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220 volts, 50Hz. Travellers should be aware that power
cuts are frequent and, outside the capital, electricity is
generally only available in the evenings.
Khmer is the official language. French is also spoken,
but English is fast becoming popular with the younger
Tips are not expected, but are welcomed in restaurants and
hotels. Hotels often add a 10% service charge to the bill, but
small amounts for personal services are appreciated, as salaries in
the country are low. Tour guides should be tipped.
Cambodia remains one of the most heavily land-mined countries in
the world. When hiking or visiting rural areas, travel with a local
guide and never stray off the main paths. It is not advisable to
travel anywhere at night. Caution should be taken in the capital,
Phnom Penh, especially at night, as street crime is a problem,
including around popular tourist nightspots in Phnom Penh. After
dark there is also a risk of violent crime in Siem Reap and
Sihanoukville. Visitors should be aware that bag snatching is
becoming an increasing problem on tuk-tuks, motorcycle taxis and
while walking in the main towns. Due to the large numbers of
tourists involved in road accidents on motorcycles, police in Siem
Reap have banned rental outlets from hiring motorcycles to
tourists. There is some risk from terrorism due to continuing
terrorist activity in South East Asia, and travellers are advised
to be vigilant in public places and areas frequented by
Permission should be sought before taking pictures of people,
particularly monks. Avoid touching someone on the head as it is
considered the most sacred part of a person's body. Women should
wear modest clothing, preferably a long skirt or loose-fitting
trousers. When visiting religious sites, shoes should be removed,
and shorts avoided. A traditional greeting in Cambodia is a bow,
bringing together the hands at chest level (similar to hand
position for prayer). With foreigners Cambodians sometimes convert
to the handshake. The simple rule is to respond with the same
greeting you were given.
Developing a personal relationship in Cambodia is important
before any business can be discussed, which might include long
dinners and plenty of socialising. Never cause a Khmer to 'lose
face', but use tact and an indirect approach to business. On
introductions, the most senior in the group will be introduced
first, and visitors are advised to do likewise so that the hosts
understand the hierarchy of the group; the highest-ranking person
on both sides should greet each other first and perform the
introductions. A light handshake is appropriate on introduction,
after which business cards can be exchanged using both hands; it is
considered impolite to put the card away without making a show of
studying it for a short while. In Cambodia people are addressed
with the honorific title 'Lok' for a man and 'Lok Srey' for a woman
followed with the first name or both the first and surname. Dress
is conservative, but formal business suits will be out of place in
the tropical heat; lightweight suits can be worn for formal
meetings. Business hours are generally 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday,
with a long lunch from about 12pm till 2pm.
The international access code for Cambodia is +855. The outgoing
code is 001 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 00144 for
the United Kingdom). Phnom Penh's area code is (0)23; the code for
Siem Reap is (0)63. Domestic and international calls can be made at
post offices or telecom offices in most towns. Mobile phone
operators cover Phnom Penh and other major cities. The country uses
GSM networks, so US phones are not compatible. Mobile phones can be
rented at Pochentong International Airport on arrival. Internet
phones are available in some Internet cafes and provide a cheaper
alternative for international calls. Internet cafes provide a fast
and inexpensive service in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and other main
Travellers to Cambodia are allowed to enter the country with a
reasonable amount of tobacco products and spirits under control of
custom agents. Cambodian customs authorities may enforce strict
regulations on the import or export of drugs, firearms, antiquities
and ivory.
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Dec. 1, 2005
A standout middle distance runner in California he would next find himself traveling just up highway 101 to attend UCSB and compete for the Gauchos. Commenting on his freshman year to a bit of laughter, "I was just hiding out". Then in his sophomore year not only did he break out on the track with a NCAA West Regional Championship title at 800m, but he also became more actively involved with social activism on campus.
Emmen joined the African Awareness Student Organization (AASO), which brings awareness to different issues at UCSB and foster cultural and social ties with all people of African descent. He also joined the Black Pioneers Renaissance Organization (BPRO), which serves as a support system and a platform for the voices of Black Men. They are involved in annual outreach to high school students to get them thinking about college as well as organize Black Women's Appreciation among others.
After serving as Vice President of the AASO his junior year he now finds himself as the Co-President of the organization. One of the group's major undertakings of the year is assisting with today's World AIDS Day event at UCSB, which includes a silent march and a "die-in". Wednesday afternoon saw a Pre-World AIDS day event, which included food tasting from 22 different student organizations. Emmen expanded that this year's goal was to bring awareness to the scope of the epidemic and raise some money for it in doing so. "Its not only an African thing. It's worldwide with over 40 million affected. The idea of the food tasting was to involve many different student groups so that it truly reflected the scope of the issue with the idea that more would get involved on World AIDS Day." He went on to comment that in the past the majority of those who participated were from the Black community and this year they wanted the march to represent all cultures.
Helping promote, organize and coordinate all aspects of the Pre-World AIDS Day food tasting, Emmen and the AASO raised approximately $1700 to host the event in Storke Plaza in front of the University Center and bring together all of the different organizations. Selling tickets to taste each group's food, they raised just under $1000 with 100% of the proceeds going to two different charities, Keep A Child Alive and also the Q Fund for Aids . As for the World AIDS Day silent march today and "die-in", it serves to bring a stronger, symbolic form of awareness to the issue.
He states "basically the idea is to silence ourselves to represent those who are silenced by AIDS throughout the world. We will be passing out fliers with information in silence instead of using bullhorns. This is just a different way to get our message apart. It's subtler, but the people who do read our fliers will understand what we are doing and what it is for rather than cover their ears."
Crediting his motivation in social activism to his mother's heritage from Botswana he comments, "it's a way of feeling connected because I am separated out here. I came to terms with this last time I visited Botswana two summers ago. My family is really poor. Wow. I mean it's the world when you give them a shirt. But, at the same time, you step back and you realize they are not poor. They are not unhappy. I just come from a society that thinks of materialism, materialism and materialism. There are bad things about their lives as there are bad things about our lives here. You do not want to look at your family as victims, it is how they live their life, just as we live ours here."
Emmen went on to expand, "I look to help out the causes that I do because often people are drawn to places they feel they can help. There are those as well who are involved but may not have any connections. For myself, I feel like I owe the people of the world. It is not just helping issues in Botswana because it is hard to look at an issue and say, `oh this just happens in Botswana', because it doesn't, it happens everywhere."
Using this perspective on life he has become one of the hardest working student-athletes. Whether it is repeat 200 meters or organizing a school wide event, he does things effortlessly and with a sense of calm, a trait he attributes to his father.
Emmen explained, "that you get the most done when you are busiest. When you have to get X, Y and Z done, you just get it done. There is a lot of time in the day, there is always time. There are 14-16 hours a day you can work and you just have to be efficient with it...there are people I know who are just as busy involved in groups and working three jobs." It is this ability to see all perspectives and stay calm through all the work that has made Emmen the gracious person he has become.
On how track plays into his life as a social activist, he states, "track is a release for me. I spend the whole day running around through red tape. Then I can work out the frustration and use it as a stress release among other things. It has also helped me with organization in terms of being motivated." A motivation which has led him to set goals of a professional running career and continued social activism.
Wanting to blend both aspects of his life, he stated, "Running and activism can be tied together. By the time I graduate I would like to be top 3 at nationals and then move onto a professional running career. Track can take me around the world and it can be used as a platform for many different types of social activism. I want to expand on my social activism. But, if running doesn't work out I sort of know what I want to do with my life. I see myself in some capacity helping others empower themselves. Things such as AIDS, measles; there are a million things you can do to help."
World AIDS Day events are being conducted throughout the world today and at UCSB they begin at 10am in front of the Arbor. Emmen can be found on the track daily and racing beginning in March 2006 with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

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For the millions of baby boomers who will eventually need cataract surgery, here's some cheering news: New types of implantable lenses promise to restore your youthful vision. Unlike the standard single-power lenses doctors have been implanting for 30 years, the newer multifocal intraocular lenses and accommodating lenses allow patients to see near, far, and in between--and even to shed their glasses.
"I can read the computer screen, and fine print is no problem," marvels John Bogushefsky, 68, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, who opted for multifocal lenses when he had cataract surgery a couple of years ago. Once legally blind, he can now see nearly perfectly without any help.
During cataract surgery, a patient's aging and cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a synthetic lens to restore the eye's focusing power. Until recently, the only option was a fixed-focus lens, typically designed for faraway distances, which left the patient needing bifocals or reading glasses to see up close.
The new design--concentric circles of different refractive strengths--can "reduce the need for glasses by as much as 92 percent," says Marguerite McDonald, a clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University and an ophthalmic consultant. Each circular zone is shaped for distance, intermediate, or near vision.
The lenses have been available for a little over two years, and so far doctors and patients are pleased with how well they work. Of the two brands currently on the market, the ReZoom lens from Advanced Medical Optics is considered better at improving intermediate vision, a boon for heavy computer users. The zones in the ReZoom lens also are designed to focus under different light conditions, such as low, moderate, or bright light.
For those who want to most easily read small print, at the cost of slightly diminished intermediate vision, the ReSTOR lens from Alcon may be more appropriate, says Roy Rubinfeld, an ophthalmologist in Washington, D.C., and a spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
In a study published in the September 2006 issue of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, researchers in England found that only 2.5 percent of those with the ReSTOR lens in both eyes needed reading glasses, compared with more than 92 percent of people with fixed-focus lens implants.
A third option to consider: The Crystalens accommodating lens from Eyeonics. Instead of featuring varying refractive strengths, it attaches to the eye's ciliary muscles and is designed to adjust its position to handle different distances, much like the auto focus of a camera--or the pliable lens of a younger person. These lenses can be implanted in both eyes or matched with a ReSTOR or ReZoom lens, each combination resulting in different degrees of visual acuity.
Researchers compared the performance of the various combinations in a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology and found that people with a Crystalens in one eye and a ReSTOR in the other "enjoyed the best overall vision for all distances," says lead author Jay Pepose, a professor of clinical ophthalmology at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis and director of the Pepose Vision Institute.
Patients in their 40s or 50s who are considering LASIK surgery to improve their vision might want to be evaluated for implantable lenses as well. Early signs of a cataract might argue for surgery and implantation of multifocal lenses instead.
"The patient may be underwhelmed by the results of laser surgery," says McDonald, since the presence of a cataract will still cloud vision.
Rubinfeld estimates that about 20 percent of cataract patients nationally are now choosing the multifocal lenses. Some doctors have been hesitant to adopt the new technology, owing to scattered reports of halos, glare, and problems with night vision and blurring. Because the lenses have been available for only a short time, these doctors are waiting for more data on patients' long-term experience. So the fixed-focus version isn't going away anytime soon. And many people over 40, especially those who are used to wearing contact lenses for distance and those who don't mind reading glasses, are perfectly happy with them.
As with any surgery, lens implantation comes with some risk of complication. Infection, retinal detachment, and an increase in eye pressure, while rare, do occur but can almost always be successfully treated. Around 20 percent of patients have to return for a laser "touch up" about six to eight weeks after surgery to ensure optimal distance vision.
While insurers will cover the costs of the tried-and-true fixed-focus lenses, they won't yet pay for multifocal and accommodating implants. And since many practices charge more than $2,000 per eye beyond what Medicare or insurance will cough up for cataract surgery, some may find the price tag too much for their wallets to bear. Not John Bogushefsky. Multifocal lenses were a retirement gift to himself, he says, and they've been worth every penny.


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What can a Frenchman tell us about America? Alexis de Tocqueville told us a lot, some 150 years ago. Today, another Frenchman, writer-philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, has retraced the footsteps of de Tocqueville and gives us his account of contemporary America. Tina Brown, former editor of The New Yorker and host of "Topic A" on CNBC will grill BHL and ask France's most provocative thinker:
Will Paris burn again?
Will American Muslims soon be aflame like the French?
What's left of the American Dream?
Is America the laboratory or the grave of tomorrow's democracy?
Are Europe and the United States headed for divorce or condemned to love one another?
And, in the end, which is greater: the vertigo of the French writer who travels through every one of this mad magnificent country's fifty states; or the vertigo of Americans themselves as they stare into the abyss of their new destiny?
About Bernard-Henry Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of France's leading philosophers and one of the most esteemed writers in Europe. After starting his career as a war reporter for Combat the legendary newspaper founded by Albert Camus during the Nazi occupation of France, Lévy became famous as the founder of the New Philosophers group.
Lévy is the author of 30 books, including works of philosophy, fiction, and biography and is an activist and filmmaker. His books include Barbarism with a Human Face, Reflections on War, Century of Sartre, Evil and the End of History, Who Killed Daniel Pearl? and American Vertigo (Random House, Jan 06). His films include the documentaries Bosna! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Lévy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government, most recently heading a fact finding mission to Afghanistan in the wake of the war against the Taliban.
During 2005 Bernard-Henri Lévy traveled throughout the United States in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America remains the most influential book ever written about our country. The result is his new book, American Vertigo, a fascinating, fresh look at a country we sometimes only think we know. Through interview-based portraits across the spectrum of the American people, from prison guards to clergymen, from a strip bar in Vegas to the Mayo Clinic, from Norman Mailer to Barack Obama, from Sharon Stone to Richard Holbrooke, both the grandeur and the hellish dimensions of American life are unflinchingly explored.
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Tina Brown began her career in journalism writing for the London Sunday Times, The New Statesman and The Sunday Telegraph. Ms. Brown's editorial reputation for revitalizing publications was established at the Tatler magazine in London where she was named editor-in-chief when she was 25 years old. She then moved to the United States and was editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair which under her direction won four National Magazine Awards. Ms. Brown herself was named Advertising Age's first Magazine Editor of the Year.
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A UNLV freshman is turning heads on campus because he's only 14 years old. Ke'Andre Blackston Jr. is one of the youngest students in the university's history.
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Ke'Andre said he's used to answering the question by now, but it's a little annoying. In his mind, he's one face in a sea of 3,700 freshmen.
"I feel like I fit in perfectly," said Ke'Andre.
His mom, Ceavaya Robinson, said her oldest son has never been just like everybody else. She said there's a reason her friends have been calling him Doogie Howser since he was a baby.
"By the time he was 5, [I] started teaching him multiplication and he was catching on," said Robinson.
She home-schooled her son for most of grade school because she said his regular classes were too easy.
At age 12, Ke'Andre wanted to try public school again, so he took a placement test that landed him in 11th grade. Two years later, he was a UNLV Rebel.
"[I'm] very, very proud and it makes me nervous because he's still young," Robinson said. "He's still my baby."
Robinson added that the odds were stacked against her son from the beginning. She never graduated high school and said Ke'Andre's father had a difficult past, too.
Those are more reasons the theater major keeps pushing his limits.
"They expect me to excel at every single thing I do," Ke'Andre said. "I think they forget, I'm normal and I might mess up."
He said making friends in college has been easy for the aspiring rapper and actor. He said most students don't care that he's not old enough to drive, go to the bars or live on campus.
For now he's focused on graduating and moving to New York to follow his dreams of becoming a famous rapper or actor. If he graduates in four years, he'll be 18 years old by then.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami is self-imposing a postseason ban for the second straight year in response to a lengthy and ongoing NCAA investigation into the school's compliance practices.
University officials announced the decision Monday morning, shortly before the Hurricanes (6-5) started practice for what now is their season-finale at Duke this weekend.
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Miami's decision effectively ends the ACC's Coastal Division race; Georgia Tech will play Florida State for the ACC crown and an Orange Bowl berth.
By self-imposing another ban, Miami is hoping to lessen the hit of any looming sanctions that could be handed down by the NCAA. It's surely a disappointment for the Hurricanes, since Miami still had a chance to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
The Yellow Jackets (6-5, 5-3 in ACC play) are appearing in their first ACC Championship game since 2009, when they downed Clemson, 39-34 in a victory that had to be later vacated.
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Dave was browsing the 1987 Springfield City Directory and got distracted by the listing of Springfield restaurants. Oh, the memories.
It was the perfect storm. First, legendary Springfield eatery Vic's Pizza announced that it had reached the end of the line. And then something I was working on for a column took me to the 1987 Springfield City Directory and, as usually happens, I got distracted.
What sidetracked me was that directory's listing of Springfield restaurants in 1987. Oh, the memories that list conjured.
I remembered being at many of them. Then there were others that I don't remember at all. Eddie and Irene's? Zopito's? I couldn't resist a trip down Memory Lane.
I start with Arlin's because I ate many breakfasts (pecan pancakes) there. I remember it at the South Grand Avenue East location, though it moved to East Cook for a short time. I remember it as an out-of-the-way place that was trendy among the young, hip and happening Springfield set (such as myself, ahem) as was Magic Kitchen on Peoria Road.
As I recall, Arlin's owner/chef Arlin Ackley had a past, though he got his life together when he opened that little spot. I still think of it when I drive past what is now an empty, boarded up building.
How about Biggie's and Bubbas? That was a place to be seen in 1987. The Bombay Bicycle Club was on Dirksen in the area where Smokey Bones is now.
I think I only ate once at Wayne's Red Coach on North Grand Avenue. I know, it's weird because it was such a Springfield institution. But I had dinners at the original Romanesque downtown; a good place for dates and anniversary celebrations.
Lord, Mr. Ted's. The first weekend magazine story I wrote for this newspaper involved spending the night at Mr. Ted's to capture the drunken ambiance of the post-bar crowd. That was a nice introduction to Springfield.
I remember the Same Old Shillelagh on Durkin for something other than its food. It sponsored the first 5K race I ran in my entire life. I received the obligatory race T-shirt, and now that the SOS is just a memory, I wish I still had that shirt. I'm sure someone out there has theirs.
Another restaurant that was very trendy in 1987? Mama San's. The menu was an interesting mix of soul food and Asian. It was on South 13th, the 1200 block.
In 1987, Baur's in Vinegar Hill had the greatest dance floor in town — until Bobby Saterlee opened Bobby's A Dance Bar way out on Peoria Road. Different crowds.
(OK, this wasn't 1987, it was 1985, but I have to mention the 33rd Italian Battalion, a pizza place on Wabash Avenue. It had a big-screen TV before it became common and this was pre-digital/LCD/LED/plasma. Like that Same Old Shillelagh T-shirt, I wish I still had the box of wooden matches with the 33rd Italian Battalion logo that I kept for years.)
We had a Chick-fil-A at White Oaks Mall in 1987. Many wish we still had one.
But along with Eddie and Irene's and Zopito's, I have no recollection of these 1987 places: Fely's Cafe, Karin's Kafe, Donuts Etc. on Peoria Road; EC Coffee Shop, Tasty World, Butch's Steak House, Chen's Dumpling House, The Choice Smorgasbord, The Honey Hut or France's Pizza.
And what was Bali Island? Since I see it listed as being way out on South Sixth, I'm guessing that it was an effort to keep the legendary Aloha Lounge spirit alive in Springfield. If so, it failed.
But I remember the twin restaurants closer in on South Sixth back then. They were the Baked Apple and the B&G. The Apple was on the same side of the street as Beggs Barber Shop, and the B&G was almost directly on the other side. Unfortunately, both were next to the Bel-Air Motel, which was no prize even in 1987.
Foreigner's on South Sixth was an outstanding Greek gyro place. We had Famous Recipe Chicken, The Prime Rib Rack (Fairhills Mall), The Martin Way on North Grand, Mountain Jack's, Riverside Cafe (home of yummy river fries) and for all of us Nick Danger/Firesign Theater fans, we could dine at Rocky Rococo's at 700 W. Jefferson. ("Put down that pickle, Rococo.")
Local restaurants add an important element of character to any city. Springfield has some good ones today, but I couldn't resist bringing back to mind a few of them from 27 years ago.
And guess what? It made me forget what it was I originally wanted to look for in that 1987 city directory.
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Sweet! Looking forward to it this year for sure... I got a new draft strategy different then I've done in previous years.
Sweet! Looking forward to it this year for sure... I got a new draft strategy different then I've done in previous years.
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I have no problem with the QB scoring but I cringe at returners winning this league, it is utter madness and illogical.
I also will say that I am disappointed with no welcome back, you guys make me sad.
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Speak of the devil. Welcome back lol.
I thought returners would make a huge different last year and targeted them but then I just used them to make trades. You dont NEED to get a good returner you can let others take the returners and let more good RB/WR fall in your laps.
As for QB's well Brees, Rodgers, Brady are already going in the first round of regular drafts all this will do is make sure players like Stafford do too. You can still wait and get a QB and just get better RB/WR than other teams but if you want one player to carry your team you should have a good QB.
You never know who is going to break out though. Cam Newton anyone? This year it could be Luck/RG3?
Didn't someone make fun of me last year for picking Aaron Rodgers so early? I don't remember. But god damn he carried my team. The only reason I was competitive lol.
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RG3 will be the steal of this draft, I am just saying. As for 6pt QB leagues I always do them and QBs actually do not really go early that much.
As for returners they are an important part but I just do not like it when Devin Hester is better than Julio Jones and Hakeem Nicks, that just seems wrong.
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We should totally turn this into a MANS LEAGUE!! (16 team) I've always wanted to do one sounds like a ton of fun but I can never find enough people that want to do it.
personally i find anything over 12 to be a crap shoot, then it starts to get to the point where individual players have a bigger effect on the games. Not saying I'm against it if that's what ya'll want to do I've done 14 and 16 leagues before but I didn't find them as fun as my 12 and 10 man leagues.
We currently don't even have a full 12.
Hey guys, I'm new to the forums, but if their is room I'd love to join. If not add me to the waiting list please! Thank you!
Any flexibility with the draft time?? I have a live in person draft that Saturday night...not sure if i could juggle both
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Rates of HIV continue to rise along with the number of AIDS-related deaths in the Arab world, despite progress made globally, new data show. The region's fight against HIV/AIDS is being stymied by social stigma, government inaction, and limited access to medical care, experts say.
The Middle East and North Africa are among the top regions with the fastest growing HIV epidemics, said Aleksander Sasha Bodiroza, HIV/AIDS adviser at the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
"The common thread that links all countries in the region is the impact of stigma and discrimination, which are among the primary reasons that people living with HIV or key populations at risk of HIV infection do not have access to essential HIV services," Bodiroza said. "These two factors also limit the ability of governments and civil society to provide services. Without strong leadership, it is unlikely that these issues will be fully or properly addressed."
In addition, same-sex relationships and premarital sex often are criminalized in the region. "If I were to sum it up in one word, my life is one big secret," said a 29-year-old HIV-positive man in Beirut. "While I came out to my family a long time ago, this is something I have not shared with them. I could never burden them with that."
Some more liberal countries are starting to respond, with a media outreach launched last month in Egypt and Lebanon over the airways and on billboards. The "Let's Talk" campaign, organized by UNFPA and the countries' health ministries, features a former beauty queen and a popular band and will run through December. The campaign encourages people to get screened for HIV and lists free and anonymous testing centers.
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More crammed into Perth homes amid housing shortage: report
Perth is building apartment blocks at the lowest rate in the country despite suffering a major housing supply crisis and extreme increases in the cost of land, a comprehensive national report shows.
The city has one of the greatest gaps between population increase and new housing supply, forcing more people to share the same dwelling, according to the State of Australian Cities 2012 report.
About 98,500 new dwellings were built in Perth during 2006-11 to accommodate the 284,000 additional residents - a rate of 2.9 people per new dwelling, the third highest of 18 cities.
Perth is on average building new homes faster than any other Australian city, but the new stock continues to be mostly detached houses, reducing its impact on the shortage.
The percentage of new properties that are multi-residential dwellings, such as apartments and townhouses, has shrunk to less than 20 per cent, the lowest level of all capital cities.
It has significantly fallen in the past three years from 30 per cent and from as high as 40 per cent in 1989.
In contrast, major cities have overall seen a shift towards attached dwellings since 1996.
The report warns that without a significant rise in multi-residential dwellings growing demand could not be met – causing greater housing shortages.
Nationally, the gap between housing supply and population increase has become the worst Australia has experienced in a century, according to the report.
"... this is the only significant period of undersupply relative to population growth that has occurred outside the Depressions or World Wars since at least 1860," the report says.
Perth's population is growing at more than 2 per cent each year – the fastest in the country - and is forecast to double to 3.4 million by 2056, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The percentage of West Australians living in the capital city is higher than any other state.
The increasing demand for inner-city living also has seen the price of housing closer to the CBD escalate to more than $900,000.
While the decline in prices according to the distance from the CBD was once gradual and consistent, it is now far more dramatic for the first 20 kilometres.
Perth continues to build some of the largest houses in the world but that is slowly declining.
While lot sizes have been decreasing in the past decade, Perth is running out of quality land to build on, forcing prices to sharply rise and become by far the most expensive land of all Australian capital cities.
In less than 10 years, the cost of land in Perth has soared from about $160 per square metre to a whopping $575 per square metre.
Urban Development Institute of Australia WA chief executive Debra Goostrey said land costs now accounted for two-thirds of the total house and land package, compared to one-third not long ago.
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Animosity between adversarial groups of Luzerne County Council members is heating up.
It was evident during last Tuesday's meeting, and the 6-5 vote in favor of in-house collection of county taxes was the source of the added acrimony.
"I am going to be holding these people accountable for their future decisions as they are talking about cutting expenses and saving the taxpayers money," said Councilman Rick Morelli, questioning the sincerity and consistency of some of his colleagues.
"We need to stop being hypocrites," Councilman Stephen J. Urban added.
Since the county's new form of government began 14 months ago, the core of the governing majority on council has been Republican Eugene Kelleher and Democrats Jim Bobeck, Linda McClosky Houck and Elaine Maddon Curry.
"We were elected to do things in a different way," Maddon Curry said. "In my mind, this is why we have a new government."
Democrat Tim McGinley, Republican Harry Haas and independent Rick Williams have been swing voters but regularly join the majority.
Morelli and Urban, both Republicans, often vote with Democrats Stephen A. Urban and Edward Brominski against the majority on divisive issues. They opposed this year's budget, last year's budget and the 2 percent tax increase from last year.
"The problem we have as a council is we are too subjective. We are not objective," Brominski said Tuesday. "We better know ourselves and know our limitations and start to compromise and work as a body."
2013 elections
Party affiliation has had little influence on council's voting coalitions. But the council elections this year could have an impact.
Five of the council seats will be on the ballot, and all will be selected at-large by voters in Luzerne County's 76 municipalities. Candidates on Tuesday can begin circulating petitions to appear on the May primary election ballot.
All four council members of the minority coalition won four-year terms in 2011. McGinely and Bobeck also won four-year terms.
Haas, Williams, Maddon Curry, Kelleher and McClosky Houck won two-year terms. If two of them are replaced, a new governing coalition could emerge next year.
"The upcoming election will be about airing out the truth to the public about candidates and as to where they voted on the issues," Morelli said in an email copied to council members. "With that said, I will be actively involved in the upcoming election the help educate the voters."
When council voted 7-4 for a $342,000 purchase of computer hardware and software last October, Stephen J. Urban said he was going to campaign against council members who are rubber stamps for county Manager Robert Lawton.
Council hired Lawton 9-0 on Jan. 24 to be the first permanent manger of the new home-rule government. The Urbans abstained from that vote because Stephen A. Urban applied to be manager and both didn't participate in the interview process.
Tax collection
Lawton recommended in-house tax collection starting in 2014. With in-house collection, the county will no longer use local collectors elected in 69 municipalities.
The elected collectors will continue to collect school and municipal taxes. They will still be on the ballot this year.
Supporters claimed in-house collection with three additional county employees will save $258,555 a year and generate more than $120,000 in new revenue.
"Bringing another service in-house when the house can't tell you what's going on or give you true numbers is a disservice to all involved," Stephen J. Urban said.
Morelli dismissed the in-house estimates as "guesswork" and supported "guaranteed savings" of $125,000 a year from pay cuts to tax collectors.
Haas was the swing vote. He said he was leaning toward the tax collectors but supported in-house collection after reviewing audits and talking to local officials.
"We find ourselves with another one of these divisive issues at the county level," Haas said. "I signed on to this job to do it incrementally, not to throw the baby out with the bath water. I wish we could phase this in. But this particular issue, we don't have that luxury. I will not vote politically. I vote for what's best for Luzerne County."
Haas was the swing vote last year when he joined the other group in a 6-5 vote against a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by Lawton and the union for county detectives.
Morelli agitated some council members and meeting attendees Tuesday by proposing a 25 percent cut to the $665,000 allocation to fund the pay for eight incoming division chiefs.
"I knew this was going to get voted down, but I threw it out there to show the public again how inconsistent council is," Morelli said.
It was defeated 7-4. Maddon Curry said voting for Morelli's proposal would make council "seem so schizophrenic" because more than 140 applicants already responded to advertisements.
"In a strange sense, this is government at its best," Williams said Tuesday. "The transparent way that this is going on, the energy and passion with which we heard people speak ⦠is a measure of the new government that we have."
During public comment, Fairview Township resident Fred Heller criticized Morelli for receiving campaign money from Hazle Township Tax Collector Michael DeCosmo.
"I just think you overdid it as a cheerleader (for tax collectors)," Heller said.
Records show Morelli's campaign in 2011 received $200 from DeCosmo and $100 from DeComso's son. Morelli and Michael DeCosmo have acknowledged their friendship. They host a talk show together on SSPTV News 13 in Hazleton.
"There are 69 tax collectors in this county," Morelli replied to Heller. "I'm not supporting any group. I'm supporting an issue."
Morelli noted McClosky Houck received campaign contributions from unions and votes on collective-bargaining issues. McClosky Houck didn't respond to Morelli at the meeting but issued a statement the next morning.
She said "there is a huge difference" between "promoting a motion to maintain the status quo that directly benefits a close friend" and voting on "a collective bargaining agreement with which one has no personal connection" and was negotiated by management or arbitrators.
She added Morelli was "actively involved in negotiations with tax collector representatives regarding rates that would be acceptable." Morelli, Kelleher and MgGinley met with a group of tax collectors Jan. 31 to discuss rate cuts.
"Her entire campaign was financed from union money. Big difference that she forgot to disclose," Morelli replied.
McClosky Houck ran with a slate of county council candidates supported by the Working Families for Better Government campaign committee. The committee reported more than $50,000 in contributions in 2011 from various union political action committees.
Morelli has his own campaign committee, which reported spending more than $13,000 in 2011.
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A bill introduced Monday by two Senate leaders would close all unlined coal ash ponds in North Carolina within 15 years and ban the practice of storing wet coal ash in such basins. Four facilities with "high-risk" coal ponds, including one in Skyland, must be cleaned up within five years under its timeline.
A bill introduced Monday by two Senate leaders would close all unlined coal ash ponds in North Carolina within 15 years and ban the practice of storing wet coal ash in such basins. Four facilities with "high-risk" coal ponds, including one in Skyland, must be cleaned up within five years under its timeline.
During a Monday hearing by the Senate's committee on agriculture, environment and natural resources, Sen. Tom Apodaca and Senate Leader Phil Berger introduced their bill as a substitute to one they sponsored in May on behalf of Gov. Pat McCrory.
Under the substitute bill, coal ash ponds at Duke Energy's Dan River, Asheville, Riverbend and Sutton power plants — all of which are considered "high-risk" because of their proximity to major rivers — would have to be excavated and closed as "quickly as practicable," no later than 2019.
The bill requires all remaining coal ash ponds at 10 other Duke power plants to be classified as either "intermediate-risk sites" and closed by 2024, or as "low-risk sites" that must be addressed by 2029. Duke has more than 100 million tons of coal ash stored in 33 unlined basins statewide.
Ash from high- and intermediate-risk sites must be stored in lined landfills or recycled toward a beneficial use such as roadway construction. But low-risk ponds could be capped in place if state environmental regulators and a new coal ash commission created by the bill agree it would be safe.
"We're going to set the standard for the rest of the country on coal ash," said Apodaca. "Nobody has ever attempted to do anything like this. (The problem) definitely exists in Kentucky and Tennessee, but we haven't seen that much legislation dealing with it. We're going to, in a comprehensive way."
The bill mandates that all future coal ash must be managed in new or existing lined landfills with extensive groundwater monitoring. It also requires pond owners to divert stormwater away from their impoundments, to avoid a repeat of the ruptured pipe that leaked roughly 39,000 tons of coal slurry into the Dan River last February.
While applauding the bill's elimination of future wet ash storage, attorney D.J. Gerken of the Southern Environmental Law Center in Asheville said the bill provides "very little guidance or standards to prevent truly risky sites from being placed in the low-risk category" and having utilities simply cap them.
"The truth is, no coal ash pond in the state of North Carolina is a low-risk site," Gerken said. "It is a disaster to leave DENR the discretion to stick with the plan it has embraced for years, which is covering them over with dirt and walking away."
Although the intent of the bill is to prevent wet coal ash from leaching toxins into groundwater or adjacent rivers, Gerken said the bill "allows the possibility of leaving the ash in place without a liner, even for high-risk impoundments." That's because the bill cross-references an existing state regulation regarding industrial landfills, he said.
That regulation allows Duke to forgo lining coal ash disposal sites "if they demonstrate to DENR that they have a design that (computer) models say will meet water quality standards. So if DENR accepts something Duke is doing, it's not obligated to remove the ash and line it."
But Apodaca said the "true beauty of this bill is it won't just be DENR making these decisions. That's why we have a coal ash commission, which is made up of nine experts from different backgrounds: health, power, conservation, waste management. We're going to have a full mixture of folks and that's who will be making these decisions."
The Coal Ash Management Commission would review and approve risk classifications and closure plans proposed by ash pond owners and DENR. The bill also creates 29 new positions for overseeing coal ash management, 25 at DENR and four commission staff. All of these would be funded by coal-fired utilities, senators said, and the bill forbids them from passing that cost onto consumers.
Duke Energy leaders were still reviewing the bill in detail, said Spokesman Jeff Brooks, "but it's clear already that the bill's timeline is much more aggressive than the plan we had originally proposed to the governor and our operational plan."
Brooks cited a presentation Duke gave to lawmakers to illustrate the potential challenges and costs of moving all of its coal ash. To clear out all 22 million pounds stored at the Marshall Steam Station on Lake Norman, near Charlotte, would take 30 years working 12 hours a day, six days a week, he said.
"This legislation is going to require all ash basins to be addressed in 15 years," Brooks said. "So we agree that coal ash needs to be addressed in a timely fashion, but this bill will place significant burdens on the company to meet this deadline and this plan, if passed."
Asked about the timetable for cleanup, Apodaca said "five years is more than fair to let them clean up the most high-risk sites. And I don't think 15 years is unfair. You can drag things out, but it's time to get these ponds cleaned up and off the table."
The substitute bill also protects consumers by implementing a moratorium on any rate increases by utilities with coal ash ponds until Jan. 15, 2015. Duke executives told lawmakers in April that moving its coal ash away from the state's rivers and lakes could cost up to $10 billion, with electricity customers likely footing most of the bill.
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The Most Common Cruise Mistakes - Part Twoby Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | May 18, 2007
In Part 1, we gave readers a checklist of things they should research, look over and plan for in the days and weeks before their scheduled cruise departure. Now we'll examine some of the most common concerns and mistakes once passengers leave home.ON YOUR WAY
6. Getting to the ship.
The easiest transfers from airport to pier are available from the cruise line. They almost always provide a representative who waits in the baggage claim area and directs arriving passengers to the appropriate motor coach. If you do not see a representative for your cruise line, ask someone who works there. They usually know where you should look. Don't expect to see someone waiting for you at your arrival gate.
If you opt for your own taxicab to the ship, be aware of the possibility that some taxi drivers will scam you, especially in foreign countries. My favorite taxi scam involves the old Turkish Lira, which was worth 160,000 to the Dollar. It is quite difficult to distinguish a 5,000,000 note from a 500,000 note when you are dealing with unfamiliar currency. So when the taxi fare was 800,000 lira, I gave them a 5,000,000 lira ($35) note. Then the driver fiddled with his money where I couldn't see it, held up a 500,000 lira note, and said "You did not give me enough." Taking him at his word, I handed over another 500,000 lira note, and received 200,000 lira in change. I should have received 4,200,000 in change (about $30). Back at the hotel, I noticed I was about $100 short when I converted my lira back to dollars. Only then did I realize three different cabbies scammed me the same way in one day.
In a foreign country, always ask the taxi driver the approximate fare to your destination before you enter the cab. Also ask if there is an extra charge for baggage. If he says he does not know exactly, ask him to estimate it. If he merely points to the meter, implying the cost is what the meter says, this is a fair deal; just make sure he turns on the meter as soon as he starts driving.
If you ever have a dispute with a cab driver, do not mention it until you and your luggage are safely outside the taxicab. Then leave someone else in your party to watch your luggage and look for a policeman. Chances are the cab driver will cave, or he might get back in his cab and drive away. Taxicabs are highly regulated throughout the world. And although they are infamous for scamming tourists, they never want to get in trouble with local officials.
7. Always watch your luggage
Any time you transfer luggage from one vehicle to another, keep your eyes on your bags at all times. Never let a taxi drive away until you are sure you have all your luggage; and when you give bags to a porter, double-check that every bag that should go into your stateroom or hotel room is on his cart. When you arrive in your room, count your bags immediately.
Be prepared to tip anyone who transports your bags, at about one dollar per bag. This is not required at some cruise terminals, notably Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa. However, the porters in Miami expect a tip and will wait for one. Just remember that the terminal porters are not the people who put your bags onto the ship. All they do is take them to the security-screening machine. There is no need to over-tip them; a dollar per bag is fine.ON THE SHIP
8. Memorize your room number
When you check in, you will receive a key card that you use to open your cabin door and make purchases on the ship. This key card will not have your room number on it for security reasons, so write your room number on a separate piece of paper until you memorize it. Today's ships are vast, and the number of staterooms is staggering. All doors along passenger hallways look alike, and it can be embarrassing to call security because you think your key card is not working, only to find out you've been putting it into the wrong door. (Umm, I've never done this personally, but a good friend of mine has.)
9. Don't let small problems spoil your cruise.
If you have a problem or special need, make sure you talk to the right person. If you want extra pillows and blankets, tell your room steward. The guest relations office, which you can contact by phone, is the place to address any problems your room steward cannot manage. If your problem is not resolved to your satisfaction, speak to the hotel manager.
Always bring up problems as early as possible. Too many people simply stew about a problem and let it ruin their vacation. If your problem cannot be fixed, you might be asking for something beyond their capability. The worst thing you can do is turn your cruise vacation into a battle with the cruise line. If you can live with the problem, drop it for now and deal with it when the cruise is over.
I receive many copies of readers' complaint letters to cruise lines. One of my favorites was from a gentleman who, upset with a night of loud music in the ship's atrium, called the hotel manager and left a message. When he didn't get a call back, he used his cell phone (at $4 a minute) to call the cruise line's customer relations office in the States. He was on hold for 25 minutes. Now he expects the cruise line to reimburse him for his phone call.
Cruise lines deal with several complaints every day, and if they cannot solve yours quickly, they probably cannot solve it at all. Just accept that they have done the best they can. They also run into a lot of cranks and chronic complainers who, quite frankly, are just looking for compensation for something that is not really a problem. These people usually ask for a bottle of champagne or a cruise credit as compensation. Don't be one of these people. A person who has a legitimate complaint, and asks for a solution and nothing more, will often get more compensation than he or she asks for.
10. Don't burn out
It is tempting to try every activity offered on your cruise, but don't put yourself at risk of getting sick. If you feel tired, take a nap or go to bed early, especially if you have a shore excursion the next day. Getting sick is one of the worst ways to ruin your vacation.
Viruses on ships are well documented. The best way to avoid them is to wash your hands with soap and dry them thoroughly with a towel, as often as possible. Avoid touching banisters and railings in public areas, and allow food servers to serve you in restaurants. Never pick up a piece of buffet food with your hands.
11. Leaving the ship -- the final bill
You should get a preliminary and a final bill on the two days before your cruise ends. Always read over both of them for incorrect charges. I know a couple currently disputing a $12,000 dollar art auction charge! The cruise line says they bid on and received a Picasso drawing. The people say they know nothing about it. It is a mess. One strike against them is that they did not mention the item when it appeared on their shipboard final bill, because they didn't look. They just walked off the ship!
Bottom line and final word: One of the main reasons even the most experienced cruisers make mistakes is overconfidence. I have flown so many times, it never occurs to me that I might confuse the arrival time with the departure time. When I see that a ship is in port overnight, I assume I will have plenty of time to see the port. Not necessarily true! Make double-checking documents a habit, and do it several days before you leave. Just because you have been on several cruises, it doesn't mean you can go on automatic pilot.
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"Abuse seems to follow me, wherever I go." A woman speaks of the sexual abuse she experienced as a child in her digital story called The Goddess. The Goddess is one of seven Kuwento Ko, Tinig Ko (My Story, My Voice): Digital Stories of Women produced by APC member Foundation for Media Alternatives and Take Back the Tech Philippines as part of APC's MDG3: Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women campaign.
These digital stories, created during a digital storytelling workshop last month, allow the women to speak of their experiences and tell their stories of abuse as a way to heal and to empower other women to speak out against violence against women (VAW) and girls. View them on YouTube or on Facebook.
As part of the campaign, Take Back the Tech! Philippines has also enrolled its organisational partners to create digital postcards, shared messages about violence against women with its partners and friends through SMS, gave a presentation to 700-1000 high school students about eVAW and released a statement a statement on eVAW to local media and partners all over the Philippines, initially drafted during the Philippine National Strategy Workshop.


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LE Carey, (7) (Agozzino, Pock), 3:42
LE Pock, (5) (Carey, Steffes), 8:55
SYR Palat, (5) (Connolly, Gudas), 9:20
SYR Palat, (6) (Johnson), 16:23 (SH)
Third Period
LE Thomas, (15) (Sgarbossa, Connolly), 16:59 (PP)
LE Chouinard, (1) , 19:59 (EN)
You can't really say anything other than, "It'll get better." Richard Panik will come off suspension, Taormina will get healthy, and this group will begin to settle into their new roles and get used to new on-ice combinations. But, it's going to hurt a bit over the next couple of weeks to get there. The team did outshoot Lake Erie tonight and it is showing signs of improvement. But, it takes time to build chemistry.
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Tough week here for the chat group. The time has changed here in the USA I hope I have the corresponding time changes correct. Let me know when times change in your area of the globe. Here are the times when the fun gets started: at 4 p.m. Eastern Time; 3 p.m. Central Time; 2 p.m. Mountain Time; 1 p.m. Pacific Time; 8 p.m. in the UK; 9 p.m. in Italy, France, Germany, and Sweden; 10 p.m. in Finland and Israel; 7 a.m. Monday in Sydney and environs; and 7 a.m. Monday in New Zealand. I believe these are all corrected for standard time changes. If I am off, let me know. Please let me know when the time changes your neck of the woods so I remember to make the appropriate changes.
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Totally weird thread
There's a three page thread about Michigan QBs on the PSU scout.com site. No, I don't know why. There's one guy claiming that he's cut up a ton of tape for SD-based quarterbacks; he says that Forcier is obviously better than Gutz or Richard. Take that with a grain of salt, methinks.
Also, MarshCreek does his usual Michigan bashing, and quotes an Ohio newspaper article concerning the recruitment of Ohio Jr. QB Mike Hartline wherein Hartline says that Loeffler told him Gutz may not return from a shoulder injury and Richard may transfer. Sounds like "maybe" means "these things could happen but they're unlikely". Not like Hartline really has to be concerned with Gutz anyway, since he'll be a fifth-year senior when Hartline is a true freshman. FYI, I wouldn't get your hopes up on Hartline. His brother just signed a LOI with OSU on Wednesday. We'll probably end up looking elsewhere for our QB.


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University men's basketball team overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat Palm Beach Atlantic, 78-69, Wednesday in front of 707 in the Health & Sports Center.
The Buccaneers (10-1) outscored the Sailfish (5-10) outscored PBA, 43-28, in the second half. Barry connected on 16 of 21 free throws in the second half after shooting a paltry 5 of 14 in the opening half.
In a game with nine lead changes and 11 ties, the Buccaneers limited the Sailfish to nine second-half field goals. PBA and Barry both shot 5 of 20 from three-point range, and both teams shot in the 60s from the free throw line.
Barry's Yunio Barrueta recorded his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 16 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He was 6 of 14 from the floor. Deric Hill had 18 points, six assists and two steals.
Palm Beach Atlantic shot 55.6 percent in the first half to take a 41-35 lead. But the Bucs outrebounded the Sailfish, 31-23, accounting for a 17-9 edge in second chance points, in the second half.
After Clayton Williams scored with 11:25 to play to knot the game at 50-50, Barry went on a 9-3 run over the next 2:11, capped off by Barrueta's dunk off a steal by Savad Garner. PBA cut it to four on four more occasions -- the latter with 2:18 to play when Williams sank a pair of free throws -- but the Bucs made six straight free throws to help salt the game away.
Palm Beach Atlantic's bench outscored Barry, 17-10. Evin Graham had 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, and Garet Tucker 12 points and six boards for the Sailfish.
Juan Ferrales had 17 points, and Garner 10 points and nine rebounds for the Buccaneers. Magne Fivelstad had seven points, nine boards, five assists, five steals and a block.
Barry hosts Saint Leo in a key Sunshine State Conference game at 2 p.m. Saturday.


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EDIT 8/27: Added a couple more screens. Might be ready for some beta testing in a couple days, if time allows me to finish it
Thought I was going to get this one finished last week,, yeah right,,LOL Been really busy lately with a lot of unexpected stuff popping up. :Eyecrazy:
Anyhow, had a little more time to do some more work on this one, God knows when the ETA will be,,heh
So I figured I have enough to give you all a little peek at Fractal Envy.


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|2012-04-12, 20:58
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Is there a novel form of it?
and in vol 4...
"Asuna desperately resisted, but the slug immediately extended new tentacles. Touching the skin of Asuna's leg, the tentacles slowly reached up into her dress.
Asuna endured this unpleasant feeling, and pretended to lose all the strength in her body, and the ability to resist. The slug, taking advantage of that, moved a tentacle toward her mouth. Just as it was about to touch her lips -
Asuna raised her head and bit down -hard- on the tentacle. "
2)Was there ever a description of Asuna's dress in the novel?
About how long it was, etc.
-Just making sure since reaching up her dress may just mean that if he dress is pretty long then it's around under the knee area.
3)Did the translators make a mistake?
"Asuna raised her head and bit down -hard- on the tentacle. "
She raised her mouth right?(Sorry this stuff just kinda gets to me...)
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|2012-04-12, 23:10
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|2012-04-12, 23:52
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Time-wise, it does mention Asuna had finished high school too... And I didn't know what UW was when I first read it, but after Alicization 'Underworld' does seem to fit >.>
|2012-04-13, 13:06
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I have one question for you current SAO readers:
Lately, I read many comments from people who just knew of SAO and they would always relate SAO to the well-known .hack series.
Out of curiosity, I would like to ask when you first knew of SAO's existance long time ago (or not long ago), did you relate SAO to .hack series? And why so? Was there really so much similarities between SAO and .hack?
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I knew SAO because of Sharramon's translation, when we had only the first volume completed and KuroiHikari doing part of V2.
|2012-04-13, 14:02
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Both involve VR gaming that uses headsets.
Both contain plot devices of having 'incidents' on the VR gaming system that lead to players getting 'trapped'.
Both addresses psychological, social, emotional aspects of VR gaming and gamers.
Perhaps because of this, I don't find SAO to be at a mind-blowing level and still think that volume 1 of SAO is slightly superior in terms of (story) enjoyment compared to other volumes (IMHO and I haven't read v9 yet, so don't start the flames), though I still find it interesting and addictive every now and then in the middle of arcs.
Because of these strong similarities, if someone just gives you a summary, it's easy to think that they are almost identical. While they share many similar plot devices and aspects, the story is still different and the characters different. In terms of game-play, though there are many characters in the story as well, SAO gives more focus to a badass individual. Overall, the mood in SAO feels heavier to me (can't explain further without spoilers), in the serious portions that is (which makes it good). And the descriptions in SAO are good and detailed and easy to imagine (though I have never read .hack novel adaptations before).
It's best to watch it and judge it for yourself. But there's a reason why this novel is ranked highly among light novel readers (in single digit-positions in several categories used in light novel rankings for the last couple of years among many hundreds of (or even over a thousand) light novels).
|2012-04-13, 17:08
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I got into SAO after reading that crossover chapter in Accel World Vol10, where due to author contrived plot hax certain events Kirito fought Silver Crow. I was under the impression Sword Art Online was the only game in SAO plotline (Vol1 and Vol2 was about SAO game, so I thought the rest would be the same and at that time I didn't feel like reading side stories when I already knew there was a 'Good End' of SAO being completed), so when Alfheim Online was mentioned I went "Wait, What?" and went back and re-read the entire series.
I've never read/watched .hack.
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Istiompax indica
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)
Common Name(s):
Histiophorus brevirostris Playfair 1867
Istiompax australis Whitley 1931
Istiompax brevirostris (Playfair 1867)
Istiompax dombraini Whitley, 1954
Istiompax dombraini Whitely 1954
Istiompax indicus (Cuvier 1832)
Istiompax marlina (Jordan and Hill 1926)
Makaira brevirostris (Playfair 1867)
Makaira herscheri non Gray 1838
Makaira indica (Cuvier 1832)
Makaira indicus (Cuvier 1832)
Makaira marlina Jordan and Hill 1926
Makaira xantholineatus Deraniyagala 1956
Marlina marlina Jordan and Hill 1926
Tetrapturus australis Macleay 1854
Tetrapturus brevirostris (Playfair 1867)
Tetrapturus indica Cuvier 1832
Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier, 1832
|Taxonomic Notes:
|This species previously was included in the genus Makaira (Collette et al. 2006).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Data Deficient ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Collette, B., Acero, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Carpenter, K.E., Di Natale, A., Fox, W., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Schaefer, K., Serra, R., Sun, C., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E.
|Russell, B., Elfes, C. & Polidoro, B.
This species is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. It is commercially and recreationally caught, and is caught as bycatch in longlines and purse seines throughout its range. There have been no stock assessments for this species, and only very limited catch and effort data is available. Given that it is caught with the same gears as the Blue Marlin and Striped Marlin, it is likely that the population of Black Marlin has declined as well, but there is no data to quantify this. In the Eastern Pacific, available catch data does not indicate any reduction in landings, however the impact of commercial fishing and sports fishing on the species is unknown. It is therefore listed for the present as Data Deficient. More information is needed on catch landings, discards and effort for this species.
|Range Description:
|This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, and occasionally enters temperate waters. Stray individuals migrate into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope, but the existence of Atlantic breeding stocks is unlikely. In the Eastern Pacific it is found from southern California to the southwestern and northeastern Gulf of California to Chile, including all of the oceanic islands.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Angola; Australia; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Benin; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chile (Easter Is.); China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Ecuador (Galápagos); Egypt; El Salvador; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Honduras; India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.); Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Réunion; Russian Federation; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands (US Line Is., Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southeast
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|There is no stock assessment for this species. Based on reported landings to FAO, the world catch for this species is variable, but shows a gradual increase from around 5,000 tonnes in the 1950s to 10,826 tonnes in 2006 and from 2,373 to 3,440 metric tonnes per year between 1978–1982. Many landings of marlins do not specify this species, and it is discarded when caught as by-catch by long-line fisheries, and is not quantified.
The landing information on marlins for the whole Pacific Ocean is not available, except for the FAO statistics. Based on the FAO Year Book (1996), recently 47,000 metric tons of marlins were caught in the Pacific. Blue Marlin occupied about 42% of the total catch, Striped Marlin occupied about 25%, Sailfish 10%, and Black Marlin 5%, but "marlins" occupied 19% of the total, respectively. The category of "marlins" includes catch of other marlins than Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin, Black Marlin, and Sailfish, and also includes the catch of species unknown. International management authority of the Black Marlin in the Pacific is shared by the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). There has never been an assessment of the status of black marlin in the Pacific, but landings trends over the past thirty years have been generally declining.
In the Indian Ocean, catch per unit effort (CPUE) exhibited dramatic declines since the beginning of the fishery in the 1950s with catches in the initial fishing grounds decreasing substantially. Nominal CPUE in the northwestern Australian area has declined from 2.0 to about 0.25 (approximately 87%) since 1977, while nominal CPUE in the Seychelles area has been very low and has declined from 0.3 to 0.2 (30% decline) since the 1970s (IOTC 2009).
In the Eastern Pacific, FAO (2006) landing data from 1995–2005 has shown a rapid increase from 300 metric tonnes to 1,400 metric tonnes. Landings data from IATTC (2008) for Black Marlin taken by purse seine and long-line in the Eastern Pacific vary from 100 to 417 metric tonnes per year from 1978 to 2007, with a uniformly low catch. However, Black Marlin are often difficult to identify and the catch of unidentified billfishes increased from a few hundred to thousands of metric tonnes during this time frame. In the Eastern Pacific specifically, quantities of billfish caught are not attributed to a single species and many countries are not reporting the catch.
In Mexico, the majority of the marlin catch comes from the Gulf of California (89%), the remainder coming from the Gulf of Tehuantepec (11%). The total recreational catch of billfish has increased since 1990 (first year of reported data) from approximately 12,000 to 33,000 fish in 2005. Recreational fishing effort has also been increasing during the same time period from approximately 4,000 fishing trips in 1990 to 37,000 trips in 2005. Striped Marlin is the dominate species caught in the recreational fishery accounting for approximately 68% of the total catch. Sailfish account for 25% of the total recreational catch, followed Blue Marlin at 7% and Black Marlin at < 1% (ISC 2007).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This pelagic and oceanodromous species is usually found in surface waters above the thermocline at temperatures from 15–30°C, often close to land masses, islands and coral reefs. It is found to depths of 100 m. It feeds on fishes, squids, cuttlefishes, octopods, large decapod crustaceans, and mostly on small tunas such as Skipjack, Yellowfin, Bigeye, and Frigate tunas (Nakamura 1985). This species can grow to be 700 kg.
Billfishes are at or near the apex of pelagic food webs, have broad diets, grow very rapidly, have high fecundity, and, in some cases show long-distance migrations (Kitchell et al. 2006). All billfish live at least 9–12 years, with a fecundity of 0.75 to 19 million eggs, increasing with size. Females are usually larger than males, and larvae are pelagic (Collette 2010).
Males and females are indistinguishable externally, but females attain a much larger size. Sex ratio varies with area and season. In Taiwan waters, all black marlin greater than 270 cm LJFL were females. Length of males at first maturity was about 140 cm, and 230 cm for females. Age at first maturity not known. Intensive spawning occurs in the Coral Sea, especially during October and November. Water temperatures about 27–28°C during spawning. Egg counts of ripe females totalled about 40 million (Collette 2010).
The all-tackle game fish record is of a 707.61 kg fish caught off Cabo Blanco, Peru in 1953 (IGFA 2011).
|Movement patterns:
|Full Migrant
|Use and Trade:
|An important commercial species. The flesh is of good quality; marketed refrigerated, smoked or frozen and prepared as sashimi in Japan (Nakamura 1985).
|Major Threat(s):
Caught mainly by commercial longliners, trolling, harpooning and sometimes by set nets and gill nets. It is mostly caught by surface tuna long liners. This species may potentially be threatened by artisanal and commercial long-line fisheries, and it is commonly taken as bycatch in purse seiners, and it is sometimes discarded. It is a important species in sport fisheries, and is targeted by artisanal fisheries.
This species is taken as bycatch similar to blue and striped marlin, primarily in long-lines and secondarily in purse seines, but the quantity is generally not recorded. There is a significant lack of CPUE data.
In the Eastern Pacific, this species is caught by tuna longliners and is also a very important sportsfish off Peru, Ecuador, and northeastern Australia (Matsumoto and Bayliff 2008). Little data exists for landing data from countries in the Eastern Pacific.
|Conservation Actions:
Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (FAO Fisheries Department 1994).
Size limitations, encouragement of catch-and-release sport fishing, and recommendations for using circle hooks instead of J-hooks are measures designed to increase survival in catch-and-release sport fishing (Serafy 2009).
Marlin species are a special case because by-catch in the longline fisheries concentrating primarily on tunas causes the majority of fishery mortality (>90%) for marlin (Kitchell et al. 2004). In the Pacific, marlin are most frequently captured on the shallow hooks of a longline set (those close to the floats), and removing less than 15% of the hook sets adjacent to floats would decrease marlin catch by as much as 50% (Kitchell et al. 2004).
In the Eastern Pacific, Billfish cannot be taken commercially in Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, and all recreational fishing is catch and release in Panama, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. It is protected in Mexico, as there is a 50 miles coastal zone area where this species cannot be taken commercially, and there is a larger conservation zone off of Baja California where it cannot be taken commercially. Commercial harvest in Costa Rica is limited to15% of all landings.
|Collette, B., Acero, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Carpenter, K.E., Di Natale, A., Fox, W., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Schaefer, K., Serra, R., Sun, C., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E. 2011. Istiompax indica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170312A6742465. . Downloaded on 24 May 2018.
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The Globe's three-part series, "Justice in the shadows," shined a bright light on the system that has been set up to process tens of thousands of immigrants who are rounded up for the crime of being in this country without proper documentation. Unlike other crimes, this one doesn't come with the usual set of rights and guarantee of procedural fairness: In setting up mechanisms to deal with non-Americans, the United States seemed to go out of its way to insist that its highest principles apply only to its citizens and properly documented visitors. Far too often, families are torn apart and detainees are shut off from legal help and communication with loved ones.
Taxpayers pay billions of dollars for this shadow world, but based on extensive reporting by the Globe's Maria Sacchetti and Milton Valencia, it does little to enhance security or keep people from entering the country without proper documentation. More daylight is needed, not only to address incidents of injustice, but also to police instances in which immigration authorities lack the legal levers necessary to keep dangerous people off the streets.
According to the Globe's investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the federal agency known as ICE — detains more than 10,000 immigrants every day who are in the country illegally, but have committed no other crime. Once apprehended, they can be held for weeks and sometimes months in jails where they have fewer rights than criminals. There are no guaranteed hearings prior to lockup and no guaranteed access to counsel. Some people are eventually deported. Others remain in custody, unable to get the medical treatment they need, and some die under agonizing conditions.
The Globe also found that the system careens from too harsh to too lenient. ICE releases thousands of criminals — including murderers — back onto US streets because their home countries won't take them back.
For years, many Democrats and Republicans talked about the need for immigration reform, but were thwarted by political extremists who decried any show of tolerance or leniency. The message sent by Latino voters in the recent presidential election could change that. When Congress takes up comprehensive immigration reform, as leaders of both parties have said they will do in the spring, detention reform should be included.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is pressing the case for detainees across the country, believes the following elements, among others, should be part of any comprehensive immigration reform legislation:
■ Detention should be the last resort. An alternative process should be put in place to deal with illegal immigrants, if a person is not a danger to society or a flight risk.
■ Before any illegal immigrant is locked up, the government must justify the case for detention at a bond hearing.
■ Judges weighing deportation orders should have the discretion to consider individual hardship on a case-by-case basis.
But the law doesn't have to change for the system to improve. The Obama administration could use its discretion to review the necessity of holding people indefinitely, and splitting up families. Without any change to the law, the government could require a bond hearing to establish if the person is dangerous or a flight risk; if not, that person could be released, pending further action.
Most immigrants who are in this country illegally are not dangerous criminals. Many have lived here for a long time. They have hopes, dreams, and children. Their goal is to become citizens of a country they believe offers the greatest opportunities. Giving them a way to stay in the country legally, with a path to citizenship, is one goal of comprehensive immigration reform. But making sure they are treated fairly and humanely when and if they are held for lacking documentation should be another goal. And Congress should give ICE the power to hold dangerous criminals even if their own countries won't take them back. The vagaries of the detention system are, at bottom, urgent testimony of the need to modernize the whole way that illegal immigration is handled in this country.


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Medical Examiner: Widower Of Culpeper Shooting Victim Died Of Natural Causes | News
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CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. (WUSA) -- Gary Cook, whose body was found in his apartment on Tuesday, died of natural causes, according to the Medical Examiner in Manassas.
Cook, whose wife Patricia had been fatally shot by a police officer in February, was discovered in his apartment by a maintenance crew on Tuesday morning.
Culpeper County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the residential apartment in the 1000 block of Friendship Way for a report of a deceased male at 10:29 on Tuesday. Cook, 62, was found when a maintenance crew entered the apartment to conduct routine maintenance service for the Friendship Heights Apartment complex.
Cook's wife Patricia Ann was fatally shot by a Culpeper police officer on Feb. 9 as she sat in her Jeep Wrangler in a school parking lot. Patricia Cook was shot seven times by Daniel Harmon-Wright, who pleaded not guilty in her shooting death,
Gary Cook had filed a $5.35 million wrongful death lawsuit in May against Harmon-Wright.


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Submission + - Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python? (computerworlduk.com)
WebMink writes: "Is it possible that the CEO of the company that's trying to file a trademark on "Python" was unaware of Python's importance as a programming technology? That's what he claims — despite running a hosting company that's trying to break into cloud computing, where Python is used extensively. Still, he also regards the Python Software Foundation as a hostile American company and thinks that getting attention from half the world's geeks is a DDoS..."