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With the 3DS, Nintendo brought us 3D imagery without the use of dopey glasses. Now, a company in Japan has developed a peripheral that can turn your iPhone into an instant 3D device.
At the Wireless Japan 2012, an expo for wireless and smartphone devices and apps, Nippon System Project displayed its new "Picasso 3D Film". The film is like most screen-protecting films that you can stick to your iPhone of iPod touch. The only difference is, by applying it to your mobile device, it turns an otherwise 2D screen into a 3D-compatible screen.
The film utilises parallax barrier technology, much like the Nintendo 3DS, to create the illusion of 3D. Even if you have no 3D content on your iPhone, Nippon System Project has a free app available that will allow you to utilise your phone's camera to take and create 3D pictures of your own. There are also apps for converting images and video to 3D. The film is available for the iPhone 4/4S and iPod touch for ¥3990 ($52). Models for the Galaxy S II Android phone, PS Vita, MacBook Air, iMac and the Panasonic Let's Note laptop are currently in development.
Apparently, 3D effect of the Picasso 3D Film is a little less impressive compared to 3D-specific devices like the 3DS. Even so, the ability to conveniently slap it on and have an instant 3D device is quite appealing. It could also allow for the development of 3D games for consoles that have been traditionally 2D. As gimmicky as 3D technology in itself can seem, the potential for such a 3D-enabling film is quite exciting.

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Nouveau Palais' New Royalty
Prison Garde, Lunice and Ango talk of trampolining off Turbocrunk's clout and cross-genre blueprint to build exciting, beat-driven opuses
Michael-Oliver Harding - May 28, 2012
Pop quiz, music whiz: what brings together Megasoid, Lunice and Ango? If your initial thoughts have to do with warehouse parties, afterhour loft bashes, "bridge burners", Zoobizarre, or a cross-section of underground Montreal nights, I can assure you: you're on the right track. All valid answers, as this trifecta (along with a few others) spearheaded a rhythmic revolution in the city's electronic music scene at a time when Justice, M.I.A. and TTC anthems were de rigueur at any Bounce Le Gros, Peer Pressure or assorted Montreal block party.
But how did these inspired lads really come together? The answer involves live mixing hip hop a cappellas with sashaying synths, distortion tricks and thumps, all the while upping the BPM quotient. The boundless cross-genre they crafted was immediately endorsed by an army of fedora-packing, neon-gleaming, skintight denim-sporting revelers. Fleeting fashion references notwithstanding, the ground zero of said electronic revolution occurred at legendary Montreal monthly Turbocrunk, providing patrons from 2007-2009 at the now-defunct Coda Club an innovative brew that many dubbed 'lazer bass', 'street bass', 'electro crunk' and beyond. Prison Garde, the now-Vancouver based producer who operated under a number of aliases in early aughts Montreal (Sixtoo, Speakerbruiser Rob, one half of Megasoid), launched this celebration of wide-ranging glitchy goodness in 2007 with his then-partner, Wolf Parade's Hadji Bakara.
A lot has changed in the six intervening years: dubstep's insistent bass wobbles have conquered the planet, for good and bad; the cross-genre dialogue that Turbocrunk instigated across this city has spread far and wide, and most of Turbocrunk's prime players have graduated to critically-acclaimed recording careers. Namely Lunice Fermin Pierre II and Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Ango), both Red Bull Music Academy alumni who now release on respected Glaswegian imprint LuckyMe (the same label that first broke Hudson Mohawke's sound to the world). Both have teamed up with their West Coast bestie Prison Garde to launch Nouveau Palais, an uptempo electronic project whose name is a nod to the legendary Mile-End greasy spoon where they capped off many an inebriated night. We caught up with the three Canadian tastemakers via Skype last month for a wide-ranging chat.
You guys have long been collaborating on events and projects, including the famed Turbocrunk soirées. But how did Nouveau Palais come into being? When did you decide it was something you wanted to pursue?
Prison Garde: We wrote some tunes when Andrew and Lunice came to play at a Megahurtz event [in Vancouver]. We kind of locked ourselves in the studio, and Lunice and Andrew decided to write a couple of tunes while they were out here. Shortly thereafter, Lunice, Jacques Greene, Ango and myself did the Red Bull Music Academy information tour for Canada, and we just started handing around a laptop while we were in the car, and writing tunes. Basically, to kill time while we were on tour, but also to formulate this project between three friends who never get to make any music together.
Other than a behind-the-scenes video shot at Rob's Catalog Gallery in Gastown, you guys have kept a low profile since the RBMA tour in early 2011. The Nouveau Palais project remains shrouded in mystery. What can we expect at MUTEK and on your debut EP?
Prison Garde: It's definitely in the bass music vein, but you hear all three of our voices distinctly in the project. It has a coherent, pretty unified sound to it, and everybody's voice is equally represented in the project, which I think makes it an interesting one. And we also wanted to get some pretty serious remixes behind the project as well. With that in mind, it's kind of taking a little longer than we initially anticipated.
The Turbocrunk nights really crystallized a moment in Montreal music history: throbbing bass, adventurous glitch, hip hop with a healthy BPM boost and the debut Canadian performances of so many fledgling talents (Nosaj Thing, The Glitch Mob, Lazer Sword). The monthly also served as a choice platform for your skills. What do you take away from the experience?
Lunice: I remember being floored because I was not familiar with that type of UK sound. It was completely – the idea, the sound, the feel – what I'd always been looking for. Coming from a rap background, I had always worked with sample-based stuff, but here, you had all these synths, but used with rap rhythms. It was exactly the kind of sound I wanted to go for. Turbocrunk became one of the best things that ever happened to me. It was the platform to experiment and push your sound to the max, and still have a huge party happening as well.
Prison Garde: More than anything, being part of a North American conversation – what was happening at Low End Theory, Cassette in NY, where Machinedrum and Praveen [Sharma] had a party, all these cats that were doing this forward-thinking electronic music that was post… I don't even know what it is… post-genrified new music? We were able to throw those parties in Montreal, and more importantly, people supported them. The fact that we were able to do those things for three years is a testament to what Montreal is: a place that appreciates new things. I can tell you that trying to push the same kind of mandates in Vancouver, I've been out here for two years and it hasn't been embraced in the same sort of way. Also, in Montreal, you have this proximity to New York, Philly, Baltimore, Toronto – all these cities that have illustrious histories, whereas the Pacific Northwest is a lot younger.
House music has made a pretty prominent comeback of late. Part of this resurgence has invoived producers such as Jacques Greene, Joy Orbison and Deadboy weaving 90's R&B vocals into house structures. What do you make of the shake up? Do you feel in any way part of the movement?
Ango: Lunice and I are both now affiliated with the LuckyMe camp, and Turbocrunk was the first entity to book LuckyMe in North America back in 2007. If you look at Hudson Mohawke's early remixes for LuckyMe, which really broke his career in the UK, it was a Tweet remix and a Keyshia Cole remix. So I think those melodies, soulfulness and big, heavy beats are something that we've been doing for a long time. And it's oddly become the sound of the underground, because it just kind of subverted the pop sound of the late 1990s/early 2000s.
And yet, most of the musicians who've been dabbling in such boundary blurring were actually schooled in hip-hop…
Prison Garde: Yes! Outside the obvious influence of garage always using those samples, it's funny because I don't think any of us were raised on this music. Ironically, we were struck by a love for this thing married with hip-hop sounds…. All of us come from a hip-hop production background, and seeing the similarities there more so than anything, the fact that we started experimenting with tempos that weren't just hip-hop tempos. I think this type of music is first and foremost influenced by hip hop music, even though it's taken all these other directions.
To Lunice and Ango, what do you take away from your experience with the Red Bull Music Academy? I was reading that you were struck by the fundamental differences between UK and North American club culture?
Ango: Yeah, I think that what North American underground club culture is versus what it is in the UK is extremely different, and it wasn't until I went to London for the RBMA that I really experienced that firsthand. I saw what those clubs really are, how that music really works in the environment that gave birth to it and still embraces it. The vibe I got from a club like Fabric or Plastic People is something that I had never experienced in North America other than at warehouse or loft parties – people there for the dancing and enjoying the music. Whereas commercial clubs in North America are geared toward what you look like, how much you're spending, sound and music come second to posturing and celebrity.
RBMA has also been championed for dragging musicians away from their laptops, hence making music production less of a solitary experience, which many see as a real danger for a new generation more comfortable facing LED screens than packed crowds.
Ango: Music always works differently in your headphones or in your bedroom than in a room full of people of whatever temperament. It's really funny because I saw this commercial the other day for this Pioneer DJ platform, I think. The video features a kid sitting at a skate park with headphones on DJing to himself, and the kind of odd thing about it, and this is where the Internet comes in, is that it's making DJing a solitary experience. It's just laughable, actually. Because if you've ever DJed in your life, what you hear in your headphones when you're cuing two tracks up is awful. So why would you do that?
Prison Garde: A big part of the experience is that you write stuff that's meant to be played in that kind of environment… Even with what we've done specifically with Nouveau Palais, it's stuff that we were writing in a van as we were touring across the country playing in different clubs and playing those songs out that very night. This music comes from a place that is directly reflective of that idea of interacting with a crowd every single night, and more importantly, spending time with your friends and writing tunes together.
Lastly, can you let us in on your reasoning for the Nouveau Palais name?
Prison Garde: I think that all of us had been spending a lot of time there [Ed's Note: a popular, now closed Mile-End greasy spoon] at different points in time, especially after the Turbocrunk parties and Bridge Burners. We had adopted it as our second home I would say, at least our late night home, before it was shut down. The urban rumour mill had allowed us to create things that weren't actually on the menu.
Ango: At the time when we got together to work on the Nouveau Palais stuff, the original Nouveau Palais had closed. The place that is currently referred to in Montreal as Nouveau Palais was not open yet, and as far as we knew, there were no plans to reopen it then.
So will you be taking a late night trip down memory lane when you're in Montreal for MUTEK?
Prison Garde: Well, I haven't been since it reopened. If they'll serve me the Cobra Special, then yeah, anytime!
Nouveau Palais
North American premiere at MUTEK
Nocturne 2 on May 31st at Red Bull Music Academy stage, SAT (1201 St. Laurent Blvd.) 10pm-3am
Exclusive Download: Nouveau Palais 'Avant Gang' EP: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/nouveau-palais-album
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Things have got very interesting for the future of the nuclear 'renaissance' in Europe in the last few days. Suddenly, things don't look so optimistic for the nuclear industry.
In Germany on Sunday, Angela Merkel's coalition government lost its majority at the regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. This means her government no longer has the power in the Federal Council needed to extend the lifetime of Germany's aging fleet of nuclear reactors. Merkel's coalition was looking to repeal the law requiring all the reactors to be closed by 2020. That is now in doubt.
In the UK yesterday, the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties formed a coalition government after last week's national election. The Conservatives are for nuclear power and the Liberal Democrats are against it. So what will happen? Right now, it's thought the Liberal Democrats will speak against new nuclear reactors but stay out of any nuclear vote in Parliament. Also, Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne has been made the minister in charge of energy and climate change policy in the new government. Huhne has an impressive record of opposition to nuclear power. As the BBC's business editor Robert Peston puts it…
In the end, as I understand, nuclear power is one of those areas where the two have agreed to disagree, which creates considerable uncertainty for the two big companies, EDF and Centrica, that are hoping to roll out a series of enormous new nuclear power stations.
Next is Belgium. On June 13th there will be national elections and it is very possible that the anti-nuclear Greens and Flemish social democrats will join the government. The Greens have already said they will only join a new government if it keeps the country's nuclear phase-out law. According to this law, created in 2003, Belgium's reactors will have to close after their 40-year lifespans (that is, between 2015 and 2025).
Meanwhile in Italy last week, Industry Minister Claudio Scajola was forced to resign from Silvio Berlusconi's coalition after allegations of corruption. 'Mr Scajola had been an important driver behind Italy's revival of nuclear energy'.
All in all, bad news for the supposedly resurgent nuclear 'renaissance'. Has anyone seen it recently?
Only Greenpeace would gloat about the possibility of Germany dismantling safe multi-billion dollar nuclear facilities. The result of this dismantlin...
Only Greenpeace would gloat about the possibility of Germany dismantling safe multi-billion dollar nuclear facilities. The result of this dismantling of course will be that more Europeans will die due the continents increased reliance on coal. It is simple supply and demand economics. If you close down a nuclear power plant there will be an increased demand for fossil fuels. Europe and the world need as many carbon free power sources as we can build. Dismantling a fully functional carbon free power sources like a nuclear reactor makes no sense at all.
It is for these reasons why I feel that Greenpeace is in fact planet killing organization. They have no conception of it is going to take to save our planet. There is just no way that intermittent, unreliable, and expensive renewable power even combined with energy conservation will be able to save our planet. Thus one should remember every dollar that you give to Greenpeace is in fact a dollar going to kill the planet.
Viva the Nuclear Renaissance,
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I think the combined ignorance and greed of a population of 7.8 billion > 8 billion > 10 billion > is more culpable of "planet killing" than is Greenpeace, Jfarmer9, although we all might do better at speaking to the big picture.
One of my problems with nuclear is- Where doe we put that toxic legacy down? Ok, we can pick up the uranium, refine it, get lots of, relative to coal and oil, clean electricity, but spent fuel is never safe.
Another problem I have with nuclear is that it is not renewable. We have about 40, 50 years remaining uranium extractable at current consumption rates, if I remember right. That can be a crutch that current generations may have to suddenly do without. I don't expect people then to suddenly become zero impact subsistence farmers; even subsistence farming takes skills and experience.
Arms, legs, livers and slavery are proven renewable sources of energy, but before we get into nuclears renewability I think its toxic legacy needs to be satisfactorily addressed.
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First, though he's been working in this capacity for several months, I wanted to formally announce HoustonHawk82 has taken the Lead Moderator role. He's doing a great job, so please don't make him run away anytime soon!
Secondly, I'm extremely happy to announce that Anguish (Neal) is now the co-owner of Seahawks.NET. With everything he's done here for many years, I can think of nobody else that deserves it more.
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So now we know -- or at least we know some of what we need to know: The new iPhone will be fast, cheap, and stocked with cool new apps. And we'll have to wait a month to play with it.
Plenty of unknowns, some of which Dan Frommer tackles in a separate post. Understandably, Steve Jobs didn't get into the economics of the new phone, but at first blush it looks like Apple is now embracing a different model than it tried last summer: It's giving up premium pricing, plus a large monthly revenue stream, in exchange for a chance at mass adoption.
We also haven't heard anything about Apple's non-iPhone plans, but developers -- who the WWDC conference is really supposed to targeting, anyway -- will hear about that later today. I'm going to canvass some real-life developers and get their thoughts about what they've seen today, and will report back.
12:40: The press push through and run to their seats. It's kind of sad, but we were wholly participating.
1:00: No Jobs yet
1:03: Everyone looking in every direction. We don't think Jobs is coming through the ceiling.
1:06: He's on stage! Record 5200 attendees.
1:07: Three parts to Apple. Mac, music, iPhone.
1:08: I'm going to take this morning to talk about the iPhone. SVP of iPhone Software and SVP of Product marketing coming up.
1:08: Snow Leopard coming after lunch.
1:12: Showing a video featuring the business applications of the iPhone software 2.0. Different execs talking it up. (Disney, U.S. Army, etc.)
1:15: Video over.
1:16: SDK: SVP: APIs uses exact same OS10 kernel that formes the basis for Mac OSX. We also have a comprehensive core services layer. We've got a rich media layer -- real-time 3D graphics. Cocoa Touch -- user interface object oriented framework.
1:18: Really powerful set of tools -- Xcode (write, edit, debug code). iPhone simulator (run and debug apps right on your Mac). Tehtered debugging (plug iPhone in to your Mac and run apps).
1:19: Going to demo tools.
1:19: Building a "nearby friends" app. Using built-in address book APIs and built in core location APIs. Dragging in search bar and item bar to sample app using the interface builder.
1:22: The interface builder rotates just like the iPhone (your app goes horizontal when you turn the window sideways.
1:23: Built the interface, wired to code. And now running the full application which tells you where your friends are. Now he's testing it by plugging in actual iPhone.
1:25: We've got a greate set of APIs and a really powerful set of tools. Asked the developers what they think about the SDK so far and responses were unbelievably positive. Quotes from Disney exec, InfoWorld, Fox Interactive Media exec, David Pogue: you're witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform -- Windows, MacOSX, iPhone.
1:27: Bringing developers up to show their apps: Sega -- In March, Sega blew us away with what they had accomplished in two weeks with Super Monkey Ball. They've polished.
1:28: Ethan Einhorn, Sega: 110 stages for the finished game. all four of the classic monkeys. Playing as "baby." Five worlds -- last world Space Case. Terrific opportunity how well the tilt controll can keep up with the game. Has to be ab;e to accelarate, decelarate and turn with pinpoint precision. (The game looks really good).
1:30: game will be available at the launch of the app store for $10.
1:30: eBay -- native iPhone app: Ken Sun -- "Auctions." Started creating app five weeks ago. Searching for "wiifit cheap." Integrated WebKit so you can view the sellers HTML information. Home page tells you what you're watching, what you're bidding, what you're selling.
1:33: eBay app will be available for free when the App Store launches.
1:33: Loopt -- location based social network, Sam Altman -- Where people are, what they're doing. Best version of loopt that we've ever made. Uses a Google Map (I think) to see where your friends are, and look at photos they've uploaded of where they are. Message them. All an example of the power of location.
1:36: Loopt will be free when App Store launches.
1:36: Michael Sippey, TypePad: Largest professional blogging app in the world. Use camera on iPhone and send it directly to blog. Post on any of the blogs you contribute to. Doesn't seem like a great way to write out a treatise, but seems easy to do something quick.
1:38: For free at launch.
1:39: The Associated Press -- Mobile News Network: Already have an iPhone app, but they're building a native app. Can get local news depending on where you are using location API. The photos look super clear. Watch AP video as well. Send "citizen journalism" pictures using the App on the iPhone.
1:41: Mobile News Network will also be free.
1:42: Pangea Software -- 2 Games for the iPhone ported from Mac OSX.. Enigmo -- physics based puzzle game. Game is completely touch based. Extremely CPU intensive stuff to do. Requires a good CPU to do that and "we have a great CPU here on the iPhone"
1:43: Cro-Mag Rally: 3D racing caveman racing game. Only took three days to port the games from OSX. $10 at launch.
1:46: Mark Terry, Cow Music: Independent developer (first!). App called Band: create music on the iPhone. He played "Imagine." Played the drums, blues, and bass, along with piano. You can mix all the instruments together in a song.
1:48: Coming in a few weeks, but no price.
1:48: MLB.com, Jermey Schoenherr. App called MLB.com At Bat. Features not offered anywhere else. All of today's games. Checking out Yankees Game (Top 3 against Royals, 0-0). Use iPhone's media player for real-time video highlights (just watched a Cano double-play). In the app store when it launches.
1:50: MLB didn't slip up and say 3G. "Whether you're on Edge or WiFi"
1:52: Modality Medical App: Find a region of the body and view hundreds of anatomical images (great for med students). Find additional information on the anatomy online simply by clicking.
1:53: Will have a dozen apps available within weeks of the app store launch (Modality).
1:54: MIMVista, Medical imaging app: Moving through CT Scan by sliding with a finger. Using two fingers changes the blending. Change the viewing plane so you can see data from bottom, side or front. Developed prototype after 1 week.
1:56: 3D reconstruction of PET Scan. "Imagine a doctor, sitting with her patient, showing him" the scans. Available at app store launch.
1:57: Digital Legends Entertainment, built app in two weeks. Apple didn't hear about it until last week. Mobile game developer. Graphics are really detailed. It took four days to port the game, and used the rest of the two weeks to make it iPhone specific. Expected to be ready by September.
1:59: Done showcasing apps. Thanking the developers for "their amazing work"
2:00: One feature that developers want: Notifications on apps when the users aren't running the apps. The wrong solution is to enable background processes (app still runs after user thinks he's quit it). Battery life, performance suffer.
2:02: Windows Mobile Task Manager is the bad solution. Challenges the user to use the computer science skills to manually kill an app. "This is nuts."
2:02: Apple is providing Push Notification service. When the user quits the application, there's no connection to the server. Apple will maintain a persistent IP connection right to the phone. Push three types of notificatation -- badges, custom alert sounds, custom textual alerts (like SMS appear on the screen). Provide buttons so if they're selected, they automatically launch the application. Scales to many third-party services but only one persistent ocnnection needed to the phone. Available in September.
2:04: End of SDK update.
2:04L: Steve Jobs back on. New features in iPhone 2.0 Software -- Contact Search, full iWork document support (pages, numbers, keynote). Completed the support off MS Office documents right on the iPhone (added PowerPoint). Added bulk delete and move for e-mail. Turn the calculator into landscape mode and it turns into a scientific calculator (!).
Added parental controls: "Some teenagers may not like this, but that's the way it's going to be."
Added a tremendous amount of language support -- two forms of entry for Japanese and for Chinese (you can draw the character with your finger). "One of the great advantages of not having a bunch of plastic keys as your keyboard" (there goes that theory).
2:08: iPhone 2.0 Software free for iPhones, $10 for iPod Touch.
2:09: App Store: Developer sets price, gets 70% of revenues. No credit card or hosting fees. App Store will be in 62 countries. If your app is under 10 MB, download over cell network, WiFi, iTunes. Over 10MB just WiFI and iTunes.
2:10: Adding a way for enterprises to distribute apps. An enterprise can authorize iPhones in their enterprise and they can then create apps that only run on those phones. They can distribyute those apps on their own Intranet. Users download apps and sync through iTunes.
2:12: Ad-hoc disgtribution. Register up to 100 iPhones and distribute them however you want within those 100 iPhones.
2:13: MobileMe: Phil Schiller (sp?): entirely new. It's like having exchange for the rest of us. New iPhone software uses ActiveSync to sync with Exchange and it works great. Not all of us workin large enterprises not all of us have exchange servers. Everyone can get push e-mails, contacts and calendars. MobileMe stores your info up in the cloud. Get the info on a Mac, PC, iPhone.
Change and address book contact on your phone, it changes it on all your devices. Works over the air. E-mail works built in with contacts and calendar. And works with the native apps on Mac or PCs. Mac: iCal, address book, e-mail. PC: Outlook.
2:16: Built a suite of Web 2.0 applications using AJAX technologies.
Me.com: Brand new Web site full of applications.
2:17: Send photos from iPhone onto MobileMe Web site.
2:18: Showing application interface: Launching Me.com, logging in. The Web app has all your e-mail, contacts, calendar. Drag and drop just like a desktop application. Picture gallery, allows you to skim through photos just like on iPhoto.. Change the size of photos, rotate them, share with friends and family (password protect if you want).
2:21: Share directly on MobileMe.
2:22: Interaction between iPhone an MobileMe. Create contacts directly from Web and save contacts directly to phone. And the contacts are already on your other devices (computer). Everything syncs immediately.
2:25: Immediately is no joke either -- real-time synching took about 1 second. On your photo gallery in your iPhone you can directly send to MobileMe and add it to an existing album.
2:26: Service will be available for $99 per year, comes with 20GB for online storage. 60-day free trial available in early July.
2:27: MobileMe replaces .Mac. USers can continue to use the .Mac services but they'll be auto upgraded.
2:31: iPhone: We need 3G, Enterprise support, to launch in more countries, and more affordable.
2:33: 3G iphone: full plastic back, camera, fushed headphone jacks, improved audio, black back.
2:34: nationalgeographic.com took 21seconds to load on 3G, 59 seconds on Edge 2.8x faster. Only four seconds slower than WiFi. 36% faster than the N-Gage and the Treo.
2:36: E-mail application -- 3G -- 5 seconds, Edge -- 18 seconds, WiFi -- 3 Seconds.
2:37: Battery life: 300 hours of standby life. 10 hours of 2G talk time. 5 houtrs of 3G talk time. 5-6 hours of high-speed browsing. 7 hours of video. 24 hours of audio.
2:38: GPS built in (big cheers). Location services are going to be a really big deal on the iPhone. It's going to explode. Data from cell towers, WiFi, and GPS.
2:39: Enterprise Support on 3G iPhone: full MS Exchange, tremendous feedback from enterprise users.
2:40: Third-Party apps -- best way to distribute them to the world.
2:40: More countries -- All of North America, much of Central America, almost all of South America, all of Western Europe, Much of Eastern Europe, some of Africa. India, Australia, New Zealand, Phillipines, Japan. 70 countries total.
2:44: iPhone 3G will sell for $199 (raucous applause). 16 GB is $299 and comes with a white one. No new models.
2:47 Available in 22 countries on July 11.
2:50 Keynote over.
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After decelerating in 2018 following the contraction in gold production, growth is expected to pick up again in 2019. Production from the Kumtor gold mine (10% of GDP in 2017) will recover and is expected to continue in the longer term, as its operator – Centerra Gold Inc. – is looking to begin new exploration activities to extend the life of the site. The industrial sector (30% of GDP in 2017) will benefit from this and will also be driven by an increase in iron ore production. Other sectors of activity, notably agriculture (15% of GDP and 27% of jobs), will continue to play a significant role in growth. Nevertheless, the main economic driver is still private consumption (80% of GDP), which is chiefly linked to substantial remittances from expatriate workers in Russia. A new wave of migration to Russia (about 250,000 migrants in 2018) could increase expatriate remittances and thus raise household consumption. Public investment will also contribute to economic activity, supported by aid from international organisations, in particular the World Bank, which has allocated €300 million over 2019-2022, of which €55 million will be earmarked for upgrading infrastructure. Conversely, foreign investment, which is concentrated in the mining industry, could be put off by the difficult business climate and the ongoing conflict between the government and Centerra Gold Inc. over the distribution of profits from the Kumtor mine. Inflation could accelerate following an increase in the price of food and, to a lesser extent, electricity. It is worth noting that the government plans to raise the price of electricity to close the gap with the cost of service.
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In 2019, the government deficit could widen slightly, despite further fiscal consolidation. The government's austerity policy remains hampered by the informal economy and major corruption in the public sector, which is causing substantial resource losses (in 2018, misappropriation of budget funds amounted to KGS 423.3 million, or 0.3% of GDP). Nevertheless, the government will step up its fiscal consolidation efforts to reduce the deficit by 2020 through improved tax collection, reduced tax exemptions, better management of state-owned enterprises and control of current expenditure. Public debt could go up due to an increase in its external component (89% of the total or 51% of GDP in May 2018), which is fuelled by bilateral and multilateral concessional loans and vulnerable to exchange rate risk.
The current account deficit could be narrowed with a reduction in the trade deficit. Gold exports, which were down in 2018, will increase again with the rebound in production, and exports of agricultural products (cotton, tobacco) and textiles to Uzbekistan will intensify as trade links strengthen. The country remains dependent on food and energy imports, but these are expected to remain stable. The increase in transfers (30% of GDP) from Russia (98% of total transfers) will largely offset the trade deficit. Public aid, external loans, and one-off FDI inflows will finance the current account deficit. Foreign exchange reserves (5.6 months of imports in November 2018) will allow the central bank to continue to intervene in the foreign exchange market.
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Originally plagued by political instability, having gone through two revolutions since independence, Kyrgyzstan finally experienced its first democratic transition of power with the October 2017 elections, which saw former Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov elected President with 54.3% of the vote. He now has to deal with a new Prime Minister, Mukhammedkaliy Abylgaziyev, who was appointed in April 2018 following a no-confidence motion by Parliament against the government, which was dismissed by President Jeenbekov. Aware of the country's structural problems, notably the poor business environment and high level of corruption, the government is planning structural reforms to improve the functioning of administrations, customs regulations, and competition laws. The reforms will extend to the country's development, through the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development (2018/40), which includes measures to promote digitisation of the economy and education.
In terms of its external relations, the country maintains strong ties to Russia, which has a military base near the capital. These links will be bolstered with new trade partnerships (scrapping of customs duties on oil imports). Relations with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, which used to be strained, are set to improve. In addition, China is set to continue investing in Kyrgyzstan through its Belt and Road initiative.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2009, its final rule, "Community and Economic Development Entities, Community Development Projects, and Other Public Welfare Investments." The final rule expands national banks' authority to make public welfare investments consistent with recent amendments to 12 USC 24(Eleventh). It authorizes a national bank and its subsidiaries to make public welfare investments directly or indirectly if the investments primarily benefit low- and moderate-income individuals, low- and moderate-income areas, or other areas targeted by a governmental entity for redevelopment, or if the investment would receive consideration under 12 CFR 25.23 (the Community Reinvestment Act regulations) as a "qualified investment." The final rule became effective upon publication.
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London Welsh 15-9 London Irish, Aviva Premiership, December 1
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Gordon Ross slotted five penalties to hand London Welsh a 15-9 victory over fellow Exiles London Irish at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.
However the game was ruined as a contest by the early dismissal of number eight Chris Hala'ufia which resulted in the visitors having to play 70 minutes with 14 men. The match was a dreadful spectacle with neither side having any attacking invention to break down the opposition's defence and it was left to Ross to secure victory for his side with five penalty goals.
London Welsh took a fifth minute lead when Ross kicked his first penalty after Irish were penalised for dragging down a lineout drive. Almost immediately, Welsh suffered a big blow when influential centre Hudson Tonga'uiha left the field with what appeared to be a serious shoulder injury.
Irish had their first opportunity for points but Ian Humphreys was narrowly short with his 45-metre penalty attempt. The visitors then suffered a huge set back when Hala'ufia was sent off for a dangerous tip tackle on Welsh replacement Seb Jewell. The referee JP Doyle sought the advice of his touch judge before issuing a red card.
Hala'ufia expressed his regret by immediately walking over to the uninjured Jewell to shake his hand but the damage was already done. The resulting penalty was kicked by Ross.
With 15 minutes gone, Irish were again penalised to enable Ross to kick his third penalty to give his side a handy 9-0 advantage. Tom Homer put Irish on the scoreboard with a penalty before the visitors were given further hope when Humphreys kicked another.
When Matt Garvey carelessly lost possession, Irish again offended for Ross to be on target. With two minutes of the half remaining, Homer had the opportunity to reduce the arrears but his kick from just inside his own half sailed narrowly wide to leave Welsh deservedly ahead 12-6 at the interval.
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Playing against 13 men, Welsh blew their best chance. Tom Arscott neatly chipped through for Nick Scott to run on to. The wing was first to the ball and booted it over the try line but somehow Tyson Keates failed to secure the easy touchdown. Garvey returned with no damage to the score line but once again Irish offended at the line out to allow a kick from Ross to scrape over via the crossbar.
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Earlier yesterday we released a report exposing KFC for driving rainforest destruction and pushing tigers toward extinction.
Sadly, KFC executives have responded by putting a big bucket of denial on their heads. The company first said that 60% of their packaging in the US comes from "sustainable" sources. Then, they said it was 80%. Hmmm. Then, they started to claim that they don't buy from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) in the UK or US.
There are so many things wrong with this statements, we're going to have to take them one by one.
First, KFC is clearly buying paper products that originate from APP. There is plenty of evidence in our report. I hope KFC executives take the time to read it. But, another way to prove this is with pretty pictures. Above is a photo of a box containing napkins destined for use in KFC. If you look at these napkins you'll notice that the name PT Pindo Deli. This is an APP company based in Indonesia. Beyond this clear link, we had the napkins tested by an independent lab. You know what they found under the microscope? Mixed Tropical Hardwood wood fiber – in other words, the remnants of rainforests.
Second, KFC executives are using the word "sustainable" in a very creative way. Their mysterious 60%-80% figures seems to include controversial clearcut logging that has been criticized for years by conservationists. If this is what the Colonel calls "sustainable" he has a bad case of denial.
Third, KFC's statement is specific to the US. This ignores it's massive global operations. China – not the US – is KFC's largest market now. And, buying policy standards (or lack thereof) made in Louisville effect forests around the world.
This is all getting way more complicated than it needs to be. KFC and parent company Yum! Brands clearly have problems in their supply chain. They can be fixed. Other companies have taken on the same issues and figured it out. A global policy that sets standards for the kinds of paper the company will buy – if properly implemented – would do the trick.
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to bring or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Synonym: to develop, instruct, teach, inform, enlighten, edify, bring up, train, breed, rear, discipline, indoctrinate.
Origin: L. Educatus, p. P. Of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. Educere to ed forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.


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The Commission on Higher Education and the New Jersey Presidents' Council today called for increased investment in New Jersey higher education to ensure the state's societal well-being, economic development, and future prosperity.
The FY 2003 Joint Budget Policy Statement, which the Commission adopted today during its monthly meeting in Trenton, recommends significant funding increases in three priority areas with vast potential to impact and shape the state's future. The first priority is to begin increasing capacity to meet higher education student needs and state workforce demands. The second is to assure access to high quality, timely educational opportunities for all segments of the population. And the third is to promote excellence in prekindergarten to graduate education as well as academic research and development.
Citing the growing demand for higher education, the changing demographics, and the desire for educational opportunity for underrepresented populations, the budget statement calls for a major increased investment in the senior public institutions. Full state support for negotiated salary increases and contractual increments is recommended along with a 3.5 percent increase in operating aid for the 12 institutions. The report indicates the increased funds would begin to move the state closer to the desired two-thirds share of operating costs, reduce the level of tuition increases needed, and begin to impact on affordability, adequate capacity, and overall quality of the institutions.
The budget statement also recommends a continuation of the $12 million annual increases in operating aid for the community colleges to minimize the need for tuition increases and help students complete their degrees expeditiously. An additional $3 million is sought for the independent colleges and universities, recognizing their important role in meeting state higher education needs.
The Commission and the Presidents' Council recommend additional funding to help disadvantaged students succeed in college. An increase of $2.7 million is sought to strengthen campus Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) student services, and $1.5 million is recommended to increase EOF student grants. A $2.1 million increase is proposed to expand precollege programs for middle- and high school students in the Abbott school districts. In addition, the Commission calls on the state to increase funding for Tuition Aid Grants (TAG) and establish a TAG program for part-time students.
Stressing the importance of teacher quality to improving student achievement, the budget statement recommends renewing the competitive Teacher Effectiveness Grants to further enhance successful college and university teacher preparation and professional development programs.
The Commission and the Presidents' Council also request renewed funding to increase university research capacity in biomedical and other high-tech areas, and an additional $15 million for a third round of High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants, which build on successful programs to meet workforce needs of New Jersey's high-tech industries.
NOTE: The full text of the report is available on the Commission's website at www.state.nj.us/highereducation/budget03.htm.
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text: MTV Music Review of The Beatles show LOVE news MTV Music Review of The Beatles show LOVE 20 April 2010 Here is an excerpt from Gil Kaufman's review of the LOVE show in Las Vegas: "That evening, after dodging the gauntlet of what seemed like hundreds of hawkers trying to hand me cards for escort services, pushing my way past freaks dressed as Na'vi, storm troopers, Jack Sparrow, Edward Scissorhands and more than half a dozen Michael Jacksons, I hit up the Mirage to catch the Cirque du Soleil show "Love." I'd read plenty of rave reviews of the Beatles revue, and I've seen a number of Cirque shows before, but none of that prepared me for this spectacle. Vegas is sometimes where artists in the twilight of their careers go to cash in one more time, and Beatles fans were worried that this show would be a nostalgia trip that would cheapen the band's carefully-manicured place atop music's Mount Olympus and make them seem dated and corny. Not a chance. The show takes music that is more than 40 years old and makes it utterly contemporary, blending the songs into a kind of mash-up/mixtape of perfectly sequenced Beatles classics and outtakes accompanied by breakdancing, stepping, Krumping, in-line skating on a vert ramp and trampoline work. It sounds as chaotic as "Revolution No. 9" but comes off like a psychedelic mash note to the Fab Four. The in-the-round theater is equipped with 6,000 speakers that blast the tunes at sometimes concert-worthy volume as acrobats and dancers move through the early lives of the Beatles, blasting apart a WWII-era Liverpool set during a bombastic "Get Back," racing across the stage in a vintage Beetle for "Drive My Car" and filling the air with giant soap bubbles pulled from the top of a grand piano for "Strawberry Fields Forever." The story of the singer's rise is eventually dropped in favor of pieces that bring the group's songs to life. "Octopus's Garden" featured an aerialist in long, flowing jellyfish costumes trippily bouncing up and down, while hippie trampolinists flipped through the air to avoid riot cops during a turbulent "Revolution" and four in-line skaters wearing moptop-shaped helmets glided and spun through the air on two vert ramps during "Help." For tickets visit:LOVE Tickets Full article:MTV Article


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(From LEAVEN, September-October 1995, pp. 72)
For some women leaking is little more than an
occasional drop or two during breastfeeding;
for others it may be copious amounts--sometimes
at anything but opportune moments. Many times
mothers are given mixed messages about leaking.
If a new mother is leaking milk, we reassure
her that she has plenty of milk. We routinely
suggest that mothers can stop leaking by putting
direct pressure on the nipple, as if nursing
mothers can expect to leak. Moreover, how many
times do we hear from mothers who are sure that
their milk supply has decreased because they
no longer leak?
There are products on the market today, from
pads to special shells, designed specifically
to help with leaking "problems." Sometimes
the products themselves contribute to the problem
if they apply continuous pressure on or around
the nipples. However, the question remains,
is milk supposed to leak?
Research on over-active letdown raise questions
about leaking. One begins to wonder whether
leaking might signal potential problems or whether
there are times when women should, even need
to, leak milk. The search for more information
begins with THE WOMANLY
A common occurrence while you are breastfeeding
is for milk to drip from one breast when baby
starts to nurse on the other. If your breasts
are very full or engorged, there is good reason
to let the milk come out rather than
hold it back. It is a great way to relieve
that full feeling.
A common occurrence while you are breastfeeding
is for milk to drip from one breast when baby
starts to nurse on the other. If your breasts
are very full or engorged, there is good reason
to let the milk come out rather than
hold it back. It is a great way to relieve
that full feeling.
Two important points are made:
first, that if the breast is very full, something
should be done; second, leaking is a "good"
solution. Perhaps this is the physiological
basis for leaking.
Jan Riordan and Kathleen Auerbach put it this
way in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation: "Leaking
milk in the early postpartum period may serve
as a 'safety valve,' since many women who have
recurrent mastitis often report never having
spontaneously dripped or leaked milk."
BOOK also makes the connection between
the value of leaking and preventing mastitis.
Counseling the Nursing Mother says, "Milk
leaking from the breast can be caused by let-down,
overfull breasts, too much stimulation of the
nipple, over-production of milk or hormone imbalances."
Note that with the exception of letdown, all
other causes are not routine, acceptable reasons.
Often, leaking accompanies let-down, especially
in the early weeks of breastfeeding "while
mother and baby are becoming adjusted to one
another and until harmony develops between supply
and demand." A mother with less storage
capacity for milk in her breasts may also leak
more as her body attempts to produce the quantity
of milk demanded by her growing baby.
Perhaps leaking is helpful for the new baby
who is still learning how to nurse efficiently.
The release of the milk provides multi-sensory
input to remind him why he is there. He may
see the milk drip, it may dribble in his mouth,
he may smell it, or feel the wetness. Sensory
input is especially helpful for the sleepy or
reluctant nurser.
What about leaking when a mother is shopping
and hears another baby cry? In a natural setting,
baby would be with his mother, so he could signal
that it is time to nurse. Of course, the reality
today is that many babies are not with their
mother every time they want to nurse, so women
are likely to leak. However, it could be argued
this still is not a situation that is supposed
to happen. There are some situations that cause
mothers to make, and consequently, leak copious
amounts of milk. Certain hormonal imbalances,
pituitary tumors, even medications can put milk
production in high gear. These require careful
investigation to discover the cause.
So, what does this entire matter mean in our
role as Leaders helping mothers? First, we need
to identify whether the leaking is bothersome.
To some women, leaking is reason enough to wean.
Those feelings need to be acknowledged before
giving her any suggestions on how to cut down
or eliminate the leaking. Second, it is important
that we look at how we cover the subject of
leaking at meetings, especially when pregnant
and new mothers are present. It is reasonable
to explain that many women do leak and that
it varies in duration and amount. Let mothers
know that if the leaking bothers them, they
are experiencing; it is a good idea to seek
help. There are suggestions that might eliminate
most of a mother's leaking. Mothers need to
know that it is not necessary to leak in order
to have a good milk supply, and conversely,
if they stop leaking, it is not always an indication
that the supply has dwindled. It may be a sign
that mother and baby are in accord with one
another, especially if the baby is healthy,
growing and contented.
Third, if a mother calls and mentions leaking,
it probably is bothering her. Using a combination
of HRE skills, breastfeeding basics and immediate
management techniques that include pressure
on the nipple and breast pads, we acknowledge
her feelings, educate her and give her help.
If a mother complains of truly excessive leaking,
then she may have a more serious medical condition
that requires input from her health care professional.
So, is milk supposed to leak? The more I think
about it, the more I am convinced that the answer
to that question is "probably not."
A more useful question might be, is milk supposed
to be able to leak. The answer to that one is
a definite "yes." Leaking can serve
useful purposes: encouraging the reluctant baby
to breastfeed, releasing
excess milk, reminding a mother that she needs
to feed her baby. Helping a mother understand
why she is leaking and giving her coping suggestions
might make for a much happier nursing couple.
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BALTIMORE – A transgender woman found slain in Baltimore is the sibling of an NBA player.
Reggie Bullock of the Los Angeles Clippers confirms to WJZ-TV that Mia Henderson, who was born Kevin Long, was his brother. Bullock also sent a tweet on Wednesday paying tribute to Henderson, with the hashtag "RIPKEVIN."
Baltimore police say the 26-year-old Henderson was found dead early Wednesday morning in an alley in northwest Baltimore. Police have not identified any suspects or established a motive, and they don't know yet whether there's any connection to the slaying of another transgender woman last month.
Bullock is heading into his second season with the Clippers. He was a first-round draft pick last year out of the University of North Carolina.


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(CNN) -- Those who have survived a devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, should do their utmost to live up to the example set by those who died while helping others escape the storm, President Barack Obama said Sunday at a memorial service for the victims.
Obama spoke about two of the heroes from the twister, which barreled into Joplin packing 200-mph winds a week ago Sunday.
One of them, Dean Wells, directed his co-workers and customers at Home Depot to safety, returning again and again for more people until a wall of the store fell on top of him, the president said.
And Christopher Lucas, 26, a manager at a Pizza Hut, herded employees and customers into a walk-in freezer, finding a bungee cord to hold the door shut from the inside and wrapping the other end around his arm. Lucas held on as long as he could, Obama told the crowd Sunday, "until he was pulled away by the incredible force of the storm. He died saving more than a dozen people in that freezer.
Faith comes to the forefront on Sunday in Joplin
"There are heroes around us all the time," the president said. "And so, in the wake of this tragedy, let us live up to their example, to make each day count, to live with a sense of mutual regard, to live with that same compassion that they demonstrated in their final hours. We are called by them to do everything we can to be worthy of this chance we've been given to carry on."
The tornado swept a 13-mile path, the National Weather Service said Sunday, raising its earlier estimate of six miles.
It destroyed neighborhoods, stripped the bark from trees, reduced homes in its path to unrecognizable rubble and killed more people than any other U.S. tornado since modern recordkeeping began in 1950. Early Sunday morning, Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr told CNN the death toll was 142. State officials have released the names of 87 victims.
Authorities have 146 sets of human remains, Andrea Spillars, deputy director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, said Sunday. Some of the remains may belong to the same person, she said, cautioning the figure should not be considered a death toll at this point.
"It seems inconceivable that just one week ago, the people of Joplin were going about their daily lives, doing the ordinary things that people do on a Sunday evening -- cooking dinner, watching TV, walking the dog, attending their sons' and daughters' graduation," said Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who spoke before Obama at the memorial service.
"This tragedy has changed us forever," Nixon said. "This community will never be the same. We will never be the same ... but those we love, those we lost, are safe with God and safe in our hearts. And in our hearts the joy they gave us lives on and nothing can take that from us. We can and we will heal ... by God's grace, we will restore this community and by God's grace we will renew our souls."
Earlier, the Rev. Aaron Brown told those present, "I think God is saying to you right now, death doesn't get the last word. Death doesn't win ... Life wins."
Two tornado-wracked towns unite through tragedy
He challenged survivors to live out the legacy of those who died. "They may have lost their lives, but none of them would want you to stop living yours," he said.
Obama noted how the people of Joplin pulled together in the immediate aftermath of the storm, as residents transported the injured to hospitals on doors in the back of pickup trucks, businesses filled trucks with donations and restaurants helped to feed people in need.
"You have shown the world what it means to love thy neighbor," Obama said. "You've banded together ... you've demonstrated a simple truth: That amid heartbreak and tragedy, no one is a stranger. Everybody is a brother. Everybody is a sister. We can all love one another."
He pledged the nation will stand with the people of Joplin as they rebuild. "Your country will be with you every step of the way," he said to cheers and applause. "We will be with you every step of the way. We're not going anywhere. The cameras may leave, the spotlight may shift, but we will be with you every step of the way until Joplin is restored and this community is back on its feet."
It was the third time in a month Obama visited a community savaged by a terrible act of nature to comfort survivors and talk with local leaders about rebuilding.
As Obama toured the storm damage, a few hundred people waved to him along his motorcade route, waving flags and snapping pictures. A few held signs saying, "God Bless Joplin."
The number of those unaccounted for has dropped to 43, Spillars said. That figure includes four people reported dead by their families.
Nixon told CNN's "State of the Union" earlier Sunday that Missouri state troopers made death notifications to families throughout the night, sitting with some families for hours as they grieved.
Some of those missing may be in the morgue, Nixon said. Damage to some of the bodies means DNA testing must be conducted in order to identify them.
The list of those who perished includes 1-year-old Hayze Howard, the youngest identified victim, and Nancy E. Douthitt, 94, the oldest, according to the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
Another child, 1-year-old Joshua Vanderhoofven, died along with his mother, Dee Vanderhoofven, according to her obituary in the Joplin Globe newspaper.
The list also includes Will Norton, an 18-year-old whose disappearance during the storm attracted national attention. The May 22 twister swept Norton out of the arms of his father as the two drove home from the son's high school graduation.
Storm like a giant 'pounding the house'
Asked why the number of fatalities was so high, Nixon cited the "total destruction" left by the twister. In one household, a young woman got into the home's bathtub, and her husband lay down on top of her to protect her, he said. The man was impaled by debris and died; the woman survived.
"Folks are beyond homeless here," the governor said. "Their homes don't exist ... the power and destruction here was unimaginable."
Obama's scheduled visit comes exactly one month after he visited Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where a tornado of similar force had ripped through the city and killed 41 people.
And on May 16, the president traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to meet people displaced from their homes by a historic Mississippi River flood.
Meanwhile, a hospital that suffered a direct hit from the twister was reopening Sunday in a temporary facility and with a different name.
St. John's Regional Medical Center suffered heavy damage from the tornado, prompting the evacuation of its patients and staff. On Sunday, according to a statement from hospital spokesman Cora Scott, St. John's Mercy Hospital was beginning to see patients in its temporary facility across the parking lot from the damaged hospital building.
"The building is not St. John's," Dr. Bob Dodson, who is working to set up the temporary hospital, said in the statement. "St. John's is the people who worked in that building. And they're going to be the people in this building."
The temporary facility will have an emergency department, surgical suites, MRI and CT scan capabilities, a pharmacy and 60 inpatient beds. It is being build to withstand 100-mph winds, Scott said.
The temporary hospital will be in operation until a more permanent facility can be built, which will house the hospital while the campus is being reconstructed, according to the statement.
At 5:41 p.m. (6:41 p.m. ET) Sunday, exactly one week after the EF-5 tornado touched down in Joplin, the city observed a moment of silence for the victims, including those who have yet to be identified and others who may yet be found. Residents stood solemnly as American flags flapped in the wind.
As of Saturday, about 5,500 households in Jasper and Newton counties had applied for federal assistance, FEMA spokesman Bradley Carroll said. Some $6 million in aid had been approved for Jasper County residents and $200,000 for Newton County residents.
Norton's body was found Friday by divers in a pond close to where his vehicle had been. The tornado destroyed the Hummer H3 he and his father were in. A relative said the teen's father did all he could to keep his son from being swept away by the tornado.
"Mark (Norton's father) said that he reached over and he grabbed Will with both of his arms," said Tracey Presslor, Norton's aunt. "He held on to him until he possibly couldn't anymore, and so he's feeling really bad about that because as a dad you don't want to ever let go of your kids.
"You want to protect them forever," Presslor said as she cried. "But at least we know that he did absolutely everything he possibly could."
Meanwhile a "boil water" order was lifted for Joplin as of Saturday, according to Missouri American Water.
"Customers were asked to boil their water following (a) loss of pressure throughout the system from damages caused by the tornado," the company said in a statement. But tests confirmed the water is safe for consumption.
CNN's Casey Wian, Dugald McConnell and Michael Martinez contributed to this report.


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AAA: A quarter of Americans driving for holidays
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 13th December 2012
Expect traffic this month, as more than a quarter of the country hits the road for the holidays.
Some 93.3 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles from home during the year-end holiday travel period,
predicts AAA.
That's an increase of 1.6% over 2011. This year, AAA defines the holiday period as Saturday, December 22, to Tuesday, January 1, 2013.
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"The year-end holiday season remains the least volatile of all travel holidays as Americans will not let economic conditions or high gas prices dictate if they go home for the holidays or kick off the New Year with a vacation," said AAA President and CEO Robert Darbelnet in a statement.
"Primary economic indicators all show modest improvement from last year and AAA is projecting an increase in the number of Americans stuffing their stockings with airline tickets and hotel reservations," said Darbelnet.
A man got a ticket for covering his truck in Christmas lights because it could be confused with an emergency vehicle.
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A five-year-old girl gets an instant gift from Santa as she tells him what she wants for Christmas.
President Barack Obama and his family join entertainers to light up the National Christmas Tree in Washington.
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The national average price of gasoline has dropped about 50 cents a gallon since September but is still at a record high, AAA said. The price may continue to drop and could average $3.20-$3.40 a gallon by January 1, 2013. The drop in gasoline prices may not have an impact on the number of cars on the road, but it could free up money for more spending on presents, dining and entertainment, according to AAA.
Some 90% of U.S. travelers (84.4 million) say they expect to drive to their destinations this year, a 1.3% increase over last year. Some 5.6 million people will fly, an expected increase of 4.5%. Approximately 3.3 million will use other modes of transportation.
Americans are expected to travel an average distance of 760 miles this year, an increase from the 726 miles the average traveler expected to drive last year.
Travelers are also planning to spend more: AAA predicts median spending of $759 this year, an almost 6% increase over last year.
In a separate forecast, trade group Airlines for America predicted that 42 million passengers will fly over a 21-day holiday period between December 17, 2012, and January 6, 2013. That figure reflects an expected dip of about 300,000 passengers, or a 1% decline, from last year.
"We still have a relatively tepid, albeit growing economy, with high unemployment levels," said John Heimlich, the organization's chief economist.
Airlines are experiencing strong bookings relative to available capacity. Planes are expected to be about 85% full, rising to nearly 90% on the busiest days, December 21, 22, 23 and 26 and January 2.
"This is a great time to travel, as carriers are staffed to accommodate the influx of holiday travelers and airfares remain a bargain, having significantly trailed U.S. inflation," Heimlich said in a statement.
Average airfares are up year over year, but adjusted for inflation, flying costs about 14% less than it did in 2000, according to Airlines for America.
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