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Seven-inch tablets may soon become rather thinner than they currently are. Toshiba has taken the wraps off a 7in, 1024 x 600 touchscreen that's a mere millimetre thick.
The so-called "low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) TFT LCD" panel incorporates capacitive touchscreen tech right into the LCD structure.
Touchscreen devices currently bond a separate sensing system on top of the display module. Combining the two components into one makes for a 57 per cent reduction in the unit's thickness, Toshiba claimed.
The combo modules consume less power too.
The company has its eye on in-car displays, but there's no reason that the panels won't appear in tablets once they become sufficiently cheap.
Indeed, this sort of integration is clearly the way touchscreens are going. This week, it was claimed that the similar LTPS displays that are currently being developed by Sharp will find a home in a future iPhone and, possibly, iPad.
Interestingly, Toshiba has been said to be a future iPhone screen supplier, suggesting 7in is not the only size at which its LTPS screens will be produced. ®


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Five students created a wearable infrared obstacle detector to help the visually impaired. Their prototype was designed to be inconspicuous, quiet, durable, and power-efficient, with a range of 1.5 meters and a low $30 price tag. Inventors Mncedisi Sikhondze '11, Harold Dansu '12, and dual-degree students Irina Cazan, Ermira Murati, and Qingyi Wang won the Phillip R. Jackson Award for outstanding performance in ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering. Their teaching assistant was Christian Ortiz '11.
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Funeral Mass honors Rick Majerus
Former coach touched many lives
Sheboygan native Rick Majerus was remembered Saturday as a man who had a profound impact on the lives of many basketball players and coaches.
He was also remembered as a man with an insatiable appetite for basketball -- and for food.
A funeral Mass for the former Marquette University coach on Saturday morning at Gesu Church brought together friends and colleagues of Majerus from all over the country.
Majerus last coached at the University of St. Louis where he was forced to take a leave of absence to deal with health issues. St. Louis players served as pallbearers on Saturday, while others shared their memories outside of the church.
"We're here to say thank you, Rick," said Denver Nuggets coach George Karl. "Then find a way to celebrate the rest of our lives without him. He's a man of character, a man of substance. He's a basketball coach, but he's much more than that to the people who really know him."
"He had a great sense of humor and a great outlook on life," said former Marquette player Jim McIlvaine. "So many times funerals are disappointing, and it's sad to see someone go that had so much impact and so much meaning in so many lives. But, at the same time, it's a celebration of someone's life."
"I lost my oldest daughter nine years ago," said former Marquette player Bo Ellis. "It will be 10 years ago in 2013. Rick wrote me a nice long letter that I still have. In it he said, '75 percent of the marriages fail after losing a child.' He said to me 'make sure you steer the course, you and your wife stay strong and don't let anything interfere with your marriage and stay together.' I still have that letter."
Hundreds attended a memorial service for Majerus on Friday at St. Louis University.


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Personally, video games serve as an excellent 'canary in the well' for me when it comes to increasing severity of depression.
I love this subject..... Having a number of lovely "titles" I myself have been given by "professionals" (such as OCD, ADD/Overactive Mind Syndrone, Manic Depressive/Bipoar/Bipolar 2, personality disorder, social anxiety disorder and probably a host of others I've forgotten) I have also been through the gamut of treatment options.... I gave up on doctors nearly a decade ago having eventually concluded the best way to become well adjusted mentally and emotionally was through cognitive and behavorial changes... On that note, I also tend to believe such "titles" carry a bit too much "weight" in that many diagnosis given are doing nothing more then labeling a personality trait that comes with a pill attached to it (all of which just further throw neuro-balance out of whack in the long run....)... But I'm drifting from the matter at hand....
I couldn't agree more.... But it extends a bit beyond depression for me.... The length of time I can play, the amount of attention I can lend to a game while playing, as well as assessing my recall of my playtime are all measures for me to check myself cognitively. How I play and how long I play tell me a lot about how I'm doing mentally.... In fact, I'd go so far as to say in some respects gaming has proven MORE efficient in "diagnosing" and treating some of my problems than any other means I've explored......Case and point....A doctor says I have ADD..... I think I'm just too hyper-inspired and excitable for my own good sometimes.... The fact I know to be true is that stimulants calm me down and allow me to focus... At the correct "dosage" the stimulants allow me full faculty of my brain and decision making as well (I don't feel scatter-brained or compulsive, I can make decisions based on logic and/or reasonable desire instead my thoughts and motivations bouncing around like a super-ball in my head)....... That correct "dosage" of pharmacutical remedies was not something doctors were able to achieve with me, and those options just created more problems by throwing other things out of whack.... Now, today, things are very simple.... I play whatever game I am currently playing. If I can devote the amount of time and attention to the game that I like (or more accuractely what I decide to be appropriate) I am good..... If I can't devote the amount of time and attention to the game I medicate... You know medication is now for me? Coffee.... I increase coffee consumption until I can comfortably focus and play my game.... I do this routine every morning... have for years... The result? I have not had a problem focusing or working for years and can easily apply myself to my work for however long is required without feeling or acting on an impulsive need to do anything else.


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Well, you're going to want to get there a little early. That Saturday the Dodgers will host an Old Timers' game! That's right; the glory of the past is coming to the present. Get there by 5:30 PM and you get to see the heroes of yesteryear duke it out one last time. If you're over the age of 40 then relive those cherished memories as guys like Ron Cey and Fernando Valenzuela take the field. If you're under 25 then go and witness the legends your grandpa wouldn't shut up about as Rickey Henderson and Goose Gossage flash some leather. There's some notable names in this shindig. Guys like Bill Buckner, Eric Gagne, Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden will also dirty up their shoes and throw around the ol' leather and stiches.


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His promise to the Panthers: He would display a certain long-talked-about ability that has approached a near mythical status among his players should the Panthers win a Class 5A state title.
His ability: Coach can do the worm.
The Panthers defeated Smoky Hill 3-1 in the 5A state title game on Monday. The Panthers players got their wish and Coach Kalisher got his groove on.
Kalisher's title-toting dance routine was a long time coming before Monday, so he had plenty of time to practice.
In 2006, word of Kalisher's abilities reached his players and a campaign began to convince the Panthers coach to do the worm in front of the team. The word leaked out again this season and Kalisher promised the Panthers he'd do the worm on the field at Dick's Sporting Goods Park if they won the state championship.
The Panthers held up their end of the bargain and following Monday's win, flanked by his cheering players, Kalisher did his best breakdancing move Soul Train-style down the length of his team with victorious swagger.
"I'm not gonna turn them down when they win the state championship," Kalisher said. "They did everything I asked of them so I'll go ahead and embarrass myself and do the worm."
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Jackie Pullinger – "The Sign of the Cross"
(Transcribed from "The Fragrance of Justice" Conference tape series)
It seems that there are many of us in the church these days who look at miraculous signs and think, 'If God would only do them, the whole world would come to Christ'. And they're hoping that the Holy Spirit will fill a church while we worship, and fill it so full that it will somehow get to the ends of the Earth.
No. If it worked like that, He would not have told us to go! It does not get there by itself. It gets there if you go.
You think Jesus Christ, up there in heaven, couldn't have done sky writing? Done a few signs and somehow by the power of God we'd all be one?
The miraculous sign upon which all men will be judged was the cross. That is the miraculous sign that the world is waiting for, through us.
There's this terrible song that we sing called "Lord Let Your Glory Fall". I don't know if you sing it, but I get real upset when we sing this song.
I can't sing that song, especially when they sing it all sweet. You know what the Glory of God is? The Son of God, crushed, voluntarily.
"The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life, only to take it up again."- John 10:17.
God gives us this same privilege. "Anyone who would follow me must take up his cross, daily."- Luke 9:23
See? That's it!
I don't think the Glory of God is going to get to the ends of the Earth when we sing in church. I mean, it's not a bad thing to do, to praise His name and bless His heart. But that's not how the Gospel gets to the Nations.
You see, it isn't "just" a miraculous sign. The miraculous sign comes through a man.
I think the world has yet to see this. The world has yet to see Christians laying down their lives. They're singing in church for God to do it again.
I think we're so rude to God. I mean, He gave us His son, He gave us His Holy Spirit and we say, 'More, Lord'! What more can He give?
He gave everything, and we say 'More Lord'?
We say, 'We need more before we go'. No! No! We haven't used hardly any of what He's given us yet. And if you go and it's quickly used up, great! Because as you use it up you get more, and you use it up, and you get more. That's how it works!
We haven't seen hardly any of the signs and wonders that we're supposed to see yet. Hardly any.
Because we think that the sign and the wonder is instead of the Cross. But the sign and the wonder is "in" the cross.
Then, when we understand the Cross, which is His heart, all the other signs and wonders are the expression of His heart. They are not demonstrations of His power, merely. They're expressions of His heart.
You know that this was Jesus' temptation, right at the beginning of His ministry, and at the end, to have it all without the Cross.
For any of you, young people, if you will minister with the poor, everything's backwards.
You spend a year on these people, and then they rob you of your money. In this ministry, you go backwards. God is faithful, of course, they all come off drugs by the power of the Holy Spirit, but then many of them turn back.
I was sharing this with a church in Taiwan and the pastor came up to me afterwards and said, 'How can this be? We've never heard this teaching before.' And I said, 'It's the way Jesus did it.'
Look at Him. At the end of three years, what's He got to show? I mean, he's had some great Glory meetings and some people got healed, but what's He got at the end?
Eleven in disarray and one suicide. His group hasn't multiplied even.
Not until Peter knows the Grace of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit. It's that Rock the Church is built on; a weak, forgiven Peter knowing the Grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
And so few yet in this world have used this explosive mixture of the compassion of Lord with a broken heart, and the power of the Spirit.
It's what the world waits for.
Transcribed from Tape 4 in the conference tape set entitled "The Fragrance Of Justice"; VMG, 2005


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Sales of machine-room-less (MRL) elevators in the Americas exceed hydraulic elevators by over $160 million in 2012 with revenues of $1.4 billion, according to a recent study published by IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)), titled The World Market for Elevators and Escalators.
"MRL is just now surpassing hydraulic as the primary elevator mechanism in the Americas for a couple of reasons," states Adi Pavlovic, report author and IHS analyst. "Once thwarted by strict legislative guidelines and poor end-user education, MRL is beginning to play catch up on the global market estimated to be worth $18.7 billion in 2012."
Growth for MRL elevators would be faster if not for a sizeable portion of the industry still considering hydraulic elevators as being a more cost effective solution for low- to mid-rise applications.
Despite a higher average selling price, often more than double the price of hydraulic, MRL not only offers 50 to 75 percent more energy efficiency but also removes the need to construct a machine room. This trend alone has attracted a new breed of building owners looking to invest in energy efficient building solutions such as lighting, insulation and elevators to keep energy costs down. Conserving energy consumption in these elements is also considered when assessing a building's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification which allows approved buildings to qualify for tax rebates and zoning allowances. The trend to build more energy efficient LEED accredited buildings is another key driver for MRL elevators.
One of the global market leaders and pioneers of MRL technology, KONE, discontinued production of its hydraulic product line in 2007 as a commitment to become more environmental friendly. "Manufacturers are realizing the shrinking opportunity for hydraulic products," comments Pavlovic. "Whether other suppliers follow suit and discontinue production of hydraulic elevators remains to be seen. Despite the decline, a market for hydraulic elevators still exists in the Americas for low-rise, low-cost applications. However, its long-term survival remains in doubt as the intelligent building moves center stage."


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zamotcr wrote: Are Sambhogakayas eternal or they have a beginning and an ending? I think Shan Tao answer this issue of Amitabha's Paranirvana, but I don't know.
Sambhogakayas do have a beginning but do not have an ending. it's the beginning of the very first time a person attained Buddhahood(a.k.a Source). One attained the Bliss body, there after, the bliss is forever, we do not say when one attained Buddhahood, they will become deluded again. Dharmakaya, Truth body is the the one without beginning non ending. nirmanakaya always have a beginning and ending, on going cycle.
In the text, it describes Amitabha as nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya or dharmakaya. These 3 are simply different aspects of forms. Each kaya has 3 different facets. For example, the dharmakaya of dharmakaya is Buddha Samantabhadra; the sambhogakaya of dharmakaya is Vajradhara; the nirmanakayas of dharmakaya are the 5 lords of the buddha-families. So, Amitabha, as head of the Lotus family, is classified here as nirmanakaya. The dharmakaya of sambhogakaya is Vajradhara; the sambhogakaya of sambhogakaya is Vairochana Gangchentso; the nirmanakaya of sambhogakaya is Sakyamuni Buddha. The dharmakaya of nirmanakaya is Amitabha; the sambhogakaya of nirmanakaya is Chenrezig; the nirmanakaya of nirmanakaya is Guru Rinpoche. So, here, Amitabha is the dharmakaya.
this is interesting, that i've roughly translated from one chinese site. it say the difference between east PL and west PL.
2 kinds of Title of Buddha:
Common titles of Buddha: Are divided into Ten.
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/Dha ... htm#Buddha
Special titles of Buddha: Are divided into Two.
1. East : Are divided into Three. 1) Vairocana 2) Rocana 3) Shakyamuni¡
2) West : Amitabha--Dharmakaya are the same, different are the Nirmanakaya/Manifestation bodies , each carry infinity virtue.
2 kinds of EmBody of Buddha:
East : basically are Three.
Two kinds of Dharmakaya: 1) Dharma noumenon kaya 2) Dharma phenomena kaya.
Two kinds of Sambhogakaya : 1) Self usage 2)Others usage
Two kinds of Nirmanakaya : 1) Perfect bodies(ie 32 marks, historical Shakyamuni Buddha) 2) imperfect bodies (eg Grand Master Shan Dao).
West : Amitabha---Dharmakaya is the same as the east, but the Nirmanakaya is different. the Nirmanakaya is also equally to Dharmakaya. as even the imperfect bodies are able to redirect beings of infinity world into Buddha remembrance and lead them into western PL.
2 kinds of Abode:
East : 4 abodes are seperated, upper are able to see the lower, lower are not able to see the upper.
West : 4 abodes are inter-fused, upper and lower can see each other.
2 kinds of deliverance area:
East : Dharmakaya and Sambhogakaya can deliver All ten directions.
while Nirmanakaya 1) perfect Nirmanakaya can deliver a Buddha-land 2) imperfect Nirmanakaya deliverance are limited.
West : All triple kayas can equally deliver All ten directions, for beings who are mindful of Buddha, like a big magnet , they are able to deliver them when the time is reaped.
2 kinds of cultivating cause
East : 4 teachings to cultivating cause, have many hinderance.
Collective---Like a lotus newborn, properly upgrade the 2 vehicles and unite the dully rooted bodhisattva.
Common---properly upgrade the junior bodhisattvas, and unite the 2 vehicles.
Special---properly upgrade the dully rooted bodhisattva of other doors, that have strong doubts.
Complete---Complete faiths, Complete realisation, Complete cultivation, Complete verification, properly upgrade the well-established bodhisattvas, doubts are light, Self-power cultivating, which is difficult.
West : teachings are inter-blending, Other-power cultivation, easy of the easy, lowest inferior grade when rebirth, in a single life attain Buddhahood, let along the medium or upper grades.
6 kinds of attaining Buddhahood:
-Principle based Buddha : All beings have Buddha-nature, as long as one have a mind, one's surely to be a Buddha.
-Title based Buddha : Acknowledge the self mind is Buddha, immediately enter the position.
-Contemplation based Buddha : Practice according to teachings, sever one's karma.
-One after another based Buddha : Sever delusions, Sever afflictions, Sever ignorance.
-Gradually verifing based Buddha : Gradually Sever 1 to 41 levels of ignorance
-Final based Buddha : Completely attain the Bodhi Nirvana.
2 kinds of great vow:
Ten Great Vows; 48 great vows.
Two kinds of Proper retribution of Buddha
East : Triple kayas rebirth into the 4 abodes are seperated.
West : Triple kayas are without hindrances. All 4 abodes are brilliantly adored.


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Sometimes I feel like if I ever hear the words Kim Kardashian again I might vomit. I guess I'm in the wrong line of work then, right?
The latest snafu in the never-ending divorce between Kim and husband of a second Kris Humphries, is that Kim's lawyer, Laura Wasser, accuses the NBA player of making threats to expose her reality shows as fake to get money in the divorce settlement.
If you recall, Kris who was villainized on Kourtney & Kim Take New York (which coincided to Kim's divorce filing), decided to examine other Kardashian shows featuring their relationship, such as Keeping Up With The Kardashians to prove she married (and divorced) him as a publicity stunt and their marriage was a made-for-TV fraud on Kim's end.
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Saga is an epic tale recounting the lives of a community or personal experiences over a period of time. My artwork visually encapsulates Freudian theory, which suggests two fundaments of life – ethos and thanos (sex and death). In addition, I have included religion as a theme because it is an underlying factor within society through periods of time. Fairy tales epitomise and symbolise the nature of the contemporaneous society. Due to our changing social paradigms this artwork investigates the crux of our society by disguising them in well-known fairy tales and the playful motif of confetti. Digital media is a documentive form, therefore I found it most appropriate to use this medium.
Sex: homosexuality/ transgenderism has become more accepted within our society. Death: war and terrorism. Religion: the influence of scientific discovery on social integrity towards the church.


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Facebook will create up to 1,000 new millionaires come Friday.
For those elite few desperately looking for ways to spend their new fortune, may we suggest buying a home built with old money.
A rare 12,951-square-foot French chateau in Woodside is set to hit the auction block on June 14.
The property is in fact so rare that some of those grown-up IPO babies living in Woodside have used a slice of their fortune to help pass ordinances that will not allow a home so large from being built in their backyard ever again. And yes, their backyards are that big.
The new Facebook millionaires can purchase the property before it goes to auction for $12.95 million.
The buyer will also be fulfilling the tech stereotype by buying into a city already so famous with Silicon Valley elite.
Think Larry Ellison, John Thompson, Thomas Siebal and Scott Cook. And to add to the cool factor, let's throw in the fact that Neil Young and Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband David Kelley call Woodside home.
Plus the house is only an 8.9 mile drive to Facebook's new Menlo Park headquarters. The drive takes about 20 minute in traffic, according at least to the last tech IPO to cause such a stir -- Google.
"Rich in history, this masterpiece was built in the 1920s and is so magnificent and grand that if you wanted to build a house this size today, you wouldn't be able to because of today's Woodside regulations," real estate agent Mary Gullixson said, who listed the property.
The home is built on five acres and it has five wings with an 11,000-square-foot main home.
The mansion has seven bedrooms, seven full- and two-half bathrooms, garden and morning rooms, a ballroom with fireplace, a banquet-sized dining room, a wine cellar with tasting bar, a billiards room and a library. Outdoors, there are two gated entrances, vast lawns, parterre gardens, a croquet lawn, vineyards and terraces, a pool, a spa, a gated tennis court and garage space for nine cars.
The starting bid is $7.9 million -- or just pennies for the CEO of a $100 billion company.
Rare Woodside Estate Hits Block in Time for Facebook IPO
For those elite few desperately looking for ways to spend their new fortune, may we suggest buying a home built with old money.
Facebook will create up to 1,000 new millionaires come Friday.


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Women Who Do This Daily Are More Likely To Live To 90, Study Finds
We know that exercise is essential for our mental, physical, and emotional health, but it's also been linked to greater longevity for both men and women. The question we're always asking is how much exercise should we be doing daily to get these benefits?
Well, according to new research, the answer to this differs for men and women. The new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health found that women's height and weight play a more significant factor in their life span than men's, and 60 minutes of exercise daily could help women reach 90 years old.
Researchers analyzed data from the Netherlands Cohort Study and followed more than 120,000 men and women between the ages of 55 and 69, observing the participants' height, weight, and time spent on physical activity until they either died or reached 90 years old.
They found that women who made it to 90 were on average taller and had put on less weight, whereas, for men, there were no connections between body size (height and weight) and life span. Meaning, women's body size could be more indicative of their life expectancy than for men's.
For both men and women, there was a connection between increased physical activity and greater longevity, and there's no surprise here as past research shows a link between physical activity and a longer life span. However, what was less expected was the gender differences in optimal lengths of exercise.
For men, 90 minutes or more of physical activity increased their chances of making it to 90, and those who did an additional 30 minutes of extra physical activity had an added 5 percent increase in their likelihood. For women, while more than 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity a day increased their chances of reaching 90, they found that those who exercised for 60 minutes a day had the highest likelihood.
"In men, a significantly linear positive dose—response relationship was found between increasing non-occupational physical activity and the chance of reaching longevity. In women, a significantly inverse U-shaped relationship was found between non-occupational physical activity and longevity, with the highest chance of reaching longevity around 60 min of non-occupational physical activity per day," said lead author of the study, Lloyd Brandts, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology.
While 60-minutes may sound like more movement than you were hoping to do on the daily, it's important to point out that this doesn't necessarily mean you have to do an hour of high-intensity interval training (although HIIT is thought to increase longevity). For example, the people in this study that reached 90 did moderately intense activities such as walking the dog, participating in recreational sports, and working on the house.
So, if you're looking to up your time out of your chair and increase your longevity, consider accumulating these minutes creatively. Scratch the idea that you need to make it to the gym and get moving by walking or biking to work or doing a 12-minute home workout. It doesn't have to be all at once, and it's OK to start slow—adding even a few minutes a day will inspire you to keep going.
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BEIJING, June 22, 2013 – The Ai Weiwei Studio released Ai Weiwei's first music album, "The Divine Comedy", today to commemorate the second anniversary of his release from an 81-day secret detention.
The single "Dumbass", premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. "The Divine Comedy" features six tracks with vocals and lyrics by Ai Weiwei, and music by Zuoxiao Zuzhou. Each song is a different take of Ai's newfound channel for expression through music. The album includes commentaries on current events (Just Climb the Wall, Hotel USA), documentations of real dialogues (Chaoyang Park, Laoma Tihua), and personal reflections (Give Tomorrow Back to Me, Dumbass). The full album crosses musical genres with influences from pop, rock, punk and heavy metal, and takes us on a journey through Ai's experience with the conditions of China. Continue reading
Single and Music Video "Dumbass" Released
BEIJING, May 22, 2013 – The Ai Weiwei Studio released Ai Weiwei's new heavy metal single, "Dumbass", the first piece of Ai Weiwei's forthcoming music album "The Divine Comedy".
On the choice of music as his latest creative endeavor, Ai explains, "During my detention, the conditions were very restrictive, but the guards would often secretly ask me to sing for them. Being in that environment makes me realize that for these people, the only available release or means to kill time, is music. I felt deeply sorry that I couldn't do it, either I was not in the mood or I didn't think I can sing. The only songs I knew were the revolutionary ones. It is the same for many Chinese people; we had to memorize every red song. Creating music is a way to break through that situation." Continue reading
#aiflowers is a project by Ai Weiwei inviting everyone to create a flower in memory of the child victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008.
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FakeCase.com is the definitive source for information on the Chinese authorities' "tax case" against Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist who was secretly detained for 81 days from April 3 to June 22, 2011. The charges of tax evasion, online dissemination of pornography, and bigamy that were levied against Ai are widely perceived as political retaliation for his outspoken criticism of the government.


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When I found out I was having my 4th boy last year I knew I needed some projects for the new baby since there was nothing to buy. A girl's got to have a little fun getting ready for baby right?
One of the projects I came up with was to recover the infant car seat by covering the existing cover with cute fabric just because it was old and dingy and it would be fun to give it an upgrade.
Now that he is about to move to a toddler car seat I decided to recover that too.
And you might recognize this fabric. I used it for this project too. I just really love it. Plus, it should hide the dirt well.
Here's the infant one from last year.
I'm going to teach you how to cover a baby car seat using the existing cover.
OK, first of all, this isn't too terribly hard, but it's not super easy either. It took me probably at least 4-5 hours of sewing and it didn't turn out perfect. But it looks really cute when it is all done.
You are going to do this by using the existing cover and sewing the new fabric right over it.
What You Need:
Existing Car Seat Cover
Seam Ripper
1-2 yards of fabric (mine took about 1)
A couple packs of double wide folded bias tape
Replacement elastic if yours is shot in the car seat
How to Cover a Baby Car Seat:
(This works for infant or toddler seats. Also probably swings, high chairs, etc.)
**The very first thing you need to do is take some pictures of your car seat cover for later reference. You are going to be taking it completely apart and you want to remember how to put it all back together. So, take some photos to help yourself out. Just in case. I needed my pictures. :)
Here's my before:
Then, take off the existing car seat cover and wash it and dry it.
Now, grab your seam ripper and a good movie, because the next part is going to take a while. It's probably the most time consuming part.
Again, take a good look at how your seat cover is pieced together and memorize it so that you can put it back together.
Pick apart each and every piece of your car seat cover. This includes removing all bias tape edges and everything. Like I said, it could take a while, so settle in for the long haul. A good idea is to mark your pieces as you take them apart so you remember where they go when you are done. You can just write on them with a marker.
Take them all apart:
Next, lay and pin your pieces onto your fabric wrong side of the fabric touching right side of the car seat pieces:
Cut around them just the same size that the car seat pieces are. Do this for each piece of your car seat.
Now, zig zag each piece of the car seat to the fabric right at the edges. This just holds the fabric in place so that you can sew it all back together:
Sew all the fabric pieces onto the car seat pieces. For the seat belt slots do a button hole. I flipped it over so that I was working on the back of the car seat. Do a tight zig zag on either side of the hole, then cut the hole open.
Use your bias tape anywhere that your car seat had it before:
Replace elastic anywhere that needs it.
So basically you are just taking the whole thing apart, putting new fabric, bias tape, etc. on it and sewing it back together.
My one caution (other than making sure to remember how to put it back together) is to be sure to use the same seam allowances that your original car seat cover had. I didn't do that super well on this toddler one and it came out slightly too small and it was a little tricky to get it back on the car seat. It worked, but next time I would be more careful.
He likes it! He started squealing with glee when I put him in!
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - A Tearing Lotus (5): Misery As Long As Silk Thread Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in A Tearing Lotus (5): Misery As Long As Silk Thread Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Literature View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message wenziliJoined: 17 Mar 2006Posts: 83Location: China Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: A Tearing Lotus (5): Misery As Long As Silk Thread (5) Misery As Long As Silk Thread He Hua originally lived in Nan Chang County. Her father was a silk thread maker, locally known as Silk Master Huang. Filature or silk making was a very old workmanship, which can be traced back to five thousands years ago in ancient China. After years development, the thread fabrication and dyeing process had become more and more mature. After the silk reeled from cocoons, the thread could be manually made by the combination to several pieces of silks. Every evening the silk maker tired up the both ends of the silk fiber to be processed to two brass-plumbs respectively. Dozen of such silk sets with brass-plumbs must be prepared well for the following process next day. Before dawn, the silk master erected a T form bracket in an open area and fixed another pole in far distance, then he placed dozen of the plumbs on the top beam of the T bracket and the others on another mobile T, which he would hold in hands and walked around the fixed pole in far distance. After he returned back, he would place all these plumbs on the fixed bracket in a certain order. After that, with a pair of handled rub-boards, he must constantly rub each end of the plumbs in turn to maintain their revolving. In this way, the silk fiber would twist together and become thinker. This process was very hard and tiresome also with very narrow margin. Therefore, Master Huangs family life was always in pressing economic odds. Recent days, his wife would give a birth to a child. However, the sale of the silk thread was getting down daily. Only less than half kilo of rice left now in our container. Wife warmed him with her hands resting on her bulged belly and accompanying by constant groaning, when he held his silk bracket out that morning. Sure enough, when Master Huang was rubbing the plumbs, a neighbor ran and shouted to him in harsh panting: Master Huang, Your wife had delivered a baby girl He collected his utensil and went home in hurry. After long times fumbling inside, he failed to get anything to pay the midwife. Then, he gritted his teeth and pulled all rice out to reward her. Consumed last provision, even the lying-in woman had no food, how could the little baby survive and be brought up? He felt he was really on the corner. He had no way but to sent the infant to someone else. When he held a nude baby in arms and shyly walked on road, he felt very uneasy. Therefore, he picked up some lotus leaves from a pond on the way and wrapped her body up entirely. He arrived at a tobacco shop where happened to be no one in currently. He thought here must be her ideal destination for not only the landlord was rich enough to raise her, but also the landlady was infertile. Above all this couple was very kind to every body due to their belief of Buddhism. He made up his mind and put the infant on the counter, then, ran away as quick as possible. From then on, she became their adopted daughter and named as He Hua (lotus) to commemorate her first descent here with a package of lotus leaves. He Hua and her foster parent had led a happy life for more than 9 years. The adopter treated her as their own borne daughter and had all sorts of favors by all means. Unfortunately, a deadly disaster befell to them before long. 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International: WTO Ministerial Conference was a missed opportunity
The seventh WTO Ministerial Conference turned out to be a missed opportunity in addressing the serious challenges facing women and men in the global economy. It turned out a missed opportunity to promote a new model of multilateral trading system that addresses livelihood, employment, decent working conditions, food security, climate change and gender inequalities.
Ministers of the 153 WTO Member States reassembled on 30 November to 2 December in Geneva for the seventh Ministerial Meeting under the theme of "The WTO, the multilateral trading system and the global economic environment. " Despite eight years of ongoing negotiations on the Doha Round – the Ministerial was not a defining moment for coming closer to its conclusion. In addition, no major decision on the future of the WTO was taken.
While most governments paid lip-service to a swift conclusion of the Doha round in 2010, they showed no real political commitment and failed to provide concrete proposals on how to overcome the existing deep differences. On these parameters, the proposed stock-taking Conference in the first quarter of 2010 is nothing more than a PR exercise to affirm that the Doha round is not dead and the WTO as an institution still has some relevance. The WTO, and its Doha expansion agenda, is not appropriate to help resolve the current global economic challenges.
Unfettered trade liberalisation and market opening – embodied by the WTO – have not worked to promote human well-being for all – instead there is vast evidence of the contrary. The fact that most Ministers attending the MC7 failed to recognise the link between neoliberal trade policies and the multiple crises facing the world today – including food, financial, economic, employment, climate and social crises – is cause for serious concern. At the Conference, Ministers discussed world trade in abstract terms as opposed to deliberating on the impact of trade liberalisation on sustainable livelihoods of women and men, food security and employment. The Conference, therefore, failed to examine how the structure and the content of the WTO could be changed to address these global challenges.
NGOs and social movements from all parts of the world used the Ministerial meeting to jointly discuss alternative proposals to the neoliberal trade agenda. Together we put forward the claim that a new model of governing multilateral trade must be developed, which shifts away from the neo-liberal trade model embodied by the WTO to allow for space for alternative, heterodox and feminist economic and development approaches. These approaches make the crucial link between economic and social policies, focus on people's needs, rights and livelihoods, including the empowerment of women, social justice and equality as well as an equal distribution of resources and power and put the social reproduction side of the economy at the core.
As a part of Geneva Trade and Development Symposium, WIDE, together with WEED, War on Want and Seattle to Brussels Network organized a session entitled "Trade, employment & Global Europe – looking beyond a 'social clause'. Panel discussion evaluated critically current free trade policies that continue to dominate world trade and threaten to put millions more in rich and poor countries alike out of work and highlighted the importance of the links between trade and gender in these discussions.
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· "WTO Turnaround! No more of the same failed policies" – a WIDE statement published on the occasion of the seventh ministerial conference of the WTO is available online. We invite you to check the link below: http://184.108.40.206/wide/download/WTO_WIDEStatement.pdf?id=1058
· WIDE is a European feminist network of women's organizations, development NGOs, gender specialists and women's rights activists. For more than 25 years, WIDE has dedicated itself to raising awareness, monitoring and influencing international economic and development policies and practices from a gender perspective, promoting women's rights as the basis for the development of a more just and democratic world order. Check-out our website: www.wide-network.org
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Newton Emerson keeps a careful watch on Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and he had another interesting insight in the Irish News column A look back at the week (16 February):
Gerry Adams must have complicated personal finances. Questioned by RTE over how he affords his several homes on the average industrial wage, Mr Adams said: 'I am currently in negotiation with the bank over the house in Donegal because we're in deep trouble.'
When he was asked a similar question about the Donegal house on RTE in 2007, Mr Adams said: 'Sure the bank owns it.'
However it was quickly established that the property was mortgage free. Might Adams have suffered the same confusion again?
Now we are all aware that Gerry Adams has a memory problem. For example, he can't remember being in the Provisional IRA. Now it is clear that he is suffering from both short-term memory loss as well as long-term memory loss! It seems that he can't remember that he owns his own house 'mortgage free'.
Sinn Fein make much of the fact that their politicians are all on the 'average industrial wage'. Yet in 2007 RTE established that Gerry Adams' second house was 'mortgage free'. I wonder how many people on the 'average industrial wage', other than Sinn Fein politicians, have a mortgage-free second home?
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The Parliamentary Assembly has created a network of contact parliamentarians and to date, 53 members have been appointed by national parliaments. The network is also open to parliamentarians of non member states and of other international organisations. International partners who have appointed a contact parliamentarian so far include Mexico, Observer state to the Parliamentary Assembly, and the Parliamentary Assembly of Francophonie.
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In 2013, the network will continue to hold meetings at each part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, and also in the framework of an external event.


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Energy drinks—you see them at X Games events, basketball arenas, and rock concerts. You can even "fan" some of them on Facebook. What these brands don't tell you, and what science is now showing us, is that their drinks can really be unhealthy.
Energy drinks often pack in extra vitamins, along with caffeine, which delivers the eye-opening jolt of energy, and is supposed to boost your brain power. People, even teens, seek that extra kick from energy drinks to stay alert longer or perform better sometimes. But do these drinks really boost your brain?
The companies that make them claim their drinks deliver energy, but in fact, what they deliver are monster-doses of caffeine and other supplements that rev up your system. They may deliver a temporary jolt of energy, but they also boost your heart rate, making you feel jittery and on-edge—and too much caffeine can cause stomach aches.
Plus, having an energy drink every day might fool you into thinking you can't function without it.
Teens are busy. School, sports, a part-time job, and never-ending homework…finally sleep, then having to get up while it's still dark out to do it all over again. No wonder energy drinks are appealing!
But do they deliver what they promise? And is drinking such high doses worth the possible health risks? Probably not. Better to get more sleep and exercise, so you don't have to depend on chemicals for your energy.
Do u have any proof? that this drinks contains caffeine!... But this is a real fact that i am feeling like addicted.
@lynne foster--caffeine is a central ingredient in energy drinks. You can check the content info on the can and see for yourself.
this is true if you look at a 16oz. can of monster energy there is 120g of caffeine
hes right i looked at a can and anonymous is not lying
@lynne foster–NIDAwriter is right i had to go to the ER because i had drank 7 and 1/2 of them. the doc told me that my heart rate was 2 times faster than a norm person and it was from the caffeine
@NIDAwriter: on a lot of Energy Drinks it tells you it has herbs and other good thins in them. is this false avertizing or does it realy have these things in them and are thay good for you?? i thank you for resonding:)
@god of cod=god of call of duty: Energy drinks may sometimes contain vitamins and other ingredients, for which health claims are made. However, when mixed with a megadose of caffeine, you have to ask yourself what the tradeoff is. There are other ways to get vitamins and minerals and other healthy stuff, like eating fruits and veggies!
thank you ,this is a good news for me
Taurine is an amino acid that is naturally found in meat and fish. The Mayo Clinic has some more information on its website: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating...
Brandon Smith- Energy drinks taste AMAZING, especially monster......but on the other hand they are really bad for you and they can cause brain dammage maybe. I DON'T KNOW?!?!?!?!?!?!. Meow Meow Blah Blah.
I totally agree with every this artical has said, but while knowing all this myself, I do still drink them, but than again they don't really have any effect on the way that my body functions...
the real ingredient is Guarana. this is what causes the high heart beat and low blood pressure.
the real ingredient is Guarana. this is what causes the high heart beat and low blood pressure.
hello.. thanks for your info..
Energy drinks actually can be really bad. They contain way too much simple sugar, which the body uses for energy but uses it up quickly, causing a crash in energy a little while later. And the companies use vitamin B to make their energy drinks seem healthy - when really, vitamin B doesn't give energy to anyone unless they are deficient, and it's pretty rare to have a vitamin B deficiency.
One of the things i found ridiculous is all these famous athletes are setting a bad example. When young people see them drinking the the energy drink without a care they think oh well that keeps them going it must keep me going! They should think about what kind of a role model they want to set. I found this article very informing, it also opened my eyes and helped me make my decision next time I pick out a drink.
"Thomas Ling and I (Sam) read the article Energy Drinks: A Boost in the Wrong Direction. This was about the bad effects of energy drinks. Though they do give you a feeling of energy they really don't. They just use the main ingredient Guarana. This just increases your heart rate to give you the adrenaline like rush. Once your heart slow down you "crash". Your heart rate slows down and start feeling worse then before. Similar to a hangover of energy loss. Your blood pressure changes and can vary from high to low pressure."
I agree that energy drinks can be really bad. They make you have so much energy for a few hours but later you feel the side affects, including feeling sick, headache, and extreme tiredness. The companies sell these drinks making people feel like all the good athletes use them, when really they are the worst thing for sports players. The energy is not a good and healthy energy that sport players need. The energy drinks act like coffee and make you jittery and it makes it harder to focus, thus making your sports ability go down, instead of up which was the original intention. They are not all they are worked up to be and other drinks and foods that are just as good can do a better job then them.
"Caffeine--Watch Out for "Energy Drinks"." Child Health Alert May 2008: 2-3. Web. 1 Apr 2010. .
Martin, Suzanne. "Energy Drinks: Extreme Move?." Dance Magazine Feb. 2005: 34-34. Web. 1 Apr 2010. .
Energy drinks can sometimes give you burst of energy, but not for long. They usually last a few hours and then you will crash. Energy drinks may contain some vitamins, but also they have a lot of sugar and other ingredients that can make you not feel as energized as before you drink them. The best drink that can help you stay energetic is water. Water keeps you hydrated and fully focused, and also gives you energy to get active. With a lot of sleep, water, and good nutrition, you will have energy all time!
Walker, Marisa. "Drink Up!." Eating smart. Macfadden Performing Arts Media, LLC, June 2009. Web. 1 Apr 2010. .
"THE REAL SECRET TO MORE energy.." Get Fit:news. N.p., Nov. 2009. Web. 1 Apr 2010. .
I have done some research on energy drinks for the past few days. They are really bad for you because the caffeine spikes your heart beat so you have a quick burst of energy and then you crash which is very unhealthy. This is also bad for athletes because once they get into the diet of everyday energy drinks then its hard for them to come out of it because they're most likely addicted.
Although I don't drink energy drinks, I had no idea that they could be such a health hazard to the body. Very interesting article, and I was glad I learned some new things about these beverages. I also have a few questions. Is there a certain brand of energy drink that is considered "the most harmful"? How many drinks does it take to harm your body? I am very curious, and I hope that you can answer these questions for me. Thanks!
Energy drinks can boost your heart rate I read, so what would happen if energy drinks boosted your heart rate too much? Would it do damage to your brain, could it put you in life and death situations? What could happen to your body if you drank too much Energy Drinks?
"Skipping a beat—the surprise of palpitations." Harvard health publications 2007: Print.
"Heavy Heart, Thin Bones?." Harvard health publications 2009: Print.
energy drinks may taste good to people but they are actually bad for you, especially kids.
Is there anymore information about how energy drinks are bad? Also, as myself, I hate energy drinks. I think the are drugs that hurt people's bodies.
is there any more evidence about Energy Drinks being bad
in the future will energy drink companies make energy drinks healtyer for people to drink?
Is there any more evidence
the energy drinks have a lot of calories and the caffeine is bad for you
Energy drinks can be bad but helpful for some things mostly bad because you feel tired later and there good if you want a short burst of energy.
Energy Drinks are becoming more and more appealing to teens and young adults, the flash cans and names, then there is also bandwagon. According to the beverage companies, the burst of energy comes form the exotic sounding ingredients such as taurine, guarana, and ginsing. The problem is that we don't know the amounts of these that are inside the the energy drinks. We do not know how much caffeine is inside these, and it's easy to overdose. A perfectly healthy person can overdose on caffeine easily when they drink a lot of energy drinks, and we don't fully know how they react in the body. Now I'm not saying to avoid it, but try to take caffeine in moderation, to prevent serious adverse effects, such as palpitations (extreme speeding up of heart rate).
i dont see why people care so much its not going to kill us
Yes I do believe that some of these energey drinks are just another scam to get money, and are just full of sugar. But on the other-hand, some of the energy drinks do give you energy. But there are many bad things that energy drinks do to affect your health.> It stunts your growth,is bad for your blood,and makes you more tired. I drink some energy drinks, but I am not all cracke dout on them like some people are. I sometimes drink a few chugs before a basketball game or something...
first my nick name dopey isnt because od dope or anything related to dope or drugs. its a fact that energy drinks stunt your growth and bad for you rblood. also it doesnt really give you energy ( i think its just a scam for money) it makes you makes you crash later. this is some facts and my opinion is they are really stupid and there not scamming me anytime anywhere niot even soon
i like energy drink they are good yyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is very cool!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the craze for energy drinks is caused by society's sleep deprivation. The need for energy is so great, that we produce some chemicals that make us feel energized then we sell it. I think its ridiculous that we drink these things to quench our thirst for sleep! But good little article though.
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These drinks are pure evil to me... I am an addict so they are destroying my life.... I have had over 10 teeth pulled due to them rotting out of my mouth, so keep away from these things at all costs....and Please Pray for me to get off of them myself....
After reading this article I feel I need more information about this...
That is a LOT of caffeine...!
The sugar in these drinks can be pretty worrying, as well as the other chemicals
Some frightening comments above...
It'd never really occurred to me that these drinks might be so popular among young people.
This is the ingredient list for Red Bull Energy Drink from their website:
Taurine is a conditionally essential amino acid which is naturally occurring in the human body. "Conditionally essential" means that in some situations or under certain conditions, as for example, in situations of high stress or physical exertion, increased amounts of taurine are eliminated from the body and cannot be replaced by the body in sufficient amounts.
Taurine is involved in vital functions of the human body. Taurine acts as an antioxidant and has been shown to promote detoxification by binding together with harmful substances and thereby accelerating their excretion from the body.
Taurine is also contained in different foodstuffs like e.g. scallops, fish or poultry and is added to most baby food.
Glucuronolactone is a carbohydrate.
It is naturally occurring in the human body where it is involved in detoxification processes, supporting the body in eliminating waste substances from the body.
Glucuronolactone is also present in different foodstuffs such as grain or red wine.
Caffeine is known for its beneficial effects on mental and physical functions. It has been shown to improve e.g. reaction speed, alertness and concentration. Caffeine also stimulates fat-burning during endurance activities and thereby helps to use fat stores in the body which results in a more efficient supply of energy.
Caffeine is contained in many foodstuffs such as coffee tea or chocolate. One can of Red Bull Energy Drink contains approximately the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee.
B-group vitamins play an important role in energy metabolism, such as the build-up and break-down of carbohydrates, fat and protein. B vitamins are also shown to support mental and physical performance.
Energy drinks are essentially drugs. I'm not moralistic about it, but we need to begin the practice of treating our bodies well at an early age.


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Warrior Games presented by Deloitte concludes with Chairman's Cup, Ultimate Champion presentation
The U.S. Marines Corps after their victory in the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte sitting volleyball gold medal game.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte concluded Thursday at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the Marine Corps winning a fourth Chairman's Cup, awarded to the top overall performing service branch at the Warrior Games. Air Force Captain Mitchell Kieffer was crowned the Ultimate Champion based on individual accolades.
The Warrior Games, which features five U.S. teams (Army, Marine Corps, Navy/Coast Guard, Air Force and Special Operations) and the British Armed Forces team, is a competition for 260 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans held over six days at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and the U.S. Air Force Academy. In addition to Deloitte, the presenting sponsor, the fourth annual competition is also supported by the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, USO, Fisher House Foundation, AT&T, BP, Budweiser, Semper Fi Fund and Daniels Fund.
"Congratulations to all of the 2013 Warrior Games competitors," said Charlie Huebner, chief of Paralympics for the United States Olympic Committee. "While we celebrate medals, this competition is really an example of how sport can change lives. We hope these service members and veterans don't stop here. The goal is for them to return home and get involved in sport programs in their communities."
The Chairman's Cup is a performance based team award based on each team's top finishes in individual events as well as sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball, the two team sports contested at the Warrior Games. The Marines claimed another Chairman's Cup with 100 points, topping Army, which finished with 85 points. Navy finished third while Air Force and Special Operations took fourth and fifth.
Highlighted by a 2-0 (25-21, 25-21) victory over defending champion Army in the sitting volleyball gold medal game, Marines won 34 gold medals, 33 silver medals and 26 bronze medals throughout the competition, leading the medal count in shooting, swimming and track and field. Marines won 93 medals of the 264 awarded at the Warrior Games.
Cpt. Kieffer (Apple Valley, Minn.), who has a traumatic brain injury from injuries sustained when his convoy was attacked in Baghdad, joins inaugural winner U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hathorne and Staff Sergeant Scott Martin, Marine Corps Veteran, and two-time winner Marine Cpt. Jonathan Disbro as Ultimate Champion. The Ultimate Champion title is based on five competitions: 50-meter freestyle in swimming; 10m prone air rifle, shooting; 100m sprint, track; race based on disability category, cycling; and shot put, field.
Kieffer's performance at the Warrior Games was highlighted by silver medal in the 10 meter prone air rifle competition. He finished fourth in the men's bicycle open event and the 50m freestyle. In track and field, he finished seventh in the men's 100m and eighth in the shot put.
Marine Sgt. Jorge Toledo (Oceanside, Calif.) finished second in the Ultimate Champion competition with veteran Marine Sgt. Brian Riley (San Diego, Calif.) taking third. Other competitors were Army Staff Sgt. Krisell Creager-Lumpkins (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Air Force Captain Sarah Evans (Shalimar, Fla.), retired Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Joe Frank (San Diego, Calif.), veteran Army Staff Sgt. Seth Jahn (Lakeland, Fla.) of Special Operations, veteran Senior Airman Kendell Madden (Parker, Colo.) of Special Operations and Navy Chief Gunner's Mate Jeannette Tarqueno (Honolulu, Hawaii).
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According to BestOfLuckProductions.com, and picked up on Ain't It Cool News, Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm's head of fan relations, said at C2E2 that "Lucasfilm plans to revisit the original cast of characters from Star Wars in post Return of the Jedi adventures. However, it will be in the same animated format as The Clone Wars series running today."
But the report doesn't stop there. "Oh, there was one ominous thing he said though... not everyone who dies in sci-fi stays dead. He continued by stating we'll see what he means in 3 to 4 years." We don't think they're talking about the Emperor.
According to George Lucas, Boba Fett died in the Sarlacc. (See QuickTime or HTML). However, in 1994, Lucas approved of the Dark Horse Comics series where Boba Fett was found "slightly indigestible" and was back on the hunt for Han Solo and Princess Leia.
/Film also covers the story. Many fans comment on the site that Boba Fett will be there because it makes financial sense for Lucas. But what about the storyline?
IGN reports on more timeline and character information:
During the Q&A section of the panel, a fan said, "I would really love to see new adventures after Jedi with our favorite characters Luke, Han, and Leia," to which Sansweet replied, "And you will, in the new animation."
In four days, we'll see how cool -- or uncool -- Boba Fett is in the new Clone Wars animated series. (See our recent coverage.) Think we'll beg for more or cover our eyes if we see Fett on the trail of Luke, Han, and Leia?
On a related note, MTV.com reports that the Blu-Ray release of Return of the Jedi may feature another shot or moment with Boba Fett.


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John Kerry warns Iraq over Iran-Syria flights
Updated 11:11 a.m. ET
BAGHDAD The U.S. has made clear that Iraq shouldn't allow Iran to use its airspace to ship weapons and fighters to Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters Sunday during an unannounced trip to Baghdad.
Following private discussions with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Kerry said the two had a "very spirited discussion" on the subject of Iranian overflights. The U.S. believes the Iranian shipments are aiding Syrian President Bashar Assad and undermining Western-backed opposition groups. A senior U.S. official traveling with John Kerry said that there is "substantial" intelligence that indicates that the Iranian planes are carrying lethal aid for the Assad regime, reports CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan.
"I made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged in an effort to see President Assad step down ... anything that supports President Assad is problematic," Kerry said.
Kerry also said that U.S. lawmakers and the American people are "increasingly watching what Iraq is doing and wondering how it is a partner."
In the absence of a complete ban on flights, the U.S. would at least like the planes to land and be inspected in Iraq to ensure that they are carrying humanitarian supplies. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton secured a pledge from Iraq to inspect the flights last year, but since then only two aircraft have been checked by Iraqi authorities, according to U.S. officials.
- Western-backed Syrian rebel chief Mouaz al-Khatib quits coalition
- Israel "shoots back" at fire from Syria
- Obama seeks new aid for Jordan's Syrian refugee crisis
The overflights have long been a source of contention between the U.S. and Iraq and Kerry will tell the Iraqis that allowing them to continue will make the situation in Syria worse and ultimately threaten Iraq's stability.
One senior U.S. official said the sheer number of overflights, which occur "close to daily," along with shipments trucked to Syria from Iran through Iraq, was inconsistent with claims they are only carrying humanitarian supplies. The official said it was in Iraq's interest to prevent the situation in Syria from deteriorating further, particularly as there are fears that al Qaeda-linked extremists may gain a foothold in the country as the Assad regime falters.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to publicly preview Kerry's meetings, said there are clear links between al Qaeda linked extremists operating in Syria and militants who are also carrying out terrorist attacks in Iraqi territory with increasing regularity.
A group of fighters in Syria known as Jabhat al-Nusra, a powerful offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq that the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization, has claimed responsibility for most of the deadliest suicide bombings against regime and military facilities and, as a result, has gained popularity among some rebels.
Kerry will tell al-Maliki, a Shiite with close ties to Iran, that Iraq cannot be part of the political discussion about Syria's future until it clamps down on the Iranian shipments, the senior official said.
Maliki has long-standing relationships with Iranian and Syrian officials from his time as Shia dissident. He built those relationships during the late 1970s in an effort to get their help to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Since Maliki became Prime Minister, those ties have proved useful to maintain his own hold on power. However, they are problematic for the U.S. and its efforts to isolate Iran and cut off the regime of Syria's Assad.
As Iraq approaches provincial elections next month, Kerry will also stress the importance of ensuring that all elements of society feel enfranchised, the official said. A recent decision to delay the polls in Anbar and Nineveh provinces is a "serious setback" to Iraq's democratic institutions and should be revisited, the official said.
In addition to al-Maliki, Kerry saw Iraqi parliament speaker parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni, whose faction is at odds with Maliki's Shiia. Kerry also spoke by phone with Massoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdish Regional Government based in Irbil to encourage the Kurds not go ahead with unilateral actions especially involving oil, like a pipeline deal with Turkey.
He will stress the "importance of maintaining the unity of Iraq," say that "separate efforts undercut the unity of the country" and that "the Kurdish republic cannot survive financially without the support of Baghdad," the official said.
Kerry's arrival came just three days after the anniversary of the U.S.-led war that began on March 20, 2003, with an airstrike on Dora Farms in southern Baghdad in a failed attempt to kill Hussein.
The invasion and toppling of Hussein sparked years of bloodshed as Sunni and Shiite militants battled U.S. forces and each other, leaving nearly 4,500 U.S. soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis dead.
Violence has ebbed sharply since the peak of Sunni-Shiite fighting that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. But insurgents are still able to stage high-profile attacks, and sectarian and ethnic rivalries remain threats to the country's long-term stability.
Earlier this week, an al Qaeda in Iraq front group claimed responsibility nearly 20 attacks that killed 65 people across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Islamic State of Iraq said it unleashed the car bombs and other explosions to avenge the executions and "massacres" of convicted Sunni inmates held in Iraqi prisons. Its claim came on the 10th anniversary of the start of the war, although it made no reference to the significance of the date.
Kerry arrived in Baghdad from Amman, where he had been accompanying President Barack Obama on his tour of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. His visit to Iraq is the first by a U.S. secretary of state since Clinton went in April 2009. During Obama's first term, the Iraq portfolio was largely delegated to Vice President Joe Biden.
Since Clinton's trip, the American diplomatic presence in Iraq has shrunk dramatically, most significantly since U.S. ended military operations in late 2011, according to officials. A year ago, there were 16,000 State Department employees and contractors in the country. As of Kerry's visit, that number had declined to 10,500 and it will drop to 5,100 by the end of 2013, officials said.


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Spring migration is getting underway in New York with more than 200 different species of birds swooping into the city on their journey north. It's a busy time for Bronx-born Dr. Robert DeCandido, a k a "Birding Bob," one of the nation's leading naturalists, who guides bird walks around Central and Bryant parks six days a week during April, May and June. "These little birds can migrate to South America for 3,000 miles and back for 10 years," says DeCandido, 53. "They may look fragile and weigh less than a dime, but they're tough as nails." Here are his recommendations for springtime birding in New York.
1. The Ramble, Central Park, mid-park at 79th Street
"People have been bird-watching here for more than 100 years. It's 36 acres and attracts so many birds because it has an abundance of habitat: a lake; small streams; tall trees; meadows; you name it. It's the perfect place to go birding because it's so social and folks trade information. 'Did you see the saw-whet owl (left) over here?' Times have definitely changed. Back in the day, hanging around Central Park was much more dangerous. Birders would get mugged all the time for their binoculars. We'd use black tape to disguise the Leica label so the thieves didn't target us. I'd say to [my partner] Deborah: 'We're going to get killed! If something happens you run to get help and I'll fight them off!' "
2. Brooklyn Bridge, between Brooklyn and Lower East Side of Manhattan
"Whenever you walk or bike over the bridge, look out for nesting peregrine falcons. At one time, they were extinct in the eastern US, but New York City now has more nesting falcons than any other city in North America, if not the world. It's an amazing experience to see them swoop down, about 30 to 40 feet above the pedestrian roadway, catching pigeons flying at 100 mph. They nest on the stanchions that support the cables. Some years, they nest on the Brooklyn side, others the Manhattan side. Their eggs are oblong, kind of wedge-shaped so when they roll, they roll toward each other in a circle and not off the ledge."
3. Bryant Park, 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
"During migration, when birds get tired, they'll spot a green space like this and just make for it. It's 4 a.m., it's quiet so why not? Of course, all hell breaks loose when the city wakes up, but they'll stay and rest [for a day]. You can find really rare birds there, like the American woodcock (above), and, one year, a yellow prothonotary warbler, which some nearby workers were feeding salami!"
4. Pale Male, atop 927 Fifth Ave., between 74th and 75th streets
"Pale Male, New York's beloved and most famous red-tailed hawk, has been coming back to the same spot every year for around 20 years. He has unusually pale coloring, hence his name. He and his family are best spotted from the model boat pond at 74th Street. They're very sociable and nest on people's balconies, and fire escapes. Pale Male has done so much to show how wildlife and people can co-exist in the city. Everybody loves hawks. "There's a hawk up there?" they'll ask. "That's impossible, because hawks live in the wild, they don't live in cities!" But that hawk is breaking that mentality. There's food in the city — they feed on squirrels, pigeons and rats — and this habitat is as good for red-tailed hawks as farm or woodland."
5. Observation deck of the Empire State Building, 34th Street and 5th Avenue
"Many birds migrate at night, so on a good [one], you can see a bird going by every few seconds. The building is lit up so you can see them well. You hear them making contact calls to each other and hardly believe you're in the center of Manhattan. At 1,080 feet, it's the only place in the world where you could be outside at that elevation in such a packed, urban setting. You'll see everything from catbirds, cuckoos, Northern flickers to downy woodpeckers. If it rains, the birds land on the metal railing and, if you walk up to them, they fly away and land on the railing again. It's an amazing visual thing — all these shooting stars going past you."
6. The Ravine, Prospect Park
"The Ravine is the wooded area of Prospect Park, a green oasis with water running through it that, during spring migration, is actually better for spotting birds than Central Park, because of the dense configuration of the trees. Go in the early morning if you can because, as the birds are landing, they're hungry and they're singing. On a good day in early May, you can get between 15 and 25 types of warbler (right) at the Ravine. Warblers are the butterflies of the bird world: They have the most color, they're small and flit around a lot. They're the diamonds that all the birders want to mine. You'd normally have to go to somewhere like Maine to see this amount of diversity, but you can see it in Brooklyn."
6. Alley Pond Park, 67th Avenue
"On a moonlit night, head out to the Alley Pond boardwalk and look for vireos (inset) and clapper rails, which become very active at night. The park has fresh and saltwater wetlands, tidal flats, meadows and forests, which create a diverse ecosystem. It feels remote and you don't hear the Cross Island Parkway, which runs through the park. There is an environmental center which has exhibitions and information about the kettle ponds which were glacially formed from 10,000 years ago."
7. Van Cortlandt Park, 1 Bronx River Parkway
"Like Prospect Park, Van Cortlandt is surrounded by lots of housing. Therefore, it's a good stopping-off point for birds during spring migration, such as woodpeckers (left), flycatchers, wrens, thrushes, warblers, tanagers, and grosbeaks. You can take the 4 train to Woodlawn or the 1 train to the last stop, 242nd Street, and spend a few hours in this old Irish neighborhood."


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My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
The Delight of Christmas Lights
The Cape Neddick ("Nubble") Light located in York, Maine. These photos were taken on December 21, 2012. There is a live webcam.
Labels: Lighthouse, Location: Maine, Ocean, Photos, Webcam
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