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Lions, Raiders fail to sell out games, will be blacked out on local TV
Updated: September 24, 2009, 9:08 PM ET
Lions, Raiders blacked out
DETROIT -- The Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders failed to sell all their tickets for Sunday's games by an NFL-imposed deadline and will be blacked out on local television.
The Lions fell well short of a sellout for their game against the Washington Redskins, while the Raiders failed to sell out their game against the Denver Broncos by the league deadline of 72 hours before kickoff.
The San Diego Chargers were able to lift the local television blackout for Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins, selling enough tickets by Thursday's deadline. The Arizona Cardinals were also able to sell out their game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Lions spokesman Bill Keenist said Thursday the game will be blacked out in the Detroit, Lansing, Saginaw-Flint and Toledo, Ohio, markets.
More than 10,000-plus tickets were available on Wednesday. Last week, the Lions were able to sell 1,700 available tickets in time for the home game against Minnesota.
The Lions have lost 19 games in a row, matching the second-longest skid in NFL history. Coach Jim Schwartz says the team must take responsibility for the empty seats.
"It is on us because it's our job to win," he said. "It's our job to get fans excited and to give them a reason to come to the game. And when we do that, we won't have to worry about blackouts or sellouts or anything else."
The Raiders got a one-day extension to sell out their opener against San Diego but were unable to avoid the blackout against the Broncos.
The Raiders have had two games blacked out each season since taking over ticket sales from Alameda County before the 2006 season. This marks the first division game blacked out during that time.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Dark Tranquillity
July 2013
Released: 2013, Century Media Records
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: Peter Atkinson
For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, Dark Tranquillity were one Swedish melodic death metal band who never really did a whole lot for me. But I find myself quite liking their 10th and latest album Construst, even though – or perhaps because – it might be the least death metally release of their nearly 25-year career.
There's definitely plenty of "melodic" going on here, but within a sound that feels a bit more Paradise Lost-like goth-metal, especially in the melancholic way the album opens, with the somber "For Broken Words" which is dense with atmosphere and drama. Ditto the very keyboard throb of "Uniformity."
While "The Science of Noise" delivers a break-neck midsection, it isn't until "The Silence In Between" that the tempos finally begin to surge and guitars grow more assertive. "Apathetic" keeps the ball rolling in that direction before the band begin an ebb and flow with "What Only You Know" with bracing verses and big, riffy choruses tempered by moody swells and frontman Mikael Stanne's occasional clean singing.
Control, overall, is still a fairly heavy album, but with its emphasis on dark melody and depth it is less threatening than the band's prior efforts. And though Stanne growls 90 percent of his vocals, they often are measured and seem more about emotion than menace.
Despite the rather radical departure from the sonic norm by Dark Tranquillity, Construct in no way sounds forced, contrived or desperate. The band certainly aren't chasing hit singles here, otherwise the tone would be less morose or there would be far more emphasis on inviting hooks. Nor do they all of a sudden seem to be struggling to find their footing, because the material sounds natural and focused – it's just different. And quite good.
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PORT JERVIS - Robb Tipton gets it.
The Tuxedo man works in Lower Manhattan and knows how devastating Hurricane Sandy was – and how the recovery, five months later, is anything but complete.
Tipton, however, just saw Metro-North raise the cost of his monthly ticket to $283 from $260 on March 1 and now feels emboldened to ask when, oh, when, will the extra stops in New Jersey that commuters have endured since Sandy end.
"These extra stops for the 5:46 a.m. from Tuxedo – Ridgewood, Radburn, Glen Rock, Rutherford – have resulted in more crowded and louder trains," said Tipton.
The answer is Sunday.
True to their word, Metro-North and NJ Transit will return Port Jervis line trains to their pre-Sandy times with this next schedule change.
The additional stops have added upwards 10, 15 or more minutes to the trek to Hoboken from Orange County, making some of the longest commutes in the metropolitan region even longer. And the stops have remained well after Sandy damage to connecting services to Manhattan was repaired.
What has stood in the way of this return to normalcy was the destruction, in an eight-foot storm surge, of NJ Transit's electrical substation that controlled all train movements in Hoboken.
Until last week, when the substation was weaned from generators, NJ Transit simply didn't have enough juice to operate a full complement of trains to Hoboken on its Main/Bergen lines. As a result, Metro-North, reasoning NJ Transit was there for them after Hurricane Irene, agreed to the extra stops. The deal gave NJ Transit enough extra capacity to squeak by until the substation was repaired.
James Weinstein, NJ Transit's executive director, said the new schedules for the Main/Bergen, Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton lines restore virtually all service to Hoboken and represent "tremendous progress" in recovering from the state's worst natural disaster.
Tipton, for one, is happy to hear it.
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And here we go again. Jones Beach tonight.
Anyone else going?
My face remains unmelted, but really good show despite the monsoon. Rock and Roll > 2001 > Tweezer to open the second, dryer set was ridic. crash stopped by our tent (necessary with the rain) to get out of the rain and provide some delicious raw oysters. My first outside of innernewtz JI experience was a pleasant one...although crash might feel otherwise.
Sorry softserve, no dick pics. Maybe next time.
Got soaked obviously then scored seats under the overhang. Didn't feel a drop of rain all show. Super lucky.
Tweezer took the show for me. 2001 is probably my all time favorite, makes everyone gets down, this one was ok, nothing to write home about, but I'll take it anyday.
Solid show.
Not sure where you guys were but did you notice the wind and rain throwing the sound around? It was almost impressive that it could do so in such a short distance.
Me and my brother were about 20 seats away from where that dude took a swan dive off the balcony onto his head.
Tried to get to Holmdel the other night and missed the first set so didn't go in...
Was thinking of trying for Merriweather Post, but too much isht going on.
Scored my ATL tix! That's gonna be the fire shows, WATCH!
My dream was to get out to The Gorge, but that was shattered and isht all over.
I was in 7R, right behind the control tent a few rows up. Sound was definitely a little thrown in the first set. Second was more normal.
They've played Character Zero at the last three shows I've been to.
Had great time last night. the band stepped it up in the rain. great song selection, inspired playing and a monsoon. The rain was coming down in all directions in the first set. the jams were good and particularly loved the 2001>Tweezer>Cities>Wedge segment. Got completely soaked but was totally worth it.
You always know when it's coming but I always LOVE a good Tweeprise!
This was probably my favorite... Double Tweeprise from Hartford.


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Please pick form the list below
1. It doesn't scale (Twitter)
2. It's slow
3. I read somewhere that Python was a better language
4. I write PHP, I can do everything Ruby/Rails can do better
5. My obnoxious younger coworker uses it
6. It's not lightweight enough
7. The ruby community is full of over-hyping zelous twits
Ruby and/or Rails is awesome because:
1. It scales within reason (Twitter, Lighthouse, Shopify)
2. It's as fast as Python and PHP
3. I read somewhere it was better than Python
4. I used to write PHP, Ruby's been a godsend
5. There are so many motivated and innovative people in the community
6. It's featureful
7. Pythonistas are over-hyping jealous twits
7. The ruby community is full of over-hyping zelous twits
This is exactly true. Rails was in full-scale OMG hype mode before they even found an application server that worked properly or had a decent XML library. (Many of the fundamental building blocks only appeared because people bought into the hype and found that Rails, as promoted, was simply unusable for anything more than a low-traffic blog.)
And I say this as a developer who really likes Rails, but the toy-developer nature of the community is it's biggest weakness IMO.
I gave RoR a chance and evaluated it for a while, and while RoR isn't bad, it's community is absolutely terrible. Help is hard to get, and more often than not a simple question leads to 5 people falling over eachother to call you stupid in various degrees, yet they are unable to actually offer any help. A large majority (from what I've seen) of the community can only follow the "hype" and treats the RoR dev team like deities, yet has no idea how to do certain things, how to properly structure and architect
I agree with your comments - but the merb community has been awesome. Now that the merb dudes are core contributors to Rails 3.0 there is some hope that they will "unsuck" the elitist/cult-of-personality mania in the core Rails community. In the end the guy running the community makes a big impact - get cool people like Brian Behelendorf evangelizing Apache, Linus Torvalds for Linux and you get open, interesting communities. DHH has turned RoR into a Steve Jobs look-a-like. Ezra Z (original author of merb)
If you ever want to attract lots of blog comments, there are 2 subjects to cover:-
Seriously, what put me off Rails was the utter zealotry of some of the people involved in it. Django is full of more sane folks.
Yes, but while there may not be right and wrong opinions, opinions can definitely be either thoughtful or stupid. A case in point: Rails likes to give your database tables plural names. This is a stupid opinion. I explained this on #rubyonrails years ago, but it seems that the developers, DHH included, were so enamored with their pluralize method that they didn't want to rip it out and do the sane thing.
It's convention over configuration, not instead of configuration, I read in another comment. Well, I trie
ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false
A case in point: Rails likes to give your database tables plural names...One of the reasons to prefer singular table names is that it improves Rails's interoperability with the applications that either want to supply data to or consume data created by Rails..
Another reason is that it gets you closer to relational thinking. Plural names come about because some think of tables as collections of records and it follows that said collection should get a plural name. So, your "person" record becomes your "people
And I don't know how big of a performance hit pluralize yields
It adds a couple of milliseconds to the startup time and that's about it. If you didn't manually specify a table name in the class, it will use the plural version of the class name and store that in the table_name variable when you start the app. Actually, most of Rails' "magic" is performed during application initialization (dynamically creating methods and setting variables) and after that it's (internally) just running code as usual.
You can also just add config.active_record.pluralize_table_names = fal
I run a production rails app with pluralization turned off. I turned this feature off in 2006 and it worked fine then - it works fine now. I agree with you that this is a dumb feature.
Imagine a discussion forum about developing with Rails on OS X (I just checked, rails is part of the standard OS X install). You'd probably need asbestos trousers for that discussion group.
You're absolutely right. After seeing widely-publicized incidents like the trademark shenanigans [rubyinside.com] involving DHH, and then the blatant sexism at GoGaRuCo [ultrasaurus.com], I refused to become associated with that community.
As a professional, I don't want my name linked to such childish behavior. So I took Ruby and Ruby on Rails off of my resume in May of 2009, and have taken contracts dealing with Django and Python instead.
Unlike the RoR community, the Python community somehow seems to be able to avoid petty arguments and bla
Then again, the Python community is generally made of more experienced professionals interested in developing high-quality software applications, rather than 18-year-old college students "rebelling" against PHP to develop Web-2.0-buzzword-compliant web sites.
You clearly gave Rails a fair chance there, didn't you?
Perhaps your really silly reasoning for "taking Ruby on Rails off [your] resume" was really nothing more than self-selecting against a platform you had already decided was worse than one you clear
7. The ruby community is full of over-hyping zelous twits
You know, I wrote my post as a joke, to hopefully prevent stupid comments like yours. That yours was modded (twice) up is proof of the juvenile partisanship present here on slashdot.
What about F#lukie and FAILs?
Or Gravel and Nails? (Chuck Norris' favorite morning cereal.)
Or Gravy and Meats? (Favorite British breakfast, I guess... especially in pie form.
Pearl on Paths
Diamond on Driveways
Topaz on Tracks
Sapphire on Streets
Aquamarine on Avenues
C++ was written a long time ago.
Somebody out there is just itching to write C on Crack.
...or COBOL ON COGS [coboloncogs.org].
What the...
My friend, the fact that you misinterpreted my little funny and random word-play as having a "knee-jerk reaction" of an "ignorant troll" really shows, that you should go out more often, and have a little fun.
Because you are starting to see assholes everywhere.
See, the problem with text-only communication is, that we read it in the (inner) tone of voice of what we expect to read. Which is controlled by our own mood.
So if we expect ignorant trolling everywhere, that's what we will always see. Which makes them that, in our reality.
And because I just recently realized that I did the same... man... it's not good for you. You are getting angry where you could have a little laugh etc. Basically making your own life bad.
Look at the moderators. They got it right, and even modded you funny, because of the good mood.
Chill, relax, kiss a girl.
P.S.: This is a dual-purpose comment. In case parent comment was really meant funny, it's meant funny too. In case it's not, this one also isn't.
Actually Groovy and Grails are Java native. No need to interpret via JRuby.
There is no reason to "interpret" via JRuby in any case. JRuby provides an AOT compiler (jrubyc) that compiles Ruby code to Java bytecode; in addition, the normal mode of operation for JRuby is to do JIT compilation on method bodies when first encountered and then execute the compiled method from then on.
Ruby and/or Rails sucks because:
8. None of the local web hosting services offer it except in their most expensive packages, all we get for the low-cost packages is XSSI, PHP and Perl.
Well, if you want good, cheap rails hosting you could easily do Dreamhost or Heroku. I'd go with Heroku, they'll scale up pretty well.
Hostgator offers Rails on all their plans, too, which start at $4.95/month. I think someone's not looking hard enough.
You forgot the "local" part. In my case it needs to be in Quebec, Canada.
ASmallOrange.com has Ruby web app hosting for $5 per year.
Google App Engine offers JRuby hosting for free, though you have to deal with App Engine's miserable Java performance problems.
And the biggest "problem" there is the lag while they spin up an instance of your app. The most promising thing I've seen about that is a proposal to cache a JRuby image as Java bytecode -- that should drop us back closer to Java spin-up times, which really aren't that bad now.
Java loads on App Engine are so slow, even a Java "hello world" app will occasionally time out. Java spin-up times are typically OK (1-4 seconds usually) but are occasionally and unpredictably unacceptable.
Shouldn't that be the other way around? local web hosting services suck because none of them offers Ruby and/or Rails in their low-cost packages.
Yeah, yeah, grandma won't care whose fault it is when she can't run her knitting patterns e-store, but put the blame where its due. It's not Rails' fault that web hosting services won't offer a language worth shit unless you pay for the priviledge.
Good post, but IMO it's a shame you left this one out:
Ruby and/or Rails sucks because:
8) It doesn't use spacing to delineate code blocks
Ruby and/or Rails is awesome because:
8) It doesn't use spacing to delineate code blocks
Ruby's a great language with a mediocre runtime (but getting better) and Rails is a great idea with massive breakage and version dependency problems among minor versions. Maybe that just means it's not done yet, but, man, stuff should work on 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 the same way and Rails 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 should cause huge breakage (I'm only recalling those versions from memory, apply fuzz).
Bullshit. I remember very clearly the 1.8.x AND the 2.2.x upgrade issues. Both these updates broke my app - not the gems, the core application. I was using features they removed or changed without deprecation warnings. It took me only about 2 hours to figure out the issues and repair them in both cases, but core libs were broken silently by the Rails core in both those version releases.
My pick:
Ruby sucks because:
2. It's slow
7. The ruby community is full of over-hyping zelous twits
Rails sucks because:
6. It's not lightweight enough
Ruby is awesome because:
4. I used to write PHP, Ruby's been a godsend
5. There are so many motivated and innovative people in the community
6. It's featureful
Full disclosure:
Ruby sure isn't perf
I'm glad first responses are so negative; now I don't have to bother trying ROR out.
Besides speed should hopefully become less of an issue once people migrate to Ruby 1.9 with YARV and eventually 2.0 which will hopefully have a decent JIT over top of the YARV bytecode (or something else perhaps) that should help significantly with the speed issues.
(Especially if said JIT offers an unsafe optimization mode that makes certain documented assumptions about the code, like not changing the integer arithmetic methods, and other similar cases, the detecting of which can add significant overhead wh
Over at Ruby Inside we did (and are maintaining) a roundup of ~36 Rails 3.0 beta links/articles [rubyinside.com] (it's up to about 40 now, I think). If you've got Rails 3.0 installed and want to know how to use X or Y or want to learn some of the back story/motivation, the links should come in useful. They're only things that are actually worth reading. Well, mostly..
It depends on what you are doing with it: ROR makes some things extremely easy, and others extremely hard. If your website is mostly about doing the easy stuff, it's great. If your requirements are all about what ROR isn't any good at, ROR is worse than a dozen other frameworks, where you pay a larger upfront cost for more flexibility.
Now it's matured into the finest open source development web development stack available
Tsk, tsk, you kids. I think you'll find that Spring is what you're really looking for. It's built on top of a real programming language as well, not some bastard offspring of Perl and Python like Ruby.
Having used both Rails (1.something) and Spring (2.something), I can tell you which I prefer.
Hint: it's not the one that tosses out the compile-time checking and performance of your so-called real programming language by having you write everything in XML.
Also, I much prefer the bastard child of several useful and expressive programming languages to a language that has set the world back a decade or so by having people re-invent and re-implement things that were working years before it.
Apologies if this com
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 33
I just finished reading this. Kudohs to the translators.
I feel really fulfilled after reading Surprise. Even if the author says he didn't really have a good reason for the delay, I do feel those years didn't go to waste. The story was well developed, the characters interactions were delightful, the drama was always there and overall the story kept you on your toes. I even felt sadness at Yasumi's dissapeareance and Sasaki's departure from the main story (I hope Kyon's implication that we may see more of her is not a red herring). Sasaki's character in particular must be one of the most likable I've seen, even if it felt a little too constructed at parts. Nothing I can't forgive in a light novel.
I'm eagerly waiting for whatever the author will publish next.
|2011-08-10, 00:22
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Now that we're on the topic though, is there any foreshadow left from the early part (~v1-3) of the story? The "Have I met you before?" is Bamboo leaf, and "Kyon always like weird girl" with this arc. Anything else left?
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But... I might read the first part a second time before I go on. The plot is getting set up nicely for an exciting conclusion in the second part. I think the first is only just the warm-up...
Beyond that, this series has always been fairly meditative (is that a trait of Japanese storytelling, or Tanigawa even moreso?), but this time around I was especially tuned into Tanigawa's commentary. I enjoyed Kyon's narration as usual, and Haruhi's criticism of the education system. I especially liked the last part where Sasaki and Kyon have that long conversation that eventually delved into existential thoughts about what life means. I really like Sasaki as a character as well. You could be right about her feeling a bit constructed, but she plays a great role as a foil for both Haruhi and Kyon in different ways. I get the feeling Tanigawa also uses Sasaki as a means to express some of his musings that other characters just can't voice as well. Sasaki's apparent calmness and clarity of thought let her tap into ideas more directly than the other characters. I really like reading her mini-essays.
I think if Asakura could come back, I'm sure Sasaki will too before the end (which I am not at all convinced Surprise comprises, even if I haven't finished it).
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Also, the two phrases you mentioned were both already present since Melancholy.
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As for Kuyou I want to know what her deal is. Is she ordered to obey Fujiwara? Does she do it of her own volition? Is she under his control? What has Kyon gotten himself into now? And what else has Yasumi got to do? I have almost as many questions about the characters as I do about the story at this point.
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In any case, I remember mentioning in an older thread that I think it might be related to Kyon's development in personality. I'd be happy if it came up again in later novels. Otherwise, why would Tanigawa have Kyon mention it more than once?
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Just finished reading it today, stupid work stopped me from finishing it earlier >.>. All I can say is, sh*t literally hit the fan in the last chapter. I can't wait for the next book. Haruhi herself has changed sooo much, sucks about Yasumi though, she seemed to be an alright character. I have a feeling the next novel will be much like 3/5/6 and be a bunch of short stories though.
Side note, I think the author is really pushing the KyonXHaruhi thing now, the whole kyon kind of on top of her in bed and her not getting mad.
Also, i'm not spoilering this, but before Kyon ended up in Haruhi's room, was what he saw Haruhi+ Him at a future university/college?
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I think it's safe to assume it is. It's certainly a few years in the future, but the question is of course 'where' and 'why'.
Just to quote what I think are the most important clues regarding this:
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yep, I hope we'll get hints in the next novel.
By the way, I read the novel rather quickly so maybe I missed some points:
- there is going to be a class reunion for Kyon and Sasaki, right? when exactly, in April or May?
- Do we have any hints who confessed to Sasaki?
- I had the impression Sasaki liked Kyon more than just friends and took it as a hint that Kyon chose Haruhi over her when he did not give Sasaki the powers. Am I right to think that? I also felt that Kyon also realized this...
- Don't they have facebook, twitter, emails, etc? why such farewells like it was the 19th century and they were going to move to another continent? Something like "see you around, i ll mail you one of these days to hang out" would have been a better reply from Kyon, right?
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DENISON, TX-More than 30 special needs athletes in Grayson County trained hard to get ready for the big dance. Victoria Maranan has more.
Jamie Domie and his teammates prepped for the big game Saturday.
"We do the 200, the relay and the long jump," he said.
He is one of 34 athletes with the Texoma Tornadoes heading to Arlington for the Special Olympics Summer Games.
"Do good, we're gonna win it, we're gonna get first prize," said Domie.
The team's assistant coach, Jeremy Green, said the Tornadoes have been working hard all year.
"It's been great, it's just tremendous turn around from last year. I mean we got a group of great guys that run hard and they say they practice hard and they compete hard so they're ready for it," he said.
"This is what he looks forward to. He lives for this every year and, for him not to get to go, will be very very disappointing, heartbreaking to him," said parent, Tami Connor.
One of Connor's sons, Jason, is competing with the Tornadoes. Jason has cerebral palsy and Connor said she's very impressed with his skills in track, winning the gold medal several times.
"It's awesome, it really is, it's rewarding, you know? People say 'how do you do it?' You don't know what you have until you have a child in Special Olympics," she said.
The Summer Games will be May 24th at the University of Texas at Arlington.
The Texoma Tornadoes will be competing in track, cycling, softball and tennis.


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A list of hundreds of patents that Microsoft believes entitle it to royalties over Android phones, and perhaps smartphones in general, has been published on a Chinese language website.
The patents Microsoft plans to wield against Android describe a range of technologies. They include lots of technologies developed at Microsoft, as well as patents that Microsoft acquired by participating in the Rockstar Consortium, which spent $4.5 billion on patents that were auctioned off after the Nortel bankruptcy.
These are the secret patents Microsoft's patent mafia uses as a club to beat other companies into paying protection money.
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Darker. The air is crisper. Autumn is like that hour before you go to bed. You know that something relaxing, dark and cosy is coming. Sleep.
I wonder how the hibernating animals feel. Have they already gone to sleep? When are they going? Anyone who knows? I hope that the badger is staying awake for a while more though... because he's always gone somewhere or sleeping when I go to the zoo, and I really want to see him!! Mr Badger... please stay awake a bit more.


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The City of Fayetteville, Fayetteville Main Street, Fayetteville-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce and Keep Fayetteville/Lincoln County Beautiful, Inc., announce April 13-21 will be the Community Spring Cleanup.
"Dump the Junk" is aimed at cleaning up the city streets and neighborhoods. Residents are asked to leave limbs, leaves, household trash, rugs, tires (up to 4), household appliances and auto batteries on the curb for pickup.
Anyone who is disabled or unable to clean your yards or move items to the curb are asked to contact the Fayetteville Municipal Building at 433-6154 to get help lined up for this event.
Paint and electronics are taken year round at the Recycle Center. Residents are reminded that some paint, in small quantities, is available for sprucing up your porch, mailbox, planter boxes, etc. Just stop by the Recycle Center and see what is available.
The Recycle Center is holding a "Recycle Roundup" on April 19, and officials want you to recycle all your Plastic #1 & 2, newspaper, magazines, books, plastic shopping bags, cardboard, metal food cans and aluminum cans. The Book Adoption will be open for you to select a book to take home. Monetary donations are appreciated.
The Shredder Truck from Huntsville will be here April 19 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. This is a free service and would be a great time to securely shred your old tax records, personal papers, etc., without having to stand over a personal shredder for hours. Load up in advance so you don't miss the shredder truck.
Lincoln County will not have a Household Hazardous Waste Event this spring since the Recycle Center takes paint and electronics all year and the auto parts places here take used motor oil. The turnout for this event has been very low over the past few years so organizers are switching to every other year for this event. Truly hazardous waste that you do not want to hold until next spring can be taken to any neighboring county that is holding an HHW event. Area events are planned as follows: April 13, Coffee County HHW event, Tullahoma Public Works Facility, 942 Maplewood Ave., 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.; April 20, Giles County, Highway Department, at 400 Bennett Drive in Pulaski, 8 a.m. until noon; and April 20, Moore County, Recycle Center at 748 Booneville Highway in Lynchburg, 8 a.m. until noon.


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Ängelholm is a city in Sweden in Skåne län with 21716 inhabitants in 2000.
Get in
By plane
Ängelholm is linked to Stockholm and Visby at Ängelholm-Helsingborg airport, situated a few kilometres from the city centre.
By train
Ängelholm is linked to Helsingborg and Malmö twice almost every hour. Once every hour, there are trains towards Copenhagen and Gothenburg.
By car
The highway E6 goes straight through the municipality, just outside the city limits.
By bus
There are buses to Ängelholm from all surrounding municipalities with various frequency.
Get around
There are two different local bus routes, line number 1 and number 2.
Line number one goes between Midgården, Nya kungsgården, the city centre and Ängavången. Line number two goes between Vejbystrand, Skälderviken, the city centre and Kulltorp.
In the summer, there is also a beach shuttle departing a couple of times a day between the city centre and the beach.
Ängelholm has a long beach, which is a popular destination during the summer.
There is also a few night clubs in the city.
Even though Ängelholm is a small city, it has a couple of intresting shops, mostly clothes.
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The Escola d'Enginyeria was launched on the 28th of April 1998. The school gathers most engineering studies offered by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Chemistry Engineering, Materials Engineering, Telecommunications Technical Engineering (specialized in Electronic Systems), Telecommunications Engineering, Industrial Engineering (specialized in Industrial Chemistry, Environment itinerary) and Graduate in Aeronautica Management.
The Escola d'Enginyeria of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is located in both the Bellaterra campus and the Sabadell campus. For information on the research carried out at Sabadell, click here, for information on the research at Bellaterra click here.


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Welcoming the Special Initiative on Africa launched today by the entire United Nations system, Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, said that the Initiative demonstrated the international community´s recognition of the burning need to put African development back on the world agenda.
Thirty-three out of the forty-eight poorest countries in the world - the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) - are situated in Africa and thus will receive special attention from UNCTAD. Annual per capita income in African LDCs is just under US$300. According to the forthcoming edition of UNCTAD´s annual Report on the LDCs, African LDCs after many years of economic decline, have registered modest growth since 1994. In 1995, the growth rate was 2.2% as a result of domestic economic policy reforms and of higher commodity prices.
In addition to its ongoing activities in favour of the LDCs and other African countries, Mr. Ricupero said that UNCTAD´s contribution to the Initiative would focus on commodities, debt, trade and investment, technology and enterprise development.
Over 75% of the workforce in Africa is employed in the commodity sector. Africa´s exports have remained stagnant and the real value of commodity exports has fallen by 50%. In addition to diversification in production and trade, UNCTAD seeks to promote producer-consumer cooperation, and the use of market-based instruments such as hedging for specific commodities, to reduce the adverse effects of price instability.
As Africa represents merely 2% of world trade, the Executive Heads of UNCTAD and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to produce a plan of action for increasing Africa´s export-oriented production and the improvement of export diversification and markets. Whereas for other developing regions, improved market access is a major instrument for stimulating economic growth, for Africa the first challenge is to diversify its production base and to build up value-added supply capacity. Unless its supply capacities are strengthened, Africa runs the risk of being further marginalised in the world economy because of the increasing premium which globalization and liberalization imposes on the efficient production of traded goods.
Less than 2% of foreign direct investment goes to Africa. A recent UNCTAD study has found that returns in investment in Africa are higher than in other parts of the world. The UNCTAD secretariat is to launch a pilot project to prepare country profiles for investment in five selected African countries.
Despite efforts to alleviate the debt of African countries, Africa´s total debt stock stood at US$313 billion in 1994, which is equivalent to 234% of export income and to 83% of GDP. UNCTAD continues to provide substantive support to indebted countries in the context of the Paris Club negotiations. It has installed its Debt Management And Financial Analysis Programme (DMFAS), a computer-based debt management system, in nine African countries. It will contribute its experience to seminars to be organized by United Nations Development Programme and the African Development Bank, for African decision makers on debt management strategies.
Through its Trade Efficiency programme, UNCTAD assists African countries to improve the technological and administrative infrastructure for expanding trade. As part of its activities for enterprise development, the potential for doing business in Africa will be highlighted in the context of the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX) to be held in Midrand, South Africa, from 27 April to 11 May. In parallel with the Conference, a major event called "Africa Connect" will bring together business leaders from African firms and transnational corporations, African chambers of commerce and industry, investment promotion agencies and government officials. They will identify trading and investment opportunities in Africa.
Mr. Ricupero will address member States on UNCTAD´s contribution to the Special Initiative, at a Board meeting on Thursday 21 March. The Board is currently in session to prepare for UNCTAD IX.
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The third anniversary of the crash that killed a young local couple likely will come and go before the criminal case involving the driver accused of causing it is resolved.
Patricia Schmidt, who is accused of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving in the Feb. 21, 2011, crash that killed Timothy Getzelman and Alexis Weber, is scheduled for a two-part trial beginning next week. Since Schmidt asked a judge, rather than a jury, to decide her fate, Judge Robbin Stuckert and the attorneys have set aside Monday through Wednesday, as well as March 3 through March 5, for the trial.
If you're Schmidt's attorney, you might think you've already won much of the battle: In September, prosecutors dropped the more serious charges of aggravated driving under the influence of prescription drugs, which carried a potential prison term between 6 and 28 years. The remaining charges of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving are both probationable; despite including the word "homicide," reckless homicide is punishable by no more than five years in prison.
If you're a prosecutor, you likely are preparing for the rigors of a trial – the evidence, the witnesses, the details of the statutes. You won't have jurors' heartstrings to tug, but you probably are thinking a bit about the elusive notion of justice: what's fair to Schmidt, what's fair to Getzelman and Weber and their families, what best protects society and what outcome most aligns with past cases.
The average DeKalb County resident, on the other hand, might be wondering how anyone can think anything is fair about this situation. It's not: Two young people who were, by all the accounts I've seen, smart, beautiful and full of promise lost their lives, and Schmidt's own future has been in limbo for three years.
But as you read news accounts of the trial, I'd encourage you to keep a few things in mind.
First, the trial really is about Schmidt and her actions, not the lives that were lost. Getzelman, 21, of Sycamore, and Weber, 21, of Maple Park, were traveling east on Peace Road in Sycamore when Schmidt, driving south on North Main Street, struck Getzelman's vehicle on the driver's side, authorities said.
Witnesses told police Getzelman had the right of way, and later authorities said Schmidt had several prescription drugs in her system at the time of the crash.
The law says a person commits reckless homicide if they No. 1: unintentionally kill someone; No. 2: that actions that caused death were performed recklessly, and No. 3: the actions that caused the death were likely to cause death or bodily harm to begin with. The law seems straight-forward enough, but we'll have to see what evidence and arguments are made at the trial.
The second thing to keep in mind is that DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack dropped the more serious charges his predecessor Clay Campbell pursued. Schmack has said he dropped the charges alleging she was under the influence of prescription drugs because he didn't think prosecutors could prove them beyond a reasonable doubt. Granted, there is a significant difference between the "probable cause" standard involved in charging someone with a crime and the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard required to convict them.
But dropping the charges means they won't be aired in open court: Schmack, not a judge or a jury, decided Schmidt wasn't guilty of the charges and used his power as state's attorney to eliminate the possibility she'd be convicted of them.
I'd encourage voters to watch the evidence that comes out at trial, watch what other cases Schmack chooses to prosecute, and think about how you want the county's top legal official to manage his power.
You may remember Schmack campaigned in 2012 on the slogan, "To do the job right."
On his campaign website, which was still live Tuesday, he described how he viewed the job of state's attorney. When it came to criminal prosecutions, he said: "Within this limited area, an Illinois State's Attorney wields virtually unchecked power, exercising total discretion regarding whether or not someone is charged with a crime, and whether or not the prosecution proceeds or is terminated. With vast power comes vast responsibility, but the State's Attorney answers to no one but the voters in this area, except for the ethical obligation to 'seek justice, not merely to convict.' "
One case shouldn't make or break a political career, but voters should watch major cases, like Schmidt's, so they'll be prepared in two years or so to decide if Schmack really has done his job right.
• Jillian Duchnowski is the Daily Chronicle's news editor. Reach her at 815-756-4841, ext. 2221, or email email@example.com.


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Cordero is likely gone after this year and these guys will be the top contenders to take over the role.
The question isn't who you'd like to end up as the closer but who do you think the Reds will make the closer in 2012?
Cordero is likely gone after this year and these guys will be the top contenders to take over the role.
The question isn't who you'd like to end up as the closer but who do you think the Reds will make the closer in 2012?
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
I didn't have a specific name in mind when I picked someone else, just none of those names struck me as someone who might have the job next year
that's gotta be Chapman. It seems Walt & Co. are set on him being a reliever, so they're going to validate the hype and signing bonus somehow. Don't see anyway he's setting up Masset unless he completely bombs this year.
Arrendondo, who I think will be the Reds closer sometime in 2011 as well.
A long shot favorite of mine is Jordan Smith. He has that closer mentality and "intentional fortitude" as Brantley puts it.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
IMO, it'll be Masset. Chapman's going to be converted to full-time starter eventually.
I went with Arredondo. I hope and pray it's not Chapman as he should be starting in 2012.
I don't think it will be any of these guys. I wonder if it ends up being a guy like Ondrusek or Smith.
I'm going with a dark horse. I think it will be Homer Bailey by the end of this season.
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honestly, any of the pitchers mentioned could end up as the Reds closer. Sometimes a guy just falls into the role, has success & stays there.
However, my crystal ball would say Chapman is the Reds closer after Cordero.
1) since i doubt the Reds are going outside the system to pay for an expensive closer I am guessing Cordero's successor is already here
2) Chapman can get some closing experience this year without ruffling Cordero's feathers. Dusty can use Chapman to close against a 9th inning lineup full of lefties. Masset can't do that. I suspect Dusty would hesitate using Masset to close a game unless Cordero had literally pitched the prior 3 days.
3) The Reds are going to pay Chapman a fair amount of money the next few years no matter what. There will be a lot of temptation to let him close in 2012 if he is successful in the pen in 2011. The 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' mentality could make the team keep him in the pen rather than converting him into a starter. Then if he is in the pen he should close. Massett is a lot cheaper to pay as an 8th inning guy than as a 9th inning guy.
I personally would like the team to keep an open mind on Chapman. How well does he adjust to life in America? Adjust to the bigs? How does his 3rd pitch look? If he doesn't really develop a 3rd pitch & feels comfortable in the pen then I'd keep him there. If he adjusts well, the team thinks he can handle the transition to starter and he develops that 3rd pitch then he should start in 2012. Its too soon to get too worked up one way or the other.
One way or another, Cordero is gone after this year. I voted Chapman, but it would be very Dusty of Dusty to give Masset the job. If Chapman is going to stay in the pen after this year, he needs to be closing.
I also see no logical reason why it would be Arredondo unless Chapman is moved into the rotation and Masset's arm falls off.
If David Weathers can be a 30 SV guy, that tells you the organization shouldn't waste too much time or money worrying about the issue.
My guess? Someone who isn't in the organization right now.
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Hello, LT,
I'm missing a translation of a request I added and now I'm missing the whole page of this greek singer. Here is an old link: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/giannis-zouganelis-lyrics.html (Notice: Page cannot be found).
I became this e-mail from LT at (23:34 Saturday/ March, 10, 2012):
"Your subscriptions on Lyrics Translate
notify you of the following changes since the previous digest:
Your request: Translate Σώστε τη χελώνα Καρέτα - Καρέτα (Soste ti helona careta-careta) is translated.
Follow the link to read translation: http://lyricstranslate.com/fr/request/soste-ti-xelona-kareta-kareta-sost..." (The link drives me to the main page of LT...)
Did someone delete it or is this another kind of bug?
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The Streamwood Fire Department will hire three new firefighters as a result of receiving a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The awarding of the grant to two Illinois fire departments was announced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Streamwood and Taylorville received a total of $849,000 in grants, with Streamwood receiving $627,000.
Funding is provided through the Department of Homeland Security's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program.
The SAFER program seeks to enhance a department's ability to maintain 24-hour staffing and ensures that the community has adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.
Streamwood Fire Chief Chris Clark said he was pleased at the news.
"It's a good opportunity for us to improve our service to the community," he said. "So we're very excited about it."
He noted that in 2009 through attrition the department reduced its authorized strength by three people. In addition, the department reduced its stations from three to two in 2010.
The department received a similar grant in 2006 to hire two firefighters, with a five-year commitment to keep them on staff. Those two, Clark said, are still with the department.
As for the three new hires provided by this year's SAFER grant, Clark said the department is only obligated to keep them on staff for two years. But he is hoping that an economic upturn will allow the department to maintain those positions on its own.
"We're hopeful that the economy will continue to recover and we'll be in a better position to support those positions at that point," he said.
With the new hires, Clark said the department is also looking at possibly reopening the fire station at 1204 S. Park Blvd.
"We're going to evaluate the feasibility of putting staff in that station and reorganizing our deployment model," Clark said.
Clark credited two firefighter paramedics with developing the case for awarding Streamwood the grant: Firefighter/Paramedic Jeff Patenaude and Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Tierney.
"These guys deserve credit," Clark said. "They spent a lot of time putting this (grant application) together."


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CALGARY — Less than five months after his appointment, Bryan Gould is no longer president of Athabasca Oil Corp., the company announced Monday.
Stock in the oilsands developer, already beaten up after it was forced to undergo an Alberta regulatory hearing on the Dover project it shares with PetroChina, fell five per cent on Monday to close at $5.96 on the surprise announcement.
It earlier hit a new all-time interday low of $5.71.
Gould was responsible for "day-to-day management and oversight of Athabasca's operations and technical disciplines," according to its website.
He inherited the role as president from chief executive Sveinung Svarte in November — Svarte will resume the title until a management committee can find a replacement.
Gould, a chemical engineer, joined Athabasca in October 2009 as vice-president, new ventures and business development, after 28 years at Shell Canada Ltd. He held a number of technical and managerial assignments for Shell with a focus on oilsands and business development.
"We appreciate the many contributions that Bryan made during his time with Athabasca and wish him all the best in his future endeavours." said Svarte in a news release.
The company offered no explanation for Gould's departure. A source said he did not leave for another job.
Athabasca said it has formed an "executive operational and development committee."
"The committee is intended to refine the company's operational performance plan, targeting top tier operational performance while incorporating operational flexibility consistent with corporate financing," Athabasca said in its release.
Analyst Andrew Potter of CIBC World Markets said the exit adds to uncertainty about Athabasca and will be a short-term negative influence in a market already disappointed by its failure to land a promised joint venture last year, misses on production and the Dover regulatory review.
"ATH represents extreme value at current levels but the stock may continue to drift lower in the short term until the market gains confidence in: 1) the Dover regulatory approval and receipt of the $1.3 billion of cash; 2) light oil well results; and, 3) that Mr. Gould's departure does not foreshadow more negative news," he wrote.
The $1.3 billion refers to the amount PetroChina would pay to take over the Dover project if that option is exercised once it is triggered by regulatory approval.
Athabasca is building its first steam-assisted gravity drainage project, the 12,000-barrel-per-day Hangingstone Phase 1, after selling full ownership of its MacKay River project last year to PetroChina.


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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi cancelled a state visit to Pakistan on Friday, government officials said, a day after granting himself extended powers, a move likely to widen divisions in his country.
No reason was immediately given for the cancellation of the visit or for Mursi's decision not to attend a summit of developing nations in Islamabad a day earlier.
Mursi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, on Thursday triggered controversy in Egypt by issuing a decree that shielded from legal challenge any decisions he takes until a new parliament is elected.
The decree also exempt the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament and the assembly writing the country's new constitution from legal challenge.
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US President Barack Obama's administration formally proposed a controversial sale of advanced spy drones to help South Korea bear more of its defense from any attack by heavily armed North Korea.
Seoul has requested a possible US$1.2 billion sale of four Northrop Grumman Corp RQ-4 "Global Hawk" remotely piloted aircraft with enhanced surveillance capabilities, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement dated on Monday and distributed on Tuesday.
South Korea needs such systems to assume top responsibility for intelligence-gathering from the US-led Combined Forces Command as scheduled in 2015, the agency said in releasing a notice to US lawmakers.
"The proposed sale of the RQ-4 will maintain adequate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and will ensure the alliance is able to monitor and deter regional threats in 2015 and beyond," the notice said.
The US has agreed with Seoul to turn over the wartime command of Korean troops later this decade. Current arrangements grew from the US role in the 1950 to 1953 Korean War.
Seoul has shown interest in the high-altitude, long-endurance Global Hawk platform for at least four years. The system, akin to Lockheed Martin Corp's U-2 spy plane, may be optimized to scan large areas for stationary and moving targets by day or night and despite cloud cover.
It transmits imagery and other data from 18,300m at near real-time speed, using electro-optical, infrared and radar-imaging sensors built by Raytheon Co.
The possible sale has been held up by discussions involving price, aircraft configuration and a go-slow on release of such technology subject to a voluntary 34-nation arms control pact.
The Department of Defense began informally consulting Congress on the possible Global Hawk sale in the summer last year, only to withdraw it pending further work on the make-up of the proposed export to Seoul amid lawmakers' arms-control concerns. The formal notification to Congress came less than two weeks after a North Korean space launch of a satellite atop a multi-stage rocket, a first for Pyongyang, widely seen as advancing its ballistic missile program.
In October 2008, then-US secretary of defense Robert Gates told reporters that the US was "very sympathetic" to South Korea's interest in Global Hawk. However, he cited issues that had to be overcome because of the so-called Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The pact, established in 1987, has been credited with slowing the spread of ballistic missiles and other unmanned delivery systems that potentially could be used for chemical, biological and nuclear attacks.
Pact members, including the US, agree to curb their exports of systems capable of carrying a 500kg payload at least 300km. The Global Hawk falls under a strong presumption against export under MTCR guidelines. The notification to Congress did not mention that a US government waiver for such an export would be required.
Arms-control advocates fear that this could fuel instability and stir regional arms-race dynamics as well as provide diplomatic cover for an expansion of such exports by Russia, China and others. The Obama administration agreed earlier this year to let South Korea, a treaty ally, stretch the range of its ballistic missile systems to cover all of North Korea, going beyond the voluntary pact's 300km. The congressional notification is required by US law and does not mean that a deal has been concluded.
South Korea's possible Global Hawk purchase would mark the system's first sale in the Asia-Pacific region. It has already been sold to the NATO.


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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — When the flames at the cremation ground are quenched and Cambodia's former monarch Norodom Sihanouk's ashes scattered on Phnom Penh's riverfront, the mighty Mekong River may well carry away the country's last true king, a towering figure in a procession of more than 100 monarchs stretching back 2,000 years.
Today, Cambodia has a new king, but he holds little of the power that Sihanouk once wielded. Instead, a poor farmer's son and onetime communist commander, strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen, now occupies the dominant position that Sihanouk represented for years.
For over half a century Sihanouk bestrode this Southeast Asian country like a colossus, wresting independence from France, keeping the opposing Cold War powers at bay while manoeuvring adroitly — at times brutally — through domestic minefields.
A larger-than-life character, Sihanouk survived wars and the Khmer Rouge reign of terror before succumbing to a heart attack last October at the age of 89. The King-Father, as he is called, will be cremated Monday.
His son, current King Norodom Sihamoni, a gentle man and former ballet dancer, by most accounts ascended the throne reluctantly and does not appear to have inherited any of the father's political skills needed in Cambodia's winner-take-all arena.
Bent on monopolizing power, Hun Sen's regime has not afforded Sihamoni powers guaranteed to the monarchy by the constitution and even restricts the king's movements outside palace walls, according to royalists and political opponents.
Sihamoni's shrinking role and personality, together with the erosion of traditional society, does not bode well for monarchy's long-term future.
"I think the survival of the monarchy after Sihamoni drops off the mortal coil is, at best, a 50-50 bet," says Milton Osborne, an Australian historian and author of a Sihanouk biography.
"He would be much happier if he could go back to France," says Son Soubert, the king's high privy councillor — or to the Czech Republic. Sihamoni spent 25 years in the two countries, as a student in Prague and Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, the cultural body, in Paris.
He has described his time in what was then Czechoslovakia — "my second homeland" — as belonging to the "happiest part of my life" and still speaks Czech like a Prague native. Diplomats say that after dinner, usually taken alone, the 59-year-old bachelor loves to read Czech and French theatre reviews and watch DVDs of ballets and operas.
"Grandiose, energetic and charismatic, Sihanouk was considered by many as the quintessential 'God-King', a model which contrasts sharply with the quiet, reserved, and circumscribed stance of Sihamoni," says Astrid Noren-Nilsson, a political scientist at Cambridge University. "Whilst Sihanouk was a natural-born, astute politician, Sihamoni does not aspire to any political role."
By contrast, Hun Sen, in power for 28 years after defecting from the Khmer Rouge, says he won't step down until he's 90 and is grooming his three sons for bigger things, the eldest already a two-star general holding key military positions. Hun Sen's brother is a provincial governor, a nephew-in-law serves as national police chief and a daughter recently bought the colonial building that housed Phnom Penh's City Hall. Family members, relatives and political cronies control vast business enterprises.
Bridges, schools and roads across the country bear Hun Sen's name, or that of his powerful wife Bun Rany, and both have had royal-like titles bestowed on them. His is Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo, or Illustrious Prince, Great Supreme Protector and Famed Warrior. In 2009, the prime minister announced that in a previous life he had been King Korn, a peasant who rose up to usurp the throne in the late 15th century. He has since sponsored statues and a book about the monarch.
Observers note that some of Hun Sen's actions bear an uncanny resemblance to those of Sihanouk, including the latter's hours-long speeches, the forays into the countryside to bond with villagers via handouts and earthy language, and even the two men's propensity to belt out songs in public. Hun Sen, like Sihanouk, brooks no rivals to his power.
However, the government denies it is trying to relegate Sihamoni to the shadows.
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith says Hun Sen swore a sacred oath before Sihanouk's corpse to protect the monarchy and that relations between the prime minister and Sihamoni are "very good."
"The reason why some people say the king is without power, a prisoner in the palace, is because they compare him to the King-Father. This is wrong," the minister said. "Sihanouk was also head of state involved in politics. The current king is playing the classic role of protecting Cambodian unity, tradition, religion. The king will survive if he is firmly committed to this constitutional role."
To date, Sihamoni has shown little desire to expand his role, staying in the background as long his father was alive. "Now we will see if he can exercise his power. It depends on him, now that he has a free hand. He has to show that he is king," Son Soubert says.
The constitution stipulates that the monarch heads a potentially powerful Supreme Council of National Defence and an annual People's National Congress. But the law enacting the council has languished in draft form since 1993 and there is no draft yet related to the congress. Son Soubert says axing the congress would break a long tradition allowing all citizens direct access to the king.
Sihamoni, his councillor says, has also not been allowed to take some trips abroad, including one on invitation from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. And diplomats say he would like, if permitted, to take more trips to the countryside, where his father enjoyed his greatest support but where Sihamoni cannot make much of a difference.
"I don't know him very well. I just know that he is the son of the King-Father so I will love him too," said Khim Touch, a 60-year-old farmer from Kampot province who like hundreds of thousands others came to Phnom Penh to pay her last respects to Sihanouk. She recalled Sihanouk once coming to her village to pass out sarongs, rice seeds and cash.
Soung Sophorn, a young human rights lawyer, says the king's popularity is fast diminishing because "people see that he cannot solve their problems compared to what Sihanouk did. The king himself is not strong, brave enough to oppose Hun Sen, and Hun Sen has closed all the doors."
Because of the current king's his isolation, the lawyer says Sihamoni is losing touch with the country's vital majority, the young, while Hun Sen may even gain support from the older generation because he is portraying himself as a Sihanouk admirer as he serves as master of ceremonies at his elaborate funeral.
Others disagree. Nilsson says the mass outpouring of grief and reverence following Sihanouk's death has strengthened the institution although since Sihanouk's abdication in 2004 "the monarchy has increasingly moved to become a decorative monarchy along the lines of Western European constitutional monarchies."
"The passing of Sihanouk can be understood as the end-point of this longer process, cementing the role of the monarchy as a strictly constitutional one," she says. "Since Sihamoni carries himself as a strictly constitutional monarch, the monarchy no longer poses any challenge to Hun Sen, and Hun Sen will have no reason to act against the monarchy."
The royalists themselves wrestle with how to deal with Sihanouk's complex legacy. The young king abdicated the throne for the first time in 1955 to assume various political leadership roles, including head of state for life, although he was back on the throne later. Sihanouk in fact eroded kingly power while retaining the aura of kingship in the eyes of the general population.
Exactly what kind of a mantle Sihamoni may assume remains to be seen, but Osborne says that for now the monarchy remains important for Cambodia's sense of national identity, at least among some segments of the population. And Geoffrey Gunn, a Southeast Asia expert at Japan's Nagasaki University, adds that at times of national crisis royalty can be wielded as a rallying national symbol.
"I think Hun Sen understands that he cannot diminish the status of the monarchy to irrelevance," Gunn says.


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Sebastian Falinski hopes other area teams notice what his Dundee-Crown girls soccer team accomplished Thursday.
Unfazed by a tying goal from Crystal Lake South's Bree Marshall with less than 25 minutes to play on South's home field, the Chargers withstood two overtime periods to win in a shootout, 2-1.
"I hope it's kind of a wake-up call," Falinski said. "We're always seen as an easy win, so maybe this will scare teams a little bit."
Shannon Feld struck in the first half for D-C (5-11 overall, 1-0 FVC Valley), and Cori Schrade, Brittney Gantz and Jordan Fryer netted shootout goals. Kylie Britten made four saves for South (8-3-1, 0-2).
Huntley 3, Jacobs 0: At Algonquin, Deanna Hecht scored two second-half goals for the Red Raiders (11-2-1, 2-0) in their FVC Valley win.
Liz Foster made four saves for the Golden Eagles (4-9-1, 0-2).
Grayslake Central 3, Woodstock North 0: At Grayslake, Shanen Laabs made 12 saves for the Thunder (2-7) in their FVC Fox loss.
McHenry 2, Johnsburg 1: At McHenry, Quin Rogers scored an unassisted goal and Alexis Morales scored on a penalty kick for the Warriors (4-5-1) in their FVC crossover win. Olivia Jansen scored on an Abbi Ullrich assist for the Skyhawks (8-5).
Genoa-Kingston 4, Marengo 0: At Genoa, Makayla Pfeiffer made seven saves in the Indians' (4-5-1, 4-4-1) BNC East Division loss.
CL Central 4, Hampshire 1: At Hampshire, Alex Zeller scored on a Lexi Maze assist for the Whip-Purs (1-7, 0-2) in their FVC Fox loss to the Tigers (3-5-1, 1-1).
McHenry 19, Grayslake Central 3 (5 inn.): At Grayslake, Kelsey Cichocki smashed a pair of home runs and went 3 for 5 at the plate, Alexa McClaughrey doubled twice and Cassie Arns homered to support her winning night in the circle for McHenry (10-5).
Prairie Ridge 7, CL Central 1: At Crystal Lake, Kirsten Stevens fanned eight, walked none and allowed no earned runs on three hits in a complete-game FVC crossover win for the Wolves (10-2). Claire Bowman went 2 for 3.
Chicago Christian 12, Marian Central 2 (6 inn.): At Palos Heights, Sarah Schaeffer had two hits and Mary Black doubled in a Suburban Christian Conference loss for the Hurricanes (3-7, 1-4).
Marengo 7, Richmond-Burton 5: At Marengo, Bethany Hart struck out 14 over seven innings for the Indians (12-6, 3-2) in their BNC East win. Taylor Carlson led Marengo, going 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Brogan Etten led the Rockets (5-4, 3-2), going 2 for 3 with two runs and three RBIs.
CL South 6, Johnsburg 1: At Johnsburg, Heather Eck allowed one earned run over seven innings for the Gators (8-6) in their FVC crossover win, with Kimmy Woods and Kara Zybko each adding two RBIs in the win. Rachel Barnett went 2 for 3 for the Skyhawks (4-9).
Huntley 12, Woodstock North 4: At Woodstock, Megan Baczewski went 3 for 5 with two home runs and three RBIs, Tamara Funke homered and drove in two runs and Katelyn Behrens added a double and an RBI for the Red Raiders (10-5) in their FVC crossover win.
Paige Busch went 1 for 3 with an RBI double for the Thunder (3-6).
Grayslake North 3, Cary-Grove 1: At Grayslake, Sarah Leudo went 1 for 3 with a RBI and Erin Olson went 2 for 3 for the Trojans (10-1) in their FVC crossover loss.
Dundee-Crown 3, Woodstock 2: At Woodstock, Mandy Moore and Lauren Mercado each had an RBI for the Chargers (2-6) in their FVC crossover win. Hannah Jacobs and Samantha Baker each scored a run for the Blue Streaks (2-8).
Jacobs 8, Hampshire 6: At Hampshire, Kelsey Peters earned the win for the Golden Eagles (8-5) in their FVC crossover win, giving up three earned runs over seven innings. Sara Finn went 3 for 4 for the Whip-Purs (3-11) with a stolen base and run scored.
Alden-Hebron 12, Westminster Christian 1 (5 inn.): At Elgin, Sparkle Lagerhausen struck out eight over five innings for the Giants (7-3, 3-0 Northeastern Athletic Conference), with Grace Jones going 3 for 4 with two stolen bases and two runs scored.
Stevenson 12, McHenry 3: At McHenry, Annalise Anderson, Camilia Skowron and Madison Thompson recorded singles wins for the Warriors.
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After seeing today's wallpaper, Jeremy's mom was kind enough to send us a couple pictures from her family photo album (What? Of course she reads the MZone).
Below is a picture of Jeremy when he was 11 years old playing hide-n-seek in his hometown of Apopka, FL.
|"C'mon, Jeremy, no fair! We've been looking for you for over an hour!"
And here's one from high school...
|Jeremy Gallon at his senior prom


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Shirley Nell Peck, 77, of Brian Center Drive, died Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington.
A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date at Sandy Creek Cemetery on Giles Road by the Rev. Howard Baker.
God knew that Shirley had served him well and mercifully called her home. In her own life's journey, injury, disease and pain could never defeat her happy spirit. Shirley was born Feb. 27, 1936, to Jewel Peck and Thelma Leonard Peck, who preceded her in death. The oldest of four children, she spent a couple of years in the Erlanger community before moving to Tyro at an early age. She attended Tyro Elementary School and graduated from Reeds High School with the distinction of having 12 years of perfect attendance, a fact of which she was very proud.
Shirley was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Tyro where she previously sang in the choir, was a missionary circle member and secretary of her Sunday school class. She worked many years at the Workshop of Davidson County and enjoyed going on bus trips with her friends as long as her health permitted.
Shirley is survived by two sisters, Wanda Foster (Larry) of Winston-Salem and Toma Williams of Lexington, and one brother, Dale Peck (Gwen) of Lexington. She cared for many children in the Tyro community and her love for children will be remembered by her "Aunt Shirley Hugs" by her nieces and nephews: Jeffrey and Michael Foster, Mischa Williams, Kathy Williams Shoaf and Keena Williams Leonard. Another nephew, Jay Peck, who loved her dearly, preceded her in death. Also surviving are four great-nephews, two great-nieces, an aunt and uncle, Gilda and Bruce Greer, two other aunts, Wilma Leonard and Melba Leonard, and numerous cousins.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Hinkle Hospice House of Davidson County for the love and care shown to Shirley.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hinkle Hospice House, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292 or to St. Luke's Lutheran Church Building Fund, 4299 S. N.C. Highway 150, Lexington, NC 27295.
Online condolences may be made at www.piedmontfuneralhome.com.
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Shirley Nell Peck, 77, of Brian Center Drive, died Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington.


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The Montauk School Board had its first peek Tuesday at the 2013-14 district budget, an $18.6 million spending plan that reflects an increase of $106,594 and remains under the New York State-imposed 2-percent cap on tax levy increases. That amount, however, is subject to change as the board combs through the budget line by line in the coming weeks.
Jack Perna, the school superintendent, pointed out the largest increases, among them teacher salaries, which will go up by $81,493 to a total of just under $3.8 million. Mr. Perna is taking a salary freeze at $164,338.
Tuition fees for East Hampton High School will cost the district $372,742 less than this year because the current eighth grade class enrollment stands at 38 students, 12 less than graduated last June. The tuition total for 141 students to attend the high school at a cost of $26,864 per student, or $61,601 for those with special needs, is just over $4.1 million.
Next year's budget includes $70,000 in tuition fees for two students without special needs to attend the Child Development Center of the Hamptons Charter School in East Hampton. Tuition and related services, such as a summer program at the charter school, for children who do have special needs, will cost $425,000.
Transportation fees are estimated according to the Consumer Price Index, and school officials are expecting a 3-percent increase, at a cost of $1.2 million for next year's daily transportation, field trips, and transport to other schools outside the district, for which the district is required to pay.
Mr. Perna told the board to study the document, which will be reviewed again at a budget workshop on March 19 at 4 p.m., to which the public has been invited.


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Let's get this going. This is a crazy adjustable shock, and everyone will have their own preferences based on terrain, etc. This is a good starting point based on our suspension design...
HSC: 1/2 turn from fully open (the 4x4 suspension design provides inherent bottom out control, so no need to over-damp this setting)
LSC: 15 clicks from fully closed (the 4x4 suspension design is FULLY ACTIVE, so a couple extra clicks from middle(12) keep the pedalling smooth and controlled)
HSR: 1.5 turns from fully open (rider preference prevails on this one, depending on how fast you ride and how big the hits are)
LSR: 12 clicks from fully closed (this is the median setting and keeps bumpy/technical climbing from feeling too springy)


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Feb. 22, 2013
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Junior Katy Dodds won two event titles on floor and vault to help push the Maryland women's gymnastics team past Pittsburgh, George Washington and Bridgeport in front of a raucous crowd at the Comcast Center Friday night.
The Terrapins (12-1-1, 8-1-1 EAGL) started fast with solid performances on vault and uneven bars before rebounding from a tough beam rotation with another excellent showing on floor. Maryland led wire to wire and finished with a total team score of 195.600.
"We get to floor and I said, it's your decision, are you going to back down or take this win," Maryland head coach Brett Nelligan said. "They said they were going to stand up and fight, and they did."
As per usual, Maryland was out of the gates quickly on vault. Senior Ally Krikorian, ranked 16th nationally on the event, scored a 9.900, while Dodds, the sixth ranked vaulter in the nation, brought the Comcast crowd to its feet with a 9.925.
Freshman Alex Zimmerman notched a personal best on the event with a 9.725, another milestone for the Sparrows Point, MD native since being pressed into action after the loss of classmate Kathy Tang.
On bars, the Terps put together six solid sets to keep their lead. Junior Karen Tang tied her personal best on the apparatus with a 9.875 and Kesley Cofsky, who did all four events for Maryland, recorded a 9.825.
The Terrapins found some trouble on beam, but were able to rebound nicely to end the rotation. Sophomore Stephanie Giameo, ranked second nationally on the event, was once again a rock for the Terps, her 9.925 from the 6th position in the lineup a key point in the meet.
"Stephanie on beam is priceless," Nelligan said. "That's the kind of kid you would use four scholarships for. A kid that can do that on beam after falls and struggles in the lineup. She never lets if affect her. That's why she's number two in the nation."
With the move to floor, the Terrapins never looked back, putting together a set of performances that put the meet out of reach. Ebony Walters recorded a 9.900 for the second straight meet and was followed by the typically brilliant work of Krikorian and Dodds, who both notched 9.925's.
Giameo won her second all-around title of the season, a score of 39.250 knocking off Cofsky and Bridgeport's Sasha Tsikhanovic. The sophomore also took home the beam title. Krikorian tied Dodds for the floor title and Tang grabbed the top spot on bars.
After three straight wins at home, the Terrapins hit the road to take on Auburn March 1st, with action scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.


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0.5 stars (out of four)
I guess when you're born in the middle of a battle (prompting your dad to lift you to the heavens and scream), your chances of growing up to be, I don't know, a florist are slim. Nevertheless, Conan (Jason Momoa) develops into quite the bloodthirsty maniac when he grows up to seek revenge against the brute (Stephen Lang of "Avatar") who killed his father (Ron Perlman). Conan's other agenda: Boycotting shirts.
Worth noting: At least in 1982's overlong, kinda entertaining take on the legendary character, Arnold Schwarzenegger looked like a super-sized human tank motivated to grow into a fighter after a scrawny youth. The new Conan is just a generic buff dude with an '80s hair metal 'do and disturbingly vicious battle skills that kick in before puberty. His speech patterns also vary between "sentences" like "Woman! Come here!" and "I know not; I care not," unintentionally suggesting a flicker of a poet within the soul of a guy who as a child cuts someone's nose off. (The victim's accidentally hilarious reaction, in case anyone missed what happened, is shouting, "My nose!")
The verdict: The script for "Conan the Barbarian" must have had a lot of exclamation points, broken up only by scene descriptions such as, "Conan yells and stabs. Body count: Every extra that's available." Conan has impressively perfect aim when firing a person in a catapult but is barely more likable than the so-called bad guys. The incoherent film's sickening brutality occasionally takes a break so someone can thrust his sword to the sky and shriek. Sadly Morgan Freeman, who I-kid-you-not narrates the film's opening, doesn't get to join in.
Did you know? Conan rescues a group of slaves largely comprising beautiful women with their considerable beasts exposed, and almost immediately they become the dancing, smiling entertainment at the party that follows the battle. This is a long way of explaining why seven different actresses are credited as "Topless wench," not, "Exhausted, traumatized slave."
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text: The distance between Miami and Havana is only ninety miles. This project, featuring New Orleans-born trumpeter Nicholas Payton, Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sánchez, and New York vibraphonist Stefon Harris, adopts the distance as its title, and seeks to bridge that divide and emphasize the musical, cultural and historical kinships between the United States and Cuba. There will be three performances of Ninety Miles over two nights in the intimate Titmus Theatre.


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RE[4]: Currency conversion
by kaiwai on Tue 26th May 2009 13:47 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Currency conversion"
Still the difference in price between a PC bought in the US, and one Europe is much smaller then an Apple bought in the US v Europe.
Again, Apple doesn't distribute them - a local company does; there are factors way outside their control and in a lot of cases it is your local laws that prohibit parallel importing of products which also drive up costs - especially when the given product is a niche product in your country and thus there aren't the economies of scale to reduce the cost of importing, supporting and selling it.
New Zealand is probably lucky in that Apple consolidates their New Zealand and Australian operations in Australia which give them a market of around 25million people; couple that with the fact that it uses English with the standard keyboard lay out - the cost of doing business is a heck of a lot cheaper.
If Europe had a common language with a common set of taxes, regulations etc. then it would be possible to group all of Europe under the same banner, use a single distributor , support centre, sales website etc for the whole continent, and thus you'd get the savings - since none of those things are going to happen, you're stuck with higher prices.
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