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What Happens When You Flip-off a Judge? [VIDEO][POLL]
We've all had a moment or two when we got frustrated with someone in a position of authority. Some may have thought of giving a judge the one finger salute before... here's what happens.
This happened in Miami yesterday. This girl had to appear in court because of a drug charge. After announcing his initial ruling the judge dismisses the young lady, she said "adios" and he calls her back, and doubles her fine. Then as she's walking away the second time, she mutters a profanity at the judge and throws "the bird", so the judge calls her back again, and this time gives her time. (Wonder if that will straighten out her attitude?)


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Workshop 7: Responding to Writing: Peer to Peer
Key Practices To Observe in Workshop 7
In this workshop, you will see effective practices for helping students respond to each other as writers. These practices include the following:
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November 20, 2012
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With her wealth of experience and positive outlook on her career and her life, Tracey Schaffer brings engaging strategies and ideas to the table.
November 15, 2012
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Eight IADT-Detroit students and two alumni recently created dress designs for 16-inch fashion dolls to be auctioned off as part of fundraising efforts for the American Heart Associaton's annual Go Red for Women luncheon.
November 15, 2012
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Are you unsure of how your graphic design skills can be put to use in a world driven by corporations? You don't have to doubt your future. Companies rely on graphic designers for invaluable services. Find out why businesses need your graphic design skills.
November 14, 2012
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At IADT-Seattle's 3rd Annual Career Day, about 75 students and alumni had the opportunity to speak with 19 representatives from companies including ReignLabs, Creative Circle, BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP and more.
November 13, 2012
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Wondering how you can improve your fashion design popularity online? One of the keys to success is getting something to trend on Twitter and other social media sites. Follow these tips to take advantage of Internet popularity in the fashion world
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Working in Australia
Hopefully after reviewing this section you will know all you need to know to work in Australia while you are an international student, and after you graduate. Working in Australia is very easy to do while you are a student – after graduation, it's more difficult. Remember, as an international student, you should never expect to live on the money you make while studying, but the extra income can certainly help you meet your budget.
Student Visa Rules
Learn the rules governing how much you can work while studying in Australia. As a general rule, students can work for up to 20 hours per week while school is in session, and full time during school breaks.
Work Permission and Other Practicalities
Find out about receiving permission to work, obtaining a tax file number, opening a bank account, etc. - all the practicalities you need to start earning that paycheck!
Getting a Job
Get practical advice on landing a job in Australia, including the kinds of jobs you can expect to get, potential wages, where to look for jobs, etc.
After Graduation
After graduation, many international students want to stay in Australia and work - this section has helpful information as international graduates try to extend their stay in Australia.


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From the Steve Website:
"Steve" is a collaborative research project exploring the potential for user-generated descriptions of the subjects of works of art to improve access to museum collections and encourage engagement with cultural content. We are a group of volunteers, primarily from art museums, who share a common interest in improving access to our collections. We are concerned about barriers to public access to online museum information. Participation in steve is open to anyone with a contribution to make to developing our collective knowledge, whether they formally represent a museum or not.


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Welcome to the OIT website. The goal of OIT is simple: We want to provide the highest quality IT services and support to the University community. We hope to achieve this by dedicating ourselves to providing excellent customer service and by building and supporting an agile environment for learning, research and operations.
We have revamped this website with one primary goal in mind: to make our services more accessible and to share support information with the students, faculty and staff in a transparent manner. Towards this end, I hope that you will find the new Knowledge Base to be a helpful aid in understanding the University IT systems. Please use it as your first resource for questions, but know that our dedicated staff of experts is always available to assist in the event that you don't find the answers to your questions in the Knowledge Base!
Please feel free to share your feedback with me. Your comments, both positive and negative, are the best resources that we have in shaping and developing the IT environment of the University. We want to know what you find useful. We want to know what frustrates you. And we want to know what is or isn't working for you. So please, share your thoughts with us.
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Chief Information Officer


text: The Monte Fino ecHo 85 is designed by Humphreys Yacht Design. She's a modern eco-friendly vision of an explorer-style motor yacht. Designed to be efficient at displacement and semi-displacement regimes, the ecHo series is optimized to reduce the fuel consumption and emissions. She's also powered by the latest generation of twin 715hp Cummins engines and equipped with advanced technology like Twin Disc transmission with QuickShift function. She can be easily maneuvered and docked with Twin Disc Express Joystick System (EJS). The interior, designed in a contemporary European style, accommodates eight guests in a full-beam master, two VIP and one twin cabin. The crew quarters for three members are located aft. For more information, please contact us.


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PodSnack is a music playlist maker that allows you to create custom players in three simple steps: add your songs, customize the player to your tastes and publish it. Once created, the Html mp3 players can be shared, embedded or downloaded for HTML websites.
With PodSnack it's easy to create playlists and share them with friends. PodSnack will host audio files, enabling you to add music playlists to your own website or social networking page (Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, Facebook, MySpace and others).


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The 2013 beef conference scheduled Jan. 29 at the UNL extension office in Beatrice features programs on dry lotting, genetics and feed efficiency and a beef industry update.
The conference provides a forum for extension specialists from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Cattle producers in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are invited to the annual 4-State Beef Conference scheduled Jan. 29 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gage County extension office in Beatrice.
Spearkers include Dr. Matt Spangler, beef cattle breeding & genetics Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Daren Williams, executive director of communications of tghe National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Todd Kalous, market analyst for Cattle Fax, andDr. Rick Rasby, extension beef specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln .
The 4-State Beef Conferences are designed to give beef cattle producers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska an annual update on current cow-calf and stocker topics. The conferences provide a forum of Extension Specialists from four of the USA's leading beef cattle land grant universities.


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Biography #4: Neil Armstrong
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Dear Jaden,
Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog. I am glad that you are also still blogging. I really like your post and learned about Neil Armstrong.
What are your plans for the summer?
I look forward to seeing you again at AC Stelle.
- June 29, 2013 at 12:03 AM
Dear Jaden,
What an interesting post you wrote. I think Neil Armstrong was very brave to venture into the unknown. When I was your age, I changed my mind every month on who I wanted to be when I grew up. The funny thing is that I am now doing something completely different from what I thought I wanted to do as a kid.
Who do you want to be when you grow up?
I hope you enjoy your summer,
- June 29, 2013 at 12:07 AM
Dear Jaden,
Although it is interesting that you wrote about Neil Armstrong why did you want to want to blog about him ?
- August 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM


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The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Description: Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: February 24, 2010
Creator: Resendez, Jonathan
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Words written or sung can have such a great impact on one's life, and this particular song gave me the push I needed to finally give up on any thoughts of my past pretty-much-chosen-for-me career in science and pursue my writing, even though I didn't know (and still don't) where it would take me. What I do know is that this time, I'm doing it for me.
The ability to share my work through eBook outlets like Amazon and Barnes & Noble has been a gift. Please join me and my fellow authors Sibel Hodge, Diana Estill, Maniak Dhar, Edward G Talbot and Adam Pepper in launching The Kindle Fire Department March Madness Kindle Fire Giveaway. Please click on the image to enter!
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TerryD needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
The MRA Series (Motor Racing Australia) is a new motor racing series designed to introduce younger, inexperienced drivers into competitive motorsport, its also to cater for budget racers, the guys/girls with minimal budgets a place to race.
We are looking for a clean, corporate looking logo, that can used on our website, clothing, stationary etc, we are a small enthusient group trying to introduce people into motorsport.
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Byron Scott wants to return to L.A., and he's not being shy about it. In an interview today on ESPN Radio, Scott said that he interviewed for the team's head coaching vacancy and thinks that he is the perfect fit for the job. He also said that he would want to talk to Kobe Bryant, and have the Black Mamba talk about the type of game he plays so he can fit in Scott's system. Via PBT:
Byron Scott recently interviewed with the Lakers, and he discussed how he'd handle Kobe. Scott on ESPN LA:
"I am the perfect guy for this job. I've got a great relationship with Kobe. I know the team, know the roster, watched them all season long. And I just think it would be a great fit."
"Obviously, if I get the job, the first conversation with Kobe. We have to talk about the future of the Los Angles Lakers. We have to also talk about the type of direction we're going to be taking and also talk about the type of game that he's going to be playing, because he's going to have to change his game a little bit, and I think he knows that. We've got to sit down and talk about the minutes and things like that. We've just got to come to an agreement. But he knows me. I'm an old-school type guy, old-school type guy. And I want him to understand that, and I think he does understand that. We communicate during the summer by text, and every now and then, I'll run into him somewhere and we'll talk a little bit more about basketball. But I think the biggest thing is, No. 1, I respect the hell out of Kobe, and I think he respects me. That's the first hurdle you've got to get past, and then other things, we'll solve all those little issues."


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Your Austin Princess engine control system detects a problem, the computer stores the diagnostic trouble
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To figure out what is wrong with your vehicle you must first extract the P2799 DTC For Austin Princess.
On 1999 and later P2799 Austin Princess engines, the instrument cluster has a built-in self-diagnostic mode that can be accessed by pressing and holding the instrument cluster SELECT/RESET button. Insert the ignition key and turn to the RUN position (but don't crank or start engine). Continue to press and hold the SELECT/RESET button (for 5 seconds) until the word TEST is displayed by the odometer. Release the SELECT/RESET button within three seconds after the word TEST is displayed to begin the self-diagnostic mode.
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OBD P2799 Austin Princess code and tailpipe testing are two different approaches to identify vehicles in need of repair. The OBD system looks for broken or malfunctioning emissions control components and P2799, while tailpipe tests sample a vehicle's exhaust to see if it is above or below certain prescribed limits. Given the robust nature of today's emissions control components, it is entirely possible for an individual component to P2799 DTC For Austin Princess malfunction without leading to an immediate increase in emissions at the tailpipe. In such cases, other components (like the catalyst) can temporarily compensate for the part that is broken however, these other components can only do double duty for so long before they, too, begin to malfunction. In addition, OBD also monitors for P2799 DTC For Austin Princess and other malfunctions in the fuel system problems that traditional tailpipe tests were not designed to identify. Most state and local areas also include a gas cap pressure test as part of an emission inspection.
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A ban on garlic in Italy?
According to Alessandra Rizzo of the Associated Press, there's an active campaign going on in Italy right now to ban garlic from Italian cuisine.
Impossible? Perhaps. But that's not stopping the crusaders.
The campaign was inspired by Prime Minister/media magnate Silvio Berlusconi (who hates garlic) and supported by high-profilers like actress Monica Belucci and Fiat chairman Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo. It's gaining traction.
Said Carlo Rosella, news director for one of Berlusconi's several television channels, "Garlic for me is a sort of persecution. They put garlic in almost any dish: With meat, with fish, everywhere. It's not politically correct to impose garlic on everybody."
Restaurateurs are divided. Chef Filippo La Mantia of Rome's Ristorante Trattoria proclaimed, "I will never use garlic! You can cook perfectly well without it. I use a lot of different ingredients — mint, basil, capers, orange, lemons — to make up for it."
Chef Antonello Colonna, who helms his own eponymous eatery just outside Rome, disagreed. "Garlic is the king of the kitchen! To eliminate it is like eliminating violins from an orchestra."
Oh, the drama. I love Italy.


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Bruce Allen is a Research Associate at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
Interests include Software architecture, computer languages, parallel computing, parallel processor architectures, and supporting open-source software. Software contributions include development of the Bulk Extractor Viewer User Interface (used to browse Features extracted using the Bulk Extractor digital media triage tool) and implementations of high speed encryption and hashing algorithms that run on the Cell Broadband Engine processor.


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By Octavia
My name is Octavia, and I'm a mother.
I was 16 when I found out I was pregnant. I was terrified. I felt like there was no one on my side. Like the whole world was against me. My mother and the father were both pressuring me to get an abortion. I didn't know what to do and felt like I needed to decide what was best for me. I then felt happiness because I thought I couldn't have children. I was also in denial and just tried to forget about my pregnancy. If I had a little more money and a better or safer environment that would've helped me obtain work, maybe things would've been different. I didn't have insurance to get contraceptives. In the end, I decided to become a mother because I wanted to treat somebody better than how I was treated. I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
I am glad that I became a mother. I don't regret a thing about it. Tracy pushes me to go farther than I've ever gone. I am 19 years old now. My son is two years old. I love him so much. He saved my life and he woke me up from my downfall.
I am a single parent. No one helps me pick Tracy up or care for him. Alone, I make decisions for myself and for my son's safety. I changed Tracy's day care multiple times to ensure he was in an environment that was appropriate for a child, while I worked hard to get us in a better situation.
It's been difficult as a single young mother. I had a lot of disappointing moments with my son's family. His father and grandmother completely ignore my wishes and do whatever they want. Simple things like taking care of Tracy became a disagreement with them. The cherry on top was when they cut all of my son's hair behind my back. I know it sounds silly, but they disregard me at all times. His father lies about helping me; in reality, we barely see him.
My mother isn't as involved as I wish she were. Rent in New York became too expensive for us to manage so my mother decided to move to New Jersey last minute. I left with her. Commuting to New York while living in New Jersey wasn't easy. My mother kept demanding I get a job and calling me lazy. I became fed up. Everything was too far for me to pursue the dreams I had set out for myself. I had to find another place to go stay. I knew I deserved better. Tracy and I left home.
I will not let them bring me down.
I lived a group home that made it difficult for me to attend school. I had to find an alternative place to live or get kicked out of school. I had to drop my classes in college in order to stay within the requirements of my group home.
I decided to apply for the Year Up internship. Guess what? I got in! They support low-income young adults reach their professional career goals. I'm still participating in this internship. Year Up is teaching me hard and soft skills that are going to stay with me for life. I'm getting college credits for the classes I take. I am learning about financial operations while juggling my personal problems. I'm grateful for this program, it isn't easy to get into. I plan to go back to school in the fall. I love art and everything about it.
I hope my son grows healthy and appreciates and values life. I want to raise him in a place that offers decent food. I want to get him away from all these artificial flavors and preservatives. I dream of obtaining a decent amount of money and moving to Europe. I want to study there. I dream of becoming a fashion designer and owning my own company. No one and nothing is going to stop me.


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In this photo, ground is being excavated in 1923 for a new swimming pool — called a "plunge" — at Brookside Park to replace the original.
In 1912 the City of Pasadena purchased 30 acres of land known as Sheep Corral Springs for the development of a park in the Arroyo Seco. For many years sheep had grazed in that area.
While the park was being planned and constructed, it was known as Arroyo Springs Park.
Then in 1914 Mrs. Everett Wellington Brooks, the wife of a local investment banker, donated $3,000 to build a municipal swimming pool on a portion of the land. The park was dedicated in her honor (hence "Brookside") and the plunge was added later that same year.
Here's a photo of the plunge, shot in 1917:
And this from 1938:
On Monday morning of this week, I was in the company of a few other local female bloggers*, all seated at the same table at the YWCA Women for Racial Justice breakfast.
As the keynote speaker, Dr. Joy DeGruy, explained, "Healing must occur on multiple levels because the injury occurred on multiple levels. We begin by simply telling the truth."
Many Pasadenans know the uncomfortable racial history of the Brookside plunge, but for those who don't, I offer this brief description.
It was a different time in Pasadena and throughout the nation, and segregation was common.
Soon after the plunge was completed, city officials announced that it would be "set aside Wednesday afternoons and evenings for the use of the Negro population of Pasadena."
By 1930 use of the pool by people of color — by now including residents of Hispanic and Asian descent — was limited to one weekday from 2 to 5 p.m. The weekly event was dubbed "International Day." No white people were permitted to swim on that day. The pool was drained and cleaned at the end of each International Day and by the following morning there was fresh water in it.
From the book "Memoirs of Toshi Ito":
My homeroom class decided to have a graduation swim party and picnic at Brookside Park in Pasadena. Parents of our classmates and our homeroom teacher, Mrs. Hanna Yoeman, drove us to Brookside Park. We had a wonderful picnic lunch and played some games to pass the time because it was not good for you to go in the water right after eating a meal. We all lined up to pay the plunge fee and rent a towel. When Motomu Nagasako, a Japanese American, got up to the window to pay he was told Orientals were not allowed to use the plunge. There were five Japanese Americans in my homeroom class. He had the embarrassing task to tell us we were excluded. We all glumly sat on the lawn watching the others frolicking in the swimming poool and wishing the afternoon would end and we could all go home. It was my first encounter with being excluded.
On June 17, 1939, with the support of the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP, six African American men, who continually had no right to use the plunge except for the weekly International Day, filed a lawsuit against the Pasadena Board of City Directors, the city manager and the superientendent of Pasadena parks.
Part of their legal argument was that they were tax-paying Pasadena property owners who therefore had helped fund the construction and maintenance of the plunge and should have had the right to use it on the same days as white residents.
On Jan. 3, 1940, the court ruled in favor of the City of Pasadena. The NAACP immediately appealed and won the case, after which the city petitioned the California Supreme Court. The court denied the petition.
This was great news for people of color in Pasadena, but the timing was poor. World War II was in full swing, and emergency housing for soldiers returning from European battlefields was constructed at Brookside Park. The pool was closed and exclusive use of the showers and restrooms was given to the veterans.
In February 1947, after the war was over and the housing shortage had ended, the Board of Pasadena City Directors authorized $10,000 for rehabilitation of the plunge.
The pool reopened to the public on June 7, 1947 and — 33 years after the original plunge opened — was finally accessible to all swimmers in Pasadena, regardless of their race.
In 1989 the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center opened on the site, funded with $4.5 million from the City of Pasadena and $2 million in private donations.
From water aerobics and recreational swimming to water polo and diving teams, the RBAC is open to all and is a very popular with swimmers of all ages. If you're interested in swimming, diving, water polo, water aerobics, warm-pool therapy, swimming lessons, competition and more, check out the RBAC next time you're in the neighborhood. It's at the far southwest end of Brookside Park at 360 N. Arroyo Blvd.
*Female bloggers: Petrea Burchard, Colleen Dunn Bates, Karen Bugge, Susan Carrier, Dianne Patrizzi, Kelly Russell, and Susan Russell.


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What: American Bouldering Series 14 Open National Championships
When: Feb. 22-23
Where: Colorado Springs City Auditorium, 221 Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs
More info: http://absnationals.org
F or a year and a half ending last April, Alex "AJ" Johnson lived out of her mother's tan 1999 Safari GMC van -- no frills, few showers and nothing but climbing and her teacup Chihuahua, Fritz, to keep her company.
Johnson, now 23 and living in Boulder full time, said her mom, Trish Johnson, cried when she took off from their home in Hudson, Wis.
But then again, her mom "always cries" when she leaves, Johnson said, adding that her family was on board with her decision to live in her van and travel the country.
"Did I have a choice?" Trish Johnson said, laughing, in a phone interview as she prepared to fly to Colorado to watch AJ compete at the American Bouldering Series 14 Open National Championships this weekend in Colorado Springs.
Trish Johnson said she considered buying AJ a gun for her birthday for nights when she slept in truck stop parking lots, but decided against it.
"Life's about living, and if you choose to live in a van..." Trish Johnson said, trailing off.
AJ finished her cross-country travels last April, when she moved to Boulder for good to train with coach Kris Peters. Before that, she said she always considered herself an "off the couch" climber -- she'd spend months bouldering or climbing outdoors before showing up at an indoor climbing competition with little or no indoor preparation.
This year, though, she started prepping for nationals in January. But Johnson has her sights set on the 2013 Bouldering World Cup in June for a third World Cup gold medal.
Johnson's last World Cup gold medal was in 2010, after she took time off from Colorado State University to live abroad and climb full time.
But Johnson burnt out in Europe. She moved back home to Hudson and thought hard about her next move, which ended up being the 16-month solo van road trip.
Johnson categorized living in the van as a "finding yourself kind of trip," though she couldn't put to words what she learned about herself during her time on the road.
"It was just something different and new," she said. "It just got me out of a funk. I was exhausted when I came back from Europe and just needed to do something new and not live in Hudson anymore. There were a bunch of climbing places I hadn't been to yet that I really wanted to go to, so I took the van and went."
Johnson grew up in a small St. Paul, Minn. suburb, population 12,000, just across the Wisconsin border. The nearest climbing gym was a 30-minute drive from her home, which meant mom Trish drove AJ four or five times a week until she was old enough to drive.
"I did a cartwheel in the street when she got her drivers license," Trish said, laughing. "I didn't have to drive to St. Paul and sit in the corner and knit."
Her mom sobbed when AJ left for her van trip and decided to move to Boulder, but understood that in order to pursue climbing full time "she couldn't do it in Wisconsin," Trish Johnson said.
AJ's climbing coach Kris Peters has high hopes for AJ. Like Kobe Bryant, who's "at the top of his game" at age 34, Peters said he sees Johnson climbing for years to come if she takes care of herself.
Though Johnson is around 5-foot-7, her long limbs make her seem at least six feet tall to most outsiders, mom Trish said. That length and height often gives Johnson an advantage over more muscular climbers, her coach Peters added.
"With her length and her height, she has the ability to be athletic, dynamic -- to jump," Peters said. "And she has incredible finger strength as well, so when she goes for a hold and she hits it, it's like a little vice. Her hand just hits it and locks."
Peters added that if they keep working together for the next year or so, he's confident Johnson will set the next standard for women's outdoor climbing, he said.
"I want to see her push the limits for women's climbing," he said. "In my honest opinion, Alex is probably the best female climber in the world right now."
--Follow Sarah Kuta on Twitter: @SarahKuta.


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"I loved to see the engines with their mysteries exposed. I envied the mechanics who understood their inner workings. I liked to handle tools."âWalter P. Chrysler, "Life of an American Workman"
"If anybody can, I can."âYoung Walter P. Chrysler answering if he could fix the crippled locomotive No. 46 carrying Mormon tithers from Salt Lake City to Denver. The train left on time., "Life of an American Workman"
Walter P. Chrysler's work ethic and dedication to the details was cultivated while learning his Locomobile and on into his time in the auto industry. "Night after night, I worked in the barn until it was time to go to bed, and some nights I did not leave the Locomobile until it was long past my bedtime."âWalter P. Chrysler, "Life of an American Workman"
"In the development of the great modern business corporations as servants of mankind, men have devised a creative force that transcends themselves." âWalter P. Chrysler, "Life of an American Workman"
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is contemplating having to do without star man Hatem Ben Arfa for the Christmas programme.
The 25-year-old France international missed Saturday's 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat by Manchester City after aggravating a hamstring injury and Pardew has admitted his absence is likely to be extended.
He said: "Hatem looks like he is going to miss the next two or three with the injury he has got. We can't risk him."
Ben Arfa suffered the original damage during the 1-1 Europa League draw with Maritimo at St James' Park on November 22 and sat out the following four games as a result.
He returned and scored in the 2-1 defeat at Fulham on December 10, but later reported discomfort in the hamstring and fearing an escalation, Pardew has decided to rest him fully in a bid to avoid a much lengthier lay-off.
Ben Arfa is likely to miss Saturday's vital home clash with QPR, who finally recorded their first win of the campaign at the weekend, and the daunting Boxing Day trip to Manchester United as well as the visit to Arsenal three days later.
The Frenchman has been one of the few Magpies to have produced his top form this season and his loss is a significant blow to a manager who has seen his side defeated in six of its last seven league games.
His unavailability, coupled with those of central defender Steven Taylor and midfield playmaker Yohan Cabaye, has come at just the wrong time with the club sitting precariously just two points above the relegation zone ahead of a testing run of fixtures.
Pardew will at least have no fresh fitness concerns ahead of the QPR game with the rest of his squad having emerged unscathed from their ultimately fruitless second-half fightback against City.
He said: "I think that will be our squad, hopefully - we don't want to lose anyone. We have got a clean bill of health and that's a bonus in itself. Cheick [Tiote] was on a booking to miss QPR and I didn't want that, so I did take him off as a bit of a precaution for that."


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Future of Canefield Airport thornyDominica News Online - Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
The future of Canefield Airport remains a thorny issue for the authorities here who have indicated that they are examining options to try to ensure that the small facility on the outskirts of the capital Roseau is made viable.
The Chairman of the Dominica Air and SeaPort Authority – DASPA, Dermot Southwell, has admitted that the stalemate situation at Canefield "is posing a financial challenge to DASPA".
There are no regular flights at the tiny airport which had been very popular with air travelers wanting to avoid the long inland route to their homes when coming in or leaving via the larger Melville Hall Airport.
"The traffic (or lack of) does not permit it to be a viable operation, yet we have to discuss with government ways and means of maintaining Canefield Airport if they so desire to keep the airport open," Southwell said.
He disclosed that it was costing DASPA well over $1-million to keep the airport open.
Southwell said the challenge was to find funds to maintain Canefield Airport which he acknowledged could prove important in the case of an emergency "in case there is a blockade on the highway to Melville Hall, we realize that Canefield would have to spring into action and be there for continued air services into Dominica".
According to DASPA CEO Benoit Bardouille, the traffic at Canefield at the moment is down to Fedex and DHL services and two small aircraft using the facility on a weekly basis.
Liat's decision to move all its service to Melville Hall Airport put a serious dent into problem-plagued Canefield.
"Any air traffic controller will tell you that Canefiel d has its own challenges of landing on either end of the runway at Canefield with the cross-winds that you have," Bardouille explained while speaking on a programme on state-owned DBS on Thursday.
He has admitted that DASPA "is not too sure" what is going to happen to the Canefield Airport.
However Bardouille, Southwell and other key officials say they are trying to find ways to make the strategically-located facility viable, a challenge they acknowledge is a tough one to overcome.
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I'm a pilot from Martinique.
Indeed the big problem with Canefield Airport (DCF)in my opinion is the approach: It becomes very dangerous by windy days, even when the sky is clear, to land an aircraft in Canefield. You have strong turbulence and crosswind in altitude, windshear on final.
So I understand why air carriers leave this airport for Melvill Hall Airport (DOM).
It's not exactly the same problem in St Lucia: G. Charles (SLU) close to Castries is not particularly dangerous. The problem is about the fact that large aircrafts (from US, UK, …) can't operate in this Airport. And as Dominica, the largest Airport in St Lucia (UVF) is far from the economic area.
Canefield Airport is, like many things in Dominica, a big mistake. Poor planning, and no consideration for future expansion of the facility are a common problem that plague Canefield Airport and many other projects here in Dominica. A Cruise village would be ideal for the site if done properly but with today's world economy and tourism on a global decline, do we really need to invest money into a industry that is currently not profitable?
i am st lucian and it seems that canefield and our smaller airport called GFL Charles has similar circumstances surrounding its use,its location/beachside/proximity to capitals etc.. as regards canefield it should be an extention of roseau or either a cruise dock/ marina and a mix of commercial and entertainment hub.. much like st lawrence gap in barbados or rodney bay in st.lucia… that would create opportunities for hotel developers to see it as a viable avenue to boost their pockets and dom as a whole.
these airports are just white elephants… not making any money and its in prime locations with the capacity to seel for millions of dollars ..we just have backward govs in the region thats it no vision no innovation… i want dom to make a huge impact in the region perhaps that is the way to go with canefield surely the rest of the caribbean will notice
future of canefield airport "up in the air"
not thorny. have a sense of humour
Are we confused in this country? On Monday 13th December,2010 the Minister of Port Mr Blackmoore said in an article posted here on DNO that plans ARE underway to transform the Canefield Airport into a cruise village.
How long will that plan take? millions of dollars, as the article noted, are being lost year by year. since the statement was made, up until now, there's no induction(s)that the plan, which he talk about in an interview 12 months or more ago, has been followed through, at any rate in it's preliminary stages. I think this was just party propaganda in order to, i think, let the people be aware that they are properly behind everything, so to speak– it's nothing but political rhetoric, i think it's easy to sift between earnest talk and equivocations.
My opinion
Some people are so blind to reality.
I applaud those who took the time to think of alternatives to the facility.
It is true that its not viable, but is it a hunk of …??
One Only Knows its True Value when:
*They consider on its Proximity to the Capital.
*They think of a future with investors who would enjoy the
splendor of air access through port so close to the town.
*There small businesses loses a few customers (from private flights)
who prefer entering through this port of entry.
*They will need to transport extremely valuable goods.
(Money between Banks)
*There is excessive mass of damage to infrastructur
(our road network to hit the nail on the dot)
*There is a disaster that requires mass evacuation.
*Their loved one has to be evacuated for IMMIDIATE
Thats just to name a few.
Instead of focusing to much on the negative as a people, why not think
of ways to assist in making the facility a viable one without altering
the benifits that we have so far.
We have a lot of intelligent businessmen in the country.
A few could spend some time thinking and exploring the possibilities.
Consider a few:
*A locally owned Airline
(hopefully our people are patriotic enough to support)
*A mini courier Service to assist hucksters in transporting our
local produce to our neighbours.
*A light aircraft repair and servicing location
which also provides a cheaper supply of aviation fuel
(AVgas to be more specific)
*An Aviation School
(students will do most of the landing and takeoff
training at Melville Hall since the wind factor does not necessarily favour this,
however other forms of training can be done along the west coast)
*A mini mart or store branch included with the facility.
The locationg is definitely a plus. Persons who travel should know
that all airport facilities seems to be more of a shopping mall than a port.
and this is just the brains of one individual.
Think of what wonders a few heads together can do.
My opinion
Here's an opportunity to squeeze something out of the Chinese who are so apt at taking stuff 'quietly' from us.
If crosswinds at Canefield are an issues let's re-claim land from the sea – and it's easier to do on the Caribbean Sea side of the island – extended or re-work the runway and get a viable second airport up and running. Have a nose around a few engineering websites and see what the CHINESE have done in terms of land reclamation or if you're privileged enough take a trip to HONG KONG or visit DUBAI and see what's been done there.
FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE MY PEOPLE PERISH…alas!
What is the real story here?
1.Is the canefield airport too dangerous because of croos-winds and therefore too risky to be continued?
2.Is it too costly at 1M a year? Can cost be reduced? Or, can income be improved?
3.Is 1M unreasonable for a spare or some kind of alternative in times of need or urgency?
These are some of the questions which should be raised in a series of scientific analyses such as SWOT and others…Publish your findings before making a decision about maintaining it or not.
If the decision is to close it, however, start immediately thinking of one of the million viable projects that could be suitable for this site.
Ok. Let me just say this. You see the airstrip? That can be used for touring vessels like the coasters etc to drive in and enough room to entice tourists. I find that in Bayfront, when the ship(s)is/are in, most of bayfront street is blocked. It becomes a restricted area and vehicles have to divert. WHEREAS if they just bring down that little fence at the end of the strip by the Call Centre side and put up a gate, the airstrip can be used solely for the touring drivers. Plus even with an influx of people coming from the ships, the area won't seem too crowded. And yes I said ships again for those asking if cruise ships have wings. The sea is deep enough for a ship to dock in. A pier, perhaps more than one, can be built and voila. Now, on the other hand, the usual entrance to the airport from the main road, has sufficient room for local buses to either park or to allow an easy flow of thru traffic for just pick-up and drop-off passengers (for those tourists whose interests are to go to town and just do some walking in town) as there exists more than one entrance to the airport terminal. Ok I hope most of you get the big picture of how viable an option that can be. There is also extra packing area by the fire station close to the school. Now that's just my five cents. Ciao.
There are planes that can cope with the cross winds. Instead of spending money on a palace, spend it on either pushing back the sea, like St. Maarten did in creating its airport, or put an airport on the Portsmouth end of the island, where it should have been in the first place. Melveille Hall was never the best choice because of the mountains.
Amillion dollars annually is alot to lose. It may be time to call it a day, as convenient as it may be. They really need to start stream-lining Dominica's expenditure. Thats money that could be used to pay public workers or other monthly bills.
I'm baised to the drag strip idea, but realistically, I would probably use the area to develop a Las Vegas style strip with beach front. Maybe a possible marina or duty free zone. There are endless possibilities.
What about the TOURIST VILLAGE CONCEPT? Has this been shelved?
Alternatively, could consideration be given to converting thhe Canefield Airport area to either of the following:
1. A state of the art Convention Center – to comfortablly seat and serve at least 500 people with elegance?
2. People still enjoy movie going. Could this space be converted to a multi-screen cinema with relevant shops/boutiques/ restaurants/ bar/ arcade / other fun and legitimate day and evening business/ entertainment activities with pleasant green spaces / proper sanitary facilities with the relevant parking / security facilities?
3. There is still much "hew and cry" about a proper "open" and classy entertainment space for events – i.e music; theatre etc.
Any real investors out there?!
Is the property available for a lease arrangement; or a lease to purchase arrangement.
And while we are on this … can the Sisserou Hotel be invested in and converted to a Hotel to be managed by the Hospitality Team of the Dominica State College. This is another "white elephant" with so much potential.
Thanks for the space.
Just think of having to maintain an international airport? Little Canefield airport ,big white elephant causing tax payers and the country one million dollars. why not explore the building of our first five star hotel at that location and push back the sea to build another cruise ship base we can throw a casino in there too. that would certainly be moving to the next level.We want it now.
skerro why dont you mke canefield a tourist village with about 4 wharves which can accomodate 4 boats. place small but attractive vending stalls on both sides of the runway so you can move the venders there.. imaging how much money the bus drivers would make by shuttling the tourist to roseau along with other tourist sights…
but i guess everything have to be roseau and portsmouth
this is a classic example of the policy makers and so call Pros in Dominica, what a joke, no where under planet earth where folks are brilliant do they tend to not shoot straight and call it as it..
we often wonder why over the decades Dominica hasnt risen to the standards of its our sis and bros in the region
the above story is factual about the mind set of this nation, how timid and lack of upper level standards and vision period.
simple if something aint good or isnt working what does one do living in planet earth who can read and write…
govts and change but im never convince Dominica will rise to the highest order and be a beacon or respect in terms of its focus and development levels across the board
facts take that to the Bank!
Why are we afraid to make bold decisions in Dominica? The land of my birth is suffering from fear. It is time to listen to our people.
Additionally, the government should hold public forums or town-hall style meetings to obtain input from our local citizens. We are part of the solution too.
Not so fast Time. Your check might bounce, "If something aint good or isnt working", you have two options, fix it or throw it. I think they are trying to do the later.
Just think, if Canefield was closed, and there were some volcanic activity some where in the interior, the only means of mass evacuation is via the sea. So it might make some sense to actually re-look at Canefield airport with the idea to make it viable.
1. They can negotiate with other airlines using the twin otter planes to fly into Cane field.
2. They can reclaim the land from the sea to expand it. (Chinese and Japanese would be good candidates for this)
3. They can look at realigning the Air strip.
And these are just two options.
there are ways in which canefield airport is very useful in terms of convenience, furthermore i think wat the gvt needs to do is spend on restructring the airport which strengthening and lengthen the runway on runway 19 by a few metres>> also widening it, expand the ramp and expanding the terminal…also putting new navigational devices for the aircrafts.. eg..DME,ILS beacons etc… i think canefield is still a very good airport, we just need to make good use of it, bringing in more flights.. lets take this airport seriously
it is useful indeed, but its the approach into runway 19 that is a bit tricky due to the crosswinds faced upon final as well as the church and the hills in so close proximity to the glide slope. I don't think expansion would be too beneficiary seeing as both runway 1 and 19 have severe obstacles hindering both ends.
Canefield can be viable. Dominica should get in touch with the gentleman ,Webb,from Trinidad who certifies airport in the region. Southwell is right if there is a disaster , travelling to melville may not be viable. In a disaster stuff have to get to people etc. Canefield can be made viable by extension and allow larger planes to land. The chinese can help also.
when you're in a hole you need a ladder, not a shovel. Canefield has been economically draining for far too long – these resources can be put to better use at Melville Hall. Close this white elephant down and free up the land for something like a business park. Companies in North America and Europe are out-sourcing jobs, in particular customer service oriented jobs (Clear Harbour is a perfect example). Let's try to pull some our way. But to do that, you must have the facilities in place first. You cannot go up to a company and ask them to move a part of their customer service department to Dominica and when they tell you ok lets do it, what you going to tell them – OH you have to put up the building first? They will laugh at you. We have all these young people coming out from DSC with an education focused in business – this is perfect for them to start off in life. Let's do it.
Turn it into a racetrack so the highway to Canefield won't be. Another stadium could also be built there considering the size. Or sell it alltogether to investors so they can create a large mall. I like the airport there but from what I hear pilots don't and we're entering into an age where larger planes are being built not smaller one's and the airport can't really be extended so closing it isn't a bad Idea however we could keep it open and have a charter plane from melville hall to canefield take passengers for gas money basically I would think if you could fill an entire plane with people for a 5 minute flight to town they'd appreciate it more than the hour plus drive but I suppose alot of Taxi men wouldn't like that.
it take time for somebody to see the light on cane field that was just a wast of money just a big wast
Well well well hello folks great ideas but as i understand Dominica does not have the money to fix canefield airport, crying about the maintenance you think they have money to put a new plaza there or a bowling alley a resort lol ( i wish i could find a roll your eyes smiley) seriously….. I think the airport is in a good location minus the cross winds, its near to the central which makes it very convenient for persons coming to visit Dominica especially places like laudat and trafalgar (do you realize how long it takes to get to laudat from Melville hall? no lights swerving roads hello) I think they should shut it down and revamp the whole airport it doesnt have to be huge just decent looking and have the necessary facilities in order to be called an actual airport.
It's location makes it prone to cross winds. This safety issue will not change. It is a death trap waiting to happen. With traffic, it takes about an hour to get to JFK whenever I travel.
So traveling from Laudat or Roseau South is not an issue if we have good roads with illumination at night.
MM January 6, 2012
Cainfield costing D'ICANS money then shut it down and put it up for sale it would make a very good night club with guest rooms it would be a private and personal place we dont have a special night club in D'ICA next to the sea it would be fantastic place and maybe that would stop the GOVT ministers from going out of the ISL:AND to other Countries to party
Man, I don't know about other people but I used to love landing in Canefield instead of Melville Hall. It was just so convenient.
However I do understand the risks involved in operating the airport.
That whole area there including the airport and the beaches is prime real estate that is there for developing. The stadium that was there should have never been destroyed.
Closed the airport and put a new modern city there, bring in new investor and create opportunity for the people in Dominica. Do what SVG is going to do, they already graph and create a plan for a new city, when they closed and open there new international airport. So I think the Government should find productive ideas for canfield airport , if they can't find ways ask the public…
Maybe I should clarify, I guess after travelling from far, and having to switch planes, then the long ride,made it a bit triring.Unfrotunately,we were told that we had to pass the longer route due to road work, and its ok, dont see the contradictory there?? I am sure the drive will be alot better when the roads from portsmouth are done. All good.
Wowwww A difficult decision????
Losing 1 million yearly for an airport that's hardly being used?
What hell is wrong with us in this country!!
Shut the airport down!!! Lease it to someone, a company BUT let us not be losing A MILLION DOLLAR EVERY YEAR!!!!
This is not rocket science. To be viable, there must be regular service into the airport – either scheduled flights or frequent charters, a flight school or other such entity.
What other activity can they attract to Canefield, a drag strip? If they don't have sufficient flights into Canefield, they should shut it down and put that $1m into better use. The people of Dominica cannot afford to be flushing down $1m down the drain every year.
Here's the Canefield Airport Solution for all to see:
1.Discontinue flights into this nightmare of an airport because of dangerous cross-winds and the inability of larger aircraft to land there.
2.Start working with developers to find suitable ventures that would replace this money losing pit. I can think of several viable projects that would work well:
a) An all-inclusive hotel with modern conference room facilities
b)Housing, a modernized movie theatre, and indoor entermaintment facilities.
c) A public park complete with lawn-tennis facilities so that youth outside the Roseau area have proper recreational facilties to engage in positive behavior.
This is just a sampling of what could replace Canefield Airport.
I know the road to Melville Hall quite well. I have been privy to the work that is being done in the Belles area and based on what I've seen the chances of landslides blocking the road has ben significantly reduced.
Much of the cliff face has been stepped, and the road has been widened.
and, how does your attack on "these old men" and "Dermott" help resolve what is a major issue for Dominicans.
You see, Tutut, THE problem is not that some people are actually thinking about and trying to build D/ca. No, Tutut. THE problem is that there are too many persons critcising, denigrating, and destroying those who are actually trying. We use valuable energy to destroy instead of buiilding. So, in esssence, we allow negativty to sap our energies and we remain underdeveloped. THAT, Tutut, is "what is wrong with Dominica!"


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With Fiers firing K's, Brewers power to series split
CHICAGO -- A series loss to the last-place Cubs would have burned, but strikeout machine Mike Fiers and the Brewers could stomach a four-game split.
Fiers did not allow a run while logging a stunning 14 strikeouts in six innings, helping to ease concerns about injuries to two other Brewers starters while sending Milwaukee to a 6-2 win at Wrigley Field on Thursday.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- A series loss to the last-place Cubs would have burned, but strikeout machine Mike Fiers and the Brewers could stomach a four-game split.
Fiers did not allow a run while logging a stunning 14 strikeouts in six innings, helping to ease concerns about injuries to two other Brewers starters while sending Milwaukee to a 6-2 win at Wrigley Field on Thursday.View Full Game Coverage
"Just getting the win is awesome after losing the last two," Fiers said. "We definitely need to get back on the winning side of things and go from there. Personally, obviously it was a great outing with a lot of strikeouts, but the biggest thing was getting the win."
The victory was all the more important for the Brewers as they head to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers for the second consecutive weekend in a showdown between the leaders of the National League's Central and West Divisions.
"When you're winning games and you're going in to play somebody good -- it's important," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "When you're losing games, for whatever reason, maybe the offense is not swinging the bat, it's hard when you go in and face their pitching."
Fiers will be a spectator in that series after delivering a second straight stirring start in place of an injured Matt Garza. Fiers scattered three hits with one walk and a career high in K's, snapping the Brewers' streak of 286 games without a double-digit strikeout performance. The last to do it before Thursday was Fiers, who struck out 10 Astros on Sept. 30, 2012.
It was only the fourth performance of 14-plus strikeouts in Brewers history, with Fiers matching totals from Moose Haas in 1978 and Yovani Gallardo in 2012. The club record remains property of Ben Sheets, who set down 18 Braves on a sun-splashed afternoon at Miller Park in May 2004.
After a tough season both on and off the field in 2013, Fiers said his confidence has not wavered this year.
"I feel like I've been pitching like this all year," Fiers said. "I kind of got my confidence back from last year, probably in winter ball. Coming into Spring Training, I felt good. I just took off from there. Yeah, I got sent to Triple-A, but it didn't kill my confidence sending me down. I just had to wait for my opportunity and do it now."
The only problem with recording 14 of 18 outs via the strikeout was Fiers' sky-high pitch count, which stood at 93 after five innings and prompted early stirring in the Brewers' bullpen. Fiers returned for the sixth and struck out the side for the second straight inning, pushing his final count to 106 pitches, 71 strikes.
By then, the Brewers led comfortably. Though Cubs starter Edwin Jackson shut down Milwaukee with seven scoreless innings in May, the Brewers struck early on Thursday. Scooter Gennett cashed in on a pair of two-out walks issued by Jackson in the first inning by delivering a two-run double that struck the base of the ivy-covered wall in right-center field.
"I think we're more selective," Gennett said of the team's approach against Jackson. "Edwin's got really good stuff, so I think it's important to swing at good pitches and try to be aggressive early. He's the type of guy you don't want to get to two strikes on. I think we did a good job of that today."
Khris Davis followed two innings later with a two-out solo home run to left. It was Davis' 20th home run this season, briefly moving him into a tie with Mark Reynolds for the team lead. Reynolds reclaimed the lead when he belted a solo homer in the eighth inning.
Add Carlos Gomez's RBI single in a two-run fourth inning, that also saw an RBI triple by Elian Herrera, and four of the Brewers' five runs against Jackson (4 2/3 innings, seven hits, five earned runs, three walks, four strikeouts) scored via two-out hits. Reynolds' homer off reliever Kyuji Fujikawa also came with two outs.
With the six-run day, the Brewers eclipsed their run total from the first three games of this series.
"I think the elements hurt us really early," Roenicke said. "We crushed a couple balls. 'Gomey' to lead off the game, and that ball Scooter hit, that's gone out everywhere except for [Wrigley] when the wind's blowing against you. We could've scored a lot of runs, meaning that yes, it was a great offensive day."
The Brewers won Thursday with three of their regulars missing from the starting lineup. Right fielder Ryan Braun, third baseman Aramis Ramirez and shortstop Jean Segura all had the day off.
"It's always good when you need to give somebody a day off and whoever steps in does a good job for you," Roenicke said. "They covered those guys pretty well."
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Fires and gunfire broke out in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa Friday morning, as protests launched by Buddhist monks earlier in the week escalated into violence.
The Times of London reports that at least nine people have been injured, and a market and several police cars have been set on fire.
One resident of the old city near the monastery told The Times: "It's very dangerous. Tibetans are fighting the Han people in the street outside I can't talk because I'm afraid."
The US Embassy said it had received firsthand reports of gunfire from American citizens in the city. Tourists have been ordered by Tibet officials not to leave their hotels.
At the Tibet Regional People's Hospital, staff said they were extremely busy with patients being admitted to the emergency room with various injuries.
The Han are China's majority ethnic group, making up over 90 percent of the population. They are a small minority in Tibet however, where Tibetans are the primary ethnic group.
CNN reports that the violence broke out when police tried to stop a protest at the Ramoche Temple, according to Kate Saunders of the International Campaign for Tibet, a human rights group
"Apparently local people – lay people – got involved, and a police car was set on fire. This was followed by Tromsikhang Market being set on fire," she said from London.
Saunders said her organization had confirmed reports that some Tibetans were in the hospital with serious injuries, though she didn't know the nature of the injuries or how many people were being treated.
CNN also quoted a Han woman who said she had been beaten by a group of Tibetans. "I am now in hospital with a bandage on my head," she said. "The trains are closed and I am not sure if I can take a plane back, or if I can reach the airport. All is chaotic now."
The Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua confirmed that fires had been set in Lhasa, reports Reuters.
The Associated Press writes that a Tibetan woman on the scene said that protesters had set fire to police cars as well, after police stopped a demonstration near a small temple.
"The monks are still protesting. Police and army cars were burned. There are people crying," said the woman. "Hundreds of people, including monks and civilians are in the protest." ...
Officials who answered phones at police and Communist Party offices in Tibet on Friday said they had no information about the violence and refused to comment.
The outbreak of violence Friday is just the latest escalation in the protests launched earlier this week by Tibetan monks. The Washington Post writes that Radio Free Asia, a US-supported news agency, reported that two monks attempted suicide on Thursday, while monks at Sera monastery began a hunger strike. The Post reports that Chinese officials accused the Dalai Lama of launching the protests.
In Beijing, Qin Gang, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, blamed the protests on the Dalai Lama, calling them "a deliberate political plot of the Dalai Lama group to cause social unrest, separate Tibet from China and wreck the stable, harmonious and normal life of the Tibetan people."
Sonam Dagpo, secretary for information and international relations of the Dalai Lama's administration in Dharmsala, India, denied any involvement. "His holiness did not ask anyone to protest," he said.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Buddhist monks launched the protests on Monday. Police arrested at least 50 monks on Monday, according to Radio Free Asia, and used tear gas to disperse the monks' peaceful protest on Tuesday. The Monitor writes that the monks' demonstrations have the locals worried for the safety of the monks.
Many Tibetans, perhaps the most devout Buddhists in Asia, said they feared monks would be beaten and jailed for years. They said police are stepping up intimidation and making it harder for Tibetans to get permission to become monks, study their own language, or gain passports to travel.
"Lhasa is not a free place like Beijing," said one local. "It is a police state. Spies are following you everywhere, on the street, on the phone, on the Internet. They can take you away and nobody knows when you'll come back. Sometimes people come back after 10 years. They can't even talk or think anymore." ...
With global attention focused on China ahead of the Beijing Olympics, many Tibetans say this year might be their best chance to protest human rights abuses in Tibet. "We are afraid of losing our culture," says a local. "Even some of the police who are arresting monks are Tibetan people."
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that some 130 Tibetans living in exile in India have begun serving a two-week detention for a related protest in northern India Thursday. The exiles had planned to march to the Indian-Tibetan border to protest China's hosting of the Olympics, but were arrested by Indian officials who feared that the march would embarrass China.
The exiles are being kept in detention in a state-run hotel while authorities investigate the charges of threatening the "peace and tranquility" of the region, said Tenzin Palkyi, a march coordinator.
On Thursday, the Tibetans refused to sign statements pledging to stop their march, which would have allowed their immediate release, said Veena Rani, an official in the magistrate's office....
A decision on whether to free them or extend their custody will be made by the magistrate after two weeks, she said.


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Parishioners at St. Francis of Assisi Church of Silver Lake have a little more reason to celebrate this weekend with a pontifical connection. The soon-to-be installed pope of the Roman Catholic Church has taken the name of St. Francis after the 12th Century Italian Catholic friar and preacher. It's also the saint named for the Silver Lake parish which was established in 1920.
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Many parishioners who gathered for the Saturday Mass pointed out St. Francis' connection to the poor, his humility and his message of peace and forgiveness – all qualities they are seeing in the new pope. "[St. Francis] was all about the poor and his life was simple," says Franciscan Father Salvadore Parisi. Because of his appeal to non-Catholics, St. Francis was able to bridge faiths back in his time – and that's something Father Parisi hopes Pope Francis will be able to do today.
Like many, parishioner Mike Lew said "Oh wow!" when he heard that the new pope was taking the name of not only his church, but the elementary school that he attended and graduated from many years ago. St. Francis has always been a man of the people, says Lew and his attraction was that he was "so down-to-earth and relatable. I think that reflects our parish. We aren't fancy or extravagant."
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Statutes determine what child porn "is." Here's a link to NY Penal Law Article 263 "Sexual Performance by a Child." As far as identifying whether individuals portrayed are children, that's likely left to law enforcement and other experts/professionals. The issue with that however, comes down to "morphed" images - those that involve a performer of legal age made to look like they are underage through CGI. I'm sure there are all sorts of mathematical algorithms used to identify the age of people in pictures. As far as the databases are concerned, you can already find these in forensics labs.
Fact: Some of it is there for law enforcement monitoring purposes.
Also, those who get caught usually have their viewing habits extend from their digital lives to their physical ones. Take the conviction of NJ State Assemblyman Neil Cohen for example; he printed it out images of child pornography in his office and kept them in his desk. Did his viewing extend into his physical life? Yes. Did he get caught? Yes. Would he have gotten caught if he maintained the separation between physical and digital? Well, he was dumb enough to do it in his office... Also, look at the "To Catch a Predator" series - those guys bring their digital life into their physical one.
The people who get arrested for it are pretty dumb.
DBs such as the one mentioned are already in use by forensic labs across the country (and perhaps world) to do a hash comparison of images found on a suspect's devices. Yes, alteration of a single bit will change the hash, and there is always the extremely small chance of a clash, but this has potential to identify known images that HAVEN'T been altered by advanced users. You guys pointed out work arounds for these advanced users, but in the grand scheme of things, its usually the "dumb" ones that get caught. This isn't a bad idea at all, but its usually the implementation that tends to make these ideas a waste of taxpayer money.
All I see is a lot of uneducated parents allowing their children to have access to various forms of technology that enable this behavior. When bullying was still in our physical lives, students were punished, usually at home and at school. Now that we have this other digital life to interact with, there is a degree of anonymity and a self empowered sense of invulnerability that everyone has.
"Social networking" does nothing but provide another medium for bullying. It allows those too weak to do anything in person to hide behind a computer screen and think they are big and bad.
A wise person once said "There can be no justice without punishment." How is punishment acheived in this digital realm? Take it away. CHILDREN should not be allowed to have the use of technology without supervision. They are too immature, too young, and not smart enough to understand how vulnerable they are to the threats within this digital life.
The schools and educators are just helpless here b/c a majority of the drama that transpires on these social networking sites stems from events at the schools. Where does their authority to investigate and punish end?
Society and technology enables this behavior. We have no one else to blame but ourselves.
I'm sure that reasonable person also believes any actions on the internet are transparent.
Society seems generally uneducated when it comes to rights and information transmitted through the internet.
1st Amendment rights not to be confused with 4th Amendment rights.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to be more directed at law enforcement. Despite this, I still wouldn't go around on the internet purchasing books on terrorism, bomb making, etc.
Who knows why NC wants more info?
I agree with you 100% I'm not suggesting its right for Amazon to do this, I'm just pointing out that its legal. I wish I had my books here so that I could point to a couple cases where such an issue was challenged and shot down by the court.
Epectations of privacy have changed dramatically since Olmstead and Katz. Law isn't up to date with technology and society.
I'll even point to an earlier Techdirt article about this. I had forgotten that its referred to as the "3rd Party Doctrine" and I don't have any of my literature with me at work to point to cases.
This information is essentially 3rd party info that is not protected by what the 4th Amendment refers to as a person's "reasonable expectation of privacy."
The collection of this data by Amazon is legal. Using it may or may not be.
Here's a hypothetical - You post some awesome pictures up on Facebook. Someone sees these pictures and offeres you money for them b/c they are so great. Since you use Facebook to store your pics, you download it from the album, and send a copy, digital or otherwise, to this person who in turn sends you money.
Did you just steal your own picture from Facebook and sell it?
Wow, I never thought about that. Facebook may be in violation of the EU Privacy Directive if they are transmitting data that the directive seeks to protect.
As far as Safe Harbor, its more a set of loose guidelines than hard rules. Just say you have the proper security measures in place and that's all - poof, you comply with Safe Harbor.
This case reminds me of the iPad pulse app and the crime data cases. All this thing does is scrape the data and rearrange it.
I can't believe people are still naieve enough to continue using Facebook when they own everything you do on there.
This information - billing info - isn't private. The issue is that these digital dossiers create a profile of the person based on their consumer habits. Ths is what people feel is an invasion of privacy but is really profiling based on their digital activity, not physical.
I'm not saying this is right, or wrong. It IS perfectly legal. People expect a degree of anonymity when doing things on the internet. There is no person to person activity, its all through a medium. When people realize that the not-so-private nature of their activities results in a profile of them, that's when they raise hell. Those Jane Doe claims are all reasonable, but as mentioned, there is nothing illegal about them. By using the internet in such a way, you essentially accept this risk.
Also, do a search for "Total Information Awareness Program" - stuff like this has and likely is being done by the gov't as we speak.
So I guess there goes my dream of being the technopirate or technoninja...
Go read FB's privacy policy: there is no expectation of privacy (kinda like there is no spoon.) They OWN your information.
You know, the way US privacy laws are written you can only collect if the information obtained is proven to cause harm/damage.
"Haha I have your SSN, birth date, driver's license, mother's maiden name, etc. and as long as I don't use it for illegal purposes I can't get in trouble."
Unencrypted data transmissions beg to be looked at. If you fail to encrypt your data transmissions then you're asking for problems. I suppose there is one big issue here:
- what degree of privacy (if any) do you have by allowing your data to be transmitted over an open connection
Considering how up-to-date the 4th Amendment is, I'm sure this isn't going to be a problem... Not.
So, its unclear whether or not Google intended on capturing the data or not. That is irrelevent. What people are going to have an issue with, is the fact that data WAS captured and they don't know what will happen to the data - anything from destruction to misuse by a disgruntled employee are probable. The latter is what runs through the minds of people when they realize data they were sending was captured.
As far as privacy is concerned, this doesn't seem to be so much a privacy issue as perhaps a wiretap issue or even a trespassing issue - altho I'm sure open Wifi could be considered public so it may not even be an issue in that case.
Bottom line is people expect something as "invisible" as wireless data transmission to actually be private. Why would anyone go to Panera or Starbucks to perform credit card transactions in the first place?
Good point. Since criminals and those on probation have LESS privacy rights, would their DNA information stored in a database have LESS privacy proections making them quasi-public in nature?
That has scary implications indeed.
Its because the general population doesn't give a crap and won't until we have Orwell's 1984 coming true.
This IS a problem. There is clearly some sort of "reasonable expectation of privacy" breach and may also give rise to other 4th Amendment protections such as search and seizure.
There may be no physical link between myself and a crime scene with the exception of a piece of DNA that would normally show up as having "no match" in CODIS. But, if a family member has submitted DNA for whatever reason, a "partial match" starts poiting arrows in my direction. The question here is where does "partial" fit in? Is there probable cause for a warrant? Does this make me "guilty by association?" Where is the line drawn between law enfocement getting the job done and my rights being violated?
Legislation is in place to give law enforcement the proper tools to effectively go about their job while also protecting the rights and civil liberties of those affected by law enfocement. And again, in supporting law enforcement, technology successfully erodes our rights and civil liberties.
Looks like the school I'm attending got honorable mention in an article.
Thanks Mike!