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Malas species Crabapple trees can to be more than a one-season wonder. Besides fabulous spring flowers, winter trees can be red with crabapples and alive with feasting birds. To attract birds, plant trees that produce small crabapples, less than ¾". Birds also favor crabapples that must freeze and...
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana "Purple ping-pong balls" describes the berry clusters on this flashy native shrub. Violet to magenta berries totally encircle the stem, gaining size as the plant matures. Reaching 3 to 8 feet, the deciduous American beautyberry makes a loose, graceful shrub that works well in a...
Arugula or Rocket Salad
Eruca sativa Arugula has "rocketed" to popularity in recent years. An excellent late-season crop for home gardeners, the spicy, peppery flavor of arugula leaves add a zesty punch when raw in salads or cooked. Maybe that's why ancient Egyptians and Romans considered arugula seed oil to be an...
Drift Rose 'Pink Drift'
Rose x 'Meijocos' (Pink Drift) Roses once had a rep as so fussy, needy, and high maintenance, gardeners left them out of their landscapes. New roses have come a long way, however--and not just the "Knock-Out" shrub roses. 'Drift' and 'Carpet' roses also flower repeatedly throughout the growing...
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Wood Spurge
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae Wood spurge makes a low maintenance evergreen perennial groundcover for a wide range of conditions. Dark green, glossy leathery leaves grow in tight rosettes on the stems. In early spring, lime green bracts appear on stalks 12 inches above the foliage and almost...
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Hibiscu s syriacus 'Helene' P hoto by Ellen Nibali Rose of Sharon has been beloved for centuries for its prolific bloom during summer doldrums when most flowering shrubs grind to a halt. However, due to nuisance seedlings, it was banished from many gardens. Thanks to the U.S. National Arboretum, we...
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When Alec Williams, 17, of Mill Valley, first signed-up for a San Rafael theater arts program that combines special needs students with typically developing students, he didn't know what to expect. One week into it, he said he has learned to enjoy his special-needs peers.
"Their positivity is something that surprised me. They just absolutely love what we're doing and I just like to see that," he said.
Williams is one of 10 teenagers participating in a two-week arts and theater program hosted by the nonprofit Youth in Arts. This is the first time the organization has had a performing arts summer program that brings together students from all ability levels.
Melissa Briggs, Youth in Arts teaching artist, said the intensive summer session began Monday and is meant to bridge gaps in the community and use theater as a vessel for social change. She said teenagers are often hesitant to work with their special-needs peers.
"There's a wall up sometimes, like they think 'I'm here to do charity work,'" Briggs said. "Our goal is to get them to learn from their peers with developmental disabilities."
On the first day of the program, Briggs said all of the students were very quiet and there was some panic on the teachers' part of whether this would work. By the end of the first week, all of the teens were laughing together, joking and enjoying one another's company.
Ayame Keane-Lee, 13, of Berkeley, said she's learned her special-needs peers have different ability levels and very particular likes and dislikes. She said working with them isn't without its challenges.
"It's fun, but sometimes it is hard because you don't know what they're thinking," Keane-Lee said.
Some of the special-needs students are autistic, have Down syndrome and one is almost completely non-verbal. Williams said he's learned one important skill in working with these special needs students — patience.
"Patience is incredibly valuable because certain kids may learn faster than others and certain things may be harder to grasp," Williams said.
The group has been working to write three original plays and learn all about acting, playwriting and filmmaking. Each day they warm-up with theater games, sometimes donning handmade masks and acting out what it feels like to be a tree or have fire emit from their feet.
During one activity, Jake Severin, 18, of Fairfax, said he's excited about the play he's been working on with his group. Striking a dramatic pose while wearing a red cape, Severin said he brings much to the group.
"I feel strong. I feel like I can help our cast mates," Severin said.
Severin, who has a cognitive impairment from a stroke, will be playing the part of a cowboy in a play he helped write with two others. The play details the story of a cowboy who wants to buy a stuffed bear for his girlfriend, but encounters a talking bear who tries to convince him otherwise.
Another play depicts the heated exchange between a park ranger and a man who steps on a California poppy, while the third play portrays the friendship between a young girl and a talking rock she finds on Mount Tamalpais. The third play will be acted out using drawings, as one of its writers doesn't speak, with a voice over of the lines by one of the students.
The teenagers will perform their plays Saturday night at Youth in Arts in addition to some ensemble dance pieces they've been working on.
Miko Lee, Youth in Arts executive director, said it's been an exciting process to see what the youth have created together. She said the organization ultimately decided to try and merge students of all abilities into one group because many of the special-needs students said the "normal" teens simply ignore them at school.
"Our students wanted something more," Lee said.
She said this program gives all of the students, special needs or not, the opportunity to tell their stories in their owns words.
"This is the work we do, trying to give young people the opportunity to express themselves through art," Lee said.
When the two weeks are up, Briggs said the participants will be well versed in all the aspects of theater arts production.
"When they leave here, they'll be ready and empowered to produce their own art," she said.
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I'll admit- I am biased towards the Boston Celtics. I will admit I've grappled with the statistics of Joe Dumars and Jo Jo White. I'm not relenting- Joe Dumars does not deserve to be in the Hall of Fame if Jo Jo isn't.
Sometimes I'm a little confused with all the admiration Dumars gets. Yes he was a quality player. But he's a notch below Clyde Drexler and Reggie Miller and Mitch Richmond in my opinion (same for Reggie Lewis). He has 2 titles, the same number as Jo Jo White. Dumars has one less All Star game appearance. 16.1 career ppg for Dumars, 17.2 ppg for White.
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Listen. Sometimes it's 3:06 in the morning, you and a couple of your buddies are wandering around a beach town in various states of undress, and suddenly you have need of 60 hamburgers, three pounds of bacon, three red peppers, and, uh, a paddleboard. Immediately! And the grocery stores are closed! What is a reasonable person to do in these circumstances?
This is the ethical quandary facing authorities in Bonita Beach, Florida, where a security camera recorded two naked dudes and their underwear-clad buddy stealing a bunch of burgers from Doc's Beach House restaurant in the wee hours of this past Sunday morning. What were they supposed to do? They needed those burgers!
(Apparently not the peppers, though. They left a trail of those on the beach, during their escape. Since there were only three peppers, though, the trail wasn't long enough to lead all the way to the headquarters of their stolen-burger-fencing operation inside a volcano.)
Picture the burger-thieves showing up to Doris The Receptionist's going-away potluck luncheon at work later that day, sleep-deprived and haggard, with huge armloads of thawing restaurant burgers. "Brought these burgers, you guys."
And everybody just kind of staring at them. "You were supposed to bring deviled eggs. Also you are naked."
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Recent Releases
The Gone Dead
Chanelle Benz; narrated by Bahni Turpin
What happens:
Billie James has just inherited a ramshackle home in the Mississippi Delta from her father, a respected (if underrated) African American poet who died when she was four. When she visits, she learns of the mysteries surrounding the night of his death.
Bahni Turpin's curious tone, delivered in a well-rendered Southern accent, embodies Billie's growing unease.
Girl in the Rearview Mirror
Kelsey Rae Dimberg; narrated by Andi Arndt
What it is:
intricately plotted story of a young woman who unknowingly steps into a complex web of political power and shifting allegiances after taking a job that seems too good to be true.
Andi Arndt's halting narration escalates the tension in this menacing thriller.
Naturally Tan
Tan France; narrated by Tan France
What it is:
a witty memoir from
Queer Eye
fashion expert Tan France that tackles topics both affecting (the racist bullying he endured as a Pakistani Muslim teen in England) and amusing (his penchant for no-nonsense sartorial advice).
France's earnest, well-paced narration will resonate with listeners who enjoy candid coming-of-age stories.
The Shallows
Matt Goldman; narrated by MacLeod Andrews
What it's about:
When a prominent lawyer is found dead in a pond with a fishing stringer hooked in his mouth, multiple people (the man's wife, her lover, and the cops) want Minneapolis PI Nils Shapiro's help.
Having narrated
all three books in the Nils Shapiro series, MacLeod Andrews offers a lived-in performance of this twisty mystery's jaded protagonist.
The Stationery Shop
Marjan Kamali; narrated by Mozhan Marnò
What it's about:
In 1953
aspiring poet Roya
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Bahman Aslan meet at a stationery shop and fall in love. But before they can wed, Bahman disappears during a CIA-instigated coup d'état. 50 years later, Roya is unexpectedly reunited with Bahman in Boston, who reveals what happened.
Mozhan Marnò imbues this
Earphones Award Winner with a steady cadence that underscores Roya's complicated feelings for Bahman.
Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
Ruth Kassinger; narrated by Xe Sands
What it's about:
the 3.7 billion-year history of algae, "Earth's authentic alchemists" -- powered by sunlight and water, these organisms play a vital role in turning carbon dioxide into organic matter.
Xe Sands enriches her engaged reading with a playful tone.
Like a Love Story
Abdi Nazemian; narrated by Lauren Ambrose, Michael Crouch, and Vikas Adam
The characters:
talented fashion designer Judy; her best friend Art, the only out gay student at their high school; and new student Reza, who's petrified by the idea of coming out; all living in 1989 New York City in the midst of the AIDS crisis.
Told in alternating chapters, this young adult novel features a
trio of narrators who vividly convey the friends' search for belonging.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J. Ryan Stradal; narrated by Judith Ivey
sisters Helen and Edith, who haven't spoken since an inheritance came between them, and Edith's granddaughter Diana, who brings them back together.
Judith Ivey's folksy delivery and authentic character accents capture the complicated dynamics of this heartfelt multigenerational novel.
The Lesson
Cadwell Turnbull; narrated by Janina Edwards and Ron Butler
What happens:
The alien Ynaa occupy St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, causing tension between the newcomers and the locals.
Janina Edwards and Ron Butler evocatively alternate between Caribbean accents for the islanders and hushed voices for the Ynaa.
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Hidden between a supply closet and the toilets at AISIN's Detroit Auto Show stand was a 1:10th-ish scale model of an anonymous pickup with a slanted louver/spoiler setup looking like an Escalade EXT that wandered onto the set of Death Race.
AISIN is not some goofy garage outfit struggling to get a booth at SEMA. They supply OEM parts for Toyota, GM, and Chrysler. The sunroofs in GM's full-sized trucks, transmissions in Chrysler's Rams, and loads of levers and switches in the Toyota Tundra come off AISIN assembly lines.
Which is why it struck me as strange that Al Bernat, their director of body and chassis components, knew very little about this absurd looking aesthetic add-on they had bothered to bring.
"It's an active spoiler, aimed at improving fuel efficiency," he told me. Well, sure it is. He only added that one prototype had been built, for a vehicle he could only describe as "a Japanese truck." Results of testing, or if any had been done, were also undisclosed.
While it was presented as an "aftermarket" accessory, it's not slated to be in a Jeg's catalogue. This would be a box you could tick at a dealership if you wanted to massacre your truck's looks and usability for the sake of letting everyone know you rock just as hard as you did in the '80s.
Bernat's parting remarks he said we might see this part become a blow-molded painted plastic reality by "late 2014, 2015 depending on customer interest." Unless this turns out to do wonders for pickup fuel economy, I'd gauge that interest at "low."


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I have been culturing neurospheres generated from neonatal mice. To summarize what I've done with them...
1. Started a primary culture
2. Treated them with lentiviral shRNA
3. FACS sorted them
4. Put the sorted cells in culture (about 8,000 cells per mL. I have them in 24 well plate)
My question is : Why aren't they growing as fast as they used to?? It's been over a week and I need to expand them so that I'll have enough cells for the subsequent assay... How much does the seeding density affect the growth of these cells?? They don't appear to be dead and they are not differentiating either, and I'm pretty sure they are still alive, but they are just not growing as fast as they used to... Would passaging them help them start growing faster (although I don't think i have enough cells to passage... afraid I might lose more than I will be left with... ) ??
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Ever wonder what would happen if "Top Chef" met the top shelf?
Well, wonder no more.
This Saturday NBC is serving up season three of its hit reality show "On the Rocks," pitting eight of the country's most skilled mixologists against one another to find out who makes the meanest cocktail. The winner, to be announced online on Nov. 20, will walk away with $100,000 and the title of Top Bartender. The show airs over the next four weekends after "Saturday Night Live" in most of NBC's markets.
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"Season two was a huge success," Morgan Hertzan, the general manager for LX.TV, which produces the show for NBC, said in a statement. "Fans loved watching the search for America's Top Bartender."
NBC hopes to build on that success and is looking to the talents of some superstar pourers to help them do it. The bartenders competing on "On the Rocks" this season include Debbie Peek of Chicago's The Bristol, Milos Zica from New York's Employees Only, Jason Bran, who shakes and stirs at Roger Room in Los Angeles, and Kimberly Patton-Bragg of Dominique's on Magazine in New Orleans.
Patton-Bragg, who, ironically, was born in the dry county of Decatur, Ala., says the contestants got on so well she now "has seven new friends." They often met up on the other side of the bar at night after shooting for the day wrapped. But it wasn't always just Old Fashioned fun and games.
"Once I met everyone in LA, I realized these are very serious bartenders and mixologists," the 40-year-old drink-slinger said. "We weren't dancing for tips or any of that. These weren't club bartenders showing off their pecs."
The competition and the hot TV lights could do a number on one's nerves.
"If you blink and make one simple mistake, that's going to cost you $100,000," Patton said.
Employees Only's Zica also felt some pressure to perform, but has plenty of experience getting through tough times. The 29-year-old native of Serbia moved from Michigan to New York City in 2004 with only $200 in his pocket. That move seems to have given Zica some swagger.
"Being a rock star, you need to own the stage," he said. "The same goes for being a bartender."
The cocktail revolution in America has been going strong for several years now, with more and more bars offering elaborate, well-crafted drinks. The popularity of "Mad Men" has only heightened our collective cocktail passion in recent years.
Given this booze-friendly environment, the return of "On the Rocks" could make quite a splash.


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Tonight (Sunday, November 25), the San Antonio Symphony's new Baroque Series at the San Fernando Cathedral got off to a great start. Playing for a packed Cathedral, Bonnie Terry was the violin soloist and Akiko Fujimoto conducted. The blurry photo on the right was taken right after Bonnie played the Bach Violin Concerto No. 1. Next weekend, the Symphony continues with music from the Baroque period with three performances of Handel's Messiah at three different churches. Simultaneously, the Symphony continues its collaboration with Ballet San Antonio with another weekend of The Nutcracker. Here is the lineup:
Ballet San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony at the Majestic Theatre
November 30 at 7 p.m.
December 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
December 2 at 7 p.m.
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Ballet San Antonio
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
HANDEL'S MESSIAH (Christmas portion)
December 1 at 7:30 p.m., University United Methodist Church
December 2 at 2 p.m., Coker United Methodist Church
December 2 at 7:30 p.m., Trinity Baptist Church
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers, John Silantien, director
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
Kathryn Mueller, soprano
Cindy Sadler, alto
Eric Schmidt, tenor
John Buffett, baritone
December 21 & 22at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
The Children's Chorus of San Antonio, Marguerite McCormick, director
Cristal Smith, contralto
Eric Schmidt, tenor
December 23 at 2:30 p.m. at Laurie Auditorium
Children's activities begin at 1:30 p.m.
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
The Children's Chorus of San Antonio, Marguerite McCormick, director
Cristal Smith, contralto
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text: Fannie, Freddie Execs Get Big Bucks Despite Downturn April 1, 2011 Sure the past year was a tough one for the millions of Americans who lost jobs or faced foreclosure, but at least some people did well. The top executives of bailed-out mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were paid very large salaries — without proper written procedures or analysis, according to an inspector general's report. Fannie, Freddie Execs Get Big Bucks Despite Downturn Listen · 4:07 4:07 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/135047890/135048363" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript


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The pro-Juanes Cubans had the bigger flags. They also had the numbers. And they had youth.
And in the end, they had Versailles Restaurant on Calle Ocho, long a stronghold of hardline, right-wing politics in Miami.
When it was over, the aging Cuban exile population that arrived in Miami in the early 1960s and established itself as one of the most influential political forces in the history of Miami was pigeonholed to a street corner across Versailles where they were surrounded on the other three street corners by screaming, chanting and taunting Cubans who fully supported Sunday's Juanes concert in Havana.
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All the aging exiles could do was destroy blank CDs that had been scrawled with Juanes' name in magic marker to show their disgust for the Colombian singer, who had performed for hundreds of thousands of Cubans in Havana earlier that day.
Perhaps the CD-stomping gesture was meant to be symbolic but the real symbolism ran much deeper.
"They have no voice anymore," said Alfredo Martinez, a 29-year-old Cuban immigrant who arrived in Miami during the early 1990s.
"This is our time now. We don't believe in Castro but we believe in Juanes. He did more for Cuba in one concert than they have done in 40 years."
And that was the sentiment that ran through more than 400 demonstrators that outnumbered the 200 demonstrators who opposed the concert.
Almost all the demonstrators on both sides of the issue were born in Cuba but where they stood on the Juanes concert depended mostly on when they arrived.
It was a monumental – yet unexpected - shift considering the demonstration had been organized by Vigilia Mambisa, the right-wing group that has been accused of intimidating opponents through scare tactics, including last year's Code Pink protest and an earlier protest involving the Bolivarian Youth from Florida International University.
But this time, they were clearly outnumbered.
Over the course of several hours, tempers flared, threats were made and some people even came to blows.
But the five Miami police officers who were assigned to the protest ended up arresting only a handful of people, including one pro-Juanes protester for allegedly exposing his penis and one anti-Juanes protester for allegedly battering a female city worker.
"They laid off 125 officers last week so all we get is five officers here," said an officer who did not want to be named. "Imagine if we didn't have any officers here?"
At one point, police tried to disperse the crowd by wailing their sirens and ordering everybody to go home, but it was to no avail. The pro-Juanes crowd kept increasing, showing up with musical instruments or just pots and pans to bang.
The concert itself was quite a sight, with tens of thousands of spectators showing up for what was believed to be the largest gathering since Pope John Paul's 1998 visit.
The protest began as soon as the concert in Havana ended with members of Vigilia Mambisa standing on the corner of Versailles as they have done so many times before, accusing anybody who does not agree with them of being communists.
But then the younger Cubans started arriving. And they were accompanied by a few older Cubans who said they were touched by the concert. And the momentum of the protest changed.
After a few pushing and shoving matches and several screaming bouts underneath the famous Versailles sign, the hardliners were pushed across S.W. 36th Ave. where they took position on the sidewalk next to Farmacia Luis, even hanging up the Vigilia Mambisa banner on the side of the wall.
And the pro-Juanes Cubans kept multiplying, forcing police to shut down Eight Street because they kept spilling out into the street in front of Versailles. By the end of the protest, the pro-Juanes Cubans occupied the corner of Versailles as well as both street corners on the south side of Eight Street.
But even before that happened, Vigilia Mambisa had removed their sign and went home, leaving the dwindling exile crowd to continue fighting the losing battle.


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Composition is the key to a good picture. In the first part of our series on composition we looked at the role of the viewfinder as the main composition tool in photography. A good photographer uses the viewfinder frame consciously to integrate or exclude certain elements.
January, with its dreary colours and subjects, doesn't exactly tempt you outdoors to take pictures. The days are short, the trees are bare, and life, for the most part, takes place indoors. It is, therefore, the perfect time of year to do some intensive work on some of the basic aspects of photography – composition, for example.
Do you want to take more photographs but don't quite know what of? Then why not start a personal 52-picture project in 2014, taking one photo each week.
Did you also start the new year with a handful of good intentions? And did you stick to them? Are you taking them seriously, or have you postponed "more exercise, more salad and less alcohol" to 2015?
Over a period of 5 days Nicole Loos was on the go in Manhattan with the Tamron SP 24-70mm f2.8 Di VC USD. In the interview she reports on getting to the best photos spots in the metropolis.


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Assassin's Creed Rogue Review
November 2014 saw two Assassin's Creed games simultaneously released for the 'new' and 'older' generation consoles: Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Rogue, respectively. I have always been a fan of the AssCred series, but, as previously stated in my Black Flag review, my faith wavered a little after Revelations – a disappointing end to the Ezio trilogy. Then came Assassin's Creed III, kicking off what is now known as the Kenway saga. Whilst ACIII certainly had an interesting story with some wonderful twists and turns, the overall historical setting didn't interest me, and the repetitive environment became very tedious. When Black Flag came out, I neglected to immediately purchase it, and instead waited until it was in the Steam summer sale 2014. Black Flag was both a brilliant Assassin's Creed game and a brilliant pirate game. Because pirates are friggin' awesome. Despite this, I was still hesitant when Unity and Rogue came out, though I will admit I was enticed by Unity's pretty amazing trailer. I bided my time, and waited until these two games came on sale a few months later; I ended up picking up both for around £20 each on Steam. After consulting the wise mentors on /r/assassincreed, I started with Rogue.
Chronologically, Rogue takes place a few years after Black Flag and before (and partially during) Assassin's Creed III and Unity, featuring some nice tie-ins with the aforementioned three, including certain characters and allusions to events. Rogue has you play as Shay "I make my own luck" Cormac. Shay begins the game as an Assassin, but becomes disillusioned with what they stand for and, in a somewhat roundabout way, ends up joining the Templars. With the exception of the beginning of ACIII and that pretty cool twist, this is the first time in the series that we actually get to play as a Templar, and moreover see their point of view, as usually they are depicted as the big, greedy baddies. In Rogue, it's very easy to empathise with the Templar cause and actually find yourself disliking the Assassins. Part of this is due to Shay being pretty bad-ass; up at the top of the character scale just behind Edward Kenway and Ezio. Part of it is also because all of the Assassins in the games are dicks. Just utter dicks. Due to the change in perspective, the story in Rogue is overall pretty good, interesting and a new take…though I was a bit gutted that the misleading, ominous announcement trailer seemed to imply that you would be hunting Assassins, of which there is none of, apart from some repetitive side missions. Instead, the game plays out like every other Assassin's Creed game, in which you go from mission to mission occasionally killing an 'important' character – nothing really new there. I didn't find myself as interested in Rogue's story as Black Flag's, though this may largely be due to the fact that I know very little about the Seven Years War, in which Rogue is predominantly set, so a lot of the historical figures were lost on me (as opposed to Black Flag when I was sitting in my chair going OMFG BLACKBEARD!!).
The story itself is relatively short in comparison to other games, and ends rather abruptly. There is, of course, the chance to then continue obtaining the many, many collectibles, but, unless you're a bit of a completionist, it seems almost pointless. Considering the story's lack of longevity, Rogue offers an overwhelming number of collectibles…and I mean overwhelming in the bad sense. The map itself is huge, and has you travelling around the North Atlantic Ocean, the Hudson River Valley and New York. However, it's so big that the story itself only takes you to a small fraction of the entire world; the only incentive to see the rest is to collect these darn treasure chests, shanties and Animus fragments. Originally, I was planning on collecting everything, but as soon as the story ending was sprung upon me, I kind of lost interest. There is just too much for its own good. The setting itself is relatively varied, with icy climates in the North Atlantic, the tundra that is the River Valley, and New York's cityscape. Despite this, in the former two especially, you couldn't really differentiate one area from another – once you have seen one snowy forest, you've seen 'em all. For the most part, Shay sides with the British Empire (as opposed to the French). Whereas previous Assassin's Creed games have had maybe one faction of guards patrolling the streets, Rogue has two or three. However, it wasn't until I was about half way through the game that I realised that the chappies in orange were in fact not French soldiers with annoying British accents, but Assassin thugs. Occasionally, these thugs hide in bushes or other well-known Assassin hiding spots and ambush you, causing critical damage, which keeps you on your toes a bit. But, as I will address later, health was never an issue, so even after being 'critically' injured, you can still stab your attacker in the face and walk away unscathed.
Rogue plays largely like Black Flag DLC, in that the majority – if not all – of the game mechanics are the same. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but players should be aware before they play. The easiest mode of transport is by ship. Like the Jackdaw, players can upgrade Shay's Morrigan with better hull armour, cannons, mortars etc. Use these to take down ships to acquire loot to…upgrade your ship even further! Naval combat remains the same as it did in Black Flag: strong, but not without its flaws. For example, if you happen to be engaged in a fight with, say, two enemy ships…when you destroy one and board it, time seems to stop for the other – it just circles around for a while, waiting. Aspects like this make it apparent that Rouge is a 'last-gen' game, and one would hope that if naval combat features in future instalments, it becomes a bit more dynamic. Regular combat is the same as it has always been: pretty dull. It's just easy. You can buy new weapons and pistols, but even those are boring. Different weapons have different stats, but you can't really tell the difference. In hand to hand combat, you can either fight with fists, hidden blades or a dagger and sword combo – but, again, this is essentially for aesthetics as the sword seems to do as much damage as the blades seems to do as much damage as fists. I miss back in the ACII era when the sword and dagger were separate. Combat has always been relatively easy in the AssCred series, requiring you to just wait and counter at the right moment, and Rogue is no different. Luckily, these seems to have been addressed if Ubisoft's E3 preview of Assassin's Creed Syndicate can be believed! Like Black Flag, you can upgrade Shay too with various crafting mechanisms, improving his health etc. But, if I'm honest, I completely forgot about these, and finished the game with the same amount of health as I started. It was never an issue.
Oh, like previous AssCred games, Rogue also features a 'modern day' section, in which, like Black Flag, you play as a faceless Abstergo employee who is playing through this memories for totally-not-evil-scientific reasons. Again, like Black Flag, something happens to the severs over the course of the game and you have to go down and hack into them and turn them on, slowly revealing more and more about the company. The lore that surrounds the series is very interesting, especially as it is influenced and intertwined with our IRL history, so learning about this from the Templar's point of view as you fix the severs (I don't know why they keep all of this information encrypted on various computers but hey ho) is a nice little treat. And you're often accompanied by a women who endearingly, and not at all irritatingly, affectionately refers to you as 'numb-skull'. Classy gal.
Visually, Rogue is pretty impressive. Surprise, surprise, the visuals are very similar to Black Flag's, though, again, that is not a bad thing. There are your standard clipping errors, or certain objects not rendering quick enough, but overall I can't really complain. The only feature that could really be improved is the water, which often looked like a big ol' tub o' jelly…all thick and gloopy. The music is wonderful and really aids in creating the darker atmosphere that comes with Rogue. Voice acting is on par, with a range of personalities across a large and colourful cast.
At a glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that Black Flag and Rogue were the same game: apart from the dramatic change in climate, many gameplay elements carry from the latter to the former. So, if you enjoyed Black Flag, or any previous Assassin's Creed game for that matter, then I certainly recommend it. However, due to the short story and repetitiveness of obtaining the crazy amount of collectibles and exploration, I would suggest getting this game on sale. And, why, it's on sale right now!


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A Leopard Server Wish List
Having had a chance to really test Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server, I'm still impressed. I still think it's the best server release Apple has ever had, especially from the SMB point of view. However, like every bit of software ever released anywhere, it's not perfect, and there are some things I'd like to see improved or fixed.
|Mac OS X 10.5 may be a big improvement over 10.4, but it's far from perfect.
Eliminate the Install Silos
One of the cool things Apple did with Mac OS X 10.5 Server is make setting it up simpler for those with simple needs, i.e. the "Workgroup" setup. The problem is the setup types are fairly siloed. For example, if you use the Workgroup setup because you want some really cool features, like importing Active Directory users for augment records or ease of setting up iCal Server, you're unable to get to any features outside of what you get in Server Preferences. If you attach to the server in Server Admin, and you say you want to now use it in "Advanced" mode, you can't use Server Preferences with it. No big deal, right? Well, it is if you want to create more augmented users because in "Advanced" mode you have to use Workgroup Manager for user management, and Workgroup Manager can't import Active Directory users to create augment records.
If you install simple, you can go advanced, but you can't go back. If you install advanced, you can't use any of the simple features. In my world "Advanced" doesn't mean "more crippled than simple." Sure, you can create augment records manually, but why? This is silly. Even worse, to even see augmented users, you have to enable "Show All Records" in the preferences and then manually find the "augments" entry, to even see them. "Advanced" should not be synonymous with "make it harder than it needs to be."
Eliminate "Almost" Setting Up Services
As a few people know, I'm a big fan of SNMP, and in Mac OS X 10.5, and Mac OS X 10.5 Server, SNMP got a huge update. But still, to set it up on server, the only thing you can do with Server Admin is to turn it on. To configure it, you're deep into snmpconf and the .conf files. Really, it's not hard to put a decent user interface on this. If Apple was smart, it could lead the way toward encouraging the use of SNMPv3, which allows for encryption and "real" authentication. NTP setup? On/off. No way to set any options. Same thing with SSH.
Make Directory a Bit Less Restrictive
The Directory application: Great way to set up groups, resources and more in Mac OS X 10.5 Server. However, if you have more than 500 people or groups in your directory service, well, good luck browsing that list. Directory will not display all records if there are more than 500 entries in what you're displaying. You can't even manually select it.John C. Welch is a Unix/Open Systems Administrator for Kansas City Life Insurance, and a regular speaker at Macworld Expo on IT issues.
This article was originally published on Datamation.
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Customers of MSN Music US won't be able to use bought tracks with the Microsoft Zune music player.
MSN Music will cease to exist in the US from 14 November - the date the Zune goes on sale there.
It's unclear what will become of MSN Music UK - with a UK Zune release looking increasingly unlikely altogether.
Microsoft has said it will stop selling music from 14 November, when the Zune goes on sale in the US.
The idea is sure to annoy potential Zune purchasers as well as other player manufacturers. Microsoft previously made a lot of its Plays for Sure initiative, which other manufacturers such as Creative and Archos followed but which Microsoft's own Zune has not.
Napster, AOL Music Now and Urge also backed Plays for Sure.
Microsoft said that the Zune was "a separate offering that is not part of the Plays for Sure ecosystem".


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With 25 Nittany Lions on National Football League rosters, Penn State is well represented in the professional ranks. Each week throughout the year, www.GoPSUsports.com will provide updates on the exploits of these former Nittany Lion greats. Top performances from week 15 of the 2013 season included Paul Posluszny's game-high 13 stops versus the Bills and Andrew Quarless' six catches, including one touchdown, in the Packers' comeback victory against the Cowboys.
Navorro Bowman (2007-09), LB, San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 33, Tampa Bay 14
Bowman notched four stops, including one TFL, against the Buccaneers.
Levi Brown (2003-06), OT, Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 20
Brown was placed on the reserve/injured list Oct. 15.
Jack Crawford (2008-11), DE, Oakland Raiders
Kansas City 56, Oakland 31
Crawford saw action against the Cheifs.
Robbie Gould (2001-04), K, Chicago Bears
Chicago 38, Cleveland 31
Gould connected on a 23-yard field goal and made all five extra-point attempts.
Tamba Hali (2002-05), LB, Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City 56, Oakland 31
Hali made one stop and recorded a fumble against the Raiders.
Jordan Hill (2009-12), DT, Seattle Seahawks
Seattle 23, New York Giants 0
Hill collected a sack against the Giants.
Gerald Hodges (2009-12), LB, Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota 48, Philadelphia 30
Hodges made one special-teams stop against the Eagles.
Josh Hull (2006-09), LB, Washington Redskins
Atlanta 27, Washington 26
Hull collected a special-teams stop against the Falcons.
Sean Lee (2005-07, 2009), LB, Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay 37, Dallas 36
Lee was inactive against the Packers.
Michael Mauti (2008, 2010-12), LB, Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota 48, Philadelphia 30
Mauti saw action against the Eagles.
Matt McGloin (2010-12), QB, Oakland Raiders
Kansas City 56, Oakland 31
McGloin finished the day 8-for-22 for 151 yards.
Derek Moye (2008-11), WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 20
Moye was inactive against the Bengals.
Jared Odrick (2006-09), DE, Miami Dolphins
Miami 24, New England 20
Odrick recorded one stop against the Patriots.
Rich Ohrnberger (2006-08), OL, San Diego Chargers
San Diego 27, Denver 20
Ohrnberger saw action against the Broncos.
Paul Posluszny (2003-06), LB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Buffalo 27, Jacksonville 20
Posluszny notched a game-high 13 stops, including one sack, against the Bills.
Andrew Quarless (2006-09), TE, Green Bay Packers
Green Bay 37, Dallas 36
Quarless caught six balls for 66 yards and hauled in a three-yard touchdown reception.
Michael Robinson (2002-05), FB, Seattle Seahawks
Seattle 23, New York Giants 0
Robinson saw action against the Giants
Evan Royster (2007-10), RB, Washington Redskins
Atlanta 27, Washington 26
Royster was placed on the season-ending Injured Reserve list Dec. 10.
A.Q. Shipley (2005-08), C, Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore 18, Detroit 16
The Ravens starting left guard helped the Ravens gain 305 yards against the Lions.
Mickey Shuler (2007-09), TE, Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta 27, Washington 26
Shuler is a member of the Falcons' practice squad.
Devon Still (2009-11), DT, Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 20
Still saw action against the Steelers.
Nate Stupar (2008-11), LB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Buffalo 27, Jacksonville 20
Stupar made one special-teams stop against the Bills.
Johnnie Troutman (2009-11), OG, San Diego Chargers
San Diego 27, Denver 20
Troutman saw action against the Broncos.
Cameron Wake (2000, 02-04), DE, Miami Dolphins
Miami 24, New England 20
Wake notched three stops, including a sack, in the Dolphins' win against the Patriots.
Stefan Wisniewski (2007-10), OL, Oakland Raiders
Kansas City 56, Oakland 31
Wisniewski helped the Raiders out gain Kansas City by a 461-384 margin.


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Dr. Dre has issued a public apology to the women he says he "hurt" decades ago after three accusers spoke out publicly following the release of "Straight Outta Compton," a biopic he co-produced about his former hip-hop group, N.W.A.
The movie has made more than $80 million since it was released exactly one week ago. Gawker had pointed out how it makes no mention of decades-old allegations that the rapper, now a married father, abused some women physically when he was a member of the group.
"Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life," Dr. Dre said in a statement to The New York Times on Friday. "However, none of this is an excuse for what I did. I've been married for 19 years and every day I'm working to be a better man for my family, seeking guidance along the way. I'm doing everything I can so I never resemble that man again."
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"I apologize to the women I've hurt," he added. "I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives."
READ: Dr. Dre's ex Michel'le &Journalist Dee Barnes, speak out on abusive past not being shown in Straight Outta Compton
The accusers are Dr. Dre's ex-girlfriend and R&B singer Michel'le Toussaint, with whom he shares an adult son, rapper Tairrie B and hip-hop journalist Dee Barnes, who earlier this week penned a personal essay about her experience in Gawker, titled, "Here's What's Missing From 'Straight Outta Compton': Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up."
"Why would Dre put me in it?" Toussaint told VladTV in an interview posted on Monday. "I was just a quiet girlfriend who got beat up and told to sit down and shut up."
According to The Los Angeles Times, an earlier draft of a "Straight Outta Compton" script depicted an altercation between the rapper and Barnes. Dr. Dre pleaded no contest to assault and battery in the 1991 incident and received no jail time. Toussaint and Tairrie B never pressed charges against him.
The women have been tweeting about Dr. Dre and "Straight Outta Compton" lately. On Wednesday, Tairrie B called him a "serial abuser." Barnes said on Twitter on Friday that the rapper has not apologized to her personally.
He had last week told Rolling Stone, regarding the abuse allegations, "I made some ... horrible mistakes in my life. I was young ... stupid. I would say all the allegations aren't true--some of them are. Those are some of the things that I would like to take back. ... But I paid for those mistakes, and there's no way in hell that I will ever make another mistake like that again."


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SANFORD, Fla., July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama said Sunday Americans should "respect the call for calm reflection" from Trayvon Martin's parents after the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
The slain teen's parents used social media to thank supporters following Saturday's not guilty verdict in the Florida murder trial of Zimmerman.
Martin's family did not address the acquittal of their son's killer in a brief series of Twitter messages; however, supporters in California and Washington took to the streets overnight to express their disagreement with the verdict.
In a statement issued by the White House, Obama urged Americans to respect the justice system.
"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher," he said. "But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.
"I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.
"And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that's a job for all of us. That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin."
Martin's family was not present the acquittal verdict was handed down by the six-woman jury deciding the fate of Zimmerman, who was charged with second-degree murder for killing the unarmed 17-year-old in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Moments after the verdict was read, the youth's father, Tracy Martin, tweeted: "God blessed Me & Sybrina with Tray and even in his death I know my baby proud of the FIGHT we along with all of you put up for him GOD BLESS."
In a second tweet, Martin said: "Thanks to everyone who are with us and who will be with us (so) we together can make sure that this doesn't happen again."
Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, thanked supporters later: "Lord during my darkest hour I lean on you. You are all that I have. At the end of the day, GOD is still in control. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I will love you forever Trayvon!!! In the name of Jesus!!!"
"Et tu, America?" Trayvon's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, tweeted.
In San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., residents took to the streets to vent their frustrations with the verdict.
Several hundred people attended a rally and peacefully marched through San Francisco. A smaller but rowdier march across the bay in Oakland left a trail of broken windows, small fires and graffiti in its wake, the Oakland Tribune reported. There were no injuries or arrests.
The verdict was the subject of a protest march in Washington early Sunday. Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital's Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights neighborhoods with signs and chants supporting Martin and criticizing laws supposedly slanted toward protecting whites.
The Washington Post said the size of the crowd ebbed and flowed, but at one point appeared include several hundred young people, including several whites.
The protest began about midnight in areas known for an active nightlife, but caused minimal disruptions to traffic, the Post said.
Meanwhile, NAACP officials called for civil charges to be brought against Zimmerman, the Detroit Free Press reported.
"We pray that the Justice Department will act," said the Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP. "We don't want anything special, we just want justice."


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'The Ice Cream Man' found dead inside Modesto home
Investigation ongoing, officers say
Modesto police said renters found a dead body as they were moving into their new home.
Jorge Molina Amador was found shortly before 8:44 a.m. by the new renters of a home in the 100 block of Maple Street.
The owner of the home said Amador only lived there for two months.
"Of course I'm shocked. He has family members here," homeowner Kamal Lil told KCRA 3.
Amador was referred to as the "The Ice Cream Man" by some living in the area. Amador sold ice cream in Modesto from a push cart.
"I heard a lot of these ice cream men are like walking ATMs. They make targets," said neighbor Darryl Clewis.
Investigators said the renters were going to rent part of the home for themselves and sublease a room in the home to Amador.
Police have not said if Amador was robbed, but did confirm he was physically assaulted.
Lil said that the victim's family went to the house Monday to pick up his belongings. Some neighbors said he was working to support family in Mexico.
"He was a really good person and it's a shame what happens to people who are here working," said neighbor Lorraine Reynoso.


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Become a SoSAFE! Registered User
SHFPACT Canberra : Friday 28 August 2020
SoSAFE! is a set of visual and conceptual tools designed to promote social safety for people with an Intellectual Disability (moderate to severe range) and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
SoSAFE! tools encourage social safety through the provision of a simplified and rule-governed model of social reality that teaches the type and degree of verbal and physical intimacy appropriate with different categories of people.
If you are considering a group booking, please contact us at email@example.com or call 02 6247 3077 and we may be able to tailor dates to suit your group.
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• Full day course (includes morning & afternoon tea)
• One copy of the SoSAFE! Manual
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• SoSAFE! Certificate
The SoSAFE! Tools (together with SoSAFE! Certified Training) provide teachers, trainers and counsellors with skills and simple visual tools to enhance the social, social-sexual and social safety training of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.
SoSAFE! uses a standardised framework of symbols, visual teaching tools and concepts to teach strategies for moving into intimate relationships in a safe and measured manner, and provides visual communication tools for reporting physical or sexual abuse.
SoSAFE! training includes:
• Overview of SoSAFE! Tools
• Lesson Sequence of SoSAFE! concepts and teaching strategies
• Myths and the importance of social safety education
• Typical learning characteristics of people with MSID
• Cognitive development of people with MSID
• Validation of social safety programs
(Freda Briggs framework, how SoSAFE! aligns)
• Lots of opportunities for questions & clarification
The one day SoSAFE! User Training is an essential part of the SoSAFE! Program and introduces teachers, counsellors and disability workers with the framework and rationale behind SoSAFE! and equips them with the visual tools, lesson plans and skills to implement this integrated framework for teaching relationships, sexuality and sexual health to people with a moderate to severe intellectual disability.


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Netflix revives Designated Survivor series
Designated Survivor is officially moving to Netflix for its third season, Variety has learned.
The political drama starring Kiefer Sutherland was cancelled by America's ABC network in May, but rumours began to swirl almost immediately that series producer eOne were looking to continue the show with the streaming giant.
The third series will consist of 10 episodes.
In the new season, President Kirkman (Sutherland) will face a political reality-campaigning. What does it take to make a leader? What price will he be willing to pay? This season will explore today's world of campaigning, smear tactics, debates, campaign finance and "fake news."
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to play President Kirkman for season 3 of 'Designated Survivor' with Netflix, eOne and Neal Baer," Sutherland said.
"I believe this format will allow us to continue to delve deeply into storylines and issues concerning the American electorate that were not previously possible."
The new season will go into production later this year for a 2019 launch.
As Variety reported at the time of the ABC cancellation, the show was ultimately axed by the broadcaster due in part to a potential significant rise in production costs going into the third season as well as declining ratings.
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5 days/4 nights
Also known as the Mini Traverse, this is probably the most spectacular hike you can do in the Drakensberg. It is considered as one of the world's best hikes by National Geographic.
4 days/3 nights
At 3450m above sea level, Mafadi is South Africa's highest point. This is a great hike for those training for Kilimanjaro or any other major peak, or for simply experiencing the impressive High Berg.
3 days/2 nights
A hike in the Cathedral Peak Area, similar to the bell traverse, but tenting the first night instead of staying at Roland's Cave. The last day we can choose whether we'll go down the Mlabonja Pass or the Bell Traverse, depending on the group's confidence and the weather conditions.
Champagne Castle Peak at 3,377m is the third highest point in South Africa. Without technical difficulties all you need for this hike is a good physical condition, a head for heights and an appeal for adventure. It is an exhilarating hiking experience with great views!
Northern Spain – 8 days / 16 days
Cycle the "Camino de Santiago", the famous pilgrim route, enjoying the art, history and gastronomy of a historical and rural part of unspoilt Spain.
Indian Himalayas – 17 days
Cycle the highest roads in the world (up to 5400m). The Manali-Leh Highway takes us all the way from the foothills of the Himalayas to the capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh, the Little Tibet, at the heart of the world's greatest mountain range.
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It's been quite some time since I last posted an article on my frantic adventures in cooking and feasting. My responsibilities for charlieuniformtango and my relocation to Seattle among other pressing issues prevented me from doing so.
I intend to fix that immediately! Lol, I have amassed a extensive collection of foodie pix that will need to be touched up before they go live, especially since I have the most recent version of Photoshop again to bring more life and lighting to these dishes (it was either going to be Photoshop or a brand new camera).
But I won't bore you with those minor details. When July rolls in, I hope to share with you a visual buffet of summer snacking compliments of watching episodes of Rachael Ray, Cupcake Wars, Chopped!, The Next Master Chef, Hell's Kitchen, The Next Foodnetwork Star, Top Chef and Top Chef Masters.


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As former NBA star Dennis Rodman wrapped up his week-long trip to North Korea today, the latest high profile visit of a Westerner to North Korea, observers are asking if the visit suggests that North Korea is becoming a bit more open to the outside world.
Before departing, Mr. Rodman told Pyongyang that leader Kim Jong-un, reported to have a great love for basketball, was "really awesome" and that he and his father and grandfather were "great leaders," according to the Associated Press.
Rodman, who has long had a reputation for eccentricity and questionable behavior, was traveling with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters and a crew from Vice Media, which was shooting an episode for an HBO series and had plans for "basketball diplomacy."
The high profile visits come on the heels of Google executive Eric Schmidt's tour to North Korea in January. And while they may look promising as they provide avenues for diplomacy that the US and the North have not seen before, in the short term it's mostly just a public relations boon to Pyongyang at home, say analysts.
"Ultimately, they [North Korea] come out ahead because they can portray it as the world coming to pay tribute, or at least to be there," says Aidan Foster-Carter, honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in London.
Mr. Foster-Carter is quick to point out that these visits do not likely represent a substantial change in the nature of the North Korean state, which is accused of serious human rights abuses, and ignores international condemnation with its tests of nuclear devices and long-range rockets.
"It's not a sign of a broader change," he says. "If anything, it's part of the process of the UN sanctions, showing that even though North Korea doesn't care to talk to the US, high-profile Americans are willing to come to them."
According to analysis of satellite images released this past week by the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, one of the country's main prison camps has expanded significantly over past several years, including the period since Kim Jong-un took over from his father, the late Kim Jong-il, after he passed away in late 2011.
The analysis found that Camp No. 25, in the difficult-to-access northeast of the country, has grown 72 percent since 2003 and now has a much larger number of guards.
North Korea is believed to have stepped up its security to prevent escape, both from prisons and across the border into China. Even as North Korea comes to allow more interesting characters in, there are still many who aren't allowed out.


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Public Comment
LL is for LLies
There are a lot of good reasons to vote no on Measure LL, but perhaps the best one is that the campaign to pass it is based on lies. Measure LL would repeal our current, green Landmarks Preservation Ordinance (LPO) and put in its place a loophole-laden ordinance, designed to expedite the demolition of our historic homes and neighborhoods. The fact that proponents refer to it as a landmarks preservation ordinance may be the biggest lie of all. That's because if a developer chooses the right options among the new and confusing bureaucratic procedures for landmarking, a historic building could be cleared for demolition before the public even knows what's going on. In effect, Measure LL provides a means to keep historic structures from being preserved.
Measure LL contains a controversial provision called a "Request for Determination." Measure LL backers claimed that it was needed, based on an allegation that our current LPO didn't allow property owners to obtain a determination if their properties were historic or not. That's patently false, since under our current LPO, property owners can and do come before the Landmarks Preservation Commission for such determinations. There's a good reason for them to do so; the Mills Act provides property tax rebates for the restoration of historic buildings. So there was never any doubt about what our LPO allowed, but determinations weren't what Measure LL backers really wanted. They wanted what they call a "safe harbor" for the demolition of potentially historic structures—a period of time in which they would be unprotected by law. The RFD procedure provides this cover, by allowing property owners, developers, or their agents to obtain decisions that properties aren't historic, using a process with confusing timelines and limited public disclosure. Measure LL is a stealth anti-landmarking ordinance.
How did such an ordinance come to be written? It all began with a lie. The city attorney said that our current LPO was in violation of the 1999 Permit Streamlining Act, because our ordinance didn't provide specific timelines for environmental review. This was nonsensical, since a state law prevails over a municipal ordinance and would simply impose the required deadlines on the permitting process. Furthermore, in 2000, the state Office of Historic Preservation certified our current LPO as being in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. But the lie took on a life of its own, and it became the premise for repealing our LPO and creating the developer-driven ordinance that became Measure LL. Ironically, the new ordinance is the one in violation of law. It violates both the California Environmental Quality Act and the Berkeley Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance. Measure LL will cost the City of Berkeley tens of thousands of dollars in lawsuits, but proponents never divulge this fact.
The campaign to pass Measure LL has been a litany of lies. Proponents call Measure LL a "compromise." Now, if our current LPO had actually been in violation of state law, as alleged, then correcting it could not truthfully be called a compromise. It would be a necessity. But people who tell lies often forget to keep their stories straight, and so the story about Measure LL being a compromise was born. This clever façade puts a reasonable-looking face on the ruthless pro-development agenda behind Measure LL.
What city officials never disclose is that Berkeley's stock of affordable housing lies almost completely within older neighborhoods. That's a lie of omission, but a significant one, and it may be the key to understanding why developers want Measure LL to pass so badly. There's virtually no room for new development in Berkeley without demolishing existing buildings, and that means affordable rental housing will be destroyed if Measure LL passes. The profitable, high-density buildings that replace small apartment buildings and single family homes will in turn lower the property values of the remaining residences.
Finally, Measure LL undermines the city's green goals, because preservation is an integral component of our sustainable future. This is a betrayal of global proportions, because according to the Environmental Protection Agency, 48 percent of the Greenhouse Gases produced in the United States come from the demolition, construction, and operation of buildings. We waste less energy and fewer resources by preserving and retrofitting historic buildings than we do by constructing new buildings to replace them, even when those buildings are energy-efficient and made from some recycled materials. That's because new buildings don't last long enough to recoup the cost in embodied energy that it takes to construct them.
There would be no need for misrepresentations, if there was even one good reason to pass Measure LL. But there are none. Vote no on Measure LL and keep our strong and green Landmarks Preservation Ordinance!
The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) recommends a no vote on Measure LL. The Berkeley Green Party and the Green Party of Alameda don't just say to vote no on Measure LL; they say, "NO! NO! NO!" The Berkeley Neighborhood Preservation Organization is the proponent of this referendum. For more information on BNPO and Measure LL, go to www.savethelpo.org.
Judith Epstein writes on behalf of the Berkeley Neighborhood Preservation Organization.


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UBS reports a first quarter pre-tax profit of CHF 2,810 million
Zurich/Basel, 4 May 2010 - Commenting on UBS's first quarter 2010 results, Group CEO Oswald J. Grübel said: "We are well positioned to meet our medium-term goals. We implemented the measures announced in 2009 and delivered a good profit while managing our costs and using our balance sheet and risks in a disciplined way."
First quarter 2010 profit of CHF 2,202 million
UBS reports a first quarter net profit attributable to UBS shareholders of CHF 2,202 million compared with CHF 1,205 million in fourth quarter 2009.
Wealth Management & Swiss Bank's pre-tax profit was up 5% to CHF 1,161 million in the first quarter from CHF 1,109 million in the fourth quarter. The pre-tax profit for the Wealth Management business unit increased 3% to CHF 696 million from CHF 674 million as an increase in operating income was partly offset by higher accruals for variable compensation. Annualized gross margin in Wealth Management increased 5bps to 93bps in the first quarter, up from 88bps in the previous quarter. The pre-tax profit for the Retail & Corporate business unit increased 7% to CHF 465 million from CHF 435 million, principally due to credit loss recoveries.
Wealth Management Americas recorded a pre-tax profit of CHF 15 million in the first quarter compared with CHF 178 million in the prior quarter. Revenues were down 2%, mainly reflecting a CHF 35 million interest credit recorded in fourth quarter 2009. The first quarter result included an increase in financial advisor deferred compensation awards and the introduction of a new compensation program for financial advisors. The first quarter was also impacted by increased charges from the Corporate Center and restructuring charges related to staff reductions.
Global Asset Management's pre-tax profit was CHF 137 million in the first quarter compared with CHF 284 million in the fourth quarter on slightly lower income and higher personnel expenses.
The Investment Bank recorded a pre-tax profit of CHF 1,190 million in the first quarter compared with CHF 297 million in the prior quarter. This improvement was largely due to a strong performance in the fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) business. FICC revenues increased significantly to CHF 2,165 million from CHF 496 million, as performance improved across all FICC businesses, credit in particular. Equities revenues increased 32% to CHF 1,255 million from CHF 948 million. Total revenues for the investment banking department decreased 19% to CHF 604 million from CHF 746 million, as the fee pool decreased due to less client activity compared with the seasonally strong fourth quarter. The first quarter included an own credit charge of CHF 247 million on financial liabilities designated at fair value. The Investment Bank recorded a net credit loss recovery of CHF 112 million, compared with a net credit loss expense of CHF 70 million. Operating expenses increased due to higher accruals for variable compensation.
The pre-tax result from Treasury activities and other corporate items was a pre-tax profit of CHF 306 million in the first quarter compared with a pre-tax loss of CHF 956 million in the fourth quarter. First quarter 2010 included a gain of CHF 231 million on the revaluation of UBS's option to acquire the SNB StabFund's equity. Fourth quarter 2009 included a charge of CHF 690 million related to reallocation of negative revenues from prior periods that resulted from a revised approach to the calculation of own credit.
First quarter 2010 results include a tax charge of CHF 603 million compared with a tax credit of CHF 480 million in the previous quarter.
Business division performance: 1Q10 vs 4Q09
Reporting by business division
Net new money and invested assets
Wealth Management - Net new money outflows were CHF 8.0 billion in first quarter 2010 compared with CHF 32.9 billion in fourth quarter 2009. The reduction reflects actions taken by management to stabilize client flows as well as a reduction in special effects such as the Italian tax amnesty, which had a material effect in the fourth quarter. Net new money in Europe remained negative but at a significantly lower level and a number of locations recorded net new money inflows. Moreover, first quarter 2010 saw continued net new money inflows in the Asia Pacific region, and net new money turned positive in this quarter in the ultra high net worth segment. Total net outflows from Swiss wealth management were CHF 1.2 billion, down from CHF 1.7 billion in fourth quarter 2009. For International wealth management, net new money outflows improved considerably to CHF 6.8 billion from CHF 31.2 billion.
Retail & Corporate - Net new money outflows were CHF 0.2 billion in first quarter 2010 compared with CHF 0.3 billion in fourth quarter 2009.
Wealth Management Americas - Net new money outflows were CHF 7.2 billion in first quarter 2010 compared with CHF 12.0 billion in fourth quarter 2009. Though net new money remained negative, outflows related to financial advisor attrition decreased. Net new money from financial advisors employed with UBS for more than one year was positive for the first time since first quarter 2008.
Global Asset Management - Net new money inflows from third parties of CHF 2.1 billion were more than offset by net outflows of CHF 4.7 billion from clients of UBS's wealth management businesses in the first quarter. Total net new money outflows decreased to CHF 2.6 billion from CHF 11.0 billion. Excluding money market flows, net new money outflows decreased to CHF 1.6 billion from CHF 5.7 billion.
Invested assets were up 2% to CHF 2,267 billion on 31 March 2010 compared with CHF 2,233 billion on 31 December 2009. The growth was due to favorable market performance and positive currency effects that were partly offset by net new money outflows. Of the invested assets CHF 963 billion were attributable to Wealth Management & Swiss Bank (CHF 827 billion thereof attributable to Wealth Management and CHF 136 billion attributable to Retail & Corporate); CHF 714 billion were attributable to Wealth Management Americas; and CHF 590 billion were attributable to Global Asset Management.
Capital base and balance sheet
On 31 March 2010, UBS's BIS tier 1 ratio stood at 16.0%, up from 15.4% on 31 December 2009. UBS's core tier 1 capital ratio increased to 12.5% from 11.9%. During the first quarter, risk-weighted assets increased 1% to CHF 209 billion, and BIS tier 1 capital increased by CHF 1.6 billion to CHF 33.4 billion.
UBS maintained a stable balance sheet with total assets of CHF 1,356 billion on 31 March 2010, up 1% from 31 December 2009. UBS's FINMA leverage ratio improved to 4.1% in first quarter 2010 compared with 3.9% in fourth quarter 2009.
UBS expects securities trading markets activity in the second quarter to be generally in line with the first quarter, although concerns relating to European sovereign debt provide a basis for some market uncertainty. Banking markets should however continue their recovery, benefiting UBS's lending and financial advisory businesses. Operational improvements implemented last year should have a positive effect on UBS's results going forward. UBS accordingly expects gradual improvement in wealth management and asset management results, subject to market conditions. Net new money outflows are expected to be at relatively moderate levels in the near term, although UBS continues to believe that the steps taken to deal with the root causes of the net outflows will be effective. Invested assets, which more directly affect revenues, are subject to market movements but are expected to remain broadly stable.


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What's the illustrious Chris Hadfield – former commander of the International Space Station – been up to since departing low-Earth orbit? Re-adapting to gravity, for one (Hadfield: "my body was quite happy in space without gravity") and participating in this fantastic press conference, his first since he returned to Earth.
Hadfield kicks off the interview by responding in French, but he goes on to field questions in both French and English, addressing everything from how his neck feels now that he has to hold his head up to the power of social media in space.


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Vatican City, 17 October 2012 (VIS) - During his general audience this morning, Benedict XVI began a new series of catecheses which will cover the period of the Year of Faith. The Year, he said, is intended "to renew our enthusiasm at believing in Jesus Christ, ... to revive the joy of walking along the path He showed us, and to bear concrete witness to the transforming power of the faith".
With his catecheses over coming months the Holy Father hopes to help people understand that the faith "is not something extraneous and distant from real life, but the very heart thereof. Faith in a God Who is love and Who came close to mankind by taking human flesh and giving Himself on the cross to save us and open the doors of heaven for us, is a luminous sign that only in love does man's true fullness lie", he said. "Where there is domination, possession and exploitation, ... man is impoverished, degraded and disfigured. Christian faith, industrious in charity and strong in hope, does not limit life but makes it human".
"God has revealed Himself with words and actions throughout the long history of His friendship with man. ... He came forth of heaven to enter the world of men as a man, that we might meet and hear Him; and from Jerusalem the announcement of the Gospel of salvation has spread to the ends of the earth. The Church, born of Christ's side, has become the herald of a new hope. ... Yet, from the very beginning, the problem of the 'rule of faith' arose; in other words, the faithfulness of believers to the truth of the Gospel ... to the salvific truth about God and man to be safeguarded and handed down".
The essential formula of the faith, the Pope explained, is to be found in the Creed, in the Profession of the Faith, whence develops "the moral life of Christians, which there has its foundation and its justification. ... It is the Church's duty to transmit the faith, to communicate the Gospel, so that Christian truths may become a light guiding the new cultural transformations, and Christians may be able to give reasons for the hope that is in them.
"We are living today in a society that has changed profoundly, even with respect to the recent past, a society in continuous flux", the Holy Father added. "The process of secularisation and a widespread nihilist mentality, in which everything is relative, have left a strong imprint on the collective mentality. ... And while individualism and relativism seem to dominate the hearts of so many of our contemporaneous, it cannot be said that believers remain completely immune from these dangers. ... Surveys carried out on all the continents in preparation for the current Synod of Bishops on new evangelisation have revealed some of these dangers: the faith lived passively or privately, the rejection of education in the faith, the rupture between faith and life".
Benedict XVI went on: "Christians today often do not even know the central core of their Catholic faith, the Creed, thus leaving the way open to certain forms of syncretism and religious relativism, with no clarity about which truths must be believed and the salvific uniqueness of Christianity. ... We must go back to God, to the God of Jesus Christ, we must rediscover the message of the Gospel and cause it to enter more deeply into our minds and our daily lives.
"In these catecheses during the Year of Faith I would like to help people make this journey, in order to regain and understand the central truths of faith about God, man, the Church, and all social and cosmic reality, by reflecting upon the affirmations contained in the Creed. And I hope to make it clear that these contents or truths of the faith are directly related to our life experience. They require a conversion of existence capable of giving rise to a new way of believing in God".
Among his greetings at the end of his catechesis the Pope addressed Polish pilgrims. "Yesterday", he told them, "on the anniversary of the election of John Paul II to the See of Peter, we remembered him as a great guide in the faith, who introduced the Church into the third millennium".
Finally, in Italian, he had words of greeting for representatives of the "Acting all together for the Dignity of the Fourth World" Movement, who were in St. Peter's Square to mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. "I encourage you in your commitment to protect the dignity and rights of people forced to suffer the scourge of poverty, against which humankind must struggle without cease", said Benedict XVI.


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