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Friday, December 9, 2011
Two Headed Dog? (Weekend Reflections 116)
While I was at a stoplight I saw this cute dog and it's reflection reflected in my side view. I thought it would be perfect for Weekend Reflections. Fortunately my camera was right next to me.
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55 comments:
The dog is perfect punctuation and makes this photo. Nice catch James and welcome back.
- December 9, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Clytie said...
Welcome back, James! Your two-headed doggie reflection is perfect - it's so good to start the day with a smile!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Lúcia said...
You have a good eye, always capture cool moments!
Have a good weekend James! ;-)
- December 9, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Malyss said...
Glad to see you back! I'm impatient to see pictures of your trip.
Funny reflection today, this dog seems so happy!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Leovi said...
Wonderful photo, nice frame and excellent reflection in the mirror.
- December 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Kay L. Davies said...
The dog looks a bit like my Lindy. Glad the two-headed version is a reflection, it keeps me busy enough feeding a one-headed dog.
Glad you're back, James, and so am I. I was visiting a friend who asked if I'd like to use her reflection shot in my blog and it is too good to pass up. She took it in Norway, a fabulous shot.
- December 9, 2011 at 11:27 AM
I used to have a lab that loved to hang it's head out the window, slobbering all over everything, brings back fond memories!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Ms. Becky said...
that's a great catch of a shot! welcome back, hope you had the time of your life. thanks for hosting WR every week, and happy Friday James.
- December 9, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Unknown said...
Well spotted, very cool capture, James!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Beth Niquette said...
I giggled to myself when I saw the picture you took of that dog--who's obviously having the time of his life. What a unique way to capture such a wonderful moment!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- TexWisGirl said...
what a great catch!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Beth Niquette said...
I was looking through some of the images I'd missed over the past months--and could not find a way to comment. I wanted you to know I am SO inspired by your photography.
Thank you!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Alexa said...
Reflections within reflections—love it! Looking forward to your Europe pix.
- December 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- snowwhite said...
James, welcome back! Humorous twist in perfect reflection! You captured a great moment.
Best wishes,
- December 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- raf said...
Love it, James! Had to blink, looks like our golden in his favorite place too :)
- December 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Welcome back! Love the golden retriever! My choice for Weekend Reflections is up.
- December 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Dianne said...
welcome home James
I love the pup in the window
they're so happy to take a drive and hang out
I get some of my best shots at stop lights
- December 9, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Unknown said...
Haha. Yeah, a 2 headed dog. I would have missed that. Happy Weekend James.
- December 9, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- imac said...
Woof - Woof to the reflections,lol.
Nice capture James.
- December 9, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Francisca said...
A double reflection is always fun, especially when the subject is a cutie. Welcome back, James!
- December 9, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- crocrodyl said...
Excellent photo! Great capture! Really funny! Good job!
- December 9, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Dina said...
Double good--a reflection of a reflection in a mirror and a two headed dog!
Welcome back, James.
- December 9, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Unknown said...
Glad to have you back, James! And looking forward to your pics from Europe! To me it's kind of scary when dogs do that, with so many drivers around who don't know what they're doing.
- December 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Francesco Miranda said...
Reflections within reflections...
- December 9, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Sylvia K said...
What terrific reflections, James! Love them! Good to see you back and I hope you had a great trip! Enjoy your weekend! Thanks as always for the weekend fun!
- December 9, 2011 at 3:23 PM
- Bibi said...
Cerberus had three heads, but this guy is well on his way!
- December 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Simon said...
Great catch sir James. Glad you're home safe and sound.
- December 9, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Gattina said...
This picture is absolutely great ! such a funny shot !
- December 9, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Ebie said...
Nice capture!
Welcome home James, looking forward to your vacation photos!
- December 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Valerie said...
A great shot James! The poor dog clearly doesn't know whether it's coming or going! Welcome back and, like many others, am looking forward to your European captures.
- December 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM
- CameraCruise said...
Great shot, love it!
Have a nice weekend.
- December 9, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Saun said...
Ha that's funny great shot!
- December 9, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- lotusleaf said...
An inquisitive canine. Very cute!
- December 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Melbourne Australia Photos said...
Great image, James. Dog is a bonus!
Thanks for hosting Weekend Reflections.
- December 9, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- Scrappy Grams said...
Glad you are back, safe and sound.
Stoplights can provide photo opportunities, right? love it!
- December 9, 2011 at 9:34 PM
- Dimple said...
Great reflections here, James. The dog head is perfect!
- December 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- Stickup Artist said...
How clever — a reflection of a reflection! Glad you had a safe return from your vacation and can't wait to see where you have been...
- December 9, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Sara Chapman said...
Glad you are back. You have such a good eye!
- December 9, 2011 at 11:43 PM
- Lucy Corrander : Photos said...
Do you think the dog is going on holiday?
- December 10, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Suzy said...
Nice shot.
- December 10, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- Gine said...
J'aime bien cet humour !
- December 10, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- LindyLouMac said...
Hi I am joining you for the first time as I have just set up a photography blog. Good to meet you and find this meme.
- December 10, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- biebkriebels said...
What a great photo, love it!
- December 10, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Inger-M said...
A reflection within the reflection, well done!
- December 10, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- Marie said...
I love your photo. I am sure the dog would like to run in the woods better than being caught in a car which is itself caught in a traffic jam. :-)
- December 10, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- Cildemer said...
Thanks for sharing, James;o)
Have a great weekend****
- December 10, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- TheChieftess said...
If that was a red subaru with the dog sticking her head out the window, I'd of said "How'd you manage to snap a pic of us and Kelly when we were on the island for Thanksgiving???" Next time we're heading down your way...I'll shoot you an email!!! (TheChief's brother lives on the island)
- December 10, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- s.c said...
But what a nice picture this is.Like it very much. Thanks for showing James.
- December 10, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Halcyon said...
Love it! Great catch. :)
- December 10, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Cezar and Léia said...
Demikhov style...
God bless you!
- December 11, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Owen said...
Hope you had an excellent trip James, am looking forward to seeing where you were off to this time. Your reflection in a reflection of a mythical two headed dog is wonderful, great reaction to grab the camera and shoot before the light changed. Some photos just won't wait !
As I know how much you love the Red Balloon story from Paris, I think you may enjoy the sailboats on a pool in the Tuilleries... one of those timeless parts of Paris that takes us back deep into our childhoods. Take care James, à bientôt...
- December 11, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Thérèse said...
Reflection with a twist!
- December 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- JunieRose2005 said...
That's the neatest reflection- ever!!
- December 12, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- namaki said...
That's an excellent capture !!
- December 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Sar@h said...
Wouah ! Funny capture !
- December 25, 2011 at 4:23 PM


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- 1 1/2 cups coarsely torn French bread
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Fine sea salt
- 1 cup peeled fresh fava beans or frozen (double-peeled)
- 12 large eggs (preferably organic)
- 1/2 cup crème fraîche or sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 2 cups chopped leeks (white and pale green parts only; from 2 large)
- Wedge of Parmesan cheese
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Place bread in medium bowl. Drizzle oil over, tossing to coat. Scatter bread pieces on small rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Bake until bread is golden brown, stirring often, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on sheet. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm 3 minutes in 350°F oven before using.
Cook fava beans in medium saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 14 minutes. Drain. Whisk eggs, crème fraîche, and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in large bowl to blend.
Melt butter in heavy large skillet over low heat. Add leeks. Sauté until tender but not brown, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Mix in fava beans. Increase heat to medium-high. Add egg mixture. Stir with heatproof spatula until eggs are almost set but still creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with pepper.
Transfer egg mixture to platter. Sprinkle with crispy breadcrumbs. Grate Parmesan cheese over and serve.


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The driver's licenses will provide temporary legal status for young motorists to obtain car registration and insurance, said Michael Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning.
"There will be fewer people on the road without registration, insurance and a license," he said.
To be eligible for the driver's licenses, immigrants must comply with a directive issued by President Barack Obama in June that eased enforcement of immigration laws.
Under the Obama administration plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED or served in the military.
They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.
"These are people who are here legally because of the president's directive," Lawlor said.
The driver's licenses will not be "ID compliant," which means they may not be used to buy airline tickets or other functions requiring photo ID, he said.
About 4,000 or 5,000 motorists in Connecticut are eligible, he said.
A group of activists has been pushing for the change in Connecticut. Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut organized a rally in New Haven on Sunday.
The group said about 54,000 Connecticut residents who must drive to work or take children to school cannot get licenses because they are in the U.S. illegally.
Advocates said allowing immigrants to have drivers' licenses would improve safety on the roads because the immigrants' driving skills would be tested. Supporters also said the state would get more revenue from the DMV fees paid by immigrants.
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Some of you may remember the Women, Autism, and Social Mimicry survey that I conducted back in November of 2011. As I mentioned earlier, I was aware of my own use of "scripts" for social interaction and was intrigued about the phenomenon of social mimicry among autistic women. This survey was meant to "take a pulse" or to get a sense of how common this might be.
I posted part I of the results of this survey in December of 2011. Due to personal issues in my life, I have been unable to devote the amount of time I have desired to the WWA blog until recently. Now I have been able to post part II of the survey results (questions 5, 6, and 7), which deal with the amount of difficulty with social interactions that the respondents experiences and whose social behaviours they mimicked. Questions 8, 9, and 10, which concern the reasons why respondents mimicked social behavior, bullying as a motivating factor, and continued mimicking, will be posted in part III. (Note: I initially intended to post this in two parts, but opted to post in three to aid in ease of reading.)
Q5. Amount of Social Difficulty Experienced as Children/Teenagers
Women who took the survey were asked about the amount of social difficulty they experienced growing up — examples of social difficulty cited in the question included difficulty in making friends, playing with others, understanding social cues/facial expressions/tone of voice, and decoding unwritten social "rules" in their families or peer groups.
Most of the women who took the survey reported that they experienced either a moderate amount (33.49%) or a great amount (55.5%) of social difficulty as children and teenagers. This is nearly 89% of the respondents — and it's not surprising, considering difficulty with social interaction is one of the most difficult and painful aspects of Asperger's or other autism spectrum conditions.
3.83% of respondents reported that they were not interested in social interactions with others as children and/or teenagers. 2.39% reported experiencing a minimal amount of social difficulty, and .48% reported no social difficulty at all.
I received a variety of interesting responses by those who chose the "other" option (4.31%). A few of these stood out at me:
- "Depended on situation: severe problems with family and random strangers, only moderate problems with self-selected peer group."
- "I had a core group of nerdy friends in school who accepted me as quirky. It was after graduating that I found it close to impossible to initiate or maintain any sort of social life."
- "Great amount of difficulty when I tried, much of my life I wasn't interested in even trying."
I found the first response very interesting because it was true for me at various times in my childhood and teen years. It was mostly true between ages twelve to eighteen and I attribute the major reason for my social difficulty with family members to the dysfunctional nature of the family in which I grew up. I've found that dysfunctional families can be the worst in regards to enforcing conformity to "status quo" — I believe that this tendency belies an attempt to hide the dysfunction from outsiders and thus any behavior construed to be even remotely weird, quirky, or out of the norm is regarded with suspicion or actively discouraged. While no exact data is available on the number of autistics who might have grown up in a dysfunctional family system, I imagine that it would be easy (albeit ethically and morally wrong) for other family members to cast them into the "scapegoat" role due to the perceived odd behavior and other challenges that come with autism spectrum conditions.
Q6. Frequency of Mimicking the Social Behavior of Others
Survey respondents were asked how often and how much they mimicked the social behavior of others as a child and/or teenager. Most autistic women in the survey reported a moderate amount of social mimicking (40.67%) and 32.54% reported a great amount of social mimicking. Some respondents reported a minimal amount of mimicking (12.44%), while 7.18% said that they were not interested in mimicking the social behavior of others. Less than 1% of respondents (.96%) reported that they did not mimic others' social behavior at all.
6.22% of respondents chose the "Other" option and provided some interesting answers when asked to write in:
- "This, of course, was different from my mid teens when my autism developed into Asperger's Syndrome. From age 22, I was made aware of the importance of making (or faking) eye contact, faking certain body language, etc. – as an adult, I mimic much more."
- "I mimicked to a very small degree as necessary, but I was not interested in doing so. Only did because it was necessary."
- "I didn't realize I was doing this until recently, when I look back."
- "I didn't even realize that there WAS any social behavior that I could have mimicked."
- "I did not seem to pick up behavior 'in person' well at all. I did learn some mannerisms from fictional characters in books."
- "Again I was too socially aloof to even know there was a requirement or that I was not like everyone else."
- "100%, that's all I did. Every action was a concerted effort at pretending to be the people around me."
- "I didn't start mimicking until I was in my mid twenties."
- "Just observed as a young child; began to try out hypotheses about how to act at about age 6; have continued that approach lifelong. Do, observe results, modify or not."
The results to Q6 indicate that a large percentage of survey respondents moderately or greatly mimicked the social behavior of others as children and teenagers. One might look at the amount of social mimicry as a continuum, with more of respondents skewing towards frequent mimicking.I'm being careful not to draw larger conclusions, but I find it this result very interesting. Might the large percentage of social mimicking, if translated into the same results for the larger population of autistic women, be one of the reasons many of us missed diagnosis? Dr. Tony Attwood seems to think so, but I think this question should be explored further.
A personal note: If I had answered this survey, I would have probably reported a minimal amount of mimicking — I didn't really start doing this until I was 18 years old and at college, which is similar to a couple of the "other" respondents above. In my case, I was sick of being alone and ostracized as I had been throughout high school and thought that the way to end my loneliness and to gain friends was to become more extroverted, as I'd seen from some of my classmates in high school. I thought that once I was way from home, that gave me license to act in any way I wished. Unfortunately, I began to reject my introverted nature and developed a lot of behaviors that aren't natively my own, which I am still trying to unlearn now.
Q7. Who Did Respondents Tend to Mimic?
(For this question, respondents were asked to select all applicable answers and were allowed to select more than one to answer this question. Totals may add up to more than 100%.)
Judging from the responses, those autistic females who mimicked the social behavior of other people chose a variety of models. (5.38 % of respondents to this question said that they did not mimic the social behavior of others.)
A large number of respondents (52.98% collectively) reported mimicking the behavior of classmates, playmates, and friends. 25.78% used the behaviors of both male and female classmates/playmates/friends as their models, 22.95% chose to mimic the behavior of other female classmates/playmates/friends, and 4.25 % chose to mimic male classmates/playmates/friends.
Altogether, 32.58% of respondents reported mimicking the behavior of family members. 16.15% said that they chose both male and female family members to mimic, 10.48% said that they chose female family members, and 5.95% reported mimicking male family members.
Breaking down by gender, 41.93% imitated the behavior of people from both genders (family members, friends, classmates, and playmates) while 33.48% imitated females and 10.2% imitated males.
9.07% of respondents chose the "other" option and gave a variety of explanations. Many of them reported imitating fictional characters from books, television shows, and movies. Some reported imitating teachers, authority figures, and other trusted adults. Others spoke of imitating celebrities and other famous individuals. I can relate to all of this because growing up, I did occasionally imitate classmates – however, I imitated fictional characters and celebrities more often. For example, I was a big fan of the television show "Punky Brewster" and when I was around ten or eleven, I began to imitate Punky, down to the way she dressed. Among other models I chose were both Pipi Longstocking, Denise and Vanessa Huxtable from The Cosby Show and Michael Stipe, the lead vocalist of R.E.M.
A few interesting responses regarding gender manifested themselves in explanations of those who selected "other". Some reported identifying with males more or exhibiting what is generally considered male behavior. One woman had this to say:
"As an adult with Asperger's Syndrome and having only the occasional companion through my life who always tend to be male, I mimic male behavior and really struggle to learn femininity or how to identify myself as 'female'."
Of course, statements like these raise more questions. I'm a strong supporter of being oneself and not conforming to behaviors expected for one's gender if those behaviors are not naturally native to oneself. I believe that part of the problem autistic women encounter (and which I have encountered myself) is that we are confronted with gender norms and roles of which we may be unaware of or with which we cannot or do not wish to conform. I know I have found it difficult to find my own identity as a woman for these reasons. I find this particular issue intriguing and will be dealing more with it on this blog later.


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Move over, finger paint. A school district in Maine recently approved a $200,000 initiative that would give each of its 285 kindergarten students a new hands-on tool: Their very own iPad 2.
In what they are calling "a revolution in education," the Auburn, Maine, school district will be bringing the $499 Apple tablet devices into kindergarten classrooms starting in the fall with the aim of increasing literacy rates from 62 percent to 90 percent.
This isn't the first time Maine has become an early tech adopter in its educational systems. In 2002, it became the first state to give out laptop computers to its middle school students and later expanded the program to high schoolers as a part of a move to boost literacy.
Some critics have blasted the iPad plan — saying the school district should not putting high-tech hardware in the hands of kindergartners and that they shouldn't be investing a large sum of money, especially amid budget cuts that could take away teacher instruction.
"We received some concern from individuals mainly about the developmental age in kids using this type of technology and the cost of it all," school district superintendent Tom Morrill told iPadNewsDaily. "However, we also received great comments and feedback from all over the world from supporters and experts saying that the device is indeed instrumental in helping young children learn, especially with special education students, people with speech issues and other learning challenges."
"Overall, we think we're going to make some remarkable discoveries and believe this is the next-step tool in helping literacy."
Child development experts indeed believe that iPads are exactly what could help young students better learn in the classroom.
"We lose a lot of kids through the education system over time," said Sandra Calvert, a professor and director of the Children's Digital Media Center at Georgetown University.
"If you start them young with innovative technology and keep them engaged, it's the way to go. There will be some changes in how teachers will go about incorporating these new platforms, but overall, it will be a very profound tool if used properly."
One of the major challenges teachers face is catering content to each student in a classroom filled with different skill levels. With the help of educational software on the iPad 2, teachers can oversee and pick programs and levels based on the skills a student needs.
"The iPad 2 can cater specifically to each child's needs, strengths and weaknesses, and that has tremendous potential for improving the overall learning experience," Calvert said.
However, Calvert stressed that technology like this should not replace or undermine the importance of a good teacher.
"There's a human emotional response that is a part of learning, too," Calvert said. "Kids develop relationships with teachers and there is a sense of warmth and encouragement that comes with that, too. Computers can be fun and engaging, but it's not the same experience as interacting with a real person."
Superintendent Morrill said that people shouldn't fear that the new iPad implementation will replace teachers in the future.
"The human element will never leave the formula because education is still a human business," Morrill said. "This will just provide an opportunity to spend more focus time on developing projects, helping students overcome certain challenges and give teachers new ways to custom teach."
How young is too young?
Although Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania welcomed incoming students with new iPads last year and middle school students in parts of Singapore have traded school books for e-books read on the iPad, this will be one of the first times students at such a young age in U.S. will be given the high-tech devices.
But some believe people of any age, especially kindergartners, are good candidates to use the iPad 2, which is even (as of today) now available for purchase at Toys R Us.
"Kindergartners are not too young for the iPad — in fact, it's an ideal platform for them," Calvert said. "This age group can use their hands, grow fine motor skills and not have to worry about moving a mouse as they would on a traditional desktop computer. Since an iPad is so light and intuitive to use, their focus can be on the educational content and not the hardware."
The device also allows kids to practice certain skills, such as identifying certain letters and colors.
However, superintendent Morrill said that the devices will not be used in place of other hands-on skills that are critical in the development process.
"Kids still need to jump in and get dirty," Morrill said. "They need to paint and do fine-motor activities, as well as sing, dance and share stories. We're not going to be replacing these acitivities. We're only talking about integration."
Allison Druin, author of "Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning" (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2009) agrees that the tablet is well-suited for this age range.
"Kids are used to growing up in a technology age, so they will know how to handle it," Druin said. "The iPod Touch is similar in that it can be used with kids at a young age, but when creating something rather than just consuming information, it's harder to do so on smaller screens."
Challenges ahead
Like any other tool, if used effectively and appropriately, there are endless opportunities, according to Cynthia Edwards, a professor of psychology at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C.
"It's not going to solve every educational dilemma and will definitely create a new set of challenges — such as trying to keep kids focused on what you want them to do — but overall, this is a very good thing," Edwards said.
Calvert of Georgetown University also noted that the quality of the apps the children use will also help determine the success of the pilot of program in Maine.
"If the right software is selected, young children will be entering the educational sphere with such enthusiasm and excitement," Calvert said. "However, if the software is boring and dry, a child will lose interest."
Druin, an associate dean for research at University of Maryland's information school, said she thinks the outcome of the Maine initiative could have implications for whether or not similar programs crop up around the country.
"Mobile technology is the wave of the future, so you can either try to fight it or figure out ways to use it to the best advantage," Druin said.
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Today was supposed to be the day that Microsoft released the free download of the Xbox Live Arcade original Undertow to make up for those days of system downtime and instability Xbox Live users suffered through over the holidays. Which makes today the perfect time for the system to come crashing to its knees again.
When many gamers tried to retrieve Undertow this morning, they got a message telling them the system "can't retrieve information from Xbox LIVE. Please try again later." The message also helpfully points out that this is a status code: 8015000a.
I've been trying to grab the game myself, and I'm also suffering from this error message. I'm not quite sure what to say about this; if Microsoft had any doubts at all about its ability to serve the free game, they should have released a message saying the release was bumped back a few days. Having system issues on the day you release the free game to make up for the system issues much make the marketing folks wince. Can we get a copy of Boom Boom Rocket to make up for the game that was supposed to make up for the fact that the system we're paying for doesn't work?
If you've been able to get the game, please let us know in the comments. If you're stuck with this error message, let us know that as well.
Update: We've been contacted by Microsoft, and they claim the problem was fixed "almost immediately." Most people don't seem to have be having problems anymore, so at least the error was fixed in a timely manner.


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Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced its Thunderbolt™ Optical Cables was a "Best of Show" award winner at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) 2014 Winter Show. Selected by the ProSoundNetwork editorial staff as a new and noteworthy product with particular merit, the Optical Cables by Corning are the first all-optical fiber cables designed specifically for Thunderbolt technology.
Thunderbolt Cables by Corning allow users to effortlessly manage the demands of today's high-bandwidth applications over cable lengths spanning 10, 30 and an unprecedented 60 meters – the longest Thunderbolt cable in the industry.
The electrically isolated, noise-reducing cables are up to 50 percent thinner and 80 percent lighter than copper Thunderbolt cables, with substantially more strength and flexibility.
"We are thrilled to be recognized as a 'Best of Show' product at one of the world's leading trade events for the music-products industry," said Mike Bell, senior vice president, Optical Connectivity Solutions, Corning. "This radically different cabling technology is ideal for users in the pro audio, entertainment and recording industries – or anyone – who wants the creative freedom to create, move and manage their data and content on their terms."
The 2014 Winter NAMM Show was held in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 23-26. There were 20 "Best of Show" winners from this year's winter show.
Thunderbolt is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.


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FIFA World Cup Logos (1954–2014)
FIFA World Cup is held every four years. As this great competition becomes more and more popular, the cultrue it brings also influences our lives more and more with each passing day.
Take FIFA World Cup Logos for example, once a World Cup logo is announced, it will be clapped onto pens, cups, notebooks or T-shirts etc quickly. Especially during the World Cup period, you can see it anywhere, even on the fans' faces or heads.
Given that, it is very necessary for us to know the history of the FIFA World Cup logos:
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CONWAY, Ark. (Jan. 20, 2009) – More than 400 Hendrix students, faculty, and staff members, along with others from the Conway community, crowded into two venues on campus to watch the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama Tuesday.
"The Burrow," a common gathering area for students inside of the college's student center, was overflowing for the new president's inauguration, with the event being projected on a large screen. Several students wore pro-Obama t-shirts and cheered throughout the event.
Anticipating a large crowd there, Hendrix also showed the inauguration on a large screen to more than 150 people in Reves Recital Hall.
Hendrix is perhaps the most pro-Obama college campus in Arkansas. Last February, Hendrix students registered to vote on campus overwhelmingly selected President Obama in the Democratic Primary while most of the state selected Hillary Clinton. In all, 76 percent of the Hendrix students voting on campus selected Obama over Clinton, who received 20 percent of the votes.
President Obama won the Hendrix precinct over Republican Sen. John McCain with a similarly wide margin in November.
Hendrix, founded in 1876, is a selective, residential, undergraduate liberal arts college emphasizing experiential learning in a demanding yet supportive environment. The college is among 165 colleges featured in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review America's Best Value Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.
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It's one thing when doctors and government regulators tell you smoking is bad for you. It's another when a huge national company like CVS decides to forgo $2 billion in annual sales. There's little question that society's once-romantic view of smoking has turned to ash.
CVS Pharmacy announced it's dropping sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products because the chain's leaders decided that selling tobacco conflicts with its mission to serve as a health care provider. It's clear, though, that it tested the prevailing winds of public opinion and wanted to move upwind of the smoke.
Everywhere smokers turn, they find themselves confronted by expanding legal strictures, increased costs, growing evidence of ill health effects and society's scorn. Teens continue to take up the habit at a regrettable rate, but that will change as more of the private sector quits tobacco.
After the CVS announcement, Walgreens suggested that it was open to dropping cigarettes, too. Observers say that other CVS competitors, such as Rite-Aid and Walmart, will now feel pressure to follow its lead. CVS's move puts a spotlight on the sale of a lethal product on its competitors' shelves.
Government warnings in recent decades have successfully influenced Americans' smoking habits. Even smokers now universally accept that smoking kills, and general attitudes toward cigarettes are increasingly negative.
It will take more private sector action like CVS's, however, to finally break America's habit.


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Food. It's one of just three basic human needs, yet we're spending a smaller and smaller portion of our income on what we eat.
Forty years ago, Americans spent 18 per cent of their income on food and only five to six per cent of their income on health care, according to David Suzuki's Green Guide (Greystone Books, $19.95). Now Americans spend nine per cent of their income on food (the lowest proportion in the world) and 16 to 18 per cent of their income on health care. Canadian stats portray a similar trend in food spending.
It's with that in mind that we at The Green Guide find arguments against the sustainable food movement hard to swallow. And we're not the only ones.
In recent years, Michael Pollan has become a household name with his bestselling books In Defense of Food (Penguin, $18.50) and The Omnivore's Dilemma (Penguin, $20). In the past few months, the documentary Food Inc. has revolutionized the way North Americans view their food and the term "localwashing" -- used when a company tries to make their product look local when it's not -- has popped into our dialect.
All you need to do is visit a local farmers' market or catch a glimpse of Calgary's burgeoning Slow Food scene to know the local food movement in our city is alive and well.
Still, some people question the merit of paying more for food just because it's produced close to home or without the use of chemicals, antibiotics and hormones. Here, we address some common questions surrounding sustainable food.
What qualifies as sustainable food?
Food choices are not black and white. Organic isn't always better. Local isn't always better.
"More than anything, it's about starting to pay attention," says Josh Laughren, director of communications at WWF Canada.
The environmental non-profit is launching a nationwide campaign today, called Localicious, which provides Canadians with tools, such as local buying guides, to make more informed choices.
"It's complicated," Laughren says. "People want simple, quick information. We've tried to resist that request for clearcut information."
Instead, WWF is suggesting consumers inform themselves as to what choices are available and to make the choices that work sense for them.
Wade Sirois, a local food proponent and owner of Infuse Catering and Forage: Farm to Fork Foods to Go, has a guideline that works for him: "Buy food you know from people you know."
Of course, that's not always possible when you live in a place like Alberta, but if you choose foods produced in a sustainable way close to home when you can, you're on the right track.
Why should I care where my food comes from?
"There are lots of negative things that should drive you to eat locally, but there are lots of positive things, too," says Sirois.
A lot of top restaurants use local food these days--and it's not because it's in vogue. It's because fresh, local food tends to taste better.
Aside from providing quality, local agriculture preserves important farmland, keeps money in the community--and generally greatly reduces the greenhouse gas emissions related to food production and transportation.
Why does local food cost more?
"We are not fully understanding our food systems," Sirois says.
To produce large quantities of food cheaply, companies look for economies of scale, using chemicals to control weeds and pests instead of more labour-and space-intensive organic options and often packing animals into very crowded spaces.
The cost of this cheap food trickles down in many ways, including food safety issues (14 Americans die every day as a result of food-borne illness); increased use of antibiotics (more than half of all antibiotics used in North America are fed to livestock and 90 per cent are administered to make animals grow faster, not to treat infections); and water pollution (The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates agriculture is responsible for 70 per cent of the country's water pollution).
"These things have to be important to you in order to get past the price you pay," Sirois says. "We seem to have no problem paying $50 for Internet each month and $80, $90, $100 for a cellphone each month, so why do we want to pay the least possible for food?"
Indeed, when you head out shopping for clothes, do you look for the cheapest possible jeans?
"We can't seem to make the connection on a broad scale between food and health. Yes, we eat cheaply and poorly, but it adds to this incredible health expenditure on the other end," Sirois says.
All the while, 38 per cent of food for retail sale in Canada is wasted, according to a Statistics Canada report released in June.
"When we look at the cultures that value food the most, they come from a history of scarcity," Sirois says. "It's maybe our abundance that is to blame."
Why is making sustainable food choices my responsibility?
"Everyone eats. Food is the one thing that is applicable to everyone," Laughren says, explaining why WWF decided to venture into the food arena.
"If we're going to solve our sustainability issues, there's no question we need government to lead and we need business to take leadership, but none of that can happen if consumers don't make these choices as well," Laughren says. "When people lead, leaders follow."
We outsource our cars, electronics and call centres. Why not outsource food?
"It comes down to security. Are you willing to rely on someone else to feed you? The second you control the food of a population, you control the population," Sirois says.
And right now, governments and companies largely have control of our food systems.
Choosing small, local producers enables us to wrest back some of that control, Sirois says.
"I don't think we'll ever reach the day when we'll feed ourselves (entirely) locally, but I think it's important to increase that percentage," he adds.
Why shop at a farmers' market when I can get the same products elsewhere for less?
Sure, some farmers' markets allow vendors to carry food from elsewhere -- which speaks to the importance of diligent label-reading no matter where you are -- but there are plenty of local products at farmers' markets that aren't available elsewhere.
Is all Alberta beef the same?
"The cow has to live three months in Alberta to be called Alberta beef," Sirois says. "Usually that time is spent in a feedlot. What goes into that animal? How was it raised? And what do we get out of these animals?"
Industrial agriculture works on a pretty simple premise, Sirois says. "(They) try to get as much fat on a cow in a short amount of time and keep the cow alive at the same time."
That can be achieved by feeding cattle corn, linked to a particularly dangerous strain of E. coli.
Alternatively, choose beef that is hormone and antibiotic-free, range-fed and not finished on corn. Get it directly from local producers, at health food stores, farmers' markets and push for it at your local supermarket.
- David Suzuki's Green Guide (Greystone, $19.95)
- Slow Food Calgary ( slowfoodcalgary.ca)
- Dine Alberta ( dinealberta.ca)
- WWF Localicious ( wwf.ca)
- Find a listing of Calgary-area farmers' markets at calgaryherald.com/greenguide


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State head football coach Doug Martin has named Steve Marshall the Aggies' new offensive line coach. Marshall has over 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and professional ranks.
"The opportunity to hire an offensive line coach with the experience that coach Marshall has is a big plus for our program," Martin said. "The fact that coach Marshall and our offensive coordinator Gregg Brandon have worked together before is another plus. I think this is just another step forward for this program in hiring the best coaches we can."
"I'm very excited for the opportunity coach Martin gave me, and I'm looking forward to getting to Las Cruces, meeting the staff and players and getting to work," Marshall said. "I think what coach Martin has done with the program, what he is trying to accomplish and moving into the Sun Belt are all things that are leading to an exciting time for New Mexico State football, and I look forward to being a part of that journey."
Marshall most recently was the offensive line coach at the University of Colorado from 2011-12. It was Marshall's second stint with the Buffaloes.
He returned to Colorado from California, where he was the offensive line coach for two seasons (2009-10). He coached three Bears to All-Pac 10 recognition, and in his second year, Cal dramatically reduced its number of sacks allowed, improving from ninth to fourth in the conference.
Marshall worked on Gary Barnett's CU staff in 2000-01. Marshall coached the offensive line those two seasons when the Buffs had one of the most dominant rushing attacks in college football. CU won the 2001 Big 12 Conference title and earned a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. He also coached the offensive field goal/PAT and kickoff return units on special teams.
Over the course of those two seasons, Marshall helped groom five players who were drafted or played in the NFL, including five-time Pro Bowl selection Andre Gurode, a mainstay at center for the Dallas Cowboys. Gurode earned first team All-America honors in 2001, and another one of his players, Wayne Lucier, did the same a year after he departed in 2002; Victor Rogers was a third team All-American in 2001. Gurode (twice), Rogers, Lucier and Justin Bates were all first team All-Big 12 performers, with Lucier and Rogers going on to have four-year careers in the NFL. A fifth player he tutored, Tom Ashworth, signed as a free agent in the NFL with New England and went on to play seven years for the Patriots (earning three Super Bowl rings) and Seattle.
Marshall has been a member of coaching staffs at 11 Division I schools and two NFL teams in his three decades as an offensive line coach. He has coached in every BCS automatic qualifying conference except the Big Ten and CU was the third Pac-12 school he has coached at along with Cal and UCLA.
In-between his first stint at Colorado and resurfacing in the college ranks at Cal, Marshall coached in the NFL for six years, four with the Houston Texans (2002-05) and after one year out of coaching, returned to the pros for two seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2007-08).
In Houston, he was on the Texans' inaugural coaching staff for the expansion franchise's first four years of its existence, first as the assistant offensive line coach for two seasons and then the offensive line coach the next two, the same position he would hold in Cleveland. In 2007, the Browns had the third-fewest sacks allowed in the NFL (only 19 in 16 games), while in 2008, Marshall's work helped pave the way for Jamal Lewis to have a 1,000-yard rushing season.
He came to Colorado the first time around from North Carolina, where he was both the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for two seasons in 1998-99. The 1998 Tar Heels made an appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Marshall began his coaching career as offensive line coach at Plymouth State (N.H.) in 1979, and then moved on to Tennessee for two years (1980-81) as a part-time assistant coach, also working with the offensive line.
He spent the 1982 and 1983 seasons at Marshall University, coaching both the offensive line and the kicking game, and accepted his first full-time job on the Division I-A level at Louisville, his alma mater, coaching the line as well as the tight ends for the 1984 season. He was the offensive coordinator and line coach for head coach Frank Beamer at Murray State in 1985-86, and then went with Beamer as the line coach when he was named head coach at Virginia Tech in 1987.
He was promoted to offensive coordinator for the Hokies a year later and remained in Blacksburg through the 1992 season before returning to Tennessee to coach the offensive line. His second stint in Knoxville was for three years (1993-95), the last also as the running game coordinator. He then spent the 1996 season as offensive line coach at UCLA and 1997 at Texas A&M, where he was both coordinator and line coach. The Aggies won the Big 12 South Division that season, but lost to Nebraska in the league's second annual title game.
Marshall joined the North Carolina staff under Carl Torbush in 1998 as offensive coordinator and line coach. The Tar Heels were beset by injuries, but still increased their scoring against six common opponents from the year before.
He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Louisville, earning a bachelor's degree in both history and physical education. He lettered twice at Louisville in football, at both tight end and guard for coach Vince Gibson, and as a junior, played in the Independence Bowl.
He was born June 20, 1956, in Hartford, Conn., and graduated from Rockville High School (Vernon, Conn.), where he lettered in football. He is married to the former Karin Ross.


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Dear Em.
Although Im writing this in pen and ink, and on some real letter paper we are in. We have been in now for two days and Im getting pretty well used to this part of the ground. I will have to admit that it has been some time since I have written to you, and also since Ive heard from any one back there, but that is due to our movement which was some movement beleive me. As usual Im feeling well considering. You will have to consider trenches to get an Idea of what it means for me to say Im well. The boys are all standing up under it O.K. The Bosh has felt Uncle Sam more than you folks at home probably know of. And beleive me they are going to get more.
The 103rd Regiment was the first Infantry N.G. organization to enter the trenches and of corse that means that this company and our dear old Capt Tobey was the very first of infantry to see the (well what is called no mans land). Now I dont want you to think Im trying to throw a lot of bull, but I do want you to know that all is well. As I said in my letters to you before we left for these parts, Im not going to write much. Just let them all know how things stand and also tell them not to expect any mail for some time to come yet. If you could see me penning this you wouldn't stay long to know what Im going to say. You'de be satisfied to wait for the mail. I hope they get your mail up to me soon for I know it will make things lighter. The ink that is in this pen now is the last Ill see for some time and I may have to finish in pencil (just as I thought).
I wish it was fitting and wise to explain some of the real things Ive seen since landing on this front but as usual, Id rather the letter got to you than take a chance. Give my best wishes and regards to every body. The watch says 3.21 now and night will come soon enough. Ive still got the pipe and some of that Dills that you people sent me and a few cigaretts which is fine right now.
This paper is very very damp now but I guess Im drying it up pretty well with this line of chatter. Its pretty dry now, isnt it? As soon as we get off this sector (if they feel like moving it) Ill tell you more. Having said all I can for the present Ill close
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Bishops vs. Health-Care Bills
The prospect of American Catholic leaders urging their congregations to actively oppose an overhaul of the nation's health-care system is becoming increasingly likely.
WASHINGTON — The prospect of American Catholic leaders urging their congregations to actively oppose an overhaul of the nation's health-care system is becoming increasingly likely.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops promised to "vigorously" oppose health-care legislation under consideration in Congress if changes were not made to bar public funding of abortions and provide universal access to care, including for immigrants.
The pledge came in an Oct. 8 letter sent by the conference's three bishops working on health-care reform to every member of Congress.
"If final legislation does not meet our principles, we will have no choice but to oppose the bill," wrote the bishops, including Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia and chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
The letter came just a few days before the Senate Finance Committee approved the latest health-care reform measure on Oct. 13. That panel at the beginning of the month rejected conscience-protection and abortion-defunding amendments. One such amendment, by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would have barred penalties for health-care workers and religiously affiliated hospitals that refused to perform procedures to which they were morally opposed.
"Without this amendment, I believe that health-care providers who object to abortion could face discrimination," Hatch said, before the panel rejected the amendment 10-13.
Abortion supporters, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., countered that health insurers would use the provision to refuse to cover abortion under any circumstances, including cases where the mother's life was in danger.
The bishops explicitly referenced the failed conscience amendment in their letter.
"No one should be required to pay for or participate in abortion," the bishops wrote.
Also rejected by the Senate panel was an amendment to bar the use of taxpayer funding for abortions provided through new publicly subsidized insurance plans. The amendment, which would have required women with such insurance who wanted abortion coverage to purchase a separate rider, was rejected 10-13.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said the amendment would discriminate against women.
Escalated Debate
The bishops' threat to oppose the legislation ratchets up the rhetoric in an ongoing war of words over abortion's role in health-care reform. It follows several weeks of abortion opponents warning that all of the reform bills would vastly expand abortions by requiring public funding and mandating that more health-care workers provide them, while Democratic leaders countered that the bills would "preserve the status quo."
"It is essential that the legislation clearly apply to this new program long-standing and widely supported federal restrictions on abortion funding and mandates, and protections for rights of conscience," wrote the bishops. "No current bill meets this test."
The Obama administration responded twice the week of Oct. 5 that none of the health-care reform bills would change federal policy banning taxpayer funding for elective abortions. During a press conference Oct. 7, CNS News reporter Fred Lucas asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs about the bishops' statement that the health reform bills have not met the president's challenge of barring the use of federal dollars for abortion.
"There's a law that precludes the use of federal funds for abortion that isn't going to be changed in these health-care bills," Gibbs insisted.
Abortion opponents warn that the current abortion-funding ban, controlled by the Hyde Amendment, applies only to federal health-care money flowing through the Health and Human Services Department. The amendment is subject to annual renewal. A new funding structure that would be created by the health-care reform bills — as identified in an Aug. 31 letter by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service — would circumvent this long-standing federal-funding ban.
There was a follow-up exchange Oct. 9, in which Lucas clarified that "the Hyde amendment is only for direct appropriations for HHS." Gibbs nonetheless explicitly repeated his denial.
The potential effect of the bishops' opposition to the health-care overhaul effort could be serious, according to others critical of the bills.
The conference has urged Catholics to contact their members of Congress at other critical junctures in the health-care reform debate, said Don Clemmer, assistant director of media relations for the conference. And millions of Catholics could be urged to oppose a final health-care bill on moral grounds.
"Ultimately, it's the voice of the bishops on the record," Clemmer said about the bishops' letter warning of their potential opposition.
The bishops have not provided a timeframe of when they would issue a final decision on whether they oppose the health-care overhaul legislation.
But the bishops are not the only longtime supporters having second thoughts.
The lobbying group for the health insurance industry released an analysis this week conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers that concluded the Finance Committee's health-care bill would add thousands of dollars in annual cost increases to the average private insurance plan when it is fully implemented. The report caused serious consternation among Democratic supporters of the health-care overhaul, although they were unable to counter it with their own research. Nonpartisan congressional auditors have been unable to provide their own cost estimates that the average taxpayer would face under any of the health-care overhaul bills.
The critical research paid for by insurers followed months of support by that industry for health reform, including millions of dollars spent on pro-reform television ads. An insurance industry spokeswoman said it will continue to urge changes that will allow members to eventually support an overhaul.
Other recent concerns have been raised by the American Medical Association, which has been a high-profile supporter of the health-care overhaul. The association formally endorsed a version approved by three House committees in July. However, the physicians' group recently raised concerns that a relatively small costs-saving measure in the Senate Finance Committee bill could result in negative effects for millions of seniors.
The provision would require a 5% cut in reimbursements for all physicians who are among Medicare's top 10% with the highest reimbursements.
Rich Daly writes
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Bab il Zawyeh, a square in downtown Hebron, during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, on September 24th, 2013. The square is near a checkpoint at entrance of the H2 area. P
hoto by Vivian Calle.
On Sunday, 22 September, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made public his decision to allow settlers to move back into the Machpelah house in the Old City of Hebron. Netanyahu's decision comes just days after an Israeli soldier was shot and killed just blocks away from the contested house by a Palestinian sniper.
Although Netanyahu does not officially have the authority to approve such a decision, he demanded the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA - the governing body of Israel's occupation in the West Bank) to spare no efforts allowing allow the settler's return. "Anyone who tries to uproot us from the city of our patriarchs will achieve the opposite. We will continue to fight terrorism with one hand, while strengthening the settlement with the other," Netanyahu said in a statement released on Sunday.
Days after Netanyahu's press release, the state told the
Israeli High Court of Justice that Netanyahu's remarks were not official
, but instead, a personal expression of his position after the events. The controversial resolution centers on a group of settlers who, after allegedly purchasing the building legally, were evicted last April by order of the ICA. The ICA nullified the purchase after finding "bureaucratic faults" in the transaction. The eviction order came by way of the Israeli Ministry of Defence.
settlers subsequently issued a complaint
, arguing the purchase was approved by a Military Court inside the Occupied Territories during the summer of 2012.
Under the system of martial law employed by the state of Israel in the West Bank, any real estate transaction must be officially approved by an Israeli army commander, according to
On Tuesday, 24 September, a spokesman of the Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon told
The Jerusalem Post
that the Minister has authorized the purchase although they still cannot move in until all the bureaucratic process comes to an end.
Two Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank
Netanyahu's announcement comes on the heals of the deaths of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank last week.
Last Saturday, the corpse of an Israeli soldier, Tomer Hazan, was found in a well close to Qalqiliya. A Palestinian man, Nidal Amer, confessed to killing the soldier in an alleged attempt to use his body in a negotiation process to release his imprisoned brother, according to the Israeli Army.
On Sunday, Gal Kobi was killed while on duty between checkpoint 209 and 229 during the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Kobi was reportedly shot in the neck by a Palestinian sniper who has not yet been found.
Local witnesses, however, question the Israeli Army's version of the events that led up to Netanyahu's call to strengthen the settlements. "Some clashes broke up in the city cause(sic) the people were angry after the soldiers closed down all the business in town, not because of the presence of Jews," Sarha, an activist for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) told Palestine Monitor.
But in her words, later on, the situation calmed down. "At 6.15 pm both sides were quiet, in silence. We were in a crossroad between the checkpoints 209 and 29. I was sitting on a corner, beside a clinic, and I saw new soldiers arriving. Moments after, one of them put his hands around his neck; he seemed like suffocating," Sarha related.
"I couldn´t hear anything or see any projectile. Just realized that the soldier has something in the left side of his neck, but I couldn´t see even blood," Sarha remembered. Immediately, a military jeep came and brought the soldier to a hospital in Jerusalem.
Subsequently, the Israeli Army declared Hebron a "closed military area" and strong clashes between soldiers and Palestinians erupted throughout the city, as soldiers ransacked nearby homes in search of the assailant.
Stopping the prisoners release
After the murder, the Israeli Minister of Economy Naftali Bennet penned a letter to PM Netanyahu asking for the reconsideration of the basis of the peace talks that Israel and the Palestinians resumed in July 2013. In particular, Bennet sought to cancel the oncoming release of the second group of former Palestinian prisoners (imprisoned before the Oslo Accords)scheduled for October.
"Since the release of terrorists has been tied to progress in peace talks from the get go, there is no doubt that some developments since the launch of negotiations require the government to rethink its path. The answer to terror must be war on murderers and not dialogue with those who encourage murderers,"
said Bennet
. Another six Israeli ministers have since joined in the initiative.
According to
Ma'an News Agency
, the Israeli cabinet held a special session late on Monday to discuss the proposal, yet the Israeli army's chief of staff, Benny Gants,has said that the murders would not affect the government's commitment to release old prisoners.
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary as a brand, Acura today announced plans to debut a concept version of the all-new MDX luxury sport-utility vehicle, April 12, at the New York International Auto Show and released an artist's rendering of the new vehicle.
Scheduled to debut later this year, the 2007 Acura MDX will be the second generation of Acura's luxury SUV to be designed, developed and manufactured exclusively in North America.
"The 2007 MDX will speak clearly to the advanced image of Acura and promises to put MDX solidly at the front of the pack with a striking new image, new technology and performance unmatched in the segment," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "The designers and engineers working on this new MDX have a tremendous passion for this product that will be evident in all aspects of its design and performance."
The company made the announcement on the 20th anniversary of its creation as the first Japanese luxury nameplate. "The pioneering spirit that gave birth to Acura two decades ago is driving our continued advancement and innovative approach to luxury," said Colliver. "Acura is twenty years young today -- stronger, faster, more nimble and more on the cutting edge of automotive design and technology than at any time in its 20-year history."
The company also celebrated the groundbreaking for a new Acura-exclusive design facility -- the Acura Design Center -- scheduled to open in the summer of 2007. This new facility, located at the company's Torrance, California, headquarters will play a critical role in the research and design of future Acura products and will serve to ensure that Acura continues to produce distinctive designs that communicate the advanced style, performance and character of Acura.
Launched on March 27, 1986, Acura was the world's first Japanese luxury nameplate and the first to challenge established European and American luxury marques with its world-class engineering, product quality, value and advanced powertrain technology. Its 20-year history of innovation includes the first Japanese exotic sports car, the highly-acclaimed Acura NSX, and numerous technology firsts including the first automotive applications of in-dash navigation, Bluetooth(R) phone integration and DVD-Audio surround sound. Acura was also the first Japanese luxury automaker to develop and manufacturer its vehicles in North America, beginning with the 1997 Acura 2.2CL coupe. Today, nearly two-thirds of all Acura vehicles sold in America are designed, developed and manufactured in North America.
In 2005, the Acura Division recorded its third consecutive year of record sales, topping the two-hundred thousand mark for the first time in the Division's history. It's class leading products include the Acura TL sedan, America's best-selling luxury sedan in 2004; the award-winning Acura MDX sport-utility vehicle; and the highly popular TSX sports sedan, three-time recipient of Car and Driver magazine's 10Best honors. Its top-of-the-line RL performance luxury sedan boasts numerous technology innovations including AcuraLink Satellite Communication System with Real Time Traffic, Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) and the first North American application of advanced Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) technology.
In 2006, Acura will introduce two all-new models -- the 2007 Acura MDX and the completely new RDX premium entry SUV. Equipped with an innovative new 2.3-liter turbocharged engine and Super Handling All-Wheel Drive, the RDX combines sport-utility function with sports sedan handling and performance. The RDX will launch this summer as a 2007 model.