. They asked me to create their new website and do some branding adjustments.
This poster is one of my favorite projects I did in 2009. The full black and white composition is a combination of stock pictures and illustration. The print will be available in the store.
Unit4 asked Talmon to create a flash game for their new employees. The game was for internal use and let's the employees learn more about Unit4 in a fun way.
For a new brand called Faund I created the website designs and logo/branding. The website let's you fill in the specs of your dreamhouse and contacts you when...
This project is a branding study for a record label called 7 Records. For this key visual of the brand I created abstract 3D renders in combination with photographic material.
Blue Lagoon is a surreal modern digital art piece. A combination of photo manipulation, illustration and 3D renders. This print is for sale. More details shots are available on Behance.
Stripes is a personal branding study for quality urban footwear. The work shows a combination of 3d renders, illustration and stock. This print piece will be available in the store.
Very often my inspiration for my work comes from music. If I tell you I'm also a big sneaker fan, then you probably understand why I made this graphic. A tutorial of this piece was showcased in Photoshop Creative.
My sweet delirium is a personal project. Working with illustration and stock material to create a colorfull composition. This piece was showcased in Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
Noiz is a concept I did for a dutch dance party, which was featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine. I still like the composistion of this piece although it's some of my older work.
Computer Arts UK asked me to do a three page tutorial feature in their upcoming issue. I created a new graphic and showed the readers something about my work process.
I was asked by Publish Magazine to do the cover for their upcoming magazine. The original version that was used I also did on canvas. The version shown is slightly adjusted in type, stock and color settings.


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Parents are being advised that three classes in a Matlock school will be closed next week due to strike action.
All Saints Junior School, in Hurds Hollow, has announced it will be taking part in strike action on Wednesday.
Pupils in classes two, three and four are not to attend school. Those eligible for free school meals can attend at noon for a meal and then leave.
The school will be open for other classes.
A spokesman for the National Union of Teachers (NUT) said: "The strike is part of the campaign to protect pay, pensions and to ensure a workload that means children receive the best possible teaching.
"The strike follows a series of regional strikes in the autumn, which were very well supported and saw teachers getting a lot of support from parents."
Any further school closures due to strike action will be reported on the Mercury website.


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VICKSBURG, Miss. — The Coast Guard said Tuesday that about 7,000 gallons of crude oil were unaccounted for aboard a leaking barge that had rammed a railroad bridge near Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, which remained closed for a third day as crews slowly pumped out oil.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally said it's not clear that all of the 7,000 gallons leaked into the river since the impact early Sunday. Some of it, he said, could have seeped into void spaces inside the barge.
Lally said a plan to pump oil from the stricken barge onto another barge — a process known as lightering — had been approved but that it was unclear how long that would take or when the river might reopen to vessels. He said the other barge was en route.
Environmental impact, Lally said, has been minimal because a boom is containing the leak around the barge and the leak is slow.
On Tuesday, tugs were pinning the ruptured barge to the bank on the Louisiana side of the river, across from Vicksburg's Riverwalk and Lady Luck casinos. Their engines churned the muddy water for which the Mississippi is so famous. A few workers could be seen walking on top of the stricken barge.
An orange boom bobbed in the water just downstream and another boom was set up as a second line of defense to keep the oil from spreading.
The economic effect is another matter.
At least 54 vessels, including towboats and barges, were idled Tuesday on the closed 16-mile stretch of one of the nation's vital commerce routes.
Vessel traffic tends to be less in January than during peak harvest season, when grain from the U.S. heartland is shipped south to be loaded onto massive ships near New Orleans.
"The Coast Guard advised our hazardous materials unit that the river would be closed indefinitely to all traffic," said Lt. Julie Lewis, of the Louisiana State Police.
About 168.4 million tons of cargo a year moves along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and the mouth of the Ohio River, carried by nearly 22,300 cargo ships and 162,700 barges, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. About 3.6 million tons of cargo is handled annually by the port of Vicksburg.
When low water threatened to close the river earlier this month, the tow industry trade group American Waterways Operators estimated that 7.2 million tons of commodities worth $2.8 billion might be sidelined over the last three weeks of January.
Salt destined for Northern roads is moving upriver in January, spokeswoman Ann McCulloch said.
"We're still moving corn, soybeans and grain, but also coal and petroleum ... stone, sand and gravel," she said Tuesday.
Barges carry 20 percent of the nation's coal and more than 60 percent of its grain exports, according to the group.
Crews have been working around the clock to contain and remove oil since the barge, owned by Corpus Christi, Texas-based Third Coast Towing LLC, struck a railroad bridge and began leaking early Sunday. The company has refused to comment on the incident.
Severe weather expected to sweep through the area late Tuesday and on Wednesday could shut down operations for a time, authorities said.
Ron Zornes, director of corporate operations for Canal Barge Co. of New Orleans, said each idled towboat could cost a company anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000 a day. The low end would be for a single boat with a couple of barges and the high end for one in "a system of towboats that acts sort of like a bus system."
"So if one bus is stopped it gums up the whole system," he said.
Lally said crews had skimmed 1,596 gallons of an oil-and-water mixture from the river.
Nature's Way Marine LLC, of Theodore, Ala., has been named the responsible party for the oil leak, a designation that is assigned under the federal Oil Pollution Act.
The barges were being pushed by the company's tug Nature's Way Endeavor when the collision happened. The company has declined requests for information from the Associated Press, referring calls to the Coast Guard.
Companies found responsible for oil spills face civil penalties tied to the amount of oil that spilled into the environment. Lally said it's too early in the investigation to know whether the company could face penalties or fines because of the collision.
The Nature's Way Endeavor was pushing two tank barges when the collision with the bridge happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Both barges were damaged, but only one leaked. Authorities declared the bridge safe after an inspection.
The leaking tank, which was pierced above the water line, was carrying 80,000 gallons of light crude, authorities said. The Coast Guard hasn't said how much oil was in the other tanks on the barge.
Lally said there was no evidence that oil was washing ashore.
"We did have a Coast Guard helicopter crew fly for 60 miles up the shoreline there to see if they could spot any environmental impact and they weren't able to find anything," he said, adding that a Coast Guard boat surveying 15 miles south of the site also detected nothing.
Engineers familiar with the river near Vicksburg say sharp bends and fast currents make it difficult to navigate.
The Coast Guard says it's too early in the investigation to say what caused the barges to bump the bridge on Sunday.
Estimates of the leak at Vicksburg came the same day that a federal judge in New Orleans approved a government settlement of criminal charges with BP PLC — and $4 billion in penalties — stemming from the company's 2010 oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. In that disaster, BP's well blew for months, spewing more than 200 million gallons of crude oil.
Mohr reported from Vicksburg. McConnaughey reported from New Orleans. Associated Press writers Michael Kunzelman in New Orleans, Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge and Bill Cormier in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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The Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture (OKPOP) in conjunction with the Oklahoma Historical Society will host "Bob Wills @ the OKPOP" at 7:30 p.m. April 10 at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to 405.522.5202.
The event will feature Wills' daughter, Carolyn Wills, talking about his career followed by a concert featuring his songs by Oklahoma artists The Red Dirt Rangers and Byron Berline. OKPOP experts, along with Wills' biographer Dr. Charles Townsend, will also show visitors how Wills' original recordings are being digitized and re-mastered so they can be enjoyed at the museum through modern technology.


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Marché de Pape'ete (Municipal Market)
The sights, sounds and smells of authentic Polynesian life are on offer at Papeete's main market, also known as the Marche de Papeete. This is the ... Read more
Black Pearl Museum
One of Papeete's few museums, the Musée de la Perle (or Black Pearl Museum) celebrates all aspects of pearl culture. In the days before large-scale ... Read more
Cascades de Faarumai
There are numerous waterfalls all over Tahiti, but the most popular and accessible are the three waterfalls at Faarumai, known as the Cascades of Faarumai. ... Read more
Waterfront Esplanade
Reminiscent of the French Riviera, the Waterfront Esplanade stretches from the To'Ata Square to Vai'ete Square and is where you can enjoy a scenic stroll and ... Read more
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Located in downtown Papeete, Vai'ete Square is a nice place to take a relaxing waterfront stroll during the day. At night, however, the atmosphere becomes much ... Read more
Arahoho Blowhole (Trou de Souffleur de Arahoho)
Located in Tiarei, Arahoho Blowhole is one of Tahiti's most popular roadside attractions. A lavatube or tunnel that opens into the sea, the geological oddity ... Read more
Vaima Shopping Centre
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Museum of Tahiti and the Islands (Musée de Tahiti et des Îles)
The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands (or Musée de Tahiti et des Îles) represents one of the world's most important repositories of cultural and ... Read more
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Few people have done as much to broadcast Tahiti's charms to the world as French Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin, who moved to the island in 1891. The ... Read more
Bougainville Park (Parc Bougainville)
If you're looking for some peace and quiet, Bougainville Park, once known as Albert Park, is a small park with a tranquil stream, benches, lush vegetation and ... Read more
Cathedrale de L'Immaculee (Cathedrale de Notre Dame)
Located at Place Notre Dame, Cathedrale de L'Immaculee is a popular historical attraction and one of the oldest and largest churches in Papeete. Built between ... Read more
Papeete Town Hall (Mairie Papeete)
Inaugurated in 1990, Papeete Town Hall at Place Tarahoi was designed to replicate the 19th century colonial design of the old Queen's palace that once stood in ... Read more
Territorial Assembly
Built in the 1960s to replace the former building that was in disrepair, the Territorial Assembly is the seat of government for French Polynesia. This was once ... Read more
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NEW YORK (AP) — It's not quite a "Law & Order" reunion, but S. Epatha Merkerson will be teaming up again with former co-star Jesse L. Martin.
Merkerson says she's been cast to play Martin's mother in the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic "Sexual Healing." Her manager Bob McGowan says production begins in Luxembourg in late March.
Merkerson played Lt. Anita Van Buren on "Law & Order" from 1991 until it ended in 2010. Martin played Detective Ed Green from 1999 to 2008.
The film focuses on Gaye in the 1980s when he battled drug abuse and depression.
Merkerson spoke Monday while promoting NBC's drama "Deception," in which she plays the mother of show's lead character Johanna. She's also in the Tyler Perry-produced film comedy "We The Peeples" due out in May.


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Alert Sergeant Nabs Car Thieves
July 25th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
District 7 Sgt. Charles Grimm and other officers were dispatched to Fond du lac and Hampton just after midnight on July 24 for several calls of shots fired. The shots also were heard by officers.
While checking the area, Sgt. Grimm saw a vehicle that appeared to be stolen, in the 4800 block of N. 64th St. The vehicle was occupied by several young juveniles. When he turned around to stop it, the youths had run from the vehicle. Responding squads eventually found the three suspects in the 6300 block of W. Hampton Ave. Sgt. Grimm was able to identify the driver.
Officers checking the area found a black hoodie in a window well on the side of the house and a pink backpack in a window well on the side of a house. Inside the backpack were two screw drivers, a hammer and a black hoodie. Under the backpack was a toy pistol that looked like a real handgun. Additionally, the driver is believed to be responsible for other stolen autos.
The investigation and the questioning of the suspects continues.


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Mel Gibson to put hand up Jodie Foster's Beaver
Movie project delights El Reg headline bureau
To cap a triumphant week at the El Reg elite headline-writing bureau, we're delighted to report today that Mel Gibson will star alongside Jodie Foster in The Beaver - the improbable tale of "a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet".
According to Variety, Ms Foster will direct the movie, as well as playing Gibson's missus. She's previously helmed 1991's Little Man Tate and 1995's Home for the Holidays.
Irate readers who are tempted to protest the lack of IT angle on this story are cautioned that although the Moderatrix is currently on holiday, we have Aaron Kempf on standby to deal with protesting commentards. Consider yourselves warned. ®


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What are two characters you never expected to be voiced by the same voice actor?
for example, the protagonist of a serie; the antagonist of another serie.
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Son Goku, Son Gohan, Bardock, Son Goten, Vegetto and Gotenks were all voiced by Masako Nozawa.
For a more extreme version of the same voice actor.
Other then that, a lot of anime, but also games make use of the same voice actors for very different roles.
Bring the coffee!! Dark as a moonless cloudy night please!
The actor of One Piece XD
Luffy - Krillin from Dragon Ball
Zoro - Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama (the guy who put Mayonaise in everything that he eats -__-)
Also, just the fact that the actor for luffy was a girl completely Blowed my mind XD And still does -.-
you know the flower shop lady from tamako market?
yeah that's Daisuke Ono!
he is the voice actor for Sebastian in Black Butler!
Fabulous max!
I really don't find it strange that a seiyū would play a protagonist in one series and a antagonist in another. They are actors, it's their job to be able play lots of different kind of roles. So for me it's more like if I start watching a new series and hear a familiar voice I'll look to see who the seiyū is and what other roles they've played. However there haven't been to many times I've been like, "Wow, I can't believe they also voice __!"
So,these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head:
Kamiya Hiroshi who plays Orihara Izaya (Drrr!!) but I was very surprised to find he also plays Mephisto Pheles (Ao no Exorcist)
He's one of my favorite seiyū and I had no idea until half way through Ao no Exorcist that it was him!
Also, Nakamura Yūichi who plays Greed (FMA: Brotherhood), Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail), Kyohei Kadota (Drrr!!), Sakata Kintoki (Gintama) and many many more! He's the one that does surprise me on a regular basis.
Only DEATH can cure STUPIDITY!!
A couple that come to mind:
Aoi Yuuki - She did, at the same time, Victorique in Gosick and Madoka in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The two characters are entirely different in almost every way. Other rolls she has done: Noel in So Ra No Wo To; Alice in Croisee in a Foreign Labyrinth; and Tooru in A Channel.
Kikuko Inoue - The voice of Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess! The personification of Yamato Nadeshiko, she also specializes in roles like "Hot Shounen Mom" and "Onee-sama". However, in Otome Youkai Zakuro, she played the villain: Rangui! That is range! (Oh, and she's 17 years old. ALWAYS )
One is Kotono Mitsuishi..
She is the Japanese voice actress of Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon, Excel Excel from Excel Saga, Birdy Cephon Altera from Birdy the Mighty (The original OVAs from 1996, not the newer 2008 series Birdy the Mighty: Decode), Koume Sawaguchi from Blue Seed, Urumi Kanzaki from Great Teacher Onizuka and Misato Katsuragi from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
It's not that I'd didn't expect her to be the voices, it's just the range and talent she has for what she loves doing is really something.
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Azusa Nakano.
Somewhat shy guitarist.
Ako Suminoe.
One of two perverted sisters vying for their brother's (not related by blood) love.
She also does Sugu from SAO.
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Azusa Nakano.
Somewhat shy guitarist.
Ako Suminoe.
One of two perverted sisters vying for their brother's (not related by blood) love.
She also does Sugu from SAO.
Azusa from K-On! and Ako from KissxSis? Also Sugu from Sword Art Online? Is it Ayana Taketatsu?
She also did Mio Isurugi from MM! and Kirino Kousaka from Oreimo.
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indeed ....
I have a pretty good ear when recognizing voices of the seiyuu , I have listened to a lot of voice actors in the past 8 years and picking up on their cadence in their speech patterns.
Its part of my other job...listening to speech
.There are voice actors who has a wider range of characters than others and can do a pretty job at it and one of the seiyuu I have been watching for a long time and who falls in that category is Fukuyama Jun.
I really love his later character in Ixion Saga DT as the crossdressing transgender Marian.
Daisuke Ono as the flower shop keeper in Tamako Market was a surprise to me too. He was famous for his role as Seabstian but I like him more as Shizuo in Durarara.
Also Morikawa Toshiyuki as Mama Panda was a surprise too. I could not recognize his voice there. And I have heard him in so many roles already and met and talked with him but I could not pick it up the voice but I was able to recognize his speech pattern .
My Avatar is seiyuu Morita san and Me cosplaying at AnimeExpo
Tamiyasu, Tomoe does Natsume, Rin from little busters she also did a hentai lol
Sakurai, Harumi did Yuri from angel beats also did a lot of hentai's
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
Megumi Hayashibara: Faye Valenine, Rei Ayanami, Hello Kitty, Ranma, Balot from Mardock Scramble.
Jun Fukuyama played Lelouch Lamperouge/vi Britannia, Yukio Okumura, and Grell Sutcliff. : D
Faaaar too lazy to think of something "deep".
Tetsuya Kakihara does Natsu Dragoneel's voice from Fairy Tail and Shin from AMNESIA.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic takes his first steps towards entering the history books on Monday and the two-time defending Australian Open champion is taking nothing for granted in his first round clash.
The world number one, bidding to become the first man in the professional era to win three successive Australian Open titles, meets France's Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final game of the day session on Rod Laver Arena.
"There is no underestimating him, that's for sure," the Serb said of the 31-year-old right hander, who has won four titles on the ATP Tour.
"Maybe he's lower ranked at this moment but he was a top-20 player. He knows how it feels to play on a big stage."
Mathieu was ranked as high as 12th in the world five years ago but needed surgery on his left knee and missed all of 2011.
He entered 2012 as an unranked player and finished 59th in the world, advancing more than 1,500 places in the rankings and Djokovic was preparing for a battle.
"You just try to take one match at a time, focus on your next opponent, your next challenge," the 25-year-old added.
"I'm going to try to focus from the start."
Local fans will also have plenty to look forward to on the tournament's opening day with sentimental favourite Lleyton Hewitt due to take on eighth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the first night match on the main center court.
Hewitt has been dogged by injuries in recent years and is entering the twilight of his career, but showed glimpses of the class that made him the world's best player in winning the invitational Kooyong tournament, beating Juan Martin del Potro in the final.
The 31-year-old, who has a history of titanic five-set battles on Rod Laver Arena, has already laid down a marker for the Tipsarevic match predicting it would go the distance.
"I haven't played him for a few years now," Hewitt said.
"But he's improved a bit in the last couple years obviously to get in the top-10. It's going to be a tough match obviously over five sets.
"I feel like all I can control is my preparation and doing all the right things. I've done absolutely everything in my power. I look forward to the challenge."
Women's second seed Maria Sharapova will actually open the tournament's proceedings on center court against fellow Russian Olga Puchkova, while former French Open champion Li Na will meet Kazakhstan's Sesil Karatantcheva on Margaret Court Arena, the third showcourt at the sprawling tennis complex.
World number five David Ferrer, fresh off his record-equaling Auckland Open title on Saturday, does not get any respite from his trans-Tasman dash when he concludes the day's action on Hisense Arena against Belgium's Olivier Rochus.
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Spaniard Colomo surges ahead at Hong Kong Golf Open
Hong Kong - Asian Tour rookie Javi Colomo of Spain produced a superb 64 on the opening day of the Hong Kong Golf Open here Thursday.
Compatriot Miguel Angel Jimenez, who is 23 years older than Colomo, showed that old is still gold when he rolled back the years to take a share of second place with Australia's Andrew Dobt with 65, reports Xinhua.
Chinese veteran Zhang Lianwei trailed by one shot taking equal fourth place alongside Asian Tour honourary member Yang Yong?eun of South Korea, Ryger Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain, Italian Gagli Lorenzo and Sweden's Frederik Andersson.
Colomo began with ten pars in a row but five birdies in the next six holes through him alongside Jimenez and after completing a front nine 29 he finished his day's work with a four foot putt for yet another birdie at the 367 yard tenth.
"I was very relaxed after the first nine holes and after that I took all my birdie opportunities. It helped that I had luck on my side on the greens as well," said Colomo.
It could so easily have been Jimenez's day, but after seven birdies the 48?year?old, twice a winner of the title and now trying to become the European Tour's oldest?ever champion, finished with two bogeys and slipped back alongside Dodt, who is playing with the added pressure of needing to improve his Race to Dubai ranking by three places to retain his European Tour card.
"I'm putting very well and it's a pity I missed a fairway on the ninth and then on the last got a big flyer," said Jimenez.
Highly regarded as a role model and big brother to the younger generations of golfers from China, Zhang showed that he can still lead the way after another commanding performance where he carded six birdies against a double?bogey.
After winning the National Opens of China and Macau, Zhang is hoping that he can add Hong Kong to his impressive haul of five victories on the Asian Tour.
World's No.1 and defending champion Rory McIlroy, who added the Race to Dubai title to his ever?growing trophy haul last week, could only manage a three over par 73.


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House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states.
Members of the Republican-led House Education and the Workforce Committee scrapped vast pieces of the existing education law in favor of an alternative they branded the Student Success Act. The updated version would allow state and local school chiefs — not Washington — to decide if students are being well served.
"I trust the teacher in the classroom a lot more than I trust anyone on this panel," said Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz.
Democrats on the panel objected to the proposed revision, saying it shirks Washington's role in guaranteeing support for poor and minority students. They offered their own rewrite but it did not advance out of the GOP committee.
The revamped education plan was expected to head to the full House for a vote in coming weeks. Reducing Washington's role in education is an important plank for the GOP's base. Party leaders were eager to show tea partyers they were delivering on promises, such as vows to protect states from Washington imposing achievement benchmarks known as the Common Core State Standards.
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted those standards, which were developed by states. Some conservatives view the Common Core as Washington imposing its standards on local schools and were determined to stop them from taking hold.
"The secretary — or any single federal official — was never intended to have such unprecedented power. And Congress has a responsibility to protect the autonomy of states and school districts," said Rep. Todd Rokita, an Indiana Republican who chairs the subcommittee on early childhood, elementary and secondary education.
Republicans and Democrats alike on the panel agreed the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law had problems and said changes were needed. But Democrats objected to the GOP approach that shifts oversight authority to states and sends federal education dollars as a block grants to state leaders to decide how best to spend them.
"The Republican bill does a poor job of ensuring all students have access to high quality education," said Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas. He said students whose primary language is not English, those from poor areas, Native American and Alaskan Native students, and rural schools would suffer.
"This is clearly unacceptable at a time when our nation's schools are becoming increasingly diverse," Hinojosa said.
Other Democrats criticized the proposal for giving too much preference to charter schools, reducing the amount of data schools would be required to send to Washington and not emphasizing graduation rates.
Republicans dismissed those criticisms as distractions and said the bill included those requirements.
"As is always the case, it's important to actually sit down and read the legislation," said Rep. John Kline, the Republican chairman of the panel.
The latest development followed by less than 24 hours Duncan's statement telling states they could to be given another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers. That requirement was part of a deal many states made with Duncan in exchange for permission to ignore No Child Left Behind.
"Instead of helping Congress fix the law, the Obama administration granted 37 states and the District of Columbia temporary, conditional waivers in exchange for implementing the president's preferred reforms," Kline said. "The result expanded federal control and raised serious questions about what the future could hold for our schools."
Most of the debate hinged on how much say Washington could have in schools.
"What this comes down to a real division in terms of trust," said Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.
One Democrat on the panel, Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado, said he too was sympathetic to frustrations with Washington.
"I don't think we need to increase the federal role," Polis said. "It's not about reducing or increasing the federal role. It's about a disruptive federal role."
But Polis said Washington must guarantee "opportunity reaches every student in every corner of this land."
The Democratic-led Senate education panel already finished work on its rewrite of the law. The Senate version also shifted responsibility away from the one-size-fits-all requirements of the existing No Child Left Behind Act and would allow state officials to write their own school improvement plans.
But the Senate version still gives the education secretary the authority to approve or reject reform plans.
No vote has been scheduled for the Senate proposal. Aides suggested it could be autumn or later before the full Senate votes on that legislation.
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