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Corruption spreads as a result of malfunctioning governance mechanisms in the public and the private domains. It adversely affects human development efforts and threatens peoples' sense of dignity and security. In the early 1990s, UNDP became one of the pioneering organizations to develop and implement specialized initiatives that support countries in addressing corruption. Today, it continues to be a leading provider of anti-corruption assistance within its "democratic governance" portfolio and in the framework of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), while striving to link related reforms to the broader development agenda. In this context, UNDP is currently implementing the regional project on "Anti-Corruption and Integrity in the Arab Countries" (ACIAC).
ACIAC is the leading initiative at the regional level in the Arab states that is specialized in strengthening cooperation and promoting collective action against corruption, by focusing on safeguarding integrity and developing national capacities to prevent and combat corrupt practices such as bribery, embezzlement, trade in influence, abuse of authority and illicit enrichment. Implementation takes place through a multiplicity of collaborative relationships with governmental and non-governmental entities across the region, as well as with various bilateral and multilateral actors, building on its unique position as the main partner of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET) that was established in 2008 and is considered to be the overarching participatory mechanism for related capacity development, information exchange, and policy dialogue in the region.
ACIAC completed its first phase (2011-2014) during which it had focused on producing specialized knowledge and supporting inclusive policy dialogues towards the implementation of the UNCAC.Overall, it succeeded in enhancing national capacities to identify gaps in the implementation of the UNCAC and undertake related policy reforms, while helping to expand the regional anti-corruption agenda in multiple directions including the introduction of sector-specific initiatives and the strengthening of non-governmental participation, ultimately contributing to the promotion of more effective and coordinated national anti-corruption efforts.
With the recognition that additional work is needed, and in response to the increasing demand for more robust assistance in this regard, ACIAC embarks on its second phase (2015-2018), based on the findings of extensive consultations with stakeholders across the region, and also drawing on achievements made and lessons learned during the first phase. More specifically, ACIAC plans to accelerate and deepen its work on the implementation of the UNCAC and related international and regional standards, while promoting multi-stakeholder participation in related efforts and significantly scaling up its work in specific sectors (e.g. health, education, customs, justice, natural resources etc.), all with a view to bringing stronger focus on the strengthening of transparency and accountability to contribute to democratic reforms and the post-2015 development efforts.


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By Liane Kupferberg Carter Mar 18, 2014 4
Fast Food Palate
An email from the counselor at our son Mickey's day habilitation program:
What do you think about encouraging Mickey to try a salad maybe twice a week? He loves Wendy's and there are some legitimately tasty salads he might like. I could start to slowly mention it to let the idea marinate. Mickey has been doing great this past month! We love him!
When Mickey was still in school, we packed him a bag lunch, or teachers took him food shopping and taught him to make his own meal. Now a young adult, he visits the food court at the mall every day. Day hab counselors try to guide his choices, but he chafes at restraint. He wants to eat what his friends eat. Armed with his wallet, he is heady with unaccustomed freedom.
"Today I had a double cheeseburger, Chicken McNuggets and fries."
"Anything else?" I ask, cringing.
"An Oreo ice cream sundae."
Mickey's idea of "healthy" is ordering a small fries instead of jumbo. Every time he asks for fast food and I point out that it is not good for him, he says, "Just for today? Because I was good?"
"It's not about being good," I say. "It's about staying healthy."
Mickey doesn't have a significant weight issue, and we want to make sure it stays that way. My husband Marc's family has a history of heart disease. Marc is a fanatic about eating right and exercising. We are trying to teach those habits to Mickey, but it's a slow slog up a muddy hill. (Exercise? That's a whole other column.)
"I tried a new food today!" Mickey announces. "A vanilla cupcake instead of chocolate."
Mickey has sensory issues. It's hard for him to distinguish good flavors when he can't get past disturbing textures. Lettuce repulses him. Carrots make him gag. For years, we tried unsuccessfully to desensitize him. I puréed vegetables and sneaked them into tomato sauce, but no matter how well I hid it, he'd find that fleck of parsley and pick it out suspiciously. "Hey! What's this green thing?"
In high school, his teacher told us we should make Mickey vegetable smoothies: "Just put kale in the blender."
"And who's going to get him to drink that?" I asked, thinking, Obviously you don't have any children.
If he asks for a milk shake, I toss fruit, skim milk, a dollop of frozen yogurt and ice cubes in the blender. We hide the cookies and dole them out because Mickey can devour an entire box. We make him egg white omelettes. Organic baked chicken nuggets and oven-roasted "French fries." We offer him fruit and low-salt, low-fat snacks. When we eat out, Marc often pulls aside the waiter and whispers, "We'll pay for the full portion of fries, but please just give him half."
Restricting portions and modifying how we cook doesn't teach him to like healthier foods. Nor does the outside world serve the low-fat versions we make at home. Maybe it's unfair to expect him to show self-restraint at the food court. After all, anyone's steely resolve can crack over a Krispy Kreme donut. How do we convince him that just because it tastes good doesn't mean it's good for you?
Maybe we can't.
His food repertoire is limited. We need to work within those limitations, and our inability to control what he does outside our home. We talk repeatedly about making healthful choices. We tell him the best choice for lunch is a turkey, cheese or ham sandwich from Subway or the deli counter. A turkey burger. One slice of pizza. Food court staples like Nathan's or Burger King come last on the list. Burger or nuggets. Not both.
We email the day hab counselor back and ask,
What do the other participants eat? Can we make this a peer pressure thing, like a healthy eating club? Set up a chart of healthy choices for the week, where everyone gets healthful foods for four days, and on the fifth day can pick a treat like a small cup of Häagen Dazs if they reach their goals?
Teaching Mickey to make better choices is a work in progress. In the meantime, I hope that ketchup really is a vegetable.
It's the only one he eats.

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Prelude to Slow Food Nation 2008 in San Francisco
Posted by TheShot on 24 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Barista, Café Society, Foreign Brew, Local Brew, Quality Issues, Restaurant Coffee
Regular readers here are familiar with our squawking about Slow Food in this blog for almost three years now. You might even recall our pilgrimage to the Slow Food mothership in Bra, Italy last October. But in case you haven't seen the orange and black posters everywhere, next weekend Slow Food comes to America for the first time as Slow Food Nation — part expo, part celebration of good food and good food-producing practices, and part public education campaign.
Fort Mason will host the Taste Pavilions for the event, where organizers will dedicate large exposition spaces to twenty different culinary arts: spices, oils, chocolate, beer, wine, and — yes! — even coffee. (If it is anything like what we experienced at Torino, Italy's Eataly last year, it's going to be a blast.) The coffee pavilion itself promises to be about 2,000 square feet, curated by Andrew Barnett of Ecco Caffè, Eileen Hassi of Ritual Coffee Roasters, and Tony Konecny of tonx.org fame.
Mr. Barnett was recently interviewed by CHOW, where he described the coffee pavilion as offering four different coffee tastes from four different regions/varietals/farms. You can download a podcast of his interview (5:49, 3.3 Mb), where he also helps describe some of the objectives of the event:
"It's to turn the restaurateurs on to what a great cup of coffee tastes like. Coffee in many ways has been the bastard child of the culinary world. It was an afterthought."
Some 50,000 attendees are expected at Slow Food Nation. The coffee pavilion alone expects to serve some 3,000-4,000 people a day — compared with the 1,100 transactions per day normally handled by Ritual Coffee Roasters.
We'll be attending the Taste Pavilion (note: daytime tickets are sold out, but evening tickets are still available) — and we are looking forward to much more than just the coffee pavilion. We'll also be attending the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity coffee & dinner event, held the following Monday at Coffee Bar. So expect future posts here on these topics.
In the meantime, we leave you with an artist's rendition of some of the architectural detail planned at the event. Each taste pavilion is being designed out of repurposed materials by some of the Bay Area's top design firms. For example, the pickle-and-chuntey booth, depicted below, will consist of walls made of pickle jars and a ceiling made of some 3,000 mason jar lids suspended from wires — all assembled just days before the event:
Photo courtesy California Home + Design magazine
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Sky 3D to go live on 3 April in 'thousands' of pubs
First match: Man U vs Chelsea
Sky's 3D TV channel will kick off on Saturday, 3 April will the Barclays Premier League match pitching Manchester United against Chelsea, the satellite broadcaster said today.
More than a thousand pubs have signed up for the channel, Sky said. It hopes more will follow in the coming months.
During that time, Sky will show no fewer than five live Barclays Premier League games before the season's end on 9 May. It will also show the Coca-Cola Football League play-off finals at the end of May.
Sky hasn't said which pubs will show the matches, but moles tell us it will provide a listing in due course.
Sky will also make the 3D channel available to homes, but not the live matches. Between games, it will broadcast "showreel showcasting the best of Sky 3D, which will cover a wide range of different programming", and that's all that punters are going to see at home.
Not that there's any rush here: all the major suppliers have announced 3D TVs, but few are shipping - and certainly not cheap ones.
Later in the year, Sky will offer a range of movies, sport, documentaries, entertainment and arts content in 3D, it said. The channel will initially be introduced at no extra cost for customers who subscribe to Sky's top channels and HD pack. ®
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Record Broken!
See Current
Most One-Armed Hindu Push-Ups On A Basketball
Alicia Weber
Clermont, Florida, United States / February 26, 2012
Alicia Weber completed 30 Hindu push-ups on a basketball using only one arm.
- must begin with back arched
- must achieve Cobra pose at the peak of each push-up
- must return to starting position at the end of each push-up
- may only use one arm throughout the attempt
- may not switch arms
- must follow form of current world record holder
- must provide video evidence
Guillaume Bourgeois
Thank you Alicia. I hope we will push these records still very far.
Alicia Weber
Thank you Man-Ann and Guillaume. Congratulations to both of you on all your records! It is exciting to compete with Guillaume in these tough and creative exercises as we keep "pushing" to new levels!
Guillaume Bourgeois
Thank you Ma Ann. And congratulations Alicia. I'm glad to have you as an opponent. Alicia thank you for this opposition.
MaAnn Pacion
The competition between Alicia and Guillaume is getting more and more intense! I salute both of you
Derrick Clark
Guillaume,you reminding me as the next Paddy Doyle.I see you working on leaving a strength
Derrick Clark
Well Alicia, I'm a visionary.I try to reinvent a lot of my exercises.I ain't show all of them yet! It good to see a woman,competing with the super elite males on here.
Derrick Clark
Guillaume, You starting to remind me as you the next Paddy Doyle? I see you leaving a strength
Guillaume Bourgeois
Thank you Alicia!
Alicia Weber
Thank you Guillaume! Congrats on your new 100lbs extra on fist pushup record! Very impressive!
Alicia Weber
Thank you! My hat goes off to Derrick Clark for inventing so many new creative pushup records and taking us out of our normal element to try new types of challenging records! This was my first time to give the one-armed Hindu Pushups a try, but I have a lot experience with one arm pushups, so that helped. My Facebook is www.facebook.com/awinningway
Guillaume Bourgeois
Congratulations Alicia. superb. I'm glad you've beaten.
Derrick Clark
Great job! ALicia. You a super elite in my book.Do you have a facebook?
Derrick Clark
Well, you know Paddy Doyle and a few others on Guinness used to battle each other.Maybe we can do the same on RecordSetter. I feel me and you can make RecordSetter in strength and condtioning are dormain to rule.
Guillaume Bourgeois
thank you. I wish you a good attempt. Improves as much as possible. I like challenges.
Derrick Clark
I'm glad someone broke this record.This is a old video from 2009.Now! I might have to reclaim this record back.Nice one! Guillaume.
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US software guru John McAfee flees Belize after refusing to turn himself in
US anti-virus software guru John McAfee said he had left the Caribbean country of Belize where police want to question him in connection with a neighbour's murder, and will not turn himself in.
"I am not in Belize. That is all I will say," McAfee said by telephone from an undisclosed location. "Every bordering country around Belize, for political, financial, legal reasons, is pretty much like Belize and our plan is ... to arrive in a safe country."
McAfee has been in hiding for three weeks since police in Belize said they wanted to question him as "a person of interest" about the murder of fellow American Gregory Faull, with whom McAfee had quarrelled.
McAfee says he believes authorities in Belize would kill him if he turned himself in for questioning. Belize's prime minister has denied the claim and called the 67-year-old paranoid and "bonkers".
"They have killed many people who've turned themselves in. The last one was a gentleman ... who turned himself in. They just wanted him for questioning. They handcuffed his hands behind his back and shot him 14 times," McAfee said.
"They did say he tried to grab a gun and escape, he was surrounded by a dozen GSU (Gang Suppression Unit) people. I don't imagine he'd have had much chance, and he was a smart man, so I do not intend to turn myself in," he said.
Residents of the Caribbean island of Ambergris Caye where McAfee lives and others who know him describe as an eccentric, impulsive man who quit a career as a successful entrepreneur in the United States for a life of semi-seclusion in the former pirate haven of Belize.
McAfee has been posting updates from hiding on his blog www.whoismcafee.com, saying he is accompanied by two journalists from Vice magazine and a woman called Sam.
McAfee said on his blog he had sent a body double to the Belize-Mexico border to act as a smokescreen and help him elude authorities.
"My double, carrying a North Korean passport under my name, was in fact detained in Mexico for pre-planned misbehaviour," McAfee wrote on the blog.
"But due to indifference on the part of authorities (he) was evicted from the jail and was unable to serve his intended purpose in our exit plan. He is now safely out of Mexico."
Police in Belize say McAfee is still at large and are looking for him. "We still believe that he is here, somewhere in the country," said police spokesman Raphael Martinez.
McAfee, who started McAfee Associates in 1989, has been living in the tiny Central American nation for about 4 years.


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Talks to cover what we know about molecular details of host-pathogen relationship and how the bacterium is affected by our attempts to stop its spread
By Squire J. Booker and Clifton E. Barry III
Tuberculosis kills between 2 million and 3 million people each year and continues to be a major global health concern. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent responsible, is an obligate human pathogen that has infected mankind since the dawn of time. The emergence of highly drug-resistant forms of the disease threatens to completely undermine disease-control efforts and even may be shifting the fundamental pathobiology of the host-pathogen relationship.
The community of scientists engaged in studying this deadly disease has made dramatic advances in understanding the biology and biochemistry of this deadly pathogen, but many important details are only now starting to be appreciated. These three symposia in the tuberculosis theme will bring together diverse speakers struggling to understand the molecular details of the host-pathogen relationship and how the bacterium may be adapting to human attempts to bring the disease under control. The subjects were chosen so that the three symposia build upon each other by providing state-of-the-art lectures covering our understanding of the in vivo biochemistry, how it drives the host-pathogen relationship and how this relationship may be changing as new strains of the bacterium adjust.
In vivo biochemistry of the pathogen
The first session, chaired by Squire J. Booker (The State University of Pennsylvania), will provide an overview of the adaptations that M. tuberculosis makes to survive in the challenging environment of the human lung. The bacterium faces many obstacles to replication in the face of the human immune response, obstacles that have driven unusual and distinct biochemical adaptations.
A lecture by Valerie Mizrahi (University of Cape Town), titled "Mechanisms of DNA Repair and Mutagenesis in M. Tuberculosis," will describe her laboratory's contributions to the understanding of the complex systems of DNA repair that have evolved in response to the need to maintain the integrity of this molecule in the face of both the organism's exceedingly long generation time and the continuous oxidative and nitrosative stress challenges mounted by the host immune system.
William R. Jacobs (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) will describe his lab's efforts to understand the biochemical details of cell-envelope construction – essential for understanding the mechanism of antitubercular drugs and in the construction of new vaccines. Jacobs' group made a particularly important contribution to understanding transport of one of the most important of the disaccharides used in cell wall biogenesis, trehalose.
Natasha Nesbitt (State University of New York, Stony Brook) will present a lecture titled "Cholesterol Metabolism in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Chewing through the Fat." She will describe her work with Nicole Sampson on cholesterol utilization in M. tuberculosis, which is important because, in the intracellular environment of the host, M. tuberculosis shifts from a carbohydrate-based metabolism to a lipid-based metabolism. Moreover, it can utilize cholesterol as its sole carbon source in culture.
Biochemical mediators of the host-pathogen interaction
The second session, chaired by Clifton E. Barry III (National Institutes of Health), will feature a lecture from Carolyn Bertozzi (University of California at Berkeley) titled "Chemical Approaches for Probing Mycobacterial Metabolites." Bertozzi will describe her lab's chemistry-driven approach to understanding microbial metabolism and adaptation of that metabolism to the host environment.
Sonia Flores (University of Colorado Denver) will give a talk titled "Vitamin D-Dependent Innate Antibacterial Responses on Tuberculous and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria."
The session will end with a lecture from Mary Jackson (Colorado State University-Fort Collins) titled "Biogenesis of Mycobacterial Cell Envelope Glycoconjugates," in which she will elaborate on her lab's longstanding interest in the biogenesis of one class of the most important mediators of the host-pathogen relationship.
Relationship of host and pathogen
The final session will be chaired by Jackson and will feature a lecture from Barry. In "Molecular Mechanisms of the Evolution of Drug Resistance in TB," Barry will describe his lab's attempts to understand the molecular evolution of resistance and subsequent fitness adaptations in highly drug-resistant clinical isolates.
Miriam Braunstein (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine) will deliver a lecture titled "Protein Export via the Accessory Sec System of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." She will describe her lab's elaboration of the mechanisms of protein secretion developed by M. tuberculosis to enable survival in the macrophage phagosome.
Finally, Sarah Fortune (Harvard School of Public Health) will deliver a lecture titled "On the Clock: Diversity through Growth and Division in Mycobacteria," describing her lab's attempts to probe adaptation of extant strains of M. tuberculosis using next-generation sequencing approaches to identify and understand polymorphisms that are geographically or pathogenically unique.
The three symposia also will include presentations chosen from submitted abstracts and will be complemented by related poster sessions. These symposia will present a unique opportunity for investigators interested in the biochemistry and detailed molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this important disease to be exposed to an exciting selection of some of the most important recent developments in this area.
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Why you should add Kilimanjaro to your RTW travel list
- To climb Kilimanjaro, at 19,343 feet (5896 meters), the largest peak in Africa and one of the tallest free standing mountains in the world.
- Be astounded at the amount of wildlife in Tanzania
- Visit the crater of Ngorongoro
- A trip to Serengeti Nat. Park will offer cheetah, Crocodile and wildebeest
Why you should not add Kilimanjaro to your RTW travel list
- It's not the cheapest adventure around.
- While it's one of the easiest peaks to climb of its size, that also means it's among the most popular. You won't be alone climbing Kili.
Check out our Mt. Kilimanjaro Climbing Guide for a whole lot more information about taking a trip up Kilimanjaro.


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In the wake of the gov's announcement that he plans to veto any gay marriage legislation and instead seeks to put the question to the voters as a ballot referendum, Democrats are in an uproar.
Dems are against the referendum concept because they say civil rights matters cannot be left to the masses -- only legislators should right societal wrongs and enact marriage equality. Yet what has them furious -- or "apoplectic," as PolitickerNJ called it, and "stunned," as the Star-Ledger said -- are the words Christie used Tuesday in the news conference when he made his announcement.
As we reported, Christie said: "The fact of the matter is, I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South."
This is the rest of the quote: "It was our political institutions that were holding things back. I don't think there's anything necessarily so special about this particular issue that it must be handled by a Legislature. Why would that be?...I dont understand how anybody could argue with letting the people decide this issue."
Democrats, particularly Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D., Essex), who is African American, have repeatedly called gay marriage a civil rights issue. That's why they made it their top legislative priority this year. And that was the context in which Christie made his remarks.
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Oliver responded yesterday to Christie's comments saying that he "better sit down with some of New Jersey's great teachers for a history lesson, because his puzzling comment shows a complete misunderstanding about the civil rights movement."
"It's impossible to ever conceive that a referendum on civil rights in the South would have been successful and brought justice to minorities...They were fighting and dying in the streets of the South because the majority refused to grant minorities equal rights by any method. It look legislative action to bring justice to all Americans, just as legislative action is the right way to bring marriage equality to all New Jerseyans."
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, also African American and a Democrat who rarely speaks out against the governor, said: "I shudder to think what would have happened if the civil rights gains, heroically established by courageous lawmakers in the 1960s, were instead conveniently left up to a popular votes in our 50 states."
Added Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman: "His words defy history and were extremely insensitive to the struggle for equality of African-Americans and other minorities in this country. Fighting and dying in the streets of the South was not a choice, Governor, it was the only way."
Even Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who originally had far softer words for the governor's position, claimed that the governor's call for a constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate was nothing more than "the official opening of his campaign for vice-president."
In response to a question yesterday to clarify his remarks, Christie said his point was that the Democrats are wrong if they say the only way to deal with a civil rights issue is through legislation. Civil rights activists could have always appealed to the courts to seek change - and therefore, passing new laws is not the only way.
"They're trying to say the only way to deal with a civil rights issue is through legislation, and my point is that in a state like this, the fact of the matter is their own polling belies that position," Christie said.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 52 percent of New Jersey voters support same-sex marriage. That's why same-sex marriage advocates shouldn't be "afraid" to put the matter on the November ballot, Christie said.
"Let's stop hiding behind this 'we don't put civil rights on the ballot' thing. Ya know, please. These folks would put anything on the ballot if they thought they could win," he said.


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Many fans have been waiting to see a trailer for The Dark Knight Rises which effectively encapsulates the epic thematic nature of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy finale, showcases its majestic action sequences and set pieces – and, even throws in some light-hearted moments, meant to offer viewers a chance to catch their breath (without feeling forced or out of place). Suffice it to say: that day has come.
Nokia has released a trailer for Dark Knight Rises, and it really is the best of both worlds. Everything fans loved about the third theatrical promo and the first TV spots for the film, are mixed together here. Put frankly: if this preview doesn't get you pumped to see Nolan's last Batman movie, nothing will.
The latest promo for Dark Knight Rises offer the most alluring taste of Bane's (Tom Hardy) blitzkrieg campaign against the citizens of Gotham City – including, its shadowy guardian, Batman (Christian Bale), who's been semi-retired for nearly eight years, following his defeat of The Joker. Under-prepared and overwhelmed by the sheer might of Bane and his forces, our hero finds himself exiled from his homeland.
With the assistance of old comrades like Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) and Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine) – plus, a shaky alliance struck with the mysterious crook Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) – Bruce Wayne attempts to fully resurrect his identity as the Caped Crusader… and stage a last-ditch effort to take Bane down, once and for all.
Avengers proved to offer loads of unmitigated fun, while next month's Amazing Spider-Man has potential to also be a great addition to the superhero pantheon. However, there's a weightiness to everything in Dark Knight Rises that its comic book peers simply do not possess. Perhaps that's due to the unmatched grittiness of the street battles staged in Nolan's film – or the emotional-resonance inherent to a climactic chapter in the grim legend of Bruce Wayne. Either way, TDKR is poised to pack quite the emotional punch, while delivering all the awe-inspiring spectacle we've been anticipating for several months (years?) now.
The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard. It is of course directed by Christopher Nolan, based on a screenplay he co-penned with Jonathan Nolan (working from a story co-conceived by Davis S. Goyer).
Sandy Schaefer blogs at Screen Rant.


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Mark Stephen Souder Scholarship for Information Dissemination
Amount: $3,165
Due Date: Friday, February 22, 2019
Keep this scholarship funded for future generations.
Offered to a new or currently enrolled student attending full time who demonstrates an interest in information dissemination (e.g., writer, web designer, teacher, musician, activist; anyone helping to influence the way people think about their world) to change the concepts of "nons"—non-residents, non-Caucasians, non-heterosexuals—to create a more equal, intelligent and compassionate society. Preference will be given to non-resident gay or lesbian students demonstrating quality and creativity of prior work in the area of information dissemination. Financial need will also be considered.
- Letter of application addressing your passion for and level of expertise in the dissemination of information. Tell us where you have been with this concept, what you are doing now and where you want to go in exploring how information is shared. Include a statement related to your financial need.
- A portfolio of work that expresses your beliefs about information dissemination and demonstrates how you have put those beliefs into action.
- Two letters of recommendation from individuals, other than relatives, who have personally experienced the power of your work in information dissemination.
- FAFSA or WASFA (see How to Apply #4).


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The Sabres, Predators and Canucks all have a chance to win their series 4-2 today. Buffalo hosts the Flyers at 3 p.m.; Nashville hosts Anaheim at 6 p.m. and Vancouver visits the Chicago Blackhawks at 7:30 p.m. All times eastern.
Bracing for fight to the finish [Buffalo News]
Nashville Predators can win first playoff series tonight by beating Anaheim Ducks [Tennessean]
Canucks have lead, but Blackhawks have confidence [Vancouver Sun]
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After a lengthy stint on one of television's best-loved family sitcoms, Patricia Heaton has a pretty good sense of when a show is bringing the funny – and she says her current series "The Middle" has hit a fourth season comedy groove that reminds her of a similar point in her "Everybody Loves Raymond" days.
As the comedy returns this week, Heaton teases the Hecks' latest misadventures and admits that the emerging comedy skills of her young co-stars both delight her and offer her less screen time.
You're coming right back into the midst of the season – what's around the corner for the Hecks?
This episode coming up is really, really funny. I just loved it when I read it, and there's a couple things going on: Axl's biggest nightmare is that he and Sue end up in the same class together in high school, and they're put on a project together.
One of the great things on our show is when any of the kids are teamed with the others, because they all have their quirks –and especially with Axl who is just too cool for school. When he and Sue get put together, it's just great stuff. These kids are just such great actors that it's really funny.
And then Dave Foley is back as Brick's therapist at school, and he's trying to teach Brick social skills, how to be normal and how to make friends and make eye contact and talk with people. It's really horrible and awkward and hilarious. And finally, something that I think most parents have gone through is Frankie and Mike are dealing with an insurance company after a tree branch crashes through their front windshield, and the insurance company, as usual, does not want to pay for the damage. And we just had some great scenes of driving around in the winter in Indiana without a windshield.
What's been your favorite element about this particular season of "The Middle" thus far?
I really am enjoying how in our fourth season we're going a lot deeper with the kids – and I'm not saying that just because the more they shoot the kids the more time I have off! The kids are really great actors, and sometimes it takes a while to figure out how much – you start with the parents on a show like this, and then you ease into the kids. And all the actors are getting to know their characters too. But they've just grown so much, and their world is so funny. And it's so well‑observed by the writers. I just think that Charlie [McDermott] and Eden [Sher] and Atticus [Shaffer] are just a delight to watch. So I'm really enjoying that this season.
How does this compare to "Raymond"?
This has a very similar trajectory to 'Raymond. We're in the fourth season of 'The Middle.' I remember thinking that the fourth season of 'Raymond' really, really hit its stride, and I feel like the same thing is happening with 'The Middle.'
What kind of input do you have for Frankie and her storylines at this point in the show? Do you have a lot of say?
No – I just sit back and relax! The writers are very good at what they do, and they're way on top of it. Anything that comes up on the show – I'm usually going through something, and lo and behold, it's in the script within weeks. Sometimes it just comes from conversations that you will have with the writers or producers, and sometimes snippets of ideas or storylines come from those conversations. In fact, I think that's what was great about 'Raymond,' too, is that most story ideas when the writers are breaking them, they talk a lot about what they're experiencing in their lives. And those become the scripts, and those are the ones that everybody relates to.


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WARREN, Ohio
(AP) -- The young folks call them "kick-backs": a small gathering of friends, less than a party but more grown-up than a sleepover. Something to do on weekends after the mall closes and the last movie lets out.
A kick-back may hold the answers this struggling northwestern Ohio industrial city is searching for after six teenagers died when a stolen SUV crashed into a pond near dawn. Two other teens escaped the submerged vehicle after it flipped over the guardrail on what locals call "Dead Man's Curve."
One of the survivors said the 19-year-old driver was speeding before she hit a guard rail and the SUV flipped into a pond.
Brian Henry, 18, told reporters he tried to persuade the woman to slow down before the five-passenger Honda Passport, crammed with eight teenagers, sped down a 35-mph road and into the water early Sunday.
"The car had jerked out of control," Henry told TV station WYTV in Youngstown. "I don't know if she did it on purpose, or how fast she was going (if) that's why it jerked like that."
The driver and five boys died.
Henry said he was thrown into the back of the vehicle and blacked out until the chilly water made him alert. He used his elbow to break a window and wriggled out of the submerged vehicle along with 15-year-old Asher Lewis. The pair, who suffered only minor injuries, ran to a home to call 911.
Jacquelyn Kimble said she was scared by the early morning banging on her door but agreed to help after recognizing one of the boys.
"They were so scared. They were shaking and so cold," Kimble told the Warren Tribune Chronicle. "They kept saying she was driving crazy, that girl was driving crazy."
Authorities have cautioned against speculation about what happened and say they're trying to gather facts as family and friends in this struggling northwestern Ohio industrial city try to fit the pieces of the tragedy together. All eight passengers came from the close-knit black community in this small, mostly working-class city of 41,000, so the deaths punched a hole in a part of Warren where everyone seems related by blood or marriage, and the rebellious rituals of youth have played out across generations.
The car was reported stolen on Monday, more than a day after the crash. It wasn't clear if the passengers knew the car was stolen.
Henry said the teens had been headed home. He said he caught a ride with the group after the other boys were already in the vehicle, so he's not sure what they had been doing earlier.
Lisa Williamson said her son, Brandon Murray, and his best friend, Ramone White, both 14, each told their parents they were sleeping at the other's house but then ended up at a kick-back and were probably trying to catch a ride home in the stolen SUV.
"They were just kids out having fun, not kids into gangs, no drugs involved," Williamson said. "They're just kids doing what we all did at one time."
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Brandon and Ramone were close friends with another 14-year-old in the car, Andrique Bennett, known as "Butter." He told his father, Andre Bennett Sr., that he was staying overnight at a friend's house.
"It's something they did all the time -- go to the mall, go to the movies, then stay over with their friends," the elder Bennett said Monday at his home, as family and friends came through the front door, bringing hugs, tears and love.
Everyone described Andrique, Brandon and Ramone as typical teens. They weren't into crime or drugs. They were lovers of music, video games and sports.
Their mysterious whereabouts on the deadly night were typical, too, Brandon's mother said.
Sitting in her own living room, Williamson reminisced about her own Saturday nights growing up in Warren: "How many times did we pile into a car, having to get home before Sunday school?"
But she still can't understand: "What made them get in that car?"
Authorities were awaiting the results of drug and alcohol tests on the dead teens. Investigators say excessive speed was a key factor in the crash, and that the passengers weren't wearing seat belts.
Five of the dead were trapped inside the SUV when it flipped into about five feet of water. A sixth was thrown from the vehicle and found underneath it, authorities said.
In addition to Andrique, Brandon and Ramone, state police identified the dead as the driver, Alexis Cayson; Kirklan Behner, 15; and Daylan Ray, 15. Three drowned, and autopsies on the others were incomplete, the coroner said.
At a prayer service, Mayor Doug Franklin said lessons can be learned from the crash. He spoke about teaching young people to make good choices.
He said he wants others to know one thing about the young people who died:
"They're not unlike any other families and young people throughout our country," he said. "Some bad decisions were made that led to this tragic event."
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey appeared in the star-studded trailer for "Movie: The Movie 2V," which premiered during Jimmy Kimmel's after-Oscars special in Los Angeles.
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One of the common problems when dealing with arrays is to know when the array has been initialized and when it isn't. Luckily there is an easy native VB code solution:
Not Not ArrayName
What this does is to take the 32-bit pointer value in the array variable, mirror the bits, and then mirror them again. You now effectively know the pointer to the safe array structure. As a side effect you also know whether you can access the array with LBound and UBound.
An example code showing a way to make a new array item:Code:Dim lngNewIndex As Long ' check whether our array is initialized: if it is, take UBound and increase it by one If Not Not udtItems Then lngNewIndex = UBound(udtItems) + 1 ' now change the size of the array ReDim Preserve udtItems(lngNewIndex)
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There is one major problem: for whatever reason VB IDE does not like this method, and will raise an error in some cases, for example when floating point numbers are coerced to other datatypes. The error does not happen when the program is compiled. Luckily the solution to the issue is short and simple: add this code to run at the beginning of your application.What happens here is that first we make a call to push up the possible error condition. Then we make a call to App.hInstance: we could make a call pretty much to any VB method, but since hInstance returns a Long number we use that. This, for whatever reason, makes all the following Not ArrayName calls work flawlessly. After the line has once executed in the IDE you can even comment the line and it's effects still remain. Only closing VB and opening it again will reset the condition so that you need to make the call again.Code:Private Sub Form_Load() Dim IDEbug() As Long Debug.Assert Not IDEbug Or App.hInstance End Sub
Finally, since Debug.Assert will not be compiled into the final executable, you have next to nothing to lose. You only have that one extra line of code that should be executed before getting the array's pointer. (Thanks to Milk for pointing out the App.hInstance, it really simplified this problem a great deal.)
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Here we have a code that gets the dimensions of an array:A sample usage:Code:Option Explicit Private Declare Sub GetMem2 Lib "msvbvm60" (Destination As Any, Value As Any) Public Function ArrayDimensions(ByVal Not_Not_Array As Long) As Integer ' have pointer of safe array structure? If Not_Not_Array Then ' get the dimensions GetMem2 ByVal Not_Not_Array, ArrayDimensions End If End FunctionCode:Private Sub Form_Load() Dim lngTest() As Long, lngA As Long ' to fix the ide bug Debug.Assert Not lngTest Or App.hInstance ' put in some dimensions ReDim lngTest(1 To 1, 1 To 2, 1 To 3) ' loop the dimensions For lngA = 1 To ArrayDimensions(Not Not lngTest) ' print out the bounds for each dimension Debug.Print lngA, LBound(lngTest, lngA), UBound(lngTest, lngA) Next lngA End Sub


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Sessions on how to get client referrals are a mainstay of advisor conferences. "At most conferences," said Julie Littlechild on Wednesday at the FPA Retreat, "you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a referral session."
The problem, said Littlechild (left), is that the advice you get at said sessions is not backed up with hard data on what actually works, and doesn't, when it comes to referrals. Specifically, it's important to know how advisors should speak to clients about referrals, and what motivates clients to provide referrals.
Littlechild, founder and president of Advisor Impact, the multinational research firm that specializes in plumbing how clients actually feel about their advisors, particularly through its Client Audit program, discussed the findings in the 2011 Retreat session of her 2010 "Anatomy of the Referral" paper, an update of Advisor Impact's ongoing research on "The Economics of Loyalty" first published in 2008.
The study found that while 83% of clients said they would be comfortable providing a referral, only 29% actually had done so. That reticence, she says, is understandable, since "a referral is a transfer of trust." The most engaged clients, she says, are the ones who are more likely to refer. The most engaged clients are satisfied with the service they receive from their advisors and give their advisors the highest loyalty scores.
Many consultants will tell you the secret to referrals is to "just ask" your clients, but Littlechild says her data shows that approach doesn't necessarily work. Thinking that client loyalty is an indicator of their likelihood of referring, she warns, could be misleading as well. Many people are "loyal" to a company or a person, but that loyalty could be a misnomer for complacency or feeling that they don't have another viable option. Instead, she says there does seem to be a "law of reciprocity," where if you as an advisor do a good job for clients, they will want to do something for you in return. But just providing good service isn't enough, either.
To maximize the referral opportunity, Littlechild's data suggest that advisors must work with the right clients, with whom they have the "right" conversations, and with whom they ask the "right" questions. These most engaged clients, which she found tend to have worked on a comprehensive financial plan with their advisors, are those who feel they've been listened to by their advisors.
Clients, she says, are more likely to refer a friend who is facing a clear financial challenge of their own. That is what, she says, closes the "motivation gap" between a client who appreciates the service she receives from her advisor and actually making a referral. To help motivate them to close the gap, those clients must understand what kind of problems "you solve, for who, and how." That can be made clear in the ways you communicate with clients both directly and on your website and in your marketing materials.
Understand, she says, that your clients will not use the language that many advisors use in their "value proposition" or mission statements. Instead, clients tend to talk about the fears they might have over losing a job or concern about taking care of their children or being ready for retirement. Consistently position yourself, she recommends, as a firm that understands those fears and take steps to ameliorate them.
So getting referrals in many ways hearkens back to the onboarding process of how and whom you add as clients to your firm, those who "fit" well with what you offer and who you are, she suggests. Make sure your message to existing clients keeps them engaged, make sure your message to prospective clients uses their language, and you're more likely to see those referrals.


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Disaster in Haiti: 'You can't dig 50,000 graves'
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Just before dawn, the bodies began arriving -- wrapped in sheets of plastic -- and pulled off pickups and makeshift stretchers at a morgue that was already overflowing before disaster struck Tuesday evening.
Within hours, the corpses were strewn across the gray brick courtyard outside the drab one-story building that houses the city's dead.
Amid the muffled cries of survivors searching for parents and children, workers began the grim task of burying those who perished in Tuesday's devastating earthquake that ripped through the impoverished capital.
For a country that has never been able to provide proper burials for its destitute, burying the estimated 45,000 to 50,000 may be Haiti's greatest challenge.
"You can't dig 50,000 graves, " said Thomas Ewald, head of an elite rescue unit that arrived in Haiti Thursday morning.
Reminders of the disaster are everywhere: A man strapped to a hospital bed, his IV slung over a steel door. Children climbing through rubble in search of their parents. A woman screaming upon the discovery of her dead relative sprawled outside the Canape-Verte Hospital.
With few cemeteries and much of the country vulnerable to flooding, the Haitian government has already begun searching for burial sites outside the capital.
For now, the crucial mission of rescue teams is finding those who remain alive in the structures shattered by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
But by this weekend, several organizations under the umbrella of the United Nations will embark on a massive forensic investigation that could months.
"We're not talking thousands, we're talking tens of thousands, " said Dr. Ciro Ugarte, regional advisor for the Pan American Health Organization, one of the agencies tasked with identifying the dead.
In Petionville, de facto morgues took shape on the cracked sidewalks where dozens of bodies rested. Many of the corpses had been covered with sheets, strapped to doors used as stretchers. One sheet bore a man's name: Joseph.
Passersby seemed to take little notice.
"What are we supposed to do?" Renald Jean-Augustus, 34, a mechanic, said as he walked by. "Haiti is wrecked."
For forensic workers now jetting to the capital, it's a race against time: Already, bodies are decomposing in the heat and humidity.
But getting to them will be a formidable task, with miles of the city's roads already crumbled and covered by debris. "There are no passable roads, " said Tom Griffin, a lead investigator for the National Lawyers Guild who wrote about morgue conditions in Haiti. "In the meantime, you've got rotting bodies."
Another unfolding crisis: the risk of water contamination from decomposing corpses increases each day. The last thing Haiti needs, said Griffin, is "overwhelming disease and infection."
In most cases, teams are trained to carry out a series of crucial tasks to help identify victims and safely return their remains to family members. But in Haiti, much of their training will be cast aside for more rudimentary methods.
DNA sampling and medical records can't be used in Haiti, where many people are destitute and have never received adequate medical care.
More likely, recovery teams will fall back on the lessons learned from the powerful tsunami that swept through South Asia in 2004, killing more than 230,000: taking snapshots of the dead before the bodies decay and snipping pieces of clothing to show relatives.
After the tsunami, the dead were buried in mass graves. After Hurricane Mitch swept through Honduras in 1998, the government burned the corpses in vast fields.
In Haiti, Ewald said that thousands more will likely be buried en masse.
"You get to the point where because of logistics, you end up digging 200 very large graves, " he said.
Another reason, experts say, is that there isn't any place in Port-au-Prince to dispose of the corpses. The few cemeteries that exist have been full for years.
"You have to leave the city to find a place to dig a hole, " Griffin said. "Even if you collect them, where are you going to bury them?"
In fact, the government of Haiti has already started the process, burying 7,000 cadavers into graves 20 miles outside the capital. But thousands more are left covered in the rubble.
"We cannot afford to wait on the international community, we can't wait for them to do things for us, " said Dr. Ariel Henry, the chief of cabinet for the Ministry of Health.
As international forensic teams begin to arrive, the survivors -- reeling from the loss of their homes and family -- are left wandering among the twisted corpses.
Bodies stretched for half a block along the street outside the Port-au-Prince morgue Thursday, where police, civilians and private companies dumped cadavers because there was no other place to take them.
An exasperated hospital manager said he was waiting for approval from the government to remove the bodies. When room ran out at the morgue, corpses were tossed onto the street, where a group of solemn onlookers stood staring.
Amid buzzing flies, toddlers were piled on top of naked adults -- their swollen bodies exposed to hundreds of people passing by. One dead woman was identified by a red ribbon and hand-written note tied to her left big toe.
Though the goal of forensic teams is to identify every dead person for their loved ones, the reality is that thousands will be dumped in graves -- their names unknown.
Lionel Gaedi stood dazed on Thursday, staring at the mass of bodies sprawled under the blazing sun.
"I have a brother and I don't see him, " he said.
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Executions of Saddam's henchmen could be put on hold
BAGHDAD — The controversial executions of some members of Saddam Hussein's former regime could be put on hold indefinitely, according to a deal taking shape between Iraqi political parties working to avert yet another political crisis.
The move would be a significant shift from an announcement by the Justice Ministry last week that execution orders could be signed in days and the men put to death this month.
The six former regime officials to be executed include former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and five others handed over by the U.S. military last week along with almost 200 other prisoners. The U.S. had been holding the prisoners at Camp Cropper, its high-security penitentiary on the outskirts of Baghdad now primarily under Iraqi control.
"There are efforts made by some political blocs to bring about a way to avoid execution for some of those who have been sentenced to death — the efforts are ongoing," says Justice Ministry spokesman Haider al-Saade.
There is little quarrel among most Iraqis with hanging Saddam Hussein's half-brothers, Watban Ibrahim Hassan and Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, who were considered an integral part of the regime and sentenced to death two years ago for the 1992 executions of 42 Iraqi businessmen.
Some Iraqis, as well as countries including Italy, oppose hanging Aziz, the international face of the former regime and the only Christian in Hussein's cabinet, who lawmakers say is now also likely be given a stay of execution. Aziz, in his 80s and in ill health, was transferred to Iraqi custody last year. As a member of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council, he was sentenced to hang for his role in the regime's brutal crackdown on Shiite opposition parties.
But it is the planned execution of former defense minister Sultan Hashim that has threatened to widen political and sectarian rifts at a time while Iraq's divided coalition government seems to be struggling for survival and embroiled in the decision over whether to ask U.S. troops to stay.
Opposition to Mr. Hashim's death sentence is strongest in the ex-general's hometown of Mosul — home to hundreds of former Iraqi Army generals cast aside when the US disbanded the Iraqi Army and still a hotbed of the Sunni insurgency. But he has widespread support among many Iraqis who see him as a nationalist rather than as a part of Hussein's regime.
"Sultan Hashim was a professional military man, he wasn't a politician. He was doing his duty to defend Iraq professionally," says Zuhair al-Araji, former mayor of Mosul and now a member of parliament with the secular Iraqiya coalition. "Such professional, nonpolitical figures should not be punished for the mistakes of the regime."
Many Iraqis feel that Hashim, who could easily have fled, was betrayed by the United States after being persuaded by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq at the time, to turn himself in with the widespread expectation that he would be acquitted.
Instead, the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Court, set up by the U.S. to try former regime officials, convicted him of involvement in Hussein's campaign against Iraqi Kurds and sentenced to death. U.S. military commanders have said they had no control over his fate after Iraq regained sovereignty.
A resistance group loyal to Hussein warned over the weekend that executing "patriotic military leaders'" would set a dangerous precedent that would put current military commanders at risk of being punished in the future for any government crimes.
The General Command of the Armed Forces led by Saddam Hussein's former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who is still at large, warned the government in a statement against "carrying out these unjust sentences and calls on all international organizations to intervene and stop the death penalties for the military commanders."
Araji, the former Mosul mayor, was part of an Iraqiya delegation led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi that discussed the issue with President Jalal Talabani last week. Araji says that the president — a Kurd with a longstanding policy of not signing execution orders, leaving that task to his Shiite vice president - agreed to have a legal committee review the rulings. A spokesman for the presidency office, asked about the committee, said it was premature to comment on the matter.
"If they can by some legal loophole bring about the amnesty of some of those sentenced to death by the judiciary, we will receive their order and implement it," says Saade, the Justice Ministry spokesman.
Commuting or postponing the sentences would allay concerns that military officials are being made to pay for the crimes of the former regime. But it has also raised fears among some that justice is being sacrificed in the name of national reconciliation.
"Some people say these sentences might damage national reconciliation — should national reconciliation override justice?" asks Abbas al-Bayati, a lawmaker and member of the parliamentary security committee, who says he personally believes the executions should be carried out.
Nevertheless, he — like a wide range of lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament — expects the death sentences for Hashim and Aziz to be suspended indefinitely.
"Until now, there is no agreement to delay, but there is also no agreement to implement the sentence," says Bayati, a member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition.
Former Interior Minister Juwad al-Bolani, now a member of parliament, says he believes that sentences for both men "will either be commuted or included in political agreements to review the decisions."
"As a lawmaker, I don't want to interfere in the judicial system — it is independent — but there is a desire from more than 50 percent of the lawmakers," to commute some of the sentences to life in prison says Ibrahim al-Rikabi, an independent member of the State of Law.
Some members of parliament believed that former Iraqi Army general Hussein Rasheed al-Tikriti, convicted for putting down a revolt by Iraqi Shiites in the south in 1991 while he was secretary of the general command of the Armed Forces, could also be given a reprieve.
Any amnesty is not expected to apply, however, to another ex-Army general transferred by the US, Aziz Saleh al-Numan, who was convicted last year of attempted genocide in a campaign by the regime against Shiite Kurds. Both of the elderly generals were among those transferred last week from US custody.
The U.S., which has until Dec. 31 to hand over all remaining Iraqi detainees, has released all but 10 of the prisoners it had kept in its custody after transferring control of most of the Camp Cropper detention facility last year. Among the nearly 200 just released last week, more than 80 were considered enduring security threats and over 100 of them "dangerous radicals." The remaining group of 10 is being held for legal and administrative reasons.
One of the questions in the U.S. handing over detainees is whether the legal basis for holding them would hold up under stricter rules for keeping prisoners since Iraq regained its sovereignty. The U.S. has traditionally been reluctant to share all intelligence it has on detainees with Iraqi authorities.
After embarrassing, high-profile prison breaks there are also concerns about the ability of Iraq to keep the most dangerous of the detainees, among them hardened Al Qaeda fighters, in custody.
(Arraf is a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor. McClatchy and the Monitor operate a joint bureau in Baghdad. McClatchy special correspondents Sahar Issa and Laith Hammoudi contributed reporting.)


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SB-2000 Subwoofer
The SVS SB-2000 Subwoofer is the most popular SVS subwoofer for its combination of effortless power, pinpoint accuracy, flawless transient response, uncompromised musicality, and intelligent processing from a relatively compact cabinet that easily integrates into any system. Featuring Ultra Series technology, the SB-2000 obliterates expectations and delivers unmatched performance for a sealed subwoofer anywhere near its price range staking a claim as the best home theater subwoofer under $1,000.
Quick Specs
- Driver | 12"
- Amplifier | 500 watts RMS (1100 watts peak)
- Freq. Response | 19-220 hz ±3 DB
- Dimension | 14.6" (H) 14.2" (W) 15.4" (D)
The SVS SB-2000 achieves a staggering 19-240 Hz frequency response from a compact, sealed enclosure weighing only 35 lbs. and measuring roughly 15-inches all around. The subwoofer's weight, compact footprint and understated but elegant appearance makes it easy to move and blend into any listening environment, without sacrificing any of the power and slam you'd expect from a massive subwoofer. No small performer, the SB-2000 beats the output levels of subwoofers twice its size and weight. An all-new driver and amplifier, sealed cabinet and revised tuning enable the SB-2000 to achieve levels of articulation, musicality, dynamics and fathomless extension unequaled in other compact powered subwoofers.
Commanding 12-Inch SVS High-Excursion Driver
At the heart of the SVS SB-2000 subwoofer is a newly engineered 12-inch 2000-series driver with dual high-grade ferrite magnets and an FEA-optimized motor for distortion-free performance, even at the most extreme drive levels. A reinforced Nomex spider was integrated for improved linearity and driver control, especially important when the STA-500D amp is pushing the driver to reference SPL playback levels. This ensures accurate frequency response with maximum impact. To ensure the SB-2000 can play its best long into the future, the driver also features a durable low-creep rubber long-throw surround and integrated tinsel leads to maximize longevity.
Powerful and Sophisticated Sledge STA-500D Amplifier
The SB-2000 Subwoofer's Sledge STA-500D DSP amplifier boasts specs and features normally found in subwoofers costing two or three times as much. Conservatively rated at 500 watts RMS and 1,100+ watts peak dynamic power, the amp also has brains to match its brawn. A sophisticated DSP in the amplifier includes an array of filters along with volume, gain, and phase controls for fine-tuning performance. A frequency-dependent limiter/compressor algorithm with adjustable attack/release and compression parameters offers the ultimate in refined behavior at the drive limits of the subwoofer system.
Sonically Inert and Rigidly Braced Cabinet
Rounded edges and a curved metal grille cover on the PB-2000 cabinet give it a refined look that blends visually with home theaters and high-end audio systems. Its ported cabinet design features extensive internal bracing for the driver and motor to ensure an inert environment, resulting in tighter, more accurate bass with no coloration while maximizing on airflow and dynamic output potential.
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:
- 19-220 Hz +/- 3 dB
- Expect 2-3 Hz deeper extension in small to mid-size rooms.
- 2-meter ground plane away from reflective structures (quasi-anechoic)
- Roll-off slope optimized to take maximum advantage of available room gain
Subwoofer Specs:
- Premium black ash and piano black finish options
- Protective non-resonant steel mesh grille
- Front-firing 12" driver
- Rear-mounted amplifier
- Screw-in rubber feet
- Robust Medium Density Fiberboard(MDF) cabinet construction
- Cabinet Dimensions: 14.6" (H) x 14.2" (W) x 15.4" (D) (without grille)
- Overall Dimensions: 14.6" (H) x 14.2" (W) x 17.1" (D) (with grille)
- Weight (unboxed): 34.8 pounds
- Shipped Dimensions: 21" (H) x 20.2" (W) x 23.2" (D)
- Shipped Weight: 51 pounds
Driver Specs:
- SVS 12" 2000-series driver
- Powder-coated cast aluminum basket
- Dual high-grade ferrite magnets
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)-optimized motor structure
- Dual shorting rings reduce gap induction and lower distortion
- Extended pole piece improves heat sink and thermal management properties
- 2" diameter, high-power voice coil
- Upgraded Nomex spider for improved linearity and driver control at extreme drive levels
- High-quality insulated tinsel leads with 3-point-contact precision alignment
- Lightweight aluminum cone with polypropylene dust cap provides excellent rigidity and pistonic behavior
- Low-creep rubber long-throw surround for excellent durability and longevity
Amplifier Specs:
- Sledge STA-500D DSP amplifier
- 500 watts RMS continuous (1100 watts peak dynamic)
- Efficient and cool-running Class D topology
- DSP control for accurate response and refined behavior under all operating conditions
- Main power rocker switch
- Auto-On / On toggle switch
- 3-12V trigger with 1/8" (3.5 mm) TRS mini-jack input
- Green standby mode with > 0.5 watts consumption
- Stereo line-level RCA Input & Output connections
- Input impedance – 47 kΩ (unbalanced line-level RCA)
- Continuously variable volume/gain control
- Continuously variable (0-180 degrees) phase control
- Continuously variable (50-160 Hz) 12 dB/octave low pass filter frequency with disable/LFE setting
- Fixed 80 Hz 12 dB/octave high pass filter on line level outputs
- RoHS compliant, lead-free construction and world-wide safety certifications
- Detachable power cord
"The SB-2000 provided plenty of power while cleanly extending the lower registers smoothly and accurately. Provided all the impact and low frequency punch even the most action-packed movie might demand. For this price and at this size I really could not find a better subwoofer. It's fast, it's clean, and it's powerful. If the SVS SB-2000 fits your budget, look no further. It's in a class of its own as far as sealed subwoofers go."
SB-2000 Subwoofer Review by HomeTheaterReview
"The SB-2000 went deep enough to satisfy any material that passed through and its bass was tight and pitch specific…can fight way above its weight class, an audiophile (or non-audiophile!) can hook up this subwoofer knowing they are getting the most for their money. Recommended? You bet!"
Enjoy the Music Reviews the SB-2000 Subwoofer
"You can't get a better subwoofer for the price of $699 and it easily rivals bigger more expensive brands. This subwoofer can fill up sound in nearly any home theater setup you may have and is highly recommended to bring your entertainment to another level. The whole experience made us feel like we were closer to the action."
LVLOne Reviews the SB-2000 Subwoofer
The SB2000 can deliver prodigious output…the texture and articulation felt great…the quality of the bass produced is excellent… A very impressive performance.
TONEAudio Reviews the SB-2000 Subwoofer
"I admire the unobtrusive proportions, rounded edges, and curved perforated metal grille…The utter speed and dynamism of the SB-2000 was unexpected and enthusiastically welcomed... Smooth tactile bass flowed like warm sweet taffy. Additionally, the room gained a measure of ambiance and increased depth of perception. Soundly recommended."
Positive Feedback Magazine - Victor Chavira Reviews the SB-2000
"You really have to hear these to believe how convincing they really are… I was blown away!"
Geekanoids Reviews the Prime Bookshelf Surround System and SB-2000 Subwoofer
"Feed it a movie soundmix and the SB-2000 provides hair-raising levels of low-frequency fun, adding tight, authentic weight to both effects and score. Switch to music and its agility and measured tone come to the fore. The SVS SB-2000 is smartly designed, easy to setup and a treat to listen to."
SB-2000 Receives the AVTech Best Subwoofer Award
Sound + Vision names our PB-2000 and SB-2000 as "Best under $1000"
"This is what having a sealed subwoofer is all about, audio purists will cry tears of joy at it's lightning fast accuracy… it's hands down one the best sealed woofers we've ever heard!"
SB-2000 Receives the BestStuff.com 2014 Editors Choice Award
"All of SVS's experience and expertise has combined perfectly to create a subwoofer that punches well above its weight, delivering deep bass and real impact…The SB-2000 sealed subwoofer is a triumph for SVS, packing a staggering amount of technology and power into its diminutive enclosure."
The SB-2000 Wins the AVForums Highly Recommended Award
"The SB-2000 was a game changer for my home theater. There was an added weight and realism to the entire presentation that was just not there before."
Audio|Video Revolution - Andre Marc Reviews the SB-2000
"You'll be hard-pressed to find a better bass value than what either of these subwoofers offers...each sub reproduced deeper bass response that I could literally feel in my sternum; it shook the house!"
The PB-2000 and SB-2000 Subwoofers Receive Sound & Vision's Top Pick Award.
"Both models outperform most subwoofers by more recognizable names at the same price point"
HomeTheaterForum.com Reviews the SB-2000 and PB-2000 Subwoofers
"At $699, the sub packs plenty of muscle, including a 500-watt RMS (1100-watt peak) Sledge amplifier."
Digital Trends - Hands on Video Review of the SB-2000
"The SVS SB-2000's one of the tightest, punchiest, most precise-sounding subs I've ever heard."
About.com - Brent Butterworth Reviews the SB-2000
"…you've got to love SVS…SVS is offering technology normally reserved for subwoofers two or three times the asking price of 2000 series…their bread and butter is helping the common man realize his (or her) dream of bass that will make your neighbors call the police… offering technology normally reserved for subwoofers two or three times the asking price of 2000 series."
Audioholics.com - Tom Andry Previews the PB-2000 and SB-2000 Subwoofers


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