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"You're going where?"
"But we've got an ISO inspection at work on Tuesday and the kids've got swimming"
A door slams.
There are city breaks and there are City breaks and this one fell conclusively, unforgettably into Category Two. If Cruzcampo did football away trips to foreign lands, you imagine it might look a little like this. Include climate, setting, time spent idly chatting to friends, smells, sights and sounds of a great world capital and add to it a Champions League encounter between daft old City and the Spanish Royal Family that had just about everything, and you would be right in thinking we left Madrid more or less as we found it: elation might have turned into deflation but we were definitely still pinching ourselves.
Madrid is a place that likes to take itself seriously. The boulevards are impossibly wide and stuffed with honking traffic. The women, impossibly symmetrical and, after a tough summer, an unfathomably deep coconut brown, wear the dismissive manner of human beings who have spent too many years looking in the mirror: They know they are beautiful. You look at them. They know that you are looking at them. They don't flinch. You wipe away a tear. They strut on. Men wearing suits as crisp as freshly rolled cigars stand laughing into mobile phones in a way only pricy lawyers can carry off. Everybody looks impossibly healthy. You daren't cough, in case you are carried away for being unfit for purpose.
Healthy. And haughty. You do not find this frozen splendour in the cosmopolitan streets of Barcelona, even less so the happy clappy calle of Valencia and Sevilla. Capital cities are prone to this kind of thing and so it is with Madrid. There must be a slight risk that a place that becomes so keen on what it is, will eventually try to eat itself. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, José Mourinho their able, thrusting manager, the immaculately coiffed President Florentino Perez plus their towering Portuguese icon to the cosmetics industry all surely know a little of the phenomenon themselves.
During the last few years, we of the occasionally combed hair brigade have had the pleasure of visiting the cowfields of Denmark, the port lodges of the Douro and the slate-grey streets of Gelsenkirchen, so let us not quibble. Sitting on the fringes of the great rectangular Plaza Mayor, a site of coronations, public celebrations and executions, felt just fine. As the ranks of traveling Blues filtered into its welcoming embrace for a knock-around with a yellow beachball, we wondered which of the three we had come all this way for. As it turned out, we would be the lucky recipients of all three, one after the other, but in completely the wrong order.....
|Chris considers drinking Mike's pint but realises there's plenty for all
"This calamares is a bit sloppy. Do you want some?"
"It's wet and cold.I don't want it "
Enter small shuffling Peruvian.
"Waiter, three more beers please"
The Museo del Jamon, made famous for its moody appearance in Pedro Almodóvar's film Carne Trémula was the chosen spot, with its glistening cañas and droopy calamares a satisfying enough accompaniment to the excited chat of Grown Up Football Tournaments and our possible role (roll ) in them. It has an unfeasibly wide range of sliced pork, pickled pork and pork in other shapes and stages of development. This undoubtedly is what drove Chris to order chips.
"Patatas bravas a bit tasteless aren't they?"
"You have them then"
"Where's the spicy sauce?"
"Waiter..." ...-"er ah more beer?" ... "Spot on, mate!"
As with all gourmet tours, the main dish was to be eaten across town in a rather more majestic establishment. We embarked for a sweaty and noisy half an hour meet and greet on the city's overheated metro system, enjoying the warm crush so much, we strayed onto the blue line (inevitable subliminal attraction I suppose), and were too late for an unprovoked baton charge on City fans on the Castellano by a bored group of the local constabulary. We settled instead for our own assault on a series of stuffed bars near the great towering walls of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu itself.
On a stained napkin, the rejected sausages started taking shape: they assembled in a no-frills 4.4.0 (there were eight sausages, so no attack today): Kompany there, solid with Lescott, Zaba and Kolarov (the one with the end bitten off) outside, nice and steady, no faffing about.... Fine, now who's eaten Nasri?
The walk to tier four of the Bernabéu is best partaken when in full control of your faculties, comprising as it does a couple of thousand greasy steps in a spiral of ill-defined light and sudden exhilarating shadow. Thankfully, the elixir of giddy optimism emanating from every pore made the climb bearable and stops were made on the ascent to genuflect, reorganise simmering tendons and bellow a few crude truths about just who was the best team in the land and all the world. At the summit, if the climb had not already taken your breath away, that crucial first glimpse of the green turf certainly did. You could see Lake Titikaka from up there and the very top of the Taj Mahal.
|Yaya, Yaya, Yaya, Yaya... that was our stop, wasn't it?
|Up you go
Like everything else we had witnessed in Madrid thus far, the Bernabéu spread itself loquaciously in front of us, a gigantic cement block monument to self confidence, grandeur and prestige. It said, look at me, hold your gaze and tell me I'm not magnificent. I guess at this point if anyone had panned the away end with a camera, viewers would have been treated to row upon row of pasty foreigners with eyes like ten pence pieces, mouths open and wet, a kind of transfixed awe on our faces. It might have made interesting television, especially with the bons mots of Clyde Tediously to bring it all to life. Meantime, I was beginning to dribble.
What can you do.
What we did was start singing: a medley of songs aired at Sincil Bank and Meadow Lane now rang out loud and clear in the self-styled Cathedral of World Football. We are really here etc.but only just clinging onto reality at this stage.
Amongst all the unbridled jollity of the occasion, it had gone unnoticed that Roberto had played a little trick on us. Not one, in fact, but three. Three tricks, of varying sizes. The 19 year old rookie Nastasic would come in for Lescott, who, of our two giant pillars in central defence, had been the one slightly less off-form so far this season. Who's that, asked someone as the teams warmed up. "Its not Javi Garcia, he's over there," I burbled back squinting, with the confidence of a man asked to identify a strangely perky wading bird from a position half way up a tree three hundred yards across a salt marsh, who answers with the words "it's a duck?". That climb was beginning to get its own back.
Mancini was not done with us yet, though. Maicon, still sporting the wide-eyed glare of a man asked to make his English Premier League debut at the Britannia Stadium, was in too. The same Maicon given the county two-step by Gareth Bale two years ago, provoking a landslide of newspaper articles wishing him well in his next career. On the left, to complete the Defence Most Unlikely was little Clichy. So used are we now to seeing the lothario Kolarov sidle out for Champions League matches, it is something of a surprise when his ambling, shorts-falling-down figure does not appear. So, there it stood. Our defence for Real Madrid away would be Maicon-Kompany-Nastasic-Clichy. Mourinho tried to make us feel a little less uncomfortable by dismissing the opinionated Sergio Ramos to the bench, replaced by their own version of a trembling teenager, the French kid Varane. The thyroidal Ozil was also missing, replaced by Michael Essien. Yes, that Michael Essien. Things were becoming quite confused.
We were grateful at least for the small mercies of Marcello's identifiable flop-perm and the giant figure of Yaya flapping his arms in the centre circle. At last some semblance of normality in this pre-game fug. Barry and Garcia were there too, giving us the tasty possibility of seeing Yaya in his stormtrooper role. Cristiano started sensibly, opting for the slicked down look, side parting, cropped eyebrows, moodily aggressive body language. Perhaps the 2nd half would herald a platform for his fluffy bouffant or the remote, dead eyes of the sad professional. Maybe his tormented little body would be thrown to the floor. "nooooooo!". Smack, smack, thump, thump. We would just have to wait and see.
A whirl of feet and screeching in my ears like I'm in a wind tunnel. Roaring from our end, parping, tooting from theirs. A vuvuzela or a cuckoo, I'm not sure, but we've started. It is soon evident Roberto's defence -whether strong, bendy or foolhardy - will be given an examination of medical intricacy. Shots are pinging in from all angles. Ronaldo alone has four in the first four minutes. I am not clear about Real's formation at this stage, such is the roaring in my ears, but they definitely have more men on the pitch than us. By half time 71,000 people have seen Real produce 15 shots towards our trembling goal. Joe Hart has saved impeccably the few that were actually on target. In the crowd a distressing scenario is developing as Florentino Perez, all post-holiday smarm, glad-hands Rafa Nadal, Butragueño chats to new City head honcho Soriano in affable Spanish and, a few rows in front, alternative ambassador William John Gallagher, replete in shiny black leather rain jacket and giant shades, gives it Big Burnage in the expensive seats. A diplomatic incident is only meters away.
The second half is proof that you should never doubt whether to follow City abroad or not. All hell breaks loose and it doesn't calm down again until we are back in our hotel beds.
"Bloody squid's repeating on me"
"Told you to leave it"
"Don't waste good food, mam always said"
"Not good advice that"Within 10 minutes around the hour mark, we are treated to a rash of substitutions. I don't know what Light the Blue Touch Paper is in Spanish, but that is the effect. The confused Essien gives way to Ozil and Modric will shortly replace the workmanlike Khedira. The Real subs, whose appearance of two inexperienced window fitters in an Abbot and Costello sketch should not lull anybody into a false sense of security, get ready to enter the fray. Abbot comes on, but there's a hitch with Costello who resumes puttying duties on the sidelines. Meantime, we already have Kolarov who has been on since Nasri pulled up in the 24th minute with a scorched hamstring) and we are about to have Dzeko and Zabaleta. First the Bosnian replaces Silva, who is given a noisy ovation from the inaptly named Real fans.Some seem a little perplexed that such a good Spanish player has somehow found himself on the wrong side.
|Look at me, drink me in, you'll never see anything like this in Birmingham
Ignoring the obvious scenario, City choose the 68th minute to take the lead. As yet another thundering run from Yaya takes him through the middle like a mine sweeper, we hang suspended in air and time. He has four players in his wake. They look like the tins carried behind a newly weds' car, bobbing and tumbling as the Ivorian sweeps through the gears. The ball is going left. Dzeko has matched his run and is available in space. We stay in mid air.
That roaring is in my ears again. Calamares bubbles are everywhere. The ball has been transferred to the grassy patch just in front of Dzeko's hungry strides. The Bosnian tank has Arbeloa and Khedira climbing into his shorts from behind. He doesn't notice and fires past Casillas. Khedira slumps off whilst we re-enact the Great Fandango on the 4th tier. I am off the ground, as is the person I am hugging, a solid teenager with gravy on his chin. There is a strange smell of burning. We both return to earth at the same time and resume bouncing around the steps. When I face back to the pitch, he has gone but I still have the pocket off his t-shirt in my hand. The roaring has been replaced by high pitched squealing, like a kettle going off.
Before we know it Yaya is once again thundering clear, towing more debris and flotsam behind him. Nothing can stop him but an act of God or an earth tremor. In the end it's his own lack of accuracy. The ball hits the side-netting. This is close to unbearable. Two nil up at the Bernabéu. Don't even go there.
There is delirium all around now. An atmosphere of lightly sugared lunacy is effecting balance, sight, speech. Something similar happens 60 metres down, as Zabaleta finally enters the fray waving his arms and starts galloping around like he wants a word with Modric about the part in the sketch with the piano. But that's Laurel + Hardy. This is Abbot and Costello. Suddenly, Marcelo's hair is cutting in from the left. It flies past Kompany with disturbing ease and has a clear sight of goal. The ball kicks off Javi Garcia's boot and flies into the net. Oh my. Oh hell. Oh no.
Pandemonium and carnage. Horror and nervousness. Sand and sawdust. The clock is still ticking still ticking still ticking. Ronaldo now, appearing down the left, jinks past Zabaleta and his now redundant piano, shoots low. Somehow Kompany manages to duck under it despite it being only hip height. The thing does that Ronaldo trajectory, just like the beachball in Plaza Mayor all those hours ago and dips alarmingly under Joe Hart's left arm. All our squid have come home to ink us at the same time. Ronaldo does his knee flex, neck vein celebration, as Mourinho resplendent in Pedro del Hierro light grey suit, does a skiddy ten metres into the pitch. 2000 euro suit ruined. I hope his mum is watching back in Setubal
"What do you mean you've gone through the knees on that already? 2000 euros that cost!".The match finishes and before we have a chance to salute our boys in grey and black, a line of fidgety robocops appear as if out of a bottle. Barring the way, they twitch and fizz until one of our number gets too close and is beaten on the head and shoulders. The guy has been watching too many back to back episodes of Cagney and Lacey, but has obviously not read the translated version of the Hillsborough Report. I take his picture, half expecting to be clouted too. City have just finished an epic match and these guys are full in our faces just waiting for an excuse to lay into us. An absolute disgrace. I speak a couple of garbled bits of Spanish to him and he flickers again.
We have a sing song to the empty stadium. The night is waiting outside.
The next morning's Marca, a sort of journalistic marriage of an eleven year old's Real Madrid scrapbook and early 70s Pravda, proves that I had in fact dreamed it after all. I read through the City players' marks out of ten after this epic struggle that has taken champions Real to the very wire and wonder if I really exist:
Hart -7; Maicon-3; Kompany - 2; Nastasic -3; Clichy - 5.5; Javi Garcia - 4, Barry - 2 (that's TWO out of TEN); Nasri - 3; Silva (Spaniard warning) - 6; Tevez - 6.5; Kolarov - 6; Dzeko - 6; Zabaleta (put the kettle on) -6; Yaya - 7.5Just for good measure they give Mancini a 3 as well, and City get three out of ten too. "Tanto para tan poca coisa" says Guilleme Ballagué realistically in AS (pronounced "ass"), whilst Tomas Roncero, who may or may not snore loudly at night in the room next to his mother, says "El Madrid es eterno". The whole world, it seems, does revolve around these people after all. Only Yaya - named "El Dandy" by Marca, escapes the rasping tongue of Spanish criticism.
Back in the Plaza Mayor, the kid's beachball sits atop a spike on the railings protecting the statue of Equestrian Micky Channon. The air has long gone, as have the singing hordes but there are still metaphors to inflate.
|There goes the suit
Hasta luego, Real Madrid, see you in Manchester for the rematch.


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In January 2008, the Swiss AIDS Commission issued a controversial report on the transmission of HIV in heterosexual mixed status couples. The report stated that HIV is not likely to be passed on when the positive partner fully adhered to a potent HIV regimen, had undetectable viral load for at least six months, and did not have any other sexually transmitted infection (STI) during that time, even despite sex without condoms.
What ensued after its publication has been tumultuous community discourse and opinion pieces worldwide. Some have denounced the Swiss government as being irresponsible. Others responded with "no comment". Few others, like Project Inform, invited this as a way to discuss issues faced by people living with and affected by HIV.
At the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, a Sunday afternoon session, HIV Transmission under ART, provided a forum to discuss this report. Seven panelists attempted to clarify the persistent questions that have lingered ever since. Project Inform attended this session of about 300, which expands our earlier coverage of this topic.
The outcry over the Swiss report stems from the perception that they were saying that people who take effective HIV drugs can stop having safer sex or abandon their condom use without infecting their partners. The panelists were clear: this is not their message. Some have criticized other aspects of the report, arguing it failed to address other important issues, such men who have sex with men.
The possible implications for others living with HIV are about as diverse as the outcry has been. Project Inform believes the report and the conversations it has spurred can help inform these discussions for a wide range of people living with HIV. The main issues brought up by the Swiss Report are broadly outlined below.
Provide Accurate Information
The report provides a good deal of applicable data, much buried beneath the vocal backlash. Physicians, community health professionals, and others who interact with HIV-positive people and their partners can and must provide information clearly and accurately. The basic model of fully informed decision-making that has defined Project Inform's approach to HIV treatment decisions is just as applicable to this situation.
Use This as a Tool
We should encourage sophisticated discussions of the issues facing mixed status couples. After nearly three decades of the epidemic, a great deal is known about how HIV is and is not passed. Each partner, along with their doctors, can be encouraged to discuss these issues. These data, when discussed alongside a person's needs for true sexual intimacy, can lead to fuller and more honest discussions between sexual partners.
There's a great degree of disagreement over the effect this report might have on sexual practices and condom use. Lacking any real world data, people are left mostly to conjecture. One of the panelists shared findings from an anonymous survey he helped administer to people with HIV. He stated the report was widely well received by people with HIV, and did not have a marked influence on sexual practices. Interestingly, many did report feeling more able to honestly discuss their sexual practices with their doctors after the report.
Some of the panelists feared the Swiss report would lead to less condom use. One audience member asserted his belief that the report said that condom use was not needed when people were on suppressive HAART. Others felt that the report was likely to increase adherence to both treatment and safer sex practices.
Get Regular Health Care
One undeniable take-home message from the Swiss report is the critical importance of having accurate medical information to make informed decisions. Vast inequalities in access to things like viral load tests and STI screening must be accounted for in settings worldwide.
Some panelists felt that these differences render the report largely meaningless to most people with HIV. Project Inform sees it differently. It is much like the early data on combination therapy: information that might have only applied to small numbers of people at that time can have profound implications for far more people down the line. As seasoned AIDS activist Heidi Nass puts it, 'progress in progress.'
Push This Discussion to Test for HIV
The report underscores the need to reach those who are undiagnosed or untested. These discussions can only work when people know their HIV status. Most estimates in the US find that around 1 in 4 people with HIV do not know they have HIV. Project Inform encourages testing as a way to take control of one's life.
Explore New Ways to Prevent HIV
The report highlights the role that effective treatment plays in preventing new infections. Project Inform recently revised its mission statement to include biomedical prevention methods to help reduce new infections. This includes interventions such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), vaginal and rectal microbicides, and male circumcision, among others. These alternate prevention methods should be considered as being additive and synergistic to behavior interventions such as condom use. Therefore, no one method should preclude the others. The more choices one has, the better. The better the data are, the more confidence people can have in their choices.
One of the stories leading in to this meeting was the CDC's announcement that the number of new HIV infections in the US was 40% higher than previously estimated. This disturbing statistic highlights the crucial need for new prevention methods. The Swiss statement has the potential to help, as it underscores the connection between effective treatment and prevention.
Understand the Limitations of the Report
In some parts of the world, it's a privilege to have access to the spectrum of health care that's necessary to fully inform these decisions. For most people, this just isn't possible. Some health care systems are overburdened and cannot accommodate the discussions. For many, viral load or STI tests are just not available. For others, medical infrastructures barely exist. Though the world has reacted to this report, it may very well not apply to most of the planet.
Another obvious weakness of the report is that the authors only had data from studies of heterosexual sex to guide them. In the US, the CDC estimates that just over half of new HIV infections are among men who have sex with men, reinforcing the importance of studying the impact of treatment on prevention among this group.
Adapt the Limitations of the Report
Too often critics of the Swiss report have used its limitations to dismiss the report entirely. This is both scientifically and ethically unsound. No study, or review of studies, is above critique. Science works best when studies and reports are examined honestly, taking into account both their strengths and weaknesses.
Some have said it's premature to talk about these kinds of data until such time that there are more mature and definitive results. One panelist reminded the audience of the experience of male circumcision where 17 years elapsed between the emergence of supportive circumstantial evidence of its role in reducing HIV infection rates, and the definitive results from prospective, randomized studies.
Although the medical resources may not be available to most who face these issues, it is still possible to encourage conversations with couples on issues that they can do something about. This includes encouraging each partner to disclose his/her status, to discuss their fears, or to even start engaging in safer sex, among many others.
Practice Safer Sex
The Swiss report does not suggest individuals abandon using condoms or other safer sex practices. In fact, it spotlights the necessity for a couple's continued diligence in this area. One panelist argued that condom use without treatment provides similar levels of protection as treatment without condoms. It is common and fairly uncontroversial to recommend that people with HIV use condoms regardless of whether they're on treatment. The report argues that the best possible prevention comes from combining treatment and condoms. Accurate information on transmission risk should drive these decisions.
Understand This Report in Its Context
At various points throughout this epidemic, many medical, social and behavioral issues have emerged. We have grappled with the risk of casual transmission and the risk of oral sex -- each without the benefit of definitive research. In these cases, observations and an understanding of the mechanics of HIV transmission helped mold recommendations that have stood the test of time.
What now is taking place is a study called HPTN 052 is currently enrolling and is designed to answer the risks of transmission under HAART. The results likely won't be available until 2016, at which point we may look back and wonder what the commotion was all about. We also might ask ourselves, as many have in light of the male circumcision saga, how many new infections could have been prevented in the meantime?
Raise New Research Questions
Much new data need to be uncovered to more fully answer the concerns raised by the community. How do STIs play a role in transmission and at what level? Do different strains of HIV affect its transmission? Do different classes of HIV drugs affect the levels of HIV in genital tract secretions differently? How do viral load blips affect the likelihood of transmission? How much do we know about HIV transmission through oral, vaginal or anal sex? Pursuing these and other questions are critical to help better inform those faced with these decisions.
The Asymmetry of Risk
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There is no such thing as an objective point of view.
No matter how much we may try to ignore it, human communication always takes place in a context, through a medium, and among individuals and groups who are situated historically, politically, economically, and socially. This state of affairs is neither bad nor good. It simply is. Bias is a small word that identifies the collective influences of the entire context of a message.
Politicians are certainly biased and overtly so. They belong to parties and espouse policies and ideologies. And while they may think their individual ideologies are simply common sense, they understand that they speak from political positions.
Journalists, too, speak from political positions but usually not overtly so. The journalistic ethics of objectivity and fairness are strong influences on the profession. But journalistic objectivity is not the pristine objectivity of philosophy. Instead, a journalist attempts to be objective by two methods: 1) fairness to those concerned with the news and 2) a professional process of information gathering that seeks fairness, completeness, and accuracy. As we all know, the ethical heights journalists set for themselves are not always reached. But, all in all, like politics, it is an honorable profession practiced, for the most part, by people trying to do the right thing.
The press is often thought of as a unified voice with a distinct bias (right or left depending on the critic). This simplistic thinking fits the needs of ideological struggle, but is hardly useful in coming to a better understanding of what is happening in the world. I believe journalism is an under-theorized practice. In other words, journalists often do what they do without reflecting upon the meaning of the premises and assumptions that support their practice. I say this as a former journalist. I think we may begin to reflect upon journalistic practice by noticing that the press applies a narrative structure to ambiguous events in order to create a coherent and causal sense of events.
For citizens and information consumers (which are one in the same today), it is important to develop the skill of detecting bias. Remember: Bias does not suggest that a message is false or unfair. You should apply other techniques in the Rhetorica Critical Meter to determine if a message is fallacious.
Critical questions for detecting bias
Bias in the news media
Is the news media biased toward liberals? Yes. Is the news media biased toward conservatives? Yes. These questions and answers are uninteresting because it is possible to find evidence--anecdotal and otherwise--to "prove" media bias of one stripe or another. Far more interesting and instructive is studying the inherent, or structural, biases of journalism as a professional practice--especially as mediated through television. I use the word "bias" here to challenge its current use by partisan critics. A more accepted, and perhaps more accurate, term would be "frame." These are some of the professional frames that structure what journalists can see and how they can present what they see.
Structural Bias as Theory
I have asserted that some critics of the press think of it as speaking with
a unified voice with a distinct ideological bias. I have further asserted that
this simplistic thinking fits the needs of ideological struggle, but is hardly
useful in coming to a better understanding of what is happening in the world.
For that better understanding we need a theory.
A theory offers us a model that tells us why things happen as they do. Further, a theory allows us to predict outcomes and behavior. Assertions of ideological bias do neither. While we can expect the press to demonstrate ideological biases in regard to certain issues or other localized phenomena, these and other behaviors are explained and predicted by the structural biases. Since the press sometimes demonstrates a conservative bias, asserting that the press is liberal neither predicts nor explains. Since the press sometimes demonstrates a liberal bias, asserting that the press is conservative neither predicts nor explains.
Test this for yourself. Choose a situation that is current--preferably breaking right now. For each of the structural biases listed above, write down what you would expect the press to do based on that bias. Then, complete the exercise with a concluding statement that takes into account as many of the structural biases as possible. Now, follow the situation for a few days and note how the press behaves. I think you will find that you have successfully predicted press behavior.
News media assumptions about language and discourse
Simply communicating by written or spoken words introduces bias to the message. If, as asserted earlier, there is no such thing as an objective point of view, then there cannot be objective or transparent language, i.e. a one-to-one correspondence between reality and words such that I may accurately represent reality so that you experience it as I do. Language mediates our lived experiences. And our evaluation of those experiences are reflected in our language use. Rhetoric scholar James A. Berlin once said that language is "never innocent." By this he meant that language cannot be neutral; it reflects and structures our ideologies and world views. To speak at all is to speak politically. The practice of journalism, however, accepts a very different view of language that creates serious consequences for the news consumer. Most journalists do their jobs with little or no thought given to language theory, i.e. how language works and how humans use language. Most journalists, consciously or not, accept a theory (metaphor) of language as a transparent conduit along which word-ideas are easily sent to a reader or viewer who then experiences reality as portrayed by the words.
From George Lakoff's Moral Politics (U of Chicago P), journalism falsely asserts that:
These false assumptions by journalists, rather than overt politicking, help create the political bias news consumers often detect in news reporting. A conservative will quite naturally assert a conservative world view by using concepts in ways comfortable to conservatives. The same goes for liberals. It is often pointed out that most news reporters are Democrats or vote for Democrats. Party affiliation, however, tells us nothing about political ideology and the moral concepts that undergird it. There are conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans. Be that as it may, the ethics of journalistic practice strongly urge reporters to adopt the assumptions about language listed above and the structural biases listed above. The ethics of journalistic practice encourage journalists to adopt a (nonexistent) neutral language to mitigate any effects of ideological bias. There simply is no concerted or sustained effort to slant the news for political purposes by mainstream news outlets.
Anti-bias crusading as an elitist practice
Accuracy in Media claims the the news media are biased toward liberal politics. Fairness & Accuracy in Media claims the the news media are biased toward conservative politics. Supporters of these views see one group as right and the other as wrong. But the reality is not that simple. Yes, AIM and FAIR each point out coverage that appears to bolster their various claims. At times, the media do seem to be biased one way or the other. What these groups don't say, however, is that their mistrust of the media is also a mistrust of the people. Those who complain most about media bias would see themselves as able to identify it and resist it. They get upset about it because they question whether the average American is able to do the same. If the average American can identify it and resist it, then there is little need to get upset about bias. The AIM and FAIR web sites are full of material to help hapless Americans avoid the cognitive ravages of the "evil" conservatives or the "slandering" liberals and their media lackeys. I believe the average American is quite capable of identifying problems with news coverage. In my opinion, crusading against political bias in the news media is an elitist practice.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2011) – A change in the FIVB rankings has dropped the U.S. Men's National Team ranking from third to fifth.
According to the FIVB, "The changes come after the reduction of percentage points in continental championships (100 percent to 50 percent) and from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (75 percent to 50 percent)."
Brazil and Russia remain in first and second, respectively. Serbia has moved up to third and Cuba has moved up to fourth.
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In the past, Russia has had its best Russian players face the international stars competing in the Super League. This year, it has divided the players into East and West teams.
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), who plays for league-leading Zenit Kazan, will play for Team West. Opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii), who plays for Ural Ufa, and setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), who plays for Fakel Novy Urengoy, will both play for Team East.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) were both invited to play, but will use the time to rest for the second half of the season.
In last weekend's Super League matches, Kazan defeated Ufa, 25-20, 25-12, 25-17 on Jan. 16. Priddy scored 13 points on 10 kills (0.64 hitting percentage) and three blocks. He also had eight receptions, 75 percent positive and 13 percent excellent. Ball started all three sets for Kazan, scoring one point on a block and setting the team to a 0.48 hitting percentage.
Kazan is in second place in the league while Ufa sits in 11th.
To view photos from the match, including a group of Kazan fans who are still fans of former Kazan player Clay Stanley, click here.
Hansen and Novy Urengoy also won last weekend, defeating Lokomotiv Belogorie, 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 24-26, 25-23, 15-13). Hansen played as a substitute in the second and third sets and scored one point on one kill. Novy Urengoy is in sixth place in the league while Belogorie is in fourth.
To view photos from the match, click here.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and his Italian Serie A league team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza got back on the winning track with a 25-22, 25-23, 25-20 victory over U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his visiting team Copra Morpho Piacenza on Jan. 16.
Rooney was the second-leading scorer for his team with 10 points on nine kills (0.39 hitting percentage) and one block. He was credited with 12 receptions, 50 percent positive and 17 percent excellent. Holt had one point on one kill for visiting Copra.
In a Cup of Italy match on Jan. 19, Rooney and Monza Brianza lost to Itas Diatec Trentino, 25-27, 25-16, 25-19. Rooney scored five points on four kills and one block. He was credited with 22 receptions, 45 percent positive and 18 percent excellent.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) led his team Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia with 20 points, but it wasn't enough as host Vibo Valentia fell to Lube Banca Marche Macerata, 3-2 (21-25, 25-19, 25-13, 23-25, 15-9) on Jan. 16.
Anderson scored on 17 kills (0.33 hitting percentage) and three blocks. Anderson was also credited with 33 receptions, 64 percent positive and 39 percent excellent.
A few days later in Cup of Italy action on Jan. 19, Anderson again led his team with 19 points but Vibo Valentia again fell to Lube Banca Marche Macerata, 3-1 (25-27, 25-17, 25-17, 25-20). Anderson scored on 18 kills (0.47 hitting percentage) and one block. Anderson was credited with 24 receptions, 46 percent positive and 25 percent excellent.
U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) was one of two leading scorers for Marmi Lanza Verona as it defeated M. Roma Volley, 26-24, 25-22, 25-23 on Jan. 16. Lotman scored 12 points on 11 kills (0.43 hitting percentage) and one ace. He was credited with 20 receptions, 80 percent positive and 60 percent excellent.
Lotman's teammate, U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.), scored nine points on nine kills (0.69 hitting percentage).
Olympiacos, the Greek league team of U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.), got a big victory over Panathinaikos on Jan. 16.
Olympiacos, which is in sixth place in the league, defeated Panathinaikos, the second-place team, 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-11). Jablonsky started all five sets and scored 12 points on 11 kills (0.41 hitting percentage) and one block. He was credited with 23 receptions, 52 percent positive and 26 percent excellent.
To view some photos of Jablonsky in action, click here.
U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) led all scorers with 17 points as GS Lamia defeated Aris, 3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 25-19, 25-19) on Jan. 15. Price scored on 15 kills (0.44 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. GS Lamia is in fourth place in the league.
PAOK and U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) took a 3-2 (25-18, 22-25, 25-27, 25-23, 15-13) victory over A.O. Kifisias on Jan. 16. Winder started all five sets and scored four points on one kill, one block and two aces. He set the team to a 0.35 hitting percentage. PAOK is in third place in the league.
League-leading Iraklis swept Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, 26-24, 25-19, 25-20 on Jan. 16. U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) was one of the scoring leaders with 12 points on five kills (0.71 hitting percentage), six blocks and one ace. U.S. outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.) started only the first set and scored three points on two kills and one block.
U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat Delecta Bydgoszcz, 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-23) on Jan. 18. Millar started all four sets and scored 10 points on seven kills (0.60 hitting percentage) and three blocks. Resovia Rzeszów is in second place in the league.
In Cup of Poland action on Jan. 19, Resovia Rzeszów defeated AZS Politechnika Warszawska, 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23).
Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) and his Korean league team Korean Air continue to lead the league despite losing two out of their last three matches.
On Jan. 16, KAL fell to Woori, 3-2 (25-19, 25-17, 23-25, 18-25, 15-10). Patak led his team with 15 points on 13 kills and two aces.
On Jan. 18, KAL came back to beat LIG, 25-21, 27-25, 25-18. Patak was one of KAL's scoring leaders with 19 points on 17 kills, one block and one ace.
On Jan. 20, Samsung topped KAL, 25-21, 25-23, 25-20. Patak led his team with 17 points on 16 kills and one ace.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and his German league team SCC Berlin defeated Gotha, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20 on Jan. 19. Touzinsky scored nine points on six kills (0.67 hitting percentage), one block and two aces. SCC Berlin is in third place in the league.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian league team Vivo/Minas fell to Volta Redonda, 25-16, 25-23, 25-16 on Jan. 15. Holmes scored seven points on two kills and five blocks. Vivo/Minas is in sixth place in the league.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and Unicaja Almeria continue to lead the league following a 3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 23-25, 25-22) victory over FC Barcelona on Jan. 15.
Smith scored eight points on six kills (0.50 hitting percentage), one block and one ace.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and his French B league team Chaumont defeated PI-Robinson, 25-22, 25-18, 25-16 on Jan. 15.
Thornton scored one point on an ace and set the team to a 0.61 kill percentage.


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See also: How to Find Mic Button on Samsung Keyboard
But, in certain case, the Mic button is completely not available though the user have had long tapped the key in the left side of Space bar, as experienced by one of insider named Linda. She says that she can't find Mic button though she has had long tapped the key in the left side of Space bar when she want to use it to voice to text.
How to fix missing mic button on Samsung keyboard?
If you're also experiencing the same problem, you can make the Mic button available again in your keyboard by following the steps below:
- Go to Settings.
- Tap My device tab.
- Scroll down to find Language and input, then tap it.
- Check the box in the left side of Google voice typing to enable this option. Enable this option will make the Mic button available on your Samsung keyboard and vice versa.
- Now, open an app that requires you to use keyboard, such as Messaging app.
- On keyboard, long tap the key in the left side of Space bar. You should see the Microphone icon displayed in the pop up menu as one of available option.
Well, with this post I also want to apologize to Linda for so late answer. I hope it's not too late. I personally seldom use Mic button to voice to text and more prefer to use keyboard to compose a text message, that's why I don't know much about this feature. So, how about you? Do you often use Mic button on your Samsung keyboard?


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Catholics and leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries where Queen Elizabeth II serves as head of state have welcomed an announcement by British Prime Minister David Cameron about changes to the royal succession that include allowing the monarch to marry a Roman Catholic - writes Trevor Grundy.
"Attitudes have changed fundamentally over the centuries and some of the outdated rules ... just don't make sense to any of us any more," Cameron told reporters at the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Australia at the end of last month.
"The idea that a younger son should become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he is a man, or that a future monarch can marry someone of any faith except a Catholic - this way of thinking is at odds with the modern countries that we have become," Cameron said.
All 16 countries that have the queen as head of state will soon begin their own legislative process to enact the reforms. In Britain, that means passing and amending several pieces of legislation that date back to the 17th century.
"I welcome the decision of Her Majesty's Government to give heirs to the throne the freedom to marry a Catholic without being removed from the lines of succession. This will eliminate a point of unjust discrimination against Catholics and will be welcomed not only by Catholics but far more widely. At the same time I fully recognise the importance of the position of the Established Church in protecting and fostering the rule of faith in our society," said Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in England and Wales.
The British monarch has been supreme governor of the established church since King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church and founded the Church of England in the 16th century.
Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien said that he was "pleased to note that the process of change ... has started and I look forward to studying the detail of the proposed reforms and their implication."
Cameron confirmed that Britain would publish legislation to amend rules that currently say an elder daughter should be placed behind a younger son in the line of succession. The order of succession will, in future, be determined by the order of birth.
Currently, anyone who marries a Roman Catholic is banned from succeeding to the throne, however, Catholics will still be barred from becoming monarch.
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- Compression Ratio: 9.5:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Codes: B48A20T1
- Engine Layout: NORTH SOUTH
- Fuel Type: TWIN TURBO
- Gears: 8 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 16
- Stroke: 94.6
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 41.5
- EC Extra Urban: 47.1
- EC Urban: 34.4
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Max: 11
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Min: 7.9
- WLTP - MPG - Comb: 7
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Max: 8.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 8.1
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High: 11.2
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Max: 11.5
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Min: 7.6
- WLTP - MPG - High: 7.8
- WLTP - MPG - High - Max: 6.7
- WLTP - MPG - High - Min: 7
- WLTP - MPG - Low: 7.5
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Max: 7.8
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 7.8
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 8
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: i xDrive
- Coin Series: [Tech 1/Plus]
- Ghost model for valuation purposes: N
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 6
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 72
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 306
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 2.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 83
- Service Interval Mileage: N
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 999999
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 24
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 76
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 87
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 4.8
- Engine Power KW: 225
- Engine Power RPM: 5000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 332
- Engine Torque MKG: 45.9
- Engine Torque NM: 450
- Engine Torque RPM: 1750
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 155
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 235/35 R19
- Tyre Size Rear: 235/35 R19
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: M V SPOKE STYLE 557M
- Wheel Type: 19" ALLOY
- Height: 1434
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 4319
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 11.4
- Wheelbase: 2670
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1799
- Width (including mirrors): 2081
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 380
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 50
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 2085
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 1200
- Max. Roof Load: 75
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: N
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: N
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1525
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 560
BMW 1 Series Hatchback STILL THE ONE? (74/100)
The revised BMW 1 Series will continue for many to be the premium hatch of choice in its hotly-contested sector. Jonathan Crouch takes a look.
Ten Second Review
BMW's 1 Series has been continually evolved in this second generation form, most recently with updates to the interior and changes beneath the bonnet which have brought more power and greater efficiency. There's still the brilliant hot hatch model to head up the range, the M140i, but at the other end there's a super-economical three-cylinder 116d that can manage more than 83mpg.
Having updated the look of the second generation version of their 1 Series model in 2015, BMW has more recently introduced changes to the interior and properly updated the engine range you get beneath its bonnet. We think the powerplant updates to be most significant. First, there were three cylinder 1.5-litre entry-level units for the respective petrol and diesel line-ups. Then we got a pokier 2.0-litre unit for 118i and 120i variants. Finally, the top M140i hot hatch has been blessed with a pokier straight six 340bhp 3.0-litre powerplant. The engineers have certainly been busy. Otherwise, the recipe is much as it was before, designed to suit customers looking for a Focus-sized family hatch with a little more prestige and class. BMW had to make these moves following recent upgrades to this model's two closest rivals, Audi's A3 and the Mercedes A-Class. What's different here though is the rear wheel drive configuration. That's still uniquely BMW.
Driving Experience
We've touched on what's changed beneath the bonnet but here, we'll investigate that in more detail. There's a fresh 'Baukasten' 2.0-litre four cylinder Twin Scroll turbocharged engine for the 120i and the 125i variants, respctively developing either 184 or 224bhp, a useful improvement on what was offered by the 1.6 and 2.0-litres units offered in these variants before. Meanwhile, at the top of the line-up, the sporting M140i hot hatch gets a new 3.0-litre straight six developing 340bhp and 500Nm of torque, enough to send this car to 62mph in just 4.6s if you specify the paddleshift auto gearbox. You may not have come across the three cylinder 1.5-litre entry-level engines ether, the 136bhp unit used in the 118i petrol model and the 116bhp powerplant used in the 116d diesel. Even the 2.0-litre diesel used in the mid-range diesel variants that most customers want has been tweaked in recent tmes. It develops 150bhp in the 118d, 190bhp in the 120d and 224bhp in the 125d, the latter variant benefitting from multi-stage turbocharging. The majority of 1 Series models get a regulation six-speed manual gearbox, but the all-wheel drive 120d xDrive variant features as standard the eight-speed Steptronic transmission. The eight-speed Sport Automatic 'box is available as an option for the 125i, 120d, 120d xDrive and M140i models. This transmission is standard on the BMW 125d. It features faster gearchanges, shift paddles on the steering wheel and a Launch Control function.
Design and Build
BMW hasn't introduced any more exterior styling tweaks to this 1 Series model since its facelift update in 2015 but it has made further changes inside. The popular 'Sport' and 'M Sport' variants get a re-designed stitched dashboard. Plus pearl chrome accents around the cabin and steering wheel stalks from BMW's executive 5 and 7 Series models give the interior more of an up-market feel. As for passenger space, well, one consequence of running a transmission tunnel through any compact hatch will be rather compromised rear seat accommodation. That hasn't really changed too much. The 1 Series is still a bit more cramped in the back than something like a Golf. Nevertheless, the cabin is a good deal better looking than most rivals and the package of facelift changes back in 2015 brought us a revision to the dashboard minor controls. Both the air vents and the controls for the radio and the automatic air conditioning feature chrome surrounds, while the radio and automatic air conditioning keypads are set against smart high-gloss black panelling. There's also a standard freestanding, 6.5-inch Control Display. Choose the optional new generation Professional Navigation system and a bigger 8.8-inch display is fitted. All 1 Series models are optionally available with a 40:20:40 split rear seat backrest: folding one or more of the sections allows boot capacity to be increased in stages from 360 to 1,200-litres. Full LED headlamps with low and main beam are on the options list, with Adaptive LED headlamps a further option. These follow the path of the road ahead, and also adapt their beam according to the type of road and conditions at any given moment. At the rear, smart tail lamps with a familiar BMW 'L' shape design also use LED tech.
Market and Model
Prices open at just over £21,000 and there's a premium of around £500 if you want the five-door rather than the three-door bodystyle. The top M140i flagship is priced from just over £32,500. The 1 Series range is offered in three mainstream trims - SE, Sport and M Sport. The SE nets you remote control central locking, keyless engine ignition, electric window controls, electrically heated exterior mirrors and the Driving Experience Control switch. Also included is automatic air conditioning, a multi-function leather steering wheel adjustable for height and reach, a rain sensor including automatic driving lights control and a front passenger airbag that can be deactivated. A CD and DAB stereo with six speakers and an AUX-In socket, plus Bluetooth audio streaming functionality are other standard equipment features, along with the iDrive operating system and the recently upgraded BMW Navigation system. The 16-inch alloy wheels look a bit puny, but then there's always the options list. Or indeed, the Sport model for another £1,000 more. This gets 17-inch rims, ambient lighting, black high-gloss interior trim, Sport exterior styling elements, Sport steering wheel and Sports seats. For an additional £2,700 above SE specification, M Sport trim comes as standard with 18-inch M Sport alloy wheels, aluminium hexagon interior trim, M Aerodynamic body styling, M Sport suspension, Sport seats, Alcantara upholstery and an M Sport leather steering wheel. The M135i model features uprated steering, suspension, gearbox and wheels/tyres combination. May owners will be tempted by an optional 360-watt Harman Kardon stereo, complete with 12 speakers and a digital amplifier.
Cost of Ownership
No car manufacturer has made quite such impressive progress as BMW in the field of improving efficiency. As well as Brake Energy Regeneration, electric power steering, the optimum gearshift indicator and the auto Start Stop function, standard equipment for the improved BMW 1 Series model range also includes ECO PRO mode, which can be activated using the included Driving Experience Control switch. On some cars specified with an automatic transmission, ECO PRO mode now also offers a coasting function. In addition, vehicles with the Professional Navigation system come with a Proactive Driving Assistant function, which tells the driver when to lift off the throttle ahead of corners, turn-offs, roundabouts and speed limits. What's the net effect of all this eco geekery? Well, it's actually rather impressive. You'd expect a 116d ED Plus model to net some decent figures and that doesn't disappoint with 83.1mpg and 89g/km. Even the rapid 120i can nudge 50mpg, while the all-wheel drive 120d manages 62.8mpg. At the top of the range, the ballistic M140i can get over 36mpg and emits 179g/km in manual guise.
Slowly but surely, BMW are excising each and every flaw in the 1 Series' makeup. When the car was originally launched in first generation form, it had plenty of flaws. It wasn't good looking, interior packaging was awful, the cabin quality wasn't all that it could have been and it wasn't actually that exciting to drive. The second generation model corrected many of these faults and this improved version finesses the package still further. While it's still not the most elegant looking hatch on the market, it's no longer conspicuously weird-looking. You could even call the latest car handsome, which would be a first for a 1 Series hatch. Where this generation scores is in building in so much value for the customer. The cabin looks and feels so much more aligned to more expensive BMW models and the engine range delivers so much more choice. One thing that hasn't changed is that the Munich maker continues to offer a balance between performance and economy that almost seems to defy the basic laws of thermodynamics. Expect this one to sell in serious numbers.
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The last piece of the puzzle appears to have been confirmed by The Wall Street Journal. The publication is confidently reporting that AT&T and Verizon will carry the iPad 3 with speedy 4G LTE.
Well, that seems to put an end to the questions in our rumor round up from last week. Whether the iPad 3 would support 4G LTE or not has been up in the air, but signs pointing to a larger battery fueled supported the inclusion.
Although the WSJ mentioned only AT&T and Verizon, it says it was unable to learn if Sprint and T-Mobile will also carry the iPad 3 (neither carriers sell any iPads right now). Last year, Sprint became the third major U.S. carrier to sell the iPhone. T-Mobile has never sold an iOS devices on its network.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Further cementing some of the rumors on the the iPad 3, iMore says its reliable sources have pinpointed the iPad 3 announcement date for March 7, corroborating a report by AllThingsD.
More wild, a separate Wall Street Journal report says that Apple has 8-inch iPad displays floating around. The WSJ cited supply chain personnel who have reportedly seen the display and say that the resolution on the 8-inch panel will be similar to the iPad 2.
Is Apple planning to finally split its iPad line into "mini" and "pro" models? Never one to follow, Apple's stuck by its 9.7-inch 1024x768 resolution iPad and iPad 2 for two years, while competitors like Samsung have rushed to flood the market with tablets of all screen sizes.
We've all heard rumors of a 7-inch iPad before, but this is the first time an 8-inch one is said to be in the works.
Either way, set your calendars for Wednesday, March 7 because we'll be updating DVICE as Apple unveils its next tablet.


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It's 2010! One year closer to 2050, the year Hispanics become the majority in the U.S. If you're not engaging Hispanics in your work; as volunteers, leaders, donors or board members; 2010 is a great year to start. It's time nonprofit advocates (yes, I'm one of them) recognize the population shift and how these changes will impact communities across America. As of 2008, Latinos became the nation's largest ethnic minority (*46.9 million) and by July 1, 2050, *132.8 million Hispanics will live in the U.S. That's 30% of the U.S population! (*U.S. Census Bureau)
So let's get started with Hispanic Engagement.
Hispanic Engagement is a process of building community, relationships, & trust with Hispanic communities. Hispanic Engagement utilizes authentic engagement strategies that create advocates for people, neighborhoods & issues within communities. It is an inclusive, innovative & culturally relevant approach that informs, educates, engages & strengthens communities.
That's my official definition but let me make it easier for you. Enclosed are five strategies that will help your organization engage Hispanics in 2010.
Building relationships with Hispanics is not much different than building relationships with other groups. When you build authentic relationships with Hispanics, treat them as valued stakeholders and keep their needs in mind. Once the trust is built, they will support you and open doors for you and your organization. Keep in mind that we like our platicas so get to know us first before you engage us in the business at hand.
La Cultura
Hispanics are as diverse as the American melting pot; we have varied traditions and experiences. One thing we have in common is that we value culture; and not one culture fits all. Hispanics born and raised in the U.S. will have different experiences from newly arrived immigrants from Mexico, Central or even South America. A Latino living in Los Angeles will have different cultural traditions from other Latinos living in Miami, Houston and yes, even Akron, Ohio.
Go to la gente
Find out where Latinos live; where they gather and go to them. Hispanics live in rural and urban areas, Latino neighborhoods and they gather in places they trust. Do some research, show up and start building relationships.
Forge relationships (notice a common theme?) with organizations deep-rooted in Hispanic communities. Learn from organizations that were founded in Latino communities and ones that have built trust with this population (i.e Hispanic professional groups, Catholic Diocese, LULAC, El Concilio, NCLR, etc.)
Be a resource
It takes two to form the relationship. Nonprofits have needs and so do Hispanics. Take the time to listen & understand what the needs, wants and aspirations are for Hispanic communities. Ask yourselves, "How can I be a resource for Hispanics in my community?" By helping and being a resource, you're showing that you care about this community and you'll create advocates along the way.
I hope these five Hispanic Engagement strategies will help you get started. Muchisima suerte en 2010!


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The Canadian based company, Amisco, produces some of the best and highest quality furniture today. The original designs are manufactured to be sturdy and durable, backed by a ten year manufacturer's warranty. Many of their barstools produced are constructed with the advantages of superior North American steel, formed in Canada. Each piece is made to order with clean, wrinkle free bends for a very aesthetic finish. Nontoxic, environmentally safe baked powder coating for a scratch resistant finish is used to prolong the lifecycle of the furniture piece. With the many tasteful designs, there are multiple finish and covering options available making it easy to find the perfect Amisco barstool for any decor.
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In earlier presentations, we discussed a few of the unwanted side effects that people frequently experience when taking combination therapy. By now, you may have experienced some of these side effects. At today's visit, please talk to your healthcare providers about any side effects you are experiencing.
Some of the more common side effects include:
• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Flu-like symptoms
• Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite
• Skin irritation or rashes, especially at the injection site
• Decreased blood cell counts
• Weight loss
• Depression, mood swings, and irritability, and
• Temporary hair loss.
Most of these side effects are mild to moderate in severity, meaning that they can be easily treated by you or your healthcare provider. They are usually worse during the first few weeks of treatment, especially after the first injection. After that, the side effects often get better.
If your side effects become too severe, your healthcare provider may have to reduce the dose of your medications. About 30 to 40 percent of patients will need to have their peginterferon and/or ribavirin doses reduced. However, even with a reduced dose, people can and do respond to therapy.
There are some other side effects that are less common, but are still important to know about. Be sure to let your healthcare provider know right away if you:
• Have any unusual bleeding or bruising,
• Feel tightness in your chest or have trouble breathing,
• Are experiencing severe stomach pain,
• Have any changes in your vision,
• Feel very depressed or hopeless,
• Have thoughts of hurting yourself or others, or
• Any other feelings that don't seem normal.
These conditions can be serious, and you may need additional treatment.
Remember that you and your healthcare providers are working together as a team, so be open and honest as you're talking about your treatment. Your providers can give you ideas for dealing with any problems you may be having, and help you along the way.
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New Year Celebrations
Happy New Year from all at Projects Abroad.
One of the great things about Projects Abroad is seeing the contrasting ways that our destinations celebrate different events.
I recall my time as a Projects Abroad volunteer in Moldova. New Year was the big celebration with lots of Moldovan food and wine. We ate and drank before singing (or listening) to a Moldovan sing song around the piano. We celebrated three midnights with Moscow New Year, Chisinau New Year followed by London New Year.
Out in Mexico a few years later I had just arrived and really wanted to sleep off the jet lag but the Mexican team insisted that we partied with lots of food and drink. On the dot of midnight we had to eat a grape for each dong of the bells and make a wish. We then got involved in bashing a piñata which was fun.
Jette Romey from Germany celebrated New Year in Sri Lanka this year, she tells us;
"We stayed at home and had a nice home-cooked Sri Lankan dinner with all kinds of curries, rice and hoppers. At around 12pm the family started to boil milk. They prepare a sweet milk rice with the boiling milk and make little rice balls out of it containing coconut and honey. The whole family then passed on blessings to each other for the coming year. It is a very interesting and much calmer way to celebrate New Year's Eve than in Germany!"
Elaine Wynn recalls her New Year in Ghana;
"I spent New Years Eve at a street party in Ghana. The main shopping street in Accra was closed to all traffic. The road was absolutely packed with people dancing to local performers on a makeshift stage. It was an unforgettable evening and the party continued into the early hours."
Michael Harms from our German office says;
"This year, I spent New Year's Eve with some of my friends at the Polish border. It was freezing with a great deal of snow, but that did not stop us from drinking champagne and meeting with locals at the biggest church in town to see the beautiful fireworks with lots of rockets and crackers. It took more than an hour, and everybody was happy welcoming 2010."
Some of our destinations have yet to celebrate New Year such as China which has to wait until February and Ethiopia until September.
A very happy New Year to everyone.
Ian Birbeck – Recruitment Director


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» Customizing your forms in QuickBooks
» Sort QuickBooks List Entries
Lists are the framework of QuickBooks. Use lists to fill out most QuickBooks forms. For example, to pay a bill, choose a name from your vendor list on the Enter Bills form. QuickBooks enters the list information on the form for you. This saves you time and prevents typing errors. You can also change the information directly on the form if necessary.
Although most lists are easy to set up in QuickBooks, some lists - such as the QuickBooks Chart of Accounts list, Items list, and Class list - require careful planning.
The way you set up and edit lists depends on the list type:
QuickBooks Centers: Your Customers & Jobs List, Vendors List, and Employees list are available in the Customer Center, Vendor Center, and Employee Center, respectively.
To view one of these lists, click the appropriate Center button on the toolbar to go to a QuickBooks Center and then click the tab for your list.
To enter information in a list, click New Customer, New Vendor, or New Employee at the top of the center.
List windows: Other lists, such as the Chart of Accounts and Item List, appear in separate windows.
To view one of these lists, go to the Lists menu and click the list you want.
To enter information in a list, use the menu button at the bottom of the list.
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On 14th of November Wessex FM held our Local Business Awards at the Riviera Hotel, Weymouth.
A great evening was had by all, as I'm sure you'll be able to tell from the photos, thank you to our Sponsors and a big congratulations to all our deserving winners!
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Our goal is to bring people together around their communities yesterday and today. There are plenty of websites that have static individual hometown "pages", but here at iGrewUpIn.com, this content is more meaningful and interactive. We have added tools through Bloom, that visualize content availability. We use maps, the deep connection of consumers to location and users local identity to retrace their past and connect with the present.
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(Kim Komando) Just recently, Google updated its terms of use and privacy policy. The goal was to allow Google to use your name and public photo in "Shared Endorsements." In plain English, it wants to use you in ads.
So, if you like or "+1" something on Google+, for example, Google can show your friends that you recommend it if it pops up their searches. I'm sure Google can expand that in the future to the channels you subscribe to on YouTube or music and apps you buy in Google Play.
To Google's credit, you can opt out - if you know where to look. Head over to the Shared Endorsements page, sign in with your Google account and make sure the option at the bottom is not checked.
Still, it's a reminder where Google's focus is. It's keeping track of what you do so it can use that information in advertising. And don't forget that your information is one subpoena away from ending up in a government database. Click here to learn how to stop Google from storing your search history.
But it's not like there's a better alternative for search, right? Bing and Yahoo! probably do the same thing.
That's true, but those aren't the only alternative search sites around. Here are some that do the job and take your privacy seriously.
duckduckgo.com: If you want most of what Google has to offer in a safer package, take a look at DuckDuckGo. Though it's similar to Google, it doesn't collect any information about you when you search.
It matches Google Search in features and performance with a similar simple layout. Its "Goodies" features offer geographic search, calculators and more. You could literally spend hours checking out DuckDuckGo's cool features.
Maybe there's just one feature about Google's search you really can't live without, though. In most cases, you can find search sites tailored to that feature.
wolframalpha.com: runs circles around Google when it comes to research and calculations. Just type in a question and it can usually figure out what you mean. You can even upload images to get more information about them.
blekko.com: For quick answers, Blekko is usually easier to use than Google. Instead of returning advertisers and other iffy results first, it sends you links that actually answer your question.
The links are even broken down into categories, such as Top results, Shopping and Latest. You can expand a category to see more of just what you want.
Blekko is more private than Google in normal mode. However, I recommend you use its "SuperPrivacy" mode for maximum privacy. This blocks ads and takes you to secure, encrypted sites by default. You can turn it on by clicking "Prefs" in the right corner of the site.
txquick.com: If you like how quickly Blekko gives results, you can try IxQuick, too. It encrypts your search for privacy while giving you pre-approved results from other top search sites for a faster answer. You can rate results to help other searchers find what they're looking for faster, too.
yippy.com: Are you concerned about search results showing up with inappropriate content? It happens quite a bit, and - thanks to Murphy's Law - usually when a child is present. Yippy detects adult content and blocks it automatically. That makes it great for the family computer.
mazoom.com: Google is a popular search provider on tablets and smartphones, but it isn't the only option. Instead, try Mazoom on smartphones and Izik on tablets. Both give you mobile-friendly results first. This helps you save on your data plan and makes pages load faster.
Of course, search isn't the only thing Google does. Between YouTube, Gmail, Maps, Google+, Google Play, Google Drive and its many other services, it could run your whole life.
Finding alternatives for these services means some serious work and often inconvenience. Plus, most of the alternatives are run by other major companies that aren't big on privacy either.
Instead, find alternatives for one or two services. Try using some Google services without logging in to your Google account. While Google, and other companies, will still record your information, no one company will have all of it.


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2Claim of Dell Active Fabric offerings delivering 77% less energy consumption is based on March 2013 internal Dell lab results using industry standard network design criteria, comparing Dell S4810 and Z9000-based network solutions to comparable Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 series switch-based network solutions.


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Grant's: 3.48, 3.52
Netter (1ed.): 348, 350 (2ed.): 344, 346
Rohen/Yokochi: 333, 337