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BRIDGING THE GAP: Francis Kéré / Kéré Architecture
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7 - 8:30pm
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On Thursday, February 9th world-renowned architect Francis Kéré will give a lecture at Cooper Union. The lecture, titled "Bridging the Gap," is a collaborative effort between the Architectural League of New York City and the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design.
Kéré is known for his philosophy of "self-building," in which he works with communities to develop capacity to monitor climactic circumstances and to use local materials. In a discussion of his recent and current projects, Kéré will consider new ways architects can exchange knowledge with communities and will propose new models for practice.
The lecture will be held at the Great Hall and will begin at 7:00 PM. Admission is free for members of the Architectural League. Admission is also free to any Cooper Union faculty member, staff member or student with a Cooper ID. Members may reserve a ticket by e-mailing The Architectural League. Member tickets will be held at the check-in desk; unclaimed tickets will be released fifteen minutes after the start of the program. Tickets for the general public are $15.00.
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Palestinians carry a man injured during clashes between settlers for the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar and Palestinians from the village of Asira Al-Qibiliya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, 19 May 2012 (Wagdi Eshtaya/APA images)
The village of Jit, located in the northern Nablus governate, was attacked by dozens of settlers on Saturday 22 February.
Damaging several private homes and vehicles, settlers living in the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad left behind a trail of destruction. +972 reported on video footage of the attack showing settlers throwing rocks towards the village and Palestinian villagers doing the same in response, causing the settlers to leave the scene.
On Thursday 20 January, six Palestinians were injured when settlers from Israel's Yitzhar settlement attacked the Burin High School in Nablus..The Israeli army intervened by firing several rounds of teargas. According to an Israeli army spokesperson quoted by Ma'an News Agency, clashes started when100s of Palestinians began hurling rocks at soldiers who were engaged in routine activity in the area and that soldiers used riot dispersal means against the protesters.
Ghasan Daghlas, a representative for the Palestinian Authority (PA) who monitors settlement activity opposed these statements, telling Ma'an that Palestinians threw rocks in response to the initial settler attack. That same day, the Israeli army closed off the main road after a molotov cocktail was thrown at a car owned by a settler.
The clashes of 20 January came after a similar settler attack on Wednesday 19 January, when one group of settlers threw stones at Palestinian schoolchildren, while another group attacked a Palestinian man near the Yitzhar settlement. Ma'an News Agency reported that Israeli forces arrived to the area soon afterwards, firing tear gas canisters and rubber coated bullets at the Palestinians.
Settler impunity in Nablus
In its Humanitarian Bulletin of January 2014, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHAopt) turned its spotlight to the Nablus governorate. Throughout 2013, the area witnessed 119 settler attacks resulting in Palestinian injuries or property damage, the largest number in the West Bank. In January 2014, there were 29 settler attacks in the West Bank, eight of which took place in the Nablus governorate. OCHA's bulletin voices particular concern regarding the high level of violence in the settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha, both located south of Nablus.
The PA reacted to continuing settler violence in the area with a press release on Monday 26 February, asking the international community to "hold Israel accountable for its international law and human rights violations that continue to affect the people of Palestine on a daily basis."
Settlers use violent attacks and intimidation tactics in their effort to confiscate Palestinian owned land. OCHA reports in the Humanitarian Bulletin, that the Israeli army has reacted to these recurrent incidents by issuing military orders to close the Palestinian lands and by putting in place a system of prior coordination. This entails that Palestinian farmers will have to apply for access and military protection before being able to enter their lands. They can only apply for this protection a few times a year.
When farmers use these targeted lands less often, settler attacks decrease. Nonetheless, these measures place severe restrictions on the freedom of movement of Palestinian farmers. Instead of sanctioning the settlers carrying out the attacks, measures are being imposed on farmers who have fallen victim to such attacks. With access to their lands limited, farmers aren't able to perform all necessary agricultural actions, leading to a decline in quantity and quality of the produce, causing economic loss.
According to international humanitarian law, the Israeli army, as an occupying force, is obliged to prevent attacks against Palestinians living in the West Bank and to properly investigate all incidents. For OCHA this is a clear example of "the longstanding failure of the Israeli authorities to enforce of rule of law on Israeli settlers."
Research by Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din confirmed these failings. Yesh Din concluded that settlers are largely operating with impunity throughout the West Bank. Between 2005 and 2013, Yesh Din monitored 938 investigation files. Just 8.5% of them ended in the indictment of Israelis suspected of harming Palestinians and their property. OCHA has recorded a total of 1,474 settler attacks resulting in casualties or damage to property between 2010 and 2013.
Next to that, OCHA concluded, in a report on settler violence from November 2011, that the settler impunity, combined with "measures of the current system, including requiring Palestinians to file complaints at police stations located inside Israeli settlements," discourages Palestinians from filing complaints in the first place.
Moreover, it seems that in some cases the Israeli army even offers protection to settlers while they carry out attacks. One case, reported by the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem, shows video footage of an attack by settlers on a water reservoir and the secondary school in 'Urif, a Palestinian village near Yitzhar in Nablus. The footage captured on 6 January shows Israeli soldiers accompanying settlers as they attack. When students from the local school responded to the attack by throwing rocks at the settlers, the Israeli army fired tear gas in the direction of the school.
The settlers of Yitzhar do not only focus their violent attacks towards surrounding Palestinian villages. On Friday 12 January, for example, a group of settlers vandalized an Israeli commander's vehicle, slashing his tires. According to Israel Yahom, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called for the arrest of the perpetrators.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Hospitalized After Relapse: Report
The Tudors star is taken to a London hospital after swallowing pills, says a report
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was hospitalized in London this week after a possible suicide attempt involving pills, according to a report.
The star of The Tudors, 33, who has battled alcohol addiction over the years, was found slumped on the floor of his home Tuesday night by paramedics answering an emergency call, the Sun reports.
He reputedly refused treatment, so the paramedics called the police, and Meyers was taken to hospital.
"He did relapse but he did not try to commit suicide," says a source. "He was taken to the hospital and then released." His rep has no comment.
A Scotland Yard spokesman tells PEOPLE: "We can confirm we were called by the London Ambulance Service to an address in NW8 to report to a man refusing treatment. Police attended, and the man was taken by ambulance to a central London hospital. That was the end of our involvement."
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Watermelon Mango Salsa Recipe
Chips and Salsa Go on a Tropical Vacation
Bust out the tortilla chips and your appetite: it's time to take chips and salsa on a tropical vacation. Bright, slightly sweet, and spicy, this watermelon, mango, and cucumber salsa might not yet be a classic, but that's quite possibly about to change. Whether piled high atop a chip, tacos (it'd be particularly lovely with salmon or other fish options), or just eaten salad-style with a spoon, this refreshing Summer-friendly recipe will keep you coming back for bite after bite.
Watermelon Mango Salsa
From Latin d'Lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist by Ingrid Hoffman
- 1 cup (1/4-inch dice) seedless watermelon
1 cup (1/4-inch dice) mango
1 cup (1/4-inch dice) peeled and seeded cucumber
1 jalapeño, minced
1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
1 tablespoon flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Kosher salt
- Mix the watermelon, mango, cucumber, and jalapeño together in a medium bowl. Stir in the lime juice, cilantro, and parsley. Season to taste with salt.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour. Serve chilled.
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Iceberg Wedge Salad with Blue-Ranch Dressing
The return of the iceberg wedge salad to restaurant menus is a trend I embrace, especially when that cold wedge of lettuce is drizzled with flavorful blue cheese dressing. Here, the dressing is a cross between classic blue cheese and ranch.
When I prepare this recipe, the mayonnaise in the dressing is usually Hellman's, and the crumbled blue cheese is usually from Clemson University. The blue cheese made at the university is delicious, but Maytag or any other American blue cheese will do.
This salad is always best when the lettuce is very cold, and to increase the crisp, cool pleasure I usually freeze my salad plates for this special salad. Diced ripe tomato adds color to the plate, and crumbled bacon adds a salty crunch.
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CORRALITOS — Santa Cruz County supervisors have created a "no shoot zone" in a rural southern area, effectively banning the use of guns on a large swath of private property in the area of upper Eureka Canyon Road, Dove Lane and Highland Way.
Supervisor Ellen Pirie led the charge to prohibit the discharge of firearms after a group of Corralitos residents approached her in September with complaints of feeling unsafe in their homes and being subjected to "loud explosions" sometimes lasting several hours.
Supervisors voted 4-1 after a public hearing Tuesday, which included a number of Corralitos residents against the no-shoot ban.
Supervisor Greg Caput was the lone dissenter, saying the proposal felt rushed and unnecessary because of existing laws surrounding gun use on the books.
The new ban impacts 109 properties.
"I think a fundamental part of having a home is to be able to feel safe and enjoy it," Pirie said. "Not necessarily in complete quiet but certainly not with gunfire on a regular basis."
Opponents of the ban say property owners should be able to shoot wild pigs that threaten to destroy their land, as well as use gunfire to scare away crows and other critters. Some said they simply want to practice target shooting.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff"s Office reviewed Pirie"s proposal for establishing the no-shoot zone and opted to take a neutral position.
The use of firearms is already prohibited on state property, including the nearby Forest of Nisene Mark State Park, and no-shoot zones exist in many areas of the county, such as the San Lorenzo Valley.
Harry Winand is among the 22 or so Eureka Canyon Road residents who signed the petition asking county leaders to halt gun use in the area.
Petition signers say they often hear gunfire coming from the bottom of upper Highland Way and Dove Lane, including at night when gun use is prohibited.
Winand, a father of three who lives on about one acre, says he frequently hears gunfire, though he doesn"t know where it comes from specifically.
The issue for him comes down to safety for his family.
"My concern is bullets straying off people"s property and hitting people," Winand said. "I"m not opposed to hunting or owning a gun, but just shooting whenever you want in a residential area and at night is not a good thing."
Longtime Eureka Canyon resident Jon Clark, who enjoys occasional target practice, said the problem is not with property owners shooting guns legally.
Rather, he says, illegal shooting takes place inside Nisene Marks and by outsiders who pull off Eureka Canyon Road and trespass on private property to shoot.
"It"s an issue of enforcement. There"s not enough enforcement," Clark said. "We do not currently have, nor have we had any problem with our neighbors shooting or causing problems related to shooting on their properties."
Dan Dwyer, who owns 54 acres in Eureka Canyon, criticized supervisors for not being more thoughtful when crafting the ordinance.
"This is blown out of proportion," Dwyer said. "There"s a real problem with pigs tearing up the land. Too bad for the people who actually need to use their rifles."
Supervisor Caput said it felt like the ordinance was rushed to passage, and he believes enforcement by sheriff"s deputies would be difficult.
"First of all, they couldn"t identify where the problem was coming from," Caput said. "I certainly don"t want people in danger in their own homes. But to just make a sweeping decision to say no shooting and say that solves the problem, I don"t think solves the problem."
Pirie said the ban was based on residents" complaints, not an official count of illegal incidents.
"There"s no way to do that but listen to the people who live there," she said. "The stories from residents were appalling."
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Just as Saturn devoured his children, the Michael Bay's Transformers are consuming our memories of an innocent, gentler time when the Decepticons ogled robot pin-ups.
To wit, Racer-Kun, a heroic Autobot from Playskool's 1986 Japanese "My First Transformers" line, has taken a retroactive cue (or two!) from Devastator, the swinging star of Revenge of The Fallen.
Was this inadvertent? Of course not. This was just the first, silent salvo of a decades-long shadow campaign to refit all the robots in disguise with prominent external testicles. This reinvention will come full circle in time for Transformers 4, a.k.a. Ballsformers 4: Balls to the Balls - Origins, starring Racer-Kun and hopefully the Dinobots. With balls!
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Al Parker: 3 Decades of TV Guide Covers
The '50s
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* Many thanks to TI list member Tom Johnsonn who, out of the blue, sent all of today's scans one day last week. I always like to include a link to a contributor's website as a way of saying thanks. Since Tom doesn't have a website, he suggested I include one to his son Ted's site Pilates Any Time. "Ted's doing really well with this site," writes Tom. "Maybe there are some sedentary artists who might be interested in getting fit?"
* My Al Parker Flickr set.
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Wow! These are great illustrations! Thanks so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
Al Parker was so versatile in his technique, and always had a unique innovative design solution. Overall, he may have been the single most influential illustrator of the entire mid century. Few other illustrators had his enormous sense of design and creative prowess, and most of them were looking over his shoulder. He was also one of the nicest super stars, you could ever meet.The greatest experience as a young illustration student, was visiting four hours with Al Parker in his studio in Carmel Valley, CA, April 5, 1959. I only wish I had thought to bring a camera.. and a tape recorder. ;-)ReplyDelete
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nice illustrations!!!!!ReplyDelete
You can see the genetic code for the following two decades of illustration in those 1950s covers. The first spark of Bob Peak is in that Lucille Ball cover, the Amsel in that Doris day cover, the Bernie Fuchs in that Vince Edwards cover. And of course Weaver, Martin, etc. etc. A lot of artists made careers from ideas that Parker picked up and put back down on the road to somewhere else.ReplyDelete
My only question is, what in the WORLD was he thinking with that dog cover of Dinah Shore???
Thanks for the excellent collection!ReplyDelete
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THL Toolbox > Places & Geography > THL Place Dictionary > THL Place Dictionary Interactive Data Tables Help
THL Place Dictionary Interactive Data Tables Help
Contributor(s): Than Grove, Steven Weinberger
THL-published websites include webpages with data from the place dictionary presented interactive tables. These tables contain specific sets of place dictionary data, such as all the monasteries in the Amdo cultural region, or all the archaeological sites of Zhangzhung in western Tibet, or all the contemporary administrative units in the central Tibet cultural region, or all the historical polities of the Kham cultural region. These tables are interactive: the user can select how to organize and display the data in the table.
Each row in the table represents the record for a feature in the THL Place Dictionary. The name of the feature is a link to the Place Dictionary record for that feature. Other names that occur in the row for a feature and which also have Place Dictionary entries are linked to those entries. In addition, there are also links to other resources related to the feature, such as maps, essays, and so forth.
Controls for Displaying the Table
- Number of Features in the Table: at the top of the table, just below the table header that reads "Interactive List of X," you will find text that reads, for example, "Showing 1 to 25 of 288 sites"; this indicates the total number of features in the table.
- Number of Rows that Display: you can select the number of rows of the table that display on the page. Pull down the "Display" menu and select the number of rows that you want to display (note that one of the options is to display all rows).
- Navigating through the Table: buttons along the top of the table allow you to move to the first page of the table, the last page, the next page, the previous page, or a specific page.
- Filter by Word(s): you can display only the rows that include a word or phrase. Type the word or phrase into the Filter by Word(s) box and the table will automatically update to display only the rows that include the keyword. You can type multiple keywords to further refine the display, and these keywords can come from different columns of the table.
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The default display is alphabetical order according to the data in the first column of the table. You can change this.
- Order Data by a Column: to order the data by a column, click on the header for that column. This will order the data in alphabetical order (A-Z). For example, in the list of monasteries in Amdo, clicking on the header Name (Wylie) will display the data in alphabetical order according to the name in Wylie. Clicking on the County header will display the data in alphabetical order according to the county name.
- Reverse Alphabetical Order: click the header of the column used to sort the table a second time to order the data according to that column in reverse alphabetical order (that is, Z-A).
- Add a Second Sort Criterion: shift-click on the header of a second column to refine the display further. This will take the order the table is in and add to that order a secondary ordering according to the column that you shift-click. For example, if you click the column header to display by the table according to the data in the County column and then shift-click the Affiliation header, it will display the table alphabetically by county, but then in addition it will order the rows that have the same county in alphabetical order by sectarian affiliation. Thus, it will display all rows in Repgong County that have sectarian affiliation Bön before all the rows in Repgong County that have sectarian affiliation Geluk, and all rows with Geluk affiliation before Nyingma, and so forth.
- Order the Columns: you can arrange the columns in any order. Click and hold on a column and drag it where you want it in the table; then release and it will be repositioned there.
- Reset: this resets the table to its default settings, ordered by the first column.
The selections you make to display the table will be remembered by your browser, though when you clear your cookies or make other such changes, you will have to reset these variables.
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ROCKLEDGE, FL -The Health First Foundation will host a wine-tasting fundraiser called "First Crush!" on Saturday, August 25, 7 to 10 pm, at the Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi of Melbourne dealership on Nasa Boulevard in Melbourne. The wine extravaganza is being introduced this year as an added feature to the Foundation's Annual Grape Escape events held in the fall to raise funds for heart-related technological advances for Health First Heart & Vascular Services.
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Funds raised at this year's "First Crush!" event will go toward the Health First Foundation's Grape Escape XI's fundraising goal to purchase Optical Coherence Tomography technology as well as an Intravascular Ultrasound that can non-invasively visualize heart blockages. Both of these advanced devices represent cutting-edge technology that can enable cardiac and vascular surgeons to better visualize problem-causing calcifications within blood vessels.
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Organizers of this weekend's Healthy Kids Day say the free community event will show that a child needs more than active minutes and colorful fruits and veggies to embody what it means to be a truly healthy youngster.
Organizers of this weekend's Healthy Kids Day say the free community event will show that a child needs more than active minutes and colorful fruits and veggies to embody what it means to be a truly healthy youngster.
"It's not just an athletic event, but it's an active event for the mind, body and spirit," said Chelsea Larsen, youth development director at the Hendersonville Family YMCA. "This year we're going to allow kids to really challenge their minds, athletic ability and their spirit by doing a lot of different things."
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Jackson Park, kids and their families will be able to participate in activities ranging from Zumba classes and soccer drills to live music and face-painting.
The event, sponsored by Pardee Hospital, will feature more vendors than it has in years past, Larsen said. Consequently, there will be more activities and a greater variety of activities happening on the field at Jackson Park.
One of this year's vendors, the Hendersonville Co-Op, will teach children and their families about recycling and plants.
By recycling a toilet paper roll, Larsen said, kids will be able to plant a seed inside of it and then get to keep the plant when they leave. Though the activity isn't as kinesthetic as tennis lessons, which will also be offered Saturday, there is a health value to it.
"It's opening their mind to another world. That could really just trigger someone's mind into saying 'Wow, I want to be an environmental scientist,'" Larsen said. "It's a great activity for parents, too. A kid can say this is super cool and then, together, they could start their own little garden. Parents will realize there are different ways that they can connect with their kids."
In addition to the planting activity with the Hendersonville Co-Op, kids will be able to participate in a half-mile fun run sponsored by FootRx of Asheville, jump around in a bounce house, challenge themselves in an obstacle course and test their patience in life-sized Jenga.
The reason for the variety of the event is simple, Larsen said: Every kid is different.
"For those kids that like to work with plants, we're going to have the planting event. For those kids who like sports, we'll have football and soccer drills. For those kids that like to just play, we'll have cornhole and inflatables," she said. "It's very important to keep kids moving because that focus can take away from other disctractions they may have in their lives and keep them doing something that's going to keep them active and something that will be great for their spirit, too."
The annual Healthy Kids Day is part of the Y's national initiave to improve families' health and well-being, and takes place at 1,900 Ys around the country.
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lame i know. just wanted to see who on this board is gonna watch it. im gonna get it just cause.
so throw some predictions out there and lets see who is correct.
im going with HHH i hate this cat but he is known for hogging the spotlight.
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This Day in the Financial Crisis: Sept. 11, 2013
On this day, five years ago, the market was responding to Lehman Brothers' desperate, last-ditch attempt to craft a rescue plan for itself, as its troubles were mounting. Paul Vigna recaps Sept. 11, 2008 on MoneyBeat.
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... ay ay mm mm ... all one year might be Mia recounting the events of September two thousand and eight ... on this date five years ago ... the market was responding to Lehman Brothers desperate last ditch attempt to craft a rescue plan for itself as its troubles are mounting ... the plan of all the Wall Street firms selling big chunks of itself and slashing its dividend all CEO Dick Fuld loophole in other executives on the street ... to convince them to keep trading with Lehman ... firm was also trying to find a buyer Barclays Bank of America HSBC so mother's role in the mix ... the plant had its doubters government officials were a lot to offer a bailout ... as the firm scrambled still to find a savior ... the stock plunged Neiman shares fell forty two percent on this day ... as volume surged feeling that faith in setting up people we scandal exposed to ... stay with MoneyBeat all month as we recount the financial crisis into thousandeight ... but our daily


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Deadly car bomb rocks Yemen's defense ministry
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ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Defense Ministry came under attack Thursday from a suicide car bomber and heavily armed gunmen, killing 52 people and wounding 167 in a fierce battle in the heart of Yemen's capital of Sanaa, the government said.
Among the dead at the Defense Ministry complex, which also houses a military hospital, were soldiers and civilians, including seven foreigners — two Germans, two Vietnamese, two Filipinos and one Indian, according to the Supreme Security Commission.
Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the two-stage assault, but suicide bombings and complex attacks are the hallmarks of al-Qaeda.
The brazen morning attack, the deadliest in Sanaa since May 2012, underlined the ability of insurgents to strike at the government as they exploit the instability that has plagued this key U.S. ally for more than two years. Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed was in Washington for talks Thursday, and the U.S. State Department condemned the "senseless killing and wounding of dozens."
The U.S. considers Yemen's al-Qaeda branch, known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to be the most active in the world. In recent months, Washington has sharply escalated drone attacks against the militants in the impoverished nation. U.S. forces also have been training and arming Yemeni special forces, and exchanging intelligence with the central government.
The terrorist network gained a major foothold in the south, taking over several towns in the chaos that followed the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The drone strikes and a series of U.S.-backed military offensives helped uproot several key militant strongholds, but al-Qaeda continues to fight back.
In an attack blamed on al-Qaida in May 2012, a suicide bomber blew himself up amid troops taking part in a parade rehearsal near the presidential palace in Sanaa, killing 93 soldiers.
The government statement said all the militants who stormed the complex Thursday were killed, but it did not say how many. State TV showed a dozen bodies, identifying them as the attackers.
Military helicopters hovered over the site as soldiers and ambulances arrived and gunfire echoed in the streets.
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who succeeded Saleh, later met with military commanders inside the devastated complex and ordered an investigation into the incident, military officials said.
In Berlin, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle confirmed that two Germans and a Yemeni who worked for the aid organization GIZ were killed.
Military officials said the attack may have been timed to target a planned meeting of top commanders, although the session was unexpectedly delayed. They added that two army vehicles disappeared from the complex last month, but they did not know whether those were used in the assault.
The Defense Ministry was tipped off last week that a major attack in the capital was imminent, prompting authorities to reinforce security forces, the officials said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Marie Harf, a deputy spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, condemned the attack.
"We stand with Yemen against this violence and remain firmly committed to supporting the Yemeni people as they seek to conclude the National Dialogue and move forward peacefully with Yemen's historic democratic transition," she said.
Westerwelle also denounced what he called "this cowardly attack."
"These terrible crimes cannot be justified," he said, urging the authorities to find those responsible for the attack.
"Yemen must not become a place of terrorism," he said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon added his condemnation and believes "the only path to a stable, prosperous and democratic Yemen is through the ongoing peaceful and all-inclusive National Dialogue Conference," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
Yemen is strategically located at the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia, two of Washington's closest Arab allies. Yemen has a shoreline on the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea close to the vital shipping lines carrying oil from the energy-rich Gulf region to the West.
Thursday's blast badly damaged a military hospital inside the complex, wounding two Germans who were part of a visiting medical team. It also blew out windows and the doors of nearby homes and offices, as well as destroying an armored vehicle and reducing three cars outside to charred hulks.


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Actor Ed Skrein took to social media Monday to announce he was pulling out of a planned "Hellboy" reboot after his casting drew criticism as Skrein's character, Ben Daimio, is Japanese-American in Mike Mignola's "Hellboy" comics. Many objected to the British actor and apparently he agreed with the critics.
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Sutton United 0-1 Notts County (08:11:08)
If loving the FA Cup is wrong, I don't want to be right. It's the worlds greatest competition and no mistake. So a chance to visit Gander Green Lane to witness a sniff of a giant killing act for this FA Cup 1st Round proper was to good to turn down for Cynical Dave and I.
As has been the case nearly every weekend since about 1972, the train journey northwards from Brighton was marred by four words that strike fear into every fan of public transport: 'Rail bus replacement service'. However, during those deeply disturbing moments, the thought of a possible sighting of a home made silver foil FA Cup at Gander Green Lane lifted our spirits.
Upon our arrival at the ground, I picked up my press pass (thanks to Tony Dolbear for that) and headed into the press box. In the interest of keeping things real I actually turned down the opportunity to sit in the press box but I had noticed Tom Watt sliding into the ground before me so I popped in to have a chat with him. I don't think Tom will mind me telling you he used to play Lofty in Eastenders in the days when people actually used to watch it. Nowadays he broadcasts for BBC Radio London amongst other things and is not only a brilliant broadcaster but a thoroughly nice chap. He is the sort of bloke who you'd like to sit down the pub with a couple of pints of Guinness and some mini cheddars and chat for hours.
Anyway, enough of stories of swanning around press boxes and chatting with the stars, what about the pre match beers!? Well, as luck would have it, Sutton have a rather splendid clubhouse next to the main stand. Every club at this level needs a bar to help along with the finances and Cynical and I contributed a healthy amount of money behind this one in a bid to quench our thirst. The beer was excellent and the service was fantastic so full marks to SUFC on that score.
The walk from West Sutton station to the ground is only 100 yards or so. Good news for most people but not for Cynical. There was no bookies to be found and the blood was starting to drain from his face as he'd yet to place a bet of any kind. Luckily, help was at hand in the bar. He managed to buy a handful of scratchcards, enter a guess the crowd competition and for good measure he purchased two golden goal tickets. These were folded over so you couldn't see which two minutes he had got, so just to prolong the agony we decided not to unveil the minutes until the first goal had been scored. We don't get out much you see.
Notts County had brought around 350 fans. Most of these had congregated in the main stand and were in fine voice. They sang their famous wheelbarrow song, a little ditty about Jimmy 'The Squirrel' Cyril and my favourite which was 'I wanna beeeeeee Notts County' to the tune of Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols. A good effort lads.
Sadly, there were not too many silver foil FA Cup in evidence. We are armpit deep in a recession and in a recession, the first thing to go from the household budget of even the most dedicated football fan is the homemade FA Cup. Still, there were plenty of flags and yellow balloons and one family had brought along their own plastic FA Cup which was extremely pleasing. Mercifully, jester hats were also in short supply. These things clearly have no place at a football ground. Anyone who does choose to wear one and is over the age of let's say 20 should be put in a sheep pen as far as I'm concerned.
I won't bang on about the actual match itself too much. Suffice to say Sutton did their fans proud with their efforts. For long periods it looked quite likely that they were going to win. I guess Tom Watt was waiting to launch into his Norwegian commentary bit for BBC London 'Derek Randall, Donald Pleasance, Leslie Crowther, Friar Tuck, that bird who played Reg Holdsworth's missus in Corrie, Dale Winton. Can you hear me Dale Winton!? Your boys took one hell of a beating'.
Notts County had other ideas though and in the 75th minute, Jamie Clapham swung over an inviting cross for Richard Butcher to nod home. Sutton fans buried their heads in their hands as the County fans celebrated as if it were 1999 (again).
The stadium announcer then boomed out: 'In the 75th minute, the scorer for Notts County, Richard Butcher'. Hold on a second, what about our golden goal tickets!? Cynical reached for his pocket and pulled them out. A deathly silence descended on the terrace as the first ticket was unveiled. 74! seventy-sodding-four! Would you believe it!? With a look of disgust and a rolling of the eyes, Cynical then made a dash for the next ticket. Time stood still as it slowly revealed the magic number. 75! seventy-bloomingwell-five! That's it! We're rich! hold the front page! Where's the bar!?


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St. Luke's boys basketball team dominates King while surpassing last year's win total
NEW CANAAN -- After struggling to a 2-20 finish last season with a host of underclassmen, the St. Luke's boys basketball team was hopeful this term would see the benefits of last year's rebuilding campaign.
Consider Wednesday's win a massive step in the right direction.
Center Aminenye Lakoju scored all 12 of his points in a second-half rally as the Storm blasted King 73-56 on Wednesday afternoon, surpassing their win total from last year while earning their second FAA win of the season after failing to register one in 2011-12.
"It's a big win because it gives us more confidence that what we are doing is moving us in the right direction," St. Luke's coach Brian Kriftcher said. "To come out here and execute the way we did in the second half is huge. Nobody wants to work hard and fall on the downside every time."
Entering the second half trailing 30-25, the broad shouldered and agile Lakoju took charge at both ends of the court with a series of blocks and putbacks. Although he was hampered by foul trouble during the spurt, the junior managed to stay on the court long enough to cap a 19-10 run to give the Storm (3-4) a 46-40 lead with nine minutes left in the game.
"We are trying to manage his minutes," Kriftcher said. "He's newer to the game, but he's going to be a handful for anybody. He can't be a handful if he's sitting on the bench, but our assistant coaches are doing an outstanding job of managing his minutes."
Lakoju's play energized his teammates, who began creating turnovers and finishing at the basket with regularity. Elijah Holyfield led the Storm with 22 and Jalen Latta scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half.
"Our coaches told us what we had to do," said Storm captain Sean Cullinane, who scored 15 points. "The first three minutes of the second half are always the most important and we did all the things we needed to do to go on a run."
The hosts would never let the Vikings (6-3) back into the game, who continuously shot themselves in the foot with missed free throws and turnovers down the stretch. St. Luke's didn't reach the foul line until 9:57 left in the second half, but went 14-for-20 to secure the win. King went 16-of-29 (9-of-20 in the second half) from the line.
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"We needlessly turned the ball over; it's sort of been an Achilles' heel of ours all year long," King coach Greg Dobbs said. "If we rebound and don't turn the basketball over we seem to be a good team. We unraveled pretty quickly today. Missing free throws always contributes. There are things that bring momentum and things that kill momentum and St. Luke's clearly got theirs in the second half."
The first half was controlled mostly by King standout Drew Sawyer. The senior, who scored 19 of the Vikings 30 first-half points and finished the game with 28, made back-to-back 3s to help his team to a 26-18 advantage. King's aggressiveness on both offense and defense provided a host of problems for the Storm, but it was the hosts who made the right adjustments to secure the victory.
"We made a couple of corrections at halftime," Kriftcher said. "We played tougher on defense for sure and rebounded better, but mostly against their 3-2 (zone defense), we moved the ball better on offense."
Both teams paid tribute to the Newtown tragedy prior to tip-off, as a moment of silence was observed while the coaching staffs and players held up 26 burning candles.
Drew Sawyer 9 8-13 28; Conor Harris 2 1-5 5; Nick DellaJacono 4 0-2 10; Angus Bass 0 1-2 1; Mike Correa 0 0-0 0; Chris Massucco 0 0-0 0; Gilbert Francois 3 6-8 12. TOTALS: 17 16-29 56.
Jalen Latta 6 3-4 16; Elijah Holyfield 7 6-8 22; Sean Cullinane 6 2-4 15; Aminenye Lakoju 6 0-0 12; T.J. Simpson 0 2-2 2; Kevin Florio 1 1-2 3; Jackson Prince 1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 27 14-20 73.
Halftime: 30-25 K
3-Pointers: K--Sawyer 5 DellaJacono 2. STL -- Holyfield 2, Latta, Prince, Cullinane.


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Miss Fortune, the Bounty Hunter
|Release date (US)
|September 8, 2010
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New Skins in the Store 编辑
PVP.net v1.18.13 编辑
- You can now request a trade with other players at the end of Draft Mode.
- Updated the integrated Adobe Air runtime to version 2.0.
- Added new bundle images to the Store.
League of Legends v220.127.116.11 编辑
Miss Fortune, The Bounty Hunter
- Double Up: Fires a bullet at an enemy, damaging them and bouncing to another enemy behind them, dealing even more damage.
- Impure Shots: Miss Fortune passively deals increased damage to an enemy the more times she attacks them. Can be activated to give increased attack speed and lower healing received by targets that she attacks.
- Make It Rain: A flurry of bullets is fired into the air which soon land at a target location, dealing damage and slowing enemies inside of it over a few seconds.
- Bullet Time (Ultimate): Miss Fortune hysterically unleashes a massive barrage of bullets into a cone in front of her, channeling for a few seconds and causing large amounts of damage to enemies.
- Strut (Innate): Miss Fortune's movement speed increases the longer she doesn't get attacked.
- Fixed a display error with Twin Disciplines and death recap.
- Shadow Dance can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Stats:
- Base attack speed increased to 0.625 from 0.550.
- Attack speed per level increased to 2.13% from 1.0%.
- Headbutt can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Unbreakable Will Unbreakable Will: tooltip corrected to state that it removes all crowd control, not debuffs.
- Pulverize: tooltip corrected to not imply that enemies do not take damage until they land.
- Cursed Touch: magic resistance reduction reduced to 15/25/35 from 20/30/40.
- Bandage Toss can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Curse of the Sad Mummy: tooltip corrected to state that enemies are rooted and cannot attack or move.
- Corrected the buff tooltip on Molten Shield so it correctly states that all attackers receive magic damage.
- Fixed a display error with Vorpal Spikes and death recap.
- Feral Scream:
- Silence duration reduced to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3 seconds from 2/2.5/3/3.5/4.
- Cooldown reduced to 13 from 16.
- Stats:
- Attack range increased to 550 from 500.
- Attack speed gain per level increased to +2.3% from +1.86%.
- Valkyrie can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Missile Barrage Missile Barrage: reload time reduced to 10 from 14.
- Infected Cleaver:
- Health cost changed to 50/60/70/80/90 from 30/50/70/90/110.
- Dr. Mundo is now healed for half of the ability cost when the ability strikes an enemy.
- Burning Agony Burning Agony: health cost reduced to 20/25/30/35/40 from 20/27.5/35/42.5/50.
- Masochism: health cost changed to 25/35/45/55/65 from 15/30/45/60/75.
- Sadism: heal amount modified to 40/55/70% of Mundo's health over the duration from 50% at all ranks.
- Stats:
- Base attack damage reduced to 45 from 47.6.
- Attack damage per level reduced to 2.6 from 3.
- Attack speed per level reduced to 2.8 from 3.22.
- Mystic Shot: damage reduced to 35/55/75/95/115 from 40/65/90/115/140.
- Essence Flux: mana cost reduced to 70/80/90/100/110 from 80/90/100/110/120.
- Arcane Shift can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Fixed a display error with Grog Soaked Blade and death recap.
- Fixed a bug where Gangplank's passive would be replaced with the Grog Soaked Blade debuff text when struck by another Gangplank.
- Courage: maximum armor and magic resistance reduced to 5/10/15/20/25 from 7/14/21/28/35.
- Body Slam Body Slam can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Fixed a display error with the tooltip on Barrel Roll Barrel Roll's self buff.
- UPGRADE!!!: tooltip updated to correctly state that the slow is actually 20/25/30% not 25/30/35%.
- Riftwalk can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Nether Blade: level up tooltip now correctly states the increased mana cost.
- Shunpo can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Wall of Pain: level up tooltip now correctly states the increased slow amount.
- Reckoning: debuff and death recap tooltips have been corrected.
- Living Artillery's buff on Kog'Maw now correctly states that the increased cost per stack is 40.
- Unstoppable Force Unstoppable Force can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Call of the Void: cooldown reduced to 9 from 10.
- Null Zone:
- Mana cost reduced to 80/95/110/125/140 from 90/105/120/135/150.
- It no longer places a blank buff on Malzahar.
- Malzahar's Voidlings will now attack the target affected by Malzahar's most recently cast Malefic Visions.
- Nether Grasp:
- It now suppresses the target instead of stunning it.
- Range increased to 750 from 650.
- Alpha Strike can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Wuju Style: tooltip simplified.
- Fury of the Sands Fury of the Sands: buff no longer incorrectly states that it grants increased attack speed.
- Pounce can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Aspect of the Cougar: tooltip now correctly mentions the 10% bonus dodge chance Nidalee gains in Cougar Form.
- Corrected a display error with Takedown and death recap.
- Aegis of Zeonia can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Grand Skyfall can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Corrected a display error with Pantheon's auto attack and death recap.
- Heroic Charge Heroic Charge can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Deceive can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Shadow Dash can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Stand United can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Typos corrected in the level up tooltips for Spell Shield and Boomerang Blade.
- Starcall: debuff now correctly states that it can stack up to 20 times.
- Imbue:
- Base heal reduced to 80/120/160/200/240 from 100/145/190/235/280.
- Ability power ratio increased to 1.1 from 0.9.
- Rocket Jump:
- Its debuff now correctly states the slow amount.
- It can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Spinning Slash Spinning Slash can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Spray And Pray: buff no longer incorrectly states that he does reduced damage for the duration.
- Fixed a typo in Event Horizon Event Horizon's tooltip.
- Hemoplague: debuff will now grant assists even if it does not deal damage to the target.
- Blood Scent Blood Scent: effects can now be toggled instead of being a permanent passive. It has a 4 seconds cooldown upon toggle off.
- Infinite Duress Infinite Duress can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Audacious Charge can no longer be cast while rooted.
Summoner Spells 编辑
物品 编辑
- New
- Recipe: + + 500 gold.
- + 350 Mana.
- + 7 Mana Regen per 5 seconds.
- + 20 Attack Damage.
- UNIQUE Passive: 2% of your maximum mana is converted to attack damage.
- UNIQUE Passive: Whenever your champion attacks, they gain 1 max mana (2 second cooldown.) Whenever your champion uses an ability, they gain 4 max mana (3 second cooldown.) Bonus mana caps at 1000.
- Recipe: + + 375 gold.
- +30 Magic Resist.
- +200 Health.
- UNIQUE Passive: Reduces ability cooldowns by 12% and increases your healing and regeneration effects on yourself by 20%.
- New Recipe: + + 205 gold.
- 350 Mana
- 7 Mana Regen per 5.
- , and 's "reservoir" system has been removed. These items will now strictly respect the cooldown time between procs. The cooldown has been reduced to 2 second delays between procs from 3 seconds.
- : tooltip updated to state the correct slow amount.
- now revives Champions at 750 health and 375 mana instead of 40% health and mana.
- : cost reduced to 435 from 450 gold.
- : recipe changed to + + 185 gold.
General 编辑
- Abilities with movement or teleport based components now cannot be cast while rooted.
- Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser, Infinite Duress Infinite Duress and Nether Grasp now properly suppress and stun their targets.
- Suppression prevents summoner spells from being cast, and makes the ability immune to duration reduction effects such as that granted by .
- Towers currently attacking a champion will no longer respond to further calls for help from other champions.
- Improved many of the "playing as" and "playing against" tips that display in death recap.
- Updated the splash logo that appears upon loading into the game client to match the new League of Legends logo.
- Fixed a bug that caused purple cannon minions to deal and receive normal damage from towers.
- Fixed a bug that caused super minions to receive normal damage from towers.
Sound 编辑
- Added a second taunt.
- Fixed a bug causing the Powerball sound to continue after Rammus hit his target.
- Fixed timing issues with basic attacks.
- Tweaked volume level of skill sounds.
- Tweaked volume level of skill sounds.
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SWANEPOEL, Philé; ESTERHUYSE, Karel G.F.; BEUKES, Roelf y NORTJE, Nico. The role of coping in the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and depression amongst ministers. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2012, vol.68, n.1, pp.114-123. ISSN 2072-8050.
The aim of this study was to determine the role of coping in the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression among ministers. The research group consisted of 53 Dutch Reformed ministers, all serving in the Northern Cape. Coping was measured by means of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Questionnaire (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub 1989), spiritual well-being by means of the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire (Gomez & Fisher 2003:1977), and depression by means of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steer & Brown 1996:1-2). The results of this study indicated that problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping showed no direct relationship with depression. Problem-focused coping also plays no significant role in the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression. Emotion-focused coping, however, plays a role in the relationship between environment-related spiritual well-being and depression. Significant negative relationships between spiritual well-being and depression were found. A significant positive relationship was found between dysfunctional coping and depression. Dysfunctional coping was identified as a mediator in the relationship between personal spiritual well-being and depression. The results of this study are supported by the literature.


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Cannelle et Vanille is the food blog that introduced me to food blogs. I've been reading it for years, long before I started Decorator's Notebook. However, I have to confess to hesitating before including it on the Food Week menu and I'm not really proud of the reason.
I was worried it would seem a bit obvious to include such a big, polished and successful blog in my list when what makes Decorator's Notebook a bit different (I like to think) is the fact I try to hunt out things you hopefully haven't seen a million other places before. I have to admit that I feel a bit skeptical when every 'top 10' of interiors blogs seems to include Decor8 and Design*Sponge. Both were instrumental in my desire to become a blogger in the first place and their success is awe inspiring, but their automatic inclusion makes me wonder whether the writer spent that long on their research.
Anyway, you'll see that I got over my worries and have quite rightly dedicated the final installment to Cannelle et Vanille regardless. The reason being that when it comes to food blogging and photography, Aran Goyoaga 's blog is popular because everything she does is simply top class. Nobody brings out the natural beauty, freshness and colour of food quite like her.
What's also remarkable is that while Cannelle etVanille is hugely popular it's really a niche blog… Aran is gluten intolerant and so every recipe she shares is gluten free. I must confess that I assumed food with something 'missing' could never be quite as appetising, but looking through Aran's photos makes me realise I must be wrong. Everything she makes looks utterly delicious, natural and healthy.
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Another bonus is that Aran grew up in the beautiful Basque Country in Northern Spain (the region often features in her posts) so her recipes include metric quantities as well as American ones… so for those of us who don't have a clue what a stick of butter looks like, we can still have a go at recreating her dishes!
So, what have you made of Food Week? Whether you're into cooking or not, I hope you've enjoyed admiring the beautiful photography and discovered one or two blogs you might not have known before?
Have a lovely weekend and see you next week when the stage will be handed back to interiors and decorating once again. I've had a painter/decorator working at Le Flat all week so with luck I'll have my own mini makeover to share with you. Watch this space…


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Consumer confidence faltering in a sputtering economy, jobs continuing to move offshore at rapid pace… is this a time to laugh at outsourcing? Why not? As outsourcing vendors get increasingly sophisticated with their offerings - and corporate America gets increasingly greedy about the cost savings - here are a few glorious changes that we can all look forward to.The McDonald's Drive Thru: You drive up to the soporific speakerphone and struggle to make your order heard. You don't know it, but you are speaking to somebody sitting in Jakarta, Indonesia. McDonald's has outsourced drive-thru order processing, and drive-thru orders across restaurants in the U.S. are now immediately relayed in real-time to the Back-office Indonesia Group of McDonalds Asia Corporation (BIG-MAC for short). There, wan associates in tan uniforms - it's an ungodly hour in Indonesia - take your order and instantly transfer it electronically to the restaurant's serving counter, to be readied for you to pay for and pick up. (There were some snafus during user testing - orders placed in Anchorage, Alaska being served in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - but that's all sorted out now.)
Amtrak: "The Adirondack Express is scheduled to depart from Gate 13 in one hour. Passengers are requested to identify their luggage at counters set up near the gate. The train is expected to depart in a timely manner, currently defined as within six hours of the time printed in the schedule, and arrive in Montreal no more than the usual 12 hours late."
You are mildly struck by the peculiar announcement and strongly Irish accent of the announcer, but hey - it's Amtrak, and this is New York City. As you struggle with your luggage, you do not realize - nor possibly care - that the announcer is sitting in Dublin, Ireland, and is now busy announcing the BART train in San Francisco. Yes, the U.S. Federal Government and state governments have joined together in a cost-cutting measure, and all train announcements across the country are now made from Ireland. Real-time data integration technologies have made it possible for announcers in Dublin to view local train arrivals, departures and schedule changes as they happen, and, together with the redoubtable Irish spirit - and spirits - have made the job a cinch.
Lasik Eye Surgery: You don't see your spouse quite as often these days, and, while that's not necessarily bad, what bothers you is that you don't see anything very well these days. It's time to straighten out your vision with Lasik eye surgery. As you get drowsy on the operating table, with pleasant - although blurred - visions of a future without glasses, you see the sophisticated equipment around you and marvel at the miracles of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery. What you don't know - but which certainly could hurt you - is that the Lasik surgeon is, at this very moment, donning his robe in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, preparing to operate on you using the latest in remote-controlled Lasik machines, which use the same technology that NASA uses in controlling spacecraft sent to Mars. There's no time to pray that the doctor has better success than NASA as you blissfully drift off into deep sleep. In the meanwhile, reports are that Lasik eye surgeons across the United States are contemplating a career change.
Freelance Writing: 3 am, local time. My bed-side telephone rings. I groan, pry my eyelids open and reach out for the phone. It's my editor, calling from Pune, India, where he has been relocated along with the entire editorial staff as a cost-cutting measure (US publications are losing money faster than Barry Bonds hits homers): The publisher and I are being sued by McDonald's, Amtrak and the Lasik Surgeons Society of America. "Don't they get it? It's satire, not real - yet," I shriek. Panic stricken, I try calling my lawyer in Haifa, Israel.
Rajan Chandras is a consultant with a global IT consulting, systems integration and outsourcing firm, and can be reached at [email protected].Consumer confidence faltering in a sputtering economy, jobs continuing to move offshore at rapid pace… is this a time to laugh at outsourcing? Why not? As outsourcing vendors get increasingly sophisticated, and as corporate America gets increasingly greedy about the cost savings, here are a few glorious changes that we can look forward to.


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Apple Leads Samsung in U.S. Smartphones
136.7 million people in the United States owned smartphones during the three month period ended in March, and nearly 40 percent of them used iPhones.
According to the latest metrics from comScore, Apple was the top smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. during the quarter, capturing a 39 percent share of the market, up from 36.3 percent in the prior quarter. With a 21.7 percent share, up slightly from the 21 percent it posted in December, Samsung placed second in comScore's rankings.
Bringing up the rear: HTC, Motorola and LG, which all claimed less than 10 percent shares after quarter-to-quarter declines.
On the smartphone platform side of the business, Google claimed the top ranking despite a decline in market share from 53.4 percent to 52 percent. Apple placed second with a share that rose to 39 percent from 36.3 percent. BlackBerry ranked third — declining to 5.2 percent from 6.4 percent, and Microsoft ranked fourth with a 3 percent share, up from 2.9 percent.


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Board Threatens to Withhold Tax Money for Museum
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Zoo-Museum District board members are threatening to withhold $10 million in annual tax money from the Missouri History Museum, calling it "unresponsive" and "nontransparent."
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that board members on Monday said the museum must be governed by its publicly appointed commissioners, not by a nonprofit board of trustees. The board decided to withhold about $500,000 this spring and said that if the nonprofit board remains in charge by next all, they would move to withhold all $10 million.
Concerns were raised in September following an audit and Post-Dispatch stories detailing the 2006 purchase of environmentally contaminated land from former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. for $875,000, land now valued at $232,000.
History Museum officials say they have made substantial improvements to their governance.


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A prayer event Gov. Rick Perry has organized at Reliant Stadium on Aug. 6 is drawing nationwide criticism, in part because the event is being organized by the American Family Association, which advocates against gay rights.
The AFA has been labeled a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
When it comes to hosting potentially controversial events at the Reliant Complex, SMG/Reliant Park general manager Mark Miller said each proposal is considered on its own merits — within reason.
"It's really a case-by-case basis of who wants to come book the building and what they want to book the building for," said Miller, whose company contracts with Harris County to operate the Reliant complex. "If any group came by that was presenting a program that we didn't feel was in the best interest of the community, I think it would be doubtful the building would be rented to them."
Miller said SMG has turned down events in the past, but those denials were based on the events not being in the park's business interests – renting out for an arena football game, for instance, a Texans competitor — and not because of ethical or moral concerns.
"Whether or not somebody has categorized (the AFA) as a hate group, I didn't have any knowledge of that," Miller said of Perry's event. "Somebody coming in wanting to have a prayer event for the nation doesn't automatically raise a red flag that it's a bad thing to do."
The content of a proposed program matters more than the group wishing to present it, he said.
"The presenting entity would raise the level of scrutiny regarding the program and the appropriateness of the program. If somebody came in that was obviously a group that had a reputation of violence or a reputation of being anti-government or anti-whatever, then obviously we would look," Miller said. "We wouldn't want to rent to al-Qaeda."
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Ex-New Orleans mayor testifies in bribery case
- Closing arguments are set for Monday in the case involving former Mayor Ray Nagin
- Charges against ex-mayor who served 2002-2010
- Nagin has pleaded not guilty to all the charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Mayor Ray Nagin ended two tense days on the witness stand Friday, insisting he has bribed nobody and struggling to justify expensive birthday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and wedding anniversary dinners that were charged to the city's credit card — benefits he paid no taxes on, and that, according to prosecutors, he took advantage of as the city struggled financially after Hurricane Katrina.
"Thank you, Jesus," Nagin said Friday afternoon when U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan told him he could leave the stand.
Nagin's trial recessed for the weekend. Closing arguments are set for Monday, after which the trial goes to the jury.
The former mayor, a Democrat who served from 2002-2010, was indicted on 21 counts, including bribery, money laundering, conspiracy and filing false tax returns. Prosecutors say he took hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of bribes including money, free travel and granite for the business he and his sons owned, Stone Age LLC.
Nagin has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Coman touched on all aspects of the charges in more than five hours of intense cross-examination. The last minutes were spent going over city credit card receipts and Nagin's appointment calendar entries to show that various personal dinners were charged to the city.
Nagin said that in at least one instance he reimbursed the city, although Coman said there is no record of such.
"Was this business or personal?" Coman asked about one $276 city-paid dinner that a calendar entry indicated was for Nagin's son's birthday.
"I have no idea, sir," Nagin replied.
Nagin said he could not recall details about years-ago meals but added that some of the charges were probably justified because he was often approached at restaurants by people who wanted to do business with the city.
Another entry showed a city-paid meal involving a landlord for Stone Age.
Nagin said the man was a contractor, likely seeking information about city work. "It wasn't about Stone Age business," Nagin said.
Earlier, Coman confronted Nagin with evidence of phone calls, meetings and checks from people who say they bribed him for city work or for his backing on development projects.
Nagin repeatedly downplayed his role in approving city contracts, particularly in the hectic days after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, when lucrative city rebuilding work was mounting. He denied any connection between his approval of contracts for Three Fold Consultants and more than $60,000 the company principals gave to Stone Age.
The Three Fold contracts, Nagin said, were recommended through a committee process and were among many awarded after Katrina.
"They hit my desk and I signed them," Nagin told Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Coman.
"Isn't it true, Mr. Nagin, that you traded tax dollars for Stone Age dollars?" Coman asked.
"It's not true," Nagin said.
Rodney Williams, a partner in Stone Age, was the government's lead witness and told jurors he bribed Nagin for work that eventually totaled more than $2 million.
Nagin stuck to his claim that he did not know that a city Internet technology vendor paid for a trip to Jamaica. He said his then-tech chief, Greg Meffert, claimed to have paid for the trip. Meffert has testified that Nagin knew that now-imprisoned businessman Mark St. Pierre paid for the trip.
The former mayor acknowledged taking a $20,000-plus plane trip with his family to New York in 2006. "I don't have any independent recollection of how we got there," he said, adding that he learned only after the trip, upon seeing documentation, that it was paid for by a movie theater owner.
"I flew a lot," Nagin said slowly, emphasizing each word, as Coman pressed the issue. He denied the trip was a payoff for his help in waiving tax penalties for the theater, as his indictment alleges.
Nagin said he acted primarily as a "financier" but not a hands-on manager for his two sons in the foundering Stone Age. He said he recalled little or nothing about June phone calls to another of his accusers, businessman Frank Fradella.
Fradella has testified he bribed Nagin with free granite for Stone Age and with cash, including a $50,000 payment arranged by business associate Michael McGrath. Coman showed Nagin phone records and calendar entries indicating he called Fradella on the same day McGrath sent Fradella an email inquiring about Fradella's need for $50,000.
Nagin said he didn't remember what was discussed in the phone calls. He denied asking for anything from Fradella that day or any other.
At various points in the cross-examination, Nagin said Coman was leaping to conclusions.
"This is tough for me to sit here and listen to all these false statements, sir," Nagin said after one testy exchange with Coman.
Testimony began Jan. 30. Nagin took the stand Thursday to counter evidence from more than two dozen witnesses, including five who said they were involved in bribing him.
Nagin insisted that Williams and Fradella legitimately invested in Stone Age. He brushed off suggestions that the payments conflicted with his stated policy, evidenced in earlier defense testimony and in emails, that city officials were not to take money from or do business with contractors.
"That's what you told several people in your administration. Is that correct?" Coman asked.
"That's pretty well the way we did business," Nagin said.